votes here. >> if nicolas sarkozy comes to our neighborhood, he better watch out.ear from me. >> they do not really want to alarm either -- francois hollande they really do not francois either, but he says he is the only alternative to the working class. >> the lesser of two evils. >> the colleagues are all convinced that with five weeks to go before the first round, opinion polls give francois hollande a substantial lead. the man who seemed to have fallen for political grace a few years ago has a good shot at winning the french presidency. >> according to a study out last week, every german the throws away an average of 82 kilograms of food each year, most of which is still perfectly edible. the government has launched a campaign to try to cut down on the waste. >> people often think food is no good after the date on the package. that is one of the reasons why germans throw away millions of pounds of food a year, half of which could still be eaten. the government wants to reduce the waste. >> usually the product is still edible after the date shown. that means peo

france's president nicolas sarkozy calls for national unity. the man who carried out a spate of murders was killed by a police sniper while trying to escape. >> a mass protest in florida over the shooting of a black teenager by crime watch volunteer. and the coroner says that heart disease and cocaine played their part in the death of whitney houston. >> broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world, this is "newsday." >>> hello, and welcome. the french president has appealed for national unity and the wake of the 32-hour siege which ended with the death of the law, the merah, wanted for the killing of seven people. nicolas sarkozy says that french muslims have nothing to do with the motivations of the monster and should not be stigmatized. >> the final act of the most dramatic siege at that lasted over 30 hours. it was thought mohammed merah took his own life, but as the police moved in to clear the apartment, there came the most intense and sustained rounds of gunfire that signaled a ferocious shooting. this is merah fooling

. >> nicolas sarkozy paid a visit to the school, accompanied by education and jewish affairs officialse french president and directed his election campaign to come to toulouse, calling the shooting a national tragedy. >> tomorrow, schools across france will observe a minute of silence in memory of the children of this school. these are our children, not simply your children. they are ours. >> sir's's socialist rival francois hollande also canceled his campaign appearances and traveled to toulouse. >> i had to be here to speak with the stricken families, but also to this school because it is a jewish school that has been hit. which adds anti-semitism to the vileness of the crime. >> witnesses said the gunman opened fire on the victims from close range and then fled the crime scene on a motorbike. >> we know that one of the murder weapons have large cavalier -- caliber bullets. a second gun was apparently also used. >> authorities said one of the weapons was also used to killed three soldiers in shooting incidents last week. a manhunt is underway and prosecutors have opened anti- terrori

nicolas sarkozy announced after the killings that french authorities would investigate all suspectedamist extremists in the country. >> israeli troops have killed a palestinian man in gaza amid violence during rallies against israel's settlement policies. >> palestinian and arab israeli protesters clashed with security forces in its various buses including truslow. >> it was during annual land day demonstrations which commemorate the death of six arab israeli protesters back in 1976. >> palestinian protesters clashed with israeli security forces in several areas. violence flared in jerusalem and at several checkpoints to the north and south of the city. half a million israeli settlers live on land the palestinians considered occupied territory. many palestinians are worried the settlers are pushing the masai. they call for a global march on jerusalem and have the backing of militant group hamas. >> when crowds converged on jerusalem from 80 countries, they send a strong message to the israeli occupation that nobody can accept all they're doing rangers live. >> march 30 has been a day

french president nicolas sarkozy suspended his re-election campaign to travel to the school and called the killing a national tragedy. it's also a national emergency. police believe the shooter is a serial killer and probably racially motivated. the same weapons was used to gun down four french soldiers in two separate shootings in the region last week. all the soldiers were either

. >> -- today, nicolas sarkozy told the nation an investigation is underway to find accomplices. any person who goes on websites that glorify terrorism, will be punished by law. for a president facing a battle for reelection, it is an unsettling conclusion. throughout the week, he has been center stage in the crisis, overseeing the biggest manhunt france has ever known. questions have been asked by his own foreign minister. how did the domestic intelligence agencies lose track of such a violent criminal, who had traveled to afghanistan and was already on their radar as a dangerous fundamentalist? >> serious questions indeed. for the latest, i spoke to kristin a short time ago. the police had hoped to take mohammed merah alive. what had they wanted to learn from him?

nicolas sarkozy said there would be more raids and some of those arrested would be deported. >> i do not know if they are terrorist networks. we have precise questions to ask to a number of people, and what happened this morning will continue. >> police sources are saying there is no direct link between these raids and the killings in toulouse. the large -- the gunman, the 20- year-old frenchman was killed last week. many of those arrested were reportedly part of a band islamist organizations still operating inside france. despite allegations that the gunman had been trained by al qaeda, investigators say he was more likely acting outside of any organized terror cell. >> now, your insta-weather-plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> before we get to the weather, there is our polar bear watch camera at the exhibit at the maryland zoo. one guy is sleeping there, and join the nice cloudy, cool weather we have had so far. i circled some of the clouds around the baltimore area, and you can see some sprinkles move in west-to-east across the area. the real rain chances of somethi

president nicolas sarkozy called for national unity as the to lose a siege comes to an end. come t-- tolouse siege comes to an end. >> the coroner's report says that whitney houston died of accidental drowning. >> several thousand people have taken part in a rally in the american state of florida to demanded the arrest of a crime watch volunteer who shot a teenager dead. the chief of police to temporarily step down and it's the anger over the handling of the case. people would not be pacified by the police chief's temporary resignation. >> it is clear of the -- it is clear that the parents are looking for the arrest of mr. zimmerman. it might have just momentarily calmed the waters. they think that they have been treated unfairly with mr. zimmerman remaining free and not under arrest. >> what should be done? this is all about george zimmerman not being charged and the question of the stand your ground law. explain to people who got on at -- who do not understand. >> the law really is part of a larger law called the council law which allows people to defend themselves with we

i think in the immediate term we will see a big boost for nicolas sarkozy. it does not necessarily mean it will last through to the election but he handled themselves i think with great aplomb. he was being very presidential. there were moving pictures of him in the funeral holding the hand of one of the soldiers killed. and it was the general point -- crises like this, law and order issues -- will generally favor of the right. not seeing anyone on the left has done anything wrong, but this will favor the sitting president if he conducts himself with proper presidential grace and authority, and he has. but who knows? it is four weeks away. anything can happen. he may say something silly. but i would say in that immediate term my guess is there will be a big boost to his ratings. >> thank you very much, indeed. i think we can join thomas on the phone -- thomas whittington, a defense analyst. the raid obviously went ahead and went -- ended up with mohammed merah being killed. you'd think it was inevitable given the fact how long the siege -- do you think it wa

after months of trailing, president nicolas sarkozy leads the polls ahead of april's elections. how do you ward off evil spirits? the tools used by settlers in australia. >> two of president hamid karzai's brothers are amongst those who have been fired on by afghanistan. since a u.s. soldier shot 16 civilians, the country has been on alert for reprisal. a government group is visiting the villages in kandahar. they themselves came under attack. afghan troops returned fire. there are conflicting reports about casualties, but there are suggestions and afghan soldier providing search security for the group has been killed. a former adviser to afghanistan's interior ministry told me the situation in the country is still very tense. >> the people are angry. they're asking for the public trial of the soldier who killed people in kandahar. the attack is shocking, tragic, and damaging. shocking for afghan people. the military's soldier walks out of the base, fire on civilians, and kills women and children. it is damaging the relations between afghanistan, the u.s., and the international

french president nicolas sarkozy was ridiculed in turkish newspapers.he turkish ambassador in paris was recalled, and military cooperation between the two countries was suspended. the turkish government sees the french court decision as a vindication and a way to normalise political and economic ties again. >> as far as i can judge at this time, the problems between france and turkey are settled. >> but the french government says it will try again with another draft of the law, which will likely make for more trouble between the two countries. >> and the u.s. republican front runner mitt romney won both of last night's primaries in michigan and arizona, holding up a strong challenge from his right-wing rival rick santorum. >> romney scored a big victory in arizona, but his home state of michigan was seen as the critical test. and there, he only scraped away. >> with 10 more states voting next week and a super tuesday, romney still has much work to do try to persuade republicans that he is the man to win the white house in november. >> mitt romney's vict

chance to be elected nicolas sarkozy has threatened to exit status shanking area has always been seen as a very pro european politician it's a serious about that to be honest there's a change in the working of a work. if you want my opinion no it's a problem over the past because i know what you have to do we are. a union including russia and to suppress sort of ease up on european countries because of us north century and now is a problem is not trying to get a problem is two of a unique zorn of integrating russia because he is not reelected and how will the french remember him. french even. today he was a good captain on the board in the middle of the storm everybody knows the public opinion for the return on more than eighty per cent of course they don't play two birds clubs you would not vote for him to anything in that case it's possible if. it's all put. remember proud can be turned on. internationally. you know the injuries russia. we made a lot of things. in the news she will feel internal they do their very critical some of them are very critical of middle east. begin about t

police officers on their way to toulouse. >> yes, nicolas sarkozy is on his way, and one can imagine there's now a monumental manhunt underway down there. there already -- it already was pretty large after the shootings last week. that was a big enough story. soldiers warned to be on their guard. a lot of rumors about was he targeting soldiers or north african soldiers. all three soldiers who died were of north african origin, but it's want clear, was that deliberate or coincidence? and then there's this, which -- i mean, there's apparent a racial motivation at some level, whether or not the man is completely mad. we just don't know. but is there a link? very, very unclear. but the working hypothesis is this is the same man. >> we have to leave it there for now. there's much more at the website. thanks for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global financ

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well french president nicolas sarkozy has threatened to pull out all the european visa free shane get agreement unless the toughens up measures against illegal immigration thousands of tunisians were allowed into the e.u. following the arab uprisings last year when italy granted residents permits to refugees fleeing violence but some think that sarkozy is simply trying to win more immigration votes in the presidential elections. in two thousand and seven he won the election in part because he siphoned off some of the votes that went to the high rates he is campaigning on many topics that are the topics of predilections under fire right to a group as far as you can out of a very broken people for the first round of. balloting in a recording that fire rages why powerful break in are and the people who voted for him five years ago and are going to vote for him this time around they're going to open fire right because they feel they were. deceived during the five years by. not being tough enough and immigration aside since there's a crisis the populist great he's using immigration as a ki

we see nicolas sarkozy in the area where a gunman killed a rabbi his two small sons and another child. nicolas sarkozy quickly denounced that attack. >> today is a day of national tragedy because children were assassinated while at school. this is a tragedy at all communities. >> the gun mass was on a motor bike. three were killed in the same area on a motor bike. >>> they are accused and they will be meeting for the first time. sergeant bails will have that meeting at fort levon worth in kansas. we will tell you how family and friends are describing the sergeant. >>> admission guidelines will be discussed at the first of three public hearings. they are considering ending the pref fence to -- preference to local application cans. -- applicants. the school is trying to cope with limited stuff. >>> the silicone giant released a press conference showing apple will offer $2.65. last week the stock climbed $600 per share. >>> time now 6:08 let's go back to tara, she said you will notice some windiness wherever you go. >> it is affecting the drive dumbarton and the bay bridge, let's look at

we're keeping a close eye on the news conference scheduled with president nicolas sarkozy.nji, abc 7. >> gop presidential candidate mitt romney will be campaigning in maryland today. he won t zerothe illinois primary yesterday. he will appear asked a town hall meeting with former maryland governor bob ehrlich in maryland today. mitt romney picked up 41 delegates, widening his lead. president obama preparing to hit the road. today he will fly to nevada to tour as solar facility. then he will talk about oil and gas production and two other states. he welcomed the irish prime minister to the white house yesterday. enda kenny brought him an official certificates of irish heritage. the president is part irish and the president joked about his ongoing controversy. >> this will have a special place of honor alongside my birth certificates. [laughter] >> khyber's promised to's visit is part of a six-day visit to the united states. >> barbara mikulski will be recognized for a big achievement. she will be honored on the senate floor for being the longest serving woman in congressiona

. >>> horas antes presidente de francia, nicolás sarkozy, asistió al funeral de dos de las fuerzas armadasna niña que a un soldado. >>> al mismo tiempo en u0n cementerio en la entrada de jerusalén eran sepultadas las otras 4 víctimas. >>> tenemos que luchar contra esta propaganda contra judíos. >>> se hizo público el video de muhammed merah haciendo pruebas con un auto pocos imaginan que este hombre tuviera tanta ira y reaccionara así tanta ira y reaccionara as el departamento que merah le disparó a los agentes cuando intentaban allanar la vivienda. >>> este hombre tiene un arsenal de armas en su vivienda, las autoridades lo quieren vivo para llevarlo a la justicia y conocer uss motivos, este drama toma lugar a solo 5 semanas de las elecciones. >>>aademás cómo mató al vendedor, después grabó los crímenes. >>> eso está todo por verse. >>> gracias, martín. >>> alrededor de 18 inmigrantes indocumentados fueron arrestados después que el bote donde viajaban llegó ala playa , según las autoridades habían indicios que transportaban drogas en el barco pero no fue confirmado. >>> agentes de inmigra

de 30 horas, el asesino de toulusse saltó por la ventana y fue muerto, presidente de francia, nicolás sarkozye a las farc en másde e 5 años. >>> más de mil indígenas llegaron a quito, ecuador, donde se oponen a proyectos de gobierno en sus tierras. >>> la policía nacional de perú ha decomisado más de una tonelada de droga y capturó a 27 personas de diferentes nacionalidades. >>> una corte internacional condenó a chile por discrminar a una jueza que es lesbiana, la corte suprema determinó que la justicia chilena discriminó en su fallo >>> momento de nuestra última pausa, y al regresar tenemos mucho más en el noticiero univisión edición nocturna ♪. >>> antes de despedirnos, el sábado 24 marzo univisión transmitirá estudios superiores a tu alcance de la campaña de univisión es el momento, es el sábado a las 2 hora del este, así llegamos al final de esta edición, hasta mañana muy buenas noches ♪.

podemos descartar que hubo un sentimienrto antisemita en la matanza, dijo el presiden de francia, nicolás sarkozyr las víctimas. >>> estas unos expsó a través del departamento de estado sus condolencias a las víctimas de la tragediaen nueva york aumentó la seguridad en lassinagogas y escuelas judías. >>> hoy se encontró cara a cara el soldado rober bale, acusado de asenar a 16 personaen afganistán, el abogado dijo que el militar tiene una herida en el cereb en irak y dijo que la conversación fue muy emotiva. >>> hay nuevos videos en siria, sobre el ataque de las toridades de homsk contra insurgentes,ambién se muestran imágen de niños que fueron muertos en el fuego cruzado ♪. > mañana hay primarias republicanas enllois, otro estado donde los latinos juegan un papel importante en la elección, ayer correspondió el turno a puerto rico, donde el triunfador fue mitt romney. >>> mitt romney se llevó los20 delegados de puerto rico, en un preámbulo a la batalla por illinois mañana, más del 80% favoreció a mitt romney, mitt romney dijo que era un mensaje para los que creen que los latinos no votarían por é

. >> en francia el presidente nicolÁs sarkozy condenÓ lo ocurrido al frente de una escuela en tu luz a vÍsperas de cumplir los 85 aÑos. pareciera que ya muestra signos de cansancio previos de su edad, estÁ en la ciudad del vaticano adelante rogelio. >> efectivamente muy buenas noches, desde ciudad del vaticano. nos encontramos aquÍ con motivo del viaje de benedicto xvi a mÉxico y a cuba, el viaje nÚmero 23 cuando el vaticano anunciÓ que el papa no visita la ciudad de mÉxico y por consiguiente y el sienantuario. la altura de la capital mexicana porque es un papa simplemente se trata que es anciano. >> comienza a dar y propio de su edad para algunos el papa benedicto xvi carga desde hace tiempo con la cruz de su salud. >> el papa es muy anciano estÁ prÓximo a cumplir 85 aÑos, su salud es muy frÁgil. >> revela el estado de salud del papa. y estÁ listo de buen animo para em preprender el viaje a italia, a mÉxico y cuba. la visita que estÁ planeada para administrar las fuerzas. >> no va a la ciudad de mÉxico. >> no va a ver a la virgen de guadalupe. >> que ya no llegue a lugares que tenga

showing some leadership, so this could reinforce nicolas sarkozy's position in the opinion polls. we have to wait for the next opinion poll to see if there's an impact, but that's likely to affect the candidate for the election. that's all we can say for the time being. i send it back to you. >> stephane, thank you very much. so the german finance prime minister is presenting the budget. si silvia has this story very it should be one of the easier cabinet meetings because germany is ahead of its own schedule. we want to balance the budget by 20 2016, but you know as germans, we never quite make it easy as we do it. why make it easy when we can make it complicated. he's now under pressure within his own party to balance the budget two years ahead of time. because we now have the actual opportunity to put more money into the debt service, and, you know, of course, in 2013, the famous -- another funny german word, the debt ceiling comes into place. so it would be nice if we could balance our budget earlier. but it isn't that easy. of course, there is a feeling that if we want to bala

french president nicolas sarkozy has addressed the nation. after a 30-hour siege, the police killed the man who said he had links to al-qaeda. >> sarkozy said the citizens were not responsible for the actions of one person. he said those who visit terrorist or hate when sides will be punished. >> police closed in on mohamed merah in the early hours of this morning. >> a 32-hour siege. bursts of gunfire come -- repeatedly rang out. police commandos stormed the apartment where 23-year-old mohamed merah had been holed up for 20 hours. he emerged, and then he was dead. he was shot in the head by a police marksman. he was armed and there were arms and molotov cocktails in the apartment. sarkozy stressed the operation was not intended to end the way it did. >> everything was done to deliver the killer to justice. but it was inconceivable to put lives at risk. there had already been enough deaths. the victims -- children, soldiers, and their families -- are in my thoughts. offer our condolences to the entire nation. footage circulating the internet

the french president nicolas sarkozy has met with muslim and jewish leaders in the country and is calling for national unity. >> i am saying that the entire nation must be joined together. we must not get into revenge nor to people confusing religion and terrorism. >> authorities say that the suspect promised to serve vendor and then stopped talking to negotiators. police evacuated a five-story building, is courting residents out for safety. -- he had promised several times to surrender and then stopped talking to negotiators. the french president's vow to that justice would be served. >> we honor the victims that were killed in cold blood. >> a package bomb exploded early this morning at the indonesian embassy in paris. it caused minor damage but no injuries. officials have not said where the package came from or whether there is any link to the mail bomb and the attacks in southern france. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. getting ready for some even warmer days ahead. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> a little sunshine goes a long way in this kind of weather patte

later, nicolas sarkozy addressed the nation and vowed to do whatever it takes to bring the attackers to justice. >> this act is odious and cannot go unpunished. all means, all available means will be used to make sure this criminal cannot harm anyone again. >> more than 100 investigators have been drafted to hunt down the man responsible for the killings. >> there is a sense of anxiety in france today that this man, recess, calculating, a man who obviously is handy with a gun. probably military training. he is prepared to kill with impunity. that is the great anxiety. some of the reports we have read about the way he killed these children yesterday will shock and alarm many people. there is a round-the-clock police work trying to build a profile of this man before he kills again. he has killed every four days. if the pattern continues, we could be looking at an attack on friday, which is the muslim day of prayer. >> how extensive is the police search? what are they doing? >> they're trying to build a profile of the killer. and have a lot of material to go from. there is a lot of film

the president, nicolas sarkozy, had postponed a busy reelection campaign to travel to toulouse and called for one minute of silence tomorrow across the country. >> these assassinations do not just concerned the jewish community but the whole of france. the nation has been touched and has been hurt. >> police profilers have been building a picture of the suspect and his movements following the two previous attacks in the toulouse region. some troopers were shot down in montauban, and police believe all three cases are related. the gunman fled on a scooter, his face hit, and in all cases, he carried weapons. they are sifting through hours of film from closed-circuit television that captured the attack and the state. -- and the escape. one witness said the man had a tattoo on his face. jewish, black, or north african descent. today, security has been stepped up at all jewish schools and places of worship. the identity of the gunman remains a mystery, but local police speculate they are searching for a man or men with links to the far right's and -- to the far right and with considerable mili

nicolas sarkozy has put immigration at the center of his campaign. he claimed that there are too many foreigners in france. he is currently behind his socialist rival in the polls. he has to compete with the national front for the conservative vote. an australian man has pleaded guilty to attaching a bomb around the neck of a girl in sydney. he retained the girl in an attempt to extort money. i was told how the family of the 19-year-old had reacted to this news. >> they are very happy that this case is now at an end and he has pleaded guilty. the girl's father spoke outside court. he said he is relieved that she does not have to go through the ordeal of giving evidence. he also said it was a complete mystery, and remains a mystery, why this the place in the first place. last august, she was at her home when this man confronted her, took her inside, and strapped what appeared to be an explosive device to connect. he left a note demanding money. for the next 10 hours, the police did not know if that the vice -- that device was explosive. they decided i

french president nicolas sarkozy suspended hi re-election campaign to travel to the school and called it a tragedy. it's also a national emergency. police believe the shooter is a serial killer and probably racially motivated. the same weapons was used to gun down four french soldiers in the region last week. all the soldiers were muslim or black, a fact that means this community's overwhelming degree grief is also laced with fear. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> coming up on cbs news, appl on their investment and first lady michelle obama visits david letterman. you can part a crowd, without saying a word. you have yet to master the quiet sneeze. you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts. well, muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. zyrtec®. love the air. ♪ could open a world of wonder? ♪ ♪ so sensory ♪ so satisfying ♪ the discovery never seems to stop ♪ ♪ it's the magic friskies

french president nicolas sarkozy said the shooting was an obvious antisemitic attack. the new york police department said special attention is now being paid to synagogues. >> do we have a significant jewish population in this city, and we have to take that into account. we know that we're at the top of the terrorist target list, so we are concerned about the so-called copy cat syndrome. >> mary snow is following this story from outside central synagogue here in new york city. mary, what sort of extra security is there? >> reporter: well, erin, you've seen a visible police presence outside of this synagogue and several others that we pass in the city today. the police commissioner is saying basically he's stepped up uniformed police outside more than 50 locations throughout the city. you heard him say there isn't any specific threat or intelligence they have of a specific threat but they felt it was prudent to step up these safeguards. >> i know you talk to a lot of jewish institutions across the city and a lot of them were told to increase security. how concerned are

president of nicolas sarkozy -- president nicholas sarkozy has instructed schools across the nation have a moment of silence. >> this does not concern just the jewish community, but all of france. the whole nation has been touched. >> police profilers have been building a picture of the suspect and his movements, falling to the previous attacks in the to lose -- to close -- in the toulouse region. tonight, police said reveal that there are three connected cases. on each occasion, -- tonight, police have revealed that there are three connected cases. on each occasion, the gunmen escaped on a motorbike -- gunman escaped on a motorbike. of gunman's knowledge the routes and police suggest that he is local. the motive is less clear. the victims so far have been of jewish, black, or north african descent. police know they are working against the clock. surveillance has been stepped up at jewish places of school and worship. soldiers have been told not to wear uniforms outside of their bases. local police speculate there searching for a man or men with links to the far right and with considerab

now french president nicolas sarkozy spoke about the terror. >> translator: barbery, savagery, cruelty cannot win. hate cannot win. the republic is much stronger than this. >> reporter: investigators say it is possible the gunman killed three soldiers in two similar shootings in the same area a week ago. anti-terror investigators are helping out trying to figure out the motive. meanwhile, the gunman is still on the loose. >>> in the newsroom, shomari stone, news 4. >>> we are on the verge of a vernal equinox, the last full day of winter. >> you couldn't tell by our temperatures for the last two weeks. that's the way it's been. my son even asked me is it still winter daddy? i said technically, yes, but meteorlogical winter we consider december, january, and february so that means is meteorlogical spring and mother nature is giving us a lot of spring weather. take a look at this picture of the cherry blossoms in full bloom out there right now. at least close to it. expected to reach peak bloom by tomorrow. so they're pretty darned close right now and simply a fantastic shot. look at the

it took an intervention from nicolas sarkozy for the burial to go ahead. >> in the muslim quarter of the quiet cemetery and toulouse, the gunmen responsible for france's terror attack was buried. around 20 men, mostly friends from the housing estates where he grew up, arrived for his funeral. hiding their faces from the media. it was the end of this saga in which nobody seemed willing to accept his body. his father, who left france when he was young, wanted him buried here in algeria. but the authorities refused permission, citing security concerns. according to the muslim council of france. >> a request to transfer the body to algeria has been issued. the town hall that receive the request has said it is unwilling. >> with the grief of the past few weeks still very rot in the minds of the town's residents, following the brutal murder of three french paratroopers, a rabbi, and three schoolchildren, there was little enthusiasm for him to be buried in toulouse. >> i do not wanted. my husband is buried there. he should not be buried over here. >> it took the intervention of president sa

. >> this evening the french president nicolas sarkozy returned home to speak to the nation from the palace. he has called for a minute's silence in all french schools across the country and has placed in the area under the highest possible alert. >> this act is odious and can remain unpunished. all measures, all possible measures will be taken to put this criminal out of action. >> police are building a profile of their suspect and his movements. there have been two similar attacks in the past week in toulouse and a neighboring town. they reveal the gun used on these attacks is the same. he escaped on a black scooter, his face hidden by his helmet. they're sifting through hours of film from closed circuit television that captured the attacks and escape. one witness has said the man has a tattoo on his face. all the victims so far have been of jewish, black, or north african descent. the police know they're working against the clock. surveillance and armed security has been stepped up places of worship. soldiers are told not to wear uniforms outside their base. the identity remains a

. -- nicolas sarkozy and his ministers have been politicking. tonight, they will attend a memorial service for the three soldiers killed on thursday. also present will be the leader of the far right, so often criticized for stoking the most controversial debates on immigration. the police here are working against the clock, hoping they have put enough resources in this region to act as a deterrent. serial killers develop an urge for greater and greater risk and there is the fear that this gunman is planning his next attack. there is a style and pattern to these shootings. so far, they have taken place every four days. that puts the focus and concern on friday, the muslim day of prayer. >> sadness, fear, and anchor in the south of france. now to a story dominating headlines here in the u.s. parent its surrounds the killing of -- now to a story dominated headlines here in the u.s. its announce the killing of trayvon martin, an unarmed teenager. the shooting took place last month that enter over the florida police handling of the incident has bill

in france, nicolas sarkozy has told tv networks not to broadcast the footage of the violence. the families of the recent victims of terrorism have also called for the courage not to be shown. you might think this is something from the terminator movies, but it is a relative that could lead to industrial revolution. the process of designing and creating new forms of life by making artificial dna, that in turn, produces everything from medicine to fuels. but as you can imagine, it has some crying foul. >> imagine the power to design a new forms of life, to dream up new versions of the genes inside everything on earth and to create new organisms that have never before existed. that is what is happening at this lab in imperial college, london. scientists are not only studying life, but reshaping it. it is synthetic biology, and emerging science that could transform medicine as well as the fuels we use. >> the potential for a new industrial revolution is very clear. it is clear that these techniques can be applied across a wide range of fields from health care to energy and agricul

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