they were thought to be magicians. 1725, oh molly in the west africa. the drums -- be ware of sea birds, be ware of men that steal up the river through the great forest. and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and they are black smith, by all accounts a master craftsman, worthy of praise, honored as a powerful magician. one who could speak the old names of the mother elements, earth, fire, water, wind. they would do as bidding, think. people sing praise songs. he was a gifted black smith. he is not remembered for that. he is best remembered for being a loving father. when his beloved wife died only after a year and embraced his newborn son, i will raise you myself. the elder women with argued against it saying you'll grow up wild without a gentle hand of a mother, a gentle hand to guide him. must divide by custom, take another wife or give the baby to a mother who is childless. how will you

. >>> on the west coast of africa, rescue crews are searching the wreckage of an airliner that crashedto the heart of lagos, nigeria. all 153 people on board died in yesterday's crash but the death toll is expected to be higher. it's unclear how many people on the ground were killed or what caused the plane to go down in the first place. >> reporter: nigeria firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames after a plane crash that killed everyone on board on sunday. one military official said the flight's pilot radioed to the control tower just before the accident, saying the plane had engine trouble. nigeria's civil aviation authority says the dana airline flight was traveling from abuja to lagos. it appeared to fall on it's belly near the airport, crashing into a furniture shop and some residential buildings. one witness said, my younger ones, they were outside playing ball and shouting to leave, to look up, because the plane was about to land on top of my head. so i had to tilt. we thought the plane was going to land. sunday night authorities were still determining how many m

this is a two-part series by craig whitlock and the first part deals with west africa. uess a major base in wagadugu, and where i have been, incidentally, so don't make fun of it. but, in wagadugu, apparently this is the central point in west africa for maintaining and running spy plane operations with contractors run by the u.s. military special forces operations but using contractors which of course the use of contractors brings with it deny ability in case anything goes wrong and the second piece dealt with west africa. and, the countries in the horn of africa. and, specifically, ethiopia and djibouti and, he goes into another long detailed report on what we're doing in those countries. there's a lot of countries involved. i mean, in the west alone, it is mauratania -- i should say the east and west as far as mauratania, uganda, and djibouti and several more and the interesting thing is, he lists two sources, mr. whitlock in the "washington post" series, two sources, one are public contracts that have been signed between the government and contractors. who are running

of designer synthetic drugs to the reemergence of methamphetamine, from the increasing presence of drug traffickers in west africa, to the emerging financial and communication tools being used by criminal organizations and so many more, we have our work cut out for us. but just because the mission is difficult does not mean we should give up or surrender. some argue that legalization and regulation even at the cost of untold human suffering and misery would strip the traffickers of their enormous profits. both common sense and history have taught us that those who are displaced from the drug trade migrate into other areas of criminality, and we have a responsibility in a nation of laws to enforce the law, and i've devoted my life to this duty and all the people at dea are committed to this goal and to this fight, a fight in which with your support, we shall prevail. and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today and i ask that my written statement be added to the record. >> without objection. thank you very much for a very comprehensive statement. let me use my five minutes to try to pack in as much as i

the developing world. only in brazil, cuba, other parts of africa, it's not being tested in the west. it's a horrible ethical misstep. it's not only that these people assume all the risks. and none of the benefits of testing. what they have said to me when i asked about it is leprosy is rampant in places like brazil and nigeria so we are doing them a favor with a new drug. no, we are not. because this drug efficient treat these conditions would never make it to these people. they can't afford it. and more to the point of the pharmaceutical companies cannot devise drugs for people in the developing world. for a long time researchers told me that there was an unspoken kennon that you didn't test for use of the tropics by the developing world. people there couldn't afford it and they didn't even want to explain why they were not using the drug there. but the data will also tell you the economist michael kramer route 333 drugs tested by pharmaceutical companies within a 25 year span guess how many were developed for the people of the developing world for the people that live in the tropic

. >> reporter: the united nations sounds a cry for help, asking the world to extend a hand. people in eight west africa can nations are on the brink of starvation, and at least 3 million of them are children. >> reporter: this tiny village in niger is a stark example of the crisis that hits eight countries. here families depend on farming, but this hut, normally used to store the grain, is dried out by the drought. leaving mothers like mariama struggling to feet feed their families. today she is left to pick wild leaves from trees. >> i don't think any of us can accept this mother must pick wild food ford her children to eat. >> reporter: eight agencies are doing what they can to deliver food to the region. so far they have not been able to raise even half the money needed to help the millions in need, and even more people could run out of food before next fall's harvest. >> these people, these women, these children, they deserve our attention. they deserve our time. >> reporter: little nafisa is a 1-year-old who ways just eight pounds. >>> that's about the size of a new banne newborn in the united nat

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. and some other news from around the world now including rising violence in destabilizing libya where fifty seven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in tribal clashes in the last three days in the country's south according to local sources the fighting grows between two and zwei tribes and then the last reportedly supported by the so-called libor should brigade deployed by the interim government as a peacekeeping source clashes between rival groups so common as the country is still awash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. police use tear gas as crowds protested against new austerity measures in the sudanese capital khartoum khartoum demonstrators showed their anger will rescind subsidy can't send rising prices for basic goods and fuel so in last year's breakaway of were south sudan overall nearly one thousand people have been detained and hundreds injured in clashes with police in the last two weeks

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. now some other news from around the world including rising violence in destabilized libya where fifty seven have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in tribal clashes in the last three days in the country's south according to local sources the fighting rose between two and is why tribesmen the latter reportedly supported by their so-called leaders shilled brigade deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups are common as the country is still awash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. government morsi has been sworn in as the new egyptian president after taking the offer that the short oath of office it's so he's the country's first ever elected leader and the first civilian head of state since the toppling of hosni mubarak which was followed by more than a year over nationwide and rest of the country remains partly controlled by the army which has also declared it

the united farm workers, plus a special concert. this is your "comunidad del valle." ♪ >>> we begin this special show here on "comunidad del valle" with rich casey. president on a great endeavor over in west africawelcome to the show, sir. >> thank you, damian. >> you sent us a video clip and it shows the map of where you go, here it is, it's a long trip. tell us what you do and why you do t. >> what we do is try to prevent babies from getting aids from their infected mothers. as you know, the aids epidemic has shifted to africa, where 70% of the new cases happen and we think the most tragic parts is when babies get infected at birth, so our objective is to prevent all of those, and, in fact, our motto is getting to zero, zero infections of newborns within five years. >> how is it you decided let's do this half a world away, this is where we need our efforts. >> to give you a background, the project was started in 1989 when our president got up in front of the club and said, you know, unfortunately, my son came down with aids. in those days, people didn't want to talk about it, but the club rallied around him and formed the first aids project in the rotary world, so the last 20 years, their obje

monopoly of this relationship between the middle east and north african countries and the west china india russia africa and latin american countries is six one which is turkey so it's complex and we need to get to less naive understanding i'm not saying that it's a big conspiracy i'm saying now it's now the time we can see if the people in the streets are able to go towards true democracy processes by refusing to be under control and to have democracy under control this is one position and the second one for me which is very important is there is something which has changed over the last two years is this intellectual review lucian in the arab or yes it's possible we can remove a dictator i would like to speak a little bit in detail about egypt right now the constitution is still not drafted it's going to be drafted problem much later so the president is going to be elected and he's not he's going to know about his powers only after he's. and the constitution also of course depend. on who is elected the president can't even talk about democracy with this given fact you know we call it and i think that

fascinating time when the solidarity movement was taking hold and really posing a direct challenge to soviet rule. it was an electric time. it was really a great time. i also reported from west africa for the associated press. and i also was a national reporter for the hartford current in connecticut before entering journalism education. >> before going into detail about any of these different incidents in history that you write about, would you give us -- first of all, give us an overview of what this book is about. >> the book discusses and debunks ten media-driven myths. these are stories about and/or by the news media that are widely believed and often retold. these are prominent stories about journalism and journalists. but these stories under scrutiny dissolve as wildly exaggerated. i characterize them as the -- akin to the junk food of journalism. they're appetizing, they're appealing, they're tantalizing, but they're not terribly nutritious or healthy in the long run. >> want to do this quickly and then come back to some of them. >> okay. >> let's go down the ten. i'll read off the chapter and you give us a little paraphrase on all of this. number one, i'll furnish the war,

iran are actually getting affected by these policies for a time for the outside world up that here for you will start with west africa it's where it is the most so occupying bodies of northern desert region have destroyed you know holy sites in the city of tim buck two it comes amid conflict between competing rebel groups in the west african nation islamist fighters with ties to al-qaeda. say they're in control of the northern half of the country after driving out ethnic to erect separatists on thursday twenty one were killed in clashes. mohamed morsi has been sworn in as the new president of egypt after taking the official oath of office he's egypt's first elected leader since the fall of hosni mubarak on friday he rallied crowds in cairo's to rear square and promised to stand up against the ruling military council huge protests have been demanding a complete power handover by the military since the toppling of the mubarak regime . now the u.s. is facing a growing problem with almost a third of its population classed as overweight so the highest rate of obesity in the entire world despite more awareness than ever ab

of the effect of these sanctions is not so much these state players and how they're affected but how ordinary people inside iran are actually getting affected by these policies. straight to west africa to start the r.t. what update for you now is the occupying armies of northern desert region have destroyed it you know holy sites in the city of tim buck it comes amid conflict between competing rebel groups in the west african nation is the most fighters with ties to al qaeda say they're in control of the northern half of the country after driving out ethnic to a record separatists just on thursday twenty one people were killed in gunfights. mohamed morsi has been sworn in as the new president of egypt after taking the official oath of office he's egypt's first elected leader since the fall of hosni mubarak on friday he rallied massive crowds in cairo's tahrir square and promised to stand up against the ruling military council huge protests have been demanding a complete power hand over by the military since the toppling of the mubarak regime . ok back in just a moment i will do a recap of the headlines that will be followed up by the latest edition of technology update. to the cooln

this will be my first involvement in local government but i did serve the country as a peace corps volunteer in west africa early in my career. in terms of public experience for this particular seat requires experience with public goods. when i was working in the private sector, i was responsible for working conditions for the purchase of university licensed goods from public universities. sports wear, and then in my most recent position, i was dealing with work wear, uniforms and connecting suppliers from asia to opportunities to sell work wear to cities and other public agencies here. i have had some involvement with sweat-free purchasing consortium, the national organization, and would love to be involved to promote better working conditions in san francisco's procurement of these times of goods as well as be a model -- have san francisco be a model for other cities as well in terms of how we manage this in our public procurement. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you so much. we don't have any questions from the committee at this time. thank you. next we have daniel maroquin. >> hello, how's it going? m

drilled all over the world 256789% of exxon mobile's oil that they produced in the decade after 2,000 was produced in west africacompanies like chad, equatorial guinness, angola. >> stephen: isn't it like an american embassy, where they are drilling is technically america opinions they billed it that way. i traveled out in these countries and every exxon mobile compound looks the same it has the same security perimetre, the same lights. employees go in, stay for six weeks, they go in and out of the country almost without touching the country that they are working in. they also pay the salaries of the local military and police forces. >> stephen: so if i'm the president of an emerging country, okay, and we find out we've got oil, like right off our coast or coming out of our volcanoes, whatever it is. >> right. >> stephen: i'm the president of let's sale el diablo, that is the name of my country, president for life, what is exxon come say to me. >> exxon come says to you, do business with us, you'll get your project done on time, our safety record will be excellent. you'll get your money really fast. you can do w

that the other the other guest mentioned the fact is that oil exploration and oil discovered and west africa has expanded dramatically and the united states and. this is going to do us a big piece of that another is that china's becoming a major player in africa or for a number of reasons mostly economic interest in life in new york city is trying to challenge that but again this is going to get some trouble are you seeing something new on some of that's on the problems for example in mali the coup there was a direct result of the us training officers now taking advantage of the situation that became militarized as a result of u.s. intervention and and in the army i can see is an error somewhere a lot of america or all these assistance programs supposedly to stop. you know the extremist or terrorists or whatever end up with another round of military because it's just one that the continent is slowly holding itself into a democratic direction leading the lead by his own people to end the domination of the military and so the more united states militarized is the region more united states work

>>> coming up, controversies and conflicts as the us catholic bishops prepare for a key meeting. and, in west africa, finding a way to help people abandon the ancient practice of female circumcision. plus a commitment ceremony for older couples who want to spend the rest of their lives together but choose not to get married. >>> major funding for religion and et things knew weekly is provide bid the lily endowment. an indianapolis based family foundation. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customize individua and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. after a two-year-long investigation, the vatican strongly condemned a 2006 book on sexuality written by a prominent american nun. the vatican's doctrine office said just love by sister margaret farley reflects a quote "defective understanding" of church teachinon issues including masturbation, homosexuality