worldwide news flying from moscow's city center this is artsy with me rule research showing syria has rejected an arab league proposal to resolve the country's crisis the plan requiring president assad to give up power was slammed by damascus as interference in its internal affairs and quote an attack on its sovereignty sara first now has details from the syrian. the arab league called for president bashar al assad to step down and to hand power his deputy they also called for the formation of a national unity government and that would be a pretty leaves early parliamentary and presidential elections now those calls have been virulently rejected by the syrian government here.

worldwide news flying from moscow's city center this is our with me rule received by syria has rejected an arab league proposal to resolve the country's crisis the plan requiring president assad to give up power was slammed by damascus as interference in its internal affairs and quote an attack on its sovereignty so if earth now has details from the syrian capital. the arab league called president bashar al assad to step down and to hand power his deputy they also called for the formation of a national unity government and that would be if we leave early parliamentary and presidential elections now those calls have been vehemently rejected by the syrian government here flagrant interference with the internal affairs really the sense here from damascus is that the government here are working on their own reforms they want the arab league mission to focus on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like kids are now seeing the sense that they're preaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have democracy. russia's st

worldwide news live from moscow city center this is artsy with me rule received show welcome to the program the u.s. has responded to a warning from iran to keep its aircraft carriers out of the persian gulf by saying its warships will continue to sail that the american navy has pulled out of an area where iran was holding ten days of naval wargames during which it successfully testified a number of different missiles but russia's the defense ministry for the meantime says that despite the latest military exercise the iranians don't have the technology to make intercontinental ballistic missiles meanwhile is pushing for stricter sanctions saying it's show that turnaround is developing nuclear weapons it's urged the e.u. countries to follow the u.s. in freezing iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on oil exports tehran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz it's one of the world's most important oil routes.

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worldwide news live from moscow city center. with me rule received by the arab league is reportedly leaning towards prolonging its monitoring mission in syria for another month amid widespread accusations it's failed to curb any of the violence the final decision is expected on sunday after the observers report comes under scrutiny at the gathering in cairo sara first now delves into the details of this ongoing story the arab league minister going to be meeting to present their findings on what's been happening in. disgust what that makes me a little.

worldwide news live from moscow's city center this is artsy with me rule research showing fighting has broken out in libya between supporters of former leader of more market afy and forces loyal to the new government the head of the national transitional council has warned that the country is on the verge of returning to a state of civil war parties marouf national has the latest. in the last few days the situation in libya has been very tense and very dangerous actually indeed on monday we did receive reports that khadafi loyalists actually managed to take control over the city of bani walid southeast of the capital tripoli once known as the duffys main stronghold and did also manage to raise green flag at one of the gates of the town green flag symbol of. duffy's rule and local officials have been reporting about at least five people and to see people killed in this violence we also were receiving reports about violence around tripoli and following that the anti see checkpoints around the capital for security reasons and also three and to see people who were reputed to be killed in t

worldwide news live from moscow's city center this is artsy with me rule research showing fighting has broken out in libya between supporters of former leader of more market efi and forces loyal to the new government the head of the national transitional council has warned that the country is on the verge of returning to a state of civil war parties where if a national has the latest in the last few days the situation in libya has been very tense and very dangerous actually indeed on monday we did receive reports that gadhafi loyalists are actually in.

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worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is r t with me role research say welcome to the program the arab league has renewed calls for the syrian government to end the bloodshed and allow more observers into the country but the group monitoring the implementation of a peace plan stopped short of asking for help from the u.n. the arab league mission itself has been heavily criticized for failing to stop the violence and as artists are a further ports many of the countries say they're paying too high a price for change. a new year with no resolution here despite the presence in the country of arab league observers in ten months of bloody clashes the violence in syria continues to escalate i don't make a list of what's our fault what's our peoples find it's assumed that our children are dying it's a center here just ordinary people we simply want to have a man seen here he's like ducks is a battling to save his soldiers. the he died he was just twenty five years old. was found to mourn him and this is just one man one family because syria at the moment there are many more people exp

worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is with me. syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy ammunition reportedly regain control over the outskirts of damascus activists suggest over sixty people have been killed in the latest fighting just over a day after the arab league's mission was frozen. reports from the syrian capital.

worldwide news live from moscow city center this is c with me room received welcome to the program. syrian troops said to be pushing further into damascus into the suburbs around the city after seizing control of a key checkpoints and moving the front line away from the capital and as the unrest runs high moscow has offered itself as a stage for dialogue between the regime and the opposition rejecting talks with president assad but it's sarah first reports there are concerns that outside players determine to throw fuel on the fire behind all the refuse. with the stance of gunfire and that hillary. faced tests from the states and the increasing. international opinion britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the. freezes. can be hard to hear the syrian. but the syrian case has developed as every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth. in the last few days the situation has become so unstable that finding people willing to talk right now has proven difficult. we've had tanks entering in firing a

worldwide news live from the center of moscow this is artsy with me rule research shy in his first a presidential address in months syria's a side has dismissed pressure to resign he claims he still has the people support in leading the fight against what he's calling foreign funded terrorism assad's promise to crush mercenaries and saboteurs with an iron fist saying they don't represent the syrian people he repeated his claim that no waters were ever given to fire on peaceful protesters reiterating his commitment to democratic reform he said a referendum on a new constitution will take place by march the president also slammed the arab league which has suspended syria's membership in november the league's observers are currently overseeing the implementation of a peace plan more than five thousand civilians and some two thousand officers are said to have been killed in that country since the unrest began in march let's get some more on this and more reaction from international consultant. thank you for coming on the program today so i was you just heard president assad is a blaming

worldwide news live from moscow this is on the with me rule received by syria is staring at the real possibility of deadly violence taking hold of the very center of the nation's capital rebel fighters have been locked in intensive battles with government forces in the suburbs surrounding damascus and an invitation from russia to host in moscow based talks between syria's authorities and the opposition has been accepted by the assad government. now has the latest from damascus. but we've seen the situation escalating dramatically over the past couple of days now over the weekend the suburbs were embroiled in a heavy clashes between the two sides in fact in damascus people were waking up yesterday to the sounds of gunfire and shelling in those areas very very alarming indeed some of the reports that were coming from those areas and certainly the response from the government to the free syrian army taking control of some of those suburbs has been a strong well we've had reports of tanks going into those areas and the death toll on both sides extremely high as well and of course this co

worldwide news live from moscow city center this is r.t. with me rule received shine the arab league is reportedly leaning towards prolonging its monitoring mission in syria for another month amid widespread accusations it's failed to curb any of the violence the final decision is expected on sunday after the observers report comes under scrutiny at the gathering in cairo sara first now delves into the details of this ongoing story. the arab league ministers are going to be meeting to present their findings on what's been happening ok in syria and to discuss what their next move will be now the arab league mission in the country to oversee the implementation of the arab peace. syria's government among other things that included the releasing political prisoners and the withdrawal of the government troops and tanks from some of the towns and cities how successful the sad league mission has been to play simple we actually followed the arab league mission in the final few days here in the country now there are questions raised as to the neutra

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worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is with me rory sushi eleven people have reportedly been killed by security forces across syria on wednesday but al assad has spoken to supporters in damascus this for the second time in the last twenty four hours reiterating his dismissal of calls to step down he's blaming the ten month long on the rest in the country that over on the foreign funded terrorists promising to crush them with extreme prejudice the u.n. says damascus has stepped up its crackdown on protesters but assad claim is no order was ever given to fire on civilians the president's pledge commitment to democratic reform promising a referendum on a new constitution by march and free elections soon after for more on the developments let's cross to beirut and speak to political analyst dr automatic much xabi i thank you for coming on the program today the pressure is certainly mounting on president assad and he's now responded by making not one but two addresses in twenty four hours is that enough for him to stay in power or is it just a case of too little too late. wel

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change on the jobs front subway says it is adding 25,000 new jobs this year opening 2500 new locations worldwide in 2012 these are full-time and part- time positions on top of the 24,000 new jobs they created last year grill bullyglobally ... them in the united nations as a trend is going downward in the prices of food ... supermarket experts say that there is more of a price break for manufacturers rather than consumers >>orange juice prices up nonvolatile all week ... now the u.s. department of agriculture says that the florida crop will be smaller this month ... the fda is going through orange juice to look at what may be contaminated with on this side >>suppliers for sears are running into trouble ... the retailer has enough resources to get through this situation ... >>stocks are little changed everything is mostly in the green although the dow is slightly in the red at this hour >> >>more than half a million ford minivans and suvs are being recalled for potential safety hazards the recall affects the ford free star and mercury monterey vans from 2004-2005 a problem could leave the vehicle

new campaign. it's all this morning on "meet the press." >>> it was 24 hours of celebrations around the globe as people worldwidecomed in the new year. here's more. >> reporter: the celebrations around the world started in new zealand. fireworks burst from auckland's 1,076-foot tall sky tower. fireworks also lit up the night sky over sidney's famed harbor bridge as australian's welcomed 2012. in japan, the start of 2012 marked the end of a difficult year after the earthquake and tsunami in march. thousands of people gathered at one of the oldest buddhist temples in tokyo to release balloons with hand-written wishes. in south korea, a 20-ton copper bell was rang 30 times at midnight. as midnight reached the middle east, fireworks thrilled those gathered at the world's tallest building in dubai. in russia, moscow's red square bursted in revelry. the city of lights, paris, truly sparkled. londoners welcomed a new year that will bring them the summer olympics. and south america rang in the new year rio style. lady gaga headlined the entertainment before more than a million people enjoying the unseasonable mild tempe

and find out what to expect and the worldwide reaction to the news are that standing by for you on our web site. at the celebration of the year of the dragon in thailand went up in flames as fireworks six below did setting homes ablaze see this devastating footage at r.t. dot com. now quarter past the hour here in moscow it is day two of us as political and political those who political and business power brokers of the world economic forum are they look to restore confidence to the economy and to capitalism itself but for some the current downturn isn't the fault of the system while others argue that radical reform is urgently needed artie's lauren lyster is in davos for us. so far we've heard a lot of debate about capitalism and just various sessions of it which is a lot of talking but not necessarily solutions being put forward yet one thing interesting today although this is the world economic forum politics is on the agenda and a number of world leaders heads of state europe rats are here today some of that attention turns to the arab spring people here at the forum try to weigh t

. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia and news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tonight we turn to the growg concerns over iran, a report issued by t united nations in november stated there is new evidence iran is carrying out activities that suggest it is developin a nuclear device. the u.s. and other major western powers have responded by imposing increasing economic sanctions in late december iran threatened to block the strait of hormuz the world's most important point in transit of oil since iran continued to sharpen its tone toward the united states, joining me now from washington, vali nasr of tufts university and ignatius of the washington post and jay solomon of the washington post. >> vali, let me start with you, where do you think iran is headed with this increasing type of response to the threats of onomic sanctions against oil which is a primary revenue source for that country? >> well, i think iran is wried about the next set of sanctions, be

give you interesting details and go inside information, only a worldwide news organization like cnn canvery single day. we're going to talk to the leaders and newsmakers and also real folks and challenge some of the conventional looks and issues people are discussing today. the "starting point" this morning is about changing minds in iowa. just 36 hours before the caucuses begin, and it is a statistical dead heat for first place between presidential candidates mitt romney and ron paul, and that means the race for third is on between rick santorum and rick perry, newt gingrich and michele bachmann as well. the good news for them, more than 40% of iowan voters say their minds could be changed. got some breaking news to get to this morning. police are speaking to a person of interest right now in the los angeles arson spree. even as eight more fires were set overnight, surveillance videotape, show you this, shows the person officers wanted to speak to. we'll bring you more on this story as more information is coming in to us as well. >>> we also have information on a manhunt under way in w

find out what you can expect from the program and the worldwide reaction to the news. on a sort of version of the year of the dragon in thailand went up in flames this fall exploded setting homes a blaze see how it happened. in syria a government forces are reportedly assaulting the city of hama with dozens of people killed across the country over the past twenty four hours the u.n. security council is expected to vote over the next few days on a resolution and stemming the escalating conflict draft calls on the syrian regime to comply with an arab league proposal which would see press and cede power paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition becomes the arab league's crucial monitoring mission to syria suffer the setback of the six countries pulled out of the u.n. to act russia has made it clear it will veto any security council resolution that would allow foreign military intervention an estimated seven and a half dozen people have been killed since the arrest began ten months ago during civilians rebels and government forces. as latest from damasc

or you can expect from the program the worldwide reaction to the news on our web site. also use your privacy or lose online access google presence users of its site with a top choice that sets out to gain access to people's preferences contacts and even their personal habits. the u.n. security council is expected to vote over the next few days on a resolution. and appeasing the escalating conflict in syria the draft calls on the regime to comply with arab league proposal which would see present us cede power paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition it comes as the arab league's monitoring mission to syria suffered a setback the six countries pulled out on an on the u.n. to act. has made it clear to veto any security council resolution up until now for military intervention an estimated seven and a half thousand people have been killed. and months ago when civilians rebels and government forces so for the latest from damascus. saying they get by and heading hey it's said it's from the gulf states leave the airport their mission incomplete leaving beh

by the hour what to expect worldwide reaction to the news on our web site. under celebration of the year of the dragon in thailand went up in flames as one looks exploded setting homes ablaze see how it happened to dot com. more people are expected to protest in the egyptian capital with to where square already full once again a year after the ousting of hosni mubarak thousands of protesters are desperate for the interim military government to immediately relinquish power with dozens have been killed in recent months as troops crank down on several demonstrations the barricades currently on trial activists are angry that some of his key allies are still being screened a new parliament has been elected and is growing a constitution but a military still reigns supreme in the illustrated emergency or has finally been lifted but egyptian author and filmmaker philip risk says that change is little. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government their storage had to do just about what t

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