political expert life from islamabad thank you. well still to come a meeting with no water and sun speakers without a voice we'll tell you why over one hundred nations were shunned by the media and other delegates at the un general assembly that's coming up in just a few minutes plus. this feels very very strange this oil is very cold and also they're doing all right i. think it's going to get more scary find out why people are asking to be buried alive and see how it feels and what they get out of. all right now let's get to some other stories making headlines around the world this hour two policemen have been killed and three civilians wounded in back a dad after an armed gang tried to rob a bank the attackers used the bombs to storm the building before being foiled by officers in a gunfight two suspected robbers were captured and the neighborhood has been sealed off as police searched for other attack is officials say it's unclear whether the gang has links to any insurgent groups. india has decided to split control over a dispu

and our reza sayah is working his sources in islamabad right now.orking on this story, but this deal for her family is apparently coming to an end. not necessarily the case for the other two hikers. >> no, the other two male, one her fiance, the other a friend. they'd been hiking along the iran/iraqi border. iran has been very intransigent about this case. it sounds as though the other two will be tried for espionage. we heard that sarah shourd has been sick. her family was quite worried about her. we are going to assume that the $500,000 in bail check cashed. >> that iran has been demanding before they released shourd has been paid an they'll get her out of there pretty darn quickly. the swiss embassy has been working since we have no relations there. so it's, you know, great news. but it just kind of underlines that those two young men have also been there for more than a year and remain there. and it must be tough for her because sean bauer, joshua fattal both staying behind and i imagine they have a close bond now. they had one before and they s

we spoke to our correspondent in islamabad and is the head of research and security studies and he gave as the update on the latest violence. >> and pakistan finds itself in a state of shock. almost 100 people have been killed in five different acts of terror and that is why there was an outra. there were protests, a lot of things were set on fire. across the country there are shockwaves and this has created a lot of interest. >> what is the thinking as to who might be responsible for these attacks? >> there has been a lot of speculation. right now, most of the security analysts and investigators believe that it was indeed the -- based in central pakistan. this is a radical and the shi'a party. -- anti shi'a party. they have been in contact with al qaeda and other taliban groups. they're also going after the security forces, government officials, as well as women and children. whenever we see is largely attributed to this group. there are other light-minded party is linked to al qaeda. >> thank you for that update. a powerful earthquake has struck new zealand's south island causing wide

he called her a daughter of the nation. 100 people took to the streets in islamabad, lahore, and karachi on friday. >> japan has released the captain of a chinese fishing boat. tension and in disputed waters earlier this month caused a major rift. roland bird has more details. -- burke has more details. >> the japanese officials have been questioning the fishing boat captain for two weeks. they decided to let him go as a matter of national interest. >> after taking into consideration the effect on our country and people and how it would aspects chinese relations, we decided it was not good to hold the suspect. >> earlier, the fisherman was brought into japan in handcuffs, his face hidden from view. >> this tension caused the deepest of rifts between asia's two biggest economies in the years. japanese coastguard ships have been left dented. the suspicion was he granted them deliberately. this happened in disputed waters near the senkaku islands, part of japan, but now part of china. china demands of the capt. be freed at once. >> the country had a lot to lose. the prosecutors' decision to

we can go live to our correspondent in islamabad. this is a retaliation and just how angry the authorities are there? >> we have had angry statements from ministers as well who say that they will take it up with the american embassy. it surrounds an incident from the early hours this morning when a coalition helicopter came close to the in order. they were chasing insurgents. they said your choosing them on the afghan side of the border. that is not what the officials here said. they say that the missiles struck a border post and 3 pakistanis were killed. we have heard there is still activity around the border in the past hour, and still helicopter strikes happening. it has caused some tension in the relationship, this crucial relationship in this part of the world between pakistanis and coalition forces, resulting in a stopping of the crucial supply line for nato forces. about 100 trucks are now waiting to cross the border into afghanistan. the pakistani officials are not allowing it at the moment. >> still to come on gmt. come to t

mobarik ahmed virk, nhk world, islamabad. >> this innovative project was started by a japanese unesco employee in pakistan. the ngo operating the program hopes to make it available to other women elsewhere in pakistan and encourage women's participation in society. >>> in the past four months the value of the japanese currency has soared over 9% to reach a 15-year high. since the end of last month its price has been fluctuating dramatically. the continuing appreciation of the yen is affecting many industries in japan, but not all of them are hurt. nhk world's nahoko yamada has more. >> reporter: manufacturers that depend on exports have been hit hardest by the stronger yen. this auto parts maker gets paid in dollars for the products it ships to the united states. the company had forecast an exchange rate of 100 yen a dollar. the president says he's now resigned to suffering losses. >> translator: whatever happens, we're going to lose. whether it's in dollars or euros. >> reporter: tourism is another sector feeling the pinch. visitors from the united states in particular are limiting s

a similar air strike over the weekend has been strongly protested by leaders in islamabad. >>> the government has released a chilling, now videotape of what the times square bomb could have done had it gone off as planned. faisal shahzad wanted to set off a second bomb. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: this is what faisal shahzad had in mind for a busy night in times square. this car bomb based on the design shahzad had used was detonated in pennsylvania. authorities detonated the video, with one word. devastated. sources involved with the test tell abc news, while's unlikely the resulting blast would have taken down any buildings, it would have killed dozens of people. investigators also believe that glass and twisted metal shooting out from the car bomb would have formed a spray of deadly shrapnel. shahzad was portrayed as cold-blooded and calculated. court documents say before the bombing, he was regularly in contact with the pakistan taliban, exchanging information about the bomb he was building. in the end, the people in times square were fortunate. shahzad was incompetent. he used the

reza sayah is in islamabad, pakistan. how does this exactly come about?aven't touched on the fact that she is concerned she might possibly have breast cancer. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, that's what senior prosecutor in tehran cited is the reason for the offer to release her for the half a million dollars in bail money. on sunday he said because of her medical condition, which, accordingly to the represent of sarah shourd's family is the discovery of a growth in her breast and also suffering from a pre-existing gynecological situation. we are getting some new information about her release. i spoke to her lawyer, and he said the release took place late this afternoon tehran time. he said he walked into tehran's prison and signed her release papers. the two walked out and she was handed to officials from the swiss embassy in tehran, of course, because tehran and washington do not have diplomatic relations it is the swiss embassy in tehran that is playing the role of mediator in this matter. the lawyer said that the release papers clearly said -- >> all right

sid on the phone with us from islamabad, thank you.ic: for the first time there is direct evidence of a genetic factor in children with adhd. it is a new study that claims that kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes. dr. marty mccary professor of public health at johns hopkins university. thank you for being here. from a practical standpoint for families dealing with kids who have adhd what does this mean? >> right now,. eric:, there is no test for this gene. what they discovered in the distinguished lancet. there is a gene duplication or deletion in the spot where we have believed other genes have been located for schizophrenia and autism. so we mapped it to a certain location. they found in 1400 kids, the ones with adhd were more likely to have this gene mutation. ric: so again, trying to get it back to the practical here, for families that are dealing with this, what does it mean? does it mean anything for treatment? does it mean anything for diagnosis? because thi

director leon panetta in islamabad. gilani said he was profoundly concerned about a recent surge in drone and helicopter strikes. nato and u.s. officials said they were investigating today's incident. but they maintained a special agreement allows for and justifies hot pursuit of attacking militants across the pakistan afghanistan border. five nato troops were killed in southern afghanistan today. three died when a homemade bomb exploded. the others were killed in separate attacks. nato did not give their nationalities. meanwhile, the u.n. reported afghanistan's opium production fell by half this year. disease heavily damaged the poppy fields. former president jimmy carter has been released from a hospital in cleveland. he left today after recovering from a viral infection. the former president was taken ill tuesday during a flight from atlanta. he'd been traveling to promote his new book, "white house diary". toy maker fisher-price issued a host of recalls today over safety concerns. the list includes seven million tod

. >>> a pakistani security officials tells cbs news a man in islamabad has been arrested in connections square bombing. he is said to have introduced faisal shahzad to the taliban who drove the car bomb into times square. he will likely be sentenced to life in prison next week. >>> this video shows what investigators say would have happened, you see it there, if his bomb had gone off. he says he wanted to kill at least 40 people and planned to detonate a second bomb. >>> the washington state woman who faked her acid attack had her first day in court. our correspondent priya david joins us from vancouver, washington with more. good morning. >> good morning. bethany storro had nothing to stay to reporters entering court yesterday. she faces charged of theft in the form of tens of thousands of dollars donated from well-wishers before they learned the attack was made up. bethany storro appeared in court wednesday, carrying the scars from a hoax that captured the sympathy of the country. >> you wish to plead not guilty at this time? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: the 28-year-old pled not

fred plankton in islamabad, pakistan kninic robertson and i tell us what you know about this first. >> reporter: well, an air strike that took place on saturday according to u.s. and nato spokesmen. usually we're hearing about raids that tart taliban commanders, taliban operatives. this time identifying two arab al qaeda operatives. one by the name of abdullah omar karashi a saudi bringing foreign fighters into afghanistan, ard coulding to a spokesman and abu atta al kuwaiti, a kuwaiti explosives expert. this took place in kunar province near the border with pakistan, in a bloody corner called the corner valley, an area u.s. forces recently evacuated after spending five years fighting there and losing at least 40 american lives. and sad piece of news. a nato isap soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan today. a bloody year in afghanistan. ali? >> stay with us. going to fred, an interest in drone attacks inside pakistan. tell us the significance of this. why is that happening and what's different about what's happening? >> reporter: well, one of the reasons, ali, wha

besser traveled to pakistan and he joins us from islamabad. >> reporter: good morning.ly staggering. 18 million people who have been displaced. 8 million who are still in need of aid. and 2 million children who are going hungry. when you look at the situation, the numbers don't really tell the story. more than a month into the disaster, it is now the children most at-risk. how are your babies doing? we met jenas and her babies. twin girls, born just eight days before the floodwaters came. they're living with extended family. and the whole family is living with little or no access to clean water. you see the dirty water? that's what we are drinking. little kids are sick and dying, says their uncle. they're among many families who have yet to receive help. and the babies are among the 2 million children thought to be at risk of dehydration, a leading killer of children. we visited a hospital in southern pakistan, near the heart of the flood zone. a place where children are getting care. but the doctors are overworked. the children keep coming, with malaria, pneumonia, men

there were suggestions in delhi and in islamabad that were echoed in beijing that the way in which the u.s. and soviet union managed the rivalry during the cold war through reliance on mutual destruction might serve as a model for them. i and a number of my colleagues was some support from strategists, particularly outside of the government and the countries involved, cast some doubt on whether it was a good model, and particularly whether you could apply the principle to a three-way relationship when the three in question have contiguous borders which are in dispute. between but india and pakistan, and between india and china. that would be for the three nations to deploy by strategic doctrine there deterrents strategies without identifying targets. as both authors note in their book, india's military modernization program has evolved in a way that avoids getting too specific about the purpose of the arsenal. hence, the title of the book. "armenia without aiming -- "arming without aiming." as both notes and welcome, there has been an emergence in india of the think tank's not unlike t

for those that have been to islamabad, karachi, we understand the terrain of that nation and realize that is unspeakable in its description. it triggered both flash floods and river flooding throughout pakistan leading to widespread displacement and contamination of water source. madam speaker, we have spoken about the value of clean water for many years. as a member of the foreign affairs committee but as well in general in this congress. and i will tell you that as pakistani americans have come to my office, they have said the most deadly aspect of this flood is for mothers and babies and children and families not to be able to have clean water. and, therefore, disease being spread through lack of clean water. seeing malnourished children but who children who are likewised devastated not having water, suffering from infection and disease. the flooding has caused the humanitarian crisis by economic proportion which aid agencies assert in a greater human impact in pakistan's earthquake in 2005. the indian ocean tsunami of 2004 and the recent earthquake in haiti combined. more than 1,