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(CNN) -- The woman who made the 911 call that led to Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates' controversial arrest wasn't present at the so-called beer summit.

Lucia Whalen, who called 911 to report a possible break-in, speaks to reporters Wednesday.

But she got a shot of kindness and a taste of gratitude from Gates himself.

Lucia Whalen received a bouquet of flowers at her office from Gates, according to Whalen's attorney, Wendy Murphy.

"She described them as amazing, and appreciated them very much," Murphy said of the bouquet.

The attorney described the flowers as being a beautiful assortment of what she believed were different colored roses.

There was a note included from Gates, the details of which Murphy would not divulge. She said the note characterized Gates's "expression of gratitude" for Whalen's action.

An officer responding to a report of a possible break-in at Gates' Cambridge, Massachusetts, home arrested the professor on July 16 for disorderly conduct. The charge was later dropped.

The arrest sparked a national debate about race and police relations.

Whalen said an older woman with no cell phone told her that she was worried someone was trying to break into the home, and decided to call 911.

Whalen never referred to black suspects when she called authorities about the suspected break-in.

On Thursday, President Barack Obama -- who had weighed in on the controversy, saying initially that police acted "stupidly" -- sat down for a beer at the White House with Gates and the officer who arrested him.

The meeting has been called the "beer summit."

After the meeting, Obama said in a statement he was thankful to Gates and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley for joining him at for "a friendly, thoughtful conversation.

"Even before we sat down for the beer, I learned that the two gentlemen spent some time together listening to one another, which is a testament to them," the president's statement said

Obama's initial comments on the incident drew criticism and later he softened his stance, saying, "I could've calibrated those words differently."

Murphy told CNN that Whalen has been receiving other apologies and accolades from people all over the world, but so far, no beer.

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Vatican City (CNN) --  Pope Benedict XVI championed the environment in the Vatican's annual World Day of Peace message.

In his address, called "If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation," the pope said peace with the natural environment is the beginning of peace with all of God's creation, including people.

"Respect for creation is of immense consequence, not least because creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God's works, and its preservation has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of mankind," the pope said.

The papal message of peace comes a week after the traditional Christmas address known as "Urbi et Orbi" -- Latin for "To the City and the World" -- a message of hope for the world's afflicted. During the Christmas Eve Mass the night before, Benedict was dragged to the ground after a woman jumped a barrier and grabbed his robes. The pope appeared uninjured.

In his homily, the 82-year-old pontiff asked parishioners to consider the possible effect of an ecological crisis on the stability and peace of the world -- a world in which there is increasing competition for the "fruitfulness of the Earth."

"Can we remain impassive in the face of actual and potential conflicts involving access to natural resources?" the pope asked Friday. "All these are issues with a profound impact on the exercise of human rights, such as the right to life, food, health and development."

"Technologically advanced societies must be prepared to encourage more sober lifestyles, while reducing their energy consumption and improving its efficiency," while preparing "sustainable strategies to satisfy the energy needs of the present and future generations," he said.

Pope Benedict XVI challenged the faithful to be good stewards of what "God has given us," suggesting that peace with the Earth will lead to peace on Earth.

"For this reason, it is imperative that mankind renew and strengthen that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and toward whom we are journeying," he said.

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South Hadley, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The 15-year-old girl who hanged herself last January after enduring months of bullying from schoolmates failed to alert others to her plight, the superintendent of South Hadley Schools said Thursday.

The girl, Phoebe Prince, "was apparently a very private person; she bore a lot without talking to friends or with her parents or with anybody at school," Gus Sayer told CNN.

"She didn't reveal to people what she was being subjected to and, unfortunately, until January 7, we were not aware of what she was being subjected to, so [there was] very little way we could have intervened in the bullying."

Sayer cited two incidents that occurred on January 7. In one, a girl walked into a classroom and called Prince "an Irish slut," he said. The name caller was taken to the principal's office and disciplined, he said.

In the other, a girl "said something threatening about Phoebe" to another girl, he said. A staff member overheard the comment and reported it to the principal, who took disciplinary action, Sayer said.

He said it was school policy not to specify what disciplinary actions may have been taken against any individual student, though he said the latter case did not include expulsion and that the student returned to school.

"To our knowledge the action taken was effective in ending their involvement in any bullying of Phoebe," he said.

Prince, who had recently moved with her family from Ireland to South Hadley, hanged herself on January 14 after enduring what Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth B. Scheibel described to reporters Monday as "a nearly three-month campaign of verbally assaultive behavior and threats of physical harm toward Phoebe, on school grounds, by several South Hadley High School students."

Six students were named in an indictment returned by a grand jury Friday and made public Monday. In addition, Scheibel said three female students received juvenile charges, but she would not clarify if they were among the six named in the indictment.

That left even Sayer confused. "There could be as many as nine, but I believe that six" is the correct number, he said.

Though authorities did not consider that the actions or failures to act by the faculty, staff and administrators of the school amounted to criminal behavior, prosecutor Scheibel called for them to undergo training to learn to intervene more effectively in such cases.

But administrators in the school district, who oversee the education of 2,100 students in four schools, are being unfairly blamed for the death, Sayer said.

Those critics include a number of parents who have demanded that the administrators resign.

"They really don't know what's going on in the schools, but they feel that this shouldn't have happened and that, somehow, it has to be the fault of the schools themselves," Sayer said. "Frankly, I think that grossly oversimplifies the situation."

Sayer said he had received hundreds of vituperative messages from the community. "They are awful," he said, citing one that said he should be "burning in hell."

He said he was trying to ignore them.

None of the six students identified in the indictment remains in school, he added.

Sayer said he supported the punishments meted out to the students.

"If they, as they have been charged, committed crimes, they should face the consequences for those crimes," he said.

But, he added, expulsion is something educators are reluctant to countenance.

"It's a terrible punishment because that changes their whole lives and what they are capable of doing, and they have to figure out a way to renew and complete their education."

CNN's Alina Cho contributed to this story.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Southwest Airlines will pay $7.5 million to settle complaints that it flew unsafe aircraft, and the fine will double unless the airline completes additional safety measures within a year, federal regulators announced Monday.

The FAA found Southwest operated jets on nearly 60,000 flights without performing certain mandatory inspections.

The Federal Aviation Administration originally recommended more than $10 million in civil penalties in 2008 after finding Southwest operated 46 of its Boeing 737 jets on nearly 60,000 flights without performing mandatory inspections for fatigue cracks in their fuselages.

FAA documents obtained by CNN found that in some cases, Southwest aircraft flew for 30 months after government inspection deadlines had passed.

A congressional panel concluded the planes were "not airworthy," and two FAA whistle-blowers said agency managers let the airline conduct the safety checks on a slower schedule to avoid disrupting flights.

The Dallas, Texas-based airline said it was happy to have settled "all outstanding issues with the FAA."

"This settlement with the FAA will allow us to focus on safety going forward, rather than on issues that are now behind us and that have already been addressed," Southwest Airlines said in a written statement.

CNN's Mike M. Ahlers contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Pakistan cricket is embroiled in a new controversy after the national team were accused of deliberately losing two games at the Champions Trophy by a government official.

Younis Khan's future as Pakistan captain is in doubt following accusations of match-fixing.

The chairman of the National Assembly's standing committee on sports claimed in a television interview that Pakistan lost to Australia to knock traditional rivals India out of the limited-overs tournament in South Africa.

Australia won by two wickets by running a bye on the final ball of the closing Group A tie on September 30, which ensured they reached the semifinals and ended India's hopes.

Captain Younis Khan then dropped a simple catch as his side lost to New Zealand by five wickets in Saturday's semifinal.

"We went with a pre-determined mind to lose the match against Australia," Jamshed Ahmed Dasti told Pakistan TV channel Geo TV on Tuesday.

"Our intention was to keep India out. It was a deliberate decision to lose the match against India."

Dasti said that the team also intentionally lost the match to New Zealand, who were beaten in Monday's final by defending champions Australia.

"That's why the NA Standing Committee on Sports has called in captain Younis Khan, coach Intikhab Alam and [Pakistan Cricket Board] chairman Ijaz Butt for investigations," he said.

One report in Pakistan claimed that Younis and Intikhab had already been sacked by the PCB, but others said that Pakistan cricket's ruling body was happy with the team's performance.

"The team played well and tried hard. It is unfortunate they couldn't qualify for the final, which every player wanted to do, but they had one bad day against New Zealand," PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told the Express Cricket Web site.

"As far as we are concerned, the team did well in the Champions Trophy and their performance was satisfactory."

Former captain Rashid Latif criticized Dasti for making serious allegations without backing them up with proof.

"I was one of those who first raised the issue of match fixing in international cricket, so I know what I am talking about. I can say the team did its best and played hard in the tournament -- a few mistakes cost them a place in the final," Latif told Express Cricket.

"I think parliamentarians should first look at the corruption in the government before talking about cricket. It is unfortunate that when the team needs backing, a parliamentarian should make such allegations."

The accusations are another blow for Pakistan's cricketing fortunes.

The sub-continent nation lost the rights to host the Champions Trophy due to security issues -- it was postponed last year and switched to South Africa -- and was then ruled out of staging the 2011 World Cup.

Earlier this year, veteran fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar missed the Twenty20 World Cup after needing treatment for genital warts.

Akhtar, once Pakistan's most feared weapon, has constantly clashed with the PCB, which banned him for hitting a teammate with a bat in 2007 and threatened him with court action following a public feud which ended with a five-year suspension that he successfully appealed.

The PCB also punished him for testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug nandrolone in 2006, while fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif was arrested in Dubai for possession of illegal drugs last year.

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question: What did the Government official say was the team's motive?

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(CNN) -- Automaker Peugeot has fired its chief executive, replacing Christian Streiff with Philippe Varin, currently the CEO at Corus, an Anglo-Dutch steelmaker.

Peugeot is Europe's second biggest carmaker

"Given the extraordinary difficulties currently faced by the automotive industry, the Supervisory Board decided unanimously that a change in the senior leadership position was necessary," said Thierry Peugeot, chairman of the PSA Peugeot Citroen supervisory board Sunday.

"I am confident that under the leadership of Philippe Varin, the Group will be able, with all the teams, to unlock its potential."

Varin will officially take over Peugeot's top post on June 1, but will begin "familiarizing himself" with operations starting next month.

Roland Vardanega, a member of the managing board, will act as interim chairman until Varin assumes his new job.

Peugeot, Europe's second biggest automaker, posted a loss of â¬343 million, or $456 million, in 2008 and also expects to lose money in 2009.

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question: What change was necessary?

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question: Who replaced with Philippe Varin?

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(CNN) -- At least three tornadoes caused massive damage in Virginia and injured more than 200 people on Monday, officials said.

This Suffolk, Virginia, house was destroyed by an apparent tornado Monday.

At least 200 were injured in Suffolk where a twister destroyed several homes and businesses, said Bob Spieldenner of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.

The storm hit the 138-bed Sentara Obici Hospital, though Spieldenner said the facility was still operational and accepting patients.

A second tornado struck Colonial Heights -- about 60 miles northwest, near Richmond -- injuring at least 18 people, he said.

A third twister damaged several homes near Lawrenceville, about 70 miles south of Richmond, said Bryan Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, which confirmed all three tornadoes.

Gov. Tim Kaine declared a Virginia-wide state of emergency as hazardous weather continued through the central part of the state.

The Suffolk twister touched down just before 4 p.m. ET and plowed its way east into Norfolk, damaging scores of homes, stores and cars and downing dozens of trees and power lines, Jackson said.  Watch as a witness describes the tornado form Â»

Video footage from the scene showed roofs torn off homes, cars flipped over, trees snapped in two and a caved-in section of a newly constructed shopping center.

Furniture, fences and mounds of other debris were tossed in streets, parking lots and lawns.  Watch the storm's massive destruction from the air Â»

A tornado warning over the area remained in effect Monday evening.

Jeff Judkins, the city's emergency management coordinator, said there also were reports of people trapped inside cars. It's the worst damage he's seen in the area, he said.

An emergency shelter will be established by Monday night, Suffolk spokeswoman Dana Woodson said.

Officials initially reported a fatality, but later determined that it was unrelated to the storm, she said. E-mail to a friend

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(CNN) -- Exotic animals should live in the wild, not be exploited in profit-motivated zoos -- or worse Ã¢â¬â as "pets" or backyard oddities by people who have a deeply misguided sense of dominion or ownership.

What happened in Ohio on Tuesday and Wednesday has drawn dramatic attention to the private possession of exotics, an issue that is a major component of Born Free USA's mission to protect wildlife.

On Wednesday, 56 exotic animals Ã¢â¬â including lions, tigers, bears, giraffes and wolves Ã¢â¬â were freed from their captivity at a rural residence outside Zanesville. Police report the animals' "owner," 62-year-old Terry Thompson, let the animals out of their cages before he killed himself. Forty-nine of the animals -- including 18 tigers and 17 lions -- were shot dead by law enforcement officers.

Thankfully, other than Thompson's death, no human injuries have been reported as a result of this situation.

Ohio has had a recent flurry of incidents in which exotic animals being held by private individuals in or outside people's residences have been involved in violent encounters with humans. In September, an 80-year-old man was attacked by a kangaroo at an exotic-animal farm in Green Camp. In June, an escaped "pet" grivet monkey scratched two girls while he was on the loose in Fremont. In August 2010, a bear fatally mauled its caretaker on the owner's property in Columbus Station.

Born Free USA tracks such cases in our Exotic Animal Incidents Database. We list 86 incidents involving exotic animals in Ohio in recent years, and probably many other such encounters have gone unreported. Nationwide, our database lists nearly 1,600 incidents.

There is no excuse for wild, potentially dangerous, exotic animals to be kept in private hands. Ohio is one of a handful of states with woefully few regulations on the books to govern such questionable close contact with wildlife, and Born Free USA has been pushing for years to get a stronger law enacted in the state.

In 2006, the Ohio Legislature quickly introduced a bill to restrict private possession of exotics after an Ashtabula County woman was mauled by a 500-pound black bear that escaped a pen kept by a nearby neighbor. The bill failed, and just four years later in 2010, an emergency executive order was put in place after a 24-year-old man was mauled to death by a black bear kept in a Columbia Township compound. The order temporarily banned private ownership of big cats, bears, alligators, crocodiles and certain snakes. In April 2011, the order expired upon the promise by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the governor that a new rule-making process would swiftly be established in order to implement regulations regarding possession of exotics. This still has not happened.

What will it take to get swift action in the state -- and in other states around the country that lack complete bans on exotic pet ownership? Will it take a bigger, more diverse animal escape? A monkeypox outbreak? People dying? There is no need to wait, no need to take this kind of dramatic and incomprehensible risk.

The drain on society from keeping exotic animals as pets is not insignificant. Humane societies, sheriff's departments and wildlife sanctuaries end up bearing the brunt of the cost of placing these animals and giving them humane, lifetime care.

In Texas, the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary provides permanent, safe, naturalistic and free-range accommodations for more than 500 macaques, vervets and baboons, many of whom have been rescued from captive lives of stress, deprivation and danger -- danger to both the monkeys and to their "owners."

Every chance we get, every day we come to work, in as many effective, forceful and creative ways we can, we encourage our members and supporters to spread the word that wild animals belong in the wild.

What happened in Ohio this week is appalling. All those animals, imprisoned for no good reason. Their "owner" was apparently a tortured soul who took his own life and put the lives of nearby residents in peril through his bizarre act. And all those wandering animals, confused by their sudden and unfathomable "freedom," were shot dead as though they were alien invaders in a safe bucolic land.

None of that had to happen. It could have been avoided. Private possession of exotic animals is inexcusable and it puts human lives at risk. When will we, as a civilization, learn that wild animals are just as entitled to live freely on this planet as we are and it is our duty and obligation to ensure that this is possible?

Maybe, just maybe, the wildlife slaughter on the streets of Ohio will finally spur the change we need for safer and more compassionate communities across the country.

He says 18 tigers and 17 lions were among them. Six animals were taken to the Columbus Zoo.

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(CNN) -- The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Saturday that U.N. nuclear experts can inspect a uranium enrichment plant, according to a report from Iran-funded Press TV.

Iranian soldiers are shown in the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms south of Tehran, in 2006.

Ali Akbar Salehi said officials are trying to settle on a date for the inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

GeoEye, a U.S.-based satellite imagery company, released two photos dated Saturday from what it says is the second facility. The image shows quarry equipment, a surface-to-air missile site, and more construction equipment surrounding a mountain, according to image analysis by IHS Jane's, an intelligence firm.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran was building a second uranium enrichment facility near the Shia Muslim city of Qom, about 100 miles southwest of Tehran. He said the plant won't be operational for about 18 months.

Ahmadinejad told reporters Friday that Iran had met IAEA requirements by informing it about the plant at least six months before it is slated to begin operating.  Watch Ahmadinejad hit back at Obama Â»

The watchdog agency confirmed that it received a letter Monday from Iran revealing the existence of the underground facility on a military base. Iran told the IAEA there is no nuclear material at the site, an agency spokesman said.

Iran has denied its goal is to develop nuclear weapons, a concern of the United States and other Western nations.

Esmail Kowsari, a senior Iranian lawmaker, said Iran's need for nuclear fuel is outpacing the limited amount of uranium it can enrich at its only other plant in Natanz.

But Iran's activities, along with its anti-Western and anti-Israel rhetoric, have troubled international powers working to stop the development of an Iranian nuclear program.

The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it is planning to stage "massive missile exercises" or war games on Sunday to promote the armed forces' "deterrent power," the semi-official Fars News Agency reported. The tests are code named "Payambar-e Azam 4, or "The Great Messenger," the corps said in its announcement.

Iran's announcement came ahead of a planned meeting October 1 between it and the five permanent United Nations Security Council members, plus Germany. Leaders from the United States, France and Britain made a joint announcement, accusing Iran of violating international agreements by keeping the construction plan a secret.

"This is a serious challenge to the global non-proliferation regime and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion," President Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address.

"That is why international negotiations with Iran scheduled for October 1 now take on added urgency," he said.

"My offer of a serious, meaningful dialogue to resolve this issue remains open. But Iran must now cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions."

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, told Press TV Saturday that Iran is "very disappointed with the hasty, unjustified hostile reaction yesterday by three leaders." He was referring to Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  Watch world leaders react to Iran Â»

"What I suspect is a hidden agenda, which is going to jeopardize our excellent cooperation with the IAEA, and perhaps long-term jeopardize the integrity and credibility of the IAEA," he said. "We are working with the agency in a very technical and smooth manner to arrange the inspection to the site."

Other Iranians also reacted to the criticism over the new plant. iReport.com: Dissidents discuss Iran enrichment plants

"God willing, this plant will be put into operation soon, and will blind the eyes of the enemies," Fars reported Saturday, quoting a senior Iranian official.

The senior official, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, heads the office of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Also Saturday, the Web site of the Iran Student News Agency carried comments from an Iranian legislator who warned Western nations not to make Iran regret its cooperation with the IAEA.

"Western countries and the U.S. must not make Iran regret its cooperation with the IAEA beyond its legal obligations," said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chief of the Iran Parliament Commission for National Security and Foreign Policy.

He said Western criticism of Iran's new facility is an "illogical and unrealistic" smear campaign.

CNN's Ed Henry, Dan Lothian, Pam Benson, Matthew Chance and Moni Basu contributed to this report.

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text: more

text: construction

text: equipment

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text: analysis

text: by

text: IHS

text: Jane

text: 's

text: an

text: intelligence

text: firm

text: Iranian

text: President

text: Mahmoud

text: Ahmadinejad

text: said

text: Friday

text: that

text: Iran

text: was

text: building

text: a

text: second

text: uranium

text: enrichment

text: facility

text: near

text: the

text: Shia

text: Muslim

text: city

text: of

text: Qom

text: about

text: miles

text: southwest

text: of

text: Tehran

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text: plant

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text: n't

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text: operational

text: for

text: about

text: months

text: Ahmadinejad

text: told

text: reporters

text: Friday

text: that

text: Iran

text: had

text: met

text: IAEA

text: requirements

text: by

text: informing

text: it

text: about

text: the

text: plant

text: at

text: least

text: six

text: months

text: before

text: it

text: is

text: slated

text: to

text: begin

text: operating

text: Watch

text: Ahmadinejad

text: hit

text: back

text: at

text: Obama

text: Â

text: The

text: watchdog

text: agency

text: confirmed

text: that

text: it

text: received

text: a

text: letter

text: Monday

text: from

text: Iran

text: revealing

text: the

text: existence

text: of

text: the

text: underground

text: facility

text: on

text: a

text: military

text: base

text: Iran

text: told

text: the

text: IAEA

text: there

text: is

text: no

text: nuclear

text: material

text: at

text: the

text: site

text: an

text: agency

text: spokesman

text: said

text: Iran

text: has

text: denied

text: its

text: goal

text: is

text: to

text: develop

text: nuclear

text: weapons

text: a

text: concern

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: other

text: Western

text: nations

text: Esmail

text: Kowsari

text: a

text: senior

text: Iranian

text: lawmaker

text: said

text: Iran

text: 's

text: need

text: for

text: nuclear

text: fuel

text: is

text: outpacing

text: the

text: limited

text: amount

text: of

text: uranium

text: it

text: can

text: enrich

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text: its

text: only

text: other

text: plant

text: in

text: Natanz

text: But

text: Iran

text: 's

text: activities

text: along

text: with

text: its

text: anti

text: Western

text: and

text: anti

text: Israel

text: rhetoric

text: have

text: troubled

text: international

text: powers

text: working

text: to

text: stop

text: the

text: development

text: of

text: an

text: Iranian

text: nuclear

text: program

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text: country

text: 's

text: Islamic

text: Revolutionary

text: Guard

text: Corps

text: said

text: it

text: is

text: planning

text: to

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text: massive

text: missile

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text: war

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text: on

text: Sunday

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text: the

text: armed

text: forces

text: deterrent

text: power

text: the

text: semi

text: official

text: Fars

text: News

text: Agency

text: reported

text: The

text: tests

text: are

text: code

text: named

text: Payambar

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text: Azam

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text: The

text: Great

text: Messenger

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text: corps

text: said

text: in

text: its

text: announcement

text: Iran

text: 's

text: announcement

text: came

text: ahead

text: of

text: a

text: planned

text: meeting

text: October

text: between

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text: the

text: five

text: permanent

text: United

text: Nations

text: Security

text: Council

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text: Germany

text: Leaders

text: from

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: France

text: and

text: Britain

text: made

text: a

text: joint

text: announcement

text: accusing

text: Iran

text: of

text: violating

text: international

text: agreements

text: by

text: keeping

text: the

text: construction

text: plan

text: a

text: secret

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text: is

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text: serious

text: challenge

text: to

text: the

text: global

text: non

text: proliferation

text: regime

text: and

text: continues

text: a

text: disturbing

text: pattern

text: of

text: Iranian

text: evasion

text: President

text: Obama

text: said

text: Saturday

text: in

text: his

text: weekly

text: radio

text: address

text: That

text: is

text: why

text: international

text: negotiations

text: with

text: Iran

text: scheduled

text: for

text: October

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text: on

text: added

text: urgency

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text: said

text: My

text: offer

text: of

text: a

text: serious

text: meaningful

text: dialogue

text: to

text: resolve

text: this

text: issue

text: remains

text: open

text: But

text: Iran

text: must

text: now

text: cooperate

text: fully

text: with

text: the

text: International

text: Atomic

text: Energy

text: Agency

text: and

text: take

text: action

text: to

text: demonstrate

text: its

text: peaceful

text: intentions

text: Ali

text: Asghar

text: Soltanieh

text: Iran

text: 's

text: ambassador

text: to

text: the

text: IAEA

text: told

text: Press

text: TV

text: Saturday

text: that

text: Iran

text: is

text: very

text: disappointed

text: with

text: the

text: hasty

text: unjustified

text: hostile

text: reaction

text: yesterday

text: by

text: three

text: leaders

text: He

text: was

text: referring

text: to

text: Obama

text: French

text: President

text: Nicolas

text: Sarkozy

text: and

text: British

text: Prime

text: Minister

text: Gordon

text: Brown

text: Watch

text: world

text: leaders

text: react

text: to

text: Iran

text: Â

text: What

text: I

text: suspect

text: is

text: a

text: hidden

text: agenda

text: which

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: jeopardize

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text: excellent

text: cooperation

text: with

text: the

text: IAEA

text: and

text: perhaps

text: long

text: term

text: jeopardize

text: the

text: integrity

text: and

text: credibility

text: of

text: the

text: IAEA

text: he

text: said

text: We

text: are

text: working

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text: the

text: agency

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text: technical

text: and

text: smooth

text: manner

text: to

text: arrange

text: the

text: inspection

text: to

text: the

text: site

text: Other

text: Iranians

text: also

text: reacted

text: to

text: the

text: criticism

text: over

text: the

text: new

text: plant

text: iReport.com

text: Dissidents

text: discuss

text: Iran

text: enrichment

text: plants

text: God

text: willing

text: this

text: plant

text: will

text: be

text: put

text: into

text: operation

text: soon

text: and

text: will

text: blind

text: the

text: eyes

text: of

text: the

text: enemies

text: Fars

text: reported

text: Saturday

text: quoting

text: a

text: senior

text: Iranian

text: official

text: The

text: senior

text: official

text: Hojjatoleslam

text: Mohammad

text: Mohammadi

text: Golpayegani

text: heads

text: the

text: office

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: supreme

text: leader

text: Ayatollah

text: Ali

text: Khamenei

text: Also

text: Saturday

text: the

text: Web

text: site

text: of

text: the

text: Iran

text: Student

text: News

text: Agency

text: carried

text: comments

text: from

text: an

text: Iranian

text: legislator

text: who

text: warned

text: Western

text: nations

text: not

text: to

text: make

text: Iran

text: regret

text: its

text: cooperation

text: with

text: the

text: IAEA

text: Western

text: countries

text: and

text: the

text: U.S.

text: must

text: not

text: make

text: Iran

text: regret

text: its

text: cooperation

text: with

text: the

text: IAEA

text: beyond

text: its

text: legal

text: obligations

text: said

text: Alaeddin

text: Boroujerdi

text: chief

text: of

text: the

text: Iran

text: Parliament

text: Commission

text: for

text: National

text: Security

text: and

text: Foreign

text: Policy

text: He

text: said

text: Western

text: criticism

text: of

text: Iran

text: 's

text: new

text: facility

text: is

text: an

text: illogical

text: and

text: unrealistic

text: smear

text: campaign

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Ed

text: Henry

text: Dan

text: Lothian

text: Pam

text: Benson

text: Matthew

text: Chance

text: and

text: Moni

text: Basu

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Where is the plant located?

answer: Natanz,

text: Natanz,

question: who is planning missle exercies

answer: The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

text: The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

question: Who is planning missile exercises, according to the report?

answer: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

text: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

question: What did Iran tell IAEA

answer: there is no nuclear material at the site,

text: there is no nuclear material at the site,

question: What did the Head of Iran's atomic energy program say

answer: a uranium enrichment plant,

text: a uranium enrichment plant,


text:
CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called Friday for Europe to remove from its list of terrorist organizations two Colombian groups -- including FARC, the group that freed two hostages Thursday in a mission Chavez organized.

During his televised State of the Union speech, Chavez -- an outspoken enemy of the Bush administration -- insisted Europe includes the two groups on its terror list only because of "pressure" from the United States, which also names them on its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

"I request from the governments of the continent that they will remove the FARC and the ELN," Chavez said.

FARC, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, has been blamed for numerous attacks and holds about 750 hostages, according to Colombian government estimates.

ELN, the National Liberation Army, the second-largest rebel group in Colombia, also is blamed for killings, kidnappings, and other attacks. This week the Colombian government announced the capture of Carlos Marin Guarin, known by the alias "Pablito," alleged to have commanded roughly half the ELN force.

Both FARC and ELN are on the European Union's list of groups and individuals believed linked to terrorism.

"I will ask Europe to remove the ELN and the FARC from the list of terrorist groups in the world, because that only has one source: the pressure of the United States," Chavez said.

He argued, "I say this even though somebody might be bothered by it: the FARC and the ELN are not terrorist groups. They are armies, real armies ... that occupy a space in Colombia."

He added that the two groups' "insurgent forces" have a goal, "a project," that is "Bolivarian" and that "we respect."

Chavez said his nation is committed to bringing about peace in Colombia, a task that means "we must continue to work at the various levels" with FARC and ELN.

"No one should be bothered by it. It is absolutely essential to do so. Who can think of the possibility of a peace accord when there is no contact with the parties involved," he asked. E-mail to a friend

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question: Who urges the EU to remove FARC and ELN from terror groups list?

answer: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

text: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

question: Who has been blamed for numerous attacks?

answer: FARC,

text: FARC,

question: How many hostages may farc hold?

answer: 750

question: what did chavez urge eu to do?

answer: its list of terrorist organizations two Colombian groups

text: its list of terrorist organizations two Colombian groups

question: how many hostages

answer: two

text: two

question: who was released

answer: two hostages

text: two hostages

question: How many hostages are there?

answer: 750

question: what has farc been blamed for?

answer: numerous attacks

text: numerous attacks