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Manhattan. in march, attorney general eric holder told congress the final decision was imminent, weeks away. but earlier they said a public announcement is not expected until after the midterm election. at the time, they did not deny the timing. >> no decision has been made with regard to where the trials will be held but the conversations that we are having are ongoing and the political thing that you mentioned, the election is not part of the conversation at all. >> nine years after the attack say none of the defendants in the military custody is charged with the 9/11 plot and no firm date w...

>> bret: in world headlines, secretary of state hillary clinton in south korea announced the united states will impose new sanctions against communist north korea. she and defense secretary gates met with south korean officials today. the sanctions are designed to rein in kim jong il's nuclear activities by eliminating the illegal measures used to fund them. nato says insurgents beheaded six afghan police officers tuesday after overrunning their check point in the baglam province. the afghanistan defense ministry says tuesday's fatal shooting of the two u.s. civilian trainers at an army base w...

Attacks on the south. clapper added that north korea's military forces are still a threat. and should not be underestimated. >> thank you. >> world headlines, two american civilians two afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting at an afghan military base today. it's not clear whether the shooter was targeting someone or if the incident was accidental. the shooter was one of those killed. meantime, afghan president hamid karzai today reaffirmed his government commitment to take charge of security nationwide by 2014. karzai spoke at a one-day conference on his country's future. iran's parliament...

Dangerous new period of attacks on the south. clapper added that north korea's military forces are still a threat. and should not be underestimated. >> thank you. >> world headlines, two american civilians two afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting at an afghan military base today. it's not clear whether the shooter was targeting someone or if the incident was accidental. the shooter was one of those killed. meantime, afghan president hamid karzai today reaffirmed his government commitment to take charge of security nationwide by 2014. karzai spoke at a one-day conference on his country's f...

Oil leak around the well. finally, they brought in a sensitive acoustic ship to listen for the methane bubbles to indicate there might be oil somewhere leaking on the oil floor. bottom line is it's hour-by-hour to determine what is next. >> we'll head back for breaking news from the briefing later this hour. thank you. checking world headlines now. many vendors at the grand bazaar in tehran are continuing the work stoppage, protesting a planned 16% tax increase. the original tax hike was 17% before the strike. some shops reopened after the government backed down a bit. as you can see, many r...