ferry carrying 350 people has sunk off papua, new guinea's eastern coast. the operator of the ferry is a company called star shims. it lost contact with its ship after it sent a distress signal. earlier i spoke to captain noraramon with the mayor tile safety authority and he told me about that. >> it is thought to have supping. there are people floating around with their life jackets around the area of the casualty. we have mustered four merchant vessels around the area, and they are engaged in rescue operations. >> so how many people were on board? we are reporting it could have been as many as 300. >> that is the guest because the ferry has a capacity of around that figure. i can't tell you off hand without seeing the records. however, i haven't got anything in concrete like the passenger manifest to confirm the numbers. but it would be close to that number. >> do you know why the vessel sunk? what details do you know about the distress signal that was extent? >> it is very early now. the distress signal which was received initially by the rescue coordina

and many saved off papua, new guinea. >> and welcome to "bbc world news." i'm david eades. >> india's supreme court canceled telecom licenses amid an ongoing corruption scandal. >> thanks for being with us. more an 70 people dead. another 1,000 or so injured. that's the toll after clashes broke out among rival football fans. many poured on to the pitch. the security forces are being heavily criticized for failing to step in. three days of mourning are following. >> supporters of the football club gathered late into the night welcoming back injured fellow fans and received some of the bodies from port said. they angrily vowed revenge for the deaths. and some of the al-ahly players were received. >> with the results of this investigation, each one will take his punishment and we will know why and who caused this tragedy. >> the deadly violence broke out at the end of the game between al alive and a team from port said. as the gahm ended supporters from the al-masry side stormed the al-ahly fans and many were killed in the stampede trying to get out. questions

so far, officials in papua new guinea were on the scene. >>> let's tend to our business news here on "world business today." it was an answer of when and not if. and facebook has announced that now is the time to update its status from private to public. they have a $5 billion listing here. it's set to be the biggest in internet ipo history. even at the moment, the facebook valuation scale could net mr. zuckerberg more than $22 billion. andrew, it's interesting to think that some analysts would be listing itself at a value of about $10 billion. it's come in at $5 billion. it's hard to know if that's disappointing or not. >> i know. what i've been reading and there's been so much written so far, there's been a huge amount of interest. but there is a lot of vested interest in all of this. so, maybe that $5 billion could go a little bit higher than the $5 billion number we're hearing at the moment. there's been so much written about this. one of the interesting things i saw and you probably saw it, as well, was the actual letter written by mark zuckerberg, the company of the ipo. it's o

on sunday. -- off the coast of papua new guinea on sunday. arsenate correspondent says that authorities believe that those trapped -- our correspondent says that the authorities believe that those trapped may not be allowed. >> it has been 24 hours since the ferry went down. there are ships on scene and helicopters looking for any chance of survivors making it through this. but the suggestion is that these people were trapped on the vessel and are not alive and the ship went down in rough weather 24 hours ago. the only survivors are talking about how awful it was trying to get off the vessel. then once they got off, they had to stay in the water until they were picked up. after 24 hours, this is very much a recovery operation ships are on the scene in case something good me come of it. >> you are watching news on the bbc live from singapore and london. the bbc gets exclusive access to the new rolls royce singapore plant. >> drug dependency could be handed down from one generation to the next. >> let's have a look at the international newspape

and going right up across the spine of new guinea and the highlands where there were aborigines there. let me skip forward a few years as to why this really was of some importance, i guess, back at that time that we get all this kind of training. andy and i in 1978 were asked by president carter to take a delegation to the solomon islands when they were getting their independence, and we did, but we had a few days to spend in papua, new guinea, also, and some of the people at the consulate area advised us to go up into the hills in the highlands where a missionary had come in and found this tribe that had never been contacted before, ever. found it 13 years before. and they had a plane where we could go in, land on a little strip going up a jungle hillside there, one of these high lift airplanes, stalls, sort of takeoff and landing airplanes. so we went up there and went over to this place. we walked through a jungle and up a mountainside to get to this village. the missionary, when he had come there, the natives there had contacted them, never had any contact, but then went to the ou

a ship carrying 350 people have signed off the coast of pop and new guinea.ore than two under have been rescued. -- off the coast of papelbon in guinea. -- papua new guinea. more than 200 have been rescued. angela merkel was speaking at the start of a visit to china, in which she will update ministers on progress in the eurozone debt crisis. mrs. merkel is particularly key to attract more chinese investment to europe. >> our economy and your economy are connected in this globalized world. we are facing some of the challenges and the -- and giving with the times of the financial crisis. we can feel the effects of the financial crisis especially in europe. and >> angela merkel speaking about european relations. how important is germany to the chinese trade? evan has been running out. >> germany needs and china. the chinese rich by the you -- buy german cars. this shows how china affects german profits. china is the customer that has kept the german economy ticking along while other european economies stumble. >> uc volumes increasing prior to the chinese new ye

it supg on its way to new guinea from the island of new britain. officials say rescue crews have so far plunked at least 193 survivors from the ocean. prime minister peter o'neill said his government is mobilizing resources for the rescue operation. >> we have now dispersed close to four vessels and a helicopter in the area to rescue the survivors. >> the area was reportedly experiencing bad weather at the time that the ship's operator has been unable to confirm the cause of the tragedy. and finally, an usual horse racing festival in the central highlands of vietnam has taken place following the lunar new year. thousands gathered to watch the traditional event which provided spectators with a mixture of competition and comedy. one horse is unable to stop short so gallops straight out of the course. another one moves backwards instead of forwards. unexpected accidents like these are actually the main draw of this horse racing festival. thousands of people braved the bad weather to see tuesday's event. the horses normally drag carts for farmers who p

>>coming in next at noon the search continues for survivors of a ferry coast of papua new guinea. more than 230 survivors have been rescued thus far. the vessel got into trouble early this morning and sank about 10 mi. offshore. the ferry company said that there were 350 people on board the boat at this point there is no word on the exact number of people missing or the nationalities of those passengers. the australian maritime safety authority has spent assisting papua new guinea with the rescue efforts. >>egypt is in a three day mourning period for the victims of the country's deadly soccer riot. 79 people were killed when fights broke out at a match between the teams from cairo and ports the yesterday investigators say that they're still unsure if the riot was sparked by sports rivalries or political differences ... the violence came one year after egyptians forced longtime dictator hosni mubarak from office many fans blamed police for not stepping in to stop the fighting before escalated. >>the united states and nato want to end the com-ed mission and afghanistan in 102013. th

more than a hundred people are still missing after a ferry boat sank off papua new guinea. more than 200 of the 350 people aboard have been rescued. >>> indiana is the 23rd right to work state in the u.s. and the first state to change its law in over a decade. the state legislature passed and the governor signed the controversial bill saying that workers do not have to pay union fees. . >>> the senate in washington state passed a bill last night to legalize same-sex marriage. the statehouse is expected to pass it and the governor will sign it. that would make washington the seventh state in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. >>> in france, a presidential candidate was showered with flour wednesday. he was shocked. but did resume his speech on the french housing crisis still covered in the protester's flour. >>> a first video of the far side of the moon. a view that we never see because the moon is locked with the earth. the moon cam video shot last month shows a moon scape full of dozens craters left behind after dozens of collisions with asteroids. >>> n

it happened today off the east coast of papa new guinea on an island nation north of australia.rs have plucked more than 230 survivors out of the ocean. hundreds of people were on board at the time. no reports of bodies found. >>> more fallout this morning from the massive soccer ride that killed 74 people in egypt from a massive soccer riot. the prime minister dissolved the soccer federation board. hundreds stormed the field in cairo yesterday following an upset victory. it was the deadliest soccer violence worldwide since 1996. the area as police chief has also resigned. officers are accused of failing to intervene during all the mayhem. >>> in the presidential campaign, newt gingrich may get a new high-profile endorsement. sources say that billionaire businessman donald trump is expected to back the former house speaker during a campaign event today in las vegas two days before the nevada caucuses. >>> meanwhile front-runner mitt romney has events planned today in las vegas and reno and spent much of yesterday trying to clarify a statement he made during an interview with cnn

. >>> rescue efforts are under way in the south pacific where a ferry sank off the coast of new guinea. the ferry was traveling from new britain to the mainland in rough weather when it capsized. there were 350 people on board. more than 230 have been rescued. >>> now to politic. mitt romney is in hot water over comments he made about poor people in this kun kri. and newt gingrich is expected to get a big name endorsement today. tara mergener has details on that. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, betty. donald trump is expected to give gingrich the nod today which will bring a blitz of a media attention just in time for saturday's contest. >> it was an honor to have donald up here. >> they could be teaming up on the campaign trail. sources tell cbs news the billionaire businessman is expected to endorse the former house speaker in las vegas today. the two met in new york city last december, but it was one of several meetings the reality tv king had with gop candidates. trump's backing days before the nevada caucuses could help gingrich bounce back from the florida loss. >>

he was determined to carry the war to the enemy, to new guinea, which was the direct route back to the philippines. a long struggle lay ahead against huge numbers on countless islands, there seemed to be but one way, blast the enemy from every one of his islands in the pacific. victories came, knowing the area, knowing the enemy, utizing all of our air and navl skill, the commander captured his plan to observe only a few key positions on their way to the philippines. now against these key positions, the pattern of attack, first heavy preparory fire to soften up the objective. next the landing. these were very unpredictable. there were many beaches, some were ideal, hardly more than a matter of getting one's feet wet. meanwhile the gain was tremendous, the enemy never expected us to come ashore here. there were other shores, many of them wicked. sometimes the attack was in frail cracks, sitting ducks if surprise on the enemy had not been accomplished. on other beats, continuous tractors. in addition, combined operations of the three arms, the key to modern warfare. leaders and men share

. >>> turning to papua new guinea with a ferry with 350 passengers on board sunk off the coast on thursday morning. about 200 people have been rescued, but many others are still missing. the ship, the "rv queen" was lost after the distress signal was sent. it is believed there were 350 people on board. it sunk on the way to newguinea. officials say rescue crews have so far plucked at least 193 survivors from the ocean. the prime minister peter o'neill says he is mobilizing crews for rescue. >> we have close to four vessels and a helicopter within the area so they can rescue the survivors and also help those affected by the disaster. >> the area was experiencing bad weather at the time. >>> and finally, an unusual horse racing festival in the central highlands of vietnam has taken place following the lunar new year. thousands watched the event which provided spectators with comedy. one horse was unable to stop. it galloped straight out of the course. another one moves backwards instead of forwards. unexpected accidents are actually the main draw of this horse racing festival. thousands of p

>>grant: a fairy has sunk off the coast of papua new guinea carrying three to 50 people. the ferry has been found. the boat did send a distress signal but not more information is known. the 350 people on board have not been confirmed dead. they're calling this a tragedy. that is the latest in we will keep you posted as we learn more. >>jaqueline: conditions are pretty mild with clouds streaming overheads. we will see coldest temperatures overnight. details coming up. >>grant: facebook made it official, filing papers for an initial stock ipo. as early as this summer the bay area could be welcoming of local billionaires'. if you use facebook, it's the ideal may be a mixed blessing. tough the hard truth is in this cartoon, if you are one of the 800 million facebook users, you are not a customer, you are a product. facebook in, comes from this page, advertisers. they are the reason why investors are jumping at the bit to get a piece of the company. going public will give regulators in washington more of a say in protecting the privacy. here are some of the other things expect

another boy just got back from new guinea. >> reporter: facebook helps. >> the card came back to me last year. >> reporter: she gets an immediate response. >> she answered already. wow. >> reporter: former students like these sisters cherish the cards and the teacher, who keeps them connected. >> she'll send them from everybody to the class pet to the bully. >> reporter: she takes the time to write a personal message. it's very special. >> it's affected me in decisions i made as an adult also in taking care of my own children. >> reporter: 66 and retired, lois hayes says the lessons are not over. >> i plan to keep doing it as long as the lord provides for it. it is a joy. >> reporter: the latest batch of birthday cards are already in the mail. rehema ellis, nbc news, west, mississippi. >> there you go. that's our broadcast for this monday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we sure hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com test: >>> good evening, our nbc chopper over the scene at a tanker crash in the south bay.

rescuers searching for survivors after a ferry disaster off papaw new guinea. >> anger in argentina come as prince william starts a tour of duty in the falkland islands. they accuse britain of an act of bravado. and over one hobert lost, thousands of trapped in rural areas as temperatures plummet. >> broadcasting to pbs in america and around the world, this is "newsday." >>> hello again. we begin with breaking news from egypt, where the clashes between protesters and the police appeared to be taking place around the country. two protesters have been killed in the city of suez, and the northeast part of egypt. this is an anchor of the deaths of scores of football fans in the city of port said on wednesday. there have been clashes in central cairo, as the police have used tear gas on demonstrators, and hundreds of people have been injured in the capital. our correspondent has sent this report. >> tonight, the center of cairo has once again been turned into a battlefield. thousands of protesters. each time, there have been forced back by barrages of tear gas and rubber bullets. hundreds hav

more than 100 people are still missing after a ferry boat sank off the east coast of papua new guinea. >>> indiana is now the 23rd right to work state in the u.s. and the first state to change its law in over a decade. the state legislature passed and the governor signed the controversial bill saying that workers do not have to pay union fees. >>> the senate in washington state passed a bill last night to legalize same-sex marriage. the statehouse is expected to pass it and the governor will sign it. that would make washington the seventh state in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. >>> in france, a presidential candidate was showered with flour wednesday. he was shocked but did resume his speech, still covered in flour. >>> a nasa mapping spacecraft beamed home its first video of the far side of the moon, a view we never see because the move is tidally locked with the earth. the moon cam video shot last month, shows a moonscape of the moon covered in craters. >>> the dow gained 83 yesterday. the s&p was up 11 points, the nasdaq jumped 34. taking a look at overseas t

search for more than 100 people still missing after a ferry sank off the northern coast of papua new guinea on thursday. 250 people rescued. fears the unaccounted may be trapped on board. it's not clear what caused the sinking. survivors said that it was hit by huge waves before it went down. a khmer rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of 52,000 people in cambodia has had his sentence increased to life. he said he was only following orders. the famine in somalia is now over. conditions have improved after their best harvest in 17 years and significant international aid. a third of the population still needs emergency support to survive. uk energy secretary chris huhne has resigned after he faces criminal prosecution for covering up a driving offense. he's a member of the liberal democrats, the junior partner in the london coalition government. his departure will mean a limited reshuffle. a personal, which now has a significant political ramifications. >> he was quick to make the statement that everyone expected to appear. >> good morning. i have a short statement. the prosecution services d

more than 100 people are still missing after a ferry sunk off the coast of new guinea. it's believed they were trapped when the ship went down. more than 250 people have been rescued. the ferry capsized and sank after being hit by three large waves thursday morning. rescue efforts continue but no survivors were rescued today. >>> coming up on the morning news, the bizarre story of a millionaire who actually adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend. >>> plus, a texas streaker. a bright ufo caught on a police dashcam. this is the "cbs morning news." when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any histor

teams continue battling heavy seas and strong winds to search for survivors after a ferry sank off new guinea with three hundred fifty crew and passengers aboard almost two hundred fifty people were plucked from the sea many remain missing the ship's operator said the vessel sent out a distress call thursday but that lost contact most of the passengers were college students and teachers and training. a cold snap has already claimed one hundred sixty four lives in eastern europe as a nation struggle with record low temperatures heavy snowfalls led to widespread transport chaos and power outages the extreme cold even caused the black sea to freeze off ukraine's coast and in that country alone more than one hundred people died after temperatures plummeted to minus thirty celsius most of the victims homeless people. euro zone woes and iran's nuclear ambitions have taken the german chancellor to china ogling merkel is hoping to reassure investors that europe is still a good bet and seek and to secure funds to help the region escape its financial crisis merkel is also asking beijing to join the e.u

hundred twenty people are still missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of probably new guinea most of those unaccounted for are university students who officials believe were trapped inside the ship when it capsized ships helicopters and planes have been sent from australia to aid the search for survivors two hundred thirty eight people have been rescued so far. and the cold snap sweeping across eastern europe has now claimed the lives of more than one hundred thirty people snow was two meters high in parts of serbia leaving around eleven thousand villages stranded in remote parts of the country sixty three people have died in ukraine alone at a time just plummeted to minus thirty degrees celsius food shortages have been reported in the capital kiev with trucks unable to transport supplies. now the watchful eyes of webcams are about to be set up across russia ahead of next month's presidential elections the move was proposed by a premier. that's after thousands of people took to the streets late last year calling for transparency in the election process. has the story. inch af

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and not just in the highlands of new guinea. for hundreds and hundreds of years, the russian nobility handled envy among their serfs by every few years doing a repartition of the land. big families would get lots of strips of land, small families would work fewer strips of land. and it made sense for the noble who owned the land because, of course, a small family could only work fewer strips of land. a large family could work more. and they would distribute them based on family size, and every few years small families would become big families, they'd do a repartition. well, many analysts say that the success of the russian revolution in 1917 in the rural areas where it wasn't expected to succeed is because there hadn't been a repartition for over 100 years. people had been waiting for it. the resentment and envy of one serf to the next serf who had more land was growing to a boiling point and, in fact, of course, stalin gave them the ultimate repartition about ten years later by taking all the land and starving so many of them.

continuing to battle heavy seas and strong winds the search for survivors after a ferry sank off papua new guinea with three hundred fifty passengers and crew aboard almost two hundred fifty people have been plucked from the sea but many are still missing the ship's operator said the vessel sent out a distress call thursday but then all contact was lost most of the passengers were university students and teachers in training. a cold snap has claimed already some one hundred sixty four lives in eastern europe as nations continue struggling with record low temperatures heavy snows caused widespread transport chaos and power outages more than one hundred people died in trade alone after temperatures plummeted to minus thirteen celsius most of the victims homeless. and unexpected u. turn from the father a former f.s.b. officer who was pretty poisoned in london six years ago he says he'd been wrong to accuse of lad of your putin of being responsible for his son's death walter lippmann enco said his claims have been driven by grief and hatred adding he had no idea that his son alexander worked for brit

it happened today off the east coast of papa new guinea off australia. so far rescuers have plucked more than 230 survivors from the ocean but as many as 350 were aboard when the ship went down. there were no reports of bodies found at this point. it's not clear what may have caused that accident. >>> it's now 4:32 now. video recordings of the trial of california's same-sex marriage ban may be released to the public. a federal appeals court is set to rule on that today. anne makovec is just outside of the courthouse where more on this prop 8 ruling. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. when people hear prop 8 you might think this is about whether or not it's constitutional. we are still waiting for the ruling on that. that's not today's ruling. today's ruling deals simply with the videotape made during the trial and the question is whether or not it should be made public. of course, prop 8 outlawed gay marriage in 2008. then in 2010, a federal judge ruled prop 8 violated the constitution. that ruling is now under appeal. and in the meantime, this vid

continuing to battle heavy seas and strong winds to search for survivors after a ferry sank off papua new guinea with three hundred fifty passengers and crew aboard almost two hundred fifty have been plucked from the sea but many remain missing the ship's operator said the vessel sent a distress call thursday but then all contact was cut off most of the passengers were college students and teachers in training. and a cold snap has already claimed one hundred sixty four lives in eastern europe is countries struggle with a record low temperatures and heavy snowfall led to widespread transport chaos and power outages the extreme cold even caused the black sea to freeze off the ukrainian coast in that country alone more than one hundred people have died after temperatures plummeted to minus thirty celsius most of the victims were homeless people. coming up later to join the moscow out team on the hunt for new ways to spend your time and beat the winter freeze while staying indoors. good morning everybody. we're exploring the subject. from board games to extreme sports the cold weather. here but why

passenger a ferry carrying around three hundred fifty people has sunk off the coast of papua new guinea the boat was travelling between the cities of kimba and law when it went missing the ship's operator said it lost contact with the vessel on thursday after it sent a distress call search and rescue helicopters are heading to the area. american advance secretary leon panetta says the u.s. will seek to end its combat operations in afghanistan next year speaking at a nato summit he said the country wants to switch to a role of supporting and training afghan forces the decade long presence of u.s. troops there has cost us around six billion dollars a year around seventeen hundred u.s. troops have died since the two thousand and one invasion. and deep freeze and have the snow have led to at least eighty deaths across eastern europe forty three people have died in ukraine alone where temperatures have plummeted to minus thirty degrees celsius in bosnia a rescue helicopter airlifted emergency food and evacuated dozens from snow blocked villages weather forecasters say the subzero temperature

a ferry carrying a three hundred fifty people has sunk of papua new guinea's north coast rescuers plucked from the sea at least two hundred nineteen survivors but others remain missing the ship's operator said it lost contact with the vessel on thursday after it sent a distress call and most of the passengers are students and trainee teachers. seven people have been killed and seventy one wounded after a blast near a police station in southwest colombia a motorcycle packed with explosives blew up just outside the entrance in the city of tomorrow officials have blamed a leftist fark rebels for the attack claiming they were targeting the regional police commander he was not hurt in that explosion. he watching r.t. live from moscow in an unexpected change of heart the father of a former f.s.b. officer poisoned in london in two thousand and six has backtracked on his accusations that the then russian president vladimir putin was responsible for his son's death walter litvinenko described his claims as lies driven by hatred saying he didn't know that his son alexander worked for british intell

a ferry carrying three hundred fifty people has sunk of papua new guinea's north coast rescuers plucked from the sea at least two hundred nineteen survivors others are still missing though the ship's operator said it lost contact with the vessel on thursday after it sent a distress call most of the passengers are students and trainee teachers. the un has demanded israel stops building settlements on occupied palestinian territory and restart peace talks palestinians claim they're being terrorized by israeli settlers in the meantime outnumbered and outgunned by now turning to tech savvy solutions to defend themselves pulis lire reports. this footage is being filmed with nasa on a watch as camera he's the palestinian who's been pushed to the ground fine israeli soldier just moments earlier his friend took his camera and started filming with the. president of here want to thank all of it out for literally i know that it was me it. was a little i was not only oh no no no. no no no no no it seems like those happen almost weekly here and they have been hills and across the palestinian territo

teams continue to battle heavy seas and strong when searching for survivors after a ferry sank off new guinea with three hundred fifty passengers and crew aboard almost two hundred fifty have been plucked from the waters but many are still missing the ship's operator said the vessel sent out in a stress call thursday but then lost all contact most of the passengers were college students and teachers in training. the hour's main news here on our team moscow are coming your way next stay with us. everybody. hello and welcome to the program we're exploring the popular subject of hobbies in the russian capital from board games so extreme sports the cold weather doesn't put anybody here but why the mosque well that's because i'm here. in the center of moscow where this group are enjoying the game. also known as well wolf. mathy is a party game that was created in the u.s.s.r. by dimitri in one nine hundred eighty six as a kind of. mystery game. in moscow and various pubs restaurants and even. ex-pats to enjoy the game. although quite complicated the rules are cut down so this play is assigned one

a ferry carrying three hundred fifty people has sunk off papua new guinea's north coast rescuers plucked from the sea at least two hundred thirty eight survivors but others are still missing the ship's operator said it lost contact with the vessel on thursday after it sent a distress call most of the passengers are students and trainee teachers the un has demanded israel stops building settlements on occupied palestinian territory and restart peace talks palestinians claim they're being terrorized by israeli settlers numbered and outgunned some are now turning tech savvy to defend themselves poor the slip. this footage is being filmed with nassau only watches camera he's the palestinian who's been pushed to the ground fine israeli soldier just moments earlier his friend took his camera and started filming with. the theory was. really i know i've heard of a dozen or so it. was a little i don't believe it was the family oh no not at all other they are talking about i don't know closely and it seems like those happen almost weekly here in the hebron hills and across the palestinian territor

continue to battle heavy seas and strong winds searching for survivors after a ferry sank off papua new guinea with three hundred fifty passengers and crew almost two hundred fifty have been plucked from the waters but many are still missing the ship's operator said the vessel sent out a distress call thursday but then contact was lost most of the passengers were university students and teachers and training. a cold snap has already claimed one hundred sixty four lives in eastern europe as countries struggle with record low temperatures heavy snowfalls led to widespread power trip power outages and transport chaos the extreme cold even caused the black sea to freeze off the ukrainian coast in that country alone more than one hundred people have died after temperatures plummeted to minus thirty celsius most of the victims were homeless people. an unexpected u. turn from the father a former f.s.b. officer who was poisoned in london six years ago he said he had been wrong to accuse vladimir putin of be responsible for his son's death all to live in and go said his claims had been driven by grief

a ferry carrying three hundred fifty people has sunk of papua new guinea's north coast rescuers plucked from the sea at least two hundred thirty eight survivors but others are still missing the ship's operator said it lost contact with the vessel on thursday after it sent a distress call most of the passengers a students and trainee teachers. the blunders of u.s. politicians have inspired jokes and parodies for decades with the presidential election campaign heating up there's a whole new supply of ammunition but as marina portnoy reports somebody the comments are displays of ignorance and disregard for world affairs and no laughing matter. every four years america's top job is up for grabs. with each new election comes a new batch of candidates with compromising foreign policy credentials when i ask me who is the president of you becky becky becky becky stands banned i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border you can actually see why russia from land here in alaska africa was