is the president of egypt scared of the competition sami annan is the latest contender forced out of the race for the presidential election in long the army's fluent chief of staff is under arrest and the former prime minister has also been forced to drop out this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle it doesn't look like many or should that be any challenges are going to make it to polling day for the presidential election in egypt voting in march will be the second sense of will fattah el-sisi deposed president mohamed morsy five years ago critics say the election is turning into a farce one military leaders seen as a leading contender is to replace sisi is out of the race sami annan was arrested by soldiers on chews day army commander said the former army chief of staff broke the law by not getting permission to declare his candidacy and spokesman says his arrest means the state doesn't really want elections a tall well another comes as out of the running is ahmed shafik the former prime minister and air force chief announced his challenge in novem

a false one minute you need a scene as a leading contender to replace sisi is out of the race sami annan was arrested by soldiers on choose day c'mon to say the former army chief is soft broke the law by not getting permission to declare his candidacy spokesman says his arrest means the state doesn't really want elections a tool well another comes as out of the running is ahmed shafik the former prime minister and air force chief announced his challenge in november but withdrew earlier this month he said he had reconsidered and didn't think he was the best person to run the country the nephew of late president that is also out he's refused to run them in what he called an environment of fear surrounding the election. it's a far cry from the egyptian revolution seven years ago then the streets of cairo are filled with hopes for change and democracy millions protested against poverty unemployment and corruption president hosni mubarak was overthrown after nearly thirty years in power his replacement in june two thousand and twelve was egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed

an advisory commission made up of members of civil society led by former un secretary general kofi annan i was appointed to look into the conflict. out. of. this. despite appeal for reduced dialogue and a day after this statement our son launched its attack they say to draw attention to their plight kofi annan made this report asking that me and my government to create save zones for their hang guess why the need for an armed group inside iraq kind of state where larry we're going you're holding a reihana hokum i don't leave it open to my ramani do you have. different. money acquiring or they are the more you hold it is you do not going to do with or no. more muslim on the other lowly it early on ok there are quite a work out there and i am only going to be really you that i could you know what do you want what does your armed groups want. to kill only humoring will and money throughout our time where we are yet or one of us women out of going initiative and then about on my that they are in the international rethinking mine in. you know i had a few times i guess when i wrote my narrativ

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secretary general kofi annan former u.n. secretary general kofi annan they say they're going to start to meet and work toward implementing those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repatriation but it will be very interesting to see just how quickly it actually happens i mean our saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday. the french president has called on the u.k. to do more about refugees and migrants who are trying to make it to britain via kalai meeting with refugees and migrants emanuel macross said he would discuss the issue with the british prime minister to resign me on thursday let's reports from cali. emmanuel mccall began the day meeting refugees at a state shelter in northern france exactly all of us who are going to see them here in some regions of the who are going to them later in the port of cali the fr

secretary general kofi annan former u.n. secretary general kofi annan they say they're going to start to meet and work toward implementing those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repatriation but it will be very interesting to see just how quickly it actually happens i mean are saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday. in venezuela a former police officer who'd been on the run for the past six months has been killed in a special operation scott perez and his accomplices stole a police helicopter in june last year and threw four grenades at government buildings he said he was part of an uprising against president nicolas maduro administration to as a poet ports. these are the last images of debaters after the shootout with venezuela special forces and we told them that we want to turn ourselves in but they don't want

from berlin yard battling annan, -- bannon. in a controversial book, steve bannon implies the president's campaign colluded with russians. the president firing back saying "he lost his mind." also coming up, the chips are down. major security flaws that could allow hackers to steal the entire in memory of computers undetected. in commenting down to -- and counting down to russian elections, there are several candidates in the field. her chances of snatching victory. ♪ i'm right golf. it is good to have you with us. we begin with the very public feud in the u.s., trump versus b annon. trump is threatening action against former -- steve bannon. a cease and desist letter has also been sent to the author and the publisher trying to halt the release. the president launched a scathing attack on bannon saying "steve annan has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. it is alleged that bannon attacked trump junior for a meeting with russians. he is quoted as saying "even if y

secretary general kofi annan former u.n. secretary general kofi annan they say they're going to start to meet and work toward implementing those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repatriation but it will be very interesting to see just how quickly it actually happens i mean maher saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday. president told trump is in excellent health according to the white house doctor who has just released results from recent tests tests follow up questions about the president's wellbeing at the end of last year after he slurred his words during a speech i had given the president's medication specifically some sudafed over the days previous and i think that i had inadvertently kind of dried up the situations a little bit more than i intended to and i think that led to very different to take it. well d

secretary general kofi annan this is going to have international members from from south africa from here in thailand and also from the united states bill richardson who's a former ambassador to united nations from the united states will be on that commission and this is different in that it's an implementation commission the last one headed by kofi annan that was to investigate and provide recommendations to the myanmar government of how to deal with the situation in state and it's interesting to note important to note that that commission started even before this flare up and this mass exodus we saw from our kine into bangladesh kofi annan is commission issued recommendations to the government now this commission that's really going to officially kicked off next week is going to start to implement those recommendations the myanmar government has said that they've already started to implement some of those recommendations but they're going to use this commission to help them do so and again they're drawing from outside the nation to help them do that will be interesting to see again

secretary general kofi annan former u.n. secretary general kofi annan they say they're going to start to meet and work toward implementing those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repeats relation but it will be very exciting see just how quickly it actually happens i mean are saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday i'm joined now from washington d.c. by simon n n s use executive director of the at missy advocacy group international campaign for the region jeff thank you very much for being with us and i just want to ask you initially what your thoughts on whether they the ranger are likely to be able to go back safely and i think this is clearly a cruel and i conscionable deal that's going to force the revenge are likely against their will back to the potential killing fields of burma. i mean there's talk about the

day after this statement arson launched its attack they say to draw attention to their plight kofi annan made this report asking that me and my government to create safe zones for their hang guess why the need for an armed group inside iraq kind of state you're learning we're learning you're holding a reihana hokum i don't leave it open to my ramani do you have. the relaxed water quality money acquiring or they are the more you hold it is you do not going to do with. someone the other lowly it early on ok there are quite a worker there and i they're going to be really you. what do you want what does your armed group want i don't think you'll only humoring lend money to our right and where we are yet or one of us women out of who are going in this you need to do and then i got on my that up there i mean the international rethinking mine in. you know i had a few times i guess when i wrote my narrative. the group is led by this man. born in exile in karate pakistan he grew up in saudi arabia before moving back to the right going to head to movement there had been armed groups before but non

they can thank harriet bruce-annan. she got them accepted at universities in kiev.hey're studying medicine, law, computer science and business administration. why in ukraine? because, harriet explains, like ghana, it's a country striving for democracy. ♪ >> they're learning a valuable lesson, because the problems here are also happening in most of african countries. and then, they can learn that people stood and fought for democracy. >> the youth don't give up in ukraine. they're always there for their country. but whilst in ghana our youth are always living their holidays to do whatever they like. it shouldn't be so. >> ukrainian law requires that they return to ghana after their studies. that's important for harriet. that was her intention when she moved to dusseldorf in 2002. ♪ she worked as a cleaning lady and sent her savings back to ghana, to build an orphanage. she looked around for sponsors and donors and founded the "african angel association." at first, the children and students didn't know that harriet was cleaning restrooms in dusseldorf to finance their

day after this statement arson launched its attack they say to draw attention to their plight kofi annan made this report asking the b.m.r. government to create save zones for their hand guess why the need for an armed group inside iraq kind of state your language here when you're holding a reihana hokum i don't leave it open to my ramani to do. the reluctant to put out the money accordingly they are done with your holiday as you do not going to do with or know whom it did on whether it was someone the other lowly literally on a car there are quite a worker there and i am only going to be really you. what do you want what does your armed groups want. to kill only humoring little money throughout our town where we are yet or one of us women out of going in this unit and then about on my that up there i mean the next new thinking man in. do. you know i have a few times i guess when i get my marriage. the group is led by this man. born in exile in karachi pakistan he grew up in saudi arabia before moving back to the rock coming to head to movement there had been armed groups before but none

of the advisory board to make fun of conclusions this week one member of the kofi annan commission from myanmar gave us his view of richardson's departure and the need for better transparency is a meant to be recalled which i think this is a little bit of a drawback but we can move on we should take criticism and if there is anything that we need to correct we should do that and if there is nothing wrong we should prove it by facts and figures and all to do that the basic fact is that you need people to go to that area but that hasn't happened or kind remains heavily controlled by the military humanitarian groups the un and media are still not allowed free access to recount so refugees hoping to return have to rely on limited information to make a very important decision got hodler al-jazeera young gone i reported from bangladesh in october and every day my camera team and i encountered people who'd suffered some of the worst abuses we as journalists have ever come across we were told of atrocities including mass killings gang rapes and the raising of entire villages one thing we heard

public statements that i was pursuing my own agenda yet my own agenda was basically follow the kofi annan recommendations do something about the refugees stop the human rights atrocities release the two journalists that were detained because freedom of the press is a bedrock of democracy and a coffee anon recommendation of finding out what's going on yeah i was outspoken and on sons to achieve my former friend well i still respect or didn't want to hear that this this commission was a whitewash so when he defended their lives mr hermanson that she knew were they respect their but she didn't respect your opinion is that related to i think what's been called a furious response i think those were your words was that regarding calls to free the journalists and and was that a key step for you for them to move forward. yes the fact that she exploded when i gave her frank advice about treating the journalists fairly about an investigation into the mass graves issue she just didn't want to hear bad advice i still like and respect her we've had a thirty year relationship i've invested in me m.r. i

those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repatriation but at the very instant see just how quickly it actually happens i mean maher saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday here with the news out from office here is still to come on the program we're on the border between sudan and eritrea where a military buildup is adding to a regional pulling out. many questions of the u.a.e. alleges an incident in the skies above the gulf that says never happened. and but it was shot above a returns to court at this trade open for the first time since a doping ban find out how she got on a little later this. there are warnings that the killing of a prominent politician could push the volatile region into chaos all of the event of it was hit by four bullets outside his party's headquarters in the northern coast of a town of the tributes he was head of the freedom democracy and justice par

secretary general kofi annan former u.n. secretary general kofi annan they say they're going to start to meet and work toward implementing those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repatriation but it will be very interesting to see just how quickly it actually happens i mean maher saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday. the european union and the united states are calling for calm off for a problem cause of politician was shot dead the serbian president described the killing of all of a very rich as an act of terrorism and it meets in bits in brush will in brussels between kosovo and serbia was abruptly called off when news of the shooting in britain has its report the yellow forensic markers show where all of an event of each fell the sixty four year old shot at least five times outside his party headquarters in t

it was all model sure from the door institute said that there was a possibility the annan had actually not to miscalculated this bid and he had expected this step and this isn't the end of the story do you think that there's more to this. i think there's almost got to be i noted that comment by professor short as well you know simian then is not like what the colonel who was mentioned earlier who sort of announced earlier this year a kind of strange bid for the presidency and then was quickly shuffled off into detention and then sentenced to a prison term so i mean i'm in is a very serious player who clearly understands the military clearly understand sisi and understands the gyptian political scene and so it's it's impossible to me that he didn't know or didn't realize that there was going to be a strong response and the question is what does he have in response to that i mean i think one of the points that dr r. sure made for example is that a semi i meant clearly has loyalist supporters within the military establishment it's inconceivable that he would have decided to run for the pr

thirteen a year later he won the election with ninety seven percent of the vote former army chief some annan says he also run. lots more so it's coming on al-jazeera including . palestinians face going hungry after the u.s. with holds more money for a crucial the u.n. agency. and we visit an elephant sanctuary kenya that's being more than just improving the animals' lives more in that state. well it's been rubbish rather than levant in the last day or so clouds swept through there bringing cold there for a bit of grain the snow certainly cold running running through the bekaa valley into syria and iraq that's gone through was army see daylight and saturday so the skies should be largely blue and the temperature is not high will be feeling a bit better i think with the southern sky the snow has gone into iran that extends down towards the gulf with some rain already formed in kuwait probably be a little bit more following that things quieten down a slow rise in temperature but not much eighteen in baghdad cloud filling the sky i think for lebanon for northern egypt and probably a good policy

statements that i was pursuing my own agenda you know my own agenda was basically follow the kofi annan recommendations do something about the refugees stop the human rights atrocities turkey's president says his forces will sweep kurdish fighters from the syrian border and could push all the way east to the iraqi front here the turkish offensive against the kurdish why p.g. fight is in syria's a freenet region has already strained ties with its nato ally that's the us turkey considers the wipe e.g. a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in the u.s. led efforts to combat eisel and syria. far in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty seven people including patients a nurse says in an intensive care unit firefighters in the southern city of marianne managed to rescue dozens of others trapped by the flames an investigation is now underway. you are officially up to date those are current headlines here and i'll just say right up next it's rewind pencils and bullets we'll see in just under half an hour's time. up to our up. i'm laura. there and back in tw

secretary general kofi annan they say they're going to start to meet and work toward implementing those recommendations from the kofi annan commission it's going to be interesting to see how and if the myanmar government takes those recommendations how quickly will come out but right now next week we're seeing a lot of movement toward the repatriation but it will be very interesting to see just how quickly it actually happens i mean are saying they're ready to start receiving on tuesday some in venice is the executive director at the international campaign for the region he says the deal to repatriate the region is cruel and there is no indication that they're going to be safe from continued attacks by the burmese government and the burmese army as you know they're going back to a situation where they've been upgraded from their homes and they're also going back to a country where they have lived on the virtual apartheid conditions for for decades now disenfranchised. the citizenship stripped denied movement denied employment you know this is not a place that any sane people want to go

have to be identified and string them up by an unjoined the school shortly after it was founded by annan kumar and i want to run a school or. that . he did it. to make. their. own. but. there. makes him responsible for ninety thousand policemen he comes from one of b. hawes best known upper caste families they have a long tradition of public service i wanted to give back. and that's the main theme and all my activities hover around bad team. i work so much. that i have no problems about. not having and enough in life. i've had enough i'm sad to say. i could have given back only things which i have. this is the best that i had. a non background is very different he still lives in the rough part of town where he grew up he has a nice house but he's protected by gates a dog and his bodyguards with good reason given the power of the. kidnappings to take place. at times due to janet's reasons somewhat peculiar to this region. it does take place it does happen you get. security concerns. on counting the cost of a look at the economic reasons behind the rest in the middle east second largest ec

you heard president trump comment on his relationship with former white house chief strategist the annan. they come after details of a yet to be released book written by the former strategist, but to be released yesterday. to learn more about the situation, we spoke with a journalist on c-span radio. this is the headline. president trump demands that the publisher halt the release of a critical book. peter baker joins us on the phone. first, this seems to be right out of donald trump's playbook. what the lawyers come after. it certainly is. how many times have you heard you canident say that see someone you don't necessarily like. is going to sue all of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct. of course, he never did. "the newe would sue york times" for writing about. he never did. he has gone through with lawsuits in the past. tim o'brien, the author of a biography he did not like. for the most part, he likes to wield litigation weapon at least as a way of trying to pressure or intimidate those he does not like. >> let's be clear about this. he is a public official. does he have

que fuera hospitalizada y operada por coágulos que le pesaron en un brazo esto fue lo que alertó a annanel proceso de recuperación >> cuando entre al cuarto sentí mal olor y me di una vuelta y estaba bien >> ya dice que alertó las enfermeras que le cuidaban en el centro médico situación que dice que se repitió >> le dije la enfermera que tuviera cuidado porque tu podría haber una infección la espalda >> cabo de días dice que descubrió que lo que ya tenía la espalda en un hueco esta fotos suministradas por ellos y no podemos revelar por ser muy gráficas dicen que demuestran a lo que ha llevado la infección >> los ve son como 3 cm >> ana dice que no le cabe duda que hubo negligencia por el personal médico >> en el otro cuarto mesa explicados los había que moverla y ella nunca hicieron >> no solo no comunicamos con el hospital pero dijeron que por razones de leyes de privacidad del paciente no podían dar más detalles sobre el caso afirmaron que el hospital es conocido por la calidad de cuidados que brindan los médicos reconocidos nacionalmente agregaron que están comprometidos en mantener l

cc's running for a second term in march that former army chief sami annan has added his name to the list calling for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. pope francis has met peru's president pedro public as he wraps up his south america talk earlier he called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting the heart of peru's amazon forest the pope condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold area. turkey's mobilizing thousands of free syrian army rebels on its border with syria it's part of a military operation threaten against syrian kurdish fighters known as the y p g were based in a three in the army's as a ground assault could happen soon and the lebanese army has found the bodies of nine syrian refugees they froze to death in a snow storm trying to cross the border into lebanon and u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has provoked widespread international opposition well

que fuera hospitalizada y operada por coágulos que le pesaron en un brazo esto fue lo que alertó a annanda >> cabo de días dice que descubrió que lo que ya tenía la espalda en

when harriet bruce-annan emigrated to europe, she never forgot the children grgrowing p in the slumsr native ghana. 10 years ago 10 years ago, she brought some of them over to ukraine. among them were ashley, abraham, and james brown.

the tenth annual freedom festival, with a lecture from former un secretary—general kofi annan.uch part of life. it brings people together. they may not understand what the artist is saying, but they stop and look at it and question something within themselves. the city's first ever children's literature festival, the big malarkey. they all live at number 41 fairfield road, and their next—door neighbour is mr nigel mcnumpty, who is a grizzly bear. and hull was even on show at the world's largest arts festival, the edinburgh fringe. we are here representing hull, which is the uk city of culture this year. the proms came here outside london for the first time in more than 80 years. and hull hosted the first ever uk pride parade, marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. we're bust to bust. yes, bust to bust, yeah, after all these years. cheering and applause. as part of lgbt 50, radio 2 to brought the i feel love concert to town. today, i feel really reflective and i feel i kind of stand on the shoulders of great people who have done — you know, like,

secretary general kofi annan son. pakistani prime minister now as sharif's three children the daughter of former chinese premier li peng and relatives of hosni mubarak. and bashar assad. many experts are certain that the panama attack on governments all over the world will continue. we've learned that there will be a second part of the papers and preparations for the next progressing full steam ahead. on the website of the consortium that led the investigation into the first part of the scandalous report journalists are dropping subtle hints. the second information needs funding. we are aiming to raise fifty thousand dollars or more over the coming weeks to contribute towards our next big investigation. the journalist consortium gerard ryle is quite open they've held back a lot of compromising evidence for later well there are a lot of document that have yet to be published because we didn't publish every document that we chose not to publish every document nighty five to ninety eight percent of the information collec

secretary general kofi annan son. pakistani prime minister now as sharif's three children the daughter of former chinese premier league. and relatives of hosni mubarak. and bashar assad. many experts are certain that the panama attack on governments all over the world will continue. we've learned that there will be a second part to the. then preparations for the next progressing full steam ahead. on the website of the consortium that led the investigation into the first part of the scandalous report journalists are dropping subtle hints. the second information needs funding. we are aiming to raise fifty thousand dollars or more over the coming weeks to contribute towards our next big investigation. of the journalist jeroen rial is quite open they've held back a lot of compromising evidence for later well there are a lot of document that have yet to be published because we didn't publish every document and we chose not to publish them and ninety five to ninety eight percent of the information collected by. the hack not

public statements that i was pursuing my own agenda yeah my own agenda was basically follow the kofi annan recommendations do something about the refugees stop the human rights atrocities release the two journalists that were detained because freedom of the press is a bedrock of democracy and a coffee anon recommendation of finding out what's going on yeah i was outspoken and unsung suchi my former friend well i still respect or didn't want to hear that this this commission was a whitewash she doesn't want to show moral leadership because she's afraid of the military the military has enormous power there. she says there's a separation of constitutional rights between the military and her she doesn't want to offend them she doesn't want to take them on but she should say to the military we're in a terrible mess stop these atrocities allow these refugees to move forward don't do mass graves find ways to stop the human rights violations she's unwilling to take on a very powerful entity and that's the military as tight security in honduras as protests continue ahead of the inauguration of reel

you've advised the group of elders before and one of them former a year and secretary general kofi annan chaired the advisory commission on for him in the young mark which submitted its recombination is in late august and it looks like neither the myanmar military in the or the groups are really thrilled with the doc kind of recommendations and now formed a special agency to hopefully put some of the of the advice into practice what do you think she will need to succeed in bringing the two sides to any sort of mutually agreeable solution courage. determination and. and an effort i think was the most effective way that she could use would be what people like mandela have used in similar circumstances which is to talk to each of the participants each of the protagonists individually and then attempt to bring them all round the table but if you gather people around a peace table who have never met each other and have never been listened to individually you're heading for trouble back in two thousand and seven he said that she didn't hold no violence for more she didn't hold to nonviolence f

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a plan to address the conflict in rhakine state based on applying the recommendations of the kofi annans her blueprint. she has said it time and time again in statements, on the rare occasions he has made them, and she pointed to these five advisers to show that she wants to listen to international advice bill richardson is notjust a very seasoned extremely experienced diplomat, but also a very old friend of aung san suu kyi, who used to go see her when she was under house arrest. for him to come out and notjust resign from this commission, this advisory board, but also to give such damning language about are basically saying she refused to listen to advice and he feels that the board is little more than a cheerleader for government policy and he does not feel it is serious about implementing the commission or addressing the deep—rooted problems in rhakine state on issues such as citizenship for rohingyas. he has gone out and said this is worthless. itjust adds to the enormous damage that has been done to the reputation of aung san suu kyi over the past six months. jonathan head for us

aung san suu kyi has responded by promising to implement changes proposed by former un kofi annan, andstatesman to advise her. among them, an old friend. bill richardson is a former us governor and one—time ambassador to the un, with a long—standing commitment to myanmar. aung san suu kyi also expressed a desire for genuine, high—level dialogue with the burmese government. in the early 19905, the burmese government. in the early 1990s, he was among the first diplomats to visit aung san suu kyi when she was under house arrest. so, his sudden resignation from the board is a blow. and he had some withering comments about aung san suu kyi's unwillingness to listen. it isa suu kyi's unwillingness to listen. it is a whitewash. i thought it would be independent, that they would be independent, that they would take her advice on the rohingya crisis. the citizenship issue, human rights, but instead, it issue, human rights, but instead, it is just issue, human rights, but instead, it isjust a validation issue, human rights, but instead, it is just a validation of a policy. this is the headquarte

august 2016 myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi asked the former un secretary—general, kofi annan into tensions in rakhine state. a year after, the commission released its report, saying that communities in the region face a "real risk" of radicalisation if ethnic tensions are not addressed. laetitia van den assum, a former dutch diplomat, was one of the three foreigners of the nine member commission. she has been speaking to our south east asia correspondent, jonathans head, who began by asking her about the prospect of overcoming mistrust and fear between communities in rakhine. that is going to take time, it has gotten worse since 2012 when other camps and other muslims as well. it has contributed to even greater fear, people are even more fearful of each other than before because if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't interact you are only going to distrust each other more than before. what has been missing for a long time and particle it also sends 2012 —— since 2012 is government voices are saying th

and former army chief sami annan says he will also run and call for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. or october story if i am elected to this historic position to save egypt that belongs to the people i call on all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. home orthostatic i can the country's institutions both private and military to remain neutral towards all who have announced her candidacy and to not take sides of the current president this is against our constitution he is merely a candidate among other candidates pope francis has met peru's president pedro public as he wraps up his south america tour earlier he called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting the heart of peru's amazon forest the pope condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold in the area he said native peruvians have never been more threatened and urged the government to recognize their culture turkey is mobilizing thousands of free syrian army rebels on its border with syria it's all part of a military operation threatened against syrian kurdis