prime minister manmohan singh flew to assam on monday. he promised to mobilize military helicopters to drop food and other necessities in the area. neighboring country bangladesh is also experiencing heavy monsoon downpours. landslides there have left about 100 people dead. >>> the chairman of britain's barclays bank has announced his resignation. the lender was involved in a rate-rigging scandal that led to a $453 million fine. marcus agius said the incident dealt a devastating blow to barclays' reputation. british and u.s. regulators last week ordered the bank to pay the fine for manipulating a key market index. barclays submitted false data that was used to set the london interbank offered rate, or libor. libor has been under scrutiny for several alleged illegaes. swiss regulators are investigating banks, including japan's three largest financial groups. >>> the jobless rate in the 17 eurozone nations has hit a new high. european union statistics agency euro stat says unemployment stood at 11.1% in may, an increase of 0.1 points from a

government officials from the state of assam. some 2,000 villages have been flooded. officials say more than 400,000 people have been evacuated. they say about two million people have been affected by the floods. prime minister flew there on monday and promised to drop food and other necessities in the area. neighbors country bangladesh is also experiencing monsoon downpours. landslides there have left about 100 people dead. >>> north koreans are hearing about their leader kim jong un. they say state news outlets produced 81 stories about kim jong unin the first six months of this year, that's through more than kim jong-il in the time that he was in power. the media also reported kim jong-il's activities months after the fact but generally put out stories of kim jong-un within days. the analysts say the high exposure suggests officials are trying to ee lay concerns about kim's lacks lack of experience. >>> at a first glance, the people on russia's east coast appear to be firmly rooted into the 21st century. they've revitalized the city, turned it into an energy hub. m

the fighting is centered in the western part of assam state. near the border with butan. and to quell the violence, the government issued a night time cure few on sunday and sent in troops on tuesday. the fighting is the latest to erupt in the area where separatists movements have been building steam. problems over landownership rights have also occurred between indigenous tribes and muslim settlers. that's going to wrap up our bulletin for today. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >> the united nations security council is deadlocked over how to deal with the conflict in syria. now u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says the united states will side step the council and try to find a solution with the arab league and other partners. >> we obviously spent a good amount of time working to find a way that russia and china could move forward with us in the security council, that is on the far back burner right now. >> russia and china last week vetoed a security council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on the syrian administration of president bashar al assad.

i doubt the city commission realizes how betrayed assam franciscans feel by the name of anti pelosi. how about someone who died in a secret prison. she knew about the secret prisons and covered up. as far as aids go, its sources in question. nancy pelosi did support the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, on the same day as obama brought this up, i believe it was cheney, enter poll received an arrest warrant on him and that did not make the front cover. thank you. >> we get the general thrust of your comments and we appreciate them. >> [reading names] >> it good morning, commissioners. thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to speak on this issue and thank you for your work. having been a commissioner, i know what you do, so thank you. i am the director of the mission language and vocational school. i have served for many years as president and on the school board. commissioner, i am before you to ask you to support and take the resolution and waive the waiting time to rename middle drive as nancy pelosi drive. nancy pelosi, 25 years of service for the nation and the city of

. >>> and here, dramatic video from assam, india's northeastern state.iven from their homes in one of the worst floods to hit the area in eight years. almost all of assam's districts are now under water and the agriculture minister tells "reuters" at least 77 people have been killed so far. >>> and in the uk, two little kids grabbing the olympic torch? you can see them back there. they just broke through security, ran up to the torch bearers and tried to take off with it. well, those runners making the handoff there kept their composure as well as the torch. right now it is in the middle of a seven-day run through the uk leading up to the london olympics. no arrests were made. >>> an apology today from syrian president bashar al assad. he says he regrets that his soldiers shot down a turkish warplane last month. they thought the plane belonged to israel. president assad told a turkish newspaper the doomed jet was flying in an area previously used by israeli air force. what he's not apologizing for is the widespread torture that his government is allegedl

twitter users are tweet iing abt the ongoing violence in assam, a province in india near bodo ethnic and muslims in the region began fighting. police found four more bodies overnight putting the death toll at 40. people are leaving by the th thousands to find safety in refugee camps. more than 100,000 have been displaced. >>> bracing for more bloodshed in the former soviet republic of tajikistan, officials tried to arrest a former war lord who they believed was behind the killing of a top general. at least 40 people have died in violence this week, and right now 40,000 people are trapped and all lines of communication are cut off as well. >>> india is moving to protect the privacy of tigers. the supreme court there has banned tour iism in tiger parks across the country. environmentalists say that too many people peering at the big cats has hurt their ability to reproduce. but animal rights activists fear that the tourist ban could result in more poaching. >>> all right. the duchess of cambridge has taken off her hat and her shoes for a fight. sort of. judo is what we are talking abou

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the trouble erupted in western assam state late last week between members of the ethnic bodo community and muslim settlers. so far, nearly 40 people have died, and some 200,000 have been forced to flee. troops now have orders to shoot rioters on sight. british border control workers have canceled plans for a 24- hour strike tomorrow-- the day before the london olympic games open. the union representing the workers said today that talks with the government had made progress on pay and employment issues. also today, nine olympic track athletes were suspended for doping. and greece expelled one of its triple-jumpers after she tweeted a racist joke about african immigrants. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: for years, the new orleans police department has labored under a long shadow of misconduct, investigations, charges and criminal convictions. now the city has agreed to major reforms. new orleans now faces a sweeping federal mandate-- to reform a police department plagued by corruption and abuse for decades. >> this consent decree will allow us to m

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