welcome back, this is world one from london. protesters are standing firm in cairo s tahrir square, vowing not to leave until hosni mubarak steps down as president. mr. mubarak has signed a decree to set up a committee to change the constitution. his government says it assures young egyptians they have the right to freedom of speech. a chechen rebel leader claims responsibility for bombing moscow s main international airport and warns of more terror to come. doku umarov made the message on january 24, the day a suicide blast at the airport killed 36 people. the web site that wished it said it received the message on monday. tensions are high on the disputed border between thailand and cambodia following several days of fighting. troops from both sides are
live from london. our top stories, protesters are camping out in tahrir square until mubarak and people who support him are gone. monday a 15% pay rise was approved for public sector workers. a woman we were working for, and everybody s happy today. southern sudan is celebrating its decision to become the world s newest country. the results of last month s referendum are in, and almost 99% of southerners voted to split from the north. a chechen rebel leader has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on moscow s main international airport. doku amorra said he was behind the blast which left 36 people dead. he made the claim in an online message which he said was recorded on january 24, the day of the attack. the web site that published it said it received the message on
close the airport, though there was some confusion earlier. people coming off the flights are saying that for a long time, pilots couldn t or authorities couldn t decide whether their planes were being rerouted or if they would land as scheduled. there is one man who came out who said he was there at the time of the blast, his jacket and pants are covered in blood and hair and gore. but he reported seeing a man with a suitcase walk into the center between two flanks of people waiting for passengers to arrive, and that he then exploded. russian president dmitry medvedev labelled the bombing a terrorist attack and convened an emergency meeting. take a listen. we need to do everything we can to make sure all investigation investigative actions are carried out and all information is obtained. no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but chechen rebel leader took
a federal judge has ruled federal investigators illegally wiretapped and islamic charity and two lawyers as part of the terrorist program. a chechen rebel leader has claimed responsibility for deadly bombings in moscow. he s calling atrocities ordered by the russian prime minister. now back to hardball. we re back. starting last week the new york times s spotlighted report of sexual abuse in the roman catholic church including horrific story about a priest who molested hundreds of deaf boys in wisconsin. it s becoming a big american story again. the times reports along with news stories of abuse in ireland and germany has the vatican on a public relation s offensive to beat back charges that the pope himself is responsible for the church s mishandling of some of
the scene. in a video posted on the internet, the chechen rebel leader says the bombings were a legitimate act of retribution for what he called the continued murder of peaceful civilians in the caucasus. rug prime minister vladimir putin won t rule out the group behind the attacks planned today s bombings as well. an iranian scientist who disappeared last summer has surfaced here in the u.s. and he is reportedly spilling secrets about iran s nuclear program to the cia. the man s name is shahram. as he nuclear scientist. he was working at a university that issal wide the nuclear program of iran. he goes to saudi arabia to the holy sites and then he disappears. at that point iran says he has been kidnapped by the united states. the people have been briefed on the operation. the truth is he agreed to it, even leaving his wife and family