>> hi, everyone, welcome to "the journal." a russian court sentences mikhail khodorkovsky to six more years in prison. man suspected of planning an attack are charged with attempted terrorism. how china's one child policy has created a population that is aging dramatically. angela merkel has criticized the

latest jail sentence for former russian oil tycoon mikhail khodorvsky. it appeared political motivations had played a role in the trial, she said. with his current sentence from an earlier conviction due to run out next year, mikhail khodorkovsky is said d remain behind bars until 2017. the judge said the defendant was a criminal. needed to be isolated from society. he was once the richest man in russia and an opponent of the kremlin. earlier, he was found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars of oil from his own conglomerate. the ruling was criticid by wasngton a selective justice. mikhail khodorkovsky and his supporters maintained the case against him was politically motivated. i spoke to our correspondent in moscow and began asking him of this trial was a sham. >> i am not a lawyer and i have

not followed every twist and turn of the case. i think almost everyone, even inside russia, would agree this was a politically motivated trial. it is a different question whether people think that is a bad thing or not. he is not all that popular. people remember he was an oligarch and andthey are not flavor of the month in russia. it is clear this is selective justice, as the americans have said. every billionaire who appeared in russia in the 1990's is well known to have used dubious methods of business and it is accepted that mikhail khodorkovsky he wastarged for opposing couldn't. >> the u.s. has criticized the sentence and said it would complicate the bid to join the world trade organization. is that likely to bother the russian leadership?

>> no. they have been waiting to join the organization for two decades. they have been consistently frustrated by -- vladimir putin said effectively, what we do not -- we do not carry more. it would irritate them a little bit if it is true, but it would not be a great surprise to the kremlin. suddenly, we have to remember that although hillary clinton, when the verdict was read out earlier this week, strongly condemned it. the state department spokesperson seem to backpedal and said it would not affect cooperation, especially around things like afghanistan and the relations between the u.s. and russia. it is unlikely that the americans are going to want to upset what has become a significantlymproved relationship with russia. >> tnk you for that from moscow. three men arrested in connection

with an alleged plot have been charged with attempting to carry out a terrorist act. they have pleaded not guilty to the charges. a fourth man was released and a fifth person is in custody in sweden. there were detained on wednesday on suspicion of planning to attack the newspaper that published controversial caricatures of the profit muhamed five years ago. -- prophet mohammed five years ago. they denied charges of attempted terrorism and possession of weapons but the judge ordered the remain in custody. >> the court has accepted the request regarding detention and they have been taken into custody for four weeks. two of them in isolation. >> the fifth man was freed. police say he is under suspicion. his s other and sister ciesla

the -- insists he is innocent. >> i know him really well and my brother has nothing to do with terrorism. i think he is being accused because he is very religious. >> investigators suspect he was trying to rent a flat for the man. security services say they have been observing the group for months. in stockholm, they rented a car and drove to copenhagen, shattered by the police along the way. -- shadowed by the police along the way. there were arrested in the suburbs. officers seized a handgun, a machine gun, and ammunition. the danish and secret service says the men were planning to attack the newspaper which has been targeted because it published satirical cartoons of the prophet mohammed. a bomb explosion has shattered

windows and damaged cars outside a court building. the police had evacuated the area followingarnings before the explosion. the bomb was placed on a motor bike parked outside of the court. no group has claimed responsibility. the incident comes as two weeks before the scheduled trial of a dozen members of an anarchist group. the court in tel aviv has found the former president guilty of rape. he was guilty on a second charge of sexually harassing two other women. he faces eight years in prison. moshe katsav resigned in 2007 after the allegations. the three judge panel said his testimony had been riddled with lies. >> israel's from a president --

former president curried out of the courtroom. moshe katsav will remain free until sentencing. he did have to hand over his passport. his son says he is innocent. >> we will wk with our heads high. my father is innocent. >> the 65-year-old appeared confident when he entered the courtroom. in a unanimous decision, the judges declared him guilty of all but one of the charges. he was accused of sexual offenses against three female former employees. one case dated back to his term as tourism minister. the others after 2000, when he became president. the allegations surfaced in 2006 and he resigned a year later after accepting a plea bargain. under the terms of the arrangement, the charges were to be dropped in exchange for a

suspended sentence and a fine. the news of collini in deal prompted outrage protests at the time. -- a lenient deal prompted outrage protests. sentencing has been set for january. the rape conviction carries a prison stence of four years to 16 years. >> now that the year is winding up, let's find out what has been happening on the stock market. >> boom time. it has been a great year. investors are confident about earnings growth in 2011 as well as the prospect of higher equity prices and dividends. the dax rose 16% while the smaller cap mdax soared. asian stocks were mixed. traders cracked open the bubbly to mark the end of the year at the frankfurt stock exchange.

germany emerging faster than expected from the recession. celebrations also as trading closed the year on a high note. the index of market heavyweights jumped 22% this year. >> the 2010 stock market posted higher than expected gains as the u.s. supplied liqdity and the european debt crisis has not caused big trouble. >> ony the floor in tokyo, traders applauded the end of 2010. the nikkei lost a loss in january. there were hoping for a turnaround next year. >> in germany, it has been a great year for the dax] index even if it weakened in the last days of trading. our correspondent seentnt us

this summary. >> the dax lost 2%. a lot of traders have been happy with the result this by the week's loss in the day's loss. the dax made it 16% and outperformed many majore markets in doing so. thanks to the good situation of the export industry and strong domestic demand in germany. many expect rising share prices in 2011. everyone hoping and everyone forecasting greater prices. the direction to go the other way. >> they arwe see the dax index trading at one percentage point.

eurostocks closed at 1.2% in negative territory. investors are ignoring on wall street lower than expected new claims for unemployment insurance. the dow industrials are currently down about -- nearly unchanged. at of the currency markets, the euro is trading for $1.3286. markets will move at record rates. this would pose a problem for the german economy since it is especially reliant imports when it comes to commodities like metals. recycling of raw materials will become increasingly more important. >> circuit boards are found that most complex -- i and most complex electronic products. they are the nerve center of that kind of equipment here. even when they have been

scrapped, they are still valuable to companies%like europe's largest copper producer. >> valuable contents can be found here. these contacts contain real gold. it is high value gold. we can break these down and extracted at a profit. >> 300 grams of gold can be extracted from a ton of scrap like this. alongside copper, nickel, selenium, and silver. an array of valuable wrote materials -- raw materials which companies would have to buy and global markets. >> from materials are scarce and there is not an unlimited supply. on global markets, we're competing with other countries were exactly the same commodities. recycling materials land here and this is where the process. rather than being exported and shuffled around the world. >> the search for treasure begins in a local scrap yard. millions of tons of outdated and

broken electronics are thrown out every year in the you. -- eu. german households get rid of waste that can be sorted and recycled. the metals and rubber materials retreat from -- raw materials can be recycled. >> pope benedict xvi said the vatican wanted to join other countries in cracking down on legal loopholes that have allowed criminals to exploit the financial sector. the decrees were passed on as italian authorities and -- investigated money laundering by vatican bankers in september. italy froze 23 million euros were the vatican funds in italian banks due to possible money-laundering. rahm prosecutors launched an investigation against two

vatican bank officials after receiving a tip of about financial irregularities. >> thank you. it has been 30 years since china enacted the one child policy in a bid to control population. that policy is having a dramatic affect on the country. boys outnumber girls. the burden of caring for elderly parents and grandparents is growing for many on the children. >> he is four and depended on his parents now but when he grows up, he will be somresponse for supporting the them and his grandparents. such as the traditional relationship. >> it is a big burden to support six adults. it is not just a problem for family. many chinese families have this challenge. >> he is among the second

generation of children to be rn under china's one child policy. the goal was population control. it had other consequences. critics say the policy has led to spoiled children with poor people skills. a premium is on boys who outnumber girls. china's population is aging dramatically and the ratio of workers to pensioners is declining. >> for the younger generation, it sis impossible to care for the elderly based on the tradition of family responsibility. you have more social support to the elderly. >> china is facing more calls to and it's one child policy in hopes of helping counter the aging population. -- end the one child policy in hopes of helping counter the aging population.

>> bobby farrell has died,. his real talent as a dancer and lip syncher. the recordings were sung by frank farion. cause of death is unknown. as we have been reporting, it has been a deep freeze of a december. the coldest in 40 years. the fire brigade has been dealing with itsmass of bicycles, smashing them off. -- massive icicles, smashing them off. deicing fluid is running short because manufacturers cannot make it fast enough.

i will be back after a short break.

>> welcome back. the u.n. declared 2010 the internional yearf biodiversity. conservation of the world's species was not proceeding like clockwork and there were low expectations of the biodiversity summit in nagoya. delegates to deliver the goods, at least on paper. countries agreed to a 20. plan. even critics describe the summit as an important step. -- countries they agreed agreed0 point plan. many plants and animals are disappearing for good. >> the toll is wiping out four

and, at an unprecedented rate. every day, worldwide, 380 plant and animal species died out. -- the toll is wipin gour flora and fauna at an unprecedented rate. un experts warn the world is facing the prospect of fishless oceans by 2050 of nothing is done. >> we know that species are always dying out. -- dying out as a result of environmental influences. human influence is causing plants and animals to disappear at a rate that is anything but natural. it is a dramatic situation, compare newble with a rate of extinction 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs died out, only worse. >> in october, delegates of the

summit' produced a strategy with 20 aims. one of them is stronger control of global fisheries. less needs to be caught and undersea life has to be better protected. subsidies out to beef phased out for farming practices that damage the environment. the hope is to establish agriculture that is in tune with nature, not locked in combat with it. conservation areas need to be expanded. reserves shou be increased tenfold for brain life. -- marine life. the aim is to halt loss of species by 20/20. >> many experts say that is not possible but that depends on the political will to preserve these important habitats like the tropical rain forests, which aren't important ecosystem. if that gets done, it is

possible to achieve something meaningful in 10 years' time. >> exactly how much life still is on earth could be clear by 2012 when the pledges come into force and the world's nations have to say how much hard cash they're prepared to devote to them. >> every year, the eu spends billions of years of subsidies on agriculture. the subsidies are generous to crop producing land, delivering an actual harvest. that is the opposite of what is needed to ensure biodiversity. semi-wild farm land is needed. this is a perk exampperfect exaf how the un farmers can work hand in hand.

>> wehaheat as far as the eye cn see. there are green strips of biodiversity. newly created habitats left by local farmers for local flora and fauna. it is a combination of agriculture and conservation. the green zones provide a habitat for creditors and pests that would otherwise damaged harvests. farmers set aside 5% of land, leaving it to return to a semi natural state. this provides a place to live for a species threatened with extinction. that has been a blessing for one rare bird of prey. it has not been here for years -- senior for years but six of -- seen here for years but six

breeding pairs have appeared. farmers take special care when harvesting. as long as the harriers are flightless, they need to protect the nests in the cornfield to reach maturity and let them fl they ive the combine harvester around the site, leaving a small island around the birds. local farmers put up resistance at first. now, they play an active role in maintaining the strips of by a diversity across the land. in late summer, before this all is dispersed, the green strips are mohd -- thistle strips are dispersed the strips are mowed.

this is a model that could be repeated across europe if subsidies were distributed to promote the conservation of nature. scientists know that without tropical forests, it would be impossible to maintain a healthy global climate. how does the system operates? there are many anand answered questionsb the biodiversity has been cataloged as part of a campaign to preserve the system. this report comes from a village in the southwest of the country. >> here on the river, scientists have set up nets to catch fish for their studies. a giant anaconda has landed in their tracks. the researchers released the snake where there are no nests.

at the camp, a dutch biologist gathers his team for talk. they want to examine areas where they have marked off. >> the characteristics is it is a low disturbance for us. there are no volcanoes, no world win whirlwinds or hurricanes. the trademark is that has been -- it has been standing here for a long time. >> burton limn is getting down to work. he is studying small animals. he has set up 120 traps. one of his nasa -- nests caught a spear-nosed bat. >> i was happy and lucky to get this one.

>> they have completed half their sector. the nutmeg tree presents the tree with an interesting finding. >> usually, this has latex coming out but this is yellow. we have never seen this before. this species is known with tree people, they call it lapa-lapa. >> the campus home to 20 scientists. aluminum company's plan to prospect here. it want to make sure -- they want to make sure that it is not suitable. burton has prepared the greater spear-nosed bat for a museum. he cuaught 50 species of rats,

mice, and bats. it will publish their findings about the expedition. >> that is all we have time for. thank you for joining us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--