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the john d. and therine t. macarthur fodation. nd union bank. nd union bank. >> union bank has pu its financial strength to wo for a wide rangef companies, from small businesses to major corpations. what can wdo for you? >> d now, "bbc world news." >> 17 dead, dozens injur in kabul. the taliban target the indian embassy with a massi car bomb. vid cameron is set toe britain's next prime mister. he tells theonservative part he is ready to take power. the justice officers as e
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biggest threato power-shang is international sanction -- a justice officer says the biggest threat to power-sharing is international sanctns. coming later for y, fighting his grandfather, terandson of josep stalin takes action gainst a russian newspaper. and the nobel pre for literatures won. the letter to you. e taliban are claiming they were bind a massive car bomb thatxploded in the afghan capil of kabul. the blas between the interior ministry and another ministry injured dozens and killed some. they saythe embassy was the target. fr kabul, we have this.
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it was morning rush-hourbut it came to a deadly stop. a car bomb packed fullf explosives ripped through. the victims were local afghans onheir way to work. the shopkeeper says there was an enormous blast. >> all i saw were dead bodies aninjured people l around me. >> the scene it is becoming latively common in kabul. one area has been hit four times by a bomb aacks recently, and insuents seem to be sending a clear message, "we can get anywhere in this country the ast hit a busy shopping spretreet.
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security has been increase some offials were killed. these types of atcks are designeto destabilize the government, and despi ireased security,he insurgts are still getting through. bbc news, kabul. >> i eide has denied accusations tha he h been involved in fraud. he has been sence until now, and his dety, pter galbraith, says investigations were blked into the fraud. the arab-israeli conflict will not be resolved ithe coming years. there will be fresh talks with avigdoriberman saying people
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have learned to live with the situations. the french culture minister has rejected demands for h resignation. this is of great book in which g- describes chacters pena and meant for sex -- in which he describes young n ping -- in which she describes meant paying for sex in thailand. he says he is not invoed in pedophilia- men payingfor sex. davi cameron hasade his last speech before the elections next year. paintina grimicture face in the next government he insisted he and his party were lling to take overrom the ruling lab party, as opion lls at the moment suggest hwill. our political corresponden >> david caron and hiwife
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samantha have spt the last week mixing with activis from their own party. this speech was really adessing theublic. they will be given e chance to vote in a british general electn sometime in th next few nths. thwithin seconds of getting to the podium, david cameron noticed the challenges that they faced with a huge budg deficit. >> we will be tested. i will be tested. i am ready for that,nd so, i believe, are the british people, so,es, thereis a steep climb ahead, but i tl you this, the view from the mmit will be worth it >> e economy was not t only challeng he said if elected, thwar in afghanista will become his first responsility. >> and frankly, time short. cantpend another eight years making inroads only to ve them bac again, so our
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message should be clear. e send more soldierso train more afgns to give us the security that we nd, and then we bring theroops back home. [applaus >> they have ron messa fro the consertives in this week has been a tgh one. there has bn talk of pay freezes and a belt-tighting for the midd class is bit- they have gin messagesrom the conservativethis week that itas been a tough one. -- a belt-tightening fothe middle class is classes. >> two leaders say a move will help bring stability to lebanon. the plish president says he will sign the lisbon treaty, streamlining me items. that leaves only a the czech
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president vaclav klaus to sign it. he oe a modifications. a court of appeal rejected the attempt of a magazi and editor to have their convictions overturned -- he nts some modifications. zimbabw's minister has said the west is seing tondermine th ity gornment formed in his country last year, and he insts the main threat to press is international sations. he is a leading member of the partblamed by my for the econoc predicament of zimbabwe, is political violence, and its human right abuses its political violence.
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>> itmust understand. the issue about rorm. yomust understand that the british renée on policies. you must unrstand that our people were set -- the british failed on some policies. >> what am aking, you arehe justice mister. you, therefore, have uphold the law, and there we many, many who broke the lawn an extmely violent way, kilng larg numbers of people. no, no, no, is bely -- very eggerated. nothin to write home about propaganda to juify this. >> t are you prepared now as
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justice minister to order that those who cmitted acts of violen and murder are brought to justice now within this new power-sharing governnt? >> the reonsibility to prosecute is not mine. its the minister of justice. a lot of them he been politil. i am sure but th relati authorities wille involve >> the zimbabwe justice minister speaking. it seemed to echo the worst days of theroubles of northern ireland. a shot wired ov the coffin of a dista republican. john brady had died at a police station.
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several hundre mourners clapped and cheered after t shots wer fired be in this rept froour bbc ireland correspondent. - were fired. this report from our correspondent. >> it was the funeral of a disdent republican. e took his own life while in police cuody over the weekend. he usedo b in the ira, but after ts -- switch fire switched his allegnce to dissident groups, -- they're trying to wreck the peace process. they do not haveuch support, t they're determined toill. six monthago, they shot dead two offirs and the police ofcer.
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they have causerioting in north belfast, and last month, thelanted auge land mine on the border. it was discovered before it was exploded. at the situation hasotten worse in northern irend, so as the politics. they are trying to ensur that thassembly does not collap. he has been to bfast to tryo heal the rift betweenhe two largparties. the disreement over when policing a justice powers ould be transferred. some say now and te others as a t yet. >> we're dealing with a life- and-death issue. we're dealing with an sue tt affectevery single citizen in rthern ireland. we have to gett right. >> the pressu is buildinfor a deal by next ek, when the american secretaryf state hillary inton is coming to belfast. northern eland is seen aund the worldas the peace process at is working, andy and
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large, i is, but recent event show that political stability here isome way off. bbc news, belfast. >> sty with us on "bbc world new if you can. we will seeow is land is geing back on its feet just one year after a collapse -- we will see how iceland is getting back onts feet. a thai fo has killed people and injured -- a typhoon as skilled people and injured others. e have this report fromokyo -- has killed peoe and injured others. the typhooncrashed in the main islands, bringing high winds and heavy rain streets were flooded. several thound peoe abandoned their mes for drier grou.
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some had to be evacuateby boat in the windas rong enough to bl over trucks, and across -- ecuated by boat, and the wi was strong enough to blow over trks. trees fell onto hses, and seions were torn frowalls and roofs. several deaths were reported as well asozens of injuries. north oftokyo, what people descbeds tornado-like wis twisted and eltrical poles -- twisted electrical poles. >> it was like an earthquake without the shaking. as well as e damage, ther was disruptn. ndredsf flights were canceled. traiservices were canceled. the-began to blow itself out as moved towards the northeast -- the typhoon and ban to blow itselfut -- the typhoon began
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to blow itself ou >> triple iproduction at an oil field in the south, 20 billion tripling production. billion tripling production.
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the latest headles for you from "bbc wod news." another deadly attack in afghanistan,he indianmbassy attack ikabul. people re killed. the man tapped to be the next british prime minier is saying he and his party are ready for power. a corps in moscow has agreed to hear the case brought byhe randson of joseph stalin to defend his father is -- grandfathers reputation -- a urt in moscow. they say that he never orred any killings, and ty are suing the newspaper novaya gaza -- defend his grandfather 'reputations .
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>> w, the grason of stalin and hi challenging and newspaper concern in the executions of thousands of people. >> stalling for many people is symbol of an hont and fair leader. stalin for many people a symbol. yeah, if we can do this, it will be good. -- yet, if can do this, it ll be good. >> they have been tol tt he was a dictator d that tens of millio of people were killed and that defe him led people toe sent to concentration camps and to gulags. >> there are some want to see r history as an entily in a glorious one -- inglorious. >> but the russian leadership has been quietly moving to reinvigorate the dictator
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a new edational guide suggested th school teachers phasize that stalin was the peon to lead to victoryover nazi germany. outside the courtom today, there isno doubt about the actions of thean who led them their great patrioticar. the kremlin has so far made no comment abouthe caseut will sure be keeping an eye on delirations over the great dictator. b news. >> the prime minisr of iceland has said their soluon toheir financial csis is to join the european union aneurope. the vernment took corolof three mar banks, -- join the european union and the euro. we have this rept from iceland on the country undergoing rapidransformation. >> icelands getting back to basics. the economy may be mess, but there is always fishing.
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the country's currency, the krone, is half thevalue, making things cheap for buyers om abroad. >>b there is a downside to the collse of the currency. important goods in sps have soared in price, eve forhose ilanders lucky enough to sti get a job. -- to still have a job. this istheir tiny paiament building. it was outside the popular protests earlierhis year heed to topp thgovernment during the banking crisis some people up a return toore traditional icelandicvalues, like thrift anhard work, will help. theew government thinks iceland needs to ditch s
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currency and joi europe and the euro. -- and join eope and the hero >> most of the people are in the fishg industry -- and jne europe and the euro. >> they are buildin plants like this, a there is talk of a fit. there is the left greens- there is talk of a fifth. there are some the believe this is the best solion, ly the best solutn, but havin our own currency wi the flexibility of the economy that maturn out be very helpfully. -- healthy. >> and once stolid pople were
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caught up in a get rich speculatn -- a one srlet people were ught up. - onc stolipeople. bbc news. >> they are still tking in honduras,rying to resolve the confrontation between the internal government thateized power in a coup in junand the ousted but rurned president, manuel zelaya. se ar in hondur to mediate. therench spiderman has climbed another building, again using only his bare nds. it was just 36 minutes to reac the top. he wa eertained by police, as usual, but no formal charges wererought. every year, hundreds of children in new gone are adoptednd first to ser as trial sir --
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hundredsf children in new gone the- in uganda are kidnapped and forced to serve as child soldrs. some went ereo try to do something about . >> from the easy living in calirnia to the jungles of africa. -- from their easy livingin californ. ty wantedo tell a story they thout the media at hom was notovering enough, le and death infrica. >> we as d the rebels, where we sawthousands and thousands of childre -- we saw the rels. they were escaping fr being abductednd turned into a child
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soldiers. --nto child soldiers. >> sometimes the childre are as young as 6. some 20,000f them have been forced into a life of violence for two decades,he brutality has terrorid the thousands of people icentral africa, from coress to the sudan, and for six years now, the three from california have shown their lm in schools a classrooms. more than anything, they understand the pow of the media. >> if the media is not tking aut thi then we will never be abl totop this, because we need political will, andhe medi is t key to that. >> it is an mtv approacho activism, a relentless campan by young ialists.
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some say there are a sensatialist th are nsationalist aention grabbers. at is different about your meage? >> our message that you are powerful, i thinink that gives a sense of the eowerment. >> $23 llion have been raised, $1 at a time frostudents across ameca to help fund education for the children o uganda, and the often reach their powerful parents >> i learned about the invisible chdrenecause some work was being done at aigh school. i became very awe of the issu >> senator feingold and others in congress are now backi a bill to bring the man to
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justice. we have lived therend have seen their faces, and these kids are invisible and we will make them visible. >> the winner of this year's nob prize for terature is a romaan-born novelis essayist, and poet, herta muller. we look at her wk and the award. >> the nobel pri for literature for 2009 is awarded tohe german ahor herta muller. >> she was recoized for her abily to depict the ldscape and the diossessed. a few hours ago, she was accepting the prize. i stl do not believe it.
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know it, but i still do not beeve it. ittill has not hit home did not expect it. i was su it would not happen >> borin romia in 1953, she refused coopete,ost her job a teache and was the subject o repeated threat. pribited from publishing or work, she emigrated to gmany. r life -- prohited from publishing her work, she emrated to germany. one o grenoble's- one of her novels is a story of people ling under the government rolule and a stnating dictatorsh. her father fought i the cond
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world war i and she is the third european in a row to win the prize -- her father fought inhe secd rod war. she is the ird eopean in a row to win the prize. -- her fher fought in the second world war. >> trying to mainin some semblance of normality in the palestinian terrory. they suered hvyosses in last year's war with israel,nd the zoo no longer has as many animals. me visitor are none the wiser after the animalsre being painte thanks for being with us. funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. the newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and uni bank. and uni bank. >> uon bank has put its
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