bernard smith reports. >> still in her white prison coats she is now back home. she was freed one month into afternoon 11 year prison sentence for taking part in an antigovernment protest in alexandria. >> i was laughing and crying at the same time. i couldn't believe it! why 11 years? one month for carrying weapons, six years for illegal gathering and four years for rioting, and i think something related to scratching a door. it was so silly i cried, but we were also laughing a lot about it. >> sara was one of 21 women and girls given hefty sentences. no effort was are linking the women to any violence. the 11 year terms provoked international outrage. now reduced their sentences to either a year suspension or probation. >> i don't think sara is going to join protest again. sara has a one year suspended sentence. are you going to protest? for sure she's not. >> sairsarah wants to get back o university. >> we had no clothes except for the prison clothes and we had three criminals with us that used to really bother us and call us names. >> sara will appeal for a f

bernard smith has more. >> the twisted gutted remains of a trolley bus in volgograd. bodies and debris are strewn across the street. russia's anti-terrorism committee says the blast was likely caused by a bomb. it's the second attack in the city in two days. >> on sunday 17 people were killed by a female suicide bomber in volgograd's main railway station. investigators there say that security controls at the entrance to the station prevented more deaths. >> translation: the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber, who, when trying to pass through the metal detector gates saw a police officer, got nervous and detonated the bomb with grave consequences. >> coming a month before the start of the winter olympics in socchi, the consecutive attacks raised fear of a concentrated campaign of violence before the games. the sochi winter olympics is a prestige project for president vladimir putin. no one claimed either attack. earlier this year chechen leader called for maximum force to prevent the olympics from being held. the chechens want to sort of an islamic state out of r

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bernard smith has report out of cairo, and joins me to discuss the restrictions faced by journalistsking in in egypt. how difficult is it? >> i think since august and the crackdown on those protests in cairo, from then on in, it became increasingly difficult for foreign journalists to operate. the government portrayed foreign media sometimes as agents of foreign powers. so foreign media for a time, certainly in august, became targets when we were operating on the street. targets for harassment and physical harassment. it has calmed down a little bit since then. it has become slightly easy to operate, but it still remains challenging. >> a little bit easier, but not al jazeera english. why have we been singled out? >> i think we are the only al jazeera people left in egypt. also al jazeera was seen as being instrumental in helping the revolution along. that's how i was portrayed at the time. we have the anniversary coming up, and a military government that can taking increasingly draconian steps to try to stabilize the country. and we think al jazeera is being lashed out against becau

. >> in the -- bernard smith explains why. >> in the back street working conditions are tough.this is life for teenage boys, where learning a trade is seen as more important than going to school. >> translation: i'm working here because education is useless. they don't teach us anything at school. i earn $15 per week. >> egypt's stagnant post revolution economy is adding to the problem of child labour. 1.6 million children in egypt are in work. 13% of the workforce is unemployed. three quarters of the unemployed are 15 to 29-year-olds. such poor employment prospects are hardly a good advertisement for the benefits of education among families living hand to mouth. >> we provide the families with incentives that benefit the whole family. if you give them 10 kilograms of rice. at least 80% - then, after you you start working on changing the attitude. the 10 kilogram of rice and the 1 litre of oil, the whole family will benefit from... >> the harsh realities of life, where the working chin are envied by their peers. >> it's better for children, instead of being thieves. once they w

we are joined by bernard smith now.re have been protests in egypt everyday since the military coup. tell us about the significance of the pr protest today. the students taking to the streets an what the and what the about. >> for the first time today for 50 minutes several hundred student pr protestors were ableo gather in the square. that is the first time anybody has had any protest in the square since back in the summer and the coup that led to the ousting of hamid mor mo morsi. now it seems the student protestors were able to get into the square. they managed for 50 minutes before the authorities came in, the security forces with the armored personnel care yers cars sending large volumes of tear gas to clear the protestors. there have been ae series of eas events over of the last week heavy sentences handed down between 11 and 17 years for pro toasprotest related offences. a law that the government has introduced and the death of two student protestors atthe hands of the security forces. all of those events have spu

bernard smith has more from cairo. >> former center of islamic education in egypt has been one of the focal points for people, students protesting the coup that deposed mohamed morsi back in september. there's fighting still ongoing despite the arrests, between students and security forces all day. in fact it seems to have stepped up over the past few days, protests pretty much all the time but yesterday we had a group of women students just outside the university beaten up by local residents and by security forces, we are told. earlier last month we had 21 students facing trial for previous protests at al assad university and we have another 12 students who have been jailed for 17 years for protesting again at that same university. so a considerable crack down by the security forces against the students and at al assad university and they are continuing to protest and they seem to be gathering in intensity. >> thailand will hold its parliamentary plekses o election january 2nd, after yin luck shinawatra has, run the country. wayne hay reports from bangkok. >> the leader of the 18th g

bernard smith, al jazeera, cairo. >>> we reported a government air stroke on rebels in the northern cities of aleppo. 13 people have been killed and others injured in the eastern district of almasa. it's close to aleppo international airport controlled by government forces. the recent advances threatened the rebel positions in aleppo. >>> syrians are escaping the war to any place they can, including to the gaza strip. we report that palestinians have welcomed up to 1500 syrian refugees. >> reporter: as far as neighbors go, akhman feels he's done well, he's a syrian refugee living to in gaza next door to a palestinian. they don't just live close together, they work together, too. syiad gave him a job at his restaurant that he calls syrian house. he's bringing the best of his country's cuisine to the people of this strip. >> translator: i don't feel a stranger here. we have the same traditions. i've got new friends, new brothers in gaza. we are doing good together. >> reporter: according to the u.n., more than 3 million refugees have fled from the war in syria. countries including lebanon, t

bernard smith is in cairo for the latest. >> do the young women stand a chance of winning an appeal?>> good morning. the appeal hearings have finished in cairo. the judge have gone into recess, there are two separate courts. seven of those are classed as girls, two as young as 15. in the other court the other 14 women aged between 17 and 18. as you say. hands down hefty sentences, 11 years for being involvement in a protest. some were passing at the time. the intrim president. such was the backlash of the sentences, even from people who don't like the muslim brotherhood. the judicial process must be gone through first, so there is a chance that if the court accepts the appeals they could be free. >> are they getting support from the military government or calls to reduce their sentences. >> there is a hope that, in fact, the sentences could be quashed. the firstly only were gch the trial with them getting 11-year sentences, which are long. the defense lawyers were not allowed to call defense witnesses. there were all sorts of questions about the manner in which the trial was held and

bernard smith explains why. >> in the backstreet workshops of cairo working conditions are tough.his is life for thousands of teenage boys in the city, where learning a trade is seen as more important than going to school. >> translation: i'm working here because education is useless to me. i earn $15 per week, spent on living costs. >> egypt's stagnant post revolution is adding to the problem of child labour. 1.6 million children are in work. 13% of the workforce is unemployed. and three-quarters of the unemployed are 15 to 29-year-olds. poor employment prospects. hardly a good advertisement for families that live hand to mouth. a project is trying to encourage families to get their children back into school. >> we provide the families with incentives that benefit the whole family. if you give them a 10 kilograms bag of rice. then after that you start working on changing the attitude behaviour. the 10 kilogram bag of rice or the one litre of oil. the whole family will benefit from. >> the harsh realities of life in cairo means the working children are envied by their peers. >> it

smith is their tight end. gresham and eifert are out. bernardying to wiggle his way off of smith but unable to get away from smith. phil: really good play by smith. they are an excellent screen team. the wide receivers and especially to this guy, giovani bernard. i will say you will see four or five screen plays at least to bernard. he can take any of them and go about 70 yards with it. jim: back to the four receiver formation, stacking a pair on ach side on second 11. in traffic he is able to negotiate a gain of about seven. phil: how about that. they talk about him here, jay gruden, the offensive coordinator say this guy can do everything as a wide receiver. but we have so much talent we have a hard time getting him on the active roster. screens to the tight end and to the running back. you will get a headache watching everything they do on the offensive side. they are very complicated. im: a third and 4. marvin jones has the catch. and a blitz pick up helped to make that play. phil: it did. watch bernard. sees it at the last second. good job

smith. tracy burns. john nas max ferris. along with bernard whitman. ll pushing the minimum to the max push out jobs just as they're coming back? >> yes, absolutely, this is the wrong thing to do in an economy that's showing some signeds of recovery. remember, they're targeting the wrong people. this is a great union and democratic slogan to say, look at the ceo, how much he's making. you can't raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour? take mcdonald's nor example. they will tell you, they don't set the wages for the local franchises. these are your moms and pops. these are your neighbors out there. they can't afford -- they don't have huge margins to raise the wages to $15 an hour. remember, if you want to help poverty this isn't the way to do it. the earned income tax credit does it. take this out of politics. take this out of unions. remember, 67% of people that make minimum wage work part time. $53,000 a year is what the average person who makes a minimum wage, that household, makes. this does not do lot for poverty but it does hurt small business. >>

bernard. phil: here comes the blitz. the game is great. it frees up daryl smith. you always have to be alert for the screens with this offense. and they want to get the football to number 25 as many times as possible. a nice adjustment wasn't it, hanging with the football. there is a lot of shake in this guy's game. looked down the field. concentrated on the football again. im: picks up 15. and on first down pump fake and now the throw away by dalton. we have another update on the steelers-browns game. james: pittsburgh doing its part. shannon: they need a win and a lot of help. his wayds, bell barrels into the end zone. james: jim and phil. second belichick amongst scrimmage yards in rookies behind only lacy. second and 10. the end zone and almost pulled in with a one handed grab by green. phil: beautiful anticipation. a.j. green waits just a second long to turn his head. ebb outside. >> lardarius webb, great cover guy. jim: third and 10. they are 3 out of 4 on third own. gets it off just in time. a time-out was called from the sideline. there was concern again t