the example of plagiarism -- examples of plagiarism continued to emerge. >> i stand behind the dissertation i wrote it myself. >> the university of pyrif bayr responded. it was not them abroad about his downfall. in addition to 400 indications of plagiarism posted on the internet, there was criticism from academia. more than 20,000 doctoral candidates and other scholars foist their outrage in a letter to chancellor angela merkel who had tried to separate karl- theodor zu guttenberg's academic work from his political work. as the calls for resignation increase, he finally bowed to them. >> the enormous force of the media attention on myself to which i have contributed but also the nature of the debate has not been without effect on myself and my familial -- and my family. >> the general tone of commons said he should have gone earlier. >> during his short time in office, zu guttenberg had to weather several crises and he usually came back on top. here is a look at the rise and fall of karl-theodor zu guttenberg. karl-theodor zu guttenberg's political ascendancy ended as quickly as it began.

the example of plagiarism -- examples of plagiarism continued to emerge. >> i stand behind the dissertation. i wrote it myself. >> the university of pyrif bayr responded. it was not them abroad about his downfall. in addition to 400 indications of plagiarism posted on the internet, there was criticism from academia. more than 20,000 doctoral candidates and other scholars foist their outrage in a letter to chancellor angela merkel who had tried to separate karl- theodor zu guttenberg's academic work from his political work. as the calls for resignation increase, he finally bowed to them. >> the enormous force of the media attention on myself to which i have contributed but also the nature of the debate has not been without effect on myself and my familial -- and my family. >> the general tone of commons said he should have gone earlier. >> during his short time in office, zu guttenberg had to weather several crises and he usually came back on top. here is a look at the rise and fall of karl-theodor zu guttenberg. karl-theodor zu guttenberg's political ascendancy ended as quickly as it began.

in a plagiarism scandal. -- and a plagiarism scandal. libya is now in danger of collapsing into a protracted civil war according to hillary clinton. it has been suspended from the u.n. human rights council. there is a show of support in areas close to the capital of tripoli. we have reports from both sides of the divide. he will be hearing from our world affairs editor. but first, the middle east editor reports from the capital. >> they are in the streets to wave off a convoy. they say it will be restored. the regime's power is concentrated on the capital. the colonel has genuine support here. this is green square. they are wrongly portrayed in libya has violence. it is fairly quiet. people would not be on the streets if they thought there was an eminent chance of violent regime change. into the palm of one of my colleagues. the showcase from an ak-47 assault rifle. it feels very different. it is only about 20 minutes away. the shops here are closed in defiance in the morning. -- and mourning. >> to ask right now because i am talking to

the most recentcandal is the defense minister who resigned over plagiarism. it got plenty of play. >> the disgraced minister called for the former defense minister to return to the political stage quickly. >> you are one of us, we want to back in german politics. >> at the event in eastern germany, angela merkel came out in defense of the minister, accusing the opposition party of hypocrisy. >> we do not have to except lessons in decency and honesty in politics. not from the likes of them. >> meanwhile, the main opposition scorned support of gutenberg after the allegations of plagiarism. >> she is in china and complaints about intellectual property? even the most polite chinese have trouble ccealg. >> rhetorical lives are often out on ash wednesday. thursday they will return to their more measured debate style. >> space shuttle discovery is officially out of service. it landed on wednesday, wrapping up its last mission after 20 years. the remaining two shuttles will soon also be shelved. back after one minute.>> welcom. how do attract tourists? especially whe

quitsy's defense minister the government over a plagiarism scandal. welcome. libya is not in danger of collapsing into a protracted civil -- civil war. libya has been suspended from the u.n. human rights council as gaddafi makes an effort to shore up support in tripoli. intense fighting has been supported their in recent days. we have reports from both sides of the divides. >> khaddafi it supporters were on the streets in tripoli. -- gaddafi's supporters from the streets in tripoli. the message was that the leader cares about the whole country. >> gaddafi is king forever, forever. >> the regime's power is concentrated in the capital. he has to support here. -- he has genuineness support here. this is green square, the city of the city. the foreign media has not been showing things like these because they are broadly bertrand libya as chaotic and violent. -- because they are wrongly portrayed libya as chaotic and violent. look what someone it just put to very discreetly into the palm of one of my colleagues. shell case from an ak-47 assault rifle. out in the su

today, he resigned because of a plagiarism scandal. he says, in a friendly talk with the chancellor angela merkel, i would resign from a ministerial job. he was resigning his role as defense minister. the dr. doom thesis he said he wrote, he did not write entirely. it to -- the doctoral thesis he said he wrote, he did not write it entirely. he is no longer a jumper of hurdles. but today, chancellor merkel said she had accepted his resignation. she says, "this morning, i was surprised he asked to speak with me by phone. i have accepted his resignation with a heavy heart." the german army is being radically restructured. so his departure leaves a gap in government, but he was also tipped for the very top job, so that throws politics into uncertainty. the chancellor had stood by her defense minister, and now, he is being forced out. that cannot strengthen her position. bbc news, berlin. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." the united nations is calling the situation on the tunisian- libyan border a full-blown hum

>> he plagiarized a review of the ghandi movie. and we all remember "ghandi" the richard at bureau -- attenboro moe that came out, and he wrote a review of it and he quoted verbatim the review, and it is a pretty fair assessment that he took pre huge -- a pretty fair assessment that he took huge pieces of t that was a difficult time for him. he was distrusted enough on campus. the debate society was doing -- they black balled him t first time he wanted to get in. literally they voted people in by placing in black balls and white balls. when he first applied to be a member. here is a guy that wrote brilliant articles and could run circles around others, but one of his friends stood up and said, we can't trust him. >> how did you find this out? >> interviewed all these classmates of his. i was surprised for all the profiles that have been done of ralph how many people hadn't been interviewed. and these are the closest friends of his. and in fact the friend that stood up and gave the speech said this was the hardest time in my life, b

problems here and that she got a little miffed because he more or less accused her personally of plagiarism so yes it did jump to the ego thing but again there's something beneath the girl and she brought out a bunch of examples to say well you know why she hadn't plagiarized her piece ended by the way with your turn well in this battle in this fight which could be semi playful who wins who wins this argument and who rennes long term success i think i think they're both when i mean again your turn to bill obviously there's something . i mean you don't have to be a media specialist to see that somebody is setting up for some for some more balls on sites and more talking on the on the news as we are now other good both were new york times is building a wall so that people can charge people for their content she is obviously building a huge brand over a year well they both were in the long run i don't see the new york times going down anytime soon are a journalism professor at georgetown university chris chambers thanks for joining us as well as unrest in the middle east continues we turn now

problems here i think she got a little miffed because he more or less accused her personally of plagiarism so yes it did jump to the ego thing but again there's something beneath the ego and she grabbed a bunch of examples to say well you know liason had plagiarized her piece and it by the way with your current bell in this battle in this fight which could be so much play for who wins who wins this argument and who wins long term success i think i think they're both when i mean again your turn bill obviously there's something. i mean you don't have to be a media specialist to see that somebody is setting up for it some for some more insights and more talking on the news as we are now i think they both were in new york times is building a wall so that people will they can charge people for their content she is obviously building a huge brand over a day oh well they both went along and i don't see the new york times going down anytime soon are a journalism.

the most recent scandal is the defense minister who resigned over plagiarism. it got plenty of play. >> the disgraced minister called for the former defense minister to return to the political stage quickly. >> you are one of us, we want to back in german politics. >> at the event in eastern germany, angela merkel came out in defense of the minister, accusing the opposition party of hypocrisy. >> we do not have to except lessons in decency and honesty in politics. not from the likes of them. >> meanwhile, the main opposition scorned support of gutenberg after the allegations of plagiarism. >> she is in china and complaints about intellectual property? even the most polite chinese have trouble concealing. >> rhetorical lives are often out on ash wednesday. thursday they will return to their more measured debate style. >> space shuttle discovery is officially out of service. it landed on wednesday, wrapping up its last mission after 20 years. the remaining two shuttles will soon also be shelved. back after one minute. >> welcome back, everyone. how do attract tou

karl-theodor zu guttenberg was even talked about being a possible president, but there were cries of plagiarismwith his doctoral thesis. >> young, with a glamorous wife, an aristocrat, which. today, the charmer and out. -- rich. today, the charm ran out, he resigned. he said, "was a friendly chat with angela merkel, i told her i would resign." the doctoral thesis he said he wrote, he did not write entirely. caughpage after page, it was wrn by others. the sheehan had gone. -- sheen had gone. angela merkel said she had accepted his resignation. she says, "this morning, i was surprised when he asked to speak with me by phone. i have accepted his resignation with a heavy heart." the german army is being radically restructured. his departure leaves a gap in governance, but he was also for the very top job, so that throws politics into uncertainty. the chancellor had stood by her defense minister, and now, he was forced out. steven evans, bbc news, berlin. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." the situation on the libyan- tunisian border is now a full- blown crisis. the germa

the resignation came following allegations that he had plagiarized much of his doctoral thesis. interior ministry will now be headed by the parliamentary leader of bavaria's christian social union. their fears of inflation in europe. here is more. >> this news to many people by surprise. the european central bank shook financial markets thursday by signaling an interest rate hike, which could come as soon as next month. that is much earlier than markets expected. the ecb is responding to increasing inflationary pressures on commodities markets. >> the ecb has kept the base rate at 1% for now, but the bank president gives a pretty clear signals that a hike is on the horizon. the bank is worried by rising inflation, fueled by spiraling prices for fuel and commodities. >> we are mentioning that we're in a posture of strong vigilance. and my understanding of the position of the governing is in line with such assessments that we did in the past. an increase of interest rates in the next meeting is possible. >> the market is also awash with cheap money. but that is also proline prices

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the episode in 1988, 87 actually it was when he was accused of plagiarism, that caught up to him quick because he felt that wasn't him. and in fact one of the reasons i was told by the family that he decided to run for president a second time to deal with that blemish on his career. >> thank you very much for your time. .. a little over 30,000. when he was five, george washington died. 240 miles away at mount vernon, washington d.c. it took seven days for the news to travel to new york city. it wind cornelius vanderbilt died in 1877 the first telephone had been installed in the white house. during the lifetime of the first taken america moved from being of world agricultural society to a corporate industrial economy. this colossal change is eliminated by mr. styles in his book about mr. vanderbilt. leading into this conversation is paul hutton, our neighbor from mexico. an eminent historian, professor of history at the university of new mexico, well-known for both scholarly and popular authors. he wrote the award-winning phil sheridan and his army. he also has his jesse james book over

the resignation came following allegations that he had plagiarized much of his doctoral thesis.he interior ministry will now be headed by the parliamentary leader of bavaria's christian social union. their fears of inflation in europe. here is more. >> this news to many people by surprise. the european central bank shook financial markets thursday by signaling an interest rate hike, which could come as soon as next month. that is much earlier than markets expected. the ecb is responding to increasing inflationary pressures on commodities markets. >> the ecb has kept the base rate at 1% for now, but the bank president gives a pretty clear signals that a hike is on the horizon. the bank is worried by rising inflation, fueled by spiraling prices for fuel and commodities. >> we are mentioning that we're in a posture of strong vigilance. and my understanding of the position of the governing is in line with such assessments that we did in the past. an increase of interest rates in the next meeting is possible. >> the market is also awash with cheap money. but that is also proline pric

he had the one episode in his career he was accused of plagiarism in 1988 for the presidential campaign he was deeply wounded by that because it went to his sense of integrity. he's a person that often say

here's a photograph, when that happens and you have a plagiarize the ocean swells up, and that way has somewhere. that is the tsunami wave that they're talking about any wave created by an ideological activity is called a tsunami. >> mark: everywhen comparisons to the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people, the difference is if it occurred over a much smaller area. the others stricture ground and moving earth over 900 mi. a stretch that is why that tsunami was more devastating. although continued to inundate eastern japan. >> darya: mostly in the bay it's about precautions of them mayor ed lee >> we are in action assuming it will come across the pacific coast auction on to the coast. since midnight mass night through this morning we have monitored with all the data and information and centers the tsunami warning center spurred the state of california and the west coast. so today we expect the impact of those tsunami waves to hit the western shore of united states. having said that it indicates we will in san francisco area, perhaps receive about 1 ft. increase in the waves