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the un andumps the deputy e voy to afghanistan. welce to bbcworld news. loking back at thereat leap forward, china marks ears since the revolution. new discovers about the most nasty emror of rome. the asia-pacific region h been batter by a tsunami and an rthquake. a sees of natural dasters in no more than 24 hou. huge ocea waves samoa on tuesday. hundrethen a quake hit the indon

island of sumatra. officials s upo 200 people have been killed. it is thoughthat thousands are still trapped under rubble. we have this report from indonesia. >> chaos and panic as frighten redentsushed out of their homes after a devastating earthake hit off theoast of sumatra. the powerf tremors caused doze of buildings to llapse. officials saymany homes, schools, hospitals and hotels ve been effected. thousands of people cld be traed under these instruors. e indonesianice president warns that theeath tolls likely to rise the closest and largest town near the epicenter is the capil of sumatra. it is home to leteast 900,000

peop. disaster teams havbeen sent to the city the's concern that it won't get there in time. donesia is no stranger to tragedies of this scale but i's a emergency teams are oft ill- equippedo deal with the >> while the earthquake was shaking sumatra, people on samoa and tonga were already hitting the --as already looking a what had hit them. 24 died on american samoa. at least six a reported dead on tonga. >> one gre waves have struck already a another is fast approaching. relentless and overwhming. this is american samoa. his is a few from the radi station. the dj is praying forhose in

dang. they were watching a disaster on fold, the tsunami striki fasterhan anyone could have expected. >> we wanted people to get t the mountains. we reize we could not get out any more. we're hoping thathe building s high enoug the water was about 16-20 fe high. >> the damage is massive, thousands of homes destred and a death toll that keeps rising. >> you can igine the sheer force. this is most stressing to me. i'm ying to come to termsith thevent. >> so people heardthe wrning and reach gher ground but

ere are many storieof those who did not. we went to the mountain o th side of the land. the oldest lost their lives. >> scitists say the earthquake that caused the tunami jolted the seed not far off shore and the wave gained in heit. >> energy is stored in a whole water column even though it is miles deep. alof the water is moving. in the deep ocean, the height of the way th pretty small but when you get me short, you are comcting that energy io much less water. -- but when u get near the shore, oure contacting t energy. >> an earthqke also struck

indonesia's, part of the same system of fall win. another reminder at h volati this rion can be. -- part ofhe same fault lines. >> the capitaof the philippis wasit by a typhoon, then the storm went on to vietnam. 70 pele have been killed. israel s said it ll release 20 palestinian women detainees in return for proof that a captured soldier is still ali. he has noteeneen since he was captured by hamas in 2006. ts is seenas a confidence- building measure. the senior american diplomat has held an unnounced high-level talks in havana with the cuban gornment. they wentarther than the planned negotiations. this raises hope of a thaw in relations.

gegia and russ are opposed claing to have been vindicated by rport into their war. european investigation fod a georgia triggered the confct by launching an asult on the rebel region of uth ossetia. russia was also accused o pvokingthem and also of responding in appropriaty. >> georgian tanks stepped in the breakaway gion. it was a fateful move. a day later, they were dven out ain as colum of russian arred poured south. within day come t georgian army had been crushed. ge amounts oftheir teitory were under russia occupaon. ev sinc there has bn fierce date over whoired the fit shot. now, there's an ansr. itas georgia. it s no unprovoked, howev.

today's report says that russia had been gading georgia. georgia and russihave been quick use the reporto try to grab the moral hh ground. >> it provides an unequivocal nfirmation of the answer to the qstion, who started the war? it ss squarelthat it was the georgian massiv elling and artillery attack. >> the georgian government immediely shot ba accusing the rssian ambassador of distorting the report. i am ite surised that

they haven answer for it. this report is not about who startethe war, because the war did not start o the seveh or theighth. there is proof that russiaas preparing this war >> whoever is to blame, one thing is clear. russiaon, georgia lo. a year o, it is russia that mains in complete corol of south ossetia >> sharp fferences in the internatnal approach to afghistan have burst into t open with the sacking of the special, on flight. -- with the seco of the specia envoy. he took in more tough line an

his boss from norway. i wa toldarlier about this. the sectary-general issued a start statement whi thank pete galbrah for his wk and he was being recalled in the bestnterest of the mission. the u.n. mission has been in the spotlight over te past couple of weeks because ofhis very publ row between peter galbraith and his bss, galbith. they were lookin-- and his bosse galbraith wnted to an investigation anto take a much tougher line on the electio kai eide wanted to avoid t apprance of intnational interference. its believed that kai eide took sides with hamid karzai and

he tned a blind e to election fraud. galbrai believes he was fired because he disagreedith his bo. >> does this has implications for western pocy in afghantan? >> the u.n. says this is a personality clash and will not afct the eleions process. i think whenever the case, it wi certainly high lead questionsand criticisms about the credility of the election procs and the credibility of the gernment that then put into oupower. midkarzai has been criticized and if he is declared the winner, there's thissue of the lack of confidence. >> that split at the u.n. is mething that esident obama cod have done witut as he reews policy on afghistan. what should define military

success? weave ben with u.s. marines and comnders believe they have the answer. >> it doesn't lookike the most dangous place onearth but something usual is happening here. while the insurgen rages all ar around, boys and men play as a holiday approach. if u want to see what the americanersion of success looks like, this is at. -- is it. the bgest danger for these troops is beingurrounded by children who wan gifts. is is a market three years ago, shot up and abanned. today, u. troops have drive them away and this is helup as a success story.

security remains a problem these are the men ruing this war, implemting the new strategy. the colon talks about securg the population and givi them hope. what he calls on social work. >> the way at we root them out is not toecurity and enhanced police work but the livery of government. if they ha something potive to offer t people, that is how we truly en the fight. in my cas, we will not have to kl the taliban. in many cas, they can put down their weons and rejn society. >> te colonel guys ice cream for aroup of vising generals.

this gives people what they need and not necessarilyhat they want. thiss a sign of progss. the marine success is in part du to size the commander o the na mission says he needsore troops witn a year or the mission cou fail. the obama administration has alrea ha one reviewof afghanistan policy and most likely is looking at it again. a time when these oops are trying to convince afghans that they are here t stay, this ises real doubt about thei commitment to the mission. this ns the real risk raising the hopes and exctations of the peopl they'rerying to fight, the taliban. the union flag sti flies in the marinbase. is is a reminder of the who were here befe and th sacrificthey made.

if ameca and the rest of nato is wling topend more blood and trease, then the sacrifice one have bn in vain. >>tay with us. still to come from communism to csumerism, 60ears of the revotion in china. the wld's lender of last resort, the imfays the global financial crisis is stabilizing but on governments cannot get complacent about recovery. they arhighly influential in shaping naonal economic policies. >> extreme risks abed but too muchomplacency ovepairing and e banking system. th is the opinion of the imf they are worried that the system and not providenough credit to >> there are chlenges still

being faced. we are looking at systemic rks and eventhe prevailing economic recovery. >> the imf has had the governments to tryo coordinate thei actions. the bank balance sheets and a straed cedithannels are mostorrisome to the imf. >> the are globa writedowns for nks and forme nonbanks are risingrom the crisis now stands at $3 or $4 trillion. thiss around $600 billion lor than the last year largely a result rising security values. >> the s.is further down the

track, lfway toward a recovery in 2010. european banksave seen them get theirouses in order. l of this is sa to cut revenues with bks have been cometed their transaction with more capital and spending moreo insure themselves. >> the latest headlines for you on bbcorld news. officials are saying up to 200 people may have been kled by a massive earquake on the indonesian island of smatra. in the south pacific, it is tsunami that has done the damage. 60 years ago, chairman mao looked overthe agent and he clared the people's republ. sincethen, there hasbeen rapid industrlization and brutal repressionnd this has given rise to a very fferent

situaon. china prepares to celebrate the 16th anniversy and it will rival the celebrion of the olpics. >-- china prepareso celebrate its 60th anniversary. >>ew countries he risen to pronence so quickly. ch year, the flag raising remony since t t mor grand. it was on thispot 60 years ago that the people's republic was born and th declaration of chairman mao, captured on a photogra >> our untry was born at today.

we toour place in the international arena we were no longer opessed. in faded byapan and torn apart by civil war, china hs put up with dedes of suffering. in new at the film has been releaseds part of the anniversary celebrations. its shing on practically every cinema in china and with over 100 of the bigst movie stars. this is to get people excite about the birth of theepublic. the presence stars like jet li makes sur tha the film wl be a hit. >> this raises our self-reect.

>> a final n thrgh of the plat for all of its imperfections, 60 ars of communist rule be celebrat here. athe moment when china stood up, when a country was born. >> many in the west see china as repressive coury with global amtions. how do those born in their e the relationsh between east and west? we have been mting students at georgetown university. >> the students come from across china and they are steady and across disciplines. they all have a lot in mind about what china has achieved. >> i lieve that cna has undergone trendous changein the past 60 years.

from a week underdevelod country to increasingl [inaudible] world powewith a better retation. >> whabout wt is comin ahead? >> how c people be prepared? everyear, we have 8% or 9% growthn gdp. the know that this kind of pace nnot be going on forever. >> -- we knowthat this kind of pace nnot be going on forever. can you tell me oncend i should know about china. maybeomething that the outside world dsn't know about your country. -- can you tell me one thing i should kw about chin >> the tion'sis getng more and more coidence.

tre is more and re coexistence. we haveore chances to go road. we are dlomats forhina to help bridge the rception. >> there is a long wato go in terms of transparency but do you feel that compared to your mom and dad, you have more politica freedom? >> ye. when my parents weoung, ty were taught obey the older peple, to update thexisting authorit like the teachers, the headmaster, the leaders. butow, we're taught to chlenge ideas. to think about things and to challenge our owthoughts. that is a bidifference. >> as we are lookin ead, do

you thi tat china mobe overtake the.s. as global power? >> as r as i canredict, i don't think so and don't think that this is a question we should think about. we are more focused on cooperation and collaboratn. >> i really appreciate yo time. >> thank you. a canadian crcus tycoon has blasted off to the internional space statn. he is said toave pid $35 milln for his nine-day stay. it is one of those this that you te to remember from sool

history, the ron emperor nero had issues but he did like a go party. now,rchaeologists have discoveredust how lish celebrations were. they fou a dining room that he built that imited the movement of the earth. >> the heart of ancient romes still giv up itslorious secret the latesof which is leaving seoned ahaeologists amazed. this is said to be emperor nero's rotating ding room. it foowed the mvement of the earth. the archeologists and they fnd evidence of mhanismthat would have ved to the floor. -- moved th floor.

>> we went to read aut this at the anent sourc. it moves continusly night and day. >> enero was knn for his extravagant lt, but n it has extended to his ding room. they think that the ceiling might have had ivory panels to ower the gaselow with flowers and perfume -- our e guests -- shower the gues with flwers and perfume. >> this quite extraordinary. we have never seenhis kind of

structure before. this is probabl what to the engi text talk about. -- engineancie texts talk about. >> a historianrom the time of narrow cse him a megalomaniac. it seems tt he did not have he was killed during an uprising in the city. >> the aa pacific regiohas been battered by an earthquake and tsunami. the death que in indosia has sen to 200. -- the death toll has risento 200. >> funding was made possib by the freeman foundaon of new york, stowe,ermont, and honolulu. the newman's own fountion. the john dand catherine t.

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