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Secret U.S. Files Leaked; South Korea Vows to Respond to Provocations; Power Play in North Korea; How to Shop Securely on Cyber Monday; $10,000 Reward in Mosque Arson; Candidates Claim Massive Fraud in Haiti Election

Aired November 28, 2010 - 22:00   ET

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JOE JOHNS, CNN GUEST ANCHOR: Tonight, it's the story that already has Washington scrambling for damage control. Thousands of pages of secret U.S. documents released to the world through the now infamous WikiLeaks' web site. I'll ask a "New York Times" chief correspondent how the document will impact U.S. relations with its allies and enemies.

And trying to avoid a possible war. China calling for emergency talks on the crisis in Korea. North Korean missiles taking aim at South Korean and U.S. military forces take part in war games exercises.

And the rush is on to get back home from the holidays. Big delays tonight at several airports, and weather making it a tough drive in parts of the U.S. So, what's in store for your morning commute? The CNN travel desk is monitoring the ground and the sky.

Hello. I'm Joe Johns. Don Lemon is off.

They were once confidential U.S. government documents, but now they are available to anyone anywhere in the world. Thousands of them posted on the internet, thanks to the self-styled whistleblower web site called WikiLeaks. The documents were first released to five major world newspapers. They include candid assessments by U.S. diplomats and other officials on anything from Iran's nuclear program to the Middle East and the instability in Pakistan.

U.S. government officials are beside themselves. They say the release could compromise relations with allies and even put lives in danger. CNN is not among the news outlets given advance access to the material. CNN declined to sign a confidentiality agreement with WikiLeaks.

The "New York Times" did get access to the documents. David Sanger is the newspaper's chief Washington correspondent.

And David, thanks for coming in tonight. I want to talk to you about some full screens...

DAVID SANGER, CORRESPONDENT, "NEW YORK TIMES": Good evening.

JOHNS: Yes. We have some full screens from an article that you collaborated on. It says, among other things, "Iran has obtained a cache of advanced missiles based on a Russian design. Obtained 19 of the missiles from North Korea. The missiles could for the first time give Iran the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe or easily reach Moscow."

So, let's talk just a little bit about these missiles that Iran apparently has gotten, that we've learned through this WikiLeaks material and how significant it is and what kind of information we have now that we did not have before.

SANGER: Well, Joe, the missile in question is something that's called the B-25, and it is a North Korean derivation of a Russian missile. The significance of this is that we knew before that the -- the Iranians had likely obtained it, but we did not know if there was an American assessment that indicated that in fact they did have the missile.

And what was contained in one of the diplomatic cables that we obtained was that in fact the U.S. assessment is that there is an Iranian capability here. The Iranians have not test flown this yet, so we don't know whether they really know how to operate it.

JOHNS: So as far as we know, at least right now, they are trying to figure out how to make their own and perhaps make it better?

SANGER: Well, if they have 19 of the North Korean model, they probably wouldn't need to make their own.

The bigger question is, could they fit the warhead of this missile with a nuclear device if they ever got to the point of actually making a nuclear weapon?

We don't believe that they have done that yet, and they are probably still a number of years away. And even then, it's hard to make them small.

JOHNS: Perhaps the most important question that a lot of people would ask is, if you have missiles like these that you describe in the article, information that came to you through WikiLeaks, how far could these missiles go? We're talking 1,500 miles, 2,000 miles, and that would mean going from Iran to where?

SANGER: It would mean going to Iran to about the middle of Western Europe, maybe a little shy of that.

JOHNS: So...

SANGER: And on the other side going as far as Moscow.

JOHNS: Right, which is interesting because these are Russian-designed missiles, right?

SANGER: That's right. Although the Russians did not sell them to Iran. The North Koreans got a hold of the design and then appeared to develop the missiles themselves. A few months ago, the North Koreans held a parade in which they showed this missile for the first time. That was the first evidence we had that the North Koreans actually had fielded or produced the weapon. JOHNS: Now, a couple other questions just about the process here of your newspaper deciding to go with some of this stuff.

First question, I think, would be -- it's clear that you talked to the administration about what to release on the cable that gave out all this information and sort of worked with the Obama administration to decide what not to release.

And the second question is, are you going to put a lot more stuff from this latest WikiLeaks release out there for your viewers, your readers to read?

SANGER: Well, as you said at the beginning, there were about 250,000 cables in the WikiLeaks archive, and "The Times" did not obtain it from WikiLeaks. However, they did get it through a third party. There will be about 100 cables that will be published on "The Times" web site with small excerpts of them in the newspaper edition itself.

The decisions about what to publish and what to redact were entirely "The Times'" decision, but "The Times" did go to the Obama administration in an effort to make sure that we had redacted the most damaging material for, say dissidents or sources or informants, and the administration did ask for a number of other additional redactions. "The Times" agreed to many of those but declined on a few.

JOHNS: Got it. All right. Thank you so much David Sanger with "New York Times." Appreciate your reporting.

U.S. government reaction to the WikiLeaks document release has been quick, and it has been harsh. CNN foreign affairs correspondent Jill Dougherty is in Washington with more.

JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Joe, the U.S. government has been in damage control all weekend long. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally phoning the leaders of eight different countries -- Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, France, Afghanistan, China and Canada, assessing the potential impact on relations.

The government has been roundly condemning the leaks, but it has not gotten into specifics on any of the released cables, at least not yet. There are 250,000 of them, and not all are out at this point. They are on a wide variety of subjects, and some of the most interesting ones deal with the reaction of Arab countries, a critical reaction toward Iran and its nuclear program.

Also, "The New York Times" reporting that State Department personnel in some cases were asked to provide information from foreign diplomats about things like frequent flyer numbers and credit card numbers. P.J. Crowley, the spokesperson for the State Department, saying in a tweet, our diplomats are that, they are diplomats, they collect information. They are not, as he put, intelligence assets.

Now, what could be the potential damage? Well, one U.S. official telling me it could be hugely damaging to the United States, but some of that will depend on what other governments, governments around the world, will be saying. And I have been speaking with some embassies here in Washington. They are saying that they are still studying the documents, and we can certainly expect a lot more Monday when this information is known by other governments. They have a chance to look at these documents, and there is more to come on this -- Joe.

JOHNS: Thank you, Jill Dougherty in Washington.

Tensions between North and South Korea are nothing new, but recent developments have some saying the area may be on the brink of war. The latest from the Korean Peninsula next.

Also ahead, you've seen stories of chaos at stores on Black Friday, but did you know that shopping online can be dangerous in a different way? We'll talk to an expert about how to protect yourself online.

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JOHNS: The war of words is heating up on the Korean Peninsula. In a nationally televised address just a short time ago, South Korea's president warned his country will respond firmly to any more provocations from the North. Tensions have surged since Tuesday when North Korea shelled a South Korean island.

The U.S. is taking part in military exercises with South Korea in the region's Yellow Sea. That prompted harsh words from Pyongyang. It accuses Washington and Seoul of trying to find a pretext to ignite a war at any cost.

I spoke earlier with Gordon Chang, forbes.com columnist and author of "Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World." I asked him what factors are playing into the tensions on the peninsula and motivating Pyongyang.

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GORDON CHANG, AUTHOR, "NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN": There are a number of things going on here. The succession issue is obviously one of them. Kim Jong-Il, the current leader, wants to pass power to his 28-year- old son. He is not prepared. He's not ready. And so, Kim is trying to give his son some accomplishments and therefore we've seen the sinking of the South Korean ship. We saw the shelling of the island.

But there's a couple other things going on, and that is that North Korea's regime, they call it "song gong" (ph), military first, needs to have sort of military success for its legitimacy. And I think that's a large part of this as well. So we have a number of factors coming together.

JOHNS: There's also this question of China. Is China asleep at the switch? We do know that the United States and other countries have said China has to get more involved, and it appears, at least to the casual observer, that China is only sort of working around the edges of this thing, at least so far.

CHANG: Well, China and North Korea have been each other's only military ally. They have been friends through thick and thin for six decades. I think China really has a pretty good idea what the North Koreans are doing and what they are going to do, because there's a lot of conversations between Pyongyang and Beijing.

Beijing really derives a lot of short-term gain from problems on the Korean Peninsula. And one of them is that every time North Korea does something awful, Washington runs to Beijing and asks for help, and the Chinese get concessions from us because of that. So, I'm not so sure that Beijing is at the -- asleep at the switch. I think that it really is sort of working fairly closely with the North Koreans.

JOHNS: What kind of a resolution do you see here, a peaceful resolution? How do the parties get together to sort of avoid what looks like a real troubling situation right now?

CHANG: I think that this current period of tension will dissipate. The real issue is, when are we going to see another provocation from North Korea? Usually, Kim Jong-Il spaces his provocations out every two or three years. What's really stunning this year is how we saw the sinking of the South Korean ship in March and the selling of the island in November. I think that, you know, you talked about the succession. I think that that really is accelerating the pace of these belligerent acts.

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JOHNS: Coming up, accusations of fraud have candidates irate on Election Day in Haiti. And Jacqui Jeras is on the travel desk for us keeping an eye out as folks return home from the holidays.

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JOHNS: Millions of people are headed home tonight. Hopefully, most them are already home after the long Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends. To find out where weather is affecting travel, let us now bring in Jacqui Jeras.

You know, so, you've eaten all the turkey.

JACQUI JERAS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yes.

JOHNS: You went and spent all your money, and now the only thing that stands in between you and work is 30,000 feet and, you know, a few state borders and time zones.

JERAS: Perhaps, or waiting to stay up till midnight for Cyber Monday.

JOHNS: Right.

JERAS: People got that going on as well. You know, overall, the holiday travel this season has been really good in terms of the weather impact.

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JERAS: We'll end it out on a kind of a fun note here tonight. Take a look at that. Do you recognize that guy? That's our own Larry King right there in Hollywood. He and his wife. He was the Grand Marshall of the Hollywood holiday parade. Beautiful conditions. Not too bad.

JOHNS: Yes.

JERAS: He must have been like in the 50's?

JOHNS: Yes. He's jolly, but he is not fat enough to be Santa.

JERAS: Yes, not so much.

JOHNS: I know.

JERAS: He needs a beard as well.

JOHNS: It's OK, though.

JERAS: Great convertible though.

JOHNS: And real nice hat.

JERAS: Yes. A lot of people doing those types of things, know, over the holiday weekend. Love the parade. Got to go see Santa.

JOHNS: I know. Well...

JERAS: Get the list out.

JOHNS: Maybe next time for me. I still got time. Still got time. All right. Thanks, Jac.

Deals in electronics and new cars and Beatle mania makes a comeback. Here's Alison Kosik with this week's "Getting Down to Business."

ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Black Friday may be over, but some big bargains are still out there. If you're looking for electronics, the best deals may be online, and shoppers have taken notice. Last year, Americans spent almost $900 million at online retail stores on the Monday after Thanksgiving. We'll see if the trend continues tomorrow on Cyber Monday.

If you're getting out of the house, how about a brand new car for Christmas? While the Thanksgiving weekend was a good time to shop for a new vehicle, a TrueCar report finds that best deals will be available this Tuesday, November 30th, and the latest auto and truck sales numbers come out on Wednesday.

And Beatle mania is back. The band released their songs for the first time digitally on iTunes 12 days ago and more than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs were sold in the first week. The top- selling song was "Here Comes the Sun."

That's this week's "Getting Down to Business." Alison Kosik, CNN, New York.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) JOHNS: Checking some of our top stories. The U.S. government is condemning the release of thousands of sensitive and once confidential diplomatic cables. The "New York Times" and a handful of European newspapers got advanced copies of the document from the web site WikiLeaks.com. The State Department says the release will harm relations between the U.S. and its allies and will put lives at risk.

Allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing are overshadowing presidential elections in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The frontrunner and 11 other candidates already are demanding that today's vote be annulled, announcing what they call fraud all over the country. They are urging Haiti's people to mobilize to show their opposition to the election.

Police in Syracuse, New York, have charged a former boyfriend in the death of a Pennsylvania college student. Twenty-one-year-old Steven Pieper was taken into custody last night and charged with murder. Earlier yesterday, police believed they found the remains of Jenny Lyn Watson in a park near her home in Syracuse. She has been missing since November 19th. An autopsy was conducted today. The results not yet released.

A prayer vigil was held tonight for three missing brothers in Michigan. The boys are age 5, 7 and 9. Their father John Skelton claims he dropped the boys off with a woman he knew on the internet last Friday before attempting to hang himself. He survived the attempt and now is in a mental health facility. Police say they are not sure the woman even exists and have launched a search for the boys.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Strike three.

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JOHNS: Actor Leslie Nielsen has died. The veteran screen star is perhaps best known for his roles in "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" series. He died today of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Leslie Nielsen was 84 years old.

Online shoppers beware. Next, how to make sure the web sites you're buying from are safe and secure.

And we all know that Apple computers has a huge following, so you can imagine how much a piece of Apple history would fetch. We've got the dollar amount, too. Straight ahead.

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JOHNS: If you're still out there hunting for the supreme bargain, we got a warning for you. Don't fall prey to scams tomorrow. You may find this Cyber Monday some deals are too good to be true. There's one way to protect yourself. Make sure the web site you're about to buy from is legit by putting it through another web site called who.is. Cyber security expert Gregory Evans explained to me how it works.

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GREGORY EVANS, CEO, LIGATT SECURITY: Well, who.is will let you know when the web site was actually created, who owns the web site and where the web site is actually -- is being hosted.

JOHNS: All right, all right. So now we have an example here, and if I can just click this. This is eluxury handbags and I think the staff basically put in or searched Louis Vuitton handbags.org and this is what is comes up.

EVANS: This is what comes up. Now, we all know, if this is too good to be true, you know, probably it is.

JOHNS: Right.

EVANS: Louis Vuitton 60% to 90% off. Come on.

JOHNS: That's a good deal, right?

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JOHNS: That's too much of a good deal.

EVANS: So when you see something like this, what you want to know is, hey, is this really a good deal? Is this web site real? Before I give them my credit card information, let me find out. Is this an online scam? And how to find that out is you can go to the contact page.

JOHNS: All right, all right. Here we go. Now let's go over to louisvuittonhandbags.org and there you go. Now, this is -- what does this mean? What does this tell us?

EVANS: Well, I think what we did was we went a little too fast.

JOHNS: OK.

EVANS: What we wanted to do was if you went back, on every web site you have a contact page, and on the contact page, it will give you the address of where they are located.

JOHNS: Right, right. OK, there we go.

EVANS: Here, this web site says that it's in Sunnyvale, California.

JOHNS: Sure. Sounds good, right?

EVANS: Now what we want to do...

JOHNS: U.S. of A.

EVANS: Correct. And if we can scroll up here, we want to go to who.is and we want to scroll up here...

JOHNS: OK.

EVANS:...where we would actually put in the name here and then you just hit enter.

JOHNS: OK.

EVANS: Once you hit enter, scroll down.

JOHNS: All right.

EVANS: It will show you when this web site was actually created. This web site was just created in September.

JOHNS: Or is that July, last update, so the -- mentioned date was September 23rd of 2010.

EVANS: Exactly.

JOHNS: What does that mean? Why do I care?

EVANS: Because it's a brand new web site.

JOHNS: OK.

EVANS: Do you really believe that you're going to give a web site who is going to give you a Louis Vuitton bag that costs $5,000 for $250?

JOHNS: All right. So that's a red flag, right?

EVANS: Exactly.

JOHNS: Now another red flag perhaps?

EVANS: Another red flag. When you do the who.is, if you look at the contact information, it will show you that this company here is actually located in China.

JOHNS: Not Sunnyvale?

EVANS: Not Sunnyvale. As a matter of fact, what you want to do is, even if they weren't located in China, always take the address of the company and do a Google map on it. If we can go over to Google map real quick.

JOHNS: OK, all right. So, now, where precisely is this place in Sunnyvale?

EVANS: You have to see the actual address. The address that they listed at their web site is in the middle of the street somewhere in Sunnyvale, California. That's it. I mean, no building, no address.

JOHNS: Right, right. That's it right there. And there's basically trees and what have you, huh?

EVANS: Yes.

JOHNS: That's the problem.

EVANS: And that's the problem. And a lot of web sites right now, especially starting tomorrow, Cyber Monday, they all get ready for this scam.

JOHNS: OK. All right. So now, we did contact the web site, louis vuittonhandbags.org and a spokeswoman admitted that Louis Vuitton products on the web site are fake, they tell us, and the web site has no authorization from Louis Vuitton to sell the lines, goods. The spokeswoman said although the bags are replicas, they are of high quality and conforming to the standard as the authentic bags.

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JOHNS: Still ahead, CNN goes to Corvallis, Oregon, to speak with some of the people who knew alleged car bomber Mohamed Osman Mohamud. The guy they know is much different from the one portrayed by the FBI.

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JOHNS: Let's take a look now at what will be in the news in the week ahead from the White House to Wall Street. These are the stories expected to grab the headlines. We begin tonight with what's on the horizon for president Obama.

ED HENRY, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: I'm Ed Henry at the White House where the holiday celebrations have already begun. You see the Christmas trees are going up outside the west wing. The president on Thursday is going to be hosting a Hanukkah celebration here. But there's also still going to be some serious business, especially Tuesday, when the president has that long-awaited "Slurpee summit" with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders. At the top of the agenda, the fate of the Bush tax cuts. Are your taxes about to go up? We may find out this week.

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: I'm Chris Lawrence. And it is a big week coming up here at the Pentagon. First off, more than 7,000 American troops have started training with their South Korean allies off the coast of Korea. All eyes, especially officials here at the Pentagon, will be keeping a close eye on how North Korea responds.

Also on Tuesday, the Pentagon finally releases its yearlong study on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Both Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen expected to come out publicly and talk about the results. Will it show that there are major problems with repealing the policy? Or will it show that most troops just don't care? All that coming up this week at the Pentagon.

POPPY HARLOW, CNNMONEY.COM: I'm Poppy Harlow in New York. Well, after the shopping madness of Black Friday, people get back to work on Monday. Wall Street has a lot to focus on. The economy, of course, front and center as we head into the end of the year. We're going to get a reading on November consumer confidence. That's critical as well as the November auto sales readings. Those are both due out this week. Also ahead, we're going to get a look at home prices in the 20 biggest cities around the country. On top of that, the latest numbers on pending home sales. We'll track it all for you on CNNMoney.

JOHNS: Now that's on the domestic front.

CNN international desk editor Azadeh Ansari is here and you're going to give us the global picture. We know you're going to be covering North Korea. We know you're going to be covering WikiLeaks. What else?

AZADEH ANSARI, CNN INTERNATIONAL DESK EDITOR: Well, one of the biggest stories that are -- that's out there right now, and I'm sure you've heard about this, but Brazilian police and soldiers raided a slum in Rio called Alemao. And they took over the largest gang that was there -- the drug gang that was there, and it's one of the largest busts that they have had in the past two years. And it's an effort for them to clean up the city leading up to the World Cup final matches in 2014 and, you know, obviously the Olympics in 2016.

So, I mean, imagine if like in one of our cities troops just rolled in and said clean it up, you know, so that's exactly what happened.

JOHNS: The Brazil version of taking our streets back.

ANSARI: Exactly.

JOHNS: Got you. All right. And we also have something going on in Cancun and it has to do with the environment?

ANSARI: Exactly. So, it's the United Nations climate conference. It's taking place for two weeks and 194 heads of state are heading there actually as we speak right now to partake in the -- it's the 16th conference of the parties that's taking place. So a lot of stuff is going to come out of this that we're going to be monitoring slowly.

JOHNS: You know, it's interesting to have a conference like that in Cancun. This is a place where it's always hot and I don't think you call that global warming. It's just the way life is in Cancun.

All right. Great. Azadeh Ansari, thanks so much.

ANSARI: Thank you.

JOHNS: Coming up, arson at an Islamic center in Oregon. It's the same mosque attended by a young college student from Somalia now charged with attempting to kill hundreds of people Friday night with a car bomb.

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JOHNS: New developments in a failed car bomb attack in Oregon. The FBI has put up a $10,000 reward for information about an arson attack early this morning at a mosque in Corvallis. An office inside was heavily damaged. Corvallis is the home of Oregon State University where terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud was a student. The 19- year-old Somali-American was charged with trying to set off a weapon of mass destruction Friday night at a crowded tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland. So far, the FBI is not making a connection between the fire and Mohamed's arrest. Mohamed is due to appear in federal court tomorrow.

The final results are not even in yet, but contenders for Haiti's presidency are demanding that today's elections be annulled. They say there was massive fraud and ballot box stuffing. As CNN's Ivan Watson reports, there are growing fears of unrest, even as Haiti struggles to recover from a killer earthquake and cholera outbreak.

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IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): On the morning of the election, United Nations troops patrolled Port-au-Prince's eerily empty street. But soon after polls open, voters started to complain of problems. Many could not vote because their names did not appear on polling center lists.

ROGENE SOMMERIL, HAITIAN VOTER: I could not find my name in the list. Why? Because they want to do -- because -- you see, they want to rig election in Haiti.

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Do you think it's an accident?

SOMMERIL: It's not an accident.

WATSON: At other polling stations, police arrested voters who allegedly cast ballots more than once. Hours before the polls close, 12 of the 18 candidates running for president staged a raucous news conference. They made a joint declaration accusing the government and outgoing President Rene Preval of rigging the election in favor of his anointed candidate, Jude Celestin.

Citing massive fraud, the candidates called for the election to be annulled and they made a public appeal to their supporters to protest peacefully against this, quote, "anti-democratic act."

Among the protesting candidates, the flamboyant singer-turned- politician better known by his stage name, Sweet Mickey.

(on camera): What does this mean? Are you expecting violence today? You called for the people to come out in the streets.

MICHEL MARTELLY, CANDIDATE FOR HAITIAN PRESIDENT: We call on them to come out and defend their vote. They need to be able to vote. This is the one right that everyone has. I understand that the government has a custom of stealing the country's money, a custom of stealing our dreams, but they cannot steal our vote.

WATSON (voice over): It didn't take long for crowds to start gathering.

(on camera): Another unexpected twist to this election, an hour before the polls even officially closed, one of the candidates, Michel Martelly, who has denounced the election, has just been endorsed, it appears, by singer Wyclef Jean.

(voice over): The two singers led the way as a crowd of thousands took to the streets denouncing the election and calling for the arrest of Haiti's outgoing president, a possibly crippling blow to the credibility of the election taking place under the watchful eyes of Haitian police and U.N. peacekeeping troops.

WATSON (on camera): Haiti's top election officials are calling Sunday's vote a success. They say that there were problems reported at less than 4 percent of the 1,500 polling centers across Haiti. They added that one person was killed on Sunday as a result of election-related violence -- Joe.

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JOHNS: Ivan Watson reporting from Haiti.

It looked cute and harmless enough. Coming up, a close encounter and a dangerous encounter with an otter.

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JOHNS: Every weekend we like to bring you interesting news items you may have missed during the week. Everything has to start somewhere, and this humble little circuit board was the seed that would eventually grow into Apple computer. Back in 1976, it was just a couple dollars' worth of plastic and wires, but the Apple-1 marked the beginning of the personal computer. Only about 200 were made, hand- built by Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak in their garage workshop. When new, they cost $600.66. On Tuesday, this one sold for $213,000.

This -- this is what it's like to flee a crazed otter. Will Gibbons was watching the animal swim behind his home in Boca Raton, Florida, when suddenly it charged at him, nipping his ankle. This is the third time an otter has attacked someone in the neighborhood.

There you go.

I'm Joe Johns at the CNN center in Atlanta. Have a great week.