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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi representatives will meet with the International Olympic Committee on Monday to try to reach an agreement that would allow now-banned Iraq to participate in next month's games, an official said Friday.

Iraq fans cheer during an Olympic qualifying soccer match against Australia in November.

Jassim M. Jaffer, Iraq's minister of youth and sports, told CNN he is "optimistic that we will participate."

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh and the ministry's adviser, Basil Abdul Mahdi, are on their way to Lausanne, Switzerland, to meet with IOC officials, Jaffer said.

The IOC barred Iraq from participating in the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China, citing what it said was government interference with Iraq's Olympic movement. The IOC's charter does not allow political interference.

The ban stems from the Iraqi government decision in May to suspend the country's existing Olympic committee and form a new entity.  Watch an official explain the decision Â»

But even as government representatives traveled to Switzerland, Jaffer said Iraq was considering legal action against the IOC.

"We will revert to international courts with a complaint against the IOC ... to get Iraq's rights and the rights of the athletes," Jaffer said.

On Friday, another Iraqi government official said the country was doing what it could to reverse the ban, but acknowledged that "chances are slim" for a change.

Basam Ridha al-Husseini, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, told CNN the government has been in "heavy negotiations" with IOC officials through the Asian Olympic Committee.

"The Iraqi government will not give up on our participation, which is still needed by our people," he said in a phone interview from Dubai. "We are doing our best to stop the ban. ... The chances of that are slim, but we will persevere and hope it will happen."

Repeated attempts by CNN to reach the IOC press office in Switzerland for comment were unsuccessful.

But on Thursday, IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said the IOC in June suspended Iraq's national Olympic committee after the government removed elected officials and put in people not recognized by the IOC.

She said the IOC had proposed to the Iraqi government that officials come to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, "to discuss possible solutions."

"We're extremely disappointed with the situation," Moreau said. "The athletes have been ill-served by the government in Iraq."

Iraq missed a Wednesday deadline for the entry of athletes to compete in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting, Moreau said.

She said there is a chance that track and field athletes could compete if the original committee is reinstated. The deadline for the track team to register is at the end of the month.

Jaffer, Iraq's sports minister, told CNN on Friday that the IOC's decision was "unjust" because it did not take into consideration the Iraqi government's reasons for the May suspension. The minister called on the IOC to come to Iraq and talk to the sports federation to investigate the political interference accusations, and then act accordingly.

"Looking at this from far away, without going into the details, not reading the Iraqi government's reports, not hearing Iraq's side of the story and accusing Iraq of many things is really unfortunate," he said.

Several Iraqi athletes were to travel to China for the games' start in August.

Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain cried for hours after hearing the news of the ban on Thursday, which arrived in the form of a letter to Iraqi officials.

"She hasn't stopped. It's like finding out that a close relative has died," said her coach, Yousif Abdul Rahman.

Abdul Rahman attempted to console Hussain by assuring her that she could compete in the 2012 Olympics.  Watch Hussain react to the news Â»

"In this horrible situation," she said, "who can say I'll even be alive in 2012?"

Al-Husseini said Iraq had the right as a sovereign nation to suspend the Olympic committee, which he accused of documented corruption.

It was not clear where the committee's funds were going and they "could be ending up in the hands of terrorists," he said.

"We are satisfied with the decision ... stand by it and we are not going to change an order by [Prime Minister] al-Maliki and the Cabinet. ... Never," he said.

He was asked whether Iraq would consider doing what Yugoslavia did in the 1992 Winter Olympics when it was banned -- sending individual athletes and not raising the national flag.

Al-Husseini said that would be an option, but al-Maliki rejected it.

Al-Husseini said that Iraq had been banned from taking part in the 1990 Olympics during the Saddam Hussein-era because of the invasion of Kuwait. The 1990 ban, enacted by the Olympic Council of Asia, actually was a ban on participation in the Asian Games, a regional Olympics-related event.

Iraq participated in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the first Games held after the Kuwait invasion.

CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Morgan Neill contributed to this report.

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(CNN)  -- Mano Menezes has been entrusted to lead Brazil into the next World Cup on home soil in 2014 after being named as the replacement for sacked coach Dunga.

The 48-year-old has no experience outside of his native Brazil where he has enjoyed success with Gremo and his current club Corinthians.

"I have the honor to inform you that I was approached by the Brazilian Football Confederation to take over the post of national team coach," AFP reported Menezes at a media conference in Sao Paulo.

"I have come here to officially confirm that I have accepted the offer."

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said Menezes had been on a three-man shortlist to succeed Dunga and his chances greatly improved after Fluminense refused to release Muricy Ramalho from his contract.

The new man in charge was then contacted by Ricardo Teixeira, the head of the CBF.

"Menezes was already on a three-man shortlist, drawn up during the World Cup in South Africa," said a statement on the official CBF website.

"And his name was confirmed following talks with Texeira during which he approved the renewal project decided by the CBF pertaining to the 2014 World Cup that Brazil will host," it added.

Reports in Brazil said the third name on the CBF shortlist was former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who led Brazil to their 2002 World Cup triumph.

Former Portugal and Chelsea coach Scolari will remain at Brazilian club side Palmeiras.

Menezes will be officially unveiled on Monday before naming his squad for a friendly against the United States on August 10.

Dunga was sacked after Brazil were sent crashing out of the quarterfinals of the World Cup by the Netherlands.

They had gone into the finals as South American champions and the world's top-ranked team, but after taking the lead against the Dutch slipped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat.

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Washington (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday extended permission for hundreds of pilots to carry firearms -- just hours before their certification to carry the weapons was to expire, according to an organization which represents the pilots.

"A few hundred" Federal Flight Deck Officers -- or FFDOs -- were to lose their certification to carry firearms effective midnight on New Year's Eve, said Mike Karn, executive vice president of the Federal Flight Deck Officer Association.

The loss would have come at a time of heightened concern about air security because of the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day.

But Karn said the DHS's Federal Air Marshal program notified him Thursday afternoon that the pilots' certification would be extended.

A Transportation Security Administration official confirmed that certifications had been extended for six months "in light of recent events." The official said that "due to an internal miscommunication, scheduled notifications to these officers were prematurely issued," but he offered no further explanation.

FFDOs are commercial pilots who volunteer to undergo training so they can carry weapons to protect their aircraft. They undergo initial training at federal law enforcement training academies and must re-qualify with firearms every six months, and undergo a two-day recurrent training every three to five years.

"I'm grateful [for the extension] because that will keep the most cost-effective last line of defense [of aircraft] in place," Karn said. "But I'm still concerned that such a limited budget has been approved for this program, and volunteers who want to protect the American public will be turned away."

Karn said the budget for the program has not increased since 2003, effectively capping the number of armed pilots.

The exact number of FFDOs is classified, but government officials have said in the past the number greatly exceeds the number of federal air marshals -- plain-clothed officers who fly in the cabin of the plane to protect aircraft.

Several FFDOs contacted by CNN said DHS has made getting recurrent training onerous for pilots, limiting the number and sizes of classes. Pilots also must pay for their own hotels and food during training -- "our own time and our own dime," said one pilot -- placing a further burden on them.

Had the loss of certification occurred, it would not have affected the pilots' flight clearance, only their ability to carry weapons.

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Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Hours before the first primary vote of 2012, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney tried to recover from a potential stumble Monday as his presidential rivals intensified their attacks against him.

Voters in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary begin choosing their GOP candidates as early as 12 a.m. Tuesday in two small towns -- Dixville Notch and Hart's Location -- while polling stations in the rest of the state open at 6 a.m. and close as late as 8 p.m. ET.

The final day of campaigning saw Romney under fire for a comment about health insurance that quickly became fodder for criticism.

Asked about the issue in Nashua, New Hampshire, Romney said he wanted a person to be able to own his or her own policy "and perhaps keep it the rest of their life."

"That means the insurance company will have the incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them," he said.

"I like being able to fire people who provide services to me," Romney added. "If someone doesn't give me the good service I need, I want to say I am going to get somebody else to provide that service to me."

Rival candidate Jon Huntsman immediately seized on the comment as an indication of Romney's political nature.

"It has become abundantly clear over the last couple of days what differentiates Gov. Romney and me," Huntsman said in Concord. "I will always put my country first. It seems that Gov. Romney believes in putting politics first. Gov. Romney enjoys firing people. I enjoy creating jobs."

The Democratic National Committee released a derisive Web video and called Romney "out of touch," while the campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry looped Romney's words to make a cell phone ring tone that quickly went viral.

Romney spent much of the rest of the day clarifying what he meant. At one point, Romney said he expected the comment to be taken out of context to try to hurt him, and his campaign issued a statement emphasizing he was talking about firing an insurance company, not people.

"Our opponents are taking Gov. Romney's comments completely out of context," said a statement by Gail Gitcho, the campaign's communications director. "Gov. Romney was talking about firing insurance companies if you don't like their service. That is something that most Americans agree with."

The latest twist in the GOP presidential race came on the eve of the first primary election a week after Romney won the Iowa caucuses by just eight votes over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

With Romney in front in polls in New Hampshire and South Carolina, the site of the first Southern state primary on January 21, rivals stepped up their attacks by questioning the former Massachusetts governor's business background and electability.

In Manchester, former House speaker Newt Gingrich tore into Romney's record in the private sector at the helm of Bain Capital.

Though Romney has said his work at the Boston-based private equity firm ultimately led to the creation of 100,000 jobs, Gingrich said Romney's pursuit of wealth exacted a huge cost.

"What you have to raise questions about is, somebody goes out, invests a certain amount of money, say $30 million, takes out an amount, say $180 million -- six to one return -- and then the company goes bankrupt," Gingrich said. "Now, you have to ask a question: Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of other people and walk off with the money? Or is that, in fact, a little bit of a flawed system? And so I do draw a distinction between looting a company, leaving behind broken families and broken neighbors, and leaving behind a factory that should be there."

Romney fired back that Gingrich and others were joining President Barack Obama in attacking the free enterprise system.

"As we'll find out, free enterprise will be on trial," Romney said. "I thought it was going to come from the president, from the Democrats, from the left, but instead it's coming from Speaker Gingrich and apparently others."

Gingrich had vowed earlier to run a positive campaign. But his tone has changed since his poll numbers plunged over the past month and he came in fourth in last Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.

"My conclusion after Iowa was very simple," he said Monday in Manchester in response to a question. "You could not engage in unilateral disarmament when 45% of all the ads being run were attacks on me. To do that would be to get out of the race."

In Derry, New Hampshire, Santorum predicted the Republican field will narrow to a showdown between himself and Romney, "and we'll win this race."

Responding to a reporter's question about his electability, Santorum said the country is more likely to elect a "strong conservative" than a man who has "run (previous elections) as a liberal, a moderate, and a conservative."

Santorum also cautioned voters to avoid the "establishment candidate."

"When we've run establishment candidates, we've lost," he said, referring to veteran candidates in past elections who he said were nominated because of a perception it was their due after long careers. "We lost with John McCain, we lost with Bob Dole. We lost with Gerry Ford."

Perry, meanwhile, made fun of Romney's comment over the weekend that he knows what it's like to worry about getting a pink slip, questioning whether such a wealthy man as Romney would fear losing a job.

Campaigning in South Carolina, the site of the next primary on January 21 and the first Southern state to weigh in, Perry said people there were out of work "because of what Mitt Romney and Bain Capital did."

Perry's decision to leave New Hampshire for South Carolina on Monday reflected his low poll numbers in the Granite State and hopes to revitalize his campaign in the traditionally conservative Palmetto State.

Another candidate, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, said he was holding back on big spending in another upcoming key primary state -- Florida.

Paul, who has consistently been among the top three in polling, told CNN that he would focus instead on caucuses that come after Florida's primary on January 31.

"We don't have a big campaign planned there, but they'll know we're there," Paul said in an interview.

Florida was penalized by the Republican National Committee for moving its primary earlier than rules allowed, with its 99 delegates cut down to 50. Still, Florida is a critically important state for the general election.

Asked about not focusing on Florida, Paul pointed out he had to prioritize spending his available campaign funding and had done well so far with a third-place finish in Iowa and polls showing him contending for second place behind Romney in New Hampshire.

"I think it tells you that we are realistic. That's the way we approached Iowa, we did pretty well there, and right now, polls are looking pretty good up here. So I think we're being realistic, we shouldn't be acting like the government and spend money we don't have," Paul said with a chuckle.

Paul's campaign chairman, Jesse Benton, said the focus after South Carolina will be the caucus states of Nevada, Louisiana, and Maine, which offer a total of 98 delegates, and where Paul's aides hope to rack up enough to keep their campaign going all the way to the Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida.

Paul also made clear that if he does better than expected here in New Hampshire and can raise more cash, his campaign might change course and compete more forcefully in Florida.

"We have to wait and see how things go," Paul said.

Huntsman, meanwhile, has made New Hampshire his make-or-break contest. He skipped campaigning in Iowa to spend all of his time stumping the Granite State, starting Monday in Lebanon in the north before working his way south to the coast.

A new poll Monday night by the American Research Group showed Huntsman's support rising, with 18% of respondents supporting him -- good for second place behind the 37% support for consistent front-runner Romney. Paul was third at 17% and Santorum fourth with 11%, followed by Gingrich at 10% and Perry at 1%.

The poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters had an error margin of 4%.

Romney and other GOP candidates also targeted Obama with sharp rhetoric Monday.

"I am very concerned that over the last three years you have seen, America, a very difficult time," Romney told an afternoon event in Hudson, New Hampshire. "This has not been a continuation of America's greatness from the past. I think it has been more of a detour than the destiny of America. I actually think the president has tried, but he has failed."

At a luncheon with business leaders in Greenville, South Carolina, Perry attacked the Obama administration for suing to block an immigration law recently enacted there, and he chided the National Labor Relations Board for intervening in the construction of a Boeing Dreamliner facility in Charleston.

"South Carolina, you are in a state of war with the federal government," Perry said.

In New Hampshire, the other candidates were busy. Gingrich had seven planned events Monday while Santorum scheduled six. However, Gingrich canceled his final event because of what his campaign said were security concerns over protesters at the entrance and exits.

Paul started Monday by greeting a crush of voters in Manchester.

"I wonder what the fire marshal would think," he said as he shook hands. "Let's keep it a secret."

Paul, who has the backing of many libertarians, predicted he will do well in New Hampshire because of his appeal among the 40% of Granite Staters who say they're independent voters.

"I think the people here in New Hampshire are very independent-minded, and I have a strong appeal because I have challenged both the Republican and Democratic Party leadership, and that means they want a message of cleaning house," Paul said in Meredith.

CNN's Paul Steinhauser, Peter Hamby, Dana Bash, Chris Welch, Rachel Streitfeld and Tom Cohen contributed to this report.

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text: coming

text: from

text: Speaker

text: Gingrich

text: and

text: apparently

text: others

text: Gingrich

text: had

text: vowed

text: earlier

text: to

text: run

text: a

text: positive

text: campaign

text: But

text: his

text: tone

text: has

text: changed

text: since

text: his

text: poll

text: numbers

text: plunged

text: over

text: the

text: past

text: month

text: and

text: he

text: came

text: in

text: fourth

text: in

text: last

text: Tuesday

text: 's

text: Iowa

text: caucuses

text: My

text: conclusion

text: after

text: Iowa

text: was

text: very

text: simple

text: he

text: said

text: Monday

text: in

text: Manchester

text: in

text: response

text: to

text: a

text: question

text: You

text: could

text: not

text: engage

text: in

text: unilateral

text: disarmament

text: when

text: of

text: all

text: the

text: ads

text: being

text: run

text: were

text: attacks

text: on

text: me

text: To

text: do

text: that

text: would

text: be

text: to

text: get

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: race

text: In

text: Derry

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: Santorum

text: predicted

text: the

text: Republican

text: field

text: will

text: narrow

text: to

text: a

text: showdown

text: between

text: himself

text: and

text: Romney

text: and

text: we

text: 'll

text: win

text: this

text: race

text: Responding

text: to

text: a

text: reporter

text: 's

text: question

text: about

text: his

text: electability

text: Santorum

text: said

text: the

text: country

text: is

text: more

text: likely

text: to

text: elect

text: a

text: strong

text: conservative

text: than

text: a

text: man

text: who

text: has

text: run

text: previous

text: elections

text: as

text: a

text: liberal

text: a

text: moderate

text: and

text: a

text: conservative

text: Santorum

text: also

text: cautioned

text: voters

text: to

text: avoid

text: the

text: establishment

text: candidate

text: When

text: we

text: 've

text: run

text: establishment

text: candidates

text: we

text: 've

text: lost

text: he

text: said

text: referring

text: to

text: veteran

text: candidates

text: in

text: past

text: elections

text: who

text: he

text: said

text: were

text: nominated

text: because

text: of

text: a

text: perception

text: it

text: was

text: their

text: due

text: after

text: long

text: careers

text: We

text: lost

text: with

text: John

text: McCain

text: we

text: lost

text: with

text: Bob

text: Dole

text: We

text: lost

text: with

text: Gerry

text: Ford

text: Perry

text: meanwhile

text: made

text: fun

text: of

text: Romney

text: 's

text: comment

text: over

text: the

text: weekend

text: that

text: he

text: knows

text: what

text: it

text: 's

text: like

text: to

text: worry

text: about

text: getting

text: a

text: pink

text: slip

text: questioning

text: whether

text: such

text: a

text: wealthy

text: man

text: as

text: Romney

text: would

text: fear

text: losing

text: a

text: job

text: Campaigning

text: in

text: South

text: Carolina

text: the

text: site

text: of

text: the

text: next

text: primary

text: on

text: January

text: and

text: the

text: first

text: Southern

text: state

text: to

text: weigh

text: in

text: Perry

text: said

text: people

text: there

text: were

text: out

text: of

text: work

text: because

text: of

text: what

text: Mitt

text: Romney

text: and

text: Bain

text: Capital

text: did

text: Perry

text: 's

text: decision

text: to

text: leave

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: for

text: South

text: Carolina

text: on

text: Monday

text: reflected

text: his

text: low

text: poll

text: numbers

text: in

text: the

text: Granite

text: State

text: and

text: hopes

text: to

text: revitalize

text: his

text: campaign

text: in

text: the

text: traditionally

text: conservative

text: Palmetto

text: State

text: Another

text: candidate

text: Texas

text: Rep.

text: Ron

text: Paul

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: holding

text: back

text: on

text: big

text: spending

text: in

text: another

text: upcoming

text: key

text: primary

text: state

text: Florida

text: Paul

text: who

text: has

text: consistently

text: been

text: among

text: the

text: top

text: three

text: in

text: polling

text: told

text: CNN

text: that

text: he

text: would

text: focus

text: instead

text: on

text: caucuses

text: that

text: come

text: after

text: Florida

text: 's

text: primary

text: on

text: January

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: a

text: big

text: campaign

text: planned

text: there

text: but

text: they

text: 'll

text: know

text: we

text: 're

text: there

text: Paul

text: said

text: in

text: an

text: interview

text: Florida

text: was

text: penalized

text: by

text: the

text: Republican

text: National

text: Committee

text: for

text: moving

text: its

text: primary

text: earlier

text: than

text: rules

text: allowed

text: with

text: its

text: delegates

text: cut

text: down

text: to

text: Still

text: Florida

text: is

text: a

text: critically

text: important

text: state

text: for

text: the

text: general

text: election

text: Asked

text: about

text: not

text: focusing

text: on

text: Florida

text: Paul

text: pointed

text: out

text: he

text: had

text: to

text: prioritize

text: spending

text: his

text: available

text: campaign

text: funding

text: and

text: had

text: done

text: well

text: so

text: far

text: with

text: a

text: third

text: place

text: finish

text: in

text: Iowa

text: and

text: polls

text: showing

text: him

text: contending

text: for

text: second

text: place

text: behind

text: Romney

text: in

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: tells

text: you

text: that

text: we

text: are

text: realistic

text: That

text: 's

text: the

text: way

text: we

text: approached

text: Iowa

text: we

text: did

text: pretty

text: well

text: there

text: and

text: right

text: now

text: polls

text: are

text: looking

text: pretty

text: good

text: up

text: here

text: So

text: I

text: think

text: we

text: 're

text: being

text: realistic

text: we

text: should

text: n't

text: be

text: acting

text: like

text: the

text: government

text: and

text: spend

text: money

text: we

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: Paul

text: said

text: with

text: a

text: chuckle

text: Paul

text: 's

text: campaign

text: chairman

text: Jesse

text: Benton

text: said

text: the

text: focus

text: after

text: South

text: Carolina

text: will

text: be

text: the

text: caucus

text: states

text: of

text: Nevada

text: Louisiana

text: and

text: Maine

text: which

text: offer

text: a

text: total

text: of

text: delegates

text: and

text: where

text: Paul

text: 's

text: aides

text: hope

text: to

text: rack

text: up

text: enough

text: to

text: keep

text: their

text: campaign

text: going

text: all

text: the

text: way

text: to

text: the

text: Republican

text: Convention

text: in

text: Tampa

text: Florida

text: Paul

text: also

text: made

text: clear

text: that

text: if

text: he

text: does

text: better

text: than

text: expected

text: here

text: in

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: and

text: can

text: raise

text: more

text: cash

text: his

text: campaign

text: might

text: change

text: course

text: and

text: compete

text: more

text: forcefully

text: in

text: Florida

text: We

text: have

text: to

text: wait

text: and

text: see

text: how

text: things

text: go

text: Paul

text: said

text: Huntsman

text: meanwhile

text: has

text: made

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: his

text: make

text: or

text: break

text: contest

text: He

text: skipped

text: campaigning

text: in

text: Iowa

text: to

text: spend

text: all

text: of

text: his

text: time

text: stumping

text: the

text: Granite

text: State

text: starting

text: Monday

text: in

text: Lebanon

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: before

text: working

text: his

text: way

text: south

text: to

text: the

text: coast

text: A

text: new

text: poll

text: Monday

text: night

text: by

text: the

text: American

text: Research

text: Group

text: showed

text: Huntsman

text: 's

text: support

text: rising

text: with

text: of

text: respondents

text: supporting

text: him

text: good

text: for

text: second

text: place

text: behind

text: the

text: support

text: for

text: consistent

text: front

text: runner

text: Romney

text: Paul

text: was

text: third

text: at

text: and

text: Santorum

text: fourth

text: with

text: followed

text: by

text: Gingrich

text: at

text: and

text: Perry

text: at

text: The

text: poll

text: of

text: likely

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: primary

text: voters

text: had

text: an

text: error

text: margin

text: of

text: Romney

text: and

text: other

text: GOP

text: candidates

text: also

text: targeted

text: Obama

text: with

text: sharp

text: rhetoric

text: Monday

text: I

text: am

text: very

text: concerned

text: that

text: over

text: the

text: last

text: three

text: years

text: you

text: have

text: seen

text: America

text: a

text: very

text: difficult

text: time

text: Romney

text: told

text: an

text: afternoon

text: event

text: in

text: Hudson

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: This

text: has

text: not

text: been

text: a

text: continuation

text: of

text: America

text: 's

text: greatness

text: from

text: the

text: past

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: has

text: been

text: more

text: of

text: a

text: detour

text: than

text: the

text: destiny

text: of

text: America

text: I

text: actually

text: think

text: the

text: president

text: has

text: tried

text: but

text: he

text: has

text: failed

text: At

text: a

text: luncheon

text: with

text: business

text: leaders

text: in

text: Greenville

text: South

text: Carolina

text: Perry

text: attacked

text: the

text: Obama

text: administration

text: for

text: suing

text: to

text: block

text: an

text: immigration

text: law

text: recently

text: enacted

text: there

text: and

text: he

text: chided

text: the

text: National

text: Labor

text: Relations

text: Board

text: for

text: intervening

text: in

text: the

text: construction

text: of

text: a

text: Boeing

text: Dreamliner

text: facility

text: in

text: Charleston

text: South

text: Carolina

text: you

text: are

text: in

text: a

text: state

text: of

text: war

text: with

text: the

text: federal

text: government

text: Perry

text: said

text: In

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: the

text: other

text: candidates

text: were

text: busy

text: Gingrich

text: had

text: seven

text: planned

text: events

text: Monday

text: while

text: Santorum

text: scheduled

text: six

text: However

text: Gingrich

text: canceled

text: his

text: final

text: event

text: because

text: of

text: what

text: his

text: campaign

text: said

text: were

text: security

text: concerns

text: over

text: protesters

text: at

text: the

text: entrance

text: and

text: exits

text: Paul

text: started

text: Monday

text: by

text: greeting

text: a

text: crush

text: of

text: voters

text: in

text: Manchester

text: I

text: wonder

text: what

text: the

text: fire

text: marshal

text: would

text: think

text: he

text: said

text: as

text: he

text: shook

text: hands

text: Let

text: 's

text: keep

text: it

text: a

text: secret

text: Paul

text: who

text: has

text: the

text: backing

text: of

text: many

text: libertarians

text: predicted

text: he

text: will

text: do

text: well

text: in

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: because

text: of

text: his

text: appeal

text: among

text: the

text: of

text: Granite

text: Staters

text: who

text: say

text: they

text: 're

text: independent

text: voters

text: I

text: think

text: the

text: people

text: here

text: in

text: New

text: Hampshire

text: are

text: very

text: independent

text: minded

text: and

text: I

text: have

text: a

text: strong

text: appeal

text: because

text: I

text: have

text: challenged

text: both

text: the

text: Republican

text: and

text: Democratic

text: Party

text: leadership

text: and

text: that

text: means

text: they

text: want

text: a

text: message

text: of

text: cleaning

text: house

text: Paul

text: said

text: in

text: Meredith

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Paul

text: Steinhauser

text: Peter

text: Hamby

text: Dana

text: Bash

text: Chris

text: Welch

text: Rachel

text: Streitfeld

text: and

text: Tom

text: Cohen

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: who expects comment to be taken out of context?

answer: Romney

text: Romney

question: what is the polling for?

answer: GOP candidates

text: GOP candidates

question: who has to go negative?

answer: Mitt Romney

text: Mitt Romney

question: Who is Mitt Romney?

answer: Republican front-runner

text: Republican front-runner


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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- Kept in a derelict warehouse at Baghdad's airport for months, sleeping four to a bed with poor food and no money, hundreds of would-be contract workers are stranded, claiming they were duped by unscrupulous recruiting agents into coming to Iraq for nonexistent jobs.

Men staying in an airport warehouse say they paid recruiters to take them to Iraq, believing they'd get jobs.

The recruiters told the men -- from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Uganda -- that jobs were waiting for them with American defense contractor KBR, through a Kuwaiti company called Najlaa Catering Services. The recruiting agents charged them between $3,000 and $5,000 to make the trip to Iraq; many sold their farms or other valuables to raise the money.

But when they arrived in Baghdad, they said, Najlaa housed about 1,000 of them -- 600 in the one-room warehouse -- in the compound within the airport, surrounded by private security guards. Showers are there, but are useless because the taps are nonfunctional. Many have questions about their visas and status in Iraq. Legally unable to stay, they lack the money to return home.

Asked if their governments were helping them, the men said, "Nothing, nothing." They said that when they protested, their guards fired guns upward to silence them.  Watch footage of the men, warehouse Â»

Najlaa's officials in Iraq refused comment to CNN. The company's Kuwaiti office said the situation was "under control" and being dealt with.

Some Ugandan men said the Iraqi police handcuffed and beat them. "They say, 'If you are here for the U.S., we're going to show you the difference between the U.S. government and the Iraqi government. Let's see if the U.S. is going to help you,' " one man said. Iraqi police would not answer questions regarding those allegations.

As the men spoke to CNN on camera, an official in charge of them threatened to lock them out of the compound unless they returned inside within two minutes.

KBR was not involved in recruiting the men. The company told CNN it does not condone unethical behavior, saying its contractors abide by its code of conduct, including training in human trafficking. The company said when it becomes aware of possible trafficking it works "to remediate the problem and report the matter to proper authorities. KBR then works with authorities to rectify the matter."

Meanwhile, men at a separate makeshift camp nearby said they were duped by different recruiters. They live off food donated by Iraqi workers, and say the men who brought them to Iraq have disappeared.

The men in the makeshift camp said their immigration status is in limbo. Their passports have been taken, or pages with visas have been torn out.

Help may be on the way. The men said United Nations workers had visited them. The world organization told CNN it is aware of the situation and is figuring out how to assist the men.

The U.S. military told CNN it takes human rights abuses seriously and is looking into the matter. The Iraqi government has also confiscated the passport of a Najlaa official until a solution is found.

But for the stranded men, help can't come soon enough.

"It's not fair," one said.

CNN's Thomas Evans and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- A female graduate student at Virginia Tech was killed Wednesday night when a man she knew attacked her with a knife and decapitated her, a school spokesman said.

Virginia Tech police Chief Wendell Flinchum talks about the first slaying on campus since the 2007 shootings.

Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski said Thursday that Xin Yang's killing was the first on the campus since April 16, 2007, when a shooter killed 32 people before turning a gun on himself.

Yang, 22, from Beijing, China, was killed at the Au Bon Pain restaurant in the Graduate Life Center at around 7 p.m., school spokesman Larry Hincker said in a written statement.

Campus police took Haiyang Zhu, 25, into custody at the scene. The Ningbo, China, native has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail at a local jail, Hincker said.

Zhu did not say anything to the arresting officers, said campus police Chief Wendell Flinchum.

"There was blood on him," Flinchum said.  The young woman and the suspect "were not seen arguing, or anything of that nature," he added, citing witness statements.

Authorities said the two students knew each other. "Based on emergency contact records maintained by the university, it is known that Zhu and Yang knew each other," Hincker said. No other details were provided.

The young woman arrived at the university two weeks ago to begin studies in accounting, he said in the statement.

Zhu is a graduate student pursuing a doctorate in agricultural and applied economics. He began studies at Virginia Tech in fall 2008, Hincker said.

"Our hearts go out to the victim and her family," President Charles W. Steger said in a letter to the campus community.

"An act of violence like this one brings back memories of the April 16 tragedy and I have no doubt that many of us feel especially distraught."

Authorities say on April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and professors before killing himself.

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Washington (CNN) -- Citing a "deficit of trust" in government by the American people, President Obama's first State of the Union address urged Congress to erode the influence of special interests and work together to confront the nation's most pressing problems.

In the nationally televised speech Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, Obama sought to reassure Americans angry and nervous about the pace of economic recovery that his government understands the challenges and would act boldly to meet them.

Obama called for a new political climate of "common sense" approaches that invest in the American people without building "a mountain of debt."

Highlights of the speech

"We have to recognize that we face more than a deficit of dollars right now. We face a deficit of trust -- deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years," Obama said.

Key areas where Obama wants to build that trust include: the economy, education, energy, health care and national security.

Democrats applauded the remarks of their party's leader.

"He outlined a road map that, if followed with bipartisan support in Congress, can reduce our deficit, rebuild our economy and create a new foundation of prosperity for American families and businesses," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa.

"It was a serious speech -- reached out to Republicans," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, the House majority leader.

iReport: Share your views on the speech

Republicans, however, were skeptical of Obama's ability to change the partisan atmosphere in Washington.

"Real bipartisanship requires more than just lip service; it demands both sides coming together in a real and meaningful way. It's time for the administration to abandon this big-government agenda and start working in a meaningful way with Republicans to find common-sense solutions to move the country forward," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

"I would have liked to have seen him emphasize reaching out to the other side of the aisle and bringing us together," said Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio.

Read more reaction to address

Analysts, too, were mixed in their reactions to what Obama had to say Wednesday night.

CNN political contributor John Avlon said Obama was targeting independents with his remarks, but questioned his success.

"They still hear The Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again' in the back of their minds," Avlon said.

Democratic strategist James Carville said Obama made progress. "He picked up a first down tonight," Carville said.

And a post-speech opinion poll shows a divided public.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicated that 48 percent of speech watchers had a very positive reaction, with three in 10 saying they had a somewhat positive response and 21 percent with a negative response.

See full results of poll

The 48 percent who indicated they had a very positive response is down 20 points from the 68 percent of speech watchers who felt the same way a year ago about the president's February 24 primetime address to a joint session of Congress.

"Wednesday night's State of the Union audience is more Democratic than the nation as a whole, but speech-watchers were less Democratic this year than they were last year," said Keating Holland, CNN polling director. "That may be one reason why the number who gave his speech a 'very positive' rating is lower this year. But part of the reason also may be that speech-watchers didn't necessarily hear a new agenda and aren't confident that the president can improve health care or lower the deficit."

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Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran tested an upgraded version of a surface-to-surface missile with a range that makes it capable of reaching parts of Europe, state-run television reported Wednesday.

Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said on Press-TV that the solid-fuel, high-speed Sajil-2 missile has "great maneuverability" and can access targets more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) away, making Israel and U.S. military bases in the Gulf reachable.

Vahidi said the missile has a shorter launch time and is intended to boost Iran's deterrent capability.

In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Defense Secretary Robert Gates had seen the intelligence on the launch, which occurred Tuesday, "and, based on that, is clearly concerned."

"At a time when the international community has offered Iran opportunities to begin to build trust and confidence, Iran's missile tests only undermine Iran's claims of peaceful intentions," he added. "Such actions will increase the seriousness and resolve of the international community to hold Iran accountable for its continued defiance of its international obligations."

But a U.S. intelligence official said the test launch does not represent "a major advancement" in Iran's missile technology. The official added that Iran carries out such tests on a "routine basis ... to attract attention."

Iran tested the initial version of the Sajil-2 in May.

In September, days before a key meeting over nuclear issues with industrialized powers, Iran tested two types of long-range missiles.

Those tests drew condemnation after the Islamic republic revealed the existence of a covert uranium enrichment site near the city of Qom.

Iran shocked the world with that revelation. Since then, it has allowed inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency to visit the plant.

Western powers fear that Iran is intent on developing nuclear weapons. That's a claim Tehran denies, but the latest test-firing of the Sajil-2 could add to existing tensions.

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question: Who is trying to develop nuclear weapons?

answer: Iran

text: Iran

question: What only undermine Iran's claims of peaceful intentions?

answer: missile tests

text: missile tests

question: which counstries are within range?

answer: Europe,

text: Europe,

question: Where they are located missile bases?

answer: Gulf

text: Gulf

question: what is the west fear?

answer: Iran is intent on developing nuclear weapons.

text: Iran is intent on developing nuclear weapons.