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>> hello and welcome. the headlines edging toward the exit, nato agrees to hand over security control in afghanistan. an al qaeda inspired group says it organize the bombing in yemen which killed more than 90 soldiers. >> beaten unconscious, an angry crowd. the only person convicted of the lockerbie bombing has been buried in libya. >> welcome to newsday.

leaders of more than 50 nations have promised their full support for op amistad as it prepares to take full charge of its own security. -- for afghanistan. r north america editor is in chicago. >> 11 years of war and nearly 3000 allied troops have died, at least 12,000 afghan civilians have been killed. it does cost more than 350 billion pounds. now the message is, it is almost over. along the long road home. >> we have set a goal for afghan forces to take the lead for aff -- combat operations across the country in 2013, next year. and move toward a supporting role. this will be another step toward afghans taking over their security by 2014 when the isaf

mission will end. >> the id will be difficult. many think the key to afghans peaceful security lies in pakistan, but once again, there are problems in that quarter. president obama shook the hands of a host of world leaders. he initially had to make do with hillary clinton. pakistan is a vital ally, nato's main supply lines to the troops in afghanistan run through the country. but they closed the routes when 24 pakistani troops were killed an american attack on the border. everything has to be flown in a huge cost or sent in from the north, nearly 3,000 miles overland. they also want to charge $5,000 per truck, 10 times the old

price. there may be a resolution in sight, but there are bigger problems. >> it is a really bad sunny cannot resolve this supply issue. i don't know how we will be allowed to work with the pakistani authorities on a political process and a peace settlement process, which everyone agrees, including the top commander on the ground, is essential to success and stability in afghanistan. >> i don't want to paper over real challenges. there is no doubt there are content to is ins withaf and the united states and pakistan over the last several months. >> progress may not be free of blood shed. the war may not really end and the fighting will be done by afghan forces. nato wants to ensure that when they stand up, they will not stand alone. >> the message to the afghan people is we will not desert them. the message to the insurgency is equally clear. if he cannot win on the

battlefield, you should stop fighting and start talking. >> the summit is intended to mark a milestone, but the journey is far from over. nato is planning a new supporting role in afghanistan even as it prepares to declare the war is over. >> a suicide bomber in yemen has killed at least 96 people, most of them soldiers, and injured hundreds more. al qaeda has said it was behind the attack and threatens more attacks unless the yemeni government stops its campaign against muslims. correspondent frank gardner reports. >> some thought at first it was a ceremonial cannon, but it was alone suicide bomber sent by al qaeda to wreak carnage in the heart of the yemeni capital. the trips were rehearsing for tomorrow's planned parade to

celebrate the country's unity. the call for blood donors. this is worse than almost any think they can remember. we were just waiting for the speech. we had no idea where the explosion came from. yemen has been shaken by last year's arab spring protests. in the confusion, al qaeda has moved in and, taking large tracts of territory. today's human bombing is a message of defiance from al qaeda to the new president. to -- it took place in the capitol square right by the presidential palace. it should have been a secure area. it comes as government forces are battling in the province. it is a vicious, largely unseen war. yemen worries the west because from there, al qaeda and sent

out sophisticated bombs on planes bound for the middle east, britain, and america. these are some of the men behind the bomb plot, hiding out in yemen in the arabian peninsula. this strike -- the air strikes are gaining american new enemies. >> the american drone campaign has been very successful in knocking out an important tier of the senior leadership of al qaeda in yemen, but it also has an undeniable radicalizing effect among the wider population. i think going forward, the u.s. is going to have to balance those elements very carefully. in order to do so, it has to look at pursuing a counter- terrorism strategy that puts the human security of the population to the front. >> the new president has

inherited a country beset with problems. for the government and its allies, there's one pressing priority, finding and disarming al qaeda before it can strike again. >> a yemen scholar at princeton university explains how al qaeda has managed to gain such a foothold in yemen. >> christmas day 2009 is the day that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula could -- at that point that had 200 or 300 individuals and controlled of territory. now 2.5 years later, the organization has more than tripled in size controls a great deal of territory. it has its own police forces, its own court system. it is providing services to the

citizens there and in many areas of southern yemen it is a de facto government. as the report alluded to, there are two main causes. one, the u.s. from an air strike which are creating as many terrorists as they are killing, and second, as the yemeni government source collapsed amidst the protest is last year, al qaeda was able to step in and fill that vacuum. >> a magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck in bulgaria at near the capital, causing residents to rush into the streets. it struck at 3:00 a.m. local time, 25 kilometers west of sofia. residential apartment building crashed to the ground during the tremor, which lasted several minutes and was followed by at least one after shot. the bulgarian interior minister says there aren't so far no reports of casualties or injuries.

the presidential palace in mali has been attacked. >> the president was beaten unconscious on monday by protesters. they were demanding his resignation. he has now been taken to a safe location. >> they expected their president to be leaving office, but on news he was staying on for 12 months, the people took to the streets. that came out in the thousands, marching in protest. the students are shouting they don't want the president.

that made it clear that did not want the deal made by a western leaders, either, meaning he would stay on and organize elections. we want him to leave the transition so that the people themselves can decide on the transition. this was the moment when angry protesters broke into the presidential palace. the leader was attacked in his office and later brought to a local hospital unconscious, where he was to recover later. it was only 40 days ago that he had been sworn in as interim president, following a messy coup in march that drove the country's -- the leader who had been party to the deal has also called anger.

he was granted the trappings of full president with housing and security and an allowance. this man says we are determined to put an end to ignoble behavior by our politicians. bad behavior, he said. the show of anger by the people is a protest against decisions taken about them but without them. their violence now threatens to derail a transition plan that was meant to take in closer to democracy. >> a funeral has taken place in tripoli for the only man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. he was suffering from cancer and a big controversy leach released from prison on compassionate grounds. >> under colonel gaddafi, this might have been a big public or even stay even, an occasion of

morning. instead, he was laid to rest today quietly in a family plot in tripoli. to the end, the former libyan intelligence officer insisted he was innocent. fell from the sky --pan am 108 fell from the sky and the memory of that knight is still vivid and easy to recall. the streets were covered in cables and wires and recovery vehicles. the people who came out of their homes that night moved in and out of the shadows without thinking they had been utterly silent -- without speaking. there had been utterly silenced by the shock of it. reaction to his death has been characteristically subdued. even here, opinion is divided. >> at least he is gone now,

thank god. >> i wasn't bothered one way or the other, quite frankly. >> in america, there is no such doubts. there, most relatives believe he was guilty. others were also involved. john's daughter gretchen died at lockerbie. >> there is still more to the story that needs to be told. we need more troops to come out. we need more of the criminals who were involved in the bombing to be brought out and exposed. >> what happens next? police in stoglin say that stepped up their investigation. the new libyan authorities said they will cooperate, but how much of a priority is it for them? anything new be learned from those who once served gaddafi like the former foreign minister? he was released nearly three years ago. the scottish government agreed

that many questions remained unanswered. >> there was an ongoing criminal investigation that has been dealt with by the crown and the police. it would be for them. the scottish government carry >> he died a convicted killer, but a quarter of a century on, the truth about how and by whom these 271 were murdered is as elusive as ever. >> you are watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come, a jail sentence for the american university studio used his web cam to spy on his gay roommate. >> let's look at some of the stories making headlines around

the world. the suicide bomb attack in yemen, more than 90 died in the attack in the capital. al qaeda local wing has taken responsibility. financial times deutschland blames greed for the pollen share price. -- fall in share price. this suggests the company was overvalued. google perhaps has a few too many. the eu has issued a surprise and the monopoly ultimatum to the online search giant. a newspaper says germany will reject proposals at a summit on wednesday. the former england football manager --

>> president obama has said there has been progress in chicago to form a long-term plan for handing over security in afghanistan and pulling out western combat troops. >> the al qaeda branch in yemen says the carried out the suicide bombing in the capital that killed at least 90 soldiers in sanaa. a former student at rutgers university in new jersey has been jailed for three days for using web came -- the web can to spy on his gay roommate. the 18-year-old roommate jump to his death after learning thatdharun ravi had filled a sexual encounter with another man. >> in court, the 20-year-old showed little emotion. he had already been found guilty of filming his roommate and

fellow rutgers student tyler clementi in a sexual encounter with another man. days later, tyler was dead. he had jumped from the george washington bridge. his parents were visibly distraught in court. >> it is knowing the pain suffered by my son that is the most difficult. >> the charges including invasion of privacy could have led to a 10 year jail cell, but -- and possible deportation for indian-born dharun ravi, but he was not charged with causing tyler's death. that has opened a wide ranging debate. why did rutgers university cannot take more action? >> for the past two years, this

case has been devastating. my son already has too much burden on his shoulders. >> the judge in the case made it clear he never referred to it as a hate crime. >> down the road, you can expunge this judgment, but you cannot expunge the conduct or the pain you calls --you caused. >> he was given a fine of $10,000.30 days in prison, followed by three years' probation and 300 hours of community service. he was also told he would receive counseling about cyber bullying. neither family would comment outside court, although the prosecution has said it plans to appeal.

>> when you think of china, it almost certainly think it's great wall, a structure that snakes along the country's northern border, designed to keep out the mongol hordes. now there are plans to knock down a small portion of the wall to make way for a factory. joining me is the managing director of the company. you are an active blocker, and this demolition has it triggered public furor. what are people saying online regarding this plan to demolish a part of the great wall to be able to build a factory? >> i did not see a lot of information from the social networks in china.

i only got 79,000 messages. the search engine cannot get into it. actually the number is quite small. i only got it is 6000 messages. it is not a big deal that people are talking about. -- 56,000 messages. i only got a few hundred comments on it. >> so right now it has not really gained ground, but do you think eventually it will become a divisive issue, with part of the great wall being knocked down to build a factory? >> i think so.

>> and you personally, do you feel that part of the great wall should be demolished to build a factory? >> definitely not. that is a tragedy coming anyway. and the message on the internet is quite complicated. it was sad that part of the great wall was already being destroyed from 1960 to 1970. we don't know of the source is true. we need some time to find out. >> we seem to have lost the sound there from beijing, but

thank him for his contribution. more crowds on its 70-day journey around the u.k. we have a report from the west of england. >> talk of the torch is spreading. it was an anxious moment when one forge blew out, but the olympics flame, safe in a lantern, was on hand. among today's torchbearers art 86-year-old tony hill, forced out of one olympic relay. severely disabled by partisans, he is determined to be worthy of the honor given to him. mile after mile, every town, every village, pavements were packed to overflowing. infectious enthusiasm has been growing since the start of

lands' end. >> we are only seeing a tiny part of the operation. it takes more than 350 people to going.is chargtorch >> this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all the communities we are passing through. the torchbearers are just amazing. >> a swarm of local police have helped prevent the convoy from straying from the route. another team is one step ahead to deal with any unforeseen problems. >> you can see the flame. where we have lunch, where we stop for break, i could go on and on. >> the wrapper will.i.am was

the latest torchbearer. >> it is like an unbelievable moment. >> as the sun began to set, a 12-year-old thomas per se cheered on the champion, helping the olympic flame burned even brighter. >> on tuesday, bbc world news will be following the olympic torch on its journey to bristol. we are still at the training based k for theenyan team. the team is currently trading at high altitude. join us on bbc world news for a day of live coverage, the progress of the 2012 olympic torch. prince charles and the duchess or on a four-day tour of canada

as part of the diamond jubilee celebration. the couple received a full military welcome in new brunswick on monday. charles and camilla as visit is among many royal legacy trips to the diamond jubilee. prince harry -- cringes and spent three days in south africa. -- princess anne spent three days in south africa. >> let's bring your reminder of the main news this hour. the nato summit in chicago has ended with the new agreement to and control of afghanistan to its own security forces by the middle of next year. mr. obama said nato troops would shift to training and support role in afghanistan. the headlines are next. thanks for being with us.

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