in karachi, major roads are submerged and schools and businesses are closed. our reporter is about 200 kilometers away from karachi. >> in the area i am in, from every direction, i can see water. all the villages in this area have been totally submerged, scenes reminiscent of last year. night has fallen, so a lot of people around me and do not have homes to go to, because their villages have been inundated by really heavy monsoon rain over the last few days. there are eight agency estimates that over 4000 villages in southern pakistan have been affected. access is difficult. a lot of roads we have tried to get through have been destroyed or submerged by the waters. aid agencies are also saying that over 5 million people have been affected. these are just some of them. they have come here because we are on the road. there is water on either side. they have received handouts. you might see some of them have been carrying sacks of flour. at least some help has been getting to them. there are many people who have been cut off by the flooding. the navy is trying to

to the hindu kush in karachi there are more than four million pop them and it is a reality which is dear and it did hard fighting quarter to quarter of the existence of this law make word now the second. part of his image. from iran to head up to bahrain to syria. to the minority living in in saudi arabia and pakistan and this is as a result of what are those i've been in the last twenty years for the last ten years. american design is that they want to one day shia and sunni countries to fight against each other during the last ten years americans in particular. have disowned most damning i did on. any country like egypt saudi arabia jordan and u.a.e. they have bought military hardware. a hundred and twenty billion dollars. to fight against the iranian to now this. conspiracy to make this so nice and she has fight has taken issue in bahrain. is she to shame so the forces and the u.e. forces have gone into bahrain to quell the rebellion against the ruling. and there is one more. ideology. which is now clearly visible now there is a school of thought. two major risk was self-taught e

bbc news, karachi. >> the u.n.resentative to pakistan has appealed for donations to the millions of flood victims in the southern province of sindh. monsoon rains have some merge many villages with hundreds of people drowned in millions without shelter, food, and water. ♪ >> this week, palestinians are expected to go to the united nations in new york to ask to be recognized as a state, which would include the west bank, gaza, and east jerusalem, all lands that israel captured in 1967. the israeli leadership is fiercely opposed to the move, but a short time ago, prime minister netanyahu's office issued a statement saying he was interested in meeting palestinian president abbas on the sidelines of the general assembly this week. norwest bank correspondent reports. >> palace -- our west bank correspondent reports. >> ramallah central bus station. it is purely symbolic and to get these americans in trouble at israel's airports. but the local artist behind it is trying to make a point. >> these are our feelings. this is

in karachi, main roads are submerged and schools, markets and businesses are all closed. our correspondent is 200 kilometres from karachi. >> well, in the area that i may see now in every direction, i can see water in all of the villages of this area. they have been totally submerged from scenes reminiscent, of course, of last year. night has fallen now so a lot of these people around here, you can probably see them in the background, don't have homes to go to, because their villages have been uninundated by heavy monsoon rains over the last few days. one aid agency estimates that over 4,000 villages in southern pakistan have been affected, a huge number, of course, but access is a bit difficult as well. a lot of roads that we have tried to get through have been destroyed or submerged by the waters, and that aid agency is also saying that over 5 million people have been affected. these are just some of them. they have come here because it is on higher ground, because we're on a road. there is water on the side, but also because they received handouts. you might see some o

mumbai attack was a part of the karachi project and so this attack should be looked into after this one and what about the pakistani al-qaeda there has been a lot of talk about that as well today the central u.s. out of the central which is based in pakistan afghanistan is known to be close to. us because we have worked closely with them and when we talk a talk of the three one three brigade we have to put in the fact that lot of groups in pakistan including all kinds of which are working with them and which is why like i mentioned the policy of this group was quite strong will be interesting to follow this investigation and see we'll continue to bring you the latest from new delhi back to you guys in moscow. our correspondent appreciator there and will be keeping you updated all the new delhi plus there's also more on the story on our web site that's r t dot com and also in our free video section we've got pictures from india available for you to download for free to log on to check it out. critique a free. for free. free. free. free. free blog here on video for your media project

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in karachi, schools and offices were closed after flood waters close to the streets. the devastating sludge has left more than 2000 dead. nine people were killed when a commuter train collided with a bus during a morning rush-hour in when osiris. -- in buenos aires. the impact derailed the first carriage of the train. more than 200 people were injured. a poor report card for germany. they received a disappointing rate on the study of educational standards among the 34 members. germany is not producing enough by the skilled workers meaning that their share of the global talent pool is shrinking, especially compared to china. investment in education is far below average. germany spends less of their gdp than any other industrialized nation when it comes to education. stay with us, we will be right back with our "in depth," report. >> more and more people, the u.n. estimates that the world's population will increase from 7 billion to more than 9 billion in just four years. this has consequences for the way we live. this will also demand a better distribution and a change

. >> this camp has been set up in an educational institute are around 200 kilometers from karachi.is is one of the worst hit districts. more than 4 million acres of land have been flooded and millions of acres of crops have been destroyed. safe drinking water and medicine are both in short supply here. the flooding is compound in a precarious situation in this part of pakistan. last year's flooding made around 11 million people homeless in the worst ever natural disaster. >> it is called the palace of tears. before the wall came down, it was a border crossing in the heart of berlin that saw many a emotional farrell's between east and west germany. the german chancellor opened a permanent exhibition in the restored building. she remembered her own experience in life in the divided country. >> the station was a busy border crossing in east berlin during the cold war division of germany. west berliners visiting east berlin had to return to their part of the city which made it this team of many emotional goodbyes. >> the palace of tears got its name due to the fact that people had to b

he is 5 foot 4 man who weighed 140 pounds in college but after 9/11 when he was in karachi and other pakistani cities chattering down and kfc he ballooned up to 120 pounds. this led to a lot of teasing inside al qaeda. they called him kfc and he didn't like it. when the wall street journal reporter daniel pearl was kidnapped by omar sheik, ksm arrange for that man to self a captive to him. this is not as unusual as it sounds. captives are sometimes bought and sold inside the terror network. and he brought a film crew to the home where daniel pearl was held. once the camera was up on the tripod running he leaped on to the right shoulder of daniel pearl and began sawing away at his neck. i will spare the grisly details. it took about 11 minutes for my former wall street journal colleague to dar. why did he do it? he did it because he hated the nickname kfc in part. he wanted to show even though he was fat and in a senior position he could not -- not only killed -- sent people to kill but he could kill himself. he killed daniel pearl not because of anything daniel pearl said or wrote or

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has exploded in the house or near the house of a senior police official in the pakistani city of karachi killing at least eight you. attack targeted the chief of the crime investigation department who was unharmed most of the victims were members of the local police force who were posted to guard his residence officials blame the pakistani taliban for the attack. a strong earthquake tallying six point eight on the richter scale has claimed at least fifty lives in the border between india and nepal among those were killed were three who were crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in the nepalese capital katmandu dozens more were injured jumping from windows during the tremor many roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region the epicenter is thought to be somewhere in the hill himalayan state of sixteen which received most of the turbulent shots. the former i.m.f. chief has given his curiously he interview since charges of attempting to rape against a new york hotel maid were dropped strauss kahn was questioned on a french child by an interviewer who was a fri

thirty lives this week in monsoon rains swamping the country for nearly a month now nine died in karachi after being electrocuted in incidents related to the heavy rain the weather also calls huge traffic jams in the city with many motorcyclists injured after skidding pakistan is still recovering from the words floods in the country's history well over one thousand seven hundred people died and twenty million were affected. let's go back now to be tempered about a year of the nine eleven attacks and our resident reporter a new york that we hope and it has been out on the city's streets asking people how the world has changed in the decade since that. at that date after the horrible nine eleven terrorist attacks on the us how is the world change this week let's talk about that the world is i won't say more dangerous but it's more like politics saw things are unpredictable you don't know what what's going to happen next so life is much intense i think so no and. every day can can be the last. and you think people around the world feel this way. i think in europe in america i think so i don

a car bombs exploded near the house of the senior police the facing a pakistani city of karachi killing at least eight people the times article two of the crime it's the case of hard. she was on holiday most of the victims were members of the local to b. c. were posted to guard his residence officials blame the pakistanis hundred forty it's hard. a strong earthquake measuring six point eight on the richter scale it's claimed at least fifty along the border of india nepal and sabbat among those with three people across from the british embassy compound will collapse in the nepalese capital katmandu dozens more were injured jumping on windows during the tram out many roads and a lot of power was caught all across the region the epicenter is believed to be somewhere in the mountainous area laird region which received the most popular chocks. the former i.m.f. chief has given his first it's easy is used as charges of attempted rape against a new york hotel maid would dropped the minix calls was questioned our french channel by an interviewer who is a friend of his wife insisted the hotel en

hundred thirty lives this week in monsoon rains and small the country for nearly a month now died in karachi up to being electrocuted in didn't related to the heavy rain the weather also calls huge traffic jams in the city with many motorcyclists injured after escaping pakistan is still recovering from the worst floods in the country's history a year ago when over one thousand seven hundred people died and twenty lives were forever. come back now to the tenth anniversary of the nine eleven attacks and our resident reporter in new york laurie hartman it's had been out on these it is streets asking people how the world has changed in the decade since that. i decade after the horrible man eleven terrorist attacks on the us how is the world changed this week let's talk about that there were i won't say more dangerous but it's more like our tick so things are predictable you know what what's going to happen next to life is much intense i think so no. every day can can be the last and you think people around the world feel this way. i think in europe in america i think so i don't know you kind of

a car bombs exploded near the house of a senior police official in the pakistani city of karachi killing at least eight people the time to talk to the chief of the chrono best occasion to paul that she was on all the most of the victims were members all the local police who were posted to guard his residence officials blame the pakistani taliban for the it's hard. a strong earthquake measuring six point eight on the richter scale it's claimed at least fifty along the border of india nepal and tibet among those with three people crossed in the british embassy compound will collapse in the nepalese capital katmandu dozens more were injured jumping from windows during the trauma many roads were blocked and power was cut all across the region the epicenter is believed to be somewhere in the mountainous region which received the most hard hit shops. the former i.m.f. chief has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempted rape against a new york dropped dominic's calls was questioned our french channel by an interviewer who is a friend of his wife he insists is the hotel encounter

car bomb has exploded near the house of a senior police official of the pakistani city of karachi killing at least eight the attack targeted the chief of the crime investigation department who was unharmed most of the victims were members of the local police force were posted to guard his home and officials blame the pakistani taliban for the attack. a strong earthquake tallying six point eight on the richter scale has claimed at least fifty lives along the india nepal border among those killed three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in the nepalese capital kathmandu dozens more were injured dumping from windows during the tremor several buildings came down and power was cut off to the region the epicenter is believed to be somewhere in the himalayan state of sixteen which got the most violent shocks. and former i.m.f. chief has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempted rape against a new york hotel maid were drunk dominic strauss kahn was questioned on a french travel by an interviewer who was a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounte

headed by harsh in karachi he was wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and that they're encouraging him to more violence so they're not a peace factor at all there are total factor of war and the stabilization. will be following this story as it develops and of course bring you the latest updates from . all russia's president's been explaining why he's not seeking a second term retirement get of stress that he and letting their puts him have common goals and that puts a huge popularity among russians will help achieve them should he return to the presidency next year all but get about five his reasons in an exclusive interview with russia. the details of. spoke about the upcoming race for the presidential seat in explaining why he thinks he is the best man for the job well first of all he says. he's more loved in the country than. himself and also that when it comes to achieving common goals there's no such thing as power struggle and it's up to the people of this country to decide who they want to see as their president regardless of what. things is bes

taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly attachments of eight lives of about the size city of karachi a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle pattern exposed to the house of the senior police official it's believed the intended target was the chief the crime investigation department who was on her most of the victims when local police guards posted outside his house the. rescue work continues across isolated himalayan areas of india nepal and tibet after a strong earthquake hit the region killing at least fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the northern indian state of the kim where half the casualties were buried on the day three fifty others were injured some critically ill and several earthquake struck the region this year but until now cause no major damage. sixty thousand people have marched in tokyo demolishing and japan's reliance on atomic power six months off a few worst nuclear accident causing slogans that demonstrates it sure as hell didn't pay the japanese public is affected by the march the nodding which led to radiation it's a crisis course on the last hundred thou

headed by caution karachi wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and that they're encouraging him to more violence that they're not a peace for a dog or a cold cruel war in the stabilization. a large season tix a intercept ski is continuing to monitor the situation in the region and you can of course read his latest updates from possible through our twitter sphere and one of his latest post he says at the service he spoke into what determined to stay to the bitter end or to follow us on twitter or our keep score. and we'll be following this story as it develops and bring you all the latest updates as we get it from the. well russia's president's been explaining why he's not seeking a second term to mention the debt of stress that he had that even put in have common goals and the potency huge popularity among russians will help achieve them should he return to the presidency next year but that has been outlining his reasons in an extensive russian media interview and sort of in moscow has been pouring over the. meeting with the different explained that this

has actually looked into the iraqi project one of the we believe the mumbai attack was a part of karachi for that and so this attack should be looked into the aftermath of this and what about the pakistani al-qaeda there has been a lot of talk about them as well today other central u.s. out of the central which is based in pakistan afghanistan is known to be close to come on to the u.s. because we have worked closely with them and so when we talk of the three once we begin we have completed the fact of the lot of groups in pakistan including alcohol which are working with them and which is why like i mentioned the policy of this group is what will be interesting to follow this investigation and see we'll continue to bring you the latest from new delhi back to you guys in moscow. correspondent a pretty shrewd are there and we'll be keeping you updated on all the delhi plus there's also more on the story at our web site that's our team dot com and also our free video section we've got pictures for many of vailable for you to download for free to log on to check it out. when you take three.

taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took eight lives in the pakistani city of karachi the suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives near the house of the senior police official it's believed the intended target was the chief of the crime investigation department who was on had most of the victims were local police guards posted outside his house. rescue work continues across ice ages a malarious in india nepal and sabbat after a strong earthquake hit the region killing almost fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the northern indian state of stickin where half the casualties were buried under daybreak fifty others were injured some critically several earthquake struck the region this year but until now cause no major damage. sixty thousand people have marched in take a demanding an end to japan's reliance on atomic power six months after its worst nuclear accident chanting slogans the demonstrators stressed how deep the the japanese public was affected by the march to nami which led to radiation leaks the crisis for some one hundred thousand peopl

headed by harsh in karachi is wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and they're encouraging them to more violence that they're not a peace factor at all they're told a factor of war and destabilization. all artes of it say in a show of skiis continuing to monitor the situation in the region and you can read his latest updates from kosovo through our twitter stream i want his latest post he says that the serbs he's spoken to are determined to stay to the bitter end again follow us on twitter underscore r.t. other sport and we'll be following this story as it develops and bring you the latest of course from the ground. over russia's president's been explaining why he's not seeking a second term dimitri medvedev stressed that he and that he were put to have common goals and that good since huge popularity among russians will help achieve them should he return to the presidency next year and that of outlining his reasons in an extensive russian media interview and. has been poring over the answers. i need to move you to explain that this is a decision was mad

a massive car bomb exploded in karachi killing at least eight people and seriously damaging the home of a senior police officer. he survived but police say others officers are among those killed. the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks. the indian government deployed workers to an area where an earthquake happened. teams are having difficulty getting to the region. there were deaths in tibet and knee pal. >>> former imf chief calls his encount story with a maid a moral failure. the judge threw out the sexual assault case against him but he remained adamant that it did not include any attempt to rape. "world business today" starts right now. >> good morning from cnn london, i'm charles hodson. >> i'm manesha tank. the top stories this monday, september 19th. markets are gripped by greek contagion fears as tim geithner tells europe to do more to curb the crisis. >> dominique strauss-kahn said he made a moral error. >>> could china be facing a banking crisis of its own? we ask a construction bank. >> well, whether that's the case or not, investors have a lot to

so i karachi port is not. there are others in the region that are like that.so it's a little bit difficult for us to set today and try and engineer and direct something that at the end of the day the markets will tell us. and so i think -- i think we are all on the same page and i think we are all in alignment with the bank is reading the resource coordinator initiative which is in response to the adb's program in the silk road initiative. what we are proposing from our site is to just improve coordination and dialogue among the donors in the commercial market and to reach out now and have these conversations with the global market people. what do they need? and get more pull from the demand side and was pushed from supply-side. so maybe i'll stop i'm not in others can react in a statement. >> thank you very much. just please, sir. please stand. >> my name is mohammed. i don't know whom to ask this question about security. this existed in the time that ground realities of today, especially a security. so what the security issue facing today is that we're talki

so i karachi port is not. there are others in the region that are like that.o it's a little bit difficult for us to set today and try and engineer and direct something that at the end of the day the markets will tell us. and so i think -- i think we are all on the same page and i think we are all in alignment with the bank is reading the resource coordinator initiative which is in response to the adb's program in the silk road initiative. what we are proposing from our site is to just improve coordination and dialogue among the donors in the commercial market and to reach out now and have these conversations with the global market people. what do they need? and get more pull from the demand side and was pushed from supply-side. so maybe i'll stop i'm not in others can react in a statement. >> thank you very much. just please, sir. please stand. >> my name is mohammed. i don't know whom to ask this question about security. this existed in the time that ground realities of today, especially a security. so what the security issue facing today is that we're talkin

in karachi, pakistani prime minister yousuf raza gilani insisted his country is not some rogue sponsorterror. >> ( translated ): we are not isolated. we have good relations with the whole world. we have good relations in our region and with our neighbors. we want to strengthen ourselves economically, but in response to these kind of american messages, "they can't live with us and they can't live without us." so, i would say to them that if they can't live without us, they should increase contacts with us to remove misunderstandings. >> holman: despite that protest, a white house spokesman called today for pakistan to break any links it has to the haqqani network. a dead satellite hurtling toward earth has slowed down. nasa said today the pieces of the six-ton satellite may not strike earth until late friday or early saturday. most fragments are expected to burn up in the atmosphere, but at least two dozen could hit ground somewhere. nasa said today there's a small chance some of the debris might land in the u.s. after all. the top executives from a bankrupt solar energy company refused

than saying these arrests were necessary to ensure public safety. >>> eight people were killed in karachienior police official. the taliban is claiming responsibility. a spokesman says the attack serves as a message to officials who work against the taliban and alongside the u.s. >>> the transportation security administration, the tsa, firing 28 employees at hawaii's honolulu international airport. the move comes after an investigation revealed several screeners were not checking bags for explosives before putting them onboard planes. in addition to the firings, the tsa also suspended 15 people. >>> investigators have now recovered part of the tail of that vintage plane that plunged into spectators during an air show in nevada friday. nine people were killed, including the pilot. the ntsb says there was a camera and a data recorder onboard. it could help determine exactly what caused the crash. >>> how far did peyton manning go to try to play this year? europe. fox news reporting that the colts quarterback travelled overseas for stem cell therapy that is not yet used or approved here in t

so i karachi port is not. there are others in the region that are like that. so it's a little bit difficult for us to set today and try and engineer and direct something that at the end of the day the markets will tell us. and so i think -- i think we are all on the same page and i think we are all in alignment with the bank is reading the resource coordinator initiative which is in response to the adb's program in the silk road initiative. what we are proposing from our site is to just improve coordination and dialogue among the donors in the commercial market and to reach out now and have these conversations with the global market people. what do they need? and get more pull from the demand side and was pushed from supply-side. so maybe i'll stop i'm not in others can react in a statement. >> thank you very much. just please, sir. please stand. >> my name is mohammed. i don't know whom to ask this question about security. this existed in the time that ground realities of today, especially a security. so what the security issue facing today is that we're talk

>> well, karachi, 18 million people there. the flooding ds pay thing quite quickly.here are large, flat areas all around it. they've seen the rain land but also stay in place. the government really i think struggling to reach some of the areas we saw to deliver the scale they were talking about. just simply imagine that drinking water per person, the u.n. would like to see each person see five liters a day. simply imagine 7.5 million people being given that much clean water is a real issue, randi. >> we know pakistan's prime minister has actually canceled his address to the u.n. the u.n. is asking for $357 million in flood aid. what will happen if that aid doesn't find its way there? >> reporter: i think it is a strange thing when you see these people on the ground. they have a phenomenal coping mechanism. of course they'll go hungry, they'll be sick. but there seems to be a feeling amongst many of them they're not going to see help. we saw instants of protest, blocking roads, people taking it upon themselves to stop aid from getting through as a political bargaining

lindsey was there, but we went into kandahar and went down that route 4 that leads from karachi, goes up throughqweta, and then into afghanistan. the major sea port there is in pakistan, and then these trucks leave, and the pakistani trucking outfits take over at a place that we went into. that's controlled by a fellow by the name who is now general razik. now, they had, you know, they had threatened if we went in there to do oversight on the trucking operation that they would shut the border down, and there's thousands of trucks going through there, you know, in the course of a day, and so when we, on behalf of mr. tierney at the time who was the chairman, they shut it down just as they threatened. you know, first of all, we couldn't refuse to do our jobs doing oversight, but he followed through on the threat and shut the trucking center there,he border crossing down until we left. you know, we did as much oversight and inspection as we could, an then when we left, the oversight committee left, he opened up the border again, and, you know, myself, we had a striker brigade with us. we

we have to break this dependence on the ports of karachi and pakistan and the roads linking into afghanistana way of supplying our troops there and that will probably happen as we wind down in afghanistan. but the big thing is, why is pakistan working so closely with so many of america's enemies including al-qaida? bin laden was hiding in the country in 2005. but it's now emerged he was in pakistan as he remember as 2003 living in another suburb of the capital of that country. >> why do you think pakistan is aligning itself with the terrorists? >> we have to understand that when the country is small but has great ambitions like pakistan, it uses terrorism as a foreign policy tool. it can't possibly take on an army as big as india's let alone the united states but it can use third party groups that can carry out attacks like the one on the u.s. embassy a few weeks ago or the truck bombing at the nato headquarters a few days before that. it wasn't us. they send the signal, of course it was, do what we say or you'll have more truck bombings. we have to teach them terrorism is simply not accepta