to find out what is causing the religious tension. >> the most powerful religious leader in northern nigeria. in southern nigeria, traditional christian kings play a similar role. here in the north for hundreds of years traditional islamic rulers have maintained a huge influence. christians living in the north, a muslim cleric has come to their church. he explains that jesus and mary are in the crime as well -- are in the koran as well. >> he is known as jesus. >> thanks to initiatives like this, the capital of the north is largely peaceful. there is a big issue between christians and muslims here in nigeria, which has led to the historic split within the country between the north and south. but these days there's a potentially even more dangerous separation between the conservative islamic authorities in northern nigeria and the more radical groups. the islamist boko haram group claimed this recent bombing of a church. 38 people were killed here and there have been many other attacks. the emir has no shortage of visitors, but he granted the bbc a rare interview. how are you, sir? i asked hi

this comes days after the muslim sect warned all christians to leave northern nigeria. the group attacked several churches on christmas. nigeria's president to put them under attack. you can post your words of encouragement on our "christian world news" facebook page. >>> canada establishing an office of religious freedom in foreign affairs department. the ruling conservative party is committed to making religious freedom a major goal of canada's foreign policy. it is due to the assassination of this man, shahbaz bhatti. he is the pakistani government murdered for speaking out against blasphemy laws. >>> free speech and religious liberty are two of america's most cherished freedoms. it could change, pushing a u.n. resolution to criminalize all criticism of religions. john jessup reports, some fear their laws will spread beyond the muslim world and into the west. >> in the united states, americans are free to worship as we choose, whether in a church, synagogue or mosque. secretary of state hilary clinton tried to convey at a religious conference at the state department.

>> the most powerful religious leader in northern nigeria. in southern nigeria, traditional christian kings play a similar role. here in the north, for hundreds of years, traditional islamic rulers have maintained a huge influence. christians living in the north. a moslem cleric has come to their church. he explained that jesus and mary are in the koran, too. >> the koran mentions jesus, the son of mary. >> thanks to initiatives like this, the capital of the north is largely peaceful. >> there is a big issue between christians and muslims here in nigeria, which has often led to the historic split between the country between the north and south. but these days, there is a potentially even more dangerous separation between the conservative islamic authorities here in nigeria, and the morada -- the more radical groups. >> the islamist boko harem group claimed this bombing of a church. 38 people were killed here and there have been many other attacks. the emir of, -- of kamo granted a rare interview. i asked him if the existence of an islamist ext

singal is trying to bring peace and offered to hold a delegation of muslims and christians from northern nigeria and see how the two states live together in this country. cbn's president michael little spoke with the president while in daycar. >> you are building a reputation as a peacemaker. you recently were involved in they are adopting, a charter, a charter -- on the problem [inaudible]. to believe in another god and practice their religions. >> president of singal, there is no word if nigeria's president has responded to the pro poe sal. >>> jessica buchanan and her family are rejoicing. she was one of two rescued after being captive for three months. her family and friends supported this work in this dangerous part of the world. efrem graham has the story. >> reporter: the 32-year-old woman was working with this aid group. she attended valley forge christian college outside philadelphia. she felt the call to africa after student teaching in nairobi. >> she could hardly talk about africa without tears in her eyes. >> her brother, stephen said she understood the risks. >> a local tried to ge

severe drinking problem, but he finished course work embarking on field research in africa, northern nigeria, and my mother took a sabbatical year, and my parents took me for a year to where he was doing documentary research and then to northern nigeria, and i was able to reconstruct this in the book, and it was a very exciting time. my mother left with me because she was pregnant with my brother, and my brother was born where my parents lived, and then she brought us back to america, and my father stayed on in africa and didn't even see my brother until paul was probably nine months old or so, and it was really when my father came back that things started to get worse between my parents, so he never had that benefit of those happy years. he -- we fought severely after the divorce, and frankly once we grew up, we had a respectful relationship in a way that pained us both, but finally when i went to interview paul for the book, we talked about it, and he's now a psychologist. you know, i dealt with it by becoming a journalist. he dealt with it by becoming a psychologist and he lives in san di

people have been killed in a gun attack in northern nigeria. five policemen were among the dead when a gunman attacked in the northern state of your day. the latest in a series of attacks blamed on the islamist military group boko haram. the former member arab league observers in syria say the monitoring is a farce. he has declared this a humanitarian disaster. he said that he resigned from the team because of what he witnessed in syria. daniel ortega has been sworn in for his third term as president of nicaragua. opposition groups say that his re-election is illegal. he has shrugged off their complaints. ahmadinejad and hugo chavez were among those attending the inauguration in the capital. now to the u.s., mitt romney is one step closer to becoming the republican party candidate for the white house. a second success over his rivals. he was the clear winner in the new hampshire primary a week after a narrow success in the iowa caucuses. he does seem increasingly confident that he will win his party's presidential nomination, as johnnie diamonds

his course work and was embarking on his field research in african, northern my dear you -- northern nigeria. my mother took a sabbatical and my parents to be first to know what he was doing a documentary search and then to northern nigeria, and i was able to reconstruct this in the book, and it was a very exciting time. my mother left with me, because she was pregnant with my brother, and my brother was born in france where her parents lived. and then she brought us back to america, and my father stayed on in africa, and didn't even see my brother until paul was probably nine months old, or so. and it was really when my father came back that things started to get worse between my parents. so, he never had the benefit of those happy years. we thought -- we thought severely after the divorce. and, and, frankly, once we became adults, had a respectful relationship but not a close relationship, in a way that i think paint as both, but finally when i went to interview paul for this book, we talked about it, and he's now a psychologist. in a, i do with it by becominga journalist. he dealt with it

. >>> at least 178 people were killed in attacks by islamics insurgents in northern nigeria. gunmen and car bombers struck friday in a coordinated series of attacks targeting police stations. >>> after 33 years in power in yemen, departing president ali abdullah saleh has left the country and is headed to the u.s. for medical treatment. he was badly burned during a rocket attack on his compound last summer at the height of the violent protest calling for him to resign. >>> arab league foreign ministers propose that syrian president bashar assad hand over power to a new unity government. the ministers had planned to ask the u.n. security council to endorse the plan, but syria immediately rejected it. >>> a 13th victim has been recovered from the cruise ship that went aground off the coast of italy. at least 19 people are still missing, but one rescue official says that number could be higher because unregistered passengers might have been on board. >>> and for the very first time technology has observed a comet being vaporized as it approached the sun back on july 6th. the com

this is several regions of northern nigeria and six firefighters have died as they fought a blaze in the mountain forest when the fire crew was engulfed by flames as driven bay sudden gust of wind. over the weekts multiple forest fires and some have been appeared to have been started deliberately and he wants an anti-terrorist law to hold responsible those who set these fires. >> and the euro stat which is the firm based in brussels that looks after all 17 members of the euro zone comes up with a figure of unemployment. it's not a good story and remains at a high of 16.3 million people. over 10% of people out of work in the euro zone members. it highlights the contrast or multispeed we often talk about, because we've got germany doing very well and germany manufacturing very savvy, their unemployment level is at the lowest level not seen in recent history since unification and spain's unemployment once again had risen to 21.5% the highest in the industrialized world or industrialized economy. youth unemployment is up around 40%-plus. so huge problems. also italy and greece are facing

germany's foreign ministry says it cannot yet confirm the abduction in northern nigeria, a city recently by a series of attacks blamed on an islamist sect. president jonathan has called on the group to identify itself and state their demands as a basis for talks with a police in nigeria said they have no information linking boko haram to the kidnapping. the arab league has renewed its call for the u.n. security council to take action against syria. an arab league delegation is due in new york on saturday. it will ask the council to support a peace plan, calling for president assad to step down. arab league monitors were in the suburbs of the syrian capital damascus, where security forces say many areas there are no longer under their control. the observer mission has drawn sharp criticism for failing to stop the government's 10-month crackdown on protesters. here in germany, the parliament has extended the country's military mission to afghanistan for another year. the new mandate was expected and marks the beginning of germany's planned withdrawal. the bundestag lowered the number of tr

attacks which were aimed at freeing group members held by these or this violence has plagued northern nigeria since december. one solution to joblessness in the u.s. is a scheme where giant corporations create workplaces for local communities and they are even handed government money to there but somehow jobs still get outsourced to a cheaper foreign workforce and as marina board now reports this allows big businesses to prosper while small towns suffer. in one of america's most economically depressed cities resides the world's largest producer of home appliances whirlpool corp is headquartered in benton harbor michigan where sixty percent are unemployed ninety percent live in poverty and per capita income is roughly ten thousand dollars the citizens of benton harbor are living from one day to the night they're very poor and they're very disheartened i mean there's been very little effort on the part of whirlpool that runs everything to try to. involve the community in two thousand and nine whirlpool received a nineteen point three million dollars grant from the federal government in part to

islamic sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the majority of the violence that's plagued northern nigeria since christmas. beijing rings in the chinese new year in spectacular fashion from a bell tower in an ancient part of the capital it's traditional to sound the bell one hundred eight times to herald the start of the lunar calendar year the night sky was also lit up by fireworks displays across the country as more than a billion people celebrated beginning the year of the water track. this week russia has seen al build up of political debate ahead of the march presidential election rival camps and candidates are lining up with bloody miniport in setting out his vision for the country and some members of the public increasing their efforts to ensure a transparent ballot. has more. but just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major campaign was still simmering in the candidates headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his powers of persuasion on the electorate and nonpublic speaker for a change he's decided to be more scholarly picking up the pen for the first in

a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks have killed at least seven people in northern nigeria the radical islamist sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the deaths that targeted different locations including police stations and the regional police headquarters the group has been behind a recent campaign of violence in the country's mostly muslim north. the company which owns the costa concordia cruise ship is facing a lawsuit in the u.s. italy's consumer association once at least one hundred sixty thousand dollars for each passenger on the vessel many way of the captain of the ship for the tragedy which killed eleven people and injured hundreds more when the liner hit rocks last week athletes from around the world already have their sides firmly set on the next winter olympics in sochi in two years time and the host city which has always been the lure for scores of thrill seekers is making safety a main priority all today are to block the reports of the brave man who are fighting the danger lurking behind the picture perfect mountain peaks. and their song. their mission t

a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks have killed at least seven people in northern nigeria the radical islamists. claimed responsibility for the deaths that targeted different locations including police stations and the regional police have quaters the group has been behind a recent campaign of violence in the country's mostly muslim north. the company which owns the costa concordia cruise ship is facing a lawsuit in the u.s. italy's consumer association of once at least one hundred sixty thousand dollars for each passenger on the vessel many blame the captain of the ship for the tragedy which killed eleven people and injured hundreds more when the liner hit rocks last week. while there is a widespread consensus that certain governments and groups go out of their way to make iran seem a bigger threat than i could ever be but as a practice continues public opinion on the country and ways to deal with it are becoming all about surrounded by fantasy are these new york resident or hardness went out into the streets of the big apple to see just how far the truth can be stretched. in

in northern nigeria members of the. open fire in a bar killing eight people including several police officers the attack came in the northern province of shortly after a mob torched an islamic school in the south it suggest an escalation of religious tensions between the muslim dominated north and the christian south buckle her on was behind a series of christmas church bombings that killed dozens. iran's president hasn't attended xenogears danny or tagore in nicaragua as part of his south american tour of mahmoud ahmadinejad's trip is seen as an attempt to drum up support in the region after the u.s. imposed heavy sanctions on iran over its alleged atomic weapons program and his first stop was venezuela where the long term ally of us called america's allegations baseless but any job will head to cuba next work. at least foreign militants have been killed by u.s. drone strike in pakistan the first attack of its kind in almost two months the missiles targeted a suspected insurgent compound on the border with afghanistan a

islamised sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the majority of the violence that's plagued northern nigeria since christmas. at least sixteen people have died and one remains missing after an iranian passenger boat sank in the persian gulf off of the country's southern coast the ship set sail despite a travel ban imposed on light bustles ahead of a storm the captain who survived the accident is now being questioned by police. beijing rings in the chinese new year in spectacular fashion from a bell tower in an ancient part of the capital it's tradition to sound the bell one hundred eight times to herald the start of the lunar calendar year the night sky was also lit up by fireworks displays across the country as more than a billion people celebrated the year of the water dragon. this week a former british official admitted the case spies had been called red handed by russia but it took six years from when the kremlin first made the allegations over bennett explains how moscow left no stone unturned. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but hidden in this fake stone was a

in northern nigeria members of the islamist sect baka opened fire in a bar killing eight people including several police officers the attack came in the northern province of shortly after a mob torched an islamic school in the south it's just an escalation of religious tensions between the muslim dominated north and the christian south well the wrong was behind a series of christmas church bombings that killed dozens. it's obvious that in brazil two days of tropical downpours have killed at least twelve people eleven are still missing it around till rain caused landslides and flash flooding decimating rural communities in the state of rio more than thirty thousand people were forced to flee their homes the government has launched an emergency plan to deal with the disaster. you are a parole that illegal but police in britain continue to stop and search people whenever and wherever they like with little grounds for suspicion and the area of society which finds itself most often targeted believes there's only one reason for it the police are institutionally racist bennett investigates. this

a series of coordinated gonna bomb attacks have killed at least seven people in northern nigeria the radical islamist sect balkan harami has claimed responsibility for the deaths and that targeted different locations including police stations and the regional police headquarters the group has been behind a recent campaign of violence in the country's mostly muslim the worse. gyptian election commission will announce today the final results of the parliamentary elections in the country parties are expected to punch above their political weight catapulting themselves into a powerful government roles that captured an overwhelming majority of the seats in the first round of the polls. athletes from around the world to already have their sights firmly sound the next winter olympics in sochi in two years time and the host city which has always been a lure for scores of thrill seekers is making safety a main priority well today argues dennis blocks reports on the brave man who are fighting the danger lurking behind the picture perfect mountain peaks. so chiefs avalanche hunters have explosi

a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks of killed at least nine people in northern nigeria including two journalists at the radical islamist sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the deaths that targeted different locations including police stations and the regional police headquarters of the group has been behind a recent campaign of violence in the country's mostly muslim north. the parliament of yemen has a rule that the country's x. president ali abdullah saleh can keep his political and legal immunity altering law proposed by the temporary government paper said the subways administration should also be immune from prosecution but under the new ruling they can be tried on corruption charges it was produced at the end of last year and signed by as a precondition to his departure following nearly ten months of civil unrest but before that though he had been president for about thirty three years. i think it's from around the world already have their sights firmly set on the next winter olympics in sochi that's happening in two years' time and the host city which is always

the attacks which were aimed at group members held by the authorities violence has played in northern nigeria since december. brings up to date here on our t.v. and business is next with karina. hello and welcome to business day here in our teeth thanks for joining me this hour last week friends in spain had successfully sailed through their first debt option since standard and poor's downgraded their ratings these are widely seen as confidence test which indicate that the e.u. authorities have stemmed the economic crisis least temporarily they have the central bank of poland explains why the downgrades did not spark a freefall in the markets. on the one hand when you look at. objectively the numbers. situation of european countries then those downgrades so quite justified as a matter of fact this has been basically expected but among all the other. mood i mean negative mood about rating agencies general they have committed their own mistakes in the past and would have had to do that sometimes as in a pamphlet to redemption to improve their own image rather than. to help the economy and the p

a sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the majority of the violence that's plagued northern nigeria since christmas. at least sixteen people have died and one remains missing after an iranian passenger boat sank in the persian gulf off of the country's southern coast the ship set sail despite a travel ban imposed on life vessels ahead of a storm that captain who survived the accident is now being questioned by police. beijing rings in the chinese new year in spectacular fashion from a bell tower in an ancient part of the capital it's tradition to sound the bell one hundred eight times to herald the start of the lunar calendar year the night sky was also lit up by a fireworks display as across the country as more than a billion people celebrated the beginning year of the water dragon. the battle over scotland's possible split from great britain is dividing opinion in an increasingly disunited kingdom scots have been told they can hold a referendum on independence but only on the government's terms london says a divorce would come at a price artie's laura smith explains. britain a thr

lama sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the majority of the violence that's plagued northern nigeria since christmas. the battle over scotland's possible split from great britain is dividing opinion in an increasingly disunited kingdom scots have been told they can hold a referendum on independence but only on the government's terms and london says a divorce would come at a price artie's laura smith explains. british a three hundred year old union that once ruled the waves and tossed the known world . oil the country's clues to than ever to a messy divorce. this is the man who wants to go. nationalist party leader alex salmond's promising school we'll get to say on being single but london wants to cool the shots and get it done and dusted the day that the british don't want to talk about the subjects i sometimes feel when i listen to them it's not a referendum they want it's i never read them question. travel debate and let's keep our country together but why would scotland want to separate itself from a britain that still among the world's richest economies scotland always retained

islam a sect boko haram claimed responsibility for the majority of the of violence plaguing northern nigeria since christmas. and presidential hopeful newt gingrich's convincingly won south carolina's republican primary in the us but when it comes as a surprise since gingrich finished last in two other states south carolina is seen as a significant indicator the winner there has won the nomination for the presidential candidacy every year since one thousand nine hundred the turnaround closes a gap between gingrich and fellow republican contender mitt romney as both look to challenge barack obama in the november election. this week a former british official admittedly u.k. spies had been caught red handed by russia but it took six years from when the kremlin first made the allegations artie's eye for bennett explains how moscow left no stone unturned. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but hidden in this fake stone was a high tech transmitted british spooks used to spy on russia the allegations from moscow have always been dismissed but six years on there is rock solid

islamist sect boko haram claimed responsibility for the majority of the of the violence plaguing northern nigeria since christmas. presidential hopeful newt gingrich has convincingly won south carolina's republican primary in the u.s. but when it comes as a surprise since gingrich finished last in two other states south carolina is seen as a significant indicator the winner there has won the nomination for the presidential candidacy every year since one nine hundred eighty eight the turn around closing the gap between gingrich and fellow republican candidate mitt romney as both look to challenge barack obama in the november election. be back with a recap of the week's headlines in a few moments stay with us here on our team. when can uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation towards who is more is enough obviously. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. more it's someone asking him why do you make a secret of it when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different culture when you go experiencing very serious problems off of the saakashvili government came to

news for you in brief this hour of the total number of people now killed in bomb attacks in northern nigeria as over one hundred sixty hospitals were operating close to capacity over the weekend authorities have lifted the daytime curfew imposed in kano city the scene of the bombing but most people remain home fearing further attacks by juries in northern states have been rocked by a wave of violence since christmas. egyptian activists have been calling for a nationwide street protests saying the revolution is not over the country has a long way to democratic rule this comes after islamist parties captured an overwhelming majority of seventy five percent as they won the country's first post mubarak parliamentary elections the new assembly is due to sit for the first time in just two days in a reporter at the jerusalem post says the new egypt will be a much tougher political partner for the west. people have called for democracy in egypt this is the result when people call for democracy they may not always this realize that the electorate has a very different vision of how they would like the

rise islamic sect boko haram claimed responsibility for the majority of the violence plaguing northern nigeria since christmas. republican presidential hopeful newt gingrich has convincingly won south carolina's g.o.p. primary in the u.s. the win comes as a surprise since gingrich finished last in two other states south carolina seen as a significant indicator that the winner there has won the nomination for the. presidential candidacy every time since one nine hundred eighty s. the turn around closes the gap between gingrich and fellow republican contender mitt romney is both look to challenge barack obama in the november election. is weaker russia saw a build up of political debate ahead of the march presidential vote rival camps and candidates are winding up with vladimir putin setting out his vision for the country and some members of the public increasing their efforts to ensure a transparent vote artie's arena has more. with just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major campaign was still simmering in the candidate's headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his p

rise is a lot a sect boko haram claims responsibility for the majority of violence plaguing northern nigeria since christmas. this week russia's seen a build up of political debate ahead of the march presidential race why of all caps and candidates are lighting up with water near putin setting out his vision for the country and some members of the public stepping up their efforts to ensure a transparent ballot parties are in english go has more but just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major campaign is still simmering in the candidate's headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his powers of persuasion on the electorate and nonpublic speak for change he's decided to be more scholarly picking up the pen for the first in a series of articles outlining his vision for the future of russia what he's calling for economy to be built. the gravitation away from dependence on oil high spending welcoming political dialogue in the strengthening of civil society in russia putin however said people should concentrate on just what candidates are promising to do rather than the th

multiple explosions have hit the northern nigeria city of kano killing at least seven people the coordinated attack targeted police stations and the regional police headquarters of boko haram the radical islamist sect has claimed responsibility for these and other recent attacks in qana state authorities have imposed a curfew and president goodluck jonathan has promised to crush the group. in morocco five men set themselves up blazing during mass protests in the capital rabat hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the country's high unemployment rate the action echoes of last year's events in tunisia when a young man set himself on fire and began the arab spring that toppled the government there morocco has seen a wave of protests since february of last year. russia's presidential elections are just around the corner and both authorities and the opposition admit the need for dialogue and after a wide claims that last month's parliamentary ballot was rigged prominent public figures have founded the voters a week in an effort to ensure a transparent vote in march or c