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weome our viewers on s in amera and also around e globe. to acrafttacked the libyan capitol tripolitoday, t it is not easy to confirm who or what was being targed. colol gaddafi apear ubowed the strike. libyan televisioshow pictures ofim driving throu the streets, pmpin his fist and laughing,ot perhaps without cause. today the u.s. rected an peal fro britainnd france top itsommitment to the stggle against colol ddaf >> fst t sound o military jets. earlier th week, tripoli did not feel le a city at war. from the roof, i was clear that s chging. there were bstsf an- aircft fire,nd the around 5 miles away, the nato ples hit their target it allappened while nato was meetg inerlin, promising what it called a high operationasimp. -- teer. and our lear, - an ur ater, libyan tvook ournists ud scene of an attack. ndows had been blownut d the doors. witnesseaid up to 10 people had been wounded by ying glass. thtarg of the raids we abt00 yds away, milary ba. they danded -- te usomething. yobrought uso th place to film. if you broughtus to thislace fm,

on mondaysnd fridays in north amera. the thing out jan's economy is this, it's whyt's hit rd. th coury has some of the biggest and mt sophisticated companies in the worldbut the process of ming this like cars and electroni begins in very small faories. fami concerns that are makg the components of components d it those factories that got knockeout by the rthquake and the tsunami. anthe supy problems relting from that are gog connue for a lon ti. >> hadthe government sd anything regding a timable forehey believe tt th econy wi be able toget back on track? given the fact that befe this tsami hit japan was aeady expericingome probls in its economy. >> well certainly ecomists looking at thiareayinthat theyelieve that japan growth, whicwas expected t be.6%, is likely to be 1.4% this year. what's likely toappeis that over the next few quarters that's going to be aulli down of the onom butfollowing that, ashe masse renstruction effort ginsthat actually could help to wipe out me of the lossesorhe economy and help japan to rover. jus as aideline, i jt wanted to ask yo about t situation

weome to ouriewe on pbs in amera and around the globe ter nths of uncertainty the so-lled fina ascent is under y tonight. the aim is to dislodge the inmbeneadethat refuses to give up powernd the french army hicoprssed by his troops. our crespondent rports on the outskirt. >> thesere soldiersoyal to the electedresent. many are back fm the cotic fighting it has not been the -- th soldiers andays is will be thfinalattlfor the city. ny troops have been leing from here heing towds the ont nes. they arheavily armed an sounding condent we leave now, wwill finish is off in two hours. that is unlikely. e man over all in chgeis heretoo. will be aattf hrs, not days th is the rightomento fini the off through and ready convoy some city residents still sleep. the dramati developme, anis thatheseorces are being supportedby uted nations trps attacki positio. ybe this ithe endgame but theories that could ip into even dper aos. >> of the ivoryoastas long beeneeply divided. is tnks a thriving coa industry our special crespdent explai howhe coury finds itself in such a ske. ow did it comeo th? e ivy coas

>> this is "bbc rld ws amera." down to t we for the government shudown just hours away. u.s. lawmake sti have not hammered out a dea the battleinesre drawn. >> w don't sena mocrats coulserious about cutting spending? gosh at leas23 peoe are killed when secityorces enediren antgovernment demonstrators. ree weeks too untilhe royal weddg. d for those trying to gt a famous photo, keep you diance. welcome to our viers on pbs in america and around the globe. thclock isicki. lawmakersave been working around the clock. the devil may be inhe dails. >> i washington, the clock is ticking. unless ty ca settl on a dget by midnight, much of the government machiny wi shut wn. th would mean natiol syols li the national - and the statue of libertyand tional rks osing. govementorkers will be sent homeithout pay. no deal. >> there are a few issues tha are outstandg. how they are dficult issues that are imptant to both sides. i am not yet ppare express ile timism. >> from publicans on friday morng, still no deal. >> wh wilsena democrats get serious abt cutting spending? a billhat alsoncludes a r

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welcome to our vwers in amera anaround the globe. colol gaddafi has lnche a fresh assault on the rebel city of ms. trott had just hour after --misrata just hou after it w reported at the pulaons being stngled to smission. hundreds of pele have been lledmost of the civilians, including children. our rporter made it intothe ciy boat. this report contains distrsing images. >>ries of agony. a ttleirl of sixwh loves to py. e was shelled in her own home. her tiody fraured by 30 pieces of shrapnel. this is the reality. >> somne has to help >>ou feel u have been let down b the intnatial commity. >> yes, denitely. pele here are totally helplessand no o is lping. >> another power cut. ev withhe lights on, the are nninshortofrugsnd beds >> we getere in the morning. >>this 17-year-old is onemore innocent victim, doctors say they insist 80% o the dead and wound are civilia, utmos targeted wh heavy weapons. thisurge in rushed herto help, taking ave fromis j in britain. he is haunted by two sterse coul not save,he yngesa toddr. >> one minute i was

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>> and n, "b world news amera." >>hiss "b world news amica." reporting fromashiton, i am matt frei. celebrationnvory coast. after mons of deay violence, lawrence gbagbinally -- laurent gbagbo finally forc from power. breaking his silence-bya's most high-profile defectors big to the bbc. -- speaks to the bbc and the 150 years aft the rst ots of aric's civil r were fir, we returd to south carina where the sca of conflict stillun dp. welcome to "bbc rld ws," brdcasto our viewers on pbs in america, al arod the obe. afr four mons of ging bloodytruge to maintain his ip onower in ivy cot, tonight laurent gbagboppears atena trfuland under arst in as the bon battl against troops o backed his riv, alassane atta. ey're calling for legal oceedings to begingain the country'sormeleader. here is our corsponnt, anew hding. laurt gbbo emerges from his bker, and witho ro left tmaneer, he tells his remainingights t game is up. >>eard thate stpedhe fiting and begin talks, which shld be completed quicklsaid the country can go backo normal. >> his rewds -- nothing but ean irt to cover his humiliation. he

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in whingn, the msage tt amera nes to draw bk from what many see as europe's fight. >> the last thi this country needs is another eerpre and nation-building, and beg, this is an area where one o the asons we reacted was because of the urgency that our allies felt. e brish, e frenchthe itians >> th uted nations hed diplacy cou break the violent stalete iliby e u.n. speal envoy bengha is ere to meet rebel leads. there are talks -- there are tas in tripoliith lonel ddaf's reme. the implications a cle -- a ceasefire andecive polical chge. buteliving thalook increangly difficult. bc ns. >> as forces loyal to colonel gaddafi batt to ld grnd th have won back from the rebels, no reports in air sike may have kled seven civilians, including children n brown has been tking to the lyan doctor who treate the injured. >> theebels at been in retre all week. they tried toegroupnd d vance ce more again colel gaddafi's forces and the to of bga. the rebelnow ey are outgunne buthey are determined to rein a the territory lost in theast w days there have bee more no air strikes. so f in e cflict, a coalion pi

>> this isbbc rld news amera." . s t great escap hureds of talibanightsand coande break outf an afghan prison ter elaborate operation to dig a tunnel. a teifyi escalion in ria. thousandof troops i a deadly assault in the city where t gornme uprising began. d tv cws osideestminster alley f the building at 8's hometownhurc -- ka' hometown church. ey are gearing u for the royal wedding. welce to "bbc world news," broadcast to o viers on pbs inmerica, also around th globe. i am workin with their parers he at the bbc tonight a disaer. that i out a spokesman for the afghan president called it, brazen jailbreak in whi talib comnders and fighters is ge at kandahar -- escaped at kanhar present. it sounds like a plot from e movies. for afghan authories, is altooeal. >>t is the second-biggt prison in afanisn. these cellsheld hundrs of taliban ghte. bere thereak out,thereak in. e inrgents came u through the floor. the talibahas given a detailed description of the eape. when t tunnewas boken thugh, they me fr cell to cell and gui

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." >> ts isbbc world news amera" rorting from washgton the battle for ivory coast is foug as e two rival lders fighfor at could be a decive battle. innont civilians are caughin the ossfire. anotr deadly day in yemen. security forces fire o anti-government donstrators, and washington's suppo forhe embattled presidt wkens. one of cna'sest known and most controveral aists. now he is ssin is the beiji govnment responsie? welcome to o viers on pbs in america and so aund the globe. after months of potica uncertainty shinivory coast back to the ink civil war, a so called nal fensive is under way toght the main city of idja the aim isislodgehe incumbent leader who ruseso gi up power. trps are surrounding theity after capturing the st othe cotry. buhow much blood will behed toestore the rightful vior of last year's ectio from avery coa, he's jn james. >> forces are omisg a major attack on the ty. these peopleon'tant to be there when thahapps. frce iworried as well. r thsecond day running, they've anuncemore army deploymentas they prepe to evacte 5,000 citizens. hundds are already at the fren mili

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now we will hear from natalia amera dena -- mironova. she speaks fluent english and fluent russian, given that she is from kazakhstan. we do have a translator here, if necessary. >> [speaking russian] >> my first question to this audience -- >> [translator] my first question to this audience is, do they know what we are talking about here? and if they know, why do they make gethose kinds of decisions and based on what values do you make those decisions? i tried to ask those questions and i tried to write a book about -- what is the title? >> [speaking russian] >> [unintelligible] >> she knows english better than me. >> [speaking russian] >> let's see how connected we are in this world. where i live, they made the bomb that exploded in provincetown in the nuclear test field. kazakstan in the nuclear test field. they also brought nuclear fuel into my region, and all of that fuel turned out to be in the river. and so, we can see that all of these military programs, in the end, they really mean radioactive waste for the society. we will talk

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