it is individuals. >> thank you very much for joining us from nairobi. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. police and greece have used tear gas at nationwide protests. we have live pictures from athens. this is the scene in the center of the greek capital. the action is disrupting transport. rubbish was set on fire outside a luxury hotel. they also threw projectiles. during the union backed a demonstration, police were there. this is hours after parliament approved the bill cutting salaries, months after those in the civil sector also have their wages cut. austerity measures are also expected today in spain, france, and belgium. this has been especially tense in athens. of course, that was the start of the euro crisis. that is why the austerity measures have been so severe there. factories were closed. hospital and transport services were also affected. it is certainly having a big impact, as you can see. it is a busy center -- the center of the greek capital. off the coast of an australian island, dozens

an explosion in nairobi, kenya has killed three people. it was headed for you got there. some groups linked to al qaeda may have possible attacks there. in ivory coast, the turmoil over the presidential election continues to grow. a direct challenge was made so they can extend the mandate. the white house threats and targeted sanctions. our colleague is in the u.n. headquarters and is following this development. >> the council has agreed to extend the mandate for another six months. they have paved the way should there be additional u.n. sanctions to the ivory coast. they could be redeployed. this mandate may not be as robust as some were hoping for, u.n. diplomats say this is a very clear statement. this man must step down. but he is determined to cling to power. they have the world's biggest cocoa producer. the european union has agreed to impose sanctions on the ivory coast. the u.s. will follow suit with probably a travel ban. it may even freeze financial assets. >> british police have arrested 12 men in a significant operation to prevent a bombing campaign in the uni

as part of a bbc series, will ross reports from nairobi. >> robbery is comment.ng caught is a record local tv cameras capture -- people trying to run away from the anti-correction commission, but not getting far. these police officers were taking more than their salary. do you have to end up paying bribes to get things done? >> of course. >> it's expensive. the employed people -- and you find that in many ways they even buy votes so they can be elected. >> you go to an office, you cannot do this or that. you spend a lot of time. you have to come again. >> if you pauy, you get something done. >> yeah. >> this is the cemetery. there is no more room for graves. what happens? the authorities look for more land. they hand over more than $3.50 million. it transpired that was 10 times the market value of the land. the latest example of millions of taxpayers' money going down the drain or more likely lining the pocktets of corrupt officials. the mayor was forced to step down. many more are hoping evidence stays buried. >> 70% of your cabinet would not be in place. you ma

we spoke to a journalisk who has been following this story for us from nairobi.they were there to deliver an ultimatum and we ask what their efforts could realistically achieved >> well, this is not the first time that they traveled to convince gbagbo to step down. three weeks ago, it was the former president of south africa. those past talks are negotiations. efforts to find a compromise did not have any concrete results. today, this is the president of -- the three presidents who came to put on pressure. the west african union does not exclude a military option. this does not frighten gbagbo but must fghten the generals. >> and radical islamic sect in nigeria has claimed responsibility for the christmas eve bombings and attacks on churches in the country that left at least 86 people dead. in statements on the group's website, they said that they carry out the attacks. police said the bombings and the subsequent clashes between armed muslim and christian groups killed 80 people and wounded more than 100. six others died when two churches in northeastern nigeria

reporting from nairobi. >> it was meant to be democracy in action. but the real winner of the 2007 election was never known. when the incumbent president was hastily sworn in, kenya descended into turmoil. rival supporters took to the street and the country split along tribal lines. as communities turned on each other, more than 1, 200 people were killed. fleing for their lives, half a million were made homeless. >> we do have -- >> it took international mediation for the weapons to be put down and kenya to be brought back from the brink of civil war. rivals were to share power. they agreed that the perpetrators of the violence must face justice either in kenya or at the international criminal court. with no trials taking off at home, louis mohr rain yo campo stepped in. >> i selected the war incidents and collected evidence about what happened, how they were committed and according to it would describe who is responsible for the crimes. >> kenyans are about to find out who are the six people that are wanted in the hague? among them, senior politicia

these are baby elephants, they're orphans and they're part of a very memorable extended family in nairobiarby, 18 other orphans are in need of a stretch, a push and even a morning cuddle. their keepers guide them every step of the way. for over 30 years the davis shelter wildlife trust has been rescuing babies like these. and they're teaching them what their moms would have taught them had they not been victims of poaching. before he was rescued, he went by his dying mother's side for hours. those kinds of traumatic memories are one of the many reasons keepers stay with the elephants 24 hours a day, even sleep with them at night and feed them ever three hours. >> they all have different characters. some are very cheerful, very playful, very calm, very shy. >> how did you guys figure out to use a blanket? he has spent the last 50 years living with and learning from orphaned african elephants as the species is increasingly threatened by human conflict and ivory poaching. >> all that we know has come from her. how to give them the care that they need. >> daphne is the widow of famed conserva

when i hear people use the word multicultural, i think back to my schooling in nairobi where all of us came from different cultures, and we were all searching for better life and economic progress. but to move from a to b, from country to country, from language to language, from hemisphere to hemisphere seemed just so much more, so much more easier and so much more -- let's say we took it more for granted than my grandmother's generation. and then i come of age in the information age. so rapid modernization that i think generations like my mother and my grandmother somehow got a taste of it but didn't grow up in this. i, i'm not just a child of globalization, but i'm also a child that is intellectually comes of age after 1989. after the fall of the soviet union. >> why was that the case? how did that impact your life directly? >> it impacted it directly if we accept huntington's thesis that there is a clash of civilizations and that there is a clash between the west and islam in the sense that i was born into the muslim civilization as defined by huntington and lived it and breathed it

i've been working about the last year-and-a-half i do travel between khartoum and nairobi. i am something of a nomad without cattle. these guys have clearly said the foundation here. i will just briefly touch on two issues, sort of status of the referendum itself. and also the post referendum arrangements which have been discussed. these two issues are obviously inextricably linked. first, i left sudan about three weeks ago as registration started in must say to the end of october and the beginning of the registration on the 15th of the timber there was a remarkable surge in preparations and the commission itself deserve credit for pulling the together and confounding what seemed like a probable delay at that stage. now as has been mentioned registration was completed a week ago, preliminary lists are now posted for reviewing the appeals process is underway. no official numbers yet, but as has been mentioned on the order of 4 million on the south, 115,000 the north and roughly 50, 55,000 in overseas voting that continues official numbers that's probably later this weekend a

nbc's maria ma new nose spent time with a family in nairobi, kenya. >> it's 6:00 a.m.seen is waking up. nearby 18 other sleepy orphans are in need of a stretch, a push and even a morning cuddle. >> come on. >> reporter: their keepers guide them every step of the way. for over 30 years the david shelledic trust has been rescuing baby elephants like these. and they're teaching them what their moms would have taught them had they not been victims of poechg like alari. before rescued he wept by his dying mother's side for hours. those traumatic memories are one of the reasons keepers stay with the elephants 24 hours a day and sleep with them at night and feed them every three hours. >> they all have different characters. some are playful, naughty, calm, shy. >> how did you figure out to use a blanket. >> reporter: dame daphne has spent the last 50 years living with and learning from orphaned african elephants as the species is threatened by human conflict and ivory poaching. >> all that we know has come from her. she developed how to give them the care they need. >> report

i've been working about the last year-and-a-half i do travel between khartoum and nairobi. i am something of a nomad without cattle. these guys have clearly said the foundation here. i will just briefly touch on two issues, sort of status of the referendum itself. and also the post referendum arrangements which have been discussed. these two issues are obviously inextricably linked. first, i left sudan about three weeks ago as registration started in must say to the end of october and the beginning of the registration on the 15th of the timber there was a remarkable surge in preparations and the commission itself deserve credit for pulling the together and confounding what seemed like a probable delay at that stage. now as has been mentioned registration was completed a week ago, preliminary lists are now posted for reviewing the appeals process is underway. no official numbers yet, but as has been mentioned on the order of 4 million on the south, 115,000 the north and roughly 50, 55,000 in overseas voting that continues official numbers that's probably later this weekend a

i've been working about the last year-and-a-half i do travel between khartoum and nairobi. i am something of a nomad without cattle. these guys have clearly said the foundation here. i will just briefly touch on two issues, sort of status of the referendum itself. and also the post referendum arrangements which have been discussed. these two issues are obviously inextricably linked. first, i left sudan about three weeks ago as registration started in must say to the end of october and the beginning of the registration on the 15th of the timber there was a remarkable surge in preparations and the commission itself deserve credit for pulling the together and confounding what seemed like a probable delay at that stage. now as has been mentioned registration was completed a week ago, preliminary lists are now posted for reviewing the appeals process is underway. no official numbers yet, but as has been mentioned on the order of 4 million on the south, 115,000 the north and roughly 50, 55,000 in overseas voting that continues official numbers that's probably later this weekend a

and you depart -- nairobi is not a good example because we don't have direct flights, but those airports that have direct service to the united states, as mr. heyman explained, they are monitored by my inspectors. because at least one of your to look at air carrier inspection activity and we do an airport assessment at least every one to three years to see they are complying with standards when they are not fully compliant, take actions with government or even at the airport to revise additional training. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator rockefeller. >> first come a quick with senator johanns on the public adjusting to more security. there really isn't any choice. and it's been -- you know, the pat downs which only affect about 3% of the people who go on to airports and airplanes and they have to fill another test to get to. you know, it is sensationalized makes everybody nervous. in fact, it is necessary and others have learned how to live with us and i think we can too. so i really agree with you and i think tsa is doing a terrific job at it. in fact, on most trips i'll find a tsa p

embassy in nairobi subsequently went on to play a command role in the 2003 attack on to israeli targets in kenya was in somalia training not only members of the al shabaab militia but also many of the young somali americans who left this country who radicalized and recruited in minnesota and departed to be trained in somalia where it was training among other things suicide terrorist tactics. in fact it was a somali american had committed the first known terrorist attack by a u.s. citizen already now over two years ago in october of 2008. so it was that important kinetic role but at the same time al qaeda was advising and helping al shabaab to develop its information operations and we see this in the appearance two years ago of the faith of abraham. al shabaab's on line magazine, swats jihad and so on. and they see this replicated in pakistan as well as the pakistani taliban, afghanistan as well as the afghan taliban. adversaries who 10 years ago we dismissed as technophobes or technological luddites now have multiple on line magazines, multiple web sites and one has to say too very slic

embassy in nairobi. he played a key operational command role on the attack of two targets in kenya. he was in somalia training militia and many somali- americans who left this country and where radicalized and recruited in minnesota. he was training suicide terrorist. it was a somali-american who commited the first known terrorist attack by a u.s. citizen two years ago in october of 2008. at the same time, al qaeda was advising and helping to develop information operations. you see this with the appearance of the faith of abraham. al shabob's online magazine. we see this replicated in the thoughtless and -- replicated in pakistan. adversaries who we dismissed 10 years ago now have multiple online magazines, multiple web sites. they have slid pr operations that in some cases trumb our -- trump our own efforts. they seek adversaries that have clean passports. they are valuable in two respects. they can navigate within those societies where they live and work. they can provide strategic intelligence and planning. they have no prior experience and no prior background in terrorism. they

embassy in nairobi subsequently went on to play a command role in the 2003 attack on to israeli targets in kenya was in somalia training not only members of the al shabaab militia but also many of the young somali americans who left this country who radicalized and recruited in minnesota and departed to be trained in somalia where it was training among other things suicide terrorist tactics. in fact it was a somali american had committed the first known terrorist attack by a u.s. citizen already now over two years ago in october of 2008. so it was that important kinetic role but at the same time al qaeda was advising and helping al shabaab to develop its information operations and we see this in the appearance two years ago of the faith of abraham. al shabaab's on line magazine, swats jihad and so on. and they see this replicated in pakistan as well as the pakistani taliban, afghanistan as well as the afghan taliban. adversaries who 10 years ago we dismissed as technophobes or technological luddites now have multiple on line magazines, multiple web sites and one has to say too very slic

if you take off from kenya and go to nairobi, those airports that have direct service to the united states, as mr. heyman explain, they are monitored by my inspectors. we go there at least once a year to look at the air carrier inspection activities and we go into an airport assessment at least every one to three years to ensure that they are fully complying with the standards. when they are not fully comply, we take actions with the government or even as the airport to provide additional training. >> senator rockefeller. >> i agree with the center on the public's adjusting to more security. there really is not any choice, and the pat-downs, which actually affect only about 3% of the people who go onto airplanes, and they have to fail another test to get that, it is sensationalized and it makes everybody nervous. fact, it is necessary, and others have learned how to live with this, and i think we can, too. i agree that tsa is doing a terrific job at it, and on most trips i will find a tsa person, particularly in rural areas where they are dealing with a family that does not speak the engli