the emir imported the musicians. there are six top american universities. and, oh, yes, there's something else: qataris are the richest people in the world. >> safer: for jake, fun is reciting from memory the infinite series of numbers known as pi. >> 3.1495.... >> safer: child prodigies have long been a source of great fascination. tonight, you'll meet a 13-year- old math and science prodigy who is confident he may one day challenge some of the established principles of physics. he says his mind is constantly buzzing with new theories. when he runs out of wall space, he moves on to windows. remembering things so precisely, does that ever become a burden to you? >> no, not at all. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." [ thud ] ♪ [ thud ] [ horn honks ] ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] [ crash ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ crash ] ♪ ♪ ♪ what if the first step on that road is a bowl of soup? delicious campbell's soups fill y

the emir imported the musicians.sities have built campuses here, offering american degrees in the heart of the middle east. the museum of islamic art, with a billion-dollar collection, opened recently. admission, of course, is free. >> sheik hamid bin jasim: everything is free. that become, like, a part of our culture. >> simon: sheik hamid bin jasim is qatar's prime minister. >> jasim: even when the... people died, they were... we take care of them. >> simon: free funerals? ( laughs ) >> jasim: yes. >> simon: from cradle to grave... >> jasim: yes, yes. >> simon: ...everything's taken care of. >> jasim: that's... that's... we can make a logo. >> simon: this is a pretty good place to live. >> jasim: yes. we are living in good environments. let us pray that problems around us cool down. >> simon: those problems-- the chaos, violence and killings throughout the middle east-- are not cooling down at all. and many arab leaders say, to a large extent, it is the emir's fault. that's because of the television network he crea

the emir imported the musicians. there are six top american universities. and, oh, yes, there's something else-- qataris are the richest people in the world. >> stahl: in the beautiful italian province of perugia, men room the frosty hills with their trained dogs, hunting for the most expensive food in the world. so this is $1,000? just right there is $1,000? but as we found out, anything this rare and expensive can attract a dangerous clientele. >> ( translated ): everybody is in danger in this business. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." sponsored by:. >> glor: good evening. half-way through the year, u.s. stocks are up more than 8% despite the sputtering job market and europe's debt crisis. gas prices fell nine cents in the past week to a national average of $3.33 a gallon. and a.a.a. expects 5% boost in travel over the holiday weekend. i'm jeff glor, cbs news. >> kroft: for the past year, th

so, the british began three years of turnover, and sent many of the small emirates on the southern side of the persian gulf -- set them off in a path to independence. so, in 1971, late 1971, when the british withdrew, series of newly independent states emerged but neither the united states or or britain was there to quell interstate pressures that brought the brits there during the previous century. so, in the absence of american power, washington had to rely on two surrogates. the saudis and the iranians. those same two countries, after world war ii, of which the united states military stuck around to help train. >> host: well, first off, professor, was there any resentment on the part of some of the countries in the middle east where we talk about taking over for the english, to manage their affairs or to monitor our affairs in the middle east? was there resentment in the persian gulf area about that? >> that's a complicated question. i would think for public consumption, in the period 1968 to 1971 when the british were managing their withdrawal, many of the arab emirates publicly pro

the british began three years of turnover and sent many emirates on a path to independence. so late 1971 when the british withdrew a series of newly independent states demerged but britain was there to help quell the pressures that have brought the brits there during the previous century. and the absence of american empower washington had to iranians. the same two the united states military stuck around to help train. >>host: first, was there any resentment on the countries where they talk about to damage their affairs or monitor hours? was there a resentment? >> that is a complicated question. in a period of 1968 and the british manage their withdrawal, many arab emirates announced they were happy to see the british leave. and did a guy is of the persian gulf they profess they did not want the united states to replace them. in private the era of small emirates along the coast were petrified. 150 years they had enjoyed a certain degree of british protection and those and their leaders made offers to both london and washington to offer financial incentives for the british and

yes, you are not going to find cheap discount fares on emirates.id, you know that when you get on that plane, you are treated probably better than you are on almost any other airline. >> they're really known for their great service. is that going to put pressure on u.s. airlines to provide better service as well? >> yes, on their international flights. anywhere emirates goes, you look at the track record, the airlines that compete with them feel the pressure. especially from the corporate people who really have the big dollars. >> phil, we actually asked all of our viewers to tweet us what their favorite airline was and why. rick says -- emirates is good but for my money, singapore airlines is still the best. next level emirates is good, but singapore airlines is still the best. we got lots of other great responses, as well, but singapore airlines and emirates were high up on the list. >>> up next from the what have you done for me lately file, we now know what to expect from apple. but beyond the apple iphone 5 has apple ran out of am mow? or coul

social movements in the gulf the latest victims being nine activists arrested in the united arab emirates. and julian assange has mother speaks out for his sound passes to ecuador and president to agree to the whistleblowers asylum. hello and welcome to archie twenty four hour news live from moscow i am named my name is the. main star now the cia and other u.s. agencies are reportedly assisting syrian rebels in their bid to assad regime with the secret direct approval of president obama washington has been previously open about providing the armed groups and gangs with norm lethal support millions of dollars its international allies are thought to have gone further with the rebels apparently receiving high tech weapons via turkey including surface to air missiles and antiwar activists brian becker says america's strategy on syria has never been towards diplomacy. while the united states military and intelligence services are as we know now from the u.s. government admission coordinating through turkey through a u.s. military airbase these are all you know turkey is a nato country the mili

liable from moscow the united arab emirates says gulf states should unite to stop the muslim brotherhood plotting to undermine governments in the region the kingdom says it has a resident sixty islamism this year accusing them of belonging to the group which is banned today and conspiring to overthrow the regime let's get more on this from author and journalist to erica mother of the so is a journalist and coming us live from canada good to see you they miss him a goddess isn't the muslim brotherhood really such a threat to the arab gulf states and what other countries should be warned. the muslim brotherhood is the oldest political organization is the mother of all our of the groups and surrounded in egypt nineteen twenty eight and well it was radical in its youth its for coming in recent years rather conservative jews or b g younger junctions when i was there recently call it your grandfather's political party. many of us it's lost its youth or. is now becoming sort of a center of store a good musician however its goals and ambitions are still seen as a spread of golfers you just noted

what they want to do is establish an emirate in the northern part of nigeria and declare emirate across nigeria. >> it is split. boko haram wants to see the laws more strictly enforced. the groups radical theology has little traction in the south. >> founded in 2002, boko haram has attacked their homes, churches and killing scores of believers. bishop ransom is a prompt leader and received several death threats. most recent came from boko haram. warning of an impending attack. >> security of the state. >> one of the largest mosques, a recent friday noon gathering to urge followers to remain calm and seek peace. the imam refused to directly criticize the actions by boko haram. book has distributed leaflets not to criticize their actions. >> i don't know who the people are, i can't judge them. i can't tell you if boko haram is a muslim group or not. >> one thousand people in 160 attacks since july of 2009. the january 20th incident were far more complex and coordinated than anything linked to boik boko haram boek. this has gone beyond local radical group. >> that has nigerian and western

into syria as president has warned it could see violence flare up across the whole region but the emir of qatar is leading the calls for arab action in syria to put a stop to the ten month long fighting there he was also a key player in the arab league's role in opposing colonel gadhafi is rule in libya meanwhile syria has announced a release for prisoners jail during the uprising the move complies with the arab league peace plan which syria accepted in november our chiefs are further reports now from damascus. brings the people leave the syrian prison. family and friends. who have been. prisoners. to their freedom here this prison on the outskirts of damascus these are the prisoners they've been selected for at least. you can see the signing on this is being overseen by the arab league. this is part of the amnesty president but of course for everyone he's not being released from detention questions being asked about actually why they were detained in the first place. i've been in prison for four months i was accused of weakening national security i didn't protest they brought me here

social movements in the gulf the latest victims being nine activists arrested in the united arab emirates. and children are suckers mother speaks out for her son passed to the ecuadorian president agree to the whistleblower. hello and welcome to twenty four hour news live from moscow. main story now the cia and other u.s. agencies are assisting syrian rebels in that bid to oust the assad regime with a secret direct approval of president obama the reports follow washington's open admission about providing the armed groups and gangs with non-lethal support worth millions of dollars its international allies have gone faster with rebels apparently receiving high tech weapons via turkey including surface to air missiles and he will act as brian backus has american strategy on syria has never been towards diplomacy while the united states military and intelligence services are as we know now from the u.s. government a mission coordinating through turkey through u.s. military airbase these are all you know turkey is a nato country the military operations for this so-called free syrian army these

. >> he pulled off an upset against emir khan in december but they will meet in las vegas, may 19th on common ground. dave ross is at head banger gym. >> hey, dave he is training hard for that rematch may 19th, in las vegas he is the champ he is lamont peterson and you are gracious to take the time to join us i know you are right in the middle of training how is everything going. >> great >> what do you weigh now. >> 149 pounds. >> you got to get down to 140. >> yeah, but every work out i lose at least 4, 5 pounds i am only two work outs away from my weight >> as you get closer to may 19th how do you keep the heart rate low and everything calm. >> knowing i been here before just another day at the gym, another day of boxing i have been doing it 18 years this is no problem at all. >> the man who runs head bangers gym, trainer extraordinary, barry hunter, good to see you. lamont is ready i know you are ready i want to talk for people who might not know about the fighting style of lamont peterson it is crowding he crowded emir khan in that first fight and made him uncomfortable. >> yeah,

have as have been arrested in the united arab emirates in the last two days authorities there a cracking down on political dissent saying foreign linked groups threaten the state security and political studies professor stephen says however says it's just suppression of a rising internal social movement these are. the masters local activists. who are moderate islamists who want a greater sense of fairness and equity within society they are among three dozen dissidents who've been arrested in the past couple months some people some not for calling for the overthrow the government are anything but simply poor allowing the partially elected advisory assembly to have a little more power than it does currently so it just seems like you know another sad chapter and the crackdown against any dissent in the under that authoritarian regime by and large remains a definitely a far tyrian regime it stream repression against and they could use against foreign i guess work but most fundamentally no real. by the people themselves the most political. parties most. people. are. going to we're going to we

have as so rested in the united arab emirates. and i suppose as mother speaks out for her son personally urging the ecuadoran president to agree to the whistleblowers asylum. responds to a property website uses six pictures to sell polls is the number of homes it's three million details and business twenty minutes. news horatia under on the wall this is all she was me thanks for joining us the cia and other u.s. agencies are reportedly assisting syrian rebels in that bid to oust the assad regime with the secret direct to prove president obama washington has been previously open about providing the armed groups and gangs with a non-lethal support worth millions of dollars its international allies are thought to have gone further with rebels apparently receiving high tech weapons of by including its surface to air missiles and who actually has brian becker says america's strategy on syria has now been towards diplomacy. while the united states military and intelligence services are as we know now from the u.s. government admission c

nine more political activists are arrested in the united arab emirates is away but the tape suppression sweeps over rising social movements and the go. down by word the privileged in the apartheid era but many south african whites and our trouble is feeling the impacts of what they say is reverse discrimination. you saw russia and around the world this is she with me thanks for joining us funds the cia and the u.s. agencies are reportedly assisting syrian rebels in their bid to the assad regime with a secret direct approval of president obama washington has been previously open about providing the armed groups and gangs with non-lethal support millions of dollars its international allies are thought to have gone there was a rebels apparently receiving high tech weapons via turkey including surface to air missiles and one activist brian becker says america's strength to deal with syria has never been to most diplomacy. while the united states military and intelligence services are as we know now from the u.s. government and mission coordinating through turkey through u.s. military airbas

it is very different with the united emirates. you cannot compare iran with the united emirates. >> thank you. we both take questions from the floor. week for the microphone. give your name, be brief. >> i have a question about the european union and 2005. i am also an adviser to others. we've talked a lot about the issue of the security council resolution. with the presentation make, there are two different interpretations. there is a central interpretation shared by almost everybody. when you have a right to a rich, every country has a right to enrich. but at the same time, you have to have the dues for that. it can be used for military use or building a nuclear submarine. at least it is not building a nuclear weapon. the question is very simple. we have to know it is expected to be used for one very small thing. if there is a solution, we have to have civilian use of the program known. do you see the possibility of having the views on the program. if not, can you reduce the size of the program? this is an absolute presumption b

it is tied up with emirates.hey have signed a 10-year deal which will see qantas getting rid of its singapore hub. the hub will now be in dubai. the co-chairmen arrangement with british airways is gone after 20 years. this is more just a code-sharing agreement. they will coordinate on pricing, ticketing, scheduling, mileage programs, lounges. it is a game changer for qantas. it needed to make a change. for emirates, it will do a l lot more for the airline as well. >> their basic problem is they have a huge hub in dubai. lots of volume and people coming from europe, but it is extensive for them to service the extremities of their network. if they can have qantas bill that role, it is a much better for both of>> there will be 98 y services between the two. >> thanks very much. the south african mining company has signed a peace accord with some unions representing striking miners but the union has refused to sign the deal which would have committed the minors to return to work on monday. and activist as called for

elsewhere in the restive region united arab emirates these are fresh protests are clamped down with the west's blind eye attitude by going its stance on saudi arabia and bahrain. but can the troubles past the ancient olympic trials has politics hang over support for the syrian squad at the london games. seven pm in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live on news from our way with our top story this hour and syrian government troops and rebels are reinforcing their positions as the week long battle for the key northern city of aleppo intensifies columns of army tanks are reportedly rolling into residential areas where opposition fighters are placing snipers on rooftops now seizing control of syria's commercial capital is seen as crucial to winning the fight for the north of the country clashes are also being reported on the outskirts of damascus where rebels launched a major offensive recently but were pushed back hard she's one of the few international broadcasters still covering a vents from inside syria here's oksana boyko with the latest. over the past few days that aleppo has been at

it's very different with united emirate. you cannot compare iran with united emirate. >> thank you. we'll take questions for the floor. wait for the mike. give your name. be brief. francois. >> i am the head of the delegation of the european union here. i've been also working -- for five, taking part in talks with iran. and that's why we reflect a lot about this issue about u.n. security council resolutions, and i have to say, doesn't it compete with a presentation

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slater but now the united arab emirates has accused one of the world's most influential islamist groups they muslim brotherhood of plotting to overthrow regional governments the country has called on gulf arab states to unite to stop its rise and egypt dominates political life of the down there arrested around six to islam is this yet alleging they belong to the group and the work aspiring to as the shaikh but author and journalist eric margolis things these concerns show the state's paranoia. the muslim brotherhood's primary goals have been expressed through welfare programs and it's the reason words continue argue larry it's never been very popular among muslims and most of the undergrad students coming in the gulf the emirates now is coming from. the good the really difficult position they want to be on the side of history. improvement in the region but they've been stuck supporting dictators traditionally historically their american government is stumble and forward right now trying to figure out work to do and it's under the new obama administration under great attack by the republ

spring rebellions now seem to be a backfiring on some of the most rigorous of full to the united arab emirates slums the muslim brotherhood saying the islam is group is a true. crossing to bring revolutionary trail son to the gulf states that's right ahead. in the. four way from civilization in history all one helicopter treat from the nearest village. yes they still one family have been living here for a long time in tents made of rain dius canes. so. lodging runs you need to signal and then it's they also grew up in the tunes but left it at the age of six and never returned they now live in the seating in apartment building but still ruined their regions. was planted here as a dancing teacher. was. next to his den says he tells the stories about his motherland. laws in europe to now has a one thousand strong reindeer had when the enemy only saw the lichen and marks around who it is gather that turns and move to another pasha they travel hundreds of kilometers in winter women and children for them. but the two families have less of a chance to come across each other they belong to different w

we give it to the emirates for bustard hunting. so sorry but there's nothing we can do to stop this part of america's secret drone were operating out of shamsi. but we do condemn it in as strong as possible language. [laughter] the united arab emirates went on record saying that only built the airstrip. sheiks and others use it for recreational purposes. what recreation the cia was pursuing better, the emirates couldn't say. shamsi they assured the world was never operated or controlled by the united arab emirates. and so, we still had our drone based in shamsi, and no skittish ally had to take the blame for having handed it over to us. [applause] >> so that's a little bit about the book goes. that is the best part. [laughter] it's not that whole section but that part about the slime. [laughter] i think is the best. i am not an expert on the militant. i'm not an expert on war. my gig is politics. that's what i pursued as an activist and what i studied as an academic, and what i talk about on television. this book is a book about po

last year india comes in second united arab emirates third and israel comes and fourth so what are the implications of all this to discuss retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer from the center for events defense studies joins us now anthony welcome and so just in the span of one that year u.s. arms sales tripled that's a very significant job how does that happen. well obviously we're in a depressed world and i hate to say that we have a huge military industrial complex which requires all sorts of care and feeding but that's part of the deal frankly as we start to look at managed military operations in iraq and afghanistan the brutal truth is this we have an industry which is looking for new markets there's a hidden and i think that's one of the things that you're seeing now is that these individuals these groups large corporations which really are trying to grow by seven seven percent per year is looking for new markets and i think they're finding new markets and a lot of the areas you just mentioned saying this is all about business. and let's be doubly honest here a lot of europ

now anti-government activists have been arrested in the united arab emirates for what the authorities call a threat to the state security but human rights groups say the responses draconian political studies professor steven. the opposition movement is simply the public's desire for more input and they're closed. these are very the mess to get local activists through who are moderate islamists who want a greater sense of fairness and equity within society they are among three dozen dissidents who've been arrested in the past couple months some people sometimes to jail not for calling for the overthrow of the government or anything are but simply poor allowing the partially elected advisory assembly to have a little more power than it does currently so it just seems like yet another sad chapter and the crackdown against any dissent in the under that authoritarian regime by and large remains a definitely a far cheering regime if extreme a question again and they're going to use against foreign i guess work but most fundamentally no really going by the people themselves the most politica

twenty two raptor strike fighters to a base in the united arab emirates and here it is the brand new penetrating strike fighter the move has caused backlash from tehran in addition to the hardware the u.s. central command says there are about one hundred twenty five thousand u.s. troops in close proximity to iran not to mention new drone bases in undisclosed locations also in the region u.s. officials say an enhanced presence in the gulf is meant to serve as a quote quick reaction contingency force not simply as a prelude to war but the buildup seems to exacerbate the hostile talk which may at one point turn into an all out confrontation the military is of course no match to the american military might after all. we're talking about the country that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing new rant is in america's power but analysts most analysts agree what's also in its power is producing the kind of instability in the region that would be far worse than what came out of iraq and afghanistan. you know with artie thanks hope co

the united arab emirates has completed a new pipeline sapulpa oil bypassing been the warrior. strait of hormuz the new routes will be able to supply around two thirds of the country's crude outlets and of course currently almost all of the u.a.e. soil and twenty percent of global deliveries are transported through the straits of hormuz which is controlled by iran or any other country through absence of blockage as a reaction to sanctions from western countries over its nuclear program while back to russia for hours just days of course before president elect glad the upwards and takes over and there's already talk about who will be the new members of the government the current president of course for his in the has already set out his goals for his new role as prime minister and the we spoke to the russian economy school had sygate gritty of and he outlined what's been done in order to make sure that president medvedev this promises are achieved the recent speech by me was already quite specific instead of saying that we will be doing member musician or innovation this is how m

a growing line of intervention supporters the emir of qatar is the first arab leader to openly call for foreign military action in syria former ally turkey you can force them on down by only.

qatar and united arab emirates have been two of the largest investors.efore the turmoil, they viewed it as a hot market for property and construction. now they are limiting or stopping their projects. the state-owned real estate company halted work on the $350 million resort in a poor city. drake and skoal topped $28 million project in homs where troops were deployed to stamp out protests. the cash surplus countries of the gulf used to see syria as an investment-safe haven away from the struggles of the west. that notion has fundamentally changed. the future of all investments in area have been thrown in grave uncertainty. >>> andrew? >>> nina, the government of sim bab wa called it a vital source of revenue. >> a look inside diamond mines in zimbabwe. sometimes, i feel like it's me against my hair. [ female announcer ] weak, damaged hair needs new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. active naturals wheat formulas restore strength for up to 90% less breakage in three washes. for strong, healthy hair with life, new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. for strong, healthy

united arab emirates, i got to go to the model u.n. when i was 13.d for you. why am i not surprised you were in the model u.n. is that like a tiny u.n. and you can sit in the model for your height? >> dana: that's about as good as your die hard joke. >> greg: thank you. you said it's okay, the movie. >> eric: i'm okay with it. remarketed, capitalism, finance it and go ahead and finance it. there are a lot of movies that undermine capitalism. don't forget the united arab emirates produces oil, competitor for natural gas so of course they will do the antinatural gas movie. they're pro-oil. >> greg: matt damon undermining american interest with an evil conglomerate. isn't that the plot of the movie he rails against? >> andrea: who is against hydrofracking? environmentalists. this is taking dirty money to fund the money. interesting, liberals all the time in hollywood like to say i am getting to the bottom of it. this movie is anti-wine movie. paid for by budweiser. >> dana: medical marijuana -- >> andrea: it's the same. liberals make big oil. >> dana: f

and the united arab emirates follows the example of saudi arabia and bahrain as it leaves a fresh clampdown on protesters but the west stay silent. fire from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in damascus and opposition fighters are ready in themselves for a major advance on syria's key city of aleppo the country's commercial hub has been plagued by fierce street battles for several days since opposition fighters began their assaults this as two more senior syrian officials have to fact it from the government here's on a boycott. over the past few days aleppo has been at the center of a matter major military operation we know that the army the syrian army used tanks used fighter jets military helicopters to strike its targets the free syrian army has also. enlisted a lot of support for it's a parade. they're calling it did battle for aleppo and there are some reports that on the eve of this battle they received major reinforcements and supplies to all the military equipment new supplies of arms from turkey