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america's top military officer has said the u.s. will hunt down the new leader of al qaeda, zawahiri. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, said he was not surprised by the choice of the egyptian militant to succeed bin laden, who shot by american forces in pakistan last month. our security correspondent reports. >> he is already a familiar figure. he worked with osama bin laden for many years and has given al qaeda much of its strategic direction and has long been the group's most visible spokesman. here he is just last week, saying the war with the west will go on. his appointment has been largely welcomed on jihadist web sites. bin laden and zawahiri collaborated closely. both have been fugitives and for

years, hiding out in afghanistan and pakistan. zawahiri it is now named the fbi's most wanted terrorist. the leader of al qaeda. >> it is not a surprise he has moved into that position. he and his organization still threaten us. as we did both seek to capture and kill and succeeded in killing bin laden, we certainly will do the same thing with zawahiri. >> what do we know about zawahiri? he is a lifelong egyptian extremist who will be succeeded this sunday. he radicalized osama bin laden back in the 1990's and got him to think global. he was the operational brains behind the 9/11 attacks and the u.s. has long had a 25 million- dollar bounty on his head. he was radicalized long ago,

imprisoned by the egyptian state after president saadat's assassination. the extreme violence perpetrated by al qaeda is often attributed to his strategic direction. his supporters want more attacks. as the arab population calls for it and to dictatorship, critics of al qaeda say he will struggle to prove that have anything constructive to offer. >> the financial sources are drying up, they're operational space has been confined, its leadership has been picked off. >> zawahiri has inherited an organization that is struggling to carry out attacks. >> yet this al qaeda operative killed in somalia was carrying it early plans for an attack on london's hotel and david cameron's old school. the plans were not advanced and is not known if al qaeda's new leader knew anything about them. zawahiri is taking over al qaeda at a crucial time for the organization.

critics say is fragmenting and getting less behind the middle east. others say it is down, but not out, still capable of lashing out against the west. state television and syria has announced that one of president of sot's closest associates -- president of ciba's cozzens control but syria's largest mobile phone company as well as hotels and construction firms. international pressure is mounting on the syrian government. the united nations secretary general said he spoke to the president and urged him to stop killing his own people. thousands every vichy's continue to stream across the border into turkey. -- thousands of refugees continued to stream across the border into turkey. >> the beguiling scenery is deceptive. behind me lies syria. over there, much of the population is on the move.

they are arriving every day in turkey. entire families. once they are here, they're confined in these regimented camps. the syrian refugees said there are grateful they are looking after him. the facilities are basic, but well-organized. there is even a children's playground. but outsiders, especially journalists, have been kept out. turkey may be generous, but it is also determined to keep tight control of its problem, even though by fugees -- even the refugees are desperate to get their story out. >> i came to turkey because the president and syrian government are animals towards women and children. my family consists of five

persons. >> we are only talking. they're just telling us their story, nothing else. but we were able to get someone inside to meet one of the newest arrivals in the village. attacked by syrian troops in the past 48 hours. the soldiers came into the village of firing their guns into the air, he said, then the tanks opened fire on houses, people, animals, women, children. we fled here with the bullets behind us. the camps are still filling up and all of turkey's frantic diplomatic efforts appear to be for naught because the pictures we are getting from the people living down there is is of a sustained and frequent violent

outbursts driving more and more refugees down into this picturesque border. more details about the rest of the former imf, dominique strauss-kahn. prosecutors say he tried to claim diplomatic immunity when he was arrested on suspicion of the attempted rape of a hotel made last month. strauss, strongly denies the charges and is on bail awaiting trial. steve kingston is in washington with the latest. >> his lawyers may say that he formally did not do that through them. what seems to have happened, according to transcripts of conversations between strauss, and and some of the people who detained him and questioned him, what seems to have happened it is the police detained him as he attempted to board the air france flight to paris at new

york's jfk kennedy airport. they wanted to question him in connection with the incident at the hotel. at that point, one of the officers according to the transcript produced handcuffs. dominique strauss-kahn said, "is that necessary? i have diplomatic immunity." they asked for his passport was. he said it was not in the passport, he has a second passport, and then he asked to speak to someone from the front's consulate -- from the french consulate. later that evening at the police station, in manhattan, he appeared to have changed his position, telling detectives he would not be seeking diplomatic immunity, no, not trying to use that he said. interestingly, dominic strauss- kahn, having spoken to a defense lawyer by phone, told the police i was ready to talk about all of this but my lawyer has advised me not to speak about it.

the great financial crisis -- the great financial crisis has affected the european markets. >> so far it is a somber mood in the asian financial markets, looking at the numbers. japan, korea, and austria all flat or lower, everybody looking at what may happen to greece and the prime minister insisting he will stay in power and fight to win approval, austerity measures demanded by the european union. they are due to announce the cabinet reshuffle. bu>> george papandreou cut a wey figure in his vision of saving greece from bankruptcy. it was a different version of a speech that greeks have heard many times before during the past 18 months of economic crisis.

>> the changes have been painful, but the sooner we make them, the sooner we can get out of this crisis and the sooner we will be up to concentrate on our strengths. have is the luxury of desertion. this is the time for battle, and in this fight, we will fight. >> the prime minister was given a standing ovation by a large number of his socialist parliament, but some sat on their hands. that are the rebels who could bring down george papandreou when he has a vote of confidence. one of the positions to change will be the finance minister. the holder of this position did not look too troubled as he was about to lose his job. >> at this moment, there is only one goal for all of us,

stability, to keep the country and the economy on its feet, to pay me without operation -- to continue without disruption to the country. >> the political turmoil has unsettled markets. >> the possible rebuilding of the government is focused with great concerns because it shows huge uncertainties, political uncertainties, and that would be followed by economic uncertainties, and that is not good at all for the stock exchanges. >> the new administration is due to be sworn in friday. only then will the financial markets be able to decide whether they have the stature to be up to force through the austerity program demanded by the imf and the european union. let's have a quick look at what is happening in the asian financial markets. currently, flat and lower. deepening worries amid the greek

problem. one analyst i spoke with said if this eurozone financial crisis gets worse and spreads to spain, this could have a major financial impact on asia. technology, property, and construction issues correctly in negative territory. there is also concerned about a higher rate in china and the slower growth in the u.s., keeping investors on the sidelines. the euro is trading in asia after the rollercoaster the past 24 hours and the downturn in youeurope. five children have been abetted to a hospital in northern france after eating beef burgers infected by the e. coli bacteria. they had been purchased at a little supermarket. the german chain has withdrawn the product from sale. french health authorities are trying to insert food poisoning is not related to the recent e

coli outbreak in germany. torrential rain has hit the turkish capital. flood waters swept through traffic and into an underpass, stranding drivers in their cars. nobody has been injured. thousands of students have gathered in chile to protest tuition fee increases. police clashed with protesters in the capital of santiago. activists threw rocks at armored vans and security forces responded with water cannons. still to come on the program, as part of our power of asia season, china's new economy turning heads in hollywood. >> and harnessing the power of children, japan unveiled a new generation of electricity-free toys. the married american

congressman anthony weiner, who sent sexually explicit messages to several women over the internet, has resigned. at a news conference in which he was heckled, mr. weiner apologized for his actions. >> from high-flying politician to a national joke. all because of some virtual bad behavior. at a raucous news conference, congressman wonder about it to the inevitable, admitting that he could no longer do his job. >> unfortunately, the destruction that i have created has made that impossible. today i am announcing my resignation to converse. >> when his habit of sending half-naked photos of himself first emerged, the new york congressman tried to deny it. >> i did not send that. my system was attacked. >> is attempted cover-up only made things worse. he tried confession and apology. >> i am deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife and our family.

>> his pregnant wife is a top aide to hillary clinton, who knows a thing or two about marital sex scandals. desperate to limit the damage with the presidential election next year, the democratic party closed ranks against that wonder. >> if it was me, i would resign. >> his brash style had already marked him out, and he was tipped as a future mayor of new york city. yet again, a u.s. politician has been brought down, not really for what he did but for trying to cover it up then lying about it. this is a sex scandal without any actual sex. congressman weiner never even met any of the women that he sent his photos to. everything happened online, but for him, that had real world help -- that had it real-world consequences and his political career is now in ruins.

this is "newsday." >> america's top military officer has said the u.s. will hunt down the new leader of al qaeda, zawahiri. >> a series of faces growing international demands to stop the killings. -- syria faces growing international demands to stop the killings. michael hurley is a former cia officer who served in afghanistan just after the september 11 attacks and was a senior member of the 9/11 commission. he told me about zawahiri and what kind of threat he poses to security. >> he was the no. 2 next to osama bin laden. he has been committed two violent extremism since he was a young boy, dedicated to this, is a dangerous man. nevertheless, he is inheriting

an al qaeda that is very fragmented and is much weaker and diminished from what was before. the decision making is decentralized. they did not grouped together very much, so these are part of the pressures the u.s. and its allies are trying to put on al qaeda to make it difficult for them to operate, and that may be an indication of it. i agree with admiral mullen that he is a high priority target. i believe his days will be numbered. he will be found sooner or later, just like a summer that laden was. -- just like osama bin laden was. them a better deal for domestic workers? new rights are being promised to the estimated tens of millions of domestic workers across the world. under a new convention adopted by the international labor organization, countries have for the first time undertaken to give domestic workers full labor rights, including annual leave,

maternity leave, and health insurance. for more, we have representatives of the campaign for domestic workers. how important is this initiative? >> it is very important. it is a milestone for getting domestic workers basic rights. we are fighting for these rights the last two decades, and this is a landmark. >> what do you think will be the challenges faced in implementing these new guidelines for workers? >> the challenges for implementing these new guidelines are very difficult. because the guidelines are very good, but the implementing part is a very difficult thing to

implement for the indian government. will passng that this laws to help protect the guidelines, particularly the health insurance, and very importantly, the minimum wage schedule. >> these new rights look good on paper and in principle, but what will it take to be able to move them forward? >> this is a very important milestone because it puts pressure on the indian government. if the international guidelines are agreed, the indian government has to follow with. if they don't follow it, international pressure will come. now the international laws,

there is pressure on the government to act on these guidelines. >> thank you so much for joining us. hollywood's top lobbyist arrived in china to meet government officials and give the keynote address at the shanghai international film festival. the aim was to improve relations and gain access to a moving market, but china it is persisting to resist. we have this report on hollywood's effort to get a bigger slice of china's box office revenues. >> "legend of the rabid" released next month is the country's first 3-d cong fu film, reflecting the global commercialization of the industry. >> it is growing at an amazing

pace. right now we have about 6000 screens. growing 600 screens per year, that is bigger growth. >> benefiting our hollywood movies like the new "parts of the caribbean" film that opened in china, as did "kung fu pandas 2." the chinese market is bringing these american film's impressive returns. >> i would say that hollywood is a test with china. for one thing, there are 1 billion people there, so that gives them a lot of money. >> within china, american imports have dwarfed the box office earnings of the country's most successful releases. china imposes a quota system limiting foreign imports, partly to protect the domestic industry. >> the advantage it is for the local films to have a spot, to

have a chance to appear in front of the audience. >> for hollywood, it limits their abilities. at the american film industry has been pressuring china to relax its quota. >> china is part of the world trade organization, said they are bringing up arbitration and appeals process cases, trying to force china to allow in more foreign films. >> china is also concerned about americanization. hollywood filmmakers bent over backwards to make sure their films cater to the chinese markets. efforts were made to be respectful in this movie, even though some chinese critics have labeled it a cultural invasion. >> they wanted to make sure that people in china with a look at it and not think it was done in a direct way. -- that it was not done it in an ignorant way.

>> hollywood will continue to try to get movies into china, with a long-term decline in box office admissions at home, and dwindling dvd revenue, how it would needs new markets, and with china they have their eyes on the prize. a major show has opened in japan to the delight of old and young alike. there is plenty of things to choose from. but it is the latest eco- friendly toys attracting the biggest crowds. >> if they see it, they will probably want it, but this is unusual because they did not need to be plugged in or charged ever. the common defense sizes for different ages, and the movement is done by the kids themselves. this toy is called eco-poy. lately, everyone has been talking about saving electricity.

the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year has disrupted japan's electricity supply, so businesses are concentrating on manufacturing toys that work without it. >> this summer will be tough in terms of electricity, so i think toys like this will draw everyone's attention. >> but it is not just big toys that are eco-friendly. this car has the lights and sound that kids love, but does not need batteries or electricity. by far the most impressive poise at the tokyo show has to be the traditional japanese castle from toy maker lego. 25 thou sendlegos were used to make it -- 25,000 legos were used to make it. after three years stagnation, the japanese toy market is finally moving up. it grew 3.5% the last business

year to march, and the move to eco-friendly toys may give the industry in new lease of life. >> believe it or not, i love those toys and i will be sharing this report when i see my son later today. you have been watching "newsday" from the bbc. the united states has said it will hunt down and killed the new al qaeda leader, zawahiri. the american defense secretary robert gates said at zawahiri lacks the charisma and operational skills of osama bin laden, who was killed and an american raid on pakistan last month. and prosecutors in new york have released new details about the rest of the former head of the imf, dominique strauss-kahn, on sexual assault charges. he denies those charges. that is all from singapore and from london.

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