>> ashraf is smart as a whip. i'm an american so by definition i don't like soccer, but more generally, you really can't come to a conclusion other than germany has to relent to some degree. i don't say that flip pantly. clearly the euro project has been built on decades of german pushback on what is ultimately a french push for more growth, more integration but eventually we have gotten to where we are that is to say the germans relented over time and going forward over the next six to eight quarters they're likely to continue to varying degrees relenting. >> dan, we're using the soccer match as a broader metaphor, right, and i know it's not a game, there is a lot of money, and there's a lot of livelihoods on the line here but in the fight between greece and austerity and germany, what they want, who do you think will win? will anybody win? >> well, everybody's losing to some degree, but generally speaking to the extent that we're able to hold the euro area together and i am someone who believes ultimately the eu

raja pervez ashraf is the man put forward by the people's party. one would wonder why he would want to be in that position, given what has happened to the last prime minister, who was sacked and now cannot hold office for some time. the next favorite candidate had an arrest warrant issued for him just hours after he was announced. you have to wonder how long ashraf will last in that role. >> chinese dissident artist ai wei wei has finished a one-year bail period. he has been under tight restrictions. the artist and outspoken critic of the government was detained for almost three months without charge last year. ai, who has been accused of tax evasion, said chinese officials have told him he is barred from leaving the country pending further investigations. he has been speaking with martin patience. >> you cannot give someone freedom -- you cannot be free in the place you want to be. i am surprised. >> in the last 12 months, how have you been treated by the police and the authorities? >> everywhere, two cars, three cars, every day for the past 300 d

ashraf lasheen was one of morsi's supporters and insists they're not going anywhere. >> we will support will defend our rights and we will go forwards for that. we not give up. >> reporter: you will not give up. >> we will not give up. >> reporter: if he doesn't get the powers you'll be back here protesting? >> of course, all of us. >> pelley: charlie tag a joins us just above tahrir square in cairo. charlie, i wonder, what morsi's been on the 1979 peace treaty with israel which the mubarak government has always supported. >> well, in his victory speech last night, scott, morsi said he had a message of peace and that he respects all international agreements without mentioning that 1979 peace accord with israel by name. but analysts say he would have a lot to lose by canceling that agreement, not the least $1.3 billion in u.s. aid for the military here. >> pelley: charlie, thank you. european security officials tonight are warning about a new terror threat. they say that a norwegian man has received terrorist training from al qaeda in yemen and is now awaiting orders to attack the west.

he is raja pervaiz ashraf, the information minister in the previous government. he replaces yousuf raza gilani, who was ousted this week by a decree of the country's supreme court. gilani ran afoul of the court when he refused to initiate a corruption investigation of pakistan's president, asif ali zardari. crowds of egyptians thronged cairo's tahrir square today to rally for the muslim brotherhood and its presidential candidate. they demanded election results that now have been delayed indefinitely. mohammed morsi, the muslim brotherhood candidate, said the rallies would go on, but he insisted they'll be peaceful. >> i announce and promise in front of all of you that there will not be any discrimination or any confrontation or violence to disrupt the security and stability of the country. this is all rumor about any violence. >> holman: the muslim brotherhood has said its count shows morsi won the presidential run-off last weekend. but his rival, former prime minister ahmed shafiq, insists he won. the ruling military council said today the brotherhood moved too

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ashraf is a former minister. he was nominated by the governing pakistan people's army. rather pakistan people's party. party leaders after issuing an arrest warrant for the initial candidate. the judges want him in connection with smuggling pharmaceuticals. ashraf said he'll try to forge an equal relationship with the united states that will respect pakistan's sovereignty. yousuf raza gillani stepped down as prime minister on tuesday. judges of the supreme court made him resign because of a conviction for contempt of court. judicial officials also plan to look into allegations that president asif ali zardari was involved in corruption. >>> afghan troops have ended a siege at a hotel near kabul. taliban government has stormed the building and seized 40 hostages. security officials say that troops killed five gunmen. they say four security guards and at least ten afghan civilians were killed during the siege probably by the insurgents. a spokesperson for the interior ministry says an investigation is underway. >> our investigation was inside the building. they are investi