during the military operation in southern colombia, the fark executed four other hostages, all of them members of the security forces who were held for at least 12 years. human rights groups have said it could amount to a war crime. one of the hostages, jose martinez, had never met his son, and his wife was six months pregnant when he was kidnapped. his now-teenage boy spoke directly. >> fark, you broke my dreams of meeting my father and hugging each for her, for which i have been waiting 13 years, 11 months, and five days. i've been praying to god for my dad to be liberated, but the chains of his kidnap be broken. i never expected that you would kill him. >> colombia's president said the farq actions should be condemned around the world. some family members are angry at the government, too, for deciding to mount the military operation. conscious of the farq's republican tuesday for brutality with at least 14 other security personnel still in the rebel hands, the government will have to carefully weigh up any future attempt at rescue. >> the talks from iraq say 11 people have been kill

was ignored by the court was defense says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real farkmembers and all he was trying to do was sell to all cargo planes we could appeal to this judge. that the verdict was rendered against the weight of the evidence that we could also proceed to the united states court of appeals but with the vigor with which boot was brought to the u.s. experts like george map who has attended every hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely to the magic crimes manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured evidence here operation relentless you know basically i think. america right. any means necessary the journalist says is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play but i feel that victor in this particular charges that were brought against him that he is innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man. russian citizen british who are trying to be you know sentence right for chemical crime tributes wife says the u.s. is the criminal in this case that the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized provocation

conspiring to use them acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark the forty four year old russian air cargo businessman fascinated hollywood one of our. requests. are we on the other eleven. booed lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of. right and you've got him in your hand spray he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as park members a colombian group and terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the u.n. met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by type courts the u.s. reportedly plea dirty arm twisting in thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradited marshall kidnapping

thailand in two thousand and eight and is now being charged with conspiring to cooperate with the fark rebels which are deemed terrorist by the united states and not by the united nations russia or thailand by the way the people he was dealing with were actually covert special agents and not. group members by any means so that's sort of one of the things that's been reason eyebrows in this case that of course the fact that he was really snatched away by the u.s. in the middle of the night like in a hollywood movie from thailand to the u.s. even though thai courts found him not guilty twice and his papers continued to separately still remain in thailand so the way he was brought here and basically you know hunted down for so long it's really unclear why the u.s. would spend tens of millions of dollars on this one man and i know this case has been one of q are three major cases that we've been focused on another one is that constantine yarn. talk a little bit about you know the two cases and some of the main points here going on here. you know. it was a great example to bring up because

in colombia troops have killed a top fark rebel commander delivering another severe blow to latin america's longest running guerrilla insurgency alfonso cano died during a military air and ground assault a reward of nearly four million dollars offered for information leading to his capture the sixty three year old took over as head of the rebel group in two thousand and eight with cove. it is clearly six people have been killed and several missing after a flash flood struck the port city of genoa a week after torrential rain storm ravaged nearby coastal areas to the victims include two children and a woman who was apparently crushed by cars being carried by fast moving floodwater emergency officials warned residents not to leave their homes or to move to higher ground as two rivers burst their banks it's the second delusion as many weeks with warnings the worse is yet to come. one of the top u.s. commanders in afghanistan has been sacked for making disparaging comments about the afghan political leadership general peter for the president karzai and his staff were quote isolated from reality

news for you this hour the top commander of colombia's revolutionary armed forces has been killed fark leader alfonso cano died during a military air and ground assault a reward of nearly five million dollars was offered for information leading to his capture fifty three all took over latin america's last remaining rebel group in two thousand and eight after the death of its co-founder. all forty five surviving miners have been rescued from a chinese coal mine more than thirty six hours after a cave in the accident which killed eight was caused by a small earthquake fifty kilometers away china's coal mines are the worst deadliest safety has improved in recent years. syrian security forces times have been shelling the city of homs despite agreeing to withdraw from urban areas under an arab league peace deal at least nineteen were killed and dozens wounded in the latest anti government crackdown doctors claiming more than one hundred twenty bodies were brought to hospitals in the past three days there's doubt over whether the arab league plan can end the months of bloodshed. flash floods

and ls are fark its economist at athens university greece remains a liberal democracy on the other hand it is also true that greece has lost its national sovereignty just like it heads under the ignition we're now going sixty seven now i'm sorry for it electorate has lost confidence in this governing abuse government but it is also true that it lost confidence in the whole of the political spectrum the old political person now has lost legitimacy in his vision while we have this government because it was the month that the europeans and the vatican european commission space it really isn't a crisis when things are tough and then and have to be sorry. google here just like all those tony abbott has been all out for the last year and a half. almost the mathematical term and to fairly and even forwards there you go her own without even anyone nor the hope of some new group in. either the net grazes all in the ordinary people. but a small international stories in brief for you. a far better nursing home in sydney australia has killed at least three of its own the residents rescue efforts we

news for you this hour the top commander of colombia's revolutionary armed forces has been killed fark leader alfonso cano died during a military air and ground assault a reward of nearly five million dollars was offered for information leading to his capture the fifty three year old took over a lot in america's last remaining rebel group in two thousand and eight deaths of its co-founder. gun attacks in nigeria northeastern city of dumba to have left dozens dead and at least one hundred injured the attackers targeted a number of police stations and several churches it comes after similar raids were carried out in another city nearby for which islamist militants were blamed. all forty five surviving miners have been rescued from a chinese coal mine at more than thirty six hours after a cave in the accident which killed eight was caused by a small earthquake fifty kilometers away trying as coal mines or the deadliest of the world although safety house improved in recent years. syrian security forces have been the shelling of the city of homs despite agreeing to withdraw from urban areas

colombia's largest rebel group the fark leader regrowing on the better known as is accused of being behind some of the group's most notorious attacks and kidnapping rains box previous leader was killed two weeks ago in a massive i think you know ration. of. cholera has broken out in the world's largest refugee camp which is in ten year houses at least half a million people the outbreak is thought to have started among your rivals from somalia and have picked up the infection alston's unsafe while fleeing to safety and somali refugees fled the country somewheres and. well in a few minutes time we'll look at the environmental catastrophe that's dividing a swathe of oklahoma that's a business update with. well for one welcome to the program the eurozone is on the brink of recession its economy grew just point two percent in the third quarter but the comets offering only a slim prospect of growth in the next two quarters compounding the problem spanish and italian bond yields are rising despite a new prime minister in rome and the approval of more cuts but there's been some better than expecte

colombia's largest rebel group the fark has chosen its leader.on the brain and estimate is accused of being behind some of the group's most notorious attacks and kidnapping raids rocks previously it was killed two weeks ago an aggressive and computer operation. judy the sun is making a last ditch effort against extradition from britain to sweden wiki leaks founder wants to overturn a high court ruling descendant of a sex crime allegations which he denies assad has been under house arrest for nearly a year that is going charged in support of sets of politically motivated when he was a student lancing confidential diplomatic data. now russian the sole use of space craft a crew of three has arrived at the international space station after a two day journey capsule doctor that i assess about two hours ago and artie's piece all of it is watching the mission for us a meter of docking is always a tricky maneuver so has everything been going according to plan so far well that's right the docking has gone according to plan in fact they were able to talk n

ignored by the court what's different says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fark members and all he was trying to do was sell to all the cargo planes we could appeal to this judge. that the verdict was rendered against the weight of the evidence that we could also proceed to the united states court of appeals but with the vigor with which booth was brought to the u.s. experts like george now who has attended ivory hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely we're the magic crimes manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured evidence relentless was you know basically the cat's record brings america. right. necessary the journalist says is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play a field of victor and to take the charges that were brought against him that he's innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man or whether it be russian citizen because we were troika. centers right or crying at the troops why should you worse that is a criminal in this case. the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized probation organize

in colombia troops are killed the top fark rebel commander delivering another severe blow to latin america's longest running guerrilla insurgency alfonso cano died during a military air and ground assault a reward of nearly four million dollars was offered for information leading to his capture and sixty three year old took over as head of the rebel group in two thousand and eight after the death of its co-founder. in italy at least six people have been killed and several missing after a flash flood struck the port city of genoa week after drenching rain storms ravaged other nearby coastal areas now the victims include two children and a woman who was pretty crushed by cars that were carried down by fast moving floodwater emergency officials warned residents not to leave their homes and move to higher ground if they can as two rivers burst their banks as well it's the second deluge of many weeks with warnings the worst is yet to come. as the occupy protest movement grips the u.s. for a second month opinions are divided over some of its aims some of them want a tax hike for rich americans who

special agents posing as members of fark so certainly something that the united states has a great practice in and interestingly in this case one of the mean witnesses against which your boot was a man from the drug enforcement agency who is said to be one of the highest paid informants in the united states so us certainly a big operation to try to make sure this man goes to prison here in the u.s. very briefly looking ahead you said we should be keeping our eyes out for both an appeal by the defense attorney for victim and after that and the french and think race is that correct that's absolutely right we'll have to see if in the next thirty days the defense team which they are planning to do will file an appeal although unlikely it looks quite unlikely that this is something that's going to change the outcome of destiny at this point since the verdict did come down rather quickly and it seems like on february eighth we'll find out exactly what kind of term future we will be serving behind bars again from twenty five to a life spent a lifetime behind bars here in the u.s. prison we do appr

can get his hands on surface-to-air missiles and he can ship them to colombia where the rebel group farkse them to shoot down helicopters. lawyers claim it was a charade and he really only wanted to sell cargo planes. viktor bout will be sentenced sn her. >> she pleaded the fifth 6-0 times. a woman named zanida gonzalez is suing her. a nanny by that same name had taken her daughter kayly. casey anthony made that story up. the jury that acquitted her of killing caylee convicted her of lying to law enforcement officers. only have attorney's attorney say she had known her daughter was dead all along of the real gonzalez claims she lost her job and her home and got death threats because of casey anthony's lies. lindsay lohan has one week before she will go directly to jail. that's the ruling today from a judge in los angeles who sentenced the troubled star to 30 days in the slammer for violating her probation. the judge warned lindsay lohan if she doesn't follow the orders this time those 30 days in jail would become 300 and house arrest is not an option. there is more community service on t