from telesur in honduras, in the capital city of tegucigalpa. the ousted leader we're talking about is zelaya. he has pleaded with the military to let him land. he mailed a phone call from the airplane, asking them to please respect him and to side with him, because he is the person who holds power. i want to bring in karl penhaul, who is our reporter on the ground. karl, what are you hearing from there? >> reporter: yes, just in the last couple of minutes, we have seen a wide -- of jets at the airport. at that stage, three broke off from the crowd. they believe that is the jet that is bringing ouflted president zelaya. back to honduras, to help him fulfill his place, to reclaim the presidency. now, even though they can see this jet, that they believe it is the president's jet, things from here are getting very tense. about half an hour ago, protesters on the other side of airport tried to break through the fencing to get at this airport. at that point, the military opened fire. with bullets and also with tear gas. now, what -- witnesses to that

the nuclear armed allies still scarred from attacks in the capital city of mumbai last year , attackshat raised tensions between the country and its nuclear armed nemesis, pakistan. our james rosen has the story from mumbai. schenectady me. secretary of state clinton is the first senior obama administration official to visit india which has emerged over the last decade as a major player in the global economy and is a key u.s. ally on a broad range of issues. the secretary began her visit in mumbai on a somber note signing a book of condolences in a posh hotel house, the very same hotel where terrorist attack last november 26, whereas a symbolic gesture she herself is spending two nights. americans share a solidarity with the city and nation she wrote in the book having both our people have expressed the sense of censoring effects of violent extremism and both, clinton said, can be grateful and proud of the heroism of brave men and women whose courage saved lives and prevented greater harm on 2611 as that attack is known and 9/11. indian reporters peppered mrs. clinton with questions a

just yesterday, there was a violent clash at the airport in the capital city of tegucigalpa, when a plane carrying the deposed leader of that country, manuel zelaya was turned away. deutsche welle has our story. >> reporter: the plane carrying ousted president zelaya circled the hondurian capit aian capita. it was forced to turn away. the only runway was blocked by military vehicles. earlier thousands of zelaya supporters stormed the airport to welcome him home. troops in riot gear fired tear gas against protesters as they break through fencing. for neighboring nicaraguans, zelaya sent a message to honduras. >> translator: i'm doing everything possible to support the people and i will not stop supporting them for one moment. >> reporter: and now in el salvador the ousted leader insists he'll return again and that he remains the rightful president. but new government says there's no question of him returning to power. >> translator: i believe there is time to consider dialogue to solve this problem. and at the right time he will take the decision to turn himself in. >> reporter: but zelaya

24 hours, getting reports of some deaths, many injuries, go right to cnn a's michael ware in the capital city. michael what a do you know? >> reporter: tom, before we come to the series of church bombings, let me just tell you we have just received some breaking news. a road side explosion detonated this afternoon near the convoy of the u.s. ambassador, christopher hill. u.s. embassy spokesperson have confirmed that an explosion did detonate near the ambassador's convoy in southern iraq. i can tell you that from information we are receiving, it was in the southern province of dikar, which has traditionally been controlled by irani iranian-backed militias. the u.s. embassy say no, sir embassy officials were hurt, however, an investigation is now under way. now, that happened some time today. but as you said, tom, this evening, we have had five bombings at different churches here in baghdad, alwain five ho space of three hours. 32 were killed and others wounded. >> what do you know about the story at the top there michael? near the convoy? do we know how near and hot has that region been up to

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more than 800 injured in riding of what began at provincial capital and spreaded to the city of kashgar. worst violence in decades. our report coming from abc stephen mcdonald who is in beijing. >> reporter: police struggle to control the streets of the regional capital regional, rum qu. and the attacks weren't only restricted to cars and buildings. han chinese who were passing by were attacked by the crowd. one woman fell to the crowd and was not spared. the government blames uighurs abroad for promoting the clash which started yesterday. >> translator: this is a typical incident of beijing smashing and looting overrode by overseas' force. it was premeditated, plan and organized. >> reporter: thousands of protesters had marched through the streets, calling for an investigation into an earlier incident. they'd seen footage on the internet of uighur workers being bat to death by han chinese at a toy factory in central chinese. >> it's natural and spontaneous, the response of uighurs against -- the blooding, killing of uighurs. >> reporter: 2009 is the 6th anniversary corporation into chi

. >>> in dar es salaam, the capital city of tanzania, a brand-new bank delp women open up their first branch this week. the tanzania women's bank will require only a $2 deposit to open up an account unlike most other banks in the country. customers will not be to own property. oir to have other assets begin banking. officials hope to build a network of women's banks across the country and sure to mention men and their money are welcome too. >>> the world health organization confirms it is in discussions with south africa about how to handle any possible outbreak of the h1n1 flu during next year's world cup soccer tournament. south africa is expecting up to half a million visitors during the event next june. that country has already reported more than 100 cases of h1n1. >>> more than 800 people have died from h1n1 world wide p and as we look ahead to the fall, countries in the northern hemisphere are going to gear up for a possible new outbreak. as we've reported, there's already been an explosion in the number of cases in britain. and as we hear now from deutsche welle, german busines

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our own mara schiavocampo is in the capital city of accra, where the locals are celebrating president obama's arrival. mara, good evening. >>> good eveng, lester. president obama's arrival ends weeks of eager anticipation, and it was more than apparent in the days leading up to his visit. on the streets of accra, and the party started long before the guest of honor arrived. members of this fan club, friends of obama, have been celebrating all week. >> translator: welcome home. welcome to africa. welcome to ghana. >> reporter: this man believes president obama's visit will inspire the entire nation. what does this torch represent? >> we are lighting this torch because president obama is coming to ghana to signify that from this time on we will change the way we think and go about everything we do. >> reporter: ghanaians are welcoming obama like a native son. for vendors selling souvenirs, it makes no difference that president obama's family is from an entireldifferent country. >> barack obama is kenyan, but ghanans are proud of him. >> he is african. we are proud of him. >> reporter: t

once ther many head to the capital city of kuala lmbar to work on constction sites or restaants or as domeic workers. the pay is misable and so are the ving conditions. often as my as30 refugees live in one om, sharing a single toilet. the sena foreign relations committee estimates that there are 90,000 rmese refugees living inmalaysia. many of them do nothave work permits and livin fear of arrest. what's wse, as you'll see laer, following arests, large numbers ofhem have actually been sold by malaysian officia to human traffickers. the arrests are conducted in raids li these by the raila. anrmed vigilante citizen group. earlier this year i witnessed a raila raid. in camera i tried to conceal. i took th shaky cture in whch the raila a identified by their yellow barayes. there are also police officers in a patty wagon trade hau off of the refugees. one of t policeman caugh me taking pictures. oka okay. leave thpictures? buthy do i have to delete? people are being loaded into cages on the trucks. theytick their hands thrgh the holes and shout last-minute messages to theirfriends. i nage

. >>> in western china today, the government imposed a curfew on the capital city of xinjiang provinceause of continuing ethnic tension. after rioting killed more than 150 people two days ago. as you can see this provsince here in the central asian countries to which the muslim uighur population is ethnically tied. it also borders the predominantly muslim countries of pakistan and afghanistan. the conflict is between the members of the uighur population and han chinese, the main chinese ethnic group, that has been resettled into the region over the years. we want to take you into that province tonight for the latest. melissa chan of al jazeera english is there. >> reporter: they don't know what's happened to all the men. the police just came, they tell us, and took them away during the night. part of the over thousand uighurs arrested by chinese authorities. we want them free. we want them free. we want them free. over and over again, they tell us, this is all they want. this woman shows us her husband's identification card. she has no idea where he is. its neighborhood clearly feeling

once there, many head to the capital city of kuala lumpur to work on construction sites and restaurants or as domestic workers. the pay is miserable and so are the living conditions. often as many as 30 refugees live in one room, sharing a single toilet. the senate foreign relations committee estimates that there are 90,000 burmese refugees living in malaysia. many of them do not have work permits and live in fear of arrest. what's worse, as you'll see later, following arrests, large numbers of them have actually been sold by malaysian officials to human traffickers. the arrests are conducted in raids like these by the raila. an armed vigilante citizen group. earlier this year i witnessed a raila raid. and documented it with a hidden tape recorder and a camera i tried to conceal. i took this shaky picture in which the raila are identified by their yellow berets. there are also police officers in a paddy wagon ready to haul off the refugees. one of the policeman caught me taking pictures. okay, okay. leave the pictures? but why do i have to delete? people are being loaded into cages on t

even at this privately-funded hospital in the capital city of kabul, these women work on just the basics. >> right now they are counting the heart beat of the baby. they are using my watch because everything is bare bones here. as you noticed, there aren't many machines, there is one iv. they don't have an ultrasound machine. these women are trying their best to make sure this woman has a healthy delivery. if you see the rudimentary clinic they have here at this hospital, they don't have enough equipment for these mothers, for these children. this is why the morality rate at birth from both mothers and children is so high in afghanistan. in many cases, it's not just women who die due to child birth related issues. it's young girls forced into marriage before they even reach pubt. their still-forming bodies can't handle the intricacies of child birth and it will take many years to change the mindset instilled by decades of brutality and male domination. at least these women and 2,000 others train to be mid wives in afghanistan are taking the initial steps needed to bring forth change and

allow that riddle rock nine as they became known to attend central, governor falwell or and if the capital city close hall high was a modern brick building located in a wealthy section of west little rock. never the beautiful mansions in the shadows of general brolin hills. within moments of more than 1500 in 1970 it was one of the larger schools in the state though the majority enrollment was less than 5%. for the first time i was surrounded by the white folks on television, the ones i expected that one side. i was able to attend hall because of the program implemented by the school board called freedom of choice which allow blacks in students attend school or they were and minority and that meant all the city's high schools were open to black students. the once all black high-school, the one of black high school the much love was being face added incident and roll, sophomore class in the fall of 1970. when i entered hall for the first day of class i didn't know what to expect. still with a mixture of joy and self consciousness i wondered whether i have it the right kind of clothes and shoes,

bombs in the capital city of jakarta killed at least eight people and injured dungeons' more, and it was all captured on camera. you can see another person walking in the same direction. cellular phone video shows how powerful those bombs were. powerful those bombs were. guests at the j.w. marriott, the registered before blowing themselves up. also at the nearby ritz-carlton. several victims were taken to singapore. we are live there with details today. good to see you. what is the latest word on victims brought singapore? >> we're getting word on the investigation. according to a local news report, two victims brought here both worked for a company that was indonesia's's largest copper and gold miner. they are said to be suffering from burns and broken limbs, taken to a hospital here in singapore. at least six more victims are expected to be brought in. rick: certainly the government has been watching them, right? >> there's been no claim of responsibility. a terrorist group is knownwn to have been operating here for number of years and have been linked to the 2002 bali bombing and t

police in iran have broken up demonstrations in the capital and major provincial cities. it has been the biggest in 11 days, defying government warnings that street protests would be crushed. eyewitnesses report police firing tear gas. iraq has seen its worst day of violence since american forces completed their withdrawal from urban areas just over one week ago. two suicide attacks in the north claimed at least 34 lives. in baghdad, two bombs went off in the market, killing nine. we have this report from baghdad. >> a double suicide bombing in northern iraq. the two blasts came within moments of one another. the first targeted an official in security services, killing him and members of his family. when people rushed in to help, the second bomber blew himself up, killing many bystanders. one hour later and to the south, in a poor shiite area of baghdad, two bombs exploded in a crowded market. not suicide attacks, but the results were the same, yet more dead and still more wounded. much of the violence in recent weeks has been in the north of the country. on wednesday, two

this weekend storms crippled the capital city of iraq forci the airport to close. visibility was only a few yards. dozens of people were in area hospitals with serious respiratory issues. >> wow. tough place to live i would say with that kind of weather. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> we begin with steve rudin outside the studio. >> it is a bit chilly. you may want a jacket heading betdoors to the bus stop or work cause we have temperatures only in the 60's. we also have a devens fog advisory well to the west of d.c. look at e map. frederick county vicinity down to about a quarter mile. we will look for skies to gradually clear just to the north an west of us. denies fog advisory until 9:00 th morning. look at the temperatures right now. current temperature mostly in the upper 50's to lower 60's. 62 at howard university. silver spring 58. 56 inhbthasurn. in asrosslyn, virginia, at wjla studios we have a temperature of 63 degrees. lots of sunshine this morning had allow for a rapid warm-up. daytime highs around 85. now let's check the commute with

of independent nearbyat where we are learning more this morning about a deadly hotel blast in the capital city. >> the president of indonesia says the blasts were carried out by a terrorist group and arrests are sure to come. hotels are located side by side in an upscale business district. eight people were killed and at least other others were injured in the explosions. police think the bombers were hotel guests. >>> efforts to provide health coverage to nearly all americans take another step forward as early this morning, the house ways and means committedee pass a provision that would pay if that coverage by increasing taxes on families making more than $350,000 a year. it is part of the plan propose by house democrats. that plan just picked up a big endorsement from the american medical association. bill still has two more committees to get through before the full house vote. >>> taking a look at this morning's other top stories. police just left the sce of a wild shoott in greenbelt about an hour ago. this happened across from nasa goddard yesterday in broad daylight. investigators say tw

at the moment the population is unsure as to how the security situation will be in the capital city ofabc news, jakarta. >> the marriott hotel in jakarta was hit once before by terrorist in 2003 a suicide car bomb blew up outside the lobby. 12 were killed and 150 injured in that blast. which was also blamed on the al qaeda linked jemayah islamiya terror group. since then the country has launched an extensive antiterrorism crackdown. stay tuned to abc news throughout the morning for more details on this developing story. >> here at home family and friends are preparing to say billings.to byrd and melanie mourners filled their church last night before today's funeral. the couple was gunned down one week ago during a home invasion. police are sticking by their belief that robbery was the motive but say there is much more to this crime. jeffrey kofman is in pensacola. >> reporter: investigators believe this was the getaway vehicle. it was used, they say, to transport several guns, including the murder weapon and under that sheet the safe stolen from the billings home. the van belonged to t

>> no, they're not dismissing it, lou, in fact, we're the capital city of the birthers.uy named phil berg. he's the leading figure in this. i happen to think this is the fault of the obama administration not producing the original records. this would've gone away. now you have all of these people grabbing on to this and maybe not surprisingly in the age that we live in, lou, with conspiracies, et cetera, this has legs. >> guy? >> well, lou, i have to agree. the president all he's actually produced thus far is a certificate of live birth, big difference from the live birth. anyone pretty much anyone can obtain a certificate of live birth. why not produce the birth certificate? if it were me, i'd show my bingo card, as well. >> we had people, including reporters from the l.a. times calling up because i referred to this. and i mean, instead of calling the white house to ask why they didn't do it, they're calling me to ask why i said i don't know what the reality is. no one does. >> let me tell you, as a psychologist, you know what i do? i say look, i'm the president, yf hav

following the president on the whole trip from russia to italy to africa and ed joibs us from the capital citya in ghana right now. when you wrap the whole trip up, good trip, bad trip? what is the white house feeling. >> white house feels good. top aides are saying they believe the broader point for this president was to try to show that the u.s. is leading again in the world. they believe he did in moscow in arms talks, they believe he did in italy dealing with financial issue, climate change and at like. now in africa, he was trying to administer what you might call a little tough love. day of the extraordinary moment, none more powerful than the first african-american president visiting a former slave for tress with his family. >> i think it was particularly important for malia and sasha who are growing up in such a blessed way to be reminded that history can take very cruel turns. >> reporter: after touring cape coast castle, which the british used as a slave done john, president obama compared its power to his recent stop at a german concentration camp. >> it is reminiscent of the trip i

the honduran capital. people anxiously crowded around the airport as a lone jet swooped low over the city. aboard, jose manuel zelaya trying to return to reclaim his office, but the military prevented the jet from landing, and it was forced to land in neighboring nicaragua before apparently heading for el salvador just minutes ago. cnn's karl penhaul was at the airport as the drama unfolded. karl, it now appears at least one of zelaya's supporters was killed during this tense showdown today. >> reporter: absolutely. i've got confirmation of that from the honduran red cross and spoke to one of their officials. they said one man, a 20-year-old, or in his 20s did die. they say that he was shot in the head. he received a bullet shot to the head. the honduran red cross also say that eight people are in hospital wounded. they say that five of those people are women. however, of the wounded they say most of those, because they are cut either with stones or with glass, the red cross suggests that that could be that not only did the honduran military open fire. we know that, we saw that from a cnn

the president is scheduled to return to the capital city this afternoon. he was ousted in a coup just a week ago. supporters of the ousted president demonstrated yesterday. they suspended honor durz membership because the nation's new leaders refused to reinstate the ousted president. they have vowed to arrest zelaya if he returns. >>> vice president joe biden says he miss red how bad the economy was. he stands by the stimulus package and insists it will create more jobs as the pace of spending picks up. vice president bind says it's too early to tell if a second stimulus paj will be needed. those are the headlineser for this hour. more on my interview with colin powell. that's ahead on "state of the union." >>> welcome back to "state of the union." let's continue our conversation with former secretary of state colin powell. we're about to have a supreme court confirmation hearing, and it is clear from all involved that we're going to have a spirited conversation about affirmative action. it's an issue you've discussed many time over the course of your life

the warning came as 8,000 riot police marched through the capital city of the province. troops moved in yesterday in a show of force to calm the public and stop further rioting. a new political fight has erupted over c.i.a. briefings to the u.s. congress. it came to light today in letters from the chairman of the house intelligence committee, silvestre reyes, and other democrats. they charged the agency has repeatedly misled lawmakers. they said c.i.a. director leon panetta acknowledged it in a briefing last month. last may, house speaker pelosi accused the c.i.a. of lying to her about water-boarding terror suspects. on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained four on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained four points to close at 8,183. the nasdaq rose five points to close at 1,752. >> lehrer: and still to come on the newshour tonight: sharing software and servers; the fighting in afghanistan; and poet jim harrison. that follows the still simmering tensions in tehran. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: after mo

anderson is in ghana where as soon as air force one touches down in the capital city of accra, president obama made history. he has been to africa before, but not as president. unlike any president part of his heritage is on this continent, specifically in kenya. >> i have family members who live in villages -- they themselves are not going hungry, but live in villages where hunger is real and so this is something that i understand in very personal terms and if you talk to people on the ground in africa, certainly in kenya, they will say that part of the issue here is the institutions aren't working for ordinary people. >> mr. obama speaking there in rome ending his g-8 summit with a papal audience at the vatican. the president giving pope benedict a letter from the ailing senator ted kennedy asking the pontiff to pray for him. anderson, you are where the president is headed tomorrow and as i imagine a lot of excitement waiting for him as well. >> reporter: yeah. to say the least. people here are incredibly excited. streets are lined with posters. people walking around with t-shirts with

troops sat on the runways in the airport in the capital city and refused to let a plane carrying him to land. he promises to try again today or tomorrow. he was removed from office one week ago and replaced by a military-backed leader. president obama has condemned the move along with the united nations. >>> it is a tense start to the week in graphny, south carolina. thecy is on edge. police believe a serial killer is on the loose there. the killer has already taken five lives. >> reporter: the streets of gaffeny, south carolina, are deserted as the town says good- bye to two victims of a possible serial killer. >> everybody usually always comes together and always find that when somebody passes like that. are you surprised how many people loved them. >> reporter: in the past week, police believe this man shot and killed five people. abby tyler was the fifth victim on the 4th of july. she and her father were shot on thursday night in his furniture store. the other victims are a peach farmer and 83-year-old woman and her daughter who have been laid to rest. >> reporter: the sheriffs o

it happened this morning as well along the adirondacks, near lake george, 60 miles from the capital cityof albany. a bus rolled on to its side and plowing into a rock ledge killing a woman who got pinned underneath. they're not sure what caused the crash. the bus was operated by a private company, but as of tonight, they haven't publicly identified it. new details in the shocking death of the former all-star quarterback for the tennessee tight taps quarterback, steve mcnair, an autopsy shows that he was indeed the victim after homicide and shot four times, twice in the head, mcnair's body was found yesterday inside a condo in nashville, tennessee. police also found the body of the woman on the right of your screen. they say she is 20-year-old, and died from a single gunshot wound from the side of her head. a poise toll nearby and mcnair was married, but police say he had been dating her for a few months and now, they're trying to determine whether his death was the result of a murder-suicide. chris gutierrez joins us live outside the nashville police department. what's the latest there?

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as you get even deeper in the taliban world that is what which is a kansas a few hours from the capital city of islamabad on the other side. can you tell us a little bit more about for instance there is a marvelous passage in the book about your summer camp day with the men at any event to see the ministers of local justice. >> guest: wright as a quick interlude their the guy who we were going to me that night was in his fellow who was a local taliban commander but he was not part of a hard core taliban and this -- one of the themes of the book is illustrated the divide between the old generation of taliban and degeneration. so the night that we eventually met up with this guy he had made a call and said we told -- you call ahead and describe our car, given our license plate and they literally as i described carted away and let us through and this was so indicative of the importance of connection and the relationships in pakistan but particularly in the northwest frontier province so we got to this guy's house that night and we broke a crass, it was during ramadan, and after we broke a fast

. >> chris sanz of th national newspaper is bas in the afghan capital city of kabul. >well ihink the significance of today attack is it shows the taliban to know to get stroer in afghanisn. the more ameran soldiers and the more american troops to come to t country theore the violce ratchets up. e affect tha hass that i creases the militiamen and the afghan population an security appears to be preding. >>> in a separate incident today near the afghan city of jalla bad three militants attacked the u.s. military bas two militaitants were killedne was captured >>> america's ales continue to trto define their role in afghastan. germany's got the tird larges contingent of troops there. approximately 3,500. but as deutsche welle reports yea after they arrived in that country the role of t rmans, even wit what they ll the msion is still beingdebated back home. >> reporter:isited conduse base camp in afanistan in june. the paliamentary arms commiioner wanted to asess for himlf the dangers facing german soldiers staoned ther the taliban t off a bo close to the camp so after his

violence erupted on sunday in the capital city of xinjiang province. addition to the dead, more than 800 people were hurt. we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: mobs on the streets of urumqi, groups of youths who hate chinese rule. yesterday several thousand people from the muslim uighur minority went on the rampage, they say they face discrimination, and they took out their anger on the han. the han are the dominant ethnic group in china, but regarded as colonialists by many uighurs who would like a separate state. this han woman was kicked and stoned, the hospitals are full of injured, government says more than 800 people were hurt, some badly, mostly beaten with sticks or stabbed by youths with knives. >> ( translated ): it seemed like they were in groups of more than ten. there was no chance to say anything. they just came up and attacked you. >> ( translated ): they didn't really talk to you. when they saw a han person coming along, they started to attack. or when a bus came along, they started to

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. >> reporter: in the capital city, dozens of riot police crashed with uighur women protesting the security. it would be better to kill us than to live like this, one uighur woman said. more than a thousand people have been arrested. the chinese government won't say how many are uighurs and how many are local hahn chinese. the region's communist party secretary said more arrests are under way. chinese officials cast the recent violence as a brazen ethnic attack. like tibetans, uighurs say they've been colonized by the chinese and have long campaigned for independence. officials say in their anger they turned on their neighbors, local hahn chinese claim they were attacked in their homes and businesses. the government says at least 50 people have been beaten to death. the uighurs deny starting any violence. on tuesday police blocked hundreds of local hahn chinese carrying sticks and lead pipes from marching in the capital's muslim area. witnesses say they were looking for uighur tarring totes exact revenge. the uncommissioner for human rights called it a major tragedy. despite restricted cell

. >> chris sanz of "the national" newspaper is based in the afghan capital city of kabul. >> well, i think the significance of today's attack is that it shows the taliban to know to get stronger in afghanistan. the more american soldiers and the more american troops come to the country the more the violence ratchets up. the affect that has is that it increases the militiamen and the afghan population and security appears to be spreading. >>> in a separate incident today near the afghan city of jalalabad, three militants attacked the u.s. military base. two militants were killed one was captured. all of this is occurring as america's allies continue to try to define their role in afghanistan. germany's got the third largest contingent of troops there. approximately 3,500. but as deutsche welle reports years after they arrived in that country the role of the germans, even with what they call their mission is still being debated back home. >> reporter: he visited kunduz base camp in afghanistan in june. the parliamentary armed forces commissioner wanted to assess for himself the dangers

he ekes out a living salvaging metal from discarded computers and television in the capital city. w long have you been doing this? >> every day. >> reporter: for a long time? how old are you? >> i'm 12 years old. >> reporter: the children earn about a dollar a day, enough for a meal. sometimes they set fire to unleash what they need to sell. >> it releases a toxic fumes. >> my friend got so sick. >> how. >> reporter: where does all this e-waste come from? much of it from the united states. >> washington? >> reporter: property of the u.s. army. property of the united states government. state of connecticut mental health facility. >> even the environmental protection agency. for almost every country in the world it, is illegal to send this kind of electronic waste to another country. but not the u.s. the u.s. is one of three nations that did not ratify the treaty banning the exportation of this kind of e-waste. recyclers shipwaste overseas because the u.s. has strict regulations of exposing of electronics domestically, plus it's far cheaper. according to a 2008 report by the governme