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American Hostage Tom Fox Found Dead in Iraq; Yugoslavia's Former Leader Milosivec Dies in Prison;

Aired March 11, 2006 - 17:00   ET

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Straight ahead in this hour, the man known as "the butcher of the Balkans" and the investigation into his death.
Plus, an American hostage found dead in Iraq. I'll talk with a close friend of Tom Fox later in this program.

Also, it's slim, it's sleek and it's extremely popular. But hold on. There is a glitch. Coming up, why the sales of the Motorola RAZR are being put on hold.

Hello and welcome to CNN LIVE SATURDAY.

I'm Carol Lin.

All that and more after this quick check of the headlines.

The man some called "the butcher of the Balkans" found dead in his detention cell. A Dutch team will perform an autopsy on Slobodan Milosevic. The former Yugoslav president was being tried for war crimes. More on this story in just a moment.

A grim discovery in western Baghdad, the body of American hostage Tom Fox. He was shot in the head. Fox and three other Christian peace workers were kidnapped in November.

Talking tactics, President Bush met with U.S. military commanders today. They focused on countering the favored weapon of insurgents -- IEDs. Improvised explosive devices are one of the deadliest threats against U.S. forces in Iraq.

He once held the president's ear on domestic political issues. Now, Claude Allen is facing criminal charges. President Bush is expressing shock and disappointment at the arrest of Allen in Maryland on swindling charges.

A tragedy in southeastern Tennessee today. At least nine people were killed in a house -- in a house fire in Evansville. Evansville is about 45 miles north of Chattanooga. Ray County sheriffs deputies are investigating that blaze.

Excitement at NASA over Mars. Scientists are eagerly awaiting data from their latest probe to the red planet. They cheered as the Mars Reconnaissance orbiter safely began circling the planet yesterday.

Keep you informed, CNN, the most trusted name in news.

Before the Iraq war and before most people had heard of Osama bin Laden, Slobodan Milosevic frustrated leaders in Washington and across Europe. His military campaigns and his ethnic oppression eventually sparked a NATO air war, led by U.S. forces.

Today, Slobodan Milosevic is dead. He was found in his bed at a U.N. prison near the Hague. He was standing trial there, accused of crimes against humanity. The images of his rule have faded, but they are very hard to forget. The U.S.-led air campaign seven years ago, which forced his troops out of Kosovo. The 1995 massacre in Srebrenica -- 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys slaughtered by his Serbian forces. And when the fighting finally stopped, the hillsides of mass graves, stark reminders of what many regard as Europe's darkest chapter since World War II.

Slobodan Milosevic was 64 years old and has been known to have health problems. But his supporters are greeting word of his death with bitter accusations.

CNN's Brent Sadler covered Milosevic during much of his time in power and he joins me now from Beirut -- boy, it's hard to imagine that anyone would mourn this man's death, but supporters in Serbia.

BRENT SADLER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, he does. Slobodan Milosevic ruled a reign of terror over the Balkans, as you just reported, Carol. Yet today in Serbia, in Belgrade, the capital, about 40 percent of the Serbian parliament today is still in the hands of Milosevic era politicians and Milosevic himself still in life had some 20 plus seats in the parliament. Much of his support in the rural areas.

We managed to get a quick word with his widow, who is in self- exile (AUDIO GAP) Markovic, as she goes by the name of. She is evading charges, criminal charges in her homeland, Serbia. She said, "The Hague tribunal has killed my husband." And many other Milosevic activists and those still in power today are picking up on that, accusing the authorities in the Hague of failing to send Milosevic to Russia for specialized medical treatment and really turning the death of Milosevic to cast yet another shadow over the future of politics in Serbia, which is now run primarily by a pro-Western government.

So many problems coming ahead of us here -- Carol.

LIN: So, Brent, what would be the fallout if Slobodan Milosevic becomes a martyr to the Serbian movement?

The talks over autonomy for Kosovo are just coming up.

What do you think may happen?

SADLER: Well, a big negative impact, certainly people are talking about the extremists, those who were created and have some power in Serbia today, turning this against the Western style government that came into power after Milosevic was toppled, perhaps creating more political obstacles to the handing over of yet more war crimes suspects from Serbia to the Hague.

Already we've seen seeing pictures coming out of Serbia of Serbs putting candles of remembrance in the Square of the Republic in central Belgrade. That was really the scene of the revolution, if you like, that toppled Slobodan Milosevic in 1999.

So this is what's happening on the ground in Serbia today. And there's going to be a real tussle between pro-democracy, pro- independence supporters and those that still have some influence in Serbia today.

Another issue of very great importance is where Milosevic will be buried. We saw pictures of a hearse going to a forensic institute in the Netherlands today. Mirjana Markovic, his widow, insisting that Milosevic, in the end, perhaps, should be buried in Russia.

LIN: Because if she goes back to Yugoslavia, she'll be arrested. So clearly she'd want him buried somewhere else.

SADLER: That's right.

LIN: All right, Brent Sadler, thank you very much.

Well, Brent presented an interesting point of view of what's coming out of Yugoslavia.

Christiane Amanpour has a slightly different view.

Slobodan Milosevic didn't ride a wave of power on Serbian nationalism, but in the end, according to Christiane, even some Serbs came to believe that his ruthless grip was destroying the entire Balkan region.

Chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour covered the rise and fall of Slobodan Milosevic.

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CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Before a verdict could be reached, before a sentence could be handed down, before he could face final justice on 66 counts of genocide and other crimes of war, Slobodan Milosevic died in his cell in the Hague.

The former president of Yugoslavia and Serbia was the first ever sitting head of state to be indicted for such crimes. He was accused of being the architect of a decade of bloodshed in the Balkans. From Croatia to Bosnia and finally in Kosovo, Milosevic was accused of orchestrating wars that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and sent millions of refugees fleeing to safety. His enemies called him "the butcher of the Balkans" and from the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, which endured a four year siege under fierce bombardment and sniper fire from Milosevic's proxies, people greet his death with a sense of unfinished business.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): He was one of the most evil beings in the Serbian nation. I am not sorry because he is the main culprit for all that had happened to us.

AMANPOUR: In Srebrenica, the small Bosnian village that saw the worst massacre since World War II, the mothers and the widows of more than 7,000 lost men and boys also wish that he had faced justice and sentencing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Believe me, I am very surprised and not glad that he had died. I thought that he would live to get the just verdict.

AMANPOUR: But the former U.S. negotiator Richard Holbrooke, who met Milosevic and talked to him more than any other Western leader, says a sort of justice has been served.

RICHARD HOLBROOKE, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE: His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the destruction of stability in southeastern Europe, the creation of criminal gangs. Let's talk about the victims of his actions. He was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.

AMANPOUR: Milosevic's trial was into its fifth year. It had been stopped several times because of his heart problems and other illnesses. He also refused to recognize the tribunal's jurisdiction or the charges against him. And so he refused a lawyer and used the trial for lengthy rants and as a political platform for his supporters back in Serbia. And they are mourning his death.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I am sorry, he was a great man despite everything.

AMANPOUR: His family is blaming the Hague tribunal for refusing Milosevic's request for medical treatment in Russia.

BORISLAV MILOSEVIC, BROTHER (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): All responsibility for what has happened rests with the International Criminal Tribunal on the former Yugoslavia. It is four months since Slobodan asked to let him go for medical treatment.

AMANPOUR: But the tribunal rejects the family's position, saying that he was getting proper medical care in the Netherlands.

The chief prosecutor, who dueled with Milosevic in court, had this to say.

CARLA DEL PONTE, CHIEF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR: I regret deeply what happened, first of all, because after more than three years trials, we are reaching the end of the trials by the beginning of this summer. And I think that although it is regrettable for all witnesses, for all survivors, for all victims that are expecting justice.

AMANPOUR: Milosevic, the man who lost the four Balkan wars he instigated, who was eventually voted out of office by his own people, who was indicted, arrested and finally brought to trial, and who defended all his actions in the name of Serbian nationalism, died alone on his bed in a jail cell far from home.

Christiane Amanpour, CNN, Kabul, Afghanistan.

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LIN: Now, former President Bill Clinton ordered the U.S. involvement in the 1999 NATO mission to force Serbian forces out of Kosovo.

Well, a short time ago he issued a statement. And in his words he said: "I am sorry that his trial will not be completed and that Milosevic did not acknowledge and apologize for his crimes before his death. Nevertheless, his capture and trial will serve as a reminder that egregious crimes against humanity will not be tolerated."

Well, American activist Tom Fox lived his life for the cause of peace. And we are sorry to report today that his friends and family are mourning his violent death.

Fox was kidnapped last November in Iraq. His body was found late Thursday along a Baghdad street.

We're going to get more now from CNN's Aneesh Raman.

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ANEESH RAMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A life devoted to peace cut short by war. Three-and-a-half months after being abducted, the body of 54-year-old Tom Fox was found Thursday here in western Baghdad, an area where other foreigners have been kidnapped. Shot in the head, his hands and feet bound and showing signs of torture, Tom Fox's body was first found by Iraqi police. The FBI later identified the remains.

Fox was one of four Western hostages who worked for the Christian Peacemaker Team being held by a previously unknown insurgent group called Swords of Righteousness Brigade. The last known video from the hostage takers broadcast on Al Jazeera earlier this week, showing everyone but Fox. And now, the fate of the three remaining hostages, a British and two Canadian nationals, is of increased concern.

Reacting to the murder of Tom Fox, the Christian Peacemaker Teams spoke to Tom's life.

REV. CAROL ROSE, CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS: We mourn the loss of Tom, who combined a lightness of spirit, a firm opposition to all oppression and the recognition of god in everyone.

RAMAN: Since the war, some 250 non-Iraqis have been kidnapped in Iraq. Close to 50 have been killed. There are at least seven Americans who have been abducted or are unaccounted for, among them journalist Jill Carroll, taken over two months ago, last seen in this video broadcast on Kuwaiti-based Alrai at the start of February. A deadline of February 26th came and went with no definitive word on her fate. (on camera): Tom Fox was in Iraq, in part, working to gain the release of Iraqis being wrongfully held by the U.S. the same demands made by those who have now allegedly killed him.

Aneesh Rahman, CNN, Baghdad.

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LIN: Please stay with us because we're going to have more on Tom Fox and his dedication to the cause of peace in about 10 minutes.

I'm going to be talking with John Surr, one of Tom Fox's closest friends.

Well, President Bush offered a positive public spin this morning on a series -- serious and somber topic, the growing concern about an all-out civil war in Iraq. He also got a top level briefing on those deadly roadside bombings that have devastated U.S. troops.

Our White House correspondent, Elaine Quijano, has more on that -- Elaine.

ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Carol.

Officials here believe that those IEDs or improvised explosive devices have become almost exclusively the weapons of choice by insurgents and others looking to stir up sectarian violence in Iraq. So today the president sat down for a briefing on IEDs. He was joined by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. And this really is a part of a larger White House effort to continue trying to drive home to Americans that, in fact, the administration does have a plan for victory in Iraq.

We're going to hear the president, starting Monday, deliver a series of speeches on that in this next month -- Carol.

LIN: Elaine, what is this story about a former White House staffer under arrest?

QUIJANO: It's interesting. The president was actually asked about this today. His name was -- his name is Claude Allen. He resigned, actually, from the White House as the president's domestic policy adviser, last month.

Now, on Thursday, he was arrested in Maryland for retail theft. And authorities in Montgomery County, Maryland say that Allen allegedly made fraudulent returns for unpaid merchandise at two department stores. They say in 2005 their investigation found some 25 incidents totaling more than $5,000.

Now, President Bush actually learned about Allen's arrest last night and today he expressed his shock and disappointment at hearing that news.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If the allegations are true, something went wrong in Claude Allen's life and that is really sad.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

QUIJANO: Now, Claude Allen's lawyer denies that his client did anything wrong and he says this has all been a misunderstanding.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MALLON SNYDER, CLAUDE ALLEN'S ATTORNEY: Mr. Allen intends to establish that this is all a mistake, that nothing has been done that was inappropriate.

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QUIJANO: White House Spokesman Scott McClellan says back on January 2nd, when there was an incident at Target, Claude Allen actually notified White House Chief of Staff Andy Card, reported this matter, and then the next day talked to Harriet Miers, the White House counsel. We're told by McClellan that Allen, at the time, assured them that this was a misunderstanding, that there had been some confusion over his credit cards because he had moved several times.

And because he'd undergone extensive background checks, Carol, McClellan says that officials here gave him the benefit of the doubt -- Carol.

LIN: All right, thanks very much for the latest.

Elaine Quijano live at the White House.

All right, have you guys heard the story about the hip design only going so far when your cell phone doesn't work, right?

Well, many buyers of Motorola's RAZR cell phone have realized that. We are going to make a connection and explain.

And one of the most prestigious universities in the world has a very special offer for its students. If you're not happy, Harvard can help.

And the elephants are keeping close tabs on Memphis, Tennessee all because of this year's cattle call. We're going to show you what we mean next.

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LIN: Roger Doger our director has one, and a lot of other people do. But sales of a popular cell phone are on hold right now until its maker fixes a problem that's causing annoying hang-ups.

With that story live from New York, CNN's Chris Huntington -- you use one of these RAZR phones? CHRIS HUNTINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I don't, but I managed to snag one just for a short time now. Of course, so many people treat their cell phone as a fashion accessory and none is hotter right now than the razor thin RAZR from Motorola.

That is, until the company discovered and, indeed, a lot of users discovered, particularly folks who do business with Cingular and also with -- that's right, with the other carrier. T-Mobile. Thank you. I didn't want to say the wrong carrier, because it's very specific.

The problem that Motorola is having is with the phones that work on the GSM system. It turns out that phones that they put out to market in the month of February had a glitch in them, a component that was dropping calls unintentionally. So Motorola is trying to make up for it by quickly getting off a bunch of new phones to market.

We had a chance to speak with somebody who had just that problem.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I couldn't dial out and I couldn't get in. I had -- like there was no reception on the phone, on the actual phone. So...

HUNTINGTON: So like you picked it up and then what would happen?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Nothing. Like you can't hear anything.

HUNTINGTON: You wouldn't even hear a dial tone?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

HUNTINGTON: Now, Motorola put out a statement saying that it's addressing the issue and what it sees as a "very limited number of RAZR handsets for GSM use."

And, again, a clarification, that it was only those phones sold during the month of February. It is shipping new RAZR handsets and hopes to have all of them available for anybody who might have that problem to swap out.

Now, we're here at a Cingular store in New York City and the folks at this particular retail outlet say that they've already got the new phones in available to swap out, no questions asked, to any Cingular customer who has a RAZR, who feels that it is not working properly.

So, all in all, it should be a limited problem.

The bad news, though, is that Motorola still doesn't have handle exactly on how many phones this could be affecting. They're testing as many as they can get their hands on. They do know, they do have a sense of which batch that were produced may have the faulty components, they just don't know how many of them are actually faulty -- Carol.

LIN: So, Chris, once again, anybody who's having problems with the RAZR can bring it in, I mean regardless of whether they bought it in February or not?

HUNTINGTON: Exactly.

LIN: OK.

HUNTINGTON: If you are a customer, particularly with Cingular and with T-Mobile, you can walk in and say I think I'm having trouble with my RAZR, can I have a new one? And those companies say they'll give you a new one no questions asked.

LIN: OK, you bet.

Thanks very much, Chris.

HUNTINGTON: Yes.

LIN: We've got some more "News Across America" right now.

Sickness spoils a Caribbean cruise. About 100 people fell prey to a virus that swept through a ship that left Tampa on Monday. The virus is so contagious, the victims were confined to quarters and were barred from disembarking when the boat docked in Cozumel.

At least two people died overnight in a chain reaction crash near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It occurred during a winter storm that made the highway really slippery. That was Highway 101, by the way. It had a coat of ice and snow. So traffic ground to a halt in both directions, as authorities cleared more than two dozen vehicles.

And 5,000 U.S. sailors returned from duty overseas aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The Roosevelt returned to Norfolk this morning, concluding a six month tour of support for the war in Iraq.

So can this be so? Another presidential campaign already?

It's true. This weekend, a half dozen Republicans are going through, well, what you might call an early audition.

Senior national correspondent John Roberts has that story -- John.

JOHN ROBERTS, SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That presidential -- that presidential election still 968 days away, Carol. But the speeches by all of the potential Republican candidates, most of them, at least, have been completed here at the historic Peabody Hotel in Memphis.

Now, all that's left of this conference this weekend is for the delegates to finishing voting in the straw poll, for those ballots to be counted and for the results to be announced later on this evening. That straw poll is going to give us our first glimpse of how Southern and Midwestern Republicans are feeling about the potential candidates.

Now, as for those candidates, the ones that we talked to downplayed any idea that they were running in 2008, saying their appearance here in Memphis this weekend was all about creating buzz for the 2006 midterm elections. All, that is, except for Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who basically said hey, who are we trying to kid here?

Huckabee told the delegates this morning that he had two challenges. One was to convince the delegates that politicians have no ego. The other?

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GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE (R), ARKANSAS: The other very challenging situation that I'm supposed to be able to do is to convince you that not a single person on this program has any interest beyond the 2006 elections and we're focused solely and only on that. And nobody at all is thinking about 2008 and we don't know why in the world anybody is already going to New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina right now.

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ROBERTS: And some of those candidates are going to be heading out to places like Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire not long after this conference wraps up.

One thing that political pundits were watching for here in Memphis this weekend was whether any of the potential candidates were going to try to either differentiate or distance themselves from President Bush, given all the problems that have beset the White House in the last few months.

Quite to the contrary, there was a lot of support for President Bush here this weekend. Many of the potential candidates mentioned him by name and ironically his former chief rival, Senator John McCain, was his chief defender, even on that controversial ports deal.

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: I would have at least allowed the president the 45-day delay before we had hammered him. And I think that...

(APPLAUSE)

MCCAIN: I think the president...

(APPLAUSE)

MCCAIN: The president deserved better.

(END VIDEO CLIP) ROBERTS: But true to his maverick style, Senator John McCain threw a little bit of a wrench into the straw poll process, urging his supporters to vote not for him, but for President Bush. Some people cried foul, saying McCain is doing that simply because he's worried about coming in second, because Tennessee Senator Bill Frist is widely expected to win today's ballot -- Carol.

LIN: Good lord, what an early horse race.

And personally, welcome to CNN, John.

This is my first chance to talk to you on the air.

It's such a pleasure to have you at our network.

ROBERTS: Hey, it's a pleasure to be here and great to talk to you, Carol.

LIN: All right, talk to you soon.

We've got much more ahead.

Abducted in Iraq last fall, now he's been found dead. A friend of slain American hostage Tom Fox will join me in just a few minutes.

And this -- millions of children are at risk. What can the world do to help drought stricken Kenya?

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LIN: As we told you earlier, the body of American hostage Tom Fox has been found in Baghdad. He was kidnapped last November. Tom Fox was a man of peace and he was a Christian activist who died a violent death in a country he desperately wanted to help.

John Surr is one of his long time friends and he joins me from Washington.

John, there are some stories that are sometimes just so painful to report, and I think this is one of them.

I'm wondering how you got the news.

JOHN SURR, FRIEND OF TOM FOX: From CNN, actually. It was on my computer when I checked the latest headlines.

LIN: Oh, that's got to be a tough way to get it.

What was...

SURR: Yes.

LIN: What was your reaction?

You had known him for 20 years or more. SURR: Yes. It was very, very sad. And it was even sadder with all the torture. But, you know, this really just strengthens our resolve to do what we can to eliminate the cause of all that.

LIN: What was Tom doing in Iraq?

SURR: Well, he was a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, which is an ecumenical organization that tries to stand between the two sides and build the foundations for peace. In a way he was, as he was saying, he was a soldier for peace, as distinct from a soldier for violence. And he was trying to do what he could to especially help the families of detainees to learn about their family members and to try to sort of defuse some of the violent clashes that...

LIN: John...

SURR: ... happen there.

LIN: John, do you think that his Christian faith made him more of a target?

SURR: I doubt it. I think that the Swords of Righteousness saw a car with four white men, I mean, you know, non-Iraqis going through the streets and...

LIN: Just an easy target?

SURR: ... saw it as a handy target.

LIN: An obvious target?

SURR: Yes.

LIN: Did you ever convince -- try to convince him not to go, not to stay?

SURR: Oh, no. He was dedicated for this -- to this for a couple of years before he actually left. And this was -- he felt this was his life's calling. He was willing to give up his life for the cause of peace.

LIN: You know, when we see him in the earlier videotape, there is -- the only way I can describe it is a sense of grace about him, you know, in that circumstance.

And I'm wondering, knowing him as well as you do, do you take comfort in that; in how he survived his captivity and even in how he spent the last moments of his life?

SURR: I do. I know that he believed in what he was doing. And he was working to the very end to try to help his captors understand that you don't have to live by hate.

LIN: Well, his legacy is going to be living testimony of that, John. And I know that you and those closest to Tom Fox take great comfort in that. What at gift he was to so many people. SURR: Yes.

LIN: Thank you.

We also want to bring you the latest developments. There are vigils under way in Belgrade remembering former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. He was found dead today in his prison cell in The Hague. And Dutch investigators are trying to determine the cause of the death.

Now, family and friends are remembering Tom Fox as we just spoke with one of his closest. Tom Fox, an American held hostage and later killed in Iraq. He was a member of the Christian group -- the Christian peacemaker teams. And his body was found along a Baghdad street.

Now, President Bush says he is shocked by the arrest of former White House adviser Claude Allen. Allen was arrested this week in Maryland for allegedly defrauding department stores in a refund scam.

Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice is calling the election of Chile's first female president a triumph of democracy. Rice led the U.S. delegation attending the inauguration of Michelle Bachelet. She is a socialist. She was jailed and tortured in the 1970s under U.S. backed former president Augusto Pinochet.

And diplomats say Russia is pushing Iran to hold a new round of international talks aimed at averting a crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. The talks would be held away from U.N. headquarters. They'd be aimed at heading off a showdown in the security council.

Measles, malnutrition and infectious diseases, a deadly cocktail putting millions of children in Kenya at risk. Can anything be done? And we're also going to have the latest developments following the death of a man blamed for war, death, and suffering in the Balkans.

In this week's "New Frontiers" a 16-year old takes on the science of lying. Daniel Sieberg explains.

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NAT SOT: These aren't a hundred percent accurate, right?

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ben Stiller worked hard to beat this lie detector test from his future father-in-law in "Meet the Parents." However, a new invention by 16-years old Trisha Pasricha of Houston, could make the old-fashioned polygraph obsolete. It's an award winning science project that measures stomach activity.

TRISHA PASRICHA, INVENTOR, STOMACH LIE DETECTOR TEST: My father is a gastroenterologist and my mother used to work for the FBI. And so when you put the two together I came up with the idea of using the stomach for a lie detector. The lie detector test involves using an electric gastreogram or an EGG. And it's used by connecting electrodes to the surface of the stomach and it picks up on electrical rhythm and see if there is any change when you're lying or telling the truth.

DR. JAY PASRICHA, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH: This is a subject that's natural fascination to everybody. Everybody lies or has tried to lie at some point. And everybody is also aware of the fact that you get butterflies in your stomach when you're nervous.

SIEBERG: While the study has only tested 16 subjects, Trisha is hoping this is just the beginning.

PASRICHA: UTMB has applied for a patent and so what will hopefully happen is that we'll get funding for research and then maybe one day it'll be implemented on a large scale.

(END OF VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: All right, right now we've got some dangerous weather developing in the Midwest. Bonnie Schneider at the CNN weather center. Bonnie.

BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Carol, we're looking at three different tornado warnings right now. One is in Stone County which is here, and the other is in Tainey County and Tainey includes the city of Branson, that popular country music resort. We have reports that this Doppler-indicated tornado, meaning the tornado didn't actually form or touch the ground, but Doppler radar indicates that it possibly could break out of these strong thunderstorms. This thunderstorm has the potential to produce hail of golf ball size in nature. So very strong thunderstorms moving through southern Missouri, but also in northeastern Missouri as well. We have a second or a third I should say, tornado warning for North Pike County in northeast Missouri. And that goes until 5:00 p.m. central time and the other ones go until 5:00 p.m. central time and 5:30 p.m. central time.

So we're watching for this big line of severe weather to work its way through Missouri. And the tornado watch areas include all the way up to the north into Iowa, into Illinois, down through Oklahoma, Arkansas as well. This is a wide area for the tornado watch that's in effect. And that will go through tonight. So we'll be watching this very closely. Once again, we have tornado warnings in three different counties in Missouri at present. Carol?

LIN: All right, thanks very much, Bonnie. We're going to get back to one of our big top stories. The death of Slobodan Milosevic and the reaction. Just a little bit of background here. A decade ago, he ruled a corner of the Balkans with a ruthless iron fist. Well, today, Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in a prison cell near The Hague. He was the former Serbian leader and even in death, he is stirring controversy.

For more on that I'm joined by phone by CNN's Paula Newton, she is at The Hague right now. Paula, as you know, Slobodan Milosevic's widow is saying that The Hague should be responsible for this man's death. That he did not get proper medical treatment and she wants an independent autopsy.

PAULA NEWTON, INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: You know, it's going to be a very dramatic few days here at The Hague, Carol. What is going on now is just a few hours ago, Slobodan Milosevic's body was taken out of the detention center, where he was being held and taken to a morgue, for more forensic investigation. The autopsy will be conducted tomorrow. And as you said, hugely controversial. The Dutch authorities will be taking care of it. But there will be at least one Serbian observer. I know Slobodan Milosevic's family is already saying that that is not enough.

At issue here, did he get proper medical care? You know the war crimes tribunal, the war crime's prosecutor Carla Del Ponte has tried to step aside from this and say that, look whatever his medical condition was, we were only concerned with the trial. That his medical condition, we wanted to leave that up to the medical doctors. But really now, she is on the hot seat. And her tribunal is going to be -- their credibility is going to be on the line here and they're the ones who really want to see the results of this autopsy. Carla Del Ponte was told about a half an hour after Slobodan Milosevic was found dead of what had happened, she was said to be shocked and very, very disappointed.

CARLA DEL PONTE, CHIEF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR: I was informed by the death of Milosevic half an hour after he was found dead in his -- I regret deeply what happened. First of all because after more than three years' trials, we are reaching the end of the trial by the beginning of this summer. And I think although that it is regrettable for all witnesses, for all survivors, for all victims. But are expecting justice. But we must expect now the result of the autopsy to see what it is the -- the cause of death. It will be much more clearer in the next days.

NEWTON: You can imagine all the pressure on this woman right now. The papers in Belgrade are screaming that he was murdered, that he was poisoned. Of course they want to see the autopsy results to try and put that to rest in any way, shape you can. So if you can put yourself in this woman's shoes, she really was the legal adversary to Slobodan Milosevic for so many years. She thought she was so close to a conviction. They really thought they could wrap this up by the summer and get justice she says for all the victims in these massacres. And yet they came so close, and now they're going to be mired in this controversy.

I mean to say they're disappointed is an understatement. They told me that in fact they thought that Mr. Milosevic's illness always played very conveniently for him. They say that he refused to take his high blood pressure medications several times and that led to a lot problems and it's going to be very interesting to see what the results of that autopsy showed. It'll be conducted tomorrow but the results won't be known for several days. Carol.

LIN: That is really interesting, Paula. You almost have to wonder whether this is what he wanted as the outcome because the hornet's nest has been stirred. Paula, thank you.

Well, straight ahead, a top university is teaching students how to be happy. That is coming up on "CNN Live Saturday." Songs have been written about it. Self-help books have been published about it. And now Harvard has a class. Teaching students the basics of being happy. It's one of many similar classes taught at more than a hundred universities in the United States, and lecturer Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is in charge of the one at Harvard. Doctor Tal Ben-Shahar, great to have you. I just want to get your observation on this. I mean, what does that tell you when ivy league students are so interested and want to know what it takes to be happy?

TAL BEN-SHAHAR, HARVARD UNIVERSITY: What it tells me is that they're all human beings. We all want to be happy.

LIN: But why is it so difficult? You know? And why teach it at highest levels of education?

BEN-SHAHAR: It is so difficult for various reasons. One of the reasons is that in our culture, there is so much pressure on people to be happy, to feel good. That if we don't feel happy, that if we don't feel good, we think there is something wrong with us. And this pressure to always feel good actually is counterproductive.

LIN: Because you say that happiness really is an act of will. I mean you need to be conscious of it. Something to work towards and that there are steps to be taken.

BEN-SHAHAR: Yes, absolutely. And the steps to be taken are internal rather than external. There's a lot of misconception about happiness thinking that if we get to a certain place, if we achieve something, then we'll be happy but happiness is much more contingent on our state of mind rather than our status or the state of our bank account.

LIN: Because you talk about really simple things, you know like to simplify your life, to experience gratitude on a daily basis. To know what you have rather than what you don't have.

BEN-SHAHAR: Yeah, happiness -- I mean a lot of common sense ideas but unfortunately common sense is not that common when it comes to application. And so for instance appreciating the positive things in our lives and appreciating into sense is one to appreciate and to say thank you for them, not to take them for granted. And two, when we appreciate the positive, it also grows appreciating the second sense of the word.

LIN: Because it's part of just being human. I mean to accept in this very competitive world that we are just human is difficult to do, and I see it even in my toddler daughter. Sometimes I'm worried that she's afraid to make a mistake. She wants to be a pleaser and when she pleases that makes her happy, but I can see how this could be a weird pattern in life.

BEN-SHAHAR: Yes, that's right. I think we can actually learn a lot from children. The way children learn how to walk is by falling. One of the main ideas that I repeat over and over again for myself and my students is learn to fail or fail to learn. You see there's no coincidence that the most successful people throughout history have also been the people who have failed the most. And yet our culture looks down on failure. Instead of looking at it as a learning opportunity.

LIN: Yes, as a step forward. So what makes you happy?

BEN-SHAHAR: My family first and foremost. And to focus on the positive things in life.

LIN: Because, there's a back story about you. You love teaching but you're not -- you're not in that competitive envelope at Harvard. You're not striving for tenure. You're actually very -- you know yourself well enough to know what really makes you happy.

BEN-SHAHAR: Yes, well, I have been studying it for a few years. And one of the things that I teach my students is to practice what they preach and this is what I try to do. My passion is teaching. I'm more of a consumer of research rather than a producer. And this is what I do.

LIN: All right, Dr. Ben-Shahar. I bet your parents -- that was a (inaudible) slip, your students are going to really benefit from your course. Thanks so much.

BEN-SHAHAR: I hope so. Thank you.

LIN: We have this just in. A developing story, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating a possible case of mad cow disease. In a news release issued just a short time ago, the government said the test was prompted by an inconclusive or unconclusive test from an animal sampled as part of a routine surveillance. Now the statement says a test result, such as this is not a guarantee of that disease. But further tests are being conducted at a research center in Ames, Iowa. We are going to update you on this story as we're allowed to tell more details as soon as they become available.

All right, straight ahead, the hottest machine on earth, literally. And then, a lucky teen hits a home run. Thanks to the sultan of swat. "On the Rise" profiles young entrepreneurs in intriguing businesses and debuts Wednesday on "Anderson Cooper 360." So meet a woman who is painting the town red as the owner of a Philadelphia art gallery. Bridgette Mayer is on the rise.

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BRIDGETTE MAYER, OWNER, BRIDGETTE MAYER GALLERY: Hi, welcome to the Bridgette Mayer Gallery. I'm heavily focused on contemporary painting. And I'm young, emerging painters. I like academic painters. People who are formerly trained and have gone through a graduate program.

LIN: Traditionally, galleries wait until newer artists develop and have an established history. But Mayer identifies more with budding talent. After falling in love with her job at a student-run gallery in college and canvassing the real world for several years, she became the youngest gallery owner in Philadelphia at age 27. MAYER: I had a moment of clarity -- when I was selling a painting to someone and I felt like I want to buy it for myself. So I started doing art consulting on my own, and that eventually led me to open a gallery.

LIN: Almost five years later and now representing 16 painters, Mayer has developed an eye for unique artwork.

MAYER: My business doubled last year. I'm planning on opening a gallery in New York in the next few years. There's a moment where I feel that someone connects with a piece of artwork, connects with me as a person and also gets the idea of adding art into their home and into their world.

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LIN: That's why it's called "The Watercooler." Blistering temperatures, baseball cards and Nintendo for the aging brain? Tony Harris checks out what's on tap in today's water cooler.

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TONY HARRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is absolutely the hottest piece of technology in the entire universe. The z machine at Zandia National Labs recently generated a blistering 3.6 billion degrees Fahrenheit. Scientists are still trying to figure out how it happened.

You think that's hot? Check out this one in a million vintage Babe Ruth baseball card. It even has a bit of the bambino's uniform. The owner just sold it for 10 grand. We first told you about the work of British pavement artist Julian Beever about a decade ago. You have got to see the astounding optical illusions he's been doing lately. An internet search for Julian Beever will point you to his home page. There is nothing surreal about the ubiquitous office cubicle. The man who invented it in 1968, the late Robert Probst, went to his grave, lamenting his creation as monolithic insanity. You can read all about it in "Fortune" magazine.

If public rest rooms make you a bit squeamish, here is an idea that's really out of the box. Mitsubishi says its jet towel will dry your hands in six seconds. And you don't have to touch a thing. From touch-free to hands on, professors at the University of Minnesota have adapted a popular fantasy role playing game for journalism students. It lets the player be a reporter covering a big story.

And speaking of video games, Nintendo's brain age may be the first specifically designed to sharpen the mature brain. The puzzles and exercises were designed by a brain specialist to help people keep their mind's active as they grow older. It comes out next month.

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LIN: Wow, there's still much more ahead on CNN, including one big headache for Citibank. Everyone thought pin numbers made debit cards secure, until now. The latest on what's being called the worst hack ever when "CNN Live Saturday" comes back.

It's midnight at The Hague, 5:00 PM in Memphis, Tennessee, this is "CNN LIVE SATURDAY," I'm Carol Lin. Ahead in this hour, on trial for one of history's biggest war crimes, former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic is dead. We are live from The Hague. Gauging the race in '08, tonight, GOP candidates converge in Tennessee to check their political pulse. And a bank scam affecting millions of people, could you be involved.

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