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general vo nguyen giap was slightly built, but his accomplishments were huge. he is remembered for using guerilla tactics to defeat u.s. and french force, despite his lack of formal military training. for a hero the government held a 2-day state funeral. the carriage carrying his coffin went through the streets. he will be remembered as the man who made vietnam who it is today. >> i don't know what to say. the only words i will say is i feel sorry. >> up to now uncle ho and general giap are in the hearts of the people. i'm touched now. >> the general has been buried in central vietnam. a place that will become a source of national pride. >> still to come on al jazeera newshour. a dying profession. why the writing is on the wall for rwanda's street. in sport - ununwelcome record in baseball. we have sport in 15 minutes. >>> again, you are watching al jazeera newshour with david foster. these are the top stories - people in eastern india are cleaning up after the worst storm in 14 years. at least three people so far have been reported killed. the leader of odisha

as giap, lead more than 100 years. he has a long way to go before we count him out. he has resources we cannot imagine. >> this friday, and his political community has been lifted by the committee. >> the committee's proposal to the assemblies to vote. >> it is not even a sure thing -- >> it was in secret. now until the day of the vote, he can buy all of the votes he needs. for suere, he is defeated, he is in trouble, but not that. -- not dead. >> i was shocked that you would accept gia -- mix up giap and berlusconi. do you think we have seen him last gasp of political bunga in italy? >> it is a long way to go. still an empire. do not forget the power of berlusconi. he owns en empire. so it is going to be, pretend. he does not to win to have staying power. to rule is money and it's power and he will do it for a long time. >> there was an italian prime minister who wielded enormous power and he wound up having to flee the country. he lived in exile in tunisia. do you agree with antonio that we will not see that happen to berlusconi? >> berlusconi said that himself. th

vo nguyen giap was the last of vietnam's old guard revolutionaries. in 1954, at dien bien phu, giap effectively ended more than 70 years of french colonial rule. he went on to fight american forces, and ultimately conquered south vietnam after the u.s. withdrew. more than a million of his own troops died in the process. vo nguyen giap was 102 years old. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": the tragic tale of migrants fleeing the african continent; the digital currency known as bitcoin; twitter goes public; the man who saved the government $1 billion. plus, david brooks and e.j. dionne. >> woodruff: we return now to italy where after thursday's migrant boat shiprwreck, hundreds are feared dead and search efforts have been suspended. we have a report narrated by jonathon rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: they came to europe fleeing war and poverty and ended up nearly drowning, tantalizingly close to the mediterranean shore. italy's coast guard rescued these two african migrants, but it's reckoned more than 300 may not have s

general giap's tactics were crucial. the ho chi minh trail brought supplies.the jungle, the americans face an enemy that seem to be everywhere and yet invisible. facts he was very much a man of the people. -- >> he was very much a man of the people. i think that earned him respect among vietnamese and certainly his military prowess earned him respect among the western opponents that he faced. at a his victory came price. by the time the vietnam war ended in 1975, 3.5 million soldiers and civilians were dead. paul adams, bbc news. vietnam'sfigure in history dies. now to a problem of plenty. for those who harvest the seas, a big catch is usually a blessing. but in maine the abundance of lobsters has turned into a large headache. the catches up sixfold. lobstermenhat steadily.s fallen we went to maine to talk to those caught by this dilemma. >> out of the depths comes crustacean treasure. for decades now rent oliver and his crew have pulled lobsters from these waters. today many boats have returned to port because of rough seas, crewents -- brent and his remain.

north vietnamese general bo nguyen giap was believed to be 102 years old. he was a fearsome military commander. his armies defeated first the french and then repelled american forces over a 30-year period. millions fought under the hard line communist and a million men died in his command. in recent years many of the american warriors he faced made the pilgrimage to vietnam to meet the aging general. >>> an electronics company called tweeter suddenly has a lot of investors though it went bankrupt in 2011. it's close enough to twitter to mistake the two. the real twitter, of course, is about to sell stock through an ipo. now some investors have accidentally invested into something else entirely. by the way, we have been digging into the twitter ipo by the numbers. we have it all on the website for you tonight. >>> when we come back, an icon, tony bennett, deciding to give back the best way he knows how. >>> finally tonight, how about a positive end ing after the week we have had. as we get ready to kick off our we have had. as we get ready to kick off our an

general giap's tactics were crucial. the ho chi minh trail brought supplies.the jungle, the americans face an enemy that seem to be everywhere and yet invisible. facts he was very much a man of the people. -- >> he was very much a man of the people. i think that earned him respect among vietnamese and certainly his military prowess earned him respect among the western opponents that he faced. at a his victory came price. by the time the vietnam war ended in 1975, 3.5 million soldiers and civilians were dead. paul adams, bbc news. vietnam'sfigure in history dies. now to a problem of plenty. for those who harvest the seas, a big catch is usually a blessing. but in maine the abundance of lobsters has turned into a large headache. the catches up sixfold. lobstermenhat steadily.s fallen we went to maine to talk to those caught by this dilemma. >> out of the depths comes crustacean treasure. for decades now rent oliver and his crew have pulled lobsters from these waters. today many boats have returned to port because of rough seas, crewents -- brent and his remain.

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we are at war, but you remind me of general giap's remarks about the u.s. involvement in vietnam.we may kill more of their soldiers, but eventually we will tire of the war. the fact of the matter is that budgets are down, sequestration is the law of the land. how much longer can the u.s. afford to be fighting all these wars against an enemy that will continue to respond as long as we are prosecuting these efforts? it seems that we have a limited amount of money, but our prosecution needs ever more amounts. >> in this case i disagree very strongly. how much longer can we prosecute this war? as long as it takes. this is not vietnam, some domino theory abstraction. this is a group of people who as we sit here today are trying to figure out how to kill as many of us as possible. we need to figure out how to stop them. the good news is, it is not quite as expensive as you describe. what we learned in the last decade, full-scale, 100,000 troop invasions are expensive and not a successful way to prosecute this war. if we build partner capacity, maintain intel, it is cheaper than people r