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deaf children bearded, we need to know why he did not let us know about him, why he did not let the police know about him and why he did not invent him and why he did not take his caller away from him. >> all smiles and brussels as france and germany agrees to strike a deal to help greece out of its economic crisis. when the choice is education or tradition, how can yet is making sure even nomadic children get to school. and ready for anything, but growing number of americans making sure they are prepared for any potential disaster. hello, and welcome. the child sex abuse scandal and the catholic church is threatening to end will the pope himself. as a senior cardinal boring and

1990's he is accused of failing to take action against an american priest suspected of molesting deaf children. "the new york times" claims it has seen documents showing he failed to respond to two letters about the case. a vatican spokesman says the case only reach them 20 years after the first allegations emerged and at the u.s. civil authorities dropped the case. our vatican correspondent has the story. >> victims of american press -- priest pedophiles' almost succeeded in knocking on the pope's front door. they arrived in st. peter's square with a photograph would -- of the pope would they hold responsible for failing to deal adequately. demonstrations took place as details emerged on what looks like convincing evidence of another vatican cover-up. this time related to a predator priest from the american state of wisconsin dating back to the 1970's. his name is father lawrence

murphy and he died in 1998. he is alleged to have molested up to 200 deaf boys at a school where he talked. pope benedict at this time a senior vatican official responsible for church discipline was informed the but declined to take any action. peter -- of the survivors network of abused by priests gave an emotional statement. >> we need to hear from him, why he did what he did with the man who raped and molested children and our archdiocese. we need to know why he did not let us know about him. why he did not let the police know about him and why he did not contend -- condemned him and why he did not take his collar away from him. the vatican is gallantly defended -- >> the vatican is gallantly supporting the pope to record. but it is not just allegations of sex abuse by clergy that have plagued for five years during which but former cardinal

joseph renting their lead the catholic church as pope benedict xvi beard the pope was forced to make a public apology, it for his remarks associating muslims with violence at the university where he used to teach biology. there were angry demonstrations in several muslim countries that led to deaths. last year he got into hot water for rehabilitation -- rehabilitating a traditionalist bishops who was excommunicated by the former pulp. pope benedict admitted he did not know the bishop was a holocaust denier. and is deeply upset relations between the vatican and israel. in theory, if opposition to the pope continues to grow and demands for his resignation become more strident, pope benedict could resign, but this last happened back in the middle ages, so he is unlikely to do

so. like most of his predecessors, pope benedict believes the responsibility that he bears on his shoulders is a lifetime burden that he has to bear until he dies. david willey, bbc news. >> the economic crisis in greece has shaken the very foundations of the european project. in leaders have for some time now been trying to find a way out of the monetary mess. to ensure that greece does not go bankrupt and save the credibility of the europe. today it seems a solution has been found by france and germany, meeting on the sidelines of the summit they came up with a plan that is a combination of both the u.s. and imf, international monetary fund, support for greece should it need it -- both eu and i m f support. i spoke to our correspondent who is at the summit in brussels and

she gave us details of the deal. >> at the beginning of the day there was a lot of anxiety as to whether or not the deal could be done. we now have had first sight of the draft that has been put together by france and germany. other members of the year rose on will consider the document tonight. we expect them to approve it because the anxieties have been so high that the eu had really had to be seen to act to bolster of greece. this is a real breakthrough because the rubble process, german chancellor angela merkel has been making very strong voices is that she was not up for this and any kind of action would be seen as a last resort. on that, though, she has in part got her way because this document makes very clear that the idea of these loans would only kick in at the markets refuse to lend any more money to greece. >> france and other countries in the eu, not germany, said it would be humiliating for europe to go to the imf for help. so who is going to be in the

lead on this deal -- the european union or the imf? >> i will just read you what it says in the document. bear in mind, this is a draft. it may change. it says there will be substantial imf funding -- sorry, substantial imf fund financing but the majority of european financing. so while the imf, according to this document, will have a role, the suggestion here tonight is the european union will take the lead in all of that. that is important to many people here in brussels because that's really was a test for the year rose own. there was a strong feeling from some countries that the euro zone had to be able to appear it could keep its own house in order, that it would not need to be able to have to go to an organization like the imf, after all, based in washington, to help them sort things out. in this document it makes it pretty clear they will have to but the eu will have majority control over the whole thing.

>> now let us take a look at some of the day's other news. british mp's questioned the continued use of security member brought in after the september 11 attack. parliament's human rights committee wants a review to see of the legislation is still necessary and proportionate. among measures they would like reviewed our laws that allow terror suspects detained -- be detained 28 days without charge the government of dubai agreed to a rescue package for the by world. it will inject $9.5 billion into the company and creditors will be asked to wait up to eight years for repayment. venezuelan -- venezuela added three extra days of public holiday to deal with energy crisis. he says the aim of the measure was not to encourage laziness but to save power. the supreme court in spain has cleared the way for a judge known for inventing it was some

of the neon and -- osama bin laden and augustus and a shade to be charged for abuse of power -- as setback for a deeply polarizing figure who has been accused of exceeding his judicial powers by investigating the atrocities. a volcano in south central iceland continues to erupt under an ice sheet, fears there could -- but fears that it could release water are unfounded. more than 600 people have been allowed to return. although the residents of 14 farms have been ordered to stay away. not so long ago the world's attention was focused on haiti. now the united nations says there is a danger the crisis is being forgotten. there was a way of solidarity for the victims of the massive earthquake in january that led to aid money pouring in. but now the u.n. is warning its

appeals for logger turn help is it not be met. they fear the government will not get the $11.5 billion it is asking for. a short while ago i spoke to the head of the u.n. food and agricultural organization who just got back from haiti and he gave us this assessment of the state of the haitian people. >> the situation is very difficult, after the loss of 240,000 people, the influx of around 600,000 people from cities into rural areas, and the rainy season are writing in march -- are arriving in march with the major growing season starting now. we unfortunately did not have all the resources necessary to help farmers with seeds, fertilizers, smalt implements -- instruments for the season that produces 60% of the production

of haiti. the appeal was for $73 million. we have 20% of that amount. unless we ensure that there is employment, that those who are in a rural areas are supplemented by those who come from cities have the necessary income, we are certainly bound to have more difficulty in a country that is importing 60% of its total and needs. >> you mentioned the cities and rural population. we know over the years in haiti there has been a massive glaros axis to port-au-prince. -- access to port-au-prince. is there a way to use the tragedy of the earthquake to give haiti a more viable future

in rural areas, where people can resettle there? >> we think there is an opportunity in this unfortunate crisis situation. if we are able to settle these people. not only in normal production, animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture, but if you are able to use them for reforestation of haiti, which has witnessed grade deforestation, looking like if we had set fire to the country compared to next-door dominican republic. if we start in particular with fruit trees like mango trees, cocoanut, and others, including paw paw, it will allow farmers to get something to eat and sell -- a much longer-term

program to produce wood -- work forecast for work program, i think we would have an opportunity to make use of this influx of urban dwellers. >> the head of the united nations food and agricultural organization. this is a "world news today." coming up, the thirst for knowledge. a mobile library bringing books to remote canyon schools. -- kenyon schools. two men have been arrested in pakistan on suspicion of kidnapping the five-year-old british boy said fahid. police say they found weapons and explosives stoughton -- stolen from the grandmother where he was dying. others are already in custody in france and spain. a report from islamabad.

>> the two suspects were presented to the media by triumph and pakistani police but the men managed to say they had looked after sahil but officers said they belong to a criminal gang who had been operating in the area. display of ammunition and grenades was found to -- said to have been found in their possession and also items said to have been stolen from his grandmother's house on the night of his abduction. police said the suspects wanted in connection with the murders of 22 people. >> 1 is already wanted in many cases of kidnapping and murder. similarly, the second one is also wanted in 15 murder cases. altogether they are wanted in 22 murder cases and kidnapping for ransom. >> but there were other members of the gang still on the run. a few days ago a series of

arrests were made in europe related to the ransom payments. they now believe one of those arrested in spain is the brother of one of the two suspected kidnappers caught here. his father talked about the arrest this morning. last week he was three night digging reinvented with his parents. authorities here now say they will make an example of any of those proven to have been involved in the five-year-olds kidnapping. bbc news, islam about. -- islamabad. >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. these are the main headlines. the new accusations emerged that an office that the pope led a 14 years ago did not investigate the hundreds of allegations of child sex abuse. germany and france agreed to

rescue plan for the greek economy, and bobbing help from the international monetary fund. more now on our top story of the child sex abuse scandal and the catholic church. a short time ago i spoke to a reporter for a catholic publication "the tablet." i asked him how damaging these allegations are. >> certainly from a purely imaging point of view, pretty damaging. a major newspaper in the united states, a world recognize newspaper, prince these documents and you can find them on the website. i think people are waiting for the pope just to admit that he knew more than he is admitting he knew up to this point. >> but the vatican has said quite clearly that these only came to its attention in 1996, 20 years after the first allegations appeared, and also the -- after the u.s. civil authorities decided not to prosecute. >> that is true. that is probably a bit of

confusion. before these cases were sent to another office in the vatican, not carnal ratzinger's office. nevertheless, once of the cardinal knew or was presented with a case of a solicitation in a confessional and he did not respond haven't laid to the letters of an archbishop in the united states, that is pretty damning. his deputy, who is now cardinal and secretary of state, the number two official in the vatican, he did respond and he pretty much sandbag the investigation that was going on. now you have not only the pope but also his right hand man here in the vatican today implicated in some way in these cases. >> there is a lot of anger, as we saw in that report. how should the vatican now respond to reassure its followers? >> i think there is a lot of anger because the sex abuse

cases have become somewhat of a lightning rod for a lot of pent up and her that has been around and the church certainly for the last couple of decades. i think on the part of some, rightly or wrongly, the kind of suspicion or feeling that bishops in the church have kind of not listened to the people in the pews, so this is just one more kind of piece of the puzzle where the bishops don't get it. at one point in the united states they threw out all of the priests to show people that they were serious about sexual abuse and they have shown their series. but when did the bishops have to pay the price? so far the bishops have not been held accountable or there have not been serious consequences for them. the pope himself was a bishop in a diocese and there are allegations that he, too, like so many others did not report these to the police and allowed priests to stay in the

priesthood after credible allegations and prove that they abused youngsters. >> commentator talking to me in the past hour from rome. primary education in kenya is free but it is still very hard for children in the most remote areas to get to school. the government said many children from nomadic communities miss out because the spending time looking after valuable livestock. however, that could now be changing. our correspondent has been slow a village in northeastern kenya tuesday -- to see how they tried to bring the schools to the children. >> meet retti, sounding a little reluctant. this camera has an unusual load. boxes of books destined for the far-flung villages of nebraska canyon. -- nebrnortheast kenya.

a camel caravan looks a little out of place and the mobile library gets a helping hand as it will weed's its way through the traffic. >> this is more familiar terrain for the camels but the whole operation as ensuring even if people live long way from the town and lived in nomadic lifestyle they are not excluded from getting an education. in schools where most of the reading is off the blackboard, the mobile library offers a chance for children to get their hands on a book. while the camel's take a rest, the students choose from a selection of children's stories. the level of english is very low here compared to schools in kenya's town. she is just picking up the reading habit now at the age of 13. she says thanks to the camel back library she can improve her grades at school. the children in these

communities have the job of taking the all important animals out in search of water and vegetation. hurting look -- herdiing livestock has been prioritized above education. >> you are destroying the livelihood of these people. so it is easier, instead of moving them to one place, bring the school to where they are, and they continue with their own life. >> that is exactly what is happening here. lessons under a tree with a teacher who is from the same ability. awaiting government funding, they are making do with homegrown solutions. goat droppings to spell out the alphabet. hear, setting up a new home is a common sight as people are often

forced to relocate closer to pastor -- past due to drought. but the teacher moves with them. mobil schools for mobile communities. bbc news, northeast kenya. >> a brilliant idea. over the past decade the united states has seen its fair share of disasters, and now people are on edge. as a result, some are taken matters into their own hands and joining a group known as preppers. our reporter has gone to see what the movement is all about. >> mike, yes, i've got your information -- >> shop lives in rural virginia. a regular guy with a family and a busy job as a software sales executives. but what he does in his spare time it's a little unusual. >> my food dehydrator. this is some of the food i dehydrated. in the pantry i have two months of canned goods. this is the backup power system, in the event of an outage, and electricity goes out i use this

cooktop wood stove. >> he is a prepper, one of the growing number of americans who believe a major disaster could happen at any times of the preparing their home and their family. the muscle it infrastructure fails, we are ready -- >> so if infrastructure fails we are ready and prepared. it could be an actress become a medical emergency, something caused by a natural disaster or man-made disaster. >> preparing for disasters is nothing new. >> first, you duck, then you cover. >> a catastrophic events of the last decade -- terrorism, natural disaster, an economic crisis -- are galvanizing some people to take readiness into their own hands. >> welcome back. you are listening to -- not >> from his bedroom in kentucky, matt is spreading the word. the on-line networks has sprung up in the last 18 months. this network alone now gets 5000

hits a day. >> a lot of people out there kind of feel the same way i do and don't know there are others out there like this. it is the of prepper networks that provide the online community for people to come together and talk with each other and share tips and ideas and ask questions. >> he has stored in a food and water to last three months. but don't call him a survivalist. >> survivalists traditionally seem like people want to run out in the woods with their gun and a backpack and expects to survive. we are more realistic. would like to deal with more common sense-type ideas. >> disaster experts see the rise of prepping as a sign of the times. >> a feeling of greater personal responsibility. we have seen a lot of surveys in different locations, people having the wherewithal, having the money, and knowing how to invest in those resources and having the feeling that they really are at risk. all these different trends that are coming together, that are

leading to this kind of behavior. >> the u.s. government advises its citizens to be ready to ride for three days without help in the event of disaster. now, prepper are clearly going beyond that and some will see that as overkill or perhaps even paranoid. while some will admit there may be some truth to that claim, for many it is simply a sensible way of life. >> couple of months worth of food, first aid training, potentially if you can afford it, having a backup power system to maintain the electrical systems in your house. i do not think it is paranoia. i think it is a readiness. i think it improves our confidence and quality of life. >> de wanted a chicken? >> he may never use its emergency supplies but like all prepper, he would rather be over the bread and not ready for the disaster that they believe are almost certainly on the way. bbc news, washington. >> i would like to think i'm ready and prepared for just about anything that comes my

way. a reminder of army news. pope benedict xvi was accused of failing in the 1990's to take action against an american priest suspected of molesting children. at the time cardinal joseph rattner -- ratizinger held the vatican office to investigate the case of abuse. an agreement to help greece out of the financial crisis on the sidelines of a european summit. the strategy is being put to other european leaders who all have to agree to the details before the plan can be activated. that is all for the program, for now, for me, goodbye. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank.

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