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They think these are the same people. police in el salvador issued an international arrest warrant in the name of jorge torres. on charges of trafficking young women to be prostitutes in central america from the dominican republic. karl penhaul talked to the legal advisers secretary. she said she had no comment. he told "the new york times" earlier this week he had no passport and had never been to el salvador. he says its mistaken identity. well continue to fall it. it has not helped the case o...

Germany coming in second with the silver. and you see there. france taking the bronze. all of this after last nights spectacular opening ceremony. this was so beautiful. although one of the legs of the called ron came off. but athletes from 82 nations taking part in the festivities and there was a glitch. the hockey legend wing and three others kept waiting, when it failed to rise from the floor, in the end the torch was lit, the crowd didnt seem to care. giving team canada a standing ovation. w...

Olympic officials say the luge track is safe. although the speeds are faster than they expected, 21-year-old nodar kumaritashvili of the republic of georgia died on the track during a training run. the track is now open. we could be looking at a higher death toll from the h1n1 virus. new estimates by the centers for disease control and prevention put that number close to 17,000. thats just in the united states. so far only about 3,000 confirmed deaths are linked to h1n1. relief supplies contin...

Welcome back to "msnbc saturda saturday". its time for olympic headlines. the competition will continue through february 28th, but the big news this morning, nbc has confirmed the mens downhill competition has been canceled because of a slushy course. flags flew at half-staff at the opening ceremony after an athlete was killed. the mens luge will be held later today. and lindsey vonn is getting more time to let her bruised right shin heal. the training run was canceled yesterday where she had he...

Nationalities. they are the first reported coalition casualties of the offensive, which is the biggest joint operation since the war began. thousands of nato and afghan forces have been storming the talibans stronghold of marja, trying to break the militants hold on that area. changes are coming to the olympic track where a luger from the nation of georgia died during a training run. olympic officials are now planning to raise the wall along the track where that crash happened. he died yesterd...

Thursday a judge said he saw no criminal intent and recommended the americans be released while the investigation continues. but the prosecutor says he will respond to the judge next week. public offices were closed today for a national day of mourning, marking one month since the devastating earthquake. the olympic winter games begin tonight in canada. about 55,000 spectators are expected for the first ever indoor opening ceremony in vancouver. vice president joe biden is leading the official u...

Hello, everybody. im uma pemmaraju. a maraor offensive underway in afghanistan. u.s. marines and a afhan troops launch launched an assaun the last stronghold in the violent helmand province. the ajs. military is announcing the start of operation tonight. a 28-year-old olympic competitor from country of georgia is dead after losing control and crashing a sled in training run, hours before the winter olympics opening ceremonies begin in vancouver. and former president bill clinton makes his first ...

Torch relay happening. whats happening with skier lindsey vonn? thats the other big question out there. the medal hopeful was supposed to hit the slopes for a test run earlier today, despite that bruised shin. now, were hearing of another postponement in her test run. nbcs jeff rossen is live in vancouver. jeff, you cant make this kind of stuff up. this is dramatic. one of the best skiers if not the best female skier, and the weather keeps delaying her ability to test out this injury. its crazy....

Any medal event. this tragedy, of course, not the first of its kind. in 1964, an australian downhill skier died during a training run after crashing into a tree. a british luger perished during training two weeks before the olympics in 1988 at calgary. an austrian team doctor was killed by snow grooming machines. and then in 1992, at albertville, a swiss skier died when he crashed during a warm-up for the demonstration sport of speed skiing. meantime, the olympic torch arrived in vancouver just ...

Psychologically as well as physically how is she going to do? she is somebody who has powered through pain before. shes had injuries on the ski slopes since she was a little kid but never, of course, have the stakes been this high. she is the it girl of this olympics. every move being followed and she even goes around with a group that is known as her vonn-tourage. well see how she does on the training run today. one of the things theyre talking about is a game of even an inch. if i can show you...