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we go to cairo to find out what the cops are afraid of. >> christmas in cairo looks surprisingly like christmas in the west. good business selling imported decorations. but they no longer have a tree at home. they cannot bear to. their daughter mary disappeared. >> at christmas, she was the one that used to decorate the tree. she used to be about the presence. for her, christmas was a big thing. one summer night three years ago, when mary was 19, she went out for a pizza with friends and never came home. the next thing they knew, she was married to an older muslim men. they say she has never met before. they are sure she was forcibly converted. but they say the state will not investigate, and officials may even support what happened because it has brought another sold to islam. >> someone from state security set once the issue is legitimized, you will be able to see your daughter. i asked him what he meant. he said when she has a baby. what he meant was that once she has a child, she would not be able to leave. she would be trapped for ever. >> look at me. i'm dying inside. jesus chri

cairo. he went and gave a very good speech in cairo. i thought it was a very good speech in trying to explain to the muslim world to make the case that the united states is not in any kind of conflict with islam or with the arab world, and that we want to be on good relations, perfectly good speech, nothing i would complain about, but the problem was that what was the impact in terms of the miss lum world? did the muslim world fall in love with barak obama as a result of the speech? well, in fact, they didn't, and if you look at some of the recent polls, you see he has not popular in the arab and islam world. he's more popular than george bush, but has not won them over by policy or speech, and one of the reasons had to do with listening to the arabists an making a mistake about where he gave the speech. why was it a problem to speak in cairo? well, there was a couple of reasons. one, cairo is one of the most repressive countries in the middle east, and it represses muslim brotherhood in particular, and so if you're in the muslim world

we are the defendants of people who build great cities like casa blogging, baghdad, cairo, jerusalem, damascus -- casa blanca. we are the people of the world who have given the world great profits and religions. -- great prophets and religions. thank you. [applause] >> every year that i have been in city hall, i have tried to take an intern from the community and try to teach them the ways of politics to make sure we have leadership that keeps coming, so eventually, we have candidates for office. like when a friend on the school board. is she here? -- like winifred on the school board. a couple of years back, i was wise enough to bring on an intern that has made all the difference for our community, especially with arab heritage month. he worked so hard for last year's event and has made this year a success. we were really concerned about timing, and we were not sure he would get to it, and shadi came to me and said that we had to do it, had to continue the tradition. without his work, this never would have happened. shadi, can i introduce you and have you say a few words? >> thank yo

whatever remains of el gubenchi's 1932 cairo studio recording lives between the old cobblestone quarter and my still-warm mahogony ear. i should have gotten up to shake his hand, this uncomfortable tension between me and god. medina, its streets adorned with smells from the bazaar, yet i have chosen to adorn myself in the still concrete of columns. i am for the transcription of the arabic. in the morning, he howled the song in the name of his father, perhaps new fathers weep at the birth of their sons. do not cry for leila or for him, but drink the red wine and grow your love doublely, one for the ruby in the cup, the other for its rouge on your cheek. bombs rape the eyes of the sleeping assyrian gods. as if it were only a sand box, a few worthless grains of sand. i'll cut for you the last swathe of blue from the sky, sever my and if you'll let me, but for 5 minutes more, leave me to sleep without the knowledge of war. a kanun weeps near the funeral of music. having been occupied, notes mourn for the loss of their song. i am for a concert of horses, the origin of gazelle leapt up from t

with an iraqi poet, one of the most prominent and brilliant poets of her time recently passed away in cairo, in june, actually. she was not only a poet, she was luminous and free-thinking pioneer in establishing the theory of what has come to be known as free verse in arabic poetry. in addition to her extensive laments on oppression of women and melancholy. she left. no cheek turned pale, no lip trembled. the door did not hear the story of her death. no window curtain overflowed with sorrow and gloom to follow the tomb until it disappeared. the moon lamenting its depression. the night surrendered itself without worry to the morning. the lights brought the voice of the milk girls, the fasting and the moaning of a starved cat of which nothing remained except bone. the fussing of salesmen, the struggle of life, kids threw stones at one another in the middle of the road while dirty water flooded the avenue and the wind toyed with gates and roof tops, alone in a state of semi oblivion. . >> on the day al-matarazzo street was bombed, did you notice how quickly it folded in itself? or the broken t

about obama, the cairo speech was a careful mistake. i interviewed him after the speech. i was the only one who did not belong to the steering the -- the syrian guyanyway, there wase between the speech and the interview. david axelrod and rahm emanuel went in the and i told him -- in between the hardship palestinians suffered and the holocaust made by

. >> christmas in cairo looks surprisingly like christmas in the west. this man does good business selling imported decorations to christians. they no longer have a tree at home. they cannot bear to. >> at christmas, she was the one who used to decorate the tree. she used to get out of the presence. for her, this was a big thing. -- she used to give out presents. one night, she went out with friends and she never came home. the next thing she knew, she was married to an older muslim man. she is -- they think that she was forcibly converted. the state will not intervene. >> someone from state security said, once the issue is legitimize, you will be able to see your daughter. i asked him what he meant. he said, when she has a baby. what he meant was that once she has a child, she would not be able to leave, she would be trapped forever. >> look at me, i am dying inside. jesus christ gave me my daughter. he gave for to me, not to them. in three years, they have seen their daughter just once. coptic christianity is a faith much older than islam but many of t

. >> he says he is leaving for cairo tomorrow to bring his parents back to san francisco where they lived. his father is a retired fbi agent. laura, his mother, is a retired french professor. >> shoppers returned to the malls today to take advantage of the after christmas sales. they jammed into san francisco's westfield center for what is traditionally the third busiest day of the year behind black friday and the saturday before christmas. economists say the crowds are a good sign that the economy is making a come back. here is abc7's thomas roman. >>> if you are looking for deals on clothing, jewelry and toys, retailers offer you more for your money today. shoppers like mary is hoping she is the rule and not the exception. >> i think i am, actually. i realize i did spend a little more. there has been more parties and been more presents and i think they are feeling better this year. >> after christmas sales account for a large portion of retailer income. they believe sales are a little flat. >> people are spending more, but there are not as many spending. >> reporter: they predict consum

bbc news, cairo. >> you are with "bbc news." interpol issues in wanted notice for the founder of wikileaks, julian assange. he is wanted for questioning in sweden over an alleged sex offense. from his website, he continues to leak documents, showing that pakistan's nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of thieves. heavy snow and freezing conditions are hitting much of britain, causing the destruction. more than 1500 schools have closed. the motoring organization has dealt with 2000 writedowns per hour. more snow is expected in england, wales, and scotland. in the north of england, we spent the day in north yorkshire. >> today, ice and snow spread to a wider area of britain. this is the frozen land and water of yorkshire. with the weather came more transport chaos. on the roads, hundreds of accidents lead to closures on main routes. a small town in scotland was typical of many. the main road was being cleared, but all the others were thick with snow. few dared to venture out on them. in northern england, train travel was badl

arab opec ministers began arriving in cairo thursday, ahead of talks, oil prices hit fresh two-year hhs rivals that of 2008, when oil strike a record high. it was after the deep recession of last year that oil began rising again. brent crude hit a two-year high of nearly $94 this morning. that is making its way to the gasoline bombs, were the uighur euro is making gas even more expensive. -- for the week bureau is making gas more expensive. >> christmas travel has been slowly getting back to normal. after days of heavy winter conditions. frankfurt airport reported only a few dozen cancellations thursday, but it is a different story on the audubons. there are numerous accidents because of the conditions. >> roads in a north german state were blocked with fresh snow thursday morning. a new cold front moving down caused massive problems for road and rail traffic. further south in lower saxony, motorways became treacherous and slippery as a rain froze to i said as it hit the ground. another area, just walking to the tram was a risky business. on thursday, there were no problems, but traffic

believe that that is saw however in ninety six for the heads of states i mean of the african leaders in cairo reached a decision that i thought is very wise and has been held up which is to say that the clue nearly heritage boundaries however the future they may be separate in people who want to be united and offer uniting people who perhaps would be better if they were separated does do but boundaries should be respected and if there should be any change then it should be by mutual consent only one country is european eritrea has actually gone. outside of that parameter so clearly the african leaders recognize this problem in many ways in many countries in africa have a southern sudan possibility. but nonetheless the african union which is the successor to the organization of african unity have said let's abide by the united sixty four they plan and try to address. problem so that this is not an option says. joint special representative of the african union and the u.n. mission. shortly stay with us. i. i. i. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. we

. >> he says he's leaving for cairo today to bring his parents back to san francisco where they live. father is the a retired f.b.i. agent. laura, his mom, is a retired french professor at city college. christmas may have come and gone but now it's time for the after-christmas sales and shoppers are back to take advantage of those opportunities. at san francisco's west field center, business is still building as throngs of shoppers hit the stores. a good sign the economy is covering. if you're looking for deals, now's the time. retailers may offer you more for your money. >> businesses are after shoppers like mary south and hoping she's a rule, not the exception. >> i think i am actually, yeah. yeah. i realize that i did spend a little bit more. seems like there's been more parties, been more spending and more presents. so things feeling a little better this year. >> after-christmas sales account for a large portion of retailers' income. sales are a little flat. >> people are spending more but there's not as many people spending. >> the national retail federation predicts the consumer

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many of them were rushed to cairo for treatment. >> there were two cases admitted in the icu and both cases are managed and they are stable and fully conscious. we are awaiting a complete investigation. >> ten others were admitted to the hospital in stable condition. >> celebrations begin today for the seven-day african-american american holiday quanza. it was started 45 years ago by african-american leaders. the name is a swahili word meaning first fruits of the harvest and it promotes the principles of unity and self-determination. >>> traditionally a big weekend at the movies and a look at some of the films that could be oscar heavyweight and we could be in for more rain. lisa argen is up to tell us about that one. >> hello i'm sergeant gary blezen in baghdad, iraq. i would like to say hi to my lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. bÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑbÑ christmas trees next week. trees will be picked up on weekdays during the first two weeks of january

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