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nine people have been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning of the koran in the u.s. dozens more were injured a violent demonstration follows an american pastor's burning of the muslim holy book last month on friday a similar protests in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to deaths of seven workers at the local u.n. office. and gunfire and explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of the job as the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people have reported the been killed in violence in the city of do choir this week fighters backing the un recognized leader i will sign you are pressing the offensive against income the incumbent president there is said to have seized a key port and the country's capital. now we continue our russell close up series on our team is in the ural mountains to show you our relax and get away. we're in the city of in the southern europe also a major industrial holiday closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but today it's not all be

nine people have been killed in the afghan city of kandahar a cast over the burning of the koran by a pastor in the u.s. dozens more were injured on friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven workers at the local office. gunfire and explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan as the country's struggle for power thought at least eight hundred people have been reported killed in the violence in the city of jew clay this week fighters backing the u.n. recognized leader of a fine europe pressing the offensive against the incumbent president they are said to have seize a key port and the country's capital. now we continue our russia close up series our team is in the ural mountains to show you of relaxing getaway. where in the city after saturday in the southern your role as a major industrial how closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but today its natural beauty is on display for everyone and art in your article as . when the soviet union broke up businessmen in she

nine people have been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning of the qur'an by a pastor in the u.s. dozens more injured on friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven locals a local u.n. office. gunfire and explosions have been heard of the presidential palace in ivory coast's main city of abidjan as the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people have been reported killed in the violence in the city as you quaid this week fighters backing the u.n. recognize lead and listen to what pressing the offensive against the incumbent president said to have seized a key port of the country's capital. we continue our russia close up series and this time our teams looking at a perfect man get away. and it is day three of our trip to the chill yabrud school region in the your rules which is some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow as you can see on the map there a major industrial how it is it was closed off to the foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but today it's pictur

dozens more were injured friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of twelve people including seven workers at the local u.n. office. and gunfire and explosions are heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan as the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of duke way this week fighters backing the un recognized leader of a sunday what tara are pressing the offensive against the incumbent president is said to have seized a key port and the country's capital. next we continue our russian close up series this time the team looking for a perfect mountain getaway. day three of our journey to the chill ya been screened in a new year old some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow a major industrial hub it was closed to foreigners as recently as the ninety's but today it's picturesque mountains welcome one and all artes arena pollution go has been. when the soviet union broke up businessmen in she had been so an opportunity to turn this once closed off re

dozens more were injured on friday's similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven workers at a local rental fees. gunfire and explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city about the john as the country's struggle for power he and his eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of u.k. this week fighters backing the un recognized leader of the son of the tyro pressing the offensive against the incumbent president they said have seized a key port the country's capital. change pace no next we continue on the third and final day of russia close of series and this time our team is looking for a perfect mounting getaway. gotta look sort of find it too as it is day three of this trip to the chill you have been screeching in the urals there is a map at some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow a major industrial one time it was even closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but these days it's picturesque mountains of welcoming everyone is artie's we're going to shar

dozens more injured on friday to a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of twelve people that time including seven workers local un office. gunfire explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of new quaid this week fighters backing the u.n. recognize leader understand what pressing the offensive against the incumbent president is said now seems to keep order in the country's capital. coming up next we continue our russia close up series this time out things looking for a perfect getaway. and it looks like the founded two day three of the trip to chill you have been screeching in the you rules at some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow there wasn't a map major industrial hub and it was closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but these days it's picturesque mountains a welcoming everyone at these are really going to school with to find out more. when the

nine people been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning. there in the u.s. doesn't injured on friday a similar protest to me afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven worked as a local u.n. office. more world news in brief gunfire explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle for power heats up eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of faves with fighters backing the un recognized leader other son of the tire pressing fences against the incumbent president is said to have seen ricky pull off and the country's capital. judge pace now for a few minutes we continue our russia closer series this time out teams looking for a perfect getaway. and it looks like they find it too on day three of our trip to the chelyabinsk region in the year rules which is some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow there it is on a map it's a major industrial indeed it was closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but th

. >> aer friday pyers, there were protests many afghan cities. rum sead atundrs of korans had been destroyed, not just one. >> death to themerins, they shout. deh to thenfidels and the jews says this man. the poli and crowd tedto keep the crowd bac from th u. headquarters. they fouled. the outerall was breached. e u.n. sta inside hunted down some were shot, some sbbed two we be head it is claime afghans were kild, to. th blamed the u.n. guards. witnesses saithe u.n. did not fire first. >> this was a orages and cordlyttack against a u. staff, which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> som say t talan was hand all this, as ts is one theirst plas to transferrednder u.n. control. >> it was always thought of a one of the sest places in afghanistan. the govern the blas the talin, b this ybe less about e inrgence and more about how the issue of kora burning inflames passions in thiseeply conservative deeplyeligious country. paul wd,bbc news," kabul. >>he bbc'som is in washington he said the rk i val i reildi ahanian's society. >> t u.n. has a

. >> after friday prayers there were prayers in many afghan cities. a rumor swept the crowd that hundreds of korans had been destroyed. not just one. deth to america, they shout. death to the jews and the infidels. the afghan police tried to keep the crowd back from the u.n. headquarters. they failed. the outer wall was breached. the u.n. staff inside hunted down. some were shot, some stabbeds. two were beheaded, it's claimed. afghans were killed, too. they blamed the u.n. guards. but witnesses said the u.n. did not fire first. >> this was an outrageous and cowardly attack against the u.n. staff which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> some say the taliban was behind all this. it is supposed to be one of the first places to transfer to afghan security control. still, the police couldn't protect the u.n. there today. >> it was always thought of as one of the safest places. the governor blames the taliban. it may be less about the insurgency and more about the issue of koran burnings which inflames passion about this deeply religious countr

. >> after friday prayers, the protests began in many afghan cities. hundreds of korans had been destroyed, not just one. "death to america digest date shouts. -- "death to america," bait shop. -- they shout. the outer wall was breached. the u.n. staff inside were hunted down. two were beheaded, it is claimed. afghans blamed the u.n. guard. witnesses said the u.n. did not fire first. >> this was an outrageous and cowardly attack against the u.n. staff which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> some say the taliban was behind all this, and this was to be one of the first places to transfer afghan security control. still, the police could not protect the u.n. there today. this is always been thought of as one of the safest places in afghanistan. it is perhaps less about the insurgency and more about how the issue of the koran burning has inflamed passions in this deeply conservative, a deeply religious country. kabul. >> authorities say they have arrested the mastermind of the attack. i discussed this earlier with our north america editor, mar

. >> after friday prayers, the protests began in many afghan cities. hundreds of korans had been destroyed, not just one. "death to america digest date shouts. -- "death to america," bait shop. -- they shout. the outer wall was breached. the u.n. staff inside were hunted down. two were beheaded, it is claimed. afghans blamed the u.n. guard. witnesses said the u.n. did not fire first. >> this was an outrageous and cowardly attack against the u.n. staff which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> some say the taliban was behind all this, and this was to be one of the first places to transfer afghan security control. still, the police could not protect the u.n. there today. this is always been thought of as one of the safest places in afghanistan. it is perhaps less about the insurgency and more about how the issue of the koran burning has inflamed passions in this deeply conservative, a deeply religious country. kabul. >> authorities say they have arrested the mastermind of the attack. i discussed this earlier with our north america editor, mar

these violent protests, now blamed for at least 24 deaths, have reached virtually every major afghan city. in the east in jalalabad, young men rampaged through the streets, torching a cross and an effigy of president obama. the demonstrations were fueled by the recent burning of the koran by radical pastor terry jones at a fundamentalist church in florida, the same man who sparked worldwide outrage for threatening to burn islam's holy book last september. "the burning upset the whole muslim world," this man said. "we condemn this act." in kabul tonight the united nations' top diplomat received seven coffins, each draped with a u.n. flag. the victims, all foreign workers, killed friday when a mob stormed their compound. trying to defuse tensions, in a statement president obama called the u.n. attack an affront to human decency and condemned the koran burning as an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry. general david petraeus, who heads up the war in afghanistan, criticized the burning as well. >> that action was hateful. it was intolerant. and it was extremely disrespectful. >> reporter:

nine people have been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning of the koran by asked thirty laps dozens more were injured on friday a similar protests in the city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven workers at the local u.n. office. gunfire and explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in our main city of abidjan as the country's struggle for power heats up every eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of duke way this week fighters backing the un recognized leader on the side of your tahrir are pressing the offensive against the incumbent president they are said to have seized the key port and the country's capital. later today on our t.v. our documentary about sean sellers sentenced to death and executed in the u.s. at the age of sixteen our special report reveals his emotional trial and examines how those caught up in the case are still haunted by twelve years on. as you know song was sixteen years old when he committed these murders that's not to say the song so it should not be punished for his cri

another some other stories making headlines across the globe nine people have been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning of the qur'an by a pastor in the us dozens more were injured on friday a similar protest in the city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of twelve people including seven workers at the local you when office. gunfire and explosions have been heard of the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people all supported killed in violence in the cities due to the way this week fighters backing the un recognized leader although sunday what are pressing the offensive against the incumbent president laurent gbagbo are said to have seized a key port and the country's capital. next we continue our russian close up series this time our team is looking for the perfect getaway. day three of our trip to the show you have been screened some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow a major industrial harbor was closed off to foreigners or recently as the ninety's but today it

base after dozens more were injured on friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of twelve people including seven workers at a local u.n. office. and gunfire and explosions have been heard of the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan as the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people reported killed in violence in the city of juke way this week fighters backing the un or recognize leader hour a sign a what tara pressing the offensive against the incumbent president there is said to have seized the keyboard and the country's capital. next we continue our russia close up series and this time our team is looking for the perfect getaway. three of our trip to the chill you have been squeezing in the year old which is some seven hundred kilometers east of the russian capital a major industrial how it runs was. closed off to foreigners as recently as the ninety's but today it's picturesque mountains a welcoming one an all artes riga lousteau has been. when the soviet union broke up businessmen in chad and so an o

dozens more were injured on friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of twelve people including seven workers at a local u.n. office. gunfire and explosions have been heard of the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle for power at least eight hundred people reported killed in violence in the city of duplay this week fighters backed the un recognized leader always sunny ouattara pressing the offensive against the incumbent president they are said to have seized the key port and the country's capital. next we continue our russian close up series of this time around our team is looking for a perfect now getaway. it's day three of our tour of each oh ya been sgrena new year olds which is seven hundred kilometers east of moscow major industrial hub it was closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but today it's picturesque mountains are welcoming everyone parties are really to go. when the soviet union broke up businessmen into london so an opportunity to turn this once closed of

out of some other stories making headlines across the globe nine people have been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning of the koran a u.s. based pastor dozens more were injured on friday a similar protest in mazar e sharif led to the deaths of twelve people including seven workers at the local u.n. office. and gunfire and explosions have been heard at the presidential palace and ivory coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle for power heats up at least eight hundred people reported dead in violence in the city of duplay this week fighters backing the un recognized leader alasania what taler are pressing the offensive against the incumbent president they are said to have seized a key port and the country's capital. up next we continue our russia closeup series at this time our team is looking for perfect mountain getaway. day three of our trip to the chelyabinsk region in the urals which are some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow i mean you're industrial hub it was closed off to foreigners as recently as the ninety's a day it's picturesque

three suicide bombers police training center in the afghan city of kandahar it happened when insurgents launched an assault on the building where a gun battle is still raging the scale of casualties at this point is not known and the taliban has already claimed responsibility. and efforts are underway at japan's fukushima power plant to prevent explosions that workers are injecting and nitrogen into one reactor to stop the highly flammable hydrogen inside it from blowing up explosions of this type have already happened at the plant workers plug the leak of highly radioactive water into the pacific ocean another confirmed a number of dead from the earthquake and tsunami in march is now nearing thirteen thousand. but there are some new arrivals in orbit as a new crew is boarded the international space station the soyuz spacecraft that brought three astronauts there for a five month mission ship docked successfully to be i assessed just a little bit earlier today there are now a total of six people on board floating on station probably celebrating fifty years of manned space travel next we

dozens more injured on friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven workers at the local u.n. office. gunfire explosions have been at the presidential palace not every coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle for power he looks out at least eight hundred people have been reported killed in the violence in the city to play in the street fighters backed by backing the un recognized leader rather son of what tyra pressing the offensive against the incumbent president has said seems to keep all the country's capital. change of tone we continue our russia close observer isn't this time all teams looking for a perfect bank to get away. stacey three of our trip to chile have been screeching to the your rules there is of a market some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow it's a major industrial heartland it was closed off indeed to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but these days its picturesque mountains are welcoming everyone as artie's ridiculous that. when the soviet union broke up businessmen in shenanigans

least ten wounded after taliban militants launched an attack on the police training center in the afghan city of kandahar our source three suicide bombers explode a full scale of casualties is not yet known and has become the heart of the war on terror in afghanistan with dozens killed in recent weeks. in ivory coast forces loyal to the internationally recognized election when i last sunday walked out of a late seem it should be incumbent leaders residence it comes after attempts to drive law by boat from the presidential palace where he's been holed up you are not a french troops continue to conduct strikes on military targets throughout i'll be joined the tension comes amid failed efforts to negotiate the departure of bad both from the country and he claims he has no intention of stepping down. with portugal admits it can't keep its economy afloat the eurozone is finding itself coughing up for a third bailout package following a severe but successful austerity cuts lisbon will take on yet more debt the e.u. sets alone and more than one hundred billion dollars was in the euro zone are still

officers have been killed and at least twelve others wounded in an attack on a police compound in the afghan city of kandahar insurgents drove an ambulance full of explosives into the station and decimated the load because it just had an hour long gun battle with a heavily armed attackers expect to be able to pick up the casualties the taliban would claim responsibility for the attack. now to a story beyond russian soyuz spacecraft successfully to the international space station two russians and american will spend five months there bringing the total oh yes yes crew to six the flight was dedicated to your government the first manned space ship just a week before the fiftieth anniversary of its initial reply but as of these tests are silly reports even today on the colonies legacy is this current generations to for their tree. after all spend most of their lives preparing for the possibility of going to space the russian cosmonaut for example takes about two hundred a year and that's out of this visit will pray they will have to go through all the hard work men and women put into their profession

around the world this hour six children ten more wounded in an attack on a police training center afghan city of kandahar three suicide bombers blew themselves up inside the compound which was stormed by militants the taliban has claimed responsibility kandahar is seeing a mounting violence in the war on terror in afghanistan with dozens killed around the city in recent weeks. in ivory coast forces loyal to the internationally recognized election. to the incumbent leader's residence. to drive from the presidential. where he's been holed up in the country's largest city of abidjan france says that defiant politician has a less than a thousand troops at his disposal every two negotiated by bowser departure have so far failed as he still refuses to step down. as portugal admits it cannot keep its economy afloat the eurozone is finding itself coughing up yet a third bailout package following a severe but unsuccessful austerity cuts lisbon will now take on more debt and the e.u. set to loan it more than a hundred billion dollars tempers in the eurozone are still volatile over the bailouts of greec

wounded after the taliban militants who launched an attack on the police training center in the afghan city of kandahar an hour long gun battle also saw three suicide bombers explode a full scale of the casualties at this point is unknown kandahar has come with the heart of the war on terror in afghanistan good dozens killed in recent weeks. and in the ivory coast of forces are loyal to the internationally recognized election when i listen to what tara have laid siege to the incumbent leaders residents comes after attempts to drive by both from the presidential palace where he's been holed up u.n. and french troops continue to conduct as strikes on the military targets throughout every joint attention comes amid failed efforts to negotiate the departure of but both from the country and he claims he still has no intention of stepping down. now as political admits it can keep its economy afloat the eurozone is finding itself coughing up for a third. following a severe but unsuccessful austerity cuts this plan will get take on more debt the e.u. set alone and more than one hundred billion doll

at least ten wounded after taliban militants morse an attack on a police training center in the afghan city of kandahar an hour long gun battle also saw three suicide bombers sort of explosives full scale of this point of the casualties is you know kind of has become the heart of the war on terror in afghanistan with dozens killed in recent weeks. more than one hundred schools in south korea have shut down over fears of radioactive rain officials say the levels of radiation coming from japan's fukushima nuclear power plant. cautions should be taken and meanwhile says the evacuation zone around the plant may have to be extended its workers are trying to prevent a hydrogen explosion in one of the reactors the confirmed number of data from the earthquake and tsunami in march at this point now it's nearing thirteen thousand. well there are new arrivals in orbit as a new crew has just boarded the international space station for sawyer's spacecraft brought three astronauts there are for a five month mission the ship docked successfully to the r.s.s. just a bit earlier today they're now a total of

afghanistan what started as hundreds of protesters turned into thousands of demonstrators in the northern afghan city of mazar e sharif the people stormed the u.n. convoy. killing seven you have staff members some reports even stated that you have been beheaded that's another bad sign for america's war there and the effort to win hearts and minds so we have to ask how responsible pastor jones and sour are for this violence disgusted with me that can stand better and. take so much of being heard and to be with you now clearly this is a very tragic situation and we have to wonder these these two pastors pastor terry jones is absolutely no stranger to the spotlight and he was asked not only by the president he was given a personal phone call by the secretary of defense last year asking him not to burn these he promised he wouldn't do it and then we see a little bit less than a year later this go through so are they actually to blame for the lives that have been lost i think so at this point the reason that we know that they are to blame for this they didn't cells did not kill somebody but they were comp

wars abroad so after the boring really did take place we saw violent protests break out in the afghan city of mazar e sharif or u.n. workers lost their lives i one of the people who came out strongly against the book burning was general david petraeus and all that hateful intolerant extremely disrespectful and condemned in the strongest manner possible and that seems like a logical response to a hateful action right well frank gaffney doesn't think so and facts and theories as to why betray us didn't want the muslim holy book burned. general david petraeus. if you were with mr kerry. he. suggested. to the. you know according to gaffney petraeus is being submissive towards sharia law the code followed by muslims and oh my god if that's true that means a we disappointed that raises the head of the cia so now it's all becoming clear we now know the grand plan we already knew that obama was a muslim now he's brainwashed petraeus with sharia law and he's promoted them to be tops book really gaffney you can't think of a more realistic option like hey maybe we should respect muslims in their holy

burning of the qur'an by a pastor dozens more injured there on friday a similar protest in the afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven work with the local u.n. office. gunfire explosions have been heard of the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan as the country struggle for power at least eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of ukraine this week fighters backing the u.n. recognized leader alison overtire of pressing the offensive against the incumbent president there said of seize the king the country's capital. no change of pace we continue our russia closer series and this time our team is looking for a perfect getaway. and it seems they thought i did on day three of our trip to the chelyabinsk region and you're all set some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow as you can see there a major industrial have been there it was closed off to foreigners as recently as nine hundred ninety s. but these days as you can see it's picturesque mountains of well having everyone artie's really commissioner went to explore some not

on friday we reported to you that the massive protest in the northern afghan city of mazar e sharif had turned violent and killed at least eight u.n. workers as protesters stormed the compound and the protesters were protesting in response to pastor terry jones and pastor wayne sallade burning a copy of the koran and gainesville florida on march twentieth that situation is not calming down protests continued all weekend long spreading to khandahar jalalabad and kabul just to name a few cities two policemen were killed in kandahar on sunday and dozens were injured and some a positive that this means the end for the international community in afghanistan earlier today i caught up with him lynch a blogger at free range international based in la afghanistan and i first asked him if he's seen protests and violence where he's located. we had a protest filming the day. but one of the good visit you occasionally hear a guy is walking past the governor's compound one of the murder suicide vests were to go to detonate it. it didn't matter he knew going down an alleyway would towards our house so

for the third day angry protesters descended on the streets of another major afghan city anchored byby florida minister terry jones. the crowd numbered about 2000 burned president barack obama and called for troops to leave afghanistan. a previous demonstrations resulted in deaths of 20 people in one instance the in crowd attacked the union headquarters killing 12. some of the bridge has been filled by the tell a banner urging afghans to rise up against the koran birding. the florida mr. his actions of the protests said he does not feel responsible for any deaths. afghan president has called for jones to be back with justice. >>marty: going to check out the conditions of lake tahoe, they're very happy with all the snow. >>ysabel: another live look outside our own san mateo bridge is looking very nice out there and not too much traffic. we will be back. >>marty: mantra snowpacks going to keep skiers on the slopes longer than usual in fact they are talking about extending the season all the way to memorial day. these resorts typically shut down for the season usually this month that sn

killed in a suicide blast in eastern afghanistan a bomber in a military uniform hit an afghan army base near the city of jalalabad eight people are also said to have been wounded in the attack the deadliest in months against foreign troops. the u.s. budget may include thirty eight billion dollars of spending cuts but there will be a financial boost for the military this year's a planned military spending is seven hundred billion dollars while other areas including health care education infrastructure are on the chopping block the decision came after a long struggle between lawmakers and the pentagon saying military cuts but the security senior fellow at the center for advanced defense studies anthony shaffer says even though war has turned into a business for some the u.s. cannot afford more military spending. you have a large committed bureaucracy now in charge of the war that bureaucracy feeds very well and that includes industry who makes money off the contracts that includes those in power i'll make a lot of headway with this bureaucracy overseeing this this counterinsurgency it allows the power

at least five people are dead this morning in the southern afghan city of kandahar. in a second day of protests over the burning of a koran. the reverend terry jones claimed to have burned the muslim holy book at his florida church last month. a suicide attack also hit a nato base this morning near kabul, their capital. three injuries were reported. cbs news correspondent kelly cobiella is in our london bureau with the latest on all of this. good morning, kelly. >> betty, good morning. yes, more violence, more protests throughout afghanistan today. that attack you mentioned on the nato base injured three soldiers, at least four afghans beaten and stoned to death during a protest in kandahar. and there are worries of more attacks in what was considered afghanistan's safest city. >> no one expected a scene like this in the northern city. mixed in with the hundreds of peaceful protesters was a mob of two dozen. armed and intent on violence. they stormed the united nations complex, setting fires and attacking workers. four guards, a swede and a norwegian were killed, alo

killed in a suicide blast in eastern afghanistan a bomber in a military uniform hit an afghan army base near the city of jalalabad eight people are also said to be wounded in the attack the deadliest in months against foreign troops. the u.s. budget may include thirty eight billion dollars of spending cuts but that will be a financial boost for the military that this year's planned military spending is seven hundred billion dollars while other areas including health care education and infrastructure are on the chopping block the decision came after a long struggle between lawmakers and the pentagon saying military cuts will threaten national security. journalist chris hedges says the decision was made on the severe pressure from some lobbying circles. there are corporations even though the war we're losing the war they continue to make a lot of money off of this war al a burden raytheon northrop grumman boeing the price the stock price of these defense contractors quadrupled since the world. and they don't give a damn how many afghans are killed or even how many americans are killed rather than tight