kirk shaffer told him where in the southern philippines dennis would hang out.ew days of asking questions and passing around her photo, karl found the girl. she was now 20. but was underage, she said, when the relationship with standefer began. and beyond being too young for a relationship with an adult, she said, something happened to her that could land dennis in far deeper trouble. she claimed she had been sexually assaulted by standefer five years earlier. and now, she wanted to press charges against him for rape. karl took her to the local prosecutors office. >> he heard the story. and he said, i'll file charges against this guy for rape. >> reporter: karl had now uncovered something about dennis standefer far more grave than anything he had been pursuing. and he could have dropped out at this point and let police handle it from here. but karl pushed ahead, feeling he had to do this himself, convinced that only he could find standefer. >> and an investor told me that dennis will tell you he's going up north if he's going south. it's always misinformation. >

a mammoth rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods tore through the area killing over six hundred and moving . hundreds missing that's how i feel heard on friday night causing a month's worth of rain to fall in twelve hours tens of thousands of were forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being humbled by widespread power cuts the floods grades. the follow us troops have officially withdrawn from iraq and nine years after the invasion that analyst as you say the soldiers crossed into the brink kuwait during the night many now feel a surge in terror attacks following america's military departure the conflict saw around one hundred thousand iraqi civilians killed and cost the united states almost a trillion dollars. next we head to one of russia's most volatile waiters and the battle to stop the young falling prey to terrorists.

the fear of disease mounts in the southern philippines. unicef appeals for more money to help the thousands who need homes. >> racist and xenophobic. turkey condemns the bill passed in french parliament making it a crime to deny the armenian genocide. in the wake of the worst unrest in kazakhstan in years, the president has announced he will dismiss his son-in-law. at least 16 people died in clashes with police last week. we report. >> this footage appears to have been filmed from a building overlooking the main square on december 16. it shows riot police opening fire on protesters. the video is accompanied by female voices speaking in causal -- in kazak. the footage was posted on youtube and has not been verified. it shows killings. speaking to journalists on wednesday, the commanders where a state of emergency has been declared, said the video is being investigated. in an interview to radio free europe, the ambassador to the united states described the footage of a shocking. >> these were shocking video images. i cannot tell you specific

it is directly not affecting southern philippines as of today. however we will definitely continue to monitor this system as it looks like it is going to be keeping it in its intensity as it approaches the islands. let's talk about japan, where this low pressure system is moving across the hokkaido area. northern japan will be seeing sea effect snow, in the sea of japan side and looks like it may continue in towards the end of the week. lots of snow will pile up in hokkaido, as well as waves could be picking up to about three to four meters high. we're talking about snowfall approaching about -- an additional 30 centimeters in some parts of hokkaido. the rest of japan looking very clear and dry. we may even see some sunny spells in tokyo. as for temperature, tokyo, we're looking at 16 degrees, but we have a cold wave pulling in from northeastern china. beijing, already seeing zero degrees. seoul at zero as well. and tokyo, this temperature is going to be dropping down in towards the end of the week. we may even see single digit for the high for s

. >> officials in the southern philippines have become victims of a tropical storm. many others just a missing. they have started to bury bodies in mass tombs. more on the situation with our correspondent. joining me on the line now. can you tell me how the relief operations are going? >> [unintelligible] right now we have 350 volunt eers. the rich and the ppooor. they are [unintelligible] >> do you believe the relief operations are coping with what is going on? are they struggling to cope? >> yes. there is an outpouring of the nation. the families are thankful. they have learned to accept their fate. >> can you describe what the conditions are like inside the evacuation centers that have been set up? >> supplies are being offered. over 2000 familes are here. there is a low supply of ready- to-eat food. >> it is a desperate situation. especially dealing with the number of bodies that are in your area. we understand that some people have been angry by the burying of the dead. can you tell us with the situation is? >> right now our armies are retrieving the dead bodies

flash floods triggered by an unexpected storm have killed over four hundred people in the southern philippines with scores more missing twelve hours of pounding rain cause rivers to burst their banks many were asleep when the floodwaters swept through towns in the night tens of thousands of sought refuge in evacuation centers across several provinces. israeli soldiers have killed one palestinian civilian and injured two others on the border with gaza a minute you patrol reported to go put the fire after hearing a large explosion aiming for what they thought was an area known for terrorist activity garza has retaliated by launching rockets into israel they are casualties are reported the. united nations has released the assets of two libyan banks and efforts to ease the country's financial troubles that will allow the libyan government access to billions of dollars of funds from abroad sanctions were imposed earlier this year on banks formally controlled by the ousted leader colonel moammar gadhafi the libyan economy suffered significant i'll tell lies in that toppled gadhafi is regime with the

officials in the southern philippines have begun to bury the victims. nearly 1000 people are known to have died and many others are still missing. authorities have started to bury some of the bodies in large communal tombs and even landfill sites. their decision has angered many in the local community. a south american trading bloc that includes brazil and uruguay has agreed to stop flying the flag of the falkland islands. the dispute has heated up again as british companies have begun exploring for oil in waters around the island. for much of the past two decades, the kashmir valley has been in the insurgency, but details mean that is about to change. >> it looks like that is changing. thousands have been killed or have disappeared in separatist violence, though the violence in the moslem-dominated territories has declined, and kashmir you have to turn to music to express anger and desire for peace. >> this has long been a favorite hangout spot. these days, they also make music. what they are singing is not traditional or folk songs. increasingly, is w

down towards the south, tropical storm washi causing deadly floods across the southern philippines and they are still struggling with the aftermath of the tropical storm. here are shots taken on tuesday, four days after the storm hit. homes were completely destroyed and cars and everything are still covered with mud. sunny weather is gradually returning. however it looks like clean-up efforts will take a while or longer and unfortunately some scattered showers are still lingering across some areas p so we are concerned about additional flooding as well as lands slides. temperature wise we are expecting 31 degrees in and 31 in bangkok and up in the north into the single digits with 40 degrees under seoul. it will come down to minus 5 degrees on thursday. heading over to the americas, our winter storm is moving in the northeasterly direction to eastern half of the u.s. most of the precipitation will be rain rather than snow because lots of warm air is coming in from the south pushing up temperatures. we will show you in a moment. but some snow in quebec saturday morn willing. across the

. >> there is an urgent need for fresh water and medicine in the southern philippines as the authorities struggle to deal with the aftermath of the devastating flooding caused by tropical storm washi. more than a thousand people have died. the united states has reacted angrily to the decision by the european union's highest court to make all airline flights in and out of europe pay a carbon tax. the european court of justice said imposing -- the tax is intended to make airlines accountable for their carbon use. we think we have found the cubist new addition at the zoo in in germany. because of that little thing. it is 7 months old. it still does not had a name. it is a female that was born in may. she weighs about 600 grams. that is about the weight of a full can of soup. >> you have been watching newsday on the bbc. >> thank you for your company. take care. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financia

the people in the southern philippines face a massive clean-up operation. about 300,000 people were affected by the storm from 13 different provinces. many homes, like this one, are completely destroyed. people that survived are now living in evacuation centers where they can at least get the fresh fruit and water. most of these centers are actually schools and baseball courts. these of the only homes these people have for now. >> during libya's seven-month civil war, there were two cities that bore the brunt of the conflict. in misrata, they face months of attacks. later, they did the same too itre.fi's home town of sur >> these are the losers in libya's war. the price paid for living in muammar gaddafi's hometown. sitre pummeled by rebel forces. few are making a celebration here. after fleeing the fighting, this man returned home to this, he said that the new government is doing nothing to help, like many, he says that he had no time for gaddafi. amid the devastation, it is easy to find a few die-hard supporters. this man said that gaddafi protect civilia

we do continue to see the clouds from tropical storm washi, did devastate areas of southern philippines. you can see it's heading back to sea but does maintain its strength as a tropical storm system. winds have eased somewhat and it looks like it is now on a weakening trend over the next 24 hours. it is expected to dissipate and weaken into a tropical depression. that is good news. it does look like it will remain well. we do still see quite a bit of moisture surrounding this system and it will get wet for areas across central sections of vietnam and also outer rain bands could be impacting sections of malaysia and indonesia and could be looking at wetter weather to come. as for the philippines for the south, looks like you may see clear spots in areas but there is still the chance of showers. not good news. it could easily further exacerbate the flooding situation here. for northern sections we're looking at a heavy rain possibility later on today. you do want to watch out here as well. elsewhere looking at high pressure area dominating much of china as well as the korean peninsula. a

it is moving in a western direction headed for the southern philippines. it looks like it's going to become a tropical storm by friday. stormier conditions are expected into the weekend. across the indochina peninsula, remaining very wet across vietnam and turning wet again across southern thailand. a large high pressure system is creating very dry and chilly weather across most of china. the exception is this inland area. showers will develop today. and across japan, a developing low pressure system is moving through the northern portions, bringing heavy snow to hokkaido. we're expecting up to 30 centimeters of snow by friday morning here. and this blustery conditions will likely condition for the next few days. and rain is falling across tohoku regions. some of the precipitation will change to snow starting tonight and strong winds are creating high bawaves long the coast. but a different story for the pacific side of japan. it will stay larly dry and sunny. warming up nicely in tokyo, we're expecting 16 degrees. feels like mid-november. the frigid air is

hundreds are dead in the southern philippines asns from occupy protesters. encampments are gone. >>marty: the trial begins to the soldier who time over thousands of documents to wikileaks. the senate is finally taking action on social security payroll tax cuts if but he will be surprised on just how long or short those cuts will be. >>ysabel: it is cool and crisp the shaping of to be beautiful day. >>janu: it is one to shape up to be beautiful day. we are expecting a lot of sunshine in store. there is fog outside of the golden gate bridge, a chilly start to the morning. can legend of the dow fell you hear what i told you have to wash the dishes i told ya dumb that milk out was sitting on the counter >>marty: at noon today, protesters in manhattan are planning an event at a church only parking lot where arrests were made. those protests against economic inequality began back on september 17th in lower manhattan. protesters or arrested and cleared out last month. there are no longer allowed to sleep there. there are even as planned in the bay area. for more on that, craig skalar is

were showing you video of what happened when washi, the tropical storm ripped through the southern philippines. >> this is the storm now, it's a tropical depression, no longer posing threat to any land masses, but certainly the clean-up operation is going to take quite some time. this is a devastating storm, it left more than 650 people dead with more than 900 missing at present. so it will be an ongoing story. if you take a look at the continent here, it's looking dry under high pressure. not much to say about this. it will continue to be very dry and that could be problematic in terms of fire weather across some parts of china. as for japan, the pacific edge is staying dry, but we continue to see the wintry precipitation for the northeastern coast. so snow for all of those people heading out to the mountains at the weekend. tokyo, 10 degrees for the tuesday high. 3 in seoul, 2 in beijing with minus 18 in ulan bator. 10 in chongqing and just above that in shanghai. meanwhile we have 22 in taipei and we'll be in the low 30s in bangkok as well as manila. okay. now into north america. a very slo

the southern philippines are are already feeling the impact of this storm with heavy rain as well as strong winds and as the system approaches, the conditions are a big concern as well. it looks like it's going to maintain its strength as a tropical storm into next week. we'll keep you posted on its progress. meanwhi meanwhile, a high pressure system is in place creating chilly continues across most of china, but the inland area will see light showers into the weekend and along the reach of the high pressure area. strong winds are prevailing, and that is creating sea-effect snow on the western side of japan. the blowing snow condition will likely continue into saturday in certain areas. temperature-wise we expect 13 degrees in tokyo, but very chilly in seoul with minus 3 degrees and 6 in shanghai. heading over to the americas, it's mostly dry in the west, but still wet in the east. the low pressure system is brings showers across eastern canada and the northeastern states as well as some snow in the eastern great lakes region, but the system will move eastward so things get drier acr

the death toll from flash floods in the southern philippines has grown to nearly 1000.n tighter regions on one island are under water and sludge. president akino has now declared a state of national disaster, which local authorities gain quick access to recovery fund. aid workers are appealing for bottled waters, blankets, tents, and clothing for the thousands gathered -- credit in shelters. >> these men are currently building tombs in the port city. hundreds of people were killed by the flash floods that struck at the weekend. many bodies cannot be identified, but the must be buried fats, because they have began to decompose. the local mayor said there would be no mass graves and defended the makeshift tombs. >> this is what we're currently doing for the unidentified bodies. it is not really a burial per se, but we're just depositing the bodies in place for the do not threaten public health. we can stand identified bodies to a permanent resting place if the family agrees. >> authorities are using dna samples and fingerprints to help identify the bodies, and thus, help

the southern philippines are already feeling the impact of the storm with heavy rain as well as strong winds and rough sea conditions will be a big concern as the system approaches and it seems it will maintain its strength as a tropical storm into the next week, so we'll keep you posted on its progress. meanwhile, a large high pressure system is in control over china, bringing chilly and dry weather across most of the nation, but the exception is this inland area, you may see showers developing over the course of today here, and very strong winds are prevailing across the korean peninsula, as well as the western side of japan, creating sea-effect snow. in japan, blowing snow conditions are occurring across hokkaido, the tohoku and hokuriku areas and hokuriku could see heavy snow, an additional 50 centimeters or more are possible in the next 24 hours and conditions will likely continue into saturday here and again, winds are very strong so that is causing very high waves along the coast here, but it's a different story for the opposite side of the country, it will remain very dry acros

it's moving in a westerly direction, headed toward the southern philippines. d it could become a tropical storm within the next 24 hours. so stormier conditions are expected in the southern portions into the weekend. up toward the north a large system is bringing chilly weather across most of china. the exception is across the inland area you may see some showers developing today. and across japan our low pressure system is moving through the northern nation, bringing heavy snow to hokkaido. we're expecting up to 30 centimeters of snow by friday morning. blowing snow conditions are also possible here. and rain is falling by the tohoku regs. and some of the precipitation will turn to snow starting tonight. and strong winds are creating high waves along the west coast. but it's a difference for the opposite side of the country. it will stay largely dry. temperaturewise, warming up nicely in tokyo. we expect it to be 16 degrees. feels like mid november. but cold air will continue to sag southward and pushing down temperatures across china and the korean peninsula.

. >> in the southern philippines, suffering continues in areas devastated by flash floods following a tropical storm almost a week ago. more than 1,000 people have so far been confirmed dead. help is finally reaching those in need, but the united nations is calling for a greater response from the international community. local authorities say the death toll had reached 1,010 people as of thursday, with 51 still missing. the storm swept away countless homes on the southern island of mindinao, more than 640,000 people have been affected. they face additional threats, including shortages of food and medical supplies. meanwhile, international donations are arriving in the disaster zone. the japanese government has provided aid supplies worth nearly $320,000, including mattresses and generators. other governments including malaysia and germany also made contributions. >> this items are going to be of big relief to the victims. this solidarity is very much appreciated. >> the head of u.n. relief operations called on the international community to provide almost $29 million more assistance i

. >> in the southern philippines, suffering continues in areas devastated by flash floods following a tropical storm almost a week ago. more than 1,000 people have so far been confirmed dead. help is finally reaching those in need, but the united nations is calling for a greater response from the international community. local authorities say the death toll had reached 1,010 people as of thursday, with 51 still missing. the storm swept away countless homes on the southern island of mi mindinao, more than 640,000 people have been affected. they face additional threats, including shortages of food and medical supplies. meanwhile, international donations are arriving in the disaster zone. the japanese government has provided aid supplies worth nearly $320,000, including mattresses and generators. other governments including malaiysia and germany also made contributions. >> this items are going to be of big relief to the victims. this solidarity is very much appreciated. >> the head of u.n. relief operations called on the international community to provide almost $29 million more assistan

triggered by a tropical storm and killed at least one hundred twenty people over night in the southern philippines about two thirds of the victims died in. the city the disaster officials say the number killed by the flood is likely to rise. machine gun fire on the gaza israel border has left one man dead and two other people wounded the israeli military said troops opened fire after hearing a loud explosion but has not been confirmed when the man was killed by military bullets comes just a week off israel carried out strikes on gaza killing five and injuring dozens more . sanctions have been lifted against libya's banks to try and lessen the country's cash crisis un security council group was followed by america moving most of its restrictions against tripoli they were imposed on market off his regime in february at the start of the uprising more than thirty thousand people dealt a blow to libya's economy and its well industry. but libya's civil war ended almost two months ago but the aftershocks still resonate nationwide as r.t. reports online the hague want sciences as to where. and speculation

mass burial has been organized for nearly one thousand victims of the flash floods in the southern philippines efforts continue to help survive it's called by the deluge triggered by tropical storm and high tides saturations have been hunted by flooded roads and wrecks infrastructure the red cross estimates that over eight hundred people are still missing. iran has reinstated and all but for u.n. nuclear agency officials to visit tehran the inspectors are supposed to scrutinize the country's controversial nuclear program and medication as is geared towards creating atomic weapons iran is under un sanctions for refusing to stop your aim in richmond but insists it's for purely peaceful and that your purposes diplomatic sources say a top level international atomic energy agency mission could fly to terror on in late january. dozens of people have staged rallies across italy in protest at austerity cuts which include tax and pension changers a large package of over thirty billion euros was recently approved by lawmakers headed by mario monti his new technocrat government and it's expected to be pa

>>mark: the death toll in the southern philippines is nearing 1000 after flash floods hit the region following a tropical storm. navy sailors loaded a ship with more than 400 coffins. thick are helping authorities handle the staggering number of death. there are containers with thousands of bottles of water as well. 45,000 people are in evacuation centers. >>darya: a drive tonight from the millions. will tran has details. >>will: 152 million reasons he could never work again, at this burlingame gas station there are not a lot of people rushing in to buy tickets just yet. if you are on the fence for tonight drying, consider this, if you take the cash payment he would be getting around $113 million. imagine how happy your holidays would be banned. >>mark: a federal agency is siding with apple and ordering an import ban on htc phones that they say in french on iphones patents. the u.s. trade commission is wearing a ban on the phone to take effect on april 19th. htc is based in taiwan and is a major maker of phones that use custody android operating systems. they claim that htc violated

floods triggered by an unexpected topical storm has missed four hundred fifty people in the southern philippines with schools more missing many residents were asleep when the floodwaters tool through towns overnight after hours of torrential rain tons of southerners have sought refuge in evacuation centers across several provinces. ship carrying more than three hundred illegal migrants from the middle east has sunk of indonesia's jobber island only seventy six people have been rescued so far and hundreds are still missing as search teams continue walking on the spot emergency officials say the wooden ship was wrecked by strong waves meanwhile local media reports the boat was carrying more than twice its capacity which they blame for that accident. israeli soldiers have killed one palestinian civilian and injured two others on the border with gaza a military patrol reportedly opened fire off a hearing a large explosion aiming for what they thought was an area known for terrorist activity gaza has retaliated by launching rockets into israel through no casualties reported. the united nations has be

about rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods through the area killing of the six hundred and leaving hundreds missing a time soon hit on friday night causing a month's worth of rain to fall in twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being hunted by widespread power. the czech republic's first post communist leader backlit godall has died at the age of seventy five a dissident playwright and president of a saw his country's decision to democracy as well as that peaceful break up between the czech republic and slovakia died at home after a long illness. next we head to one of russia's most of all the time regions on the battle to stop the young falling prey to terrorists. so darkness on often makes headlines for the wrong reasons with frequent reports of insurgency and instability high unemployment and low living standards are sometimes blamed as a recordist would help feed militancy has autism and in a court of explained. it's a called mr winter morning in the speed line a sign of as always is

a mammoth rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines of the floods tall through the area killing over six hundred and leaving hundreds missing the typhoon hit all finite causing a month's worth of rain to fall in twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being hampered by widespread power cuts and flooded roads. the final u.s. troops have officially withdrawn from iraq nine years after the invasion that ousted said he saying the soldiers crossed into neighboring kuwait during the night many now fear a surge in terror attacks following america's military departure with conflicts around one hundred thousand iraqi civilians killed and cost the united states almost a trillion dollars. next we head to one of russia's most volatile regions in the battle to stop the young falling prey to terrorists. ordog a stand off to make headlines for the wrong reasons with frequent reports of insurgency and instability high unemployment and those living standards are sometimes blamed his route cools and which helped feed milita

a mammoth rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines awful floods tore through the area killing over six hundred and leaving hundreds missing a typhoon hit on friday night causing a month's worth of rain to fall in just twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being hampered by widespread power cuts and flooded roads. developing news story the breaking news we've been bringing you up to date with now let's just recap what we know here a rescue operation is currently underway tonight in russia's far east after an oil rig of sixty seven people on board when this is the area of seeing fourteen people have been plucked from the very icy waters for the are confirmed dead also forty nine still missing tonight russia's emergencies ministry is now saying it's expanding its sea mission off the cycle in peninsula by sending more ships to the disaster site the operations being hampered by very poor weather conditions that the rig in question that went down was called the cole skier it capsized while it was on its way

user must burial has been organized from was seven hundred victims of the flash floods in the southern philippines in the city of illegality fifty unidentified bodies already buried there is still a struggle to help survivors caught by the deluge that was triggered by tropical storm and high tides the red cross says to me it's about eight hundred people still missing. thousands of people rallies across italy in protest of hysterics and cuts which include tax and pension changes a bailout package of over thirty billion euros was recently approved by lawmakers headed by mario monti's new technocrat government is expected to be passed by the senate by the end of the week but many believe the brunt of the cuts will be borne by the poorest. coming up to twenty four minutes exactly past ten o'clock at night moscow time but about sport for you shortly about twenty minutes with dmitri i'll tell you where the latest achievements of british go for lee westwood let's get across the business now actually. cloned a very warm welcome to the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin is calling for a corrupt

background to the unrest elsewhere around the world a rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods killed more than six hundred people left many a thousand more missing the typhoon hit on friday night causing months worth of rain to fall in just twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge rescues come from being hampered by widespread power outages and let it grow the philippines suffers about twenty typhoons and storms each year . landmark israeli hamas prisoner swap has been completed meaning five hundred fifty palestinians released under the egyptian brokered deal grew to exchange more than one thousand palestinian prisoners who israeli sought and charlotte was captured by years ago the first phase of the swap took place in october shalit returned home and israel freed four hundred prisoners . iran's state t.v. has released a video of them that it claimed was a cia spy try to gain access to the country secret service iran's intelligence ministry identified the resign and marty graham airfield in afghanistan agents kept track of the

a month rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods tore through the area killing over six hundred and leaving hundreds missing a typhoon hit on friday night causing a month's worth of rain to fall in twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being hampered by widespread power cuts flooded roads. bringing up to date on that breaking news we've been updating you on throughout the afternoon here about the rescue operation continuing in russia's far east tonight where an oil rig with sixty seven people on board gone down fourteen have been plucked from the icy waters for a confirmed dead forty nine are still missing russia's emergencies ministry's expanding its mission in the sea of a cost by sending more ships to the disaster site operations being hampered by poor weather conditions the rig was called the coal skier capsized while its way back to port sank within just twenty minutes very little time for those men to get off it's believed the rig portals were damaged by ice and waves and then water beg

rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods tours through the area killing over six hundred and leaving hundreds missing a typhoon hit on friday night causing a month's worth of rainfall in just twelve hours tens of thousands were forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being hampered by widespread power . and flooded roads. the czech republic's first post communist leader vaslav havel has died at the age of seventy five the dissident playwright turned president oversaw as countries transition to democracy as well as the peaceful break up between the czech republic and slovakia have all died at home after a long as. next we head to one of russia's most volatile regions and the battle there stop the young falling prey to terrorists. the august star often makes headlines for all the wrong reasons with frequent reports of insurgency and instability high unemployment and low living standards are sometimes blamed as the root causes which help feed militancy as it is with a culture that reports. it's a called mr winter morning in the speed line

among the threats killed ration is now underway in the southern philippines after floods told through the area killing over six hundred and leaving hundreds missing a typhoon hit on friday night causing a month's worth of rain to fall in twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being humbled by widespread power cuts and flooded roads. the czech republic's first post communist leader gaga has died at the age of seventy five dissident a playwright and president oversaw his country's transition to democracy as well as the peaceful breakup between the czech republic and slovakia couple died at home after a long. final us troops has officially was drawn from iraq nine years after the invasion that ousted saddam hussein the soldiers crossed into neighboring kuwait during the night many. terror attacks following america's military departure the conflict saw around six hundred thousand iraqi civilians killed and calls the united states almost a trillion dollars. however the u.s. occupation of iraq is far from over as the notorious am

floods triggered by and that's a tropical storm have killed of some one hundred people in the southern philippines with about two hundred missing many residents were certainly when the flood water tore through towns overnight after hours of torrential rain turns out some thousands have sought refuge in evacuation centers across several provinces. the soldiers have killed one palestinian civilian and injured two others on the border with gaza and the true patrol reportedly open file to hearing a large explosion aiming what they saw was an area known for terrorist activity gaza as related by retaliated by launching of rockets into israel so no casualties are reported. the united nations has released this that as it's up to leave in binds in efforts to ease the country's financial troubles that's what allowed it even government access to billions of dollars of funds from abroad sanctions were imposed earlier this year on banks fully controlled by the ousted leader colonel muammar gadhafi believe in economies suffered significantly by the uprising that toppled get out his regime with a lucrative oil i

well sware around the world a rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods killed more than six hundred people and left nearly a thousand more missing typhoon hit on friday causing a month's worth of rain to fall in just twelve hours tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by the deluge rescues currently being hampered by widespread power outages and flooded roads and philippine suffers about twenty typhoons and storms each year. than mark israeli hamas prisoner swap has been completed with the remaining five hundred fifty palestinians released under the gyptian brokered deal israel agreed to exchange more than one thousand palestinian prisoners was really sergeant large it was captured five years ago the first phase of the swap took place in october when she turned him. four hundred prisoners. iran's state t.v. has released a video of the man it claimed was a cia spy try to gain access to the country secret service iran's intelligence ministry identified. marty background field in afghanistan agents kept track of him as he entered the country no

flash floods triggered by and on it will storm have killed at least two hundred people in the southern philippines with schools more missing many were asleep when the floodwaters swept through towns during the night officials say tens of thousands of made for higher ground to escape the deluge a rescue operation is now underway. israeli soldiers have killed one palestinian civilian and injured two others on the border with gaza the military patrol reportedly opened fire off the head of a large explosion aiming for what they thought was an area known for terrorist activity gulzar has retaliated by launching rockets into israel though no casualties our forces. you know i should russians has released a united nations role that has reduced the assets of two libyan banks in an effort to ease the country's financial troubles that. will allow the libyan government access to billions of dollars of funds from a rule that sanctions were imposed earlier this year old value schoolie controlled by the ousted leader gadhafi the libyan economy suffered significantly after the uprising that toppled down. with a l