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Quick Guide & Transcript: Constitutional deadline, serial bomber sentenced
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CNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- August 23, 2005 Quick GuideConstitutional Deadline: Find out why Iraq's National Assembly put an 'incomplete' stamp on its draft constitution. Around the World: A check of more international headlines takes you to China, Mexico and Gaza. Serial Bomber Sentenced: The convicted Centennial Olympic Park bomber apologizes to some of his victims, but not all of them. TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. PHYLLIS JACKSON, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Great to see you've tuned in to CNN Student News! I'm Phyllis Jackson. It came just hours before a midnight deadline: A draft of Iraq's new constitution that still left some issues unresolved. Their smoke can be smelled from more than a hundred miles away: Wildfires that threaten an ancient city, not far from the Portuguese capital. And it's a challenge that'll keep you on the edge of your seat: A downhill race through the narrow alleys of a Mexican mining town. First up: Constitutional deadline JACKSON: First up-- A draft constitution was submitted to Iraq's national assembly yesterday, exactly one week after the first deadline for it was extended. But it's still not complete. Some issues on which Iraq's main ethnic and religious groups disagree, need to be resolved. Sumi Das takes us to Baghdad to discuss how long Iraqi officials say they need to do that, and why completing this constitution has been so challenging for them. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SUMI DAS, CNN REPORTER: A constitution is submitted on time to the Iraqi National Assembly, but outstanding points remain - pressing parties to continue talks for the next three days. HACHIM AL-HASANI, SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: There is a determination by all parties that there should be consensus amongst all the parties over those points. DAS: Iraq's ethnic groups have wrangled over federalism. A Shia committee member says Shiites and Kurds favor power lying with provinces versus a centralized government, but Sunnis disagree. DR. SALEH MUTLAG, SUNNI MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL CMTE: This constitution does not include the Sunni voice, it doesn't include other voices in Iraq DAS: The National Assembly speaker said earlier the constitution will offer resolution on religion's role in the government - stating that Islam will be a main source, not the main source of legislation. JALAL AL-DIN AL-SAGHEER, SUNNI MEMBER OF CONSTITIONAL CMTE: There should be no decree of the law that contradicts the pillars of Islam and also there should not be any law that contradicts the civil, the human rights of the principles of democracy. DAS: Speaking earlier Monday, President Bush said the draft will be a landmark in Iraq's history. U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: All of Iraq's main ethnic and religious groups are working together on this project. All made the courageous choice to join in the political process. A referendum on the constitution is scheduled to occur no later than October 15th. In Washington, I'm Sumi Das. (END VIDEO CLIP) Word to the wise CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: A Word to the Wise... federalism: (noun) a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and component political units Source: www.dictionary.com Promo JACKSON: Now to really get your students up on the concept of federalism, head over to CNN.com/EDUCATION. Today's free learning activity will guide your class through an exercise that helps them define federalism, then consider how it could apply to Iraq's new government! Around the world JACKSON: Israel's historic plan to disengage from Gaza and parts of the West Bank is nearing completion. As of last night, only two West Bank settlements remained to be emptied. Deanna Morawski fills us in on the status of Gaza, in today's "Around the World" report. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DEANNA MORAWSKI, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Less than week after Israel began forced evacuations of Gaza, the last remaining Israeli settlement was emptied. With many weeping, residents of Netzarim peacefully left the site that had been their home for decades... Many angry at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's decision to pull out. SHLOMIT ZIV, JEWISH SETTLER: Even though the government of Israel is detaching from this part of the land, from part of their soul - the people of Israel will be back here, just as all the prophets promised us. MORAWSKI: Israel had expected the pullout from Gaza to take several weeks... Instead, it took only five days. Heavy rain in china has left the country battling severe flooding and landslides. At least 47 people have died as a result of the rains, which have collapsed houses and snarled transportation. Summer flooding is common in China, but its damage is made worse by years of deforestation - a term for the cutting down of trees. In Portugal, wildfires have been raging out of control; requiring help from at least four other countries. The fires have killed at least 15 people and destroyed dozens of homes, hitting the northern and central parts of the country especially hard. MAN ON THE STREET: All the houses are burned. We only have these clothes. MORAWSKI: Portugal is suffering from its worst drought in decades. So is its neighbor Spain, which is also battling a number of wildfires. Meteorologists are expecting some help from mother nature on Wednesday...Including lighter winds, cooler temperatures and possible rain. Mexico's annual "running of the bulls" proved no less dangerous this year. For more than two hours on Sunday, angry bulls ran through the streets of a central Mexican city, goring would-be bullfighters like this woman. At least 40 people were injured in the event, which drew a crowd of more than 100,000 spectators. That's what's happening around the world...For CNN Student News, I'm Deanna Morawski. (END VIDEO CLIP) Shoutout AZUZ: Time for the Shoutout! What's the name of the peninsula occupied by Spain and Portugal? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Sinai Peninsula, B) Bataan Peninsula, C) Iberian Peninsula or D) Yucatán Peninsula? You'd find Spain and Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! Serial Bomber Sentenced JACKSON: Convicted serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph apologized yesterday for one of the four attacks he carried out. During his sentencing to spend what will amount to the rest of his life in prison. Rudolph said his goals for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, were to anger the federal government and to discourage people from attending the Olympics. David Mattingly shows us how that attack, fit into the timeline of Rudolph's other offenses. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN REPORTER: Unknown to everyone in the hot wee hours of July 27th, 1996, the peaceful celebration of the Olympic Games in Atlanta had become Eric Rudolph's first target in a deadly one-man war. More than a hundred people are injured by shrapnel. One woman is killed. In the confusion that follows, the investigation first mistakenly focuses on security guard Richard Jewel, but then turns to eyewitness accounts of this man. But the question of "who?" and "why?" remain unanswered as the bombings continue. January 16, 1997: two bombs target a suburban Atlanta medical clinic where abortions are performed. Seven are injured. Thirty-six days later two more bombs target an Atlanta lesbian nightclub. Five are injured. Then, 11 months later, January 29, 1998, a bomb explodes outside a women's clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. An off-duty police officer is killed and a nurse is severely injured. This time a witness spots a gray pickup truck and a North Carolina tag that is traced to Eric Rudolph. One week later, Rudolph's truck is found abandoned near his hometown of Murphy, North Carolina. Now a direct suspect in the Birmingham bombing, agents also begin work to connect Rudolph to the other crimes. But in spite of a massive manhunt in the densely wooded mountains, Rudolph disappears. As the months and years go by, Rudolph is linked to and charged in all four bombings based on evidence gathered from the bombs themselves. The case is against him is ready when, surprisingly, he is arrested back in the town of Murphy in May of 2003. Rudolph is caught one night looking for food in a dumpster by a local police officer. Seven years after the Olympic park bombing, the hunt for Eric Rudolph is over. David Mattingly CNN, Atlanta. (END VIDEO CLIP) Before we go JACKSON: Before we go. It's called the "down the hill" competition. But it's probably not the kind of hill you think. This wild, two-wheeled adventure is an "urban downhill" race... Which means competitors navigate narrow alleys, tumble down bumpy stairs, and actually spin through a living room before crossing the finish line! The course, which drops through the silver mining town of Taxco, Mexico, is just over a mile long and riders could be considered lucky if only their ears were popping. Goodbye JACKSON: ...it's enough to leave you flat-tired, or just tired out! For CNN Student News, I'm Phyllis Jackson. We'll see you tomorrow! 
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