. >> three-night in albania in protests against -- 3 die in albania in protests against the government. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, footage of television, a teenage boy who has been tied to a wall in a psychiatric unit for three years. goodbye to the gas guzzler. one man's mission to turn the gulf region free. >> great britain's former prime minister tony blair is facing his toughest question of yeah -- question yet about the idea to go to iraq. he admitted ignoring advice from his senior legal adviser that it might be legal. he pledged to support the u.s. one year before the invasion. he said he deeply and profoundly regretted the loss of life in iraq. >> there was no slipping in through a side door. tony blair walked in through the main entrance. it was two hours before the hearing started and there were a dozen protesters. at 9:30 he took his place at the witness table. foremost among the matters were the private letters mr. belair sent to george w. bush. what exactly had he committed britain to? >> what i was sayin

. >> 3 died in albania against corruption. the pope voice is concerned about morality in public officials. welcome to "bbc world news." broadcast in pbs in america. a teenage boy has been tied to the wall of a psychiatric unit for three years. goodbye to the gas guzzler. one man's mission to turn the gulf region away from greed. great britain's former prime minister face his toughest questioning yet about the decision to go to war in iraq. he admitted a ignoring earlier advice from his most senior legal adviser that an attack might be illegal. he did say to some he did profoundly regret the loss of life in iraq. >> there was no slipping in through a side door. tony blair walked through the main entrance. there were barely a dozen protesters to see him. he took his place at the witness table. the talked about the private letters he sent to george bush in the year leading up to work. >> what i was saying to president bush was very simple. you could count on us but here are the difficulties. i wanted him to take a view radically

protesters demanding early elections. >> tension has been building for nths in albania.nd it came to this, a massive rally outside the office of the prime minister. protesters accused the government of corruption, abuse of power, and reading the last election. and they are demanding that the government be dissolved and call for new elections. this, just a week after the deputy resigned over allegations of bribery. the situation reportedly got out of hand when protesters and dug up paving stones and threw them at police. security forces responded with tear gas and water cannons. dozens were injured and authorities have yet to explain the deaths of several protesters. after three hours of a violent confrontation, police dispersed the crowd, and both government and opposition leaders appealed for calm. > >> they fourth term as president of belarus, elected in december. most observers say the election was a sham. eu and u.s. officials stayed away from the ceremony, and brussels is considering imposing sanctions on belarus for the government's suppression o o opposition group

albania. >> i think turkey is moving away from the west. i think that is a great tragedy. i think we have seen this movement for some years. our inability to win turkish approval to bring in an infantry division across turkey, our nato ally, to deal with saddam hussein in 2003, was an early warning of that. if i do not think it is irreversible. i think turkish democracy remains strong. i think it can be changed. the signs are certainly very worried at this point. i am worried about kohl so low and what it might mean -- coast of low and what it might mean. i think that the breakup of yugoslavia is still not finished evolving, and the prospects for real turmoil there remains. again, it is just one of those foreign policy issues that it is far -- hard to find out who in the administration is focused on that. like so many other issues, it seems to get lost in the shuffle. i think that is unfortunate, and potentially dangerous in southeast asia, as would be a turkey that went over the edge into a harshly, up politicized- muslim kind of authorita

the cuts include the closure of five language services completely, including those in serbia and albania. a further seven, including russian, whereas and broadcasting on line, and the bbc says 30 million listeners will be lost thanks to those changes, and will also affect some services in hindi and swahili. it is about the cuts will do great harm. >> we are doing more damage, the reputation of the bbc world service, and its ability to be able to cover global news stories quickly. >> every hour of the day, the voice of london goes around the world. >> it got its reputation during the cold war, valued by listeners in school -- scores of countries. but with the rise of television and internet, it means some change was inevitable. >> it is not question of whether or not do it switch from crackberry old shortwave. -- crackly old shortwave. >> the bbc would rather make changes gradually. bbc news. >> now, very few people would disagree that somalia is even a failed state, fragile. it was 20 years ago when the of the oratory and president was overthrown -- when the authoritarian president was o

officials in albania say three people were shot dead on friday in clashes between riot police and protestorsthey rallied in the capital city, tirana, calling for a recall. >> osama bin laden appears to be demanding that french soldiers withdraw. the afghan president is making the first official state visit to russian since the soviet invision of his country ended in 1989. he is traveling with a large del it gation of business leaders. he says he is building stronger trade and links with russia. >> the italian prime minister is under yet more pressure over allegations that he paid for sex with underaged prostitutes. pope benedict xvi has spoken out, following up earlier comments by vatican officials. he says public officials must rediscover their moral roots. >> wild parties, underage sex, prostitution. the devastations allegations that have left berlusconi reeling, his premiereship at its lowest mark. the most damage can't accusation, that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old nicknamed ruby the heart-stealer. she denies the sex, but admits mr. berlusconi gave her 6,000 pounds. twice in three d

protesters demanding early elections. >> tension has been building for months in albania.nd it came to this, a massive rally outside the office of the prime minister. protesters accused the government of corruption, abuse of power, and reading the last election. and they are demanding that the government be dissolved and call for new elections. this, just a week after the deputy resigned over allegations of bribery. the situation reportedly got out of hand when protesters and dug up paving stones and threw them at police. security forces responded with tear gas and water cannons. dozens were injured and authorities have yet to explain the deaths of several protesters. after three hours of a violent confrontation, police dispersed the crowd, and both government and opposition leaders appealed for calm. > >> they fourth term as president of belarus, elected in december. most observers say the election was a sham. eu and u.s. officials stayed away from the ceremony, and brussels is considering imposing sanctions on belarus for the government's suppression of opposition groups

according to our sources the ringleaders of this criminal enterprise then shipped the human organs out of albania and sold them to private overseas clinics as part of the international black market of organ trafficking transplantation. finding living victims of these crimes may be near impossible but dick marty's group found the next best thing the money trail and the liberation army have these accounts and source in german banks and are suspected of using them for the profits from illegal we're going to have a sumption is that some alleged from an interior an organization opened these accounts one of them for example the scope. there was just a cover story of course she did the true purpose of mine you would remain a secret. but it is a secret no more and understandably the swiss government is very concerned as are the swiss bankers this is very important for us regarding also the confidence. of the financial center of switzerland and that's why the report of the wheels government also to look at the base is to go behind. the swiss banking community is known and favored for its discretion and un

can't argue how many partial countries, temporary countries, territories, duke dumps, kosovo, bosnia, albania, they all came and went, they all came and went, had different alliances to kill each other. the catholics at one point decided that although muslims are going to be honorary catholics, or honorary croatians, and they formed a group. yes, we should always understa understand, always understand that whatever we have today did not appear suddenly. it is a legacy. here's a question, and this comes from lester frank from los angeles. how does any of this relate to the movement, the so-called boycott sanction movement against israel? we hear about this all the this all the time to put of the historic roots of this movement? well, you hear about this boycott. when did this start? they started january 301933, actually april of 1933 when they went to the and consulate in jerusalem and said, we are ready to join the nazi boycott against the jews. and from that it percolated as a continuous effort to deny identification to legitimacy to and commerce with the jews in palestine. it got so bad tha

albania. >> i think turkey is moving away from the west. i think that a great tragedy. i think we have seen this movement for some years. our inability to win turkish approval to bring in nfantry division across turkey, our nato ally, to deal with saddam hussein in 2003, was an early warning of that. if i do not think it is irreversible. i think turkish democracy remains strong. i think it can be changed. the signs are certainly very worried at this point. i am worried about kohl so low and what it might mean -- coast of low and what it might mean. i think that the breakup of yugoslavia is still not finished evolving, and the prospects for real turmoil there remains. again, it is just one of those foreign policy issues that it is far -- hard to find out who in the administration is focused on that. like so many other issues, it seems to get lost in the shuffle. i think that is unfortunate, and potentially dangerous in southeast asia, as would be a turkey that went over the edge into a harshly, up politicized- muslim kind of authoritarian go

albania. >> i think turkey is moving away from the west. i think that is a great tragedy. i think we have seen this movement for some years. our inability to win turkish approval to bring in an infantry division across turkey, our nato ally, to deal with saddam hussein in 2003, was an early warning of that. if i do not think it is irreversible. i think turkish democracy remains strong. i think it can be changed. the signs are certainly very worried at this point. i am worried about kohl so low and what it might mean -- coast of low and what it might mean. i think that the breakup of yugoslavia is still not finished evolving, and the prospects for real turmoil there remains. again, it is just one of those foreign policy issues that it is far -- hard to find out who in the administration is focused on that. like so many other issues, it seems to get lost in the shuffle. i think that is unfortunate, and potentially dangerous in southeast asia, as would be a turkey that went over the edge into a harshly, up politicized- muslim kind of authorita

another plaids -- another pleasant country on the united nations roll call, someone other between albania and i think what bush said about michael dukakis, you could say about obama. we're one of 192, nothing particularly special. and that is really what motivates it. those of you who watched the state of the union earlier this week will say, that analysis is obviously false. look at what the president said about america. you get every patriotic speech. indeed, he did, marking the onset of the 2012 presidential campaign. i think that the fact that so many people comment on those aspects of the speech reflects the awareness that it does represent a substantial departure, at least at the rhetorical level, from the with the president has performed before. but i do not think it is a bird heart -- a departure that goes beyond the rhetorical. we will see in the next two years. based on the evidence of performance to date, i think that these foundations of the president's attitude toward foreign policy are going to continue. and i think that other leaders around the world have come basically to