first though, in sri lanka and unidentified attackers has -- an unidentified attacker has set fire to government officers. -- the government offices. a spokesman for the president is saying an official investigation has been ordered. charles haviland has this report. >> this is the office of an investigative office that is often critical of the government in sri lanka. no one was a witness to how many attackers their work, but the neighbors did manage to put up the fire. we cannot get access at the moment. the police are in attendance. one or two opposition politicians have been visiting as well. the photographs show it was a fairly comprehensive attack on the offices of this website, which is also the organization where a journalists who disappeared mysteriously exactly accurate go worked. the company worked on a shoestring budget. there were no security guards. there have also been various threats against its staff, including its news editor, and one year ago, just after the presidential elections, the overall editor fled into exile. he does work for the website from his base abroad

it was played in sri lanka. that was after it was deemed too dangerous for florentines to work. -- foreign teams to to work. -- tour. >> there is not even a single paying spectator. it should have been different. pakistan was supposed to be one of the host of the current world cup. yet one terrible day two years ago in lahore brought a tragic into that. broad daylight when the sri lankan national side was attacked by militants. yet this was the place where 12 gunmen ambushed the sri lanka andn team -- sri lankan team. it brought an abrupt end to the international teams visiting this country. it is a nation that loves the game. cricket is played by millions whenever they get the chance. >> there are so many frustrations and problems for pakastanis. cricket is one of our few sources of entertainment. >> but the sport has faced another huge blow. the international cricket council has found three of pakistan's best players guilty of cheating. they have been given a lengthy fleeing bands -- playing bans. >> i think t

india and sri lanka are co-hosting the event. over 3,000 performers showcase the cultures of the three host nations. the capital's night sky was lit by an impressive show of fireworks that formed an impressive backdrop to the show. the first match will see bangladesh squaring off against india on saturday. a total of 49 matches are scheduled over six weeks. >>> slrc has just send us this footage of a baby elephant that was born in sri lanka's central province on thursday. look at that. what a sight for sore eyes. other deliveries are expected over the coming days. >>> hello again. time for another look at the world's weather. we'll head into australia where we're tracking that cyclone out west. this one is dianne. actually some good news here. dianne starting to move west, away from the coast of australia. that's exactly what we want it to do. if it continues this way, shouldn't be too much of a problem. the rain is starting to move out of coastal areas. still need to keep an eye on it because these systems are unpredictable. but

the monsoon rains have caused massive flooding in several parts of sri lanka claiming at least seven lives and affecting over eight hundred thousand people thousands of houses have been destroyed many roads damaged this is the second time within a month the sri lanka has been badly affected by raging waters in january more than a million people were affected by flooding which claimed at least forty three. now as part of the fight against inequality and discriminations political correctness in the us has become entrenched into everyday life but the rules on what you can say and what you can't have now extended into censoring or altering classic literature and as artie's marina portnoy reports many americans think that means the p.c. movement has gone too far. america is a country that pioneers freedom of expression but is the rising tide of political correctness reigning in the right to say what you think. it's almost as though you have a sort of a code to fall down sometimes you want to call a spade a spade and sometimes you want to call it a trouble according to news and pull the ma

con una menor de edad. 50 personas han fallecido desde fines de diciembre por las inundaciones en sri lankaores como mubarak? se lo preguntamos a josÉ fernÁndez del departamento de estado. >> nosotros estamos promoviendo y estamos promoviendo en este caso de egipto es primero que tiene que ser una transiciÓn rÁpida, estable y que tiene que ser una transiciÓn con paz. >> tenemos la entrevista con jean claud (...) quiere volver a serlÍder de haitÍ? >> siempre tuve mucha visiÓn para mi paÍs y me siento obligado a participar en ello. >> el excanciller mexicano castaÑeda nos dice que podrÍa ser el prÓximo presidente de mÉxico. >> por el pri, puede ser beltrone. por el prd sÓlo creó a lÓpez obrador. >> tambiÉn nos dice cuando se vale meter la polÍtica en la mÚsica. >> uno plasma en sus letras lo que vive. >> todo en al punto. >> vamos a la Última pausa comercial y al volver la cita es con la repÚblica deportiva. dos manaties >> repasamos sobre inmediato a la acciÓn deportiva, la bienvenida es para fÉlix fernÁndez. >> muchas gracias enrique, mucho gusto en saludarlos. chivas logrÓ su primera victo

it is unmatched that was scheduled to take place in pakistan, but was instead play in sri lanka. it is a country where the ball can be one of the few sources of national pot -- pride. >> it is not the match they wanted to see here, played at pakistan's home of cricket, but indeed, there is not a single paying spectator. it should have been so different. pakistan was supposed to be one of the hosts of the current world cup. one terrible day two years ago in law for -- in lahore put a tragic into that. yet it was a sign of pakistan's rapidly-deteriorating security climate. >> this is the scene where 12 ambushed a the sri lankan team. it was an attack that shocked pakistan and the cricket in world. -- cricketing world. it is a nation that loves the game. it is played by millions, whenever they get the change -- chance. >> there are some major problems for pakistan. the situation is so bad, and we have difficult security problems. >> the international security council's found three of pakistan's best players guilty of cheating and the have been given lengthy playing bands. -- bans. >

but for places like sri lanka we are going to be seeing more on and off showers over the next few daysh a low pressure system that lingers nearby. here's a look at the latest -- a look at the situation out here. major flooding in the area. and over 1 million people said to be affected. and just in the last 24 hours receiving more than 100 millimeters of rainfall. and the military has been deployed to assist the situation as well. so very serious situation. additional rainfall not good news. 22 degrees in hong kong today. we've got 15 degrees in chongqing and then 7 up in beijing. let's take a look at north america, then. the east is looking at quite wet conditions tonight. we've got rain as well as snow and sleet in the mix for inland areas. that's going to be heading toward the northeast, producing lots of snow for this region here. another snowstorm to watch out for is this one that's going to be descending into the rockies. that's going to be spreading lots of snow over a wide area. some heavy snow in the mix as well for the plain states as well as parts of the four corners. and as

they wonder how people like this and the tens of thousands in sri lanka affected by these could possibly get their lives back together again financially, if nothing else, and move forward. >> charles haviland there for us. greek authorities say they suspected somali pirate have captured a u.s.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million of crude-oil in the indian ocean off of the coast of oman. the tankers is one of the largest in the area so far. just yesterday, an italian tanker was taken, adding to fears that things are spiraling out of control. and in syria, they can now access to social networking sites after korea blocked for three years. reports from damascus strongly suggest the block on youtube and facebook has been lifted. the head of the world's largest mobile phone maker, nokia, has painted a bleak picture of its fortunes. in a memo, he likened it to a burning platform surrounded by the burning fire of competition, grabbing its market share. stay on "bbc world news." still to come, we take you to new orleans, where the police are trying to rebuild the reputation tarnished by so

the crowd on the back of pedal powered rick shoals forty nine months as will be played in india sri lanka and bangladesh starting with the bangladeshis against india point zero meanwhile will be played in mumbai in india on april second. we had a really good series win just before we left with that group of flies and the group replies that that he now is the same group of players that has got us to the number one ranking in one day cricket in the world over the last couple of these on called in the group of players with god i going to be good enough in these conditions to really make an impact in this world cup i think in a world cup you go to do better than all the teams not just the names of the teams that you mention. i think playing at home means it's great. the subcontinent has a lot of passion for the games and sure long. especially so. so the plane variable home crowds on our home grounds for most of the games will be will be quite important to us welcome sight martial arts have exploded in recent years all around the globe and russia sunny no exception. as one most popular forms h

country we have no problems with russians or people from vietnam or from china from india or from sri lanka or most of these people. create absolutely no problem they are indeed an enrichment country when there are other people who are not what is the problem i'm i'm a free speech advocates. i don't have the solutions. to this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing which is that. the prerequisite for even being able to solve the problems is that we maintain free speech and protect free speech because without free speech there is not a chance in hell that we could ever solve any problems in the country and you claim that the media elites willfully ignore the ever increasing problem of immigration get german chancellor angela merkel and it was reported all over the world stated that multicultural policies in germany had failed yes and what to do about it then when she also came out and condemned to who published the book about the. dissolution of germany and he was then widely criticized and condemned as a matter of fact. angela merkel came out and said she would never re

another area of concern is of course sri lanka, dealing with more on and off showers, afternoon thunderstorms to watch out for as well. taking a look at your temperatures then, we've got 24 degrees in hong kong today, 24 in taipei, so stays mild here, but further north, things certainly cooling down, 3 degrees in seoul, 3 in beijing and we've got 10 degrees in shanghai. now, over towards the americas, here it is going to be bitterly cold, winds remain very strong as well for many areas and lots of snow talk about as well. over towards the northeastern corner this winter storm is going to be moving out of the continent, but not without producing more snowfall, in the new england states as well as eastern canada and across the central and southern sections of the u.s. we'll be seeing widespread snow major storm system moving through, some of that could be quite heavy for places like oklahoma, so do watch out for dangerous driving conditions, if you are in the area. houston is going to be 8 degrees, so much cooler than yesterday, stays very, very cold across the upper midwest, minus 12 in chicag

heavy monsoon rains of kools massive flooding in several false of sri lanka claiming it these tsunamis that are affecting over eight hundred thousand people thousands of houses of the story to many roads down it's this is the second time that the. monkfish lanka has been badly affected by a great deal in jan removing the million people were affected by flooding which claimed at least forty three lives. now the idea of multiculturalism in the u.k. has failed says prime minister david cameron who's urging minority groups to do more to integrate the comments were made on the same day as around three families and far right supporters marched in the town of luton to protest against islam anti fascism muslims also gathered to hold their own. and it has more than what we've seen in luton on saturday are two arch rival factions meeting about five hundred metres from each other really in this same small town just behind me the english defense league who is. against the islamification of the u.k.'s they call it just up the road you know i see gates fascism and the faction as well saying exactly

thousands of homes have been destroyed many roads are damaged it's the second time in a month that sri lanka has been swamped by raging waters in january more than a million people were hit by flooding that claimed at least forty three lives. the idea of multiculturalism in the u.k. is failed according to prime minister david cameron who is urging minority groups to do more to integrate the comments were made on the same day as around three thousand and four rights supporters marched in the town of luton against two hour to protest against islam anti-fascists and muslims also gathered to hold their own rally in the town in artie's laura m. it was there. what we've seen in luton on saturday are two arch rival factions meeting about five hundred meters from each other really in this same small town just behind me where the english defense league who is. against the islamification of the u.k. as they call it just up the road you know i see gates fascism and a large muslim faction as well saying exactly the opposite saying that we want everybody to be able to come and live in this country in pea

claimed at least thirteen lives and displaced more than eight hundred thousand people in northern sri lanka local officials say thousands of houses have been destroyed manning roads damaged the government has deployed the army to assist in the evacuations in january more than a million people were hit by flooding in the country which claimed at least forty three lives. time for telstra staged around the country's capital saturday night urging their prime minister to step down over a territorial dispute with. demonstration follow the skirmish between the two countries left at least five people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes a cease fire has since been cold and tensions have been high on the border where thais disputed ownership of world heritage list attempt. two people were killed in tunisia after police opened fire on protesters attacking and trying to burn a police station incident happened in the northwestern town of caf after hundreds gathered demanding the resignation of the police chief the das came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the unrest which ousted

claimed at least thirteen lives and displaced more than eight hundred thousand people in northern sri lanka local officials say thousands of houses have been destroyed and then roads damaged the government has the poise the army to assist in the evacuations in january more than a million people were hit by flooding in the country which claimed at least forty three lives. and two people were killed in tunisia after a police opened fire on protesters attacking and trying to burn a police station the incident happened in the northwestern town of caf after hundreds gathered demanding the resignation of the police chief the das came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the unrest which of president. ali was shortened by two hours. to bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of perth australia as west coast several homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others have been evacuated the blazes were fanned by a massive cycle that struck the country's eastern seaboard on friday cycle and yes he also exacerbated the flooding that continues to affect the region the

rains have claimed at least fourteen lives and displaced more than one million people in northern sri lanka local officials thousands of houses have been destroyed and many roads damaged the government has deployed beyond me to assist in the evacuations for some areas it's the second time they've been affected by this and january more than a million people were hit by flooding in the country which claimed at least forty three lives. i know two people were killed in tunisia after police opened fire on protesters attacking and trying to burn a police station the incident happened in the northwestern town of cast off the hundreds gathered demanding the resignation of the police chief the deaths came as a nationwide nighttime curfew imposed during the on rest which ousted president is in a belly was shortened by two hours. to bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of perth on australia's west coast several homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others have been evacuated the blazes were found by a massive cycler that struck the country's eastern seaboard on friday c

thousands of homes have been destroyed and many roads damaged this is the second time within a month the sri lanka has been badly affected by raging waters in january more than a million people were affected by flooding which claimed at least forty three lives . hundreds of protesters gathered in pakistani administered kashmir in a show of solidarity with people in parts of kashmir administered by india residents and school children formed a human chain cross a bridge and chanted together dozens of rebel groups have been fighting in kashmir a region in the himalayas which is claimed by both pakistan and india over sixty thousand people have died as a result of the conflict since the fighting began in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine. pardon our breaking news here again on r.t. as russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state have now exchanged at the start treaty ratification documents they did this in munich just now and it's the last step in finalizing this nuclear deal the pact was signed by the russian and the us presidents in april of last year the ratification took almost a

monsoon rains have claimed at least fourteen lives and displaced more than one million people in over sri lanka local officials say thousands of houses being destroyed many roads are damaged the government has it deployed the army to assist in the ongoing evacuations for some areas it's the second time that you know affected this year in january more than a million people were hit by flooding in which the country said it was claimed at least forty three lives. two people were killed and seventeen injured in two newseum the people are rather police opened fire on protesters attacking and trying to burn a police station the incident happened in the northwestern town of health after hundreds gathered demanding the resignation of the police chief the deaths came as a nationwide not trying curfew imposed during the unrest which. was shortened by two hours. and a pair of bushfires driven by hot summer winds are raging on the outskirts of perth australia as west coast several homes have been destroyed and hundreds of others have been evacuated the blazes were found by a massive cyclon that struck the

climate change biofuels those are those are big factors we've had floods this year in places like sri lanka but we would actually point to the spikes that we're seeing that cause say a seventy percent rise in the price of wheat which is you know directly impacted on the egyptian revolution that's directly related to speculation by traders who ten twenty years ago weren't actually trading in the sector ok well if i could stay with you deborah i'd like to quote something the euro to you about a year ago people die from hunger while the banks make a killing off from betting on food would you say that she says a possible now is when when you wrote the article your ago it's even it's even more of political now actually so i mean what happened after the subprime mortgage which effectively collapse the global economy all the traders like goldman sachs and other speculative traders poor and hot money into the and into into commodity markets driving up the prices and it's bore no relation whatsoever to the fundamentals of supply and demand so food prices are actually directly related to oil prices a

bill mcgowan is the author of only man is by all the tragedy of sri lanka, which won a prestigious award, which i unfortunately neglected to note, and coloring the news, how political correctness has corrupted american journalism for which he won a national press club award in 2002. the former editor of the washington monthly he's reporter for newsweek, the bbc, "new york times" magazine, "the washington post," the new republic, the columbia journalism review and a variety of other publications on and off line. a regular contributor of book reviews and essays to "the wall street journal" he's been a commentator on fox news, cnn, msnbc and npr. the former senior fellow at the manhattan institute he's been a media fellow at the philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city, which is why he was almost late today. [applause] or format is simple. michael gophers, excuse me, bill will go first. they discussed this between them. bill will go first. part of his presentation is based on his new book, "gray lady down" about the new york times. he will go first for 20 minutes and michael

the tragedy of sri lanka. which one prestigious award, which i unfortunately neglected to note, and coloring the news, how political correctness has corrupted the american journalism for which he won an award in 2002. former editor, he's reported for newsweek, "bbc," ""new york times," "washington post" wednesday a variety of other publications on and offline. a regular contributor of book reviews, he's been a commentator on fox news, cnn, msnbc, and cnr. he's been a media fellow at the social philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city. which is why he was almost late today. [applause] [applause] >> our format is simple. each mike will go first -- bill will go first. they have discussed this between them. bill will go first, in part this is presentation is based on his new book "gray lady down" about "the new york times". he will go first for 20 minutes. mike will respond for 20 minutes. we'll have 15 minutes of rebuttal and sir rebuttal. then we'll open the floor to you. just one suggestion, more

i spent two years in sri lanka reporting on the civil war there.i spoke one of the local languages, but in no i think i did just as well as anybody who would have gone there who happen to be the salvation background. i don't think you need to be of a certain ethnicity or race or color, and that i object to. i don't mind giving people a break. i don't mind you know, giving you know, the opportunity that anybody deserves but at the same time i don't think that we should have beats that are reserved for certain races. my experience is a doesn't either. it just creates resentment and is bad journalism. >> what you have to say to a's question about tucson? >> i have a lot to say about that. i think that it was deeply unfortunate that the "times" led the pack in assuming that it was political in nature. paul krugman's blog on january 8 was that? the incident happened on january 8 and then january 9 heap logged something to the effect of we don't have proof yet that this was political but odds are that it was and there were other journalist who took their

they had joined a flotilla coming from bangkok to sri lanka.y were adventurers. so we prayed for them, because we knew this was the key piece of territory where they were moving from mumbai through the red sea. and so we did pray for them. but there was no reason to think this was a particularly crucial moment when they wrote that e-mail. >> catherine, what was your reaction when you had heard that your good friends had been captured by somali pirates? >> obviously concern. but i guess i just didn't imagine that it would end this way. i just assumed that they might be held captive, but not killed. i just didn't imagine that. but we were praying for them. you know. >> robert, could you ever imagine something like this could happen to your good friends, like you said, experienced sailors, they knew the way of the world in that area? did this catch you off guard? >> oh, absolutely. and it's still shocking. our love and prayers go out to the family. it's just beyond imagination. but, those things happen, as you know. >> now that you've had a chance