the former president of the ivory coast laurent gbagbo verizon hague.onrad murray is still for four years. -- sentenced for four years. >> broadcasting on pbs and america and around the world. welcome to newsday. it is said to be the biggest strike in a generation. a 24 hour stoppage by public- sector employees over changes to their pensions. all workers began to walk out at midnight. a around 2 million people will take part in the action, causing disruption to public transport, schools, courts and services. with an assessment of its impact, here is our reporter. his >> it has been billed as the biggest strike in a generation. as many as 2 million workers may stay at home in protest a over plans for pension reform. as a result, most schools will be closed. hospital staff will be striking meaning delays and operations and even the airports could be affected by the decision. the government has sent the last few days planning. >> we will do what we can to make sure that our airports remain open and our order cues are not intolerable. everyone should be cle

the former president of ivory coast, laurent gbagbo, has been taken into custody of the international criminal court in the hague, where he's charged with crimes against humanity. mr. gbagbo was flown to the netherlands overnight. he's likely to appear in court next week. he'll be the first former head of state to be tried by the international criminal court since it was set up in 2002. >> laurent gbagbo has been arrested and transferred to the i.c.c. detention center in the night. that in accordance with an arrest warrant issued. that's for charges of crimes against humanity, murder, rape, other sexual violences, and other inhuman act that allegedly has been perpetrated in a period when there was violence committed in this country. >> well, our world affairs correspondent, peter biles, told me there would be some satisfaction within the i.c.c. at getting such a significant player to the hague. >> it's not the first former head of state to go to the hague. there was milosevic and charles taylor from liberia, but they were in different courts. he appeared before the tribunal of the for

. >>> the former president of the ivory coast laurent gbagbo will face charges of crimes against humanity. they stem from the conflict that flared in the country last december. he refused to concede power. >> alright the gbagbo was flown to the netherlands and taken to the courts prison. officials say he will get a fair trial. >> i think for the icc, it is important everytime to see there is cooperation with a different authorities in the different countries in order to arrest the suspects and allow them to face a failed proceeding -- fair proceeding. at that the charges relates to the time after the election a year ago credi. the united nations said he lost, but he failed to step down as president. he had themselves sworn in again as head of state and is reported to have used violent methods to subdue opponents. in april, gbagbo was captured by troops loyal to the man who had won the election. but he was made president, but the court said it is investigating crimes committed by his side as well paris -- as well. >>> and exhibition in hamburger celebrating and see temperatures. the sculpt

a former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity has been taken into custody by the international criminal court over allegations of murder rape persecution and inhuman at the crimes occurred after last year's elections one who refused to accept defeat and almost lead his country into civil war he's the first former head of state charged by the court since it was established in two thousand and two. egypt is basking in post-election glory after holding its first parliamentary vote since the fall of president mubarak preliminary results are due to be announced later on wednesday but with the army generals showing little intention to what go the reins many say nothing will change our correspondent he's now we met one protester who is boycott of the ballot to emphasize the old tactics that are still rampant in the country. signs of a real democracy mile long lines at polls vote stained fingers and palpable joy of participating in egypt's future but do the signs stop it that. election excitement and dreams of democracy could be overshad

because president laurent gbagbo has been charged with crimes against humanity by the international criminal court he was taken into custody at the hague where he's accused of murder rape and persecution charges date back to the aftermath of last year's election when he refused to accept defeat and also almost lead his country into civil war and his point to remain in power to be the first former head of state to be tried by the court since it was settled in two thousand and two. so that brings up state for the moment with the summary of the main news stories for in about seven minutes from now in the meantime as promised the latest business news is next with greta. well thank you bill hello welcome to our business update this hour of action by the world's major central banks has given a powerful letter to equity markets around the world six central banks including the u.s. federal reserve and the european central bank agreed to lower the cost of dollar swaps as a means to boost liquidity and prevent a global credit crunch meanwhile the chinese central bank took us a lot of measures to boost

former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity he's been taken into custody by the international criminal court over allegations of murder rape persecution and inhuman acts other crimes occurred after last year's elections when backbone refused to accept defeat and almost like his country into civil war here's the first former head of state charged by the court since it was established in two thousand and two. u.s. vice president joe biden has arrived in iraq to discuss the departure of u.s. troops at the end of the year but this comes months after washington failed to reach an agreement with baghdad to keep a small foreign military contingent there as the troops departure moves closer attention is being drawn to the hundreds of billions of missing dollars that have disappeared since the start of the war in two thousand and three it leaves many wondering who is responsible and why they're not being held to account. we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars that were spent by the u.s. government and hundreds of billions o

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