late today, we heard the response of sri lanka's government from its ambassador to the u.s. spoke with him at the embassy here in washington. >> we believe that this video not authentic. this is produced as a piece of propaganda. >> suarez: the documentary goes much further than the video and says that the government created a no-fire zone, asked tamil civilians to enter it, and then made artillery strikes on these places involving widespread killing of civilians. >> all this is propaganda. a lot of people can say a lot of things. we'd like to see credible evidence for anything. for any war, anybody can say, you know, this person was killed by an army artillery so we need to see the evidence to believe that. so, in fact, as you know, what we did was we rescued nearly 300,000 innocent civilians we'd just taken by the n.t.t.e., by this terrorist group, as human shields. as a government, we started safe passages and also we had to open up enough roads and take out the citizen civilians. in fact, we lost more than 6,000 soldiers by trying to do that. our president has created a

. >> 500 days since a cartoonist in sri lanka disappeared after apparently being abducted, just one ofmany sri lankans who vanished and whose fate remains unclear. >> it's the week when boy scouts do good deeds in the community. among this group, working in his own family home is this boy. they race to finish gardening. this 14-year-old boy lives under a veil of sadness. his father hasn't been heard of since january 2010 after he was apparently abducted. we see pictures of the cartoons saw satirizing the human rights record. not knowing his fate is agony. >> because it cast a great darkness over our home. something is fundamentally wrong. i do the normal household work, things for the children, but i can't fulfill the role he played. that darkness will remain. >> sri lanka's war is over, and the tamil tigers is crushed, but disappearances continue. there were 77 last year by one estimate. there's a lack of progress in solving them. this tamil human rights worker was abducted a year ago minutes after a court ordered his release. this is a businessman, kidnapped in the south last year. o

like many tamil hindus, he fled a civil war in his own country of sri lanka. in -- the 1980's saw over 40,000 tamils move to germany. it is thanks to his tireless efforts that the temple was built nine years ago, with the help of hindus all over europe. and it did not take him long to find and architect peter. and -- an architect, either. >> they did not know any architects, so they did -- they chose one at random in the yellow pages. and it was me. it was that easy. later, i asked the priest what led him to meet and he said it was nothing to do with him. it was the gods. >> there also the reason why once a year, a devout hindus from all over europe gathered here for the temple festival. many of them are exiled tamils. this family came from the netherlands. >> it means a lot to us, also, in terms of home. i do not know how to explain it, but it reminds us of home. everyone needs up here and prays together. it is very nice. >> for angel and her family is the most important day of the year. they come here to honor the gods and ask for special favors. all of the

the factory in a nearby hotel if they refuse then they're beaten and raped and deported back to sri lanka where they become outcasts in a culture that values virginity in order to be eligible for marriage on a daily basis women are selected by the male managers for rape within the factory those who become pregnant are forced deported back to sri lanka usually after being violently beaten and their lives are literally destroyed in every sense of the word . take a look at this interview with one of the female workers at the classic factory. and what. i do with my mommy i'm going to and here. he was on the day on. the committee that. he. would be on the other not that he's going to do that but me yet maybe i'm not about that i'm not in the bed the denali nothing that i do that in my time i know that not only has the minister of labor in jordan begin been made aware of these abuses but so too has wal-mart and the other companies that buy from classic and yet no one has done anything to stop the regular sexual assaults that's because the jordanians are afraid if they speak out then classic wil

. >>> a week-long celebration has kicked off in sri lanka to mark the 2,350th anniversary of the introduction of buddhism to the country from india. the main events of the full moon day will take place in the central city of the ancient capital of the island nation. they include chanting of sutras and illumination of the main temples. the authorities have deployed hundreds of busses and started special train services to transport hundreds of thousands of people to the site. about 3 million people are expected to participate. >>> hello there. welcome to your weather update. we'll take a look at east asia first of all. looking at changeable weather for japan today. there will be spells of sunshine in between those clouds but looking quite showery up in the north for hokkaido. also one or two showers could affect central areas including tokyo as well. further south for the amami islands getting close to that seasonal rain band. here going to see hefty showers and at the tail end of this system we continue to see some torrential rains occur in central and southern china, this low pressure system

strategy which consists of let's you know pakistan eventually in sri lanka. but this is interesting it's great spectrum dublin and spent a girl but it's different it's got back the chinese joe it's already been going around rome. yes. there so we're considering the fact that maybe seven real general in the pentagon and it's you said that they're strangelove ideas paper we'll leave it there thanks very much indeed for your time pepe escobar asia times correspondent joining us live on his webcam from thailand thank you thank you. well we're staying in thailand now because the case of a russian man the u.s. accuses of being an international arms dealer will be heard in a huge new york court on thursday well victor boots been awaiting trial since his arrest over three years ago in thailand as artie's more important are reports his detention raises many questions over the legality of the case. he is the russian citizen america fought relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays in

. >> there are leaders that are living in sri lanka and other parts of india and all over the world.it is a phenomal place. it is close and felt. and the school's closure will come in three weeks . adrocates for the deaf filed a suit against the cnn website. >> and the navy in the east >> time warner has been slapped with a class action lawsuit claiming that the network discriminates against deaf and hard of hearing. the complaintt is that cnn failed to provide captioning on the videos on the website. >> i feel that i will be more informed if a lot of the videos were captioned so i could see the candidates speak. >> cnn said they have not yet been served for the lawsuit and has no comment. >> a massive exercise under way. the navy and concord will team up to recycle 340 railroad box cars once used to move weapons and ammunition in the base. they believe that they will get 10,000 tons of steal in the box cars. >> they are looking to recycle as much as possible. using everything but the oink. we plan to do that. >> by recycling the rail card versus paying for the removal and disposal w

. >> there are leaders living in sri lanka and other parts of india and all over the world.eople in africae, you know, just out of this little environment here. just a tremendous place. >> reporter: the closure will have a ripple enext in scotts valley where bethany students spent their money or held part-time jobs. >> any time an institution like that so close? our neighborhood closes it will definitely be felt. >> generally good customers? >> yes. >> reporter: the school's official closure will come in three weeks when the university's board will take a final vote in front of concerned alumni. in scotts valley, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> last night we told you about a group of hackers who breached the website of the u.s. senate. tonight the same group created problems with the cia public websites. the cia most guarded secrets are safe. they did not breach any classified data. >>> now, to the hunt for osama bin laden part two. you remember that his body was buried in the arabian ocean. a california hunter of ship wrecks does not want it to say there. using what he contend

i'm from sri lanka as well, and the genocide is near and dear to my heart in looking at around the world. i just my question to you is we were on a white house call last week where we talked about abia and talking about ways in which the u.s. is trying to put international pressure, of course, on the khartoum government as it relates to the ongoing conflict, and i guess my question to you, i mean, you touched on it a little bit, what should a country like the u.s. especially be doing currently to make sure that the cpa is realized, to be sure the issues surrounding darfur and abia comes to a resolution? there's a number of issues, you know, leading up to july 9th that don't look like they're going to be resolved, and so what -- what are the types of, you know, whether it's attention or decreased tensions, what are the ways in which we directly affect the khartoum government in the ways of which you said that we should that will actually motivate i them to act and feel the pain i suppose? >> are there other questions that we can take? maybe one more. >> hi -- [inaudible] i was wondering -

[inaudible] i am from sri lanka as well, so the issues surrounding the genocide are very near and dear to my heart, also in looking around the world. i guess of what the white house called last week where they made a special envoy and talking about ways in which we put international pressure as it relates to the ongoing conflict. i guess my question to you that he touched on the little goodies which should we be doing currently to make sure the issues surrounding darfur were actually come to a resolution. there are a number who don't look like they are going at all. so whether it's sanctioned, increase sanctions which will directly affect the khartoum government, it will actually motivate them. >> are there other questions? >> hi, my name is kendra. i am just wondering -- [inaudible] what does it mean to them -- [inaudible] >> i'd like to do with that one first because we actually had a team and are for the day that it was announced that bashir was being indicted. and jubilation. absolute jubilation. they knew that the sudanese government would kick out huge numbers of humanitarian and

richard holbrooke told me that phrase, time to put afghanistan and pakistan and india, bangladesh, sri lankaback into south asia bureau. it is time to break them out a sitcom and pacific command and deal with this part of the world holistically come and think about it as integrated part and only when you start thinking about it as an integrated part are you likely to develop policies that will work in dealing with it. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you bruce antoni for that rosy assessment. bruce, i want to start with you. is there any way that folks involved in india and islamabad could have not known that bin laden was there? >> that is in my view the 64 million-dollar question of this year. there are only two possibilities. and just to make sure we have a strategic things here, the villa that mr. bin laden was living in since probably 2006 is less than a mile from their military academy. at the end of, the beginning of april this year, chief of army staff ion he gave a speech at the kabul military academy in which he said that has been broken. i have this vision in my head of os

it is time to put afghanistan, pakistan, india, bangladesh, sri lanka, and nepal back into the south asia bureau. break them out of pacific command and deal with this part of the world as integrated. only when you start thinking about it as integrated are you likely to develop policies that will work. thank you very much. >> thank you for that rosy assessment. i want to start with you. is there any way that hindi and islamabad could not have known? >> that is in my view the $64 million question of this year parian there are only two -- of this year. there are only 2 we will possibilities. the bill on mr. been london was living in since probably -- the house mr. boehner on -- the house mr. osama bin laden was living in since probably 2006 is down the road from a military academy. the chief of staff gave a speech at the academy in which he said the back of the militancy has been broken. i have this vision in my head of osama bin laden standing on the roof, listening as he was saying that. they are that close. in that environment, there are only two possibilities. they were either cluel

phyllis moves to the frust sri lanka to take care of her three grandsons. being a good citizen, knowing our laws and speaking the language will help those young boys grow up to be strong citizens themselves. immigrant whors integrated into society go on to become entrepreneurs and job creators. whether they come on family or employment visas, through the asylum or refugee programs or other smaller immigration programs, legal permanent residents come to this country with the dream of becoming u.s. citizens and giving back to their adopted home. in the last two fiscal years, congress has directly appropriated $11 million for integration grant bus this bill doesn't provide direct appropriations. instead, it pulls the funds out of the examination fees account. and it foes a step further, prohibiting direct funding for grants. but i think we should provide direct appropriations for these grants because it should be a national priority. beth sides agree that legal immigrants who want to become part of society and learn our laws and language should be able to beco