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Toggle open close While there is a widely accepted international law of the sea, reflected in the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the great powers of the world are divided over competing and, in some cases, incompatible, domestic maritime laws or interpretations of UNCLOS. The areas of disagreement extend to fundamental principles, such as which waters lie under a nation state’s jurisdiction and what it is entitled to do, and forbid, in those waters. Compounding the problem, some of the sharpest divisions have emerged between the world’s two increasingly antagonistic super...

the goal: pressuring congress to act on gun legislation in the face of rising opposition from the national rifle association. the focus-- especially in the senate-- has turned to a democratic bill expanding the federal background check requirement to nearly all gun purchases. president obama pressed the issue at a speech in connecticut last night. >> i'm asking everyone listening today, find out where your member of congress stands on this. if they're not part of the 90% of americans who agree on background checks then ask them why not. are. >> reporter: the current federal system en...

>> everyday i was witnessing bloodshed. i was either seeing people get killed or i was seeing the aftermath of people being killed or i was seeing people being buried. >> ifill: paul solman has the story of a new way to invest, as goldman sachs partners with the city of new york to keep teenagers from returning to prison. >> we believe that we will make 5% on this. and we're not doing it to be charitable, we're doing it because it's an investment. >> woodruff: and as funeral arrangements are set for former prime minister margaret thatcher, we assess the divisive policies of the "iron...

that has shown his passion, so much so that he has received criticism. thank you, mayor bloomberg. thank you for standing up and saying those who would stop gun legislation that is sensible, that they have to have their story told to those around the country and those in their district. so we're not asking for anything. we're just asking for fairness. just an up-or-down vote. let me share these numbers that i think are devastating. in one year on average, almost 100,000 people in america are shot or killed with a gun. in one year, 31,000 and this is from the brady campaign died from ...