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begin t. group is claiming responsibility form a series of attacks last weekend in the north that killed more than 200 people. the u.s. republican party presidential kanld dats faced off in the final debate in the u.s. state of florida. newt gingrich quickly fired the shot at miss romney over his immigration policies. both candidates have relentlessly attacked each over in the media in the past few days. a frightening day for australias prime minister left unanswered questions abou...

Im glad youre safe and sound today. >> heather: yes. thats actually my very first question. lets jump right to it. what are the chances im going to be walking down the street and be hit in the head by space junk? >> almost zero. the atmosphere is a good protective blanket for us. it screens out not only space junk, but most of the asteroid parts and space dust that comes into the atmosphere. hundreds of tons per year from natural sources and just last year, 400 pieces of space debris came in. th...

The fears of a nuclear meltdown together with rumors and misinformation are leaving a lot of people in japan frightened. take a listen to this. >> why are you going to your car now? >> translator: because i heard the rain is radioactive and that if it touches your skin, will get some kind of skin zbeez zoo disease. >> this afternoon president obama will meet with officials to talk about how they can help. but the u.s. military is already in action. here are the new pictures from the "uss ronald ...

It is searingly hot here in central russia. temperature is about 40 degrees ce sent grade. in fahrenheit, thats 104. these are really searing temperatures. highs are 130. looked a these burned out buildings. whole villages across this whole region have been burned to the ground in the inferno thats southwest the forest and jumped into villages across this area. 34 people confirmed dead. still wildfires raging across this vast area of this country. many people have had to make really daring escap...

Russia clamped a state of emergency on 500 towns and villages today. crews say theyre gaining on hundreds of wildfires, but the damage is done. 34 people dead, thousands left homeless. senior international correspondent matthew chance reports. >> captured on amateur video, it looks like the road to hell. the four russians in the car are desperately trying to escape wildfires surrounding their village. through the wind screen, ann inferno rages. flames block the road. for a terrifying moment, pan...

To flame out. there are a couple of well documented cases 747st flew through and lost all four engines and got them started after they fell. >> neil: there was the flight from malaria to australia. >> thats right. >> they restarted those but it could have been bad, right? >> it could have been dreadful of the other thing is, if you fly into this, it can scour the wind screen. this was a case where the pilots could not see out of the wind screen but it was so badly pitted and had to land almost b...

Fail. >> another problem with shutting down. thats a huge problem but compound that with the fact you get all this into the windshield, you cant see. its like pockmark in a sandstorm, right? >> it can damage fuselage, pit the wind screen like that. the thing, though, to keep in mind about this is that the system here, although it is horrible for travelers on the ground, is actually working really well. nothing has happened to a plane by virtue of this otherwise huge explosion. there are what are...