american naval vessels ghosted in toward the beaches of north africa, delivering the first major allied counterattack since the outbreak of the war. their objective, the germancorps in tunisia. the enemy was led by germany's ingenious field marshal erwin rommel, the desert fox. his veterans had already been baptized by the battle-toughened british tommies. desperately, with everything they had, the germans fought to keep from being pushed into the sea. when the allied military advisers convened at casablanca in january 1943, the north african campaign had become tough and bitter. but the achievement of a unified allied command was part of the ultimately victory. marshall had worked tirelessly to achieve a smooth-running command organization at the highest american level. he held the president's trust and regard and was consulted on every critical decision affecting the conduct of the war. marshall's diplomatic skill helped reconcile many opposing points of view with british leaders during the casablanca conference. from the north african meetings came the allied decision to bomb germany around the clock. american b-17s helped carry the war to the german back

the german cabinet approves increased powers for german soldiers fighting pirates in the horn of africa, and t minus 100 days until the summer olympics, and london says everything is on >> the "los angeles times" newspaper has released a photograph showing u.s. serviceman posing with the bodies of dead afghan suicide bombers. heavy criticism. >> they overshadow a nato meeting in brussels designed to map out what role the alliance will play in afghanistan once foreign troops are gone. we will have more analysis from brussels and washington in a moment, but our coverage begins with what came out of the meeting in brussels. >> speaking to media at the meeting, the nato secretary general was quite clear on this point -- nato will remain committed to afghanistan beyond 2014, not as a fighting force, but to train and assist. >> it is in the interest of the whole international community to see strong and highly capable afghan security forces take full responsibility for security. >> the price tag of a mission to assist in afghanistan's army and police forces could cost around $4 billion a year

. >> for years, a development a demand the rich nations of northern europe or north america giving money to africa and asia. now the germananization says that model belongs firmly to the past. >> those days are over. emerging nations like china and india play a much larger role in the global economy now. they hold american government bonds. we see these countries is becoming important that were themselves receiving aid just a few years ago. >> the middle class is developing in these emerging economies. even so, the gap between haves and have nots remain enormous. >> a few years ago, it was quite different. >> the report says that india, brazil, and china must do more to help the port, and industrial nations have to make good on their promise to give a 0.7% of gnp to fight global poverty. >> no way, -- norway, the netherlands, denmark, they have managed to do that. unfortunately, germany landed in it 10th among 15 of the european oecd countries. >> but the german government says it has increased development aid for the third year in a row. that, despite europe's ongoing debt crisis. >> the space shuttle discovery has taken

the rise in africa. clean living -- how a sewage treatment plant in nicaragua is improving the quality of water. and helping our farmers -- how a germanentrepreneur is offering the chance to invest in a greener future. elephants and rhinos are what all of us expect to see when we go on safari. and luckily we can still do that -- largely thanks to a world-wide ban on the trade in ivory. but last year was the worst since that came into force more than 20 years ago. 2011 saw authorities seize more than twice the amount than the year before. 23 tons of confiscated tusks translate into some 2500 killed elephants. but what do these figures mean? why is the world-wide ban suddenly losing its impact? experts confirm: it's mainly due to an overwhelming demand from asia. here disposable incomes are growing and so is the desire for ivory. in kenya's samburu national park we follow the organization "save the elephants" in their daily struggle to protect the giants of the jungle. experiencing elephants up close is nothing extraordinary for david daballen who works in kenya's samburu national reserve. the employee of "save the elephants knows hundr

africa it was very rudimentary, in fact primitive. they would put a vick terror la victrola on the back of a jeep and slow it along the dune line supposed to trick the germans into thinking there was a tank coming. the thing skips out of the groove and so on. didn't work well. they were doing it all wrong. the real use of sonic deception used when -- a when, not an if -- the allies assaulted mainline france. everyone knew he had to do, because a beachshed the hardest thing in modern wear faire. a time between t-- warfare. everybody crosses into a no-man's-land, the english channel, this case, and a long beach and can't fight back during all that time. they can only fight back once they established themself in a place, reorganized themself and established a perimeter. mount battin's idea, conceivably fool the germans where such a landing was going to take place and, in fact, this became a wonderful idea to fairbanks. he came home with it, with a mission specifically from the brit tosh try to get the americans to create some kind of a battlefield deception group. he went to the navy. as it was fairbanks, he didn't go to the captain above him or even the comma