01/01/2012 Reporters

we wish you a very happy New Year. We will have more news at one

o'clock. Now it is time for reporters. Reporters, highlights of

2011. The insight that sparked revolution across the Arab world.

The suicide of a Tunisian that kicked off the Arab Spring. Months

after the four Chrissie Maher or nuclear meltdown, Fukushima nuclear

meltdown. Street protests in June is here I eventually brought down

the regime of its president. Its bark spring protests across the

Arab world that brought changes to many in the Arab world. -- Arab

Spring. His sacrifice made him famous across the Arab world. In

January, our correspondent went to Tunisia to see what's people in his

hometown thought of him. Once per week, these lanes are bursting with

produce an people. One young man who used to peddle his wares here

is gone. Five weeks ago, few would have noticed. Mention his name now

and it's immediately draws a crowd. He became an icon and any

inspiration. He represents freedom and justice and liberty. Now we can

speak. Now we can find work. Now we can dream to find work. How did

young one man -- won a young man inside their revolution? -- insight

26 road Mahomed was the only one working to support the family --

26-year-old Mahmood. They show us the room he lived in and the few

things that he owned. His mother lives he with his uncle. Eight-

year-old younger brother arrives. He said his room with his older

brother. TRANSLATION: He always worked so hard. He suffered a lot

of mistreatment from other workers. TRANSLATION: I'm very proud of what

has happened. It shows that everyone can make a point. Everyone

who has been suffering from inequality can stand up for their

own rights. There are still daily protests for the Daily party to go.

This is where he set himself on fire. If these protesters had not

taken to the streets, his story may not have travelled so far so fast.

TRANSLATION: People showed that they were not afraid. That spread

across the country. It started here. We were ready to face the bullets.

These young boys will come of age in a different time. It shows the

change that the revolution will bring them. The young man buried

here, who cut short his own life, will long be remembered as the men

who changed everyone else's. For a decade, our summer been lard and

had avoided capture. -- Osama Bin Laden. He was eventually he was

eventually tracked down and captured by the Americans in

Islamabad. The past caught up with the Al-Qaeda leader. In a house

towering above all the rest, in a military town. This was his window

on the world. Inside the compound, a scorch roof, hints of the

struggle here. Be US claims that he may have lived in this fortress for

five years. Pakistan's powerful spy agency says that it raided the

place in 2003 but then he dropped off the radar. They told us that

they were embarrassed by its failure. His local man insists that

security forces let no-one pass unnoticed here. They always check

the ID cards of anyone who came here at night. You have to show way

you live and what area you live. Mostly they asked in the evenings.

We and our right beside the compound where he was living. You

can see how conspicuous all of the seas. The high perimeter walls and

the barbed wire on top. It is easy to understand why the Americans are

asking so many questions. They want to know how he'd manage to live

here. He must have had a support system. They wonder how hide that

did go. The premier military academy of Pakistan is a few

hundred metres away. The speeches from the Pentagon said the outline

of the property. It has expanded over the past five years as new

walls were built. Some are up to 18 feet tall. On one side of the

building, the windows were covered. The rubbish was never left outside,

it was burnt instead. More details have emerged about what happened in

the compound. The White House says that he was unarmed when he was

shot dead. He had resisted capture. He did not use his wife as a human

shield. She rushed at the assault team and was shot in the lake.

Another woman was shot in crossfire. His family members are getting

medical treatment here if needed and will be returned to their home

countries. They insist that they played no part in the operation.

With him dead and gone, they want to turn the page. The issue of a

summer been lied in his history. We do not want to keep my it in the

past. We have sacrificed immensely in the campaign against terrorism.

Police keep watch after the event. The army and the Security Agency

stand accused of gross incompetence A new orchestra in a Pakistani who

is -- city loop was causing a stir in the jazz world. For years,

Pakistani musicians had been constrained by religion and the

film industry. But this orchestra sparked a revival with this jazz

It is a jazz classic, but now with a Pakistani twist. It is causing

something of a buzz. This unique rendition of Dave Brubeck's take

five non-traditional entrants -- instruments is part of what this

unlikely orchestra has achieved. Until recently, this man had to

abandon the music he was so passionate about to make a living.

For years, instead of playing his beloved cello... Now he has some

way to showcase his talents. -- somewhere. Here, the musicians are

trying out new material. Until the 80s, many of them provided music

for the movies. Classical music went into rapid decline. One is a

clothing entrepreneur decided it was time to bring musicians back

together. And to introduce them to jazz. Four members of this

orchestra, very few have had any formal training. They are recording

a song they have never heard before and every time they produce results

which are quite magical. But not without a few hiccups along the way.

They are experimenting after all. TRANSLATION: If we carry on like

this, we will achieve more and more. We will be able to attract a new

generation to this music. It is not just livelihoods this project has

given, but hope for the future and a space for these musicians to

express themselves in an otherwise difficult time. It has also

provided some great music. In March, a devastating earthquake

and tsunami hit northern Japan and a power station at Fukushima was

swamped and a meltdown occurred. Emergency workers struggled to

contain radiation leaks. 100,000 people living within 12 miles had

to be evacuated. Over three decades at the BBC, David has covered many

such crises. Six months later, he went back to report from the

deserted city. The nuclear ghost town of Tommy

Bowe Cup. We arrived in a long strip of shops and there is nobody

here. A radioactive cloud blew over here six months ago but experts

assurers radiation levels have fallen. And local farmer has led us

past security. This main street is completely empty. He wants us to

see how his community looks. It was hit by the earthquake and CEO, but

then by the leak from the Fukushima power plant. -- and tsunami. This

used to be a town of 16,000 but it is completely deserted. Motorbikes

abandoned, shops completely empty, no traffic at all. Weeds growing up

in this war court. Six months on, things are completely untouched.

The radiation level is surprisingly low. The problem is, if you get

down to ground level, it shoots right up. No problem for us on a

very quick visit, but what scientists are wrestling with his

how dangerous this contamination will continue to be in the long-

term. It was back in March that explosions at the nuclear power

plant released radioactive material. The leaks contaminated some areas

more severely than others, but everyone within 12 miles was

ordered out. This man decided to stay on. He does not bother with

protective clothing. In the ruins of a farm, spiders have taken over.

But he clears a path for us. He wants to show us. This is a

distressing sight. This is the cattle shed. The owners left in

such a hurry, they were not able to release their animals. Here are two

that have died. In each of these pens, there are two Mor, making a

total of 60. Some animals broke free and a roaming wild. He tries

to care for a new generation born in the nuclear zone. He wants to

keep his community going. TRANSLATION: There is no

electricity, gas or water. But all the people want to come back. Even

my mother and father. Their wish is to die here. After three hours here,

we check how radiation dose. It is roughly half what you would get

from a chest X-ray. He refuses to think about radiation. He is

determined to stay on. But he lives by candlelight. Most of his food is

tender. A dog is his only companion. He wants his town to return to

normal but it will be a long wait. 2011 was the year of financial

crisis in the eurozone countries. Greece was hardest hit with a

financial meltdown making life hard for many. Hundreds of shops and

businesses went bust and thousands of people lost their jobs.

On the surface, Athens looks normal. The arrests, traders, tavernas. But

scratch the surface and there is anger and despair. This woman is

university educated, living with their parents and unemployed.

very frustrated because you have studied in the think your studies

sorry waste. In this country at least. -- studies are a waste.

did Creek -- Greece get into this mess? The average Greek person is

taxed at source and work that -- works longer hours than the Germans

and French. In a quiet suburb, we met Georgia and her husband. They

have a for lack year-old son. They have both recently lost their jobs.

We're not thieves and liars. We are simple people, we love our children,

just like you. We don't want your money. We want your support. We

just need your support. We need jobs, not money. We just need jobs.

All this great misery might seem like a million miles away, but if

you forgive the terrible cliche, the eurozone is a bit like a house

of cards. Greece, Spain and Portugal make the bottom row. If

you take one away, the whole thing will collapse. Europe is by far the

UK's biggest export market. If they are in trouble, we are in trouble.

A homeless shelter in Athens. Petros used to be a chef. He has

lost his job, his wife and his home. Greece is trying to sort out its

problems by cutting public spending and increasing taxes. But

homelessness is up, unemployment is running at 20% and suicides are up

40% in a year. I can't see any reason why the problem would stop,

even at the level it is right now. It is terrible, it is devastated

countries and destroyed people. Parts of Greece's debt are likely

to be written off in the coming weeks. There is little hope that

even with that, life of ordinary Greek people will improve any time

soon. One of the runaway hits of 20 other

than in New York was not a Broadway show. It was an unusual park which

attracts millions of visitors around the world. The story of New

York's Park in the sky and was described in a book this year.

I think it is one of the best things to happen to Manhattan in a

long time. I love the picture window way you sit and look at the

traffic. -- where you sit. I think it is a wonderful Shangri-La way

you -- in the middle of this wonderful city. The story of the

High Line is a highly improbable one. It is the story of two young

New Yorkers with no experience in urban planning, architecture or or

the rough and tumble of city politics, turning a derelict

elevated railway line into a unique park. I am a dreamer but I never

dreamed it would be the successful. In some ways, I didn't believe it

until we opened. I knew there was so many different things that could

fall apart. Legal, planning, community issues. Robert Hammond

and his co-founder Josh were David have devoted more than a decade of

their lives to the High Line project, inspired by a rusting

structure on the verge of being torn down. We wanted to design the

high line to be as interesting, unique and unusual as the structure

itself. I love what it was like before we build anything up here. -

- built anything appeared. Photographs taken at the time and

soon-to-be-published in a book captured this wild scape that the

park's Architects made an integral part of their design. It is a

design which has been winning applause from urban planners around

the world. I think the High Line is the best new public space we have

had in New York in a long time. It merges the idea of the street,

which is the quintessential New York public space, with the idea of

the park. People are excited by it because it is a new kind of public

space. The higher line has become a venue for all manner of events. 3

million people are expected to visit it over the course of the