there was 8 of them with their black turf bonns on anbens and a box. and in that was a letter in the persian script and said dear compassion of the poor we reviewed your case and in koran education is inor encouraged for all children. it encourages all people to have knowledge and seek knowledge. well, um... with that letter, started getting dozens of proposals especially for girls schools. why is girls education so important? i've gone to the extent now where i say you can drop bombs and build roads or put in electricity but until the girls are implicated, society won't change. several global studies show if you educate a girl to fifth grade level it does three things. reduce infant mortality, population explosion reduction and improve the quality of life and health. if your interested you can look up a guy called, well he wrote a book called development is freedom. it's a fat book. in the 60's another writer had the very foresite to see that girls education would be a process to bring about stabilization of population. he wrote a book called the pove

the scent wafts through this office in bonn, where the german aid organization manages their campaign to replace opium with rose oil. 6 years ago, they cultivated poppies here. today, it is roses. warm during the day, cold at night. in these conditions, the plants generate large amounts of oil. >> you get high returns per hectare. it's great. the rose is also the flower of islam, with roots in the culture. >> but at first it was a hard sell. when farmers learned they would be involved in the whole process, they came onboard. roses are boiled in copper pots, and the oil is distilled. the farmers keep most of the 8,000 euros generated. government is not involved. >> corruption often happens on the government level. as a consequence, we don't work with government agencies, but we keep them informed. >> the rules for the transfer are laid out. >> we do everything in writing. everything is documented, and everyone is clear about their documentation. >> the oil is sold to cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies. >> everything would be great if we could take ourselves out of the equation and f

well this school, there are somal bonn there and tsom some,al b al ban they're and th attacked and tried kill people that came to school. the taliban. the headmaster peddled his bicycle 30 miles to the commander leader and he had two daughters going to another school. he got very upset and came in with 120 militia and did kill onal ban and wounded one and arrested the 12 dozen others and found out they had gotten 200,000, 3,000, $100 to shut down the school from the mulla in the village. they went to his house and arrested him and they're a waiting trial in kabul and will probably get 6 - 8 years. two days later think did open up the school and even had another inauguration for the school because they said we want our kids to go to school. there are about 18 schools - she's got the facts. there's 18 girls that are not going to school and we set up what's called displaced girls school but the rest of the kid have come back here and i think if if quest we can give those k the support they need for education i think things could really make a difference. this is another school. this is in a

. >> now the weight and worry intensifies as bonn any moves closer to gulf shores. >> after katrina you learn to just move your stuff. >> not expected to be strong enough to cause coastal damage but enough to force evacuations at the well site miles of boom also has to go. robotic vehicles with cameras monitoring a well cap, a seal that has been holding back the oil for more than a week. a decision to cap will stay. >> there is enough well integrity to allow us. but ramping back up hope to permanently sale the rig could be delayed by close to two weeks. residents now more uncertainty as the second named storm of the season heads their way. >>> actress zsa zsa gabor is in critical condition. she suffered a kconcussion as well and she is is no longer able to communicate. >>> have you posted anything on your wall recently? social networking sites have ner been more popular. you don't have to be a member to be a victim. >> her face, her name, her friends hijacked by a cyber hacker. >> and i get a text from my girlfriend neighbor who says i am talking to you on facebook right now. >> problem

bonn al bond that we will do what is necessary to back that up with words and actions. we will continually work with the prime minister and the entire israeli government and the israeli people so we can achieve what i think has to be everybody's goal which is that people feel secure and do not feel like a rocket will land on their head. they should not feel there is a growing population that wants to direct violence against israel. that requires work. that requires difficult choices but that the strategic level and the tactical level and this is something the prime minister understands and why i think we will be able to work together not just over the next few months but hopefully over the next several years. >> the president and i discussed concrete steps that could be done now in the coming days and weeks. to move the peace process further along in a very robust way. this is what we based our conversation on. when i say the next few weeks, that is what i mean. the president means that, too. let me make a general observation about the question before the president. i w

tropical storm bonn is putting a temporary halt to the oil cleanup in the gulf of mexico.ips are around the site have been ordered to evacuate and head of bonnie's expected arrival this weekend. engineers are confident enough of the strength of the cap covering the well that they are leaving the well sealed for now. north korea is threatening the u.s. and south korea with what it calls "a physical response" if the u.s. and the south going ahead with joint naval exercises this weekend. north korea delivered the threat today that a security forum in vietnam. house democrats face little choice but to draw more than $20 billion in domestic spending from an must-pass bill funding the president's troop surge in afghanistan. that is because yesterday the senate rejected a house measure by a 46-51 vote. a short of a majority pretty much less the 60 votes required to defeat a filibuster. jay tea party candidate from florida will be getting help from the u.s. chain -- a tea party candidate from florida will be getting help from the u.s. chamber of congress. it is announced it is itm

guest: of bonn the house side, steve bartlett, one of the prime mover. on the senate side, bob dole gave his first senate speech in the 1960's on disability rights. i can tell you about a conversation i had with president bush who wanted to get this done with boyden grave. dick thornburgh, the attorney general at that time. sam skinner, the head of the department of transportation. there were many republicans involved in this, as were democrats. when we finally wound up with this, the chamber of commerce supported it. we had the business community actually supporting this. they saw the benefit of what would happen if we sought -- started making this universally acceptable. this has always been a very bipartisan thing. host: cynthia, democratic line, georgia. caller: i am a first-time caller, thank you for taking my call. thank you for the hard work you have done, senator. six years ago my mother had a stroke. i really do appreciate your being hard at work in terms of making things more accessible for us. i appreciate those ramps and those curbside walks.