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Jon: iran flexes its military muscle successfully test firing three long-range missiles. the launch comes at the climax of 10 days of war games near the strait of hormuz. that is a key transit point for most of the worlds oil shipments or at least much of it. all this as iranian state television report as major milestone for the countrys nuclear program. scientists there claim they have produced their first nuclear fuel rods. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live in washington...

Jon: iran flexes its military muscle successfully test firing three long-range missiles. the launch comes at the climax of 10 days of war games near the strait of hormuz. that is a key transit point for most of the worlds oil shipments or at least much of it. all this as iranian state television report as major milestone for the countrys nuclear program. scientists there claim they have produced their first nuclear fuel rods. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live in washington...

involvement in iraq. we want to take you now live to baghdad, where you are looking at live pictures of the casing of the colors ceremony in the iraqi capital. it has been almost nine years since the u.s. invaded that country. and in that time, at least 128,000 iraqis have been killed in conflict situations. more than 4400 u.s. troops have also died. and now at this very moment,ed american military command in the country is closing a chapter in the history of both iraq and the u.s. arm...

the former libyan leader was buried at a secret location in the desert. a handful of supporters paid their respects. in tunisia, a moderate party has won the countrys first free election. the countrys once banned party has begun coalition talks, but the results have some worried that the rise of a religious party might endanger civil rights especially for women. and now officials say theyll reach out to secular political parties to form a broad-based moderate coalition. the thai go...

as many as 850 people. we will have much more on this in 20 minutes from our senior white house correspondent ed henry. now, i want to show you an x ray like none you have never seen before. take a good look at this. these are people crammed into a tractor-trailer in mexico. they shouldnt have been in the trailer nor in mexico, nor in the united states. where this rig and another like it were allegedly headed. they were stopped yesterday in the southern state of chiapas. 530 migrants...

Violence to maintain that control, that they exploit them, make money out of them and that the person just cant walk away. its impossible for them to walk away. those are the fundamental criteria really of what slavery has always been about through human history. >> and today slaves are now pretty much everywhere in the world. these are some sobering stats from the united nations gift program. that stands for the global initiative to fight human trafficking. 161 countries are touched by human tr...

Some bus lines on the american side are canceling service to mexico, but one operator on the mexican side says that they are not changing the routes for the time being. >> >> translator: we are taking measures to make sure that the passengers and the drivers are safe, but canceling routes is not part of our plans. >> and rafael joins us now. so, what is behind this? is this all about drugs or more to it? >> well, that is exactly right. it is all about drugs. you have two very powerful drug carte...

The small island of malta, 200 miles off the northern coast of libya. that country is taking in evacuees from nations trying to escape the conflict. yesterday during this hour, secretary of state hillary clinton was expressing her concern about americans and foreigners inside of libya trying to get them out. what are we seeing in malta as theyre taking in these evacuees? >> reporter: well, this is just a transit point. theres a few planes flying in here from libya with evacuees and staying here ...

Peace context. it straddles geopolitically the suez canal, a major transit point in the world, and culturally, egypt is one the most important countries in the whole muslim world. so this is indeed one of our most important bilateral relationships. weve had a very close relationship with egypt over the years. weve had our ups and downs. so the challenge to american foreign policy in the middle east is huge. and whatever happens in egypt is going to affect us. >> ambassador, this is jonathan mann...

We cant see very much, but we wanted to give you a live look at what you are seeing now. there you can see a little better with the light. as nighttime falls, new signs that the government recognizes the protests are a threat to its survival. hosni mubarek has expanded the night curfew nationwide. this was the scene during the day. thousands of protesters pouring into the streets, talking on security forces and the army. gunfire crackling throughout the streets of the capital. over 400 protester...