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(CNN) -- Freed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi thanked friends and family Tuesday for their support during her ordeal in an Iranian prison, and said she plans to spend the next few days relaxing.

Roxana Saberi smiles ouside her home in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday.

"I am, of course, very happy to be free and to be with my parents again," a smiling Saberi, 32, told reporters.

Saberi, who was dressed in a black tunic and a blue headscarf, said she was only now learning of a global support campaign on her behalf.

"I want to thank all the people all over the world, who, whether they knew me or not, helped me and my family during this period," she said. "I don't have any specific plans for the moment. I just want to be with my parents and my friends and to relax."

Reza Saberi, her father, said they plan to leave Iran soon.

Saberi was convicted last month on espionage charges in a one-day trial that was closed to the public. She was sentenced to eight years in prison after being accused of spying for the United States.

A judge changed Saberi's sentence during an appeal hearing Monday. The court agreed with her lawyers that, because Iran is not at war with the United States, Saberi cannot be punished for cooperating with agents of a hostile nation, according to Saberi's spokesman, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi.

Her sentence was changed to a two-year jail term, suspended for five years, Iran's state-run news agency IRNA reported.

Saberi was detained in January after initially being accused of buying a bottle of wine and working as a journalist without proper accreditation, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group. She was soon charged with espionage.

Saberi went on a hunger strike while imprisoned, but her father said she has since put on some weight.

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(CNN) -- The world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970 because of the human impact on the environment, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.

These two adult frilled-neck lizards are threatened species and are bred in captivity in Australia.

The WWF's latest Living Planet Index shows terrestrial, freshwater and marine species all suffered declines in their populations between 1970 and 2005, with freshwater species experiencing the biggest drop.

The index is included in a report called "2010 and Beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge," which the WWF prepared for an international biodiversity conference in Germany later this month.

"No one can escape the impact of biodiversity loss because reduced global diversity translates quite clearly into fewer new medicines, greater vulnerability to natural disasters, and greater effects from global warming," said James Leape, director-general of WWF International.

The Living Planet Index measured 4,000 populations of 1,477 vertebrate species, which the WWF says is a good indicator of overall biodiversity trends.

Terrestrial species in both temperate and tropical areas fell by an average of 25 percent during the 35-year period, the WWF said.

Marine species fell by 28 percent in the same period, with a dramatic decline between 1995 and 2005, the WWF said.

"Many marine ecosystems are changing rapidly under human influence, and one recent study estimates that more than 40 percent of the world's ocean area is strongly affected by human activities while few areas remain untouched," the WWF report said.

Freshwater species in both temperate and tropical regions fell by 29 percent between 1970 and 2003. The WWF said that is especially significant because despite covering only about 1 percent of the total land surface of the planet, inland waters are home to more than 40,000 vertebrate species.

In tropical regions, freshwater species were especially hard-hit; the index shows they suffered a 35-percent drop between 1970 and 2000.

The WWF said it had insufficient data to chart tropical freshwater species beyond 2000 and temperate freshwater species beyond 2003.

The causes of the declines are varied but ultimately stem from human demands on the biosphere, such as consumption of natural resources or the displacement of ecosystems, the WWF said.

The dominant threat to marine life is overexploitation -- harvesting or killing animals or plants beyond the species' capacity to replace itself, the WWF said. Overfishing is one example.

Overexploitation is also a threat to terrestrial species, according to the report, which cites the hunting of tropical forest mammals. Overharvesting of timber is also a major factor, it said.

Invasive species, whether introduced deliberately or not, are another threat, especially in freshwater ecosystems, where they are thought to be the main cause of extinction among endemic species, the WWF said.

Pollution and overall climate change are other factors causing a loss of biodiversity, it said.

The WWF called on governments attending this month's conference to take urgent action to reduce the rate of loss by 2010.

It wants governments to establish protected areas, particularly those areas important for food security, water supply, medicine, and disaster mitigation, and to commit to zero deforestation by 2020.

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Parkersburg, West Virginia (CNN) -- At nearly $12.1 trillion, the U.S. national debt has reached a size that is incomprehensible to most people and as intangible as the '"Big Bang" or bipartisanship.

But it is real in West Virginia, where a small, nearly anonymous group of government accountants calculate the public debt to the penny each day, living a mathematic nightmare and number cruncher's dream.

At a large desk in Parkersburg, Jaime Saling watches over roughly 6,500 pieces of data and trillions of dollars each day. Her title takes up a few characters itself: Saling is the debt accounting branch manager for the Bureau of Public Debt.

She and a division of just 15 people quietly and relentlessly work to account for every penny of the national debt. It is tedious and potentially overwhelming work, but Saling acts as if she flies jet fighters.

"I get very excited," the petite and energetic Saling says, "They call me a nerd, several times; I think it's because I get very excited about all the work we do."

That work happens in a simple one-story, brick building in Parkersburg, some 300 miles from Washington. The public debt offices landed there thanks to heavyweight home-state Sen. Robert Byrd.

The bureau's offices are tucked into a corner of town that's easy to miss. A brown hill and train track sit on one side, parking lots for county offices on the other. The locale is still a surprise to some.

"Every now and then we get a comment, 'Where are you? Parkersburg?'" Saling says.

The public debt building has become a number nerds' paradise. Employees say they balance their checkbooks at least weekly, some daily. A big happy-face sign marks progress on a recent audit. A written goal is taped to a Nerf-sized football. And the security guards brag that someone brings in a cake about every other day.

Inside, Saling's office is pin-neat, but her computer screen is cramped. A full-screen photo of Saling's 4- and 5-year-old children is covered by dozens of icons for spreadsheets and documents, so that glimpses of bright blonde hair poke out from under a field of white data squares.

"I need to clean it out right now," Saling says with a shrug, then laughs.

She then calls up the brain of the debt-management system, a software program called PARS, or Public debt Accounting and Reporting System. The acronym is a pun only an accountant would love. "Par value" means "stated value" in the field.

PARS is a custom program, designed in the early '90s to check and double-check the constant buying and selling of U.S. debt. Thanks in part to the debt software, what used to take 100 people a month to compute now is done by 15 people in a day.

Even so, the program looks like it's from another time, with a black screen and neon-colored letters that recall computer monitors of the "War Games" era.

"It is outdated," Saling says of the font. But she insists the program itself still operates well.

Annual government reviews of PARS back that up. And the division overall has a remarkable record of 13 straight years of unqualified audits, the accounting gold standard of accuracy.

That brings a massive smile to Saling's face; you see how someone so enthusiastic can be called a nerd. "Things like that make me very excited." (Her favorite report, by the way, is the "schedules of public debt".)

Each day, to check the funds flowing in and out of the public debt, Saling types in five-digit codes into PARS and checks a slew of accounts. She knows about 50 of those codes by heart.

In general, there is a scale to this work that would disrupt most minds.

"Most people don't have a sense of it until they come here and see it," said accounting director Mike Linder, who is Saling's boss. "Most calculators don't handle what we do."

And almost no one sees the debt as they do.

"A lot of people, I don't think realize what the debt's made of," Saling put forth. "In that $12 trillion you have both debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings."

In other words, the debt held by those outside the government and debt the government owes to itself, such as money borrowed from the Social Security Trust Fund. At the end of November, $7.7 trillion was debt held by the public and $4.4 trillion was intragovernmental holdings.

Saling sees a heartbeat in the numbers. "It's actually helping us operate government."

And never has government been larger. But Saling and these accountants of the people are careful on that note.

"It's not that we're saying this is the right thing to do," she states matter-of-factly. "A lot of times we're saying, 'If they pass this, how are we going to account for it?' A lot of times that takes a lot of meetings."

Saling is right, in the age of deficits and debt, all of that literally keeps government operating.

Yet those trillions of dollars are overseen by a small division that works without contractors and is content with a software system that may look clunky, but which they insist works more than well.

There is an irony here.

These self-proclaimed nerds oversee the very symbol of big government but exude sobriety and restraint.

Saling and her staff are nearly anonymous but deeply significant. And they are more than happy that way.

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question: What works well?

answer: the program itself

text: the program itself

question: What has become a nerd's paradise?

answer: The public debt building

text: The public debt building

question: What are a small group of accountants calculating?

answer: public debt to the penny each day,

text: public debt to the penny each day,

question: What did the accounting director say?

answer: "Most people don't have a sense of it until they come here and see it,"

text: "Most people don't have a sense of it until they come here and see it,"

question: Where do accountants calculate?

answer: West Virginia,

text: West Virginia,

question: "Most calculators don't handle what we do" says who?

answer: accounting director Mike Linder,

text: accounting director Mike Linder,

question: In which state does a small group of accountants calculate the public debt?

answer: West Virginia,

text: West Virginia,

question: What has become a nerds' paradise?

answer: public debt building

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PARIS, France (CNN) -- Truly appreciating the beauty of Paris is a pleasure that can't be hurried.

Stop, breathe, appreciate and perhaps kiss in the romantic city of Paris.

Take time to wander down its wide boulevards, savour every sip of strong, black coffee and resist the temptation to fall into step with the throng of tourists and sightseers.

Our advice to anyone who finds themselves with 24 hours to spare in the French capital is to stop, breathe, appreciate and indulge.

Start the day with a walk down the Champs-ÃlysÃ©es. For some, it retains the title of the world's most beautiful avenue. For others, the road's historical charm has been blighted by the arrival of global brands, traffic and tourists.

Sunrise offers the history without the hurry. Take a leisurely stroll down its expansive pavements and look up for impressive architecture without fear of bumping into shoppers.

Treat yourself to breakfast at one of Paris' oldest tea salons. LadurÃ©e was founded as a family business in 1862 and now appears in luxurious locales in London, Monaco, Switzerland and Japan. The original, LadurÃ©e Royale on Rue Royale, doesn't open until 8:30am (and later on Sundays), so for early morning pastries drop into the Champs-Elysees store which opens at 7:30am every day.

The queues at Paris' most famous art gallery, the Louvre, are notorious so impatient visitors are advised to go to the MusÃ©e de l'Orangerie, set in the historic Jardin des Tuileries. You won't see the Mona Lisa, but the gallery does boast a collection of Claude Monet's Water Lilies. The queues are shorter the earlier you go and to really beat the crowds pre-book your time slot online.

Head north to have your own images sketched by street artists in Montmartre, a former stomping ground for famous names including Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.

Drop into the Basilique du SacrÃ© Coeur to pray, light a candle or simply enjoy the spectacular views over Paris.

From there, visit Rue Lepic where you will find CafÃ© des Deux Moulins, where actress Audrey Tautou waited tables in the 2001 film "AmÃ©lie."

Note that when you ask for a coffee in France, you'll automatically receive a black espresso. If you'd like something bigger and milkier, ask for a cafÃ© au lait (already popular elsewhere) or cafÃ© Americain (filter coffee) with milk (lait).

Further down Rue Lepic you'll find Au Virage Lepic, a quaint bistro dripping in traditional Parisian atmosphere. It's usually crowded with locals so book in advance.

Getting around is easy in Paris. Take a bus or the Metro or join the legion of cyclists on hugely popular VÃ©lib rental bikes.

Pick up your own bike at one of the service points scattered around the city. You'll need a credit card to register for a one-day subscription, or to speed up the process pre-book a one-day ticket online. It'll cost you one euro and the first 30 minutes of every journey for the next 24 hours is free. After than, any additional time will be charged to your credit card until you return the bike to any stand in the city.

In the afternoon, walk -- or cycle -- down Boulevard Saint-Germain on the historic Left Bank. Discover your inner intellectual over a coffee or dinner at Les Deux Magots, a former meeting place for Paris' great literary minds including Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.

From Boulevard Saint-Germain, walk down Rue Saint-Sulpice, past Saint-Sulpice, a striking church founded in the 1646 and brought to a new audience as one of the buildings featured in Dan Brown's best-selling novel (and subsequent film) "The Da Vinci Code."

Wander further on to Rue de SÃ¨vres where you can batter your credit card with some upmarket shopping at Le Bon MarchÃ© and La Grand Epicerie.

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(CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela toiled for 27 years in South African prisons before gaining his freedom and leading his nation from white minority rule to full democracy. In the process, he became an international symbol of strength and hope.

Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1984.

This month he celebrates his 90th birthday with a lavish, star-studded concert in London that confirms his enduring status as a revered global icon. But his journey from young protester to political prisoner to leader of his nation has not been without heartache and personal loss.

Mandela was born in 1918 in the South African village Qunu.

He was the son of the chief councilor to a Thembu chief, and he soon became passionate about political reformation, founding the African National Congress Youth League in 1944 with lifelong friend Oliver Tambo.

Mandela's natural leadership skills pushed him front and center during the ANC's 1952 Defiance Campaign, which urged South African citizens not to cooperate with certain laws deemed discriminatory.

Mandela urged nonviolent solutions to the South African government's political, economic and social oppression of the nation's black majority.

His commitment to nonviolent change was tested, however, in March of 1960 when black protestors in the township of Sharpeville were fired upon by South African police as they gathered to protest a law that required all black citizens to carry passbooks at all times.

Sixty-nine people were killed and more than 180 were injured in the clash.

The Sharpeville Massacre sparked riots, strikes and protest demonstrations across South Africa, and the government declared a state of emergency.

But the massacre also highlighted the tragedy of apartheid to the rest of the world. The United Nations condemned the massacre, and its security council convened on April 1, 1960, to consider the ravaging effects of apartheid on South Africa's people.

Inside the country, Mandela and his colleagues reconsidered the use of violence to further their cause for freedom. Mandela formed the revolutionary group Spear of the Nation In 1961 and was named its commander in chief. He slipped out of South Africa for military training in Algeria in 1962 but was arrested soon after he returned.  See pictures of Mandela's life Â»

Mandela had several previous run-ins with police, and he was eventually sentenced to life in prison for his actions protesting South Africa's apartheid government.

At the time of his sentence Mandela made a dramatic statement that illustrated his overarching commitment to freedom: "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the African people," he said.

"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."  Listen to famous speech Â»

During his long incarceration, Mandela nearly became a myth. He smuggled out notes of encouragement to his followers that read like pronouncements.

"Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose," one note said.

He might have been condemned to hard labor in a limestone quarry, but Mandela's unyielding moral stance held him high on a pedestal to his followers.

In 1990, it became clear to then-South African President F.W. de Klerk that Mandela's release was necessary for the nation to heal.

Mandela was 71 years old when he walked free from Victor Verster prison, his clenched fist held high.

He'd lived a life of protest for a cause for which he'd been prepared to die. And now he would lead a nation on the brink of civil war to democracy.

Three years later, de Klerk and Mandela would share the Nobel Peace Prize.

"The policy of reconciliation that Nelson R. Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk represent provides hope not only for South Africa; it is also a shining example for the world that there are ways out of the vicious circle of violence and bitterness," said Francis Sejersted, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee as he awarded the shared prize.

In 1994, Mandela was elected president in South Africa's first all-race general elections.

Since his retirement in 1999, Mandela has turned his attention to international diplomacy: He convinced Libya to hand over two suspects for trial in the Lockerbie airplane bombing, and he played a role in the Burundi peace process.

In 2005, he took up a personal cause closer to home. Mandela's son, Makgatho Mandela, 54, died of an AIDS-related illness.

Nearly 5 million South Africans may have AIDS, medical experts estimate, and for many in the country discussing the disease is a taboo.

"Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and to say somebody has died because of HIV/AIDS," Mandela said in January at a news conference where he announced his loss.

"And people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary."

On Mandela's 80th birthday he wed his 52-year-old companion, Graca Machel, from Mozambique at a private ceremony in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

He danced at the double celebration surrounded by his grandchildren, family and close friends.

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(CNN) -- For five generations, the Meserve/Kunhardt family has been the collector and custodian of some of the most valuable photographs and memorabilia of Abraham Lincoln.

Peter W. Kunhardt, left, Philip B. Kunhardt III and Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. co-authored "Looking for Lincoln."

In fact, eminent Lincoln historian Harold Holzer said there's only one other family that's contributed more "to our understanding of America's most enduring leader," and that's the Lincolns themselves.

"The Kunhardts -- and before them, their ancestor Frederick Hill Meserve -- have been active, and crucial for generations, in preserving Lincoln's image for posterity," Holzer said.

"Mr. Meserve literally saved photos from destruction, then cataloged and analyzed them. Later members of the family wrote seminal books incorporating the family-owned archive into the stories of Lincoln's life and death."

The family collection was the basis for the new book, "Looking for Lincoln" (Knopf), and for a PBS documentary. One of the book's co-authors, 26-year-old Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., has now joined the family business as assistant director of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation.

Kunhardt, who recently earned a master's degree in art business and photography, also works on the Gordon Parks Foundation, a division of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, which includes the life's work of the pioneering African-American photographer.

Kunhardt spoke with CNN in an interview and follow-up conversations about the extraordinary family history.

CNN: Tell us about your family.

Peter W. Kunhardt Jr: I'm the fifth generation to be working on Lincoln. My great-great-grandfather was a man by the name of Frederick Hill Meserve. His father, William Neal Meserve, was a soldier in the Civil War who was wounded at the battle of Antietam, and he kept a diary of the entire time he was in war.

That diary was illustrated by his son, Frederick Hill Meserve, years after the war through collecting photography. He became one of the leading collectors of 19th-century American photography. ... At that time photography was still quite new.

In the late 19th century, the war-weary nation lost its interest in the images of that era. Many glass negatives were thought to be worthless. The emulsion was washed off, and many were used to build greenhouses.

Meserve wrote a book in 1911 called "Photographs of Abraham Lincoln." He became obsessed with Lincoln. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed while in office. Meserve's goal in life was to find and catalog all the existing images of Lincoln, of which we now know there were about 120.

Each photograph in Meserve's book, which he updated for the next half century, was given an "M" number. Part of our work was to update his numbering system and establish a new national standard.

Then his daughter Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, she became heavily involved with Lincoln scholarship and the collection as well. She was the author of the children's book, "Pat the Bunny," which ... as everyone knows today, it's one of the most popular children's books. She worked with her father on Lincoln publications and continued to collect Lincoln.

The collection was passed to Philip Kunhardt Jr., my grandfather, who eventually passed this collection of photographs on to my father and uncle, who were my co-authors in this book, "Looking for Lincoln."

My grandfather, father and uncle wrote a book on Lincoln in 1992 called "Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography," using the contents of the collection.

Each generation has continued the fascination with the collection but with a special interest in Abraham Lincoln.

CNN: What's your involvement now in the collection?

Kunhardt: My role is the assistant director of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. The foundation was established in 2002 by my father and uncle in order to preserve our family's collection and make it available to the public.

During the past century, the collection had grown so large that we decided it was finally time to place it in public hands. That is why we first formed the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. And this year the collection will be moved to the Neuberger Museum of Art at the State University of New York in Purchase, New York, and the Purchase Library at SUNY, where it will be made available to students and scholars.

CNN: Was there ever any doubt in your mind that you wanted to go into this field?

Kunhardt: I was an art history major at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. I've always been fascinated with our collection. I was flattered to be asked to help with this project, the Lincoln book. I've been an intern since I was about in fifth grade. I've grown up knowing this collection very well, putting everything in plastic sleeves. Then when we found out that they weren't of archival quality, I had to change them to polyester sleeves.

It's really been a family love. We've all grown up with this collection. A great portion of this collection is now housed at the National Portrait Gallery. It was sold after my great-grandmother's death.

CNN: What are some of the most valuable parts of the collection?

Kunhardt: It includes many gems, like Alexander Gardner's oversized portrait of Lincoln that was taken just before he went to Gettysburg. As a young boy, I remember it hanging on the walls of our home. We also own the bronze life mask of Lincoln cast by Leonard Volk.

CNN: Was Lincoln particularly interested in being photographed?

Kunhardt: It was his way of reaching out to a wider audience. It was a process that was so slow, he had to sit for long periods of time with a neck brace in order to be photographed because the exposure time was forever. There are pictures where if he moved just slightly, the picture was blurry. Crowd scenes are always blurry because you couldn't make the crowd stay still.

CNN: What's the story of the Gordon Parks Foundation?

Kunhardt: My grandfather Philip Kunhardt was managing editor of Life magazine. He and Gordon became close personal friends, and shortly before both of them died in 2006, my grandfather showed Gordon how we were preserving our 19th-century collection. After Gordon's death, his estate placed all of his photographs with us, and we formed the Gordon Parks Foundation.

CNN: What else are you working on?

Kunhardt: Our next book is "Lincoln Life Size," which will be published in September 2009. We're taking the Lincoln photographs and blowing them up to the actual size of Lincoln's face ... and it will include his own reactions to some of the photographs.

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text: B.

text: Kunhardt

text: III

text: and

text: Peter

text: W.

text: Kunhardt

text: Jr.

text: co

text: authored

text: Looking

text: for

text: Lincoln

text: In

text: fact

text: eminent

text: Lincoln

text: historian

text: Harold

text: Holzer

text: said

text: there

text: 's

text: only

text: one

text: other

text: family

text: that

text: 's

text: contributed

text: more

text: to

text: our

text: understanding

text: of

text: America

text: 's

text: most

text: enduring

text: leader

text: and

text: that

text: 's

text: the

text: Lincolns

text: themselves

text: The

text: Kunhardts

text: and

text: before

text: them

text: their

text: ancestor

text: Frederick

text: Hill

text: Meserve

text: have

text: been

text: active

text: and

text: crucial

text: for

text: generations

text: in

text: preserving

text: Lincoln

text: 's

text: image

text: for

text: posterity

text: Holzer

text: said

text: Mr.

text: Meserve

text: literally

text: saved

text: photos

text: from

text: destruction

text: then

text: cataloged

text: and

text: analyzed

text: them

text: Later

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: family

text: wrote

text: seminal

text: books

text: incorporating

text: the

text: family

text: owned

text: archive

text: into

text: the

text: stories

text: of

text: Lincoln

text: 's

text: life

text: and

text: death

text: The

text: family

text: collection

text: was

text: the

text: basis

text: for

text: the

text: new

text: book

text: Looking

text: for

text: Lincoln

text: Knopf

text: and

text: for

text: a

text: PBS

text: documentary

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: book

text: 's

text: co

text: authors

text: old

text: Peter

text: W.

text: Kunhardt

text: Jr.

text: has

text: now

text: joined

text: the

text: family

text: business

text: as

text: assistant

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Meserve

text: Kunhardt

text: Foundation

text: Kunhardt

text: who

text: recently

text: earned

text: a

text: master

text: 's

text: degree

text: in

text: art

text: business

text: and

text: photography

text: also

text: works

text: on

text: the

text: Gordon

text: Parks

text: Foundation

text: a

text: division

text: of

text: the

text: Meserve

text: Kunhardt

text: Foundation

text: which

text: includes

text: the

text: life

text: 's

text: work

text: of

text: the

text: pioneering

text: African

text: American

text: photographer

text: Kunhardt

text: spoke

text: with

text: CNN

text: in

text: an

text: interview

text: and

text: follow

text: up

text: conversations

text: about

text: the

text: extraordinary

text: family

text: history

text: CNN

text: Tell

text: us

text: about

text: your

text: family

text: Peter

text: W.

text: Kunhardt

text: Jr

text: I

text: 'm

text: the

text: fifth

text: generation

text: to

text: be

text: working

text: on

text: Lincoln

text: My

text: great

text: great

text: grandfather

text: was

text: a

text: man

text: by

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: Frederick

text: Hill

text: Meserve

text: His

text: father

text: William

text: Neal

text: Meserve

text: was

text: a

text: soldier

text: in

text: the

text: Civil

text: War

text: who

text: was

text: wounded

text: at

text: the

text: battle

text: of

text: Antietam

text: and

text: he

text: kept

text: a

text: diary

text: of

text: the

text: entire

text: time

text: he

text: was

text: in

text: war

text: That

text: diary

text: was

text: illustrated

text: by

text: his

text: son

text: Frederick

text: Hill

text: Meserve

text: years

text: after

text: the

text: war

text: through

text: collecting

text: photography

text: He

text: became

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: leading

text: collectors

text: of

text: century

text: American

text: photography

text: At

text: that

text: time

text: photography

text: was

text: still

text: quite

text: new

text: In

text: the

text: late

text: century

text: the

text: war

text: weary

text: nation

text: lost

text: its

text: interest

text: in

text: the

text: images

text: of

text: that

text: era

text: Many

text: glass

text: negatives

text: were

text: thought

text: to

text: be

text: worthless

text: The

text: emulsion

text: was

text: washed

text: off

text: and

text: many

text: were

text: used

text: to

text: build

text: greenhouses

text: Meserve

text: wrote

text: a

text: book

text: in

text: called

text: Photographs

text: of

text: Abraham

text: Lincoln

text: He

text: became

text: obsessed

text: with

text: Lincoln

text: Lincoln

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: president

text: to

text: be

text: photographed

text: while

text: in

text: office

text: Meserve

text: 's

text: goal

text: in

text: life

text: was

text: to

text: find

text: and

text: catalog

text: all

text: the

text: existing

text: images

text: of

text: Lincoln

text: of

text: which

text: we

text: now

text: know

text: there

text: were

text: about

text: Each

text: photograph

text: in

text: Meserve

text: 's

text: book

text: which

text: he

text: updated

text: for

text: the

text: next

text: half

text: century

text: was

text: given

text: an

text: M

text: number

text: Part

text: of

text: our

text: work

text: was

text: to

text: update

text: his

text: numbering

text: system

text: and

text: establish

text: a

text: new

text: national

text: standard

text: Then

text: his

text: daughter

text: Dorothy

text: Meserve

text: Kunhardt

text: she

text: became

text: heavily

text: involved

text: with

text: Lincoln

text: scholarship

text: and

text: the

text: collection

text: as

text: well

text: She

text: was

text: the

text: author

text: of

text: the

text: children

text: 's

text: book

text: Pat

text: the

text: Bunny

text: which

text: as

text: everyone

text: knows

text: today

text: it

text: 's

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: popular

text: children

text: 's

text: books

text: She

text: worked

text: with

text: her

text: father

text: on

text: Lincoln

text: publications

text: and

text: continued

text: to

text: collect

text: Lincoln

text: The

text: collection

text: was

text: passed

text: to

text: Philip

text: Kunhardt

text: Jr.

text: my

text: grandfather

text: who

text: eventually

text: passed

text: this

text: collection

text: of

text: photographs

text: on

text: to

text: my

text: father

text: and

text: uncle

text: who

text: were

text: my

text: co

text: authors

text: in

text: this

text: book

text: Looking

text: for

text: Lincoln

text: My

text: grandfather

text: father

text: and

text: uncle

text: wrote

text: a

text: book

text: on

text: Lincoln

text: in

text: called

text: Lincoln

text: An

text: Illustrated

text: Biography

text: using

text: the

text: contents

text: of

text: the

text: collection

text: Each

text: generation

text: has

text: continued

text: the

text: fascination

text: with

text: the

text: collection

text: but

text: with

text: a

text: special

text: interest

text: in

text: Abraham

text: Lincoln

text: CNN

text: What

text: 's

text: your

text: involvement

text: now

text: in

text: the

text: collection

text: Kunhardt

text: My

text: role

text: is

text: the

text: assistant

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Meserve

text: Kunhardt

text: Foundation

text: The

text: foundation

text: was

text: established

text: in

text: by

text: my

text: father

text: and

text: uncle

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: preserve

text: our

text: family

text: 's

text: collection

text: and

text: make

text: it

text: available

text: to

text: the

text: public

text: During

text: the

text: past

text: century

text: the

text: collection

text: had

text: grown

text: so

text: large

text: that

text: we

text: decided

text: it

text: was

text: finally

text: time

text: to

text: place

text: it

text: in

text: public

text: hands

text: That

text: is

text: why

text: we

text: first

text: formed

text: the

text: Meserve

text: Kunhardt

text: Foundation

text: And

text: this

text: year

text: the

text: collection

text: will

text: be

text: moved

text: to

text: the

text: Neuberger

text: Museum

text: of

text: Art

text: at

text: the

text: State

text: University

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: in

text: Purchase

text: New

text: York

text: and

text: the

text: Purchase

text: Library

text: at

text: SUNY

text: where

text: it

text: will

text: be

text: made

text: available

text: to

text: students

text: and

text: scholars

text: CNN

text: Was

text: there

text: ever

text: any

text: doubt

text: in

text: your

text: mind

text: that

text: you

text: wanted

text: to

text: go

text: into

text: this

text: field

text: Kunhardt

text: I

text: was

text: an

text: art

text: history

text: major

text: at

text: Wheaton

text: College

text: in

text: Norton

text: Massachusetts

text: I

text: 've

text: always

text: been

text: fascinated

text: with

text: our

text: collection

text: I

text: was

text: flattered

text: to

text: be

text: asked

text: to

text: help

text: with

text: this

text: project

text: the

text: Lincoln

text: book

text: I

text: 've

text: been

text: an

text: intern

text: since

text: I

text: was

text: about

text: in

text: fifth

text: grade

text: I

text: 've

text: grown

text: up

text: knowing

text: this

text: collection

text: very

text: well

text: putting

text: everything

text: in

text: plastic

text: sleeves

text: Then

text: when

text: we

text: found

text: out

text: that

text: they

text: were

text: n't

text: of

text: archival

text: quality

text: I

text: had

text: to

text: change

text: them

text: to

text: polyester

text: sleeves

text: It

text: 's

text: really

text: been

text: a

text: family

text: love

text: We

text: 've

text: all

text: grown

text: up

text: with

text: this

text: collection

text: A

text: great

text: portion

text: of

text: this

text: collection

text: is

text: now

text: housed

text: at

text: the

text: National

text: Portrait

text: Gallery

text: It

text: was

text: sold

text: after

text: my

text: great

text: grandmother

text: 's

text: death

text: CNN

text: What

text: are

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: valuable

text: parts

text: of

text: the

text: collection

text: Kunhardt

text: It

text: includes

text: many

text: gems

text: like

text: Alexander

text: Gardner

text: 's

text: oversized

text: portrait

text: of

text: Lincoln

text: that

text: was

text: taken

text: just

text: before

text: he

text: went

text: to

text: Gettysburg

text: As

text: a

text: young

text: boy

text: I

text: remember

text: it

text: hanging

text: on

text: the

text: walls

text: of

text: our

text: home

text: We

text: also

text: own

text: the

text: bronze

text: life

text: mask

text: of

text: Lincoln

text: cast

text: by

text: Leonard

text: Volk

text: CNN

text: Was

text: Lincoln

text: particularly

text: interested

text: in

text: being

text: photographed

text: Kunhardt

text: It

text: was

text: his

text: way

text: of

text: reaching

text: out

text: to

text: a

text: wider

text: audience

text: It

text: was

text: a

text: process

text: that

text: was

text: so

text: slow

text: he

text: had

text: to

text: sit

text: for

text: long

text: periods

text: of

text: time

text: with

text: a

text: neck

text: brace

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: be

text: photographed

text: because

text: the

text: exposure

text: time

text: was

text: forever

text: There

text: are

text: pictures

text: where

text: if

text: he

text: moved

text: just

text: slightly

text: the

text: picture

text: was

text: blurry

text: Crowd

text: scenes

text: are

text: always

text: blurry

text: because

text: you

text: could

text: n't

text: make

text: the

text: crowd

text: stay

text: still

text: CNN

text: What

text: 's

text: the

text: story

text: of

text: the

text: Gordon

text: Parks

text: Foundation

text: Kunhardt

text: My

text: grandfather

text: Philip

text: Kunhardt

text: was

text: managing

text: editor

text: of

text: Life

text: magazine

text: He

text: and

text: Gordon

text: became

text: close

text: personal

text: friends

text: and

text: shortly

text: before

text: both

text: of

text: them

text: died

text: in

text: my

text: grandfather

text: showed

text: Gordon

text: how

text: we

text: were

text: preserving

text: our

text: century

text: collection

text: After

text: Gordon

text: 's

text: death

text: his

text: estate

text: placed

text: all

text: of

text: his

text: photographs

text: with

text: us

text: and

text: we

text: formed

text: the

text: Gordon

text: Parks

text: Foundation

text: CNN

text: What

text: else

text: are

text: you

text: working

text: on

text: Kunhardt

text: Our

text: next

text: book

text: is

text: Lincoln

text: Life

text: Size

text: which

text: will

text: be

text: published

text: in

text: September

text: We

text: 're

text: taking

text: the

text: Lincoln

text: photographs

text: and

text: blowing

text: them

text: up

text: to

text: the

text: actual

text: size

text: of

text: Lincoln

text: 's

text: face

text: and

text: it

text: will

text: include

text: his

text: own

text: reactions

text: to

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: photographs

question: What family has been collecting Lincoln items for generations?

answer: Meserve/Kunhardt

text: Meserve/Kunhardt

question: He published what?

answer: "Lincoln Life Size,"

text: "Lincoln Life Size,"

question: How many generations of Meserve-Kunhardt individuals have had an interest in the US presidents?

answer: five

text: five

question: Number of generations that the Meserve-Kunhardt family has been collecting Lincoln items?

answer: five

text: five

question: Who began collecting endangered Lincoln photographs?

answer: the Meserve/Kunhardt family

text: the Meserve/Kunhardt family

question: What president did Frederick Hill Meserve study?

answer: Abraham Lincoln.

text: Abraham Lincoln.

question: How many generations has the family collected Lincoln item?

answer: five

text: five


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(CNN) -- Three Americans rescued last week from captivity in the Colombian jungle left a medical center for their homes Saturday, hoping for some time out of the spotlight as they reconnect with loved ones.

Left to right, Thomas Howes, Keith Stansell and Marc Gonsalves address reporters before flying home Saturday.

Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes -- hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for more than five years -- left the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

"There's family members that are waiting for us, and just imagine if you hadn't seen your family in 5Â½ years," Stansell said, asking the media to allow the former captives some space. "Let us go home and be family men again."

"We're going to come out and we're going to talk, but right now, what we want to do is rest," Gonsalves said.

All three were headed home to Florida, and Stansell and Howes flashed their new Florida driver's licenses before they boarded a plane.

The three men had been undergoing a reintegration process at the medical center. FARC had held the three U.S. government contractors since February 2003 after their plane went down in a remote region of the South American country.

They and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt were among 15 hostages rescued on July 2 in a Colombian military operation. The three Americans arrived at Brooke Army Medical Center later that day.

The three Americans urged the media not to forget the hundreds of other hostages still held by FARC.

"Don't forget the people that are still there," Stansell said. "There are fellow hostages that are still there. Some have 10 years [as a hostage]," he said. "Right this minute, they're in chains, looking for food, and they're on the run. And their families haven't seen them in 10 years."

It is estimated that FARC holds some 750 hostages.

The leftist rebel group took up arms in 1964 and grew from a rag-tag band of 48 fighters to a self-styled "people's army" of more than 21,000 combatants in 2001, according to Colombian government figures.

The government now estimates the FARC fighting force has dwindled to around 8,000 after a wave of desertions.

On Saturday, the rescued Americans talked of looking forward to spending time with their relatives.

"We're going to go home now. We're going to rest, we're going to unwind for about a month and a half," Gonsalves said.

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text: Three

text: Americans

text: rescued

text: last

text: week

text: from

text: captivity

text: in

text: the

text: Colombian

text: jungle

text: left

text: a

text: medical

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text: homes

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text: time

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text: spotlight

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text: Left

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text: Marc

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text: had

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text: family

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text: media

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text: rest

text: Gonsalves

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text: Stansell

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text: Howes

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text: Florida

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text: hostage

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text: have

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text: group

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text: up

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text: band

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question: What do they want to do?

answer: reconnect with loved ones.

text: reconnect with loved ones.

question: What do the men ask of the media?

answer: to allow the former captives some space.

text: to allow the former captives some space.

question: What are the freed men asking for?

answer: the media to allow the former captives some space.

text: the media to allow the former captives some space.

question: what freed men ask for?

answer: "Let us go home and be family

text: "Let us go home and be family

question: what ex farc hostages leave?

answer: Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes

text: Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes

question: What does FARC  stand for?

answer: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

text: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

question: Where is Columbia?

answer: South American country.

text: South American country.

question: Who do the freed men want to spend time with?

answer: family members

text: family members

question: When did the hostages leave the Texas medical center?

answer: Saturday,

text: Saturday,