in nigeria, boca harrumph -- in nigeria, fighters have -- resistance army is active in the region between the south and the central african republic'. in this stretches where the al qaeda and other groups are based -- in this stretch is where the al qaeda and other groups are based. a former u. s. flight officer says that recent events have made -- a former flight officer says that recent events have made this necessary. >> the situation 10 months, 12 months ago, the concerns about drone strikes and civilian casualties -- i would say that many people in north africa probably now rate the risk from al qaeda affiliates as higher. this is all in retrospect, seeing what has happened in algeria, seeing what has happened in mali. there is quite a lot of concern from north african nations about the presence of al qaeda in the monograph -- magreb and how active and powerful they are becoming. >> rocket scientists in south korea are celebrating. after two failures, they say they sent a satellite into orbit. we report from seal -- seoul. >> with its third attempt to launch the space rocket, south k

this is nigeria. it's encounters both on the comic level, the absurd level, and on the tragic level which really is where we are today in a situation where these holy warriors, good institutions, and this is one incident. went to the school the institution, had a list, taken the trouble to penetrate and take the list, and they called out students one by one and shot them, 46, shot them, knifed them. i try as hard as i can to be as even handed as possible in the book, but these are issues which agitate one rightly, i think. i say i try to be as balanced as possible. i claim that because i have a feeling that if the book, if the process, because a book sometimes begins, even the printing process to some of you know, lie briar, can begin, can take two years to come out. the book had come out, and certain incidence had happened, specifically one incident had taken place, which, for me, was one too many. i would have ratherred left if they permitted me another paragraph, and then i wouldn't have been so ni

in nigeria, the deadly terrorist group waging war on the church. and our visit with gracea burnham, 10 years after the rescue that freed her from muslim rebels and took her husband's life. welcome to our year in review edition of "christian world news" i am wendy griffith. elections brought the mouslim brotherhood into power. thousands are fleeing the country. as this wave of unprecedented immigration grows, they maybe on the verge of an awakening. >> you have an emboldened local islamist, that one of their brethren is in power to what they see is god's message on the grounds without a government. >> creeping islamization has the coptic christian community nervous. many have left the country. >> it is an exodus. >> david alton is with the human rights campaign. >> a lot of killings. churches bombed. christian women raped. all sorts of things taking place. 100,000 coptic christians have fled the country. >> my local church in fairfax, we have seen a serious wave of immigration from egypt since the revolution. that is one church in the u.s. >> irania

in late -- in nigeria, floods destroyed crops across 20 states. a senior pakistani tribal leader has been killed by an unmanned u.s. plane. he was one of the top commanders. it was part of the tribal region where the united states has been targeting insurgent leaders. he has been killed with five others. we are joined from islamabad for more on who the man was. >> he was a senior commander from the south region who was active in carrying out attacks inside afghanistan. he made no secret of it. he was a respected member of the tribe. the tribe lives on both sides of the border. he offered a great help to the pakistani authorities when he took on the fallen fighters. he moved them from their territory and it enabled the pakistani military to go on a major offensive against another try. an important figure -- against another try and. tribe.her >> the strikes appear to be undermining efforts to come to a truce in the region. >> it was not just been thrown strike that killed him, but another strike that had not far away. there were two drones strikes.

why this should be happening in nigeria, is a question many asks. authority concluded an investigation into the building sector. >> the country that produces 2.2 million barrels of crude oil a day, and people are struggling just to get the finished product for their daily use is very, very -- >> in an alarming [indiscernible] >> if we manage a very well, there'll be no need for substitute. a lot of money is being made at of the ongoing corruption. those in charge or also the contractors -- are also the contractors. >> reaching a crisis level. thousands of barrels of oil are stolen a day. no one actually knows which numbers are correct. official records show that jara produces more than 6.5 million barrels of oil a day -- show that nigeria produces more than 6.5 million barrels of oil a day, could be higher. >> it is very possible, but nobody knows. >> others are optimistic the crisis in the well being sector can be resolved. >> i think it is an issue of solving it within one to three weeks. >> an overhaul on a tour is the corrupt building industry,

- nigeria. - nigeria. oh, oh, you're giving me too much here. okay, this is a dime.his is ten cents. - this is a ten? - mm-hmm. - and this is five. but it is bigger. i will never understand. - it's no problem. so do you live around here? - no, i am visiting for one week. then i'm going home to my husband. - well, "married" is an interesting word. it means different things to different people. - to me, it means everything. - i was afraid you'd say that. well, tell your husband that he is a lucky man. - actually, i'm the lucky one. good night. - [answering message in yoruba] [answering machine beeps] - [speaking yoruba] [tires squealing] [randy newman ragtime theme] ♪ it's a jungle out there ♪ disorder and confusion everywhere ♪ ♪ no one seems to care ♪ well, i do ♪ hey, who's in charge here? ♪ it's a jungle out there ♪ poison in the very air we breathe ♪ ♪ do you know what's in the water that you drink? ♪ ♪ well, i do, and it's a-ma-zing ♪ ♪ people think i'm crazy 'cause i worry all the time ♪ ♪ if you paid attention, you'd be worried too ♪ ♪ you'd better pay attentio

well for now france is spreading its presence beyond marley's borders is now standing for neighbor nigeria currently afraid the violence may spread and target uranium mines crucial to a french run the energy company certainly a lot more than just a bit later in the program. now a cia veteran and a man who oversaw the capture of al qaeda is third in command is facing lead three years in jail during sentencing later today for leaking classified intelligence join a carrier crew who was the first to blow the whistle on washington's torture program later revealing the name of an alleged torture at guantanamo bay he was convicted on a law which hasn't been used in twenty seven years earlier this week kiriakou explained why he was driven to speak out. i've never gained anything from what i've said publicly that i've lost everything and i believe i was prosecuted not for what i did but for who i am a cia officer who said torture was wrong and ineffective and went against the grain i'm not naive i know that national security and intelligence and counterterrorism a very is a very tough arena i knew

doris truong nigeria and chad are expected to arrive over the next few hours. -- soldiers from nigeria and chad. chile is no longer flying that the boeing 787 dreamliner after recent problems. boeing maintains it is safe to fly. thousands of protesters in front of pakistan's government, the cleric is holding talks with the government. as of the ruling coalition are negotiating with him after he threatened further action. he wants the government to resign. there's no sign the prime minister will heed his call. the anti-corruption chief of pakistan has been depending the prime minister at the supreme court. he says and ordered to arrest the prime minister is flawed. kamal, i don't know if you have been watching the footage of the pakistani foreign minister is saying that khadri is nobody. so why is the government engaging in talks with him? >> as you said, who is he? many people in pakistan say if he were so insignificant, how is it that he has brought the government to its knees? some parts of the city are paralyzed. people wanting to march on parliament. he was speaking from inside his

now this is after france boosted its presence in northern africa by deploying special forces to nigeria they are thought to be protecting your raney of mind to ultimately being run by that of a state owned company have a look at the map right here now the french say that science in nigeria could become a target for african islamist militants who have threatened revenge on pirates for the mali intervention against insurgents now both nigeria and mali a former french colonies and have natural resources that the french energy sector is heavily dependent upon a middle east but a culture told r.t. that france is right to fear the regional repercussions of its actions. groups and under need to start a group says there are lots of correlations and i think it's part of the not sure the dynamics of the politics and out reason and i don't necessarily see. the impact of the french intervention towards pushing them towards a political settlement because they might be able to control a certain point of the forces over there but they're definitely have unleashed other forces that want to have repercu

of education in nigeria an independent report showed that actually the results of it had been not to improve the quality of education at all and they awarded the project to nigeria the second lowest rating again the government here refutes that same report sources that only visited a handful of schools so it's a pretty damning indictment of what's happening to all this money so vast sum of money how does it exactly help the image or british politicians. well of course the conservative party here in this country has an image of sort of stingy only wanting to help the rich and it does go a long way towards getting rid of an image like that it shows that politicians are magnanimous sort of make them seem very generous and of course the government line is that more money abroad equals more stability abroad which equals more stability at home these this information does suggest that the government doesn't really care where the money goes or how it's ministers or how effective it is it only has that it seems to be giving and in fact there's a constant drive to increase the amount of intern

christians also earned the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria and christians respond in kind and set upon the muslim colleagues, usually in reprisal. but the level of intolerance based on ignorance has reached such that the papers any time in nigeria by ms. church has been burned down. a mosque has just been burned down. worshipers bombed out of existence because even within the religion, there are different grades of purity. consider the other side not peer and therefore deserving. the institution however is not complicated. it is in fact in other societies. there's never one issue that leads to total capitalization of society.

the majority were in nigeria, and the rest were in pakistan and afghanistan. so it's minuscule and away are really really close on this one. >> rose: is 2018 the number? is that the date? >> we're committing we will get it done by then. you have to get to zero cases and wait two years for there not to be any cases. >> rose: but is the idea here too, that you can win in the global health battle? here is an example of what we can do? >> absolutely. what we're going to do to get rid of polio, that-- the systems we're going to build to reach kids with other disease that would cuttify it but the victory of achieving good things will make it worthwhile. >> rose: if you get polio what disease are you saying you better watch out. we're coming after you next. >> i think as we're close or at the polar eradication, then we'll step back and look at malaria, and we'll have new tools. and i think we'll put a agreement plan and go after that. polio would be the second. so malayeria hopefully, would be the third disease completely eradicated. >> eradicated. is there an apprec

you have a bible that was stained in blood from nigeria. tell us the story. >> i got this bible last spring. and a year ago, in january of last year, there was an attack on a church in a place called gombay city in gombay state. a group called the boko haram, and i know you have reported many times on that islamic group. they went into the deeper life bible church, and three young men from the boko haram opened fire on the christians, and killed 10 people. two young boys were killed -- >> wendy: the person who owns this bible, they survived? >> yes. his name was youkuba, and he was shot in the waist area, and his blood is on the bible. when the shooting occurred, they had been praying for the boko haram. >> wendy: and they're tied to al-qaeda? yes. you have this militant islam spreading in nigeria, and it is coming to the central part, which is considered a plateau state, which is the christian south and the muslim north, and there are many christian associations doing evangelism into the north and they've been getting attacked. >> wendy: t

. >> shell says they're happy after being cleared in a dutch court of massive oil spills in nigeria. campaigners say that they will fight on. shot by the taliban, she is recovering well after another operation on her face. also in the program, aaron has the business news. blackberry is fighting back today? >> it does not get bigger than this. it is make or break for the company behind blackberry. today they unveil this beauty. for the company that has lost 90% of its value in the last few years, is this enough to turn around the fortunes? >> is 12 noon in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 in the afternoon in syria. government forces operating on an unprecedented action. rebels are also fighting back with evidence of how -- with evidence uncovered by the bbc. they are constructing homemade bombs. the rebels claim they are -- that are contributing to the success of their mission and to deny that civilians are at risk. james, tell me some more about what you have uncovered. >> we have a look at bomb making with the rebels. following quite a long process in their workshop. the rebels

now this report from northern nigeria. >> you can see nigerian forces are in high spirits.hese troops will be going to molly over the next few days. about 900 in total. they will form the bulk of the forces from across west africa that are going to help out army as wellalian as the french troops. there is harsh terrain. nigerians say they have plenty of experience with that as they have been fighting in darfur, keeping the peace for number of years. they also have experience in sierra leone and liberia. an issue for nigeria, in the north of the country they have been fighting against an islamist insurgency for the past few months. it's been a very difficult fight. they say that has given them relevant experience. what's clear is this conflict in mali is becoming international. >> that was from the north of nigeria. our security correspondent is with me now. gordon, we erred from the japanese prime minister earlier talking about all the things that he wants done. there are crisis meetings going on all over the planet. what options do leaders have? >> very few good options. t

. >> stealing oil is a major problem in nigeria. the problem is reaching a crisis level. 250,000 barrels of crude oil have been stolen every day. the oil industry is an opaque mix of numbers. nobody knows which are correct. official records show that nigeria produces more than 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. but the figure could be much higher. >> we could produce a million barrels of crude oil today. it is possible. nobody knows. >> however, some are optimistic that the crisis in nigeria's oil sector can be resolved >> if the government is ready, it could be solved within three weeks. >> it will require an overhaul of a notoriously corrupt and inefficient industry, which funnels millions of dollars to government officials. >> a nepalese army officer who has been arrested and charged in the uk over allegations of torture will face court on saturday. the government has summoned britain's top diplomat in katmandu over the arrest. the crimes were reportedly committed during the decade after the maoist insurgency ended in 2006. a shoo

. >> reporter: this man says he arrived from nigeria in november. he applied to the justice ministry for refugee status. in nigeria, islamic extremists continue to terrorize and attack christians. he says they killed his father and younger brother, both christians. he also says he fled to japan because his life was in danger. he arrived in japan with about $500, but it lasted only a week. he has been homeless for nearly two months now. >> reporter: the first thing he ate in japan was a bowl of seasoned beef and rice. that was his last square meal. >> reporter: in japan, refugees cannot work for six months after applying for asylum. the government gives them $16 per day for living expenses and $440 per month for housing. but the number of applicants is rising, so it takes as long as three months to process the payments. on this day, the african man went to a major train station in tokyo. he headed to the men's room to wash up. then, he spent the night sleeping in a corner of the station. the number of homeless africans is growing. this npo helps them

seeing attacks in nigeria, right? there was trouble in nigeria around the oil fields, hostage taking, ransom demands, seemed to be small time. now there is stuff going o on in the arab spring, what is the risk to the continent? >> i worry about what has happened in terms of because of libya. we did a good job getting khadafi out of libya. i don't think we would have all this trouble in mali if we did a better job with missile -- all sorts of weapons did not end up in places like mali. we have seen places like sinai and weapons ending up in the area. i think we have to be concerned about not doing enough to secure libyan weapons. u.s. officials say there are three hostages. but would you in the worst case scenario see, helima, foreign commodity companies and commodity and gas companies pull out of areas like this? >> absolutely. one of the things i watch nigeria for years and it was a red line for foreign companies in terms of attacks on their employees. they do not like to have their employees put at risk. so if we se

there is a domestic challenge that they posed to nigeria. there has been struggle within nigeria. there are tensions between the christian and muslim communities. we are trying to work with the nigerian government to try to give them the capabilities they need to confront the terrorist threats. there is also the issue of building those little institutions within nigeria so they can deal at this -- with this and also address the needs that are fueling some of these fires of extremism. the recentuse of coup, we have been trying to work with other countries to address the growing phenomenon. there is a unique organization because there is a criminal aspect to it. they kidnap individuals and there is outrage when they pay huge sums to al qaeda. it feeds their activities. with the coup and the activity up in the north, that is such a large expensive area, that also requires talent seeing those and adjusting the near-term threats with al qaeda and also trying to get the government in mali the ability to build up those institutions and address development needs. it is a complicated area.

the forces from nigeria will join the contention of other nations. it will send at least 2000 soldiers over the next nine days. the army has secured a strategic bridge north of the capital with the help of the french. the bridge spans the river that separates the southern part of mali, still under government control, from the rubble-held north. mali forces are gathering near the central town held by rebel fighters. they are expected to launch further attacks against them of the fighting intensifies. the man stripped of seven titles has finally confirmed what many suspected, that he used performance enhancing drugs. in an interview with oprah winfrey, lance armstrong admitted he lied about cheating for years and will lead people into keeping quiet. rob reynolds reports from los angeles. >> lance armstrong finally admitting he cheated and lied. >> did you ever take banned distances to enhance your performance? >> yes. >> he admitted he used banned instances all seven times he won and offered this explanation. >> for you, whatever the flaws that may be

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the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria. christians also earn a death sentence in certain parts of nigeria. and, of course, some christians respond in kind and do so in reprisal. by the level of intolerance based on ignorance has reached such a bit that your papers, anytime today, in nigeria find that the church has been burned down, worshipers machine-gunned. a mosque has just been burned down. worshipers armed out of existence. because, you see, there are different grades of purity. once i consider the other side not sufficiently pure. and, therefore, deserving. your institution, however, is not complicated. as it is, in fact, there's never one single issue that leads to total the capitalization of society. >> you can watch this and other programs on line at booktv.org. >> up next on booktv from miami book fair international which took place this past november, reyna grande discusses her book, "the distance between us: a memoir." she shares her experiences growing up in mexico without her parents who immigrated to the unit

it's after france boosted its presence in north africa by deploying special forces to nigeria they are thought to be protecting you raney a mine is they're owned by a state company or the french sides in nigeria could become a target for african militants who have threatened revenge on pirates for the intervention in mali of both niger and mali a former french colony have natural resources the french energy sector is heavily dependent on blogger call shero told us that france is right to fear the regional repercussions of his actions. both son call and the groom son and an aide to start a group says been lots of suspense and coalitions and i think it's part of the not sure the dynamics of the politics and reason and i don't necessarily see the impact of the french intervention towards pushing them towards a political settlement because they might be able to control a certain part of the forces over there but they're definitely have unleashed on their forces that one hundred brigade gosh that's a gross west and i forgot the north south africa there was a certain. sort of presented an or

the majority were in nigeria, and the rest were in pakistan and afghanistan. so it's minuscule and away are really, really close on this one. >> rose: is 2018 the number? is that the date? >> we're committing we will get it done by then. you have to get to zero cases and wait two years for there not to be any cases. >> rose: but is the idea here, too, that you can win in the global health battle? here is an example of what we can do? >> absolutely. what we're going to do to get rid of polio, that-- the systems we're going to build to reach kids with other disease, that would cuttify it, but the victory of achieving good things will make it worthwhile. >> rose: if you get polio what disease are you saying you better watch out. we're coming after you next. >> i think as we're close or at the polar eradication, then we'll step back and look at malaria, and we'll have new tools. and i think we'll put a agreement plan and go after that. polio would be the second. so malayeria, hopefully, would be the third disease completely eradicated. > eradicated. is there an ap

nigeria's president says, quote,"the church is one of the main targets of terrorists."peaking at a church in nigeria's capital, he said, "if the idea of boko haram is to stop christians from worshipping god, they will not succeed." sudanese war planes bombed christians in the mountains. 11 christians died in the attacks that took place between december 18 and the 26th. the islamic regime incartom, have long targeted the residents, who are mostly christians and black africans. one church leader said they are praying and waiting for the international community to intervene. iran has arrested pastor yusef nardarkhani again. this time on christmases day. the pastor was acquitted of a charge of apostasy in november, but he was told he would have to finish his three-year sentence for a different crime, evangelizing muslims. now iranian authorities claim he needs to go back to prison and finish his time. nepal is known for being on top of the world. it is also a country where hinduism and communism struggle for dominition. as gary lane reports, god is on the move. ♪ >> i am fr