the agreement follows separate deals to end fighting in two border areas which for some one hundred seventy thousand people to flee the two sides are still to agree on how to divide sudan's oil wealth after separation the region has seen more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. two french journalists are back at home after eighteen long months of captivity in afghanistan the men had been held hostage by the taliban but are said to be in good health and good spirits the t.v. reporter and his cameraman were taken along with afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine filming in a remote mountain it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in the one nine hundred eighty s. . u.s. secretary of defense robert gates has announced his retirement after almost five years. in the job but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panetta is expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies can has the story. whoever's in the white house in the pentagon it's business as usual rob

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. >> people have been on the move in this disputed border area for month. the fighting has grown ever since the south voted for independence from the north in january. and all of this less than a month before south sudan finally becomes a new nation. the leaders of the two sides are meeting with other african politicians in eeth open yeah. they appear to be making progress. the fighting continues, it will be a nation not at peace but at war. >> america's creditworthiness is at risk if the country's borrowing limit sent raised. the chairman of the u.s. federal reserve and members of congress will vote. if an agreement sent reached by early august the united states could start defaulting on their obligations. >> president obama has already warned that unless america's debt ceiling is increased there is a risk of another global financial crisis. now the latest to weigh in is the head of the u.s. federal reserve, america's central bank. he says america's creditworthiness is at stake. what happens is that the government takes in less money than it is spending ru

we know the syrian regime is practicing the same game on the border areas come up whose inhabitants already have weapons in due to the geographical nature of that area. usually those areas that are inhabited with people that already have light weapons to protect themselves. we know the security forces and the militants, the hit men, are already starting houses and trying to steal things and rape women. and reports we may receive about arms cases, we usually tied to this fact, the fact that the militia of the regime is breaking into houses . >> it is very difficult for us, because foreign journalists are not allowed in syria to cooperate reports, either from the government side or from what you are telling us. in your opinion, how coordinated are the protests taking place in syria? >> we gathered after the movements, and we are still gathering ourselves in this institution called the syrian revolution coordinators' union. we know for sure that most of the people in the street believe in the peaceful protest. we are trying to get ourselves more coordinated, trying to get ourselves more into f

the attack occurred in a district in pakistan's northwestern border area. the confrontation signifies the continued strength of islamist militants, along the frontier with afghanistan. >>> vietnam has announced the outcome of last month's elections to the national assembly. it says the number of representatives from the world of business has jumped. the result may secure the communist party's goal of winning public support through economic growth. the council says that of the 500 people elected 38 are business people. that's more than twice the amount from the previous election four years ago. the national assembly was once considered little more than a rubber stamp for party policy. but amid the country's open forums, it is gradually becoming more representative. the presence of more business people in the chamber also helps to reinforce the legitimacy of the communist party and its economic policies. >>> thailand is one of the more developed countries in southeast asia, but poverty remains an acute concern. one clinic is getting popular among the poor. ou

. >> reporter: although cia drone strikes against terrorist safe havens in pakistan's border area continue without letup, pakistani intelligence at the same time actually protect some of the terrorist groups. the cia gave pakistan the location of two compounds where the explosives smuggled across the border to kill american soldiers in afghanistan are manufactured. someone in pakistani intelligence apparently alerted the terrorists who immediately emptied out the compounds. right now the pakistanis are pushing the u.s. away. they have kicked out most of the americans who were training their military. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> in iowa this is the day when the town of hamburg finds out if a new makeshift levee holds back the missouri river. it was quickly built by the army corps of engineers after floodwaters busted through a primary levee along the swollen missouri river. people living near that river and the new levee have already been evacuated. >>> just ahead on the morning news, asian markets follow wall street's lead and stock prices plunge. >>> plus british singer josh

electricity and water meanwhile according to reports the crackdown is still widening across the border areas. the un has accused the sudanese government of blocking aid to deliveries to thousands of people fleeing fighting in the disputed region and us president barack obama has called for a cease fire following a devastating bombing campaign in the north south border almost one hundred fifty thousand people have been displaced on either side of the border because of tensions ahead of south sudan's formal independence which comes into force on the ninth of july or at an all time for the business with katrina. thanks rory and welcome to the bullet business bulletin here on r.t. russia is full speed ahead in its bid to become europe's largest kamarck it and foreign carmakers are getting in on the act six leading producers have agreed to strongly boost russian output in exchange for text benefits each of them has to produce three hundred thousand vehicles a year it's not that the russian market can handle that ambitious figure because it is still relatively unsaturated. if you look at the curre

is also reported that thousands of protesters are staying in the border area for an open ended sit in. it has details for us now from tel aviv. hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of the israeli syrian border and every long day today a group of about one hundred and fifty of them made their way to the border fence we're being told that they were actually trying to cut that border face when israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the air now those one shots seem only to have inflamed the crowds because israeli soldiers very soon followed up with actually taking aim at some of the protesters certainly this is a day that there has been preparing for several days now the country is in the stage and have even seen holding tanks the palestinians living on syria the west bank and gaza to make their way to the borders of israel and call today to try and cross those borders today is the forty fourth anniversary of the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war now that was a war that is one one but it is a war that palestinians the third see as the arab downfall but of cour

border. we are not in the area the government of lebanon and -- >> guest: right. hezbollah has authority in these areas. the differences go we beyond to has authority. any american who would fly to beirut today and get off the plane and go downtown would be in a part of the world they recognize because it really is a place where the east meets the west together. so you will see as an american fragments of the western civilization mixing in with the east and you will see starbucks and things like this and women who dress like the french and i tell young women rather than wearing a head scarf or fail to be tough veil. i felt immediately very comfortable there and when you go to the suburbs south of the city which are controlled by hezbollah all of this disappears. the level of economic development plunges. they're certainly aren't any starbucks or anything like this and you also will see very few women dressed in the modern way almost all of them are dressed very conservatively with either head scarves or wearing a full black that covers them from the top of their h

a rival forces in the sudan have mutually agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week the agreement follows two separate deals to end the fighting which forced some one hundred seventy thousand people to flee the two sides still have to agree on how sudan's oil well will be divided once the separation takes place in the region has seen more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. journalists are back at home after eighteen long months of captivity in afghanistan the men have been held hostage by the taliban but are said to be in good health and good spirits with a t.v. reporter and his cameraman who were taken along with their afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine while they were filming in remote mountains it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in the nineteen eighties. and next we talked to british union leader mark who says public sector workers won't stop until they achieve their goals. thank. you. today i'm talking to mark hughes one of the brains behind the thirti

hundreds of syrian refugees are fleeing to turkey as activists say government troops entered the border area former british ambassador to syria basil eastwood says that people in the country are divided over the president but that there is a strong desire for a political process. there were great hopes that he would lead to a better future he still retains some of that popularity particularly with the urban populations in damascus and aleppo the second big city which have done relatively well out of his economic liberalization. but in the countryside and amongst the intelligentsia i think there are now no hopes that he can bring about reforms opposition activists are starting to talk about the need for. a political process what they said at a conference in turkey two weeks ago was that the president should step down and that the vice president should hold the ring pending new elections on the basis of a revised constitution now that is the start of of a political discussion if anybody wanted to take it up but there is obviously no sign whatever of anybody in the regime wanting to take up tha

southern independence next week the agreement follows separate deals to end the fighting in two border areas which for some one hundred seventy thousand people to flee to worse the two are still to agree on how to divide don't spoil well after separation the region has seen more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. two french journalists are back at home after eighteen long months of captivity in afghanistan the men had been held hostage by the taliban are said to be in good health and good spirits the t.v. reporter and his cameraman were taken along with afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine while filming in a remote mountain it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in the one nine hundred eighty s. . now almost seventy years ago the people of an entire nation were just place from their homeland four thousand mess he turks exiled by the stalin regime were scattered around the globe and even today are not made welcome in their ancestral land. takes up their story. as it turns out this column for. the world was an

drone strikes against terrorist safe havens and pakistan's border areas continue without let-up, pakistani intelligence at the same time actually protects some of the terrorist groups. the c.i.a. gave pakistan the location of two compounds where the explosives smuggled across the border to kill american soldiers in afghanistan are manufactured. someone in pakistani intelligence apparently alerted the terrorists, who immediately emptied out the compounds. but for all the double dealing, the chairman of the joint chiefs says the u.s. cannot afford to turn its back on a country that has both terrorists and nuclear weapons on its soil. >> if we walk away from it, it's my view it will be a much more dangerous place a decade from now, and we'll be back. >> reporter: right now, the pakistanis are pushing the u.s. away. they have kicked out most of the americans who were training their military. >> pelley: thanks, david. a federal program let guns bought in the u.s. reach mexican drug cartels. today, congress asked who authorized it? syrian soldiers defect by the truckload, refusing to shoot their

authorities are being accused of using a scorched earth strategy to suppress anti-government rebels and border areas according to activists over fourteen hundred people have died since the beginning of the uprising in the march the united states is trying to put more pressure on president assad saying washington of course what's happening but russia and china oppose any attempts. intervene in serious internal affairs through the u.n. . now they dive deep into the icy waters of the arctic saw the rack of the titanic and went to the bottom of by call the world's largest fresh lake now to the state of the art russian mini subs are plumbing the depths of switzerland's lake. explains why for the first time ever two russian deep sea subs the legendary meters have made it to the ball some of switzerland's the law just water to gain a better idea about its jolie contin they should levels of lake geneva within the next two months research from switzerland germany the united states will carry out physical chemical micro biological experiments given that lake geneva is the main source of potable water in the r

poe: this money is necessary so people who live on border areas can communicate with law enforcement. cell phone service a basic necessity for security. it is a national security issue. it is a homeland security issue. and it is a border security issue. i urge adoption of this amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama, the chairman of the subcommittee rise? >> mr. chairman, i reluctantly rise to oppose the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. aderholt: again, this proposal would further create cuts to the department's management functions below what is responsible for our nation's security. the committee has already cut the department's headquarters and management historic levels. as i had mentioned earlier, they include the zeroing out of the funding for the department's new headquarters. it zeros out funding for the data center migration, it slashes other initiatives we cannot afford at this time. the department must still have robust funding to manage the

electricity and water meanwhile according to reports the crackdown is still widening across the border areas. the u.n. has accused the sudanese government of blocking aid deliveries to thousands of people fleeing fighting in the disputed region and u.s. president barack obama has called for a cease fire following a devastating bombing campaign near the north south border almost one hundred fifty thousand people have been displaced on either side of the border because of tensions ahead of south sudan's formal independence which comes into force on the ninth of july. ok time now for the business with katrina. hello and welcome to the business bulletin here on r t russia's mid-sized banks look to look set to get a helping hand to the tune of one billion dollars the international financial corporation is creating a new fund to support capitalization for lenders finding it hard to compete with the country's financial giants the russian government will invest fifty million dollars whereas the rest is to be provided by foreign investors richard haynesworth from the rating agency russ raising believ

rival forces in sudan have mutually agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week the agreement follows two separate deals to end the fighting which for some one hundred seventy thousand people to flee or the two sides still have to agree on how sudan's oil wealth will be divided once the separation takes place the region has seen more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. two french journalists are back at home after eighteen the long wilds of captivity in afghanistan the men have been held hostage by the taliban but are said to be in a good health and good spirits the t.v. reporter and his camera bag were taken along with their afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine when filming in remote mountains well it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in the 1980's. the russian court has found that some scientology literature distributed in russia is illegal the writings by l. ron hubbard the founder of the church have been ruled extremist and anti social. is outside the scientology he

rebel forces in sudan have agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week follows two separate deals to end the fighting which for some one hundred seventy thousand people to flee the two sides still have to agree on how to divide sudan's oil wealth after to separate. the region has seen more than two decades of civil war which claimed because of two million lives. and two fronts journalists are back at home after eighteen long months of captivity in afghanistan the men have been held hostage by the taliban a quarter said to be in good health and good spirits it's a reporter and his cameraman were taken along with afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine while filming in remote mountains is the longest seems or a french nationalist since the lebanese hostage crisis in the one nine hundred eighty s. . almost seventy years ago the people of an entire nation were displaced from their homeland four hundred thousand refugees and turks were exiled by stalin from a dream and scattered around the globe and even today they feel on welcomed in their ances

are being accused of using a scorched earth strategy to suppress anti-government rebels in the border areas according to activists over fourteen hundred people died since the beginning of a government uprising in mid march united states is trying to put more pressure on president assad saying. washington of course what's happening to russia and china oppose any attempts to intervene in serious internal affairs through the un. they dive deep into the icy waters of the arctic saw the wreck of the titanic and went to the bottom of by call the world's largest fresh like now to state of the art russian mini subs are applying the depths of switzerland's lake geneva which is going to chop explains why. for the first time ever two russian deep sea subs the legendary mirrors have made it to the war some of switzerland's the largest was said to gain a better idea about its jolie contamination levels of great geneva within the next two months researches from russia switzerland germany around the united states will carry out physical chemical might provide logical experiments even that are related to m

are being accused of using a scorched earth strategy to suppress sense i government rebels in border areas and sounds of civilians forced to flee across the border are being housed in refugee camps in turkey and according to activists over fourteen hundred people have died since the beginning of the anti-government uprising and the united states is trying to put more pressure on president saying washington of course what's happening russia and china oppose any attempts to intervene in serious internal affairs through the u.n. and investigative journalist simon asked if things security council resolution would have little effect anyway. when it appears that both russia and china are going to assure that there will be no u.n. security council resolution but even i think even if even if one would have been passed i don't think would have much credibility you see but the problem is is that the those who support the syrian regime and the syrian government point to. a very simple fact that is there are many un resolutions for the middle east and they've always been ignored when they apply to isr

a rival forces in sudan have agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week the agreement follows two separate deals to end the fighting which forced some one hundred seventy thousand people to flee or the two sides still have to agree on how sudan's oil wealth will be divided once the separation takes place the region has seen a more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. two french journalists are back at home after eighteen along parts of captivity in afghanistan the man had been held hostage by the taliban but are said to be in good health and good spirits of the t.v. reporter and his cameraman were taken along with afghan colleagues in late two thousand and live while filming in remote mountains it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in the right eighty's. all in around five minutes the latest in our series of reports on life in the former soviet republics the first meeting years here with business update. thanks to say hello and welcome to business artie castro bell russa's a

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for us and hello to you paula we were looking at some pictures earlier live pictures are from the border area and we were seeing that it appears that it's calmed down perhaps a little bit about what's caused the tension to turn violent but you know. hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of these really some of them one looking to the local. until you've been try to actually spilling the border things they were trying to cut it when israeli soldiers but what we're being told by warning shots in the air now those sorts seem only to have inflamed the crowd because the soldiers very soon followed up with actually aiming at some of those protesters and syrian media is reporting that if these people have been killed the israeli army has not responded hasn't given any figures of its own but for days now israel has been on high alert the government and the army has been preparing for today it is essentially a cooler in town for all palestinians living in lebanon syria gaza and the west bank to make their way to the border posts to the border fences with israel and took him to cros

rival forces in sudan have mutually agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week the agreement follows two separate deals to end the fighting which forced one hundred seventy thousand people to flee the two sides still have to agree on how sudan's oil wealth will be divided once the separation takes place so the region is see more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. journalists are back at home after eighteen long months of captivity in afghanistan the men have been held hostage by the taliban but are said to be in good health and good spirits the t.v. reporter and his cameramen were taken along with afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine while filming in remote mountains it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in the one nine hundred eighty s. . now which officials have ordered a probe into fresh clashes between police and. tester's in cairo hundreds of people were injured as more riots were up the country activists are angry with the interim government saying there have bee

town was electricity and water meanwhile according to reports the crackdown is so widening across border areas. the u.n. has accused the sudanese government of walking aid deliveries two thousand of people fleeing fighting in the disputed region and u.s. president barack obama has called for a cease fire following a devastating bombing campaign or the south border almost one hundred fifty thousand people have been displaced from their side of the border because of tensions ahead of south sudan's formal and then switch comes into force on the ninth of july. they dive deep into the icy waters of the arctic saw the raw. back of the titanic and went to the bottom of by the world's deepest fresh like now to state of the art russian many subs are plumbing the depths of switzerland can leave or. explains why. for the first time ever two russian deep sea subs the legendary meters have made it to the ball some of switzerland's the largest was said to gain about try dear about its jolla jihad contamination levels of lake geneva within the next two months researching switzerland germany france and the un