. >>> defense ministry has shown off a prototype of an unmanned cutting-edge surveillance aircraft it's developing. the plane made an appearance on friday at a ground force site in japan modeled after u.s. high-tech weapons. drone has a propeller inside its cylindrical body and wings underneath. the body is also equipped with a high-performance camera and a global positioning system. the unmanned aircraft can fly along pre-programmed routes for up to 30 minutes and it can also take videos and transmit them in real-time through a wireless communications network. the japanese defense ministry says it hopes to use the aircraft to gather information on natural disasters such as landslides and erupting volcs hoping to put the drone into practical use across japan in ten years. >>> here is some of the news received from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin with this item sent from thailand. thailand has tightened security along its border with myanmar. the move comes ahead of myanmar's national elections on sunday. the thai army intensify patrols on friday after arms were found near th

deadlocks defense ministry tends to whistle blows to establish its own troops have used prisoners in iraq perform an intelligence officers worry that seventy four minutes. and the tigers which were once one of the bull's mightiest predators to date fighting for the very existence of russia is around the thirteen nations to save them from extinction. next it's the sport which. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news and here are the headlines. continental goals spartak moscow and mass a prepared to do battle for a possible last sixteen spot in their group of champions league clash. while gritting his teeth as i was prepared to host well they do it in their champions league clash captain this forest is accused of biting another player to the domestic game against forced pull. out the world's best eight that djokovic beat thomas burdick in straight sets at the end of season championships in london. and we start with focal west spartak moscow face a crucial champions league group at home to choose day with a muscovite side knowing victory would put them through to the knoc

defense ministry listen to the fruits of the news presenters or the former intelligence officers when you are going to them with. the toy good some little ones from the world's markets from editors. systems. is ready to assume the extinction. of sports news with. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news and here the headlines. continental goal spartak moscow masai prepared to do battle for a possible last sixteen spot in the champions league. while gritting his teeth as i am prepared to host well they do it in their champions league clash captain loose ball is accused of biting another player in the domestic gang against . allen's of the world's best eight never talk of it beats thomas burdick in straight sets at the a.t.p. end of season championships in london. and we start with football where spartak moscow face a crucial champions league group. to stay with the muscovite side knowing victory would put them through to the knockout stages for the first time in fourteen years which found court records. spotting start to be a champions league campaign in spectacular fashi

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denmark's defense ministry wants to know if there's a dark side to it soldiers actions in iraq the media's published some evidence but won't give the chiefs all the data in case it puts this source is in danger then most nato allies are also staying tight lipped. on the school reports that was supposed think there were more sinister motives. when the going gets tough the tough go to for help that's what denmark's military officials have apparently resorted to there after access to classified documents to try to establish whether danny's forces were involved in prisoner abuse in iraq if anything had happened in a wrong way of course we should be open about that but to be sure that there are no new information in the wiki leaks document we ask weekly to provide us the four hundred thousand documents so we can actually work them through together with our own own information and then compare but the whistleblower website was not the first place denmark went to in its supposed quest for the truth a damaged newspaper had the documents in its possession for quite some time and not from the same s

has already strengthened its information gathering and analysis. >> translator: the defense ministry has increased its number of personnel, that has allowed us to carry out around-the-clock intelligence gathering. >> kitazawa said that japan's maritime self-defense force has deployed ep-3 intelligence aircraft to support the p3c planes that support the region. japan deploys five aircraft from its western base in yamaguchi prefecture. the aircraft are equipped with technologies such as advanced radar to gather electronic information emitted from military facilities. the ep-3 is able to intercept radio signals transmitted between military units, communications between aircraft and control towers, and radar waves emitted by weapons systems. >>> the japanese government is preparing to conduct a survey of its indigenous people, the ainu. 24,000 live in hokkaido in the country's north, but there is little information about the number residing in the rest of japan. these people have suffered discrimination for years, so many of them have chosen to conceal their identity. the japanese govern

the iraq -- iraqi defense ministry has declared the operation a success, despite the casualties.he pope has condemned the hostage-taking. >> church service was turned into a violent nightmare. the gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, stormed the charge after shooting guards outside. they also set off a car bomb nearby, causing further casualties and damage is -- damages. >> they ran into the church. we were praying inside. they started to beat us. 15 people were killed inside the hall, and additions you others killed in the street. >> despite the tales of carnage, -- >> we took the decision to launch a land offensive because it was impossible to wait. the terrorists planned to kill a large number of our brothers, christians at mass. all the terrorists were killed. >> as far as the local people and survivors are concerned, success is hardly the word. they are critical of the authorities, mostly for allowing it to happen, and also for the way it was handled. >> we are shocked every day and scared. so many people have gone to hospital for such violent acts. >> since 2003, the numbers

many conservative south koreans as well as opposition parties say the defense ministry did not do enough to prevent that attack, nor did they do enough to fight back against north korea during this most recent attack on tuesday. we can see this as the first heads to roll from this attack. >> soul is sending more troops to the islands. north korea says it will respond with force. how do you see the situation developing? >> south korea is adopting a much stronger posture against north korea. the president today said that rules s engagement are changing. before, south korea was concerned with not letting tensions rise any higher. it skirmishes break out -- if skirmishes break out, they do not want to raise tensions. seoul says they will be sure to fireback. >> jason, thank you so very much. over to steve now. the euro is taking a breather. >> there are people who would like to see the euro fail, but those within the eurozone say that will not be the case. angela merkel insisted that the euro will survive the debt crisis. that was the good news. she insisted that private investors will come

it's not in my competence it's up to the government the defense ministry customs. service is. very interesting thing very often. people say it was the americans advent. and the americans may even be helping them. you don't think so yourself. there's a global effort concentrated there with the russia taking pod utah having voted for the security forces to be present. this coincided with an increase in drug manufacturing so it became obvious that the efforts of the world community proved unbalanced while we got carried away with. so the. truth. absolutely the coalition troops are going to leave afghanistan which has been in the media do you think the situation with drug trafficking will change either for the better or for the worse. well let's wait for the withdrawal and then say was your forecast so far we have been monitoring how the resolutions of the longer nam campbell conferences are being implemented concerning a peaceful settlement in afghanistan. and the recent interview you said that the drug pressure on russia from abroad is still growing does this mean that this alar

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the president also welcomes russian why's willingness to work with nato on a defense ministry. he stressed an increased partship with russian why and pressed for republicans back home to ratify a nuclear arms reduction agreement forged with moscow. the treaty has become a sticking point between the president and gop. >> there's no other reason not to do it than the fact that, you know, washington has since become a partisan place. >> the president also attended a european union meeting to discuss the economy, climate change and security before flying home to washington. >>> today, president obama also announced that the next nato summit will be held in the u.s. in the year 2012. he did not specify which city yet. >>> a scandal tonight in the nation's capitol. the assistant chief of police of washington d.c. has been placed on administrative leave for compromising a test during staff training. there is an internal investigation. grooms says she is sorry for what she calls bad judgment. >>> a new beginning for dozens of baltimore children. tonight, they have new families followin

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denmark's defense ministry times two whistle blows to establish if it so extreme civilians prisoners and all rounder but former intelligence officer laureates trying to hounds out the informants. to tell it is a two one cell one of the all time. it's his approach is all new today from placing him for the barry existence of rallying first two nations to save them from extinction. ok let's call so visible schools to us now with the latest with. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports news and here are the headlines. continental goal spartak moscow marsay prepared to do battle for a possible last sixteen spot in that group of champions league clash. while gritting his teeth as i was prepared to host well they do it in the champions league clash cup in this story is accused of biting another player to the domestic game against forced pull. out of the world's best eight that djokovic beat thomas burdick in straight sets at the end of season championships in london. and we start with focal where spartak moscow face a crucial champions league group at home to marseille choose day

secretary of state for defense liam fox has said that he has an open mind if things come out that might actually justify a wide range of you that they will allow that but i think the ministry of defense the civil servants the soldiers they always fight tooth and nail against any public inquiry and they were going to inquiries that you referred to earlier that were really been set up they've been allegations that they withheld information from from court proceedings previously they really don't want another inquiry like this while this investigation. of the current inquiry on the u.k.'s involvement in iraq . well it's interesting that i've been following the iraq inquiry and decision quite closely over the last year these allegations have hardly come up at all it would make sense if it was known that there was already going to be an inquiry into these specific allegations there have been two inquiries into particular cases as you mentioned but the chilcot inquiry has pretty well stayed clear of these they've seen a huge number of british military witnesses but they've been much more concerned to find out what lessons there are to be learned by the british military than actu

improperly registered probably late the inspections might be too of denniston police or the defense ministry of water houses just for inspecting the weapons or not in any case the security situation is very. difficult and it's very important to provide proper storage of small arms foreign minister sergei lavrov has stressed that russian forces will not enter afghanistan again but how far is russia prepared to go in its assistance of nato operations as you see it. as far as of denniston is a big threat not only to. all neighboring countries and to russia as a regional superpower i think that russia should feel engaged as far as needed the only limit is not in gauge amount of russian troops in afghanistan. it's understandable position we all remember the history of one of your troops had to withdraw from afghanistan participation of russian troops would remind. these. favorable page of our joint history would you want to repeat i think now russia has recently carried out a successful joint drug operation with the us does that mean that russia and nato are finally seeing eye to eye on the impor

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the ministry of defense change when a new government is formed in iraq when the her over the head of. the ministries policy will not change especially with regards to training and contractors i want to emphasize again we really want to involve the russians on one of our money at the moment the iraqi security forces volunteer there has been a law that's been put forward to reintroduce conscription do you think that this law will be implemented. that i feel a little better at the top of the aisle this compulsory service has not been approved yet it's still a draft only the retirement law was approved for now we don't need compulsory recruitment because when we ask for example for ten thousand volunteers we have at least one hundred thousand young people coming to volunteer so we don't need it countries need compulsory recruitment when they need soldiers and they don't have them besides we don't have to pursue newsies and equipment to train all these personnel when we have them in the compulsory recruitment we have a new soldiers for now in the future when iraq is stable enough and inves

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situation on the way for you our teammates general mohammad all us kaare a spokesman from iraq's ministry of defense to find out about the military's readiness for the challenge ahead that's coming up after a short break. which was that same of you are going to go for you if you are. taliban bad guys we teach journalism or no pay corgis station we can understand the feeling of just what is the difference between.

secretary of state for defense liam fox has said that he has an open mind if things come out that might actually justify a wide range of you that they will allow that but i think the ministry of defense the civil servants the soldiers they always fight tooth and nail against any public inquiry and they've been allegations that they withheld information from from court proceedings previously they really don't want another inquiry like this. the war has left many iraqis destitute with some estimates suggesting that a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line that forces many to make a living illegally smuggling alcohol into iran where drinking is officially bad r.t. follows the booze trail in our special report. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a brain. although alcohol is forbidden in the islamic republic much of tehran's bourgeoisie can't resist a drink and these smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around absolute fucking teachers just to hear mr chavez whiskey black and white whiskey back he

many conservative south koreans as well as opposition parties say the defense ministry did not do enough to prevent that attack, nor did they do enough to fight back against north korea during this most recent attack on tuesday. we can see this as the first heads to roll from this attack. >> soul is sending more troops to the islands. north korea says it will respond with force. how do you see the situation developing? >> south korea is adopting a much stronger posture against north korea. the president today said that rules of engagement are changing. before, south korea was concerned with not letting tensions rise any higher. it skirmishes break out -- if skirmishes break out, they do not want to raise tensions. seoul says they will be sure to fireback. >> jason, thank you so very much. over to steve now. the euro is taking a breather. >> there are people who would like to see the euro fail, but those within the eurozone say that will not be the case. angela merkel insisted that the euro will survive the debt crisis. that was the good news. she insisted that private investors will come

that's according to the south's defense ministry. we are talking about not just gun fire.sea side video on fire after that show of force. south korea did fire back and even scrambled f-16 fighter jets. the south is on high alert calling an emergency meeting of security ministers. that fire fight broke out near i don't know i don't know. stan grant is right near that south korean island where the attack happened. stan, what are you seeing? >> reporter: we have had some people come ashore here. we're about 70 kilometers, 30, 40 miles, from the island itself. some people have been evacuated after the gun fire, the shelling of the island today, and we are talking about people still in a state of shock. these are elderly people brought assure in wheelchairs. they are saying they are sad, shocked and angry. one old lady told us she had to leave all of her possessions on the island. this is already a very, very volatile place, and obviously, it is now really a flash point. we have seen the south korean leadership bunker down, not wanting to provoke the situation or escalate it in

about 150 people gathering outside the defense ministry in seoul. some people burned north korean flags and portraits of kim jung il and his son. they sprayed x marks on the photos before theyer to them up. new this morning, the national day of mourning in cambodia in memory of the humans killed in the deadly human stampede we reported earlier this week. the cambodian prime minister laid a wreath at the site of the tragedy. 350 people were crushed to death when crowds celebrating the end of the rainy season began to panic while trying to cross a narrow bridge. >>> an airport closed for more than two weeks in indonesia is now open again. scientists say the air is safe for flights. that volcano had begun to spew ash and lava last month. 250 people are dead and more than 400,000 people are displaced because of the eruptions. at least 2300 homes have been destroyed. >> more than three weeks after the election, a bay area community finally know who is will be representing them. jerry mcnerny has fended off a challenge. mcnerny has a lead of 2500 votes wi

the challenges ahead next our team meets general mohamed al askari a spokesman from iraq's ministry of defense. has general mohamed i'll ask every an adviser and spokesperson with the iraqi ministry of defense so thank you very much for joining us here are not the worst but the american soldiers has missed by knowledge the majority do feel confident that the actual soldiers and the iraqi security force is able to keep the situation here. it is a good question it's worth talking about the readiness or not of the iraqi security forces because the number of american troops left in this country is forty nine thousand seven hundred something it's important the americans are gone what's also important is the timing the timing of implementing this phase of the agreement was put forward by the minister of defense why did you choose this time each time he has a meeting there are steps that need to be taken so that the iraqi forces will be ready december thirty first two thousand and eleven we believe that we will be ready you know have to have full security control at that stage and for all the america

secretary of state for defense liam fox has said that he has an open mind if things come out that might actually justify a wide range of euphoria that they will allow that but i think the ministry of defense the civil servants the soldiers they always fight tooth and nail against any public inquiry and there's been allegations that they withheld information from from court proceedings previously but they really don't want another inquiry like this. take a look at some of the top stories from around the world speak to people killed and eighty wounded after a suicide attack on a mosque in northwest pakistan the building may have been targeted because it was used by local and the taliban militia there of collapsed on hundreds of worshipers shopping trapping many under debris inside in a separate attacks three people were killed after hungry unaids were thrown into another lost in the same part of the country. the latest eruption of indonesia's volatile mount merapi has left more than sixty dead after lying dormant for four years the ongoing volcanic activity which began at the end of october has now killed more. one hundred twenty people. dangerous declared by an indonesian govern

something gone badly wrong here and slowly some elements of the press have turned away from the ministry of defense and started taking a more objective approach there's a long way to go because we live action quite a right wing society with quite a. right wing press a lot of the press just follow the government line but i think the penny's beginning to drop and the people in high places within the ministry of defense i think of it need to realize that the game's up and they're just not going to get away with this cover up for much longer and you are the public interests lawyer do you think it's in the public's interests to spend public money proving that that is systemic corruption inside our armed forces i think is in the public interest that if we go into a place like iraq. supposedly to enforce the rule of law and principles of democracy fanous and justice good old fashioned british principles that we behave in accordance with that and we haven't done it and i think it's in the public interest that that behavior should be exposed and eradicated and those who are responsible brought to account. t

according to south korea's defense ministry the north fired toward the sea border. conducting military exercises at the time. the attack killed two south korean troops and wounded 15 others. south korea fired back and deployed jets. the u.s. has more than 28,000 troops stationed in south korea. and the white house has strong words for north korea. let's get the latest from cnn's brianna keilar at the white house. brianna, what is the white house saying about all this? >> reporter: press secretary robert gibbs making it clear the white house is in touch, tony, with south korea, condemning this attack and calling on north korea to, quote, stop its belligerent actions. also he said in a written statement, the united states is firmly committed to the defense of our ally, the republic of korea and to the maintenance of regional peace and stability. that said, we're hearing from pentagon sources that there's no expectation of the u.s. getting involved here in any sort of military action. and tony, it's really interesting to note that while you see -- we just heard from bi

our defense ministry correspondent has more. >> south korea's defense ministry based dealer level to its second-highest on wednesday, a day after north korea fired about 200 artillery shells on the south korean island of yeonpyeong. the ministry added that there have been no further provocations since the shelling stopped tuesday afternoon, r.i. 3: 40 1:00 p.m. -- around 3:41 p.m. >> the south korean military activated the crisis management system, raising the military surveillance level, and is beginning a round-the-clock military readiness against possible north korean moves. >> if south korean military official called the assault and intimate attack on civilian areas, and said that seoul would not tolerate any further provocation from p'yongyang. >> we are outraged by north korea's inhumane actions attacking residents on yeonpyeong island. we won the north that it cannot avoid responsibility for the assault -- we warned the north that it cannot avoid responsibility for the assault. >> due to the attack, many residents have no access to electricity or water, and there have been bla