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washington, i'm monita rajpo, you're watching "world one," live from london. and also ahead, nato pounds tripoli. but is it working? members gather in brussels to review the campaign to topple gadhafi. in vienna, it's not strategy, but oil that's topping the agenda. the pressure is on opec to do something about oil prices. and japan's prime minister reaches a milestone, naoto kan, 12 months in power and still going. we tell you why a year in office is a mean feat. it is inconceivable that the united nations remains silent. that's what france's foreign minister is saying about the crisis in syria. britain and france will ask the 15-member security council on wednesday to condemn a wave of government crackdowns. russia earlier blocked one draft resolution, despite reports that over 1,000 people have died amid
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the unrest. on tuesday, it appeared that for one syrian diplomat, the violence had last become too much. someone claiming to be lami lamia shakir, syria's ambassador, said she was resigning because of violence at home. later she denied she ever intend dodd resign and accused the broadcaster of misrepresenting her. >> translator: it's the poisoning of information, misuse of identity and fabricating facts of which i was a victim. and part of a campaign of misinformation by france 24. it falsifies videos. >> well let's get the latest now with cnn's arwa damon. to remind you that international news organizations like cnn have been denied permission to report from syria. we want to begin with this
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syrian ambassador report. what are you hearing? >> well, motia, it's been a very diz ar story, ever since the person who was identified as the ambassador went on france 24 saying she would be resigning immediately because she could no longer support the cycle of violence. less than an hour later, we heard from a person identified as the ambassador as well, on syrian state television, saying it was a lie, saying she would be suing france 24, giving money to the children of the martyrs. since then, we've been hearing repeated denials an that interview given to a french television network. but france 24 is standing by its report. saying that it had contacted the ambassador previously, because they wanted her to be a guest on a segment they were doing on syria and they were the ones who reached out to her on a cell phone number that they always use.
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so this most definitely is an example of yet another bizarre story when it comes to figuring out exactly what is happening in syria, monita. >> britain and france are calling on the u.n. security council to issue a resolution to vote for a resolution condemning syria's crackdown on opposition. and any protesters within the country. would it even matter to damascus if such a resolution was passed? >> well all indications up until now, motita, are that no, it wouldn't, this has been a regime that has continued to remain defiant. that has continued to employ the same, if not intensify its military crackdown, its military approach to these demonstrators, who by and large have been peaceful. but one also has to bear in mind that this resolution is nowhere near as harsh, nor does it authorize the same type of military action that we saw in
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libya. this offers sanctions against syria. as far as we're aware, the draft calls for an end to the violence, it calls for political prisoners to be released. it calls for syria to allow united nations' human rights inspectors into the country. they, too, have been barred. but even though the rhetoric in this resolution is not expected to be that harsh, there are concerns that russia and china may veto and other countries have expressed concerns that this resolution would be the first step in a path towards military intervention and syria is aware of the rift within the international community. they have close ties with russia and the syrian vice foreign minister last week was on a trip to china where he was underscoring just how close the two countries' alliance was. and where he said quite clearly that syria was going to be relying on countries like china as a counterweight to other western nations who are trying to influence what is happening inside syria. all of this comes as residents in the northwestern part of the
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country are gearing up for what they fear is going to be the most intense military crackdown to date. monita? >> thank you. opposition fighters in yemen have gained control of an important city in the president's absence. a city at the heart of anti-government protests. taiz. government forces are regrouping and are believed to be trying to re-enter the president. yemen's wounded president, ali abdullah saleh, is out of the country getting medical treatment in saudi arabia, he was injured in friday in an attack on his residence. in the unrest in parts of the middle east and north affria is putting a strain on oil prices. opec is meeting in vienna to decide whether to pump more oil into the market. the speculation is that opec states disagree on the key
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question, saudi arabia is thought to be pushing for higher output despite resistance from iraq and iran. the price of u.s. light sweet crude right now stands at $98. 31 a barrel, down a little from monday's close, but $14 higher than it was before the events of the arab spring. well in countries that import a lot of oil, naturally people would welcome any moves to bring prices down, but is that what they'll get? cnn john joins us from vienna with details. we understand that market traders are expecting one to one and a half million barrels would be increased of output there. but we understand from what we're sensing, opec is quite reluctant for any sort of increase in output. because they say they're already at a higher output than normal. >> well, monita, two things, number one, they're already producing at 23.6 million
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barrels a day and they have a quote of 24.8. so opec has reality gap. they have a quote that's very dated at the second half of the 2008 when oil prices went from $1.37, down to 35. so they took oil off the market. but they put more oil on the market at 26.3, not counting iraq at 2.7 million barrels a day. so opec's view is there's ample supplies. but your story right now about yemen preceding us and libya is playing into the oil market. secretary-general told me as they started the meeting, sitting at the head of the lectern, there's still a 15 to 20% premium. so as a result built into the price this he want to send a signal to the market, not more production, but to get the quote from 24.6, to 26, to send a signal to the market, we're ready to provide more oil, if necessary. >> the interesting thing, john is that they're getting a lot of
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pressure from the international energy agency as well. strongly worded pressure from the international energy agency to increase output. is there a sense this opec would actually even listen to the i.e.a.? >> well it's a constant and historical tug of war. that's a fair thing to say. the iea, representing the oil-importing countries. it's fair to say that opec is looking from the data coming from the u.s. unemployment at 9.1%. the crisis in southern europe. it reflects lower demand. the crisis that we saw in japan with the nuclear power plant is going to lower demand in the near-term. opec is very aware of that. it's also very difficult, the local politics here, they have 12 ministers around the table. plus the secretary-general. six of them are new faces and three of the six are not even ministers. so usually you sit around a table, you have your old chums, you come to an agreement that apieces the market and walk away and say everything's fine. here there are so many new faces
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around the table and it's up to saudi arabia and the secretary-general, who is a libyan, to pull things together to send a signal to see if $100 oil is good enough or not. the final thing to look at, this is record revenue force opec in 2011. in 2008, they had export revenues of $990 billion. if oil stays in the range they have in the first half of the year, they'll walk away with $1 trillion of revenue. they don't want to be seen as a greedy bunch. they need to send a signal that they're willing to do what they can to bring down prices to $100 a barrel. >> with $1 trillion revenue, it would be difficult to walk away from that. you're watching world one. as nato meets to discuss its campaign in libya, a former nato commanders talks to us about the challenges ahead, we'll be back with that. ly digestible carbs
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hello, this is "world one" live from london. our top stories this hour, the united nations is under increasing pressure to take a stand on the crisis in syria. the uk and france is asking the security council to condemn the violence. separately, syria's ambassador to france says she did not resign in protest at her government's violence during a television interview. lamia shakkour has accused france 24 of misinterpretation. opec is deciding whether to increase oil output. consumer nations have called on the cartel to pump more crude into the market to reduce prices. opec ministers are reported to be divided on the matter. it's been ten weeks since nato began its military campaign in libya, and members of the eye lines are meeting to discuss the road ahead. they're at nato headquarters in
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brussels to look at future strategy in tactics and weigh up the campaign so far. the talks come as nato war planes turn up the pressure on colonel gadhafi. yesterday saw the heaviest daytime bombardment of the capital, tripoli. air strikes on government targets continued overnight and into this wednesday morning. nato says moammar gadhafi's days as leader are numbered. but he remains as defiant as ever, speaking yesterday as his compound was reportedly being hit. he vowed to fight on regardless. well the libyan government says nato's military campaign is quote, failing miserably. but nato insists it is making significant progress. chris perry was the rear admiral in the british navy and a nato commander and joins us here in the studio. >> adding to what nato is saying, the u.s. president barack obama has said that the nato is making an inex-orable advances in their campaign in
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libya, what do you say to that? >> i think that's the politicians job, it's the power of positive thinking. but i do think there are some interesting developments. i think now within the terms of the u.n. resolution, it's being stretched quite a long way but we're actually going fr regime change now. i think all the military operations suggest that is top of the agenda. we're seeing with the visit by william hague at long last, we see at least one government, the british government, addressing the issue of the transition and ha comes after. so perhaps we're seeing the emergence of a decent strategy at last. >> could the libyan government say that's illegal. because under u.n. resolution 1973 even though many of the countries involved say this isn't about regime change, but the resolution itself is quite ambiguous. >> it does allow all necessary measures to protect civilians. and i think that's being stretched all the way to justify the fact that by getting rid of gadha gadhafi, you're protecting civilians. >> the fact that it's gone on for ten weeks now does it kind
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of dilute the process, does it dilute the end goal? >> i think we don't know what the end goal is at the moment. i think that's part of the problem. all the way through there's been no strategy. we intervened originally to protect the people of benghazi, so we started off almost as last-minute.com and we've started to continue as making it up as we go along.com. we need to strategize what libya will look like afterwards and britain and france will have to figure out what their strategy is for the whole north african region if they want a strategic approach. >> for those of us watching and don't know the intricacies of military strategizing and planning. they're saying wait a minute, nato doesn't have a clear strategy? how is this possible, we're talking about billions of dollars of taxpayer money. how can they not have a clear strategy going in? >> i think something had to be done. obviously the rebels were having a very hard time of it in
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benghazi and east of the country there was imminent massacre threatened by gadhafi himself. and something had to be done. people didn't think about what was coming afterwards. i think that's reasonable at the time. but straight away, i think there should have been a comprehensive planning regime within nato that said right, where is this leading, where are we going? i'm afraid to say that that's how we got into iraq and afghanistan, originally. and i think at last politicians are realizing they can't sustain the campaign without some sort of vision about how the future is going to be. and i think if they achieve that, then if we see the east of the country settling down to a very attractive future, it will erode the regime of itself. regardless of the military campaign. >> all right, chris perry, thank you so much for your time, sir, appreciate that. this is "world one," live from london. still to come, what are you looking at when you look at facebook? the social networking site has the answer to that question. we'll explain why. and political twilight in the land of the rising sun. you're watching "world one."
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you can't remember the name of somebody in one of your photos, don't worry, facebook will, thanks to a facial recognition feature. all 500 million users will be included in the database. if it all feels a little too much like big brother, you can opt out by using one of the privacy buttons. the netherlands' reputation as a haven for marijuana lovers is going up in smoke. starting this year, the government wants to ban foreign visitors from all coffee shops that sell cannabis. dutch citizens over the age of 18 will still be allowed to patronize the clubs. the city of amsterdam, known in certain circles as the mecca of pot, has vowed to fight the measure. it looks like an ordinary old letter, a fragile yellowing bit of paper. what makes it famous is the signature. adolf hitler. what makes its infamous, is its message. this letter written in 1919 is considered to be hitler's
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earliest written expression of his views on jews. in it the 30-year-old veteran of world war i says the removal of jews must be the government's final goal. hitler's letter will be put on permanent display in los angeles at museum of tolerance. japan's prime minister naoto kan survived a year in office. but his term will still be over. it's an ambiguous end-point for a position that offers little in the way of job security. over the past five years, japan has seen six prime ministers come and go. for a look, we're joined by kyung lah. a lot of leaders will be marking 100 days, seeing how things are going. one year in presidency. but this is actually a milestone for a prime minister in japan. >> it is. because now, naoto kan is tied with the prime minister from
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2006-2007 as one of the longest-serving prime ministers in recent memory. if he survives until tomorrow, he'll be the longest-serving prime minister since koizumi in 2006. the term of prime minister here has been connected with a revolving door. and certainly, naoto kan is feeling that. he is feeling the political upheaval at this point. when asked how he feels on his one-year anniversary, he said time sure does fly fast. and there is certainly the clock is ticking on his premiership. it has gotten contentious and ugly on the floor of parliament and it has increased the gap between lawmakers and people on the street. listen to the words of this lawmaker that he is throwing toward the prime minister, and then the reaction from the public. >> translator: you are the worst human being among all politicians i have ever known.
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>> translator: the vote of no confidence was so ridiculous. why did they even vote on that? they are only trying to divide the dpj, but they can't even suggest who could succeed to kan. this is pure nonsense and totally ignoring the tsunami victims. >> and as far as those tsunami victims, a lot of them are weighing in, saying what about us? there is so much work to be done in the devastated areas of northern japan. there are still 100,000 people living in evacuation zones, many do not have any prospect of temporary housing. they don't have any infrastructure or any jobs to look forward to. there's the matter of one of the worst nuclear crises that the world has seen in recent history. despite all of this, the political upheaval here, monita is continuing. >> on the one hand it's a good thing to put a lot of pressure on your leader, someone you've elected into office, to do something they say they've promised to do when they're in office. but it's kind of perhaps unrealistic to expect so much in
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a short period of time from one person, no? >> certainly. because you, if you don't even have somebody in there who can put up the proper color of drapes in his office before you have to dear them down and make room for the next guy, how can you even make room for accurate and consistent policy to help guide the world's third-largest economy. not to mention the immediate crisis at hand. so certainly a lot of work to be done and a lot of questions about what is wrong with the state of japan's politics and ha can be done to fix it. unfortunately there are very few answers on ha can be done to fix it. >> kyung lah in tokyo. thank you so much for that. when we come back, opponents of the government take one of yemen's major cities. what does losing control of tais mean for yemen's absent president?
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this is "world one," i'm monita rajpal. our fop stories at this hour, nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss their strategy in libya. the alliance is ten weeks into its military campaign and it's stepping up pressure on colonel gadhafi. air strikes pounded government targets in the capital, tripoli on tuesday and more explosions were heard this morning. salvage teams have finished retrieving bodies and wreckage from an air france plane which
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crashed into the atlantic in 2009. the human remains have been recovered are being taken back to france. evidence gathered from the plane's flight data recorders has shown that pilot error may have contributed to the accident, all 228 passengers on board the airbus plane died. authorities from the u.s. state of texas say they found no evidence of a mass grave in the city of harden. law enforcement agents launched a search for bodies after a tip-off from an unidentified caller. conflicting information from earlier reports say that bodies had been found, police are trying to trace that caller. the united nations is under increasing pressure to take a stand on the crisis in sirria the uk and france is asking the security council to condemn the violence. growing numbers of civilians are trying to get out of the country. this is the syrian border with turkey, where hundreds of refugees have been camping out, waysing to escape.
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let's get the latest on the refugee situation. cnn's ivan watson is on the turkish border, with hundreds trying to leave syria and get into turkey. they are in this town there in northern syria. tell us about how safe it is for them there, if it is at all. >> monita, we're rolling up to the turkish/syrian border. it's a hilly area and this is where hundreds of syrian refugees have flocked to in recent days from the syrian border town which has been the scene of some bloody fighting over the course of the past four to five days. the syrian government claiming that armed bands killed at least 80 syrian security forces in that town. some of the syrian refugees we've talked to have disputed that claim, saying that in fact fighting broke out between rival security forces, with some
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soldiers objecting after they had been ordered to open fire there. refugees say this border town is a ghost town. everybody has fled. we've seen images and talked to some of the hundreds who have been camping outside in the countryside in the hills along the turkish border. turkish state media reporting that more than 120 refugees, about 20 families, were allowed to cross the border overnight. our sources tell us there are hundreds more waiting on sirtian side of the border, among them, dozens of syrian soldiers who have defected and are now wearing civilian clothes. monita? >> ivan, forgive me if you've already spoken of this, but in terms of, is there fear that there's going to be more military onslaught of those perhaps syrian government making its way into this town to try and i guess round up these refugees who are trying to leave and escape the violence in syria?
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>> absolutely. that's what the refugees say. one woman says we're terrified that ali abdullah saleh, is going to send a column of tanks in to punish them for the protest they've been holding there. and that's is why she fled with her daughters, she is afraid, she says, that the syrian security forces are going to rape her daughters and kill them. she said that is what they have done, she claims, in other syrian towns where the crackdown has taken place. >> all right. ivan thank you for that. ivan watson reporting to us there. unrest is continuing in yemen, witnesses say more than 400 gunmen took control of the city of taiz on tuesday, a setback for the government which is facing armed opposition in several parts of the country. government forces are regrouping to try and re-enter the city. well, taiz, in the south of the country, has been the scene of repeated clashes in recent months.
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let's give you a background now on what we are talking about. according, it's where anti-government protests really came to the world's attention back in february. the u.n. says at least 50 people were killed by government forces there just in the last week alone. but the violence has spread beyond taiz. let's go now to sanaa, in the capital, there have been waves of protest which have given way to fighting. this is where the presidential compound was hit on friday, injuring president ali abdullah saleh. another town that we've been hearing a lot about is the city of zinjibar, sources tell us at least 15 people have been killed in clashes between islamic militants and security forces. but then we go beyond the towns in itself and you have the border between syria and saudi arabia. sorry, yemen and saudi arabia. a man trying to cross into yemen earlier on tuesday, killed two security forces and wounded another. that's according to the
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state-run saudi press agency. then we have the area of aden over here, the city of aden, that's where there have been violent crackdowns where an important part, which it is an important part overlooking some of the world's busiest sea lanes. to give you more background in terms of the actual political situation within the country, let's go to the tribal influence. that's what we're seeing a lot more of now. it was the attacks on aden which prompted two prominent tribal groups to openly oppose the president. the bakil tribe and the hashed. president saleh is a member of the hashed tribe. the spokesman for the tribal chief told cnn they have agreed to a truce with yemen's interim leader. another growing problem for the international community, within yemen itself, when you add all
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of this into the mix you've got al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a local al qaeda force joined forces with the saudi arabian branch. the new group is calling itself in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, or aqap. it has claimed responsibility for planting bombs on two planes last year. the group was also believed to be behind the underwear bomb plot, of failed attempts to bring down a detroit-bound jetliner in december of 2009. we want to talk more about this. dena al mamoun is the spokesman for amnesty international and joins us now. thank you very much for joining us. with the president in saudi arabia recuperating and the interim leader, a vice president in place, there's a lot of concern of a power vacuum in the country. we've got tribal leaders, tribal groups saying they want some element of parallel, at least trying to bring down or calm the
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violence protests taking place right now. there's a massive power vacuum. when you look at problems like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> but however we have seen that since at least friday, there's been a marked reduction of violence against protesters. so we haven't actually seen any protesters being fired at, the way that we have been seeing since february of this year. what we have been seeing is armed clashes between what is said to be government forces allied to the president, and tribal, tribal leaders who are trying to vacate some of the areas where the security forces have taken power. so that is the, at the moment actually, we have seen this reduction in the violence in relation to the protesters. >> from your perspective, from amnesty international's perspective, are you saying basically without the president there, there is less violence and now that people, somewhat,
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and i use this term loosely, safer? >> in terms of the generally peaceful protest, yes, we have been seeing that. however there is a problem in relation to the armed situation in terms of the clashes. and that has been a lot of it, humanitarian. because we have seen scores of families fleeing zanjibar and fleeing taiz and sanaa as well. and that's creating pressure on the already-strained humanitarian situation in the country. in terms of food prices, fuel, et cetera. >> i'm glad you brought that up. i think this is a real concern. this is a country that is a very poor country. especially even though, even though it is the 32nd largest oim e oil exporter in the world. even though the revenues will be coming from that, it is still an extremely poor country. people don't have enough water or food. when we're talking about human rights in the country, give us
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an idea of what exactly we're seeing. >> this is part of the problem is that we have seen the people fled to their villages. we're not able to find out exactly what they're suffering from. but we know the situation has already been dire prior to this. so we can only imagine that the situation has deteriorated further. in relation to people who fled from zanjibar. we know that local activists, international organizations have been trying to step in to help them. and they're living in schools for example. in big numbers of people and they cannot be sustained within the current set-up. >> how worries is the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula situation for perhaps even ngos and groups such as yours working within the country it try to help people? >> at the moment, the issue of al qaeda is not really clear where are they, what are the concerns, has there been any attempt to arrest people rather than kill them, et cetera. so there has been some concerns regarding government attempts to fire and kill people without
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actually seeking to attempting to arrest them, first. and we see this as part of the problem. is that the government is not choosing the human rights, the human rights aspect of having to quell the al qaeda. which is seeking to actually arrest them first, so that is part of the problem that we are trying to monitor. but again, you have areas that are virtually you're not able to reach. you know, we've been in yemen last year. and there are certain areas that the government obviously completely out of bounds. so that is part of the difficulty there. and this is a big challenge, obviously for the current government. what we want the current government to do is to try to insure that in trying to insuring security in the country, they should do that within the human rights framework. >> dina, thank you very much for that. you're watching "world one," live from london. coming up, german fever
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welcome back, regardless of where you stand on u.s. politics, there's no denying that congressman anthony weiner has made a bit of a spectacle of himself. after he admitted to sending sexually suggestive pictures to women and then lying about it, he said he would cooperate with an ethics probe that congressional leaders are calling for. but those congressional leaders are not welcoming or cooperating with weiner. >> you didn't say whether you thought congressman weiner should resign. >> i'm not here to defend weiner, that's all i'm going to say.
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>> what advice would you give him if he asked you? >> call somebody else. >> it was a democrat. the house republican leader is demanding that weiner resign. congressman weiner has also enjoyed solid political backing in his home district, but now support seems to be wavering among some constituents. >> i definitely will vote for him. i look at him like a different person now. he's not the same. >> he made a mistake. he's a human being that made a mistake. i would definitely vote for him again. >> okay. let's switch gears now and talk about the nba finals. game four and apparently, kate giles, german fever has taken over. >> dirk nowitzki is a huge star in germany and a big, big star in america. through this particular series of the nba finals he's making
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himself an absolute legend. his team have now squared the series with the miami heat at two games apiece. and dirk nowitzki has played such a bill role in that. he's played through the pain of a hand injury this series and last night he took to the court with a fever of 101 degrees. now only dirk and his teammates knew he was suffering. but lebron james and the heat would soon be able to see that he was struggling as the game did get going. dwyane wade led miami with 32 points. james setting him up for an alley-oop in the third quarter but this game really was a very, very close one. dallas were soon one down in the seriesnd they knew they had to make the most of the home advantage. chris bosh streaking toward the basket to give the mavs a one-point lead. despite his illness, nowitzki showed he would give everything. he scored 21 points and 11 rebounds. miami needed something special, wade almost lost the ball,
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recovered, only for mike miller to miss. dallas holding on for the win, by 86-83. the series tied at two games all. now to golf, it's been clear for some time now that tiger woods is on the wane, the former world number one has slithered down to 15th in the rankings at this point and he's now announced he'll have to miss the u.s. open for the first time since making his debut there in 1995. the 14-time major winner injured his left knee and achilles tendon during the u.s. masters in augusta in april and withdrew from the players championship at sawgrass after nine holes. he had been wearing a protective boot in the hope of making the congressional. but he said it's not worth the risk of aggravating his injury further. >> it's been frustrating because i haven't been able to do much. and as you all know, i like to be pretty active, i like to run
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and practice, those are all things i haven't been able to do. that part has been, has been frustrating. but that's part of dealing with injuries. i've dealt with it before, that's not my first time and certainly not the first time i've had to stand down for an extended period of time. as far as the future of it, you know, i've had four surgeries on it. so obviously it's not what it was when i was little. and i'm sure down the road i'm it may be a little more difficult. hopefully i'll be in a cart then on the senior tour. but between now and then i should be pretty good. >> so he's not taking part in the u.s. open, which of course means no ranking points, which means only one thing, that he can only go further down. >> i wonder if he's not playing, that it will make it that much more enjoyable to watch. will people watch in terms of ratings because he always seems to attract attention. but so many other names coming
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up, like luke donald. >> listen to you with your sports knowledge. >> i think it will be great, in recent tournaments, he's not been the one pushing at at the front. so there are lots of other names to watch, you're right. >> just because you're a brown bear it does not mean you can make a splash. that's what happened to this female, a woman in florida, she got a surprise when she saw who was hanging out by the hot tub. this ununvited guest. instead of grabbing the phone to dial for help, she grabbed her camera and snabed these pictures. there are four bears in the area, so she might get more visitors. hopefully the flashing and the camera noise didn't aggravate that bear. you're watching world one live from london. coming up here on cnn, a terrible scene of devastation, severe flooding ravages southern china, details in our weather update. ♪
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prototype of wii u. nintendo hopes it will make as big an impact as the humely popular wii which came out five years ago. at number two, shrek, the sheep. new zealanders are in mourning for the country's most famous sheep who died at the age of 16. he was found living in cave after six years on the loose. at the time he had 27 kilograms of fleece on him. his shearing was broadcast, live on television. and at number one, volcanic disruptions, ash from a volcano in southern chile has grounded flights in argentina. it's a popular talking point online. the main airport in buenos aires is the worst affected. it first erupted saturday afternoon, forcing people to evacuate the surrounding area. let's get more on the weather situation there and severe flooding affecting parts of the caribbean. let's go to jennifer delgado at
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the world weather center. >> we're happy to report in argentina things are moving along more smoothly. it looks like all the airports are back open. certainly we'll be paying close attention to the volcano. let's talk more about the flooding that's been happening. this time we're talking about in china. if you look on the satellite imagery, you see some storms popping up. but the area in southwest china has been dealing with incredible flooding. let's go over to it. this will show you the rushing water, reportedly 1,000 homes were toppled 14 people died and they're still looking for reportedly 35 other people. after flooding happened in the gaung jo province as well as the hunan province. reportedly 500 cars were actually just washed way way from the force of the flooding, this is video coming out of the province. this is showing you the power of the rushing water. they were dealing with mudslides
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and slanlandslides. the flooding that's been happening across hispaniola and haiti. they've been dealing with flooding since last week. as we look on the satellite, things are quieter but we've seen some explosive storms producing heavy rainfall. this area was being watched by the national hurricane center yesterday for about a 50% chance for a tropical cyclone to develop. now it's down to 10%. now we do know that reportedly 20 people actually died in haiti due to the flooding there. and it's going to take a while before the water starts to recede. keep in mind we're moving into the rainy season and hurricane season of course started last week. more rain on the way. but the system is going to move over towards the north as we go through today, as well as tomorrow and the heaviest rainfall is going to be affecting parts of cuba. it doesn't look like right now they're expecting it to develop into a tropical cyclone. here's the model showing you how the system moves to the west and of course we have our first tropical storm of the season in the pacific right now, not a
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threat to land. monita, out of time. hope i fill that plate for you. >> thank you so much. and that is it for me and the team here on "world one." thank you for watching cnn. ahead on "american morning," an enormous wildfire swallowing nearly 500 square miles of eastern arizona. still burning this morning. forcing thousands to leave their homes. it's the second largest fire ever to hit the state and it's so big now you can see it from space. anthony weiner is refusing to step down, even as more women come forward with stories of raunchy online encounters with the new york congressman. now one prominent leader on capitol hill says it's time for weiner to go. if you have questionable photos on facebook, now might be a good time to delete them. because facebook is set to roll out its new facial recognition technology. how it would work and why some people think it's a little
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