Society such as ours, who wish to do us harm. We are not immune to the politically motivated violence which has for so long stalked other countries. We are getting reports that armed men have attacked a militaryrun school in northern pakistan. And there are reports that a number of children have died and many more are wounded. The Pakistani Taliban says it is a response to the Ongoing Military Operations in the tribal areas in pakistan. We are going to speak to a journalist, joining us on the phone to tell us what you are hearing about the attack and what the situation is at that school. Well, actually the school. [ inaudible ] and presently we dont have a picture of the situation inside. There are reports coming that perhaps. [ inaudible ] but the situation is very grim according to inside sources at least 10 children have died as a result of the attack which continued with the fighting and fighting continues for almost half an hour. But apparently it seems a number of Security Forces
The ruble, but the russian currency is still plummeting. Pakistani taliban siege of a school is over. The army has killed the last gunmen, but more than 130 people lost their lives in the process, and at least 80, possibly more, were children. The Prime Minister has arrived in the city. He says there will be three days of national mourning. Reporter it has been a few months since the Pakistani Taliban has launched an attack as severe as this. Translator the firing started suddenly. We ran towards our classes. There were six or seven attackers, and they were entering the classrooms and shooting students one by one. Reporter the Army Public School is run by the military. It has around 500 students and teachers. Translator we strongly condone what has happened. The people who did this have no religion. They dont have a heart. Never in the history of war fair have children been targeted. Reporter a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said he explained that the attack has been launched in r
Independents send us a tweet, post your comments on facebook, or send us an email. We begin with some of the papers across the country today and how this latest proposal from House Republicans is playing out in the papers. Courtesy of the atlantic journalconstitution here is the denver post finally, here is of the Arizona Republic here is the Washington Post on what is inside this deal we want to get your take on this. What do you think . Ted in new york, a democratic caller. What do you think . Caller good morning. I do not think it goes far enough. I think it was greenspan that i heard last week said in a Discussion Panel that a recession as a result of going over the fiscal slope would be a small price to pay to pay back all the bills, the 16 trillion, that this country owes. So, i dont think i would like to see with all the talk that we hear from the republican side about their interest in getting down this that the set and debt, you would think that and across the board cut of 10
And this big news began to break around midnight. The australian Prime Minister went to parliament. Released these two satellite images you see right there. It shows two objects bobbing in a remote part of the southern indian ocean. One is almost 80 feet long, the other 15 feet long. Australian officials call it the best lead yet but our reporter david wright just off that navy plane told us nothing related to flight 370 has been found yet. But still a total of five planes and two ships racing to the area. 1,500 miles southwest of perth, australia. The remote waters often stormy and rough there. Could other objects in the area and this has been called the best lead so far. Were going to hear from our reporter, david wright, who just got off the navy plane as george has said. But lets get right to david kerley with the breaking events overnight. David . Good morning, robin. As you said this location where the satellite spotted something in the water is right down here off australia. But
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