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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Shortly before President Obama departs for a trip to the Middle East, a new national poll suggests that one in five Americans has a favorable view of Muslim countries.

President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visit an Istanbul mosque in April.

That view compares with 46 percent of the people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey who say they have an unfavorable opinion of Muslim countries. That's up 5 percentage points from 2002, when 41 percent indicated that they had an unfavorable view.

Meanwhile, three in 10 say they have a neutral opinion of Muslim countries.

The poll also suggests that most Americans suspect people in Muslim countries don't think highly of the United States. Nearly eight in 10 questioned say people in Muslim countries have a unfavorable opinion of the United States, with 14 percent saying Muslims hold a favorable view. iReport.com: Your perspectives on the Muslim world

But the poll indicates Americans seem to be split on whether such negative opinions by Muslims matter. Fifty-three percent of those questioned say they think Muslim views of the United States matter greatly or moderately, with 47 percent saying that Muslim opinions of the United States don't matter very much or at all.

The poll's release comes hours before the president flies to Saudi Arabia for meetings with King Abdullah. Following the stop in Saudi Arabia, Obama will head to Egypt, where he'll deliver a long-awaited speech Thursday on relations between the United States and the Muslim world.  Watch the challenges Obama faces with the speech Â»

At a town hall in Turkey earlier this year, the president declared that "the United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam."

Many Americans seem to agree with the president: Sixty-two percent of those surveyed say they don't think the United States is at war with the Muslim world, with 36 percent indicating that the country is at war with Muslim countries. Those numbers have remained stable since CNN's 2002 poll.

But the poll suggests that six out of 10 think that the Muslim world considers itself at war with the United States.

"The feeling seems to be mutual. We distrust Muslims. They distrust Americans. Views of Americans have not changed very much over the past seven years. There are some indications that Muslims' views of Americans have improved a bit since Barack Obama took office, but they are still not positive," said Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst.

The CNN/Opinion Research poll was conducted May 14-17, with 1,010 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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(CNN) -- Europe's financial crisis claimed its second scalp in three days when Italy's Silvio Berlusconi announced he will step down after parliament approves new austerity measures in an effort to stave off economic collapse.

The scandal-plagued prime minister will follow his Greek counterpart George Papandreou into early retirement as fears grow that Italy, the eurozone's third largest economy, may default on its debt.

Italy has failed to implement austerity measures designed to reduce its mammoth Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trillion debt load -- nearly six times that of Greece -- and the cost to the country of borrowing more money to pay off that debt is spiraling out of control.

While no one knows yet whether Italy will default, analysts say that the country is vastly too big to bail out -- and that the consequences for the world economy of a default would be a disaster.

What happens next?

Much like Greek premier Papandreou, Berlusconi said he will not resign until the government passes harsh austerity measures recommended by eurozone leaders aimed at trimming Italy's debt.

The next step is for the Italian parliament to consider and vote on the measures -- which include tax rises and an increase in the retirement age -- within the next several weeks.

After the parliamentary votes Berlusconi will tender his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano, who will then begin consultations with lawmakers to decide whether to form a government or call for elections.

Berlusconi and members of the Northern League party want elections as soon as possible, but other lawmakers and European leaders would like to see an interim government composed of non-partisan technocrats that could quickly implement austerity measures in order to reassure global markets and restore confidence in the country.

Business figures tapped to lead a potential technocratic interim government include Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, chairman of Ferrari, and Alessandro Profumo, former CEO of Italy's largest bank UniCredit.

Political options that have been floated include Angelino Alfano, known to be Berlusconi's hand-picked successor, Gianni Letta, Berlusconi's chief of staff, or Mario Monti, a former commissioner with the European Union.

No one is a fan of uncertainty, and no one is going to invest in a debt-ridden country without a plan for recovery -- much less one without a functioning government -- so Italy's short-term plan will be to get these austerity measures passed, see Berlusconi off, and hold new elections so at least international lenders will know who they're dealing with.

Check out CNN's interactive map of European debt at a glance

What's wrong with Italy?

The basic problem is that it's becoming prohibitively expensive for Italy to borrow money to finance its debt -- a problem rooted in investor confidence in the debt-laden country.

With a defunct government and a shrinking economy, Italy is finding it increasingly difficult to find people willing to lend it money in order to reduce its mammoth Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trillion debt load, which is nearly six times that of Greece.

The less confidence there is in a country, the higher the bond yields, or rate, that country will have to pay in order to secure more money. Right now confidence in Italy is at a euro-era low, which means Italy is paying more than ever to finance its debt.

Business 360 blog on Italy: Too big to fail, too big to bail

What is a bond yield?

A bond yield is basically another term for the rate Italy has to pay to lenders who buy its government bonds. The 10-year government bond is the standard bond used to measure the relative interest rates from country to country.

A government raises money to pay its bills by selling these bonds -- so the higher the yield or rate, the more it costs Italy to borrow money in order to pay its debts.

Italy's 10-year bond yield hit a staggering record high of 7.3% on Wednesday morning; by contrast, the bond yield for Germany -- a relatively healthy economy -- closed at 1.8% on Tuesday night.

Italy will already have to borrow at least Ã¢âÂ¬300 billion -- nearly the total Greece owes to lenders -- next year alone to pay off maturing debts, and the worry is that the skyrocketing interest rates on Italian bonds may soon make it too expensive for the country to continue borrowing money.

Why are Italy's bond yields so high?

Bond yields are driven by confidence and based on supply and demand.

The more confident investors are in the health of the Italian economy, the more government bonds, or sovereign debt, the investors will buy.

The more bonds that are being bought, the lower the rates will be on the bonds -- meaning Italy can borrow money to pay its bills at relatively cheap rates.

When confidence in an economy drops, however, fewer investors are willing to invest money in that country's bonds, which is precisely what has happened in Italy.

Italy's bonds are unattractive to investors because there are fears about the country's ability to pay off long-term debt based on current economic projections.

Why is a 7% yield considered the point of no return?

Greece, Ireland and Portugal were all forced to seek bailouts once their bond yields surpassed and remained above the 7% mark for an extended period of time.

While there is nothing about the 7% figure that automatically triggers a bailout -- something that would be impossible in Italy's case anyway, as Europe simply cannot afford to bail out the country -- experts do see the rate as difficult to overcome.

Greece, Ireland and Portugal all needed bailouts within two months of their bond yields breaching and then remaining above 7%.

The recent high yields are particularly concerning because the European Central Bank has been buying Italian bonds since the start of August in an effort to create a sort of false demand, which would then drive the rate down to a manageable level. That has not worked, but it could be a lot worse had the ECB not taken the action at all.

How can Italy get out of this mess?

Italy will default on its debt if it doesn't figure out a way to get its bond yields down to a manageable level.

The yields won't budge until Italian lawmakers take concrete steps to reassure international lenders that the country is a safe bet.

"Italy will not be out of the heat of bond markets until a solid and stable government actually implements austerity and undertakes reforms with strong credible leadership," said Jan Randolph, head of sovereign risk at IHS Global Insight.

Even if they pass these the austerity proposals, some economists fear Italy will still drown in debt if it doesn't develop more drastic measures.

The ECB should also increase its purchasing of Italian bonds in order to make it cheaper for Italy to raise money, according to Barry Eichengreen, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley.

"Unless yields on those bonds fall to German levels, there is no way that Italy's debt arithmetic can be made to add up," he wrote.

How would an Italian default affect the world?

A default by Italy, the world's eight-largest economy with the world's fourth-largest stock of outstanding government bonds, could have a disastrous effect on many European banks and global markets, experts say.

European banks, particularly those in Germany and France, are the largest holders of Italian debt and would be hit the hardest by a default.

A default would also wreak havoc on already-shaky global markets and could dash any hopes of economic growth in Europe for the foreseeable future.

As concerns continue to grow around Italy, the head of the International Monetary Fund painted a stark picture of the challenges facing the world's economic stability.

"The global economy has entered a dangerous and uncertain phase," Christine Lagarde said in remarks prepared for a speech at the International Finance Forum in Beijing.

"If we do not act, and act together, we could enter a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability and a collapse in global demand."

"Ultimately, we could face a lost decade of low growth and high unemployment," she said.

CNN's Joshua Levs, Hada Messia and Nina dos Santos contributed to this report.

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text: least

text: Ã¢âÂ¬300

text: billion

text: nearly

text: the

text: total

text: Greece

text: owes

text: to

text: lenders

text: next

text: year

text: alone

text: to

text: pay

text: off

text: maturing

text: debts

text: and

text: the

text: worry

text: is

text: that

text: the

text: skyrocketing

text: interest

text: rates

text: on

text: Italian

text: bonds

text: may

text: soon

text: make

text: it

text: too

text: expensive

text: for

text: the

text: country

text: to

text: continue

text: borrowing

text: money

text: Why

text: are

text: Italy

text: 's

text: bond

text: yields

text: so

text: high

text: Bond

text: yields

text: are

text: driven

text: by

text: confidence

text: and

text: based

text: on

text: supply

text: and

text: demand

text: The

text: more

text: confident

text: investors

text: are

text: in

text: the

text: health

text: of

text: the

text: Italian

text: economy

text: the

text: more

text: government

text: bonds

text: or

text: sovereign

text: debt

text: the

text: investors

text: will

text: buy

text: The

text: more

text: bonds

text: that

text: are

text: being

text: bought

text: the

text: lower

text: the

text: rates

text: will

text: be

text: on

text: the

text: bonds

text: meaning

text: Italy

text: can

text: borrow

text: money

text: to

text: pay

text: its

text: bills

text: at

text: relatively

text: cheap

text: rates

text: When

text: confidence

text: in

text: an

text: economy

text: drops

text: however

text: fewer

text: investors

text: are

text: willing

text: to

text: invest

text: money

text: in

text: that

text: country

text: 's

text: bonds

text: which

text: is

text: precisely

text: what

text: has

text: happened

text: in

text: Italy

text: Italy

text: 's

text: bonds

text: are

text: unattractive

text: to

text: investors

text: because

text: there

text: are

text: fears

text: about

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: ability

text: to

text: pay

text: off

text: long

text: term

text: debt

text: based

text: on

text: current

text: economic

text: projections

text: Why

text: is

text: a

text: yield

text: considered

text: the

text: point

text: of

text: no

text: return

text: Greece

text: Ireland

text: and

text: Portugal

text: were

text: all

text: forced

text: to

text: seek

text: bailouts

text: once

text: their

text: bond

text: yields

text: surpassed

text: and

text: remained

text: above

text: the

text: mark

text: for

text: an

text: extended

text: period

text: of

text: time

text: While

text: there

text: is

text: nothing

text: about

text: the

text: figure

text: that

text: automatically

text: triggers

text: a

text: bailout

text: something

text: that

text: would

text: be

text: impossible

text: in

text: Italy

text: 's

text: case

text: anyway

text: as

text: Europe

text: simply

text: can

text: not

text: afford

text: to

text: bail

text: out

text: the

text: country

text: experts

text: do

text: see

text: the

text: rate

text: as

text: difficult

text: to

text: overcome

text: Greece

text: Ireland

text: and

text: Portugal

text: all

text: needed

text: bailouts

text: within

text: two

text: months

text: of

text: their

text: bond

text: yields

text: breaching

text: and

text: then

text: remaining

text: above

text: The

text: recent

text: high

text: yields

text: are

text: particularly

text: concerning

text: because

text: the

text: European

text: Central

text: Bank

text: has

text: been

text: buying

text: Italian

text: bonds

text: since

text: the

text: start

text: of

text: August

text: in

text: an

text: effort

text: to

text: create

text: a

text: sort

text: of

text: false

text: demand

text: which

text: would

text: then

text: drive

text: the

text: rate

text: down

text: to

text: a

text: manageable

text: level

text: That

text: has

text: not

text: worked

text: but

text: it

text: could

text: be

text: a

text: lot

text: worse

text: had

text: the

text: ECB

text: not

text: taken

text: the

text: action

text: at

text: all

text: How

text: can

text: Italy

text: get

text: out

text: of

text: this

text: mess

text: Italy

text: will

text: default

text: on

text: its

text: debt

text: if

text: it

text: does

text: n't

text: figure

text: out

text: a

text: way

text: to

text: get

text: its

text: bond

text: yields

text: down

text: to

text: a

text: manageable

text: level

text: The

text: yields

text: wo

text: n't

text: budge

text: until

text: Italian

text: lawmakers

text: take

text: concrete

text: steps

text: to

text: reassure

text: international

text: lenders

text: that

text: the

text: country

text: is

text: a

text: safe

text: bet

text: Italy

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: heat

text: of

text: bond

text: markets

text: until

text: a

text: solid

text: and

text: stable

text: government

text: actually

text: implements

text: austerity

text: and

text: undertakes

text: reforms

text: with

text: strong

text: credible

text: leadership

text: said

text: Jan

text: Randolph

text: head

text: of

text: sovereign

text: risk

text: at

text: IHS

text: Global

text: Insight

text: Even

text: if

text: they

text: pass

text: these

text: the

text: austerity

text: proposals

text: some

text: economists

text: fear

text: Italy

text: will

text: still

text: drown

text: in

text: debt

text: if

text: it

text: does

text: n't

text: develop

text: more

text: drastic

text: measures

text: The

text: ECB

text: should

text: also

text: increase

text: its

text: purchasing

text: of

text: Italian

text: bonds

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: make

text: it

text: cheaper

text: for

text: Italy

text: to

text: raise

text: money

text: according

text: to

text: Barry

text: Eichengreen

text: an

text: economist

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: California

text: Berkeley

text: Unless

text: yields

text: on

text: those

text: bonds

text: fall

text: to

text: German

text: levels

text: there

text: is

text: no

text: way

text: that

text: Italy

text: 's

text: debt

text: arithmetic

text: can

text: be

text: made

text: to

text: add

text: up

text: he

text: wrote

text: How

text: would

text: an

text: Italian

text: default

text: affect

text: the

text: world

text: A

text: default

text: by

text: Italy

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: eight

text: largest

text: economy

text: with

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: fourth

text: largest

text: stock

text: of

text: outstanding

text: government

text: bonds

text: could

text: have

text: a

text: disastrous

text: effect

text: on

text: many

text: European

text: banks

text: and

text: global

text: markets

text: experts

text: say

text: European

text: banks

text: particularly

text: those

text: in

text: Germany

text: and

text: France

text: are

text: the

text: largest

text: holders

text: of

text: Italian

text: debt

text: and

text: would

text: be

text: hit

text: the

text: hardest

text: by

text: a

text: default

text: A

text: default

text: would

text: also

text: wreak

text: havoc

text: on

text: already

text: shaky

text: global

text: markets

text: and

text: could

text: dash

text: any

text: hopes

text: of

text: economic

text: growth

text: in

text: Europe

text: for

text: the

text: foreseeable

text: future

text: As

text: concerns

text: continue

text: to

text: grow

text: around

text: Italy

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: International

text: Monetary

text: Fund

text: painted

text: a

text: stark

text: picture

text: of

text: the

text: challenges

text: facing

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: economic

text: stability

text: The

text: global

text: economy

text: has

text: entered

text: a

text: dangerous

text: and

text: uncertain

text: phase

text: Christine

text: Lagarde

text: said

text: in

text: remarks

text: prepared

text: for

text: a

text: speech

text: at

text: the

text: International

text: Finance

text: Forum

text: in

text: Beijing

text: If

text: we

text: do

text: not

text: act

text: and

text: act

text: together

text: we

text: could

text: enter

text: a

text: downward

text: spiral

text: of

text: uncertainty

text: financial

text: instability

text: and

text: a

text: collapse

text: in

text: global

text: demand

text: Ultimately

text: we

text: could

text: face

text: a

text: lost

text: decade

text: of

text: low

text: growth

text: and

text: high

text: unemployment

text: she

text: said

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Joshua

text: Levs

text: Hada

text: Messia

text: and

text: Nina

text: dos

text: Santos

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: How much was the pile of debt in Italy?

answer: Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trill

text: Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trill

question: Where is the prime minister from?

answer: Italy,

text: Italy,

question: What percentage did the bond yields in Italy pass?

answer: high

text: high

question: Whats the name of the prime minister?

answer: Silvio Berlusconi

text: Silvio Berlusconi

question: What is his name?

answer: Silvio Berlusconi

text: Silvio Berlusconi

question: What is the amount of debt?

answer: Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trill

text: Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trill

question: How much debt is Italy in?

answer: Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trill

text: Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trill

question: Who was the prime minister?

answer: Silvio Berlusconi

text: Silvio Berlusconi


text:
(CNN)  -- A single-engine plane crashed Saturday outside a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, seriously injuring the five people on board, authorities said.

A damaged airplane lies on the ground Saturday next to a busy road in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The pilot reported engine problems shortly after leaving the city's Wiley Post Airport, about a mile away from the crash site, at midmorning, said Lynn Lunsford, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

The plane hit two trees as it came down, and video showed the damaged Beechcraft Bonanza resting on the grass near a busy thoroughfare in the northwest section of the city.

Fire Department Deputy Chief Cecil Clay said the two men and three women on the plane were taken to hospitals. Lunsford said they suffered multiple injuries.  Watch footage of the plane at the crash site Â»

The plane was headed to Enid, Oklahoma, about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City. The pilot tried to return to Wiley Post Airport after he recognized the engine trouble, Lunsford said.

"I heard what I thought was a Dumpster being unloaded in the complex," said Shaddy Ahmad, who manages the U-Haul business across the street from the bank.

He said emergency responders used special equipment to extricate the people from the plane, the top of which was peeled back.

"They were very lucky because this is a high-traffic area," Ahmad said. "You have the expressway, the bank and stores in the area. They were blessed to land how they did."

text: CNN

text: A

text: single

text: engine

text: plane

text: crashed

text: Saturday

text: outside

text: a

text: bank

text: in

text: Oklahoma

text: City

text: Oklahoma

text: seriously

text: injuring

text: the

text: five

text: people

text: on

text: board

text: authorities

text: said

text: A

text: damaged

text: airplane

text: lies

text: on

text: the

text: ground

text: Saturday

text: next

text: to

text: a

text: busy

text: road

text: in

text: Oklahoma

text: City

text: Oklahoma

text: The

text: pilot

text: reported

text: engine

text: problems

text: shortly

text: after

text: leaving

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: Wiley

text: Post

text: Airport

text: about

text: a

text: mile

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: crash

text: site

text: at

text: midmorning

text: said

text: Lynn

text: Lunsford

text: spokesman

text: for

text: the

text: Federal

text: Aviation

text: Administration

text: The

text: plane

text: hit

text: two

text: trees

text: as

text: it

text: came

text: down

text: and

text: video

text: showed

text: the

text: damaged

text: Beechcraft

text: Bonanza

text: resting

text: on

text: the

text: grass

text: near

text: a

text: busy

text: thoroughfare

text: in

text: the

text: northwest

text: section

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: Fire

text: Department

text: Deputy

text: Chief

text: Cecil

text: Clay

text: said

text: the

text: two

text: men

text: and

text: three

text: women

text: on

text: the

text: plane

text: were

text: taken

text: to

text: hospitals

text: Lunsford

text: said

text: they

text: suffered

text: multiple

text: injuries

text: Watch

text: footage

text: of

text: the

text: plane

text: at

text: the

text: crash

text: site

text: Â

text: The

text: plane

text: was

text: headed

text: to

text: Enid

text: Oklahoma

text: about

text: miles

text: north

text: of

text: Oklahoma

text: City

text: The

text: pilot

text: tried

text: to

text: return

text: to

text: Wiley

text: Post

text: Airport

text: after

text: he

text: recognized

text: the

text: engine

text: trouble

text: Lunsford

text: said

text: I

text: heard

text: what

text: I

text: thought

text: was

text: a

text: Dumpster

text: being

text: unloaded

text: in

text: the

text: complex

text: said

text: Shaddy

text: Ahmad

text: who

text: manages

text: the

text: U

text: Haul

text: business

text: across

text: the

text: street

text: from

text: the

text: bank

text: He

text: said

text: emergency

text: responders

text: used

text: special

text: equipment

text: to

text: extricate

text: the

text: people

text: from

text: the

text: plane

text: the

text: top

text: of

text: which

text: was

text: peeled

text: back

text: They

text: were

text: very

text: lucky

text: because

text: this

text: is

text: a

text: high

text: traffic

text: area

text: Ahmad

text: said

text: You

text: have

text: the

text: expressway

text: the

text: bank

text: and

text: stores

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: They

text: were

text: blessed

text: to

text: land

text: how

text: they

text: did

question: What type of problems did the Beechcraft plane develop after takeoff?

answer: engine

text: engine

question: What makes hard landing near busy road?

answer: single-engine plane

text: single-engine plane

question: Where were the fliers headed?

answer: Enid, Oklahoma,

text: Enid, Oklahoma,

question: Where were fliars headed?

answer: Enid, Oklahoma,

text: Enid, Oklahoma,

question: What city in Oklahoma were fliers on the Beechcraft originally headed when beginning their flight?

answer: Enid,

text: Enid,

question: Where did the Beechcraft make a hard landing?

answer: outside a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

text: outside a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

question: When did the plane develop engine problems?

answer: shortly after leaving the city's Wiley Post Airport,

text: shortly after leaving the city's Wiley Post Airport,


text:
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- We had not been in Port-au-Prince in a month, not since those horrible days following the earthquake when the city looked like wreckage.

The city seemed so upbeat when we arrived Saturday morning on one of the first flights in since commercial airlines resumed service. Musicians wearing Western Union T-shirts greeted us near the hanger that now passes as baggage claim. Next to our hotel, street vendors peddled souvenirs outside a tent city surrounding the presidential palace.

But those optimistic signs were eclipsed Sunday night when a torrent of rain poured down on this wounded city where outdoor tent communities have sprouted up in every empty space. Then, just after 4:30 a.m. Monday, an aftershock of magnitude 4.75 shook and shook and finally gave a last forceful jerk before stopping. You could hear the wails on the street, the confused voices of people arguing over whether to stay outside or risk going back in.

This one-two punch of natural forces reverberated through the most vulnerable communities.

Full coverage of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti

Ariana Manassero, 17, raced into the main room of her home following the tremor. Her parents direct the Maison de Lumiere, but the girls' home is unstable, so Ariana watches over the little ones at her house. They immediately started screaming. "When is it going to end?" she asked before spending her day coddling some very traumatized children.

Daphne, 4, clung to Ariana, shaking, acting out, sobbing for no good reason. The big quake on January 12 had rattled a cinder block wall in her play yard, crushing her leg, which now has a cherry red cast. The aftershock left her completely undone.

All day, staff members of Maison surveyed the damage to their community. A tent city they helped build across from their school had puddles of water sitting in the "homes."

Women ran up to the staff asking for food, new tarps and clean water for their children. The same scene unfolded in a nearby ravine whose inhabitants had attended a Sunday morning service at Maison. That day, women from the ravine had come escorting children who'd been washed with soap and rain water. Singing and laughing had filled the air.

By Monday, the heavy rain had soaked their tents where the "roofs" are made of scarves and sheets. The weather had become a great equalizer, reducing the people and the animals to the same conditions. In one alley, a father bundled a newborn with whatever he could find. In another, a dog cuddled her new puppies. Baby goats foraged for food in the garbage. Chicks picked at droppings.

No one had eaten fresh food in a week, and the Maison staff brought baby formula and rice. People pushed aside the dogs, the goats and the chicks and neatly lined up. Sad stories floated around the crowd. A woman who had attended the services had died after the aftershock, her heart suddenly seizing. A missionary worried aloud about a newborn wrapped in plastic whose parents had no formula for the baby's first five days.

The situation only worsened early Tuesday.

For the second time in as many days, an earthquake struck in the overnight hours.

The magnitude 4.7 aftershock was centered about 20 miles west-southwest of Port-au-Prince. It hit at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A second smaller quake shook the area a few minutes later. No immediate reports of damage were made, but the aftershock sent frightened people once again out into the bug-filled night.

When is this going to end? It doesn't seem like an answerable question.

The rain swells the latrines and unearths the sewage. Aftershocks rattle nerves and rearrange piles of debris. People sleeping outside now feel threatened by the rains, but sleeping inside carries the threat of the seemingly never-ending aftershocks.

In the food line, the crowd was so quiet for people who looked hungry and faced a long wait. Not much to say when a step forward is followed by a big leap back.

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: Haiti

text: CNN

text: We

text: had

text: not

text: been

text: in

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: in

text: a

text: month

text: not

text: since

text: those

text: horrible

text: days

text: following

text: the

text: earthquake

text: when

text: the

text: city

text: looked

text: like

text: wreckage

text: The

text: city

text: seemed

text: so

text: upbeat

text: when

text: we

text: arrived

text: Saturday

text: morning

text: on

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: first

text: flights

text: in

text: since

text: commercial

text: airlines

text: resumed

text: service

text: Musicians

text: wearing

text: Western

text: Union

text: T

text: shirts

text: greeted

text: us

text: near

text: the

text: hanger

text: that

text: now

text: passes

text: as

text: baggage

text: claim

text: Next

text: to

text: our

text: hotel

text: street

text: vendors

text: peddled

text: souvenirs

text: outside

text: a

text: tent

text: city

text: surrounding

text: the

text: presidential

text: palace

text: But

text: those

text: optimistic

text: signs

text: were

text: eclipsed

text: Sunday

text: night

text: when

text: a

text: torrent

text: of

text: rain

text: poured

text: down

text: on

text: this

text: wounded

text: city

text: where

text: outdoor

text: tent

text: communities

text: have

text: sprouted

text: up

text: in

text: every

text: empty

text: space

text: Then

text: just

text: after

text: a.m.

text: Monday

text: an

text: aftershock

text: of

text: magnitude

text: shook

text: and

text: shook

text: and

text: finally

text: gave

text: a

text: last

text: forceful

text: jerk

text: before

text: stopping

text: You

text: could

text: hear

text: the

text: wails

text: on

text: the

text: street

text: the

text: confused

text: voices

text: of

text: people

text: arguing

text: over

text: whether

text: to

text: stay

text: outside

text: or

text: risk

text: going

text: back

text: in

text: This

text: one

text: two

text: punch

text: of

text: natural

text: forces

text: reverberated

text: through

text: the

text: most

text: vulnerable

text: communities

text: Full

text: coverage

text: of

text: the

text: aftermath

text: of

text: the

text: earthquake

text: in

text: Haiti

text: Ariana

text: Manassero

text: raced

text: into

text: the

text: main

text: room

text: of

text: her

text: home

text: following

text: the

text: tremor

text: Her

text: parents

text: direct

text: the

text: Maison

text: de

text: Lumiere

text: but

text: the

text: girls

text: home

text: is

text: unstable

text: so

text: Ariana

text: watches

text: over

text: the

text: little

text: ones

text: at

text: her

text: house

text: They

text: immediately

text: started

text: screaming

text: When

text: is

text: it

text: going

text: to

text: end

text: she

text: asked

text: before

text: spending

text: her

text: day

text: coddling

text: some

text: very

text: traumatized

text: children

text: Daphne

text: clung

text: to

text: Ariana

text: shaking

text: acting

text: out

text: sobbing

text: for

text: no

text: good

text: reason

text: The

text: big

text: quake

text: on

text: January

text: had

text: rattled

text: a

text: cinder

text: block

text: wall

text: in

text: her

text: play

text: yard

text: crushing

text: her

text: leg

text: which

text: now

text: has

text: a

text: cherry

text: red

text: cast

text: The

text: aftershock

text: left

text: her

text: completely

text: undone

text: All

text: day

text: staff

text: members

text: of

text: Maison

text: surveyed

text: the

text: damage

text: to

text: their

text: community

text: A

text: tent

text: city

text: they

text: helped

text: build

text: across

text: from

text: their

text: school

text: had

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question: When did the crew return to Port-au-Prince?

answer: Saturday morning

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question: What did the crew see at first?

answer: wreckage.

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question: What quickly squelched the new-found hope?

answer: torrent of rain poured down

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BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in the Chinese city of Tianjin, they have never seen anyone so big.

Bland said he misses his family and friends, but his goal is to lose the weight and be "healthier and happier."

"Yes this is our record," Dr. Su Zhixin proudly boasted.

He's talking about 33-year-old Alonzo Bland of Green Bay, Wisconsin. When Bland stepped off the plane at Beijing Airport in May of this year, he weighed 640 pounds. In fact, he struggled to take more than a few steps, and as he lay flat on his back, exhausted, airport staff called an ambulance.

After repeated warnings from his doctor, Bland decided to come to China as a last-ditch effort to shed the pounds.

"I needed to take it serious because we were talking about my life."

Bland's weight yo-yoed for years, ballooning after he lost his job 12 years ago.

"Nobody wanted to hire a guy who couldn't move, you know and so, [I] spent the next ...12 years on the couch and watched my weight constantly going up."  Watch more on Alonzo Bland's transformative journey Â»

At one point he needed an emergency tracheotomy because fat around his neck was crushing his windpipe.

Earlier this year, while watching TV on the couch, he did an Internet search for weight-loss competitions. He entered one offering a first prize of an all-expense-paid trip to one of China's most famous boot camps for the obese.

The weight-loss clinic is housed in a drab building, far from the city center.

"It's a beautiful place. It really is," Bland said. "It is difficult though: I am away from home -- all my family and friends. But my goal here -- my goal is to lose the weight, so I think in the end I will be healthier and happier."

Being this far from home, Bland said, has been a clean break from his bad habits. He simply doesn't know where the restaurants are, or how to order takeout.

"It is away from everything I know, all those things -- even the excuses you make up: 'Oh I have to do this today, I can't work out, I have this do.' So coming here eliminated all the excuses."

So far he has lost nearly 240 pounds -- a result of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese medicine such as acupuncture, which doctors say reduces appetite and increases metabolism. He works out at a gym three times a week, he walks every day and plays badminton as well.

Bland's doctors are impressed with his determination to shed the weight.

When he was in America, he had a different lifestyle, said Su. If he wanted to eat he would just order on the phone and "every day stay on sofa, playing games, watching TV," Su said.

Bland has only been home once in the past seven months, for two weeks. His family was amazed at his weight loss, and more importantly, despite the fears of his doctor, Bland did not put on any weight while he was away.

In fact, he woke at 4 a.m. most days, he said, to work out at the gym -- an indication, said his doctors, that he has broken the bad eating and living patterns that caused his weight gain.

The ultimate goal for Bland is a weight of 220 pounds. To reach that goal, he must lose another 180 pounds. His doctors hope he can do that in the next five months -- a year after he arrived at the hospital.

"I know I will get there. Will it happen in the next five months? I don't know, but I will get there."

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question: How much weight has Alonzo Bland lost?

answer: nearly 240 pounds

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question: Where is Alonzo Bland from?

answer: Green Bay, Wisconsin.

text: Green Bay, Wisconsin.

question: How much weight did Bland lose in China?

answer: 240 pounds

text: 240 pounds

question: Who arrived in Beijing?

answer: Alonzo Bland

text: Alonzo Bland

question: Who has lost 240 ponds in May?

answer: Alonzo Bland

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question: Number of pounds Alonzo lost?

answer: 240

question: What did Bland win?

answer: an all-expense-paid trip to one of China's most famous boot camps for the obese.

text: an all-expense-paid trip to one of China's most famous boot camps for the obese.

question: Alonzo Bland weighed how much when he arrived in Beijing?

answer: 640 pounds.

text: 640 pounds.

question: What did he win?

answer: first prize of an all-expense-paid trip to one of China's most famous boot camps for the obese.

text: first prize of an all-expense-paid trip to one of China's most famous boot camps for the obese.

question: What event caused Alonzo Bland to become the way he was?

answer: did an Internet search for weight-loss competitions.

text: did an Internet search for weight-loss competitions.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. troops routinely face the threat of roadside bombs while fighting insurgencies in Afghanistan. They need the most protective clothing the market can bear, and they're getting it -- for now.

North Carolina State University College of Textiles tests the flammability of different materials at this facility.

Back home, a battle is brewing in Congress over the next lucrative contract for military uniforms. The issue boils down to the raw fiber used in their construction.

Current uniforms are made in the United States, in Georgia, using a fabric called Defender M made by the TenCate company. It is favored by the military for its fire-resistant and breathable properties.

But the fabric is made with a type of rayon imported from Austria, which normally would violate the military's buy-American requirement.

This specific rayon cannot be produced in the United States for environmental reasons, so Congress passed an amendment allowing it to be temporarily imported. The extension expires, or "sunsets," in 2013, but that year's defense budget is being determined now. The idea of the sunset is to give U.S. manufacturers time to come up with a comparable product.

At stake: a defense contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

American competitors have submitted alternatives, but after independent testing at North Carolina State University College of Textiles, the Defense Department concluded that TenCate's Defender M -- with its foreign-made fibers -- is the most flame-resistant.

Dr. Roger Barker, who specializes in clothing flammability at the College of Textiles, conducted a demonstration for CNN. Based on his testing, the Army says Defender M resists fire the longest of other fabrics.

"What the new heat-resistant materials are able to do is add seconds of protection, so that seconds of protection can be the difference between a severe burn or a survival burn," Barker said.

"Life and death," echoes Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, regarding those extra seconds of fire protection. He asked the Senate to extend the waiver.

"So long as it's the best available in the world to protect our soldiers, we absolutely ought to maximize the use," Isakson told CNN.

"There is no American competitor that can meet or exceed it," Isakson said on the Senate floor. "Obviously if there were, then that waiver would go away."

The U.S. Army's uniform procurer says soldiers prefer TenCate's product.

"They have consistently exceeded our expectations. This has proven to be a valuable fabric and well-received by our soldiers," Jeff Myhre told CNN.

In a letter to CNN, a top military official said the ability to procure the foreign rayon "a valuable authority."

"Our periodic review of rayon requirements within the Military Services and testing of alternative items that are available domestically continue to support the determination that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of rayon yarn conforming to the domestic source requirements cannot be procured as needed," wrote Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology & logistics.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, opposed Isakson's amendment, debating on the Senate floor that it "permanently extends this waiver and will end all efforts to produce a domestic material to make military uniforms."

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, agrees with Graham that U.S. companies won't have an incentive to invest in research and development. He says the exception was supposed to be temporary, and "favors foreign suppliers of rayon over our own American companies."

He argued on the Senate floor that in due time, U.S. companies would be able to demonstrate an ability to manufacture materials that meet Army requirements. He's also worried about jobs.

"Some companies, like DuPont, for example, have already lost hundreds of jobs owing to their inability to compete for Army contracts," he said.

The Senate voted, and the nays had it. No extension, no more imports of this fabric as of 2013.

What next? The House of Representatives is expected to take up the bill when members return from the August recess.

Isakson is confident his argument will prevail.

"Facts are stubborn things. I think when the facts get out they'll understand it's the right thing to do. Our armed forces want it and it's the best thing for our soldiers," he said.

Pentagon Correspondent Chris Lawrence contributed to this report.

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BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A Boston police officer is suing the city after he was suspended for referring to a black Harvard professor as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in an e-mail.

Boston police Officer Justin Barrett apologized for his e-mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

"If I'm charged with a crime I want a chance to answer. I want the chance for a fair hearing," Officer Justin Barrett told CNN on Tuesday.

Barrett has apologized and denied he is a racist.

His lawsuit claims his civil rights have been violated; Barrett's lawyer said the words referring to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. were misinterpreted.

"The choice of words were poor; but they weren't meant to characterize professor Gates as a banana-eating jungle monkey," attorney Peter Marano said. "They were meant in a response to behavior and characterizing the behavior. Not the person as a whole."

Marano said the city had effectively fired Barrett, though he is officially suspended with pay.

He said it was fair to hold Barrett to a higher standard than the general public because he is a police officer, but that he was still entitled to express his opinions.

"Being held to a higher standard shouldn't eradicate his right under the First Amendment for free speech. That is part and parcel of the lawsuit," the lawyer said.

Gates was arrested at his house last month when a neighbor called police after she thought she saw a man trying to break into Gates' home. The man turned out to be Gates himself, who was attempting to free a jammed door.

The incident sparked a national debate about race and policing, drawing in President Obama himself.

Obama, who is a friend of Gates, said the officer who arrested the professor "acted stupidly," but then withdrew the comment, saying he did not know all the facts when he spoke.

He hosted Gates and Sgt. James Crowley for a beer at the White House to calm the tensions.

Barrett later sent a mass e-mail about the encounter to other officers and to the Boston Globe newspaper.

Barrett was suspended from his military duties as captain in the Army National Guard and placed on administrative leave from the Boston Police Department pending the outcome of a termination hearing.

Barrett said he was moved to write the note because he believed a Boston Globe column about Gates' arrest "seemed like it was biased."

"It did not show the roles and duties of a police officer and how dangerous it already is without having a debate about people getting in a police officer's face, which should never happen at all."

Asked what led him to choose to use such language, he said, "I don't know. I couldn't tell you. I have no idea."

He added, in response to a question, that he had never used such language before.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis denounced the e-mail.

Barrett used the "jungle monkey" phrase four times, three times referring to Gates and once to the Boston Globe column.

He also declared that he was "not a racist but I am prejudice [sic] toward people who are stupid and pretend to stand up and preach for something they say is freedom but it is merely attention because you do not get enough of it in your little fear-dwelling circle of on-the-bandwagon followers."

According to a statement from Boston police, Davis took action immediately on learning of Barrett's remarks, stripping the officer of his gun and his badge.

Barrett's arrests and investigations will be reviewed for indications of racial bias, Davis said. The department will also look closely at the officers who received or viewed the e-mail.

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question: What city is Barret suing?

answer: Boston

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question: What was the officer suspended for?

answer: referring to a black Harvard professor as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in an e-mail.

text: referring to a black Harvard professor as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in an e-mail.

question: who did justin barrett write the email about

answer: Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

text: Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

question: Where was the officer arrested?

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)  -- A light earthquake shook Southern California Thursday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The magnitude 4.5 quake struck at 7:50 p.m. (10:50 p.m. ET) and was centered in San Bernardino, about 55 miles east of Los Angeles. A smaller magnitude 3.3 aftershock hit about an hour later.

Although the quake was centered just a mile from San Bernadino's city hall, it was 10 miles below the surface, said Dr. Egill Hauksson, a seismologist with the Earthquake Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.

"It's unlikely that there's going to be damage," said Hauksson said.

There are about 10 quakes of this strength every year in this area, he said.

Initial estimates put the quake at a magnitude 5.0, but it was downgraded shortly afterward.

The USGS said people reported feeling the earthquake as far away as San Diego.

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text: earthquake

text: as

text: far

text: away

text: as

text: San

text: Diego

question: What was the magnitude of the quake

answer: 4.5

question: Where did Quake centered?

answer: San Bernardino,

text: San Bernardino,

question: Where was it centered?

answer: San Bernardino,

text: San Bernardino,

question: What happened to Southern California on Thursday evening?

answer: light earthquake

text: light earthquake

question: When was the light quake?

answer: Thursday evening,

text: Thursday evening,

question: Where was the earthquake on Thursday

answer: Southern California

text: Southern California

question: Where was the quake centered

answer: just a mile from San Bernadino's city hall,

text: just a mile from San Bernadino's city hall,

question: What was the magnitude of quake?

answer: 4.5