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London (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama have come under fire after they were overheard talking rudely about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the G-20 summit.

Sarkozy was overheard telling Obama: "I can't stand him. He's a liar," according to French website Arret Sur Images.

Obama is reported to have replied: "You're tired of him; what about me? I have to deal with him every day."

The comments have provoked criticism in Israel and the United States -- but it is not the first time a prominent figure has been caught off-guard, on-mic. CNN looks back at 10 of the most infamous gaffes.

Gordon Brown on 'bigoted' voter

Then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's 2010 election campaign was not going well, but he had no idea how much worse it was going to get when he stopped to chat with a voter a week before the poll.

Gillian Duffy, then a 66-year-old pensioner, proceeded to berate Brown, explaining why -- despite having backed his Labour party all her life -- she was now "ashamed" to admit her political allegiance.

Brown kept up a polite conversation with her as the TV cameras looked on, then drove away unaware his microphone was still on.

Once inside the car, he complained to advisers: "That was a disaster. They should never have put me with that woman... Ridiculous... Bigoted woman."

Brown later apologized, but went on to lose the election.

George W. Bush to Tony Blair

Brown's predecessor, Tony Blair, was witness to one of the most famous on-mic blunders by U.S. President George W. Bush during a lunch meeting at the 2006 G-8 summit in Russia.

Bush hailed the prime minister with the greeting "Yo Blair!" and thanked him for a recent gift of a sweater. He then began discussing the situation in the Middle East, offering a not-entirely-diplomatic solution to the difficulties between Syria and Israel.

"What they need to do," he told Blair, "is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s--- and it's all over."

George W. Bush on reporter

The 43rd President of the U.S. was no stranger to the gaffe -- entire books were written about his famous "Bushisms" -- and they were in evidence even on the election trail.

At an Illinois campaign stop in September 2000, Bush was caught on camera referring to New York Times reporter Adam Clymer as a "major-league a------" -- to which his running mate Dick Cheney replied: "Oh yeah, big time."

Bush later said he was sorry his comments -- intended, according to his advisers, as a "whispered aside" -- were overheard.

"I regret that the private comments made it to the public airwaves," he said. "I regret people heard the comments."

Prince Charles on royal correspondent

George W. Bush is not the only one to have voiced his frustration and anger at a member of the media in an unguarded on-camera moment.

Prince Charles got himself in hot water with the British press when he was caught muttering under his breath about a reporter to his sons William and Harry during a photocall on a skiing holiday in Switzerland in 2005.

Taking exception to a question from the BBC's veteran royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, the prince complained: "Bloody people. I can't bear that man. He's so awful, he really is."

The comment did little to repair Charles' fractious relationship with the media, and proved that gaffes can still offend, even when couched in polite language.

Joe Biden to Barack Obama

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in a class all his own when it comes to putting his foot in it.

In one of his most famous blunders, he was caught on tape dropping the F-bomb while congratulating Obama over the signing of the controversial healthcare bill in March 2010.

Introducing the President to the media, he turned to hug Obama, and was heard whispering: "This is a big f------ deal."

Jesse Jackson on Barack Obama

Obama has also been the target of on-camera slip-ups.

In the run-up to the 2008 election, veteran civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson was overheard accusing the then-Illinois Senator of "talking down to black people."

During the taping of an interview for Fox News, Jackson whispered to a fellow pundit "I want to cut his nuts off."

Jackson later apologized for his "regrettably crude" remarks, which became one of the immortalized soundbites of the campaign.

John Major on colleagues -- and himself

Elections are fertile hunting ground for gaffes, as politicians battle for airtime and headlines, but then-UK Prime Minister John Major found himself in trouble in 1993 when he admitted he didn't understand why people kept voting for him.

The day after members of his Conservative party had rebelled in parliament over plans to expand Britain's links with Europe, the normally unemotive Major was heard referring to the eurosceptic MPs as "bastards," and threatening to "crucify" them.

Speaking to a reporter after an interview -- when he thought the microphone had been switched off -- Major said he could not see "how such a complete wimp like me keeps winning everything."

Jacques Chirac on British food

French President Jacques Chirac also had winning on his mind when he was caught out on tape, criticizing an entire nation in 2005.

Chirac was playing a leading role in Paris's quest to host the 2012 Olympics when he tried to make the most of what he saw as a clear advantage over competitor city London: Food.

"The only thing that they have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease," he told Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. "You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine."

Predictably, the comments provoked the ire of the British tabloids, but the Brits had the last laugh days later, when London won the rights to stage the 2012 Olympics.

Jean Chretien on U.S. politicians

Chirac is not the only politician to have risked cross-border conflict with an ill-advised on-mic jibe.

Speaking to his counterparts from Belgium and Luxembourg at a NATO summit in Madrid in 1997, Jean Chretien, the then-Prime Minister of Canada, was overheard taking aim at his neighbors in the United States.

Chretien was taped claiming that U.S. politicians would all be in jail if they worked in Canada or elsewhere, as they all sold their votes.

Ronald Reagan on Russia

While Chretien's remarks did not prompt an attack on Ottawa, a joke by U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the height of the Cold War could have had much more serious implications.

Taking part in a sound-check shortly before his weekly radio address to the nation in August 1984, Reagan "announced" to listeners:

"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I have signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever.

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(CNN) -- You know it's a recession when leggy Las Vegas showgirls can't sell enough tickets to stay in business.

Las Vegas showgirls strut their stuff in Les Folies Bergere, which is closing after 50 years.

That's what's happening to "Les Folies Bergere," a revue modeled after its famous namesake in Paris, that has run in Vegas for nearly 50 years.

The curtain will go down on the act for the last time on March 28, according to the Tropicana Las Vegas, where the show runs on the Strip.

The hotel's Web site trumpets that the "timeless musical extravaganza embodies the very essence of sexy, classic Las Vegas entertainment."

The classic show opened on Christmas Eve 1959 after being imported from Paris, according to the hotel.

Scandalous when it opened, it was known for its leggy, topless dancers wearing huge feathered headdresses, high heels, and not much more.

"Folies Bergere enjoyed an amazing and unprecedented run on the Las Vegas Strip," according to Ron Thacker, president of Tropicana Las Vegas. "We are extremely proud to have been part of such an iconic Las Vegas production and offer a sincere thank you to the cast, crew and support staff for their many years of excellence."

The closing is an example of how the economic downturn has struck Sin City.

Tourism and real estate -- two key industries in Las Vegas -- have plunged.

Hotels have slashed prices to keep bringing in visitors, but that hasn't helped keep Les Folies Bergere running.

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question: how much time pass to les folies bergere show to close?

answer: 50 years.

text: 50 years.

question: When did show open?

answer: on Christmas Eve 1959

text: on Christmas Eve 1959

question: when does the show imported from paris opened?

answer: Christmas Eve 1959

text: Christmas Eve 1959

question: Where was the show imported from?

answer: Paris,

text: Paris,

question: When will the curtain go down for the last time?

answer: March 28,

text: March 28,

question: What goes down the last time March 28th?

answer: The curtain

text: The curtain

question: What is to close after 50 years?

answer: Les Folies Bergere,

text: Les Folies Bergere,

question: What will close in Las Vegas after 50 years?

answer: Les Folies Bergere,

text: Les Folies Bergere,

question: what does the topless dancers wear?

answer: huge feathered headdresses, high heels, and not much more.

text: huge feathered headdresses, high heels, and not much more.


text:
(CNN) -- This week the world will reach 7 billion people. Understandably that raises concern about a soaring world population. But there is a good news story from the demographic data that is not often told. We -- or rather the poor women of the world -- are defusing the population bomb.

Women today are having half as many children as their mothers and grandmothers. The global average is now down to 2.5 children per woman, and it continues to fall.

This is not just a rich-world phenomenon. Much of Asia now has fertility rates below two, from Japan and Korea to China, with its one-child policy, through Taiwan, Vietnam, Burma, Singapore and much of southern India and parts of the Middle East. Behind the veil, the women of Iran have cut their fertility from eight to less than two in a generation.

The young people out on the streets demanding democracy during the Arab Spring are arguably far more politically active because they are not at home raising large families.

Falling fertility happens faster if countries get richer and if women are better educated. Similarly urbanization helps a lot. While even young children can be an economic asset on an African peasant farm, they are an economic liability in cities, where they require education before they can get a job. The teeming megacities of the poor world may look like symbols of overpopulation, but they are part of the solution, too.

But the real story is that rich or poor, Muslim or Catholic, secular or devout, socialist or capitalist, with tough government birth control policies or none, most countries tell the same story. Small families are becoming the new norm.

The reason, I believe, is very simple. Women are having smaller families because for the first time in history they can. In the 20th century, the world largely eradicated the diseases that used to kill off most children. Today, most kids get to grow up. Mothers no longer need to have five or six children to ensure the next generation. Two or three is enough, and that is what they are choosing to have.

There are holdouts, of course. In much of Africa, rural women still typically have five children or more. But if Africa follows Asia, then we can see an end to population growth. We are, I believe, likely to see "peak population" by about mid-century. Perhaps at around 9 billion people.

After that, on current trends of fertility falling to below replacement levels, we will see a falling world population.

And rapid aging. With longer life expectancy and fewer babies, this is all but inevitable. China will soon be aging faster than anywhere on Earth. Aging is set to be the dominant demographic phenomenon of the 21st century, just as the population boom dominated the 20th century.

What does this mean for the environment? Well, peak population is good news, of course. But don't hang the flags. It is a pervasive myth that it is all those extra people that are wrecking the planet. That's no longer the case.

Rising consumption today is a far bigger threat to the environment than a rising head-count. And most of that extra consumption is still happening in rich countries that have long since given up growing their populations.

According to Stephen Pacala, the director of the Princeton Environmental Institute, the world's richest half billion people -- that's about 7 % of the global population -- are responsible for half the world's carbon dioxide emissions, the primary cause of man-made climate change. Meanwhile the poorest 50 % of the world are responsible for just 7 % of emissions. So there is no way halting population growth in the poor world today would have more than a very marginal effect on climate change.

It is the world's consumption patterns we need to fix, not its reproductive habits. Every time we talk about too many babies in Africa or India, we are denying this fact.

The population bomb may be being defused by the women of the poor world. But the rich world has not even begun to defuse the consumption bomb.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Fred Pearce.

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text: world

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text: reach

text: billion

text: people

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text: that

text: raises

text: concern

text: about

text: a

text: soaring

text: world

text: population

text: But

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: good

text: news

text: story

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text: the

text: demographic

text: data

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text: not

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text: poor

text: women

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text: world

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text: defusing

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text: population

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text: today

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text: half

text: as

text: many

text: children

text: as

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text: mothers

text: and

text: grandmothers

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text: global

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text: it

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text: rich

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text: child

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text: streets

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text: Arab

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text: if

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text: same

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text: new

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text: reason

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text: century

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text: world

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text: diseases

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text: children

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text: most

text: kids

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text: to

text: grow

text: up

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text: five

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text: billion

text: people

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text: current

text: trends

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text: fertility

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text: to

text: below

text: replacement

text: levels

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text: will

text: see

text: a

text: falling

text: world

text: population

text: And

text: rapid

text: aging

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text: longer

text: life

text: expectancy

text: and

text: fewer

text: babies

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text: is

text: all

text: but

text: inevitable

text: China

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text: soon

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text: anywhere

text: on

text: Earth

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text: set

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text: dominant

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text: century

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text: population

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text: century

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text: this

text: mean

text: for

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text: environment

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text: population

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text: good

text: news

text: of

text: course

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text: do

text: n't

text: hang

text: the

text: flags

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text: is

text: a

text: pervasive

text: myth

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: all

text: those

text: extra

text: people

text: that

text: are

text: wrecking

text: the

text: planet

text: That

text: 's

text: no

text: longer

text: the

text: case

text: Rising

text: consumption

text: today

text: is

text: a

text: far

text: bigger

text: threat

text: to

text: the

text: environment

text: than

text: a

text: rising

text: head

text: count

text: And

text: most

text: of

text: that

text: extra

text: consumption

text: is

text: still

text: happening

text: in

text: rich

text: countries

text: that

text: have

text: long

text: since

text: given

text: up

text: growing

text: their

text: populations

text: According

text: to

text: Stephen

text: Pacala

text: the

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Princeton

text: Environmental

text: Institute

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: richest

text: half

text: billion

text: people

text: that

text: 's

text: about

text: of

text: the

text: global

text: population

text: are

text: responsible

text: for

text: half

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: carbon

text: dioxide

text: emissions

text: the

text: primary

text: cause

text: of

text: man

text: made

text: climate

text: change

text: Meanwhile

text: the

text: poorest

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: are

text: responsible

text: for

text: just

text: of

text: emissions

text: So

text: there

text: is

text: no

text: way

text: halting

text: population

text: growth

text: in

text: the

text: poor

text: world

text: today

text: would

text: have

text: more

text: than

text: a

text: very

text: marginal

text: effect

text: on

text: climate

text: change

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: consumption

text: patterns

text: we

text: need

text: to

text: fix

text: not

text: its

text: reproductive

text: habits

text: Every

text: time

text: we

text: talk

text: about

text: too

text: many

text: babies

text: in

text: Africa

text: or

text: India

text: we

text: are

text: denying

text: this

text: fact

text: The

text: population

text: bomb

text: may

text: be

text: being

text: defused

text: by

text: the

text: women

text: of

text: the

text: poor

text: world

text: But

text: the

text: rich

text: world

text: has

text: not

text: even

text: begun

text: to

text: defuse

text: the

text: consumption

text: bomb

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Fred

text: Pearce

question: What is the global average for children per woman?

answer: 2.5

question: What is the population milestone?

answer: 7 billion people.

text: 7 billion people.

question: What is the new norm?

answer: Small families

text: Small families

question: What is the global average of women having children?

answer: per woman,

text: per woman,

question: What does Pearce say the problem is now?

answer: Rising consumption

text: Rising consumption

question: what did fred say

answer: Rising consumption today is a far bigger threat

text: Rising consumption today is a far bigger threat

question: Who says there is good news?

answer: Fred Pearce.

text: Fred Pearce.


text:
WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- President Bush on Wednesday signed a sweeping energy bill that he said would help the country become "stronger, cleaner and more secure."

President Bush on Wednesday signs a bill raising auto fuel economy standards for the first time in decades.

The bill -- approved overwhelmingly Tuesday by the House of Representatives -- raises automotive fuel economy standards for the first time in more than three decades, requiring a corporate average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

It also boosts federal support for alternative fuel research and energy conservation efforts.

A Republican filibuster in the Senate removed provisions that Bush objected to that would have eliminated tax breaks for oil companies and a requirement that electric utilities produce a portion of their power from alternative sources.

The current fuel-economy standards of 27.5 miles per gallon for passenger cars and 22.2 for light trucks were established in 1975. The new bill sets a single average standard for manufacturers.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said Tuesday's bill was "a great, wonderful first step for an energy revolution that starts in America and ripples throughout the world."

But Reid said Democrats would continue pushing to shift federal tax breaks away from fossil-fuel producers and into renewable energy research -- one of the party's top priorities when it took control of Congress in January.

House opponents such as Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, complained that the bill will undo many of the efforts made to foster increased production of fossil fuels in an energy bill passed in 2005.

"I understand the consequences of elections. I understand there's a new majority," said Barton, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. "I do not understand how what made sense two years ago doesn't make sense today."

Barton called the legislation a "no-energy" bill and "a recipe for recession," arguing its mandated conservation measures would raise prices for fuel, homes and appliances for consumers. E-mail to a friend

CNN's Ed Henry contributed to this report.

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text: country

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question: What does the new law raise?

answer: automotive fuel economy standards

text: automotive fuel economy standards

question: What has raised efficiency standards?

answer: a bill

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question: What did the majority leader say?

answer: Tuesday's bill was "a great, wonderful first step for an energy revolution that starts in America and ripples throughout the world."

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Are circus elephants abused? Or are the elephants under the big top healthy and thriving in a caring environment?

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey elephants pass the U.S. Capitol in a parade this week in Washington.

That's the issue a federal judge must decide in a 9-year-old legal dispute pitting four animal rights groups against the nation's most famous circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.

Closing arguments will be heard Wednesday in the case in which the circus is accused of mistreating its 54 Asian elephants, which are protected under the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

Under the law, endangered species cannot be "harmed, harassed, wounded, injured or killed."

The circus "is in fact in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act as a result of their routine practices that they use on the elephants," according to Tracy Silverman, general counsel for the Animal Welfare Institute.

Silverman alleges that the circus uses "bull hooks" and electrical prods called "hot shots" to train and manage the elephants and that handlers chain the elephants for extended periods of time. These practices violate federal law, Silverman says.

But the circus says that no evidence was presented at the six-week trial that such tools as bull hooks and hot shots are used on elephants.

"Ringling Bros.' practices are well known to the federal government who regulates their business," says Ringling Bros. attorney Michelle Pardo.

The tools the circus uses to handle animals "are time-tested, approved and commonly used," she added.

Pardo insists the trial evidence "showed the elephants are healthy, well cared for and they're thriving in Ringling Bros. care."

Besides the Animal Welfare Institute, other groups involved in the suit are the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Fund for Animals and Born Free USA, acting with the Animal Protection Institute.

While the animal rights groups allege the circus "severely mistreats and abuses" elephants, the circus says the animals are not only healthy but "really do benefit from the enrichment that the circus provides."

No immediate ruling is expected from the judge.

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(CNN) -- Terrell Owens, a former San Francisco 49er and a former Philadelphia Eagle, is now a former Dallas Cowboy. The Cowboys released Owens late Wednesday, according to published reports.

The Dallas Cowboys have decided to part ways with wide receiver Terrell Owens, according to published reports.

Questions surrounding the future of the controversial wide receiver have swirled since the Cowboys' season ended with a 44-6 loss at Philadelphia that kept Dallas out of the playoffs.

Owner Jerry Jones had said in recent weeks that he had not decided whether to keep or release Owens.

In early February, Jones struck down an ESPN report that Jones' son, Stephen, who is the team's vice president, was lobbying his father to cut the wide receiver.

Owens signed a three-year, $25 million contract with Dallas in March 2006.  He signed a new four-year, $34 million deal that included a $12 million signing bonus, in June 2008.

Owens finished the 2008 season 69 receptions for 1,052 yards and 10 touchdowns. In Owens' three seasons with the team, the Cowboys went 31-17, but 0-2 in the playoffs.

While Owens has produced solid numbers on the field, his career has been plagued with controversy.

After Owens left the San Francisco 49ers in 2003, he insinuated in an interview with Playboy magazine that his then-quarterback, Jeff Garcia, was homosexual.

As a Philadelphia Eagle, Owens made headlines for coming back to play in Super Bowl XXX after suffering a severely sprained ankle and a fractured fibula weeks earlier. The following season, he voiced his displeasure with QB Donovan McNabb and Eagles management, which led to a four-game suspension without pay and his eventual deactivitation from the team.

In September 2006, police responded to Owens' home after his publicist found the wide receiver unresponsive with an empty bottle of painkillers. Owens refuted reports that it was a suicide attempt and claimed a combination of painkillers and supplements made him groggy.

This past season, Owens was reportedly jealous of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo's relationship with tight end Jason Witten. According to published reports, Owens believed Romo and Witten held private meetings and created plays without including him.

Published reports also said Owens had issues with Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's play-calling.

-- CNN.com's Kamal Wallace contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The former Halliburton subsidiary KBR has been charged with bribing Nigerian government officials with "tens of millions of dollars" to obtain "billions of dollars in contracts," according to court documents filed late Friday in Houston, Texas.

KBR was spun off from its former parent corporation Halliburton in 2007.

Justice Department lawyers filed an "information," which is generally associated with an expected plea agreement.

The Justice Department had no comment on the filing, but officials familiar with the case said they expected KBR representatives to appear Wednesday in federal court in Houston.

The 22-page court document outlines a complex joint venture involving KBR and the Nigeria government-owned National Petroleum Corporation charged with developing the country's oil and gas industry. The contracts involved the design and construction of a natural gas plant.

The government documents say the joint venture included payments to international consultants to bribe Nigerian officials.

The alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act come after the conviction of Albert Stanley, KBR's former chief executive officer, who pleaded guilty to bribery last fall.

"We are not providing comment at this time," said company spokeswoman Heather Browne in an e-mail. She referred CNN to a filing in October that cited a consortium that included KBR called TSKJ.

It said, "information has been uncovered suggesting that, commencing at least 10 years ago, members of TSKJ planned payments to Nigerian officials. We have reason to believe, based on the ongoing investigations, that payments may have been made by agents of TSKJ to Nigerian officials.

"The government has recently confirmed that it has evidence of such payments. The government has also recently advised Halliburton and KBR that it has evidence of payments to Nigerian officials by another agent in connection with a separate KBR-managed offshore project in Nigeria and possibly evidence of payments in connection with other projects in Nigeria."

The company said that in June 2004 it terminated its relationship with Stanley, and noted his guilty plea.

"By the plea, Mr. Stanley admitted that he participated in a scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials and that payments were made by agents of TSKJ to Nigerian officials in connection with the construction and expansion by TSKJ of the complex at Bonny Island," it said.

KBR, which was spun off from its former parent corporation Halliburton in 2007, has been under fire for its business practices in providing logistical support to the U.S. war effort in Iraq. The Nigerian charges are separate from KBR's contracts in Iraq and Kuwait.

CNN Justice Producer Terry Frieden contributed to this story.

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question: Who was convicted of bribery?

answer: Albert Stanley, KBR's former chief executive officer,

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question: What is the KBR?

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question: Who released the 22 page document?

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(CNN) -- The daughter of Sen. Dick Durbin died Saturday from a congenital heart condition, the Illinois Democrat's office said.

"Chris Durbin, 40, fought a heroic lifelong battle with heart disease and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Durbin family," said Durbin's spokesman, Joe Shoemaker.

Chris Durbin worked for 16 years for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.

Survivors include her husband, Marty Johnson, and son, Alex.

Her death comes as Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, seeks a third term in Tuesday's general election.

Funeral arrangements for his daughter were not immediately announced.

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(CNN) -- The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl issued an impassioned plea for her return Wednesday, as police said they have found little to go on in investigating her disappearance.

"We just want our baby back," Deborah Irwin, clutching a teddy bear and crying, said of her daughter Lisa. "Please bring her home. Our two other boys are waiting for her. Please, just drop her off anywhere, we don't care. Just somewhere safe where she can come home, please."

Her husband, Jeremy, urged anyone with information to call police. "Anything, even the smallest information, could help lead to her return," he said.

Lisa Irwin was last seen at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, asleep in her crib, Kansas City, Missouri, police said. Police were called to the home at about 4 a.m. Tuesday.

"It appears the suspect entered/exited through a bedroom window," authorities said in a statement. "Evidence at the scene leads police to believe the child has been abducted."

Jeremy Irwin discovered the child missing when he arrived home from work, CNN affiliate KSHB reported.

Police have said the Irwins are not considered suspects in Lisa's disappearance. Police Capt. Steve Young on Wednesday told reporters the family has been cooperative from the beginning of the investigation, but "everything is still on the table. We haven't ruled anything out."

He said investigators "really haven't developed any good, hard information that we can go forward with." Nearly 50 tips have been received through a tip hotline, he said, but not all of them have been pursued, as some of them have been vague -- a person calling to report a child seat seen in a car, for instance.

"I know everybody's hearts are in the right place, but that's not anything we can do anything with," Young said.

Police have conducted more than 300 "knock-and-talks" and searches of residences in the area, and more than 300 officers were searching for Lisa. There have been three searches of a wooded area near the family's home, he said.

"I promise you, if there's anything we think we can be doing, we've probably done it two or three times already," Young said.

An Amber Alert was issued for Lisa early Tuesday but has been canceled. "Although the investigation and search for Lisa Irwin continue, an active Amber Alert is no longer necessary in this case," police said. However, Lisa is still considered missing and endangered, according to authorities.

Lisa is described as 30 inches tall with blue eyes and blond hair, police said. She weighs between 26 and 30 pounds. She was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it. She has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear and a "beauty mark" on her right outer thigh. She currently has a cold with a cough, police said.

CNN's Ashley Hayes contributed to this report.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Iran has condemned the kidnapping of one of its diplomats in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, calling it an "act of terrorism," an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said.

Pakistani policemen inspect a bullet-riddled car of a kidnapped Iranian diplomat on Thursday.

"Pakistan should do its best to protect foreign diplomats and their residential places," the spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said, according to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency.

At least four gunmen abducted Heshmatollah Attarzadeh near his home in Peshawar as he headed to work at the Iranian consulate, according to Pakistani police and Iranian diplomatic officials.

His bodyguard, a Pakistani police officer, was shot and killed when the two men tried to resist, a Peshawar police official said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also "strongly condemned" the attack, and informed Iran that the government "will take all necessary measures for his safe and early recovery."

Attarzadeh is a commercial attache for the Iranian consulate in Peshawar. It is the second attack targeting a foreign worker in Peshawar in two days.

An American aid worker was shot and killed outside the Iranian consulate in Peshawar on Wednesday.

Stephen Vance worked for a non-profit foundation funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development that helped find jobs for people in Pakistan's tribal regions, according to a statement from his employer, the Cooperative Housing Foundation International.

"Stephen had fully immersed himself in the community in which he worked," the statement said. "He dressed traditionally and even sent his children to local schools."

Vance, 52, a native of California, is survived by his wife and five children -- all of whom lived with him in Peshawar -- CHF International official Bill Holbrook told CNN.

The attacks come less than three months after gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying the senior U.S. diplomat in Peshawar, Lynne Tracy. She escaped unharmed.

Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, an area rife with Islamic extremists and the site of recent clashes between security forces and militants.

In late June, Pakistan's military launched an offensive in the province -- the biggest push against extremists in the tribal region since the civilian government took power in March. Islamic militants vowed to retaliate.

Since then, militants have launched several deadly attacks.

Pakistan's new government has tried to negotiate a deal with militants as part of its efforts to bypass military might and achieve peace through talks.

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question: Where was the diplomat going when he was kidnapped?

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question: Who was kidnapped?

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question: who was killed in Peshawar?

answer: Heshmatollah Attarzadeh

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question: Who was killed by gunmen in Peshawar?

answer: American aid worker

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