Ms. LATIFAH: I remember being able to do people's accents pretty good, and there was a commercial with Rula Lenska.

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Reporters donned their flak jackets as a precaution and were told by Marines to turn off the lights on their video cameras, CNN correspondent Rula Amin said.

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And his impersonation of a cat at the weekend - when he purred contentedly out of actress Rula Lenska's hands - was greeted with derision from his opponents.

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