Of contracts we cant forget that corruption corrodes the markets and bruises uncertainty and creates efficiency and under mines Good Governance and frightens away good capital and put simply it slows down growth and doesnt speed it up. It doesnt expand growth and it certainly doesnt meet the standards of a world that is increasingly looking for more transparency and accountability. It creates a fragile system instead of a strong one. President obama and i commend apec for its close work with the private sector to develop ethics for businesses large and small and we commend apec resent work to shine light on money laundrying and illegal traffic and our economys simple bottom line, our economies will not reach their full potential and we will not meet the demand of all those young people looking for us for good choices and for the future and we will not do that unless we eliminate criminal enterprises that undermine the legitimacy of what we are all trying to achieve and the rules by whi
Zones in europe. Costing a staggering 160 billion a year. And ill have all the sports including we look ahead to arguably the biggest gain in the English Premier League so far. As Manchester City hosts chelsea. An explosion has hit southern beirut. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a van. Southeast area of the lebanese capital. At the site of the bombing joins us nazarene naz nezreen, what ig there . Suicide bomber got in the van as a passenger. The driver of the van felt he was suspicious. He tried to turn him over to the lebanese army, a post in front of me next to the gas station, but the man decided to detonate himself. Im going to show you whats going on behind me. Obviously that mangled van is right in the middle of the street. The men dressed in white are forensic experts. They are collecting evidence for the investigation. The lebanese government has already ordered an investigation into this car bomb and collecting enough evidence to launch this investigation. Earlier we saw
And fighting the winter blues in australia, sidneys famous landmarks are lit up for the festival of light. But first the army general who is now in charge in thailand has summoned the former Prime Minister as well as political opponents for talk and shinawat is banned from traveling abroad and we have the story from bangkok. Reporter once the stage for the Antigovernment Movement in bangkok taken down and removed the morning after the military coup. The protesters left thursday night, most felt their effort of more than six months paid off because of the goal of removing the current government had been reached. And he goes by one name went to work as normal on friday. She is relieved the army is in control. Translator personally i support koodata and if they didnt do it the country would turn into a message there is a compromise to make the situation better. Reporter 100 people from both sides of the political divide have been summoned by rulers to discuss the situation and its a spot
We are live at the Justice Department where eric holder is set to announce charges against the Chinese Military, accusing them of hacking u. S. Companies for trade secrets. The wall street journal writing that this is the first time the u. S. Government has charged. Worked for thes Peoples Liberation army to hack into companies. Officials have long complained that china aggressively targets u. S. Companies for trade secrets that give them a competitive advantage, a charge china has denied, saying it has no basis in fact. We wait for this briefing, here is a look at what is ahead this week in congress. Two veteran reporters here in washington. Here to give us the week ahead in washington. What is on the president s agenda . St this is Energy Savings and climate change. Last week he did infrastructure. This week if there is a thing it is Foreign Investments in the u. S. He is bringing Business Leaders to the white house on tuesday. Later week he is going to cooperstown to the Baseball Ha
Than 30 in a busy market a former congolese militia leader due to be sentenced at the International Criminal court shortly. Well get an update from the hague. Also coming up, ahead of president ial elections in egypt changing fortunes for the coptic christian minority. Hello. The former thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her political opponents have been summoned for talks with the army chief who are in charge. She is among 150 figures banned by the army from travelling outside thailand. Veronica pedrosa is live in bangkok. She is there to tell us if we have an indication as to why Yingluck Shinawatra was summoned . I think this is not going to be an easy question to answer until the meeting is over, and we may or may not get some word from the people in that meeting about what has happened. I think the thing that people will be looking for is how evenhanded the coup makers, the generals in the base behind me and other bases across the country will be, when it comes to dealing