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Nearly 150 people, including retired senior military officers, lawyers, academics and journalists, are on trial for their links to Ergenekon. Poverty in their war-torn villages had forced them to risk their lives by working in the fields and gathering wood in the forests. Cooperation among the region's countries to identify minefields is one of the few positive developments in this gloomy situation. Sanctions imposed after a long-range rocket launch in April, widely seen as a disguised missile test, and a nuclear test in May. The sanctions were aimed at cutting off the North's trade in arms, another vital source of hard currency. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged $300 million for Gaza reconstruction and $600 million to support the authority's budget shortfalls, economic reforms and security and private sector projects run by the PA. She was adamant that none of the money, which has to be agreed by the U.S. It has been emulated in many other countries looking for ways to offer a healthy outdoor life to children often from smoky industrial cities. Grylls, 34, crossed the Atlantic Arctic Ocean in an open rigid inflatable boat and served three years in the elite Special Air Service (SAS) during which time he broke his back in a parachuting accident. On Monday, snow in the Midwest created some disruptions. AMR Corp's American Airlines, which has a hub in Chicago, reported three weather cancellations on Sunday, while just fewer than 50 percent of its flights were delayed by more than 15 minutes. AMR spokesman Tim Wagner said planes were near full with load factors of greater than 90 percent on many flights. Tanzania to buy back stake in troubled state rail DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania said on Saturday it planned to acquire the majority stake held by Indian state-run Rites Limited in the east African country's railway company. Rites own 51 percent of Tanzania Railways Limited, a joint venture established in 2007 as part of a 25-year concession deal to turn around the country's main railway. Forecaster lowers Atlantic hurricane prediction MIAMI (Reuters) - Citing cooler seas and the prospect of a weak El Nino, Colorado State University's hurricane team lowered its 2009 Atlantic forecast on Tuesday to 12 tropical storms, of which six could become hurricanes. The research team, founded by storm forecasting pioneer William Gray, said the season could see two "major" hurricanes of Category 3 or higher on the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensity scale. Both are said to be members of Laskhar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based group with links to al Qaeda. Human rights groups said Hutton's admission amounted to a "major U-turn" that called into question the government's previous denials and whether its position now was believable.” For years now the British government has been tossing us miserable scraps of information about its involvement in illegal renditions in Pakistan, Diego Garcia and now Afghanistan," said Clara Gutteridge, an investigator with Reprieve, a charity that campaigns for the release of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.”