silda come -- riots against greek austerity measures in athens. let's return to our top story. evince in libya. several european union countries are contemplating sanctions against the country. the french president has called for the eu to suspend commercial and financial ties with libya. >> the french president, nicolas sarkozy, has called on europe to suspend economic relations with libya well gaddafi stays in charge. it is a measure backed by the u.s. senator john kerry. but the sanctions were fully lifted in 2005. world leaders, including italy and's is silvio berlusconi, rushed to establish relations with colonel gaddafi. many oil companies were joined by investors of bp and other companies that recently committed to exploration deals. those contracts may now be at risk. >> italy can no longer count on libya, at least for the time being, for oil deliveries. and in addition, the libyan central bank which hold a significant share of italy's largest bank is pretty much missing. >> mr. sarkozy is also keen for sanctions on the gaddafi family. the president's son is involved in

this past week so obviously washington will be supervising in the saying that athens tahrir square in cairo now celebrates the end of ruled by an autocratic leader who restricted political freedoms and damaged economic progress so too did people on the streets of kurdistan and ukraine in recent years after so-called democratic revolutions with western approval but the leaders who came to power were leader rejected by their own people the characters are many of the people power of being where but also people who. have. been just a change of racism. some say the lesson that the west to learn from recent revolutions is to abstain from supporting a leader just based on how convenient they are for the west rather than how much they can do for their people going to check on our t. washington d.c. . investigative journalist robert dreyfuss says that now that mubarak has stepped down and had power to the military america is uncertain of which side to back next even though there's a lot of celebration and jubilation going on in cairo we don't know really whether the military is going to give u

partners for a prosperous athens /one athens antipoverty group. the american bar association standing committee on the federal judiciary unanimously rated him well qualified as well. i support these two nominees and congratulate them on their achievements and their public service. i will continue to work with the chairman to move forward on consensus nominees as we have done with these two nominees. thank you, mr. president, and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order the nomination of amy totenberg to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia is confirmed. the question is on the nomination of steve c. jones to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia. mr. leahy: mr. president, i understand there has been a request

he saw them off on their next lek of the escape, a 12-hour ride on a tourist ferry to athens. linda was to head straight to the u.s. embassy. >> i told them, you can't take anything with you that's turkish, your i.d. cards, wupgs once you get to the embassy, tell them you lost your passport and live in turkey. >> it couldn't be easy as that. though linda indicated she had been sexually abused the u.s. embassy in athens discovered linda was a fugitive from a court order which granted oscar sole custody of the girls. it refused to issue the girls new u.s. passports. linda and karen phone gus. >> i go well, here's the deal, linda, you're out, you have your children, she goes, well the lady in the embassy told me we better find place to live because they're not giving us passports. >> that says gus is when he realized the women may not have been exactly straight with him. all this time he told us he thought linda had legal custody of her girls. hd h had he known the truth at the beginning he wouldn't have taken the case. >> we were in this catch 22. we didn't want to pass judgment

athens will be 13 degrees day, cold weather for central and eastern europe, minus 10 in moscow and minus 7 in warsaw. but different story all together for the west, spring-like here. 14 degrees in london, 8 in madrid and 20 degrees in lisbon. here is your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada. on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. >> california's gold is produced in association with kcet los angeles and is seen statewide on california public television. this series is endorsed by-- well, hello, everybody. i'm huell howser. walking down the steps. and these just aren't any old steps either. these are very historic steps here in los angeles. these steps were made famous back in 1932 by laurel and hardy in their classic film, the music box. and if you remember that particular scene, it was quite a production for laurel and hardy to get a piano, a boxed up piano all the way up these steps.

demonstrators in central athens threw bombs at riot police.the clashes took place ahead of a rally by a country that made millions. there are growing concerns that the measures are having the opposite effect. >> in germany, a scandal surrounding academic honesty. the german defense minister has been stripped of his doctorate by its alma mater, the give -- the university of bayreuth. rÜdiger bormann -- the german parliament debated the issue on wednesday. >> a defense minister on the defensive. a militate -- a humiliating appearance before parliament. >> what kind of pathetic example is that? team to acquire your doctorate. [applause] >> dr. guttenberg, he said that you want to be measured by the same standards that apply to others. if that is true, you should not be sitting there today. he ould he sign. [applause] dr. guttenberg has refused to resign. >> if one has the strength to apologize for one's mistakes in public, it does not necessarily have to have political repercussions. [applause] >> during an earlier parliamentary grilling, guttenb

there have been a violent clashes between protesters and police and the greek capital of athens and the latest row over austerity measures. police fired grenades and protesters responded. we have this report. >> it did not take long for violence erupt, marking the first nationwide strike of the year. yet the protesters prepared an arsenal of petrol bombs, and through volley after volley at the riot police. skirmishes broke out in several regular battlegrounds in the city center, especially in the center where the police were taunted and the constitution square outside parliament. several were not fast enough to escape the petrol bombs. they suffered minor burns. 5000 officers were on the streets. they flooded the area with tear gas and stun grenades. one banner proclaimed that the protesters were dying, being killed off by the austerity measures. shopkeepers joined in, pulling down shutters to complain about rising taxes, falling consumer spending, and the number of businesses going bust. this sign says "we are closed for the day, but we will not be shut forever." >> i feel the same. it

outrage protesters in greece where a general strike is paralyzing the country fierce clashes iraq to athens as thousands rallied against strict austerity measures many fear e.u. governments will pick up the tab for sending aid to troubled middle eastern countries at the expense of their own populations. and suffers in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in receiving lifesaving drugs some are supplementing their treatment with alternative medicine in the hope of finding really. next our special report on the effect genetically modified food products could be having on our lives stay with us. we're here in central mexico in a place where traditionally for many thousands of years corn has been planted over the years corn has changed and more recently it has been changing because of the introgression of industrial varieties of corn and most importantly because of the progression of transgenic we know that they are corn here we don't know how much and we want to be able to tell over the years over time whether there is more or less what kind of materials are here because the ma

for a general strike paralyzes agrees with fierce clashes in athens as thousands rally against austerity measures many fear governments will pick up the tab for sending aid to troubled middle eastern countries at the expense of their own populations. and hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting lifesaving drugs some are supplementing their treatment with alternative medicine in the hope of some relief. up next our special report on the effect genetically modified food products could be having on our lives stay with us. come on come on live to a fellow. don't be shy. to. come on. this little fellows have been fed. diets taking genetically more thereby but there's. the all of these experiments. in compact is with. genetically modified potatoes that you get to pick up and the difference is we already investigated these. growth development immunity and they were supposed to have been touched. but it's the pace of change that's wiring up the scientists as well they say g.m. food is being rushed on to the market now and on time without adequate safety te

take a look. 11 berlin, vienna, 12, 16 in rome, 12 in athens, 18 in lisbon, 12 in london and out in moscow degrees for your high. ll lve y with your exteed forecas >>> recapping our top story. thousands of protesters are ignoring the nighttime curfew. they are gathering at what has become the political and emotional heart of the city, tahrir square. people are demanding the resignation of hosni mubarak and calling for protesting across egypt on friday. they say this is the last day of mubarak and his corrupt regime. they are calling it a day of departure. meanwhile mubarak supporters began a counter demonstration in a different part of cairo. they are calling friday the day of allegiance. there are fears of a repeat of clashes that killed six people and injured more than 800 earlier this week but with the army surrounding tahrir square, no major incidents have been reported so far. with that we wrap up this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

take a look. 11 berlin, vienna, 12, 16 in rome, 12 in athens, 18 in lisbon, 12 in london and out in moscow 2 degrees for your high. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> recapping our top story. thousands of protesters are ignoring the nighttime curfew. they are gathering at what has become the political and emotional heart of the city, tahrir square. people are demanding the resignation of hosni mubarak and calling for protesting across egypt on friday. they say this is the last day of mubarak and his corrupt regime. they are calling it a day of departure. meanwhile mubarak supporters began a counter demonstration in a different part of cairo. they are calling friday the day of allegiance. there are fears of a repeat of clashes that killed six people and injured more than 800 earlier this week but with the army surrounding tahrir square, no major incidents have been reported so far. with that we wrap up this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

yes, the archbishop of the greek orthodox church here and i conducted a joint pilgrimage to rome to athens and is stan bull, which they might refer to as constantinople so that we could become aware of and appreciate each other's roots and be able to see the many ways in which we share some of the rich tradition of the faith. >> ecumenical meaning christian faith. >> yes. >> inner faith meaning anyone at the table. >> exactly just a couple weeks ago we had martin luther king day and had a gathering downtown, in the gardens for the celebration of that and the celebration of him crossing the bridge. >> we have a minute and a half, this being very close to catholic schools week, i wanted to just talk about catholic schoolsin general. many are vibrant in the archdiocese some are struggling can you say a word about catholic schools in general? >> we operate 54 elementary schools, high schools are often more successful in recruiting students than some elementary schools, but my mantra now is that what matters is not school buildings being full, but children in desks, quite frankly when the last

a little bit better out to the west. 10 in london, 9 in paris, 18 in lisbon and 12 in athens. here's your extended for >> that's going to do it for us for this hour on "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thanks for watching. we'll be back in half an hour. bye-bye.

has achieved a good sporting result will get a chance to perform to the moscow grand prix featuring athens from thirty five countries will take place at the luzhniki arena next weekend promising a lot of glossy performances as well as the best in death look at the new kids on the block the brush our teeth. and that's all the school for this bullets in sight for me and for. are. going. to rally will sell lots of beer will. they will wear uniforms that will damage the black. but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problem our own writing. etna i've spoke. but. it was. oh these three terrorists killed tack on a minibus in the north caucasus just before an explosion reportedly hit the ski resort they were heading toward police are now investigating a suspected car bomb in the same town. we can see of course in the middle east that lead government is selling to repressive regimes that would leave with dozens more people dying in anti-government protests sweeping the middle east the u.k. is for selling the arms used to kill demonstrators. and cash for convicts former inmat

renewed clashes or rock athens thousands rally against austerity measures this comes amid fears of billions of dollars of aid going to the middle east at the expense of the e.u. many europeans say the countries are concerned about promoting democracy abroad but . their own citizens in the process. with accusations of corruption mismanagement as positive patients blame the health ministry for delays in the supply of lifesaving drugs and turning to alternative medications putting their health. let's get some more insight into the. unrest across the arab world and his recent article published in the wall street journal edwarda looked like a writer and u.s. military strategist said that the removal of egypt's hosni mubarak would lead to either anarchy or islamists coming to power well we spoke to him to get some more insight and that discussion is coming up next. thank you very much for being with us to question who do you think pulled the rug from under mubarak and pulling the strings right now well it's pulling the strings nobody's pulling in the strings because this is a crowd action. this i

citizens to safe havens, what they call safe havens in europe, athens, is stan bultanb important to knowhat is not a mandatory evacuation, it is voluntary, whoever wishes to live the country has to get in touch with the u.s. embassy and they will do their best, they tell me, to get them out. >> this eighth day will hopefully be a turning point. abc's lama hasan live in cairo. thank you. >> and we turn to an update on that soccer mom in florida who is accused of killing her teenaged children for mouthing off. julie schenecker had been under investigation for child abuse but officials decided risk to her kid wases low. the florida department of family services says the family was in counseling. seen in kerr was ordered held without bail monday. >>> in pennsylvania, six teen as rest ford gang up on 13-year-old boy, police called attack caught on tape bullying at its very worse. boy was kicked and dragged through the snow for 20 minutes. he was then hoisted into a tree and eventually hung on a fence by his jacket. the attack took place three weeks floo goo in an apartment come plegs at 1:00

renewed clashes are rocking athens thousands rally against austerity measures this comes amid fears of billions of dollars of aid going to the middle east at the expense of the e.u. many european countries are concerned about promoting democracy of rule would button on the collecting of their own citizens in the process. of accusations of corruption and mismanagement. of the nation's health ministry in the supply of lifesaving drugs many of turning to alternative medication putting their health into. will have more on their story but for now it's roman at the helm now with the latest from the playoffs high again. so any favorites at this stage. it's all right now but judging from the opening games things are exactly where they should be favorites and most of the underdogs are well there are more and that's just it's a rather. welcome to the sport an artsy comment to you live from moscow with me rome on cost for details are moments away but first the headlines. the chase is on take a child playoffs are underway with the opening games of the western called french quarter finals being pla

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embassy intervened and got the group on a charter flight to athens. >>reporter: after 3 daisy and traveling through 3 different country they finally arrived home to the bay area yesterday. and from thousands of miles away, they hope calm returns to egypt. in san ramone, abc 7 news. >>> there will be much more on the unfolding situation in cairo tonight on special one hour edition of "nightline". stay with us right after this newscast for more of christiane amanpour exclusive interview with mubarak. >> coming up now. headline sounds incredible bit is true. san francisco police department delivered illegal drugs to crime lab technician debbie madden while she was under investigation for possible drug crimes. i team explains how this happened. dan? >>reporter: it is the scan cal that rocked the san francisco police department. debbie madden admitted to skimming cocaine from evidence she tested at the crime lab and using it herself. >> if some fell on the counter or something and it was sitting there after wards i may have taken that. >>reporter: the atto

a general strike paralyzing greece with fierce clashes in athens as thousands rally against austerity measures many fear e.u. governments will pick up the tab for sending aid to troubled middle eastern countries at the expense of their own populations. and hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting lifesaving drugs some supplement their treatment with alternative medicine in the hope of really. looks at whether sanctions against iran are working and what could be next for the government in tehran spotlight coming your way next. to the. blizzard of winter blues slopes and try out some tent got a little caliber excitement it's southern melting. triggers to keep you in top form and watch live on the gulag carving the trail of the sochi twenty fourth. one technology update here on. the future. hello again they're welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. i'm now going all today my guest is salome. the international atomic energy agency is preparing a report on iran's nuclear program and most likely it won't be in iran's favor the agency accuses

foreigners including thousands of americans anxious to leave the country ending up in airports from athens to frankfurt. >> it was chaos and very unpleasant. >> couric: but that didn't stop some egyptian nationals like karim, a financial planer who lives in switzerland, from coming to cairo to take part in the most historic moment egypt has seen in his lifetime. >> there's a cost to change, that's what we're paying now, but i would rather we start reforms now than wait 30 years to get a new president. >> couric: the opposition here in egypt is made up of many factions and many different view points. but they all share one common goal: removing hosni mubarak from power. elizabeth palmer has that part of the story. >> reporter: as these protests have grown bigger, they've grown broader, touching the hopes and dreams of all egyptians. ( speaking arabic ) "enough," she says. "it's our right to have change. it's our right to have something new." >> all egyptians, we do not like you. please, mr. mubarak, can you go out? >> reporter: opposition politicians were in the thick of it, too. doctor osm

doctors and other medical staff have clashed with police in athens during a demonstration against the government's austerity cuts it comes of the greek parliament plans to approve new cost cutting measures to impose tougher monitoring rules for health spending we could see medical souder resell asked by a third meanwhile most of the capital's public transport grounded to a halt striking unions also protested against the planned restructuring of their loss making company. military talks aimed at easing tension between north and south korea have broken down officials at the meeting reportedly felt to reach a consensus on an agenda for higher level talks young and soul grow contacts late last year when the north responded to artillery fire near their territory by shelling a south korean island. prosecutors in italy have filed a request for the immediate trial of prime minister silvio berlusconi on charges of sex crimes and abuse of power is alleged to have paid for sex with a seventeen year old girl and use his influence to secure her release from custody on theft charges berlusconi stro

and doctors and other health care professionals have clashed with police in athens during a demonstration against the government's austerity measures it comes as the greek parliament is expected to approve cutting plans which medical center. in the most of the capital's public transport ground to a halt and striking unions protest against the planned restructuring of the making companies. the white house seems to be trying to win over wall street with many high profile business leaders installed in top government positions. in the reports it has many questioning whether what's good for business is good for americans to. for two decades jobs and dollars have flown out of the us and across the pacific meanwhile the american people have suffered high unemployment and a diminished standard of living looking for someone to blame politicians point to asian countries on the rise seemingly at america's expense the american people have also borne the brunt of china's mercantile trade policies which promote trade surpluses through cheap exports based upon an artificial depreciation of china's curre

correct and i want to direct jamie diamond attention to what's happening in tunisia algeria egypt athens dublin the global interaction against banker occupation people are angry and they've got their pitchforks they've got their torches they have historically used good things when people like jamie diamond get into the mix and steal with impunity that's wrong. is that just think this is not just psychos events and all the people writhing around the world. and now a congressional committee the financial crisis inquiry committee has also found these very same people guilty so the next headline is financial crisis was avoidable inquiry finds of course we all know course it was avoidable if you give a god a loaded gun to a maniac and you point out he kills people where there if you didn't give him a loaded gun with the bullets in it he wouldn't kill people it's affordable if you give the bankers all the free money i very percent interest rate whenever they make a mistake and bail them out it's aggressive before disaster of course they're going to commit acts of financial terrorism right ther

renewed violence in athens as greeks fight back against all stirred sea measures it comes on fears that billions of dollars in aid is going to the middle east at the expense of europeans but details to be done your political coming up. hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting lifesaving drugs. to am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story begins in italy where rome has been raising the alarm about the potential influx of up to three hundred thousand libyans with the country in possible throes of a civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the unrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already flooded italy's southernmost point of lampedusa the closest european shore to the troubled region. as more. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see. tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and whil

renewed violence rocks athens greece rally against austerity measures it comes on fears of billions of dollars of aid going to the middle east at the expense of europeans down a bushel for the details. plus ukraine is hit with accusations of corruption and mismanagement as a child be positive patients blame the health ministry for the laysan the supply of lifesaving drugs. this is r.t. within twenty four hours a day one am here in moscow and now eleven pm in italy where rome has been raising the alarm about the potential influx of up to three hundred thousand libyans with the country. in the throes of a possible civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the unrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already flooded italy's southernmost point to produce a closer european shore to the troubled region which is there with more. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past deca

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fund outrage protesters in greece or a general strike is paralyzing the country fierce clashes rock athens as thousands rallied against tricked austerity measures many fear e.u. governments will pick up the tab for sending aid to troubled middle eastern countries at the expense of their own populations. and hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting lifesaving drugs some are supplementing their treatment with alternative medicines in the hope of finding relief. next join host people of l. and his guests and cross talk as they debate how to achieve democracy in troubled middle east and north africa that's coming your way in a few moments. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle days of rage in revolution in the arab middle east is the era of dictators coming to an end in this vital region and as the west learned it is far better to put its space into the people on the ground instead of tyrants intends. to. discuss middle east revolutions i'm joined by david morse are in washington he's a former senior adviser to vice president dick cheney in i

doctors and other health care professionals have clashed with police in athens through a demonstration against the government's austerity measures it comes as the greek parliament is expected to approve a new cost cutting plan which could see medical center was slashed by. noon. most of the capital's public transport ground to hold a strike unions protest against the plans we structure of the loss making companies . the russian armed forces a received a brand new batch of the country's state of the art attack helicopters dozens more k. a fifty two choppers code named alligators well and a service within the year pissing off was given this close up look at what they can day. brand of military air base in central russia and that is the common fifty two also known as the alligator of the russian air force receiving the latest batch we ourselves were able to take us back to one of those monster. bases this thirty billion a cannon can pierce through armor but obviously that's not the only weapon this aircraft can be equipped with a deep tank this else sells bombs all of them installed on th

question and the only way that anyone even found out about it was in the comments section of the athens banner herald where somebody posted a comment detail of the incident so you would think that the proper response would be to immediately condemned this lunatic right to condemn violence against elected officials especially considering the tragedy that just happened in tucson arizona but if you thought that that was the only sane response the congress would have to a question about assassinating a president then you would be wrong because according to two witnesses who spoke in a talking points memo the congressman laughed at the question along with the majority of the people inside the town hall that's right he laughed at the idea of the assassination of the president now he then went on to seemingly validate finance crazy question by saying the following he said the thing is i know there's a lot of frustration with this president we're going to have an election next year hopefully will like somebody that's going to be a conservative limited government president who will take a smalle

doctors and other health care professionals have clashed with police in athens during a demonstration against the government's austerity measures it comes as the greek parliament is expected to approve a new cost cutting plan which could see medical center was slashed by a third meanwhile most of the capital's public transport gradual halt of striking unions protested against the planned restructuring of their last making companies. talks aimed at easing tension between north and south korea are broken down officials at the meeting reportedly failed to reach a consensus on the agenda for higher level talks pyongyang and seoul broke contact late last year when the north responded to artillery fire near their territory by shelling a south korean island. the white house seems to be trying to win over wall street with many high profile business leaders installed in top government positions but as artie's lauren mr reports it has many questioning whether what's good for business is what's good for american. for two decades jobs and dollars have flown out of the us and across the pacific me

now of course the savors of the workers of the world in cairo and chilliness and in dublin and in athens are realizing that blights masters the wicked witch of wall street has created and concocted the most potent a ray of financial terrorist derivative products ever conceived is trying to kill them so they are fighting back through their proxies like move barack obama in egypt the proxy of life masters and the evil on wall street they're fighting back how successful will they. the infighting of the army of the of the old ration against a black master wick in which the problem is that they don't have a clue for sure hoshi's but what do interesting point you know when they finish the book and all like the idea is the french revolution was french because now we have this this whole situation of revolution war and wind it's not only in france like two hundred years after this is going to be woman white and you have louise we need the sixteen we says to medium and you have like monsters that interesting point is that two times and compare her to mario two in it because she's extremely dedica

of transport workers in the greek capital are protesting against plans sector reforms workers from athens metro system its trams trolley buses all walk out the demonstrations the latest in a series of disruptions in the city the reforms are part of a public sector cutting exercise which is being implemented following a multi billion euro bailout aimed at rescuing greece's economy. business update is next here on our team with dimitri stay with us. well welcome to the program good to have your company nickel is trying once again to resolve the shareholder dispute that's dogging the company russia's largest miners made an improved of by twenty percent of its shares from south for twelve point eight billion dollars in december the miner offered to buy all twenty five percent of themselves shares for twelve billion dollars which was the rejected no nichols other major shareholder into roles has been fighting with roussel for control of the company since june in a further blow to its missions on friday resell lost a court case wired in siberia to counsel norris the election of interest backed

. >> reporter: the first evacuees have started arriving in athens, istanbul and cyprus on charted flights organized by the u.s. state department. >> it's nice to be out of egypt right now. >> reporter: but they are the lucky ones. thousands remain in standstill traffic or stranded at the airport. >> it's complete chaos in the airport. >> reporter: in cairo at 6:00 a.m. this morning, hudson smith and his son were packing up desperately trying to get home to atlanta. >> it's been kind of crazy so it's time for us to get on a plane and go home. >> reporter: the airport ride isn't an easy one. >> even if you have a flight booked, it's really difficult to get out of the city because there are army checkpoints everywhere. they keep stopping us and checking our cars. >> reporter: when we finally got there, we were told we couldn't film so we used our camera in secret. we found long lines and frustrated people. >> i just want to confirm that my flight is canceled. >> reporter: it was canceled like so many flights today. long lines, tired, frustrated passengers, some of whom have spent days living

doctors and other health care professionals have clashed with police in athens during a demonstration against the government's austerity measures it comes as the greek parliament is expected to approve new cost cutting plans which could see medical center was slashed by a third meanwhile most of the capital's public transport ground to a striking unions protested against the planned restructuring of their loss making companies. military talks aimed at easing tension between north and south korea have broken down officials at the meeting reportedly failed to reach a consensus on the agenda for high level talks. late last year in the north artillery fire near the. south korean. prosecutors and father rick. quest for the immediate trial of prime minister silvio berlusconi on charges of sex crimes and abuse of power he's alleged to have paid for sex with a seventeen year old girl and uses influence to secure her release from custody on theft charges but is going to strongly denies any wrongdoing and says prosecutors are trying to destroy his career and probably already faces the resumptio

clashes or rock athens greece rally against austerity measures this comes amid fears of billions of dollars of aid going to the middle east at the expense of europeans. ukraine is hit with accusations of corruption and mismanagement as positive patients have claimed the health ministry delay in supply of life saving drugs. worldwide news twenty four seven this is from moscow. it's early fear is an immigrant exodus of up to three hundred thousand libyans colonel gadhafi is toppled in the ongoing nationwide revolt the country's southern most point of lampedusa is the closest european shore to north africa and ultimately the getaway for arab refugees from the troubled region thousands of tunisians have already flooded the european island after the overthrow of its authoritarian regime in january you got a pretty good offer points. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and whi

rage protestors in greece where a general strike is paralyzed in the country fierce clashes rocked athens as thousands rallied against direct austerity measures many feared governments will pick up the tab for sending aid to the troubled middle eastern countries at the expense of their own people. and hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting a lifesaving drugs some are supplementing their treatment with alternative medicines in the hope of finding relief. next on the kaiser report max tells us why beijing things the dalai lama is bad for business that's trying to clamp down on a reincarnation coming up next uprising report. shows that so much of it is that you should be sitting on the mark with these green revolution in the middle east is the dictators coming to an end in this final breach and. this is the you know you've got to be really careful about who you let reincarnate . stacey tell us more max that's in our first headline here china bans reincarnation without government permission the law which goes into effect next month and strictly stipul

transport workers took to the streets of athens the latest set of strikes a protest against public sector reforms. of the capital services all walked off the job for several hours to attend the demonstrations the reforms part of the government's austerity measures are a precondition one hundred billion euro zone of the i.m.f. . now the longest space flight simulation in history a five hundred day mission to mars is reaching its destination as the astronauts prepare to land on the red planet later today with a crew of three volunteers will leave their spaceship where they have been locked since june for a first spacewalk on the martian surface well fake as it may seem the ongoing experiment is more than virtual as it helps prepare future astronauts for a real trip to mars sarah for explains. more than eight months flying to the red planet the isolated. preparing to go. to school they plan to take their chance to stand. between them to it this is the simulator the surface of mars now only three of the six crew are actually going to be entering here and they're going to be carrying out exper

. >> reporter: many more made to it athens. ryan and joanna wyatt miller are headed home to san francisco. >> they had put a boulder through the bottom of the hotel, broken in, looted the entire mall next door. then burnt it to the ground, which was attached to our hotel. >> reporter: americans on a nerve-racking journey of a lifetime feeling much safer tonight but still a long way from home. once those evacuees make it to cypress or those european destinations, they then have to find their own flights back to the states. brian, they will have to pay the government the fair market value of those charter flights getting out of here. >> i ran into the family from illinois. they tell me oh, we just talked to lester holt so they're still waiting to get out to cypress. but that's the scene at this airport. lester, thank you for that aspect of this story. >>> this crisis of course being watched in world capitals and by world leaders very, very closely puts a lot of nations in a dicey situation. our chief foreign affairs correspondent

thousands of greek workers took to the streets of athens in the latest set of strikes to protest against public sector reforms employees of the capital's transport services all walked off the job for several hours to attend the demonstrations the reforms part of the government's austerity measures are a precondition to a one hundred billion euro the i.m.f. and nations. now a team of astronauts hurdling through a virtual universe in the longest. simulation in history that's a five hundred a mission to mars have landed on the red planet the crew of three volunteers will leave their spaceship where they have been since june for their first walk on the martian surface. found out how this virtual reality is preparing future explorers for a real trip to mars. after more than eight months flying to the red planet the isolated mars five hundred crew are preparing to go where no man has gone before they prepare to take their first tentative steps onto a mock mars this but we've been through it this thing the surface of mars now only three of the six are actually going to be entering here they're

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