acquittal of a senior health ministry official. in the case handled by the osaka district public prosecutor's office last year, the court rejected most of the claims against the health ministry official. after an acquittal in september of this year, tsunehiko maeda, the prosecutor who headed the investigation, was arrested and indicted for allegedly altering data on a floppy disc submitted as evidence. two of his superiors were also indicted on suspicion of covering his actions. on friday the supreme public prosecutor's office concluded that prosecutors should not have arrested or indicted the health ministry official without thoroughly looking into evidence that contradicted their accusations. evidence tampering by the osaka prosecutor was blamed on systemic problems such as excessive pressure from superiors to incriminate the health ministry official. following the release of the in

we're working with the emergency departments with the posting requests the society and with the ministry of health locally. but of course again. basically the population of gaza is completely eight dependent and as long as this is the case the situation will not improve. that's matilda reed martin giving us a view on the events on the ground in gaza and she works for the international committee of the red cross now let's get to some other news from around the world this hour and a third suspected u.s. missile hit pakistan's northwestern tribal area near the afghan border he reportedly killed about nine people officials say vehicles carrying alleged members of a well known militant group to other strikes in the north waziristan region on chews day killed eight the area is a stronghold for. al-qaeda militants who carry out cross border attacks against u.s. led nato forces in afghanistan. west african leaders are in the ivory coast to persuade the incumbent president to step down. refuses to make way for. the internationally recognized president. warns that any attempt to oust him could throw the cou

working with the emergency departments with the palestinian red crescent society and with the ministry of health locally. but of course again. the basically the population of gaza is to see the aid dependent and as long as this stays the case the situation will not improve. that was matilda read about in giving us her view of the events on the ground in gaza and she works for the international committee of the red cross well r.t. is coming to you live from the heart of the russian capital it's now about seventeen minutes past the hour let's get to some other world news in britain now and a suspected u.s. missile strike has hit pakistan's northwest in tribal area near the afghan border killing nine officials say it hit vehicles carrying alleged members of a well known militant group two other strikes in the north waziristan region on tuesday killed eight the area is a stronghold for pakistani taliban and al qaeda carry out cross border attacks against the u.s. led nato forces in afghanistan. three west african leaders have given an ultimatum to ivory coast incumbent president step down or face re

working with the emergency departments with the palestinian red crescent society and with the ministry of health locally. but of course again. the basically the population of gaza is completely dependent and as long as this is the case. this informational not. all right matilda read from the international committee of the red cross thank you for joining us. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a third suspected u.s. missile strike has hit the stands northwestern tribal area near the afghan border killing nine people officials say it had vehicles carrying alleged members of a well known militant group to other strikes in north waziristan region on tuesday killed eight the area is a stronghold for pakistani taliban and al qaeda militants who carry out cross border attacks against u.s. led nato forces in afghanistan. west african leaders are in ivory coast to persuade the incumbent president to step down. users to make way for tara who's been internationally recognized as the president elect. that any attempt to oust him could throw the country back into chaos and civil

doctor jorge delgado of the cuban health ministry, spent almost a decade practicing in africa, and now directs overseas missions. >> ( translated ): as of now, we have more than 350,000 healthcare personnel-- doctors, technicians, nurses, and other specialists sent out to support 105 countries around the world. >> reporter: gail reed is an american who lives in cuba and edits the medical journal, "medicc." >> i think it's foreign policy to the extent that what can a small country do, you don't have foreign aid and big dollars signs to give, so what can you give? >> reporter: the medical missions have also been described as a way for cuba to get around a negative world view of it's human rights record. cuba's ministry of health describes the international medical aid as a natural outgrowth of cuba's educated population and revolutionary vision. >> ( translated ): our main source of wealth is human resources, everyone knows we are a poor country, but providing cuban doctors to other countries grew out of the ideas of our commander and chief fidel castro, who said, we are paying our debt

this doctor is with the cuban ministry of public health. >> preventive medicine in cuba is a premise. there is a saying, it's better to avoid someone falling off a cliff than to pick him up after he's destroyed on the ground. in cuba preventive health care is a victory of our revolution. >> suarez: in such a poor country, however, it's not always easy to treat illness. >> when a cuban patient goes to a hospital, he must rely on the resources available at that moment. sometimes a simple urinary infection can't be treated because they don't have the right antibiotics or some of the basic medications to treat con krik illnesses. >> suarez: this doctor fled cuba in the early '90s when the country was in severe economic crisis. he became frustrated with the limited financial resores given to cuban doctors. his miami, solidarity without borders, gives scholarships to nurses and doctors who defect from cuba and want to retrain and get board certified in the u.s. >> cuba looks abroad to supply the cuban people. every kuhn and has a family member abroad to send medicine plus there are organiza

of administering certification is complex. we work with individual ministries to make sure they had the capability to implement specific programs. an example of that is the ministry of public health where we have worked with them to establish competency to implement a program that gives basic health services to afghans. it goes into a specific program. it is not that a ministry becomes certified that one day. at the moment we have of funding mechanisms with six different afghan ministries that allow us to provide direct funding for specific purposes. we continue to work on that. this year we have added programs with the ministry of education and the ministry of agriculture, which did not previously exist. undertaking that process is an examination to make sure they have the ability to implement the programs we have agreed on. >> there is a concern that that progress is going on a little slower than you would like. >> it is a celebrated at the pace we expected it to. this year we doubled our resources to 27.5%. we continue to read some of the targets that we outlined at the conference last summer in july. everything that we do is done with very strict measures of accountability. w

my life is awful. >> the afghan health ministry figures show that over 60% of people are at one time suffering from varying degrees of depressive illness. >> the bad economy is one of the reasons behind the high depression rate. the other reason is that the people are struggling with insecurity caused by the ongoing disorder. when someone loses their loved one, how can they feel? >> one of the most disturbing factor is of the depression rate is the high number of suicides. for women, they burn themselves. there also the emotional factors. this girl was married when she was only 16 after four years of being locked up and beaten by a husband, she set fire to herself. >> i did this to end my life. my husband is so domineering, i vowed to kill myself. i told him, i came to you as a bride, i will leave you as a corpse. >> in this province, in the past year, 67 women have tried to commit suicide by setting fire to themselves. only three of them actually died. >> the problem in afghanistan is that the law has never been implemented. only traditions are up held. they did not comply with the

of the story is very different. a new study by the brazilian health ministry has found that every second brazilian is over weight and the trend is increasing. a number of factors are to blame. people have more money but they are also more stressed out of work. ty are getting less physical exercise and they are eating more fast food. >> people have gotten used to eating in fact all the time. people here use any excuse to eat. that is why we are getting fatter. >> there are many opportunities in brazil to git delicious food. people eat for enjoyment, not because they are hungry. >> this is a pediatrician who specializes in dealing with children with weight problems. this 8-year-old was overweight at the age of 5 and his cholesterol lowers work way too high. -- his cholesterol levels were way too high. >> these days, the number of overweight children, especially the boys, has reached 30%. this is a national problem that is causing problems for our health service. >> he must make major changes to his diet and lifestyle. before, he used to spend most of his time watching television and playing video games. he played litt

of the story is very different. a new study by the brazilian health ministry has found that every second brazilian is over weight and the trend is increasing. a number of factors are to blame. people have more money but they are also more stressed out of work. they are getting less physical exercise and they are eating more fast food. >> people have gotten used to eating in fact all the time. people here use any excuse to eat. that is why we are getting fatter. >> there are many opportunities in brazil to git delicious food. people eat for enjoyment, not because they are hungry. >> this is a pediatrician who specializes in dealing with children with weight problems. this 8-year-old was overweight at the age of 5 and his cholesterol lowers work way too high. -- his cholesterol levels were way too high. >> these days, the number of overweight children, especially the boys, has reached 30%. this is a national problem that is causing problems for our health service. >> he must make major changes to his diet and lifestyle. before, he used to spend most of his time watching television and playing video games. he played li

of the problems? >> i think we have to really pay attention to who gets what ministry because in the past the sads were given the health ministry, the transportation ministry, and they used them as platforms to carry out political and really kind of militia activities so we can't just look at the prime minister and the top slots who will be the next minister of defense, the minister of interior. we also have to look at who gets what particular ministry and who these individuals are. >> warner: quick final prediction. do you both predict by this time next year, things will seem stable enough and peaceful enough that most if not all u.s. forces will a able to leave. >> my sense is yes. now we feel we enforce them and we believe things are stabilizing. politics will be unhappy but things will move in the right direction. >> warner: michael? >> if i to predict i would say this sofa will be implemented. the american combat troops will leave. there will be another agreement with a different name that sounds like it's a support agreement. we might have a country like egypt or some other arab nation. but it will be elastic. th

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ministry said all of the deaths happened since october 25th. more than 300 people reported getting the swine flu there. the world health organization declared the pandemic to be over in august. >> temperatures are not cooing between north and south korea. the president vowed relentless retaliation against the north if provoked again. the south is not afraid of war with the communist north. the north promised to use nuclear weapon fist necessary. 15 people from a sinking ferry and video of that yesterday. the ferry capsized in rough water off the southwestern coast. waves were as high as 16 feet. seven people were in the water and the rest of the people were standing accident trying to hang on to the top of that overturned boat. >> the battle over alaska's senate seat continues. joe miller will plead his case, but will not stand in the way of gop rival. he said the integrity is vital, however he said even if the case is not decide, miller can be sworn in so that alaska has full representation on capitol hill. >>> hugh hefner has a new fiance only 60 years younger. he proposed to crystal harris who is miss december of 20

i got out of the prognosticating business around health care. >> president and you and others in the the ministryd have made it clear that even though [unintelligible] will continue to pursue it in the next congress, and other goals like tax reform, even though that was that much more heavily against you -- [laughter] >> presumably, in that there is a punctuation of the question mark. >> how are you going to be able to do that if so far it has almost been impossible? >> how much would you bet me that we have gotten done all we are about to get done? somebody, please take record this on my vcr so i can record this. i am talking to bill. [unintelligible] again, i think the president will have the opportunity to discuss what has been accomplished over the past six weeks. the path for how we can work together and accomplish stuff that is in the national interests next year, but noting that i doubt many people would have thought that we would have a free trade agreement that enjoys the support of the chamber of congress and the united auto workers, huge bipartisan majorities supporting a tax agreement