china's growing influence on bangladesh was behind the visit. china has been using assistance in building infrastructure to extend its influence among india's neighbors like pakistan and sri lanka. in bangladesh, chinese companies are now also constructing roads and a power plant. the bangladesh economy is going through a period of rapid transformation. once known as being among the poorest nations in asia, bangladesh has seen increasing numbers of western and asian corporations enter its market. there is a population of 150 million. and it is voeconveniently locat between india and southeast asia. manufacturers look at bangladesh as a cheaper alternative to china, where labor costs are rising. during their meeting on tuesday, india agreed to scrap tariffs on textiles from bangladesh, one of its key exports. the visit is aimed at weakening china's influence over bangladesh while strengthening ties with one of the region's emerging manufacturing hubs. >>> and india's government has suffered a major embarrassment with the arrest on tuesday of a se

the first in 12 years in bangladesh?>> this visit could be a real game changer in the troubled relationship between india and bangladesh. if they are able to conclude a boundary agreement, a line boundary agreement then they can on to include the maritime agreement which would then free up both countries to explore more seriously for gas. as well as oil. unfortunately, the decision over the chief minister not to support the shailing of the waters has taken the shine off a little bit but we hope that that can be smoothed out a little bit later. >> because the prime minister of bangladesh visited india in january of 2010, and from then until today, not much progress has been made on a lot of arrangement between the two countries. you see that significant movement in these -- do you think that significant movement in these agreements will be pushed through? >> they have take an very strong position against -- operating against india, safe havens in bangladesh. they have handed over some of the most senior figures. that has

. >>> stressing the need to promote cooperation between bangladesh, india, and nepal. the president welcomed the indian leader saying his visit to bangladesh will boost bilateral relations. india is the key to enhance cooperation with bangladesh in various sectors. >>> authorities seized a major hold of drugs on wednesday. the drugs worth about $100 million were being smuggled into thailand. police chased a pickup truck for two hours when it refused to stop at a checkpoint. the smugglers fled after abandoning the vehicle. police recovered about 2.4 tablets of methamphetamine, and 3.4 kilograms of heroin. >>> welcome back to your weather update. getting a look at the weather in east asia, we are keeping an eye on a tropical storm system south of japan, it is moving past southern islands of japan, aiming for the okinawa islands over the course of today and into the start of the weekend. after that, looks like it's going to continue heading more towards the northerly direction heading in towards the korean peninsula. by then we'll see it start weakening from a tropical de

wrigley inc., they say that bangladesh has alsoly entered the u.s. market and supplied over 700,000 spleepg bags last year." and they make sleeping bags, wigly's does in grand junction, colorado. they've copied their senators and they've asked that we support my effort here. ruskin corrugated containers in coleman, alabama supplies the shipping packages for these packages as they're shipped. dunlap industries in chattanooga, tennessee also say they are one of the largest suppliers of thread in the united states, and they are -- excel is a customer of theirs. murfit stone container corporation, tupelo, mississippi, is also a supplier of excel. royal slide sales company inc., of garfield, new york, says -- quote -- "royal slide provides sleeping bag cases for the factory resulting in -- the resulting decrease in their business from this surge of duty-free imported synthetic-filled sleeping bags is leading to a reduction in our business." they support reform. martex fibers say "we are a major supplier of fiber fill to excel outdoors. we have been proud

the reason that bangladesh is so different from pakistan today, even though they started as one country in part is that bangladesh has done a superb job educating girls and now has more girls in high school than boys. >> and both countries are 99% muslim. >> both are muslim countries, and they read the same koran, but pakistan is a real mess and bangladesh is not. >> what about china? to me when you hear about the treatment of women, if you go back 100 years in china, women's feet were bound which people have to understand that basically meant you were breaking the feet of every woman -- >> absolutely. 100 years ago china was probably the worst place on earth to be born female. my grandmother's feet were bound. what gives me an extreme amount of hope is that in one generation that was eradicated. this is a centuries-old practice. that's because they had people inside and outside china who were foreign missionaries who thought this was horrendous. they got together and formd a strategy. they were able to basically launch a counterattack against this practice and in one generation eradica

it's the biggest event of its kind in bangladesh. local to operators, airlines and hotels have set up 190 stalls to showcase their services and cultural assets. about 30,000 people are expected to visit the fair. >>> the earthquake that hit the state of sikkim in northern india on september 18 has severely hit tourism, the mainstay of the local economy. the 6.8-magnitude tremor killed over 110 people and severely damaged roads and scenic spots leading many tourists to cancel their plans. to revive the industry, the state government is planning new strategies, including a snow festival to be held in january or february. >>> the u.s. state department announced on thursday that the assistant secretary of state, kurt campbell, will visit japan and other asian nations next week. campbell is scheduled to arrive in japan on october 6th. he will also visit south korea, hong kong, brunei and thailand and will wrap up the trip in beijing on the 11th before returning to washington. his meetings in tokyo and seoul are expected to focus on how to

. >>> indian prime minister has stressed the need to promote cooperation among bangladesh, india and nepal. . he made the meeting in a meeting with the president on thursday. the president welcomed the indian leader saying that his visit to bangladesh will boost bilateral relations. >>> thai authorities seized a major haul of drugs in a northern province on wednesday. the drugs are worth about $100 million and were being smuggled into thailand. police chased a pickup truck for two hours when it refused to stop at a check point. the suspected smugglers fled after abandoning the vehicle. police have recovered about 2.4 million tablets of meth amphetamine, 95 kilograms of ice crystal methamphetamine, and 3.4 kilograms of heroin. >>> south korea's real estate market has been sluggish with slowing sales of condominium, but there's a bright spot. demand is growing for reasonably priced homes in the suburbs. tonight we'll focus on the growing market of single-family houses. nhk world's christine sang has more. >> reporter: a young city with a fast-growing population. the key attraction is i

, in part, is that bangladesh has been doing a superb job educating girls and has more girls in high school than boys. >> and both are 99% muslim. >> both are muslim countries and read the same koran but pakistan is a real mess and bangladesh is not. >> what about china? to me when you hear about the treatment of women. if you go back 100 years in china, women's feet were with bound. it basically means you were breaking the feet of every woman. >> 100 years ago, china was probably the worst place on earth to be born female. my grandmother's feet were bound. what gives me extreme hope is in one generation that was eradicat eradicated. this is a centuries old practice and partly because they had feet inside and outside of china, foreign missionaries also who thought it was a horrendous practice. they got together and formed a strategy. they were able to basically launch a counterattack against this practice and in one generation eradicate it in china. what mao did. he said, and this is critical, he said that education for everybody, including girls. that meant that girls could go to sc

of all jihad is swami which is a group that's actually outlawed here in india they have bases in bangladesh and in pockets on apparently in the e-mail to the the group that said that they want to repeal the conviction of a man who is actually on death row right now who was allegedly responsible for bombings in the indian parliament back in two thousand and one and obviously this is all very interesting timing of the indian prime minister manmohan singh happens to be in bangladesh today obviously condemned the attack saying that the indian people have to stand united against these sort of terror attacks and obviously this is all happening a very close to the anniversary of nine eleven here to shed a little bit more light on what's going on here in india is kumar saying from the institute for conflict management so tell me a little bit more about this group which a lot of people are saying that they actually have links to al qaeda what can you tell me. is that. the sunday mosul that. he was reportedly killed but still you're not sure that he was killed or not so you would be has different if

east pakistan would break off with bangladesh in 1971. the important point is that in 1947 what happened was the assumption of older material responsibility that the british held was increasingly taken over by the united states pixel in the 1950s the united states becomes increasingly involved in afghanistan food aid, and through the 1960s that aid it becomes kind of competition with soviet aid which is coming in from the north. so through the '50s and '60s there's a kind of friendly cold war rivalry which afghanistan benefited from in many ways by skillfully playing these too often each other. now pc things changed in 1978 with the overthrow of the afghan monarchy and the assumption of power. at this point in time, afghanistan goes over to the wrong side so the u.s. takes a hostile posture which becomes even more hostile with the soviet invasion in 1979. during the soviet occupation, the united states supplied and supported the anti-soviet mujahedin as they call themselves who waged a guerrilla war against the soviet army. in 1985 the un

this is all very interesting timing of the indian prime minister manmohan singh happens to be in bangladesh today and obviously condemned the attack saying that the indian people have to stand united against these sort of terror attacks and obviously this is all happening a very close to the anniversary of nine eleven here to shed a little bit more light on what's going on here in india is saying from the institute for conflict management so i just tell me a little bit more about this group a lot of people are saying that they actually have links to al qaeda what can you tell me you know who. is the. chief or the some day mosul that. he was reportedly killed but still you're not sure whether or not so who has links with different though and if we go by this in these. almost a good national security advisor not on this board that some indians. and since this had happened just two days. to the nine eleven attacks we can say that this attack has something to do with the old sort. again but since we have in the last seven or eight that actually have not produced any conclusion we cannot see tha

about condemning these attacks and saying that india must stand united against these attacks from bangladesh today actually in an e-mail to the i.a.e.a. the group called on india to repeal the death sentence of a man that was actually convicted of bombing the indian parliament back in two thousand and one obviously all of this is following very close to the anniversary of nine eleven and to shed some more light on all of this is i have a guest with me siddharth rahman i he is a contributor and consultant to world analysis start now thanks so much for joining me so i want to first ask you what else can you tell me about this group. have they claimed responsibility for any of india's recent terror attacks were not in the movie some decent ones have been blamed on the indian with i.b.m. and preceding the attack in mumbai you needn't think it was have been in the last goodbye go or the initial investigations into the mumbai attacks there will suspicions of. particular. commanders who have provided some form of logistical support to this particular attack who do you was established during the gan

claiming responsibility for the attacks today now that group is actually bases in pakistan and bangladesh this is obviously interesting as well because indian prime minister manmohan singh was actually visiting dhaka today in bangladesh and released his statement about condemning the attack today saying that india must stand united against these attacks from. today actually in an e-mail to the i.a.e.a. the group called on india to repeal the death sentence of a man that was actually convicted of bombing the indian parliament back in two thousand and one obviously all of this is falling very close to the anniversary of nine eleven and to shed some more light on all of this is i have a guest with me siddharth rahman and he's a contributor and consultant to world analysis dot net thanks so much for joining me and so i want to first ask you what else can you tell me about this group. have they claimed responsibility for any of india's recent terror attacks will not move recent ones have been blamed on the indian mujahideen preceding the attack in mumbai you need investigators have blamed the

the nonprofit has given out loans in bangladesh and bay area youths. >> he really is doing it forral truistic reasons. >> a young man who says his moto is always stay on the move. >> do what you love and keep on going from there. will is set to grad wall street this year, he -- graduate this year and hopes to expand microfunds. >>> witnesses in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson doctor painted a picture of chaos. the head of the security team said jacksons two older children cried as they watched conrad murray try to reviewed their father. jackson's personal assistant said murray needed to return to the house. >> he said there's cream and michael's rumor house, i believe room he wouldn't want the world to know about. >> the powerful anesthetic in his system at the time of death has a white creamy appearance. william said he pretented to police took the keys and kept murray out of the home. we have coverage of the trial on our web site. go to ktvu.com. >>> the faculty at east bay will walk off the job. it is planning a strike for november 17th at that campus and the domingus hi

bangladesh's home minister called for a strengthening regional cooperation and information networks to deal with the menace. she added that 4.6 million bangladeshis waste $3.3 billion on drugs ery year and that 30% of crimes areind to drug trafficking. other speakers of the three-day seminar also stressed a need to coordinate efforts to control drug smuggling in the region. >>> the march 11th disaster has left affected areas with various challenges, but one of the most daunting ones is how to deal with the farm land that was ruined by the enormous tsunami. nhk world's hiroki yajima reports from sendai. >> the agriculture minister says more than 3,000 hectors of farmland has been affected. farmers believe that the sand and the salt left behind by the sea water will make it difficult to grow crops. one man lived in japan for more than 20 years and came up with the idea of finding farmers for the abandoned fields. the project is breathing new life into local communities that were once thriving villages. nhk world has more. >> reporter: the town in miyagi prefecture was battered by the mar

. >>> bangladesh's hindu community is celebrating their faith's biggest festival. the week-long event started on tuesday. devotees chanted hymns and sang songs calling on the goddess known as the destroyer of evil. the faithful have erected about 28,000 open air pavilions around the country to worship. about 10% of the bangladeshi population is hindu. the overwhelming majority of people in the country are muslim. >>> sri lanka's indigenous martial art is one of the oldest in the world. the country's national broadcaster slrc spotlights this discipline and its unique training methods. it traces its history to king rawana, said to have ruled the island thousands of years ago. trainees are picked on their spiritual, physical and mental strength. as part of their training, they have to study astrology, meditation and chanting. according to legend, about 20,000 fighterseldeft an invading army from south india in the1tceur >>> hi there. welcome back. time to talk about weather. let's talk about the typhoon nasa that has been bringing damaging torrential flooding situatio

the indian prime minister spoke to reporters in bangladesh. >> this is a cowardly act of a terrorist nature. we will deal with it. we will never succumb to the pressure of terrorism. >> in may a car bomb exploded in the court's parking lot. police are looking into possible links between the two incidents. >>> a korean affairs magazine in myanmar has carried an article by pro-democracy leader aun sang suu kyi. it's the first time she's been published in the local media since the government's crackdownon the demomsy movement in 1998. the article appeared on tuesday in the latest issue of the people's age, a weekly publication. in the piece ann sang suu kyi describes a family trip in july. she emerged from house arrest last november. the magazine's editor says a follow-up article in the next issue will include a call for the release of political prisoners. the military government was replaced by a civilian administration in march. an sang suu kyi's party is still barred from political activities. media censorship also continues. meanwhile, the u.s. state department said on tuesday its s

received an e-mail claiming responsibility for the bombing on behalf of an islamist group based in bangladesh. the message demanded that authorities throw out the death sentence of a man convicted of participating in an attack in 2001. the attackers are believed to have concealed the bomb in a small suitcase. two male suspects have been released. in july mumbai was shakened by bombing attacks in three locations. high court in new delhi -- when the bomb went off in the parking lot. given the symbolic importance of this target, authorities are under pressure to find those responsible and put an end to the attacks. nhk world. >>> in other updates, the afghan defense ministry says more than 10% of the country's military personnel have deserted in the first six months of the year. it raises concern as the security is being transferred from the international coalition to the afghan military. >> translator: a total of 18,066 personnel departed the service from january through june in 2011. >> the figure marks an increase of nearly 2,300 from the same period last year and accounts for 10.6% of the en

the prime minister visited -- who was visiting neighboring bangladesh had this to say. >> we will deal with it. this is a long war and all the people have to stand united so that discourage upstairs -- tourism is stopped. >> low intensity device is placed in a crowded public spaces. in the past, they have been blamed on homegrown terror groups. the authorities scramble to get their hands around this latest incident. >> in neighboring pakistan today, to suicide bombers have blown themselves up at the headquarters of the frontier court in the southwestern city, were earlier this week, sr. al qaeda leaders were detained. the explosions killed at least 23 people. if the euro fails, europe fails. that was the warning from the german chancellor angela merkel today as she positions herself firmly behind the single currency. how far can should really go? theany's high court said measures to date were legal. in the future, she will have to go through parliament. from berlin, our direct editor reports. >> these german judges have made europe officials nervous. a lawsuit asked the constitutional

bangladesh has been fighting for some time, but the farmers are back to their planting and growing season is a matter of accommodating, of adapting to continuous flooding, which may become a more severe event as climate change takes hold. >> that is from the asian development bank in manila. you are watching newsday on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come, more on the crisis in the eurozone. how it is affecting the growing economic power house, india. we will find out. >> and the allegations being made by this man about british intelligence. the u.k. coalition government's economic strategy has been tested by another surge on unemployment and a prospect of extensive industrial action later this year. more than 2.5 million people are now out of work. here is a report. >> for the chancellor at no. 11 downing street, another economic problem has arrived at his front door, the biggest rise in unemployment since the recession in 2009. young people are bearing a heavy boy -- heavy burden. unemployment among 16-24-year- old has jumped again. female unemployment has jumped to the

at present, nearly half of bangladesh's students leave before finishing primary education. both sides inked an agreement on tuesday. the funds will be used to train science and mathematics teachers and to make primary education more attractive to students. japan will continue aid until 2016 providing about $6.5 million per year. >>> welcome back to your weather update. we have been keeping an eye on the tropical storm system in the pacific. here it is. it is slowly growing in size and gradually intensifying as well. it is moving at about 15 kilometers per hour. a pretty good pace but looking like it will be slowing down once it gets close to the southern island of japan, okinawa islands. once it does so, it looks like it will stall out over the area. really slo down. so we are talking about that stormy weather persisting for an extended amount of time. it will obtain severe tropical storm status by the time it gets there. we will be talking about rain or released on to impact. the area of the islands look pretty wet today and it will only intensify in coming days. showers w

the impacts of were felt as far as the indian capital delhi and in bangladesh.he bad weather in the remote location has been a difficult for rescue teams to reach those affected. indian television pictures showed the extent of the damage. many buildings, including the monastery, were affected. the army from india has deployed more than 5000 soldiers as part of the rescue mission. but with access proving difficult, it could be days before a clear picture emerges of the scale of the destruction. abc news, delhi. >> you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come, separated by an amazing surgery, a pair of conjoined twins get a new lease on life thanks to a team of british doctors. ♪ >> age people have been killed in a bomb attack in the pakistani city of karachi -- eight people killed. it targeted a top security official. the official was not harmed, but six policemen are reported to be among the dead. the taliban in pakistan said it carried out the attacks. let's get more. >> lying on the road outside the premises. investigators sift through the rubble fo

. >>> japan will provide about $32.5 million to bangladesh over five years to improve its primary education system and reduce the number of dropouts. at present, nearly half of bangladeshi students leave school before completing primary level education. senior officials from both sides inked an agreement covering first year of the aid program in deccia on tuesday. the funds will be used to train science and mathematics teachers and to make primary education more attractive to students. japan will continue the aid until 2016 providing the region with $6.5 million per year. >>> chinese premier wen jiabao says china will invest more in europe by boying government bonds. this will help european nations with excessive debts. >> translator: china is willing to give a helping hand to europe. we want to keep expanding investments in european countries. >> wen was addressing this at a annual world economic forum meeting in china on wednesday. the premier said the global economy is slowly recovering but instability and uncertainties are on the rise. he cited the u.s. economic slowdown and european de

. >> not if you live in bangladesh. >> stephen: what's going on there?> stephen: didn't it always get wet. there i don't mean to be facetious because i don't know what the word "facetious" means, but it is really hard from those of us who live in the united states, and there's a lot of high ground, there to understand what's motivating people in the rest of the world to get worried about this. for instance, european, you guys are from what historians call europe. [laughter] why are europeans more attuned to this than americans? why do you guys... why do you guys believe it more than we do? >> i think that's a myth. i mean, i think there's a big thing with the media going on here. if you ask those people in texas after the hottest summe i'm sure most people are concerned, as concerned as europeans. >> stephen: not their governor. >> there's a reason for that. >> stephen: because he's man of faith? >> faith, yeah. hmmm. well, it's... let's just say in order to get elected you need to have funds, right, to... so you accept money from companies. >> stephen:

facing bangladesh a classic protest is demanding the release of senior members of the country's largest is it was party activists many carrying sticks and throwing rocks fall with riot officers and several vehicles alike fifty people were reportedly wounded and dozens arrested the five to ten days when his party members would challenge the trans against humanity in the country's one hundred seventy one war of independence in pakistan. castro releases been given alternate and will force people budget cuts if it once was all going bankrupt and the international monetary fund the i.m.f. frowned on athens for falling behind on reform targets the country's finance ministers pledged to speed them up and it's all of the murders of hundreds was quite a cause now it comes as eurozone leaders chose to wait until the road before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece. president obama has laid out a plan to cut the deficit and revive the american economy was a wealthy expected to pay more he said bigger news and corporations must pay higher taxes that in

more than 20 singers representing nations like mongolia, bangladesh, and morocco sang their favorite songs, many of which were melodies from their own countries. and regardless of the results, the participants were happy that they could show off their passion for singing. stand-up "noridan provides an exemplary model of social responsibility... that brings together local governments, ngos, and corporations to help the young and old realize their dreams of changing the world through art and music." kim yeon-ji, arirang the national human rights commission of korea will call on the government to try harder to protect the human rights of stateless people,... especially those who have lost their korean citizenship... after their sham marriages were discovered. hwang ji-hye reports. the national human rights commission of korea says it plans to advise the government on how to better protect the human rights of stateless people. this comes after the commission called government efforts too weak to follow an international pact signed by 66 countries. according to the 'convention relating to

at least in bangladesh plus the rest is demanding the release of see members of the country's largest is in this party activists many carrying sticks and throwing rocks for is what offices and set several vehicles are like fifty people reportedly wounded and dozens arrested now the five detained islamist party members were charged with crimes against humanity during the country's nine hundred seventy one war of independence with pakistan. two russian cosmonauts back in moscow after an extended an eventful stay on board the international space station the return to words was delayed because of safety precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship in august peter all of the reports from moscow star city space center. the two russian cosmonauts that returns back see with on friday have been talking about their experiences while on board the i.s.a.'s and they're up there and he six months so she can imagine with only four days to get used to light back on earth it has taken some getting used to. i was afraid my first moves on earth would be clumsy and difficult but it tu

that micro finance was heralded as the solution for third world development famously they went in bangladesh where clients of grameen bank and they had a green bag yeah yanis want to nobel prize peace prize and but now it seems as though it's a trojan horse that it's actually just a way to use debt as we've seen it is many times before to create debt slavery situation so what which is kind of predictable first of all. second of all just could you do a bit of a digression here what's the story with the n.s.a. and grameen bank they seem to get pushed out and unceremoniously pushed to the curb because he because the professional financial terrorists as i call moved in right now i couldn't really answer to that specific case but certainly in the case of yemen there was a major meeting last year the end of last year again this mall bank was given a big. reward from the islamic development bank from which a bank who all applauded the success indeed yemen is the kind of shining star in the middle east region ford is michael financing and again going back to the initial point is that over sixty thou

out if there could potentially be more explosives there the prime minister is actually in dhaka bangladesh right now he just released a statement and said that india will not succumb to these terrorist attacks and joining me to talk a little bit more about this is a commodore with a bus card he's currently the senior fellow at the national maritime foundation and he's retired from the indian navy after thirty seven years of service i think so much for joining me so i want first of all to ask you you know who obviously you know we don't know who exactly is held responsible for this so far but what are your theories who do you think could potentially be held responsible for today's attacks when i place this in context and say that to believe the attack in daily is the continuation of a proxy war that is being waged against india since may nine hundred ninety that is when better resume as we noid to be crosses the media and you'll find that there is a certain index of intensity the most remembered back of course was in november two thousand and eight when mumbai was attacked delhi has also be

you can't become a billionaire in bangladesh very easily. you can become a billionaire here because we give you the roads, the work force, we give you all those thing. when you do badly, you shouldn't pay us back. when you do well, pay us back and pay fair taxes. that's not un-american, that's fair. >> you would never know listening to the republicans that all the president's talking about is a four percentage point increase in the top tax bracket. thank you for joining me and good luck next week in washington. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, herman cain says african-americans are brainwashed into voting for democrats. political science professor doer yan warren, an expert on african-american voting joins me next. bill o'reilly has landed himself back in "the rewrite" thanks to john stewart. let's ring you up. mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five years. five years. well, progressive gives megan discounts that you guys didn't. paperle

the nonprofit gave out loans to one woman in bangladesh and to other students starting an accessory business. >> he is doing it to truly help. >> reporter: a young man who says he always wants to stay on the move. >>> just do what you love, keep on going from there. >> reporter: willis set to graduate this year, but will expand his business nationwide. in fremont, jana katsuyama, ktvu. >>> and the obama administration launching its defense of the landmark health care reform legislation. the white house filed appeal with the u.s. supreme court, asking them to uphold the center piece of the law, which appeals court in atlanta struck down last month. the health care law requires everybody to buy health insurance or pay a penalty in 2014. opponents say it violates the constitutional rights. a supreme court ruling could come in the middle of next year's presidential campaign. >>> and no more live chicken sales in the richmond area. that is the decision of the richmond city council. they say it was the last stand allowed to sell live chickens. they accused the owner of keeping unsafe conditions. c

the nonprofit gave out loans to one woman in bangladesh and to other students starting an accessory business. >> he is doing it to truly help. >> reporter: a young man who says he always wants to stay on the move. >>> just do what you love, keep on going from there. >> reporter: willis set to graduate this year, but will expand his business nationwide. in fremont, jana katsuyama, ktvu. >>> and the obama administration launching its defense of the landmark health care reform legislation. the white house filed appeal with the u.s. supreme court, asking them to uphold the center piece of the law, which appeals court in atlanta struck down last month. the health care law requires everybody to buy health insurance or pay a penalty in 2014. opponents say it violates the constitutional rights. a supreme court ruling could come in the middle of next year's presidential campaign. >>> and no more live chicken sales in the richmond area. that is the decision of the richmond city council. they say it was the last stand allowed to sell live chickens. they accused the owner of keeping unsafe conditions. c

and she said, people need to hear the story as it is not just in pakistan and it's not just in bangladeshand it's not just in libya with the culture of honor, collective honor protect your family's honor comes into play. it's also right here in the united states, within our own muslim community. that noticed that i talk about culture. it is true. culture is not religion. there is such a thing as tribal culture of honor, which by the way propped up u.s. -- propped up slavery in the united states many years ago. that too was a culture of honor. so you apply the analysis to what is going on. it's true it is not the same of islam, but that is nice to say in theory, the reality is that there are times when a muslim father and again the stories told in my book, a muslim father of a canadian girl, who happens to be muslim and refuses to wear the headscarf come up with his hands the koran, a religious document and swears that he will kill his daughter the next time she refuses to wear the key job. and he kills her. you can tell me all you want, but that is culture. great, tell that to the dead gi