you cited an example mice -- yourself, the global post. market watchers also operates under that philosophy. we are trying to think on a daily basis what we can give that gives a global overview of what is in the markets, diving down deeper for the people that want to get deeper into it. yes, the proliferation of the hyper local media does present challenges. the idea that we could just aggregate something to give a global overview is difficult to imagine without editors. there will always be a journalist in any form. they have the expertise you are talking about, taking a look at a story, picking out seven that need to be put on the front page. we will see that in newspapers, weekly magazines, or daily online. >> barry? >> i think the idea is overrated. if you look at the number one source of news on the internet right now, y'all who. -- got to -- yahoo. no. 2 is cnn. they are not being filtered in a lot of cases. on the other hand, the stuff on the long tail, political blogs, typically are performing a supplemental role. they are continui

>> sreenivasan: on the afghanistan story, we talked to a "global post" reporter embedded with the 101st airborne. and on egypt, there's a first hand account of yesterday's protests from a 17-year-old in alexandria. that's on "newshour extra," our student and teacher site. plus, judy woodruff previews her upcoming documentary about former first lady nancy reagan. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are nine more. >> suarez: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at the ripple effects of the egypt uprising in the middle east. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> c

federal government can save $1 trillion over the next decade, while improving its place in the global economy. posted for the center for strategic and international studies, this is 50 minutes. >> we will really dive into this very quickly. i will not waste our time with introducing them to you. that is why you are here, you know who they are. i don't need to do that. i want to say i am so glad to see a little gray on michael del's hair. that is a good thing for somebody like me. the president emphasized the need for a more effective government. i know these are private conversations, but what can you share with us about this conversation? what is it that he told you? >> [inaudible] >> we need to get your microphone. >> technology. where are my handlers? seriously, we are part of a group that meets with the government a couple times per year, 8 c.e.o.'s of large companies, setting the tone for the meeting. the president was gracious with his time, with people from omb, treasury, a good group of folks. basically, if i could fragment at the highest level, we talked about competitiveness. much like you

the power it could wield in post-mubarak egypt. we begin with an excerpt from tonight's edition of "frontline," reported from cairo by charles sennott, editor of the international news web site, global post. >> reporter: egypt's revolution may have been ignited by young, secular activists. but there was another powerful force at work behind the scenes of the uprising. the long out lawed muslim brotherhood. day 11. they opened this prayer rally on tahrir square with a moment of silence for those who died the previous day in battles with pro mubarak vij it anti-s. many of the fallen were muslim brothers. afterwards they were all praised for their perseverance and unity. anyone who has covered egypt for years knows about the brotherhood's profound influence on egyptian society. coming back at this extraordinary time i wanted to find out what part they were playing in this revolution. nice to meet you. >> reporter: on tahrir square, i found mohammed abba, a leader of the muslim brotherhood's youth wing. for the past month he had been working alongside secular activists from the april 6 movement to help organize the revolt. he was eager to show us what he and h fellow brothers had contri

the future of a.o.l. and a great day for huffington post. we're able to serve 120 million users roughly in the united states, 270 million globally with great content from the huffington post as well as our properties. and we are big believers in the next days the internet is about content. so i think today is a monumental day for us on strategy, on point with what we said we were going to do a year-and-a-half ago which was to turn a.o.l. into the next american content company and global media company. i think today is a step in that direction. we're also incredibly excited to be joined by arianna huffington who i would consider to be one of the most talented people in the media space and a great female entrepreneur for the web. >> brown: ms. huffington, what do you get out of this? you take control over all editorial content i gather. you already have that at huffington post. what do you get from this? >> well, this is an amazing merger of visions. what tim wants to do with a.o.l. and what i've been wanting to do at the huffington post can now be dramatically accelerated. it's a little bit for us as though we are getting off a fast-moving train an

the global recovery ahead of the u.s. manufacturing data. and in russia there are two yes and the my sex closed up on the day posted strong gains tracking the upbeat investor mood globally the indices gained ground after monday's losses showing that correction on the markets was apparently short term. and rising oil prices are sending energy shares higher gas problem lukoil are seeing approximately the same gains adding on between three to four percent respectively mining shares are also up on the day as severstal climbed to one and a half percent. and overall the russian markets gain around two percent this tuesday renaissance capital equity strategist of venice organise and says oil and gas were the biggest gainers this week following rising oil prices but the metal sectors is the next area to watch. the lead there is no doubt tech stock is up six percent. gust from is also a very good. performing to do is up three point seven percent we see some interest in metal names. is another story this is very strong five point seven percent up. alongside give rise and service start at around thirty two point seven percent up. and that's your busine

the u.s. looks to slash its defense budget but with post cut military spending still call in almost half the global total men see it as just a drop in the ocean. it's touched down during the longest ever space simulation experiment on the mission to mars reaches halfway. eight am here in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now the wider middle east region continued to be ravaged by anti-government protests throughout this week well in libya one estimate puts the number of dead that two hundred as a result of the surging violence i witness is in the eastern city of benghazi say the army has been using snipers to target rioters were demanding an end to the forty year rule of colonel gadhafi in yemen and t.m. pro-government rioters continued to clash in the capital sanaa with gunfire heard on the streets while in the bahraini more than sixty people had been injured in clashes with government forces while middle east expert. told r.t. that although the region isn't turmoil it's hard to say just how fundamental the changes will be.

. >>> >>> early this morning, aol announced it's buying the huffington post which is frequently ranked as one of the top ten global news and information sites. aol will pay $315 million and once the deal is done, that will put ariana huffington in large of aol's growing array of content, which includes tech crunch and end gadget aol lost 28 million last year. >>> today the vatican is investigating a serious security breach tied to a little bit -- to a little boy. the child managed to slip past security guards and ran forward and fell to his knees in front of the pope. these are some still pictures of the -- of what happened. the pope responded with a smile and even briefly chatted with the boy. the vatican security guards were not smiling. >>> coming up ton the news at -- on the news at 5:00, tomorrow san quentin's prison execution chamber will open for inspection. the judge that holds lethal injections there will tour the facility. tonight, death penalty holding a vigil. see how they plan to protest coast to coast. >>> that's our news for you. the next news is the fuzz at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great -

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the u.s. looks to slash its defense budget but with post cut military spending still equally almost half the global total many see it as just a drop in the ocean. and it's touchdown during the longest ever space simulation experiment that mock mission to mars has now reached halfway. well those are the headlines i'll be back with more in less than fifteen minutes but first robot is here with the. what's happening this hour kicks and spins and sources that said to not show stick around for some tennis and gymnastics you won't be disappointed. alone welcome to sport an r.c. coming to you live from moscow with me from on cross road and let's move straight to the headlines. in tennis with lot of good bits although when her first semifinal in six months and will face world number one carrot and does not speak at the final in dubai. in martial arts the russia dominates at the kudo world cup in moscow as arguably the fastest growing lighting style games popularity outside japan. and opening to the world that's once the fourteen winter olympic capital seoul she holds its first albino skiing events at the b

the u.s. looks to slash its defense budget but with post cut military spending still employing almost half the global total and see it as just a drop in the ocean. and it's touched out during the longest ever space simulation experiment mission to mars has now reached pathway. i'll be back with more news in less than fifteen minutes time for now the audience here for the sports news good morning to you so the next winter olympics kabul passes its first real test that's roy black sea resort of sochi has hosted its first outpoint skiing events and i'll have more of that plus some martial arts action all coming up there either. hello and welcome to the sport on r.g.p. come and see you live from the russian capital with me room on cost for it now let's see what made it to the top of the list this out. and then there were two so that plot i couldn't solve the wins for first semifinal in six months i will face world number one carolyn boys yeah speak at the point zero in dubai. flawless victory team russia dominates at moscow's screw the world cup as this arguably the fastest growing martial art gainst pop

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the u.s. looks to slash its defense budget but with post cut military spending still equaling almost half the global total see it as just a drop in the ocean. at its touchdown during the longest ever space simulation experiment the mock mission to mars has now reached halfway. or russia and the european union have joined forces to fight the massive flow of drugs from afghanistan as a top e.u. official visited moscow on monday for talks well next we hear how the international effort is going so far with the u.n. bat whose job it is to tackle the problem stay with us. i'm here talking to mr u.t. federal to he's the head of the u.n. office for drugs and crime russia has long been trying to get drug production included on the list of international security threats ms tippett also thank you very much for talking to us now the u.s. seems to have been hampering those efforts to get struck production on to this list of international threats why do you think that is think as a matter of fact refuse included everybody considers.

the tpp talks. >>>ar arron earnings have soared for japan's major electronics parts makers due to rising global demand for smartphones. tdk posted $8 billion in sales in the april to december period, up 10% from a year earlier. the firm's net profit nearly quadrupled in yen terms to $470 million. the strong results came as demand grew for the company's mainstay products such as condensers used in if mobile devices. tdk told a news conference on monday that it expects continued double-digit increases in sales of smartphone parts. >>> meanwhile, kyocera posted a record profit of over $1 billion, nearly five times as big as the previous year. it was due to brisk sales of ceramics parts that cover the surface of semiconductors. >>> murata manufacturing's net income tripled to more than $530 million owing to higher demand for its condensers. apps electric turned to profit, making $95 million on the back of growing orders for touch panels. >>> the strong yen has dealt a crushing blow to japan's apparel industry and the number of manufacturers has decreased by 60% over the past decade. but one chain store specializing in socks and stoc

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global security.org posted satellite images of the site on wednesday it says taken last month in the northwestern province. the image analyst tim brown told nhk that the tower is about 50 meters tall and the facility is larger and more advanced than the first launch site in the northeast. he added that there is no indication of an imminent launch. on wednesday, u.s. assistant secretary of state phillip crowley expressed concern of the development of the north's ballistic missiles. >> north korea has obligations. it has to follow through on commitments that's made. we expect them to follow through on their commitments. >> the survey in south korea found about from the north live on a monthly household income of less than $1,000. the police agency survey conducted last year looked at 12,000 detector households that settled in the south. the survey showed that 50% live on less than $900 a month and 20% on less than $450. of the 9,200 households reporting an income source, about 20% have a member with regular employment. more than half reported only part-time or temporary jobs. while a q

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the global economic crisis has not heard as the arms industry. the stockholm international peace research institute says arms makers posted growth of 8% in 2009. the sector has been making bumper profits ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. >> their product range from firearms to armored vehicles and satellites to land mines. business is, well, booming. excluding chinese companies, the world's 100 biggest defense contractors have seen revenues ow by almost 60 percent since 2002. u.s.-based companies dominate the list. first as lockheed martin with sales of 244 4 billion euros, just ahead of the world number two, uk-based bae systems. eads group comes in a 7 with 11.6 billion euros in revenue. the biggest german defense company. defense budgets are expected to fall in coming years. over the long run, that means falling revenue for arms makers, but because contracts often run for many years, weapons dealers will keep earning well, and russia and china plan to expand defense spending. >> next month's opening race in bahrain has been cancelled, following the on gone -- ongoing unrest there. one possibility would be to watch the season down under

the value? those of which they could contact media journalist and there are some global problems of which compared to everyone else but the local weeks good chances are the fact "the washington post" carries the first stage front-page story is not much of the difference but that is a different subject but i do not see the value of the process with the victim of the internet which is all about disrupting the intermediaries. if you compare them, even though they have not launched yet but they would be able to have people up lowered this stuff in a way that wikileaks wants to but the future of wikileaks itself, that is why i argue that assange should become the leader for building internet infrastructure because that idea is already emerging to remain in medicis them or a payment system for the hosting system so at a great expense because of the reaction people have suddenly understood that they realize to have the government the most important and powerful on the internet or the intermediary because they would be able to pursue the us. but then you have to address that problem. so maybe assange should work more on those projects. >> host: that is right. and talk about the u.s. piec