and canada put their memory to the test in a koran reciting competition. contestants 16 and under competed in a variety of categories from reading selected text from the koran in arabic to reciting passages from memory. e event is nerve brack i-rackin all but the most seasoned competitors. >> she was so nervous she says she practiced 90 minutes a day leadingp to the competition. there are 30 total sections of the koran and participants are judged on memory reading and pronunciation. this was part of the 46th annual convention of the islamic society of north america. >> 5:17 on this monday after the big fourth of july holiday. did you have a good holiday? >> it was great. the weather was so nice. i went to the golf tournament. it was fantastic. >> usually for fourth of july weekend it is about 90 degrees, hot, humid. the last couple of years we had huge thunderstorms. this year it was dry, really, really nice. nice treat. >> good job, steve. >> yesterday not so great, only 73 for the high. today the sunshine will return and that is definitely great news as

. >> the religious schools here, children spend several hours reciting the koran to learn every word. in this one, they try to do more -- learning conventional school subjects as well. they are against violence and in favor of a girl's being educated. >> de want -- they want to prove to be good students and know about other subjects. [unintelligible] >> is not the kind of education british ministers are accustomed to visiting. some of the schools have inspired groups like the taliban. but many of the religious teachers to run the mosques in britain went to the school. understanding what this education is about could give the government more understanding of muslims in britain and how to tackle fundamentalism on its own terms when it turns violent. >> we've seen young people memorizing the koran. we have seen a great devotion to religious teaching. i think the test for all of us is the enlightened mind and to make sure the citizens growing up here want to be productive citizens in the wider world. >> pakistan as a country struggling for its identity in the bottom world. the fight is on

and canada put their memories to the test in a koran reciting competition. contestants 16 and under competed in a variety of categories from reading selected texts from the koran in arabic to reciting passages from memory. it is nerve-racking for all but the most seasoned cadetors. -- competitors. i was a little nervous. >> so nervous she said she practiced 90 minutes a day leading up to the competition. there are 30 total sections of the koran and participants are judged on memory, reading and pronunciation. it was part of the 46th annual convention of the islamic society in north amica. >> it is 6:07 and 62 degrees right now. when "good morning, washington" returns, aeadly collision that will sound familiar to residents of our area but this train crash took place at disney world. >> we have temperatures in the 60's right now but lots of sunshine will allow for a rapid warm-up. how warm will it get later it afternoon? details in the forecast in a few minutes. >> first, jim russ is in for lisa and he's coming back with a check of the commute.commute. >> i'm

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. >> if you have the holy koran in th house, u can take it with you. >> but nothing else? >> nothin >> she gave the bbc thi video oa young chechen woman murdered. >> when people want information about chechnya, they would call natasha. wi tasha gonefrankly, we will be able to get information from chechnya. >> that would suit this m very well. this is chechnya's warlor president. hismen are still fighting a very dirty war chechnya, one would prefer the outse world didot know about. this is another brave russian woman who wrot about the war in chechnya. her name was anna politkovskaya. she was ot dead. officials say the murderer wl be found. who is going to step rward to ell the world about the horrors gng on in places ke chechn? abcews, in moscow. >> cticism of israel in gaza s so far come frohuman rights orgizations. the israe government has shrugged the critici of. now soldiers who took part in the mission of claimed the army was guiy of abuses, using palestian civians as human shields. these could aunt to war crimes. >> the israi army had aeady answer to accusation of wa

muslim people talking about the tremendous libraries, he is -- his constant references to the holy koran, i don't think i've heard an american politician repeatedly call the holy book of the muslim faith the holy koran. he even talked about the first muslim member of congress being sworn in by placing his hand on the holy koran that was in thomas jefferson's personal collection. so i think that that reaching out, combined with who he is, what he is, that he's a black man with a heritage that touches on the muslim faith, that it seems to me was one of the most extraordinary moments of the -- of his administration so far. now who knows, you know, whether it will end up being significant, but i don't think anybody would have been quite able to reach out as he was. >> professor? >> to me, it was -- this might surprise people, beyond the national security and terrorism responses, i think the most important thing that happened was the appointment of hillary clinton as secretary of state. took a lot of courage and reflected his own confidence in the team that would make a big difference. it mad

militants were inside of a house where children had been taught the koran. david, before we talk about that explosion, about the refugees, it is not surprising that people do not think that it is safe yet? >> i think that there are natural reservations a round security and question marks over compensation. and what it is like where they are supposed to be going, whether there is enough food, water, electricity and basics of life. once the government said that the taliban had been a mill -- eliminated, the entire process and machine began to move in. although the un was stressing that they had an agreement, returns should be voluntary once the camps get empty. there were scenes of celebration today. local politicians trying to get in on the act. the real serious work in the short term and long term begins now. not only in terms of food and shelter, but in doing what they have never done in the 60 years since independence, establishing a reliable and accountable government in those areas beyond this so-called settled area of the so-called frontier. >> what abo

the explosio flattened, the cleric hasgain children leons on the koran. at least seven children are among the dead. it is nearly eight years since international troop were first depled in ighboring afghantan. at least 1200 soldierof all nationalities have lost thr lives. those lossesre brought into shp focus today he memorial svice for eit brish servicemen kill a sing 24 our time frame. we have this report. >> prime minister gordon brown isoming under sustained political attack over th campaign in afghanistan. conservatives accuse the government of catastrophicay nder equiping the british armed forces. people wil say escially today that our urgent prrity isto get thright equipment to our forces on thfront lines. they are right. we must do that. t is a scandain particular that they lack enough helicopters to me around in southern afghanistan the government must dealith that issue as a matt of extreme emergey. still fighting the operatn, british forcesush ahead in key areas bere elections ts august. many here say that it i clear that despite the american in

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koran red -- corrine redmond joins us with the latest. >> reporter: an elderly woman's body was stuffed in the freezer. now detectives are trying to figure out why she died and why her body was placed in that freezer. a gruesome discovery for police after locating the body of an elderly woman stuffed in a freezer inside a bottom floor apartment here at the country club complex in the 7400 block of furnace branch road in glen burnie. the woman has been identified as doris lee cook. she had been bedridden for sometime and pass add way several weeks ago and family members placed her body into the freezer. >> through the investigation, they interviewed several family members who actually told them that the female had been deceased for several weeks and that they placed her in that freezer and that she had been suffering from various ailments and conditions. >> reporter: investigators received a call from a family member living outside the residence informing them about the woman's body. one woman who lived in the same building says cooke lived with two women, one who was mentally challenged

of the muslim people talking about the tremendous library and his constant references to the holy koran, i do not think i heard an american politician repeatedly called the holy book of muslims. he even talked about the first muslim member of congress of being sworn in by placing his hand on the holy koran that was in thomas of jefferson's personal collection. i think that is reaching out, combined with who he is and what he is, that he is a black man with a heritage that touches on muslims. that is one of the most extraordinary moments of the administration. who knows whether it will end of the civilian. nobody would of been quite able to see this. >> to me, beyond all the national security and terrorism response, the most important thing that happened was the appointment of hillary clinton as secretary of state. it took a lot of courage and confidence. it made it clear that he was very serious about terrorism and global issues. i see that appointment as an extraordinary vote of confidence. i thought that was a decision that will go down as we look at the conversation about iran and no

of the moslem people, talking about the tremendous libraries, his constant references to the holy koran, i do not think i have ever heard another politician repeatedly called the holy book of a muslim faith the holy koran. he even talked about the first moslem member of congress being sworn in by placing his hand on the holy koran that was and thomas jefferson's personal collection. i think that' reaching out, combined with who he is, what he is, a black man with a heritage that touches on the muslim faith, that it seems to me was one of the most extraordinary moments of his head ministrations of far -- of his administration so far. who knows if old wind up being significant, but i do not think anybody would be able to reach out like he was. >> professor? >> to me, beyond all the national security and terrorism responses, i think the most important thing that happened was the appointment of hillary clinton as secretary of state. it's a lot of courage and confidence in the team that would make a difference. it made it clear he is very serious about terrorism and global issues. i see that

we are just going to read the koran and pray in silence. the government said, no, no more gatherings linked to the election. not only did supporters come out but the leaders, defiant and energized. >> history would show us that whenever a toe tall tearian regime tries to thwart or stop a public display of emotion as we are seeing in iran, it backfires on them? in fact, you could argue that they have now found this jail where there are reports that people are being beaten and tortured and killed. that would innocence the public even more and make them want to come out and protest. the jailhouse you are talking about is in the southern portion of tehran. this is a notorious prison -- first of all, they don't tell anyone where they take these detainees. they disappear. their explanation is if it has to do with national security, we don't have to explain anything. there was a lot of talk that they were at kazara. >> taking protestors? these are not murderers, or rapists? >> we don't know who they are. these are detainees in the protest that wer

of the muslim people talking about the tremendous library and his constant references to the holy koran, i do not think i heard an american politician repeatedly called the holy book of muslims. he even talked about the first muslim member of congress of being sworn in by placing his hand on the holy koran that was in thomas of jefferson's personal collection. i think that is reaching out, combined with who he is and what he is, that he is a black man with a heritage that touches on muslims. that is one of the most extraordinary moments of the administration. who knows whether it will end of the civilian. nobody would of been quite able to see this. >> to me, beyond all the national security and terrorism response, the most important thing that happened was the appointment of hillary clinton as secretary of state. it took a lot of courage and confidence. it made it clear that he was very serious about terrorism and global issues. i see that appointment as an extraordinary vote of confidence. i thought that was a decision that will go down as we look at the conversation about iran and no

." >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will talk with senator john koran about supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor or. a look at detroit's economy with mayor dave bing, and congressman jim jordan will discuss merrill lynch pose a takeover by bank of america and how federal tarp funds for use to finance the deal. you can watch "washington journal" and call in starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> secretary of state hillary clinton today delivered a wide- ranging speech on the obama administration approach to u.s. foreign policy. the speech on so-called smart power included statements on iran, the middle east, north korea, and the war in afghanistan. from the council on foreign relations in washington, this is an hour 15 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am the president of the council on foreign relations, and i want to welcome our members and guests who are here in this magnificent new washington, d.c building. i also want to welcome the many other people who may be listening to are watching this event on any number of mechanical devices that i, for one, am unable to operat