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(CBS) Notable among the films, documentaries, TV movies and literary works created in the wake of Sept. 11 is “Rebirth,” a documentary slated for release just days before the tenth anniversary of the event that devastated the lives of thousands and forever changed the way we view the world. Directed by Jim Whitaker, the documentary tracks for nearly a decade the journeys of five individuals whose lives were shattered on that day in 2001. Complete coverage: 9/11 anniversary Whitaker lost his mother six months before Sept. 11 and it was following a visit to ground zero a short time after the attacks that the idea of “Rebirth” was galvanized. Out of the carnage and remnants of twisted metal came the notion of renewal and regeneration, the idea that a site immortalized for the horror that unfolded there might one day become associated with new life and new beginnings. Ling Young, a Chinese woman badly burned while at work in one of the towers, is lucky to be alive. The documentary followed her painful surgeries to treat massive burns to her face and body. Nicholas is a teenager who lost his mother, an employee at Lehman Brothers. His journey is to learn as much as he can about what his mom was like and to chronicle the impact of her death on the family she left behind. In one of...

Washington and its allies have been pressing for 아산출장만남 a fourth round of U.N. penalties on Iran for its refusal to halt a key part of its nuclear program that could be used to make nuclear weapons. Iran says it only wants the technology for producing nuclear power. In a revelation likely to add to their suspicions, however, a former foreign minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, was quoted as telling a newspaper that Iran obtained its first centrifuge from Pakistan in 1986. It was Iran’s first public confirmation of a clandestine transfer of nuclear technology specifically from Pakistan, which itself had already acknowledged the nuclear sales. Centrifuges, which purify uranium gas, are the central component of a process that can make fuel for power plants or – at higher levels of processing – weapons. Iran’s nuclear work remained a secret until 2003, when the U.N.’s nuclear monitoring agency began investigating the program. Its work and Iran’s assurances that it only has peaceful motives have failed to quell the international concern and suspicion. Mousavi Decries Clerical Corruption in Iran The timing of the new revelation was unusual, as Iran is in the middle of a diplomatic sprint around the globe to try to persuade other U.N. Security Council members to oppose new sanctions. In Washington, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said officials were meeting daily at the United Nations in an...

(AP) HAVANA – The wife of imprisoned American Alan Gross said Tuesday she has returned from a trip to Cuba to see her husband, and is fearful he will not survive his long incarceration. Judy Gross said her husband has developed a mass behind his right shoulder blade, and suffers from degenerative arthritis and 완주출장샵 other ailments. The 63-year-old Maryland native, who was obese at the time of his arrest in December 2009, has lost 105 pounds while in custody and now appears gaunt in photos released from a Havana military hospital where he is being held. “I am devastated by his appearance,” Judy Gross wrote in the statement. “While his spirit remains strong, I fear he is not going to survive this terrible ordeal.” She begged Cuban President Raul Castro to “put an end to our anguish and let Alan come home.” There was no immediate reaction from Cuba’s government to Judy Gross’s plea. Official: Cuba ready to talk about Gross caseNY rabbi meets with jailed American in CubaLeahy and Shelby meet with Raul Castro in...

Steven Bochco, a TV producer/writer behind many hit shows over the years, has died at age 74, according to a representative at Steven Bochco Productions. The spokesperson said Bochco died peacefully Sunday morning at 10:20 a.m. “Steven fought cancer with strength, courage, grace and his unsurpassed sense of humor,” Phillip Arnold said in a statement provided to CBS News. “He died peacefully in his sleep with his family close by.” Bochco’s TV credits include a wide array of programs such as “Hill Street Blues,” L.A. Law,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “NYPD Blue.” Many of them were shows related to the law genre. The Associated Press writes that “Hill Street Blues” challenged, even confounded the meager audience that sampled it in 1981. Then after critical acclaim, the series began to connect with viewers, while scoring a history-making 27 Emmy nominations its first year. Bochco has won 10 primetime Emmy awards throughout his career including four Peabody awards. The AP reports that Bochco once remembered a fan telling him that “Hill Street Blues” was the first TV series with a memory. “That’s what I always thought of myself doing in the context of TV: 의성출장업소 craft a show that over time would have a memory,” he told AP in an interview two years ago. “I sensed that very early in my career. It just took me another 10 or 12 years...