of air traffic in an emergency. the prime minister has set the defense ministry to exercise the control, the direction of general air traffic throughout the national territory until there are guarantees that normalcy and the provision of their services could be recovered by civil controllers. the chief of the army will take all of the decisions concerning organization, planning, supervision and control of air traffic controllers. >> it's not clear what airports will reopen or what the role of military controllers will be. the government is restructuring effects over plans to partially privatize some airports. air traffic controllers earning high salaries is not what the country needs, say critics. painful australia terry measures including puckett sector pay cuts are introduced to drive down spain's deficit. for those travelers who just wanted a weekend getaway, it's now a question of waiting and hoping to fly, military permitting. >> hillary clinton has told the bbc she spent much of the past week reassuring world leaders about the way the united states conducts its diplomacy. answering questions in bahrain about the wikileaks controversy, the u.