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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's most powerful Sunni Arab political party on Monday said a U.S. soldier's desecration of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, requires the "severest of punishments," not just an apology and a military reassignment.

Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond apologizes after a U.S. soldier admitted using the Quran for target practice.

The Iraqi Islamic Party, the movement of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, condemned what it said was a "blatant assault on the sanctities of Muslims all over the world."

An American staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader used a Quran for target practice on May 9.

The U.S. commander in Baghdad on Saturday issued a formal apology and read a letter of apology from the shooter.

The sergeant has been relieved of duty as a section leader "with prejudice," officially reprimanded by his commanding general, dismissed from his regiment and redeployed -- reassigned to the United States.

But the Iraqi Islamic Party -- which said it reacted to the news "with deep resentment and indignation" -- wants the "severest of punishments" for the action.

"What truly concerns us is the repetition of these crimes that have happened in the past when mosques were destroyed and pages of the Holy Quran were torn and used for disgraceful acts by U.S. soldiers," al-Hashimi said.

"I have asked that first this apology be officially documented; second a guarantee from the U.S. military to inflict the maximum possible punishment on this soldier so it would be a deterrent for the rest of the soldiers in the future."

A tribal leader said "the criminal act by U.S. forces" took place at a shooting range at the Radhwaniya police station on Baghdad's western outskirts. After the shooters left, an Iraqi policeman found a target marked in the middle of the bullet-riddled Quran.  Read how the soldier could have provoked a crisis

Copies of the pictures of the Quran obtained by CNN show multiple bullet holes and an expletive scrawled on one of its pages.

On Saturday, Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, appeared at an apology ceremony flanked by leaders from Radhwaniya.  Watch as the U.S. formally apologizes Â»

"I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Hammond said to tribal leaders and others gathered. "In the most humble manner, I look in your eyes today, and I say please forgive me and my soldiers."

Another military official kissed a Quran and presented it as "a humble gift" to the tribal leaders.

Hammond also read from the shooter's letter: "I sincerely hope that my actions have not diminished the partnership that our two nations have developed together. ... My actions were shortsighted, very reckless and irresponsible, but in my heart [the actions] were not malicious."

Hammond said, "The actions of one soldier were nothing more than criminal behavior. I've come to this land to protect you, to support you -- not to harm you -- and the behavior of this soldier was nothing short of wrong and unacceptable."

The soldier reportedly claimed he wasn't aware the book was the Quran, but U.S. officials rejected his assertion.

Tribal leaders, dignitaries and local security officials attended the ceremony, while residents carried banners and chanted slogans, including, "Yes, yes to the Quran" and "America out, out."  Watch as villagers protest the Quran incident Â»

Sheikh Hamadi al-Qirtani, in a speech on behalf of all tribal sheikhs of Radhwaniya, called the shooting "aggression against the entire Islamic world."

The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq also condemned the shooter's actions and the U.S. military's belated acknowledgment of what happened.

"As the Association of Muslim Scholars condemns this heinous crime against God's holy book, the constitution of this nation, a source of pride and dignity," the group's statement said, "they condemned the silence by all those who are part of the occupation's agenda and holds the occupation and the current government fully responsible for this violation and reminds everyone that God preserves his book and he [God] is a great avenger."

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Police in Connecticut say they have arrested a woman suspected of robbing at least six banks in the past week.

Police released photos of a suspect in the robberies of six New England banks.

Detectives from the Major Crimes division of the Connecticut State Police took Heather Brown into custody at about 3:15 p.m. The 34-year-old resident of Norwich, Connecticut, will be formally charged with robbery in the first degree, police said.

Investigators believe Brown robbed the banks, often while claiming to have a bomb.

"When she goes into the banks, she gives the teller information through a note or verbally that she has a bomb," said Sgt. Jim Keeney of the Connecticut State Police. "However, there haven't been any reports of an actual bomb."

Authorities say they believe the woman has held up banks in the Connecticut towns of Middletown, Montville, East Hartford and Windsor, as well as banks in West Springfield, Massachusetts and Westerly, Rhode Island.

Women commit 6.2 percent of bank robberies nationwide, up from 4.9 percent in 2002, according to recent FBI figures.

The one-woman crime wave in New England apparently began September 21 at the Citizens Bank in Montville, Connecticut. State police said "a lone white female ... entered the bank with a bag in her possession. The suspect approached the teller indicated she was in possession of a bomb and demanded cash."

The woman left the bag on a counter and bolted, police said.

Four days later, a woman entered a branch of the New Alliance Bank in East Hartford, Connecticut. Investigators with the East Hartford Police Department said she "left a note indicating that she had a bomb and demanded $1,000. She fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of money."

Police suspect she struck again the next day in Windsor, Connecticut.

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(CNN) -- A motel owner in New Zealand -- fed up with one too many incidents of rowdy behavior -- has banned an entire town from checking in as guests.

Steve Donnelly, an Australian, has been accused of racism following his decision.

Steve Donnelly, the owner of the Supreme Motor Lodge in the town of Palmerston North, said he decided to yank the welcome mat for the 16,000 residents of Wainuiomata because "each time they visited, our life became less exciting."

"I'm not Santa Claus. I can't figure out who's naughty and who's nice," he said. "So we went ahead and banned all of them."

Wainuiomata, near the capital, Wellington, is about two hours' drive from Palmerston North.

Donnelly said he banned the town after three groups of people from Wainuiomata checked in on separate occasions over a six-month period, riling other guests at the 51-room hotel.

"We have moms and dads who come here with two or three kids to relax," he said. "They don't want some loudmouth spitting on the pavement, flirting with girls and swearing."

The "no vacancy" extends to the members of parliament, as Wainuiomata lawmaker Trevor Mallard found out when he came to test the ban.

"He's barging in here with a TV camera, trying to book a room to prove a point," Donnelly said. "We just stood at the front door and said, 'You're not welcome here. Go away.'"

By "we," Donnelly is referring to himself and his general manager, Malcolm Glen -- a Scotsman known in the community as "Basil Fawlty" after the iconic and paranoid John Cleese character in the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers."

News of the ban sent some former guests complaining, and others accusing Donnelly, an Australian, of racism. Many wanted to know whether he was violating the Human Rights Act, which prohibits hotel owners from discriminating based on race.

"Some people are making it out to be about the big Aussie brother giving his poor little Kiwi cousin a hard time," Donnelly said. "They were flabbergasted that there wasn't a law that stopped me. But it's like having a pub. You don't have to have a reason why you won't serve alcohol to any group of people."

Donnelly, who's owned the 25-year-old motel for the past two and a half years, said he might annul the ban in the future -- if Wainuiomata adjusts its behavior.

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question: Who owns the lodge?

answer: Steve Donnelly,

text: Steve Donnelly,

question: Who has been banned?

answer: an entire town

text: an entire town

question: What does Donnelly own?

answer: Supreme Motor Lodge

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(CNN) -- Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected Friday an appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to overturn her house arrest.

A diplomat who attended the hearing and spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that the appeal was unsuccessful.

Suu Kyi, 64, has one final avenue for appeal to a special court in Myanmar's new capital, Naypidaw.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate's house arrest was extended by 18 months last August after an incident in which uninvited American John Yettaw stayed at her lakeside home. Myanmar's ruling military junta accused Suu Kyi of breaching the terms of her house arrest.

She has been imprisoned or under house arrest for much of the past two decades, since her party the National League for Democracy won a landslide election victory in 1990. The junta has never recognized the results, but has promised to hold fresh elections this year, although no date has yet been set.

Suu Kyi is disqualified from standing because she was married to a foreigner. The NLD has still to clarify whether it will participate in the vote.

CNN's Dan Rivers contributed to this report.

text: CNN

text: Myanmar

text: 's

text: Supreme

text: Court

text: rejected

text: Friday

text: an

text: appeal

text: by

text: pro

text: democracy

text: leader

text: Aung

text: San

text: Suu

text: Kyi

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text: overturn

text: her

text: house

text: arrest

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text: diplomat

text: who

text: attended

text: the

text: hearing

text: and

text: spoke

text: on

text: condition

text: of

text: anonymity

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text: appeal

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text: special

text: court

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text: Myanmar

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text: new

text: capital

text: Naypidaw

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text: Nobel

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text: Prize

text: laureate

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text: house

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text: incident

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text: which

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text: National

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text: landslide

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text: never

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text: results

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text: promised

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text: hold

text: fresh

text: elections

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text: will

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text: in

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text: vote

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Dan

text: Rivers

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who rejected appeal by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi?

answer: Supreme Court

text: Supreme Court

question: What does Myanmar's Supreme Court reject?

answer: an appeal

text: an appeal

question: In what month was her house arrest extended?

answer: August

text: August

question: When was her house arrest extended?

answer: last August

text: last August

question: Myanmar's Supreme Court rejects appeal from who ?

answer: Aung San Suu Kyi

text: Aung San Suu Kyi

question: What did Suu Kyi seek to do?

answer: overturn her house arrest.

text: overturn her house arrest.

question: What did Suu Kyi seek to overturn ?

answer: her house arrest.

text: her house arrest.

question: Who had sought to overturn her house arrest?

answer: Aung San Suu Kyi

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New York (CNN) -- For much of this year, we've read about the Arab Spring uprisings, leading to the downfall of leaders in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Now, we're facing the prospect of a more fundamental overhaul in western nations: a European Union Winter.

The ongoing fiscal crisis in the eurozone is taking its political toll on the leaders of the troubled economies. One by one, they fall.

In the south, developments are accompanied by drama. Greece's George Papandreou resigned, after two years in office, as a precondition for the creation of a coalition government in Greece. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, whose fall has been predicted for years because of his business dealings and private life choices, has stepped down.

But the dominoes don't stop with these Mediterranean countries. Nicolas Sarkozy of France faces a close to impossible re-election in the spring. The French are weary of austerity, but their country will continue to have to make cuts in order to withstand market pressures and hope for a return to growth.

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is faring badly in the polls as the economy there slows down and the money for bailouts will most likely need to increase. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, is not even seeking a third term in the November 20 elections. Unemployment is at 21% and the economic downturn there continues.

Regardless of the fates of these leaders, several overriding questions remain.

What will citizens need to understand in order to accept a significant change in lifestyle and prospects? After ousting one set of politicians will they then be willing to go through the pain of more austerity and elusive growth, or will each new government face even stronger opposition? Is there a realistic way out of this financial crisis that does not entail hardship for the people?

Citizens do not appreciate experimentation. They value a clear road map they can understand: It has a beginning, a middle and an end. Conflicting opinions, the residue of a democracy, nonetheless breed confusion and a false sense that somewhere, someone is hiding the easy way out. People then search for scapegoats and saviors, identify conspiracies and blame the powers that be.

Coalition governments alone will not be sufficient for people to get on board. A clear pan-European plan that will unite the continent should be immediately under way.

The largest political groups, such as the European People's Party, the European Socialists, European Liberal Democrats and the Greens, to name a few, must come together with the EU Commission and undertake this challenge.

The commission has been working on economic proposals to address the fiscal crisis and the economic governance in the EU. There are talks about treaty revisions. But there are also, concurrently, discussions about moving to a two-speed Eurozone. This only heightens insecurity and resentment.

But there is some good news.

Many of the unifying elements are already in place. Across the European Union there is consensus on the transition to a low-carbon economy, to create green jobs, protect the environment, invest in education and R&D and to manage resources more efficiently. The EU has treaties binding members together, and over the decades a strong European identity has emerged that helps citizens feel at home throughout the EU and adds value to their national identity and heritage.

Sadly, the current fiscal crisis has wreaked havoc and obscured all these positive policies that helped make Europe what it is today: a modern society that provides political, economic and personal security to its many peoples. Europe has strengthened its democratic institutions, provided funding for its weaker members, incorporated new members after the fall of the Iron Curtain, given voice to its citizens and led the way in reversing the effects of climate change, the greatest challenge of our time. What Europe needs now is more, not less, Europe.

In a world where size matters, Europeans need to re-start the engines and not allow the fiscal crisis or the markets to send them back to the days when borders, national enmities, national currencies and nationalism itself ruled the day. Today's world requires cooperation on every front, and the economy is just one more test we need to pass, one challenge we have to face in order to move confidently into the future as Europeans who are writing a new chapter in our common history.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Sophia Kalantzakos.

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text: York

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text: For

text: much

text: of

text: this

text: year

text: we

text: 've

text: read

text: about

text: the

text: Arab

text: Spring

text: uprisings

text: leading

text: to

text: the

text: downfall

text: of

text: leaders

text: in

text: Egypt

text: Tunisia

text: and

text: Libya

text: Now

text: we

text: 're

text: facing

text: the

text: prospect

text: of

text: a

text: more

text: fundamental

text: overhaul

text: in

text: western

text: nations

text: a

text: European

text: Union

text: Winter

text: The

text: ongoing

text: fiscal

text: crisis

text: in

text: the

text: eurozone

text: is

text: taking

text: its

text: political

text: toll

text: on

text: the

text: leaders

text: of

text: the

text: troubled

text: economies

text: One

text: by

text: one

text: they

text: fall

text: In

text: the

text: south

text: developments

text: are

text: accompanied

text: by

text: drama

text: Greece

text: 's

text: George

text: Papandreou

text: resigned

text: after

text: two

text: years

text: in

text: office

text: as

text: a

text: precondition

text: for

text: the

text: creation

text: of

text: a

text: coalition

text: government

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text: Greece

text: Italy

text: 's

text: Silvio

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text: fall

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text: years

text: because

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text: private

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text: dominoes

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text: Nicolas

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text: election

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text: spring

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text: hope

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text: return

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text: money

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text: increase

text: Spanish

text: Prime

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text: Rodriguez

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text: a

text: third

text: term

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text: the

text: November

text: elections

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text: at

text: and

text: the

text: economic

text: downturn

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text: Regardless

text: of

text: the

text: fates

text: of

text: these

text: leaders

text: several

text: overriding

text: questions

text: remain

text: What

text: will

text: citizens

text: need

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text: understand

text: in

text: order

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text: accept

text: a

text: significant

text: change

text: in

text: lifestyle

text: and

text: prospects

text: After

text: ousting

text: one

text: set

text: of

text: politicians

text: will

text: they

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text: be

text: willing

text: to

text: go

text: through

text: the

text: pain

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text: more

text: austerity

text: and

text: elusive

text: growth

text: or

text: will

text: each

text: new

text: government

text: face

text: even

text: stronger

text: opposition

text: Is

text: there

text: a

text: realistic

text: way

text: out

text: of

text: this

text: financial

text: crisis

text: that

text: does

text: not

text: entail

text: hardship

text: for

text: the

text: people

text: Citizens

text: do

text: not

text: appreciate

text: experimentation

text: They

text: value

text: a

text: clear

text: road

text: map

text: they

text: can

text: understand

text: It

text: has

text: a

text: beginning

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text: middle

text: and

text: an

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text: opinions

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text: residue

text: of

text: a

text: democracy

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text: a

text: false

text: sense

text: that

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text: is

text: hiding

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text: easy

text: way

text: out

text: People

text: then

text: search

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text: scapegoats

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text: saviors

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text: conspiracies

text: and

text: blame

text: the

text: powers

text: that

text: be

text: Coalition

text: governments

text: alone

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: sufficient

text: for

text: people

text: to

text: get

text: on

text: board

text: A

text: clear

text: pan

text: European

text: plan

text: that

text: will

text: unite

text: the

text: continent

text: should

text: be

text: immediately

text: under

text: way

text: The

text: largest

text: political

text: groups

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: European

text: People

text: 's

text: Party

text: the

text: European

text: Socialists

text: European

text: Liberal

text: Democrats

text: and

text: the

text: Greens

text: to

text: name

text: a

text: few

text: must

text: come

text: together

text: with

text: the

text: EU

text: Commission

text: and

text: undertake

text: this

text: challenge

text: The

text: commission

text: has

text: been

text: working

text: on

text: economic

text: proposals

text: to

text: address

text: the

text: fiscal

text: crisis

text: and

text: the

text: economic

text: governance

text: in

text: the

text: EU

text: There

text: are

text: talks

text: about

text: treaty

text: revisions

text: But

text: there

text: are

text: also

text: concurrently

text: discussions

text: about

text: moving

text: to

text: a

text: two

text: speed

text: Eurozone

text: This

text: only

text: heightens

text: insecurity

text: and

text: resentment

text: But

text: there

text: is

text: some

text: good

text: news

text: Many

text: of

text: the

text: unifying

text: elements

text: are

text: already

text: in

text: place

text: Across

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: there

text: is

text: consensus

text: on

text: the

text: transition

text: to

text: a

text: low

text: carbon

text: economy

text: to

text: create

text: green

text: jobs

text: protect

text: the

text: environment

text: invest

text: in

text: education

text: and

text: R&D

text: and

text: to

text: manage

text: resources

text: more

text: efficiently

text: The

text: EU

text: has

text: treaties

text: binding

text: members

text: together

text: and

text: over

text: the

text: decades

text: a

text: strong

text: European

text: identity

text: has

text: emerged

text: that

text: helps

text: citizens

text: feel

text: at

text: home

text: throughout

text: the

text: EU

text: and

text: adds

text: value

text: to

text: their

text: national

text: identity

text: and

text: heritage

text: Sadly

text: the

text: current

text: fiscal

text: crisis

text: has

text: wreaked

text: havoc

text: and

text: obscured

text: all

text: these

text: positive

text: policies

text: that

text: helped

text: make

text: Europe

text: what

text: it

text: is

text: today

text: a

text: modern

text: society

text: that

text: provides

text: political

text: economic

text: and

text: personal

text: security

text: to

text: its

text: many

text: peoples

text: Europe

text: has

text: strengthened

text: its

text: democratic

text: institutions

text: provided

text: funding

text: for

text: its

text: weaker

text: members

text: incorporated

text: new

text: members

text: after

text: the

text: fall

text: of

text: the

text: Iron

text: Curtain

text: given

text: voice

text: to

text: its

text: citizens

text: and

text: led

text: the

text: way

text: in

text: reversing

text: the

text: effects

text: of

text: climate

text: change

text: the

text: greatest

text: challenge

text: of

text: our

text: time

text: What

text: Europe

text: needs

text: now

text: is

text: more

text: not

text: less

text: Europe

text: In

text: a

text: world

text: where

text: size

text: matters

text: Europeans

text: need

text: to

text: re

text: start

text: the

text: engines

text: and

text: not

text: allow

text: the

text: fiscal

text: crisis

text: or

text: the

text: markets

text: to

text: send

text: them

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: days

text: when

text: borders

text: national

text: enmities

text: national

text: currencies

text: and

text: nationalism

text: itself

text: ruled

text: the

text: day

text: Today

text: 's

text: world

text: requires

text: cooperation

text: on

text: every

text: front

text: and

text: the

text: economy

text: is

text: just

text: one

text: more

text: test

text: we

text: need

text: to

text: pass

text: one

text: challenge

text: we

text: have

text: to

text: face

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: move

text: confidently

text: into

text: the

text: future

text: as

text: Europeans

text: who

text: are

text: writing

text: a

text: new

text: chapter

text: in

text: our

text: common

text: history

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Sophia

text: Kalantzakos

question: Who is asking whether governments will face stronger opposition?

answer: citizens

text: citizens

question: What should be underway to unite the continent?

answer: clear pan-European plan

text: clear pan-European plan

question: What is falling one by one?

answer: leaders of the troubled economies.

text: leaders of the troubled economies.

question: what will not be sufficient for people?

answer: Coalition governments alone

text: Coalition governments alone


text:
(CNN) -- Switzerland's largest city has permitted the use of controversial posters which call for a ban on the construction of minarets on mosques in the European country.

The Federal Commission against Racism said the posters defame Switzerland's peaceful Muslim population.

The posters are part of a campaign by the nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP) and feature a veiled woman against a background of a Swiss flag pierced by several minarets resembling missiles.

The cities of Basel and Lausanne have described the posters as racist and banned them in publicly-owned spaces. However, Zurich is among a clutch of cities that have chosen not to prohibit them.

According to the SVP, the minarets symbolize ideological opposition to the country's constitution.

Switzerland will hold a national referendum on the issue on November 29.

According to Agence France-Presse, an opinion poll by the daily Tages-Anzeiger showed more than 51 percent of Swiss voters are against any ban on minaret construction.

The Swiss government and all the other major political parties are recommending a "no" vote, while local Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders have joined forces to reject a ban, AFP added.

The mayor of Zurich, Corine Mauch, told CNN that the decision on the poster was taken on the basis of political freedom of speech in the run-up to November's vote.

"While we disapprove of the posters we took the decision after legal consultations.

"We consulted the Federal Commission against Racism and spoke to Muslim communities in the city, but decided banning the posters from public spaces would draw more attention to the issue." Do you agree with the Zurich decision?

However, the Federal Commission against Racism said in a statement Wednesday that the posters "defame Switzerland's peaceful Muslim population, feed prejudice, and portray the Muslim community as wanting to dominate Switzerland, oppress women and trample on fundamental rights."

The SVP have courted controversy with their campaigns in the past. In 2007 they faced international criticism for leading an anti-immigration campaign during the federal election that featured a poster with a white sheep kicking a black sheep off a Swiss flag.

Under party leader Christoph Blocher they went on to win the biggest share of the vote in the 200-member parliament, taking 55 seats.

Earlier this year they issued a poster depicting crows pecking at a map of Switzerland, as the country prepared to vote on whether to support an extension of a free movement of labor deal with the European Union which would include new members, Bulgaria and Romania.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Florida man told police he drove across the country to meet "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Shawn Johnson because she was communicating with him through the television, according to a restraining order application filed this week.

"Dancing With the Stars" contestant Shawn Johnson  is a gymnast who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics.

Robert Michael O'Ryan entered a not guilty plea Thursday to a felony count of stalking and two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle stemming from his arrest outside the "Dancing with the Stars" studio earlier this week.

O'Ryan, 34, was ordered held on $220,000 bail, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office said.

O'Ryan is accused of driving from Florida to Los Angeles to meet Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, 17, who is appearing on the show, prosecutors said.

He was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly tried to jump a security fence at CBS Studios in the Wilshire district of Los Angeles, where the ABC television show is filmed, authorities said. Police found a loaded handgun and shotgun in his car.

O'Ryan was also ordered to have no contact with Johnson or her family and to stay 500 feet away from the gymnast and the CBS studio. A preliminary hearing was set for April 27.

O'Ryan told police at the time of his arrest that "he packed all his belongings, permanently left Florida to drive across the country because he believes [Johnson] is speaking to him personally through the television and via ESP and that he will be with her no matter what," according to an application for a restraining order against him filed by Johnson's mother, Teri.

Also found in O'Ryan's car were love letters, clippings and other information on Johnson, the court documents said, along with items such as duct tape and "zip ties."

The application said Johnson fears for her life.

"She is extremely upset by this incident and her entire family and those around her are all extremely concerned and fearful that the respondent might try to kidnap her or harm her in an effort to make good on his statements."

O'Ryan was attempting to contact Johnson at the studio, and was detained by security while police were summoned because no one knew who he was, Teri Johnson said in an affidavit accompanying the application.

"It was extremely disturbing to us that this person had so much information on my daughter's life," the court documents said.

"This incident has caused us severe emotional distress. We have been on the move ever since and have not been able to rest at all for fear that this disturbed person will attempt to make good on his statements and attempt to harm my daughter and possibly us as well."

A temporary restraining order was put in place, with a hearing set next month on the matter.

If convicted, O'Ryan could be sentenced to up to four years in prison, prosecutors said. It was not known whether he had retained an attorney.

"The appropriate authorities are handling the matter," a Dancing With the Stars" spokeswoman said.

"The matter has been turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. It is currently an ongoing investigation and we are confident that it will be handled appropriately by all involved," said Johnson's publicist, Susan Madore.

Johnson won a gold medal on the balance beam and three silver medals in the women's team, all-around and floor competitions at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, China.

CNN's Marc Balinsky contributed to this report.

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New York (CNN) -- Matthew Hoh, a young man previously unknown to the general public, has become the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war. He was the senior U.S. civilian adviser in Zabul province, Afghanistan.

There certainly have been more famous resignations over a president's war policy. President Lyndon Johnson's first secretary of health, education and welfare and the architect of much of the civil rights and Great Society programs, John Gardner, resigned because he could not support the war in Vietnam and privately told the president he could not support him for re-election.

LBJ's Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance resigned after becoming convinced the war in Vietnam, which he had strongly supported initially, was unwinnable. After his resignation he unsuccessfully urged Johnson not to bomb North Vietnam.

Vance later resigned as President Carter's secretary of state after arguing again unsuccessfully against "Operation Eagle Claw," the disastrous desert rescue attempt of our 52 hostages in Iran that cost the lives of eight American soldiers.

Our history is filled with brave men and women who have resigned because they could not support a policy or an administration, but it's never easy to quit and far more people carry on quietly and do what they perceive as their duty.

Many thought former Secretary of State Colin Powell should have resigned rather than testify before the U.N. on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction, information he may have thought was suspect. There might not have been an Iraq war if he had done that.

But the resignation of Hoh, a former Marine captain and Iraq veteran from the Foreign Service, as reported Tuesday on the front page of the Washington Post may have more impact than the others.

His comments reflect the feelings of many of his countrymen who have far less knowledge of the Afghan situation then he does. The White House and State Department made every effort to keep Hoh from leaving and valued his service. He was exactly the kind of person we needed there if our Afghan efforts are to be successful.

Even though I support the continued efforts in Afghanistan and believe the president should give Gen. Stanley McChrystal what he needs, Hoh's words reflect thoughts that I, too, have pondered.

Hoh said in his resignation letter: "I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States' presence in Afghanistan. I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end."

But before the president acts (and he will make his decision quickly, I hope) he needs to answer Hoh's: "Why and to what end?" If he can't, he will have great difficulty convincing his party and the nation of the need for further action.

The why part is easier to answer. The United States and our NATO allies went into Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban government refused to turn over Osama bin Laden and to stop al Qaeda from operating with its protection. The United States has been in full pursuit of bin Laden since the August 7, 1998, truck bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and in Kenya in which hundreds were killed.

These attacks were preceded by the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. servicemen. After that came the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, which preceded the September 11, 2001, attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Thousands of our fellow citizens were murdered and our way of life was altered forever.

In spite of being on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden has been an elusive target. In the late '90s on several occasions he was in our sights, but the inability or hesitancy to pull the trigger allowed him to escape. He is still out there with tens of thousands of supporters who want to destroy Americans and Westerners. The threat is still real. The bad guys are still out there and may be here.

I feel this is the most important decision this president will make -- and other world leaders will judge him on his decision. Is he a viable partner? Can he make the tough decisions U.S. presidents need to make?

Many Americans have doubts as they almost always do with any activity of our troops beyond our borders. We as a nation are still badly scarred from the divisions in the country caused four decades ago by the Vietnam War.

Our president never served in the military, and it might be important to review the thinking of some who have and some who went before him. Caspar Weinberger was a young infantry captain in World War II who went on to be one of the most important secretaries of defense and who rebuilt our broken military after Vietnam.

Facing a demoralized military officer corps and troops who weren't in much better shape, Weinberger asked all the major leaders in the Pentagon who had been young officers in Vietnam what lessons they learned. Included was a former young major in Vietnam who was now a brigadier general and served as Weinberger's military assistant, Colin Powell.

Weinberger came up with the Weinberger doctrine:

1. The United States should not commit forces to combat unless the vital national interests of the United States or its allies are involved.

2. U.S. troops should only be committed wholeheartedly and with the clear intention of winning. Otherwise, troops should not be committed.

3. U.S. combat troops should be committed only with clearly defined political and military objectives and with the capacity to accomplish those objectives.

4. The relationship between the objectives and the size and composition of the forces committed should be continually reassessed and adjusted if necessary.

5. U.S. troops should not be committed to battle without a "reasonable assurance" of the support of U.S. public opinion and Congress.

6. The commitment of U.S. troops should be considered only as a last resort.

A version of this became the Powell doctrine. Every president should have a copy of Weinberger's doctrine on his desk.

Number 2 and 5 are still the unanswered questions. They are the biggest obstacles to whatever decision President Obama makes. That, along with Hoh's question: "To what end?"

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ed Rollins.

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text: official

text: known

text: to

text: resign

text: in

text: protest

text: over

text: the

text: Afghan

text: war

text: He

text: was

text: the

text: senior

text: U.S.

text: civilian

text: adviser

text: in

text: Zabul

text: province

text: Afghanistan

text: There

text: certainly

text: have

text: been

text: more

text: famous

text: resignations

text: over

text: a

text: president

text: 's

text: war

text: policy

text: President

text: Lyndon

text: Johnson

text: 's

text: first

text: secretary

text: of

text: health

text: education

text: and

text: welfare

text: and

text: the

text: architect

text: of

text: much

text: of

text: the

text: civil

text: rights

text: and

text: Great

text: Society

text: programs

text: John

text: Gardner

text: resigned

text: because

text: he

text: could

text: not

text: support

text: the

text: war

text: in

text: Vietnam

text: and

text: privately

text: told

text: the

text: president

text: he

text: could

text: not

text: support

text: him

text: for

text: re

text: election

text: LBJ

text: 's

text: Deputy

text: Secretary

text: of

text: Defense

text: Cyrus

text: Vance

text: resigned

text: after

text: becoming

text: convinced

text: the

text: war

text: in

text: Vietnam

text: which

text: he

text: had

text: strongly

text: supported

text: initially

text: was

text: unwinnable

text: After

text: his

text: resignation

text: he

text: unsuccessfully

text: urged

text: Johnson

text: not

text: to

text: bomb

text: North

text: Vietnam

text: Vance

text: later

text: resigned

text: as

text: President

text: Carter

text: 's

text: secretary

text: of

text: state

text: after

text: arguing

text: again

text: unsuccessfully

text: against

text: Operation

text: Eagle

text: Claw

text: the

text: disastrous

text: desert

text: rescue

text: attempt

text: of

text: our

text: hostages

text: in

text: Iran

text: that

text: cost

text: the

text: lives

text: of

text: eight

text: American

text: soldiers

text: Our

text: history

text: is

text: filled

text: with

text: brave

text: men

text: and

text: women

text: who

text: have

text: resigned

text: because

text: they

text: could

text: not

text: support

text: a

text: policy

text: or

text: an

text: administration

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: never

text: easy

text: to

text: quit

text: and

text: far

text: more

text: people

text: carry

text: on

text: quietly

text: and

text: do

text: what

text: they

text: perceive

text: as

text: their

text: duty

text: Many

text: thought

text: former

text: Secretary

text: of

text: State

text: Colin

text: Powell

text: should

text: have

text: resigned

text: rather

text: than

text: testify

text: before

text: the

text: U.N.

text: on

text: Iraq

text: 's

text: supposed

text: weapons

text: of

text: mass

text: destruction

text: information

text: he

text: may

text: have

text: thought

text: was

text: suspect

text: There

text: might

text: not

text: have

text: been

text: an

text: Iraq

text: war

text: if

text: he

text: had

text: done

text: that

text: But

text: the

text: resignation

text: of

text: Hoh

text: a

text: former

text: Marine

text: captain

text: and

text: Iraq

text: veteran

text: from

text: the

text: Foreign

text: Service

text: as

text: reported

text: Tuesday

text: on

text: the

text: front

text: page

text: of

text: the

text: Washington

text: Post

text: may

text: have

text: more

text: impact

text: than

text: the

text: others

text: His

text: comments

text: reflect

text: the

text: feelings

text: of

text: many

text: of

text: his

text: countrymen

text: who

text: have

text: far

text: less

text: knowledge

text: of

text: the

text: Afghan

text: situation

text: then

text: he

text: does

text: The

text: White

text: House

text: and

text: State

text: Department

text: made

text: every

text: effort

text: to

text: keep

text: Hoh

text: from

text: leaving

text: and

text: valued

text: his

text: service

text: He

text: was

text: exactly

text: the

text: kind

text: of

text: person

text: we

text: needed

text: there

text: if

text: our

text: Afghan

text: efforts

text: are

text: to

text: be

text: successful

text: Even

text: though

text: I

text: support

text: the

text: continued

text: efforts

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: and

text: believe

text: the

text: president

text: should

text: give

text: Gen.

text: Stanley

text: McChrystal

text: what

text: he

text: needs

text: Hoh

text: 's

text: words

text: reflect

text: thoughts

text: that

text: I

text: too

text: have

text: pondered

text: Hoh

text: said

text: in

text: his

text: resignation

text: letter

text: I

text: have

text: lost

text: understanding

text: of

text: and

text: confidence

text: in

text: the

text: strategic

text: purposes

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: presence

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: I

text: have

text: doubts

text: and

text: reservations

text: about

text: our

text: current

text: strategy

text: and

text: planned

text: future

text: strategy

text: but

text: my

text: resignation

text: is

text: based

text: not

text: upon

text: how

text: we

text: are

text: pursuing

text: this

text: war

text: but

text: why

text: and

text: to

text: what

text: end

text: But

text: before

text: the

text: president

text: acts

text: and

text: he

text: will

text: make

text: his

text: decision

text: quickly

text: I

text: hope

text: he

text: needs

text: to

text: answer

text: Hoh

text: 's

text: Why

text: and

text: to

text: what

text: end

text: If

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: he

text: will

text: have

text: great

text: difficulty

text: convincing

text: his

text: party

text: and

text: the

text: nation

text: of

text: the

text: need

text: for

text: further

text: action

text: The

text: why

text: part

text: is

text: easier

text: to

text: answer

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: our

text: NATO

text: allies

text: went

text: into

text: Afghanistan

text: after

text: the

text: ruling

text: Taliban

text: government

text: refused

text: to

text: turn

text: over

text: Osama

text: bin

text: Laden

text: and

text: to

text: stop

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: from

text: operating

text: with

text: its

text: protection

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: has

text: been

text: in

text: full

text: pursuit

text: of

text: bin

text: Laden

text: since

text: the

text: August

text: truck

text: bombings

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: embassies

text: in

text: Tanzania

text: and

text: in

text: Kenya

text: in

text: which

text: hundreds

text: were

text: killed

text: These

text: attacks

text: were

text: preceded

text: by

text: the

text: bombing

text: of

text: the

text: World

text: Trade

text: Center

text: and

text: the

text: Khobar

text: Towers

text: bombing

text: in

text: Saudi

text: Arabia

text: that

text: killed

text: U.S.

text: servicemen

text: After

text: that

text: came

text: the

text: attack

text: on

text: the

text: USS

text: Cole

text: in

text: Yemen

text: which

text: preceded

text: the

text: September

text: attacks

text: against

text: the

text: World

text: Trade

text: Center

text: and

text: the

text: Pentagon

text: Thousands

text: of

text: our

text: fellow

text: citizens

text: were

text: murdered

text: and

text: our

text: way

text: of

text: life

text: was

text: altered

text: forever

text: In

text: spite

text: of

text: being

text: on

text: the

text: FBI

text: 's

text: Most

text: Wanted

text: list

text: bin

text: Laden

text: has

text: been

text: an

text: elusive

text: target

text: In

text: the

text: late

text: on

text: several

text: occasions

text: he

text: was

text: in

text: our

text: sights

text: but

text: the

text: inability

text: or

text: hesitancy

text: to

text: pull

text: the

text: trigger

text: allowed

text: him

text: to

text: escape

text: He

text: is

text: still

text: out

text: there

text: with

text: tens

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: supporters

text: who

text: want

text: to

text: destroy

text: Americans

text: and

text: Westerners

text: The

text: threat

text: is

text: still

text: real

text: The

text: bad

text: guys

text: are

text: still

text: out

text: there

text: and

text: may

text: be

text: here

text: I

text: feel

text: this

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: important

text: decision

text: this

text: president

text: will

text: make

text: and

text: other

text: world

text: leaders

text: will

text: judge

text: him

text: on

text: his

text: decision

text: Is

text: he

text: a

text: viable

text: partner

text: Can

text: he

text: make

text: the

text: tough

text: decisions

text: U.S.

text: presidents

text: need

text: to

text: make

text: Many

text: Americans

text: have

text: doubts

text: as

text: they

text: almost

text: always

text: do

text: with

text: any

text: activity

text: of

text: our

text: troops

text: beyond

text: our

text: borders

text: We

text: as

text: a

text: nation

text: are

text: still

text: badly

text: scarred

text: from

text: the

text: divisions

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: caused

text: four

text: decades

text: ago

text: by

text: the

text: Vietnam

text: War

text: Our

text: president

text: never

text: served

text: in

text: the

text: military

text: and

text: it

text: might

text: be

text: important

text: to

text: review

text: the

text: thinking

text: of

text: some

text: who

text: have

text: and

text: some

text: who

text: went

text: before

text: him

text: Caspar

text: Weinberger

text: was

text: a

text: young

text: infantry

text: captain

text: in

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: who

text: went

text: on

text: to

text: be

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: important

text: secretaries

text: of

text: defense

text: and

text: who

text: rebuilt

text: our

text: broken

text: military

text: after

text: Vietnam

text: Facing

text: a

text: demoralized

text: military

text: officer

text: corps

text: and

text: troops

text: who

text: were

text: n't

text: in

text: much

text: better

text: shape

text: Weinberger

text: asked

text: all

text: the

text: major

text: leaders

text: in

text: the

text: Pentagon

text: who

text: had

text: been

text: young

text: officers

text: in

text: Vietnam

text: what

text: lessons

text: they

text: learned

text: Included

text: was

text: a

text: former

text: young

text: major

text: in

text: Vietnam

text: who

text: was

text: now

text: a

text: brigadier

text: general

text: and

text: served

text: as

text: Weinberger

text: 's

text: military

text: assistant

text: Colin

text: Powell

text: Weinberger

text: came

text: up

text: with

text: the

text: Weinberger

text: doctrine

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: should

text: not

text: commit

text: forces

text: to

text: combat

text: unless

text: the

text: vital

text: national

text: interests

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: or

text: its

text: allies

text: are

text: involved

text: U.S.

text: troops

text: should

text: only

text: be

text: committed

text: wholeheartedly

text: and

text: with

text: the

text: clear

text: intention

text: of

text: winning

text: Otherwise

text: troops

text: should

text: not

text: be

text: committed

text: U.S.

text: combat

text: troops

text: should

text: be

text: committed

text: only

text: with

text: clearly

text: defined

text: political

text: and

text: military

text: objectives

text: and

text: with

text: the

text: capacity

text: to

text: accomplish

text: those

text: objectives

text: The

text: relationship

text: between

text: the

text: objectives

text: and

text: the

text: size

text: and

text: composition

text: of

text: the

text: forces

text: committed

text: should

text: be

text: continually

text: reassessed

text: and

text: adjusted

text: if

text: necessary

text: U.S.

text: troops

text: should

text: not

text: be

text: committed

text: to

text: battle

text: without

text: a

text: reasonable

text: assurance

text: of

text: the

text: support

text: of

text: U.S.

text: public

text: opinion

text: and

text: Congress

text: The

text: commitment

text: of

text: U.S.

text: troops

text: should

text: be

text: considered

text: only

text: as

text: a

text: last

text: resort

text: A

text: version

text: of

text: this

text: became

text: the

text: Powell

text: doctrine

text: Every

text: president

text: should

text: have

text: a

text: copy

text: of

text: Weinberger

text: 's

text: doctrine

text: on

text: his

text: desk

text: Number

text: and

text: are

text: still

text: the

text: unanswered

text: questions

text: They

text: are

text: the

text: biggest

text: obstacles

text: to

text: whatever

text: decision

text: President

text: Obama

text: makes

text: That

text: along

text: with

text: Hoh

text: 's

text: question

text: To

text: what

text: end

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Ed

text: Rollins

question: who quit the Foreign Service?

answer: Matthew Hoh,

text: Matthew Hoh,

question: What was the reason for Hoh quitting?

answer: protest over the Afghan war.

text: protest over the Afghan war.

question: who resigned over wars?

answer: Matthew Hoh,

text: Matthew Hoh,


text:
(CNN) -- Gas prices dropped nearly 33 cents in the past two weeks, dipping below $2 for the first time since March 2005, a national survey said Sunday.

This station in Rio Vista, California, had gas prices below $2 on November 19.

The average price of self-serve, unleaded gasoline on Friday in the United States was $1.97, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. The last time the price was below $2 was on March 4, 2005, she said.

The all-time high average was $4.11, set on July 11, according to Lundberg, and prices have been dropping ever since.

"The rate of decline has slowed somewhat, but it is still dramatic at 33 cents in two weeks," she said.

Diesel prices averaged $2.93 on Friday, slumping under $3 for the first time since September 2007, she said.

Lundberg attributed the price reductions to a drop in crude oil prices and demand, and also because of low refining margins.  Watch thrilled customers enjoy cheaper gas Â»

"Crude oil remains [the] main driver," for the decline, she said, noting that crude oil futures settled on Friday below $50.

Demand is always low in November, she said, but the weakening economy is reducing it further.

However, Lundberg said that if crude oil prices do not fall further, "then the end of this [gasoline] price crash is either here or near."

The Lundberg Survey is based on responses from more than 5,000 service stations nationwide.

On Friday, drivers in St. Louis, Missouri, paid the least at the pump -- $1.61 -- while drivers in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Anchorage, Alaska, paid the most, at $2.81.

Here are average prices in other cities:

â¢ Detroit, Michigan -- $1.76

â¢ Houston, Texas -- $1.78

â¢ Atlanta, Georgia -- $1.88

â¢ Boston, Massachusetts -- $2.01

â¢ Chicago, Illinois -- $2.10

â¢ Washington -- $2.19

â¢ Los Angeles, California -- $2.22

text: CNN

text: Gas

text: prices

text: dropped

text: nearly

text: cents

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: two

text: weeks

text: dipping

text: below

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: since

text: March

text: a

text: national

text: survey

text: said

text: Sunday

text: This

text: station

text: in

text: Rio

text: Vista

text: California

text: had

text: gas

text: prices

text: below

text: on

text: November

text: The

text: average

text: price

text: of

text: self

text: serve

text: unleaded

text: gasoline

text: on

text: Friday

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: was

text: said

text: Trilby

text: Lundberg

text: publisher

text: of

text: the

text: Lundberg

text: Survey

text: The

text: last

text: time

text: the

text: price

text: was

text: below

text: was

text: on

text: March

text: she

text: said

text: The

text: all

text: time

text: high

text: average

text: was

text: set

text: on

text: July

text: according

text: to

text: Lundberg

text: and

text: prices

text: have

text: been

text: dropping

text: ever

text: since

text: The

text: rate

text: of

text: decline

text: has

text: slowed

text: somewhat

text: but

text: it

text: is

text: still

text: dramatic

text: at

text: cents

text: in

text: two

text: weeks

text: she

text: said

text: Diesel

text: prices

text: averaged

text: on

text: Friday

text: slumping

text: under

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: since

text: September

text: she

text: said

text: Lundberg

text: attributed

text: the

text: price

text: reductions

text: to

text: a

text: drop

text: in

text: crude

text: oil

text: prices

text: and

text: demand

text: and

text: also

text: because

text: of

text: low

text: refining

text: margins

text: Watch

text: thrilled

text: customers

text: enjoy

text: cheaper

text: gas

text: Â

text: Crude

text: oil

text: remains

text: the

text: main

text: driver

text: for

text: the

text: decline

text: she

text: said

text: noting

text: that

text: crude

text: oil

text: futures

text: settled

text: on

text: Friday

text: below

text: Demand

text: is

text: always

text: low

text: in

text: November

text: she

text: said

text: but

text: the

text: weakening

text: economy

text: is

text: reducing

text: it

text: further

text: However

text: Lundberg

text: said

text: that

text: if

text: crude

text: oil

text: prices

text: do

text: not

text: fall

text: further

text: then

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: this

text: gasoline

text: price

text: crash

text: is

text: either

text: here

text: or

text: near

text: The

text: Lundberg

text: Survey

text: is

text: based

text: on

text: responses

text: from

text: more

text: than

text: service

text: stations

text: nationwide

text: On

text: Friday

text: drivers

text: in

text: St.

text: Louis

text: Missouri

text: paid

text: the

text: least

text: at

text: the

text: pump

text: while

text: drivers

text: in

text: Honolulu

text: Hawaii

text: and

text: Anchorage

text: Alaska

text: paid

text: the

text: most

text: at

text: Here

text: are

text: average

text: prices

text: in

text: other

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text: Detroit

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text: Houston

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question: What is the average price in the US?

answer: $1.97,

question: When was the all time high set?

answer: average

text: average

question: What commodity is being discussed, specifically?

answer: Gas

text: Gas

question: What was the all time high?

answer: $4.11,

question: What is the all-time high average price in the US for the commodity that is being discussed?

answer: $4.11,

question: What was the all time high average?

answer: $4.11,

question: What sank below $2 for the first time in years?

answer: prices

text: prices

question: What prices are finally below $3?

answer: Diesel

text: Diesel

question: What amount has it dropped in the past 2 weeks?

answer: 33 cents

text: 33 cents

question: What record high price was set a few months ago?

answer: $4.11,