the defense ministry notes north korea's reinforcements near the dmz including a new model battle tank and special operations forces able to carry out missions such as assassinations. the defense report says north korea deploys 60% of its naval forces in its southern waters, ready for a landing operation on to the south korean coast. it also says the north is developing a new kind of torpedo similar to the one used to sink a south korean ship last march. following a recent series of attacks including an artillery strike in november, the document describes north korea as the enemy for the first time in ten years. the white paper also estimates that north korea has about 40 kilograms of plutonium that could be used for nuclear weapons. a senior russian official says an ongoing territorial dispute with japan should not get in the way of developing bilateral economic relations. russian deputy foreign minister who is in charge of asian affairs made the statement in a news conference in moscow on thursday. he emphasized economic ties between russia and japan are becoming stronger. he said th

they rallied outside the defense ministry just before this morning's drills. >> it ended but now theuestion is will north korea stick to vowing to destroy this place. the situation here is very unpredictable. abc news, seoul. >> facebook.com ceo mark zuckerberg is in china this morning touring the top search engine there. the meeting between zuckerberg who has study manned erin and its ceo in beijing after posting gloomy photos of zuckerberg online. the world's largest internet market is china. they won't say what the tech mobiles discussed. the meeting does not pore tell facebook.com's entry into china which has actually blocked facebook.com since 2009. breaking news. a live look at terminal a at new washing liberty international airport in new jersey. one of the busiest airports in the country where officials have shut everything down. while they investigate a bomb threat. you can see a lot of police vehicles there. we know the bomb squad has been called but officials are not saying much else yet. we'll continue to bring you more as we get it. again, terminal a at newark internatio

they rallied outside the south korean defense ministry just before the drills. the drills have ended now the question is will north korea stick to its rhetoric vowing to destroy this place. into a sea of fire. here the situation is very unpredictable. rob and vinita. our thanks reporting from seoul. much more with the developing story later today on "good morning america." >> in washington, a lame duc joohee cho reporting from seoul. much more with the developing story later today on "good morning america." >>> in washington, a lame duck session of conference faces a very busy week. lawmakers have managed to prove some piece of legislations which will be stalled for weeks. there are major bill to be voted on. mike marusarz reports. >> reporter: the lame duck congress is at a full place this week. and several menu items are aren't sitting well for republicans. a rare sunday session served up more disagreements on a nuclear treaty with russia. >> i think the verification provisions are inadequate and i do worry about the missile defense implications of it. >> repo

defense ministry going to and the interior ministry to get these up i'm sure they show no more territory. that it going to be guests in this territory foreigners are our masters that ends. a new generation has grown up in serbia since ratified in carriage which was in hiding under the guise of doctrine which to them yugoslavia is just a page and a history book. me as a different country and bosnians are foreigners. and yet fresh graffiti can still be seen on the wall of the house where dr dubrow just left it says radovan carried it straight. in india in the movie the joint people chose. the gateway hotel the grand imperial trying to toss western clothes coromandel you can a little.

senior officials at the defense ministry issued a warning starke by bellicose standards. "our revolutionary forces are making preparations to begin a sacred war if necessary." the shell attack in late november left for south koreans dead and the government with a difficult choice. do nothing, and it would be criticized for ignoring a dangerous foe. mount a tough response, and others will accuse it of provoking the north any further. -- even further. there is a high possibility that the south korean military exercises close to the border will prompt north korea to react. but so far, despite the threats and the rhetoric, south korea's large scale show of strength has continued without response. for now at least, it can claim to have called north korea's bluff. bbc news. >> beijing is radically scaling back new car registrations to prevent gridlock on the streets. the chinese capital is slashing its quota by about 2/3 after complaints about congestion and the smog it causes. >> bumper-to-bumper and going nowhere fast. this is part of everyday life in beijing. now authorities

defense ministry going to and the interior ministry to get these up look we shall know more territory. that it the area interests in this territory foreigners are our masters that's. a new generation has grown up in serbia since ratified in carriage which was in hiding under the guise of doctrine which to them yugoslavia is just a page and a history book. me as a different country and bosnians are foreigners. and yet fresh graffiti can still be seen on the wall of the house where dr dubrow just left it says radovan carrots street. hungry for the full story we've got it first happened the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in india multis available in the move go hard not joint the photos m m v let's take a photo of the grand imperial trying to talk west coast coromandel.

. >>> the afghan defense ministry says four of its soldiers were killed on wednesday night by an international forces air strike in helmand province. the attack is believed to have been a mistake. >>> police have arrested a 27-year-old man after a knife attack at a bus stop in toride city northeast of tokyo. the attack left 13 people injured, many of them teenage students. police say the man boarded two buses parked in front of toride station shortly before 8:00 a.m. on friday and began stabbing students. seven high school students and four junior high students and two others were taken to the hospital with injuries. a bus company employee said the attacker beat people after getting off the first bus, he then boarded another bus and was arrested there. the two buses were both bound for a high school. >>> in biz news, japan aims to attract foreign investment to the country as some global firms are shifting their key functions to emerging economies. the ministry of economy, trade, and industry will put forward a bill to lawmakers early next year. officials say that some international firms in ja

on thursday the south's defense ministry and arms manufacturers held a seminar to discuss the country's military capabilities. south korean forces struggled to effectively respond to a north korean artillery attack on yeonpyeong island last month due to problems with waep weapons deployed there. a member of the presidential advisory commission asked weapons manufacturers to analyze the problems and quickly improve domestic capabilities. an industry representative pledged to help enhance the country's defenses. an official said the government continues to support the defense industry as a pillar of the nation's growth strategy. south korea's government and military industry are jointly promoting arms exports. on thursday president lee myung bak agreed with indonesian president susilo bambang yudhoyono to export korean fighter jets to indonesia as part of a plan to boost defense cooperation. >>> japanese prime minister naoto kan has told a senior russian official that he is willing to discuss economic cooperation and territorial issues. on thursday kan met with chief of staff of the russi

the prime minister has set the defense ministry to exercise the control, the direction of general air traffic throughout the national territory until there are guarantees that normalcy and the provision of their services could be recovered by civil controllers. the chief of the army will take all of the decisions concerning organization, planning, supervision and control of air traffic controllers. >> it's not clear what airports will reopen or what the role of military controllers will be. the government is restructuring effects over plans to partially privatize some airports. air traffic controllers earning high salaries is not what the country needs, say critics. painful australia terry measures including puckett sector pay cuts are introduced to drive down spain's deficit. for those travelers who just wanted a weekend getaway, it's now a question of waiting and hoping to fly, military permitting. >> hillary clinton has told the bbc she spent much of the past week reassuring world leaders about the way the united states conducts its diplomacy. answering questions in bahrain about t

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provide them with aircraft, which currently belongs to the emergencies ministry as well as the defense ministry and the interior ministry, and with other fire-fighting equipment. the government plans to allocate 43 billion rubles to purchase the equipment over the next few years. new aircraft will be acquired, eight be-200 jets as far as i know. all that, taken together, will hopefully enable us to deal more confidently and efficiently with challenges on this scale. >> dmitry, let's have another question from ivatino. please go ahead. >> does anyone have another question? >> i'm a paramedic and work closely with the population. elderly women say that where they used to live their utilities bills were not as high as they are now. are any changes in utilities bills planned for next year? will they increase or stay the same? >> ms kulakova, my understanding is that those communities used to have only low-capacity power-transmission lines. they are now connected to the gas system, benefit from decent power supply, water and sewage systems, as well as tv networks boasting over 100 channels. virtuall

the russian defense ministry said in 2007 that ground-force tactical nuclear warheads had been eliminated. air defense tactical warheads were reduced by 60%. air force tactical warheads were reduced by 50%. naval tactical warheads were reduced by 30%. guess what? that didn't happen with a treaty. it happened because of what were called presidential nuclear initiatives. our president made the decision, president bush, we didn't need them, dangerous, reduce them. the russians followed. now, we estimate -- i heard an estimate earlier of 2,000-something, 3,000 -- this is according to "the bulletin of atomic scientists." you know, we estimate they have a large inventory of operational nonstrategic warheads, 5,390 is the number here, tactical warheads, air defense tactical, et cetera. so they still do have more. and it still is a very legitimate concern to us. that is why -- that is why, my colleagues, in the resolution of advice and consent, we have the following declaration: the senate calls upon the president to pursue, following consultation with allies, an agreement with the russian federa

the ministry of national defense. but it has decided to withdraw from active service. and someone to court with the use of discretionary power. the following members of the army. officers and service men were deprived of office as well as noncommissioned officers. including generals who. it was that they were dictated to and those very areas. belong to those brigades which we had reported as having the highest number of crimes against human beings. my daughter handed out major general. alberto of the seventh division. brigadier general cortez franco who was a. commander of the second division of. the media during that media show on october twenty ninth. of two b. she was the target of us as treated us as. we just tolerated those deaths on this one. from what we gather this is an administrative decision. despite the criminal investigation we are pursuing with the prosecutor's office because. it has led to the opening of several court cases. i'm to arrest warrants against members of the army. it's a political decision but why the suv public opinion but luckily it stopped

the puppy he's it's not the first time the sound guy that he started last year he went to the ministry of defense school for girls and he sang this patriotic song with a lovely picked out russian go and the more he just things like this the more that you know people can connect. moscow and washington are seeking to sign an agreement that would protect the rights of russian children adopted by u.s. families with recent cases of russian children neglected by american adoptive parents people's minds are he talks to the russian president's children rights. trust can be restored. thank you very much for being with us today. to us promise to ensure that. protecting the rights of children and i believe this round of talks wrapped up in washington yesterday what's going on there. is a protection of. the rights of all adoptive children who. came into the days of america it's all a priority i can see as a. all. all. points different points in this agreement and we hear the final comments now from the locals the next step is sending cousteau. to the federal authorities and after that we are rated to underst

dog recently the puppy it's not the first time the song either his last year he went to the ministry of defense school for girls and he sang this patriotic song with a lovely picture with russian go and the more he just things like this the more that you know people can connect. washington and moscow to sign an agreement that would protect the rights of russian children adopted by u.s. families with reason cases of russian children neglected by american adoptive parents fresh in people's minds talks to the president for children's rights. of trust can ever be restored. thank you very much for being with us today. to us promise. protecting the rights of children and i believe talks wrapped up in washington yesterday what's going on there. is a protection of. the rights of all adoptive children who. came into the days of america is all a priority. or all. all . points difference in music remember. we hear the final documents now from the local zoo. next step is sending their command to the federal authorities and after that we are rated to understand this agreement but i remember also your promis

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last year he went to the ministry of defense school for girls and he sang this patriotic song with it with a lovely picture with russian go and the more he does things like this the more that you know people can connect. next washington and moscow are seeking to sign an agreement. in protecting the rights of russian children adopted by u.s. families where the recent cases of russian children neglected by american adoptive parents still fresh in people's minds or he talks to the russian president's ombudsman for children's rights. restored. thank you very much for being with us today. to us promise. protecting the rights of children and i believe talks wrapped up in washington yesterday what's going on there. is a protection of. the rights of all adoptive children. not just those of america is all the priority i can see is that. all. all. points different born in this agreement. we hear the final comments now a final look at. the next step is sending commands to fiddle before. we are rigid to understand this agreement. i remember also your promise to freeze did option for united states

last year he went to the ministry of defense school for girls i saw his patriotic song with the lovely he tells russian girl and the more he's just things like this the more that you know people can connect with that leader when there's also the stereotype that he's this cold serious man but he does i mean it's just been working over the past so why not language to have fun as well and you know you've got him you know that the famous judo's you know and he was fishing on the you know the the tool so you know the more that he does things like this the more people can you know see him not as this you know stranger in this political power powerful position but actually as a normal russian guy who enjoys music. on the famous stories that he allegedly hired in abbottabad. you want to get him for twenty thousand pounds from london by freedom of the kremlin called them and the the manager of this this band said that this is the kremlin have a band we want to make and so i think he's amusing and also it's you know showing that he loves what's the culture and it's a great way to learn english d

reporting live from the russian ministry of defense thanks for that. still to come this hour here on r t a day to go before . the next group of parents to head to the international space station we take you behind the scenes of the upcoming. this is a table from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an affair of june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas in the best situation but instructs you including you know and there are strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. usaid continued to. the. this is our team live

believe very case is as important today as it was in two thousand and one this is the danish ministry of defense right across the street from this is the danish parliament members of peace watch have been standing here for the last nine years day in and day out demanding the pullout of danish troops from afghanistan so has anybody been paying attention to them apparently not in fact they say it's not just the government that ignores them but the media and the general public too sometimes they say well denmark isn't war we say to the youngsters over here coming to us they say look around where i don't see any war and occasional days we happen to pass by i also don't show much enthusiasm i don't see. really an. aggressive. militaristic. so why have peace watch activists not been able to gain any attention at least for their perseverence some believe it's because an anti war mood in the country is something over a new thing within the last year while there's a majority of the population against continued participation. before public opinion has become skeptical but that's quite. a piece watch i det

even face life in prison so some really strong words from the foreign ministry meanwhile the defense says that it does not agree with the verdict they're ready to appeal it in russia if they don't succeed here they say that they're ready to take the skis to the european court they're also preparing to make a public appeal to the president after the sentence is announced the judge says that the prosecution has provided more than enough evidence and claims that so far the trial has been going by the book me take some time for the actual sentence it is expected that it's me take several days actually because of that of course he was already involved in another case and back then it took two weeks just to give verdict and. back then of course you received eight years in prison now the prosecution is asking for fourteen more years and so we are still to find out exactly how many years they will receive what the defense seems optimistic that the sentence will be else in the near future or go through. the judges reading as what the court considers to be the evidence against because accordin

really strong words from the foreign ministry meanwhile the defense says that it does not agree with the verdict they are ready to appeal it in russia if they don't succeed here they say that they're ready to take this case to the european court they're also preparing to make a public appeal to the president after the sentence is announced the judge says that the prosecution has provided more than enough evidence and claims that so far the trial has been going by the books. he has been found guilty but we haven't heard anything. well that's one of the peculiarities of the russian legal system although it may be known the verdict itself may be known guilty or not it may take some time for the actual sentence meaning the time that the accused or the felons will have to serve in jail and that's what we're waiting for now since the verdict is still being announced and it is expected that it may take several days actually. already involved in another case and back then it took two weeks just. the verdict and back then. eight years in prison now the prosecution is asking for fourteen more

might be called unprecedented leaking and then credible number of documents in russia the ministry of the defense launch an electronic database presenting documents from military archives according to the polls the launch of the project was supported by ninety percent of the citizens while only ten percent oppose the idea that information related to the war is operations heroic feats and rewards of soviet soldiers now is open to the public. ok i'd like to go to you back to you any one of the interesting things that we've been hearing a lot today about how to deal with we could weeks and i'd like to go to a sound bite from joe lieberman the u.s. senator from connecticut and what he thinks the u.s. government should do with this give me here. in my opinion we can do what we can be it says done amounts to espionage in a most serious form it's probably the single greatest. and most terrible activist pre-knowledge against united states in our history because wiki leaks used massive power and openness of the internet. to disseminate stolen classified information around the world and in doing so comprom