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Of about 60 miles south of kandahar. it is the same area where taliban forces unleashed multiple attacks earlier this month in the spring offensive. two internet giants poised to go head-to-head in court. papal is suing google for stealing employees and secrets. lawsuit came on the same day google unveiled google watt end. new payment system. papals lawsuit alleges google stole the technology for it by hiring away two pay pal employees. google isnt commenting. you can add texas governor rick p...

bodies of those killed in a devastating tornado almost one week ago. just ahead, one of the coroners involved in the daunting and grisly task. and clash of conservative men for the race for the white house. will it be sarah palin or michele bachmann? im candy crowley and youre in "the situation room." first to the u.s. investigation into osama bin laden and dramatic new clues revealing that he may have been trying to reach out to pakistan for protection in the years before he was kille...

and all eyes now on the phrase "one nation" in the gop race to the white house. just ahead, new signs those words could be sarah palin is running for president. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." but first, a heartbreaking development in joplin, missouri. all week weve been bringing you wrenching stories of those missing in the tornados wake, while at the same time holding out hope they might still be found alive. one of them, 16-year-old lance who was in his car when th...

When taliban spring offensive is going on. the taliban is saying they dont want to be part of the government, part of any reconciliation effort. all of this again happening against a backdrop yesterday, a memo released by general david petraeus, commander of coalition forces here, warning nato forces that the taliban and insurgents here would probably be stepping up their attacks in the coming months to try to show how aggressive they can be. a lot of turmoil here. people questioning if afghan s...

>> by definition, it means that the parties themselves, israelis and palestinians, will negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on june 4th, 1967. thats what mutually agreed upon swaps means. it is a well known formula to all who have worked on this issue for a generation. it allows the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years. >> cnns senior u.s. state department producer elyse labben is in washington right now. ...

obamas starting point proposal for peace between israelis and palestinians. >> while israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines. because these lines are indefensible. >> appalling and indefensible. but are they insolvable equations? today, the congressional impasse over taming a ferocious u.s. debt with the senates number two democrat, dick durbin. mid aeft promise in peril with leaders of the intelligence committee. chairman mike...

Result of those attacks. as i said, theyre in the spring offensive trying to show how resurgent they are right now. just a few weeks ago in the southern city of kandahar they had a two-day attack. many people killed and injured. taliban saying they are strong and not going away and dont want to be a part of peace or reconciliation effort with this government. >> mohammad jamjoom for us in kabul. we appreciate you as always. lets turn for what were hearing from army general david petraeus issuing...

The taliban is saying that 51 people were killed as a result of this attack. a lot of rapidly moving developments this morning and a lot to find out in the next few years. officials do believe that casualty figures will increase during the day. >> what is this place and would there have been a reason for americans to have been there? >> reporter: t.j., as far as we know no reason for americans to be there just afghan security forces. this would be a place where injuries sustained during wartime ...

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Road, building a road, being used or to be used by u.s. and nato forces and the taliban said that was the reason they attacked. >> so whats happening here? is this more evidence that the taliban spring offensive is under way? >> reporter: absolutely. thats safe to say that. remember, the taliban recently declared they started spring military operations. we saw that action in kandahar the other day that we were talking about. >> i want to talk about this "the washington post" story. really good r...