the government portrayed it that sri lanka was the only country to defeat terrorism. the military aspect of the victory is still integral to sri lankan politics. the leader uses that as his chief selling point. it overrides considerable concerns like the cost of living, and the concentration of power which has been enabled by constitutional amendments the leader has put through. the majority do not seem to mind those things very much. they still credit him with the war victory. i should say that the man who led the armed forces to that victory was imprisoned by the government last year and it is imprisoned for 2.5 years. that is really because he and the president badly fell out over who should claim credit. the war doesn't resonate here very much. the military aspect of the victory and the commemoration of the fallen soldiers is uppermost in the programs. >> what about you when accusations of war crimes? how much are people talking about that instead of today's events? >> it does not overshadowed events -- it does and does not overshadowed events. there have been pro-

sent the allegations that war crimes were committed during the final stages of the civil war in sri lanka, which ended two years ago. and also, and nearly 300,000 displaced people. he also pointed out that the u.n. report, talking about finding a durable solution to the sri lankan issue -- he urged the government to share more powers with the tamil minority. he also called for in an independent investigation. >> domestic authorities have a responsibility to ensure the those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law are held accountable. international mechanisms can become appropriate in cases where states are either unable or unwilling to meet their obligations. >> the government of sri lanka has rejected calls for an independent, international investigation into what had happened in the final stages of the war in 2009. it rejects allegations that soldiers are responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians. >> you are watching gmt on "bbc world news." i am naga munchetty. legal questions are raised about pakistan's sovereignty after the u.s. operation to kill osam

. >>> sri lanka has launched the latest leg of its air taxi service from the country's largest city, columbo, to the central city, candi. a group of tourists visited by a seaplane on the route's inaugural flight on sunday. the service is reportedly in great demand among foreign travelers. sri lanka is gradually extending its air taxi network throughout the country. >>> malaysia's booming economy is luring many people from the countryside to seek work in urban areas. these migrant workers often find themselves living on the streets. and homelessness is becoming a pressing social issue. nhk world reports. >> reporter: with its skyscrapers and luxury boutiques, employees among southeast asia's most iconic capitals. the shadow of this economy, the number of homeless is rising. currently estimated at several thousand, many are from the countryside. he leads a volunteer group that provides care to the homeless. every week he roams the street to distribute food. >> we know we have more and more people on the streets to save. >> reporter: last year, justin's group opened a kitchen to provide

cricket now and former sri lanka test captain ashley until around me says he'll tell the international cricket council about cricket matches he believes were fixed during his career the forty three year old politician told a television programme earlier this month that match fixing has been rampant in sri lanka since one thousand nine hundred two and he'd reveal the names of those involved at the appropriate time so apparently was a member of the country's only world cup winning team in line nine hundred ninety six and said he'd been reluctant to voice his allegations previously for fear of his safety. i had made a statement about it but. got into i have taken advice on my lawyers and i did not . expose those who write noid. after after i came out with these allegations i had been getting lots of. good feds and all these things but definitely i really was. there with the right in roy. becomes. and finally russia facing a race against time to produce a new import figure skating champion play schank up for the sochi winter games but it looks like well being contention for at least one st

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can underestimate the tsunami in sri. lanka to jason. was was it . fascism i don't know it's a little violence fascism of the phrase isn't as a goal of torturing people one nation trying to slip another it's about germans some kind of movement in germany and now a shocking indictment of russia's youth unaware of what people like you rena force against less than seventy years ago she was their age when the nazis invaded the soviet union she immediately enrolled in the air force and was soon chief of staff for the women's division and no one needed to tell her what fascism meant what she would i went to war like everyone else not because i wanted to fight for the communist regime but because our people were being killed our houses were being burned down i were women and girls were being raped i went to war because the target the nazi army brought to our lands was monstrous. for those who fought these memories will never die but this video shows they're all but lost on today's teenagers this girl's making fun of a veteran he tells of the horrors of war

in sri lanka more than two hundred demonstrators were injured during the police a crowd armed with stones and marched against the government's proposed pension reforms police used tear gas and batons to quell the protests but live rounds when demonstrators are broken for the police. the race or any international monetary fund not so much about who but where the candidate comes from europe traditionally decides who gets the top slot and the e.u. is already pushing its preferred choice making it hard for others to get a look in five leading emerging economies say someone else should have a turn our teaser reports on how brazil russia india china and south africa are husing to take no for an answer. it's a change they don't believe in with the former i.m.f. director dominic straws can out of the financial picture they're going to looking for a suitable replacement and while the current financial situation in europe mesa just a new approach is needed to solve the problems by looks of it the i.m.f. will go in the other direction the weight of tradition and also the fact that there has been a l

hundred years ago they were not rich by today's standards and there are plenty of countries such as sri lanka which have civil society with the rich and the plenty of rich countries saudi arabia. don't have civil society so they're really quite different when one is not in the search for the other materials daniel's point is right mina and i said i didn't really want to go my legal team had first thought it out it may not be well here you have. economic development but the thing is that egypt may actually have another revolution just over the price of wheat they don't have a middle class developing the middle class is a strong counterbalance to the centralized power of government as long as so many people are dependent for their daily bread literally in egypt for of because of the price of wheat it's when it is very difficult so certainly gayle's right what we need it would be helpful to have some kind of independent middle class the absence of a middle class makes the development of rule of law a much more difficult ok. you want to jump into had no no. there's no question listen when you go

in sri lanka mass crowds have taken to the streets calling for an investigation into possible war crimes in the twenty five year conflict that's engulfed the country according to a un report released last week shelling by government forces killed tens of thousands of civilians in the last months in the last months of the war but authorities have rejected the allegations of tamil separatist group which had been fighting for an independent homeland has also come in for criticism in the report. the closure of a major serial factory in rural russia has left the workers the majority of the local town's population on the breadline production came to a halt when the company was swallowed up by the global cereal giant kellogg's archie sarah firth reports. for many breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day. and kellogg's cereal has made its name as a wholesome family brand built on strong ethical values. but for one small city in russia that perception of kellogg's is difficult to stomach. was generations of families that worked here grandmothers martyr's hardest sons daughters w

my name is daniel fernandez and i am an anthropologist from sri lanka and unfortunately i haven't gotten the chance to read your book and by so grateful that you have written about these normal people. one of the questions that i have -- i definitely am going to go and buy your book just so that i can read and understand it -- one of the questions that i have is for the afghan people the have gone through so much trouble with the russians being there and all the international stuff that happened and now with the united states being there. so how do ordinary people react to the presence of the united states and what is going on with karzai being against this and so forth? do the understand that we are really there to help them, or is there any kind of hostility about these other things happening? thank you very much, once again, for writing about these ordinary people who are the heroes and heroines of the world. thank you so much again. >> guest: thank you. another excellent question which is why i love c-span. i think that what fascinates me not told and are not in the headlines and are

i was in sri lanka after the tsunami and they would photograph those people who died in the storms and loved ones could look at the pictures and identify their loved ones. i don't understand why that can't happen here. >> they said it could be as long as two weeks. the family just walked out of there shaking their heads in disbelief. they know they're not the only ones. that is the frustration. they've gone back three days in a row. they say they get a different answer every time. sometime says we lost your paperwork or we sent your paperwork to the morgue. i was told by a state official that one of the reasons there's such a delay is because the morgue made a mistake in identifying somebody the very first time out and they panicked and pulled back. so now they have a process that's meticulous. that's one of the reasons the governor decided today to send in an additional 20 state troopers to say you need -- they understand the complaints. they understand the frustration and these families, they don't want to be mad, but they're just so mad. >> everybody understands, local officials, in

neighbor, died, be taken away, and they're not allowed to go to the morgue to at least identify -- in sri lanka after the stsunami there, they were photographing bodies and there were bodies in terrible shape and they were allowing family members to look at the photos to see possibly if they could identify a loved one. >> there's a sense -- they need to find a system quickly -- >> there's a sense it needs -- there are a lot of priorities but this needs to be a big priority. certainly for the family members. this is an agonizing wait. >> a lot more from the norton family and more on anderson cooper a.c. 360 tonight at 10:00 in the east continuing to track the tragedy here, trying to find their loved ones, either to find them alive and get a miracle or to get that closure. family members wandered, desperate for information. they scan the list of the names tapped to the walls. like this one here, dionne hayward's sister patty pen came here from northern california. tonight, her hopes are fading. i assume you just -- >> if i think -- if her name was on the list, she would have called, you know, so

we were in sri lanka in the wake of the tsunami there and sri lankan officials would photograph the remains of people and allow family members to try to identify them. it's very difficult. it's very gruesome. it's not an easy task. but i know -- i mean, i've talked to family members who are missing their loved ones and they want to do whatever it takes to try to identify those who are still missing. >> you know, anderson, these are very tough decisions. there's something kind of ghoulish about the idea of taking pictures or letting people into the morgue for that purpose. on the otherened th enehand, it only way to get closure. have you been told why they won't let families go through this process? >> i have not. i'm going to try to find out more information about it tonight. i have not. and just you mention that word closure, i -- that's kind of a tv word. when you're hear on the ground, there's not -- there is no such thing as closure. for people who have lost a loved one like this. you know, time will make things a little bit easier i suppose. but what people have seen here, what people

i was in sri lanka after the tsunami and they would photograph the people who died in the storm, and the loved ones could look at the pictures and identify their loved ones if they were able to, and why can't it happen here? >> they said it could be as long as two weeks, and the frustration, because the family walks out shaking their heads in disbelief. they are not the only ones. we are hitting a roadblock trying tom cop come in here. >> so that is the frustration. they have gone back three days in a row and somebody tells them it a different process and we have lost your paperwork and the paperwork was sent to the morgue. i was told tonight by a state official that one of the reasons that there is such a delay is that the morgue made a mistake in identifying somebody the very first time out, and they panicked and pulled out and now they have a process meticulous and one of the reasons that the governor jay nixon decided to send in additional 20 state troopers to say, that they need to understand the complaints and understand the frustration, and these people are just they don't wan

they all came from places like el salvador, ecuador, also immigrants from nepal, india, sri lanka, countries far away from mexico, randi. >> rafael romo. what an incredible x-ray. thanks for bringing that. >>> greenville, mississippi, baton rouge, louisiana, i wish i could say the worst of the flooding is over, but at least the water isn't getting any higher. the swollen mississippi river is cresting as we speak in both of those cities far above flood stage and it will crest over the weekend and in cities in between. not getting higher isn't the same as going down. it will take many, many weeks. that's many weeks of continues stress and strain on levees and flood walls. but those aren't the only source of protection. pumps can mean the different between disaster and mere dampness. so why doesn't south mississippi have any? cnn's rob marciano tried to find out. >> we have about 300,000 acres under water today in the yazoo backwater area. if we had a pump in place, we would still have about 200,000 under water but that would include moseley trees. >> reporter: the plan was to build the world's

because as we've been reporting, and others have, after the tsunami in sri lanka and in south asia, officials there took pictures of the bodies and they were at least able to show people pictures and there were positive i.d.s made there. here they won't even let people go into the morgue where they might have a possible match to let them identify the body. they say they want to do it forensically, dna, fingerprinting, establishing marks on the body that may be familiar, match it all forens forensically with the descriptions the families have given. there was a report early on this week that one dodd by was misidentified and mistakenly taken to a funeral home. they haven't talk about that, we specifically asked is that why they're doing it this way and they won't answer that question but it could be why -- there was some chaos and confusion and i guess real heartbreak over that one report. maybe they've pulled back and want to do it purely forensically right now and match data to data and data to description, things like that. that's the only answer i can come up for you there. >> sounds like

he has been an ambassador to sri lanka and to the maldives and as well as deputy chief of mission in new delhi. he is a graduate of harvard college and mi degree from the same school that i have an ma degree from, johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. robert and then our authors and coought thundershowers and -- coauthors, dan markey. dan is with the counsel on foreign relations here in washington and is engaged in many aspects of u.s. policy and analysis in south asia. without further adieu, ambassador blake. >> thank you very much, dr. lau. i now realize why i was chosen for this. it was the scythe connection. it is really a pleasure for me toe be here today to chair today's panel on domestic foreign policy debates here in india. i want to commend dr. lau and deepa for organizing this. this is great opportunity to have a really important discussion. always a treat for me to get out of the bureaucratic trenches of the state department and come and listen to some of the real experts on a lot of these issues. and it is a particular treat to be with some really quite

pursue counterterrorism cooperation for support to india and bangladesh and increase with nepal, sri lanka were l.e.t. networks are expanding. they must press for intelligence vis-À-vis allies in the polls. second, with regard to pakistan specifically. in the near-term, continue to signal severe repercussions that would result for l.e.t. or elements within it be involved in an attack on american interests and continue to press pakistan for intelligence regarding international networks and begin taking steps to degrade training apparatus. toward the medium term, increase focus on building pakistan's counterterrorism capacity via civilian law enforcement and intelligence agencies. and finally, prepare for the long-term, push for designing a deradicalization, demobilization program and ask for the cost, benefit and feasibility of doing so by working with a third-party such as saudi arabia. i understand recommendations do not offer gratification get as the world witnessed sunday night persistence in preparation to pay off. thank you for inviting me to testify. i look forward to your questions.

labor-intensive businesses are moving out of china to lower wage destinations such as the philippines, sri lankaand other countries. host: our guest is stephen orlins. can you tell us to fund your organization? guest: we were set up 45 years ago. this is our 46 anniversary. we seek to educate americans about china and the chinese about americans. for the last 45 years, we have been doing that. in 1972, we have to the chinese pingpong team. after the trip by mentioned were secretary kissinger went to china and the nixon went to shanghai, we had the chinese pingpong team which was hosted by s, and since then, we have sought to educate members of congress, governors, mayors, the public about china as well as the chinese leadership about the united states. we have numerous programs you can read about our website to come -- website, ncuscr.org. host: how are you offended? guest: grants from the government, the department of education, the department of state, no. foundations. about 20% of our funding is from corporate america and a little less than 5% from individuals. host: on the republican line, m

pursue counterterrorism cooperation for support to india and bangladesh and increase with nepal, sri lanka were l.e.t. networks are expanding. they must press for intelligence vis-À-vis allies in the polls. second, with regard to pakistan specifically. in the near-term, continue to signal severe repercussions that would result for l.e.t. or elements within it be involved in an attack on american interests and continue to press pakistan for intelligence regarding international networks and begin taking steps to degrade training apparatus. toward the medium term, increase focus on building pakistan's counterterrorism capacity via civilian law enforcement and intelligence agencies. and finally, prepare for the long-term, push for designing a deradicalization, demobilization program and ask for the cost, benefit and feasibility of doing so by working with a third-party such as saudi arabia. i understand recommendations do not offer gratification get as the world witnessed sunday night persistence in preparation to pay off. thank you for inviting me to testify. i look forward to your questions.

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labor-intensive businesses are moving out of china to lowewage destinations such as the philippines, sri lanka, and other countries. host: our guest is stephen orlins. can you tell us to fund your organization? guest: we were set up 45 years ag this is our 46 anniversary. we seek to educate americans about chinand the chinese about americans. for the last 45 years, we have been doing that. in 1972, we have to the chinese pingpong team. after the trip by mentioned were secretary kissinger went to china and the nixon went to shanghai, we had the chinese pingpong team which was hosted by s, and since then, we have sought to educate members of congress, governors, mayors, the public about china as well as the chinese leadership about the united states. we have numerous programs you n read about our website to come -- website, ncuscr.org. host: how are you offended? guest: grants from the government, the department of education, the department of state, no. foundations. about 20% of our funding is from corporate america and a little less than 5% from individuals. st: on the republican line, misery