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xilai. and they survived war and dictator ship but can they survive a changing county. ♪ a top story in european leaders said distress of u.s. over spying could hurt them and u.s. monitor the phone conversations of 35 world leaders and it overshadowed the eu summit in brussels which was supposed to focus on the refugee crisis and we will have more but tim right now has the latest from brussels. >> reporter: a day of talk over u.s. spying allegations increasing rather than diminishing. europe wants talks with washington to resolve the issue before the end of the year. a lot is at stake here.

the united states and the european union are currently negotiating a big free trade agreement. but the president of the european parliament and germany's opposition party who suggested that those talks should now be suspended. when merkel arrived at the eu summit she hinted at long-term damage to u.s. relations and not just germany but across europe. >> translator: with regards to the nsa i have made it clear to the american president that spying between friends is unacceptable and said it in june when he was in berlin and july and also yesterday. it's not about me, it's about the privacy of all german people between allies there must be trust and this trust must be rebuilt. >> reporter: the german chancellor had talks with french president whose country is another nsa target. u.s. ambassadors in berlin and

paris have been summoned and by the end of the day the two leaders had coordinated an action plan. merkel says she wants a pact that would put limits on spying between the u.s. and its european allies. >> translator: france and germany submitted a proposal to the member states and we will see to it we come to the ending of the corporation of services between the united states, france and germany. so we have a framework of how our intelligence can work together and other member states will join in at a later stage. >> reporter: the gravity of the situation is not lost on washington. >> we will not comment publically on every specified activity and as a matter of policy it's clear that the united states gathers foreign intelligence of the type gathered by all nations. >> reporter: western governments always knew the u.s. was watching its citizens but the extent of the operation revealed by whistleblower edward

snowden shocked and angered poll significantss and washington knows it will move swiftly to regain trust here and al jazeera and brussels. >> the refugee crisis was also on the agenda in brussels. thousands of people continue to arrive on the italy island despite the deaths of hundreds of people earlier this month and the town's mayor spoke at the eu summit and called for an overhaul of the system and barnabie is live from the island of lampadusa and can you tell us the latest on the island? >> the latest that happened here was about 2:00 in the morning when according to the coast guards they had 201 migrants and mostly syrians including 50 odd children who they rescued at sea about 40 miles away.

we are hearing from italian sources the overall number of people who may have been rescued last night both closer to lampedula lampadusa could be 7 or indeed 800. in many ways just another day in the mediterranean at a time when so many people are trying to get to europe in particular from syria, aratrayia and somalia and no reports of any fatalities in the rescue operations. >> reporter: migration has not been as promptly featured at the eu summit as had been hoped but this will be a major disappearment by government effected by refugee arrivals. >> yes, it will be a disappointment for italy in particular, for motar and greece, and indeed for spain and for cyprus and hoped there would

be talk of committing money to france which is the eu border force or border agency if you like which is patrolling the mediterranean and greece's border with turkey. they had hoped to move towards some sort of common asylum policy but essentially they have run into political realities. of course across europe there is a desire to save lives and avoid tragedies and a political imper tif that says in the eu we take in more seekers than any other region of the world and this is awkward for us politically at a time of growing strength for anti-immigration parties as we approach european elections and i think also there is an argument that we don't hear so much from the countries in northern europe, countries like germany, sweden, britain, belgium and france and they say we take the majority of asylum

seekers. they arrive by airplane and overstay their visa. this is not as dramatic visually as what we see here in places like lampadusa or greece nor of course does it create the kinds of terrible tragedies we saw in lampadusa at the beginning of the month. behind the scenes this will be the argument from the northern european to the southern says we do our fair share. it's not quite correct to say that you are the ones carrying all the burden, that is the argument at least. >> reporter: and thank you very much for getting us up to date on that and we are speaking from the island of lampadusa. president william ruto must attend his crimes against humanity trial at the criminal court in the hague and appeals chamber reversed an earlier decision in june excusing ruto from attending much of the trial before the hague court. let's speak to our correspondent

peter who joins us from the kenyan capitol nairobi so peter what is next now for the deputy president? >> well, he says he will stay in the hague. this is going to quite some problems and arguments back here. icc has been under enormous political pressure not just from kenya but from the entire african union. the african union betrayed the icc as a near colonial constitution persecuting african leaders and will lend weight to the argument. we can expect to see attention focused on the un security council which is to consider a resolution by the african union asking the security council to put off both trials until both of kenya's president and ruto has left office and that is a controversial move and that is where the focus will be for the diplomatic and political efforts here in africa. >> reporter: how do you see

this affecting kenya's ties with the rest of the african neighbors? >> this is an interesting one. i think there is now enormous pressure on both william ruto and kinyata to somehow withdraw from the icc. they have a difficult line because they want to be seen cooperating with the court. they don't want to be seen to be evading justice and they said they believe in justice and they are not -- they want to clear their names in the court. but at the same time if they do continue with their corporation with the court it will put pressure on other african leaders trying to distance the continent from the icc so it's a difficult moment and they are walking and this decision will put a lot more pressure on that relationship. >> reporter: very interesting to see what happens next too and peter thank you for talking to us and we are in the kenya capitol nairobi. and they appears to have made a

peace offering to the southern neighborhood ner a rare move and it released six south korean citizens who crossed the border illegally and the men age between 27-67 were handed over at a mutual border crossing in the border town of pammoonjon. he was tipped for the top but his spectacular fall from grace has now been sealed. former senior leader bo has lost his appeal against a life sentence for corruption and abuse of power and we report from beijing. >> bo xilai's trial was meant to show how serious the government is about fighting corruption and the first time such a politically sensitive case was heard in the open. ultimately the public still only saw what the government allowed them to see. but unlike usual defendants in chinese courtrooms the former mayor of the 33 million people

refused to go quietly. he was after all tipped to challenge for the presidency before all this. the media savvy did not show atonement in hopes of getting lenient and could embarrass party leaders further. >> translator: things have improved compared to the past, the trial was relatively open and just. and following procedures, sure, and it was predetermined by chinese leaders and it's all just a show. >> reporter: in his first speech after being installed president in november last year, he acknowledged if corruption was not dealt with it could destroy the communist party. as much as public anger has grown over politician success the government has been careful to not expose too many details that could be further detrimental to the party as a whole. since 2008, 32 level officials have been charged with corruption-related crimes.

ten of them brought to task under his administration. but a government report also noted that in the last few months of 2012 alone more than 700 politicians fled the country with over 400 billion u.s. dollars. but many here believe there is more going on than just a moral crusade to cleanup the party's ranks. >> translator: the anticorruption campaign conducted by the chinese party is just a tool used for the political power struggle. it can't eradicate the corruption from the system. >> reporter: until a more reliable structure of checks and balances is put into effect, questions will remain about party leaders true intentions and consolidating power this way could still work against them no matter how carefully they attempt to craft the show. al jazeera beijing. >> reporter: and ching is with

the university of hong kong and said the anti corruption drive can succeed only if it's accompanied by economic reforms. >> well, economic reforms are going to be a severe challenge because in order for economic reforms to be effective, the leaders have to overcome the resistance of vested interest. for example, the restraining of the privileges of the state sector granting more freedom to the private sector utilizing the banking sector and so on. these are all necessary economic reforms but they all touch on the important interests of powerful state-owned enterprise vested interest in general. what we can see is that the leaders would like to settle the trial, would like to avoid political travesties at the

moment and maintain unity to handle the political reforms. >> reporter: still ahead on the news hour, thousands of people protesting and demanding the government step down and we will have the latest live. and joe will be here to tell you why a string of fielding errors cost the boston red sox in game two of mlb's world series and details coming up, in sports. ♪ voters in madagascar are choosing who will be their next president and the first national vote since a military-backed coup in 2009 and that plays them in power and cast ballot a short time ago and will accept the results of the election. >> translator: the outcome will be from the people and should be accepted by all. i call on all candidates they

should accept what happens because that is democracy. >> reporter: and page is at a polling station in the capitol and tonya it sounds like he is calling for everyone to accept whatever the result, was he expecting violence in the aftermath of the polls? >> well, there may have been some already because we just confirmed that last night a man was killed at a polling station although it has not been directly linked to tell shun just yet. it was in a very remote rural area and unconfirmed reports of trouble elsewhere and i think any violence depends if there is widespread vote rigging and nothing to suggest that at the moment and halfway through the voting day and also where the people accept the outcome and have preliminary results within the next ten days. everyone i have spoken to wants to see an end to the crisis that

affected millions of people's lives. >> reporter: they used to earn $30 a week selling baskets but that was before madagascar's political crisis and they struggle to earn half that yet with 11 children between them their need has never been greater and supplement diet with vine leaves because food prices are now so high. a cup of rice costs 15% more than last year. the family has one wish from friday's election. >> translator: we are hoping for a president who can manage the country, someone who will help poor people and trust people like us. >> reporter: madagascar is gripped by political crisis since 2009 when they ceased power and military-backed coup and condemnation and international donors say the ties wiping out 40% of the government's budget. it flashed spending pushing more people into poverty. the world bank says 92% of them

live on less than $2 a day making it one of the poorst countries in the world. across the spectrum from education, access to healthcare, roads and facilities and employment levels, madagascar's development reversed regardless of who the next president is, the people's demands are the same, they want real progress and to see improvement in their lives. it's a condition of the international mediators that neither the current nor former president can run for office. but many of the 33 candidates are aligned to one or the other. >> translator: i don't have a good feeling about this. the election was prepared in difficult conditions in a hurry. the main candidates don't get along and all dictated by outsiders without taking into consideration all the personalities. all that makes me uncomfortable. >> reporter: no matter how big or small a step to democracy will be welcomed here and you

outlined a lot of the challenges madagascar is facing and if the polls are free and fair and results are accepted by all parties does it mean the end to the problems facing the madagascar people? >> well, not necessarily. and certainly not immediately because in those four nearly five years so much damage has been done to the economy and to society. just take for example some of the statistics that has been given, half a million more children not going to school than there were in 2009 and now when they go in the field and give out vaccinations, a service that used to complement the government service they are the only ones doing it so there is a huge amount of ground work for the madagascar government to makeup for really. and it could be months before they know who their president is going to be because if no one gets 50% in this round there will be a second round at the end of december. >> thank you very much for

getting us up to date on the madagascar election and we are speaking from madagascar. thousands of opposition supporters have turned out in the bangladesh capitol demanding the government stand down. the opposition in bangladesh wants the prime minister to hand power to a caretaker administration ahead of next year's election. the bnp says the prime minister would have unfair advantage if they oversaw the polls and the party has been a feud between the bnp and the lead. the latter won a general election in 2008 with enough seats in parliament to change the constitution which it did three years later by scrapping a constitutional provision for a caretaker government to oversee election and bnp says the

government illegitimate after the session ended on october 24. let's speak now to journalist david who is live for us in dacca, could you tell us how is the protest going so far? >> well, the protest has resulted in i think tens of thousands of people conjugating in the court in the park north of here. there have been lots of people marching through dacca and peaceful atmosphere in the city and it could be violent. until yesterday it was not clear whether this rally would take place but they gave permission for the opposition party to hold a rally which previously had been band. >> reporter: david as we said before the politics is between the feud between the two major parties and two major women as well and will they get what they

are demanding and see the government reside? >> that is obviously the key question here. the party has an advantage at the moment in terms of the poll, the polls indicate it's in lead by 10% points. we imagine they would really want to go into election because they have a good chance of winning. what we fear as you said earlier if the government remains in power and when the elections take place, that election will be stolen from them so they are very key in a mutual caretaker government and some kind of administration will be in power during that period of time. and so that is their demand. the government is very key for that not to happen and changed the constitution and many people think they changed the constitution so they were in power during this period. if the government doesn't compromise with the bnp there is a big risk that they will not

consider elections with only one party to be a credible election. whether or not the league can continue without the support of international community in that situation is very unclear. >> reporter: david, we are talking a lot about these two women and bnp and the army league, what about the rest of bangladesh and it's facing poverty and corruption, how does the average person or how do they view these problems, political problems? >> i think it's true to say people in bangladesh are be wilders by the situation and why they don't get together and work so it can take place. everybody thinks there are more important issues that the government and political leaders should be discussing and shouldn't be bickering over something like which government should be in power during

election time. they were the last polls being conducted saying they support bnp and political opposition party position and should be some kind of caretaker and mutual government in power, they are the ones who seemingly supporting the bnp at the moment the polls indicate. so the people want a solution and want the political parties to find an accommodation and allow elections that are supposed to take place on january the 24th to take place with both parties in place. >> reporter: thank you for getting us up to date on that and that is david speaking to us from the capitol dacca. rebels have been keeping up the pressure on government forces in several key cities. opposition fighters say this online video shows a car bomb they set off in a government-held area. in damascus they are working to get power backup after rebels attacked a gas pipeline on

wednesday. the attack started a huge fire near the airport and caused blackouts across the country. one person has been killed in northern lebanon after sectarian fighting, heavy gunfire ended at dawn in the city of tripoli but sound of snipers shooting could still be heard. the battle was between supporters of the syrian president bashir assad and those opposed to him. and five people have been killed since violence broke out in tripoli on tuesday. french, un forces have launched a join operation against rebels in malai and they are along the river between timbuktoo and they say al-qaeda-linked fighters are to blame. >> reporter: it seems like a larger operation than some of the operations that french forces conducted and this is i

believe the first operation involving this mix of forces, french and u.n. forces and forces belonging to the newly-trained malian army batallion and different than we have seen in months. >> reporter: let's go to the weather and a typhoon i hear is plaguing japan. >> we have two storms that are not too far away. the one closest is tropical storm francisco. this one is not actually men to make landfall but have clouds to the north and that is already giving us some very heavy downpours. this is the satellite picture closer and you see the clouds streaming its way across japan and the heaviest rains are in the south. that is where we have seen over 100 millimeters and 125 in hiroshima and to the south more and 180 more. clearly we have seen a lot of

heavy rain already and yet more still to come. as the system skirts along the south coast it will continue to give us heavy downpours on more flooding out of this system. fortunately because it's staying away from the south coast the winds should not be too much of a problem. it's going to be a major rain event. eventually heading our way through sunday it should be an awful lot drier and brighter and the storm is moving quickly and behind it it should be more calm and tokyo 20 degrees there as a maximum and plenty of sunshine as well. i want to take you down to india because here in the south we have very heavy downpours and could give us flooding in the next few days. >> thank you very much and let's move on. there is certainty over the long oi waited -awaited talks and negotiations were scheduled to begin on friday and thousands took to the streets in the country on thursday demanding

the government's immediate departure and they accuse the government of failing to provide adequate security and will go to our correspondent and have the talks actually started? >> they have not started yet. what we have seen this morning and i'm right outside the ministry of transitional justice where the talks are due to take place and what we have seen is various people arriving and officials from the government side, the union who are mediating the talks as well as officials from the opposition, but the real key players in all of in the prime minister and head of the party and the head of one of the main opposition parties, they have not arrived yet. so what is happening at the moment is negotiating, talking about talking. there are a lot of preconditions that each side have put on the table before the talks can begin. but there is a glimmer of optimism and hope and we heard

there is a letter which some deputies of parliament have given to the prime minister asking for guaranty that he and his government will resign within three or four weeks. guarantees that government so far has not officially given. it seems like the prime minister is possibly willing to give in to the opposition because everybody and it's in everybody's interest that these talks start as soon as possible. >> reporter: after the polls two years ago it seemed that they were on the right track and where did it all go wrong? >> well, there are good things and positive things that happen. the fact we are here at the ministry of admin industry of justice and that is a positive sign things regressd this the country after decades of dictator ship, it has been difficult for the government to be able to get a new

constitution in plate -- place and without that they cannot hold proper elections and they can blame the opposition and said the opposition stopped them every time they tried to progress and stopped the parliament from working and stopped the new constitution. on opposition side they are delighted as no trust between them and the government and the government hasn't fulfilled the promises, promise to leave after a year and it didn't do that. all sides are blaming each other, that is at the heart of the problem in tunesia. >> reporter: thank you for speaking to us and we are reporting from the capitol of tunia. still ahead on al jazeera motorcycles, mansions and the art of the late drug lord, columbia hosts a one of a kind auction. and coming up, in sport the world's top female tennis player is unstoppable and find out the

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♪ welcome back, the top stories on al jazeera, european leaders say distrust of the u.s. over spying could harm the fight against terrorism. germany and france are calling for talks with washington after it was reported that the u.s. monitor the phones of 35 world leaders. kenya's deputy president ruto must attend his crimes against

humidity trial and they reversed it in june excusing him for much of the trial before the hague court. in china a court rejected an appeal from former politician bo xilai and upheld a sentence of life in prison and he was guilty of embezzlement, bribery and abuse of power last month. let's get more on the top story and have a look back at what edward snowden revealed about the u.s. surveillance over the last five months and in june he leaked documents how they worked with big companies to monitor ordinary people around the world. at that point 500 service allowed the nsa in edward snowden any person any where at any time and he exposed world bodies including u.n., european union and international atomic energy agency and the latest

leak demonstrated 35 world leaders were routinely monitored including merkel. let's into to london and talk to the director of the intelligence group and thank you for joining us on the show. now, we heard merkel's anger. she is now suggesting that perhaps the eu withhold intelligence from the u.s. because of their spying. is this in any way likely to effect america's intel gathering? >> well of course it will effect their intel gathering. they need the european community to be on their side at the moment, the u.s. has an agreement with five countries that are not going to spy on each other in the uk is included in those five companies and called the five eyes and it's there so intelligence and share gathering intelligence is dealt with appropriately but how do we

believe that? we know that the white house press secretary said we are not spying on mr. cameron. yes, we are signed up to the agreement and it's what angela merkel wants the german prime minister and what she is looking for and rightly so, who are the 35 world leaders, are there any european world leaders in this and i suspect there probably are and the u.s. has to be transparent and kaitlyn from nsa said there is no specific spying on angela merkel. but it didn't deny the reports that came out last week. he didn't say they had not spied on angela merkel and had questions to answer. >> reporter: it's about semantics and words. i want to go back to this. it's a global war on terror. if there is retaliatory withholding of information and

intelligence, no one will win this war, are they? >> it's a war of atrocity anyway and nobody will win the war because from my perspective intelligence coming from the u.s. is full of miss information and inter arguing with the agencies, f.b.i. and cia who are charged to work with nsa intelligence gathering. the u.s. has the world and resources and the power to be able to look for officers wherever and whenever they want. however if they forge the relationship they are forging with some european leaders at the moment, it's going to be a very difficult g 8 summit they will be going to because it's the subject of topic and will entrap and the u.s. be welcome. >> different and uncomfortable. the fact the u.s. is spying on

france and germany suggest they don't actually trust their own alleys, do they? >> well, secret information, one would say, from the security services is information that should be kept secret. they deem it necessary not to inform the government as they have not done in pakistan, as they have not done in somalia and not in jabooti and parts of the middle east and now that reached the european shores with france and germany. no doubt the president and prime minister of france and germany are going to be very vocal about this and ask what kind of intelligence are you looking for? well i think it's fairly obvious we are looking for sleeper cells. and information where government leaders are involved and what they are doing about the sleeping cells that are in their own country. this is a complicated business

at best. and i think the nsa needs to be more transparent in who they are looking for. >> reporter: right, very complex and detailed and very uncomfortable for a lot of people all around, thank you very much steve for speaking to us, the director of the cma intelligence group speaking to us from london. a russian court denied bail to 30 people who were involved in the green peace protests on a russian oil rig last month and prosecutors dropped piracy charges and replaced them with charges of hooliganism and this reduces the time in jail from 15 years to 7. malaysia introduced unpopular measures to tackle soaring debt and steps and new tax are needed to help the economy grow and we have the details. >> retail spending is one of the

biggest economic engines in malia and shopping here will be more expensive. the countries to introduce of what we have done before, a goods and services tax, or gst. starting april 2015 a new 6% gst is to come into effect. in a statement the prime minister said the government will do what is right for economy, some measures may not be popular now, but with the economy it's also good for the people. the consumption tax was announced along with further reductions to subsidies on consumer stables including fuel, sugar and flour. all deeply unpopular but aimed at helping boost the country's financial health. at 53% malia proportion of debt to product is one of the highest in southeast asia, the fiscal deficit is ballooning and the budget has shortfalls since 1998

and with just 15% of the workforce obligated to pay income tax, economist long warned that change is necessary. they said the additional tax is not needed. >> gfc is introduced because the government is desperate for money and refuses structure reform and to fight corruption seriously. >> according to the auditor general report 2 billion was lost last year due to government spending, wasting and corruption. the findings have fueled resentment among people who feel they are forced to find answer a problem that could have been avoided in the first place, al jazeera. >> social media giant twitter set a price on the stock exchange and each will be priced between 17-20 and expected to start trading in early november.

and we have more from new york. >> reporter: there is a lot of anticipation and speculation around plans to put the shares on the stock market and now we finally have numbers and advertisers can work with. twitter will release 17 million shares at around $17-$20 a share, slightly lower than estimated cost about a month ago. that puts the company valuation at about $11 billion. what happens next is that the company's executives and financial advisors will go around the country and make the presentations to mutual and hedge funds and other financial institutions and encourage them to invest in the company. a public video online presentation will also be put on the internet shortly. the only thing we have to compare it to the most recent experience is of course facebook which debuted the stock in may 2012 at around $38 a share and basically went to free fall and a bad experience and humiliating experience for the company and recently managed to crawl back and get stock price somewhere that is turning a profit. facebook is currently valued at

about $127 billion. the good news for twitter most people think it has not reached the peak on social media platform and hoping a good debut on the new york stock exchange in early november will restore confidence in consumer internet companies. >> after decades of military rule they are opening up to the world, myanmar and changing fast and part of the reform is trying to balance all the traditions with outside influences. and we report on why environmentalists are concerned about the future of the country. >> 36-year-old was originally caught from the wild and trained and his handlers are in bermize said he is strong and obidient for an elephant. >> translator: nature of the elephant and some of them are nice and others are wild. myanmar has more captive elephants than any country and

more than half belong to the timber enterprise and the government's official logging agency. others are in private hands. but times are changing fast. from april 2014 log exports will be banned. while they may be good for the forest, the elephants and handlers face an uncertain future. >> translator: the handlers are worried and the government service and office are worried and logging extraction is reduced and not economical and will be eliminated. >> reporter: private owners like samoo with 20 elephants are in a dilemma. >> translator: we are in the situation where we have to sell our elephants. if we don't get any help, we have no choice. we will just release them into the jungle. >> reporter: like in other countries the elephants could be trafficked, sold, exploited and abused. or if released into the wild it

could clash with farmers. and the forest cover has fallen below 30% and elephants have an shrinking habitat and wildlife conservationists are concerned about the fate. >> the government, stakeholders and people, those associated with the elephant and those close with the elephant in the jungle are all responsible. >> reporter: the big question is whether elephants will remain relevant or tourist spectacles like the white elephants and they are inbuddhism because they dreamed of a white elephant before he was born and nations talk about white elephants and also like here in myanmar they are reduced to curiositys. myanmar's elephants face a turning point and survived wars and dictator ships and now they must survive democracy and free

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community organizations wants the justice department to look into religious profiling and an investigation by the press showed people paid by new york police infiltrated mosques to keep track of muslims. student associations, restaurants and book stores have also been monitored. new york's police commissioner and mayor have consistently defended the methods as a deterrent against feature attacks. the council on american islamic relations said it has hurt the muslim community. >> it had a very chilling effect. it effects the community from a religious, business and a social standpoint. mosque leaders are afraid to speak less they are being spied upon. people are afraid to attend mosque less they be followed and students are afraid to organize. community organizations are afraid to assemble and provide services. it's also had a chilling effect

on the community's ability to reach out to new york police in case they themselves become victims of spying. i think the best strategy to keep new york safe is to have all communities, regardless of race or religion, have a strong relationship with the new york police department and if community members are afraid to approach the police and report what they see are illegal and criminal activities, then the city, the state and the nation is less safe. so for what the nypd admitted for the last six years where it spent $62 million a year, it has led to zero leads or prosecutions of terrorism-related charges. so they have spent a lot of money and wasted a lot of taxpayer dollars and zero results. >> reporter: columbia's narcotic agency is run agree auction of property that once

belonged to drug lord and we have more. >> reporter: selling what is left, at columbia's national drug office biggest auction yet. on sale some $80,000 assets seized from drug dealers like jewelry, real estate and art valued at more than $40 million. >> translator: we have all sorts of objects and art starting at $10 and valuable pieces and also some that are false. drug traffic errorer wanted status being art but were easily fooled. >> reporter: they are calling this a museum and there are a few valuable portraits like this one and fancy motorcycles. but also a painting playing pool with his friends and images of virgin mary to whom all bosses are devote and what is missing is the truly valuable stuff.

in 1996 the government passed a law that allowed them to confiscate any assets whose owner could not prove they were acquired legally. like this huge mansion behind me in the richest neighborhood in bogata. it became the antinarcotic tool feared by the mafia and a portfolio made it an instant target for corruption. billions of drug assets disappeared and 14 congressmen are under investigations for naming friends or relatives as administrators of ceased properties. and she has been appointed to the agency. she says corruption was so rampant that the president decided to scrap it altogether. >> translator: the drug office has gone through worrying times which are investigated and taken actions for people responsible for crimes who were working

here. >> reporter: not all is last. thousands of pieces are slowly being sold and the government says this time the proceeds will help pay for compensation to the victims of columbia's drug wars. al jazeera bogata. >> reporter: it's time for sports now and here is joe. >> thank you, we start with baseball's world series and the cardinals have to level it up with the red sox at a game of piece and red sox took the game in the 6th and he led up to his name with a huge hit to put boston 2 up with a two-run homer. and st. louis went 3-2 in the 7th when mat carpenter had a fly and led to a pair of runs and the second errors by gerard and making the series debut. and next batter was up and

nursing bruised ribs and they won 4-2 to level the series and al jazeera's john henry smith explains boston will have tough decisions to make before game three. >> thursday night it was the red sox turned to implode and a game a piece. as this series moves on the cardinals may be gaining offensive edge with carlos beltran an active and productive player in game two despite the rib injury and john ferl said he will sit with his producers david ortiz or mike because there are no designated hitter allowed in the national league park and they singled out napolie and said he would not consider him putting him in a position like catcher and it will be saturday in boston and i'm from al jazeera. >> black players may boycott in

russia if they do not tackle racism among fans and speaking they said if we are not confident coming to russia we won't come and follows racist abuse from fans at russian club in moscow during a champion league match and there is a hearing in the matter and denied the resent allegations and csk ivory coast player had this to say. >> i didn't hear anything like that from the csk fans, they are always noisy and try to put as much pressure as possible on opponents and never allow themselves to come out with racist chants. so ivory coast colleague is clearly exaggerating. in just under a month's time nigeria could qualify for 2014 world cup and lead 2-1 after the first leg. it comes 8 months after the eagles won and the coach steven

said he is owed more than 7 months salary, the football federation has been cut the bonus for winning the cup behalf because of financial difficulties. pakistan's cricket is tough and they were 517 on day three and graham smith finishing with 234 and pakistan openers were dismissed before lunch and lead the two series 1-0 and massive total to chase. meanwhile england cricket arrived in australia ahead of the series and the holders will begin preparations with a 3-day tour match against the western australia 11 next week. the first test starts on november the 21st. the world's top female tennis player will retain her title at

wta championship and serena williams is in the finals after 6-2, 6-3 victory. a winning streak at the tournament is 13 matches and dating back to 2009. and we are close to joining her in the semis after three set win, the chinese star prevailed after two hours and 11 minutes and next round of the match is against victoria azaranka. and aungelique kept her semi final hopes alive in a straight set 6-2, 6-2 and she has to stand a chance of progressing. on the men's tour world 3 is through to the quarter finals of the valencia open and three-time winner of the competition and he

is searching for the third title of 2013 and he closed out the match 6-2, 6-1. heavy fog forced practice session to be cancelled at the japan making conditions too unsafe for the medical helicopter to fly above the track and heavy rain is forecasted saturday and he had a lead in the championship standings as he secured his maiden title. >> now we missed friday's free practice one and two we look at a schedule for saturday and for sunday where we believe the weather will improve. so we have many options. we just had a meeting with the teams to explain that we will try and run tomorrow as much as possible and revised schedule for sunday if necessary. >> reporter: and bradley has a four straight lead at the

halfway mark of pga in malaysia and finished with a rounds of 66 and 6 and 4 strokes back and mickelson is struggling and 10 shots off the lead. new york rangers poor start and a loss to philadelphia and they faced off in the first period and things were equally tense on the score sheet and tied 1-1 until the third period secured the win for philadelphia. heavy weight boxing champion announced he will run for the ukraine presidency in 2015, wbc heavy weight champion who is in parliament made the move which bars candidates who lived outside the country in the past ten years and he is a permanent resident of germany and said he and his punch party will not be

intimated. >> translator: we are voters taking into consideration all these dirty manipulations that have taken place in parliament today with texts of law directing back by the ruling party deputies, i want to declare that this does not intimidate me and will not stop me to head up the various schemes at attempts of getting even with me as a possible candidate i want to declare i will run for president. >> reporter: that is all the sport for now. >> thank you very much, appreciate it. now twin giant panda cubs born in the u.s. have been named and were born in july and following chinese tradition and they were named 100 days after birth and mean beautiful and magnificant. they have to be returned after a few years. more news at the top of the

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