of uighurs. born and raised in east turkestan, which china calls xinjiang, he came to the united states in 1996. and minxin pei, a professor of government at claremont mckenna college. he has written extensively about china. we invited the chinese embassy to participate in this discussion but they declined. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. alim seytoff, let me begin with you. the uighurs have been in this region for centuries. were the tensions just running so high that something was inevitable like this? >> the tensions have been rising very high because of the chinese government's political propaganda of the chinese people and chinese nationalism and portraying uighurs especially after 9/11 as terrorists, separatists and islamic radicals. so in the minds of the chinese government, uighur people, their very presence in east turkestan or shin jiang is is a threat. there was so much racism going on. as a result we are witnessing what is happening in our homeland unfortunately. >> woodr

a smashed shops and stores along into uighur -- they smashed shops and stores belonging to uighurs. we do not have that report, but we can go to shanghai and our correspondent. chris, how significant do you think is now that you have two communities on the street at the same time? >> i think what was going on today was that the han chinese were determined to show that they were able to defend themselves. they were taking back the streets, if you like. use of them with these wooden bats and iron bars. they marched in huge numbers. they confronted the police, but it was not the same kind of confrontation that we saw on sunday, which resulted in so many deaths. they tried to get between the two groups. on the one hand, the huge numbers of han chinese, and on the other hand, smaller numbers of the uighurs. according to reports, when police tried to create a barrier between the two groups, some in the han community were cheering on the police. it is a concern for the local authorities. there was an appeal for people to come back off the streets, and imposed a curfew. they will be less wo

but befor i agree with this, it is in 1955 the chese overnment actually gave t uighurs shin jiang uighur autonomous rion but have never implented autonomy. they gave tibet autonomy but nev had autonomy laws. they do not trus this kind of autonomy talk. ntil and unless the chinese govement genuinely comes to the negiation table and makes tse kinds of offers, ix-decade long repressive polics in tibet and st turkestan,then things y ange for the better. woodruff: all right. we're going to leave ithere r tonight and watch it very closely. continue to. alim seoff, minxin pei, thank you very much. >> tnk you very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer: now, a an to use rookieeachers in one of the toughest school distric in the country. theewshour's special correspondent for educatn, john meow, has been chronicling t efforts to improve public schools in new orleans and washgton d.c. tonight, he looks at how so novice teachers ared in new orlns this year. >> i know yocould do better han that. say wh you mean. i know what yoare trying to sa but tell me what you are actually trying to ll me. >> reporter:lmo

>> well, i think that most of the uighurs are very moderate. their islam is moderate and their politics are moderate. but there has been a separatist movement. that wants an independent country, and although i think that that will never happen, and there's been a small movement labeled as terrorists even by the u.s. state department. and this particular incident, i think, is not a planned one. it was an outpouring of emotion. >> and we notice that, as a result of this violence, that's taken place, been a lot of coverage in the official chinese news agency, and yet that's surprising, because normally that country tend to be, we side think quashed. why do you think that we're hearing so much about it? >> i think that the main point that the chinese media want to make is that it's terrorism. it's islamic fundamentalism. this has been a long theme of chinese official propaganda. and they want to stigmatize as something dangerous and get support by doing so by the broad chinese population and even from the outside world. >> and when we see this kind

ethnic uighurs were blamed. separatist uighurs have been imprisoned in guantanamo bay. last summer, that erupted into violence. it was heavily repressed with martial law and journalists were kept out. there is international condemnation. this time, the authorities are being surprisingly open. >> i think the chinese government has learned lessons from its handling of the right thing in tibet last year. last year, the chinese government did not allow any international journalist in and out strongly criticized domestically and internationally. it met the chinese government position did not gain any sympathy. >> for the chinese premier and the wider leadership, this is largely about damage limitation. later this year, they will be celebrating 60 years of the people's republic, so they want the population to see han chinese as the victims and the instigators coming from outside china. the violence in xinjiang is in the world spotlight. and now the battle begins as to just who is to blame. >> more of the main news for you -- the united nations refugee agency is reporting a hu

chinese. >> it's natural and spontaneous, the resnse of uighurs ainst -- the bloodin killing of uighurs. >> reporter: 2009 is the 6th anniversaryorporation into china. the govement calls it the peaceful liberation of shen jeong but many uighurs don't accept beijing' rule. with night fall the authoties ad declared effective marti law. but evidence of a bitter day of struggle was eo be seen. stephen mcdonald, abc news, beijing. >>> now for more aut all of this, we are joined tonight by drew james nathan. he i a political science professor at columa unversity, who has wtten extensive about china. go to have you back. >> thank you. >> i don'think many americans are aware of who the uighurs are, or how tey fit into china overall. how did they co to view in china? >> well, the uigrs are 1 of 55 national minorities that the chineserecognizes. always lived in thatpart of the world, which is now shinon of china. the live on the cnese side, as well as the otr side, kaakhstan of that bordr. they areturket people. they believe in islam. they're not chinesein the way that we think of enic chinese an

two uighurs died in a brawl with the han. now 156 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured, making it the worst ethnic violence this country has en in decades. fearful of losing even more control, the government has blocked all internet, text messages, and international phone calls, and today, china spared no manpower to put a stop to the bloodshed. thousands of troops have been pouring in here all day and they basically formed a perimeter around the predominantly uighur area. that's to make sure that the uighurs don't get out and the han chinese don't get in. but in uighur neighborhoods, the presence gives little comfort. our lives are in danger, this woman said. we tried to talk more, but local police harassed us. across town, the han we spoke to blame uighurs exiled in the west for the violence. internationally, there are bad elements who want to split the motherland, this man said. tonight, officials are appealing to the residents to put down their weapons, but the hatred and distrust here simmers. clarissa war

they came to our neighborhood looking for uighurs. they hit and chopped. >> reporter: at this han-owned car dealership, they are cleaning up after being firebombed. it's located in a uighur part of town and the manager is suspicious of his neighbors. >> translator: i can't believe there are bastards like this in our country. i can't describe my feelings. >> reporter: in the uighur neighborhood behind the dealership, life is also returning slowly to normal. this woman's son and two friends were arrested. >> translator: i don't know where my husband is. many people are missing here, and no one knows where they are. >> reporter: the future looks bleak for those convicted of murder during the riots. authorities have warned they'll be executed. with thousands of troops still on the streets here, both sides are talking peace for now, but when the soldiers return to the barracks, unless the chinese government can do something about the underlying tensions here, more violence seems to be only a question of time. >> that was tom iggulden repor

one hobbling uighur woman against a phalanx of soldiers. melissa chan, al jazeera, western china. >>> by the way if you want more discussions on china, tune into our weekly radio show. it's our topic tonight. and you can listen in at worldfocus.org. >>> in iran today, the country's top three reformist leaders called on iran to end the crackdown that followed the presidential election. they are the defeated candidates -- mir hossein mousavi and mehdi karoubi, as well as the former president mohammad khamenei. they deplored of what they call the savage and shock attacks against the protesters. and also called an end to the arrests and for the release of those detained without committing any crimes. >>> and there is growing outrage over the murder of a pregnant muslim woman in germany. last week, thousands of mourners attended the funeral of marwa el-sherbini in her native egypt yesterday. angry over what happened in a german courtroom. it was in that courtroom that the young woman was stabbed 18 times by the same man who was convicted last ye

to which the muslim uighur population is ethnically tied. it also borders the predominantly mus rim 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 chen 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 represented 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 the consequences of the rioting from sunday night. and suddenly the sadness took a more aggressive and violent tone. this government organized trip for foreign journalists, suddenly gone terribly off message. a

large amounts of uighurs gathering to find the order to stay home. another british soldier is dead in afghanistan. coming up later for you, happy birthday, big ben. a landmark brings up 150 years. take it to the bridge, the biggest names in american soul gathered for a legendary rumble in the jumblngle. hello to you. barack obama is on his way to ghana for his first visit to sub-saharan africa. he brings with him and pledged to -- he brings with him a pledge of $20 billion for food and investment in agriculture. it is not clear how much of the money is used. up to 23 billion is still outstanding from the pledges made four years ago. >> though he is not the real thing but as ghana and gets ready for barack obama, even a plastic model gets the royal treatment. today's presidential visit is something of an reward for a peaceful democratic nation that has been a model for the rest of africa. it is a homecoming for america's first black president. >> he is everything that we have dreamed of. >> i can do anything. >> this is not the first visit by an ameri

the authorities saying it was orchestrated by the uighurs party. it's difficult to say which of the two stories are more accurate. and only when we get a sense of who the people are that lost their lives that we will understand a bit more. >> all right, chris. get a round-up of more stories. a suicide bomber has detonated a car bomb in southern afghanistan. this happened at an air field and came among thousands. activists of roman editors to raise awareness of poor countrys and what they say is g-8 easy lifestyle. and the report that hunger may be the human tragedy of this century. there is defeat admitted by the oppositional revolutionary party will be the biggest force, the campaign dominated by a collapsing economy. reports saying that drinking a couple of cup was coffee may help reduce alzheimer. it could scarcely be more dramatic, a plane carrying the president zelaya after blocking of landing. zelaya had to clash killing two people on the ground. mr. zelaya is looking to return to honduras. >> high above the airport, the plane carrying manuel

but exile groups blame a police crackdown against the peaceful protests by uighurs. >> many of the uighurs were holding chinese national flags to prove that they were nonviolent but still the chinese government what we believe is committing massacre against the uighur people. >> reporter: tensions never far from the surface, as nbc news discovered during a visit last year. we found mosques under close surveillance and widespread receptment under uighurs, in an economy dominated by chinese migrants and a vital source of china's energy supplies. there were several bomb blasts here ahead of the olympics. china labels uighur separatists as terrorists. there is now a heavy police and army presence in a city of more than 2 million people. a crackdown is under way. the authorities say they've rounded up hundreds of rioters. internet and mobile phone services have been cut. tonight the authorities claim to have the situation in arumchi under control. but there are reports of clashes in another city and of rising tension right across that region. ian williams, nbc news, beijing. >>> when we continu

this uighur man was viciously beateby a group of chinese. he was able to stagger to his feet and was led away by a liceman. the crowd al turned on the camercrew, ary by what they say is bias forei coverage of thunrest. inthis uighur distri, locals aim han chise mobs stormed t neighborhood and attacked them. they're protting themselves with almo anything they can lay theirands on, including rocks and axes. >> translator: th came to ll people. i was wounded they cam to our neigorhood loking for uigrs. they hit and hopped. >> repoer: at this han-owned car dealership, ey are cleaning up after beng firebombed. it'socated in a uighur part of town and th manager is spicious of his ighbors. >> tralator: i can't believe there are bastards like this i our country. i can't describe my elings. >> reporter: in the uighur neighborhoodehind the dealership, life i also returning swly to normal. this woman's son and two iends were arresd. >> translator: i don' know whe my husband is. many people are missing here and one kws wherehey are. >> reporter: th futu

and han after a han accused a uighur man of rape. the allegation is believed to be untrue, but several uighurs were lynched nonetheless. the horrifying pictures shot by mobile phone were seen by uighurs back home in urumqi. the students held what was initially a peaceful demonstration demanding an inquiry. the chinese government is blaming exileed uighur separatist force the violence which follows. >> the forces from inside and outside >> ( translated ): the 'three forces' from inside and outside of china aggressively operated to attack china's communist party and the government. they also incited people up to carry out demonstrations in the city. >> reporter: today the han were counting the cost. their government encouraged them to move to xinjiang province, to make urumqi a chinese rather than a uighur city. it's not clear whether the violence was one-sided or whether uighurs were also killed by government forces. the chinese government will see such unrest age the large death toll as a major challenge not only to its authority but

hundreds of western uighurs had been detained. the protests have left at least 140 dead. >> on the day they met to pursue better relations, tributes have been coming in for a man who played a pivotal role in the recent history of both countries. robert mcnamara ran the pentagon for the cuban missile crisis and most of the vietnam war. he then became a champion of the poor of the world. we look back at his life. >> he had an unusual journey. he was one of the cleverest men to ever serve an american president. in 1960, he was a hugely successful businessman. he was the first head of the ford motor co. not to be a member of the ford family. >> i have asked robert mcnamara to assume the responsibilities -- >>> the newly elected president kennedy invited him to become secretary of defense for a fraction of his salary at ford motor company. the call him arrogant and a machine on legs as he sat out to modernize the pentagon. two years later came the cuban missile crisis. not amara was at the side of kennedy as they faced down the russian

after uighur migrant workers were beaten and killed by the chinese. the protest became bloody after the communist regime cracked down. the use of the internet and social networking sites is a striking parallel between these demonstrations and those in tehran last month. >> it is china's government's nightmare. as you recall during the iranian uprising or demonstration, one of the few countries that supported ahmadinejad was communist china. >> and the communist government successfully blocked a chinese version of youtube and other material which could have revealed how more than 140 people were killed and hundreds detained. >> judging on what i saw on the websites this morning, the pictures that got through were fairly mild. there was nothing there that indicated to me the scale of the kind of violence that was taking place. >> china a blaming foreigners, and a uighur excel in the u.s. is accused of masterminding the violence, a claim she denies. in a press statement, robert gibbs says they are concerned about the high number of deaths and injure ryes

that the biggest problem is the lack of economic opportunities for the uighur minority. this evening the city is saturated with armed police, but the atmosphere remains tense and volatile. ian williams, nbc news, china. >> up next -- did you know bottled water is hundreds of times more expensive than tap. is it that much better? we'll tell you why the feds may get involved after this. ttled water is hundreds of times more expensive than tap. is it that much better? we'll tell you why the feds may get involved after this. (announcer) we speak car. we speak rpms so you can zip by other cars. but we also speak mpgs so you can fly by gas stations. in fact, we speak mpgs so fluently, we can say one more thing. the new ford fusion is the most-fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. and that's something no one else can say. we sak the 2010 ford fusion. get in... and drive one. or 100 pringles. both cost the same, but only the new pringles super stack can makes everything pop. same cost, but a lot more fun. everything pops with the new pringles super stack can. the rest of the

one-thirdover tho of those have ethic uighur muslims. today, mosques were ordered to remain close in hopes of gaining control over the unrest. but it didn't work. clarissa ward reports from china tonight. >> reporter: several mobs defied a government ban today, opening their doors to the uighur faithful on the muslim holy day. there were no fiery sermons. prayers were quick and quiet. but outside the mosque, emotions began to rise. "the are so many things we can't talk about," this man told us. as a policeman tried to stop him from speaking with us, the crowd jeered loudly. another group formed as two women began to weep and wail. e don't have justice an equality for our people," he said. the group began moving down the street, their faces etched with emotion, chanting "release our people, release our brothers." it is only a moment before riot police swoop in and block their path. there was a group of uighurs marching down the street, but sudsenly, a huge flood of troops poured in and they started shouting at us, they are demanding that

what they meant was: all uighurs should be killed! >> reporter: the heavy security presence may enforce calm, at least for the moment. but the ethnic rifts in china's far west have been exposed and it's not clear if the government has any other policies to deal with the anger and resentment which have been ignited. >> lehrer: in addition to sending in troops, chinese authorities have sharply curtailed cell phone and internet service in the riot zone. government censors are also deleting videos and text updates on the violence from social networking web sites. north korean leader kim jong il has appeared in public again for the first time since april. it was only the second time since he apparently suffered a stroke last year. kim is 67 years old. he looked frail as he marked the 15th anniversary of the death of his father, kim il sung. the elder kim founded the communist north korean state. in pakistan, intelligence officials reported u.s. missile strikes-- by drone aircraft -- killed at least 45 militants. it was the latest barrage i

there was the uighur part of town. troops are now apply all around -- are now deployed all around the uighur area. local chinese and uighurs are moving, and all around this area, the neighborhoods, it has not been quite sealed off, but it has been surrounded >> as he heads into another night under curfew, there are reports that vigilante groups have taken to the streets. despite their enormous numbers, the troops still have not brought peace to the city. bbc news, western china. >> and police have detained an australian executive from the mining group rÍo tinto. he is being held along with three other men since sunday, accused of spying and stealing state secrets. the canadian nuclear reactor that provides one-third of the medical isotopes is going to stay offline until later this year. it was to be turned back on later this month, and hospitals are scrambling to find new sources of isotopes, which are used to diagnose several conditions. the 50th anniversary of this father's death, kim jong il arrived and looked gaun

the allegation is believ to be untrue, but sevel uighurs were lynched nonethess. theorrifying pictures shot by mobile phone we seen by uighu back home in urumqi. the students he what was initily a peaceful demonstrationemanding an inquiry. the chinese vernment is blaming exileed uighur separatist rce the iolence which follows. >> the forces fromnside and outside >> translated ): the 'the forces' from side and outside china aggressively operated to attack china's mmunist party anthe government. ey also incited people up to carry out demonstrions in the city >> repter: today the han were counting the cost their government encoured them to move to xinjiang provinc to make urumqi chinese rather an a uighur city. it's not clear whether violence was oneided or whher uighurs were also killed by government foes. the chinese government will see sch unrest age the large death toll as a major challen t only to its authority but to its sovereignty. >> lehrer: the s. reacted to t situation late today. a white house statementalled for all paies in western china to "exercise res

xinjiang uighurs say they have been coloniz by the chinese and say they want to sarate from china in the dark back se -- dark back streets, away from the crowd, some of the worst beatgs to place. mobs set upon passers-by, smaing them wi sticks and rocks. the government says around 50 ople were murdered ithis y. at city hospitaland that's r full of wounded. they say that were huntedown because theyre han chinese. >> it seemedlike it or in gups of re than 10. there is nohance to sa anything, they just came up and attack. en they saw a han person come alongthey started to attack when the bus came along, the started to attack as well. >> troops have been deployed acro the regi and a curfew is in pce. thetreets of the pital are deserted apart fm paramilitary gros, buthe government has gone even further. ina says is n back in corol. >> a me ofolitical cat and mouse is playingut in honduras. the exiled presiden determined to rurn, find mself in an airpne circling the airport. milita vehicles blocked the runway to stop them fm landing. he is no expected in washington to meet wh secretary of

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 phone and internet access, there were reports violence is spreading in the region. >> gloria mentions that violence. there was a scene odd live reminiscent of tiananmen square back m 1989. so many people remember that image of tank man. yesterday there was a woman who tried to single handedly stop government forces from moving against all those protests. it really is a moving image when you know what's going on >> she was probably inspired by tank man all those years ago, though that image has been restricted in china. a lot of people don't even know much about tank man. fascinating nevertheless. when we come back, why the public was so fascinated by michael jackson. how he became a pop culture icon

a small grouch uighurs began a protest march but police quickly moved in to break them off. chinese authorities now say more than 180 people were killed last week in rioting between uighurs and the han chinese. the country's majority ethnic group. >>> as american force begin to scale back in iraq, there is growing concern whether that country can hold itself together. especially in northern iraq, where ethnic tensions and violence are increasing. the kurdish region had is rich in oil and gas has taken a bold step toward greater autonomy, at least according to "the new york times." with little notice in almost no public debate, the paper reports, iraq's kurdish leaders are pushing ahead with a new constitution for their semiautonomous region. a step that has alarmed irqi and american officials who fear the move poses a new threat to the country's unity. it goes on to say that american diplomatic officials who have said that the potential with a confrontation with the kurds havers merged as a threat as worrisome to iraq's fate as the remnants of the insurgencies. >>> elsewhere

here's what's making the uighurs angry. there is aa policy, hanification. it consists of importing chinese han, ethnic chinese into the province. >> peter, we have to wrap up. here's the one thing i want. you think china will be the same old china in the tiananman square days? ? there's no way they're going to stop cracking down on that population. >> crack down, but if it makes american companies want to stop investing there, you watch. >> it's not going to have any impact on it because it's in the west. they view it as a muslim uprising. it's not happening in shanghai or beijing. >> the rest of the world doesn't. thanks for being with us. come back soon and thanks to our guys across america there. >>> next up, blog you. another day, another chorus from the dot-compeanut gallery. when we come back i get a chance to defend myself from all of those guys sitting in their parent's basement, eatingco cheez-wis sitting in their underwear. and you'll take care of everything? whatc if you can't come to us, we'll come to you wh if mother won't let me drive? thenou

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they understand that getting rid of the uighurs a dozen at a time is a important point. they know they have the leverage because no one else wants to take the detainees. they are willing to. they say if you want us to, pay up. hopefully we can become 1/2 of their economy, the way they see it. they see they have the upper hand with a country like the united states. brian: to be fair to palau, i think yemen gets the cake, actually. yemen wants $1 million per detainee to take back their own people, their own citizens. >> absolutely. 97 citizens of yemen are held at guantanomo bay, 40% of detainees. yemen, we're trying to negotiate to bring some of them there. thankfully the obama administration has a great number of security concerns about bringing them to yemen. al qaeda has a foothold there, and they have asked for up to $1 million per detainee. brian: for citizens of their own nation! >> they say they need it for security and rehabilitation. brian: they could fly a plane here on their own dime and pick them up and bring them back. >> amen, but at the same time we all hav

violence erupted after muslim uighurs protested an incident in a factory. authorities launched a crackdown that lasted for hours. the government says several hundred pele are under arrest but the situation is now under control. they blame the trouble on the uighurs exiles. >> the conflict in honduras has turned deadly. the ousted president tried to return home sunday but military vehicles and soldiers blocked the runway. his plane was diverted to nicaragua. thousands of supporters marched. at least one person was killed, two others severely injured. >> gaffney, south carolina is a small town held hostage by a serial killer. five people have been shot to death. police say the murders are linked. the first victims were buried over the weekend and the town is in a virtual lockdown hoping there are no more deaths. jeffrey kofman is there. >> reporter: for the residents of this small south carolina town there was little to celebrate this holiday weekend as they gathered to bury two more victims of a serial killer who is now believed to have murdered five people.

it was a significant security operation following the riotsn uighur nehborhoods. china of course ha conderable number of people and inrests in africa. it has been building new raways, roads and using natural resources to fuel its econic boom. a significant chinese interest in africa. buhe cnese public have been kidnapped d threatened before. ts is across china. thehave seen i direct threat om al-qaeda. -- a direct threat from al- qaeda. >> t test headlines for you. retives are grieving for the 168 peopleilled in iran. hillary cnton has toldran the door is still open for nuclear talks, but she warned there is limit washington' patience. still, with american foreign policy, onef president obama's first actsn the white hou was to sign an executive order caing for thelosure of gutanamo bay within a year. six months later,egal proceedings are drang on and oucorrespondent has retued to guantanamo for today's proceedings involvg five of e men aused of plting the 9/11 attacks. >> nothing much seems to have changed unr the obama administtion at guantanamo even thoh preside

they blame the trouble on uighur exiles. >> here in the u.s. state lawmakers have a tough week ahead. july is the start of the fiscal year for most of them and many face a deep financial crisis. california tops the list of $26 billion deficit. as laura marquez reports that, could make it harder for the rest of the country it cope. >> reporter: the phones ring 900 times a day here at california's poison control center, mostly from frantic parents whose children have ingested something dangerous. kate had to make that call when her daughter swallowed a cigarette butt she found on the beach. >> it lowered my fears. they were on it. >> reporter: but california is so deep in the red it may be forced to shut down its four poison centers and cut other vital services such as children's health care and education. her father is also a physician. >> we will end up losing for sure if they cut poison control. we'll be spending more money and people will be getting hurt and probably dying. >> reporter: with no budget in place, the state will run out of money

it is mostly in the muslim uighur part of the city where the soldiers were deployed. soldiers are now deployed all around the uighur neighborhoods. some are carrying automatic weapons. local han chinese are now clearing from the streets. all around this area, the neighborhood has been sealed off. >> as urumqi heads for another night under curfew, vigilantes' have taken to the streets. the troops still have not brought peace to the city. >> the chinese police have detained a senior executive of the mining group rio tinto. he has been held and he is accused of spying and stealing state secrets. a company that supplies of third of the medical isotopes will be offline. people are scrambling to find a new isotopes which are used to make a diagnosis. kim jong-il appeared in a public event. he looked ill and gaunt. police in south korea and the nine states are investigating a series of cyber attacks on government websites. this is described as coordinated and sophisticated. >> all american knows for sure is that it has been attacked. it is a virtual attack that targeted u.s.

there was the uighur part of town. trps are now apply all aroun -- arenow deployed all around the uighur area. local chinese and uighu are ving, and a around this area, the neigorhoods, it has not been qte sealed off,ut it has bee surround >> as he heads into another night under curfew, there e reports that gilante groups have taken to thstreets. despite their enormo numbers, the troops sti have not brough peace to the city. bbc news, wesrn china. and polichave detainean australian executive fromthe mining gup rÍo tinto. he is being held along with three other menince sunday, acced of spying and stealing state secrets. the cadian nuclea reactor that provides one-hird of the medical isotopes is going to stay offline unt later this year. it w to be rned bac on lar this month, d hospitals are scrambling to find new sources oisotopes, whi are used to diagnose several condions. he 50th anniversary of this father's deat kim jong il arrived and looked gaunt as he entered the auditori. this is the second major state event he

tensions between ethnic muslim uighurs and the ruling chinese have been on the rise. the government says uighur exiles are to be blamed. >>> manuel zelaya remains in exile. military vehicles blocked the runway. thousands of his supporters marched to the airport in the capital and were met with tear gas and bullets. at least one was killed. two others severely injured. now a dusk to dawn curfew is in place. >>> minnesota senator-elect al franken is in washington meeting with senate majority leader harry reid. he made his first meet on independence day and will be sworn in tomorrow. the supreme court ruled yesterday that franken was the winner of the race. >>> for this morning's weather from around the nation, thunderstorms in the rockies with the threat of large hail, gusty winds and tornadoes from new mexico to montana. scattered thunderstorms, heavy rain and high winds from dallas to orlando, showers in northern new england. cooler with showers in the pacific northwest. >>> just 65 in seattle and 69 in portland but salt lake city hits 95 and phoenix 110. seasonable i

just over there, that's the uighur neighborhood. people there say they still don't feel safe and are worried about the security forces and the threat of vigilante groups of han chinese. >> of the foreign minister of china says it has sufficient evidence that four employees of rio tinto who are being detained stole state secrets. one of the man is an australian national. this is a bbc world news. the latest headlines this hour -- @ d g-8 meeting in italy, president obama says a historic consensus has been reached to ensure stopping global warming. not everyone is sure. the british press has a represent -- has a reputation for being the toughest in the world. the most irresponsible, some would say. how far you go to get a story? that's the big question in london. allegations surfaced that thousands of celebrities and politicians have had their self contact into illegally by private detectives working for a mass-selling sunday tabloid. we have this report. >> at the heart of this scandal is the allegations the and "news of the world" r

just over there is the uighur neighborhood and it's an entirely difrent matter there. people s they don't feel safe anare worried about the curity forces and the threat from vigilante groups of han chinese. >>china's reign ministry says they havevidence that's fo rio tinto employees under rest thei did steal ate secret. one is an australian national. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines -- at the eight meeting, presint barack obama has- at the g-8 meeting, barack obama has s a limit a tender f a global warming. iraqas suffered its mo dangerous day since arican forces withdr last week. more than 40 have been killed in suicide attacks. bernard madoff will not be appealing against last week's 150-year sentence for the biggest individual fraud in u.s. histy. our north amerin business correspondent habeen speaking to the disgraced fince year's wyer. he asked h to dcribe his client's cuent state of mind. >> i think he has accepted his fate. he is deepl sorry and regrets what he did. he said that on two occasion once when he pleaded guilty and another at sentencing. h