on human rights abuses around the world accusing 89 countries of violating freedom of expression. it documents cases of torture in 98 neighs. amnesty says nearly 2/3 of people in the world do not have access to justice and that it investigated 54 unfair trials. irish police converted muslims of making suspected threats to kill barack obama when he visits ireland. khalid kelly has been questioned by dublin police several times in the past. kelly is an al qaeda sympathizer. returning to the top story. two suicide bomb blasts in northwest pakistan. cnn s stan grant is at the scene of the explosions. he joins us on the phone. debris, broken glass right across the road here. outside of the military training center which is the target of the attack in the early hours of
nothing new was learned. irish authorities are holding a man suspected of making death threats against president obama. police say the suspect khalid kelly is a converted muslim who subscribes to al qaeda s ideology. police arrested him after his search in dublin. he can be held for three days of questioning under irish law. president obama is scheduled to visit ireland later this month. the head of one libyan rebel group is headed to washington today to meet with a white house official hoping america will recognize his group. this comes a day after they claim a critical victory. you re seeing the rebels in their vehicles, hearing them shooting their guns in celebration in the war torn city of misrata after months of fighting, hundreds of civilian deaths, the opposition saying that once and for all, the city is theirs. everything they owned, washed away. this morning we re hearing the painful stories of flood victims in the south, this wall of water
in islamabad with the latest on this. nick, what have you learned? [ no audio ] we re going to fix that problem with nick s audio and get back to him in just a moment. let s talk about those navy s.e.a.l.s, though, who helped who did the raid that got bin laden and worried about their own safety. this from the defense secretary, actually. in the defense department sharing these concerns. secretary robert gates says that he met with the elite unit last week and these s.e.a.l.s are worried about their names being exposed and families potentially being harmed. i think there has been a consistent and effective effort to protect the identities of those who participated in the raid and i think that has to continue. chris lawrence is live in washington this morning. chris, how do defense officials plan to keep the identities of the s.e.a.l.s under wraps? christine, i think secretary gates comments are step one in that effort. basically, it s sending a message to governm
dramatic scenes as a tornado tears through taipei. we begin in northwest pakistan where at least 80 people have been killed in a double suicide bombing attack. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the blast which happened in northwest pakistan. they say the attack is revenge for the death of osama bin laden, many of those killed were new military recruits and this comes as the pakistan s army chief is due to address a closed session of parliament, pakistan s parliament today, where he will be questioned and will be answering questions about the u.s. raid that captured osama bin laden. of course, we ll bring you more on the story here on world one. but, now, the syrian government is bracing for another round of nationwide protests today. the government has been cracking down on demonstrations over the past two months in dahra, holmes, and other cities. we re looking at new video we found in tanks posted around the city of homes. a massive rally erupted late wednesday in