it has been a great year. investors are confident about earnings growth in 2011 as well as the prospect of higher equity prices and dividends. the dax rose 16% while the smaller cap mdax soared. asian stocks were mixed. traders cracked open the bubbly to mark the end of the year at the frankfurt stock exchange. germany emerging faster than expected from the recession. celebrations also as trading closed the year on a high note. the index of market heavyweights jumped 22% this year. >> the 2010 stock market posted higher than expected gains as the u.s. supplied liqdity and the european debt crisis has not caused big trouble. >> ony the floor in tokyo, traders applauded the end of 2010. the nikkei lost a loss in january. there were hoping for a turnaround next year. >> in germany, it has been a great year for the dax] index even if it weakened in the last days of trading. our correspondent seentnt us this summary. >> the dax lost 2%. a lot of traders have been happy with the result this by the week's loss in the

it has a rear-cleaning, cleaning, stopped cleaning. it has a heated sea. it has a blow dryer. it has a deodorizer. and you can't flush the toilet with a push of the remote. >> ice cube maker, everything. look at that thing. and this is a little more conventional. >> these are the more conventional u.s. type of toilets where you can actually see the trap passageway on the side. >> tell us what goes in where and how does it come out. >> the bull has the water right here, and when it flushes, it fills up around this curve here, and it basically creates a siphon. >> so here we have passage through to the bottom. i do not know if people have ever seen the bottom of one of these. there is. we have a couple of holes here that are for mounting. usually, there is a flange on the floor. we do not have that here. then, we use a wax seal, something like this. >> is has a little cover on the wax, but it has a throat that sits down in the pipe, and this wax seals it's down there to make the seal on the floor. >> right. you do not want to take this off and stick it on because it is unbelieva

blake edwards has died at the age of 88. hello to the founder of wikileaks has been freed from prison in london hours after prosecutors lost a second attempt to keep him in custody. he still faces a legal process tech could last months. sweden wants him extradited after months of sexual assault. the u.s. government wants him indicted for leaking classified information. >> he has won this battle, but not yet the war. this remains likely that the swedes will in the end to get their way. julian assange had himself a moment of celebration. >> it is great to smell the fresh air of london again. first, some thank you is to all of the people around the world who had faith in me, who have supported my team all i have been away. my lawyers, who have put up a brave and ultimately successful fight. >> nine days in prison has only enhanced his standing amongst his admirers who see him as a human rights champion persecuted for his activities. many, especially in america, when him jailed for treason. here, he hasn't gotten a long list of

central bank has left its key interest rate near 0, where it has been for the past two years.n the closely watched statement accompanying the decision, the fed said it anticipates a gradual return for a new art -- to a more normal economy, but progress toward its objectives has been disappointingly slow. it is therefore move ahead with more quantitative easing and will pump another $600 billion into the u.s. economy through the purchase of long-term treasurys. germany's institute has raised its forecast for gdp growth in germany. that is historically low interest rates which drive-in assessments and falling unemployment continue to support domestic demand. germany's of its biggest postwar recession in two dozen 9, but it emerged faster than expected from the slump and has now left most of the eurozone company's trailing in its wake. consumers in europe's biggest economy are now more confident about e future, and they're spending accordingly. >> german retailers are already feeling the shopping mood. revenu are growing slowly but steadily. the institute predicts the trend will

this family has been hit hard.his unemployed couple has come to a charity to pick up their weekly food parcel, without which there would be unable to feed their four children properly. >> right now, the cost of living in estonia is lower than elsewhere in europe. when we all have the same currency, our prices will rise to level with the rest of the euro zone. >> after years of fiscal prudence, estonia, one of europe's poor states, may have to bailout richer, less disciplined governments. >> now we are practically in the same votes as greek people, irish people. we have these bad bankers. >> but for many estonians, the euro is up proud sign that after 20 years of independence from the soviet union, they have not only arrived in the west, but they have outperformed it. bbc news. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." the disputed presidential election in the ivory coast has cost 170 lives in a week according to the united nations. every embassy in rome is running urgent security checks. explos

she has been told not to leave.and a state visit aimed at strengthening aid and reducing tension between india and china. kit there is the presence of the dalai lama in india and the chinese close relations with pakistan. ghana has become an oil- producing nation. they open the valves on a floating platform. the field is estimated to contain more than 1 billion barrels of crude. "fintime" magazine has named mak jacques rogge." mark zuckerberg as the time man of the year. stay with us on bbc news. still to come -- >> off of the coast, looking at haute trying to manage the tides of the refugees from somalia. note >> first though, police in greece have clashed with protesters during a general strike in athens against government austerity measures. the foreign minister was chased and beaten by a crowd. the report is disturbing. >> these were some of the most vicious clashes seen increase in the year of austerity and financial crisis. -- seen in greece in this year of austerity in financial crisis. the minister was chase

the pledge to rule by decree ha, ha the supporter criticized anyone has and the revolutionary. the president himself has asked congress to grant emergency powers saying he needs them to deal with the aftermath that have left tens of thousands homeless. it went overwhelmingly his way. the final vote on thursday -- in january, it made way for a crop of lawmakers, including many more from the opposition. >> this assembly does not have ethics or morals or the legitimacy to approve this law. many venezuelans haunt you change the assembly because it no longer represents the people. >> the president goes the critics accuse him of bureaucracy held using his powers to bypass the new and potentially hostile congress. he remains as polarizing as ever. the student protests had the chaos come under attack. opponents worry that home to much in the hands of one man cannot be good. >> in spain, the man that shot and killed four people, the first victims were father and son. the 57-year-old who drove where he killed mroe. -- more. violence between students and police in the turkish capital, the

euro star has cleared its backlog. transport operators are under find -- under fire from the european transport commission. they have called this destruction unacceptable. >> at frankfurt airport they were having some -- having to manufacture the christmas cheer. the anger mounted. at first people were inclined to blame the weather. now they are questioning the way the system is run. >> nothing works here. no one knows where to go. you go to a counter and they send you to the next counter. >> as the plane scattered snow on the tarmac, airport authorities from numerous countries blame the weather. but the european commission says it may change the law and force airports to maintain minimal service during sameer weather. >> airports must get serious about planning for this kind of severe weather conditions. we have been -- we have seen snow is not such an exceptional circumstance. >> many argue that should be extended to other parts of the transport system. at brussels, trains were getting through but quit some of the de

has begun to cut subsidies. in the past 30 years, the state has provided cheap energy and cheap food for all of its citizens. the country's population has grown. the economy is in bad shape. the government decided it can no longer afford to provide subsidies. >> we should support the government. we will still benefit once been the problems are dealt with. we should understand -- we will still benefit once the problems are dealt with. we should understand we cannot keep considering like this. >> there was no consultation. the money they deposited into our camp was just one side of the story. we do not know by how much by prices are going to rise -- the money deposited into a recounts was just one side of the story. -- into our accounts. >> this is the greatest change in their economy in half a century, but it will not happen in one go. it will take five years to get rid of this subsidies entirely. james reynolds, bbc news. >> authorities in iran have sentenced the internationally acclaimed filmmaker to six years

there has been enormous erosion.s woman is showing these tree nursery employees how to the aim is to protect the environment. >> this area was covered with shrubs. we planted this area for the purpose of minimizing erosion. >> the residences are doing their bit as well, at least those that have a watch and supply. for every cubic meter, they paid the equivalent of 2 cents to the tree cultivation project. this means more trees to store water in the ground and find co2. >> this is a big step towards selling climate change. -- slowing climate change. we now go to argentina. at 4,000 meters above sea level, even summer can get frosty. it is cold and locals have to heat a lot. they use this bush for fuel, a plant carrying vast areas of the region. the supply has dwindled. -- from germany is helping the local steel was scarce fuel supplies. he works for an argentinian aid organization which is equipping the villagers with solar technology. it means that they can use the energy from the sun for cookie. >> this instrument me

ha. -- on leland avenue. which is going to nearly double the population in the next few years. bring it in with the other city developer's funds. supervisor maxwell: next speakers. >> i am part of the visitation planning alliance had also on the committee. i am here to think supervisor maxwell for your work and support on this issue. this has been a largely minority working-class neighborhood. we lack the political and economic clout. we pay taxes just the same and need the same kind of services. we appreciate the ordinance that will help pay for those much needed services and help revitalize our community. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am on the board of the planning alliance. i am on the visitation valley redevelopment area cac. they are bringing a huge influx of population that will be sharing infrastructure which is shamefully inadequate for the existing population. we already don't have what we need there. that helps remedy the situation by paying for groups including the new library. it h

it has no democratic legitimacy. it has expertise. when the british look across your system, it looks like you have two arms of government to oppose each other. >> if our president selects the treasury secretary, she goes before congress and has to be approved. hear, who decided who would be the chancellor of the exchequer? it would not have mattered if the whole of the conservative party and the nation were against it, the prime minister appoints his cabinet. >> you have a coalition government for the first time since when? >> there was a coalition government in the 1930's of a kind. then of course, during the second world war. aning the 1970's, we had arrangement between parties. they have been weak kneed things. no one has any real experience with a willing coalition between to quite strong parties, when joined together, when their forces are joined, they more or less agree with each other on policy. this is a healthy coalition. they can not only carry on for five years, but also the next election. >> i am a member of the conservat

mark doyle, bbc news. >> a court in an glut has sentenced a congolese man to 15 years -- in angola has sentenced a congolese man to 15 years. the government opened fire in a northern province, killing two people. attack was claimed by separatist rebels. four chinese nationals and a south african are due to stand trial in south africa for the seizure of the exotic shellfish. ed this trade result in millions of dollars every year. it has been linked to chinese triads and international drug gangs. we have this report. >> major does not get much better than less. the shores -- nature does not get much better than this. the shores of the western cape, where if you were lucky, you can see all whale or even two. but this tv spot is a crime scene -- beauty spot is a crime scene. we are on the hunt for poachers, men who hunt the exotic shellfish of east asia illegally. we have had at about that a gang of diverse has been spotted just off the coast. we are trying to track them down. [siren] >> you in the boat. come here. >> as we approach, they ignore us. with thick seaweed slowing our patrol bo

its many supporters and it has its money to trucked. everybody lines up to their particular. more news analysis is always available on our web site that's r.t. dot com just a taste of what's online through right now. america's most media as we use outlets don't fail is that an innocent hotbed of terrorism in the country become like a possible front the us. and shocking footage of over a million chicks on the russian from dumped into barrels and left out in the cold to die it's a nerve nationwide the prosecutor's office is being urged to open an inquiry into unimproved mortality don't know. russian investigators say they won't comment on the criticism of their draft report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president kaczynski and ninety five others the station said pilot error was to blame poland has said the findings into the states in southwest russia on acceptable. also has reportedly sent over one hundred fifty pages pointing out the flaws in the private aviation expert crissy eight says the russian investigation was

it has an impact in the other. no matter how far apart our world can seem, there are connections between this and the matter. -- they matter. getting closer can bring both bad and good. our sense of shared humanity allows us to reach out to help. it can make it easier for us to be harmed or to cause harm. in the end, it is self-interest that may drive is closer together. >> more tomorrow. japanese manga comics are known for their blend of fantasy and romance. lonely heroes practicing violence. one features two heroes who travel the world tasting wine. >> in france, he is a little- known wine maker who has been tending his fines for 400 years. fords family's vines for years. in japan, he is a cult figure. the unlikely hero of a manga comic strip. after the screening of the tv version, he was forced to suspend sales. he had sold everything. >> we were scared of the speculation. ethically, our first reaction is we were going to be finished. retail and distributors will be pillaged. ng left. nothi8n >> the cartoons rec

the gentleman from alabama has 6 1/2 minute the gentlelady from california has nine minutes. mr. scott: i yield the balance of the time to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 2 1/4 minutes. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. like many members of the house, i have long considered charlie rangel a friend and great public servant. but that is not before us now. we must now consider a report from the ethics committee finding that mr. rangel violated the rules of the house and recommending he be censured for that. i do not disagree he violated the rules of the house in serious way bus under our standards and precedence, his error demands a reprimand, not a censure. some sanction is necessary and appropriate but we should demand a reprimand not a censure. censure has been reserved for corruption, personal corruption, an attempt to gain money, or sexual misconduct. none of that is present here. you heard the discussion of people who were censured for personal financial gain, for bribery, for lying to the committee, and peopl

this calendar has recipes.he designer has won several prizes for this. >> the challenge is to combine tradition and modern design aspects to make it something that is still relevant to everyday life today. it has to make people want to buy such a traditional thing like an advent calendar for themselves are as a gift. -- or as a a gift. >> this tower of gift boxes can be filled with 24 treats. you open the lid rather than doors. instead of sweets, this contains a proverb for each day. ♪ advent calendars are more popular than ever in germany. sales have been increasing steadily since the 1990's. last year, around 70 million were sold. still, some people prefer to make their own. >> i'm putting one together myself. i bought the gives. it is going to be a little potted christmas tree with 24 presence hanging on it. >> my aunt made one for me yourself. she has packed it with all kinds of things, but i do not know what yet. >> the advent calendar was invented in germany to help children through the wait for christmas

the recovery has begun. but clearing the backlog and the streets will take time and patience. >> also in washington is our correspondent his as the storm is now moving but slowly. >> it appears the worst has passed now. we heard from michael bloomberg, the mayor of new york, with new york 50 centimeters of snow dumped on the city. he expects the worst is past. the storm is still inching up the northeast coast and forecasters predict the rest of the week will be quite nice. in terms of the worst, it may have passed, but officials are dealing with the aftermath. >> new york, boston, all areas used to cold weather, but the sheer volume of snow is difficult to prepare for. >> there is only some much planning you can do when you talk about 50 centimeters of snow landing in a metropolitan area. the mayor of new york, just to add to more information, said they put contingency plans in place and their advice is the only make it very necessary journeys. the hundreds of people on the streets overnight in anticipation

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talking to troops on a mission that has entered its ninth year but has little popularity among americans>> this part of the world is the center of a global effort or we're going to disrupt and dismantle and defeat al qaeda and its extremist allies. and that is why you're here. >> it planned helicopter trip to kabul to meet afghan president hamid karzai had to be cancelled due to the bad weather. he and obama spoke on the telephone instead. it has been a year since the president launched his new afghanistan strategy, raising troop levels by 30,000. but washington is planning on slowly drawing down its forces as early as next july. >> in ivory coast, the top legal body declared the incumbent president e winner of the disputed westafrican country's presidential election. the un has rejected the announcement and says results showed the rival won the race. soldier attacked the main city in an attempt to force the leader out. >> the opposition was shocked at the outcome. despite a solid majority for their candidate, the constitutional council declared the other candidate the winner. supporters

someone has no income, something catastrophic has happened. the system is not properly sorting those. as a result, we have a lot of what i call unnecessary foreclosures. in some cases, the homeowners are not even in the -- in default or the default was servicer-caused. in other cases, the homeowner is in default, but everybody would benefit from a loan modification of some kind. we need to get the system right. one of the most important ways to do that is to end what has been a system of parallel processing, loss mitigation, and foreclosures. once your loan is in trouble, the computer systems in one part of the servicing organization -- sometimes it is different subcontractors involved. the computer starts sending you a variety of letters at different times, telling you how much trouble you are in at any given moment. at the same time as the right hand is doing that, the left in somey be engaging loss mitigation, how to do a loan modification, how the foreclosure can be avoided. problem is the right and left hands are not talking to each other

this has been taken advantage of by a quarter million of our citizens whereas the housing market haseen given an incentive which is important in this post crisis period. starting next year this regulation has to become permanent. the main path of overcoming the democratic oppression is to increase the number of families of three or more children. recently i saw an interesting bit of information on the internet that concerns the territory where they were holding an interesting social advertising campaign that i think is very attractive. which of our famous russians happened to be born as the swede? anton chekhov, yuri deron, without these great individuals, without their creativity and achievement this world would be a different place. humanity would be for morally and culturally and from the perspective of culture. i believe for large families the most favored nation regime has to be set up in certain regions as far as i know when a family has a third child a decision has been made to provide free of charge a plot of land so they can build a country house or their primary residence,

it says it has come to the attention that the transbay transit center contract has an apparent low bidder that has not met the contractual stipulated sbe participation. yet, the second place team has exceeded the percentage of participation required, of which 5% corresponds with an african american subcontractor. as for the letter of november 10, 2010, to the trans bay joint powers authority, the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce is concerned about the gross lack of for dissipation of african-american firms in your program. we would ask that the tjpa prior to awarding this contract demonstrate a commitment to the diversity programs. we are further concerned that your waiver of goals further demonstrate again to the agency does not take the sbe dde program seriously. awarding this project to the apparent low bidder who has not met the goals which show that the agency has ignored achievable participation of qualified local endeavors companies, we would hope your agency would send a serious message. sincerely, frederick jordan, president of the chamber. i am a subcontractor,

it has been a true pleasure to work with you and i think our committee has worked very well together in resolving many of the potential conflicts that we have to resolve here at land- use. thank you so much for that. we will miss you. supervisor maxwell: i think land use and our city will be in great hands. i think supervisor mar an -- thank supervisor mar and supervisor chiu. i think we'll be okay. you're a pretty snazzy dresser yourself, supervisor mar. it has been great. thank you. [laughter] is there any further business before this committee? this meeting is adjourned. ♪ la policía realiza operativos de costa a costa... y en todo el país, para detener a quienes no usan el cinturón de seguridad. abróchate el cinturón de seguridad siempre, de día y de noche, o serás multado. no importa quién seas o dónde vivas. ellos están alerta. la policía multa para salvar vidas. abrochado o multado. >> i have to figure out who is here. we were waiting for my chief of staff to finish a phone call. my apologies for being late. we want to create suspense. i am very grateful.

its many supporters and it has its many to truck to is. everybody lines up to their particular. news this hour and a series of a bombing in baghdad one police officer and injured over a dozen iraqi officials say the first blast which exploded in the center was caused by a roadside bomb targeting a passing police patrol too although devices went off in eastern baghdad and in the main shia neighborhoods. twelve people have been arrested in three cities across the u.k. as part of a major anti terror operation the men are aged between seventeen and twenty eight it comes after intelligence agency republican stan the u.s. intercepted plans to strike european cities police a search of the suspects homes for further evidence. freezing weather and severe snow is causing massive disruption to travel across europe the world's busiest international airport london heathrow has been reopened after having been closed for most of the weekend but is operating on a limited flights were also canceled or delayed due to icy conditions in paris frankfurt and. t

the iranian woman's case has attracted worldwide attention has appeared on state television confessing to murdering her husband. she has been shown in a reconstruction of the murder describing her role in detail. it looks like an attempt by the iranian government to bolster its charge she is guilty. with me is our correspondent what should we make of this? >> i think we should make one simple point, this is iran's response to this international campaign to set her free or to make sure she is not condemned to death by stoning. they have made two points. it wanted to show she is guilty of the crimes of murder and adultery. they also wanted to make a second point. they wanted to say iran is not barbaric. stoning is symbolic. >> we talk about a sentence of stunning but officials have been talking about hanging. does this seem this makes a death sentence more likely? >> all we have to go on is the end of the program when it repeated iran's position, which is the case is still going through the courts. there is a chance her life will be saved. human rights groups insist that -- she is still

mr hashem times she has dismissed the reports is baseless and defamatory and has threatened to sue it's another shocking twist in the history of this already troubled region nato and peace keeping in police cars stand guard twenty four hours a day use side of this bridge that divides the serbian and albanian parts of the town of meet the reed said ten years after the end of the cost of the war left the divisions here still run very deep bass with the release of this report people are now saying that they feel about indians and let down by the international community here supposedly charged with protecting them all these years is. a bit. of a. images of deformed fetuses and children eating excrement are causing a heated debate here in russia it's part of a very controversial online campaign aimed at abusing the growing problem of drug and alcohol abuse in the country authorities hope it will discourage youngsters and help addicts see centers would like to warn you that he will find some images in memory of an ocean as a report very disturbing. me to happy mother fall into my she says mas

the planning commission has been quite supportive. they have been following our enforcement strategy with the academy of art with great interest, and they have made it very clear to our department that it is a very high priority. thank you. >> you did say that the environmental review, there was an oct. scoping meeting. what is the next step? >> the scoping meeting had roughly about 22 speakers at that meeting. they expect a draft eir coming out sometime this summer. they actually have a schedule that actually has certification in the fall of this year. thank you. supervisor maxwell: thank you. all right. why don't we open this up to public comment? francisco da costa is the only card i have. there is anyone else, feel free to come up. >> supervisors, i was at the planning commission when this agenda item came. planning presentation is lengthy, but they start to address those rental units that were taken by the university of art, and how are they going to be replaced? what mitigation factor? i know the department of building inspectio

russian president dmitry medvedev has welcomed the u.s.ate decision to ratify the start nuclear arms control treaty. the russian have said the first of three votes on the treaty for friday. the treaty was approved in washington wednesday night after a contentious debate in the u.s. and the vote represents a major victory for president barack obama. >> senate democrats mananad to persuade 13 republicans to vote with them to ratify the start treaty. for president barack obama, a major foreign-policy success. >> this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades. it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals, along with russia. with this treaty, our inspectors will also be back on theground that russian nuclear bases. so we will be about to test and verify. >> it has been nine months since obama and his russian counterpart, dmitry medvedev, signed the treaty. obama pushed hard to have it ratified before a new congress convenes in january. under the agreement, the u.s. and russia commit to reducing their nuclear

wiki leaks the founder of the website meantime is waiting for extradition in a british jail but he has got support from africa over the war. even with unemployment and homelessness in the u.s. a fifteen year high. bonuses early to help the wall street lead to higher taxes next year. while the battle against drugs in afghanistan is intensifying as a new player joins the fight essential drugs quartet has been found in moscow with russia pakistan and all pledging full support to kabul on the sidelines of the meeting to the afghan drug chief and the discussion is coming your way next. i wanted to have million russians are addicted to gun harrowing afghanistan produces ninety percent of the drug a u.n. resolution describes the flow from this central asian country as a threat to international peace and stability here with me today is the afghan counter anacortes minister mr that ahmed us money thank you very much minister for being with me today. thank you i'm glad to talk to you. today the ne a while there more than drugs is about sixty five billion dollars that's five times bigger than the

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has been finding out. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza on border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza war the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sits sail from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aid flotilla failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that earlier attempt left nine activists did since then israel insists things have gotten better there is a humanitarian analysis that we are making on a daily basis which allow us to see a broad picture about the only conditions and the situation in the gaza city upon which moment but gazans complain life is still unbearable. and israel has limited the number of trucks clothes and shoes coming into gaza

ricky martin saca un libro, a semanas. >> no es el punto de congelación. >> a lo mejor el señor no haeadas. >> y para esto lo públican para que vuelva a repuntar. >> nosotros hemos puesto fotografías en la revista, no estas, pero también unas fotos donde sale con el novio >> el libro en preventa y luego ha sido uno de los más leidos del año ricky martin no necesita que salieran estas fotos para que el libro se venda >> y seguramente mi punto de de vista es que no es lo que estaban esperando, necesitan repuntar >> y se los pagaron los 20 millones, eso es un hecho >> las fotografías vistas anteriormente con este hombre a su lado, las persona que son allegados a ellos, han empezado a hablar. >> y te pregunto más, donde se conocieron, viven juntos? >> según nuestra investigacion ellos se conocieron a través de un amigo en común, este amigo le estaba llevando los negocios sobre rentas de propiedades en puerto rico >> ellos coincidieron en un lugar publico como un restaurante o bar. >> y me parece fabuloso, porque todos teníamos la inquietud de qué tipo de hombre conquista a ricky martin y

for a long time, most media coverage has painted a very different picture but the european union has seen a significant drop of illegal immigrants trying to get through the borders. greece was the original point at which they would cross. this report is from 26 officers from all of the european states. >> on patrol with the european union national force. their mission on greece's border with turkey is to stop illegal immigrants. it is not just manpower but technology like this camera taking thermal images across the border which has been crucial. recent footage of migrants caught trying to cross the border is a sign of success but also that greece cannot deal with this on their own. >> the operations will not be the solutions for this problem. there are many things to be done from the greek side, from the east side. we're going to do our utmost to help the greek authorities tackle this problem. >> it is this stretch of land which causes the greatest difficulty for the greek authorities. this is on the farthest edge of the european union. in the distance, i can just make out a mosque

he said, when she has a baby. what he meant was that once she has a child, she would not be able to leave, she would be trapped forever. >> look at me, i am dying inside. jesus christ gave me my daughter. he gave for to me, not to them. in three years, they have seen their daughter just once. coptic christianity is a faith much older than islam but many of the followers of our feeling the increasingly beleaguered in an overwhelmingly -- are feeling increasingly beleaguered in an overwhelmingly islamic society. >> the government is to blame because education is the islamic. they forced children to memorize the koran. if a muslim man harasses a christian girl and she reports into the police, no action will be taken. the police will even harasser themselves. -- harass her themselves. >> it is believed that the government turns a blind eye as young girls are kidnapped and forced into muslim marriages. one woman said that it happened to hurt three years ago. >> -- her three years ago. >> on the 17th of august, declared

there has been innovation that has enhanced investor access.re choices to control how to execute their orders. for the past several years, long-term investor confidence has been challenged by a series of scandals, but the crises, including the crash -- including the flash crash of may 6. regulators must ensure that securities markets are highly competitive and the efficient as well as transparent. it should be, above all else, fehr. today's market structure is far from perfect. the event of may 6 brought to the forefront several inefficiencies in the current market structure. perhaps most significantly it underscores the absence of a mechanism that addresses the ultimate -- volatility of a certain stock level. not surprisingly, the market making mechanisms provided no liquidity to investors in times of market stress. remove stability and volatility from the markets. this is not possible. the volatility related to its efficient market structure would be critical to promoting investor confidence going forward. these issues have been addressed or

a giant christmas tree made entirely of chocolate has been unveiled in france. the monument was molded as part of efforts to raise funds for charity. the tree is a chocolate lover's dream come true. it measures 10 meters in height and weighs about 4 tons. the artfully crafted tree has jagged branches complete with chocolate pine needles and sprinkled with powdered sugar that looks like freshly fallen snow. all the ornaments on the tree are naturally made of chocolate. the chocolatier who fashioned the tree said it was difficult to make the chocolate sturdy enough to prevent the tree from collapsing under its own weight. >> translator: a fir tree ten meters high is technically new architecture and very difficult to build. >> the chocolate tree will be opened to the public on friday. in a charity event to raise funds for people suffering from neuromuscular diseases. people who make donations will later receive a piece of the tree. >>> so that's the sweet story. here's the shocker. it's also about the christmas tree in central japan that's shining brightly this hol

has increased to true. number of fatalities. well you've mentioned that newspapers have new topics to write about one of them is the world cup football championship in twenty eighteen and russia won the right to host it in your opinion what was the advantage russia. why did they give the right to force which for me it's a real trick. well i think that the reasons are very similar to those for white sot she won the right to host the winter olympics. the international federation of association football once football to develop in different parts of the world it's giving the right to host the world championship and to the countries the word has never been held and for justice to neither russia nor eastern europe ever held the world cup championship and that it's a world championship so he was a huge impetus to the development of football in the host country what they did we've seen that in south africa hospital where they built quite a number of new stadiums and sports and other infrastructure at the same will

we have an occasion where someone has filed an appeal or has represented themselves as representing a property, and that is why it is written. but we have no issues with this, with what you're suggesting. i think it has the same meeting, same intent. supervisor alioto-pier: if i may, that request came specifically from the clerk's office, just because it can be very confusing for them, and this was their way of -- just so you know where it came from. supervisor mar: and then, on page 22, there is language that states the new language says the decision or determination made the final and may not be appealed again. that could apply to extensions, right? is it meant to apply new exemptions? >> without the other -- this is stated as a broad situation. language about the exception appeals were taken out of the rest of it, of the ordinance, i do not think it would apply to exemptions. the city attorney can speak to that, but that would be - understanding. supervisor mar: my suggestion would be if there is a way to tighten the language so that it is clear, it might alleviate some of the ques

senate has been well come from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now open a new page of cooperation with the militants president obama did a really good job under rather difficult conditions if you managed to get the senior contributor who's been the senate leader and security for the next few years will be only street and in general i can say that it's easily me to work with the president who you know it's of police you can really listen to him and he is not impeded by stereotypes and what is probably the most important thing for politicians which is he keeps. the russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is. going to have considerably for you were weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand tools nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking to work in hands to provide their security going to check on our team washington d.c. . a

also the club locally has come out in opposition that has environmental working group. the key reason that this needs to be rejected is that, first of all, battlefields themselves, the current ones we already use, are wrecking the planet. since you approved this two years ago, there has been a critical mass of data showing that when you grow battle field crops, even the second generation once, it shifts land use in a way that creates more carbon dioxide, more greenhouse gases, and is devastating economies and the environment all over the place. the air rang it can is going extinct because of the tipping point that have been caused. the key problem with -- the fundamental problem with the darling facility is that the fact we're talking about are not waste. i called darling three weeks ago. every single one of those is used by industries to make paint, cosmetics, animal food, pet food. we shipped the use away from those uses to biodiesel, all of those will go to crop oils to get their fat. they will have no other option. so it will perpetuate and probably make even worse

and assiduously -- and modeled neighbor and has very effectively and assiduously in force -- has been a model neighbor and havs very effectively and assiduously enforced their parking policy. thank you. i am andrea -- >> i am andrea

and assiduously -- and modeled neighbor and has very effectively and assiduously in force -- has been a model neighbor and havs very effectively and assiduously enforced their parking policy. thank you. i am andrea -- >> i am andrea inquist and represent the hoa of market street next to the project. while we are in favor of some development going into the space, our building is strongly opposed to this particular project on environmental and safety grounds we do not feel have been addressed adequately for us to feel comfortable with it. i know we are obviously a little more biased than most people because the project literally wraps around empowers over our building. we have huge concerns other people may not feel are worth addressing. our main concerns at this point are the large-scale excavations of naturally occurring asbestos and the effects of the traffic cuing which have obviously been talked about. in terms of traffic, it has been acknowledged from the planning department that the traffic study did not take to win into account -- not take queuing into account. we have not seen

they arms control has always been sort of the central. pillar of the relationship ever since the cold war is on and that's still the case because the most important thing in the world is these two huge arsenals which dwarf any other countries' arsenals the treaty does allow russians and the us to cooperate war and i think the general. better relationship is good if there's a potential nuclear accident or something like that as we had in one thousand nine hundred five we had good relations back then and i think that really prevented an accidental nuclear war i think this happens on many senate is that they dig in their heels they tried to get up the price on what the administration has to. pay to get the treaty not in physical cash but in programs handed out to their constituents and everything they pretend to be on the line so they can get more playing hard to get and then when the treaty comes they don't want to be seen as having missed a chance for a historic vote on a major treaty and lawrence korb a senior fellow from the public polic

has been attacked. twitter every basically everybody who has somehow been seen as politically opposing wikileaks have been attacked in the past few days. have been supporting wiki leaks by supposedly other people it's very very intense on the net right now. but this cyber war is unlikely to prevent june in the extradition as there is an ulterior motive that's the view of civil rights activist lim hannan. just go look at the fact that how often does it all go off to people and sex related charges it's just i don't they are both be chasing people for your ex all the charges that are related to sexual offenses so i think it's completely politically motivated the swedish prosecutors dropped just this case to months ago right and now they've just picked it back up again up to the last really so i would say there's a very good chance that the american government is behind this one night that no doubt about it because if it definitely if you say she died from sweden to the u.s. what recourse the state saying i

colorado has tried to collect. wouldn't kind of streamlined sales tax method be performance bl to these individual state kind of attempts to do different things? >> guest: well, the states are trying to, other than colorado, the states are trying to define what is physical nexus. and -- physical presence, in essence, trying to push the boundaries and find out where the boundaries are. that's what the new york case is, that's what north carolina did, rhode island had done that. so those are all within the rubric of the quill decision. now, i think we'll see more of that, more attempts, and i think that other states are all watching what happens in new york and in north carolina in the court cases to decide whether or not they want to take that, take that step with this affiliate tax in creating nexus. but in many states the marketers who have affiliates have just canceled those -- in rhode island they just canceled them. so in rhode island it probably is a loss, they had a tax loss doing this because they lost incom

lost his way house and seven houses but he has not lost his resume. we are men of peace we don't use the gun the man who came to destroy our houses with other bad phases of this land we did not fight back when they came but the fights will continue because tomorrow when the sun comes up. again and in a few weeks these raids will return the understudy cluelessly r t in the negev desert israel. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe violence following ivory coast just heated presidential election has for some fourteen thousand people to flee its neighboring liberia at least one hundred seventy people have been killed in clashes so far most of those fleeing are supporters of the opposition leader asana a lot when the u.n. has recognized as the winner the incumbent leader old incumbent leader a lot babo his refusing to step down. a series of earthquakes has rocked it was over the city of christchurch cutting power and damaging at least twenty buildings glass and masonry fell from damage structures structures but there were no