tonight onworldfocus" -- >> day two of the g-8 in ita world leaders continue to grapple with o global proble.

the economic dnturn and climatchange. can a consensus be reach on both? ithe heart of somalia's lawless sohern coast, a new law has come to town. strict muslim sharia law the question , is really what local residents want we wrap up o series a view fr africa with a visit to what some say is the mo corrupt countrin east africa, kenya. critics say briry is a cancer that impacts every level o life. and a cell phone scand. from great briin the story of how one big ns operation is in a lotf hot water over alledly hacking into the voicemail of celebrity cl phones. good evening. i'm martin savid. we're going to beg here

tonight with that meetinof wld leaders in italy -- the so-lled g-8. for one thing, they agreeto pumore pressure on iran to compromise on its nucar program. they also condemned iran's crackdowon dissent, which, by the w, continued toda but the 8 found themselves in sharp digreement with leaders of some of the major develing countrs who also attended that mting. the issue --limate change and how far to go in fighting it the deloping countries want more nancial help frothe g-8 to help em c greenhouse emission andhey nt a plan that takes into accnt their need to grow, especily during this global recession. n tonight's lead focus, we g to italy,here climate change has been a top priority fo president obama. presint obama has beepushing hard in ily for an agreement onlobal warming, so much so, thatoday, he personally convened a meeting of 17 wld leaders to tkle the problem. the countries they reesent are responsible r about 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissns. afterwards, e president spoke

with repters, assuring them of america's commient to battling clima change. >> i know that in theast, the unitestates has smaometimes llen short of meeting our responsibilities. so let me be clear, those days are er. e of my hhest priorities a president is to drive a clean energytransformation of our economy. and over t past six months the unitedtates has taken eps towards this goal. >> the issue of climate chge has been a conntious one at thg-8 summit. the majoindustrialized countries ha reached an agreement amo themselves to cut greenhouse ses, but a group of developing countrie the so-lled g-5 ations, have balked. thoseountries are brazil, china, india, mexico, and sth africa. >> each of our natns comes to theable with different needs, different priories, different lels of development. and developing natio have real and undstandable concerns abt the role they will playn these efforts. the want toake sure ttthey

do not have to sacrifice their aspirations for developmt and higher livg standards. yet, wi most of the growth in projected emissions coming from these countries, teir aive particition is a prerequisite for a solution. >> today the g-5ations met the president halfway, agreeg on a general gueline to limit an increase in the world's temperature. still, they refused adopt specifitargets to reduce their emissions of cbon. the g-5 countrs have been demanding wesrn aid and access to new, clean burnintechnology in return f agreeing to cut the. >> i am the rst one to acknowdge that progress on this issue will not be ey. and i think that one of the ings we're going to have to is fight the tetation towards cynism. to feel that the problem is so immense th now weannot mak significant stres. > climate change wasn't todas only big issue trade was alshigh on the agenda

the g-members are expected to resumetalled talks to liberali trade. they fearhat a recent spate of protectionist measures prompd by the global econoc crisis will plunge the world deepe into recession. resistance to ambitious cs in greenhouse gas isn't coming only om the leaders of developingountries. some companies in europsay the cuts will force them to ise their prices, which cou make their expos less competitive. weet this angle of the story tonight from deutse welle. reporter: greenhouse gase are no lonr an issue only for environmentalists. germany's environmentaminister is callg for indurialized tions to reduce their grenhouse gases byup to 95% by theear 2050. th's a tall order for factory ners and industry leaders in germany, who say the cts will make gern industry less competite. th believe europe isn't the problem anyway. urrently, the u.s. and china eachccount for abut 2 of

the world'sarbon dioxide emissions. germany emits about 3% but has alady reduced its co2 output more than require by the kyoto protoc. power plants and other industrialized cotries in the will haveto buy emission certificates to cver their complete co tput srting in 2027. they claim that will add about 10 billion euros to total aual osts and that germany would lose business as aesult. >> that was deutsche welle. for more where the world stands on the issue of clima change and glol warming, we're ined once again by michael novacek, provost oscience at the erican museum of natural history here in new rk. good to have you back. >> nice to be here. let's take a step back. ere do we stnd? and are we making ay real headway wn itomes to this issue of obal wming? >> ll, i think the's a lot of effort being made. there's effort being ma in going to altnative energyin many countries. there'sfforts bngmade to

curb our emissions. how mucresult that that has is anotr question. afr a, wre already in the phase of global rming. thearth has -- t temperature has risen significanty in reent decades, sohis is -- this is a big issue. d what the result will be we'll have to see. >> let's talk about wh has transpired the pt two days. e g-8 countries agreed yesterday reduce the emissis of greenhouse ges by 80%. believe by the year2050. can we waithat lg? >> that' an aressive proposal, obviousl to reduce anything by 80%. sounds very gnificant. you' asking a good question, though. is tha time line a little stretched out? a lot of proposals also inude a certain gl by 2025 whh to me sounds little bit more important so we know where we are in a very shorttime. we've got to wo on this problem d work on it quickly. and th other issue that came up is at there were a number of developin nations, i alking about chinand i'm talking aboutndia, that did

t embrace this plan. so what are the baing at, and what are the ilications cause they do bal >> it's a complex sort of problem. first all, i should saythat some developing ntions seem to be on board. they have faiy aggressive plans like mexico or bral or soutafrica. but wh you include china and ina, you've got -- you'vgot a more compx problem. >> ty are massivecountries. yeah, you have massive countries with big economies th are growing and d't want those economies, which ar revitalized, don want them be r. there's also clamg after all the developing natio like the u.s. have a legacy of carbon emissions and pollutions so theye responsible for cleaning things up basical. andfinally, cna and iia miht argue, wel on a per capita basis, on a per person sis, we have and w will oduce much lessarbon essions than a country li the u.s. >> but, quickly, 20 seconds or less, if they don't buy into

this, what are the implications for the snef. >> this is a big problem, because now deloping nations produce me carbon in the atmosphe than deveped countriesat least cently. a by 2025, foinstance, it's predicted that they' be responble for 85% of all carbonemissions. so that's a serious issue. >> mchael novacek, ank you. >> greato be here. >> deloping countries like china a exercising more and more power on the global litical stage because of eir increasing onomic clout. ortune" magazine takes note this in an articlin its current sue. that coincides withhe release of its annual global 500 list the world's largestompanies. it quotes a u.s. governmt rert on global trends as saying, "in terms of size speed, and directial flow, the transfer of global wealtand economic power nownder way -- rougy from west to east -- is without precedent inodern history." in 1998, just 6 chinese mpanies were on the fortune 50global list, while 185 american companies wer included.

t years later, 37 chinese companies made t list, while u.s. companies d decreased to 140. or more on the new "fortune" global 500 li, we're joined here by brianumaine, "fortune" global editor. he oversees the mazine's inrnational coverage and its europeannd asian editions. welcome. >> thank y, martin. >> let's talk about china. first of all, do you tnk we overestite china? aft all, there's still many more american cpanies that are onhis list. >> that's true. the uted states still has 140 compies on the list, as you mentioned. and china only . however, it'sll about growt the cnese economys growg depite the recent economi crisis. ojections say perhaps 6% or 7% ths year. the united statess stalled. eupe has stalled. en japan has stalled. so china looks like it's going to -- >> it the future.

>> it's the potential, absolutely. >> what about japan? dide orlook japan somhat? they are still second onhe list. >> they e second with 68 companies on our list o of the 5. and they ve very powerful corporatio. i mean toyota is just one example. and they're a country tbe ckoned with. but, agai it's a groth story. if you loo at wre the most growth is going on, it's n in the developed worl it's in the deveping world. >> a getting back tochina, i ink there is this hope in the world that as china rebounds from thislobal econom downturnthat it will help dr the st of the world's economi with it doyou buy into that? >> well, not completely. it will hel somewhat, but china is beming morenward focused. it beenn port-driven ecomy but their exports are down % because of the glal cris. the governments putting billions and billns of dollars into creating demand domestically. now, that's good for the cina econom but it's not necessarily

od for the rest of the rld. >> there's be talk recently coming from chi about pressing r perhaps a new currcy that uld replace the dollarhen it comes to big inrnational ealmaking. do youhink that is a real threat here? well, because of our deficit spending, the chesere concerned abt the dollar and their investmen in the dollar. andthey would like to have some sort of alternative but i realy don't think that' going to hpen for a long time. i think the dollar wi remain the currcy of choice, at least for the foreseeable future. >>because they own souchof our debt, wouldn't that undermi sort of their own investments? >> yes, they'd be hurting themselves if they took a dramatic sht away frothe dollar. this is something tha could hapn gradually over time b i wouldn't expect anythg soon. >> brian, tha you. >> it's been pleasure. by the way, for more othe g-8 and the issuest this summit, u can read a commentary by "worldfocus" blogg nina hachigian worldfocus.orgivotalpower.

theop communist leaders of chinsaid today that maintaining order iwestern xinjiang provie is the top priority. after days of etic rioting thateft more than 150 people dead. to undersce the point, thusands of chinese troops marched through the provinci capit today in a show of force. while the violenchas subsided, the animosity beeen the muslim uigh population and han chinese hasot, as we hear from tom iggulden of abc stralia. >> reporter: china's paramilitary takeover is coplete. troops hav sealed offhe muslim uighur rea, butempers in the ty remain at boiling point. this uighur man was viciously

beateby a group of chinese. he was able to stagger to his feet and was led away by a liceman. the crowd al turned on the camercrew, ary by what they say is bias forei coverage of thunrest. inthis uighur distri, locals aim han chise mobs stormed t neighborhood and attacked them. they're protting themselves with almo anything they can lay theirands on, including rocks and axes. >> translator: th came to ll people. i was wounded they cam to our neigorhood loking for uigrs. they hit and hopped. >> repoer: at this han-owned car dealership, ey are cleaning up after beng firebombed. it'socated in a uighur part of town and th manager is spicious of his ighbors. >> tralator: i can't believe there are bastards like this i our country. i can't describe my elings. >> reporter: in the uighur neighborhoodehind the dealership, life i also returning swly to normal. this woman's son and two iends were arresd. >> translator: i don' know whe my husband is. many people are missing here

and one kws wherehey are. >> reporter: th future looks bleak for those convicted of murder during the ots. thorities have ward they'll be exeted. with thousan of troops stll on the stree here, both sis are talking peace for now, b when th soldis return to the barracks, unless the chinese governmencan do something about the underlyg tensions here, more violence seems to be only a question of time. >> that wasom iggulden reportg for australia's abc. > in iran today, thousands o people died authorities and staged anti-government demonstrations in at leastwo cations in the capital of tehra this is how the otests were en on iran's gornment-controlled television e demonstrators on the run. we knowhat about 700 people gathered in front of tehn university and chanted "dea to the dictator in another demonstration abo 200 people gathered on a street, wre police used ar gas to break em up. theyere the first significant protests sce security forces crushed massive demonstratio almost two weeks o that followed the disputed presidential election. once again today, authorities

cut mobi phone service to try to prevent pictures ofhe protests from tting out. this was the mosviolent day in iraq sin u.s. forces pulled back from the countries' cities andowns early last ek. at least 50 ople were killed in attacks today in baghd an in tal afar in nthern iraq near mosul. this was the scene in kurdish neighborhood in tal af, where a suicidbomber in a police uniform bw himself up at the home of a police investigato as people ghered in the aftermath, other suicide boer detonated his explosive belt. least 38 people were kille and almost 70 injur in the two bombgs there. and inaghdad, roadside bombs near an outdoor markein the sad and injured zens more. also in iraq todayu.s. forces reased five iranian officials held for 2 1/2 years i northern iraq on suspicn of helping shte militants. iraq's foreign ministesaid the release of the offials would help irove the dialogue betweenran and the united states. and this was also a dead day

in afghanian. on a main ad in the central part of the country, militts detonated aruck bomb, killing 21 cilians and 4 policemen. at least 13f the dead were childr from nearby schools. officials said thexplosion was so powerful itent debris from e truck flying for more thaa mile. in southerafghanistan, the u.s. military said t american troopsere reported killed yesterday in ather roadside bo. >> as we've seen, some of th militants in afghanist and neighboring pakistan wanto impose a stri interpretation ofuslim law known as sharia law. and they are trying to do is as well in east rica, in largely wless somalia. we hear abouthat tonight from eina awad of al jazeera english. >> porter: getting ready to fighthat theyonsider to be the good fight, but for these ilitantislamists, theye off to a diffent kind of battle.

they are in every neighborhood street by streetto impose their version of a bding society. >> translator: thesesoldiers are he to enforce god's words. whene says we sould join in good. we managed to put atop to thi lief and are now quoting people to do good, in which payipay aying is the best of all good deeds. >> reporter: al jazeerwas given an insight into a rld where menre punished if they do not comply wth a call to praye and women are forced t wear the veil, dress that is historically alien to thm. somalia has a strong tradion meditation and rituals. b it's a tradion that's being threatened by the strict interpretation of religiouslaw. >> tnslator: a lot of tngs ve changed here. ore people are praying and shops are closed during prayer mes.

>> reporte but it'not all harsh measus. the ainistration is also using softower to reach the people. it hosts public lecturesor the residents, and it s up a radio station brocasting religious programs. all as it conslidates its grip in the heart of somalia's lawless southern coast. zeina awad, al jazee. we continue our verage of the coinent tonight with this week's series "a view om africa," and big problem in ighboring kenya -- corruptio the country is calledhe most corrupt in et africa by transparency internatial, a group thatonitors and tries to combat corption around the worl it says 45% ofenyans pay bribes to gain acss to the most basic public service tonight, andrew simmonof al jazeera english tes us to a part of naobi where corruption is a fact of life. >> reporter: tis is life atts lowest. her only source of income is this maze she's ying to sell.

her hopes n rest with her eldest song nelson. e's 17 and bright. but she says the oy way of eping him in schools to bribe to g a scholarship. so far she's livng off favors, borrowing from friends and sometimes suceding in persuading the hool not to sendim home. "ieel so bad," she says. "i don't even have enoh money forhe first bribe t obtain a scholarship applicatn form." nelson wants to be an engine. for that he nes a qualificatio >> school is very important for me because it will make my fure. my future life. i just want to complete my educati education. >> reporter: away from berra, anywre you travel by kenya, you can find rruption. from t slums, t law and order systemitself to the coidors of power and you c

see it every day the roads, evenarking your car. do get a recet? no? it's not ficial, is it? >> jus for lunch. >> she's offering half price paking, trying toocket $1 for herself. and realizi she's beng filmed, she ask forhe officiaprice and offer e a reeipt. those who are supposedo impr th law oftenreak it. imisonment are coon. sometimethe traffic charges are trumped up, other way, sh discreetly hded over is a way out. kenya's chief mi buses used by millions areig source of income for rrupt police. owners and driversave to ma allowaes for how bres will reduce their prit. >> you s there you c use about 2,000, 2,0 for the police >> reporter: thiman believes

t reason corruption is endemic in kenya is the standards set by many in power. his watchdog group claims billions of dollars thashould have goninto development have been stlen. >> basicay we have a failu of the system of the rule o law. u have a police department that doesot have any interest in punishing fraud andraft from withiits ran or within government. an anti-corruptioncommission that produs reports it cannot andill not take y frnlg and as no prosecution powers. >> reporter: and nya's ani-corruption commission admits that whout more effective laws and pport, it can't turn around publ apathy about itvery existence. back in caberra, lucy's mood goes beyonone of athy. her family's future depends o keeping her son in schoo selling maz won't benough to pay the bribes. andrew simmons, al jazeera, nairobi, kenya.

>> one re note from africa toght, tens thousands of construction workers blding soccer staums and rail stions in south africa for next ar's world cup have gone ostrike. the works are demanding a pay rae of more than 1, while the companies are offerg about 10%. many workers in soutafrica don't make vy much. thatountry's minimum wage is about $200 a month. finally tonigh a scandal in brain. not exposed to the country's notorious tabloid prs but all about onef those tabloid wspapers itself. e issue -- allegations that the paper, rupert rdoch's news of t world, hired private investigators to tap thehone calls of cebrities. it allegedly happeneunder the wat of an editor who's now a spokesman for the oppition nservative party -- the tories. hear about it fm andrew

thomasf itn. >> reporter: hackingnto the private messages of well-known figures endemic of th musical word and now the ries' top spin docto know aboutit? 2007 this, man, a former journast of "the ws of the world" was jled for accessing the voicemail of employees of he prince of wales and using what he fnd as the basis for stories. the editor resigned, taking responsibility the man at the top but denying all kwledge of illegal paymts, sayg just one journalist knewbout him. his paper and its owner saidhe same. but was illegal hackingnto mesges widespread practice? "e guaian" today sa gwyneth paltw, jay goody, jo prcott were among its many, many victims and he news o the orld" paid off victims to prevent the extent of th hacking andhose who knew abo

it becomin knowledge. many now have questins to answer -- why didn'tthe m.e.t. lice prosecute more widely? >> you have a very, ry worryg picture here and an unanswered queion about why did police inquiries startnd then appears to stop short of its goal? >> reporter: did me people at "the news of the world" know about the scam? if so, what does it mean for the paper? if "the guardi"is right and thousands of people have their pricy attacked fo nogood reaso by "the new of the worldand "the sun, then you can get what you call inmerica a class action lawsuit where they all g together and they have a massive lawit against the wspaper company. >> porter: but a lot of the falut this morning has been political. the key indavidcameron's inne circle is a man no alleged to oversee not just an individual bad eg but a newsroom culture of obtaining infoation illegal. >> it's extraoinary that the leader of the opposition, who

wants to be a prime minister, e ploys caion andat best was responsible for newspar that was o of control and at worse was personally impcated in iminal activity. >> as the direor of commications, he does an excellentob for the conservative party and behaves proper and in an upright way in everything he doe thanks very much reporter: tabloid newspapers are famous for pursuing people, hounding them, some say, until they resign. now t boot's on the other foot. >> andrew thomas of itn. nd that'sworldfocus" for thishursday evening. a reminderthat you n also check us onhe web and find mu more obal news worldfocus.org. i'm martin savid in new york. as always,hank you very much for joining us. we hope toee you back here aga tomorrow and any time on the web. until then, have a good nit. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com