to learn more about the capital city, we talked to the mayor of nicosia. od to sit and talk with you, madam mayor. nicosia, capital city -- if you had to describe that to our american viewers, what would you say? >> nicosia is a small city compared to american standards. we only have 250,000 residents. it is a city with thousands of years of history. the history of nicosia spans 6000 years. we have been the capital for more than 1000 years. in nicosia, you can see almost the history of cyprus in one or the other corner of the city. it is a historical city. it is a modern city at the same time because it is the economic center of the island but at the same time, it is the center of the political difficulties a rising from the division of the island. >> how does the fact that the capital city is divided, the country is divided -- how does that impact on the lives of people here? >> we tend to talk about the cyprus problem in terms of international laws, the violation of sovereignties, a territorial portions of the country, fundamental issues. in nicosia, a di

recent events in syria clearly distinguish it from the middle east and north africa for instance the capital cities of the states where the center for the people's protests and demands while in syria we see that the massacres was largely the scene of rallies supporting the regime even during the referendum the highest turnout it was in the capital moreover protests in syria began three and a half months after the protests in other countries and only along the borders they started as armed movements aimed at creating civil war and the anti regime groups were soon supplied with weapons so the protests could take their current form for these reasons we believe that the events in syria differ from those in yemen bahrain or egypt above all killing the syrian people is a red line for us and we denounce murderous operations conducted by both parties as we do confirm the necessity of meeting the demands of the people or. the head will be in what we witnessed the rise of islamic parties to power in egypt tunisia and

sardjano: i used to live in jakarta, the capital city of indonesia. saw that bali was fast developing. its the east ofasarofndonesia.soame reouyeo to on uphe hotel here om scratch. rrator as parofelopmelatcd in jakar, resorts like nusa dua have changed the balinese landscape. sardjano: in the pt, the ld o bey rr. there would be fishermens living here, but hardly anythg. so what we did was, e governand they buifi, six,evs sardjano: the local people still live now they are working with us. as cooks, waiters, stewards, security guards and so on. narrator: the jobs given to locals are often at the lower pay levels. then agmeade:he work may there's not an awful lot of other ways to make a living. there's intensive wet rice farming-- with all its very hard labor-- and there's some local fishing, although the international fisheries and the japanese trawlers have really hurt that. narrator: seventy percent of the locals now rely on tourism for their income. and with the new jobs comes the requirement to learn at least some english. if you met a guest in the c

returned to the charred city three days after the great fire aiming to find temporary quarters and a place to recover from the symbolic and physical humiliation and the united states and the capital city had just incurred. madison was pinpointed as a coward for abandoning the capital. at this point in time, too, before most people did come back to washington, there was actually talk of moving the capital city west, possibly to cincinnati or even to st. louis. but fortunately enough they decided to stay in washington. in an effort to regain authority and some sense of place, mr. and mrs. madison took up residence in temporary homes. to furnish these spaces they did not go to mr. latrobe. from 1815 to 1817 they relied mostly on local resources and available furniture, which was mostly secondhand. used furnishings at this point were not necessarily cast-offs or outmoded discards. they were generally from diplomatic representatives that had since left and needed somewhere to put their furnishings because they couldn't take them back with them. so they brought localized pieces and ended up getting french pieces also instead of english. in 1815 the madisons acquired from luis soreiro,

city. the earthquake was not even that close to the capital city. it was centered two other miles south of mexico city. images of the most severe damage have not yet even surfaced. one seismologist says the damage the ec could have been worse. >> we are really concerned when we hear about earthquakes in this region. we go back to the events of 1985 that killed 10,000 people. we are really quite concerned when we heard there was a large event on the coast of mexico. fortunately the earthquake caused strong ground shaking. in addition, the region is not very well developed. there are not to many multistory brick buildings. we are kind of lucky that it has not struck all cocoa which has all of these high- rises. sixth off sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [

the country about 300 mi. south of mexico city. amazingly enough no reports of any deaths even after a magnitude five aftershock was felt in the capitaly of mexico city equate cents a pedestrian bridge crashing down onto a minibus that was empty at the time and was hurt. did we tell the sudden loss of people running along so we joins and went to the front entrance we feel things when back-and-forth looked at the trees of the trees moving and said this is an earthquake. >>> side of president obama's tallest held his daughter melia is vacationing in mexico with a school group the let us says she is safe and was never in any danger. the airwaves knew of tonight in the fight against cancer fresh evidence shows taking notice of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly even treat cancer. the three new studies published by the lancet add to mounting evidence of the drugs anti-cancer effects. however experts warn there is still not enough proof to recommend taking did the aspirin to prevent cancer cases and deaths. apple is filling the keys from might have enthusiastically in the latest new model maybe a little too hot to handle. consumer r

the country. >> i'm from new york city. >> reporter: invited to the capital city of the movie business. >> welcomewelcome. >> reporter: to thank them for promoting the film. >> except that tomorrow you have to kill each other, right? >> reporter: they had to pay their own way, but their reward is a ticket to the premiere. they make their own costumes. >> i made some blankets. >> reporter: shila has a master's degree and a husband. they dressed up as pitta and katniss for halloween. >> you're here to help me look pretty. >> i'm here to help you make an impression. >> reporter: now shila is getting dolled up for the premiere. >> oh, my gosh, this is fabulous. she says her mom doesn't get it at all. >> she's like, are you sure you want to come with people you met on the internet? i'm like, mom, it's fine. then she asked, are there going to be boys there? i said, it's going to be okay. >> i just wish i could think of a way to show them they don't own me. >> how katniss and the others don't blindly accept the problems of the world. >> reporter: others simply love all the grizzly detail. >> what's this?

the capital city diner is for sale on ebay. it a chance to own a true peace of americana. the owner says the restaurant can be moved anywhere in the country. so far there has only been one bit -- $20,000. not enough to meet the seller's minimum. >> maybe that rhode island woman could buy it. you could buy several of them. >> tomorrow we will get better. into the 60's. let's get started. we look up this evening at sky conditions looking out live across the river into the city from one of our hd rooftop cameras in arlington. temperatures will start to fall a little more quickly. look at the averages -- 52 and 35 degrees. it has done really cold this time of year. we are not heading there this winter. 81 -- we will have their the spring, but not in the next few days. 50 degrees in fredericksburg. with nightfall, we see temperatures drop a little more quickly. by morning we will be in the range of 27-35 degrees. forecasting weather conditions the next few days, the wind direction is key. with these southerly and southwesterly wind

three hours later a 6.1 quake shook buildings in the capital city of tokyo. it was last sunday the country marked the first anniversary of the massive quake and tsunami that left 19,000 people dead or missing a year ago. now to the race for the white house. a sweep for rick santorum in the south. mitt romney was hoping for a decisive blow last night, but the results are far from over. jummy olabanji has the latest on where the candidates go next. >> now missouri is next. we did well in the primary. hope to do even better in the caucuses this weekend. >> rick santorum is looking ahead after his southern victories last night. he picked up victories in mississippi and alabama is its -- and is on his way to puerto rico before the island's primary. >> we will spend two days campaigning in puerto rico, because we want to make sure everybody knows if we are campaigning everywhere there are delegates, because we will win this nomination. >> in a race where delegates decide, it is anyone's game. although projections have mitt romney way ahead. cnn estimates romney has

. >> the capital city is panama city. how about the border in countries? what is to the north, to the south? >> colombia is to the south. the first country in the history of the world that has seized more than 100,000 cocaine in 12 months. we have the money to do it. we have economic growth. since we did that, we have done great. most of that was coming because the consumption is here. we did that and they're picking other places. now costa rica and honduras and those places are getting these problems. but the united states and a group of donors are helping because those countries do not have as much economic growth. it is really a security thing. you cannot go from colombia to panama, so they go over there. >> you said twice in the last sentence mrs. -- in your last sentence of, you alluded to panama being a fast growing country. >> we grew 8% last year. we are going to grow 11% this year. we do not have any doubts. it is guaranteed. >> is id spain that has the most -- is it spain and have the most impact on your modern-day culture? is that a fair thing t

the.flew into the capital city of sowl -- seoul where it's sunday morning. >>> later today, presidentdemill tarrized zone and look into north korea, a country that refuses to join nuclear disarmament plugs. >> the third annual digital detox. it challenges people to go without cell phones and technology for 24 hours. it kicked off at sundown last night and ended at sundown tonight. a san francisco mother says the event is about balance and not intended to be antitechnology. >> leigh: i've been tweeting off this weather information. >> alan: very up up supy outsi. >> leigh: i like that. well, it's soupier in san francisco right now. we do have some fog in sanÑi francisco. but san jose in the last 15-20 minutes, pretty heavy downpour moved through the neighbors. -- neighborhoods. this system is just sitting over us and following -- falling light to moderate showers, half moon bay, a little over half an inch. another quarter to three-quarters of an inch overnight tonight in several locations, but don't look for a lot of heavy rain. just as i say that you can see the yellows near san jose

gathering at the site of saturday's twin blasts which killed some twenty seven people in damascus the capital city this blast on sunday is a third loss in two days and it happens in aleppo as i said the same city where on the tenth of february some twenty eight people were killed also in twenty blocks that targeted the security building so there has been this string of suicide bombings happening in syria over the past few weeks and months and the opposition also calling for mass demonstrations in syria on sunday to mark the one year anniversary of the uprising against the syrian president bashar assad the actual date was thursday and on that day there were huge demonstrations throughout the country parallel to this violence on the ground there is a different kind of war that is taking place and that is the information war with many people saying that what happens in terms of how networks are covering the syrian story is nearly sealing the conflict as my colleague reports. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war that's just as damag

. >> tens of thousands pack the capital city waving flags and photos to support the president. activists say the government orchestrated this massive rally to make him look good on the first anniversary of the revolt against him. regime opponents say they plan their own marches but the syrian army shelled neighborhoods to keep them off the streets. he says we asked the syrian people not to give up. they must hope overthrow this tyrant. they condemned the killing of civilians and repeated calls for the president to leave power. many syrians want payback. this woman says it is not enough to topple the regime. we want is execution. the uprising began last march when a few dozen protesters took to the streets demanding greater freedom. it sparked a massive anti- government revolt which led to a deadly government crackdown that has killed estimated 8000 people. >> some domestic violence victim advocates called for mayor ed lee to begin the process of removing san francisco share from office. he pleaded guilty to a folsom prison in charge in connection with a domestic violence incide

the smartest people, out of all of them citi sets up the best. >> we're just getting the statement in. citi saying the fed released the hiefl stress test, the results showed that citi exceeded without the capitalction citi proposed. however, the federal reserved citi that it objected to citi's proposed return of capital to shareholders in light of the federal reserve's actions citi will submit a revised capital plan later this year as required by the applicable regulations. so citi saying that the fed has objected to its proposed return of capital to shareholder. and you have seen this afternoon we've seen a lot of banks going ahead announcing they are going to do that. citi saying the fed objected in their case. >> does that answer your questions? >> i think it does. they're not allowed to pay a bigger dividend in buyback stock, that's good. then we're not seeing an equity offering from them which is different. >> brian, what's the options trade here? >> one thing we saw that happened later? the day is the option trader come in and sold 16,000 april 28 calls. that equates to about 1.6 million shares being sold above $38 a share. after the close and it would be a bearish bet on citi group. >>

we're talking about the capital city diner in northeast. owner says he's auctioning off the place on ebay since he was forced to close about a month ago. ashburn says he lost a lot of business because a national chain of breakfast restaurant moves in. and right now the price on ebay $20,000. so far only one person taking the plunge with a bid. you have until march 9th to place one. topper. >>> unfortunately we might all bid on that. we were all 49 today. a little on the cool side. here is the wakeup weather. one of the days where you're going to need a winter coat in the morning. 30s at 5:00. 38-48 by 9:00. a cold start. we'll come back and let you know if it's going to be a mild finish. back to you. >>> let's take another quick look at the result from the 9news now election desk. gary. . [ no audio ]. >> it will work a lot better if gary had a microphone. we'll get back to him later on. >> some very closely watched races. >> we'll get the former governor's impression on what tonight's results mean and check in again on the tightest >>> supe

loss both in a leper and in the capital city of damascus over the past few months this is the second bomb blast in just as many days yesterday twenty seven people were killed in a twin blast in damascus and back in february on the tenth of february twenty eight people were killed in a late pope when a twin blast happened there not far from the security building now these latest blast come just three days after the opposition marks one year anniversary against the syrian president bashar assad and there are demonstrations that have been organized plot the day to day in syria and they will be we expect similar in nature to the demonstrations back on friday which marked the one year anniversary so we are witnessing the violence in syria continuing to climb against the backdrop of the former u.n. chief kofi annan making some attempts at reaching some kind of peace agreement between the opposition and the syrian regime parallel to this violence on the ground there is a different kind of war that is taking place and that is the information war with many people saying that what happens in t

uruguay, an investigation has been launched into the unexplained death of multiple hospitals in the capital city. two nurses have been charged with the murder of 16 patients. from argentina, our correspondent reports. >> uruguay is in shock after two male urses were arrested and charged with murder. a third nurse, a woman, was also charged. the authorities said this was the case never seen before in the country. >> we have requested a meeting with the argentine doctor who has worked in crisis situations of this kind. we will have international support in this unprecedented situation in the country. other countries have suffered this situation but not on this scale. through their lawyers, the keystone said they will do a compassionate act to a terminally ill patient. >> was the psychological examinations i have requested have been carried out, we will see personality disorders. >> the authorities have ismissed the theeuthanasia argument. some were not critically ill. one died of suspicious circumstances moments after being discharged from hospital. >> on sunday morning, another doctor spoke to us

sent people running to the streets in the capital city. ny folks saying they have never felt a quake as strong as the one that shook them today. we're told people as far away as florida could feel the tremors. so far no reports of any deaths or very serious injuries. the epicenter in this one, southern mexico, a few hours east of the popular resort city of al can a pock co. the quake shook the ceiling and halls of this high rise apartment building here. this next picture used to be a bridge before it collapsed in the quake and crushed at least one car. this is a map from the national earthquake information center in colorado. a geologist there says those red lines connect the epicenter to every seismic lab that detected the quake. the white house today announcing the president will soon travel to one the most heaviest militarized places on this planet. the border with north -- north korea. the dmz there. we will tell you why he is going. the president makes a direct appeal to the people of iran as their supreme leader warns that any attack

are expecting a thousand protesters around the country. 9000 of those protesters in jakarta, the capital city. they dispatched 20,000 officers, including members of the army. last night, in jakarta, in central jakarta, there was a violent skirmish between protesters and police, which led to rumors that a student had been killed. in a late-night press conference, the security minister saw to dispel those rumors sandy's bert irresponsible lies an attempt to bring indonesia back to the time of 1998. that is when mass protests affected jakarta and the rest of the country partially because of our rise in the price of fuel. it led to the downfall of the present government. >> if the indonesian parliament raises the price of oil, how will this affect the ordinary indonesian? >> that is exactly what many people are concerned about. they say any increase in the cost of fuel will have a direct impact on the way they live their lives. from bus fares to the cost of food. they say they cannot survive if the price of oil goes up. i think that is why you are seeing the types of demonstrations we have seen a

vast quantities of food, raw materials and manufactured goods poured into the capital city. much of this wealth remained at the top, but some trickled down to the other classes as well. this hierarchy of ancient power and wealth is well preserved in the ruins of herculaneum, 120 miles southeast from the capital in rome. the city of herculaneum rested on the shores of the mediterranean. its seaside buildings housed the boats of fishermen and traders. like its better known neighbor, pompeii, herculaneum was built in the shadow of vesuvius, which erupted in a.d. 79 to bury both cities in ash and lava. excavation superintendent tommasa budetta and her assistants dug through the lava to expose warehouses that once sat on the beach. inside, victims of the cataclysm as they waited to be rescued. interpreter: pouring into the streets from the stores, they went toward the beach, attempting to flee and to save themselves by sea. here they waited for ships to take them to safe shores. unfortunately, they were choked and crushed under the volcanic debris. naturally, at the moment of the

the tremor caused tall buildings 200 miles away in mexico city to sway. a less powerful 5.15 after shock was felt in the capital city. there were several other after shocks near the epicenter in a mountainous rural region. >>> a judge in the penn state sex abuse case issued a ruling ordering prosecutors to give jerry sandusky's lawyers the phone numbers and addresses of his accusers. the judge is also requiring prosecutors to turn over any juvenile records which might help sandusky's lawyers attack the credibility of his accusers. sandusky, a former penn state assistant coach is accused of sxually abuse -- sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. he denies the charges. >>> a new eisenhower memorial will be located just at the base of capitol hill. during a house hearing, susan eisenhower, the granddaughter of the 34th president, testified the design she says focuses too much on eisenhower's humble roots instead of his accomplishments. the prominent architect frank gary designed the memorial. he says he's open to design changes. >>> our time is 4:36. at 4:40, lin-sanity is now the brand ambassador for a

church, in the past, almost ten months, since april of last year, every sunday, every sunday in the capital city of beijing, their arrest from 20 to over 100 member of this church were arrested for simply going outdoors for worship. and all the leaders including the senior pastor and all their five elders had been under house arrest without any freedom of movement. but the members are still going there every sunday, knowing that they're going to be arrested. i think these are the hopeful signs we should count on. of course, i think that the secondary -- the contribution for china's democracy and freedom is outside. it's externally. i think we need the external aid. i think the chinese persecuted people will be greatly encour e encouraged and their moral would be greatly boosted if they hear from the president of the united states of america and tell the chinese dictators that clearly, and unwaivering, we're with you. we're with the persecuted instead of the persecutors. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. i just want to make three brief closing comments. the first is to emphasize the