resolution describes the flow from these central asian country as a threat to international peace and stability here with me today is the afghan counter and caltex minister mr is that i thank you very much minister for being with me today. the tank you i'm glad to talk to you. today d n e a while the gang drags about sixty five billion dollars that's five times bigger than the country's national budget who is behind this industry who takes the most benefit from it and instead we do it one day out of the afghanistan itself as a victim of that evil the rest goes to other parties involved in trafficking afghanistan as a country with nine hundred sixty thousand drug addicts which is why we say afghanistan as a victim of drugs it's a great evil for our country smugglers make huge profits we can say for certain and prove that international terrorists are active in the part of afghanistan where opium is grown and drugs are manufactured these are the most problematic areas of our country. provinces one of those where there is no doubt that afghanistan was responsible for ninety percent of the

the drug problem has a domestic on an international side according to the strategy we've developed to fight opium exports we're trying to help our peasants financially so that they don't have to grow opium poppies most afghan peasants eighty percent of them are extremely poor they have very little land so they grow the poppy to make a living the other twenty percent are major landowners who rent out their land plots for opium farming and and. out of this group thirteen percent are landowners involved in drug production to get poor peasants to give up opium farming the government has devised on a program encouraging them to grow other crops such as wheat but we need international support all also important in the strategy is the reduction of demand for drugs we also intend to take measures to increase the efficiency of our law enforcement structures which help fight the scourge but what concrete steps to take more of them which are. the counter-narcotics ministry persists on regional cooperation now joint bilateral operations against drug dealers are carried out in the country along wi

they are not strong enough to force it in the international community or in the international or in the united nations or whatever and israel and the united states do not care about the arabs all the palestinians and we have also to be clear that most of the arab. are actually puppets they do not decide for themselves they do not have a free political well so how would we discuss something on the negotiating table it is meaningless now to be to negotiate in there are going to jump in because we're almost out of time go ahead. ok yeah i think it's a very important issue to consider that there are other players coming into the game not just russia the e.u. also china increasingly india south africa latin america brazil especially and so on it is no longer. much any quarrel where you have the us completely in control it's changing it's becoming again a multilateral world and i think this will affect the power game that we're facing currently we're facing israel completely totally supported by the us and this is a gentleman you know how to jump in here when they run out of time maybe maybe

about his international roots and skyrocketing career. and leave you told stories can sometimes feel like galleries but this time the luxury fashion house has got a real exhibition here in moscow it's on right up until christmas and can get the details of the calm. it takes pride of place at the heart of russia's capital over the festive season a century old christmas tree was delivered this week to the kremlin's cathedral square but it will stand tall for the next three weeks this year the tree was pressed by a russian orthodox priest for the first time to be decorated with thousands of russian tricky lights and ornaments christmas trees have been back in use at the kremlin for nearly fifteen years now and president revived the revolution a tradition this year's event was accompanied by a theatrical show including a visit from father frost and the rabbit which is a symbol of the coming you know you've chinese come. well blasting off into orbit happens all the time these days but in the few minutes we look back at how it all started that'

community so i think the international community should look. beyond the referendum and try to help the parties. address a lot of the issues that will still remain even after a disease jews in one way or the other is there a possibility that certain sudan can declare independence unilaterally and if this happens made lead to military conflict like we witnessed say between ethiopia and eritrea i doubt it again i doubt it very strongly because there is at this point and as i said i'm not really principle irresponsible for the implementation of the c.p.a. but for what i can see because in darfur that there is not that likelihood because if you look at the enthusiasm with which the people of south sudan have registered for the vote. the interest of the huge numbers and even in the north of sudan where the turnout is not as high i think people wanted a friend on to take place they want to exercise their right to vote and to exercise the right of self-determination. the independence of southern sudan may lead to a necessity to review the. a grievance

own state which should be recognized by the international community. but. israeli prime minister netanyahu issued instructions to all israeli diplomatic missions to exert pressure on all countries that are planning to recognize the palestinian state do you think that this will further aggravate the situation the nation with the. you know every state has a sovereign right to make its own decisions if a country decides to recognize a palestinian state it's a reality that should be reckoned with at the end of this that the pressure that as far as i know president medvedev is planning to visit israel and the palestinian territories in the near future many think it's going to be a historic visit to the palestinian lands will the russian president make any proposals to the middle east region business but if they should visit definitely he will dimitri medvedev is forthcoming visit to palestine israel and jordan is a major political event. it will have great importance both for the region and for producing a positive impact on the current extremely complex situati

says the move is a first step for the yuan to become an international reserve currency. it's a bit premature to talk about you on being every new reserve currency but. obviously some movement into that direction is seen in the market in the next step would be perhaps to have that currency is an instrument of investment this is something that cheney's going to build there are some selective deals that happen already now. on the stock markets now for the first time in a week shares fell across the board of the moody's want to cut spain's credit rating that's hit financials among the hardest but your bank is the top loser on the barclays has now hit over three percent in london but russia was bucking the trend this hour with the my six exhaust investment banks credit suisse morgan stanley to value the ts as it buys a merger of moscow's two million balls is stocks have stabilized off the crude fell one percent to one hundred eighty eight dollars a barrel it comes as america reports rising gasoline imbed trees telecom is the top loser on them i say shares down around three qu

the wheels of international justice grind terribly slowly. the proceedings. you watch these court cases. there are worse than the most arcane court rooms in the u.s. because it was a compromise a lot of different governments coming up with the law so that the international criminal courts, so many procedures and checks and balances. is a slow process. it's what we have. it is an advance over having nothing. before that there was nobody. there was no international body that dealt with crimes against tnt or genocide. now we have to make this thing work even with. so part of making it work is when there is a faux paw we need to address that quickly so that it doesn't happen again. if it happens again we address that and just keep pushing. eventually i believe at some point president bashir is going to face justice. you have two questions, and they got diverted down. this is incredible. part of the reason why i'm going next week to see them is because we are about when hundred days away from a referendum in southern sudan that is going to determine whether or not

by luck of providence the mullahs regime face and international -- internal political crisis more severe than any since the creation of the islamic public. while it is to the green movement has been effective, suppressed by the tools of oppression and the legitimacy has permanently undercutting the eyes of the iranian people. elections whose results have to be forced on an unwilling populations throughout means of mass murder,, torture or sign of weakness and that weakness needs to be excessively exploited. i call upon the obama administration administration to simulate the reagan -- president reagan's which provided across-the-board pressure as combined economic political diplomatic culture and military pressure with arms control negotiations, we might call today engagement that advance american interests. iranian regime is likewise right for comprehensive pressure, multilateral forms the multinational institutions need to be pushed to focus the deplorable human rights record. our broadcast into iran must be ramped up to iranian people know they are not alone. the president and secretar

what do you make of this announcement from the international criminal court today? >> i think it is a great moment for the country. finally, we are able to know who the suspects are. we're waiting to see how the system inc. the icc process from now on word. kenyans are very happy the culture of impunity at the highest levels is finally being brought to a close. >> do you believe the government will cooperate with the international criminal court? had to kenya its own opportunity to set up a tribunal -- kenya had its own opportunity to set up a tribunal and it failed. >> obviously, one of the reasons there's been a lack of will -- those who have been named are very powerful politically. they're very close to police power. we believe is the responsibility of the president and the prime minister to ensure that their promise to kenyans and to the international community that they will cooperate. >> it is a shocking indictment when you read through the potential charges. the education minister, and the radio executive. the former police chief on allegations of murder. wh

the international community for trying to interfere. with former oil. for more on one of the most controversial trials. may be back on it want to. but thousands of passengers are still stranded. survivors still living in a state of siege. from our studio. six o'clock on your wednesday morning i'm sean thomas you're watching our. russia lashed out at the west for criticism over the trial of former oil tycoon. moscow said the international community should stay out of what is a domestic matter is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars. has been following. well washington has said that such a verdict will horn russia's image when it comes to human rights germany has said that this will be a step back for russia in terms of modernization what according to the russian foreign ministry this is an attempt to apply pressure on the court and moscow is now calling on the united states and on the european union not to intervene this issue rests with the competence of the judicial system of the russian federation. any of them

the new crew members of the international space station are making themselves at home for their stay in last in almost six months they soyuz craft carrying three astronauts successfully docked to a day i said on friday the crew brought seasonal gifts is currently on board the station peter all of ours and thereby can a cosmodrome in kazakhstan for the blastoff. over my shoulder you'd be able to see these so used to make twenty rockets now be blasting off sending cosmonaut the meat recall that you have and astronauts apollo nespoli from the european space agency and katherine coleman from nasa into space now this is the product of two years a very intense training and the trio be spending six months on board the international space station while they're up there they'll be carrying out a number of experiments and continuing to work in space that the international space station carries out now i think. they have a i'll let you get on with that. by you know as the story twenty rocket blast off from the cosmodrome in kazakhstan sending them a trick on the once you have paolo nespoli and

this has triggered criticism from the opposition and international media organizations. the free democrats returned to power over a year ago. they were credited with4 much of the success. there are calls within the company for -- to give up leadership after the party opinions fell to an all-time record low. >> the german foreign minister led his party to a letted years in opposition but his joy over making it into the government might be short-lived. in parliamentary elections, his party got 14.6% of the vote. the latest opinion polls put them at 3%, a figure which would not entitle them to get into parliament at all. they centered their 2009 campaign on -- but regional officials facing state elections refused to do that again. they have blamed their low ratings on westerwlle. they took 10.7% of the votes. recent polls suggest they might not even make the 5% hurdle needed to get into the state parliament. there's a similar situation. in 2006, they got 8% and now they are scraping to make the 5% mark. the pressure being put on wes terwelle to resign as mountain. >> the ge

about his international roots and skyrocketing career. can sometimes feel like galleries but this time not tree fashion houses got a real exhibition here on in moscow it's on until christmas so you can get the details on that. dot com. it takes pride of place at the heart of russia's capital over the festive season a century old christmas tree was delivered this week to the kremlin's cathedral square where it will stand tall for the next three weeks this year the tree was blessed by a russian orthodox priest for the first time it will be decorated with thousands of russian trickier lights and ornaments christmas trees have been back in use at the kremlin for nearly fifteen years now and president bush revived the revenues from the tradition this is event was accompanied by the trickle show including a visit from father frost and the rabbit. according to the chinese culture. well that was our look at the big stories of the week and i'll be back in just a few moments with the headlines stay with us here live in moscow. this is a cable from

so that's the internal russia issues what about the international issues that came up during the talks. womad primus the ports and larry king certainly had their touch upon some major international headlines for example larry asked president medvedev asked about prism innovative three since they. say that if washington then and nato don't figure out a joint sort of even approach to the planned missile defense shield in europe it could trigger an arms race and puts and made it very clear that it is the last thing russia would want russia's actions will only be in reaction he says and russia will never be the want to provoke an arms race take a listen. to use the. but if we receive only negative answers to our suggestions and moreover if there is an additional threat in the form of a new missile shield does russia will have to maintain its security by taking suits images won't you missile strike systems against the new threats. and create a new missiles it's not a choice we do not want it and it's not a threat in any possible way we're just talking about what is waiting for has in case w

exit polls is also a falsified number that's precisely why they were out in the street so far international observers haven't reported any major violations we've only heard of one registered record where an international observer was denied access to a polling station but so far that is the only report on the record and we are of course waiting to see whether international observers will wait for a more detailed report of their observations the money incentive in there having a positive conclusion is a very big one the european union has promised in the galleries a lot of financial aid billions of euros if there is evidence of free and democratic elections perhaps that is why i think saw that will allow the opposition some semblance of freedom giving them on air time and sanction anti-government rallies but critics of course say that that is all for show international observers are still to publish their reports and we'll of course update you when we get them . but most courageous his own security with more than four hundred people detained as part of attempts to prevent violence to ethnic

there was no international body. it filled with crimes against humanity were genocide is standing by, so now we've got to make this work even with all of its worth. and so part of making it work is when there is a full -- fopau if it happens again we address that so we just keep pushing and eventually i believe -- i am sure at some point president bushehr is going to face justice. you had to questions and thank god i wrote it down. .. war were resume in southern sudan a man remember in door for at at the height of all the death and destruction in darfur and the genocide i think the high range estimate we don't really know how many people died in the sahara over the last few years but 400,000 maybe. in southern sudan it was two and a quarter million so the second deadliest war after congo, so all hands on deck to try to prevent this war from having -- happening. two trains on the same track rushing on each other and you can see it from far away. we know that it is coming. we actually know that there are side rails tha

i should say that the present situation is shown the need for the international community to step up its participation and assistance in the solution of the palestinian problem it has become obvious that the way this problem used to be solved until recently and the means in the methods that we have turned out to be insufficient that is why russia is calling for a more active international effort orders at all about it's about increasing our collective contribution to the peace process first and foremost it's necessary to increase the significance and raise the effectiveness of the international quartet of peace brokers that's exactly why we have called for the earliest convocation of a new ministerial meeting of the international court it with the aim of not only discussing the status quo but also for pondering jointly i'm profoundly involved should do to prevent the peace process from entering a critical stage we should see how we can make the quartet are more effectively in what ways and to what means. to overcome the arising obstacles and prevent the settlement from being frustrat

internal ministers meeting. russia's security council secretary said this threats from transnational crime are emerging as the most ones for the entire civilization to pose them to the actions of international community are necessary. to fight the transnational crime we know about u. joint operation together with afghan and nato forces in afghanistan what else you know what we do today in the so-called challenges like drugs terrorism illegal immigration it. is precisely working to can short transnational crime from all that out single out two things first drug trafficking understandably there are a transnational international criminal groups operating in the field moreover their activities are well coordinated and we saw that particularly during the operation you mentioned and after it as we analyzed its results and received expert assessments and estimates and second which extremist groups we are observing some very serious processes in progress in central asia for example we have specific information indicatin

ok mr sultan of russia has recently proposed convening a meeting of the international quartet do you think it's really going to take place or are you expecting any problems that could play me. as we can see from our contacts with special envoys who are members of this quartet everybody is determined to hold such a meeting and have a serious discussion at the moment our task is to set the date and choose the venue for this gathering. which russia seems to be greatly concerned with this problem do you think that the quartet should play a more profound role in the settlement in fact this means that weakening of the u.s. stance after the latter refused to exert pressure on israel and make it stop its policy of building new settlements and the arab territories do you think that the quartet will be able to find a way out of the situation. to go to the whole situation is proving that the sole efforts by the united states are not enough to make progress russia's permanent approach in fact is that it's easier to find a solution to complex international problems through a collective approach w

enhancing baseline international security standards. but the bilateral levels, we deploy tsa representatives at locations throughout the world to work on developing transportation security measures, share best practices and coordinate implementation of appropriate responses for new and emerging threats arise. if especially with the foreign air carriers, other components of tsa work with the u.s. carriers with the foreign carriers and associations. we assure that the necessary procurement are implemented and airlines are alerted to threats as best we can. finally, capacity development is the third leg of our stool at tsa. we help partners build sustainable security practices through this capacity development effort. we have a team of instructors who are able to go to various countries, various airports, evaluate security posture, identify areas where they need additional help and then we work with state department, organization of american states and other funding sources to get the mechanisms to be able to pay for extended support to va

by luck of providence the mullahs regime face and international -- internal political crisis more severe than any since the creation of the islamic public. while it is to the green movement has been effective, suppressed by the tools of oppression and the legitimacy has permanently undercutting the eyes of the iranian people. elections whose results have to be forced on an unwilling populations throughout means of mass murder,, torture or sign of weakness and that weakness needs to be excessively exploited. i call upon the obama administration administration to simulate the reagan -- president reagan's which provided across-the-board pressure as combined economic political diplomatic culture and military pressure with arms control negotiations, we might call today engagement that advance american interests. iranian regime is likewise right for comprehensive pressure, multilateral forms the multinational institutions need to be pushed to focus the deplorable human rights record. our broadcast into iran must be ramped up to iranian people know they are not alone. the president and secretar

international visitors. and tom of my staff, who is here as well. and his steered this through the congress. i hope we'll get it done. trust us we'll get unanimous consent support for this and let the national council for international visitors know we appreciate their efforts on behalf of our country. thank you, madam speaker. and shall i yield back -- i'll yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: madam speaker, we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. klein: thank you, madam speaker. again, i thank the gentleman who brought this forward to us and mr. manzullo as well and mr. smith. at this time we have no further requests for time, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1402 as amended. those in favor say aye.

the drug problem has a domestic and an international side according to the strategy we've developed a joy told him exports were. trying to help poor peasants financially so that they don't have to grow opium poppies to get poor peasants to give up opium affirming the government has devised on a program where we're encouraging them to grow other crops such a sweet but what concrete steps to take more of them which are. the counter-narcotics ministry persists a regional cooperation now the joint bilateral operations against drug dealers are carried out in the country along with around the pakistan on what the operations were to take a star also in our plans in the past four years thousands of tons of narcotic drugs have been see it just talking about concrete steps and international support russia advocates burning the poppy crop why cannot this big done. total be able to afford it i can say specifically that there are certain problems in the areas where the afghan government can do something against the opium poppy it has done so twenty provinces of been cleansed of opium plantations h

the international community should stay out of. the. waiting to hear what sentence he'll have to serve after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars. well washington said that such a verdict will horn russia's image when it comes to human rights germany has said that this will be a step back for russia in terms of modernization what according to the russian foreign ministry this is an attempt to apply pressure on the court and moscow is now calling on the united states and on the european union not to intervene this issue rests with the competence of the british il system of the russian federation . any attempt to exert pressure upon the process are unacceptable. in his recent interview with the heads of the only the russian t.v. channel. the russian president has underscored but nobody has the right to interfere with the powers of the poor the foreign ministry has also outlines is that the crimes that mean that of course and only different already been found guilty off are considered to be severe or fences in many western

money and katherine coleman off to the international space station. don't forget to look on for website called where you can see the new land again if you like there are also plenty more stories for you that. might catch. peter singer dancer an entertainer iranian born of ashes taught me about his international roots and skyrocketing career. and if you told installs can sometimes feel like calories but this time not treat fashion house is going to greet an exhibition here in its own right up until christmas and get the details on that it's. it takes pride of place at the heart of russia's capital over the festive season a century old christmas tree was delivered this week to the kremlin's cathedral square where it. stand tall for the next three weeks this year the tree was blessed by a russian orthodox priest for the first time to be decorated with thousands of russian lights and ornaments christmas trees have been back in use at the kremlin for nearly fifteen years now when president yeltsin revived the revolutionary tradition this is event was accom

mind your own business russia slams the international community for trying to interfere in the case of former oil tycoon. for more on one of the most controversial trials in russia. in just a few moments. moscow's airport says thousands of passengers remain in limbo. may be back on it want to be easy but thousands of passengers are still trying to get to the. people that took. two years israeli air. survivors say they're still living in a state of siege. in broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our t.v. certainly glad to have you with us russia lashed out at the west for criticism over the trial of former oil tycoon. moscow said the international community should stay out of what is essentially a domestic matter. is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars you got a piece could off has been following the events. well washington has said that such a verdict will horn russia's image when it comes to human rights and germany has said that this will be a step back for russia in terms of modernization well according to the russian

the international community's steps of the pressure. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you -- crackdown on corruption. and it summed up the spirit of an nation. 70 years on how firefighters saved london when the nazis bombs. -- when the nazis bombed. the danish authorities say they have managed to stop an imminent terrorist attack in the capital of copenhagen. ed this was to be carried out against newspaper that outraged muslims by printing cartoons of the prophet mohammed. they planned to shoot as many people as possible. we have this report. >> this is one of the two places in the danish capital where the authorities swooped up suspects in up what they describe as terrifying, probably the most serious terror attempt in denmark to date. >> we've been following them very closely. today, we believe the situation is under control. we found it was necessary to intervene in order to prevent a terrorist attack in copenhagen. >> police say the four arrested in d