in athens, the trash has not been collected in days. the action brought to the railway network to a standstill. airports were distorted. more strikes will cripple the bus transportation. >> the debt crisis will be top of the agenda at a two-day eu summit beginning on thursday in brussels. germany's opposition added to the pressure on angela merkel to accept the idea of joint eurobonds. the have -- these have been put forward by some eu leaders as a possible solution to the debt crisis. angela merkel remains adamantly opposed. >> the chancellor communicating through text messages on them. on wednesday, she had to get her message across in a more conventional manner. she presented a nine. plan for stabilizing the euro with strict rules for troubled states and their creditors. >> if a country is unable to service their debt, then, and i will say it again, private creditors will have to bear a share the burden. it is important to me that in the future financial aid must remain a last resort. >> she rected a prosal issue eurobonds. the gover

the assessment of someone who's now there for people to live details helen scopus a journalist at athens international radio hello to you thank you for joining us so two thousand and ten has just been a chaotic year in athens and other major cities in europe now we are seeing more protests in the wake of further austerity measures summit what exactly is happening where you are what are the people demanding for this time. people are demanding that the burden of this financial crisis not be put on their shoulders greece is the only country up to now at least in the eurozone that its financial crisis is not because of the collapse of the banking system but because of the political system the corrupt political system there on the streets protesting against austerity measures and structural reforms the law was passed yesterday in parliament and one hundred fifty six votes were in favor one hundred thirty were against one government deputy was force was expelled from the government party because he voted against the measure as many deputies have reacted to what is going on with this express a

a group of athens next month. authorities in europe and elsewhere say violent anarchist groups are showing greater international coordination. a violent italian anarchist group carried out a string of embassy bombings in the past week in solidarity with jailed greek militants. security has been increased at all greek embassies since the attacks. the cases done the nation he faces a minimum of four years in prison he has denied the charges. thousands of people in northern island remain without water nine days after pipes burst this is video of the emergency crews delivering bottled water. emergency meeting is set for today to address the crisis. they are discussing bringing in more tankers as water reservoirs remain low. we will take a break much more straight ahead at the kron 4 morning news alive look in the south bay where we see traffic building was still moving well currently it's 36 degrees in san jose, cold start for the morning, warming up to 52 this afternoon. programming note, you can ring in the new year

helen scopus from athens international radio thank you both . well messerschmitt remember all over europe of freedom and democracy group says that the eurozone it was doomed to fail because it's impossible to maintain the common currency between such non-home own us members. well it's quite evident now that the year is a failed currency and of course the danes having rejected this project three times and referenda is satisfied with doing serve regrettably though. federalist parties in my country are still insisting that the danish taxpayers have to contribute to the bailout so that we are even though we are free of the euro we are to pay for the deficits in these other countries for europe so it's not only happiness that you see in my country the euro as a construction has created this problem because it has destroyed the southern europeans countries competitiveness and the bailout now is just prolonging and thereby creating an even bigger problem because the dept will just grow and grow and we see now that the eurozone is reacting very desperat

researcher that talking to a senior who's in spain also ahead and scopus athens based journalist. u.s. senate is set to debate the ratification of a new nuclear arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington the document known as stock faces obstacles from republican senators who are threatening to delay its approval he's going to says they're all moves to get this through before the senate goes on holiday with her the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee john kerry as you said say the plan they plan on taking out the start for debate within the next few hours we have the head of the senate majority harry reid saying they will get the star done in this congressional session even if it means working until christmas or maybe even beyond the holidays democrats are really racing against the clock here to pass through a number of priorities there are other domestic issues on the agenda of the senate and some republicans are bringing up this lack of time argument to put off the ratification i even heard one senators say they would take up this starts with debating thi

bbc news, athens. >> let's give you the latest headlines this hour on "bbc world news."six leading figures have been named publicly by the international criminal court. and the u.s. justice department is suing b.p. and several other companies for the gulf oil spill. after last weekend's fatal shooting at a match followed by an outbreak of ethnic violence, no charges. hundreds of people were rounded up in a massive security sweep. >> on the streets, hundreds of arrests. there have been reports that people from the caucasus region would clash year with russian nationalists. the clampdown follows riots over the weekend. the russian president said this kind of interesting violence threatens the stability of the state. there were fascist salutes. thousands of far-right protestors. the crowd shouted and went on the attack. today, fearing a repeat of the violence in a different part of the city, police were on patrol early in one of moscows busiest train stations. they would detain anyone suspected of having trouble and confiscated weapons. there were nine is an air pistols. --

may downgrade spanish bonds citing heavy debt refinancing and banking problems and in scope it's an athens based journalist and a syria who is in spain explain to my colleague what's caused the anger. today strike is the seventh general strike this year following tough reforms needed to receive this one hundred billion euro i.m.f. bailout loan now police have said that there were about fifteen thousand people taking place in the march protesters started fire fires at the finance ministry and luxury hotels in square outside the parliament building. the protesters attacked former conservative minister course these evacuees they punched him they kicked him and they were shouting that they're going to be all of them i assume they mean the politicians now there are reports in the news there are problems there is rioting going on outside the polytechnic university in central athens let's turn over to you know spain also braced for strikes now receive some financial news because the details on that if you will spain with the largest economies in the european union has been hearing reports that mo

for their reporting from madrid helen scopus from athens and international journalist well a three person crew is making final preparations for a five month voyage into orbit later today the soyuz rocket is set to blast off to the international space station with its new group of explorers a russian an american and italian peter all of them at the head of the mission to discover more of their personal side including one special love story. when it comes to space travel clinical accuracy and pinpoint engineering of the norm that these on science his main concerns she's the wife of european space agency astronauts on this poorly and watches the soyuz rockets that are husband safety depends on absolute the sure that means i'll be fine and i am. really glad to see that we all take them to international space station family with space exploration running through their veins the couple met while paolo was training near moscow sasheer was a nurse at the space center and her father is a constant instructor i met my wife in star city actually during training some years ago and we figured out that

we have live pictures from athens. this is the scene in the center of the greek capital. the action is disrupting transport. rubbish was set on fire outside a luxury hotel. they also threw projectiles. during the union backed a demonstration, police were there. this is hours after parliament approved the bill cutting salaries, months after those in the civil sector also have their wages cut. austerity measures are also expected today in spain, france, and belgium. this has been especially tense in athens. of course, that was the start of the euro crisis. that is why the austerity measures have been so severe there. factories were closed. hospital and transport services were also affected. it is certainly having a big impact, as you can see. it is a busy center -- the center of the greek capital. off the coast of an australian island, dozens of asylum seekers -- at least 27 bodies have been recovered after their boat hit jagged rocks. here's our correspondent. >> locals said they feared the boat was in trouble when they heard the screams of children. these of the scenes of

. >> coming up this hour, police and protesters clashed in athens as trade unions staged a strike. angela merkel clashes with the opposition and head of the summit on thursday. an empty chair as europe honors a cuban dissident in his absence. police in greece and fired tear gas at protesters in athens as protests erupted in demonstrations over the government's austerity measures. workers are holding a nationwide strike against reforms approved by parliament this morning. these were condition for greece to receive a massive bailout from the eu. >> protest in athens escalated into violence soon after they began. demonstrators set fire to a crash can and a car outside of a luxury hotel. -- to a trash can and a car. they were shouting dc -- the ives. most people protested peacefully. starting on the first of january, employers will no longer be bound by wage agreements negotiated earlier with unions. severance pay will be cut by half. >> we have to stop this law from coming into force because this will destroy our children's future. this is a disgrace. the workers have a responsibility

the crime bears similarititi to the parcel bomb sent last month to embassies in athens. >> christmas shoppers in rome showed signs of nervousness following the attacks on two embassies. newspapers reported extensively on the explosion, but many people are focusing on more pleasant things. >> at christmas time, we italians normally think about dinner. we are content and mary, but now, we are all a little wary. >> it is all a question of stability. if the government is stable, everything will be all right. >> police in rome found a letter in the chilean embassy claiming responsibility for the attack. it was signed by an anarchist group called fai, which has been implicated in several attacks on italian and european institutions since 2003. >> are around two months ago, some small gasoline bottles were deposited here near the embassy -- around two months ago. as we know, a month later, there were similar events in athens. >> the anarchist group's statement contained a reference to a greek activist killed in a firefight with police in march 2010. that has led investigators to believe the

in athens a bomb has exploded in front of a courthouse, damaging the building and nearby cars. local authorities are investigating the blast including links with earlier terror attacks in the country and in italy. the explosive, believed to be hidden in a motorcycle, was detonated on thursday morning in the greek capital. nobody was hurt as people were evacuated from the area after anonymous phone calls warned a television station and other institutions of a bomb. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. also on thursday an explosion took place in front of the greek embassy in argentina damaging part of the building. the attacks come after a string of parcel bombs were sent to foreign embassys in athens last night. a greek anarchist group claimed responsibility. last week similar letter bombs were sent to embassies in rome. >>> the u.n. food and agriculture organization is warning of a possible food shortage in haiti. many rice farmers have stopped working the fields because of the caribbean country's cholera epidemic. the deadly outbreak has been spreading in t

the news there are problems there is rioting going on outside the polytechnic university in central athens so let's turn over to you know spain also braced for a strike now receive some financial news give us the details on that if you will spain with the largest economies and be a european union has been hearing reports that moody's rating agency may downgrade the country's ratings of course for such a big economy this really has been sending jitters down the in the stock markets all over the world how to address these as such fears the spanish government did impose a new course to the pressures just last week the third of december and included in these new measures are cutbacks in key jobless benefits and this has really hurt the local people they really protested against it because on that day when it was announced air traffic controllers are staging massive walkout and this has resulted in the closing down of airports in spain so this is just the beginning of the massive protest stage for saturday is that they're planning to stage it on saturday the eighteenth is expected to be massive

highly controversial bill which slashes the salaries of public servants helen scopus journalist at athens international radio believes people don't want to pay the price for corrupt politicians fed by the e.u. . people are demanding that the burden of this financial crisis not be put on their shoulders greece is the only country up to now at least in the eurozone that its financial crisis is not because of the collapse of the banking system but because of the political system the corrupt political system the people that i have talked to feel as if the european union is rewarding politicians corrupt politicians and and bankers and they're punishing the people they feel as if the european union was not able to deal with this crisis on its own be and that's why they called in the i.m.f. the international monetary fund to get involved a lot of people have the sentiment that it's best that they return back to the drachma they feel as if they've lost their sovereignty as a nation they feel as if the government is not making the decisions for the future of their lives and they feel as if they ne

a huge labor protest against a greek government today in athens. 20,000 protesters marched unhappy about financial reform. they clashed with riot police, smashing cars, flights were grounded, factories closed and hospital service disrupted. >>> storms continue to sweep across the nation. five people died on icy roads in the southeast. three in mississippi alone. classes canceled in alabama and as the storm moves east towards atlanta a number of crashes and back ups were reported. >>> we also have a big storm on the way heading into tomorrow. warmer drier air which leads to fog and frost in the morning. one more dry day. but the storm is pushing into the coast line. it is going be a big one. friday, widespread showers and lasting through the afternoon. early in the morning on saturday some of the heavier rain starting to pick up, continuing into saturday nights. you can see the rain there you the bay area and heavier showers approaching. sunday, a low leap from sunday into monday. the storm will be tapping in to tropical moisture. tuesday morning, widespread heavy rain, continuing into tu

. >> tens of thousands of people took to the streets in athens. lobbing molotov cocktail at police in a 24-hour strike. police struck backfiring tear gas at the protesters. one former can he be net member was blooded but saved from the angry mobs thanks to the bodyguard. this brought athens to a stand still, with the schools closed and the airport and subway shut down. upion and government workers were protesting austerity measures aimed to keep greece weakest member of the euro zone from going bankrupt. >> translator: the strikes that take place, burden us but the people are justified. what will the people do? >> reporter: it also took place in capitals like madrid and brussels. the latest greek measures passed in parliament today means cuts for workers at state run utilities. other workers have seen the mention cut. and some taxes gone up as the greece tries to get the deficit under control. >> fortunately, decisions they made can plague us for a long time. the strikes will continue. >> government cuts are unpopular with the workers they are par

greece's government is condemning violent protests that erupted across athens yesterday as demonstrators angry over budget cuts clashed with police, torched cars and threw gasoline bombs. it was the seventh strike this year by unions upsociety over a series of measures. >>> a russian soyuz spacecraft is headed toward the international space station after blasting off from kazakhstan yesterday. it's carrying an american, a russian, and an italian who are expected to stay at the asf for nearly six months. >>> the government is banning drop-side cribs after more than 30 deaths of cribs. it can create a space for a child to become trapped or strangled. >>> and scientists say they have identified an enbalmed head as belongs to king henry the iv of france. nine months of tests helped i.d. the skull which has disappeared since the french revolution more than 200 years ago. and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,467 after falling 19 points yesterday. the s&p dipped 6 points. the nasdaq shed ten. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, i

. >> procrustes has an inn not far from athens. he would abduct or invite travelers, depending on the legend. he would feed people and excellent meal and then he would try to get them into bed. others that were too tall, he would cut their legs. he had a 100% fitting bed. the idea came to me and i'll try to get a tailor-made suits. if the killer was an economist or social science, he would be doing surgery on me and i would have a perfectly fitting suits. tavis: you mentioned that the book is a wonderful collection of aphorisms as. they come from where? >> from me. i wrote them all during a certain time, and they are mostly about changing the customers and make them fit the bed. we try to change the brains of children, chemically, to make them that the curriculum. or try to change humans. it is a one-size-fits-all applied to everything. it is a diatribe against modernism in favor of old, classical, ancient mediterranean values of courage and elegance. as compared to modern values of cynicism -- tavis: i love asterisms. i am curious

parcel bombs there were sent to foreign embassies there as well in athens. authorities there thought it was the work of far left militants, but again no one claimed responsibility there in greece and no claim either so far in rome. >> nbc's martin fletcher who is in london for thus morning. thank you very much. >>> nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman is with us now by phone. evan, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we just heard no claim of responsibility, but obviously that's what investigators will be honing in on now. who may be responsible for this. any possible connection to islamic terrorist groups like al qaeda at this point? >> probably not. if you look, number one, this type of bomb design, it doesn't look like the kind that al qaeda usually goes for. it wasn't designed for a mass casualty attack. and switzerland, you know, there is some anger over the swiss decision to ban the construction of new minarets following a referendum earlier this year, but, frankly, it hasn't got that much attention. and chile, i have no idea why al qaeda would

check out the scene in athens today. [gunfire] jon: greek police firing teargas and flash grenades outside parliament. labor unions declared a 24-hour strike over as territory measures pulling greece out of a crisis. they broke paving stones and threw them at police. at least five people hurt in all of fighting. south koreans preparing for the worse as they prepare for the worst for north korea. thousands of people put on masks and rushed to shelters. the u.s. is stepping up diplomatic efforts in that part of the world. bill richardson who has led several diplomatic missions to the court is headed to the island. martha: lawmakers debate the controversial tax cut compromise in the senate ahead of the big vote there we are bringing in steve forbes, editor and chief of forbes media to answer some of your questions on what is going on in d.c. great for you to be with us today. >> great to be here, thank you. martha: the question is whether or not this tax cut compromise will actually create jobs. >> i think it will prevent t

it's 75 degrees today in athens, warm enough for some to venture to the beach.ondon. >> that water looks so good. >> doesn't it! i'm sure those people in northern europe think it looks great as well. >> they couldn't get there i they wanted to. speaking of snow, some in tahoe, if not today maybe tomorrow. that system is going to bring us rain. heavenly this morning, just hurts to watch those empty chair lifts knowing i'm at work right now. (laughter) >> take a look at what's going on here around the bay area and you can see the mostly cloudy conditions as we look westbound from emeryville this morning. let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. we have a few radar returns but right now nothing reaching the ground at our reporting station. still a little too dry. but that is a little bit of an appetizer of the bigger storm you can see to the north and the stationery front of. running parallel to that stationary front and until it pushes it to the south and east we end up with this which is a mostly cloudy sky to even partly sunny as you head to los gatos. 60 there w

police in athens have clashed with protesters during a general strike against government austerity measures. a former minister was chased and yomay find some pictures disturbing. >> these were some of the most vicious clashes seen in greece in the year of austerity and financial crisis. a lynch mob atmosphere erupted as a former senior conservative minister emerged from parliament. he was chased down the street by more than 100 protesters and beaten up. one eyewitness said he thought the crowd would kill him. he managed to take refuge in a building. simultaneously, fighting broke out near luxury hotels. demonstrators threw petrol bombs and firecrackers at riot police. the police responded with tear gas and some picked up the missiles and threw them back at protestors. the demonstrators were furious that m.p.'s pass legislation that would cap the pay of staff working for state-owned companies and the setting lower wages. the reforms were carried out under instruction from the imf and european union and underlined the fact that greece has lost its financial independence. as far as the trade u

missed having experienced the facilities until the end campbell walsh who won silver at the athens games because that's a trap of course. this is my first time or paddling on the water this morning actually my first time with the gates here to revalue water center plastic place to be able to see the new building structure. but i'm more concerned about the white water and it's not a problem it's good to know we disappointed the foreign guys about sort of in your training in the next year or two that we did twenty four games and we'll be reading about it when the best possible. and elsewhere russian rally driver leonard novitsky has received a world cup award in monaco as the winner of the twenty ten dakar rally in the off road cars category there was his first big international. success it's been promised to take part in next year's so quite a rally type place across his native russia will also be representing his country at the top twenty eleven starts at the beginning of january. and now to one of the world's most extreme sports base jumping where russian valarie runs off has made a bit

striking transport workers at athens, bringing it to a standstill. more tax on a country already facing austerity measures. the police fired tear grasgas to disperse the crowd. the ivory coast is on the brink of civil war. that is the assessment from the united nations. the world has been almost unanimous in pressing laurent gbagbo to step down. his backers accused u.n. of meddling. here is our correspondent on what happened today and what it means for the region as a whole. >> un peacekeeping mandate has been extended. the un says things are getting more dangerous. they protect the hotels, sheltering the opposition government of alassane ouattara. thein the eyes of gbagbo's supporters, the rebels. >> we see the strategy to promotvoke the mission. we are sending appeals. [unintelligible] unity personenel are out of therheir home. >> he said there should be no doubt he has won the election. >> the head of the electoral commission went to the hotel, the headquarters of my challenger. going against all the laws of our country, he announced the results o

. >>> anger in the streets of athens today.ious crowds turned to violence in a running battle with the police. [ music ] >>> and tracking a pretty strong weather system, a series of them are coming our way. let you know when the first rains will begin. and candles are lit for those who may be forgotten. remembering people who died homeless on the streets in the south bay. . >> a remembrance was held today for the 51 homeless people who died on the streets of san jose during the past 12 months. a candle was lit for each one. those who work on behalf of the homeless say the number dying there has fallen about 50% in the past two years. and they are attributing the decline in deaths this, in part, to on site clinics and respite centers at shelters. >>> with an eye to all of the wet weather on the way the south bay's largest homeless agency is increasing the number of beds available to help the homeless get out of the rain and the cold. those who work with ehc are responding to a need as they have seen shelters in san jose, sunny v

. >>> anger in the streets of athens today.rowds turned to violence in a running battle with the police. [ music ] >>> and tracking a pretty strong weather system, a series of them are coming our way. let you know when the first rains will begin. and candle male narrator: one in five are on their way to getting it. it kills more americans each year than breast cancer and aids combined. one in thirteen have it. one in four of those don't know it yet. find out how you can share, act, learn, give, and help stop diabetes. . >> a remembrance was held today for the 51 homeless people who died on the streets of san jose during the past 12 months. a candle was lit for each one. those who work on behalf of the homeless say the number dying there has fallen about 50% in the past two years. and they are attributing the decline in deaths this, in part, to on site clinics and respite centers at shelters. >>> with an eye to all of the wet weather on the way the south bay's largest homeless agency is increasing the number of beds available to

meanwhile, we are talking about mild conditions in the mediterranean region. 17 for your high in athensgetting up to 18 in rome. we've got 15 for madrid. that's a look at your weather for now. i will leave you with your three-day outlook. >>> once again, the headlines this hour. an update on the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that hit south southeastern iran. at least seven people are now reported dead and hundreds injured. the iranian center said the quack hit the town of hossenabad at 10:12 p.m. on monday. its focus is estimated at a depth of 5 kilometers. reports say the death toll could rise. more than 5,000 people listen in villages near the epicenter. many are feared trapped under collapsed buildings. in 2003, another quake measuring 6.6 killed more than 20,000 people in the same province. >>> buddhist temp nelles in kyo carried out their annual cleaning for the new year. the cleaning began more than 400 years ago. at this temple, more than 400 sxreefts worshippers garthd theo clean the two halls. they dusted the tatami mats and waved big brooms to clear the dust out. >>> this top pries

a total of 14 package bombs were delivered to embassies in athens last month. bombs were also sent to the italian prime minister, a french president, and german chancellor. police are monitoring possible contacts between italian and greek anarchist. greek police have pointed out the mail bomb seemed intended not to cause injury. as it delivered in italy appeared designed to maim whoever opened them. >> last summer, millions of people were displaced by devastating floods. there are some small signs that life is getting back to normal. among them, the completion of the first pitch of a project to complete hundreds of bridges were destroyed. communities are not being reconnected. we have this report. >> it will be a very welcome sight. the final section of a bridge being put in place. the components were shipped to pakistan after much planning and have been driven the length of the country to get here. but it will be connecting the communities on one side of the river to the other. there was a bridge in the past, but it was one of around 300 which were swept away

packages were delivered to embassies in athens last night. bombs also send to the silvio berlusconi prime minister, the french president, and the german chancellor -- bombs or also sent. -- parcels were also sent to sylvia bernasconi, the prime minister. those delivered in italy appeared to be designed to maim whoever opened them. bbc news, rome. >> the government of bolivia has increased fuel prices by more than 70%. the administration says the $380 million state subsidy can no longer be afforded, especially as much of it ends up going to foreigners. jonathan josephs has more. >> for the bolivians comet is a most unwelcome christmas present. -- for the bolivians, it is a most unwelcome christmas present. the heavy subsidies can no longer continue. profiteers' often take advantage by smuggling the cheap fuel out of the country and sell it in neighboring nations -- profiteers often take advantage. the money, instead of going abroad, should stay in the country, to benefit bolivians, so what does it mean to bolivian consumers? a liter of regular

is how the experience of the facilities until the end didn't come bill walsh who won silver at the athens games was there to try out the course . well this is my first time all in public on the water this morning actually my first time within the gates here we believe it was the center and it's tough to place a suit in the building from the term broken i'm more concerned about whitewater and it's more the paddling it is going to be disappointing for guys absorb coming here training in the next year or two with we didn't turn twenty so games will be reborn the best possible. and elsewhere russian rally driver leonard novitsky has received a world cup award in monaco as the winner of the twenty ten dakar rally in the off road cars category there was his first big international success it's been promised to take part in next year's so quite a rally type place across his nature russia will also be representing his country at the top twenty eleven starts at the beginning of january. and now to one of the world's most extreme sports base jumping where russian the larry runs off has made a bit o

to athens, where police and rioters have clashed during a protest there. thousands of demonstrators gathered to mark the anniversary of the killing of a teenager who was shot dead by police to years ago. the march turned violent and some protesters hurled firebombs and stones. riot police responded with tear gas. in october, a greek court sentenced a policeman to life in prison for the murder of the teenager. chancellor angela merkel has been hosting poland's prime minister donald tusk here in berlin. members of their cabinets have also taken part in those meetings. the talks come one day ahead of a significant anniversary in german-polish relations. tuesday marks 40 years since the former german chancellor knelt at a monument of the jewish ghetto in warsaw. the gesture was known as a turning point between the two countries. >> it was an image that touched e world. 40 years ago on december 7, he knelt in front of a monument to the victims of the warsaw ghetto uprising. the gesture was seen as a turning point in german-polish relations. in berlin, his forme

greece's government is condemning violent protest that's rupted across athens yesterday as demonstrators angry over budget cuts clashed with police, torched cars and hurled gasoline bombs. arriving was part of the country's seventh general strike. but unionsup set over a set of austerity measures meant to pull greece out of its worst financial crisis since world war ii. >>> a russian soyuz spacecraft is headed towards the international space station after blasting off from kazakhstan carrying an american, russian and italian expected to stay there for nearly six months. >>> the government is outlying drop side cribs after the deaths of more than 30 infants and toddlers. they have come under scrutiny because of malfunctioning hardware that can create a space pore a child to become trapped or strangled. >>> and scientists say they've identified an embalmed head as belonging to king henry iv of france assassinated by a catholic fanatic in 1610. nine months of test represented researchers late the late mon factor's skull which has been shuffled between private collections ever since it disap

. >> stones and bottles are being thrown at police in athens to mark the second anniversary of the killing of a teenager. the city center was closed to traffic. the shooting of the teenage boy happened in 2008 and sparked serious rioting. two policemen were jailed for his killing. the u.s. has called on the president of ivory coast to except he lost the recent elections and hand over to his opponent. president obama regarded him as the legitimate winner of the election runoff. the army has been drafted into helping emergency services after a day of snow brought many of the scotland's major roads to a standstill. many motorists remain stuck on the roads. airports had to be closed again and rail service has been affected. it could cost the u.k. economy more than 1 billion pounds. >> from the more ways tonight, the rashaya work continues. -- from the motorways tonight, the rush hour continues. police have drafted in extra officers to help and say their priority is getting food and water to those who are stuck. >> we are starting to get rather hungry. we have not eaten since breakfast, so we h

there and happy about how financial reforms. 20,000 protesters marched to the parliament building in athens. but there were clashes with riot police smashing cars, setting fires which is of there, throwing gasoline bombs. police fired tear gas and flash grenades. it the strike grounded flights close factories and destructive hospital services. >> the government is outlined drop site cribs. as a decommissioned you voted unanimously today this after the death of more than 30 events and toddlers in the past decade. today's vote, bans the manufacturing of the sale, resale of cribs which have a side rail that moves up and down. a look up cited traffic in san francisco. the midweek congestion looks pretty much like a normal, you did to the top of your screen traffic headed toward the lower deck of the bay bridge crawl along the bottom of your screen. someone a one traffic moving as low as well. will be back. ♪ [ female announcer ] with cable's bundle choices, there's not much to see. with at&t u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. hey. yeah. on my way home. [ female

enamored of the architecture there that he vowed he wouldn't rest until munich was as beautiful as athens. of course, this palace doesn't exactly look like the parthenon. building was a family tradition with the wittelsbachs, and over a span of 600 years, successive generations created a cluster of palaces with 130 rooms around 7 courtyards. this courtyard holds a fountain made entirely of seashells. the treasury is one of the most stupendous collections of its kind in europe. magnificent displays of gold work, enamels, carved ivories, and crystal reflect the bavarian ruler's passion for collecting things. the highlight is this gold statue of saint george, covered with thousands of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. bronze lions faithfully guard the outer walls of the residenz, and locals, when passing by, always rub a lion's paw for good luck. our lady's church is munich's cathedral and chief landmark. dating to the 15th century, its onion-domed towers have become the symbol of the city. embedded in the floor is the so-called devil's footprint. according to legend, the architect

but, they have also sparked widespread protests in athens and elsewhere. in romania, a man jumped off a balcony in parliament, apparently to protest budget cuts there. the country's prime minister was speaking when there was an audible thud off to his left. the protester had leaped more than 20 feet to the floor as shocked lawmakers looked on. he wore a t-shirt with the words "you've killed our children's future." the man's injuries were not life-threatening. the elections board in chicago has ruled former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is eligible to run for mayor. a hearing officer had found he qualifies, even though he lived in washington much of the last two years. emanuel welcomed the finding, even before the board formally approved it. >> what this reaffirms is that i was a resident, and that the only reason i left is to work for president obama. and i think the most important thing to remember is that we turn the page now and focus on what i have been focusing on, which is the priorities facing the city. >> sreenivasan: more than two dozen

the crime bears similarities to the parcel bomb sent last month to embassies in athens. >> christmas shoppers in rome showed signs of nervousness following the attacks on two embassies. newspapers reported extensively on the explosion, but many people are focusing on more pleasant things. >> at christmas time, we italians normally think about dinner. we are content and mary, but now, we are all a little wary. >> it is all a question of stability. if the government is stable, everything will be all right. >> police in rome found a letter in the chilean embassy claiming responsibility for the attack. it was signed by an anarchist group called fai, which has been implicated in several attacks on italian and european institutions since 2003. >> are around two months ago, some small gasoline bottles were deposited here near the embassy -- around two months ago. as we know, a month later, there were similar events in athens. >> the anarchist group's statement contained a reference to a greek activist killed in a firefight with police in march 2010. that has led investigators to believe the