let me go let me go let's go back to beirut let me go back to beirut i want one of the thinking given this area that we live in now called the arab spring and i'm thinking about libya and things like that yeah you think that. following are you worried about are you worried that if the current government in in lebanon doesn't. fulfill the execution of these these warrants here it will be used as a pretext for regime change or pressure on the regime in trying to isolate the current political elite in lebanon i mean that seems to be the flavor of the moment now in dealing with dealing with political change in the greater middle east where you think it's it's difficult to say regime change in lebanon because lebanon contra you know in contrast to say syria. egypt and libya you know where they were ruled by a one man one party scenario lebanon is not is not the case so it's very hard to apply regime change in lebanon as such you know you have governments governments go and governments come they with no confidence now the new government is because his governments down the line i mean there

to cross talk lebanon's trial i'm joined by how a job are in beirut she's a british lebanese journalist and author in jerusalem we cross only he is a writer for commentary magazine and in cairo we have mona evades she is a professor at the american university in cairo ok folks cross talk rules in effect but first let's have a show report on the tribunals findings to date. days ago a united nations tribunal delivered its long awaited indictment of four hezbollah officials in lebanon accused of assassinating the country's former prime minister rafik hariri and a roadside bomb six years ago the indictments now risk reigniting sectarian violence in a country already rattled by decades of bloodshed. political establishment now faces a tricky challenge it needs to find a compromise that both honors its international obligations and prevents a dangerous political split with a shiite has a belong with men currently enjoying great political clout and lebannon this we are today in front of a new reality that requests a wise approach putting the supreme interest of the country civil peace our nati

ok let me go to you first since here in beirut this is been going on a long time and there's a number of people that are accused of this crime it happened in two thousand and five first it was being framed on the syrians a number of men were held they were lit released then we hear it's hezbollah then people say it's around and then there are others that will say it's israel i mean is it gotten down to he said she said because there's a lot of people that can test a lot of the evidence in this case and there are many people expression in lebanon they don't trust the tribunals so who dunnit. that's the one million question dollar who who did what right from the beginning the investigation started on false grounds or wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. it was it was amazing when i was watching it to see for example at the time that within minutes within minutes of the explosion that killed former prime minister hariri the finger of accusation immediately went to syria and not just from lebanon but you know within hours the entire world followed suit and without any evidence without any proof

owen bennett jones reports from beirut. >> investigators and lawyers working behind these walls believe they know who killed ravi rafik hariri. they handed over four names to the lebanese authorities. the names are secret but the process is not. lebanon is now meant to arrest and detain the suspects. the new lebanese prime minister has said he'll deal with the tribunal's accusations in a responsible way. >> today we are confronting a new reality. and call upon all of us to consciously and purposely unite, setting as a priority the greater good of the nation, our own safety and a determination to know the truth, despite everything. so we can deal with the situation realistically and responsibly. keeping in mind that indictments, regardless of their source, are not conclusive. and any accusations need solid evidence that cannot be doubted. that every individual accused is innocent until proven guilty. >> but the prime minister faces conflicting pressures. the big western powers want him to respect the tribunal. but hezbollah is a powerful force within his government. and it believes its m

we have this report from beirut. >> the syrian flag and the american embassy. embassy official said that while the mob because some physical damage to buildings, the personnel were all fine, but they say syria failed to provide adequate protection. the french received much the same treatment. french security personnel fired in the air to keep the syrian government loyalists at bay. it all goes back to last week when the american and french ambassadors visited the scene of huge anti-government protests. syrian officials accused the american ambassador in particular of incitement and encouraging instability. meanwhile, the authorities have held a second day of national dialogue. the government insists it is serious about real reform, including the possible introduction of multi-party democracy. but many opposition leaders boycotted the event, denouncing it as a sham. in fact, some based -- some based in turkey said they will now form a shadow government of technocrats in exile. >> any regime that uses weapons against its own people is considered an expired regime

he was killed in february of 2005 when his motorcade was hit by a car bomb in beirut. members of hezbollah are expected in involvement of the assassination. >> it has been more than six years since hariri 's assassination. now the u.n. tribunal has turned over indictments to lebanese authorities which include a west warrants for four people suspected in the car bombing. -- include our arrest warrants for four people suspected in the car bombing. lebanon is request, the tribunal set up by u.n. security council resolution four years later. this is the firirst wld court with jurisdiction over the crime of terrorism. this presents a test for the newly formed government in lebanon. the prime minister avoided spelling out how he would handle the issue or whether arrests would follow. >> we will deal responsibly and realistically with the indictments. these are accusations, not a verdict, and they require irrefutable evidence. >> the indictments are thought to include people included with the shte muslim hezbollah group. hezbollah has not had -- has denied any role in hariri'

"bbc news," beirut. >> this is "newsday" on bbc. >> the headlines.news international" owner rupert murdoch has described his aappearance before a copy of -- committee of m.p.'s as the most humbling day of his life. >> the proceedings were briefly interrupted when a protestor threw a plate full of shaving foam at mr. murdoch. the threat of debt crisis is threatening europe and the world. joining me live from boston is a former chief economist for the i.m.f. harvard professor ken roguff. do you think the call for bolder more swift action from the i.m.f. should have come a little sooner? >> well, it certainly should have come a little sooner. it's not just necessary to be bolder. it's also necessary to be realistic. the europeans have been trying to have no european country default but greece especially and probably ireland probably also need to reorganize their dealt. if you don't have money you're not credible no matter how much money you throw at it. >> there has been some disagreement on this such. who from and what would you do to try to prevent th

just returned from syria and joining us from beirut.s is so much for talking with us. >> my pleasure. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: at least 17 people were killed in two terror attacks in norway. one person, a norwegian man, was arrested. and house speaker boehner broke off debt talks with president obama this evening. he said the president insisted on too much in tax increases. mr. obama shot back that republicans had dug in and would not compromise, and he called congressional leaders to the white house tomorrow. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: mark and david tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport on the "double header". we look at how text messaging is helping the distribution of much-needed supplies to fight malaria in tanzania. on "art beat," jeff talks to critic martin gayford about the life and work of lucien freud, who died wednesday. and david waters, a cameraman who works with science correspondent miles o'brien, blogs from florida's space

and for the civil you went to a very well-known palestinian refugee about an hour or so south of beirut. >> and both scary places. you can't imagine conditions under which the palestinians live in lebanon in most areas of the professions but was one of the spiritual head of the shia world which was an incredibly interesting man and i felt it necessary to speak to those folks in the sort of advanced mind. obviously the government wasn't arranging it for me because i discuss he was on the terrorist list in the state department. but nonetheless, conversations with hamas to try to create a pitcher the be incredibly complex situation hunting for a bomb in the middle east to read >> i'm wondering if any of the interviews you did with people who most americans they may not even know the names, but certainly are aware of the dangers and all these places, did any of these interviews change your personal assessment of the middle east and cause you to say wait a minute, maybe the u.s. policy is x, y or z. >> that's a complicated question and you don't believe obviously when you're talking to these

the bombing of beirut, the american embassy in beirut, a a very lively area. to discuss the reagan ministration, we have deal ride. he was in the intelligence programs of the national security council staff. hughes also executive secretary to the senior interagency which oversaw the commercial sectors of the u.s. space program. it is my honor to introduce him. thank you. well, good morning. i am reminded of an introduction a friend of mine gave to me recently. here's gil rye, he used to be somebody. i felt like i was somebody that administration. in the early years of the reagan we came into office under a president who was considered to be a true leader, and it was a very stimulating index of the reading experience for me, and i am sure my fellow panelists would agree there's a period in the white house that was one to remember and maybe a highlight of their career. in 1981, a cowboy rode into the white house. he came in on a campaign to demonstrate u.s. leadership in the world. and to bring on a new age for setting the stage for many of the programs he wante

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about the bombing of the marine corps barracks in 82, and the bombing of the american embassy in beirut. and you know, he was alleged to have blessed those before the fact. and he said, you know, essentially without saying much about that, you know, you were on our soil, we don't come to your soil. i condemn al qaeda for 9/11. these were ask of resistance, you know, not acts of terror. and that's a point of view. and it is actually useful to you that point of view when you're trying to figure out how these folks think. so, you know, you hear lots of -- i remember meeting with our guide to his head of the brigade in the palestinian refugee camp in the west bank. he has eyes like direction because the israeli army is looking to kill them. pc with an m-16 on his lap and when a conversation about how he got into this situation. i don't know, you could do this work in a complicated way users without doing some of that stuff. >> right. i know your books have been, as i said, they are international bestsellers. a lot of people read them including well-known people, john mccain is one of the pe

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