for northern sri lanka, this was the first election in decades without the shadow or war. for at least 80,000 displaced people still in camps and others trying to resettle, life is far from normal. as polls closed, monitoring groups said that there was hundreds of complaints of misconduct including the threatening and chasing of voters and the staffing of ballot boxes. most incidents were blamed on the government coalition. >> the militant islamist group in somalia has forcibly taken over a united nations compound. they disarmed u u.n. staff. -- they disarmed u.n. staff. financial markets have been by fears of the state of decrease economy. -- greek economy. the greek government cost of borrowing has risen to a record level. a swarm of locusts hasn't faded a town in queensland, australia -- has invaded a town in queensland, australia. this is the biggest want to hit the region in 30 years. they have devastated the crops there. one of the most important music managers of the punk era, malcolm mclaren, has died. he was the former manager of the sex pistols. he was diagnosed

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. -- let's take you to sri lanka. he will take part in the swearing-in of members of parliament. he demanded his freedom with an attack on his archrival. the belgium prime minister has decided to resign as a key partner has resigned from his coalition. they walked out when it tends to review the boundaries failed. a financial magazine released its latest football rich list. the average worth of the 20 richest clubs fell by 9% last year, but manchester united topped the list. madrid in second place saul their value fall. sa -- w their -- saw value fall. nasa unveiled a new tool in unraveling the mysteries of the world. it was developed by the space agency in partnership with germans. we saw it in a hangar in southern california. >> it looks like a regular passenger airplane until you see this gaping hole. it is the most powerful airborne observatory in the world. the key component is the infrared telescope which is exposed through this whole. it rolls up to expose the things inside. the light bounces to the secondary mirror. from there, the light bounces back to the tertiary mirro

craigslist ictu sri lanka -- >> let's stick to sri lanka for the moment any of the questions on sri lanka? >> while you are there do you plan to talk to qubad fogh and his party or not? >> no, i do not have plans to talk to him. >> can you give us a sense of what happened there, the meeting, how the relations between the two countries are? there have been india -- reports in india about differences and issues. >> first, let me say that the amnesty has already provided a readout of that meeting. it was a positive and friendly meeting. i do not think there is any significant daylight between the u.s. and india on afghanistan or any of the other issues we are working on. we have very close cooperation on all of those issues and i think the president and prime minister had good discussions on those as well as on the issue of terrorism. the prime minister's plans to continue to try to boost economic growth in india to get it up to 8%, 9% or 10%, can produce opportunities to reduce property and help the people of india. >> can you just clarify, does this mean that the u.s. is recognizing the pr

. >>> australia has suspended the processing of all asylum claims by people from afghanistan and sri lanka, citing changing circumstances and hoping to send a strong message to people smugglers. >>> a day of mourning and the soviet republic of kurdistan in memory of those who died in the capitol on wednesday. at 76 people were killed when security forces opened fire on opposition demonstrators. presidentñ bakiyev who fled the capital is hiding in the south of the country but refused to admit defeat. our correspondent secure the first television interview with him since the unrest and sent this. >> brought a motion in the capital. this is the first funerals held for those killed on wednesday. the people of this small central asian country are stunned by the scale of the violence. it broke out as opposition supporters took to the streets of the capital, demanding the president resigned. they are furious about a huge price increases. as they approached government buildings, the security forces opened fire. today, the leader of the new interim government went to visit some of the 500 people st

stand from the killing of hundreds of thousands of armenians by turks during the first world war in sri lanka. releasing from detention in the swearing in ofv mp's. demanded his freedom in an attack on his arch rival. mahinda rajapaksa. some earlier photographs of queen elizabeth show her 7 months old. the images were taken by the royal photographer in 1926. they show the infant princess with her parents. the then duke and dutchest of york. they became prized possessions of the queen mother that kept them in a leather case. an and written script from the ok corral has been found in the dusty box. more than 125 years in the history of the wild west shoot out. arizona courts found the documentation when they were organizing files near tombstone in arizona. the gun fight broke out when the famous law man, white europe and dock holiday killed three member of a drunken gang on the streets of tombstone. the greek deficit is much larger than previously expected according to the europe union. the 2009 is actually 13 point 6 percent of g.d.p and not the original 12 point 7 percent. meanwhile, a thens

this is a think we call the sri lanka ifphenomenon. short of an all out war, and i call it that because during the last six years of terrorist war in sri lanka, it grew at 6.5% and had underlying inflation varying from 15% to 25%. what goes on is people still shop, they eat, consume, buy stuff, send their kids to school despite the noise going on in the political arena. the israeli economy has been running like that for years. so you have mounting inflation pressures with very good last quarter numbers. 5.8% gdp for thailand. do you, then, err on the side of cautioned inflation or do you focus on the politics? they've chosen to focus on the politics. i as a monetary guy always focus on inflation. >> we've got more on come on thailand. ken, we'll let you go. thank you so much for joining us. >> as far as european stock markets are concerned, it's been a fairly lackluster performance in europe despite the tech guys arm and infineon doing quite well, the chip boys doing very well on the back of speculation numbers. the ftse 100 down 0.17%

but just so some of you know, in some part, were sri lanka is being enforced and paving your windowsing outside can't see inside to see any women inside, it tedrow. it's turco in draconian, it's not even in the last five centuries. >> is a very complex question. the reason egypt went the way it did became more concerned. egypt when is a long wait of progress and noise. european and they're moving that way. and then instability happens with wars and once this happens, the army took over. and interrupted or distracted the progress of what's happening. and so i think stability is a very important thing. >> someone asked earlier about the taliban and, where they come from. and basically they arrived out of the cauldron of the hellacious solo war that riced the social fabric of the country after the u.s. and soviets pulled out in 89. so you're right. in the absence of stability, we tend ironclad rules for models, jakarta and measures are put in place to control people and to codify societal rules and so one of those worth. anyway, it's a good question. >> thank you. >> do we have one more

look at what the japanese did on the closing days of world war ii against the allies or with the sri lankan tigers did in the 1980's or if you look at the use of suicide her bosom and a variety of theaters today, what we find is the process by which people become suicide bombers is common across the different cultural and national context. suicide bombers tend to be in situations where they are largely cut off from the outside world for a variety of different factors. some liberal, some not deliberate and is small group psychology, the ability of small groups to leave right to the norms of human behavior that makes the phenomenon of suicide to durham some possible. when we ask how is it people can do these abominable things what we are doing is examining the phenomenon from the outside of the tunnel. we are often not able to understand is that within the tunnell of the creation of the suicide bomber the norms have been turned upside down and so the people who are volunteering to be suicide bombers are not doing it because they are evil or deprived, they are doing it in the same way that yo

look at what the japanese did on the closing days of world war ii against the allies or with the sri lanka in tigers did in the 1980's or if you look at the use of suicide her bosom and a variety of theaters today, what we find is the process by which people become suicide bombers is common across the different cultural and national context. suicide bombers tend to be in situations where they are largely cut off from the outside world for a variety of different factors. some liberal, some not deliberate and is small group psychology, the ability of small groups to leave right to the norms of human behavior that makes the phenomenon of suicide to durham some possible. when we ask how is it people can do these abominable things what we are doing is examining the phenomenon from the outside of the tunnel. we are often not able to understand is that within the tunnell of the creation of the suicide bomber the norms have been turned upside down and so the people who are volunteering to be suicide bombers are not doing it because they are evil or deprived, they are doing it in the same way that

i didn't get my little can of coke because i was going between sri lanka and detroit and there wasn'tme. >> one is going to start charging for using the toilet, phil. >> what do you want me to say to that? >> i want to know what if you don't have any cash, didn't bring any credit cards? will they say, tough. >> if i'm sitting next to you and you're short on cash i'll float you a couple of bucks. >> all right. i don't know how much -- i don't know what -- i mean, is it -- >> two bucks or -- >> what is it? how much time you spend? is it what you're doing there? yeah, exactly. >> where is this conversation going? >> you can't follow this? you're a reporter. is it really that difficult? >> i don't want to follow it. >> go right in the toilet which is where it went. see you later. >>> still to come this morning, the euro zone offering assistance to greece but will the country accept it. live to athens next. boss:hey, glad i caught you. i was on my way to present ideas about all the discounts we're offering. i've got some catchphrases that'll make these savings even more memorable. gecko: a

look at what the japanese did on the closing days of world war ii against the allies or what the sri lankan tigers did in the 1980's or if you look at the use of suicide terrorism in a variety of theaters today what we find is that the process by which people become suicide bombers is common across the different cultural and national contexts. suicide bombers tend to be in situations where they are largely cut off from the outside world for a variety of different factors, some de lippitt, some not deliberate and is small group of psychology. the ability of small groups to leave right the norms of that make the phenomenon of suicide terrorism possible. so when we ask how is it people can do these things, what we are doing is examining the phenomenon from the outside of the tunnel. we are often not able to understand is within the tunnell of the creation of the suicide bomber, the norms have been turned upside down so the people who are volunteering to be suicide bombers or not doing it because they are evil or deprived, they are doing it in the same way that young people who you and i know

> this government is doing so in response to the challenges which have in particular arisen from sri lanka. i would say in response to the leader of the opposition that this government will continue to take a responsible approach in dealing with the challenge of people smuggling and for those who are found not to be genuinely asylum seekers they will be sent back home as, in fact, we've already done in a number of cases. >> and there's the highlights of the australian parliament in march. i hope you can join us next time. ♪ >> a look at the white house where president obama is getting ready to leave washington for a trip to new england today. he'll start in portland, maine to talk about the healthcare legislation he signed last month. you can see those remarks live at 3:25 eastern on c-span. >> flexible policies actually make employees more not less productive. because as you all know instead of spending time worrying about what's happening at home, your employees have the support and the peace of mind that they desperately need to concentrate on their work. >> watch something on c-span th