hi, everyone. welcome to the "journal" on dw- tv. the top stories, clashes break out in the egyptian capital cairo as the police crackdown and the second day of protests. >> movers and shakers descend on pothos for the economic forum. t>> and a scandal in the armed forces. clashes between egyptian

demonstrators and security forces have marked a second day of protest against president hosni mubarak. the police fired rubber bullets to break up rallies and hundreds of people have been detained. these are the biggest protests president mubarak has faced in his 30 years of rule. >> defying a ban on street demonstrations, thousands of protesters took to the streets of cairo for a second day. they returned it to repeat their demands for democracy, social justice, and the president's resignation. the police made good on their threat to crack down on the protests. witnesses say that demonstrators were be down with batons and fired on with teargas. in the face of this unprecedented public outrage, the government has tightened security across the country. curfews are in place and

protestors have reported they are not able to access social media sites like twitter and face book, which had been used to organize demonstrations. the german government has expressed alarm over the crackdown. >> civil rights, freedom of opinion, freedom of assembly, freedom of a lot of the press, egypt must respect these -- freedom of the press, egypt must respect these. >> international support could make it harder for the government to silence the people demanding change. we spoke earlier to our correspondent in cairo and asked for the latest situation. >> thousands of people took to the streets in downtown cairo, 500 reported arrested. it is reported that dozens were taken to a warehouse and beaten

by the police, who targeted the protestorswith tear gas, trying to disperse them. there is talk of a curfew for everybody, but that is not confirmed yet. >> tell us more about what the demonstrators are doing and what authorities are doing to stop them. >> atwater has been blocked for 2 days now and -- twitter has been blocked for 2 days now, and facebook has also been blocked. i was told that people are able to circumvent in these block sites by using providers to get around. a>> what are the options for president mubarak and his government? >> the protesters are asking for several things, like raising the minimum wage, dropping prices, and most importantly they want the resignation of the interior

minister. i think that if mubarak acts on these demands, they could restorer a calmer situation. it cannot go on as it did before and things need to change in the country. mubarak must be aware of this. >> thank you for that update from cairo. the interim justice minister of the country of tunisian has asked interpol to arrest the overthrown president, currently in saudi arabia with his wife, wanted on charges of fraud and embezzlement of state funds. hundreds of protesters turned out to demand that all ministers allied to the ousted president be removed. the ministers of the interior, foreign affairs, and defense are expected to be replaced soon.

up to the swiss alps for the big forum. >> 1 of the most exclusive advance and the world. at this year's world economic forum has kicked off in davos, switzerland, the health of the world economy domating the meeting. there are still clear race and warnings that the global economic crisis is still far from over -- still clear worries and warnings that the global economic crisis is still far from over. there will be meeting to discuss how to tackle the challenges ahead. >> please pause for a minute of silence. >> dmitri megadeath began his project dmitri megadeath began his -- dmitri medvedev began asking for a moment for silence.

>> russia is aware of its place in the world. we are aware of its responsibilities to its citizens and will fulfill them as low well as its responsibilities to the world community. this is the reason i am on this stage speaking to you today. >> then he used the opportunity to defend russia against criticism that conditions in this country are not ideal for investors. >> we are making progress in moving ahead. in particular in fighting corruption, and modernizing the justice system, and maintaining order. >> he says he thinks those are important steps to improve the security of investments in russia. >> a short time ago i spoke with our reporter at davos and asked how the russian president's comments were received. >> business leaders were not

very surprised that he used his platform for his own purposes, remarking that foreign investment was needed in russia and that russia had a good investment climate. he was prepared for critics and there were criticisms as far as lack of democracy and selective justice is concerned, and he responded his critics, saying that russia had a long way to go, but that russia does not need any teaching but partners. it is interesting to note that before the president's speech, there was a press conference with the russian delegation and bp announcing a new alliance with the big russian oil company, and the message was clear, the investment climate is very good in russia and we need foreign investment. >> tal's, what is the main focus

of the world economic forum -- tell us, what is the main focus? >> the main focus is clearly emerging markets. emerging markets, there are so many representatives from emerging countries like china and india. india is the partner country here, and india is very, very soft, the debt -- is very self confident. there is a very traditional cafe here which has turned into an indian lounge. there is a big cultural program, and there will be many debates on this shift from the industrialized world to the emerging markets. >> finesse of fisher, thank you. -- vanessa fisher, thank you. sap has revealed its earnings in its fourth quarter

profit fell from a year ago. sap did not cheer investors by forecasting double-digit revenue growth and raising its dividend 20%. >> sap programs can be found everywhere. millions of people's wages are calculated by 1 of their payroll programs. that is just 1 example. lots of companies use the software giant's products. there are even programs to help save energy. they also seem well positioned for the future. >> we see growth in all regions, but brazil, russia, india, and china are growing much faster. we see great opportunities there and we have new categories of software that create growth mopportunities, and i would say the small and midsize companies are a huge market for us. >> retailers around the world

are especially interested in sap's accounting programs, but banks are also among their biggest clients. on the downside, a u.s. court recently ordered them to pay american rival or cold billions wrote inamages for copyright infringement -- to the american --oracle billions in damages for copyright infringement. >> they have done well from tee downturn, cutting costs. but its fortunes now depend more heavily on economic performance of developing countries, where the risks are much higher. starting in frankfurt, the blue-chip dax finished 1% higher. the euro stoxx 50 finished the day up. in new york, the dow jones

treading 0.2% higher. over 12,000 points. it and the currency markets, the euro trading at $1.3683. a toyota has announced another recall. this time over concerns about possible fuel leaks. the recall affects 1.2 million toyota cars, including up to 24,000 in germany. japan's transport ministry says bacon develops light truck -- slight cracks that can develop leaks. itoyota has now recalled about 2 million cars since 2009. that is the business update. president hamid cars i opened afghanistan's parliament after they had threatened to start without him.

this came 4 months after controversy a parliamentary elections which were racked by widespread claims of fraud. >> many afghans expressed amazement their parliament had opened. the president swore and 249 members of the lower house of parliament. he also wrote sharply criticized the international committee for meddling in afghanistan's elections. >> we must make government institutions and the elections treat our own. elections controlled by the afghans will be more transparent and less expensive. >> he wanted to delay the opening of the assembly by a month to allow special election court to complete investigations into allegations of fraud and the september poll. but lawmakers threaten to take their seats with or without him, forcing him to agree to agree to the inauguration. >> we are looking ahead.

from 2014, we intend to be up to take care ofur security when nato troops leave the country, but the world needs to know that we will need help rebuilding the country. >> but karzai may find governing more difficult. he had been able to rely on the group for support, but no longer. in germany, the defense minister has been testifying to a parliamentary committee over incidents in the armed forces. these include the alleged misconduct on a naval training vessel, the accidental death of a german soldier in afghanistan, and airplanes -- and claims that private mail to soldiers has been open to. i>> the defense ministers day began at a relaxed environment of the weekly cabinet meeting where there was no aggressive questioning about his handling

of 3 unrelated cases within the armed forces. but those incidents made for a stormy session at his next appointment before the defense committee. afterwards, he was clearly irritated by the grilling. >> i have th impression these allegations have collapsed in on themselves like rotten beams. it is all part of the political game. >> he defended his decision to suspend the navy commander, allegations were too serious, but the opposition has called it a knee-jerk reaction. it says he still has questions to answer. >> what new information came to light between forming the defense committee at midday and the dismissal of the capital- letter that evening? this answer was not given. -- and the dismissal of the capt. later that evening? this answer was not given. >> it looks like he will

continue to face questions. european union's naval mission of the horn of africa has confirmed a german cargo ship was hijacked by pirates over the weekend. the german navy at the vessel as part of the ante. mission was too far away to help. the vessel was seized. it was 800 kilometers north of the area. there has been no word of the fate of the 12 men on board. the crew officially fled to a security room, but the pirates broke in and it is now sailing toward somalia. we will have more on the problems of piracy later on. russia has observed a day of mourning for the 35 people killed in monday's bombing of the airport. flags across the capital were at half mast. at 110 people remained in the hospital.

50 were seriously wounded. authorities suspect islamists were behind the attack. before he left for the meeting, medvedev fired an official and give them 2 weeks to improve. justin henenen has announced her definitive retirement from the sport. a scan of her elbow revealed too much damage for her to continue playing. she played her last match at the australian open last week. she won 7 grand slam titles during her career. with at least 50 million in prize money, i think she has enough to get by on their retirement. >> too bad for the sport. >> she will definitely be

missed. stay tuned for in depth.

the german government has been holding talks with shipping executives to combat piracy on the high seas. this is a growing problem, with the number of attacks going up every year. especially disturbing, the increase and the crew members taken hostage. the horn of africa and the seas off the coastline of the most dangerous for ships. more than 90% in the past year have been hijacked there. >> the pirates boats are small, fast, and highly maneuverable. there is hardly any footage of a pirate attack taking place. bua crew member on an american ship took these images with a mobile phone it in 2009. it the pirate attack failed on

that occasion as the u.s. navy arrived in time. somalia has been without a functioning central government for years. it is a country run by clans and malicious, a poverty is rife, leaving fisherman with little alternative but to become pirates. >> i often don't have enough money for breakfast. that is why i want to be a pirate. at >> the pirates are armed with assault rifles, mortars, and even rocket-propelled gredes. they target cargo ships and crews because kidnapping officers and sailors is lucrative. >> we have another 1. >> ransoms amounting to millions have been paid in the past. the number of pirate attacks around the world has only risen slightly since 1994, but not as fast as the number of. kidnappings. last year set a new record with

over 1000 settlers kidnapped. the european union special naval force active in the gulf of aden and the indian ocean has made scarcely any impact. the area of its responsibility is too large and the somali pirates are operating at ever greater distances out in the indian ocean. they even use of larger vessels suitable for the high seas. at the smaller boats are watched from the mother ships to attack the cargo vessels. there are 2 main areas where the pirates hijacked ships, the gulf of aden and africa's coastline, and in the waters between indonesia and malaysia. the pirates have attacked cargo and container ships and also oil tankers. upon receipt presents a major problem to shipping because without -- piracy represents a major problem to shipping because without safe routes, international trade is in

danger. >> 95% of the world's goods are transported by ship. germany has the largest amount of vessels. but with the dramatic increase in the number of sailors taking hostage, shipping companies are finding it harder to find crews to sell these routes. the captain of 1 ship has so far escaped a pirate attack, but some of his colleagues were not asortunate. >>q this capt. has been a sailor for more than 40 years. though he has never experienced hijacking, he is familiar with the feelings of fear and helplessness when his colleagues are involved, like in october, 2010, when the ship was hijacked by pirates. then, as in the latest incident, the crew members barricaded themselves in it panic room. the pirates were not able to

reach them and the crew was rescued by a naval task force, operation atlanta. after 2 days of fear and worry. >> you don't know what is happening on board the ship. the crew was in a hermetically sealed room. that means they don't know if the pirates had shipped -- set the ship on fire. >> that is why every trip is so risky. this person has just returned from a voyage to africa. there were extra guards on his ship and barbwire and was placed around the edge. security like that is very important as operation atlantic can only provide a limit it help. >> normally the ships come from the suez canal, pass through here, and come together to form a convoy. the naval ships from operation

atlanta accompany them through this region, the gulf of aden. this means that this entire area at that you see here is unprotected. >> that is a very large expanse of ocean. he and his colleagues have been trained how to react to a pirate attack. measures include it spurring the liquid soaps that pirates slipped or disabling the ship's bridge, but that only provides limited security. the over 1000 sailors and over 20 ships that belong to operation atlanta are not capable of providing total protection, as seen with this latest hijacking. he thinks operation and let them must be expanded as soon as possible. the security measures the shipping companies use are no longer enoug to keep the crew

is safe. >> to find out more about what can be done in the battle against piracy, i am joined by my colleague, peter. what new measures could be taken in the battle? >> the united nations has been addressing that and came up with a new report. they say the first thing they're demanding is each and every country around the globe incorporate piracy as a criminal offense in the criminal code, which is not always the case. but they're also asking for a special tribunals to treat and try piracy offenses. that looks like it could happen. they want present capacities to be stepped up in both countries affected by piracy because the prison capacities are not sufficient. what they're also calling for, very important, they want much more robust measures put in place to trace the flow of ill- gotten gains from piracy on the

high seas to find and who is profiting from this network of piracy and to prosecute those people, especially given many experts are beginning to say there is a growing and very worrying overlap between international terrorism and piracy gangs. >> shipping companies say they need more protection. what form could that take? that not many shipping countries -- many shipping companies have been resorting to protection from private security companies. in germany, that is not viewed favorably. a lot of shipping company said that is a step back into the middle ages. the german navy and other international naval forces have not been proved to be very efficient and patrolling the indian ocean. there is a growing debate in germany about using counter- terrorism units by the german police force to intervene and protect forces in piracy

incidents. there are logistic problems and constitutional problems also. >> we have talked about the symptoms, but what about the root cause? >> we're talking about somalia, a failed state that has to be turned around. this is a state that has been ravaged by humanitarian crises and conflict for over 2 decades. it is facing a major doubt -- crack -- drought crisis, has a major displaced population, and does the international committee have its heart in meeting the challenge? i don't know. >> will find out in the coming years, thank you. with that, we wrap up "the journal" at this hour. thank you for joining us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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