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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: To allow a vote later today on the nomination of John Bolton to U.N. ambassador.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Saudi Arabia as part of a whirlwind tour to promote democracy in the Middle East. Her visit follows a stop in Cairo. There, Rice delivered a rather sharp address to Egypt to embrace democracy and hold free and fair elections.

Scientists could be on the path to determining who will get Alzheimer's disease. Researches say subtle changes in the memory making region of the brain seem to predict who will get the disease nine years before symptoms appear. The findings were presented at the Alzheimer's association conference.

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Government officials call it a crusade to clean up shanty towns and demolish illegal buildings. It's taking place in the African nation of Zimbabwe. But critics call it a war and say it's being waged against the poorest of the poor. Our Jim Clancy brings us the story.

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JIM CLANCY, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): They manage to save a few tables and a sofa when they were forced out. Now they have somewhere to sit along the road and watch their home burn behind them. This is Zimbabwe today, people being forced from their homes in Operation Clean Sweep. The government of President Robert Mugabe says it aims to restore order and rid cities of crime and unauthorized shanty towns. The Catholic church says it is cruel and inhumane.

The opposition says it's pure politics. President Robert Mugabe, who celebrated 25 years in power this year, is waging war, they say, against those he suspects voted against him.

DAVID COCTHART, MP MOVEMENT FOR DEM. CHANGE: This was that Robert Mugabe is waging is waged against the poorest people in Zimbabwe at the height of guta (ph), at a time when this country's facing its gravest food shortage. These people were already destitute. They are now being condemned to death by this regime.

CLANCY: The fires are usually set at night. Zimbabwean police come and give residents of shanty towns five minutes notice to gather what they can and get out. Thus far the government has forced as many as 200,000 people to leave urban areas, seized food and other belongings and burned what's left to the ground so there's no possibility they can return.

Videotape taken last week by British Member of Parliament Kate Hoey, manages to show what has been talked about so much but not seen outside the country. Government bulldozers flattening homes and shops around urban centers. Smoldering ruins of what were once teaming, yet poverty stricken shanty towns. Infants wrapped in blankets, toddlers cuddled up in makeshift beds alongside their destitute parents. Families clamoring aboard trucks to take them back to rural villages. People trying to salvage cement blocks or other construction materials to rebuild somewhere else. But as this man said, he has no place to go.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's disappointing. Disappointing. There's nothing much I can say.

CLANCY: No one was willing to speak out openly against the government on camera. A few said it was obviously politics. They came to Zimbabwe City searching for a way to make a living in a country with an unemployment rate of 70 percent. Now they're being forced to return to rural areas amid a drought, without homes, food or jobs. President Mugabe's government insists the operation will be continued and it is purely an internal matter.

In reality, there may be very little the outside world can do. Inside, the people of Zimbabwe can only hope and pray they will survive their own government.

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NGUYEN: And Jim joins us now to talk more about this.

You just said, there's very little the outside world can do. So what kind of aids are these families getting? Are they getting any kind of aid?

CLANCY: They're not getting a thing right now. They're being sent out with nothing. And that is the tragedy the Catholic church came out this weekend talking about, others have come out talking about. Many African leaders would like to see the G-8 get involved. But you have to realize something, this isn't the same problem as debt relief. This isn't the same problem as sending more aid, doubling the aid to Africa.

NGUYEN: So aid money is not going to help?

CLANCY: Aid money isn't going to solve this problem because this is a problem of good governance. There isn't any right now. The regime of President Robert Mugabe is doing this to perceive political opponents. NGUYEN: So then who can step in? Is there anyone who can step in?

CLANCY: Well, the African states would love to see Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa, step in. They believe Thabo Mbeki has the power because he controls the borders. He controls fuel shipments into Zimbabwe, which, after all, is impoverished anyway. And they feel that he can put on more pressure. But Thabo Mbeki of South Africa is afraid. His boarder there -- he's afraid that Zimbabwe -- that President Robert Mugabe, in a desperate situation, cornered would send millions of these impoverishes people across the borders looking for work. And there's a lot of fear here about the situation in Zimbabwe and questions being asked, what can people do to help these . . .

NGUYEN: Yes, what can people do? Because it seems like there's no easy solution. But in the mean time, these families have lost their homes. They don't know where to go. What's the survival rate of these families?

CLANCY: Well, nobody knows yet for sure but it's all taking place in what is wintertime there in Zimbabwe. So it's very difficult for the babies that you saw in those . . .

NGUYEN: Right. Heart wrenching.

CLANCY: You know, just wrapped up in blankets. And the government says this is being done because there were health problems in those shanty towns. Crime problems in those shanty towns. They're correct, they were. But these people are going to nothing. They're going to have no health care. They've got no food. They've got no housing. And right now the best that people could do probably is try to mount an aid effort but they don't believe it would get through the government.

NGUYEN: Difficult situation. Thanks for shedding light on that. Thanks, Jim Clancy.

News around the world now. Looking forward to the future of Lebanon. Opposition leaders said Hariri is claiming victory today after the country's first election since the withdrawal of Syrian troops. Hariri became a candidate after his father, a political icon in Lebanon, was assassinated. Now unofficial results show his anti- Syrian coalition capturing control of Lebanon's parliament.

We also have new developments in the probe into last year's train bombing in Madrid, Spain. A judge is extending the detentions of five more suspects in the case. One-hundred-ninety-one were killed in that terrorist attack. The five suspects are among 16 arrested last week and they face charges from recruiting terrorists to helping the bombers escape.

Now to the Vatican where Pope Benedict XVI made special mention of some hot wheels during his blessing yesterday. Look at this. Dozens of red and yellow Ferrari sports cars -- we're going to see it, right there, were in St. Peter's Square. He blessed members of the Easy Rider Association who drove them there. Didn't know you could get your car blessed, but there you go.

Rising real estate prices can be great news for homeowners, but then again comes that dreaded tax bill. Ahead on LIVE FROM, one man's crusade against ballooning property taxes.

And talk about a big game with years of tradition.

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NGUYEN: Look at this. This is not your typical roll of the dice. This giant Monopoly board is believed to be the biggest in the world. It's nearly 1100 square yards. The tokens, well, yeah, they're huge. The game was set up in a stadium in Berlin, Germany, Friday in honor of Monopoly's 70th Anniversary, which is today. For a game where the players try to drive each other into bankruptcy, its been quite prosperous and more than 250 million copies have been sold all around the world.

Well, millions of Americans are taking advantage of the red hot real estate market. But many homeowners who are opting to stay in their homes are paying the price in the form of surging property taxes. I know all about that. CNN's Daria Dolan profiles one man in his mission to change the system.

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DARIA DOLAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): After 38 years as a dentist, Harvey Waxman was ready to retire with his wife Judy in their two-bedroom Rhode Island home. That is until the mail arrived.

HARVEY WAXMAN, HOMEOWNER: The property tax at that time I believe it was about $7,000 a year. Well, after the revaluation in 2000, our 2001 tax bill came to over $14,000 in one year.

DOLAN: Five years later, his retirement looks like more of a career change. He started R.I.G.H.T., Rhode Island Gets Honorable Taxation, to fight a property tax system that baffled him.

WAXMAN: The property tax is the only tax we pay according to what someone else can afford. It just doesn't make sense to me.

DOLAN: Rather than basing property taxes on the market value of a property, Harvey says they should be based on what you paid for your home. Due to the nature of the current system, the recent housing boom as driven national property taxes higher by 36 percent in just five years. And homeowners whose home prices have risen don't have more cash on hand but have to come up with more money to pay the taxes.

WAXMAN: I can't tear off a few shingles and send it in with my tax bill. Unless everyone is sharing in the burden of their communities, it can never be considered fair.

DOLAN: Americans seem to agree. According to an April Gallup Poll, 42 percent of respondents said that property tax was the least fair tax, while only 20 percent picked the federal income tax and 17 percent named their state sales tax.

But city advocates say rising property taxes are essential for local government.

DON BORUT, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES: They're stable, they're dependable and in this last period, when things were going south in every other way, the property tax really was fundamental to make sure cities could pay for fundamental services.

WAXMAN: I am not suggesting we do away with the property tax. I am only suggesting we change the way we distribute the tax among citizens.

DOLAN: And Harvey insists his plan is revenue neutral. That is, it won't lower the amount available to local governments.

WAXMAN: We have to raise $50 million. We're going to do it one way or the other. We are still going to raise $50 million. I'll even take $25 million from you and $25 million from you or I'm going to take $50 million from you and nothing from you. Which way is fair and which way isn't? It's the same $50 million. I don't know how to make it any more plain.

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NGUYEN: That was Daria Dolan.

In entertainment news now, Bo Bice didn't win "American Idol," but he has a lot to sing about with a new deal.

And Tom Cruise is invaded at the premier of his new movie. CNN's Brooke Anderson is live from Los Angeles with all the scoop.

Boy, Tom was hot under the collar about this one.

BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A little hot under the collar, Betty, but he did keep his cool yesterday when the London premier for the film "War of the Worlds" turned into a war of water and words.

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TOM CRUISE, ACTOR: You're a jerk. You're a jerk. You know what, you're a jerk.

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ANDERSON: It could have been worse, right? Harsh words from the newly engaged actor after a prankster squirted him with water. The culprits were a fake reporter and a camera crew who were working with a British comedy show. The fake reporter used a water pistol disguised as a microphone to trick Cruise and douse him. But this joke backfired. The pranksters were arrested, released on bail and could now face assault charges.

A less eventful premier here in Los Angeles yesterday, at least in terms of practical jokes. Lindsay Lohan put the petal to the metal for the premiered of her new movie "Herbie: Fully Loaded." Not a red carpet affair but a black carpet speedway style party for the Nascar themed film. "Herbie: Fully Loaded" races into theaters on Wednesday.

Pop superstar Madonna is racing to put another children's book in stores. The former material girl has produced five children's books in the past 18 months in a deal with her publisher and the fifth was supposed to be her last. But now Madonna says she's already got a sixth book in the works. A sequel to her first work, "The English Roses." She says she wanted to revisit the characters of that story because it's her daughter's favorite. Madonna expects to publish this sixth book in September of 2006.

Long-haired rocker Bo Bice doesn't need the title of "American Idol" to snag record deal. The 29-year-old singer from Alabama has been signed to 19 recordings RCA Records. His first single, "Inside Your Heaven," will be released June 21st. His debut album is scheduled to be in stores in the fall.

Betty, Bo says he's happy he didn't win "American Idol." He says the "Idol" label just wasn't for him.

NGUYEN: He's happy he didn't win. Well, it sounds like he's a winner anyway. I mean a lot of people really did pick him to win. What, he lost by 1,000 votes or something like that?

ANDERSON: It was pretty close, actually. Yes, and Carrie's on her way, working on her own projects as well. So it might be another Ruben-Clay type battle.

NGUYEN: Exactly.

ANDERSON: We shall see.

NGUYEN: Yes, we'll see how they do with the numbers. Thank you.

Up next, sweet victory. New Zealander Michael Campbell charges to victory in the U.S. Open. He'll talk about his great round and how he held off tiger. That's ahead on LIVE FROM.

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NGUYEN: The creme de la creme of the tennis world is in London today for the world's most prestigious tennis tournament. We are talking about Wimbledon. Roger Federer will open his campaign for a third straight Wimbledon title in center court today. As usual, the grass brought out the best in him. Federer beat France's Paul-Henri Mathieu in three sets. He called his victory a pretty good start.

Well, no French Open for the new U.S. Open champ. Michael Campbell has pulled out of that upcoming tournament to take his family on a vacation. And why not? Few people expected the 150-to-one long shot to win, except, perhaps, his fellow New Zealanders. Billie Jo Hohepa (ph) with TV New Zealand has this story.

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BILLIE JO HOHEPA, TV NEW ZEALAND, (voice over): The shot that sealed his place in history. A cheer that reverberated all the way from North Carolina to the Titahi Bay Golf Club in Wellington.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This has been his dream since he was 11 or 12.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL, 2005 U.S. OPEN CHAMPION: I was thinking about all my family back home in England, my wife Julie, and my two boys, Jordan and Thomas, and my family in Titahi Bay Wellington, New Zealand, who are watching live right now, I believe. Happy Father's Day, Dad.

HOLIBA: It was Michael Campbell's moment. The U.S. Open trophy his.

CAMPBELL: Obviously I'm out there playing for myself. But really I'm playing for the people back home -- all New Zealanders. Maori people, Europeans, all Kiwi's.

HOHEPA: Friends gathered at the golf club to watch. It's where he learned to play 24 years ago.

GLENN TIMIHOU, GOLFING FRIEND: He's (INAUDIBLE) caddie up here for years now. (INAUDIBLE) just part of the equation, eh.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is where he started out here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE). Awesome. What can you say?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I taught him all he knows.

HOHEPA: On top of the world, but it was the other side of the world that was on the champion's mind.

CAMPBELL: I can just walk away right now and just think, OK, people back home, if I can do it, so can you.

HOHEPA: Michael Campbell's the first New Zealander to win a major golf title since Bob Charles' British Open success in 1963. But for Campbell getting to the top wasn't always easy.

CAMPBELL: I've worked really hard for this. You know, us and downs through my whole career. But it's worth the -- it's worth the work.

HOHEPA: His tenacity showing through at a young age.

SAM SCARLETT, GOLFING FRIEND: Well, he had determination. He used to come out here in all weather and practice. Rain, hale or shine, he'd be out there. And we used to sit in the clubhouse saying, look at him going out there.

HOHEPA: And youngsters at his high school think Campbell's put them on the map. LUKE MACCLEAN-MCMAHON, MANA COLLEGE HEAD BOY: It's really good for himself, you know, doing well in this sport and he's just achieved really well for himself, this school, community and everything.

HOHEPA: And as Michael Campbell celebrates, so will his family and the rest of the country.

Billie Jo Hohepa, Wan (ph) News.

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NGUYEN: And I will be talking with Michael Campbell in about 25 minutes. You definitely want to stick around for that. The new U.S. Open champ on the air with LIVE FROM. That's later this afternoon.

When it comes to car safety, new crash tests show that sometimes bigger can be safer. CNN's Kathleen Hays has that report live from the New York Stock Exchange.

Hi, Kathleen.

KATHLEEN HAYS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Betty.

Five large family passenger cars and three large luxury models earned top ratings in frontal crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Here's the list. The top ratings went to family cars like the Buick LaCrosse, Chrysler 300, Ford 500, Kia Amanti and Toyota Avalon. The three luxury passenger cars are Acura RL, Cadillac STS and Lexus GS. In the frontal crash test, vehicles strike a barrier on the driver's side at 40 miles an hour. A good rating means a belted driver would sustain only minor injuries in a real world crash. Large cars haven't always performed well in the Institute's front crash test but the safety group said the latest results showed designs have improved. Good news for everyone, Betty.

NGUYEN: And, Kathleen, I've seen all those commercials by GM where it says, you pay for it exactly what I pay for it. You get that employee discount. Is that really working?

HAYS: Well, you know, you might have thought they were just desperate to make sales but, Betty, it seems like they have struck gold with this employee discount for everyone program. The offer has led to significantly higher customer traffic and sales at the struggling automaker dealerships. One report, in fact, says GM sales jumped 14 percent in the first nine days of this month. ,It's also forced the hand of its competitors. Ford wants employees to give their discounts to friends and family, offering workers $1,000 for each referral.

Turning now to the markets. Stocks are trading cautiously as oil prices hover near record highs. The Dow Industrials are down 12 points but off the lows of the day by a good margin. The Nasdaq virtually unchanged.

That's the latest from Wall Street. Now, Betty, back to you.

NGUYEN: All right. Thank you, Kathleen.

There is still much more to come here on LIVE FROM. Closing arguments have just concluded in Mississippi in the 40-year-old murder case of three civil rights workers. We have a live report. That's just ahead when CNN LIVE FROM continues.

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NGUYEN: "Now in the News."

A new political era in Lebanon. The anti-Syrian opposition lead by Saad Hariri has won an overwhelming majority in parliament. Hariri became a candidate after his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, was assassinated in February.

Sidestepping Congress, the White House has not ruled out a recess appointment for John Bolton. He is the president's controversial choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Now if the deadlock over his nomination can't be broken, the president may just appoint him. That would allow Bolton to serve as ambassador through January 2007.

Fatherly, friendly, and a clean freak? That is the picture emerging of a dictator in captivity. U.S. soldiers hand picked to guard Saddam Hussein right after his capture are now able to talk about what they saw. They're interview is featured in the July issue of "GQ" magazine.

And all settled. We have learned United of Omaha and the race term of the late Dale Earnhardt have come to terms. Richard Childers racing had sued the insurance company for $3.7 million. That's how much life insurance they purchased for Earnhardt who died four years ago in a crash at the Daytona 500. The terms of that settlement are confidential.

CNN.com is offering a whole new way to get the headlines. All you have to do, log on to our website and click on "watch" to check out the most popular video stories. Everything from politics and sports to entertainment. And it's absolutely free on CNN.com.

Three weeks, four suspects, still no sign of Natalee Holloway. It is the latest news from Aruba: a court hearing for the party boat deejay who was arrested Friday and who, apparently, will stay locked up awhile longer.

Steve Gregory Croes joins two brothers from Surinam and the son of a local justice official on the suspect list. Joran Van Der Sloot has been looked up for a week and a half, and over the weekend police interviewed his father, Paul, twice, but only, they say, as a witness, no more and no less.

So we want to get an update now from CNN's Chris Lawrence in the Aruba community of Palm Beach, the latest on this investigation. What do you know, Chris?

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Betty, there's definitely been more movement in this investigation over the past few days, and right up through this morning.

That fourth suspect, who was arrested on Friday, will remain in custody for at least up to the next eight days. Take a look. Here he is right here. His name is Steven Croes, and he is a local man. That's his arriving in court earlier this morning.

Prosecutors had to go to court to basically argue to the judge why they should be allowed to keep him in custody without actually bringing formal charges against him.

We don't know, exactly, what specifically Croes is suspected of, but we do know he's worked as a local deejay on a party boat. And his boss told us that he knows one of the men already arrested through a local Internet cafe.

But more of the focus has been on one family. That is the Dutch teenager who hit it off with Natalee the night she disappeared. And now his father, Paul Van Der Sloot, who is a local judge, that's him rushing home from the police station over the weekend. He was questioned by police on Saturday and then brought back in for more questions on Sunday.

Natalee Holloway's stepfather watched that tape, and, to put it likely, did not like what he say.

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GEORGE TWITTY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S STEPFATHER: You know, he's -- I met him. I met him the night I got here. I got here 12 hours after it happened. And the guy is -- he's sickening to me. He's a chicken; you can tell. Why is he running this morning on TV? If he has nothing to hide, why is he running to his car? He's -- he makes my stomach turn.

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LAWRENCE: Now, just to put that video in somewhat of a perspective, Van Der Sloot was surrounded by cameras as he was trying to get to his car. And so far he's only been requested as a witness, not a suspect like his son and the other three men -- Betty.

NGUYEN: Chris, let's talk about the search for Natalee Holloway. Are investigators hoping still at this point, three weeks into the search, to still find her alive?

LAWRENCE: Yes, they refuse to say that they believe Natalee Holloway is not still alive. They are still obviously looking into the possibility that she is not, but they have not ruled out the possibility that she is still alive and she is still out there. And that investigation has taken it from the Van Der Sloot's home with a search, to nearby beaches and landmarks here on the island.

NGUYEN: CNN's Chris Lawrence in Palm Beach, Aruba. Thank you, Chris.

Now to the rugged mountains of Utah. An intense search is underway for an 11-year-old Boy Scout. Brennan Hawkins, seen here, was last seen Friday night. Thousands of volunteers have scoured the wooded region looking for him. Now, this is an area not far from where another young boy vanished last summer.

CNN's Keith Oppenheim has more on the search.

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KEITH OPPENHEIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eleven-year-old Brennan Hawkins was last seen Friday near his family's campsite at the Bear River Boy Scout reservation, high in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Hawkins was climbing this rock wall with a friend, who returned to camp for dinner around 5 p.m. in the evening. Hawkins stayed behind.

An hour later, a massive search was underway. His father tried to retrace his son's steps.

TOBY HAWKINS, FATHER OF MISSING BOY: Knowing his behavior, he probably got disoriented, frustrated, scared.

OPPENHEIM: Temperatures can reach extremes in the area, but over the weekend they were mild.

SHERIFF DAVE EDMUNDS, SUMMIT COUNTY, UTAH: He was wearing a pair of shorts and he was wearing a long-sleeved sweat shirt. So he didn't have a lot of provisional items with him and certainly wasn't dressed that warmly. But nevertheless, since it hasn't been that cold, that may not be a major issue.

OPPENHEIM: Officials say the greatest safety risk is the river. It runs over a man's head in places, with strong currents.

EDMUNDS: We're going to be back with our swift water team, searching in the Bear River. We're going to search that very meticulously today. We also have horses, horse units, mounted units, four-wheelers, and ground-pounders, as well. Once again, we're going to hit it with everything we have.

OPPENHEIM: Another concern: wild animals. A search helicopter used thermal sensors to scan the Woods overnight, but no luck.

HAWKINS: My greatest plea at this time and the way that we can find my boy is for anybody and everybody to come out and help.

OPPENHEIM: Kevin Bardsley knows what Hawkins' father is going through first-hand. Last August, Bardsley's 12-year-old son went missing from a Boy Scout camp site in much steeper terrain, about 15 miles from the Hawkins' camp. His son was never found. Brennan's disappearance, a painful reminder.

KEVIN BARDSLEY, FATHER OF GARRETT BARDSLEY: Every day.

OPPENHEIM: In addition to the search operation, county officials are also conducting a criminal investigation as a matter of standard procedure, but they say there is no evidence of foul play.

Keith Oppenheim, CNN, Los Angeles.

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NGUYEN: In the "CNN "Security Watch," an excellent idea from Porter Goss. The head of the CIA tells "TIME" magazine that he has an excellent idea where Osama bin Laden is hiding out, but catching him isn't that simple. Goss says sovereign nations are providing bin Laden with sanctuaries that U.S. forces can't breech.

The world's most wanted terrorist has been long believed to be on the Afghan/Pakistani border, a region U.S. officials described to CNN as very difficult territory and still quite sizeable, despite recent raids by Pakistani forces.

And for his part, Goss says al Qaeda certainly could hit the U.S. again. Quoting from "TIME" now, "We are trying to stay ahead of their capability. And so far, I think we have done pretty well carrying the war to them, as it were. I think that's mattered."

We are committed to bringing you the most reliable news about your security, so you want to stay tuned to CNN both day and night.

A series of insurgent attacks across Iraq today has left more than a dozen people dead and more than 100 wounded. CNN's Jennifer Eccleston wraps up the day's developments from Baghdad.

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JENNIFER ECCLESTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After a weekend marked by violence, the attacks continued this day.

A suicide car bomb exploded outside of a checkpoint on the road to Baghdad's airport, killing one person and wounding several others.

And earlier this morning, five police and security forces were killed when a car bomb exploded near their Baghdad police station. It appeared that it was in a coordinated attack. The insurgents fired on police. When security forces were called in for backup, a bomb detonated. Some 15 security forces were also wounded.

Also, in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, a suicide bomber killed 12 people in an attack on a group of traffic police officers who were gathered for their morning roll call. The attacker was dressed as a policeman. More than 100 of them were wounded.

This, of course, follows yesterday's deadly attack on a Baghdad restaurant popular with police. A suicide bomber blew himself up during the busy lunchtime period, killing, what -- 23 people, rather, and wounding seven others. This happened just 300 yards from the Green Zone, the home to the U.S. military and the transitional Iraqi government.

And finally today, the Iraqi government announced an offer of a $10 million reward for the capture of the close Saddam Hussein aide, General Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri. He's the former deputy commander of the Iraqi armed forces, the man many people believe is directly involved in orchestrated -- orchestrating much of the homegrown violence, the homegrown insurgency here in Iraq.

Jennifer Eccleston, CNN, Baghdad.

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NGUYEN: Lead and define. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells Egypt its role in the Middle East is pivotal in bringing democracy to the region.

In what's being called a major foreign policy address at Cairo's American University, Rice also called on Syria to, quote, "join the progress that is going on all around it." Rice also meeting today with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to talk about the Israeli pullout from Gaza and how to encourage stability within Iraq.

Close it down or clean it up? Former U.S. President Bill Clinton weighs in on the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. In an interview with the "Financial Times," Clinton adds his voice to a growing chorus of Gitmo criticism and says, apart from moral issues, there are practical reasons the U.S. should avoid any prisoner abuse. In addition to putting U.S. soldiers at risk, if they fall into enemy hands, Clinton says abusing detainees may inspire them to say whatever the captors want to hear, whether it's accurate information or not.

Another day, another story of identity theft. You've heard it before, but this time the security breech happened at a Tucson, Arizona, office of CardSystems Solutions, which is a third-party processor of credit card transactions.

The hacker attack, which could have happened back in April, has put more than 40 million card accounts at risk: about 14 million MasterCard branded cards and about 22 million Visa branded cards.

Now, the FBI is investigating. Meanwhile, a company spokesman says CardSystems was improperly storing the data, that their data was out of compliance with association rules.

So if you're concerned about your credit security -- and these days, who isn't? -- log onto CNNMoney.com/Security. You'll find "Mission Security: How to Keep Safe in a Dangerous Digital World."

And the fight against identity theft also goes into prime time tonight. Find out where you're most vulnerable and ways that you can protect yourself. "AT RISK: YOUR PRIVACY," a special edition of "NEWSNIGHT WITH AARON BROWN." That's on CNN tonight, 10 Eastern.

We have a check of the markets. That is still ahead.

Plus, the crime happened 40 years ago. Now the trial of the man accused of killing three civil rights workers is wrapping up. We're live in Mississippi, next.

Plus, say it, don't spray it. Tom Cruise all wet in London after he falls prey to an embarrassing prank.

And later, he almost hung up the golf clubs and went back to working as a telephone engineer, but today U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell's phone is ringing off the hook. He answered our call and joins us for a LIVE FROM interview just a little bit later.

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NGUYEN: Philadelphia, Mississippi, in the spotlight today. The jury is hearing closing arguments right now -- this is a live look -- in the trial of an alleged former Ku Klux Klansman accused of killing three civil rights worker. Now, if convicted, Edgar Ray Killen could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Our Ed Lavandera is covering the trial. He joins us live now with the latest -- Ed.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, Betty, it was interesting. In the first four and a half days of testimony here in Philadelphia, Mississippi, very few people from the area showed up here to listen to testimony. This morning as the case draws to an end, there was a long line of people waiting to get inside the courtroom.

Let's show you inside, the defense attorney, Edgar Ray Killen's attorney, making closing arguments, telling this jury that, over the last four and a half days, he doesn't think they've heard enough testimony to convict the former Klansman.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the man that needs to be held responsible, and there he sits wanting your sympathy. Don't want sympathy to get involved. He doesn't want you to know that he left these young boys in a grave, no funeral, no casket, dumped in there like a dog.

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LAVANDERA: And now prosecutors at some point during -- some point in their closing arguments saying to this jury, calling Edgar Ray Killen a coward no less than five times. The state attorney general here, Jim Hood, describing the -- and reminding the jury that Edgar Ray Killen, he believes, is the mastermind, was the godfather, if you will, of the man who masterminded the plan to have the three civil rights workers murdered here on June 21st, 1964.

Now, there has been some discrepancy in the evidence, and prosecutors acknowledge that they do not believe they have proven that Edger Ray Killen was actually at the murder site when the three civil rights workers were killed.

But they say they do have enough evidence and they have shown enough evidence to prove that he was behind organizing the Klan of about 18 people who tracked down the civil rights workers and murdered them. And that is enough to convict Killen, they say, of murder, that that was -- organizing this plan was just as -- just as good as pulling the trigger himself.

Defense attorneys continue to say that there is -- hasn't been enough evidence. And it's been very difficult from one standpoint in this case, that much of the testimony that was heard in this case came from old transcripts, the 1967 federal trials. Much of the testimony in this case was actually just read back to jury. So not a lot of -- many of the people who were involved in this case had died off over the years.

But in a short while, the jury will have this case and begin their deliberations -- Betty.

NGUYEN: And Ed Lavandera in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where closing arguments are underway as we speak. Thank you, Ed.

Cablevision's founders have some big plans for the company. Kathleen Hays joins us live from the New York Stock Exchange for that story.

Hi, Kathleen.

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NGUYEN: All right. Thank you, Kathleen.

Well, he proposed to Katie Holmes. He did a little dance on "Oprah." Tom Cruise isn't exactly shying away from the spotlight, but he certainly wasn't looking for it this way. Up next, why a phony reporter had the star fuming at a London premiere.

And yesterday this guy, he beat the odds and Tiger Woods. There he is, live today, U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell tees it up with LIVE FROM right this break.

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NGUYEN: Well, it is no secret that celebrities are used to being showered with attention, but not literally. It happened to Tom Cruise at the London premiere of "War of the Worlds" when a British comedy show pulled a low level prank.

This is how it happened. As he cruised down the red carpet, the actor paused to talk to a fake reporter, who stuck a fake microphone in front of his face and then squirted him right in the kisser. Katie Holmes, his new fiancee, was not amused, no not at all, and he made sure the offender knew about it.

Well, a New Zealander is on top of the world today. Michael Campbell pulled off an improbable victory yesterday, winning the U.S. Open. He blitzed from behind to take the title by two shots. And amazing, just a few years ago, Campbell actually considered giving up the game.

And the U.S. Open champ is joining me now, live from New York. We want to welcome you to LIVE FROM. Thanks for being with us today.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL, U.S. OPEN CHAMPION: Thank you very much.

NGUYEN: I see you holding that trophy there. How does it feel? This is your first major and to actually have that in your hands and to own it, how does it feel?

CAMPBELL: I really don't know, yet. I'm still a bit numb, I think. I think basically it's been a dream come true for me, obviously, and it's been a wonderful journey so far.

NGUYEN: I would say so.

CAMPBELL: It's been busy but fun.

NGUYEN: You are the first New Zealander to win a major since Bob Charles back in 1963. And what a day to win, on Father's Day. You said, "Happy Father's Day" to your dad shortly after you won, but I know that you had a conversation with him on the phone. How did that go?

CAMPBELL: Once again, very emotional. I was shedding a few tears with my father. It was a wonderful, wonderful thing to actually do that for him, because he was a huge influence in my game and my life. And thanks to him I've got this trophy.

NGUYEN: Yes, what a special moment. And I don't know if you know this, but your father did tell some reporters that he was a little upset. You are a 150-1 shot when it comes to gambling on this tournament, and he was a little upset that he didn't put any money on you.

CAMPBELL: I know. It's one of those things. We're not really a family bidding person, really, my dad, so he just wanted to, you know, just watch me play and win. And he did it today. It's sweet.

NGUYEN: And your wife, she wasn't there. She stayed in London. Any chance she's ever going to do that, again? I kind of doubt it.

CAMPBELL: No. I mean, it's been -- I've had great celebrations last night with my caddy, Michael Waite, and a few other people there. But I'm looking forward to flying home tonight back to England to see my family, Julie and my two boys, Thomas and Jordan. So I'm looking forward to that.

NGUYEN: I'm sure they can't wait to see you. You've been called New Zealand's Tiger Woods, but you know what? It hasn't been all that easy for you. Is it true that you thought about giving up the game?

CAMPBELL: Yes. It came to a point back in '98, I think it was, where I decided to give the game away. I lost my pal in the European tour (ph) and the Australian Open tour. And I had no place to play.

And just through invites, I managed to regain my status on the European tour in '99. And then my first child was born, and that really put things in perspective.

NGUYEN: I'd imagine, yes. CAMPBELL: Having been a father really changed my whole mindset and attitude.

NGUYEN: Changed your game, too. Well, you came into this tournament ranked 80th in the world. Your family has always believed in you. We want you to take a listen to a little song that they put together for you. I think you're going to be familiar with it. Let's roll that.

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NGUYEN: What is it saying? Tell us about this song. Who came up with it?

CAMPBELL: It means that -- "be strong, my grandson." It was written by my grandmother about 10 years ago, and they put it together, and it's basically just, "We're with you in mind and body and spirit, but be strong my grandson."

NGUYEN: Be strong. And you were strong yesterday. But I've got to ask you. We want to put up the pictures, too, because what was with the pants yesterday?

CAMPBELL: Do you like them? They're pretty cool.

NGUYEN: No, they were cool, just you don't see that often on the greens.

CAMPBELL: Well, in actually fact, I think I got them from the importer section in the shop. You know, it's real -- very, very different. Very lightweight to wear in hot weather, so I decided to wear them.

NGUYEN: And you've got this clothing line, which I'm sure is just the hottest item to get your hands a hold of these days. Tell me about it. You're wearing this, too. It's a very distinctive look.

CAMPBELL: Yes. It's very different. It's basically "kia kaha" means be strong. It's on the back of my shirt there. And Cambo is my -- actually, my nickname. So it's CamboClothing.com, everybody.

NGUYEN: A little plug there.

CAMPBELL: Yes.

NGUYEN: I don't think you'll need to plug it too much, because I hear the phones are ringing off the hook for people to get a hold of those shirts.

CAMPBELL: Thank you.

NGUYEN: We thank you for your time today.

CAMPBELL: My pleasure.

NGUYEN: Congratulations. CAMPBELL: Thank you very much.

NGUYEN: Go home and say hi to the wife and kids. I know they can't wait to see you. Thank you.

CAMPBELL: I'll be home soon.

NGUYEN: And that wraps up this Monday edition of LIVE FROM. Now here's Tom Foreman with a preview of what's ahead on "INSIDE POLITICS."

Hi, there, Tom.

TOM FOREMAN, HOST, "INSIDE POLITICS": Hi. How are you doing, Betty?

NGUYEN: Very well.

FOREMAN: We'll be speaking with Senator Jay Rockefeller, who is vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about comments made by CIA Director Porter Goss regarding the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The question is this: is the U.S. getting closer to capturing him, or farther away?

"INSIDE POLITICS" begins in just a moment.

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