this is the country of niger. this is what we came to see.he humanitarian workers who brought us here say there may be the first time of a catastrophe. children are weighed in buckets and measured for a diagnosis, but the problem is obvious. >> these babies, just to look at them, you can see they're not getting enough to eat when their hair is very light. doctors say it's a tell-tale sign they're mal nourished. >> reporter: west africa is in the midst of a drought and footage shortage. millions could starve. >> this is a year old, really? >> reporter: little nafisa, a year old weighs barely more than a newborn. >> she's so tiny for a year. >> naf easea gets a color-coded arm band. red is the result they see more and more each day. >> this one is malnourished. >> reporter: she'll be moved into another tent with these children getting a meal, a supplement of peanuts and vitamins. on another morning, we come upon a school, not far from a town called nurody. this bowl of porridge is the only meal the children will get today, but the vast majority

our world affairs correspondent, mike wooldridge, has this. >> alarm bells have been ringing about niger with its severe food crisis since late last year after chop shortages and food prices soared. eight organizations have been trying to mitigate the impact. today it's estimated that over six million people are affect in niger and 18 million in the whole region. save the children says a rising number of children now need medical treatment for malnutrition. it's clear, the charity says, that the crisis is reaching a new level of seriousness. children are dying because of hunger. save the children says the culture -- save the children says a quarter of the world's children are suffering from malnutrition. it says it's concerned that g-8 leaders will shy away from making bold commitment to ensure that children have enough to eat, but also the right kind of food and nutrition. >> u.n. secretary general bank ki-moon says he believes al qaeda was responsible for the two suicide car bombs in the syrian capital last week. 55 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the attacks near a mil

niger is that the epicenter of a food emergency. it is one of many countries where malnutrition affects both physical and mental growth. save the children calls it a vicious cycle of mothers, stunted in childhood, who go on to give birth to underweight and vulnerable children. what has put the children at the bottom? one in 16 women die in pregnancy. the typical grow only receives two years of -- four years of education. at the 10 countries at the bottom of the index, seven are facing chronic malnutrition and a food crisis. >> this makes me so sad to not be able to feed my children because i am the mother. that is what they're facing mouth. they don't have enough to feed their children. >> -- tops the list of the best place to be a mother. after two years at the bottom, afghanistan has moved up one position partly because it has invested in more front-line help workers. save the children says that supporting more mothers to breast fin -- to breast feed could save many lives each year. >> in israel, pressure is mounting to recruit a

today it's estimated that over 6 million people are affected in niger. save the children says a rising number of children need nutrition. it is clear, the charity says, that it's reaching a new level of seriousness. save the children says a quarter of the world's children are suffering from chronic malnutrition over and above the current food emergencies in africa. and says it is concerned that g- 8 leaders will shy away from making commitments to making sure children have enough to eat, but also the right kind of food and nutrition. >> mike woolridge there. u.n. secretary general ban ki- moon says he believes al-qaeda was a response will for two suicide car bombs last week near and intelligence -- near a military intelligence building. the united states is suspending most economic sanctions against burma in response to a series of democratic reforms. the measure announced by clinton will allow new companies to invest in burma. restrictions have been relaxed. the first u.s. ambassador in 22 years has been announced. an arms embargo will remain in place.

the worst: the west african nation of niger. it replaced afghanistan, which moved up one spot from last year. the united states ranked 25th. for more on the report, we're joined by save the children president and c.e.o. carolyn miles. welcome, ms. miles. >> thank you, gwen. >> ifill: give us a sense of what measures you're using to come up with these rankings. >> well, we looked at a wide variety of measures, really looking at things like child mortality, maternal mortality, the education of women and girls economic empowerment of women, even the political involvement of women because all of those give us a good indicator of the status of women in those countries which really impact what is it's like to be a mom there. we also looked at things like maternity leave. so all sorts of factors. >> ifill: what's the difference in the end in the rankings between the top ten and the bottom ten? >> well, it's interesting. they're really kind of almost a mirror of each other. so all those indicators i talked with about are great for the t

nuclear material question it was the vice president mr wilson a former ambassador was sent to niger in response to the vice president's questions about this issue so assume hadley the vice president got a report back in response to his question and that report contained the wilson memo of his assessment the situation wilson says his family is the subject of a smear campaign by senior administration officials the deliberately leaked his wife's identity as a covert cia operative damaging her future career and compromising past missions after he criticized the administration on meet the press and in the new york times the white house hatchet came out and starting writing started writing articles in which they basically said that wilson was the first one came out and said that wilson told the truth because he's a democrat. let's set that up as an argument democrats tell the truth kerry republicans fell in the blank then and then a couple of senior administration officials leaked to bob novak said that my wife was a cia operative involved in the weapons of mass destruction business and t

pretty well. >> amazing, isn't it. >> when we talk about the weapons, a few months ago we were in nigeralking to a local journalist there, very well plugged-in guy. he said the people had seen coming through the town there on the back of a big truck that had driven across the dezzer from libya a helicopter in pieces that had broken down, put on the back of a truck, and driven out to niger. a helicopter. if you can take something that big, the organization, it's not ten people running around with stuff. it's a serious organized train of places to take them, people with money to buy them. >> another thing that's happened in the east of the country here around the area, al qaeda is believed to have set up camps, although al qaeda wasn't part of the arab spring. they're looking for ways to benefit, and they know they can tap into perhaps tribal, perhaps more conservative islamists. >> so are people better off in libya now without gadhafi? >> not yet. they have an uncertain future. >> we don't know what the end game is going to be yet. and i think, you know, these elections that are coming u

pretty well. >> amazing, isn't it. >> when we talk about the weapons, a few months ago we were in nigeralking to a local journalist there, very well plugged-in guy. he said the people had seen coming through the town there on the back of a big truck that had driven across the dezzer from libya a helicopter in pieces that had broken down, put on the back of a truck, and driven out to niger. a helicopter. if you can take something that big, the organization, it's not ten people running around with stuff. it's a serious organized train of places to take them, people with money to buy them. >> another thing that's happened in the east of the country here around the area, al qaeda is believed to have set up camps, although al qaeda wasn't part of the arab spring. they're looking for ways to benefit, and they know they can tap into perhaps tribal, perhaps more conservative islamists. >> so are people better off in libya now without gadhafi? >> not yet. they have an uncertain future. >> we don't know what the end game is going to be yet. and i think, you know, these elections that are coming u

it found that niger came in at the bottom, replacing afghanistan for the first time in many years. >> at the epicenter developing across the region. malnutrition is chronic. the children call it a vicious cycle of mothers that give birth to under way and the vulnerable children. 1 and 16 women die in pregnancy. skilled health personnel are only a third of all births. the pretend countries at the bottom of the index. >> it makes me sad not to be able to feed my children because my duty as a mother. they don't have enough food to feed their children. >> contraceptive use in the female education is among the highest in the world. afghanistan has moved up to one position partly because they invested in more frontline health workers. telling mothers to breast feed it might save more than a million babies a year. >> pressure is mounting to reroute a controversial separation in order to move away from an ancient palestinian village with a unique agricultural system. the barrier saves lives, they say, and it is only determined by security situations. >> water, water everywhere. in a region wh

many have read the articles about scandalous that the spirit or leaks have contaminated the niger river delta. it also says shell has cooperated with rebels there. he says he simply wants the company to live up to its own commitments. >> we want shell to honor its own business principles. these were launched in 1976, and people are entitled to believe the promises that are made that shell will at all times act with honesty and integrity and openness when they deal with people, with their own employees, with their suppliers, and with the general public. though in our experience, they do not. they are a ruthless, and mean oil company. >> donovan's revelations have cost shell billions. in 2005, he wrote an e-mail to russian president vladimir putin exposing lax security standards in siberia. he warned of a looming environmental disaster. as a result, a shell fell out of favor in moscow with financial repercussions. profits sank and russia downgraded shell to a minority partner in the joint venture. >> mr. donovan was of help to us with his documents. his files prove beyond a doubt the pape

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taylor should be credited for time that he spent in new -- in niger gentleman transfer to his transfer, an additional two years and seven months. the defense submits that during this time, mr. taylor was effectively under house arrest and that the time, therefore, constitutes detention, highlighting the conditions of his stay in nigeria as set forth in exhibit d-406. the prosecution submits that mr. taylor was not under house arrest, highlighting his own testimony that he was free to go where he wanted during this time. rule 101-d of the special court's rules of procedure and evidence provides that credit for time served shall be taken into consideration for any period during which the convicted person was detained in custody pending his transfer to the special court or pending trial or appeal. the trial chamber notes that house arrest has been recognized as a form of detention, ending surrender, which might be considered for purposes of crediting a convicted person for time served. however, in the case of mr. taylor, the period of time he spent in nigeria cannot considered in the tria

. >> we drive over the ridge -- river niger to the capital of mali. at first glance, it is hard to tell that a coup took place here in march. many people here are furious, but not at those who seized power. >> the military coup was good fore in mali because the government was incapable, unscrupulous, and without honor. they did things really badly. >> it is hard to find anyone who misses the old regime, but can the military rule the country better? we spent two weeks trying to get an interview with the leader of the military coup. the first meeting was cancelled. but then, he agreed to see us for 15 minutes. we asked if democracy in mali had failed. >> there was no democracy. it was an empty shell. a democracy where the president lies to his people, a democracy where the officials are richer than the top businessmen, a democracy where the prime minister siphons off public money for himself, a democracy where you have to ride a politician to be able to join the army -- that is not a democracy -- where you have to bribe a politician to be able to join t

there's that niger morgan with the fly ball to left. mel can canmelky cabrera.hey're in the sixth and the giants lead it by a score of 4-2. the first day of voluntary otas and it's a full house for the 49ers. the only players not there are the rookies who are still in need of fulfilling their graduation requirements and yet to sign a franchise tender. there is a reason for the high turnout. >> these off-season workouts as well as this ten-day ota are all voluntary. some 49ers are required to be here by their contracts. others have incentives in their contracts to encourage them to take part. the majority have been here since the off-season workout began realizing if they aren't, jim harbaugh has a replacement available. >> i'm surprised without the requirement guys that came, just want to be a part of it, want to show the coaches and the team that we're all in. >> be out here and when i go home going to get in more shape and come back ready for the season. >> reporter: frank gore does have a workout bonus to be here but he's had workout bonuses before as he ente

bosi kanani, abc news, niger. >> that will put our problem ooze. >> sobering. >> wow.u do want to donate and i'm motivated to do it after seeing that go to our fan page, wnnfans.com and find out some charities you can donate to. >> the things we're worried about, it puts it in a whole new light. >> all about perspective. >> we encourage you to go to our website as well and help if you can. >>> coming up next -- hunks of airline junk falling from the sky. >> the growing threat after this week's care from a jumbo jet. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. investigators confirm that shocking incident from monday that sent debris through the sky was, in fact, part of an air canada jet engine. >> luckily passengers were all okay. but incidents where plane parts fall from the sky actually happen a lot more than you may think. >> great. >> jim avila explains. >> reporter: canadian aviation authorities confirmed it was raining hot metal. >> i picked it up. it was really hot. >> reporter: shards from the air canada

bazi kanani, abc news, niger. >> that will put our problems -- >> sobering. >> wow. if you do want to donate, and i'm motivated to do it after seeing that, go to our fan page, wnnfans.com and find out some charities you can donate to. >> the things we're worried about, it puts it in a whole new light. >> all about perspective. >> we encourage you to go to our website as well and help if you can. >>> coming up next -- hunks of airline junk falling from the sky. >> the growing threat after this week's scare from a jumbo jet. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. abc's "wowcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwc

there was an old lady from niger they went for a ride on the tiger, she -- how does ago? she returned from the ride something inside, and a smile on the face of the tiger. i think that's how it goes but it doesn't really work because niger doesn't rhyme with tiger. but at any rate that, and i had called the title peace in that on the essay of the death of daniel pearl. the smile on the face of the tiger, which i thought was, so people like daniel pearl, as you know, was a "wall street journal" writer who was headed, wound up beheaded in pakistan by khalid sheikh mohammed who is now in u.s. custody in conjunction with omar shaikh, a student of the london school of economics, a middle-class british subject. and it is, and daniel pearl again without any one idea of a right-winger, he loves muslim culture. he got a look and. he thought they trusted him. and he trusted them. and in the end they beheaded him. and the last words he said was my father is a jew, my mother is a jew, and i am a jew. indian, who he was, who he was out road his basic identities as an american jew. tha

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