the prime minister, silvio berlusconi, has offered $20 million in government compensation, and there have been promises to delay the opening of the new dump. mr. berlusconi en hired a crisis in waste management after years of underinvestment and incinerators and because of mafia controls on the industry. two years ago, he went to naples as the savior of its rubbish crisis. this time he sent a senior aide. we have naturally set a precondition that all the protests must immediately end before we sign any agreements. while these protests are partly fed from people coming from outside, there clearly are citizens in these municipalities who are worried and have expressed in a totally civilized, democratic, and a correct way their dissent and their concern. >> silvio berlusconi came to power partly on the process of solving italy's rubbish problem. now he says he can end this latest standoff. but the european union says it may investigate italy to see if its broken laws -- to see if it's broken laws. this can become toxic for the prime minister. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in rome. >> still

prime minisr silvio bird was ony has ordered a crisis meeting to end -- silvio or less tony -- silvio berlusconi has ordered a crisis meeting. 20 police were injured and one town has already won dump which local residents -- one dump which local residents has say has poisoned their community. they need to improve the conditions at the dump site. >> an outbak o cholera is moving swiftly across haiti. with hospitals overwhelmed by the latest crisis, at least 140 people have died over the last 48 hours. 1500 more are extremely ill. most of the victims are earthquake survivors living north of the capital port-au- prince. the government is moving to contain the epidemic, the first outbreak of cholera in almost a century there. >> part brent -- heartbreak. the six have been brought by their relatives to be cured. -- sick have been brought by their relatives to be cured. for many, it is too late. hospitals have not seen this kind of crowd since the earthquake in january. cholera is a virtually unknown here.. >> there has not been an outbreak of cholera in about 100 years in haiti. people will probably

vatican has weighed in to italian prime minister silvio berlusconi for what it called anti semitic blasphemous and sexist jokes it follows a video showing berlusconi telling a joke about a jew during the second world war that was leaked on to the internet last week the vatican's official newspaper called it deplorable but a scolding it earlier been caught on video making offensive comments about a female political rivals appearance. suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least twenty tankers carrying all destined for nato and u.s. troops in afghanistan the pakistani taliban said it was behind the assault on the death of near islamabad in which three people died this is the second such attack in a country in the past few days comes of it strained relations between nato and pakistan stemming from across the border raid last week that left three pakistani soldiers dead. twenty three twenty moscow time just over an hour's time we focus on the human cost of the war in iraq our t. explores how the mass media puts into time and values ahead of real life stories ignoring the brutal reality fa

the head of rome's jewish community joined the vatican newspaper and others blasting silvio berlusconi for his quip about jews, money, and the holocaust. berlusconi sort of apologized, maintaining what he said wasn't a sin or an offense, just a joke. the bad taste was in those who published it. this is not the first time berlusconi's mouth got himself in trouble. he described the president-elect obama once as young, happenedsome and even tanned and has joked about hitler returning to power. >>> back at home on a much more serious note. wednesday, president obama will present the highest honor to family of the warrior who saved two dozen of his fellow soldiers. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story of a through american hero. >> reporter: staff sergeant robert miller was the youngest member of his squad. he was on his second tour in afghanistan when his unit was ambushed while moving through kunar province near the pakistan border on january 25, 2008. surrounded by mountainous valleys shots rang out and miller's captain was injured. >> as they got near the struc

silvio berlusconi said critics calling on him to resign. know which chose to choose, since he had 20. he recently told a group of students that the best way to beat the recession is to marry rich. those are just the things we thought you should know. >>> decision 2010, the november midterms are four weeks away. we have a few hot races here. we start with the uproar in the tight nevada senate race between senate majority leader harry reid and the upstart republican sharron angle. embarrassing audio surfaced of ankle pleading with third-party candidate scott ascion to exit the race. she says she's not sure she can win unless he drops out. i'm joined by deputy political editor mark murray. the sound of her bashing republicans and saying how republicans don't want her to win, the audio wis distorded. but it's shocking. >> it is. it's also a reminder never to have a meeting knowing you may be taped, it may be used against you. that's what happened this this case. the tea party candidate, the third party candidate basically released this 38-minut