on that on the islands in the south of south korea in the united states another military exercise also in the region and the government in south korea has now totally changed most of the officials or wants younger then in the previous government they are calling for even closer ties with washington this is also quite intimidating. and that's why it does seem that south korea may be actually looking for trouble when it comes to the relationship with north korea it doesn't matter if everyone is which said the two ministers the two foreign ministers of russia and south korea definitely have a lot to talk about here at the foreign ministry today all right you go to school of the following talks between russia and south korea at the foreign ministry thanks for that. well plenty more still to come for you this hour including claims of victory the incumbent prime minister says he has won in cosimo's first parliamentary vote but many question whether he can bring change to the nation riddled with ethnic strife and corruption. also coming up for you heading to the stars the next international c

north korea has said it will not retaliate against south korea's actions sized island close to their disputed sea border despite dumping it was a close military provocation moscow called on told to cancel the drills warning they might aggravate tensions on the peninsula cross-wind now to our correspondent sara firth was following the situation there what is the situation looking like up the moment. the north korea has now responded to these military drills to the carried out this morning by south korea despite previous threats that they said that they would respond but she was taken they've not said that the north going to retaliate the reason that they cited that this was the south korea actually changed its firing say and say the shells that came from that military. actually learned of further away from north korean territory i know from previous military drills that are being carried out unconfirmed reports of these shells. on north korean territory and that's possibly what provoked the attack that we saw the last time this military drill was carried out but we have heard of cours

south korea's military exercises. next week, three countries will have foreign ministers meeting to keep this unity. so this six-party talks can wait. >> thus far, there have been a number of disputes in east asia, the incident between china and japan in september near the senkaku islands is one and another is north korea's shelling of south korea last month. what do you think will be the key to stabilizing the region? >> u.s. and its alliance unity is a key to keep deterrence. on the other hand, to stabilize east asia is china. that is a key. china can create pressure on north korea to change their behavior. if it refuses to take the same step with us, china should understand the instability of the region will not work to their advantage. in this sense, china can be the solution for the problem. secondary, china starts to create problems as shown in the process of senkaku island and the fishermen's arrest. they tend to use power for their own sake and ambition. this is called arrogance of power. it will be a difficul

south korea and the u.s. went ahead with these military exercises. well it's way time gold in the web you report on soldiers it's only victims when that seeking sensation is. and why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k. find out in just a few moments. moscow has wounded lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the pact or minister sergei lavrov said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation while the u.s. senate rejected one amendments from republicans seeking to delay the ratification and two very general hold on majority in congress the democrats hope the treaty will have enough support required for passage the us president to urge the senate to ratify the documents by the end of week describing his daughter treaty as a national priority. since there are still stuck by one third joel rubin the. from national security washington says of a publican's want to disrupt i think ation. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the

attacks on south korea as well as recently confirmed uranium enrichment facilities. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson jiang yu said in a statement on thursday that the situation on the korean peninsula is sensitive and complicated. the spokesperson said china hopes the three-party meeting will help ease tensions on the korean peninsula as well as promote disxlalogue and non-conflict. she said china will keep a close eye on the outcome of the meeting. the spokesman called for all parties to participate in an emergency meeting of the chief delegates to the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear programs, which china recently proposed. however, the united states, japan, and south korea remain cautious toward china's six-party proposal. >>> a u.s. diplomatic document posted on wikileaks' website repeats that a senior north korean official repeatedly criticized china and russia. the criticism emerged after the two nations agreed to a u.n. resolution thain creased sanctions against the north following its nuclear test in may 2009. the document says that then north ko

. >>> north korea warns it will attack south korea if the country resumes scheduled live fire drills on yeonpyeong island in the yellow sea. south korea suspended the drills in the wake of north korea's shelling of the island on november 23rd, that killed four people. south korea plans to resume the drills between saturday and next tuesday depending on weather conditions.

south korea's foreign ministry has responded cautiously. ministry spokesperson kim young sun said it is as yet unclear what activities north korea will allow the inspectors to carry out. he added south korea needs to take various factors into consideration before it can determine north korea's intentions. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united states of south korea and south korea certainly seized on any opportunity it can to escalate tensions there is the sinking of the south korean corvette cheonan which was immediately blamed on north korea over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea marine garrison on an island that lies very close to the north korean coast you consider that you consider president leaves hostility toward north korea. it's his policy of confrontation the escalating more games and it's hard not to conclude that south korea is trying to precipitate a fight to pick a fight in trying to provoke its northern neighbor washington based investigative jour

it was south korea's largest live fire drill for this time of year. the exercises were held on the assumption the country would strongly respond to any provocative attacks by north korea. in an unusual step, the south korean military invited about 2,000 people, including citizens and community officials, to watch. >>> south korean president lee myung bak traveled to the front lines to visit soldiers who are stationed there. the troops are in the eastern province of ganguong near the military border. that's as close as 750 meters away from north korean soldiers. lee gave them words of encouragement and said they must remain on alert because no one can predict what the north will do next. >> translator: we thought up till now that patience would make peace possible. but it turns out that's not true. we will be able to preserve peace by powerfully responding to attacks from the north. >> lee stressed that a strong response could curb provocations from the north and prevent war. >>> north korea's media, meanwhile, have criticized the drills. they reported

say south korea and the u.s. are seeking to destroy north korea as an independent state. the united states' policy for the last sixty years has been to seek the collapse of the north korean state and its absorption into the south. the lead government is more closely aligned with the u.s. foreign policy goals on the korean peninsula. say the governments of presidents rowan presidents kim. in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and. the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united state of south korea south korea certainly seized on any opportunity it can to escalate tensions there is the sinking of the south korean. chain on that which was immediately blamed on north korea over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea and marine garr

south korea has carried out far exercises on. close to the border with north korea despite threats of retaliation from pyongyang moscow called on so to council in military exercises warning light tensions on the peninsula when i when i joined by a correspondent sara for more on sarah what's been going on at the border between the two koreas. despite the threats of war from north korea we've seen south korea carrying out this weapon till today and now this comes off the way it was delayed at the weekend the bad weather we've had they were carried out today around. people evacuated from the front line buddha knew that the speech to the territory and the rest of the people had me freeview say this weekend to the mainland when they'd received that warning as he said these drills have now gone ahead this comes off more than eight hours of discussion last night as an emergency u.n. security council meeting does meet. russia's request and participants at that meeting were discussing a russian draft statement the coups and south korea to

and south korea one not ready for the dialogue. gives us another suspicion that the real goal of both exercises and this. refusal to start the dialogue used to really brace should know if there were even concessions. that was your cue to the riot there from the russian academy of sciences. well barack obama's democrats have fought back another attempt to amend a landmark nuclear arms control deal with russia a senate votes turned down republican calls to alter and effectively kill off the new strategic arms reduction treaty hailed as one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements start would slash the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third the agreement was signed by dmitri mutated and barack obama in april but needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma russian lawmakers say they've been ready to do this for months and have been waiting for capitol hill to do likewise is now a race against time for the democrats whose majority in the senate will be reduced in january they need over a

we begigin evening with the conflict between north korea and south korea now being debated in the security council with david sanger and ian bremmer. >> certainly the analysis of the u.s. officials i've talked to is that almost all of the acts of aggression that we've seen from north korea in the past year have been about succession. and certainly you go back in north korea's history, wherever there had been a time of succession, there have been acts that could be attributed to the heir apparent. >> the real question is how much do the chinese believe that they have real leverage over north korea? and, frankly, after four years of two nuclear tests and ballistic missile tests and the sinking of the cheonan, the south korean corvette and now the shelling of an island with civilians on it-- merry christmas-- it's not clear to me that the chinese themselves think they have a lot of leverage. >> rose: we continue this evening with congresswoman carolyn maloney, one of the authors of the 9/11 first responders bill. >> we're working on all levels. we are all... all cylinders are working. the new

. >>> north korea warns it will attack south korea if the country resumes scheduled live fire drills on yeonpyeong island in the yellow sea. south korea suspended the drills in the wake of north korea's shelling of the island on november 23rd, that killed four people. south korea plans to resume the drills between saturday and next tuesday depending on weather conditions. the south says, artillery shells will be fired at sea in the opposite direction to a u.n. designated maritime border. but the north does not recognize this border and claims that the waters around the island are its territory. the north's official korean central news agency reported on friday evening that the military had requested in writing earlier in the day as south korea immediately canceled the drills. >> a south korean military official acknowledged they had received the request, but said they do not have to give into the north's threat. >>> u.s. joint chiefs of staff vice chairman james cartwright has expressed concern that tensions could escalate on the korean peninsula. >> if that is misunderstood or if it

south korea says it will carry out additional firing drills for a one-week period beginning december 6th. the south is preparing itself for possible further provocations by the north after last week's shelling of yeonpyeong island that left four south koreans dead. the south korean military announced on tuesday that the exercises will be conducted at 29 locations across the country, including yeonpyeong island. the south korean military says it plans to stay on the highest alert for the time being. south korea and the united states began a four-day military drill in the yellow sea following the exchange of fire on november 23rd. on wednesday, the final day of the drill, the two nations will carry out exercises to protect the u.s. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "george washington" from enemy attacks and to deliver supplies to combat areas. >> conventional forces -- provocative actions by those forces. >> a weekend poll by south korea's kbs television shows that more than 70% of those surveyed want much stronger responses to any future provocations by north korea. >>> nations concern

south korea has carved out far and. close to the border with north korea despite threats of retaliation from. council military exercises warning they might aggravate tensions on the peninsula. despite the threats of war from north korea we see in south korea carrying out this weapon till today now this comes after it was delayed at the weekend heats the bad weather we've had there are carried out today around food to people evacuated from the front line buddha knew that the speech to the territory and the rest of the people had me freeview say this weekend to the mainland when they'd received that warning has to be as he said these drills have now got ahead this comes after more than eight hours of discussion last night as an emergency un security council meeting does meet russia's request and participants at that meeting were discussing a russian drought state with a cool base north and south korea to really try and ease the tension was there may be going to vision of them some. serious conflict for that matter so in t

states south korea china japan and russia. also expelled international nuclear monitors from the country and continued with the nuclear tests calling causing a huge wave of condemnation across the world this really worries russia since its borders are right there next it borders north korea and. is a neighboring region for russia and the the recent rise of tensions in on the peninsula is making the situation even worse and so last month north korea launched an attack on one of south korea's islands showing its four people were killed at least eighteen others were injured pyongyang said that in fact south korea attacked northern territories before that and this was a report by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is. as we've been saying this meeting of course is coming at a very crucial time are a lot of people hoping for a calming of tension to come out of today's meeting. everybody is hoping for the tensions to come down but in fact this conflict has been all. going on for decades the latest rise of t

navy participated in exercises with south korea. meanwhile, north korea accuses the south of collaborating with the u.s. and japan to pressure it. south korea's current drills are expected to continue through friday. >>> well, by the end of this day we could have a good idea whether the tax bi will get through congress. the senate will hold its first test vote on a deal president obama made with republicans. it would extend the expiring tax cuts on every american, not just ose who make less than $250,000 a year. many say they're prepared to accept a deal, but those in the house are not s willing to compromise. >> i'm not a member of the tail between the legs part of the democratic party. i think we still fight for the thin we care about. >>> it would renew unemployment benefits. >>> opponent's of prident a bam ma's health care have their eyes on virginia as it has a challenge on the overhaul. attorney general cucelli said americans should not be penalized if they don't buy health insurance. 20 other states have filed similar lawsuit

. >>> south korea's intelligence chief says north korea is likely to attack again in a bid to shake up the government. the director of the national intelligence service made the remarks at a closed parliamentary meeting on wednesday. his warning came after south korea shifted to a tougher alignment against the north following its attack on a south korean island in the yellow sea last week. lawmaker who is attended the meeting say won't explain the background of the north's attack. the chief reported that the north was irritated with south korea's rising international status after the group of 20 summit in seoul last month. he also said that the north's leadership needed to distract from the worsing on the economy and the success of kim jong il. >>> china's foreign minister says that china remains neutral on the korean issue and is working towards calling attention on the korea -- calming tensions on the korean peninsula. he made the remarks at a forum attended by foreign diplomats based in beijing on wednesday. >> he stressed the importance of not enflaming intention and ask that the c

has as many as twenty soldiers involved in the military exercises with south korea and the u.s. of course has been reader reading over and over again that what's and what's more important is to condemn the actions of north korea and this of course is something that has been causing a diplomatic deadlock throughout the weekend here but for now security council sessions have somewhat died down and the members have taken a break to wait and see this because now north korea has said that they're not going to react to the military exercises. when i have some more analysis on the situation on the korean peninsula now flown to she's from the international action center based on this many thanks for speaking to us on the situation on the korean peninsula remains very tense doesn't just. well it's an extremely serious and tense situation this is a fourth direct provocation of u.s. south korean military exercises in less than a month so you're talking about we're really talking about many many ships in the area fifty to seventy ships hundreds of aircraft tens of thousands of troops operat

south korea and the u.s. went ahead with these military exercises on its way here naughty tangled in a web the reports whole and free zones playing victim to agreements sensationalism . and want your grown ones to come to its ties with you take it down to just. moscow has warned lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the percs foreign minister in the role of said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation meanwhile the u.s. senate rejected all amendments from republicans seeking to do that either ratification to january when they hear a majority in congress democrats hope that from three will have enough support required for passage the us president urged the senate to ratify the document this week describing this datsun treaty as a national priority to see cities in the job ruben from the national security network says despite the republicans amendments the treaty will eventually be signed. many of these amendments are designed to make a p

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new mormons which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea such close ties with the united states at this moment may make the attentions even higher. saudi lips are echoed by the director of korean studies at the russian academy of sciences who told us he believes the talks stole between the two koreas because of washington and seoul's counterproductive demands. can hear all of these fellows were critical towards the six party talks has now agreed to take part in this talks and now it's the itself parade united states who don't want to return to the talks they say they want to talk to the north korea before. this of conditions it is counterproductive for doesn't solve anything i think that. russia along with china should. press its partners in the united states and the south korea to get back to the talks. go be told where their director of

in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united state of south korea is there ever a danger do you think that the north would ever play the car that it's that it's brought out yet again talking about maybe using its nuclear deterrent if i have a bit of sacred war ever did break out there could that happen and which nations are likely to be drawn into the conflict. the north could use its deterrent you never know what's going to happen when there's a game of brinksmanship being played as the south koreans obviously are i don't believe the south koreans want to bring this to an open state of conflict and i don't believe they actually want the north koreans to retaliate but when you play this kind of dangerous game anything can happen i believe the vice chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff had mentioned that it's very important that the united states control this escalation so that it

more and more resources on its security and the south korea but they were in the south korea's doing easy aimed at counterbalancing the north korea's game so to zero sum game which is containing from the time of or cold warriors are now in running very long time here but when you talk about america having a military presence in seoul in the surrounding area in south korea there what is what's america's stake apart from having a military base there why would america be there essentially riling up tensions between north and south korea what is a what's washington's agenda here china's next door from the korean peninsula and of course if the united states loses control or influence over korea korean peninsula north korea if so unified korea becomes a new dependent state so it's an interest of the united states' national interests might be jeopardized so will be chinese korean fighters and the republic of korea because remains the strategic ally of washington so china is paranoid so i think that's the game is continues and it's coming back from the cold war era and the only solution to i

and south korea while not waiting for the dialogue. gives us another suspicion that the real goal of more exercise is. a refusal to do stuff that used to really break should know if there were even the concessions that was cured utah araya there from the russian cademy sciences. russia's foreign minister has warned that the new strategic arms reduction treaty with washington cannot be amended or renegotiated sergey lavrov voiced his hope that the u.s. senate will ratify the treaty soon and said russian lawmakers are ready to do the same on sunday rock obama's democrats fought back another public an attempt to amend the deal a senate vote turned down calls to alter and effectively kill all the start treaty held as one of the u.s. administration's main foreign policy achievements start with slash the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third signed by dmitry medvedev and barack obama in april it needs to be ratified by both the american senate and the russian duma it's now a race against time the democrats whose majority in the senate wi

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently hélène the new model and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. well alexander of our own self who has the green department at the institute of oriental studies is here now with me in the studio tell us tensions on the peninsula reach the peak of course after the november selling of south korean islands by the north once russia's role in preventing conflicts from escalating into war. russia as usual tried to preserve the peace and security of the korean peninsula and as a main tool to reach a. goal is negotiations to start to start the negotiation process as soon as possible and two days or negotiation between russian foreign minister and d.p. foreign m

south korea and the u.s. went ahead with these military exercises. well on its way here naughty tangled in a web we reporter just seems to win in seeking sensationalism. why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k. . just a few months. moscow has warned lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the pact foreign minister. said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation. the u.s. senate rejected one of them from republicans seeking to today the ratification. when they hold a majority in congress democrats hope the treaty will have enough support. u.s. president urge the senate to ratify the document by the end of week describing the start treaty as a national unity. slashed by one third of joe national security network think tank in washington says the republicans want to disrupt it's ratification. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the administration or cause debate on the floor they could bring others to the side of the rejec

and south korea situation. south korea quickly said, oh, my goodness, for the first time in 60 years, we're under attack. two people died, dozens wounded, when north korea decides to open up on some island. your reaction? >> i have two reactions. first of all, south korea isn't even signing a trade pact with us. they make hundreds of billions of dollars of let's call it profit on the united states. the president goes over there recently and they embarrass him by saying we want more. you wouldn't believe me. this deal that we're making is so bad and they won't even sign it. then they get bomb and we send -- i say two things. why aren't they paying us? they make a fortune. why aren't they paying us for security? why are we doing this for nothing? we are the dumbest people. i see that they embarrass us by not signing the trade pact, then i see the boats sailing, these magnificent destroyers, most incredible thing i've ever seen, and they're all going over, i mean, what's wrong with us? why aren't they paying? by t

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held like the new model and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea such close ties with the united states at this moment may make the attentions even higher. professor hazel smith from the resilience center at cranfield university says that russia could play a vital role in bringing north korea back to the negotiating table. russian counterpart one by one who will. leverage your legal all you got about ten mile border. but it can provide a channel of diplomatic engagement or communication or new who will united the needle. diplomatic relation whether it's content in go to the middle or at russia her fine but we're not doing enough in the world and also know that russia is particularly extremely hot. her look i'm sure are going to thank. you. and you know how to make complement will lunch. that you disagree with. we'll have to take that very

relations with north korea no concessions no cooperation no talks with south korea expects north korea to change north korea does not want to change north korea's prepare is doing everything possible to avoid this change because it simply cannot sustain any economic or political change so resides on the other for the north korean regime it's a survival south korea is doing everything possible to destabilize the situation either militarily or using to provide the traditional usual for the sun trying policy south korea is a security ally of the united states and united states is presence in the region states really wants to influence its control over the group in utah united states are stationed for the station in the southern part of the korean peninsula china's next door from the korean peninsula and of course if the united states loses control or influence over korea korean peninsula north korea if say unified korea becomes a need dependent state certain interests of the united states' national interest might be jeopardized. and we look at some of the major headlines around the world

north korea has said it will not retaliate against south korea's exercises on an island close to their disputed sea border despite dumping it reckless military provocation moscow called on seoul to cancel the drills warning they might aggravate tension. was cross live now to our correspondent sara firth what the situation looking like now. well as he said north korea have not responded and they said that despite previous threats that they would retaliate if these military drills were carried out that they will not respond to this the reasons that they cited that the drills that were carried out this morning on the island near that disputed territory. in territory which previous military drills that have been carried out. shells about she landed on north korea. ever spoken. this morning to come up to a thousand like. the u.n. security council meeting that meeting with russia's request and the people there with. trying to come to some form of. tensions between the two sides. we cannot be optimistic in the situation that's why we suggested an urgent meeting of the un security council most

south korea did launch fighter jets during the drills just in case. residents of south korea's yeonpyeong island took cover in bomb shelters this morning as planned military exercises got under way. seoul carried out the drills despite increasing threats of retaliation from the north. but, so far, there's been no response from pyongyang. last month after similar exercises, north korea bombarded the island with artillery fire killing four people. pyongyang later warned seoul's military maneuvers were pushing the region to, quote, the brink of war. china, the north's only ally warned south korea against any unnecessary provocation but u.s. officials continue to back seoul's right to hold the drills. >> the republic of korea has every need and right to ready its self-defense. >> reporter: the united nations security council held an emergency session sunday to discuss the ongoing conflict but after eight hours behind closed doors members failed to reach a unified statement condemning north korea's actions. >> the situation continues to be very tense and d

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers have definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow correspondent going off kosovo's prime minister's declaring victory in the first parliamentary election since the self-proclaimed nation split from serbia the poll has been on the mind after european observers said they had allegations of. brought in two areas of oil to the premier the official results are yet to be announced the new government faces a number of challenges including a weak economy extremely high unemployment and endemic corruption kosovo remains deeply divided along ethnic lines with most of its ethnic population boycotting the polls be a refuses to recognize cost of indepen

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the attentions even higher so the two foreign ministers are definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. but one leading east asia analyst told r.t. that russia has a pivotal role in helping to stabilize the region because its goal is peace and not to exercise political muscle. russia is the only country that does have a stake box no specific interest. which actually is a difference between russia and the european union so russia can actually be a trustworthy and reliable mediator a neutral broker the interest of russia those concerned in korea is stability to know her there's a situation emerging good marks for a major war to notably not only in both both careers but also china us will have

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea has also recently held the new mall and which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow. well staying in the region japan is extremely upset with moscow and wants to make sure the kremlin knows that this comes after a visit by the russian deputy prime minister to the southern greil islands the area has been a sensitive topic for both countries since world war two soviet forces took control of the four islands during the war the territory is believed to be rich and natural resources in tokyo is demanding that russia return to the island group moscow insists they were never japan's to begin with this is the second visit by a russian official that has upset the japanese in november the c

and south korea of a doctor -- of a darker picture. analysts see this as a typical from the north as they jointed walk away from nuclear talks for years what continuing to buy time to develop their nuclear program. >>> the greek parliament has approved next year's budget which imposes the spending cuts and sharp tax hikes. this was an exchange for 110 billion euros of bailout from the imf and the european union. earlier, demonstrators against the measure hit the streets. >> in the end, their resistance was blown away. all day, they had demonstrated outside of the greek parliament, striking trade union members determined to stop the government's plans for an austerity budget. previous protests had turned violent. at this time, the police took no chances. but their shields were not needed. the demonstrators at anchor turned to resignation -- the demonstrator resignationanger -- the demonstrator's anger turned to resignation. >> it is the difficult moment ever in greek history. >> the protesters blamed the greek government for the country

the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states held a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently when the new mormons were just calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers are definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow correspondent got person off shock tactics a limb an aging drug and alcohol abuse have divided opinion across russia videos of deformed fetuses and children eating feces is just a small part of a controversial online campaign authorities have defended the ads saying that only harsh reality will discourage youngsters and kick some sense into addicts you may find some of the images in reflections report disturbing. me to happy mother for the march this is masha i used to smoke marijuana when i was pregnant with her internet ad as part of a stomach churning anti drunken painted fashion sashenka

this warning came as south korea started a week of artillery drills today. the weeks ooshgs the north launched a deadly attack on south korea's yeonpyeong island. shortly after that, the united states navy participated in exercises with south korea. tomorrow, new mexico governor bill richardson will leave th u.s. for north korea. he has served as diplomatic troubleshooter in the years past and made regular visits to the region. > ambassador richard holbrooke remas in critical condition this morning after undergoing heart surgery over the weekend. he underwent a procedure yesterday to improve his circulation. doctors worked more than 20 hours on friday and saturday to repair a torn aorta. the 69-year-old is the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. holbrooke was meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton on friday when he collapsed. president obama says he and the first lady are praying for his recovery. >>> a challenge to president obama's health care plan. attorney general cucinelli said americans should not be penalized if they don'buy healt