but since e. colioided by very simple precautions, by consumers themselves, racing to introduce sterner regulation would be a clumsy and damaging response. >>> britain's "the guardian" the reason why this deadly e. coli makes doctors shudder, it says, this abe rant strain is resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics, among all the issues raised by the outbreak, drug resistance should ring the loudest warning bells. >>> "moscow times" moscow's decision to ban all european vegetable imports because of a deadly e. coli outbreak. is now threatening to derail relations with brussels days before a summit with eu leaders. one issue, many views, you can read all the articles in full at facebook.com/cnn. >>> dominique strauss-kahn will be back in a new york courtroom today, expected to plead not guilty to seven charges including the attempted rape of a hotel chamber maid. cnn's richard roth looks at the case that brings together people from two very different worlds. >> he was a renowned international banker

health officials say the e coli outbreak is from a deadly strain of never seen before. protests in syria against the ongoing crackdown and the alleged torture and killing of a 13-year-old boy. a german soldier is killed in an attack in afghanistan. the telamon has claimed responsibility. -- the taliban has claimed responsibility. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> this is something we have never seen before. the who says the e coli outbreak in europe comes from eight new strain of the bacteria. it is super toxic and resistant to antibiotics. more than 1500 people in germany are affected and there are new cases reported in britain. officials continued to warn people not to eat certain raw vegetables. >> scientists say the current e coli outbreak is caused by a new strain of bacteria which has not been detected in an outbreak before. they have found its surface mirrors and known pathogen, but it carries genes from another, which may explain why it is so violent. the findings were presented by researchers from china and germany. >> we have

a real and deadly strain of the e. coli 17 people in europe has now spread even further. three cases have been report in the united states. all of the people with the infection had recently been to germany, the center of the current outbreak. for more on that, we want to talk to the chairman and medical director of the hamburg center in germany. thank you very much for being with us. there are some -- some microbiologists are saying this particular strain is -- the e. coli is rarely spread from person to person. this could indeed spread from person to person. >> we know a lot about e. coli because they were dealing with the strains that were out for a long time. this particular strain is special. we've been able to decode the genetic formation a couple of hours ago. we're learning a lot more about this particular bacteria and what is apparent by looking at the patients is that it can, in fact, be virulent and cause very severe symptoms, particularly in the kidneys and the brain. >> when you've said you've been able to detec

all of them have been visiting northern germany. >> they have a bad strain called e-coli toxin e-coli . this e-coli bacteria makes a toxin that gets into your blood and some of the most serious cases shuts down the kidneys. >> german authorities recommend they stop eating leafy salads and tomatoes and cubummers. >> i have no reason to believe that it is going to happen here. >> more than 1700 people world wide are affected by the highly toxic e-coli . 18 people are confirmed dead. antibotics are not treating the infection. that can increase the chance of kidney failure. >> we are in the fact-gathering phase and tracking down the source and eliminating the bacteria from the food chain. this is our priority. >> prevention is the best defense which means avoiding eating the affected food. >> the man known as doctor death has died. dr. jack kevorkian claimed to have helped 130 people take their own lives. dr. kevorkian had been in the hospital with pneumonia and kidney problems. he served eight years in prison for second subbed murder. dr. jack kevorkian was 84 years old. >> in china a te

." >> authorities battle a deadly e. coli outbreak. the european commission plans to announce a compensation package for farmers. german officials later confirmed that this farm in germany was the source of the bacteria that killed at least 22 people. >> welcome to gmt. i am naga munchetty. also in the program -- life- saving vaccines a fraction of their usual price. several drug companies announced substantial discounts for developing nations. a little girl -- did the libyan government tell the whole truth about her injuries? midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in brussels. european union agriculture officials are dealing with the e. coli outbreak. they will meet tomorrow. by then, they will hopefully know the exact source of the bacteria. an announcement is due later today. test results are expected to show that bean sprouts grown at a farm in south hamburg are the most likely origin. 22 people have died so far. across europe, more than 2000 people have been taken in. >> this is the farm in northern germany to wh

how much compensation will be given will be revealed next week. >> the e. coli health warnings have squashed consumer confidence intimate as in many other vegetables. the european agriculture industry has been hard hit in their peak growing season. some groups say they are losing 400 million euro week. the eu is under pressure to help. >> the commissioner has presented some proposals that they will find him. we hope that he will distribute the funds quickly. >> the european agriculture ministers quickly came up with a some of 150 million euros which covers 30% of presumed lost earnings. farmers would like to see more eu money. >> this compensation should come close to covering our losses. this will never be won and%, of course, but we need a strong signal and 30% is too little. -- this will never be 100%, of course. we will look at what we can compensate farmers and what sort of produce we can guarantee compensation. >> the eu commission intends to present a new proposal on wednesday. it is thought that the compensation will cover losses incurred during the whol

. >>> an emergency meeting over the deadly e. coli outbreak. >>> to be clear, the picture was of me, and i sent it. i am deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife and our family. >> a tearful apology by u.s. congressman anthony weiner, admitting he sent lewd at which time pics, but stops short of resigning. >>> take a look at this, the motor race martial who got a little too close to the action. >>> first, new details about the condition of yemen's president suggests his injuries are serious. u.s. officials say they've been told ab doom la salle lay suffered burns to nearly half his body when his compound was attacked. he's in osama bin laden where he was taken after the attack. he's also getting treatment for a collapsed lung. an arab diplomatic source says he has a shrapnel wound seven centimeters deep. the largest opposition block has vowed to stop him from returning to osama bin laden. the violence erupted monday night. cnn's mohammed jam june joins us from cnn abu dhabi. mohammed? >> these latest reports on the health of

initially, the germans said the e. coli spanish cucumbers, but that turned out not to be true. >> ( translated ): the source simply cannot be clarified yet. it is clear that these bacteria have appeared in humans, and we are working non-stop to find out where they have come from. >> suarez: spain says lost sales are costing it $ 287 million a week, and despite an agriculture minister enjoying one on television, many are still afraid to buy spanish cucumbers. >> ( translated ): shoppers don't say anything, but they are not buying cucumbers. now, we are in season for high sales of cucumbers. when it gets hot, it is used in gazpacho and salads, but we are hardly selling any at all. >> ( translated ): my husband likes them a lot, and so do i. but at the moment, i am going to wait. >> ( translated ): i am not frightened. i eat cucumbers every day. this thing about the cucumbers is a piece of nonsense invented by the germans. >> suarez: previous e. coli outbreaks have mainly hit children and the elderly, but this one is dispropor

>> it's going to cover both the economic impact of the e. coli scare. that's the impact on farmers and presumably specifically in spain. and also the food safety implication. we're told first the germans are going to be giving their latest on the research that they've done on the e. coli. there will been be discussions based around what exactly is being done to guarantee food safety in germany specifically and, indeed, across the continent. and then a look at the possible compensation that might be

they thought they found e. coli in the spanish market, it was on spanish cucumbers, therefore blame the supplier. they did find it but it wasn't the strain that has caused all the damage. that seems to be the problem. you have two bits of investigative work. one asking people who got the thing where they ate and then following that and if it all points to one farm, going to that farm and saying it points to you. we need to swab your air-conditioning system, your work surfaces, whatever. then the criticism comes to the authorities. why make that initial suspicion so public? i told you of the bean sprout case. why make that suspicion so public only to have to undo it 24 hours later? there is a sense in germany actually that this thing is being handled poorly. if you look at the main mass market this morning, chaos up there on the left of your screen, i think. chaos about killer germs. so there is a perception now in germany itself that things are going badly wrong. that this thing has not been handled properly. >> ver

second, the spread, we have over six nations now in europe with e. coli and this type of e. li is not only killing people, you mentioned 22, but rendered 600 home with kid these failure and once you have kid these failure from e. coli if you survive that is great but you will have ... this is a problem you will have for life. so i'm puzzled by it. >> do you tell them note to eat vegetables or what? >>guest: there is no source. multiple sources have been identified i am worrying about other motives behind this e. coli outbreak and that this is something that puzzles me. i have asked sign -- scientists is there something going on we don't know. the cdc has been very quiet. what kind of preparations are we doing in the united states? and this is not, this in the kind of epidemic that people say, well, just a warning. this is something that is killing a lot of folks in europe. >> thank you, doctor, great to see you. updating you now on breaking news from a few minutes ago, now word that man, new york congressman weiner, will hold a news conference about 11 minutes from now can th

but that apparently is ideal for the growth of e. coli bacteria. so the fact that it's organic may be incidental in this case. if people say, well, this just shows organic is not safe much in this particular case, it may not be proven that way, because it's not that fundamental way of growing crops in the organic fashion with manure. >> now, in iraq, at least 13 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the northern city of tikrit. the bomb exploded at the entrance to a complex of power stations, which have been previously used by saddam hussein. police say many victims were security personnel, including the head of the military intelligence. officials in pakistan say at least 18 people have been killed and three missile strikes by american pilotless drones in tribal regions near the pakistan-afghan border. there have been several such strikes in the last week. a senior al qaeda operative was reported to have been killed by a drone attack four days ago. the bbc's aleem maqbool is in is bam abad. >> doesn't have any militants killed in

a new highly toxic strain of e. coli has killed the least 80 people in europe and made 1600 others ill. global health officials are racing to contain the disease that is centered on germany. >> this is the front line on the battle against the bacteria where some of the victims. he has emerged from a source that is still unknown. there was a fear among the staff, says this person. nobody knows where this is coming from or where it will lead. identifying the bacteria is the first task, one that has never caused an outbreak before. analysis has reviewed -- revealed its virulence. the quicker that is done, the faster it can be brought under control. >> it is not quite the biggest ever in terms of number of cases, but it is the biggest in terms of health impact and complications. i am afraid it will probably be the biggest in terms of number of deaths as well. >> for women are most vulnerable, no one knows why. it is a hybrid. a means to other types of nikolai combined to produce its might make it more dangerous. and there pr

a highly toxic strain of e. coli is to blame for the sudden outbreak of food poisoning that has killed 18 people in europe and made 1600 others ill. global health officials are racing to contain the disease that has centered on germany. they don't know where the new strain comes from. >> this is the front line for the battle against the bacteria. some of the victims of a novel type of nikolai. -- e. coli. >> there was a fear among the staff, says this intensive care nurse. nobody knows where this is coming from or where it will lead. identifying the bacteria is the first task. analysis has revealed the virulence, understanding it should help trace its source. >> this is an unprecedented outbreak. is not quite the biggest in terms of number of cases, but the number of cases of people with complications, it will be the biggest in terms of number of deaths. >> confirmed today is that the bacteria is a hybrid. that means other types of nikolai -- e.coli produce it. the more serious conditions can follow including kidney

. >>> the world health organization says the e. coli 0104 bacteria spreading in europe is a rare strain that has never been seen before. more than 1,700 people have fallen ill from a food poisoning outbreak in 12 countries, mainly in germany. 18 of them have died due to kidney failure and other problems. with h.o. said on a statement on thursday the e. coli strain is a rare one and never seen before

. >>> a growing e. coli scare is threatening europe's huge food export market. >> china hits back over cybercrime claims while sony investigates yet another suspected batter attack. >> >> and groupon is hoping that investors will go crazy for coupons. >>> now at least 16 people are dead, more than 1500 are ill in an industry that earns $5 billion from exports to just one market is at risk. an outbreak of what scientists are calling a super toxic strain of e. coli bacteria has spread to ten western european nations with 15 fatalities reported in germany and one in sweden. researchers say they don't know where it's coming from, but suspicions about contaminated projects have caused russia to band imports of all of the eu countries. the eu commission says the exports are worth more than $5 billion a year, nina. >> andrew, doctors say antibiotics are not effective against this e. coli strain and it could make this infection worse. even though researchers don't know where the bacteria is coming from, there are si

we had in e. coli outbreak in spinach in the united states. you saw it taken out of restaurants until it blew over. then we found out it was cal contaminated water. then you step back and try to do this across the sovereignty of many nations, where people are going to take events. if you -- take offense. if you corner the spanish cucumber, they take offense in spain. the french farmer may worry that you think they have poor practices with their been sprats. >> i am going to have to stop you there. thank you very much. in libya today, colonel gaddafi vowed to remain in tripoli dead or alive. this pronouncement came at the same time that nato forces mounted the biggest on apartment sense the conflict began. attacks have continued through the evening. from tripoli, our correspondent falfiled this report. >> it began early in the morning and continued for several hours. more than 50 explosions rocked the heart of tripoli. buildings in the capital shook as nato jets screamed overhead. a huge effect ball of smoke rose from what the libyan government

so far, the e. coli outbreak has killed 22 people and infected more than 2,200 people. >>> for more now on this hopeful development coming out of germany, at least we've identified the source, i'm joined by fred pleitgen in new york. >>> one of the things the authorities say they're doing is awaiting lab results from this agricultural company in northern germany and they say they're going to get these lab results sometime in the next couple of hours. now one of the things they said is they might very well find this e. coli bacteria in these lab results but they might also not, simply because you might have seen a batch of these sprouts which might have been bad, contained emplt coley bacteria and by this time, all of those at this point might have been sold or in some other sort of way gotten into the supply chain. but one of the things they do say, they've traced this as a possible source back from several restaurants where people who went there afterwards got e. coli and they said that almost every pla

we had in e. coli outbreak in spinach in the united states. you saw it taken out of restaurants until it blew over. then we found out it was cal contaminated water. then you step back and try to do this across the sovereignty of many nations, where people are going to take events. if you -- take offense. if you corner the spanish cucumber, they take offense in spain. the french farmer may worry that you think they have poor practices with their been sprats. >> i am going to have to stop you there. thank you very much. in libya today, colonel gaddafi vowed to remain in tripoli dead or alive. this pronouncement came at the same time that nato forces mounted the biggest on apartment sense the conflict began. attacks have continued through the evening. from tripoli, our correspondent falfiled this report. >> it began early in the morning and continued for several hours. more than 50 explosions rocked the heart of tripoli. buildings in the capital shook as nato jets screamed overhead. a huge effect ball of smoke rose from what the libyan government

he said that this incident with the e. coli infections shows that europe's lauded health regulation, one russia is urged to adopt, does not work. you know, it's not just politics, of course. there is a genuine concern in russia about this outbreak of e. coli and they made it clear because the outbreak has been going on for more than a month and because the source has not been located in the european union, that the decision has been taken to not just ban the import of all fresh vegetables from eu countries to russia but also to seize any vegetables that have been imported from the european union into russia so far. >> matthew, how much of goods -- i guess, fresh vegetables from the eu is actually consumed by russian or imported by russia? >> reporter: well, quite a lot, particularly in the european part of russia. though, i have to say countrywide, russia gets the majority of fresh vegetables from countries like china, from countries like turkey as well. it's much more significant, though, in terms of what the european do becau

the e. coli itself cannot be treated with antibiotics for fear the bacteria would release even more toxins. those with kidney problems are put on dialysis. blood transfusions are also often necessary. >> it is very intriguing that this illness is striking young adults, women probably more than men, and is almost completely sparing children. >> reporter: experts say it's highly unlikely the illness can spread from person to person and say proper hand washing and thoroughly cooking food is the best defense until authorities can find the source of the outbreak. erika edwards, nbc news. >> a preliminary testing suggests the rare strain is a combination of two e. coli bacteria. >>> while the fda has issued a safety alert warning for women taking two popular birth control pills. two recent studies found that there is a higher risk in women taking pills that contain the hormone drospireonoin like yaz and yasmin. they were two to three times more likely to develop blood clots in the deep veins of the leg

over the weekend, they identified this farm 60 miles south of hamburg as the likely source for the e. coli outbreak sweeping across europe. instead of relief at locating the origin of the crisis, there's no confusion. green sprouts grow here are tested, but early results show they're not contaminated after all. the farm is not fully in the clear, but the negative results are not good news for officials try to get on top of the outbreak. agriculture ministers from the european union 27 member states are meeting for emergency talks in luxembourg to discuss food safety concerns and the growing economic implications of this crisis. russia maintains a ban against all eu vegetable imports and spain is repeating its demands for compensation. spanish vegetable farmers are struggling to fill their order books after a cucumber farmers were wrongly accused of being the source of the e. coli. >> i would like to stress that national authorities june not rush to give information on the source of the infection, which is not proven by analysis. as this spreads unjustified fears in the population all over

melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: the deadly strain e. coliis being blamed for making more than 2,000 people sick. the u.s. food and drug administering is stepping up its surveillance of certain produce from european countries. the house commissioner stressed calm heads and tight lips over the deadly e. coli outbreak. during an address to member nations in france, he said the outbreaking limited geographickically and warns against any ban on any product. >> it is crucial that national authorities do not rush to give information on the source of infection which is not proven by bacteriological analysis. as this spreads unjustified fears in the population all over europe and creates problems for our food producers selling products in the eu an outside of the eu. >> reporter: that is a specific reference to germany pointing its finger at spanish farmers early on, an accusation that proved to be false but led to major economic losses for spain's produce market. >> i would ask the european commission to immediately activate all mechanisms to compen

new cases of e. coli reported in this country, a world news fact check on the outbreak that started in europe. what makes this strain so dangerous? why have so many women fallen ill. >>> the big john edwards case, the prosecution going after him. tonight, the daughter, has witnessed so much. >>> the family drama, the trial of casey anthony, accused of murdering her daughter. tonight the anatomy of this trial. her own family, their words, building the case against her. >>> no hoax, this time, the real balloon boy, 9 years old soaring over america today. >>> good evening, as we come on the air tonight, what could be another big blow to al qaeda, just five weeks after the navy s.e.a.l.s killed osama bin laden. there are reports out of northwest pakistan that a u.s. missile strike killed a notorious terrorist and one of the world's most wanted men. if true, it would be another giant coup for u.s. intelligence. diane sawyer is traveling with the defense secretary in the region. he told her no question the dron

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i studied e. coli157, and it was not worth the risk to me to feed my children hamburgers, but that was a personal choice. i eat a wide variety of food. host: virginia, go ahead please. caller: is it true you are allowed to cut ammonia in ground meat, and if that is true, what else are you putting in our food? guest: first of all, i am not putting anything in your food. i work for a consumer organization. host: we have a link through c- span.org. guest: the issue of ammonia -- the meat industry is trying a lot of things to try to increase the safety of ground beef to carry out the bottom line is americans love their ground beef. in some parts of the world, you cannot get a hamburger on as you go to an american restaurant. so, ground meat is a high-risk product. the germs on the and exterior of the meat are ground up into the center, where they can grow and multiplied, so one company started using ammonia. that meet would be mixed with other meat, and simply reduce the risk for other countries. i think c

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europe scrambles to deal with an e. coli strain never seen in humans. and the americans are watching this one closely. >> and a spectacular show. after a long, hard winter, one of the nation's most beautiful places has come alive like never before. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. a lot of people have been saying lately, this country is pulling out of economic recession, perhaps. but tonight, there is evidence to the contrary, and lots of it. some bad set of numbers that show real trouble still ahead. there's housing. home prices at their lowest since 2002. there are now 2.25 million foreclosures in this country. there's jobs, unemployment is stuck at 9%. 8 million americans are on unemployment. all those jobs gone away in the recession. and the cost of living is hitting hard. gas, food, everything is so expensive, that a lot of people, millions of americans are just spending to live. we want to start out by taking a big picture look before we whip around the country. nbc's tom costello here with

and what's more, experts now say that e. colim contaminated ground water can actually grow inside the fruit and vegetable. washing won't help. what will? more testing and proper hygiene and sanitation. all the way from the farm to the table. lisa stark, abc news, washington. >>> the man who became the face of america's debate over assisted suicide died today. jack kevorkian was 83. they called him dr. death. a nickname he earned after a decade of helping suffering and te termally hill people die. the first in 1990, a woman with alzheimer's who died in what kevorkian dubbed his suicide machine. a rusty old volkswagen van. the last, in 1998, a man with lou gehrig's disease. that happened on national tv and led to his fifth trial. the one that finally sent him to prison. kevorkian insisted he was performing a medical service for an agonized human being. his supporters wore buttons that said "i back jack." but a jury convicted him of second degree murder. and sent him to prison for eight years. after he got out in 2007, he never assi

a bean sprouts farm is where german officials say the deadly e. coli outbreak began. reports of syrian soldiers shooting protesters as they flee to turkey. >> and christine lagarde gets the backing of african nations. >> weow know where the deadly e. coli outbreak began in germany. the bacteria came from contaiminated bean sprouts from a bean farm in the north of the country. 31 people have died from the new toxic strain. >> this organic farm has ceased production. it may not be the only source of the outbreak but evidence shows the bean sprouts carry e. coli. >> we are relieved of the new findings and how they've been assesed. we hope the new cases will show positive development. >> the rate of new infections is in decline, but 31 have died since consuming the bacteria. thousands are sick and many more could follow. >> i cannot give the all clear yet. the numbers are clearly on the decline. this is a good reason for optimism. >> after coming under suspicion, cucumbers are on the menu. the advice not to eat uncooked sporuts routs is in place. >> the russians are breat

a deadly rise in the e coli bacteria. and opposition groups meet in turkey as the crack down at home continues. >>> there will be no change at the top level of the world's most popular sport. sepp blatter has been reelected as the head of fifa. he ran uncontested. the man who was running against him dropped out because of a bribery scandal. fifa is reeling from corruption allegations. >> in the end, there was no element at war revolt. sepp blatter was crowned as president of fifa for another four years and promised sweeping reforms. >> we will put the fifa and clear, transparent waters. we need some time to do it, but we will do it. >> to combat corruption, he vowed to overhaul the system used to choose world composts. >> -- world cup posts. >> it will not be the committee that decides where the world cup is held. the entire committee will decide. that despite the reelection, trouble brews behind the scenes at fifa. allegations persist that qatar bought the world cup. >>> joined now in the studio by are sortour soccer cor

the strain of e. colie anti-biotics makes it emit more toxins and people get very sick. about 20 people have died of this so far. however the people that have the worst form of this, many of them are going to suffer the consequences for life. many are going to suffer kidney failures for life, others have impairments including neurological impairments. >> fred, what in the world do they do to try to contain it then if they don't know the source, they can't tell people to stop eating this or don't touch that. you could tell people be careful, wash your hands and cook your meat. is that really the only defense right now? >> reporter: it certainly is. it's hard to believe but it certainly is. i talked to one of these doctors. he said listen people come to me all the time. i tell them i don't know what to do. basically right now the only health tip that the german government is giving to the people here and to anybody else really is not to eat any raw lettuce, tomato and cucumber because they don't know what th

by the way has not confirmed this latest killing. >>> a deadly e. colitbreak continues to spread across europe and now at least four americans who were in germany this month have been infected. but health officials in the united states insist the american food supply is safe and there's no reason to believe the outbreak will cross the atlantic. >> reporter: today, german authorities are taking a closer look at a restaurant where several of the people who were infected may have eaten. the relentlessness of the outbreak continues to surprise doctors. 200 new cases of e. coli infection in two days here in germany. 18 deaths. more than 1,800 sick in a dozen countries. >> what's unusual in this situation is the percentage of people who have severe complications is higher than we expect. >> reporter: now we know four people in the u.s. have it. three of them, two women and a man, are hospitalized. after the toxins attacked their kidneys. they had all been or near hamberg in may. two u.s. service members in germany are also believed to ha ive so could this spre

i studied e. coli157, and it was not worth the risk to me to feed my children hamburgers, but that was a personal choice. i eat a wide variety of food. host: virginia, go ahead please. caller: is it true you are allowed to cut ammonia in ground meat, and if that is true, what else are you putting in our food? guest: first of all, i am not putting anything in your food. i work for a consumer organization. host: we have a link through c- span.org. guest: the issue of ammonia -- the meat industry is trying a lot of things to try to increase the safety of ground beef to carry out the bottom line is americans love their ground beef. in some parts of the world, you cannot get a hamburger on as you go to an american restaurant. so, ground meat is a high-risk product. the germs on the and exterior of the meat are ground up into the center, where they can grow and multiplied, so one company started using ammonia. that meet would be mixed with other meat, and simply reduce the risk for other countries. i think c

and the e coli outbreak continues. a u.s. congressman is resigning after extending in inappropriate picture of themselves to a young woman. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up, the vivian authorities are accused of manipulating the media after presenting this in the nato bombing attack. many people are evacuated from central and southern china after heavy flooding. ♪ ♪ four weeks, the violence has been building in syria. 120 members of the security force have been reported killed in daily battles of the northwestern town. troops in the town have been unleashing a deadly assault on anti-government protesters for days. here is our middle eastern correspondent. >> syrian tv has been showing this. they have been demanding protection saying they have been attacked from snipers on rooftops. state tv said security men were killed after they tried to help out. they also have been showing a video designed to back the regime's consistent message that it is dealing with an armed insurrection. by all reports from syria, the forces --

takes another blow arch mistaken the german accusations that spanish vegetables caused the deadly e. coli outbreak sent the country's exports into a nosedive. and about as i heard of shooting a prominent russian journalist on a political scheme to thousand and six has been charged with murder investigators claim to have enough evidence to prove the chain fugitive pulled the trigger. hello and welcome to the program this is aussie's weekly review and you're nashville thanks for joining us this week rats could not it has made his first court appearance at the hague crimes tribunal after sixteen years on the run but the former bosnian serb general refused to enter a plea to eleven accounts of genocide and mass murder during the bosnian war in the one nine hundred ninety s. it claimed a long list of genocide charges against him were most true and of noxious meanwhile prosecutors in serbia were under a mission from the un for abuse or to question lodged. as a potential witness in their own investigation into crimes so i committed against sabs you said his extradition to the hague was kate's ag

battling e. coli, russia bans european vegetables. as 18 are killed by a new strain of a deadly bacteria. standoff in sanaa, yemen security forces struggle to keep control of the capital. as thousands of tribesmen pour in from the mountains. and off and running. mitt romney makes it official. he's in the presidential race. so why is sarah palin stealing the spotlight? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe a new highly toxic strain of e. coli is to blame for the food poisoning that's killed 18 in europe and sickened over a thousand more. global health officials are racing to contain the illness which is centered on germany but they still don't know where the outbreak actually comes from. the bbc's david shukman has the story. >> this is the frontline against the battle with the back tier -- bacteria. this e. coli emerged from a source that's unknown. these are nervous times. >> there is a fear among the staff says this intensive care nurse. there are patients the same age as our children and nobody knows where t

it's the deadlist e-coli happening riiht now in europe. and sometime today..everal days of speculation.. infection.german scientists are expecting definitive test results about which foods are c. contaminated.so far.. 22 of them got sick after eating at this germmn restaurant. originally.. scientists suspected lettuce.. cucumbers and tomatoes.but now it lloks likk .. bean sprouts could be the probblm. u.s. officials say this issa european strain, aad our vegetabbes here should be safe. buu ii there anything we can do to ensure thht? joel d. smith is live just outside our studios in north baattmore with the answers straight from the grill. good morning joel d. so you think you can sing? sing?it's our monster jjm star-spangled sing ff.go to our website foxbaltimore dot com ann upload a video of yourself singing tte nattonal anthem..ou could win a hance to sing the star spangled banner when monsttr jam ccmes to m & t bank stadium oo july coming up... it's all greek to me!find out where you can enjoy...food...ffn... and music.. all while learning about greek cultu

the deadliest outbreak of e. coli ever. it started over in europe. but there's now suspected cases here in america. so, the question this morning, how worried should we be? >> a lot of concern about that. >>> also this morning, a completely different level. what happens when you take dan's two fields of expertise, religion and animals, and combine them into one? you get the monks of new skete, a monastery where monks are having amazing success training pups. we'll meet these spiritual dog whisperers who use divine intermention to make these pooches as angelic as can be. of course, that's coming up in the show. >>> we begin with disgraced presidential hopeful, john edwards and court charges he used $1 million of campaign funds to hide an affair during his 2008 white house run. now, the former star of the democratic party is fighting back. and bob woodruff has more from chapel hill, north carolina. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. for weeks now, the negotiations has been going back and forth between john edwards' lawyers and the de

not &pdefinitively prove that thh bacteria behind the deadliist e-coli outbreak in hissory...ccme from bean sprout farm in northern germmny.theebban sproots were suspected of causing the outbreak after sciennists found that mosstof visited thh area.moreetesting - will be done on the sprouts phough.. and thee arm is still being invessigated.mooeethan two thousann people have gotten sickkin the last feww a nee business .. the first of itsskind on the east coast ... is now open in the seton hhll neighbbrhood. tte staff there hopes you neeer have to come in.... but if you do ever need this children's ospice..... they'll be reaay. joel dd.smith is live &pat "dr. bob's place". good morniig joel d. 3 good morningg atrice, (ad lib) 3 33 3 p,3 this is a leeson a ssudent won't soon forget...a florida high school teacher wonnt face charges ... even thhugh she punched a student.sandra hadsook was caught oo a a figgt with a boy... who she says called her a vulgar name. the video aapears to show her striking he studenttfirst.she was aarested and placed on &pinnefinite leavv. but... prosecut