he cited last week's suicide bombing as well as his own experience in mogadishu. the setting was a private university, established only recently to train doctors amid the chaos. and the three government ministers killed, he said, were "diaspora" somalis-- who'd fled the violence, but later returned to help their country. >> so i came away with a strong feeling of hope on the one hand because i saw diaspora somalis, somalis that had lived out comfortable lives in the west, but had returned because they're patriotic, because they want to do something with their lives other than make money somewhere. and yet, you know, worried and anxious because of the ability of the shabab to destroy so close to the very heart of this very fragile state. so, very mixed feelings. >> reporter: jon lee anderson, thanks for talking with us. >> thank you. >> ifill: united nations security council today took steps to curb the arms shipments to the islamist insurgents in somalia, voting to impose sanctions on neighboring eritrea. the resolution demanded eritrea stop "arming, training and

reporter: this was the sce la week when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mical scol graduation in mogadishu, the somali capital. 22 people were kled, including three government ministe. solia has been plagued by civiwar, piracy off its shoresand massive violence for several decades. just in e last three years, ,000 civilians have been killednd a milli and half displaced. the groubelieved to be behind the most recent atta, "al shabab", meaningyouth' in arabic controlthe southern part of the country and st of the capital. it also has tieso al qaeda. and that has raised w alarms. >> where al qaeda and s allies attempt to estlish a foothold -- whether in somalia or yen or elsewhere-- they st be confronted by gring pressure and strong ptnerships. reporter: amid the lawlessness and threatf dnapping, few foreigners travel to solia. one who has ison lee anderson, who wre about his experience in the "neyorker" magazine. >> you described somal as the wod's ultimate failed state. now ll in that picture, what does that mean? >> ts is a country that has been ignored, neected by the tside world for the p

thrally in mogadishu was the first known demonstraon against iamic militants who control muchf the country. it me four days after a suicide bomber attack a university graation ceremony. that explosion kled 24 people, including three governmt ministers. the somali govement warned today suicide bombers plan disguise themselves as arm generals and target the psidential palace, airport, and seaport. elections in iraq may be shed back a month or more. the votwas originally sceduled for mid-january. but today, t country's electoral commison recommended a 45-day delay to bruary 27 at the rliest. t is subject to approval by e iraqi presideial council. the iraqi parliament finally adopted e law authorizing the election overhe weekend. in shington, the chairman of the federal reser cautioned it's too soon to te if the recovery will take ld. n bernanke said in a speech the economy isstill struggling with a weak jobarket and tight credit. >> though we have beg to see improvent in economic activity we sti have some way to go befo we can be assured that the revery will be self-sustaining. also at sue is