the laws guaranteed -- in cambodia. the laws guaranteed fair wages and good working conditions. but they -- but this hardly qualifies as good pr. the labor movement is still in its infancy. neither employers or unions have a perfect record of following correct procedures regarding industrial action. but the stakes are high. garments in camp -- garments are cambodia's biggest exporter. it is in everyone's best interest to make sure that the feel-good factor returns soon. >> bebe's incoming chief executive is about to rebuild -- bp's incoming chief executive is about to rebuild the shattered image. things will have to change. robert dudley signaled a new era for bp. he becomes the first non- british executive. he has a massive task, especially in the u.s. cars and breaking overnight, bp's new boss. >> ceo tony hayward has been given the boot and replaced by american bob dudley. >> many americans may be pleased to have one of their own at the top of a company that has done so much wrong to their country. >> bob dudley is a

rachel harvey, bbc news, cambodia. >> more of the main news for you. a double car bombing has killed at least 20 programs traveling to a religious festival in southern iraq. more than 50 others were injured this city is one of the main religious centers for shi'a. a suicide bombing in pakistan near the home of a taliban government minister has killed at least seven people. 20 others were wounded in the attack. the minister survived. it is two days since his son was killed, it is thought by the taliban. the army in uganda is saying the african union peacekeeping of forces have no choice but to go on the asserted against islamist militants there. they say that there is no option. but 22-year-old german woman injured during a stampede over the weekend has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 20. 511 were injured. 42 are critically ill in hospital. a 31-year-old man from spain has had the world's first full face transplant. he has appeared before the cameras for the first time. he thanked his doctors and the family of the donor. it has been four mo

three decades since the atrocities committed in the killing fields of cambodia, a war crimes court has found a man imprisoned guilty of crimes against humanity, sentenced to 30 years in prison, he has already served 11. the first senior figure to face trial. >> bearing witness to a moment of history, they gathered together outside of the courtroom to hear a verdict long overdue. the old will always remember, the young are urged not to forget. , red door each -- thousands were tortured and executed in the cambodian killing fields by him. the verdict, guilty of crimes against humanity. >> a single sentence of 35 years of imprisonment. >> with time already served, it is reduced to 19 years. a disappointment to many here. >> you have a man who has been responsible for at least 13,000 lives being killed serving only 19 years. that comes down to 11 hours for life, which is not comprehensible or acceptable. >> the khmer rouge ruled cambodia for years under pol pot. his extreme communist vision was to abolish schools, religion, and monday. some were murdered, others died of starvation. the khm

de sam lazaro reports on the first sentence handed down by a war crimes tribunal to a member of cambodia's "killing fields" regime. >> woodruff: john merrow wraps up his series about the top to bottom efforts by a school superintendent to reform the new orleans public education system after hurricane katrina. >> making promises, talking publicly about all the big changes he's going to make in the schools. well, it's been three years, time for paul vallas's report card. >> brown: and we look at the impact of the americans with disabilities act on this, the 20th anniversary of the law. >> he didn't come because politicians thought it was a good idea. it came because people with disabilities fought and said we're going to be equal. we're going to have access. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> b

world headlines right now former prison chief has been found guilty of crimes against humanity in cambodia the verdict was reached via un backed war crimes tribunal the defendant better known as comrade was sentenced to thirty five years in prison although the court later reduced it to nineteen years taking into account time he'd already spent in detention he admitted to overseeing the deaths of up to fifteen thousand prisoners as many as two million people died under the brutal regime of the communist party which ruled cambodia in the one nine hundred seventy s. . the german chancellor has it demanded an investigation into the deadly stampede at the love parade darts music festival in germany nineteen people were killed and three hundred forty two injured as vast numbers of party goers packed into a tunnel which was the only way in or out of the festival the organizers of the parade have already announced that the event will never be held in. well it's hard to imagine what goes through the mind of a mother who feels she has to abandon her baby in eastern europe one solution is a secure co

on hynen is southern china and has waves across parts of thailand and into vietnam and laos and cambodia. as it makes its way further in a northwesterly direction, the winds are waves and very, very strong. look at the country figures right now. sustained winds are 125 figure right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12 figures right now. sustained winds are 12u figures right now. sustained winds are 12r figures right now. sustained winds are 12r figures right now. rightig kilometers per hour. we're really worried about the rain as well. it's been a very, very active rainy season across so as this storm moves further closer, we worry abou well as flooding because some areas pick up over 200 more millimeters in a 24-hour span. we have heavy bouts of rain across the korean peninsula and into central, eastern, and southwestern china. we have some recent footage coming out of provinces. let me show you this right now. what you're looking

the first former khmer rouge official in connection with atrocities under pol pot's activities in cambodia. he has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for crimes against humanity. but he will only serve 19 years in jail as he had been held illegally pending tri. almost two million people were harmed by the khmer rouge in what was known the killing field. there might be a change of leadership at the bp oil company. >> it certainly looks like he is going after all, according to british media reports. the c o of bp, -- that ceo of bp will be stepping down. he has not made an anunment yet. head bn a lightning rod of criticism since the gulf of mexico oil spill began in april. >> senior management at the bp want to keep discussions under wraps. but there appears to be plenty of information getting out. british media reports that tony howard -- tony hayward will be gone by october 1 at the latest. hayward has been criticized for showing insensitivity to the victims of the oil spill. also for playing down the dimension of the disasr. >> i think we have made progress. we follow through on the pro

would not be the image that clients have in mind when they close -- chose to make the clothes in cambodia. laws guaranteeing the wages and conditions affected people who learned the hard way that customer knowledge of sweat shops can hurt sales. this hardly qualifies as good public relations. the labor movement is still in its infancy. neither the employers or the unions have a perfect record of following correct procedures regarding industrial action. the stakes are high because garments are the biggest export earner. it is everyone's responsibility make sure that the feel-good factor returns to the factories soon. >> one main headline for you this hour on bbc world news, the incoming chief executive of bp has out to rebuild the company's shattered image in the wake of the oil spill. who is robert dudley? he is the first non britain to run what was until the crisis the biggest company in britain. he has to rebuild the company's image, especially in the u.s., where of course its reputation has suffered the most. >> first of all, listen closely to that accent. >> we will keep at this for y

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story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and thailand and there is a different aesthetic. all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this

world's headlines right now a former prison chief has been found guilty of crimes against humanity in cambodia the verdict was reached by un backed war crimes tribunal defendants but in this corner of doing was sentenced to thirty five years in prison for the court they too reduced it to nineteen years taking into account time you've already spent in detention he admitted to overseeing the deaths of up to fifteen thousand prisoners as many as two million people died under the brutal regime of the communist party which ruled comes out again in the seventy's. the german chancellor has demanded investigation into the deadly stampede in love parade don'ts music festival in germany nineteen were killed and three hundred forty two injured as a vast numbers of party goers packed into a tunnel which was the only way in or out of the festival year when eyes of the parade have already announced that the event will be held again. charlotte joins us now with the business news. hello and welcome to the business program here on r.t. b.p.'s chief executive tony hayward is due to step down later on monday is

the chief jailor of cambodia's deadly khmer rouge was sentenced more than 30 years after 1.7 million people were massacred in the 1970s. the 67-year-old known as duch was given a 35-year sentence for overseeing the slaughter directly of 16,000 people. but he will only serve 19 years, leaving victims and their families stunned and outraged. >>> and still ahead on "world news" -- reversal of fortune -- a hospital mix-up changes the fate of two families. >>> anatomy of a disappearing act -- a dam that stood for 90 years begins to crumble. residents scramble. then it breaks. >>> and it's dangerous, it's competitive, but not a sport? some cheerleaders challenge a judge tonight. it's pain relief without the pills. no pills, no pain. how can you get pain relief without taking pills around the clock? try thermacare heatwraps, for all day relief without pills. i was surprised, thermacare worked all day. you feel the heat. and it relaxes and unlocks the muscle. you've got to try it. [ man ] thermacare, more effective for back pain than the maximum dose of acetaminophen, the medicine in tylenol

a former camaro rouge official standing trial in cambodia has been found guilty of all crimes and crimes against humanity the sixty seven year old known as a comrade was sentenced to thirty five years behind bars for his role as head of a prison that killed more than six thousand people during paul potts reign the sentence and good many outside the court who hoped he would receive life. the german chancellor has demanded an investigation into the deadly stampede at the love parade music festival in germany nineteen were killed and three hundred forty two injured as vast numbers of party goers packed into a tunnel which was the only way in or out of the event the organizers of the parade have already announced it will never be held again. and the business news is next with daniel. welcome to the business program here on r.t. the people's tony hayward is expected to step down late on monday he's likely to be replaced by robert dudley a b.p. executive who made his name in russia as chief executive of b.p. up to two thousand and eight the decision is expected to come at the b.p. board meetin

. >> couric: it's been more than 30 years since the horror of cambodia's killing field.ief jailer for the khmer rouge was ordered to serve 19 years in prison. more than 14,000 people died in the prison he ran in the late 1970s. some of the nearly two million killed by the militant communist regime. the former jailer known as doik is only the first of its members to face justice. in arizona medical mix-up has added to the anguish of two families. the family of 19-year-old abby was planning her funeral after being told she died in a car crash last week. now dental records show it was her 21-year-old friend who died. she is in a phoenix hospital where the other girl's family sat vigil all last week thinking she was their daughter. now to australia where a group of sailors delivered a message on a bottle on 1250 plastic bottles to be exact. they were used to make a 60-foot catamaran held together by glue made from sugar and cashew nuts strong enough for the trip from san francisco all to raise awareness about pollution and the ocean. and coming up next, a cure for the uncomm

there was a secret bombing of cambodia. in fact, in cambodia back in the 1960's. here we are slipping and sliding once more in the escalation of this war which unfortunately is going to cost us a lot of money, it's going to cost a lot of lives, a lot of innocent lives and unfortunately -- i wish i could believe that we are going to be more secure for this. i think we're going to be less secure because of this activity and we will finally someday have to meet the question of why do they want to come here to kill us. do they want to do it because of their religion? do they want to do it because we are rich and because we are free? no. they want to come here because we occupy their territory. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. paul: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes mr. mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from colorado, a member of the committee on rules, mr. polis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. polis: i rise in support of the rule and in

we have 20 locations in haiti, we have several in southeast asia-- cambodia, thailand, the philippines a couple... one in trinidad, honduras, and then the rest are in africa. >> pelley: in haiti, global orphan was already caring for more than 2,000 children before the quake. now, they were taking on more. we met 13-year-old renise in the camp. rescue workers had picked her up from the quake-ravaged streets. it's hard to believe but the quake was, to her, a blessing-- it ended a nightmare of a childhood. months before the quake, renise was raped and became pregnant. but there was more. she was also the victim of something almost unimaginable in this day and time. renise had been given away as a child to become a household slave for another family. >> renise ( translated ): there were moments when i would just stop and cry. i cried because they made me work like a donkey. their daughter never picked up one bucket when i was there, not once. >> pelley: they didn't treat you like their daughter? >> renise ( translated ): not at all. i used to sleep on the floor. >> pelley: the daughter sle

well, i guess you go to cambodia because they get paid 22 cents per hour. now, what american watching tonight, you think elaine's children and grandchildren are looking forward to working at 22 centance hour? maybe the banks should own -- cents an hour? maybe the banks should own all the homes. i don't know why we even talk about it. it's an endangered species. this has come about -- mr. garamendi: before you go to the next issue, i recall a piece of legislation that we had on the floor more than a month ago and that piece of legislation dealt with corporate tax breaks and it ended corporate tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs yeafer shore -- offshore. when a corporation under the present tax code sends a job offshore they get a tax break. it amounts to $14.5 billion a year. and the previous -- will you put that previous one back up? mr. kagen: i sure would. mr. garamendi: so -- mr. kagen: you want 22 cents an hour? mr. garamendi: either way. so if the corporation were to be making shirts, ties, suits here in america, they could ship those jobs to ch

nixon saying no, no, there are no troops in cambodia. then a year later he acknowledges there are. that's all it takes is a little incursion here and a little incursion there and before you know it it's out of control. this article was written by a vietnam veteran. his son, a graduate of west point, killed in iraq. to die for a mistake. the dirty little secret to which few in washington will own up is that the united states now faces the prospect of perpetual war and conflict. that's why this debate has to take place. whether we have three americans killed in pakistan or we have 33 or we have 300, where is congress meeting its responsibility? that's what this is about. i will regret to the day i go to my grave that i voted to give president bush the authority to go into iraq. we did not meet our responsibilities, we passed some little resolution and i voted for it. we trusted the president to not to go to war unless it was absolutely necessary but we went to war. mr. speaker, i've signed over 9,400 letters to families. this is my retribution to my god for not doing my job that day

he was infected with dengue while on assignment in cambodia. >> i was sore, joints felt swollen. there are several strains. it's usually not fatal, often mild, but when it hits hard, it hurts. >> some people who have will say it feels like your bones are made of glass. apparently, it's one of the most painful symptoms that people can endure. >> reporter: one more reason to swat those annoying mosquitos. for "good morning america," jeffrey kofman, abc news, miami. >> like we need another reason to swat them. for more on dengue fever and what you can do about it, we're joined by dr. richard besser. you know what signs to look for because you actually had this? >> that's right. i was working in bangladesh about 20 years ago and got dengue fever. and it was one of the most uncomfortable illnesses i've ever had. the symptoms aren't that different from a lot of viral illnesses but the headache, the fever, very high. the pain in your bones and your muscles can be quite severe and you can get a rash. very uncomfortable, it's often referred to as break bone fever because of that pain you

he was infected with dengue while on assignment in cambodia. >> i was sore, my joints felt really swollenbut when it hits hard, it hurts. >> some people who have had it say your bones feel like they're made of glass. apparently it's one of the most painful set of symptoms that people can endure. >> reporter: one more reason to swat those annoying mosquitos. jeffrey kofman, abc news, miami. >> we're both itchy after that story. coming from louisiana, the big deal at the time was west nile virus. this sounds a little more severe than what that situation was. they do offer some interesting advice. they say you should not swat a mosquito with one hand, it pushes air down and shoos the mosquito away, creates a vacuum. you should, when you can, a to do the clap, catch them from both sides. >> catch it before it's on you. ! roa a >>> war secrets posted online. the stunning revelations, who may be to blame, and the widespread impact. >>> then, crisis management. the historic oil spill and bp's decision to send its chief executive far away from the gulf. >>> and, survival story. the brain injury

i did two tours in cambodia. do you know how much i have seen? did not fight for mexico, for the illegals. i fought for this country because i love it. host: your response to that. you talked about the emotion here. guest: and one of the reasons, and inadvertently, the gentleman who made the call -- he makes the argument of why we need to make reform a comprehensive issue. if we have employer sanctions, if people are registered, then the exploitation that happens, many times to migrant workers in the country coming here without documents, is eliminated. my dad made his living, said as, putting a roof over our head, during construction. he was a member of the union. he earned an ok living. my point being, part of the exploitation going on in the nation is taking advantage of people because they know they have no rights, no status. they are in the shadows. as much as you want to blame the person working on the construction job that potentially might be illegal -- that is the other thing. illegality is not by appearance. we seem to have fallen into

today with the long suffering people of china, of tibet, of north korea, of burma, of vietnam, of cambodia and laos and against regime-sponsored attempts to restrict the information they receive. mr. speaker, i have no requests for time. so i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from california. ms. watson: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the question is, all time is yielded back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3104. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. watson: mr. speaker, i move to success mend the rules and -- suspend the rules and agree to h. res. 1462 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1462, resolution

cambodia, where lots of american lost their lives fighting for freedom, for the people.let them out for under -- from under all the murderous regimes that have followed but tens of millions of dollars, they voted against us 84% of the time in 2008. 62.5% of the time in 2009. still just pouring money into them. now, i've been talking about this ever since i came into congress in 2005 and it makes me think maybe we're doing some good because of all the millions, hundreds of millions we've given colombia, they voted against the u.s. position 80% of the time in 2008, last year, 40% of the time. they would not be adversely affected by this bill because they found their way clear to support us. most people think with the embargo sanctions against cuba, that's taken care of. not true. in 2008 alone, we gave $45 million in aid to cuba when they voted against us in the u.n. 87.8% of the time and in 2009, they got even higher up than 90% of the time. now, the republic of the congo in 2008 got $103 million or $104 million. for some reason that same year they only volted against us

. >>> for the first time a senior member of cambodia's killing fields regime was convicted of war crimes by a u.n.-backed tribunal. the former prison official admitted overseeing the deaths of 16,000 people but received a sentence that could set him free in 19 years. >>> the arkansas my corps of engineers has been called to help in eastern iowa when dozens of buildings were destroyed when an 83-year-old dam gave way after a storm. >> reporter: wildfire threats are up in california. the largest fire covered nearly 2,000 acres was still out of control overnight. >>> today marks the 20th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act. to celebrate, some 200 wheelchair users broke a world record sunday for the longest moving wheelchair formation. that's an impressive site. come a long way. it's 7:18. let's turn it over to matt, ann and al. >> we had some heat this weekend. things are changing here in the northeast. the jet stream has been way up to the north. we have a big upper level high. that's been the problem all week long. now we see a dip in the jet stream and the high pressure sy