this is a quiet market town in northern niger. now the focus of international attention amid reports that a libyan convoy has been heading in this direction. time information is biased. >> we have had reports in the past two days about the number of pro gaddafi forces try to exit the country. some of those have been confirmed and some have not. we still need to confirm the most recent reports. this points to an underlying fact, i hope, which is that many pro gaddafi forces realize that the game is over. >> south of tripoli, libya and rebels are engaged in a waiting game. they are trying to persuade gaddafi loyalists to surrender in what is one of their last on hold. the national transitional council has restored tribal elders that no one in the town will be hurt if people laid down their arms. >> we have a good promise from the clan leaders and late last night we had discussions with them to try to convince snipers and remnants of gaddafi's regime to surrender their weapons. >> the transitional authorities in libya still hope that

stay inthink he'lls tay i chad and niger, he may go to burkina faso. he may get a good reception for the -- from the leader, who is a disciple of ghadaffi. he may continue longer than anyone anticipated. >> burkina faso say that they have not offered asylum to col. ghadaffi. and perhaps, echoing the words of niger, not going that far, but saying they recognize the transitional council. this is a difficult time. >> it is very difficult for those bordering libya, niger and chad. because of those groups -- and the families brough tthet them . they are very armed. there is no government that can withstand an assault by these mercenaries. the transition council wants stability. ghadaffi will be a major headache. >> i spoke to you four weeks ago regarding your family in bengazi. a lot has changed. how do you see them, the n.t.c., placed to push stability for libya's future. >> they are working hard. they are made up -- mostly from individuals from the east. and the east is very stable. they will open next month in october. following soon after. the east is m

this is a quiet market town in northern niger.

the vast ness of niger. some fog with colonel gaddafi against libya's -- some fought with colonel gaddafi against libya's uprising. they are carrying toureg men and gaddafi of fires -- fighters. the british embassy was ransacked in may. >> i think it comes to an underling -- i hope it comes to an underlying fact, and that is pro-gaddafi forces are realizing the game is up. >> this appearance escape from libya is clear, but it headed out to the capitol, some 600 miles further ron. its stop here. its intended destination may be in burkina faso and its capital. he is trying to stabilize the country, and sheltering gaddafi has a few obvious attractions. it is true gaddafi did serve the previous leader, but that era is supposed to be over. >> the colonel is clearly on the losing side. there may be links to the past between the share and -- niger and lydia. that is clearly history. >> some senior members of the gaddafi regime would end up being in the convoy, but not colonel gaddafi or members of this family. the

this is niger, a country which shares a long border in southern libya. this is the latest place where gaddafi is rumored to be hiding. amongst these tribesmen, he has some support and the convoy is reported to have a ride in this area on monday. there are serious doubts that gaddafi has now fled from libya. >> it does appear that those around him are beginning to see the writing is on the wall and the game is up and leaving the country. my understanding is that he remains in the country. >> for the rebels, who control much -- most of the country, hunting for gaddafi is not the only piece of unfinished business. here, not far from the town of bani walid, reinforcements have arrived, ready to fight their way into the town, which is one of several still loyal to the former leader. the rebels have tried to persuade the loyalists to surrender before a deadline expires. so far, they have not succeeded. there are those still several days to go before the deadline expires and it is likely that there will be further negotiations to try to bring about a peaceful s

>> the government in niger's says that the border is beyond their control. this is a porous border. people could be coming in and the spokesman said that there are other cars probably coming in even as we speak and they may indeed hold people who are close to the gaddafi regime. >> thank you so much for joining us. in other news from around the world, india is on a high security alert after a bomb hidden in a briefcase exploded outside of the high court building in delhi. five people have died and 60 others injured. and al qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility. in pakistan, a key suicide bombers have blown themselves up at the headquarters of the frontier court in a southeastern city where earlier three senior al qaeda leaders were detained. this killed at least 23 people. the government said that the local taliban was responsible. at least four people have died and over 1000 homes have been destroyed by raging wildfires in texas. firefighters hope that, winds will help but they don't have control of the blaze. texas has been suffering its worst drought since the 1950's. if

saadi... has entered niger. a spokesman for niger's government says... saadi entered niger on sunday... in a convoy with nine other people. he added that saadi "has no status at all" in niger..., indicating that he has not been granted refugee status,... which would guarantee him certain rights. greece has come up with a plan to meet its deficit goals for this year. the imposition of a new property tax. the embattled european country needs to raise 2-billion euros to avoid defaulting on its debts and to receive new aid packages. our song ji-sun has details. the greek government announced a new property tax plan sunday to cover a 2- billion euro shortfall in its budget targets this year,... which athens has promised international creditors in exchange for receiving fresh aid. in a news conference, finance minister evangelos venizelos said that the decision was made during an extraordinary cabinet meeting... amid growing fears of that greece could default in the weeks ahead. the tax, which will be collected through monthly electricity bills over the next t

niger is to the south of libya across part of the sahara desert. we do know and i do know from talking to saadi gadhafi last weekend, exactly a week ago today, that he has split essentially with his family, with his father and with his brother. it does seem when i was talking to him last week and he said i want to go on cnn and i want to speak to the world, essentially, but only when i have something to say. what he meant was, he was still trying to make a deal with the rebels, with the national transitional council, to bring about a cease-fire. that clearly he realizes has completely fallen apart. there is no option for that. and now it appears he has fled south of libya out of the country into niger. it's not clear exactly what will happen to him next. i've tried his satellite telephone. that appears to be switched off. i'm waiting for him to respond to my e-mails, fredricka. >> nic, you have to wonder, might that be kind of a decoy that he has broken ties with moammar gadhafi? because hasn't it been reported that there are other family members t

dashing through the desert, reports that a heavily armed libyan convoy has moved into neighboring niger. a desert town could be a staging post for members of the gaddafi

now niger shares the southern border of libya with chad.this convoy is reportedly being escorted by the niger military. there are new reports this morning from sources that moammar gadhafi and one of his sons may be considering joining the convoy. fred pligeitgen has the latest joining us outside bani walid in libya. there had been talk earlier that gadhafi might have been in the convoy. now we're talking about them possibly joining the convoy. still no idea where moammar gadhafi is. sn>> absolutely no idea where moammar gadhafi is. the talk as you said was that moammar gadhafi either might have already joined the convoy or was planning to join that convoy which was then spotted in niger, of course. what our understanding is, apparently this convoy went from niger coming from algeria and might actually be going further on to the countries that has offered exile to moammar gadhafi should he go there. at this stage in time it very much isn't clear whether any high-ranking official from the gadhafi government or, in fact, gadhafi himself or hi

is there any indication that he may have joined some family members in niger?>> reporter: so far, no indication of that. the first announcement that saif gadhafi had crossed the border came from the government, he confirmed it himself. it seems the government here would at least announce if moammar gadhafi crossed over or so far the track record would indicate that. but at the moment, they seem to be giving sanctuary to some of his immediate supporters and to a number of senior ranking military officials. he's in a presidential guesthouse here, though, when we drove by earlier he's got an armed guard right outside of it, fredricka. >> and gadhafi's family members, they've taken refuge in niger as well as algieriaalgeria. i understand the transitional council from libya has made its way to niger, but will the countries have to hand them over? is there any leverage there? >> reporter: i think the leverage is not going to come from the libyan government but from the international community. their prime minister returned from a trim to president yesterday, obviousl

. >>> niger's government says one of moammar gadhafi's sons has been intercepted in niger.e country indicated he has not been granted refugee status. libyan rebels claim to have taken final hold over one of the strong holds of gadhafi's loyalists. >>> and an anti-american cleric is urging his followers to stop attacking u.s. troops in iraq so their withdrawal from the country is not slowed. the call is aimed at putting pressure on baghdad's political leaders who are considering asking some forces to stay. >>> mexico's oil companies says seven workers, including two americans who were missing in the gulf of mexico since thursday have now been rescued. two bodies were found and one other worker is still missing. the group escaped to a capsule after tropical storm nate disabled their rig. >>> in india, one person was killed after an overcrowded balcony collapsed and six others were hurt. the cave-in happened during a festival celebrating a hindu god. >>> the dow opens today at 10,992 after sink 303 points on friday. the s&p tumbled 316789 the nasdaq fell 61 points. looking at

however niger says gadhafi is not in the country. the transitional council says one of gadhafi few remaining strong holds in southeast tripoli srendered to opposition forces. but loyalist forces elsewhere continue to refuse to lay down their arms. >>> a plane carrying a russian hockey team crashed killing 43 people and leaving just two survivors on wednesday. >>> the yack 42 aircraft was taking members to a game in the bell rushian capitol when it duck need the river near the airport northeast of moscow. local airport officials say that plane was unable to get enough height. the hockey team is one of the best in the russian professional league. russian president and prime minister putin have expressed condolences to the victims. >>> and welcome back to your weather update. we have a new tropical storm system that joined us. looking quite small right now in the pacific. this will be froerm kulap that is starting to head into the northwesterly direction. looking like it is aiming for the okinawa islands later on this week as we head in

ben, two separate convoys have passed from libya into niger, but as far as we know gadhafi wasn't withight? >> no, but all indications are that he was not with them, but where he is, nobody really knows. i mean, we have heard this and seen this reuters report this evening that he is somewhere near the border of either chad or niger, but you have to keep in mind that there's an effort ongoing by the national transitional council, the new rulers of libya to convince those cities and towns that are still loyal to moammar gadhafi to surrender, to give up, and they have sent out this message day after day that they know where gadhafi is, and that they are going to catch him soon. and this is really part of a psychological effort to undermine the resolve of those towns and cities that are still holding out. we've heard i don't know how many times officials have said they know where he is, but all indications is that they don't know where he is. he could be in sirte on the coast of the mediterranean or in the south, and we have heard a lot of talk that he might be in bani walid, and all indic

it sits on the main highway that comes all the way down from tripoli, heads down into niger. that is the route gaddafi supporters have been using to flee from the country. by controlling this city, the fighters are now in position to control the routes and control the south of the country. what the pro-gaddafi fighters are left with -- there are a couple of cities further north, where they are holding out. >> coping with the mental scars of war. the pioneering treatment center is trying to help heal the pain. >> not to france, where two women have become the first to be fined in court for covering their faces in cover -- in public with the islamic niquaab. the women say they will take the case to the european court of human rights. christian fraser reports. >> it has taken six months and a provocative stand for the first find to be imposed. today, they were ordered to pay 120 and 80 euros respectively for refusing to remove the veil in public. it will likely and that the european court of human rights. -- and at the u.s. appear in court of human rights. -- end at the european

a leader of a niger rebel group was in the lead vehicle. but there's been no confirmation as to whether gadhafi was with them. >>> more libyan rebels are gathering outside the town of bani walid, one of gadhafi's last stronghold. includes a hospital about 30 t miles away. >>> there's been another significant blow to al qaeda's top leadership. his capture with pakistani asians working with the cia. his role was to hit economic targets in the u.s. and around the globe. the arrest points to an improved relationship between pakistan and the u.s. >>> and as we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks there's new warnings about the threats out there posed by small planes. abc's john hendren has details on that from washington. >> reporter: security experts worry these could become al qaeda's next weapon. an intelligence bulletin from the department of homeland security and the fbi, says violent extremists with knowledge of general aviation and access to small planes poses significant potential threat to the homeland. although, they have

officials in the african nation of niger say two libyan convoys are passing through their country. no word on who is in those convoys. zain verjee out of london is saying she is hearing something else. >> reporter: we are hoping to try to nail it down to see whether moammar gadhafi or members of his family are in those convoy but it's really difficult, kyra. only one report from the reuters news agency suggested that he was not in that convoy, that according to an official in niger. gadhafi has had a good relationship with so many african leaders because he has bankroll a lot of them. he has been generous with oil money and given it to so many african leaders. the other thing he tried to push for a united states of africa, a government, single currency and everybody has the same passport and guess who would be the leader of that united states of africa? he wanted the african leaders at a meeting to call him king of the kings so he would be running the show. take a look again at the map and just focus on one or two countries. i want to explain some of the dynamics going on here. in

from here, there is nothing but sand for 300 kilometers of to the borders of algeria and niger.is said the colonel gaddafi could be out there somewhere, protected by a band of mercenaries. no one really knows. he simply vanished into the desert. >> this is the road gaddafi's family fled down. revolutionaries let us talk to this man, now under house arrest. he has known gaddafi for 50 years and was close to his regime. he says gaddafi will never give up. >> death or victory is what he has chosen. for now, victory is difficult. this is not probable. >> you think he will genuinely choose that? that is not a rhetorical statement. >> i think he meant it. >> some of the soldiers who fought gaddafi's army now switched sides. he says his commanders fled, along with hundreds more men, just last week, making for the border with niger. anyone suspected of being a mercenary for gaddafi is being seized. these men are all from nigeria. they insist they're just migrants looking for work. >> they give you money to work with him? >> no. >> the icc charges is that they brought in african mercenar

niger's prime minister has said the same thing. a libyan official says gadhafi was last tracked toward the niger border three days ago. why would he be heading there? it's possible it's not his final decision. burkina faso offered asylum to moammar gadhafi. libya is already starting to act as a de facto post gadhafi country. this one works. ooh, the price sure doesn't. i'm tired of shopping around. [ sigh ] too bad you're not buying car insurance. like that's easy. oh, it is. progressive direct showed me their rates and the rates of their competitors. i saved hundreds when switching. we could use hundreds. yeah. wake up and smell the savings. out there with a better way.

a convoy of libyan troops loyal to moammar gadhafi arrived in niger monday night,... heading towards the capital niamey,... but the fugitive leader's spokesperson says gadhafi and his sons remain in libya. and back here in seoul,... the korean government has decided to send a team of water resources experts to help with libya's water shortages. song ji-sun has the latest. a convoy of between 200 and 250 libyan military vehicles, including officers from southern army battalions arrived late monday night in neighboring niger,... and departed to the capital niamey on tuesday ,... but it was not known whether the convoy included any members of moammar gadhafi's family... or other high- level members of his government. regarding gadhafi's whereabouts, his spokesman, moussa ibrahim, told syrian tv station al-rai tuesday... that gadhafi is "in excellent health,... planning and organizing for the defense of libya," adding that both he and his sons remain in libya. meanwhile, korea's ministry of land, transport and maritime affairs has confirmed that a team of water resources engineers will b

niger's prime minister has said the same thing. says gadhafi was last tracked toward the niger border three days ago. why would he be heading there?al decision. burkina faso offered asylum to moammar gadhafi. libya is already starting to act as a de facto post gadhafi country. [ female announcer ] we are taking new ultra downy with silktouch to the streets. which shirt feels more expensive? that one's softer. actually, it's the same t-shirt. really? but this one was washed in downy. why spend a lot of money when you can just use downy? [ female announcer ] new ultra downy with silktouch, it's an upgrade in a bottle. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account toda

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the loyalists are fleeing into neighboring niger.overnment officials there confirm at least two military convoys have passed through their country this week. among the ranks the head of libya's revolutionary guard. the very men responsible for gadhafi's family and his security. is gadhafi with them? state department says no although it is urging nijer to detain member of the regime. ben, two separate con voice have passed from libya into niger. but muammar gadhafi wasn't with them, right? >> reporter: all indications are he was not with them. but where he is nobody really knows. we've seen this reuters report this evening that he's somewhere near the border of either chad or niger. but you have to keep in mind that there's an effort ongoing by the national transitional council, the new rulers of libya, to convince those cities and towns that are still loyal to muammar gadhafi to surrender, to give up. and they've sent out this message day after day that they know where gadhafi is, that they're going to catch him soon. and this is rea

number of the loyalists including his security chief libya for neighboring niger and the whereabouts of the colonel himself still well that sounds concerns grow over what could be replacing him. all right well now.

. >>> two convoys of libyans allegedly loyal to gadhafi have fled to niger. a source says six high-ranking libyan officials were in one of those convoys. still no sign of gadhafi themselves. nato officials say it's to keep the libyan people safe an not to target the regime leaders. >>> it's the first dahl day of the new job for general petraeus. he's now taking the reins at the kriismt o. cia. he says it will be an exciting new journey. >>> and mitt romney says he has a plan to get america working again. romney will unveil his jobs plan later today. he says it includes 59 specific proposals to help the economy. the plan calls for tax cuts, scaling back regulation, and a system for retraining workers. we'll bring you that event live. it's scheduled to start at 3:30 eastern time today. >>> president obama spells out his plan for job growth before congress. that happens thursday. at a labor day rally, he told the crowd, he will work to restore the middle class in america, challenging republicans to support the plans he has yet to outline. >> there is work to be

his son flees to niger. balcony crowded with people collapses during a festival and people are seriously hurt. those stories and more in your top stories next. >>> i'm richelle carey in atlanta. back to don in a moment. first a check on the top stories. the latest saadi gadhafi, a former soccer player and playboy now in niger. he was accepted with eight former regime officials on humanitarian grounds. he is not the first to leave. moammar gadhafi's wife, two sons and other relatives fled to algeria. one person was killed sunday and several others injured when a balcony collapsed during a procession in mumbai, india. two women are in critical condition. the balcony was crowded with people trying to catch a glimpse of a religious idol as it passed marking the last day of a hindu festival. across the country people paused to remember victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. in new york a tree-filled plaza surrounds two fountains where the twin towers stood. one by one, the names of the people killed on this date ten

reports that scores of the libyan army as they call have reportedly crossed the frontier border into niger and many believe that gadhafi himself could also be in monday and good also. have fled the country and we have received in this report was just off to khadafi information became has claimed that the embattled colonel is in the country and has no plans to leave it anytime soon. meanwhile british prime minister david cameron has called for an inquiry into claims u.k. intelligence agents extradited terror suspects to libya where they were allegedly tortured the allegations surfaced after human rights groups in tripoli found documents outlining m i six and cia rendition programs but former british intelligence officer any machine expects the probe to be swept under the carpet. when david cameron calls for an inquiry into these allegations he's been credibly disingenuous under the u.k. law the inquiries act two thousand and five any inquiry this is established including this in this torture inquiry headed up by subpoena gibson is circumscribed by the very organizations that are being inves

el ministro de justicia de ese paÍs dijo que había entrado a niger en varios vehÍculos.correr el combustible que se dÉ mÁs rama de una de las tuberÍas. muchos sufrieron severas quemaduras. >> los reactores de la central nuclear estÁn estables segÚn dijo el jefe de energÍa atÓmica de las naciones unidas. las autoridades japonesas han estado trabajando para lograr el control total de la situaciÓn y ha logrado progresos en los Últimos meses. despierta amÉrica tiene una variada opciÓn de entrevistas y noticias. >> este martes se darÁ a conocer una nueva encuesta sobre empleo que revela los planes de contrataciÓn de los empleos. el panorama es ligeramente alentador con respecto al aÑo anterior. conversaremos con la empresa que realizÓ este estudio. los esperamos maÑana. >> nos trala con esta invitaciÓn hacemos nuestra Última pausa. al regresar algunos creen que hay fantasmas en la sede del congreso. >> dicen que en donde se hacen las leyes del paÍs, ronda un fantasma. los estremecedores relatos de quienes han vivido en carne propia las travesuras de una extraÑa presencia. >>

. >> se hijo que el hijo de gadafi entrÓ al territorio de niger en compaÑÍa de los personas.otemburgo por precauciÓn. al menos una persona muriÓ y 6 fueron heridas al derrumbarse un balcÓn de un antiguo edificio repleto de espectadores en un festival popular de la india. paso en bombay cuando 50 personas se inclinaron para ver pasar la procesiÓn de un Ídolo venerado por la cultura hindÚ. >> y la pequeÑa ciudad de kosenuma al oeste de japÓn recordÓ a las miles de vÍctimas del terremoto que devastÓ gran parte del paÍs el 11 de marzo. en acto recordatorio fue en el centro cÍvico de la ciudad que mostrÓ pequeÑos signos de recuperaciÓn. y ahora regresamos a nuestra cobertura especial desde nueva york. >> hacemos una pausa pero al volver, un recuento, que nos tocÓ ver hace una dÉcada y como cambio nueva york en >> y seguimos desde nueva york, hace 10 aÑos esta ciudad amaneciÓ con un sol esplendoroso, en miami tambiÉn pero despuÉs vi como un aviÓn se estrellÓ contra una torre en el segundo aviÓn supimos del atentado y con el pentÁgono supimos que era el peor atentado contra este paÍ

officials in niger are saying the head of moammar gadhafi security forces entered the country on sunday but there's no official word who may be traveling in this latest convoy. >>> anti-gadhafi rebels have vowed to take control. rebels told cnn just a few minutes ago they've resumed negotiations with tribal leaders on the surrender of bani walid. the international committee of the red cross says it's been allowed inside syria's main detention facility. this is the first time it's been given access to detainees since protests started six months ago. the increased access was called an important step forward. >>> a man claiming to have a bomb has taken a child hostage at a court complex. police have surrounded the building in a suburban area of sydney and evacuated people from the area. the child reportedly is the man's young daughter. police negotiators are at the scene. just a month ago, a fake bomb was strapped to a teenager in another sydney suburb. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news leader. i'm zain vergee and "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning f

. >>> and niger's government says that another of gadhafi's son has been captured.e comes as rebels claim to have taken all but total control of one of the final strongholds. and anti-american cleric is urging followers to stop attacking u.s. troops in iraq so that their withdrawal from the country is close. it is aimed at putting pressure on leaders who are asking some forces to stay. >> seven workers including two americans missing in the gulf of mexico since thursday have but rescued. the group escaped to a capsule after a tropical storm disabled their rig. >>> and in india, one person was killed after an overcrowded balcony collapsed. it came during a festival celebrating a hindu god. >>> new research shows levels of pesticides commonly encountersed across the country in food as well as around the home are significantly increasing children's risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. experts say diet is the predominant source in people who switch to an organic diet typically decrease pesticide by-product levels in their system by 85% to 90%. fo

has specifically delivered a message to niger which shares a desert boarder with libya.me loyalists including quadaffi ministers fled into niger earlier this week. >>> the 9/11 memorial at ground zero will be dedicated this weekend and they used a complex algorithm to figure out how to arrange nearly 3,000 names of victims. the names are not alphabetical but instead grouped by sets and subsets of personal and professional relationships. the 704 victims from cantor fitzgerald grouped together but the names within the group also reflect personal ties and requests from family members. then there is the story of victor wold and harry ramos. they worked three floors apart in the north tower. ramos stayed with wold who was unable to go further on the 36th floor that day, telling him victor, don't worry, i'm with you. they were both killed when the tower collapsed and their names appear side by side on panel 63. >>> as you know, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is this weekend and tonight you will hear from bay area families who lost loved ones on united flight 93. it l

it sits on the main highway that comes down from tripoli and heads down into niger. that is the route gaddafi forces have been using to flee the country. by controlling this city, the anti-gaddafi forces are in the position to control the exit route and control the south of the country. what the pro-gaddafi fighters are left with are a couple of cities farther north where they are holding it down. >> thank you for joining us. not a look at some of the other day's news. i think among anti-government forces is spreading in yemen. at least six people are reportedly dead. snipers shot dead two women in the central square. pop benedict lebron-- pope bene -- pope benedict warned catholics not to sacrifice at 64 power. at the united nations, world leaders continue to address the general assembly. among them was mahmoud ahmadinejad. he said the 9/11 attacks were used as a pretext by the u.s. delegation and other western diplomat. it was the controversial bid by palestine for membership in the u.n. that continues to dominate. the u.n. special representative for the middle eas

. >> the hunt for colonel gaddafi continues as a large convoy of vehicles leave libya for niger. >> there have been fresh allegations made about the circumstances surrounding the release of the lockerbie bomber. officials from india's ruling congress party have been saying that their leaders are expected to return to the country some. he has been away for a month while recovering from surgery and the united states. he remains one of the most powerful figures in the country. the biggest protest in decades and worsening ties with parliamentary allies. is the political editor of the indian current affairs magazine. thank you so much for joining us. the think that he will be healthy and well enough to leave the party once again? -- to lead the party once again? >> anything to do with the family, which has been dominated indian politics for several decades. i mean, no one outside the family can give you an opinion on that. we know that she left india. nobody is absolutely sure where she went, what the surgery was, in what condition is she coming back. we hear from what the congress is telling

for moammar gadhafi, crumbled empire in libya, his son, we're told, saadi, a former playboy fled to niger. we'll be joined now by cnn's ben we'dman with the latest on that. ben what can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, don. we know from the justice minister of niger, saadi, the third son of moammar gadhafi, 37 years old, traveled into that country with eight other so-called minor libyan officials. they were granted refuge there on a humanitarian basis. so saadi is not really the big fish that libyan officials are hoping to catch. they're most interested in saif islam the other brother and the man they call the big fish, moammar gadhafi. don? >> cnn's ben wedeman. thank you, ben. >>> moving on to talk about the 9/11 anniversary in new york and washington and pennsylvania. a day of solemn remembrances on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. [ moment of silence ] >>> a moment of silence at ground zero this morning at 8:46. that's when american airlines flight 11 crashed into the north tower exactly ten years ago. the start of the worst terror attack in u.s. history. now the site is a sacred memorial

ntc says it has confirmed that a convoy of more than 200 pro-gadhafi vehicles crossed the border in niger monday night. it's not clear if it included gadhafi. but the news quoted a military source as saying that gadhafi might join the convoy in route. the country has offered him asylum. >>> the swiss national bank has set a ceiling on the franc. the bank announced on tuesday that it set a rate target of 1.2 francs to the euro. it will make limitations in the market if it exceeds the ceiling. they stressed the current evaluation of the franc poses a threat o the economy. following this move, it dropped against the euro in foreign exchange markets. share prices rose sharply in switzerland. japanese market sources say investors are watching what moves japan's government and central bank will take to hold down the yen's further appreciation. >>> next we go to our bureau in bangkok. >> heavy rain and floods have caused severe damage across areas of south and southeast asia. there is a concern that a situation may be more critical as further rain is expected in the coming days. in pakistan, a d

niger's justice minister says saadi gadhafi crossed in from libya in a convoy and that niger acceptedtarian basis." last week he sold gadhafi he hasn't seen his father in months. moammar gadhafi's whereabouts are still unknown. >>> when we think of all of the people who died september 11th we have to remember the hundreds of children who lost their mom or dad. >> when your friends complain "oh my dad's so annoying" or "he won't let me go out" you get mad because you would do anything to have that. >> still ahead the tragedy's youngest victims reflecting on the last ten years. can i have some ice cream, please ? no, it's just for new people. hey ! chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ? chocolate ! chocolate it is ! yeah, but i'm new, too. umm... he's new... er... than you. even kids know it's wrong to treat new friends better than old friends. at ally bank, we treat all our customers fairly, with no teaser rates and no minimum deposit to open. it's just the right thing to do. >>> for the children of 9/11, today isn't just the anniversary of an american catastrophe, it means it has been ten

and is it possible he could slip over into niger as some of his family members have? >> reporter: well, specifically, they believe he is probably, or may be in the oasis about 70 kilometers, or rather, 70 miles to the south. a huge oasis. lots of vegetation there. and it puts him in an ideal situation. if he wants to flee the country as for instance his son did, to go to niger, to go to chad, you have to remember, this is a vast country. we're right in the middle of the sahara desert. there are lots of smugglers. this part of libya has traditionaltraditio traditionally lived on smuggling so it would be very easy for him, if he decided to, to take the desert tracks into one of those neighboring african countries. they do believe that he is still within libya itself. as i mentioned before, the fact that abdullah, a blood relative of moammar gadhafi, is in this area, they believe he was in a town not far from here. just about seven or eight miles. that he's gone further to the south. the fact that he is here is an xa xags, it is an indication that gadhafi may not be too

ntc says it has confirmed that a convoy of more than 200 pro-gadhafi vehicles crossed the border in niger monday night. it's not known if the convoy included gadhafi but reuters news agency voted a military source as saying that gadhafi might join the convoy in route. the country has offered him asylum. >>> japanese astronaut satoshi furukawa has taken part in an experiment to test a health checkup system being developed for the international space station. furukawa, who is a medical doctor, underwent a checkup using the system in the space station's japanese experimental module kibo. the new system collects data including brain waves, electrocard elecocard electrocardiograms and dingtgit images to create electronic health records. it was confirmed he has no health records. >> translator: it's not easy for people without basic medical knowledge to judge their health condition. >> at the moment doctors assess the health of people on the space station once a week through interviews via video phone, but if astronauts travel to the moon, mars and more distant planets in the future, they will

in the five-minute audio, gadhafi denounced a report he was traveling in a convoy to niger. he said it was a lie meant to deceive his supporters. he's ready to attack enemies in tripoli and other cities, but many gadhafi strongholds in libya are surrounded by forces of the national transitional council. negotiations for surrender are underway. the u.s. government says it believes gadhafi is still in libya. >>> time to check on stories we gathered around asia. we begin with this sent by cc-tv china. the chinese government has outlined a detailed plan to sharply reduce energy consumption by 2015. the blueprint was released on the government's website on wednesday. to meet the goal, the government will reign in high-energy consuming industries and step up efforts to recommission outdated factories.lso control new projects in energy-consuming and polluting sectors and those with overcapacity. >>> stressing the need to promote cooperation between bangladesh, india, and nepal. the president welcomed the indian leader saying his visit to bangladesh will boost bilateral relations. i

in a separate development, the government of neighboring niger said on sunday that a military patrol earlier in the day intercepted a hicle carrying gadhafi's third son, hdn eorer ptf e uny. was believed to have been holed up in th libyan city of bani walid in southeast tripoli. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with this sigh tem sent by mcot, thailand. thai prime minister, thaksin shinawatra who took office last saturday, kicked off a tour to a number of asean countries with a visit to brunei. the thai leader attended a banqu banquet hosted by the country's sultan. on monday, the leader left bangkok for indonesia where she was scheduled to visit with the nation's president. she's scheduled to visit cambodia on thursday and laos on friday. massive flooding caused by monsoon rains has left at least 16 people dead in the southeastern indian state. more than a million people from about1,00 villages remain cut off by fldwaters. on sunday, the top state officials surveyed the flood-stricken districts. the authorities a

various members of gadhafi's inner circle have entered niger this month, including three generals. the whereabouts of the former leader remain unknown. the turkish prime minister has renewed his attack on israel, saying its government mentality is the main barrier to peace in the middle east. in a speech at the arab league, he said palestinian statehood was not an option, but an obligation. you are watching "newsday puzzle ravaged by earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear radiation, six months after japan's catastrophe, we return to one of the worst-hit towns. >> with a little help from their friends. the photos captured by one of the beatles' closest confidants. at least nine people have been killed and over 200 injured after a train crashed into a bus in the argentine capital of buenos aires. the impact derailed the train, which was then hit by a second train. vladimir hernandez has more. >> this is the moment an error in judgment may have turned into a fatal mistake. tv footage shows how the train hit the bus going to a level crossing. it then crashed into another train. the bus was c

now a number of the get off the loyalists including his security chief lee libya for neighboring niger and whereabouts of the colonel himself still i know that sounds concerns grow over what kind of or she could be replacing him. all right well now would be a foreign ministers of russia and france are speaking to the media after talks at a meeting about security let's cross live now and take on this. some of those services if i were. to do foolish you know president bush in france in the because well it's the ukraine and we can use most of the sewing needle for the national storm which a lot of the problem you are the way the story goes this is the closest. it was going to the for the seat of the. listening they were just waiting for a bit of a translation there are right now they are two going to be talking about global and regional security and this is out of conference where the russian the french want and the foreign ministers are together and it's also on the agenda is european cooperation taking into account moscow and paris says cooperation in the u.n. as well as the security co

from here, there is nothing but sand for 300 kilometers of to the borders of algeria and niger.t is said the colonel gaddafi could be out there somewhere, protected by a band of mercenaries. no one really knows. he simply vanished into the desert. >> this is the road gaddafi's family fled down. revolutionaries let us talk to this man, now under house arrest. he has known gaddafi for 50 years and was close to his regime. he says gaddafi will never give up. >> death or victory is what he has chosen. for now, victory is difficult. this is not probable. >> some of the soldiers have now switched sides. he says that his commanders fled as the revolutionaries advanced. anyone suspected of being a mercenary for gaddafi is being seized. these men are all from nigeria. they insist they're just migrants looking for work. there are rumors that they brought in african mercenaries to kill protesters. >> it is a bluff. it is completely a bluff. i never deal with this, never in my life. it is not in my conviction. it is not in my ethics. >> for now, the fighters say they will paused, concerned

several key supporters of colonel gaddafi have fled from the town to news year -- to niger. >> the facthat the anti- gadhafi fighters have taken over this place is very key. what we see here is this city of 100,000 people, the biggest desert city in the south of libya, hundreds of kilometers away from aaa, sits right on the main highway that comes all the way down from aaa and it's down here to -- from tripoli and it's down here. gaddafi fighters are now in position to control the exit route and be in a position to control the south of the stoc country, too. there are a couple of cities for the to the north where they are still holding out. >> another one-time senior official, the former prime minister of libya has been arrested in tunisia officials say he was detained as he was right to leave the country on wednesday night. supporters of the opposition candidate in the zambian presidential elections have been celebrating after he was declared the winner. he defeated the incumbent who took office after the death of the pri's he of -- after the death of the previous president in 2008. re

he said niger is going to honor the international commitment. a war and potential trial that could end in a death penalty, this government right here is not about to do that. >> if niger isn't going to do that, should we assume niger will take the same position should gadhafi? >> that could be a slightly different situation because gadhafi's got an interpole red alert out on him. he is wanted by the international criminal court, so the sort of international obligatio obligations would be different. he said he's dealing with a situation here and now, so is not going to speculate on what he would do. the inference is that gadhafi might be treated differently to his son, but the bottom line is that this government's under no internal pressure to send any of the gadhafis back because moammar gadhafi spent millions and millions and millions of dollars here and people on the streets say, no one else has been spending money on us, so we'll support gadhafi if he wants to help. >> my thanks to you, so much. >>> and now, from africa, we go to washington.