silvio berlusconi. billionaire prime minister of italy elected three times even though as they say in rome, he was corrupt. >> the italian prime minister is no stranger to scandal. charges of bribery, corruption and embezzlement. >> officially guilty of tax fraud. >> sentenced to newshour years in prison for tax fraud. >> a serial flanderer. >> tales of lavish orgies. >> notorious all night so-called bunga-bunga parties. paying for sex with an underage prostitute. >> he was saying he could haven't sex with 11 women so instead he had sex with eight women. (laughter). >> jon: a man who had sex with eight women. that's the worst bond villain ever! (laughter) and if you pull one of them off, you just grow back. last november with the italian economy tanking, voters replaced berlusconi with his polar opposite, mario monti, an academic economist who promised to balance italy's books with strict austerity measures. that's not an easy choice. the country basically deciding it would be better to live with its ha

mario monti was talking about silvio berlusconi's ideas. it would be wonderful if the things could be scrapped. he has come out with popular statements that we will scrap what monti has done. monti has said it is not possible because italy needs the money. he is laying out an agenda. he was still doing it and will live. they are things he hopes will take place next february. we do not know what party will play in the government. he has not announced who will run as. mr.. will he play any part in the next government? will he allow them to use his name? we do not know yet. we will listen. >> the vote is over but not the controversy. the muslim brotherhood says the people who voted in favor of the new constitution. official results will not be known until a released monday. the draft constitution would represent a significant political -- tryout -- triumph for morsi. >> this result will not help healing any rifts between the opposition and president. the onus will be on the leadership of both sides to show some sense of compromise. 30% turnout

ready to step back in and leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the euro sincerely silvio berlusconi well we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're on minority list. peter all of a. many people in europe are sharing the same christmas wish this year and then to the blocks suffocating austerity drive and later this hour we'll take a closer look at the massive protests that have been raging across europe in our special and. plus. it's a cold night so. the holiday season in the u.k. may well turn elderly when so many brits just too tempting to over indulge in the festive spirit. of these here she reported on the

prosecutors in italy demanding a one year prison sentence now for former prime minister silvio berlusconi the charges relate to his alleged role in revealing transcripts of private conversations in a newspaper owned by media empire back in two thousand and five a discussion between leading italian politician and a financial company president apparently was a legally but a scary denies those charges lawyers suggested the courts want to rush the verdict to negatively impact his chances of returning as prime minister in february selection. thanks for being with us tonight just after twenty five minutes past midnight moscow time as culture with a touch of scotch joins me in the studio with the business update of course tonight nice to see again and the president. yesterday and looking ahead to twenty thirty the addressing what russia's going to do in twenty thirty well one of the key issues of course is stopping massive capital flying and trying to bring at least some of this money to the big headline maker of this year was absolutely and it continues to be so that's one of the issues he addr

could silvio berlusconi make a comeback? and apocalypse not. we're all still here. >> america's powerful gun lobby wants armed guards at every school in the u.s. the national rifle association came a week after 20 young children and six duments were killed. >> 26 bell tolls for the moment the shooting happened a week ago. washington, d.c. protestorses toled with security outside the national rifle association event. inside two protestors disrupted proceedings twice. the n.r.a. is a powerful lobby inner the constitutional rights to bear arms. n.r.a. speakers marked the start of a serious national conversation to prevent school shootings. their main idea, more guns in schools. >> the only way -- the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and informsed in a plan of absolutely protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> the n.r.a. is launching a national school shield program to work with schools to beef up security on sight. >> i call on congress today to act immedi

it's one of the reasons silvio berlusconi was outed.io monti came in as the leader of this technocrat government. he had to walk a tightrope. he had to calm the market. he did that. the cost of borrowing came down. the markets and investors look at this uncertainty and they are all over the place. the cost of borrowing is on the way up, and the market has fallen. the main one is down by 3.5%. some of the banks have fallen by six. -- 6%. >> this crisis has always been a crisis of confidence. lately, confidence has improved. markets are doing much better. the ec become a bureau -- the central bank has improved -- the ec beet -- the ecb has improved. we could see up. -- a period of nervousness again. clearly, this is not a good development. >> it is all about the same issue -- austerity and taxes. >> la grande sortie. the exit of their rich friends who are getting out -- of the rich french who are getting out. anybody earning over 75 million -- over 1 million euros paying 75%. >> your political determination determines your point of view.

silvio berlusconi, the former prime minister of italy -- >> my favorite. >> thank goodness for silvio> look at his hair. what is he, 76? >> 76. he just sat down with cnbc italy over the weekend. silvio berlusconi says he does not want to run for prime minister, but, he is obligated to, because the country needs him so desperately. he is the only one that can bring together 40% of the people who vote for him, so that way the left does not control italy. >> he could not get 40%, could he? or could he? >> i don't know if he could get 40%. he thinks he can get more than anybody else. >> really? >> yes. >> now the question is, 40% isn't enough once you're in a parliament, right, because of a parliamentary system and two other parties that used to support him no longer do. it's not clear what they would ultimately do, would they really link to the left? it's hard to say. more than italy, remember, they would never agree with this, but they're far more dramatic than southern italy. >> as someone that just likes global politics, i like him. >> oh, he's so fun. >> on the world stage. >> he was

this video would -- this would be silvio berlusconi's third marriage.s he now fighting charges of having sex with an underaged woman known to the world as ruby the heart steeler and using his office to cover it it up. in october, another court convicted him of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in the clink. but he is appealing that conviction and says he is considering running again for prime minister of italy. the syrian regime can and will deploy chemical weapons on its own people unless other nations step in. that's the word now from a former syrian general who now leads the rebels. plus, investigators say this beauty queen died after a shootout in mexico and they have now linked one gun at the scene to the failed operation fast and furious. plus, the latest winter storm could throw a huge wrench into travel plans across several states. we'll tell you where it is headed and how much it's about to dump as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news as fox reports live tonight. and 320 calories. marie callender's. it's time to sa

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monti was forced to resign on friday after former prime minister's silvio berlusconi's party withdrew its support. been criticized his pledge -- they criticize his pledge to retract some taxes he had budgeted last year. he returned here to the official prime minister's residence. whether he will be here after the election depends on whether the coalition allows him to finish the job. >> he has the capability to be useful in a second moment when the election maybe can give our result with not a very strong winner, but the necessity of recognition. and he is a man who can be useful to leave the government. > i don't think that monti's manifesto will change anything in the italian state. politics is quite embarrassing. i think his resignation will not bring much here or in europe. >> i heard that even if he distances himself he can contribute to contribute as a real leader to our country, because our country is in are really difficult situation. i hope that he can do something positive. >> campaigning for the elections will start officially. in the end, he may be called again to lead the

former prime minister silvio berlusconi is rounding out his new year with a divorce, pinning his ex-wife almost $4 million per month. he was accused of having relationships with young women. the venezuelan president hugo chavez cents a message of faith to his supporters from his hospital bed. the message said that well- wishers and supporters were helping his recovery following the cancer operation. there is been speculation over whether his health has left him fit to lead the country. >>> a 6-year-old british girl who was abducted by her father and to pakistan three years ago has been reunited with her mother in the u.k. in the past couple of hours she arrived at manchester airport. she was taken from her home in greater manchester on her third birthday, found with the help of the pakistani authorities and is understood to be fit and well. the police officer who met her off the airplane has been talking to the bbc. >> she has been reignited at a hotel near manchester airport with her mother. -- she has been reunited at a hotel near manchester airport with her mother. it is a good news s

at the same time, very controversial former prime minister silvio berlusconi also said he is run fogre the prime minister post again. so this is got markets extremely wore rid. here's why. because markets are concerned that the new government would be elected on february 24th, that this new government will not be implementing the austerity measures that mr. monti has implemented over the last couple months. but is this concern actually warranted? well, if you speak to a number of analysts, well they'll say, no, because if you look at the opinion polls you'll see that the party which will most likely win, that's the democratic party. and he said, or the leader said, look, we're going to stick to the austerity measures that were implemented by monti. >> carolyn roth for us in rome tonight. coming up, jcpenney ringing up discounts. what this dramatic change in pricing strategy spells out for its ceo ron johnson and his future. and of course, the stock, we'll be right back. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet,

former prime minister silvio berlusconi is rounding out his new year with a divorce, pinning his ex-wife almost $4 million per month. he was accused of having relationships with young women. the venezuelan president hugo chavez cents a message of faith to his supporters from his hospital bed. the message said that well- wishers and supporters were helping his recovery following the cancer operation. there is been speculation over whether his health has left him fit to lead the country. >>> a 6-year-old british girl who was abducted by her father and to pakistan three years ago has been reunited with her mother in the u.k. in the past couple of hours she arrived at manchester airport. she was taken from her home in greater manchester on her third birthday, found with the help of the pakistani authorities and is understood to be fit and well. the police officer who met her off the airplane has been talking to the bbc. >> she has been reignited at a hotel near manchester airport with her mother. -- she has been reunited at a hotel near manchester airport with her mother. it is a good news s

silvio berlusconi.f tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison decides this is the perfect platform to run for prime minister again. chris: that's how he got there in the first place prorblee. that's chutzpah. next category, the hard to -- hardest to figure out, nominees for 2012 mysteries. what president obama was thinking in that first debate and a muge mystery predicting -- and a huge mystery predicting the plot and david petraeus, his mystery and the email she fired off to the woman in florida who is a big friend of all the generals. or is the biggest mystery of the year what made romney think he had it? katty. >> i'm going to go with the first debate. we still don't really know what happened. and nor the people advising him were furious the day after about it. where was he? where was he? >> the man in charge of clandestine operations. he should know the rewards and risks. chris: why did he use that email? >> the c.i.a. director puterring that many sat risk is stunning to me. >> petraeus. the k

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the forward italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has announced he is to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt ridden country out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. around two thousand pro british protesters have rallied outside belfast city hall in northern ireland over the local councils vote to remove the u.k. flag from the building police officer has been injured in the clashes that follows trouble when the vote was first announced last monday on friday when eight police officers were injured at least thirteen people detained after riots politicians have appealed for protests to start. this weekend the world's best figure skaters are testing the olympic ice in russia's resort city of sochi the countdown is in full swing with just over a year left until the winter games. reports from the next olympic city. there is just over a year until the actual winter olympics get underway but

of the year, but the eu faces problems in 2013 as well -- a new election in italy could put silvio berlusconi back in power, and france's francois hollande has to tackle urgent issues at home, so there is plenty of work for europ's firefighters next year. >> the past year, we have often brought you images of very angry protests in greece that were mostly against the harsh austerity measures imposed by the government in return for a bailout funds from lenders. >> without this, greece would certainly have gone bankrupt, but it still a long way from clear that the bailout and the reforms they are tied to will get the economy back on the road to recovery. >> meanwhile, the suffering continues for the greek people. the situation is especially dire in rural villages. >> we are on our way to a village on the border with bulgaria. most of the village's 500 inhabitants are muslim -- a minority in the orthodox christian country. the village also claims the dubious distinction of being the poorest village in greece, with an average income of roughly 6000 euros a year. >> everything is being cut. i am ge

potentially well let's look at some other news around the world as our former prime minister silvio berlusconi has announced he is to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to leave the. debt ridden country out of financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. the president of the philippines has declared a state of emergency has a deadly typhoon bopha is making its way back towards the country the storm claimed the lives of more than five hundred people earlier this week with tens of thousands left homeless saudis expect more heavy rains floods and landslides in the northeast of the country and coming up a look at colombia's four decades long civil war after a short break. so . live. i've. lived live. live . download the official the application itself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's now t.v. is not required to watch artsy all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time.

some other news making headlines around the world this hour former a tally and prime minister silvio berlusconi has announced he has to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt. out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. the president of the philippines has declared a state of emergency as a deadly typhoon bopha is making its way back towards the country the storm claimed the lives of more than five hundred people earlier this week with tens of thousands left homeless authorities expect more heavy rains floods and landslides in the north east of the country. around two thousand protesters have rallied outside belfast city hall in northern ireland after the local council voted to remove the u.k. flag from the building a policeman was injured and irish tricolors burned as the crowd chanted and sang sectarian songs it follows trouble when the vote was first announced last monday and again on friday whe

i'm ready to step back in leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the euro sincerely silvio berlusconi well we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're on minority list. peter all of the. money people in europe are sharing the same christmas wish they see here and then to the blog suffocating austerity drive and later this hour we'll take a closer look at the massive crowd size there have been raging across europe in our special end of year the trap plan. so when the first of season gets out of hand it can only spell trouble for the already overstretched u.k. emergency services that flight. earlier this year also reported on the case of a british somali man who had his u.k. citizenship revoked while visiting somalia and following bant a man he heard she went missing and as aussies going there to check out reports only to appear months later in a new york courtroom charged with terrorism. bhakti how she stands accused of providing material support to somali militant group al-shabaab how she was stripped

former prime minister silvio berlusconi is announce he is to run . office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt ridden country out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. well there's less than a month left before the u.s. decides whether to make drastic spending cuts and raise taxes to reduce the debt or come up with other solutions it's feared an abrupt attempt to shrink the debt could send the economy sinking straight into recession that is resident as in new york to find out what people there think. america is about to go over the fiscal cliff are you worried what should we do about it this week let's talk about that do you know the fiscal cliff. do you think a lot of americans do so then why is the media talking about it incessantly well i i guess i'm not as informed as i should be but i just kind of figure it might work out do you think most people feel that way

of technocrats says he plans to resign the news came just hours after the country's former pm silvio berlusconi announced he's to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections one of the. people of freedom party withdrew its support from the government he says montes policies and harmed italy and that he hoped to lead the country out of the financial crisis and seventy six year old has already served as italy's prime minister for three separate terms he's currently caught up in a number of scandals including tax fraud convictions which he's appealing and accusations of paying for sex with an underage prostitute something he denies. but as well in president who are chavez has announced he's suffering from cancer once again but he says tests showed return of some malignant cells in the same area where tumors had been previously removed he said to return to cuba where he's already received cancer treatment to undergo surgery in the coming days but news comes two months after travers was elected as president in a tight vote. beijing has warned india against pursuing all exploration in the d

former prime minister silvio berlusconi slammed his political rivals aspirations to run in the italian parliamentary election he blamed outgoing head of state mario monti for the country's deepest economic crisis berlusconi pledged that if elected to the top post again he would launch an inquiry into the appointment of monti as premier in two thousand and eleven on the head of the country after bella's county's last term but resigned thirteen months later after his government lost its majority. now if you're seeking to give yourself the gift of good health this holiday season well and stay tuned for this edition of technology update where we examine all the latest medical marvels by russian scientists that's after a short break. the legacy no one should be proud of keep subscribe nationally touring pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spinning black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture if the guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to

ready to step back in and leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the euro sincerely silvio berlusconi well we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're on minority list. peter all of a. many people here are sharing the same christmas wish this year and went to the block suffocating austerity drive and. a look at the massive protests that have been raging across europe an hour special and feature. trial. one that when the festive season gets out of hand it can only trouble for the already overstretched u.k. emergency. earlier this year r.c. reported on the case of a british somali man who has a u.k. citizenship revoked while visiting somalia and following that money he harshly went missing and as also he's going there to check our reports only to appear months later in a new york courtroom charged with terrorism. bhakti how she stands accused of providing material support to somali militant group al-shabaab how she was stripped of his british citizenship earlier this summer over accusations of his involv

however no i'm ready to step back in this lead to success quite possibly out in a year sincerely silvio berlusconi will have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're a minority list. peter all of a. royal of the holiday season in full swing the fastest most seems to be taking its toll on the british when it comes to drinking some brats just don't know when to stop and that means a serious strain on the country's emergency services actually sarah firth just wanted to venture out to meet with some of the tipsy regulars. well it's the season to be merry but for some of us perhaps a little to marry the christmas spirit once again upon us brings awareness campaigns a warning people to be careful about how much they drink over the holiday period now in the last couple of years we've seen the figures increasing so the number of alcohol related injuries and we continue in the u.k. to pay too high a price for alcohol abuse now every year is costing the n.h.s. and millions of pounds in dealing with the people who are coming three th

ready to step back in and leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the euro sincerely silvio berlusconi well we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're on minority list. peter all of a. many people in your approach sharing the same christmas wish this year and to the block suffocating austerity drive and later this hour we'll take a closer look at the massive protests that have been raging across europe in our special and of year feature. so. yeah. i'm not going i. know i'm not tonight. so when it's just it tempting to indulge in the olympic spirit it could mean a whole lot of headaches for the u.k.'s and murdered sleep. earlier this year reported on the case of a british somali man who had his u.k. citizenship revoked while visiting somalia following that marty how she went missing and she's going there to cheer counterforce only to appear months later in a new york courtroom charged with terrorism. buckbee how she stands accused of providing material support to somali militant group al-shabaab how she

things are going the politicians have already started the finger pointing of just who is to blame silvio berlusconi in italy saying little he's going to run again to be the leader of the country and he's pointed a finger squarely towards germany where i am right now saying that it's up to berlin to recognize the european central bank as a real central bank in his words otherwise swell countries like italy are going to have to pull out of the euro zone in fact well there are those here in germany that would say that it's well germany that has to pull out of the year or so of this going on as we look towards twenty thirteen and that difficult task of trying to solve the eurozone and the european union's crippling financial problems. well a few minutes time we'll take you want to tour of sochi as the black sea resort city prepares for the twenty fourteen winter olympic games to stay with us. to least be told language to. close those programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the t.v. reporting from the world's hot spots the v.o.i.p. interviews intriguing story for use. in trying. to find ou

ready to step back in and leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the euro sincerely silvio berlusconi well we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're on minority list. peter all of a. many people in europe are sharing the same christmas wish this year and then to the blocks suffocating austerity drive and later this hour we'll take a closer look at the massive protests that have been raging across europe in our special and. plus. it's a cold night so. the holiday season in the u.k. may well turn elderly when so many brits just too tempting to over indulge in the festive spirit. of these here she reported on the case of a british somali man who how he's u.k. citizenship revoked while visiting somalia following that i'm out of the house she went missing and she's going there to check on reports only to appear a month later in a new york courtroom charged with terrorism the how she stands accused of providing material support to somali militant group al-shabaab how she was stripped of his british citizen

technocrats stated that he plans to resign the news came hours after the country's former pm silvio berlusconi announced he is to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections on thursday barrels counties people of freedom party withdrew its support from the government he says montes a stare at the policies that harm italy and he helps to leave the country out of the financial crisis seventy six year old has already served as italy's prime minister for three separate terms is currently caught up in a number of scandals including tax fraud convictions which he is appealing add to accusations of paying for sex with an underage prostitute something he denies. nearly two hundred countries have agreed to extend the kyoto protocol a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some nations and hopes of curbing global warming legally binding plan was approved by un delegates during the climate talks in doha the summit established for the first time the rich nations should move towards reimbursing poorer nations for losses due to climate change. well and president which of us as announced h

italy's technocrat prime minister mario monti has announced his plans to leave but former pm silvio berlusconi has thrown his hat into the ring too again after he withdrew his party's support for the government earlier monti says he'll go after next year's budget is passed which could see an election therefore in february earlier than expected elsewhere the greek prime minister is trying to secure more support from germany's wealthy and conservative region of barbaria earlier creditors agreed to prop greece up with another forty four billion euros greek attorney george can trigger law spoke to me he believes real solutions though are still a long way off. so most guys move it into stone walling says listen you soon. it's but unfortunately. no in doing that and view it in that there's an easy. comes from just that you're going to example you're going to be the only of the national motto fund because according to that as a stoner without a huge hero but of course it's really easy for mrs mchugh to so such a quality. german bacterias so we're going to go this simple are you serious or usual more

stated that he plans to resign the news came hours after the country's former prime minister silvio berlusconiannounced he is to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections on thursday berlusconi's people of freedom party withdrew its support from the government he says montes a sturdy policies that harmed italy and he hopes to lead the country out of the financial crisis the saudi six year old has already served as italy's prime minister for three separate terms and he's currently caught up number of scandals including tax fraud convictions which he's appealing and accusations of paying for sex with an underage prostitute something he denies. and as well and president hugo chavez has announced he is suffering from cancer once again the leader says tests showed a return of some malignant cells in the same area were tumors have been previously removed he will return to cuba are worried he's already received cancer treatment to undergo surgery in the coming days the news comes two months after her child as was reelected asked president in a tie vote. he was authorities can obtain and s

i'm ready to step back in leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the you sincerely silvio berlusconiwell we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're a minority list. peter all of a. oh peter pan the christmas spirit is everywhere in britain also flowing freely in the nation's pubs and restaurants but the summer treating themselves to a bit too much the holiday cheer is being lost on britain's police and hospital staff sorry for it brings us more from the streets of newcastle. well it's the season to be merry but for some of us perhaps a little t. merry but the christmas spirit once again upon us brings awareness campaigns a warning people to be careful about how much they drink over the holiday period now in the last couple of years we've seen the figures increasing so the number of alcohol related injuries and we continue in the u.k. to pay too high a price for alcohol abuse now every year it's costing the n.h.s. and millions of pounds in dealing with the people who are coming three the hospitals and

plus a talian technocrat leader mario monti versus bunga bunga three time former prime minister silvio berlusconi their latest debate centers around a different approach to bond yields will cover the spread in loose change let's get to today's capital account. government budget deficits do they matter of course but looking at the fiscal cliff debate it actually seems most seem to agree with that statement i just made though folks may disagree on the best way or time to address them here's the but is this framework misguided well yes according to supporters of m.m.t. at least as far as i can tell it's a theory we've been hearing more and more about over the years some guests on this show have revealed shades of it but we haven't really gotten into a discussion about it now some press attention has been given more it seems in the last year or so here's an article from the washington post modern monetary theory an unconventional take on economic strategy and further in this off article it talks about deficit our walls and so not hawks order but owls now where did this term come from well according t

i'm ready to step back in leave this lead to success quite possibly out of the euro sincerely silvio berlusconi well we'll have to wait to see if their christmas wishes come true but santa did you get my letter yes was i on the nice list you're in minority list. peter all of a. no surprises ok no artistic tracing europeans austerity battles all here and we will remind you of what we witnessed some more but later the staff. festive spirit takes on a whole new meaning for britain said police and hospital staff this time of year is christmas revellers down a few too many drinks for some it means spending the holidays in a cellar award so a first spin out among the party goers this year. well it's the season to be merry but for some of us perhaps a little t. merry but the christmas period once again upon us during so when is campaigns a warning people to be careful about how much they drink over the holiday period now in the last couple of years we've seen the figures increasing so the number of alcohol related injuries and we continue in the u.k. to pay too high a price for alcohol abuse now every

and some other world news and breathe this hour easily scandalous for work here and silvio berlusconi might run for office again speculation has risen after the people's freedom party dismissed its current leader as a candidate for the job with one senior official saying they'll now put a bullet scone into the race for the premier was forced out of the post last year over italy spain official hardships while in october of this year he was convicted of tykes fraud. plus floods in argentina have wreaked havoc for people in the capital with advancing waters leaving them stranded in the streets they have a rain sore some people resorting to moving around the city to encounter news turning good as arias into a latin american version of venice the authorities were also forced to close neurosis rather than metro lines. greek youths have clashed with police in athens as they took to the streets and marking the fourth anniversary of a deadly police shooting security officers had to resort to tear gas to disperse the angry mob while three people were arrested in two thousand and eight a police