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guardian. fo america, he was the defender of a dream. >> from a civil rights to batts over health care,e look at ted kennedy' legacy as the leing liberal in washingto welco to "bbc world news" . broadcast pbs here in america. i am -- 17% ofhe votes arnow counted. presiden karznches ahead in e afghanistan election. abl aziz ak-kim has died in exile in tehra >> hello. he s the bestknown american

politician never to make it to the white house. senator edward kennedy has died afr a yearlong btle with brai cancer president obama scribed him as "th greatest senator of our time." he hd achieved so much,rom civil ghts to health care reform, and tributlowed in from a political foe a friends alike. this fromur north american editor. >> they called him the last line of the senate. he was the youngest of the kennedy clan who had bece kingmaker d never came, lofty aspirationundermined b deep persal flaws. the united states is in mournin but itis democra to agree thathe most. d by the president. >> he is one othe most accomplished americans er to serve our democcy. his etraordinary life on this earth has come ton end.

>> d the vi president also grew tearful. >> so many of his those embraced m. they know he made them tter. >> he s the yngest ofthe kennedy clan, aich catholic clan that became a political nasty. he was in t shadow of his glamous old brothers -- first jfkho wa assassinated, and bobby w murdered, too. the last survivingrother spoke at the funeral. >> he was a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw sufferinand tried healt, saw war, tried to stop it. >> there arelready questions -- he wasuspendedfrom harvard focheating. then came chappaquick.

he drove off a bridge after a late-night party, leaving his passenger, a young woman, to own in his car. he d not report e cident for nine hours. >> i regarde as inexcusab the fact that i did not repo the accident tohe police immediately. >> his presidential hopes were intatters, tales of drinking and womanizing following him for years. he did oppose jimmy carter for the democrat nomination in 1980, but he ended up pushing not always last of beral causes through the sate. he is a fabulous uned states senator. when he is ainst you, iis tough. when he with yo it is a great exrience. [laughter] >> in britainand he was suspted for a longtime with sympathizing th the ira. he helped brg peace to northern iland. this year, rare honor for a

foreigner. >> we owe a great debt be like ancourage of senor edward knedy. -- to thelife and courage of senator edward nnedy. >> he wasthe elder of the decrats. last year, the tried needo hear hootie liberal lion with taed to become president heas gravely ill at the presidential inaugurion. he collapse. --e collapsed. for 47 years, tedennedy ruled on theill, and one of his greatestassions was reforng the american health-carsystem. heill not bround to help theresident pushed throughis increasingly difficult rerms, but democrats ho athe lions lasroar will that go beyond the grave.

today i kw at the tap has been going -- "he the brother who mattered the mo." he wll be buried between h brothersthe last of the dynasty. bbc news, washington. >> what lastingimpact will ted kennedy had on politics? with me, h biographer. thankou for coming in how much of an impact do you think head outside washinon? >> i think this is whe he became a great senator. you voted 18 instead of 21, you d ted kennedy to thank for it. if he were elderly and you get the medicare benefits or a mls on wheels,you have te kennedy thank. college student-- you will find it chear than it would have be otherwise. an enorus range of activities -- civil rights, healthcare, education. the legislation he was responsible for made life better for americs. >> he nted to be president

but he may havead more an impact as a setor. >> i think he did. and he had more impacthan most presidents have. it was only after he tried an failed to becompresident that thbulk of his aievements we registered. after 10. his interest ineingresident wasne of so ny of life which is. it was something that he wanted to do, poibly because his brothers had tried. one succeeded andne was killed. he just had a wonderful knac for the plac he cared about his colleagues. one of his reaso for success -- t senate has abo 100 members, maybeot too great a set of standards for entry, but once you are there, yo there. i have hrd fromany senators thatkindness was what kennedy

gave them. people with no relation to them ideologically. the senat is not an ideological ace. he was a great liberal but he workedith people all sorts of persuasions if he could fi common ground. >> a o course his gat passion was health care refm. how mucof this is a blow to barack obama now? >> if he had been without the tumor, he would've been aive this year and we would be further along. reover, h ability to stri deals and say al right, you do nolike this and we will cut back 50% of this it was trendously affected. thether thing that he does -- and this is wherehe liberal credenals matt -- he can persuade people that this program may not be all we want but its a good start so let's go for it. >> in a world where we can focus

onhe presidential figure, persolity and the politics of edict, you kw about political compromise. >> he was a natural for the senate. he ew how to work it. he had a sing of republican allies. republicans thought he made millions of dollars or e year byromising -- replicans probably made millions of dollars overhe years by proming to proct america from edward kennedy. he never passed any thing that didnot have a prominent republican ally. we have hard some of em like orrin hatch. r 30-odd yars, no republican in the senate's escaped being a colleague of is onomething. >> thankou for your time. and yocan see much more on that legacy on at e bbc's

website. he was aolarizing figure. do you think he was a geat one? if you can join the nversation on bbc.com. that is it from washington. >> many thanks ined for that. israel is nearing an agrment wi unitedstates on the hugely-controversial issue of israeli settlements. netanyahu is mting with the leasenvoy in london. he seems willing to lim construction, but the comprehensive freeze amicans and palestinianone seems unlike. netanyahu says hwill accept no restrictions on what they do in jerulem. the supreme lead of iran says he is no certain leaders of the untry's post-elecon on res we knowingly part of the plot by foreign pows such as the u.s. and briin. that statement appears to be aime at hard-liners' calling for their arrest.

re cross officials from south korea began talks with eir cnterparts in the north, all this raing hopes that families vided by the borr may be allowed to meet fo the first timen two years. lations with the south and the u.s. has sought in recent wee. -- have thawed in recent weeks. theatest rults from the afanistan electionsuggest the gap betwn the two leading contendersas widened. karzai has 43%. his closest challenger, abdullah abdullah, has 36%. many 50% to avoid a runoff. -- and they need 50% to avoid a runoff. we have more. >> we need to be careful about extrapolating what the rsults me. one thing that has become clear is that karzai and abdlah

abdullah have established thselves as t front runners. the critical question stl unanswered, d still unanswered for many days to come,s wilt ther of them manageto finish above 50 -- wil either of them managed to finish above 50%? all of thihappening against the backgrou of continuing claims of fraudnd wrongdog, particulay from many of the smler candites and from the campaignf abdullah abdullah. allf them accusing the gornment,the state machinery of conspiringo add a legally tohe vote count of prident karzai. -- to add illegally to the vote countfpresident karzai. perhaps 5.5 million votes have en counted. th would be up dispointing turnout. -- this uld be a disappointing turnout. o one is quite sure how many vos are infghanistan.

clely fewer voted in this election and t last one. both for internationa governmentsho sent their troops here, tha will be a disappointment. >>will as the votcount in rolls on, so does the violence. another blast repord in the southern city ofandahar. that a day afterhe deadliest mbing of t year i the city. casualties are bein reported. no fi figus of four. local officials of the bbc of jured people being takeno hospital the taliban stronghold has seen a number attacks this year. still to come for you on "bbc worlnews." nothing is better than at a bit of berlconi bashing. a new biography.

first, to many he wilalways be e greatest -- britain crowned him the sports personality of the century. he was lovedll around when he ca to manchestern northwest england. he was visiting the british bor. we have this report. >> once famouy he claimed to float like a butterfly. day, sadly, raising a wing for a wave is a painful, rking effort. but te aura of the man remains. thavages of parkinson's disease largely confined mohammad ali to a eelchair. ot today. he still had his pride. at thiym, this i parof a visit to rai funds for the rrible foundations to whiche devotes himself. 28 yearsfter he quithe ng,ans are here in full.

remembing the punching, the bvado, the bravery, t showmanship. [laughter] [applause] >> from the moment he won the olymp gold in 1960, he reveed himse to be a man of particular principle politically. >> i went downtown, and i went in a restauran at tt time, things werenot integrat. i went downtn, and i sat down, and i ordered cup of coffee, a ho dog, and theady sai "we do not serve negros." i said somethinwas wrong. >> ifou saw hi rofessionally, you would raise your game. >> peabo isailing, butthe spirit remains -- the body is failing, t the spiriremains.

d he is as he has alys been the grtest. >>ood to have you with us on "bbc world new" . the lestheadlines -- president obama leadthe tributes to senator edward kennedy. he dd of a brain tumor at e age of 77. the latest election sults from afghanistan suggests both -- ggested karzai i a widening his lead. one ofthe most powerful shi leaders has died in tehran. bdul aziz ak-kim died of lung cancer. emerged after the fall of saddam ssein. we have more fm baghdad. >>ourners at the home of abdul aziz ak-hakim, soon ter his death was announced. some are overco with grief. the leaderf one of the untry's most importanthia

parties, he wielded imptant por in iraq. >> he and h family offered everythg they had for the sake of a rock. -- iraq. >> he died athis hospital after a long battle with lung cancer. he maintained close ties, here meeti president ahmenijad. after the u.s. invasion ofraq, he bame a key american ally, too. the question now wil be whether his party will keep such close links with the americans. his party is under pessure. ey did badly in provincial electis earlier this year. this wk, in announced it will be a new political bloc, and at winningupport back. althgh he never held an officlosition, abdul az

ak-hakim was one of the st owerful players in iraq after the.s. invasion. his death comes a ctical time. his party willave to fight r his positi with the elections few months away. he is due to be buried tomrow. e morning continues morningmourning cotinue -- mourng continues, in washington will beatching closely. bbnews, baghdad. >> noto a place of teaching harmony and etiquett in one of the mo violent of settings. the academy of peace and our kids children of all backgrounds a chance to learn mnners and music. from the iraqi capital, we have th report. >> it is a citusedto violence

an chaos, but in baghd, there's onplace where they ver talk about war. a place where itoes not matter if y are shiite, snni, kurd, orhristian. it is an alternative t the harsreality of the daily lives. the school was set by the director of iraq's ntional sympho orchestra. >> ty have seen enou turmoil, and n blood. -- enougblood. you should kn for now what is more secure for your future. and -- ♪ > >> both teachers and students have been harassed.

some havead their struments coiscated. >> do not care. there ia risk. i dnot care. iill do it f me. >> in ny ways,his life is real about hardship. hear, it is all about -- here, it is all about art. >> politeness is one thing teachers sayiraqi youth have lost during the war, and that isike clauses in etiqute and manners ar mandatory here. they call thisivic interaction, losses inow to have a conversation without turning it into confrontation. kissing a woman's hand may seem

like useless skill, but ese girls love i >> yes, it is very unborn. because not all people kow out etiquette, how to act with ch other. its very important. >> is also a welcome escape from theoutine of it is also a welcome esca fr the routin of life. bbc newsbaghdad. >> now athehotoshop disasts go, this one srely ranks gh. microsoft added it out a black man's face, reacing it for the polish mrket with a white man's fa. the cnge was spotted because they forgot to cnge the color of his hand. the ftware cpany face accusaons of raci. th have apologize where do we start? we have this report.

>> software giant microft has stepd on a land mine. this is thehange that caused thcontroversy. in the u.s this oline ad atured a black man. in poland, he ws editedut and reaced with a white man. accused of racism, the company has apologized. but one microft analyst says be amistake can be explained. poland is the most homogenous country ieurope. th 97% of the population longing to one ethnic group. >> the figure is mre representive of their local market to have white guys. it probably end up being approved i the gias got the materi by overworked and hurried magers, and no one thout about the csequences. >> but the dcrepancy was quicy spottedn the weband microsofis not alone.

ford motor co. inhe 1990' caused a furo wn it replaced images of aan worker wit white ones in u.k advertisements microsoft has traditionally embraced diversity. >> this is a huge embarrasent for country for a company tt tries to keep aositive stance o doing the rht thing on the personal level. >> one insider says this is a en awareness on at madison avenue,raditionally the home of bikers -- american adverting. onepowerful critic i spoke to said the company suld -- >> annow the latest stallment in a popular italian soappera, the private li of prime minister berluscon his estnged wife venica

lario has written a biography and is pulling pches. she claims her husband is creating a ridicous figure wi his discretionith the younwomen. >> e first lady trying to he the lastord. veronica lario, the estranged wife of italy's ime minister, nogoing to in with her versionof the scandal that has embroiled the untry. in her book, she says her husband is in dangerf becoming ridiculousfigure before the worl this is the actress in estion, an 18-year old, who apparently calls the prime minister "pappy."

she says it is time r her to find respect for herse. she sayshe is leaving mr. berlusconi in what she calls "a catch-up divorce." the devoted motr to three of his five children, she married him in 1990, but forome yes now she has lived separate lives. mr. berlusconi hasgone into print himself this week. he denies tt he hisgraced his position. he says anyone invited into his house is serious a elegant. e has admitted he is no saint. this is a declaration recnized by the cathol church whose bishops have spoken of thei mortificatiooveris arrogant behaor. veronica lario says her husband is now in danger of leaving shameful legac the words of the bitter ex-

partner, perhaps. but there ma be some truth that many italians will rognize. bbc news >> finally, please do not try this at home. this uld make your hd hurt just thinkg about it. hereis a kung-fu pert. she is telling eight cars th just her hai she dragged this 30 meters along a street. doot expect any more feefrom her. she has shaved off her hair so she can be officially recognized as a nun. manmore details on bbc.com. >> funding was made possie by thfreeman foundation of w york, stowe,ermont, and nolulu. the newman's own fountion. the john dand catherine macarthur undation. and unn bank.

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