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Pictures of the boy asking questions about his treatment in the united states. he was put on a plane from washington with a backpack, magic markers and candy. his adoptive grandmother said she paid a guy $200 over the internet to meet his flight and hand him over to the education ministry. more than 50,000 russian children have been adopted by american citizens since 1991. 14 russian children in the u.s. have died of abuse since 1996. now, that's a small number but each case has caused outrage in russia why some people feel humiliated that their country is perceived as unable to care for its o...

To president karzai here in kabul. >> tom aspell reporting for us we'll dig more into this later in the show. now, into georgia. the body of georgian luger was returned to his home down. the coffin draped with the flag. stephanie goss is there this morning. it must have been a tough homecoming. >> reporter: actually, i'm in the mountains in georgia at the luger's home down of bakuriani. throughout the day there have been streams of people to pay their respects. the funeral isn't scheduled until saturday. we spoke with the coach, earlier, we interviewed him, and he told us he attributes nodar...

To disorganizize because they didn't want to cause civilian casualties. >> tom aspell live for us in kabul, afghanistan. thank you, tom. and new signs of life in the housing market. we have the details coming up. and a mystery that existed more than 3,000 years perhaps solved. what killed egypt's most famous pharaoh king tut? time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. ed adams was a registered nurse at midtown manor. in 2009 he realized his dream of going from employee to owner. he obtained an sba-backed loan with the help of the owner who was impressed with his devotion to the...

He is in kabul with more information on what happened there. tom, what can you tell us about the two loss of lives for those u.s. marines? >> reporter: the u.s. military said they were killed on tuesday, brings the total to three killed since the beginning of the operation along with one british soldier. now today a second marine rifle company entered the town from the north and linked up with other marines in the center of town. they had been dropped by helicopter at the beginning of the operation. we're hearing reports that the provincial governor managed to raise the afghan flag over the ce...

The flag was watched by marines and by afghan soldiers and by a few townspeople who managed to gather for the occasion. we are, as i say, hearing there is resistance far from over. the taliban is still shooting at the forces in the town. >> and, tom, what about the reports the afghan officials said the taliban fighters are using human shields? >> reporter: that's right. one of the afghan military commanders of the taliban have taken shelter to shoot at u.s. troops. one of the reasons the battle has been very slow in spite of the huge resources poured into this is to avoid civilian casualties a...