he led athens through a period of reconstruction after the wars with the persians, wars which left athensn ruins, but finally rid of its great enemy and at the head of a league of greek city-states. the mid-fifth century b.c. was the period of athens' greatest influence, not only on the greek world at that time, but on subsequent history. the most impressive monument to that influence is the acropolis, the citadel which still dominates athens. pericles used the resources or, some contemporaries argued, abused them to rebuild the acropolis and crown it with the parthenon. the bold simplicity of the building, with its strictly harmonized repetition of the most basic geometric shapes, has had an unparalleled influence on the world's architecture. the creators of the parthenon, including the sculptor phidias and the architect ictinus, adapted the traditional temple form, but refined it. they created an impression of subtlety and lightness, despite the building's scale and the massiveness of its marble surface. the sculptural decorations employed the skills of hundreds of craftsmen, setting a

after the noise of athens, hydra's traffic-free tranquility is a delight.'m glad i'm packing light as i hike up to my hotel. hydra is one of the prettiest towns in greece. its superb harbor is surrounded by an amphitheater of rocky hills. there's an easy blend of work-a-day commerce, fancy yachts, and lazy tourists on island time. donkeys rather than cars. the shady awnings of well-worn cafes. and memorable seaside views all combine to make it clear, you've found your greek isle. hydra was a greek naval power, famous for its shipbuilders. the harbor, with twin ports and plenty of cannon, housed and protected the fleet of 130 ships, as the greeks battled the turks in their early 19th-century war of independence. the town stretches away from the harbor, a maze of narrow, cobbled streets flanked by whitewashed homes. in the 1960s, the island became a favorite retreat for artists and writers, who still draw inspiration from its idyllic surroundings. one of the island's greatest attractions is its total absence

one of the poorest areas in athens, the wider impact is to create tension. this is why many migrants choose to stay at home as much as possible. >> why is he being stopped? he tells me he is from bangladesh and he has been here eight months and lives nearby. 77,000ice have detained people like this in the past six months. and sent 4000 to detention centers to await deportation. mohammed was one of them. asleep when they came. 20 or 30 policeman to pick up five migrants. they take you to the police station and then the court and a transfer you directly to the camp. >> there was no hearing? >> there was no justice. i did not understand anything. why? >> they took him to a detention center, a former military camp. death or the fatherland says the far right graffiti on the wall. this is the camp where mohammed was taken. filming is technically not allowed. up idea was by rounding immigrants and detaining them in the things -- in places like that, it would deter others. no journalists have been allowed to film inside, but while mohammed was there, of visitors sec

we will have more on the strike from our correspondent in athens in a moment, but first, we take a look at the progress greece has made towards reviving its shrugging -- struggling economy. >> some are finding a way to turn the crisis to their advantage. still, the government's deep cuts have hit the economy hard and ordinary greeks are still struggling to get by. >> the winter months have produced a rare bright point for the greek economy. this ski resort is only two hours from athens, and business is good as many greeks shy away from costly vacations abroad. fuel has become more expensive, so many people cannot afford to travel long distances. that is why many holidaymakers are returning to our ski resorts, but ski slopes are not the only success story. last year, exports of all of oil from greece increased to record levels. the export sector is the only one that is expanding during the crisis, forcing greek companies to rethink their markets. >> businesses that rely exclusively on greet customers to buy their products have had to except that the domestic market here has collapsed, an

so live pictures there from athens. and researchers in brazil have for the first time managed to document the birth of a rare giant arm dillo. take a look at these pictures. at the right of your screen. after five months trained on a burrough, a remote camera managed to capture the baby and mother on film. organizations from around the world provided cameras for the project and the footage reveals clues about the lives of this mysterious mammal which can be used to aid conservation efforts in the future. so that is the arm dillo there. it seems to be reaching out for something, i think. staying with the animal kingdom, a young royal penguin is receiving treatment after washing up on a beach more than 2,000 kilometers from its home. the penguin was found starving and dehydrated east of wellington. giving you another story on hacking. china says there's no proof its military is behind an international campaign of computer hacking. it follows a report by an american-based computer security company. that's it for the moment

can exercise. >> losing in the polls after there was a publicly backed tube strike, which crippled athens. >> it is a fact that the government is taking advantage. the government has its strategy. for the undecided voters, we do >> the greek government has not publicly responded to his claims. they say it is him who is on the ropes. the coalition has stabilized the fiscal situation. they did the deal with the imf and the eu, in your proposed deal would just crash. >> no serious person could admit something like this. look at the data. in greece in the last three years, in order to reduce the primary deficit of the government by 25 billion euros, we reduced the demand by 70 billion euros. the creaky economy shrunk by 70 billion euros. it is like seeing a snake in a tree and deciding to burn the entire forest to get rid of the snake. is an absurdity. >> he has been to buenos aires, rio, and washington. but the situation is fractious. some worry that he has too much power and that is only those in the black t-shirts left expressing. >> a man that is going to lead the tube strikers against th

we are looking at live pictures out of athens. the 24-hour strike is forcing schools to close and leaves hospitals working with emergency staff. greece's two biggest labor unions, represent an half of the country workforce, called for the walkout. it comes just days before international lenders are due in athens to discuss the next installment of a bailout. spain's prime minister is due to give his annual state of the nation address to parliament. rajoy isjoy -- mariano likely to defend the measures they have been taken -- taking, and denial that he has been ta king payments. the. he forces have fought -- security forces have talked with protesters in quite a -- in quetta. many are defying calls to end their sit in protests. --y are demanding former demanding more protection for she is in government. -- for shias in government. >> have agreed to bury their dead. -- some have agreed to bury their dead. shortly after we arrive here, there was gunfire coming from all directions. we don't know who started firing, but we do know the se

minister has challenging angle a merkel in her bid for a third term things has been too harsh in athenslet's now get the details from peter all of us peter very nice to see you and the other goes version and the user has already caused anger in athens so why is she coming under pressure because of that at home now. well what we're seeing is the main contender to angola merkel in this year's general election the social democrat party's peacetime brooke has said this his vision for how to deal with the greek problem is to give greece a little bit more time and for everybody else around the world to be essentially willing to spend a little bit more money now that includes germany of course this goes up against what has been angola merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit not that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. . jump on this is because essentiall

of that piece a very nice to see and other girls version and the user has already caused anger in athensso why is she coming under pressure because of that at home now. well what we've seen is the main contender to angola merkel in this year's general election the social democrat party's time brooke has said this his vision for how to deal with the greek problem is to give greece a little bit more time and for everybody else around the world to be essentially willing to spend a little bit more money now that includes germany of course this goes up against what has been angola merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. . jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year and in order and one

exposes on illegal gambling parlors in savannah, police protected or houses in athens, election fraud, trucks stop in rome, marriage mills in south georgia, state payroll padding, embezzlement of tax funds, use of conduct for private work, nepotism, purchasing schemes such as the time they bought those with no bottoms or lakes with no water. i could go on. many of these exposes took place during the clinton administration which president carter can will attest was notoriously corrupt. i think it was the reader's digest that sedna had never had so many stolen so much. marvin griffin was a forgiving sort of crook. quite a few years later he and jack and some other reporters were sitting around drinking and marvin griffin said to jack i used to think every time i see you walking into a press conference with a notebook, jack said what? he said i used to think i wonder what that be the eyed son of a bitch has on me today. jack left the constitution in 1965 to pursue the civil rights story for the l.a. times and he was always -- we have to watch our time so i will just end by saying how hap

athens. many say we are crying wolf to cover their on opposition. to cover their on opposition.olf. pronouncement of mr tsipras, and throwing it back at him. that is true. true. has its strategy, which is to reveal what mr tsipras is about. reveal what mr tsipras is about. to the undecided voters. the undecided voters. because the undecided voters are not radicals. not radicals. winning the economic argument, and it is him who is on the ropes. it is him who is on the ropes. and your ro posed deal would have crashed the greek economy? crashed the greek economy? translation: no serious person could admit something like this. could admit something like this. reduced the internal demand by 70 billion euros. billion euros. the greek economy shrunk by 70 billion euros. shrunk by 70 billion euros. deciding to burn the entire for to get rid of the snake. get rid of the snake. it is sadistic be a surity. sadistic be a surity. just his own rallies where he is feted, he has been all over. feted, he has been all over. the men in black t—shirts are the only ones left expressing the anger. on

>> by the time we were able to get on the rescue boat back to athens, it was probably around 4:00, 5:00 in the morning and at that point, our ship was completely on its side and it was going down. >> the ship lies crippled in the night, only hours from plunging to its final resting place. >> the next morning when we got to athens we saw the rest of it sink on tv. we saw the whole thing. >> a father and his daughter from france are reported missing and are never found. >> people were tired, emotions were running high. and it was a long night. >> a long night and a long couple of days ahead since almost all of their personal belongings, including their passports, are at the bottom of the sea. >> we realized, we had absolutely no clothes and we couldn't find any place to buy clothes because it was easter weekend. >> eventually, the cruise line reimburse passengers for their lost items and gives them a voucher for a free cruise that jan has never used. >> we bought our boat a few months before we went on this cruise ship and the first thing my husband asked me when we got home. does this

it is it the worst storm to hit athens in half century. we'll have much more on a new scientific push to clear althiemers and parkinson. >> is a 401 not okay? they rather see workeros the picket line . twice as many boeing workers accepted the plan. the union hold outs are threatening to shut it down as they struggle to fix the battery fiasco. it is it another can example of unions looking out for themselves rather than the workers. >> it is another thing to look out for it it is it rainfall by boeing. but new workers go on a 401 k. they are not taking anything from the existing workers. soy they are trying to wind back to the past instemmed of the future competition that is coming down the road from places like brazil. >> if the union shut down a company, the pensions go bust and a 401 k, you can take that with you. >> you can make arguments. but let's not mess with the facts. the current plan and defined benefit plan is a better ritirement plan than the 401 k. >> and we are not too worried about boeing. >> i can understand the argument a

first warning weather forecast is coming pup look at this, heavy rains caused severe flooding in athens, causing 300 people to call for help. the storms lasted for several hours, leaving plenty of damage in its wake. the capital city recorded 5- inches of rain in just 5 hours. >>> hundreds are gathering and protesting in india, demanding the death penalty for the people who raped and murdered 3 young sisters. >> we want justice! we want justice! >> the victims in this case were just 6, 9, and 10 years old. police did not act on the investigation until protests began this week. the children's bodies were found two day after they disappeared from school. it comes two weeks after the horrific gang rape of a 23-year- old woman on a bus in india. >>> a pilot survived a crash landing in the harbor in florida. he had to choose between landing on a bridge or in the middle of the water. he chose tampa bay to avid hurting any drivers. he walked away with a couple of scrapes and bruises but otherwise was okay. >>> police are continuing to search for the person who made a false report of an armed m

flood waters over take athens greece.den and heavy rains continue for most to have day causing rivers to over flow. rising water trapped people in their homes and carried vehicles down stream. one woman suffered a heart attack and died trying to escape the flood. they received more than 1,000 emergency calls. >>> medical helicopter crashes, 100 feet from a nursing home. two of the three people onboard were killed a third person was pulled from the wreckage. they were travelling to pick up a patient. no one on the ground was seriously injured. >>> search continues for a gunman who triggered a wild and deadly shoot out on the las vegas strip. it involved hamas arety and a taxi cab. the driver of the maserati was an aspiring rapper named kenny cherry. someone opened fire on his vehicle, following an argument in a valet area of a casino. the driver and passenger in the taxi also died in the accident. >>> after four days of testimony, oscar pistorias is released on bail. the judge expressed doubt saying he shot his girlfriend,

. ♪ >> in athens tens of thousands of people took to the streets as part of the latest 24-hour strikeit comes after months of protests aimed at austerity measures. the problem of the eurozone is hardly contained in greece. italians will go to the polls in an early election. the outcome could have a profound impact on the economic future. >> europe thought it had finished with them. silvio berlusconi is mobbed by his supporters. a 76-year-old who cannot resist the pull of power. he is not the favorite, neither can he be written off. in recent weeks, he has narrowed the gap. silvio berlusconi is full of confidence. at times his campaign rallies take on the appearance of a football terrorists. he is selling optimism at the time italy is in deep recession. he promises not just to lower taxes, but to give cash back from a property tax. it is unjust, he says, because it touches something sacred. the house as a foundation on which every family builds their future. this is causing plenty of international anxiety. his main opponent, the center left candidate is talking about the scandals. he s

athens, 13 for you. 15 even in lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day wherever you are.

over two thousand people took to the streets of athens to protest against a the far right golden dawn party the marchers chanted slogans against a golden dawn which has been widely criticized for its neo fascist policies the party has gained significant support since the economic crisis broke out in the country artie's international news agency ruptly provides the footage of the rally . ukrainian protest group femen has made it to the berlin film festival but only as far as the red carpet the notorious activists were staging a topless protest against female circumcision but police quickly removed the half naked women from the venue parties were harsh minister has been placing people in new york to find out if they would be ready to bare it all for a good cause. a new york city it's legal for ladies to protest topless so where are the boobies this week let's talk about that that part of the body even though it's legal it's still private. but don't you think that would draw a lot of attention to the cause yeah but then again you know the checks are all grown sometimes too but it attract

athens georgia, over an inch of rain. the secondary storm from the big midwest storm forming to our south. that was the storm, there is the circulation that brought over 14 inches of rain to wichita. here is the second one forming to the south. as that moves out to the use, that will miss us, too. tomorrow morning, here is our futurecast, there will be some drizzle and sprinkles. temperatures only around 30, 34 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, the eastern shore, even spots like annapolis will be the areas most likely to see some rain showers areas. tomorrow, temperatures well above freezing at some dry air comes in. pleasant about a 50-50 weekend coming up areas. still damp, a few icy spots. there is that sunrise it's: 49. 30-30 four degrees. by the afternoon, any of those lingering showers moving off to the east. think we may see some evening sunshine with temperatures rising into the 40's. then, around 50 degrees as we get into sunday, monday looks pretty nice, too. temperatures into the low 50's. a measly 1.5 inches of sno

a 14 in athens, not too bad here and 16 in lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> a horse from michigan has gone viral on the internet after a video showed she is an expert escape artist. 9-year-old mare, mariska, taught herself how to open the latch on her stall and be set free. she can open the stalls of the other horses and even open the refrigerator to get a snack. she has attracted 800,000 views since being posted last month. >> we believe that mariska's motivation to opening the latch and doing her houdini trick, she basically thinks with her stomach. she had a snack in the grain room, then the motivation is to get outside to the grass. >> it looks like a case of locking the gate after the horse has bolted. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are.

warmer here and meanwhile, athens at 16 and cooling down in rome, 1 degree. here is your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thank you for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are. \s

al jazeera reporting from athens. >> and pablo picasso portrait has sold for $45 million. a 1932 painting was auctioned by sotheby's in london. he met marie in london while still living with his first wife and she became known as the artists golden muse. the ancient roman city of pompeii already lies in ruins that was destroyed by a volcano almost 2000 years ago. all the world heritage site is under modern-day spread from corruption and neglect. now this report from pompeii. >> it seems human negligence is finishing what mount vesuvius started almost 2000 years ago. the ancient roman city was buried by a volcanic eruption in 7080 and is crumbling away. -- 780 falling due to mismanagement and corruption. entire houses have collapsed into piles of rubble. now the european unit and is stepping in for preservation of this world heritage site is left in ruins. on wednesday, but $150 million great pompeii project will be rolled out officially. the archaeological site will be in secured, during the plan will go up in smoke. correct the problem with pompeii is that it has always r

all that cold air coming from the north these will be going down to single digits in rome and athens. budapest, you'll be dropping below the freezing mark. 5 and 6 in london and paris. that's a look at your weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

on the right side of screen you see a woman in athens being rescued from surgery go water.an was reportedly killed being trapped in her car. one person is missing and on the left you see the narrow streets turned into raging rivers. >> new calls into a serious west coast toxic waste spill. six tanks in hanford, washington are leaking and it is most contaminated site. there is no immediate risk to public safety because it could take years for chemicals to reach groundwater. they are demanding an investigation at the site. i'm arthel nevil. back to cavuto on business. >> camera, action. >> neil: talk about a health care disaster movie. the way this is playing out. for universal at orlando, spider-man is caught in the same web and hulk is feeling green for a reason. the theme parted is dropping health care insurance because of the president's health care law. part of this is coming, part of the benefits and it was sold out individual companies are now being wiped away. >> it was a problem because a lot of the companies were getting temporary loopholes or set asides. burger kin

down by sicily and greece, athens with a high of 11. things are cold. moscow minus 4. warsaw just at 0. berlin getting up to 3. london and paris, pair of 9s to start out your weekend. that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> with we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in took. from all much us here at nhk world thanks for joining us. have a great day wherever you are.

now as far as temperatures though, rome and athens, you're getting up to the double digits here.gle digits off to the north. remaining rather on the cold side. take a look at the americas where we have a storm system developing here. this is creating travel weather impact. anybody flying across the u.s., either southern canada this week, a storm to watch. that's going to spin up, pull to the northeast. we'll have heavy snowfall in and around oklahoma and texas panhandle. 10 to 20 centimeters is occurring here. to the south, some fire danger there in southern texas. that's all going to interact with moist air. severe weather spinning up yet again. we're talking about risk of tornadoes. golf ball sized hail. 100 kilometer per hour winds. really a serious storm. not one you want to take lightly here as it pushes to the northeast. to the south, warm temperatures in place. and off towards the north, take a look at winnipeg, minus three here on your monday. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> more than one million people gathered in taiwan to see the

he received high performance limbs and became a legendary paralympic athletes, winning gold in athens. this summer in london he competed against able-bodied athletes in the olympics. some friends say this global success changed him. >> he did change. from the guy that he was 12 years ago to a good guy that he is now, he became a very different person. >> prosecutors are alleging that the superstar athlete committed premeditated murder, 40 would face life in prison if found guilty. -- for which he would face life in prison. >> we join our correspondent at the courthouse in pretoria, peter biles. what is next for oscar pistorius in the legal process? >> he has been remanded in custody until next tuesday. [inaudible] he will come back to the pretoria magistrate's court on tuesday and then the lawyers will present their arguments on his behalf. [inaudible] >> we do have terrible problems with the sound, but we will see if it will work. people around the world have been shocked by this story. give me a sense of the impact it's having in south africa. corre>> [inaudible] >> peter, i am terr

still not too bad here in the mid teens for athens.ere's your extended forecast. >>> in japan february 4th marks the first day of spring, that's according to the old japanese calendar. and thanks to some southerly winds it's warm enough today to say spring has arrived. in the western city a type of cherry tree is starting to bloom. the weather on monday is warm rising to temperatures usually not seen until early april. >> translator: i can feel that spring has come because it's warm and the cherry trees are starting to bloom. >> in fukushima prefecture a local brewer has shipped 14 bottles of fresh sake. the brewer is about one of 40 across the country shipping sake marking the arrival of spring. the region is still recovering from the 2011 natural and nuclear disaster. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and the best musicians are up there in the mountains of greece, and they'll fly into athens for thattival. the issue of money isn't important-- that he's there. [music continues] you know, most places, when you want to get excited, you go faster, but somehow with the epirots, they go slower when they want to show how intense they are and expressions of agony and pain and ecstasy-- slow-moving, exotic things... it's crazy. and they dance, and they kind of outdo each other. and they lead each other around doing these slow, slow, slow things. it's very elegant. well, by the time you get involved in that, everybody's sweating and pouring on the energy and slowing down. they're no longer where they were when they came into the room. it's a different place, and i think it's magic. ♪ on my way. (narrator) the power of music itself can be the force that draws people together. ♪ i would like to reach out my hand. ♪ at rock and roll concerts world-wide, musical performance often facilitates the creation of community. large concerts such as those by the pittsburgh-based band rusted root are hig

on the right side of screen you see a woman in athens being rescued from surgery go water.an was reportedly killed being trapped in her car. one person is missing and on the left you see the narrow streets turned into raging rivers. >> new calls into a serious west coast toxic waste spill. six tanks in hanford, washington are leaking and it is most contaminated site. there is no immediate risk to public safety because it could take years for chemicals to reach groundwater. they are demanding an investigation at the site. i'm arthel nevil. back to cavuto on business. >> camera, action. >> neil: talk about a health care disaster movie. the way this is playing out. for universal at orlando, spider-man is caught in the same web and hulk is feeling green for a reason. the theme parted is dropping health care insurance because of the president's health care law. part of this is coming, part of the benefits and it was sold out individual companies are now being wiped away. >> it was a problem because a lot of the companies were getting temporary loopholes or set asides. burger kin

[laughter] and so the other lore was, of course, was the athens house which was well known to a lot of people -- [laughter] and jack in this book in his voice tells the wonderful story of the evening he spent at effies. [laughter] i won't say anything more about that. >> you have to buy the book. >> you have to buy the book. [laughter] >> that's right. >> now, i had met jack a couple times in those periods, but he doesn't remember that, but i remember them immensely. in fact, one of them, mr. president, yoel appreciate this, and -- you'll appreciate this, and we don't need to go into it. but there was a certain candidate for governor in 1966 that i was giving some attention to, and we had a youth leadership retreat, brought a lot of people from all over the state to the american hotel in many downtown atlanta. you worked out at the plaza. and we -- >> i didn't own a hotel. >> be yeah. [laughter] and i had a pilot who you hater got. [laughter] before who you later got. wonderful crew cut, i actually have a wonderful picture that my sister's trying to find of jack speaking at that event.

we're looking at mid to low teens for athens, rome, madrid as well as lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again, japanese government officials say crews on a chinese naval frigget trained their weapons radar on a japan self-defense force destroyer. they say it happened in the east china sea near islands both countries claim and that it's the first time they've confirmed china has done this to an sdf chip. defense minister onoders just spoke about the incident. >> translator: using this ravrd, weapons radar, is an extraordinary act. the japanese government believes the situation could have gotten extremely dangerous. >> onerdo says japanese foreign minister has launched a protest with chinese authorities. he revealed the incident happened on january 30th in international waters. he said the vessels were about three kilometers apart. he says defense ministry analysts are investigating a separate incident from earlier in january. they suspect a chinese navy frigget trained weapons radar on self-defense force helicopter. japan and china have been locked

prompting traffic destruction the closure of schools on the cancellation of flights at the greek capital athens also being hit many roads shut down and public transport brought to a standstill. the united nations has refused to pay haiti any compensation for the cholera epidemic that killed about eight thousand people three years ago un sewage pipes and poor sanitation were blamed for spreading the virus the world body secretary general ban ki-moon denied responsibility saying the source of the epidemic cannot be known for sure. or it's time to get geeky here on r t dive headfirst into the world of the latest on the shiny of gadgets and gizmos technology update in just a. if you have a business then you need customers right this is perhaps the simplest law of capitalism but if your business is making juvenile prisons how are you going to attract more customers by bribing judges into condemning innocent children so you'll have all of the captives i mean customers that you need to charge mark silva jr from pennsylvania has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for illegally accepting money fro

capital walkouts were accompanied by huge marches over fifty thousand people converged on downtown athens riot police fired tear gas at the cranks as some of the demos turned violent protesters demanding an end to the government's austerity policies the country in recession for a sixth year and unemployment at a record twenty seven percent documentary filmmaker addys had the fun i says the birthplace of democracy is now becoming a talk or say. when you have humans dead leg one greece and other countries of the european very very are facing you start losing levels of democracy and i'm afraid the sun don't forget that one year ago we had a non-lethal frankie's there and i asked if the election we have a government that brought us to renegotiate but never did something beyond lean first in riot police and in unconstitutional. and we always morris theory of the country i'm afraid that we are. becoming a third world country not only as far as the economy is harsher but also as far as democracy is which or europe was one of the major players that destroyed the greek economy by forcing business

meanwhile, farther across athens, you are continuing to see some rough weather, some thunderstorm activity even lingering for you, snow a little bit farther toward the north, warsaw, a high of 0. there's a look at your world weather, here is your extended forecast. london on your wednesday, high weather, here is your extended >>> we are back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. \s

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prompting traffic disruption the closure of schools and the cancellation of flights at the greek capital athens has also been hit many roads shut down a public transport road to a standstill. the united nations has refused to pay haiti any compensation for the cholera epidemic that killed about eight thousand people three years ago un sewage pipes and poor sanitation were blamed for spreading the virus at the world body of secretary general ban ki-moon denied responsibility saying the source of the epidemic cannot be known for short. order just a couple of minutes here on c b martin taking an in-depth look at the financial scandals and certainly one of them involving a former u.s. congressman. well there's a lot of that to come right here in breaking the set abby martin just. lol. if you have a business than you need customers right this is perhaps the simplest law of capitalism but if your business is making juvenile prisons how are you going to attract more customers by bribing judges into condemning innocent children so you'll have all the captives i mean customers that you need to charge ma

the capital walk were accompanied by huge marches over fifty thousand people converged on downtown athens riot police fired tear gas at the crowds some of the demos did turn violent protesters are demanding an end to the government's the starting policies with the country in recession for a sixth year and unemployment at a record twenty seven percent mentary filmmaker addie's says the birthplace of democracy is not becoming at that. when you. want greece and other congress of the european pretty free are facing. losing. democracy. i'm afraid that's hell and don't forget that one year ago we had a non-lethal brag and after the election we have a government that promised to renegotiate the dead but never did something they only invest in riot police and in unconstitutional peace between both morris their country i'm afraid that and we are. becoming a third world country not only as far as the economies closer but also as far as democracy is which europe was one of the major players that destroyed the greek economy by forcing business through the measures only countries that said that we not

calls main challenger the country's former finance minister says she's being simply too harsh on athens as this report . the main contender to angola merkel in this year's general election the social democrat party's peacetime brooke has said this his vision for how to deal with the greek problem is to give greece a little bit more time and for everybody else around the world to be essentially willing to spend a little bit more money now that includes germany of course this goes up against what has been angola merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. and now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. . jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year and in order and one of the reasons he can say that is his party is absolutely kill

state media as illegal government is lose our position to news blackout during the brief visit to athens by francois. variations appear to be deteriorating between egyptian president mohamed morsi as it was the brotherhood and its main allies probably a member of egypt's hardline islamist party has resigned as a pleasant surprise after another aide was hired for allegations of abuse of office comes ahead of a parliamentary election expected within months as mr rudd government sees the polls are charged instability all the time the issue of whether a date for the election has yet to be announced. in the media and the president. has been reelected with more than fifty eight percent of the votes but a former foreign minister who officially came second claims he was the winner the queues the government of mass electoral fraud authorities have dismissed the allegations. second term in office since coming to power in two thousand and eight . despite her monday's anti israeli protests in the west bank the country is very not to backtrack from its settlement plans israel's been eyeing a disputed