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sudan. welcome tobc world news. coming up later, it is what evyone in italy is talking abt, the prime minister and the prostitute. watching it all goark. the longt solar eclip of the ntury. ntury. u.s. secretary of ste hillary clinton ward iran annorth koreabout their nucar ambitions. at t summitn thaind, mrs. inton told nth korea it is on be its only option is the universal dismaning of its universal declare -- of its nuclear weapons progra our state department rrespondent is traveling wit
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her. >> the theme of the day for hilly clinton wasuclear proliferation,rom iran to north korea. e had one meage. washington will not accept their nuclear ambitions. shsent a message t pten. -- to tehran. >> the focus iran must have is that it faces the prospect,f pursues nuclr wpons, of sparking an arms race ithe region. texas secretary of state said washingtonould extend a defense umbrellover itsllies in thegulf rion. it sounded almost like a plan b, shld engage but failed. the aim is stil to sp iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. closer t thaind, noh korea's nuclear program p the enda of bilateral meetings and mr clinton held with regional partrs. e sd there was a united front against p'yongyang. >> all four of the foreign
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ministers agreed that full implementations important to demonstrate unity and resolve in the face of north korean provocation. and toake clear that comete and irreversible denucleazation is the only viab path for north korea. >> will have a written came to the meeti with the broader - but hillary inton came with the broade agenda and another message, america is back. she has repeatedly said the us. is also a trans-pacific por, and washington will now appnt a permant representative to the afghan ssion in jakarta. hillary inton spoke atength about washgton's commitment to its aies in the region. ras sd that a collecti picy and a united fro were paid o on issues like north korea and burma. but washington ilso trying to sh back against china's growing influence inhe region.
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>> t iraqi pre minter, nor el leakehas held his first talks at thehite house and president obama's election. calling for more econoc support from the u.s., n the u.s. military ha withdraw from iraqi towns and cies. mrobama repted his pled to pull outll u.s. troops by the end of 20. he iraqi prime ministe has also bn lobbying the white house on e issue listing reparations to kuwait. he secured his public messa of support. >> i think it would be a mistake for iraq to ntinue to be burdened by the sins of the deposed dictator. in order to do that, wwill have to obtn cooperation from various members of the united naons. i think that tere will have to some spefic disputes that are resolved between iraq and some of itseighbors. we inte to be very constructive in at process,
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but we hve said clearly, d i have repeated tay tothe prime minier, that we wl work diligentlyith iraq so tha iraq is no longer within chapter 7. >> in the next w hou, esident obama will hold another news conference, this e on prime-time televion. the white houssays it sees this as a six mth's report rd. mr. obama will be trying to build support f his plans to ovhaul america's health-car system,appealing for the backing of republicans and conservative democts in congress. he is pushing for his number one domestic priity to be made gislation before the august recess. the pakistan man cused of being th only surviving gunman om the mumbai attacks sayshe is prepared to be p to death. he told the crt they should go ahead and hg him. he surprised even hi own lawyers by itching his plea to guilty. the rst human trials in the search for i swine flu vaccine
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has begun in austlia. two drug companies have srted injectg more tha500 adult volunteers. thesaid they will not know fo up to ght weeks whether a vaccine has been effecte. american officia have called for several dozen volteers to sign up for similar trials in the united states. u.s. fderal agenthave raided the officeof thdoctor who was with pop star michael jackson when he died last month. dr. conramurray was his personal physician. officials from the u.s. drug an oarsman in the session he been searching his clinic in houston, texas. a lawye sa officials are lookingor edence of manslauger. violent protests are spreang acros south africa's townships as pressure mounts on the president to deliver on government promises of better basic rvices. withi100 people have been arrested in the last week. police fired rubr blets at demonsttors in johannesburg and elsewhere, less than 100
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days after tmc's overwhelmingeelection victory. >> is not an easy time for people who live in sout afca's many townships. south afca is in s first ecession for almost 20 years. there have been a number ofob loss, and these protests about what is called -- the provision of basic services like housi, water, an electricityto ce africa's orest people. whave seen demonstrationin townships around johannesrg. polic cars were attacke buildings re burned. in oneof th, rubber bulle were also firedy the policeto dispersehe protesters perhaps of more concern to the thorities heres violence furtr north. there s violence this ek in
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whh people turned on foreigrs your living amongst them. shops were burned, and it i repord that 100 foigners took shelter at the police station. the reason that is of such concern isecause just ove a year ago, southfrica also saw service delivery protestimilar to the ones it is exriencing now. that frustration in the townips became targeted at the foigners who living among the genelly africans who come for economic reasons or for hum rights and areiving in the townships. they weretargeted. more than 60 people were killed anthat violence. ma of the reigners had to flee into makeshift camps for fety. the real concern is the tential for the service devery prosts whic are about basic things like housing, electricy, and water. they may escalate, and people living among themay find themselves targeted.
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>> is rich in oil and has been a flashpoint in 82-dade- longar. e rion is claimed by both north and south sudan. now the internional court in e hague has ruled in favor of the north. itffectively awarded more o the miral wealth, after a dispute thataw 100 people killed and ten of thousand flee their homes >> it is being fought over and coveted. now we know exactly what it consists of. the sunese could not ree on the borders of thoil-rich and strategilly important region, so ey called o the permanent court of arbitration to make a binding ruling settingut the limits. at the hagu senior memrs of e south and north made a gentlem's agreement to accept the verdict. when it came, it clearly delighted the north >>e think a minimum of 10,000
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lometers has bee returnedo the nor. it includes the oil fields that were disputed. we have made very important gains in this ard, although we have not been given allthat we think was our righ. >>t uld proke new violence in sudan. in may last year, as many as 100 peopleere killed and 50,000 ed as the armies of the north and south clashed once more. the un has stepped up its vigilance in the region,ut the head of e celts delegati in the hague said the would trouble. >> i respect the decision >> is region has been a source of tension for many years. between those who support the north and the biggest ethnic group in the south.
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political lders have called r calm, but cautions counsele. there will be watching the action of those directly affected by the rulg very closel >> tensof millions of people across asia havead a once-in- a-fetime chance to witness a total solar eclie. in some places, day turned to night, as the moon entily blocked out thrays of the sun. actions to ts extraordinary moment have very. mo work overawed by the unueness ofthe experience. others saw it as a b omen. the shadow rac inland across india towards china the eclipse ached its peak over the souacific, laing for six minutes and 39 seconds. the path ofull darkness was 200 bta kilometerside. the drop off and faded away,
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scene finall over islands in the pacific. our corresponden was lucky enough to follow the most memorable ments ofhe clips across india. >> cruising at 41,0 feet, to witness the celeial spectacle of the ctury, the moment of totali when the sun disappearedrom view. it was a magical sit that stayed with us for 6.5 minutes, and then it was or. >> everyone here was very thusiastic and excited. we have amixed bunch. people whare seeing for the first time, and even a few children. thecenes are the besones in the hou. bbc orhe best. ty are the ones from where y can see the totalclipse. r this privilege, you pay a steep price. >> is unbelievable. i have seen photoaphs of
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eclipses. it is not the same. >> the only thing is that i misse theiamond ring. there is a lot of he about it, and i miss all that. evyone was taking photograp. i did not ask thegentleman in frt of me for the binocars. it was a ltle disappointing. >> while they are suck with wonder abo the booklet down belo th moment ispired anxiet many indians stayed indoors. others gather in temps to offer special prayers. >> ts 200 year-old temple today is a special day, when many believe you musthowour face tward off evil. they have been coming here in the thousands ev since the door opened, to make sure their
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prayers are heard. >> india is aountry where an agent riddles ho in the modern age. many are dven by the poweof their faith. the mysteries of the univers inspire wondernd awe. >> a very lucky reporter. it is a politil scandal that has become the tk of italy. the primeinister has been the subjt of some rather wild allegations. it centers around taped nversations allegedly involving him, a won, and a four posr bed. he laughed off the scandal, saying he was no saint. >> italy' leader etangled in a sex scaal that will not go away. alleged counters with high class call girls right at the heart of the italian political establishment.
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the woman behind audiogate, a self confessed prostitute. sh claims toave sretly recorded conversaons in his bedroom. tate has beenpublished, reportly containg their voic. on t tape, a man's voice can be heard to say, i am also going to have this hour, ad then you wait f me on the big betf you are done before . >> the woman asked,hat big bedaskedputin's? how nice, the one with the curtains. >> thelatest recordgs were made here at his private apartment in centr rome. the key suggesti is that a paid female escort spend t night with the prime minister of italy. he has been frced to deny ever pang for sex.
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>> he is a politil man, so we expect hito ask in a proper y. >>i do not really care about s private life. and this carebout if he is able or not to solve t economic problemthat we have. >> she ha been a the center of a lease for peonal scandals since may. as well as the idscort, he is alleged to have had rations with this 18-year-old wom fr naples, which he denies. he to repoers, i am no saint. ther are load of good-loing girls out the. it may not be dignified or wise, but it is vintage. >> you a watching bbc world news. still to ce, the struggle f
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recover of a 4-year-d girl from gaza, pralyzed in aar with israel. five days after the jakarta hotel bombings, indonesian police have reased sketcs of two suspects. e images are being shown to witnesses as part of the vestigation. at least seven people wer kild when suicide bombers targeted to luxury hotels. >> these are the menhat indonean police believere the two suicide bombers in last friday'deadly attacks in jakarta. they areketches were displaye to photographers and journalists at a press brieng in the capal. indonesian police say the images e based on the two heads found at the bomb si. > it is strongly suected that the suicide bombers whose heads were foundor those that syed in the room 180 athe marott
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hotel. >> this is the moment when the bomb exploded inhe lobby of the marriott hotel, killing and injuring peop in its wake. uests were heading down for breakft when the blast went off. minutes later, another bo explodedat the ri carlton across toad. the powerfuexplosion tore off the front of the building. mobile phone fooge inside the hotel shows thextent of the dage. it is still not clear who masrminded the aack, but instigators say thethink it could be the work of this man, a malaysian extremists whis believed to have links to an affiliate of al qaeda. these are the first re developments i this investigation sce last friday's attacks, but stl a lot of questions remain unanswered. indonesian polic are under pressure to prove that they can find out o was behind this. the president's popularityf the lt few years has been based on hismage as a leader
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whcan keep ionesia's say. making sure th quick results are produced this case is critical to maintaining that support. >> you are watching bbc world news. hillary clinton wns north korea and ira about their clear ambitions and operas amica's gulf allies a bigger defense umbrella. violent protests have sead in south afca over what i seen as the government's faure to deliver on itslection promises it is six months sinceisrael pulledts tanks out of gaza. at the end of a three we offensive against tomas. the war is over, but for one little girl, the battle contues. she was shot andaralyzed during e fighting. after ergency surgery in egyptshe was flo to belgi where she s been receiving spialist treatment. christi fraser has bee following r story.
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>> she can wal with her fingers, but using he legss an impossibldream. despite the best efforts of belgn doctors to repair her damaged spine, she still has no feeling below e waist. we first met he in a hoital in egypt. shead been evacuated from gaza for emergencysurgery. so shockin research ory, that as the war ended, we searched for her fath i northern gaza. the family alled that israeli soldiers opened re on them at ose rae a they lined up ouide the house welfe grandmother wavehe white flag. h toldus herwo sisters were ad. we brought ne tha his rviving daughter was paralyzed. today, afr months of grueling therapy paid for by thebelgian governme, she is uprig and learningo balance.
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>> they could not take the bullet at lea one is in the spinal cord. >> she wears a plastic brace to correct the positionof her spine. on the y we visited, the custom built wl chair had just rived. throughout the ordeal, she has shown remarkable spirit, but how will sheut back in gaza? this is the spot ere she was shot. this is the family home that was anned, and this neighborhood looked exactly as did when i s here just over sixonths ago. thesraeli blockade is still i place. there nooncrete or steel with which to rebuild it, d precious little moy. at some point you ha to return here,ut at the moment,here is a -- thereis very lite to come bacto. >> her faer has been gen a box.
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i am desperate toee her again, t i did not want her to come back here to this. i cannot give her t proper live her he spes the moneye has on the phone calls to brussels, just to hear her sing. imagine themotion of being le to see her ce for the first time in most seven months inhe film we brought from brussels. today th israeliefense force told the bbc their inquiry io the fami's allegations have found no evidence of suc an indent. they stresd that haveever rgeted innocent civilians. that in belgm, hermother says theyave been told thecan stay for thehort term while she gets the secialist treatmen she requires. it is a tgh road, even in e orderly surroundingsf the hoital. >> thlargest nuclear weapons
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si in north ameca is becoming a tourist attractn. it produced plutoniu for the bo dropped on nagasakin world war two. today many lols are proud to welcome paying visitors. >> it was manmadedestruction likeever before. american atomic bombs helped end world war ii and changed the course of history. many are proud of that history in this town. just look athe emblem of the high school football tm. they cl themsels the richland bombers. >> it iseen in a different light boht our community. we do not seet as someing destructive. we see it as something that brin usogether, and a symbol of our past and o history. greg 65 years ago in this remote corner of waingtontate, 50,000 work on a top-secr project plutonium for the drop -- for the bomb dropped nagasaki
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was made here this actor. the sites preserved and the u.s. government rums smal stores. it is a glimpse of america' nuclear ambition after world war ii, eight alutonium pruction line that lasted for deces. eight more reactors wre built. this is where bricks and mortar and people' lives cam together and actually fought that war. people want to know s history. >> if you wanto see the world's worst fullscale nuclear reactor, look straight upstream. >> for nearly half a centu, the hulking reactors sported 50,000 jobs and the productio f american nuclear weapons w there are e focus of a growing tourist indust, and more jobs are being created to help clean up radioactive waste.
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hansard has been called the most pollud places in america. decades of contaminatn cost $2 billion a yea to clean up and uld take 2 more years. >> there are pele who are not happy with the speed of clean up. sometimes am not hpy, eier, but peoplhave to understand tt the people who, during the to work every day are puin some very hazardo situations. we are going to make sure they are safe. now more will be working here, ad they are queuing up for jobs, toour thousand post paid fory'president sconomic stimulus package. an extra2 billion for nuclear cleap here. at the atomic brew pub, local hiory is reflected in the beerand they serve. w they look forwardo an econom chain reaction. >> will see a nice impact for at least t years. it willrobably run on to another four years as the money
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contues to cycle itself through the community. >> t creation of desuction brought psperity here. cleaning upfter it will s again. od times, in an area that caot and will not deny is history. >> before we goa quick reminderf our top story. u.s. secretary of state hillary clintonas givenan uncomproming warnin on nuclear weapons to north korea and iran. she warned iran that nuclear apons would not make it strong, because the u. wou extend what sh callea defense umbrella over the gulf region. thanks for being with us. you e watching bbc world news. >> bunng wasmade possible by the freeman foundation, the newman's ow foundatio the john d. and catherine t macartr fountion, and union bank.
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history tells us the spash easi conquered the mighty azts. this, of cours is a very rose-tinted view of e reality. announcer: but a grueso find suggests history might be wng. bones from an aztec grave site are proving that spaniards were captud, sacrificed, and eaten. woma the priest would tear t heart out and offer to the sun. announcer: azt massacre, on "secrets ofhe dead."

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