NEW YORK \u2013 Federal investigators have questioned two men whose photographs were shown to a Muslim religious leader along with a picture of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City.

Adis Medunjanin, a 24-year-old Bosnian immigrant, met voluntarily with investigators for 14 hours, said Robert Gottlieb, a New York lawyer representing him. Zarein Ahmedzay, a 24-year- old New York City cab driver, also was interviewed by the FBI, said his brother, Nazir Ahmedzay.

Both men's photos were among four shown to Ahmad Wais Afzali, an imam at a Queens mosque accused of tipping off Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO'- lah ZAH'-zee) that New York Police Department detectives were searching for him. Ron Kuby, a New York lawyer representing the imam, confirmed that detectives showed Afzali photos of Medunjanin and Ahmedzay along with Zazi's.

Naiz Kahn, a high school friend of Zazi's who allowed him to stay in his Queens apartment last

month when prosecutors say Zazi was preparing his attack, said he also has been questioned by the FBI. But his photo was not among those shown to the imam, said Kuby. The imam did not know the identity of the man in the fourth photograph, Kuby said.

Neither man is tied to the terror plot prosecutors claim Zazi was pursuing, said Gottlieb and Ahmedzay's brother.

Afzali, a reliable police source in the past, has pleaded not guilty to lying to federal agents who asked him about his phone calls to Zazi after detectives showed him the photographs. Kuby said Afzali was only doing what police asked him to do.

Zazi, 24, who left New York earlier this year to take a job driving an airport shuttle in Denver, is the only person charged in an international terror investigation described by Attorney General Eric Holder as one of the most significant plots uncovered in this country since 9/11. Zazi, who's being held without bond, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.

others they have not identified received explosives training at an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan. U.S. intelligence and senior administration officials have said they became aware of Zazi's connection to a possible plot in late August. They said he was recruited and trained by al-Qaida, and he had contact with a senior al-Qaida operative.

Investigators are still hunting for additional players and expect to make more arrests. Officials say Zazi's suspected accomplices are under surveillance and are no longer a threat because the plot was thoroughly disrupted.

Gottlieb said Medunjanin has met with investigators, who have not been in contact with him since the interview weeks ago. After that meeting, Gottlieb said Medunjanin hired him.

Medunjanin agreed to meet with investigators after they raided his apartment last month, Gottlieb said. "He had nothing to hide," Gottlieb said.

FBI agents seized computers and cell phones from the apartment, but returned them later, he said.

"There's no indication of any evidence that he was involved in a crime," he said. "There would be

Investigators had an interest in Medunjanin before the raid, Gottlieb said. He wouldn't elaborate. "The reasons are not any evidence of wrongdoing or crimes," he said.

Gottlieb did not confirm that his client's photo was among those shown to the imam.

Medunjanin grew up in the same area of Flushing, Queens, as Zazi, Gottlieb said, declining to elaborate.

He came to the U.S. in 1994 with his family, went to high school in Flushing and became a citizen in 2002, Gottlieb said.

Medunjanin lives in a Flushing apartment with his parents and sister. He works for a property management company, and has worshipped in the past at the mosque where Afzali has spoken, Gottlieb said.

"He's going through hell right now," the lawyer said. "His entire family finds this unbearable. They just wait everyday for some word about how this will turn out."

Zarein Ahmedzay, the other man identified by the Queens imam in the photos with Zazi, has

no connection to Zazi's case, other than being interviewed by the FBI, and was not involved in a plot, said Nazir Ahmedzay, his brother. "No, never," Nazir Ahmedzay said during a brief interview outside his apartment.

Zarein Ahmedzay, a U.S. citizen, lives with his brother in a Flushing apartment in the same neighborhood as the one Zazi's family shared before moving to Denver in January.

Nazir Ahmedzay said his younger brother has never been to Colorado. He said Zazi has never been to their apartment.

Zazi's father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, also faces a charge of lying to investigators. A Denver grand jury indicted the 53-year-old Aurora, Colo., resident Thursday for making a false statement.

He is free on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday.

Associated Press writers David Caruso, Adam Goldman and Michael Rubinkam in New York and Eileen Sullivan in Denver contributed to this report.

Have you decided what you're going to do about the swine flu vaccine yet? Have you heard anybody yet talk about it that you trust? Will you take your chances with the swine flu or the vaccine? Will you take the vaccine and give it to your children? How much do you trust your government?

I think that's the main question. Do you trust your government in a couple of things: A, that this crisis is even real, and B, that they have competently worked with the best medicine to develop, distribute and administer a potentially lifesaving vaccine? Do you believe that?

Are you even troubled by the fact that we have to ask these questions of ourselves? I am, quite honestly. I can't believe that we live in a world that we do now, where there is such a lack of trust.

Unfortunately, there is that credibility issue in Washington, with science \u2014 with the science that comes from the world organizations like the WHO, or really it's the U.N. that bothers me so much. We have been lied to before. We have been lied to by the media. We have been lied to by both sides of the aisle, and politicians \u2014 with politician and doctors are wrong. I'm not alone in asking these questions.

There is a recent poll out by Consumer Reports that found that two-thirds of parents planned to delay or skip giving their children the H1N1 shots altogether. I thought about how to do this show, and I thought about it long and hard. I have made my

decision about the swine flu vaccine, but because of the enormity of the ramifications here, we are facing a potential pandemic. I believe in pandemics and I believe we're due for one. Trying to decide what is best to protect my family is what I have done, but that's now in your hands, finding out how you're going to protect your family. Therefore, I'll keep my decision private.

I'm trying to give you the facts with no opinion. So, what I want to do is arm you with as much information as possible, so you can make the best choice for your family. We have worked hard to compile the best information from the best doctors and experts available. I've personally spoken to a couple of the best doctors in the world and some of the experts on both sides in order to help you make an informed decision. So, let's start with some facts that we already know.

Flu pandemics have struck before, and with deadly results. The biggest one was 1918 to 1919. It was the Spanish flu pandemic. It swept the planet, killing at least 40 million people worldwide. This was the nasty one here in America. More than 500,000 people died in the United States. Forty years later, there was another one \u2014 in 1957-1958, Asian flu hit the world, causing about 70,000 deaths in the United States. We also had the Hong Kong flu from 1968 to 1969 that caused about 34,000 deaths in the United States. Earlier this year, there were hundreds of reported deaths from H1N1, but it paled in comparison to the death rate of even the annual garden variety flu, about 36,000 people each year

Right now, according to the experts I have talked to, H1N1 may actually be less virulent than its predecessor earlier this year, although it still has proven at times to be capable of taking life. The fear, of course, is that a more deadly strain of H1N1 will circulate. That's what happened in 1918-1919. First, I think it started in about 1916 and it was fine; 1917, fine; and then 1918, it swept through and killed a lot of people. The World Health Organization recently warned that H1N1 could kill millions and cause anarchy in third world countries unless $1.5 billion is raised to help poor countries pay for the vaccine.

OK. We also know that here in New York, it has been mandated that 500,000 health care workers must be vaccinated. Well, as you can imagine, that's not going well with some workers here in America. These people were protesting, I think it was last week. Americans generally bristle at the mere thought of being forced to have something injected into their bodies, whether that's some bureaucrat saying that it's good for us or a doctor or not, it doesn't matter. Some of these people may have actually believed it was for the best. But once freedom of choice is removed from the equation, to many, the rest of the argument is moot.

However, one physician with whom we spoke, Dr. Marc Siegel put it this way, "The decision whether to make the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu mandatory for health care workers is not a moral or ethical problem. It is simply a question of health mathematics. In

By the way, Dr. Siegel will be appearing later on this program, but I was bothered by the "simple math" part of that. I mean, I'm not a number. These people were not numbers. Those who are being forced to take the injection, it's not numbers. If they don't take their injections, they lose their jobs. It may or may not be a moral or ethical problem, but it certainly raises questions of freedom and liberty. Were their rights trampled?

I don't think I can go that far, because you do have the option of not receiving the vaccine. You just have to go and find other employment. Again, as Americans, something, though, seems inherently wrong in that scenario, and the off repeated refrain from Ben Franklin jumps to mind, "Those who are willing to sacrifice their freedom for safety deserve neither and will lose both." We can debate Ben Franklin some other day.

I want to focus on helping you make the best decision for this vaccine for your family. So, let's start here: Why should you get the vaccine?

Well, according to the Centers for Disease Control, swine flu, "can be life threatening in some people with underlying health conditions. The H1N1 vaccine can help prevent infection and also help people prevent the serious complications that can lead to death in some people." Certain age groups should be particularly concerned. Make sure they receive the vaccine. "These groups include pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than six months

of age, health care and emergency medical service personnel, and persons between the ages of six months and 24 years old, also people ages 25-64 years of age who are at a higher risk for 2009 H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems."

Another compelling reason to receive the vaccine is that this particular strain, if it gets nasty, you and your family are going to be completely unprotected and at its mercy without the vaccine, and you might be wishing you took it. There were no vaccines for the Spanish flu in 1918. How many lives could have been saved? Even the last time around for swine flu in America in 1876, we were nowhere near where we are today in terms of medical advancement. When this shot does become available nationwide, it will be a two-stage process for children under nine. Doctors tell me that makes all the difference in the world.

But there are those on the other side of the issue with some compelling arguments as well. Among the most compelling, there is a concern that the vaccine was rushed to market in just a few months. Was it developed carefully enough? Who developed it? What was the process? Is it reasonable that we went from zero to 60 this quickly with this vaccine? The vaccine also contains thimerosal. Some experts believe it can cause severe damage in some people. They argue that the vast majority of people who take this vaccine would tolerate it just fine, but there would be some that would

Obama was woken very early by staff bringing news of the award

US President Barack Obama has said he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, less than 10 months into his presidency.

Speaking at the White House hours after the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee named him as a surprise winner, he said the award should be a "call to action".

The world faced challenges that "cannot be met by one person or by one nation alone," Mr Obama said.

The committee said he won for efforts to boost diplomacy and co- operation.

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said in a statement.

"His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."

Standing in the Rose Garden to make his first public statement since being woken early by aides bringing news of the award, Mr Obama stressed that his win was just the beginning of his work.

He said he did not feel he deserved to be in the company of some of the "transformative figures" who had previously received the award.

Some of his aims, particularly the goal of universal nuclear disarmament, would be difficult to achieve even within his lifetime, let alone his presidency, Mr Obama said.

And he sought to deflect some of the global surprise at his win, describing the award as "affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations".

"I know that throughout history the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honour specific achievements," he said.

"It's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st Century."

nominations for this year's peace prize. Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Chinese dissident Hu Jia had been among the favourites.

Instead the committee chose Mr Obama, who was inaugurated less than two weeks before the 1 February nomination deadline.

His win surprised most observers, eliciting gasps from those assembled in the room when his name was read out.

And while there was support for the decision, notably from world leaders, many others expressed their scepticism.

In the US the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, asked a simple question: "What has President Obama actually accomplished?"

Attributing Mr Obama's win to his "star power", Mr Steele said it was "unfortunate" he "outshined

tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights".

A large majority of remarks from BBC viewers, listeners and website users also expressed surprise.

Senior Democratic figures rebuffed Mr Steele's remarks, with former Vice-President Al Gore, a joint recipient of the award in 2007, calling Mr Obama's win "extremely well deserved".

"I think that much of what he has accomplished already is going to be far more appreciated in the eyes of history," Mr Gore said.

But spokesmen from anti-US Islamist groups such as the Taliban and Hamas focussed on the present, saying they had seen no evidence yet of improvements in security for people in their regions and as such opposed the

Since taking office in January, President Obama has pursued an ambitious international agenda including a push for peace in the Middle East and negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme.

Asked why the prize had been awarded to Mr Obama less than a year after he took office, Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said: "It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve".

He specifically mentioned Mr Obama's work to strengthen international institutions and work towards a world free of nuclear arms. The statement from the Nobel Committee said Mr Obama had "created a new climate in international politics".

However, critics say he has failed to make breakthroughs. Domestically, Mr Obama has been working to tackle an economic crisis and win support for healthcare reform.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, a former winner, said the prize was a way of encouraging the US leader early in his presidency.

Mr Obama is the first US president to win the prize since former US President Jimmy Carter in 2002. Theodore Roosevelt won the prize in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson won it in 1919.

The prize was invented by the Swedish industrialist and inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel, and was first awarded in 1901.

As Sweden was at the time united with Norway, Nobel designated the parliament in