in october 1990, and east germany joined with west germany to form a united country. today, parades and street festivals are taking place. >> a performance to celebrate the day east and west germany became one, 21 years ago. the state premier paid tribute to the courage of ordinary east germans whose fight for freedom ultimately ended decades of division. >> october 3 was a victory of democracy over dictatorship. we will never forget that it was east germany's democratic civil- rights movement that brought the system to collapse. >> the chief justice said eternal gratitude was of the east germans. he said politicians must not lose sight of ordinary people. you're a's future direction must not be decided solely in elite circles. there must be an open and sincere debate to reach the best decisions. >> his words were also directed to angela merkel, whose words were struggling with the financial crisis. it was tough to overcome the painful history of separation, but she warned that there is still much to do. >> it is all the more reason why we need to defend it, so it rem

. >> his hope that libya would become a united country with no more fighting. >> i am in singapore. >> the headlines this hour. amanda knox and her former boyfriend raffaele sollecito have been cleared on murdering the british student meredith kercher. >> both of them have now been released from prison. she is expected to leave the country in the next 24 hours. the afghan president karzai said that he is no longer prepared to hold direct talks with the taliban aimed at ending the conflict there. the taliban and those sympathetic to them continue to mount attacks and have been gaining ground. the world's most populous country indonesia said that they weren't prepared to support a peacekeeping operation in afghanistan. indonesia does not have any troops in the country. i am joined by the indonesian foreign minister. thank you for joining us. why has indonesian not sent troops to afghanistan after all of these years? what is the government's view of the war 10 years on? >> we are only willing to send troops under the capacity of the united nations peacekeeping operation. in other words,

. >> his dying hope that libya will become a united country with no more fighting. >> 10 years ago this week and nato-led mission it invaded afghanistan. soon after the taliban was thrown out of power. nearly a decade later, are they coming back? president karzai indicated he is no longer prepared to hold direct negotiations with the insurgents leaving only a military solution. we have the first of our special reports from afghanistan a decade on. this contagioucontains distressg images. >> the condemned man sits chained on the ground. nearby, three girls. they will kill him. he had murdered their parents and two siblings. taliban fighters help the girls to hold back a kalashnikov -- will the kalashnikovhold a kala. just hold the trigger, one says. blood for blood. it is 10 years since the invasion but nato has not been the taliban. in remote areas like this, they remain in charge. where they have support, it is because of this harsh brand of justice, not in spite of it. >> people are happy this man was shot. the taliban control all the villages around here. people like what they do. th

the trans-pacific partnership, or tpp could unite countries and eliminate tariffs, but it's a devisive issue here in japan. most farmers are against it. business is for it. then there are the politicians, talk of even taking part in talks on the tpp is creating debate within the ruling democratic party. the democrat's tpp party met for the first time. some members expressed concerns about the free trade initiative. japan's business community is calling for an early decision to join the talks. a number of democrats remain opposed to taking part in the tpp discussions with other nations. among them are lawmakers with ties to the agricultural lobby. >> translator: we should gather information and consider this carefully. it's not something we can set a deadline on. >> translator: once we decide to join the tpp and unite our economies, we've got to move on. we can't say we are worried about agriculture or other fields of interest. >> the dpj leadership wants to reach a partywide decision by early november. that would be ahead of a meeting of the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum in h

. >>> the trans-pacific partnership or tpp could unite countries. there are the politicians, talk of even taking part in talks on the tpp is creating debate within the ruling drthic party. the democrat's tpp party met for the first time. japan's business community is calling for an early decision to join the talks. the number of democrats remain opposed to taking part in the tpp discussions with other nations. among them are lawmakers with ties to the agricultural lobby. >> translator: we should gather information and consider this carefully. it's not something we can set a deadline on. >> translator: once we decide to join the tpp and unite our economies, we've got to move on. we can't say we are worried about agriculture or other fields of interest. >> the dpj leadership wants to reach a partywide decision by early november. that would be ahead of a meeting of the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum in hawaii. >>> bangkok is bracing itself with the threat of possible severe flooding in the city over the weekend. the authorities are racing agai

you know and that's part of the economic crisis and united states and i think we're seeing it everywhere as as your introduction said eighty countries now on saturday we had protests all across the united states we my organization was involved in the one here in san francisco and it was thousands of people out in the street we marched from the federal reserve bank to city where the city government is and then back down to the reserve bank which controls the interest rates and united states a very nasty institution congress wonders what does a global research say is and to. capitalist today this it mean pro-social is the way of pro-communist well definitely not pro-communist at least not as old as we remember it from the nine sound is but i think yes there is a tendency towards bracing there are laughing when you use their socialist manners . in their limited sense of cos. of course people are concerned with their welfare state i guess and limiting the power of corporations. to much less extent they discuss the possibility of nationalizing them or yanks for operating the property or anything like that i think so far it's not all that

realize the strength of its position in dealings with the united states. >> translator: we welcome closer ties between the armed forces of the two countries. the united states is giving us strong support. the americans even asked us what we need to modernize our weaponry. >> reporter: indonesia is gaining confidence in its dealings with china. this video was taken in june last year in part of the south china sea. where indonesia and china have a territorial dispute. >> reporter: china sent a giant war ship turned fishing patrol boat to the area to try to force an indonesian patrol boat out of the area. the indonesian boat was there to keep an eye on chinese fishing boats. china's patrol boat was equipped with weapons. engine-mounted and the situation reached a flashpoint. the incident was finally settled when indonesia released chinese fishermen it had detained and china withdrew from the waters. >> reporter: after the incident china met an about-face, dropping its strong-arm tactics toward indonesia and taking a flexible stance. china is now trying to strengthen cooperation with indonesia. this year, china began providing indonesia with

was a circus because you know it here's a country that wants its own independence and its one country the united states says no the most of the vast majority of the world want to see the palestinians have their own state but no one country can say no it's not going to happen go back and do your homework type thing is that democratic is that fair is that what this institution was supposed to be all about when it was founded in one thousand nine hundred five. well i know you want your guests to quarrel with you all right i think you'll discover that tom waits and i are more like minded on this than you would ever suppose ok one one purpose of one very beneficial side effect of having this locus in new york is that the many countries in the world that can't afford to have diplomatic missions all over the world where it is there a lot of countries hundred ninety three countries and you couldn't if you're a small poor country have a mission in every other country so it actually serves as a substitute for bilateral relationships with a lot of countries. the palestinian question is very complicated as

understand american history or history very well we have had time and again conflicts in trying to unite this country going way back maybe the history of precedes you both the fact is that there are quiet because you are you you have to talk to you this is still here listen americans they trust they tried to ask the story and therefore see how union of you as i do know my history is moderately to stop to stop to stop the crisis at that moment that they didn't proceed as i said if you would listen to me that they didn't proceed well enough along that they didn't adopt adequate keynesian stimulus that. as for the issue but they did succeed in stanching their crisis at that moment give them credit for that right now we're going to now and really want to understand our problems. because your time go ahead you have the floor go ahead and it's not keynesian economics for the germans it's not keynesian economics for the germans to take on italian debts i think i think we need to get this discussion beyond greece because reality is that greece is going to mean greece has already agreed to default greece is g

in there in the united states first of all and also joined by people the other countries can we call it can color the the great act so we're socialist revolution people are they actually do want socialism do they well it's it's it's very it's a littlest in syria it's a catalyst here in the united states sometimes not is explicitly using words that you know name capitalism or in your illusion but it's very much against the bad of signing an sec there all of our wealth has gone sucked up into new finance sector and they're not spreading it around they're not investing it they're not lending you know and that's part of the economic crisis and united states and i think we're seeing it everywhere is that as your introduction said eighty. and trees now on saturday we had protests all across the united states we were going to say she was involved in the one and here in san francisco and it was thousands of people out in the street we marched from the federal reserve bank city where the city government is headed back down to the federal reserve bank which controls the interest rates and unit

very serious challenges for the new authorities try to unite the country. for the moment the vast majority of libyans are simply delighted that colonel gaddafi is no more. they still really cannot believe what they've heard and what they've seen on their television screens and they are still rejoicing. >> thank you indeed. let's look at the world's of the economies of the world. it seems to me that france and germany say that we wholeheartedly agree that we disagree of the moment, but we will agree eventually. >> that is very well said. one thing is the form of what should happen and the other is the size of what should happen. they have to set up how big the european funds should be and it should be to satisfy the market. a popular view is it should be one trillion euros. twoe people say it's to trillion. the french wanted to be guaranteed by the european bank and -- rather the germans are supporting that, but the french are not. there's a risk of contagion. they will agree. >> but not necessarily during this summit. >> maybe the next one or the one after

understand american has for history very well we have had time and again conflicts in trying to unite this country going way back maybe the history precedes you both the fact is that there are quite patrician were you you have. this is still he listen imagine a tryst they tried to ask a story in europe in one hour photo studio union almost three hundred euros i do know my history is moderately to stop to stop to stop the crisis at that moment but they didn't proceed as i said if you would listen to me that they didn't proceed well enough along that they didn't adopt adequate keynesian stimulus that. the issue but they did succeed in starting their crisis at that moment give them credit for that ok all right now you know anderson i wonder if anyone understands the problem if you're an. engineer. if you're going and you have the floor go ahead it's not it's not keynesian economics for the germans it's not keynesian economics for the germans to take on italian debts i think i think we need to get this discussion beyond greece because the reality is that greece going to greece is already agreed to def

. >>> the united states and asia pacific countries are negotiating the transpacific partnership free trade agreement that will eliminate import tariffs and minimize non-tariff barriers in the region. the united states is calling on countries such as japan that are considering joining the trade pact to decide quickly. >> we welcome that participation. we aren't going to slow down the current process to wait on them to make that decision. >> u.s. trade representative kirk said the country is aiming to forge an agreement on an outline of the treaty in time for a summit meeting of the economic cooperation forum in hawaii in november. he said the u.s. is waiting for japan to make a decision. japanese industry is divided over whether or not to join the free trade negotiations. many japanese farmers are against the tpp agreement because they are protected by high tariffs. governing democratic party lawmakers who oppose the tpp are asking prime minister yoshihiko noda about his vision for the country's future. on the other hand, many in the business community say japan should join the negotia

place that sense of the very beginning, since its founding as an independent country, has been a close, a strong friend of the united states. >> what are the mutual interest between the countries and the mutual concerns? >> to start with when we say mutual interest, i have to say the relationship between the united states and singapore is truly multifaceted, but at the very foundation of the relationship is our interest in security and peace around the world, and especially peace and stability in southeast asia. that has different parts to it, including freedom of navigation. these are very important global comments for international trade, and the movement of cargo from the united states to the united states and in and around asia is especially important to singapore and to the united states. the other side of that coin, i guess, may go to some of the mutual or care -- or scared concerns. we all have concerns with security, counterterrorism, non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, other dangerous weapons. modern-day piracy has been an increasing problem in this part of the world -- all of those issues ou

all over the world it's primary goal is regime change we've seen that in libya a country that never attacked the united states we see it in iraq a country that never attacked the united states and goes back to iran and the regime change under most of that incident airplane cuba. goes on and on but what he also fails to recognize is the more people they kill in afghanistan and now in pakistan people get angry over that and that's why you have this perpetual war on terrorism that's why they would be attacking because of the occupation because of the killing this is what ron paul has pointed out they come over here to kill us stephen because the empire's over there killing them the best thing to do to stop this nonsense is this man told this imperial machine and he said you look like you want to jump and go right ahead. yeah see the thing is that. you know whatever designs the u.s. has right at the moment you know i think there are things we need to be put in context which is that pakistan one pakistan has to seriously look at non-state actors even if the us leaves or does not leave. i would not agree wit

. >> do you think the country can be united now? the common goal of getting rid of the colonel has been achieved. can they stay united? >> i am a very optimistic man. when i see libyans for the first time friend themselves challenged by gaddafi and his arms and mercenaries, they managed to unite, young and old, women and men, children, to fight this regime. they managed to keep together eight months until they got rid of him, and they are ready to go on and have the full confidence. they will unite to build their countries. >> we are already seeing some discontent with the transitional council but things are not moving fast enough. there are power struggles. are you concerned that there are just too many factions? >> during the tough times, you did not see anything. nobody can take any serious action without receiving instruction. now you see that different groups express different views. this is the diversity we are looking for. libyans -- they have to learn this. for the last 42 years, they are only receiving instructions, and the

and we need to unite the countries can the world. >> i was so disappointed. >> reporter: diane has beencation was postponed because of hurricane irene. now that she is here, she says it is far more than just a trip. it is an inspiring experience. >> i will share this experience with everyone back at home. ♪ >> reporter: the day is done, but the work has just begun. many folks that we talked to said they will take the inspiration from today and bring it home with them to motivate others. at west potomac park, delia goncalves, 9news now. >> our coverage of the martin luther king jr. memorial dedication continues on the web at wusa9.com. >>> well, you know the question tonight did we have a new starting quarterback? following today's loss at home to michael vick and those eagles, kristen berset is here with the story. hi kristen, all saying beck. >> yes and so was the crowd today actually bruce and we don't know of course who we're going to have going forward the way beck played we may end up seeing him under center. but it definitely wasn't pretty out there. the turnovers that have plague

bombed the infrastructure having destroyed the schools the hospitals the the water supply and a country united in hatred for going down feet might not stand together now that he's gone all these these different groups that we were held together but one thing that was a trigger. and now that's gone away you can redirect their anger at each other and i think of things chaos ensues and political instability there's a lot of people looking back on libya. and we change we're back one hour and that is not a great celebrations continue throughout the week crossing the country and it seems few people here are really thinking. about the future going to libya without gadhafi it really means for them a country with no leader a lot of weapons and even more oil reporting from tripoli and he's now a r.t. under any series of keeping us updated with the latest from tripoli online as well if you are just what you want to use twitter stream you can keep track of her account of events in post khadafi. i mean time and see war activist brian becker thinks the killing of colonel qadhafi signals a successful western

trickling in so far and suggest that the conservative religious party, ennahda, which wants to unite the country's main religion with the state is beth placed and will have the most seats in the assembly, which will draft a new constitution and choose an interim president. but for many, the main achievement is already passed. they voted, freely. we've heard from tunisian national radio that correspondents around the country, that even a 100-year-old woman made her way to one polling station in the south, and many people cried as they cast their votes for the first time, choosing from a ballot paper with over 110 parties when, for decades, there's been a one-party state in tunisia. >> still pretty huge task facing whoever does emerge as the front-runner. >> that's right. and a sense in tunisia that the real work is yet to come. very grounded expectations really from democracy, but a sense that what has now happened cannot be put back. in that, the accounting was so transparent, even journalists go in and watch the newly trained volunteers in the process of counting well into the night. they had piz

contrary to the views of many americans, the united states exports more in goods and services thank any other country. it is imperative that the united states continue to open foreign markets. after all, 95% of the world's population lives outside of the united states. the economists estimate that almost 83% of growth over the next five years will take place outside of the united states. simply put, most of our future customers are located in foreign countries. u.s. exporters face foreign barriers that limit our ability to sell u.s. goods and services in foreign markets. often foreign tariffs on our exports tend to be much higher than our own tariffs. u.s. trade agreements level the playing field. they reduce or eliminate tariffs and other barriers to u.s. exports. the math is pretty simple. lower tariffs and fewer barriers mean more exports and more exports mean more jobs. but we cannot reduce these tariffs or eliminate these barriers without the right tools. in my mind, renewing trade negotiating authority is the key to our future success. i was frankly dismayed when our colleagues across the aisle

newspapers here have been focusing on the new truth and reconciliation commission designed to unite the country, both say it's simply too soon, the wounds are too fresh. they say what's needed are jobs, schools to reopen for their kids, an end to corruption, and most of all, a leader who stops talking north versus south, tribe versus tribe, and gives opportunities to all ivorians. robin bresnahan, bbc news, abidjan. >> you can hear on they are you coast if you tune in to this weekend's edition of "assignment" on bbc world service radio. i want to take you back to the traveler's camp we've been following here just to the east of us here in london in essex. it's dale farm. it's a very contentious site for the better part of a decade, but particular this will year, as travelers on the site, up to 1,000, mostly irish, have been told that the buildings they have put up are illegal, they have no permission, it's a very green field area, and that is why, and that they must now move. well, it has gone on a long time, and today is the day before the bailiffs have come out, the riot police have come in a

having the infrastructure having destroyed the schools the hospitals the the water supply and a country united in hatred for gadhafi might not stand together now that he's gone all these these different groups who were held together but one thing and that was . the way you can really direct their anger at each other and i think. chaos ensues and political instability there's a lot of people looking back on libya. and. we're now and that is not a great celebrations continue throughout the week cross the country and it seems few people here are really thinking about the future to libya without gadhafi it really means for them a country with no leader a lot of weapons and even more oil reporting from tripoli and it's now a party. and it can also follow our correspondent in the. twitter stream is bringing you the latest developments from the country so take a look. the u.s. has greeted the u.s. greeted the death of gadhafi was jubilation president barack obama calling it a stronger mire of america's leadership and the world anti-war activist brian becker says western powers are to blame for the ma

-made fa-18, the f-35 being developed jointly by nine countries, including the united states. and the euro fighter which is being developed by four european countries. allhree gups he sare news conferences inok last week to extoll the virtues of their anes. the fa-18 was touted by boeing. >> this is the baseline for our proposal to the government of japan. a very modern, very capable and very advanced airplane. >> the sales pitch for the euro fighter was made in japanese by britain's ambassador to japan. nd the f-35 whts touch-screen assimilation technology was introduced by u.s. firm, lockheed martin. >> very easy do fly by your fingertips. it almost feels like an extension of yourself. it lightens the pilot's workload. >> the defense industry was tasked with the pricing and capability of each plane and take into consideration what role that japan ghees companies can play in design and maintenance. >>> time to check on stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with this item sent by rtm malaysia. in what it bills as a health carnival, malaysia's go

you cannot unite our country by dividing it. answer to our troubles lies in a positive, optimistic vision with policies rooted in american exceptionalism. american exceptionalism is the product of unlimited freedom and there is nothing troubling our nations say that cannot be solved by the rebirth of freedom. nothing. [applause] i happen to believe in this great country of ours. i believe in the capacity of our people to create prosperity through private ingenuity. i believe in the values of the american people. americans know him anything worth achieving in life requires hard work not government handouts. this present generation of americans are not looking for government to lead the way. they are looking for america to get out of the way so they can make the most of the freedom for their families. you cannot live free if you cannot find a job. you cannot live free if you inherit $46,000 bills in the federal debt. you cannot live free when the government gets between you and your doctor. i believe it is time to revive freedom f