kim jong-il, director of the international department of the ruling workers party. kim is also an advisor of korea-japan amity and friendship association. he is one of the close aides of leader kim jong-un. >>> economic growth for the 17 eurozone countries remains in negative territory. concerns are rising that the slowdown may linger. the european union statistical office released figures from january to march. it says the eurozone's gross domestic product contracted 0.2% from the previous quarter,makering a decline for the sixth straight quarter. this is the first such consecutive contraction since 1995 when euro data started being collected. germany, the largest eurozone economy posted. a slight recovery of 0.1%. but france, the second-largest, suffered a 0.2% contraction for a second straight quarter. italy's gdp fell 0.5% and declined for a seventh straight quarter and spain suffered a 0.5% drop, a contraction for a sixth quarter in a row. fiscal austerity measures by many eurozone members have led to high unemployment and sluggish personal consumption. >>> officials at honda motor are planning to get back into formula one. sources say the automaker will make an official announceme

against the harsh rhetoric of kim john upg -- sim -- kim jong-un and assuring help of friends at the same time, leaving the door open to some kind of negotiations. in afghanistan, the president has honored our commitment to assist the national government but he is also said that we will neither pursue unachievable goals nor demands that our fighting men and women carry the burden forever. in the middle east secretary kerry is engaged in a brave effort to revive the peace process but with the understanding that we can not want peace more than the israelis and palestinians. it is their land, their lives, and their future that will be at stake in any settlement. and finally in the economic arena the administration has sought to improve coordination with our allies and partners while going the extra mile in pursuit of a bipartisan budget agreement here at home. overall, mr. obama has adopted an approach to global affairs that conveys

what does he want kim jong-un to do? and why is he lashing out at president obama? >>> and the teenage girl who loves twitter and hates to have her tv shows ruins. we meet the inventor of tweevo. >>> good morning, everybody. we want to start with a big mother's day shoutout to all the moms in the audience. all four of our moms, and our favorite in-house mom, bianna golodryga, the mother of 1-year-old jake. >> i did just receive a text from 13-month-old jake. he said, yo, mom, love you. i'm going to go crawl now. and happy mother's day. love jake. >> very advanced. >> can we get mensa on the line? >> we're so proud of him. go, mom. we have plenty of fun on this mother's day. including tips for dads on what mom really wants for mother's day. a hint. it's not things you can run out to the store and purchase. we'll give you expert advice how to make this day and many more special. >> some of the gifts are elaborate and require commitment. >>> coming up, it's not a mother's day story. but it requires a certain amount of femininity. why is richard branson dolled up and wo

that's right, according to news reports, kim jong-un is building an amusement park in north korea. mily fun, it's kim jong-un. [ laughter ] so let's take a look at the pros and cons of visiting a theme park in north korea. here we go. pro, it's the happiest place on earth. con, until kim jong-un nukes earth. [ laughter ] great while it lasts. pro, it's so much fun, you'll never want to leave. con, which is good, because you can't. [ laughter ] pro, getting your picture taken with mickey mouse. con, hearing him whisper, "help me," under his breath. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: help me. >> jimmy: you got to get me out of here. pro, every night, there's a fireworks display. con, which scares the crap out of south korea. [ laughter ] hey come on, you can't do that! pro, riding the roller coaster, ferris wheel and tilt-a-whirl. con, hoping at least one can somehow catapult you over the border. let's go faster! pro, the park offers north koreans something they won't find anywhere else in the country. con -- food. [ laughter ] good marketing. >> steve: sounds good, yeah. >> jimmy: g

. >> the main purpose of the visit is to create dialect, channel s of communication with kim jong-un and his associates. i think that's the most important one. because now abe administration, upon the assessment of now kim jong-un government is quite stable. if he had this purpose, so therefore i think that this time japanese government did not prior notification of both u.s. and south korea. of course in the long run the north korea has some intention to improve relationship with japan. especially with abe administration. so there has been much hope to make some progress with abe administration. i believe that, well, in the short run, that their purpose of having the visit to the country and revealing his visit, is to make some pressure on south korea. i think this time, ijima's visit is a good opportunity for all of the three countries, japan, the u.s., south korea, to repromote our mechanism among the three countries. all three countries, it's much easier to get together, to talk about how to deal with north korea, especially on the denuclearization issues. >>> me an mar president

he's the third military chief to serve under kim jong un. such turnover is unusual, and he's 75 years old. >>> u.s. military commanders postponed a missile test scheduled for last month to avoid exasperating tensions on the korean peninsula. they delayed again earlier this week. finally they launched an intercontinental ballistic missile toward a target in the pacific ocean. air force personnel launched the minuteman missile from vandenberg air base. it traveled to waters near the marshall islands. servicemen conduct such tests about three times a year. defense secretary chuck hagel called off the one last month at the last minute. he was concerned it would be misinterpreted. >>> a u.n. committee says the japanese government should work to prevent hate speech against so-called comfort women. many of the women were forced to work in brothels during world war ii. some internet users in japan have posted hateful messages about former south korean comfort women. members of the u.n. committee on economic, social and cultural rights issued a repor

this is a close aide to north korean leader kim jong un. he met president xi jinping in beijing and delivered a letter from kim. the president told him chinese leaders want a agreement for talks. those cu countries are the two koreas, china, russia, japan and the united states. they are willing to resolve problems through various dialogs for peace and stability on the peninsula. officials in pyongyang have repeat lid said they would never return to the six party talks. >>> u.n. secretary-general told nhk he welcomed the news. he urged the north koreans to take concrete steps towards restarting the six party talks. >> i'm encouraged by positive news coming from are the authorities of democratic party of korea. i hope this will be followed up by active implementation. >> he praised chinese leaders for building momentum through bilateral talks. >> i'm ready to do whatever i can in forwarding this positive moment. >> delegates from the six countries last gathered in december 2008. >>> the men who claim to have masterminded the raid on an algeria

first what did rodman ask kim jong-un? that is between him and his thousands of twitter followers. >>> do ladies prefer a mate who rejects self-hate? a new study claims women find nare saw cystic men more attractive as sexual partners. sorry, jim. they find them as having an unrealistic self-view 1k3* feelings of entitlement and lack of regard for others. for their experiment they sent guys out to pick up women and those with higher narcissism scored more numbers, phone numbers, and more highly rated. i still haven't gotten greg jarod to call me. >> lightning roooouuunnnddd. lightning round. >> so, jim, isn't this again in these studies, the chicken and the egg thing? maybe the dudes who get lots of phone numbers become nare is you cystic. it is not being gnar uh cystic that gets you lots of numbers. >> i am not the a or the b. i am the c. >> that shows you are not nar narsacistic at all. >> here are four ben frank lynn, toots. >> they would never see the light of day. >> it is actually four lincolns. >> lori, do you find

sanctions, and stop criticizing king jo-- kim jong-un.ry says if the north continues to threaten, the u.s. has to continue maintaining a major military presence in the region, that's something beijing doesn't want. jill dougherty, cnn, the state department. >>> when we come back, a horrifying building collapse overseas is rever better ating in the united states. could influence some of the brand names you buy. >>> the fallout from a horrifying, deadly building collapse is reverberating in the united states. that could influence how the popular brands are made. here is mary snow. >> reporter: in bangladesh, a week after a nine story building collapsed, families still search for bodies of their loved ones. most were garment workers, earning as little as $38 a month. they were pressured to show up for work, despite a warning about a potential collapse. the public outcry that's followed includes the pope, likening their conditions to slave labor. retailers with products made in bangladesh are facing scrutiny. disney is the first brand to pull

is kim jong-un trying to take a page out of his father's playbook? do exactly what his father did then? >> exactly. i think all the analysts we've spoken to have suggested exactly that. this is all part of a grand strategy by the new young leader, kim jong-un, to try and force the hand of the americans to get into some sort of direct sort of negotiation with them, even if that's through a former president like bill clinton, possibly jimmy carter as well. he was involved with the release of another american in 2010, although his people telling me in the last 24 hours that he is not planning to go to north korea for this case. he's not been invited. it opens up the question, well, who is going to go in and sort this out and make sure kenneth bay is free? >> a crucial question. and if no one does, what happens? 15 years of hard labor? if anyone knows what it is like to be held captive by north korea, it is yu-na lee. she was in the communist nation for 140 days in 2009 after being detained with fellow journalist laura ling. the two were together working

resolutions. >> would you meet with kim jong-un?g also other news including the investigation into the fiery a 747 cargo plane in afghanistan that killed seven americans. the stunning video of the plane falling from the sky has gone viral. it may provide some important clues. cnn's pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has the latest. chris? >> well wolf we may be getting closer to hearing why crashed. the ntsb team arrived in afghanistan today, along with representatives from thefaa and boeing, the company that built the plane. there were thunderstorms in the area when the boeing 747 purportedly shown here stalled and crashed in afghan so weather is one potential cause. weight is another. >> the overall weight has to be within the center of gravity limits. the cargo ships in either direction, it's possible it could go out of the limits. >> reporter: so it's not just the total, but where that weight is positioned on the plane. as part of the drawdown in afghanistan, the u.s. has been removing a massive amount of heavy equipment. so

all he has to do is tell kim jong-il -- >> un. >> sorry, kim jong-un. >> that was the kid. >> i won'tur friend anymore if you don't do it. that guy is so obsessed with dennis rodman, you would say i won't write or make phone call, but he is homeless. he has nowhere to live. all he's got is north korea. >> that's true, he won't do it. >> what -- if kim jong>> does this because obama asked. another strategic part on north korea's behalf to do that. >> i'm telling you, this could be a major game changer for the presidency and for dennis rodman. in fact, they end up switching. and really the moral presidency belongs to rodman. >> wow. >> what does it mean for common alaska? >> the moral president? i don't know -- after my hands are crossed, i can't unacross them. >> we'll have to break. >> i've been wrong about this for so long. i've said how stupid cool people a are, but when you're dealing with a guy in another country who thinks you're cool, that's more important than anything. he could actually pull this up by say, hey, if you don't do this i won't be your friend. >> why are begins so

but the other name happens to be north korean dictator kim jong-un. i don't know what the hell it is. february dennis rodman visited north korea and when he came back, he called him a friend for life. unfortunately dennis' friend for life is holding an american kenneth bay prisoner for life. he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for unspecified hostile acts against the country. so yesterday, "the seattle times" challenged dennis to ask his friend to release that prisoner. rodman asked him to release him by tweet hp. i'm calling for kim to do me a solid and release kenneth bay. how do you think they'll translate do me a solid? oh, look, the baby did a solid. i'm sure kenneth bay would be thrilled to hear that dennis rodman is on his case. are they sending president clinton or carter to get me? who? the guy with the pierced nipples, the basketball player? wouldn't it be something if it worked? how many can say they were saved from a north korean prison camp from dennis rodman? three, four. tops, eight. why do i feel this somehow ends with michael j

annow kim ki kim kim jong un.n one of the worries is that his grandfather was much more hyde line, you have an dreamt. if you want to get in the time is now. >> ros does it depend beyond basketball to movies, to art, to music? >> his father's love of american culture is-- you know, he has one of the largest film collections. he loves musicals and the horror movies and science fiction movies. in fact, when we were there, they had a band for-- at the dinner come up and they were playing the theme from "dallas" over and over again inexplicably, and the theme from "rocky." they're secretly obsessed with ameran culture >> re: so how does this represent what you want to do in the future? >> right. >> i think what we like to do-- and this is a perfect example of what we like to do-- we like to have a hook. we like to get into places and see things other people don't see. even if you get into north korea, which is impossible as a journalist, but if you do get in you're taken on the exact feed. so i went on a tour and i ha

and yet why do i feel like this whole thing could be solved by sending kim jong-un a disneyland park hopper pass? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: former vice president dick cheney weighed in at a leadership meeting on capitol hill yesterday. he described kim jong-un as unpredictable and said, quote, we're in deep doo-doo. well now for more on what that may mean, we go live to jonathan bines in washington. jonathan, what do you make of what the former vice president said about the doo-doo? >> we know it is deep, but right now there's no consensus on how deep. some in the house believe the doo-doo is so deep it's actually bottomless boom-boom. at the same time, others believe the notion of a nuclear attack is a simple puddle of poo-poo. from washington, i'm jonathan bines. >> jimmy: well, thank you, jonathan. we'll keep monitoring that story and keep our fingers crossed, too. as anyone who's worked in a job that's boring and minimum wage type of deal. you know to get through the day, you have to find creative ways to pass time. this young man who works at a concession stand in a movie theater sp

dennis rodman has a message for his good buddy, kim jong-un. we'll t >> bret: fresh pickings from the political grapevine. dennis rodman wants to be an unofficial ambassador to north korea and he's already making some requests. asking the nation's young dictator to free an american in prison this. the former nba star tweeted, yesterday, i'm calling on the supreme leader of north korea, or as i call him, kim, to do me a solid and cut kenneth bay loose. bay, a korean american, has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly fomenting revolution. he was working as a tour operator in china and often traveled to north korea to feed orphans. rodman visited kim jong-un in march and has said he plans to return to the country. >>> north korea has been from time to time accused of altering images used by state-run news agencies to give the appearance that events happened differently than they actually did. but tonight it appears that their neighbors to the south are also big fans, but not experts at photo shop. yesterday we reported south kore

. >>> north korean leader kim jong un has ordered the navy to hide all their combat vessels. state media said kim spotted sea craft anchored on a beach during an inspection. he was shown on tv in front of high speed hovercrafts. he reported le said enemies are tracking north korea's movements. last month, they observed the deployment of midrange missile launchers to the east coast. north korean troops later removed the launchers. >>> people in afghanistan are weighing a year of big changes. they've begun registering for a president who will replace hamid karzai and guide the country after u.s. forces withdraw. nhk reports from kabul. >> reporter: afghanistan's constitution bans any president from serving a third term. the incumbent karzai is in his second term. so voters would have to pick a new leader in the vote on april 5th, 2014. >> translator: i expect the next president to make a greater effort than karzai has in all aspects of afghanistan, especially the economy and national security. >> reporter: afghans are concerned the security situation will only worsen in the run

an advisor to shinzo abe met with north korean leader kim jong-un's second in command. he met with kim yong-am. and they talked about why he is in japan, but it is believed he is discussing the kidnapping of japanese citizens from the 1970s and 80s. the senior u.s. diplomat says he wants the japanese to keep u.s. officials informed about his trip. glyn davies says denuclearization is the top priority in dealing with the north koreans, but they're ready to work with their counterparts to deal with the abduction issue. the spokesperson says he received no prior notice about his visit. >> it is important that the international community work together to deal with north korea. in that sense, mr. iyjima visit will not help. >> he attended summits in 2002 and 2004 as an aide. the meeting in 2002 led to the return of five japanese who had been abducted. >>> officials with the world health organization are trying to contain a deadly new disease. they confirm that two health care workers caught a strain of coronavirus from patients. they say it's the first transmission in a hospi

. >>> i special envoy for kim jong un said north korean authorities are ready to hold talks. >>> u.s. president barack obama has defended the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists. >>> and exclusive access as impacts of the nuclear disaster are monitored. >>> north korea is apparently ready to resume six party talks. they reportedly made the comment in a meeting with xi jing pink. the director of the general bureau of the korean people's army travels to beijing. president xi told him that china wants parties involved in the six party talks to work for the denuclearization. he called for the talks on the nuclear program. the six countries are the two koreas, china, russia, japan, and the united states. they said they're willing to resolve problems through the six party talks and through die lolg to security peace and stability. the reported comment would be a reversal for north korea officials have repeatedly said they would never return to six party talks. barack obama has a spirited defense for what he has come to rely on for suspected terrorists. he laid out the case on

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he will be the first to lead the ministry since kim jong-un took power more than a year ago. >>> park geun-hye apologizes for what her office calls a disgrateful incident that happened last week during her trip to the united states. yoon chung junk has been fired as spokesperson because of a case of alleged sexual harassment. the president spoke about the scandal for the first time on monday. media in south korea say yoon sexually harassed a female temp worker at the south korean embassy in washington. yoon denies the allegation. park was on her first trip to the u.s. since taking office. >> translator: i am deeply sorry that my former staff member disappointed south koreans. i want to apologize to the woman and her family from the bottom of my heart. >> park called the scandal a grave matter for her country and its people. she urged public officials to discipline themselves. her chief public relations secretary is doing just that. he says he will resign to take responsibility. >>> former prime minister of pakistan nawaz sharif is making a political comeback. his party looks set to fo

kim younkim jong-un is cracking. north korea accusing him of hostile act.nd they immediately release him. you talk about something crazi crazier. for our attention, he has got. >> first, you put words in my mouth, i don't think that dennis rodman is use follow for anything these days, this is where i go ron paul a little bit. i don't think we should have anything to do with north korea, that includes any and all americans, i get you want to help them, you should not go in there for any reason, and u.s. government. only interaction we should have with north korea since the line has been drown in the sand, when we want to kick the crap out of them and take their candy just because we can, do it when we want. call fee old fashion, i am past tolerance for the cabbage patch look alike. >> what do we do? >> well i think barack obama needs to follow-up on his threats, the angry letters are not doing anything, this is a tragedy with the individual people. neil: he is going to keep upping the ante and take more americans who are in the wrong place. the guy was on bo

. >> north korean leader kim jong has made a change in his government. state media says -- leader kim jong-unhas made a change in his government. analysts see the move as -- see it as a move to consolidate his power. >> now to the court case involving a 20 road berliner who was trying to break up a fight when a band of youths -- 20-year-old berliner who was trying to break up a fight was killed. >> the case took on an international dimension when two of the accused fled to turkey. >> it is not an easy day for tina, the sister of the victim and a co-plaintiff in the trial. for half a year, she has kept the memory of her dead brother alive and given a face to her family's suffering. >> i hope to get to the testimony quickly and that the boys really say what happened and stop blaming each other or denying it. that's the only thing i hope for. >> six young men are standing trial, accused of grievous bodily harm resulting in death. the case of johnny -- jonny k. has shocked many across germany. he was attacked on alexanderplatz in central berlin last october. he was reportedly helping an intoxicat

he said the leadership of kim jong un can force citizens to sacrifice themselves and says they will continue to make threats and provocations. one recent action by north korea suspended a program that was a rare symbol of cooperation on the peninsula. the jointly run kaesong industrial zone hasn't been running for the past month. now, south korean leaders are pushing to get back raw materials and products from the complex. kaesong is located in north korea close to the border. firms fro suspended operations in april after the north pulled out all its workers. the last workers from the south left earlier this month. the south korean president park is calling for dialogue so materials can be recovered as soon as possible. this is not the first time her administration has offered to hold working level talks to break the deadlock on kaesong process. but authorities in pyongyang have rejted negotiations. >>> a senior policymaker was fired by the chinese after he took to the internet. the pourer of online whistle-blowing in the fight against corruption. a social networking site was used to accuse

they've sent one of the closest aides to leader kim jong-un on a trip to china. the director of the jem political bureau of the korean people's army was sent. north korean's state run news agency says he's making the trip as kim's enjoy. he was able to be filmed leaving pyongyang. he met with the leader of the communist international department in beijing. this the first time for north korea to send a top official to china following its missile launch in december and nuclear test in february. those incidents increased tension on the korean peninsula. >>> japan's leaders want to discuss some issues of their own with the north koreans. one is the abduction of japanese citizens by the north's agents. the chief government spokesman says japanese officials are open to the idea of regular negotiations with their north korean counterparts. >> translator: prime minister shinzo abe is strongly determined to resolve the abduction issue. the government wants to explore every possible avenue in negotiations with north korea. >> he suggested that officials will try to resume d

. >> cooper: north korea's young dictator, kim jong-un, has gotten a lot of attention lately for testingar weapons and threatening to attack the united states if provoked. tonight, we're going to focus on something north korea's leader doesn't want the world to see: a place so brutal and horrific, it's hard to believe it actually exists. it is, by all accounts, a modern-day concentration camp, a secret prison hidden in the mountains 50 miles from north korea's capital, pyongyang. it's called camp 14, and, according to human rights groups, it's part of the largest network of political prisons in the world today. some 150,000 people are believed to be doing hard labor on the brink of starvation in these hidden gulags. but it's not just those who have been accused of political crimes; it's their entire families-- grandparents, parents and children, a practice called "three generations of punishment." very little was known about camp 14 until a young man showed up in south korea with an extraordinary tale to tell. his name is shin dong hyuk, and, as we first reported in december, he said he

in dealing with the regime of kim jong-un. but foreign ministry officials in beijing are deflecting questions about the recent decision. >> translator: you should put the particular question to the section that's in charge. >> chinese diplomatic sources say they do not want to aggravate the situation by angering their allies in pyongyang. north korean media have shown no reaction, and it's unclear how the measures will affect the country's economy. >>> the u.n., the u.s. and other nations have hit north korea with a slew of economic sanctions over the years. the u.s. government announced in september 2005 it would investigate banko delta asia. the bank is located no macao and authorities suspected the bank of being involved in north korea's distribution of fake u.s. dollars. macao's body cooperated by freezing the bank's north korea related funds. this added up to $24 million in assets in about 50 accounts. north korean officials responded saying unless the sanctions were lifted, there would be no substantial negotiations thro

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pyongyang said he carried out hostile acts against kim jong-un's regime. >>> the russians say they caught a cia spy. this is video of ambassador michael mcfowl leaving the embassy early this morning. russia's federal security service detained the employee who allegedly was carrying technical equipment, disguises and a large sum of money. the employee has already been handed over to u.s. embassy officials. >>> four weeks after that massive and deadly explosion at a texas fertilizer plant, we'll be finally getting a few answers. federal and state agents expected to release some of their findings sometime tomorrow. they still have not said what caused this fire leading to the blast that killed 14 people. investigators not sure that the firefighters were fully aware of the danger they're getting to. >> president obama will be in washington to honor the law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year. the president will speak at the annual peace officer's memorial service on capitol hill. it will remember 321 peace officers who died in the line of duty. among them, 37-year-old pf

state-run media in china reported on a meeting between an envoy of north korean leader kim jong-un and a senior chinese communityist party official. they say the envoy expressed a willingness to hold talks with relevant nations. japan's chief cabinet secretary, suga, says it would be a positive step if the north stopped provocative acts and moved toward dialogue. >> translator: our basic policy toward the north is dialogue and pressure. the window for talks is always open. >> suga says north korean authorities would need to take concrete action toward denuclearization to secure dialogue. >>> levels of carbon dioxide are on the rise in japan. average density of the greenhouse gas recently exceeded the international standard and all of the country's observation points. the meteorological agency is monitoring its levels at three locations. they are ofunato city in northeastern japan, yonaguni island, and minamitorishima southeast of tokyo. the observation data showed that in april, the monthly average level of co2 at all the monitoring sites exceeded 400 parts per million. that's the thre

2002 with the man who likely ordered that attack, north korea's kim jong-il, the father .f the current president. would you meet with kim jong-un cece to face? and what would you say? >> (translated): i would tell him that north korea must change. that is the only way to survival and the only way to development. >> pelley: so margaret is etining us now here. margaret, president park and president obama are supposed to meet at the white house fmorrow. what do you expect from that? >> well, u.s. officials really want to know whether park thinks it's possible to begin talks with north korea about its nuclear program and she told us that if north korea takes the eight steps they will be rewarded. but so far she has not gotten the response she hoped for and chinsaid the united states, poina, other world powers need to put them in a situation, force them to change, give them no choice. ded that's an even harder line policy. >> pelley: margaret, thanks very much. all that tough talk might be working. north korea has withdrawn two missiles that it had threatened to test. president obama is looking to improve relations with members of c

rodman and kim jong-un became friendly when he visited back in february. >>> and britain's prince harry tonight on his american tour, in colorado springs now. he met with each of the competitors in the hand cycling race at the warrior games, an international competition for wounded warriors. athletes from every branch of the armed forces and special operations competed alongside their british counterparts. harry now presenting medals to the winners. >>> and now to a hero mom tonight on this mother's day. a moment on the little league field that carried an important medical lesson for us all. an 8-year-old player hit by a ball, his heart suddenly stopping. but what that mom from the other team did next saved his life. here tonight, abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: a miracle happened on this little league field. it was just another saturday afternoon for mom maureen renehan, watching her son play ball in new jersey, when suddenly, a ball hit another little boy, ian mcagree i havgc slid into third base. >> he stood up and his whole body just collapsed to the ground. >> reporter: the 8-year-

rather little known army general this is the first time leader kim jong un has replaced a senior politician since coming to power just a year ago the new appointment though is seen as significant as it comes amid war threats tensions on the korean peninsula were made worse in february after the north latest nuclear test. fresh protests and a low turnout welcomed the ball garrett's parliamentary election which looks on likely to provide a clear winner and there were allegations of fraud wiretapping and hundreds of thousands of illegally printed ballots were seized just hours before the polls opened the former prime minister was forced to step down in february all amid protests over the state of a country which is the poorest in the e.u. . and the least five people have been killed in a series of shootings across iraq the deadliest took place in the city of mashad off the gunman opened fire on a vegetable market by the attacks followed a police crackdown on a sunni protest camp in the country's north which sparked renewed sectarian violence. two time pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif has