angola was wracked by civil war. it lasted 27 years and claimed nearly 500,000 lives. the building binge has been fueled by oil money. it is the power behind what has become africa's second largest oil producer after nigeria. it is made possible -- it has made possible 15% average growth between 2002 and 2008, but opposition candidates say the well has not trickled down to the country's 18 million people. they say while elites prosper, the vast majority remained mired -- remain mired in poverty. >> it is a difficult situation. we need running water, paved roads, more security for young people, and jobs for young people. young people who have studied have cleaning jobs or sweep the streets. >> political opponents say the government is corrupt. the nation's largest opposition party accuses him of rigging votes. in the 2008 election, you need 81% of the vote, compared to the government's 82%. since he came to power in 1979, he put the media under his control. in the run-up to the election, newspapers said the president is in the hearts of the people. >> we do not hide fro

angola is one of africa's leading oil producers. the country has seen an economic boom since a war ended ten years ago. >>> russia has revealed a tax on imported vehicles. joined the world trade organization and reduced import duties. the new tax is charged as a vehicle kal disposal fee. it's about $600 for a passenger vehicle and about $4,500 for a truck. a higher levy is applied to used vehicles. russia cut the import duty on new cars from 30% to 25% when it joined the wto last month. a senior manager at the moscow office of an accounting firm de loit. he says japan should keep an eye on russia's taxes. >> translator: russia probably introduced the new tax to keep its 30% tariff. >>> video shot immediately after the accident of fukushima, that's the fukushima nuclear accident, documents how tokyo electric power company responded. geno tani will reveal some of the footage and what it reveals. >> reporter: tepco released portions of the video this month. more than a year and a half after the disaster. it was taken during teleconfere

i learned that sharpening them knives on the floors in them cells at angola. >> joel baker, convicted of triple homicide, goes by the name white trash. >> the judge gave me my name. it's kind of ironic. upon sentencing they had me charged with three murders, drug deal gone bad in a hotel room, shootout. they shot me, i shot them, but the judge says in her final summation after the jury delivers a verdict, said a great injustice has been done upon society this day. due to a conflict in the prosecution by the district attorney you will remain in prison for the rest of your natural life, but you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash. all my life i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistake that i made, and i see the young people that's here at this prison, and i hear all the stories because i listen, and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you're going out there with another chance, whether it's five years, ten years, or what. you're getting another chance. i'll never get that chance. i would give my

company and country and while western countries acknowledge concerns of the state of democracy in angola whose government is regarded one of the most corrupt on the planet neither the us or the e.u. spoke out against the lack of transparency in the elections in fact they can gradually get him on the victory could have something to do with the fact that the us is. or are both buyers of end goal an oil i mean there's a whole host of western companies that have a vested interest in goal in oil and not to mention diamonds in the region and god forbid the united states support the spread of true democracy if it goes against our own financial interests the fact is that english government is self-sufficient and if the u.s. were to voice any sort of opposition to the shady practices there of it would probably leave american oil and diamond companies easily replaced by china was growing influence in the region regardless it has been said that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely so if i were president sent those i would look back at my thirty three years of rule and take

country angola and the writer's son. >> it's a pleading letter to the sea for help or protection. >> reporter: from who and why unknown yet and the greatest mystery of amy nieman's life. tom johnson. >> kind of cool. >> reporter: fox news. >> cool indeed. the news keeps coming. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> if you work hard and do what you're supposed to do, you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and grandkids. that's how they raised us. >> just moments ago the president sent out one of his strongest campaign weapons, his wife. actors, activists, lawmakers set the stage for the first lady's big speech at the democratic national convention tonight explaining why they think the president should be reelected. fox's craig boswell live in charlotte now. >> reporter: good evening to you. first lady michelle obama on the stage at this moment around 20 minutes into her speech. she absolutely has the delegates right listening hanging on her every word talking now about what drivers barack obama, one of her largest -- dr

to social safety nets have been dubbed an act of war against the working class next door in spain angola merkel's visit there sparked street protests with demonstrators demanding an end to berlin and meddling in withdrew its affairs thanks to the daunting financial storm clouds over the eurozone with the blocks central bank forced to roll out the heavy artillery and the e.c.b. now saying that it will start a buying up your own nation's debts to stabilize their boring costs but a financial advisor to the holy believes this is not the solution. they refuse to deal with the issues it's it's very simple that you want to foot fiscal integration which means that the germans have to sign for everybody else's debt and you get your. shared liability for the debt and further fiscal it should you have a split of the euro. in the meantime what you can do is keep printing money which is what everybody is hoping for is to drive to keep printing it to actually help the situation until the politics can catch up but the politics has been lacking and they've had lots and lots of meetings but we're still n

efforts to block a permanent euro area rescue fund that was seen as a bit of a victory to chancellor angola merkel as you can see there is one twenty nine on the bus as. the rossoneri but still managing to gain in the session the equity markets they too are not having a much action and as you can see that my six zero nobody is around half a percent in exit territory really awaiting the international markets to see what is going to happen there we're going to talk about yandex as well because it's working on its own browser to compete with google's growing presence in russia the new software has a built in search bar by our days and could be released as soon as october they gather its hopes a new browser will help promote is a wide range of services i think google a run for it is monday all right you know sex hour as i mentioned it's all about the u.s. i have the everything goes for wall street now absolutely thank you very much indeed for that casey we'll see you next hour and shortly we'll talk to an irish while the u.s. accused of spying for russia. download the official ati application t

he will be replaced by the head of chevron's operations in angola. >>> it's been a long time since itelt like this this time of year. >> it's zort of a drag -- sort of a drag because this is the height of our fire season. this is the time we get tropical moisture. this is the time we get the best shot at lightning and it coincides with some of the dryest, nastiest fire conditions we get. i've got big concerns on what's going outside. obviously concerned for lightning strikes in the bay area, but as you look towards the hills right over here up towards granite bay, what's happing is this moisture is getting up into the mountains and it's getting bumped up and causing lightning strikes. that's going to continue for probably the next 24 hours. we have a shot at lightning here as well, the higher elevations as well. you get a lot of lightning strikes and cal fire is all over the place. we talked about it last night. this is about the worst situation you can is have, because you don't want this time of year coinciding with lightning strikes. they aren't dry lightning strikes. we are gettin

we get barrels from nigeria, venezuela, angola, but we do not have to import opec crude.ve sources in america that can be developed. so i believe what you're going to see in governor romney, he's going to step up with a plan. he'll carry it out. president obama's had four years to do something and nothing has been done. all he wants to do is talk is tax. he says the industry's doing well but we should tax them more. tax them more, they're doing well. i can tell you, you tax them, you will cut the activity dramatically with taxes on the oil and gas industry. >> okay. boone, listen, you're already a powerful gouy but i'm going to give you a promotion. you're energy secretary for a year, maybe an autocrat. you can do what you want, outside of natural gas for transportation, because we know that's the basis of your big plan. what would be the first one or two things you would do? >> well, you've got to develop resources in america. we've never had the leadership in washington from either party. everybody has promenised, elect me, we'll be independent. obama said when he got t

vietnam, angola, lebanon, you name it, that was the case. as i said earlier that this is something that the arabs have to sort out for their future, outside forces may not be as decisive, but they can play a role. the european continent for itself apart on spanish soil, a prelude to the war. people do not talk about this, but one reason that turkey is doing well is because of the pressure and desire from the european union with no political prisoners or capital punishment. no one wants to admit that we did it under pressure. so, the united states has a rule. >> the march of the people at this stage? >> that is the difference. this is a debate we should have. i would like to remind everyone i mellowed out -- mellowed out. >> when i hear everyone complaining about the united states, ok? we do not have a bipolar world anymore. would it be potent politics or political culture? china, iran, brazil. they defend themselves. look at what they have done. people were being killed for the first time since the holocaust on european soil because of ethni

angola, lebanon, you name that.le i said earlier this is something that they themselves have to shut out. the outside forces can play a role. in spain from 1996 to i-290 by the whole continent tore itself apart on the spanish soil so the outside players have an important role. one reason, and people don't talk about this, it's because of the pressure from the e.u. to read their desire to enter into the e.u. to play by the certain conditions imposed, no political prisoners, no capital punishment , know this or that and they accepted them and they are reaping the benefits. so they have a role. they are not we decisive in shaping the future of syria but the united states can influence the march of the city of people with the stage. this is a legitimate debate we should have. i came from a leftist background triet ligon the united states i am arab. new -- mellow. i hear a republican plan about the change in the united states, and i ask them okay, fine. now we don't have a bipolar world and if this world as they dominate