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cnn news 2012-05-25

CARL AZUZ, HOST: I`m Carl Azuz and you`re watching cnn STUDENT NEWS.

Today, we`ll take you to Joplin, Missouri to check on recovery efforts there one year after a massive tornado struck.

But we are starting today in Chicago with the NATO meeting about the war in Afghanistan.

World leaders got together on Sunday and Monday to talk about plans to end that war. The international security force led by U.S. troops is scheduled to end combat operations and be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

President Obama says that plan is on track.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Two years ago in Lisbon, our nations agreed on a framework for transition in Afghanistan that would allow us to responsibly wind down the war. We agreed that this transition to Afghan lead for security would begin in 2011 and that it would conclude in 2014.

At this time, we said that we would seek a long-term partnership with Afghanistan and the Afghan people.

Over the past two years, we`ve made important progress. Our forces broke the Taliban`s momentum. More Afghans are reclaiming their communities. Afghan security forces have grown stronger. And the transition that we agreed to in Lisbon is well underway.

AZUZ: Meanwhile, protesters outside the NATO meeting fought with police officers on Sunday. A law enforcement official said at least 45 people were arrested and four officers were injured.

Turning now to the race for the White House, it`s primary day in two states today. Voters are heading to the polls in Arkansas and Kentucky. Primary season is winding down, though.

And after Tuesday`s Republican contests, there are seven more to go.

The Texas primary is next Tuesday, then five states the week after that and Utah closes things out in late June.

RACHEL BERRYHILL, JOPLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: It was definitely stressful and it -- it`s so much harder than like -- like how my life was. Like it`s changed a lot and it`s still different. But I know it`s going to be better.

AZUZ: EF-5, it`s the most powerful and most destructive category of tornado. And that is what hit the city of Joplin, Missouri exactly one year ago today. More than 150 people were killed. There were homes, businesses, the local high school just destroyed.

This is a quick look back at the natural disaster and it`s immediate aftermath.

VIVIEN MORENO, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: A lot of us are in shock because we`ve always been like, oh, Joplin is always the place where the tornado misses or we`ve always been like, oh, nothing ever happens in Joplin.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s total devastation, with the hospital down, the high school down.

AZUZ: So that was a year ago. And today, Joplin is rebuilding. Officials estimate that nearly 130,000 workers have spent hundreds of thousands of hours helping with the recovery process. Juniors and seniors at Joplin High spent this year going to classes in part of a shopping mall. The school`s graduation ceremony was yesterday. The speaker was President Obama.

And one of this year`s graduates, Lydia McAllister, talked about her city`s efforts to move forward.