and libya has been warned not to celebrate the anniversary. >> it has been a year since libya celebrated the ridleys of the man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. today, he is still alive, and so, too, the questions surrounding his freedom. scottish officials said abdelbasset ali al-megrahi was treated like any other prisoner. his medical records and were reviewed, and he was given three months to that. but critics say no prognosis can be given with any certainty. >> i was quoted in the herald saying exactly that, a week or so after he was released. and here we are, and iran, he is still alive. this is embarrassing for the scottish government and also for the u.s. and elsewhere. >> mr. on the ground he has prostate cancer. he will die from that prostate cancer. the decision stands. everyone knows somebody with a prognosis of short life expectancy that outlives that prognosis. that happens in these cases. >> it is more than two decades since flight 13 was blown up here on its way to new york. -- flight 103 was blown up here on its way to new york. abdelbasset ali al-megrahi's release has

. >> for senators sent letters to leaders in libya and " tar in the case of the convicted bomber. a week -- a year ago, he was freed by britain on compassionate grounds after he was said to be terminally ill with cancer on compassionate grounds. a flight was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie by the bomber. iran is set to open its first nuclear power station saturday. it is built by russians, who describe the power plant as an anchor that will keep iran firmly fixed to peaceful use of nuclear energy. the european union and u.s. remain concern about the move. >> the launch of the first full- scale iranian power plant has seen delays, but now it is set to become operational. moscow is hailing the project as a major sign of cooperation. >> it is a highly technological project that is expensive. the rusan gernment is keen to emphasize that the plan will be monitored by the iaea, and moscow will take voice spent nuclear fuel, but it is feared it could be used to build a nuclear bomb. the kremlin has tried to allay fears by a supporting tougher sanctions. they even put out a p

. >> 136 in libya. most continents 148 degrees like africa. but in libya it was 136 degrees. >>> plus from mud to cement, the latest effort to plug cement into the blown out well, more on that when we come back. >>> the food and drug administration says the chemical disbursements have a low potential for accumulating in seafood. and that the chemicals do not pose a public health concern. however there are still concerns about the long term effects. >>> the effort to permenantly sale the leaking oil well took another step forward today as b- pp moved into phase two of its kill static process. >> we will make a major step forward probably tomorrow when the cementing is done. i think we can all breathe a little easier with the potential that we'll have oil in the well ever again. >> reporter: alan said that he's confident that the federal response will soon be able to turn it full attention to cleaning up the gulf and helping the people most hurt by that spill. >> our focus will become more locally focused, looking at the shoreline and making sur

lobya and -- libya and uae have also shown concern. >> four men on trial for masterminding bomb attacks at the capitol, which killed nearly 70 people in uganda as they were watching the world cup. they say that they acted out of religious conviction. we have more from kenya. >> the suspects appeared in a news conference organized by the authorities. they admitted being part of the bomb attack that attacked a restaurant and a rugby match. investigators have detained a number of people that they believe were connected but this is the first time that the ugandan military -- [unintelligible] we can share with others -- the oppression. >> the suspects said they did this out of religious conviction. >> they are out there. once they talk to you. you will never be able to think straight or make a decision. i want to extend my sincere apologies to the families and friends of all those who perished. shababn after this, thal- said they were behind this, in revenge for uganda sending troops to somolia. >> in china, a remote region where hundreds died in a mudslide is hit by heavy rains. this is the

., which was involved in negotiations with libya at the time. south africa's army has been called in to talk with striking hospital workers. the workers called an indefinite strike on wednesday. >> 1 million public sector workers are on strike. for them, it is a dispute about money, and for those requiring medical attention, it could be a matter of life and death. at this center, stryker forced their way through the entrance, dancing their way over the gates and into the hospital. at other hospitals, nurses were dragged out. it was a moment to hope for the best. while demonstrators outside maintained noisy vigilance. >> these workers have been demonstrating outside the hospital for the last two days, and they say they will not be going back to work. >> the government's say 7% is their final offer, raising the possibility of a strike, stretching into weeks. this consisted mainly of teachers who attempted to blockade the roads. when the police moved into fire rubber bullets, several were injured, including this man, i run a clear part of the strik

joint ventures college undergraduates domes to modern pop music near a monument to soviet leader of libya met lending. but one thing remains the same. team in mosul liam is guarded around the clock by the soldiers of the vietnamese army the army the guadalupe.

and a washing machine is all she has all of this has long been impounded several years ago libya worked at a local food company the company director. asked lydia to sign her loan application as a guarantor leo agreed and soon the director ran into economic problems. i. could assure you of in europe but it i think she was on to a lot of pressure we have she was afraid to stay here any longer and so she took off and now we have to cover all her debts but this with the love. lydia like seven now has to pay off two hundred fifty thousand roubles for her former boss that's forty five times more than her monthly pension the dia will have to pay for another person's debt for the next thirty eight years. i'm left with only room choice to hang myself. but. when i sound comes when i want to be able to feed him properly. fifteen people were guarantors on much of his loans to attend the beak of also worked at the company to tennis as she could not refuse to sign the guarantee. she was our boss you know so we were under pressure in these times nobody wants to lose their jobs. today to china pays hal

france also stands alongside of syria, morocco, and libya. their fight against terrorism is also our fight. is there a security that cannot be separated from ours. the rock of gibraltar is only 12 kilometer away. there's an extended use of executions, including the most appalling tide of executions dating from the middle ages, stunning, with which one woman is now being threatened. france considers that we're responsible for her safety. a run fuel violence and extremism in the region and it is considered a threat to international security in a key area for proliferation. i wanted to understand -- i want you to understand that france supports production during -- under international standards. that is what i said in the campaign and a cause controversy but i remain there. civilian nuclear energy is the energy of the future. no nation can have the exclusive right to hold the technologies or the benefits of nuclear energy. peron has every right to civilian nuclear energy. and that is why france solutes -- salutes the bushar nuclear power plant w

scotland let him return to libya, after a doctor said he had months to live. >>> coming up later on "good morning america," a pretty thought-provoking story. it is the amazing group of strangers who risk their own lives to save a man they have never met from a burning car. >> which begs the question, would you rush into the flames to rescue someone you never even met? robin roberts has an exclusive interview with the heroes who did. >>> for some of you, your local news is coming up next. >> for everyone else, "america this morning" continues after this. (announcer) if you think all batteries are the same, consider this: when a tornado tore through holly, colorado, air life denver took to the air... their night-vision goggles keeping them safe on a perilous flight... and powering those precision goggles--- is the only battery air life trusts: duracell. broad daylight or the darkest night... it just has to work. duracell. trusted everywhere. it just has to work. activia is better than ever! hey, you guys. want to try activia's great new taste? today is your tast lucky day! sure, why not

. >> it's a year now since libya celebrated the release of the man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. today he's still alive. so too are the questions surrounding his freedom. scottish officials say abdel bass was treated by any other prisoner. his records were resued by the head of the prison medical service who gave him three months to live. but critics such as this leading expert in the field say no prognosis can be given with any certainty. >> i was quoted in the glasgow herald saying about a week or so after he was released. and here we are a year on and he's still alive and this is embarrassing for the scottish government and causing all sorts of problems in the u.s. and elsewhere. >> he has terminal prostate cancer. he will die from that terminal prostate cancer. the decision stands. everybody knows somebody who has given that prognosis of short life expectancy, who then outlived that prognosis. that happens in these cases. >> it's more than two decades since flight 103 was blown up on its way to new york's jfk airport. the grief may be less raw today but abdel basset al megra

that was part of the reason he was released from a scottish jail and allowed to return to libya. a year laerkts he's still alive. >> reporter: this weekend, british newspapers have been collecting the latest developments on al ma grau he's release. most 5 this centers around the doctors. peter k., the prison doctor who contributed toward the release had no special knowledge. he played a key in the medical evidence collected but the newspaper has determined he was not in any specialist register. another newspaper the snund times, says the four specialists who were responsible for al megrahi's care were not consulted at all. all four of the men who included personal oncologists, a urologist and the doctor who first diagnosed his cancer said they had not signed any prognosis that statd al megrahi only had four months to live. a leading cancer specialist for one of thely doctors consulted has said today if he knew his opinion would have been treated as fact he would have been more vague about how long elmegrahi would live. >> al megrahi is the only person to have been jailed for the

danielle derose meanwhile three year old the crowds in libya makes freestyle for a final there is a third title to his two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight trophies despite an inspired performance from his main rival dennis in march some. third time also a challenge for ryan sheckler edged out the competition in the skateboard street man's final the american posting a score of ninety two off to being the third man only course that proved to be the winning score as the twenty year old added another gold medal to his two thousand and three and two thousand titles. by me tanner another participant adding a goal to his previous exe games. rally the renowned television host holding off brian deegan who is one of the most decorated participants africa with town medals deegan has competed in multiple disciplines at the games but was unable to match those who are i'm going adding another so well with sammy grabbing bronze. now back in russia the country's streetball team reclaimed the trophy they lost to ukraine last him has to be to study the final of the fourth annual moscow open r

and libya putin is backing the creation of a green exchange to stop shops hiking prices and to monopoly watchdog says the cost of a loaf of bread is going up as russia's drought continues despite sufficient reserves across the country ahead of the watchdog now wants at least fifteen percent of russian game contract to be traded through the public exchange and make pricing transparent. aluminum giant result has hired top banks merrill lynch credit suisse as consultants in the takeover battle for north nickel and billionaire vladimir put on its interests on blocking stakes in one of the world's largest miners but to accuse each other bad management and have both been for a controlling share in a statement reseller did the banks will advise on how to bring world class governance to north little. to all known companies of poor law and stakes in russia's top fertiliser producer sylvan it is being reported the buyers of friends of mine karim of owner of rival cali and will sell the shares on to him to create the world's second largest potash mine the government has called for consolidation of

complained to the iaea and said, "look, you are spending more time on canada than you are doing on libya and that's not reasonable." we said that well, a police department, they can decide that this particular area is crime-infested and therefore we spend a lot of time, but international inspectors are more like inspectors at the airport. we assume everyone could be violating the rules and whether you wear a tie or not we examine you the same way. so that was our defense, but at the same time we had to admit that yes, maybe you have to combine this approach of the material balance with looking at the country in totality. if they are well-behaved -- you wouldn't use that term, but if they were very good at reporting, if there was a good order and there was an openness, well, then a certain sort of rebate could be given. maybe something in that direction could have been used in the case of iraq. one has to admit that over the years this tremendous search for a few items, that was perhaps not worthwhile, that it would have been better to have something a bit more flexible. scott ritter who

convinced they would have tried doing it they cannot start a war against iran as well or against by libya or ecuador or nicaragua they do have the means within the us but the situation in latin america wouldn't let it happen even though the us is always keeping it in their plans doesn't mean there is always that the threat is always there what could have been. done to find a way out of the situation for the police or law it's necessary to strengthen the unity and mutual integration of latin american countries the more we are united and integrated the more will be respected it's logical i think the main thing you was polish you did was to divide us to rule us if we are really integrated and united the partners will not be nucor agua nor in israel or cuba nor bolivia or ecuador the partner will be latin america and the caribbean countries such a partner will be more authoritative and we have the opportunity to look for ways to reach an agreement respecting each other and feeling equal. what can different latin american countries do to continue fighting for the implementation of their polici

convinced they would have tried doing it well and we cannot start a war against them as well or against by libya or the work accord or like or nicaragua they do have the means within the west but the situation in latin america wouldn't let it happen even though the us has always keeping their plans doesn't mean there is that the threat is always there guess about a set of what has been. don to find a way out of the situation for that i said long ago i think that it's necessary to strengthen the unity and mutual integration of latin american countries also because the more we are united and integrated the more will be respected it's logical i think the main thing you was polish or did was to divide us and to move us and we are really angry at it and united more as a partner has not been your core audible you know in his way a lot more cuban or bolivia but we're going to work the partner will be latin america and the caribbean countries such a partner will be more authoritative and i'll have the opportunity to look for ways to reach an agreement where respecting each other and feeling equal and wh

libya watching r.t. were broadcasting live from the heart of the russian capital welcome to the program our top story now moscow continues to enjoy a break from the poisonous small that engulfed the city for several days far far to say they're having some success in tackling the forest places that have been blowing dense smoke across the region and beyond meteorologists though warned that the air pollution could return as a record heat wave clings to the capital cities that have been overcover is outside moscow for us. the burning areas throughout russia has shrunk down by thousand hectors and state over mergence he has been lifted in several regions throughout the country however the overall picture is still quite devastating as several villages have been burnt down completely and thousands have been left with no homes and over fifty people have been killed in the far is where we are right now some two hundred kilometers away from moscow is one of the places that have that has suffered the most of the f

government has urged libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the lockerbie bomber abdelbaset al mcgrath he was freed by scottish authorities on compassionate grounds suffering from terminal cancer hero's welcome he received on his return was condemned by the u.s. and u.k. the foreign office says similar scenes would be insensitive to the relatives of the two hundred seventy people killed when the pan am flight exploded of all the lockerbie in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. b.p. has rejected claims it's withholding key data needed for a probe into the gulf of mexico oil spill disaster trans ocean the swiss firm which owns the rig has asked for information on the explosion of the platform which killed eleven workers and led to the worst oil spill in u.s. history b.p. is already facing more than three hundred lawsuits in the u.s. alone for damage caused by the disaster. and opinion polls in australia suggest saturday's federal election could be the closest in almost fifty years the governing labor party faces a quote fight to the finish with the liberals prim

siberian heat dimitry smirnoff nets the last minute went out to help ten men taunt the local rivals libya three two. zero and muscovite battle of chase grass or all three goals they beat city rival spot top two one to go second in the russian premier league. and let's kick off with russian premier league football where ten man tom grabs the injury time winner to beat sabir three two at home in the first top flight siberian dob a high scoring opening twenty four minutes or so the best place for the home side. this it is it straight back to alexei made very deaf in the course of genco but the home side were reduced to ten men in first half stoppage time and alexander had a torn off was sent off then in stoppage time at the end of a very defensive second half time on tom drop the winner from a corner kick in the two smell of heading home to teach history to victory to bear in mind lost in the standings top three spots to seven. meanwhile on sunday taste asking for three goals of a two one win sparta act to keep the pressure up and it is a senate seat but is it still help tattooist capital ri

orals nickel is currently the subject of a fierce fight for control tycoons oleg there are a pasch of libya per ton in both and twenty five percent of the group each wants to buy the other out with annoy the walls to sell what's at stake in this battle of the big. and as our correspondent visits the top of the real scoop. the world's richest make the last set of months positive here and. the production facilities of. the mountains dominating the town and provides a much of the local employment like many other commodity produce was hit by the financial crisis but this richard suffered few cuts the role. of the punters overcome the crisis quite successfully it was a constant demand for oil production in the global market that's why we didn't decrease volume of production during the hard times not all nor nickels factories was so fortunate last year the company reported to twenty seven percent drop in revenue to ten point two billion dollars still the group retains its leadership on the world market accounting for more than twenty percent of global nickel output more than ten percent of cobalt

government has urged libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the lockerbie bomber. was released by scottish authorities on medical advice here only three months left to live and there was anger in the u.k. . the hero's welcome in tripoli on his return the foreign office said similar scenes would be insensitive to the families of the two hundred seventy people killed in the attack. the u.n. looks set to reach its started of four hundred sixty million dollars in aid for pakistan's flood victims nations have been increasing their donations after the un secretary-general ban ki moon asked for more money at a special meeting of the general sample before the address and we have to some have been raised the secretary general appealed to governments to give more generously than in previous disasters saying the floods were a bigger catastrophe than many thought over twenty million people have been affected by the disaster. to train carriages have plunged into a river in southwestern china after floods washed away part of a bridge heavy rains caused support columns to collap

orals nickel is currently the subject of a fierce fight for control tycoons oleg there are pascoe of libya patrolling in both going twenty five percent of the group each wants to buy the other out well though neither was to sell what's at stake in this part of the billionaire's our correspondent toucher visits the town of the real scoop. the world's richest nickel copper the lariam sediments deposited here in the area the production facilities of the rust nickel stretch out in the mountains dominating the town and provide the much of the local employment like many other commodity producers morales was hit by the financial crisis how about this region suffered few cuts rolled the partials by degrees of the punters they've become the crisis quite successful because it was a constant demand for oil production on the global market that's why we didn't decrease fully move production juvie the hard times because not all nor nickels factories were so fortunate last year the company reported twenty seven percent drop in revenue to tap point two billion dollars still the group retains its leadershi

of the moscow metro bombings on march twenty ninth happened during rush hour on the breadline on the libya and part the three metro station right here killing forty people and injuring more than one hundred people so this has been someone that authorities have been trying to get to for some time and at this point time that they say they have successfully killed the mother mob boss as well as four others in this operation. and also in russia is that northern caucuses one policeman was killed and five it wounded during a special operation in the chechen republic security officials say police a cornet and then this into the house and the capitol grounds they were following a gunfight the suspect escaped the building then detonated an explosive device and then himself up in the process. moscow says it will continue efforts to bring russian businessmen to beat back home he's accused of being a legal arms trade on a friday a thai court rules he be extradited to the u.s. the decision condemned by russia as political want to lower its high crude how to nish be rejected washington's extradition the

remembers the hundreds killed in the war with georgia two years after tbilisi shelled the republic libya's capital all but razed to the ground. in march of this year georgian state media aired a story appearing to show fresh hostilities between russia and georgia the program caused panic across georgia and outrage in russia find out who and what was behind the pork that's coming up next in our special report right here on r.t. . always insisted on telling the truth and that's what he spent his life doing before he had to flee his home country in georgia on february tenth two thousand and ten the independent journalist asked swiss authorities to grant him political asylum his greatest worries are now for his family back home in georgia. good here all right are you ok any problems so. simply tries to help anyone who asks people often bring their problems to him as the editor of a regional georgia newspaper he looks into the cases identifies those guilty and sums up his findings in newspaper reports some of tried to intimidate him and he's been beaten up several times in two thousand and five

he was allowed to return to his native libya. he's still alive and families of the 270 people killed in the bombing of pan am flight 103 in 1988 remain bitter about his release after serving just eight years of a life sentence. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," heavy losses for stocks in asia this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning. >> good morning to you. well, asian market took a dive this morning on weak u.s. economic data. japan's nikkei slipped nearly 2% while hong kong's hang seng was also mostly lower. the jobs picture here at home took a big step backwards on thursday. new claims for unemployment benefits spiked to half a million last week. that's the highest since last november. the news broke the market's two-day winning streak. the dow plunged 124 points while the nasdaq lost almost 37. >>> american airlines might soon be digging deep into their pockets. "the wall street journal" reports the government will fine the carrier $25 million or more for maintenance errors that led to tho

. >> her first interview where she sat down with libya and she reflected on the life her and her husband share. he >> give us life, the best years of his life you know, at to bring that up to the afghan people and he will be buried in a christian cemetery. >> while the church preached and the daughters attended they also praised for those involved in the tragedy to >> we pray for the people that killed them. we know that you can work miracles and we know that. we see in our lives and we know it. >> father forgive them they do not know for what they do that is our longing that is our prayer. >> perhaps was resound day it message she has faith that it will get through the trying times. >> we know that he trusted and the lord and he is living in perfect peace >> now> it reported today that they are to claiming that afghans were being converted to christianity. the group was made up of six americans and often ended german. i think so anymore smoothly on the bay bridge? " we'll take another look and you can probably get the hint. and how is fremont dealing with more at the fire station? c,gv)

on the way why air travel why not leave you feeling is free is a bird soon find out why libya vis a passenger's airplane privies thing is a risk plans for in-flight c.c.t.v. . before that the united states says it's sticking to its target to end all combat operations in iraq by the end of august and to withdraw almost all its troops by the end of next year right now there are more than sixty thousand u.s. troops in iraq but that number is expected to drop to fifty thousand of the next few weeks however rags top military officials warn that the presence of american troops might be needed for up to a decade more until the country's security forces are ready to fully take over veteran investigative journalist john pilger told r.t. that america will not pull out of iraq that easily. this announcement by obama. would be the end of the combat mission next year is nonsense and that's another example of the of the media simply taking a face for something they're told by authority in fact there's going to be something like ninety four bases left and sixty thousand troops and so called that is an increas

in recent years a lot of countries had been bombed from iraq to serbia and for places like sudan and libya and each time we have been told that it was for a worthwhile purpose that it was worthwhile to to kill thousands of civilians including women and children because it was to bring about some you know something good most of the time unfortunately. it turns out there were other reasons other objectives that were behind the actual attacks ok the author of store in live the line from toronto canada thank you very much for your thoughts on the program tonight. the russian president has unveiled the latest age of his top to bottom overhaul of the country's police force at a meeting with security officials to me to inventive surprised everyone by proposing to drop the name he's sure somebody milne ever since the bolsheviks revolution or long courses have been known as the militias this emphasize their popular or proletarian nature i mean they were volunteers in uniform but today we need professionals honest and we'll coordinated people who are good at their job this is why i think it's time w

al megrahi is still alive, living in libya. >>> the new american commander in afghanistan said the war has begun to show some modest progress, and those gains need some time to take root. general david petraeus told "the new york times" quote, the president didn't send me over here to seek a graceful exit. they were his first comments since taking command. >>> today, the u.n. secretary-general, a man who has seen his share of natural disasters, took a flight over the flooding in pakistan and said he had never seen anything like it. an estimated 20 million people are homeless there. american troops are now racing to help the victims before muslim militants can get there. jim sciutto is in pakistan tonight. >> reporter: u.s. army and marine helicopters are delivering aid to some of pakistan's neediest flood victims. a crucial mission, which u.s. officials hope will improve america's dismal image here. >> the people of pakistan will see that when the crisis hits, it's not the chinese, it's not the iranians, it's not other countries. it's not the eu. it's the u.s. >> reporter: but the u.s.

. >> it's the one-year anniversary of the hero's welcome in libya for the only person convicted for the bombing. 270 were killed. he was believed to be dying of prostate cancer released on compassionate grounds. >> i followed rules and laws of scotland and acted in appropriate advice and it's a decision i stand by. >> today the u.s. once again condemned early release. >> we've expressed our strong convictions he should serve out the entire think of the sentence in a scottish prison. >> new jersey two u.s. senators suspects commercial interests between scotland and the middle east may have play aid role in the decision they're calling for further investigation. >> every day that passes with him living the high life and every new doubt that arises about his release gives hope to other terrorists signaling to them, they too can have hands stained with american blood and get away with it. >> a year ago doctors who examined him gave him three months to live. today, doctors believe he can live another decade. >> there will be face-to-face peace talks. israel prime minister netanyahu and pales

he continues to receive treatment in libya. >>> zsa zsa gabor has been given last rights in a los angeles hospital. the 93-year-old actress is in extremely serious condition after surgeons removed two blood clots from her upper body. she just left the hospital after breaking her hip a month ago. >>> controversial at the pga championship. dustin johnson was in the lead on the 18th hole. when he took this shot. problem is, he was ruled to be playing out of a bunker. that means he wasn't supposed to put his club down before striking the ball. it cost him two strokes. martin kaymer won the tournament after a three-hole playoff. some other sports with adnan virk. >>> good morning nfl preseason action continuing with peyton manning and the colts. second possession, colts up 3-0. on their own 11. man will go complete the pass to austin collie for a gain of 20. first down, colts. later on the drive, indy on the niners 40 yard line manning already admits season form. finds the tight end for a gain of 16. another first down. same drive. colts, second and three. joseph addai, break aside, punches it