city with thousands of years of history. the history of nicosia spans 6000 years. we have been the capital for more than 1000 years. nicosia, you can see almost the history of cyprus in one or the other corner of the city. it is a historical city. it is a modern city at the same time because it is the economic center of the island but at the same time, it is the center of the political difficulties a rising from the division of the island. >> how does the fact that the capital city is divided, the country is divided -- how does that impact on the lives of people here? >> we tend to talk about the cyprus problem in terms of international laws, the violation of sovereignties, a territorial portions of the country, fundamental issues. in nicosia, a division is much more than that. division is the source of the everyday problems for the people living here. people in nicosia face these obstacles and communications -- in communications more strongly than any others living in cyprus. at the same time, the quality of life, the environment are affected by division. people living along the buffer zone, they have to face the

sardjano: i used to live in jakarta, the capital city of indonesia. saw that bali was fast developing. its the east ofasarofndonesia.soame reouyeo to on uphe hotel here om scratch. rrator as parofelopmelatcd in jakar, resorts like nusa dua have changed the balinese landscape. sardjano: in the pt, the ld o bey rr. there would be fishermens living here, but hardly anythg. so what we did was, e governand they buifi, six,evs sardjano: the local people still live now they are working with us. as cooks, waiters, stewards, security guards and so on. narrator: the jobs given to locals are often at the lower pay levels. then agmeade:he work may there's not an awful lot of other ways to make a living. there's intensive wet rice farming-- with all its very hard labor-- and there's some local fishing, although the international fisheries and the japanese trawlers have really hurt that. narrator: seventy percent of the locals now rely on tourism for their income. and with the new jobs comes the requirement to learn at least some english. if you met a guest in the

events in syria clearly distinguish it from the middle east and north africa for instance the capital cities of the states where the center for the people's protests and demands while in syria we see that the massacres was largely the scene of rallies supporting the regime even during the referendum the highest turnout it was in the capital moreover protests in syria began three and a half months after the protests in other countries and only along the borders they started as armed movements aimed at creating civil war and the anti regime groups were soon supplied with weapons so the protests could take their current form for these reasons we believe that the events in syria differ from those in yemen bahrain or egypt above all killing the syrian people is a red line for us and we denounce murderous operations conducted by both parties as we do confirm the necessity of meeting the demands of the people or. the head will be in what we witnessed the rise of islamic parties to power in egypt tunisia and

the earthquake was not even that close to the capital city. it was centered two other miles south of mexico city. images of the most severe damage have not yet even surfaced. one seismologist says the damage the ec could have been worse. >> we are really concerned when we hear about earthquakes in this region. we go back to the events of 1985 that killed 10,000 people. we are really quite concerned when we heard there was a large event on the coast of mexico. fortunately the earthquake caused strong ground shaking. in addition, the region is not very well developed. there are not to many multistory brick buildings. we are kind of lucky that it has not struck all cocoa which has all of these high- rises. sixth off sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [

and a place to recover from the symbolic and physical humiliation and the united states and the capital city had just incurred. madison was pinpointed as a coward for abandoning the capitol. at this point in time, too, before most people did come back to washington, there was actually talk of moving the capital city west, possibly to cincinnati or even to st. louis. but fortunately enough they decided to stay in washington. in an effort to regain authority and some sense of place, mr. and mrs. madison took up residence in temporary homes. to furnish these spaces they did not go to mr. latrobe. they relied mostly on local furniture. used furnishings at this point were not necessarily cast-offs or out moded discards. they were generally from diplomatic representatives that had since left and needed somewhere to put their furnishings because they couldn't take them back with them. so they brought localized pieces and ended up getting french pieces also instead of english. in 1815 the madisons acquired from luis sorio, the french minister, a dozen chairs and sofa for $250. perhaps they were fami

number of arab leaders, and for the summit. >> thank you for that update. >> there cannot be many capital cities like berlin. destroyed and split for half a century and it opened up for business. the city is famous for its underground arts and music scene. some residents fear the subculture is under threat as new developments began to take over. our berlin correspondent, steve evans, has more. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this is one of berlin's iconic buildings. it has been a home to artists for the last 20 years, now earmarked for development. they are ready to move squatters out. >> the mayor of berlin once called the city's poor but sexy. not so poor anymore. residents say berlin is changing. >> berlin is getting more and posh. more and losing artists. this is not the same berlin anymore. >> people are entertained at the open air market in an up-and- coming area. this was a mixed area in the old east berlin. now it is upwardly mobile. the >> everything has restaurants, bars, shops, and everything. it is for people who have a lot of money. >> big corporate money has come into berlin. it

amazingly enough no reports of any deaths even after a magnitude five aftershock was felt in the capital citymexico city equate cents a pedestrian bridge crashing down onto a minibus that was empty at the time and was hurt. did we tell the sudden loss of people running along so we joins and went to the front entrance we feel things when back-and-forth looked at the trees of the trees moving and said this is an earthquake. >>> side of president obama's tallest held his daughter melia is vacationing in mexico with a school group the let us says she is safe and was never in any danger. the airwaves knew of tonight in the fight against cancer fresh evidence shows taking notice of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly even treat cancer. the three new studies published by the lancet add to mounting evidence of the drugs anti-cancer effects. however experts warn there is still not enough proof to recommend taking did the aspirin to prevent cancer cases and deaths. apple is filling the keys from might have enthusiastically in the latest new model maybe a little too hot to handle. consumer report

. >> reporter: invited to the capital city of the movie business. >> welcome, welcome. >> reporter: tohank them for promoting the film. >> except that tomorrow you have to kill each other, right? >> reporter: they had to pay their own way, but their reward is a ticket to the premiere. they make their own costumes. >> i made some blankets. >> reporter: shila has a master's degree and a husband. they dressed up as pitta and katniss for halloween. >> you're here to help me look pretty. >> i'm here to help you make an impression. >> reporter: now shila is getting dolled up for the premiere. >> oh, my gosh, this is fabulous. she says her mom doesn't get it at all. >> she's like, are you sure you want to come with people you met on the internet? i'm like, mom, it's fine. then she asked, are there going to be boys there? i said, it's going to be okay. >> i just wish i could think of a way to show them they don't own me. >> how katniss and the others don't blindly accept the problems of the world. >> reporter: others simply love all the grizzly detail. >> what's this? >> it's beaver that came

the capital city diner is for sale on ebay.s it a chance to own a true peace of americana. the owner says the restaurant can be moved anywhere in the country. so far there has only been one bit -- $20,000. not enough to meet the seller's minimum. >> maybe that rhode island woman could buy it. you could buy several of them. >> tomorrow we will get better. into the 60's. let's get started. we look up this evening at sky conditions looking out live across the river into the city from one of our hd rooftop cameras in arlington. temperatures will start to fall a little more quickly. look at the averages -- 52 and 35 degrees. it has done really cold this time of year. we are not heading there this winter. 81 -- we will have their the spring, but not in the next few days. 50 degrees in fredericksburg. with nightfall, we see temperatures drop a little more quickly. by morning we will be in the range of 27-35 degrees. forecasting weather conditions the next few days, the wind direction is key. with these southerly and southwesterly wind

. >> redskins higher ups were in virginia's capital city looking at the possibility of moving trainingt rigid training camp there. >> it is closer to where i live. >> it would be wonderful to have the washington redskins back in the city. >> the city is trying to lower the skins back to the city for training camp. >> you are the washington redskins not the richmond redskins. come home. >> at this point, the redskins they are exploring options. if they'd do moved to richmond it would not be the first time they have moved 100 miles from the district of columbia. they have also trained in maryland and pennsylvania over the years. >> we will keep an eye on that one. last night a real treat for a sellout crowd. quite the lakers were up a big but blew a 21-point lead. the wizard finished strong. quite shocking upset over the loss angeles lakers. the wizards beat l.a. for the first time in 10 straight games. >> that is great news. the first time the wizards at beat the lakers since 2006. trevor booker had a career high 17 rebounds. its maps and eight-game losing streak. well done. >> hopefull

members of the front office were seen scouting locations in virginia's capital city. >> less of a circus. >> the team held at summer camps in pennsylvania. some people say it it might be a better experience for the team. mayor vincent gray says he would like to see the team and build of a facility in the district. >> it would be nice to move back and make things a little bit more accessible for people who cannot travel out. >> i have been a redskins fan for a long time. >> the mayor of richmond tells "the richmond times-dispatch" that he has been talking to members of the redskins organization for a month and a half now, although no one from the redskins, as well publicly comment on athe conversations. >> 7 is on your side with a report that a killer called pink -- filler called pink slime is found in 70% of the be you buy your groceries stores. it is considered waste trimmings because it does not have to be put on food labels. >> wells fargo is looking to tack on more fees for more checking account customers. it will charge $7 a month for essential checking. wells fargo has not release

three hours later a 6.1 quake shook buildings in the capital city of tokyo. it was last sunday the country marked the first anniversary of the massive quake and tsunami that left 19,000 people dead or missing a year ago. now to the race for the white house. a sweep for rick santorum in the south. mitt romney was hoping for a decisive blow last night, but the results are far from over. jummy olabanji has the latest on where the candidates go next. >> now missouri is next. we did well in the primary. hope to do even better in the caucuses this weekend. >> rick santorum is looking ahead after his southern victories last night. he picked up victories in mississippi and alabama is its -- and is on his way to puerto rico before the island's primary. >> we will spend two days campaigning in puerto rico, because we want to make sure everybody knows if we are campaigning everywhere there are delegates, because we will win this nomination. >> in a race where delegates decide, it is anyone's game. although projections have mitt romney way ahead. cnn estimates romney has

the.flew into the capital city of sowl -- seoul where it's sunday morning. >>> later today, presidentdemill tarrized zone and look into north korea, a country that refuses to join nuclear disarmament plugs. >> the third annual digital detox. it challenges people to go without cell phones and technology for 24 hours. it kicked off at sundown last night and ended at sundown tonight. a san francisco mother says the event is about balance and not intended to be antitechnology. >> leigh: i've been tweeting off this weather information. >> alan: very up up supy outsi. >> leigh: i like that. well, it's soupier in san francisco right now. we do have some fog in sanÑi francisco. but san jose in the last 15-20 minutes, pretty heavy downpour moved through the neighbors. -- neighborhoods. this system is just sitting over us and following -- falling light to moderate showers, half moon bay, a little over half an inch. another quarter to three-quarters of an inch overnight tonight in several locations, but don't look for a lot of heavy rain. just as i say that you can see the yellows near san jose

. >> the capital city is panama city. how about the border in countries? what is to the north, to the south? >> colombia is to the south. the first country in the history of the world that has seized more than 100,000 cocaine in 12 months. we have the money to do it. we have economic growth. since we did that, we have done great. most of that was coming because the consumption is here. we did that and they're picking other places. now costa rica and honduras and those places are getting these problems. but the united states and a group of donors are helping because those countries do not have as much economic growth. it is really a security thing. you cannot go from colombia to panama, so they go over there. >> you said twice in the last sentence mrs. -- in your last sentence of, you alluded to panama being a fast growing country. >> we grew 8% last year. we are going to grow 11% this year. we do not have any doubts. it is guaranteed. >> is id spain that has the most -- is it spain and have the most impact on your modern-day culture? is that a fair thing t

it was the third of my series of visits to cities that have successfully capitalized on these high-growth industries. from the 62nd story of the university of pittsburgh medical center building, we saw an old industrial city renewed. the transformation was on full display -- bustling hospitals, world-class universities, and a thriving health care workforce. as pittsburgh was, rhode island is in a period of transition. i believe there is tremendous opportunity for our state to grow our economy in the knowledge district, with the "meds and eds" leading the way. we must have the wisdom and foresight to make good decisions regarding our hospitals and our educational institutions. if we do, working with the energetic, talented, and smart mayor taveras, we can have the best of times in our capital city, with good, high-paying jobs for rhode islanders. [applause] we are fortunate to have other strong leaders in our state. lieutenant governor roberts has made rhode island a national leader in health care reform. we are the only state to have received level ii federal funding to help with our heal

professional photographers showed europe's capital cities through their eyes. collections, the series on euromaxx. >> they lived for art, freedom of expression, and their convictions. dedication that in many countries meet threats, persecution, and death. what life is like for persecuted artists. a brawl on dw. all broadcast * online. >> welcome back. greece is not only under pressure over its massive debt, but now eu countries are criticizing athens for its lose a border controls. austria's interior minister has described the greek border as open it like a barn door. >> at a meeting of interior ministers in brussels, germany and austria put pressure on greece to implement proper migration controls. there is the preferred point of entry into the eu for illegal immigrants. >> the austrian interior minister and her german counterpart both agreed that there to many illegal immigrants in their countries. >> it is important to emphasize that the roots of this migration stre lie on t g-is border. a barn dr. illegal immigras majoin seven of border ctrs ou oigns und le

. >> tens of thousands pack the capital city waving flags and photos to support the president. activists say the government orchestrated this massive rally to make him look good on the first anniversary of the revolt against him. regime opponents say they plan their own marches but the syrian army shelled neighborhoods to keep them off the streets. he says we asked the syrian people not to give up. they must hope overthrow this tyrant. they condemned the killing of civilians and repeated calls for the president to leave power. many syrians want payback. this woman says it is not enough to topple the regime. we want is execution. the uprising began last march when a few dozen protesters took to the streets demanding greater freedom. it sparked a massive anti- government revolt which led to a deadly government crackdown that has killed estimated 8000 people. >> some domestic violence victim advocates called for mayor ed lee to begin the process of removing san francisco share from office. he pleaded guilty to a folsom prison in charge in connection with a domestic violence incide

capital city diner in northeast d.c. is on ebay. the owner says he is going online to cast a wider net since he was forced to close about a month ago. he lost a lot of business because a national chain breakfast restaurant moved in recently. if you have a burning desire to open a restaurant, it can be yours. the current bid, $20,000. >> diners rock. >> we just say that. >> always good stuff. >> it wouldn't come with a chef. >> oh, there's that, the cooking part. and the staff. that's just the price of admission. >> literally. >> okay, 49 today, a little cooler than average. just be patient, because warmer air is going to roll in tomorrow. might hit 70 on thursday. let's take a live look outside brought to you by michael and son. there is the capital. and if you're looking at clear skies, temperatures mid 40s already. 46 downtown. winds out of the south at 13. that's a good sign that's going to keep us from falling like a rock tonight and drive in milder air tomorrow and south, southwest winds will drive in warmer air on thursday. th

tens of thousands by syria's capital city waiting slides and goes to support the president bush our side activists say the government orchestrated this massive rally to make a solid look good on the first anniversary of the revolt against him. >>> region upon and say they plan their own marches that the syrian army shelled neighbor has to keep them off the streets. these fighters hiding out in the hard-hit city of homes are using skype to keep their revolution going. new speaker he says we ask the syrian people not to give up their must help to overthrow this tyrant. hundred assyrian refugees rallied against the side of their camp on the turkish border they condemned the killing of civilians and repeated calls for the president's to leave power. many syrians want payback. >>> this woman says it's not enough to topple the saudi regime we want his execution. the uprising began last march when a few dozen protesters took to the streets in damascus demanding greater freedom it sparked a massive anti- government revolts which led to a deadly government crackdown that has killed an estimated 8

trying to figure out what sparked the deadliest fire in more than 60 years in west virginia's capital city. the early morning blaze killed a family of eight, including six children, all under the age of 8. another child is on life support. neighbors say the family was hosting a birthday party last night. charleston firefighters found one smoke detector in the house, but it was not working. >>> early voting in maryland is now under way. today, voters headed to the polls in silver spring. early voting in d.c. also began this week. both d.c. and maryland will hold their primaries april 3rd. >>> meanwhile, louisiana has its primary today, while the results will probably not be a game-changer. all of the gop candidates are hoping for some momentum. brian mooar reports. >> reporter: louisiana. it's ground zero today in the gop presidential primary race, and as voters headed to the polls, rick santorum and newt gingrich are fighting to stop mitt romney from extending his delegate lead. gingrich has been hammering away at president obama's energy policy. >> so you could argue that the obama soluti

sent people running to the streets in the capital city.any folks saying they have never felt a quake as strong as the one that shook them today. we're told people as far away as florida could feel the tremors. so far no reports of any deaths or very serious injuries. the epicenter in this one, southern mexico, a few hours east of the popular resort city of al can a pock co. the quake shook the ceiling and halls of this high rise apartment building here. this next picture used to be a bridge before it collapsed in the quake and crushed at least one car. this is a map from the national earthquake information center in colorado. a geologist there says those red lines connect the epicenter to every seismic lab that detected the quake. the white house today announcing the president will soon travel to one the most heaviest militarized places on this planet. the border with north -- north korea. the dmz there. we will tell you why he is going. the president makes a direct appeal to the people of iran as their supreme leader warns that any attack

are expecting a thousand protesters around the country. 9000 of those protesters in jakarta, the capital city. they dispatched 20,000 officers, including members of the army. last night, in jakarta, in central jakarta, there was a violent skirmish between protesters and police, which led to rumors that a student had been killed. in a late-night press conference, the security minister saw to dispel those rumors sandy's bert irresponsible lies an attempt to bring indonesia back to the time of 1998. that is when mass protests affected jakarta and the rest of the country partially because of our rise in the price of fuel. it led to the downfall of the present government. >> if the indonesian parliament raises the price of oil, how will this affect the ordinary indonesian? >> that is exactly what many people are concerned about. they say any increase in the cost of fuel will have a direct impact on the way they live their lives. from bus fares to the cost of food. they say they cannot survive if the price of oil goes up. i think that is why you are seeing the types of demonstrations we have seen a

uruguay, an investigation has been launched into the unexplained death of multiple hospitals in the capital city. two nurses have been charged with the murder of 16 patients. from argentina, our correspondent reports. >> uruguay is in shock after two male urses were arrested and charged with murder. a third nurse, a woman, was also charged. the authorities said this was the case never seen before in the country. >> we have requested a meeting with the argentine doctor who has worked in crisis situations of this kind. we will have international support in this unprecedented situation in the country. other countries have suffered this situation but not on this scale. through their lawyers, the keystone said they will do a compassionate act to a terminally ill patient. >> was the psychological examinations i have requested have been carried out, we will see personality disorders. >> the authorities have ismissed the theeuthanasia argument. some were not critically ill. one died of suspicious circumstances moments after being discharged from hospital. >> on sunday morning, another doctor spoke to us

gathering at the site of saturday's twin blasts which killed some twenty seven people in damascus the capital city this blast on sunday is a third loss in two days and it happens in aleppo as i said the same city where on the tenth of february some twenty eight people were killed also in twenty blocks that targeted the security building so there has been this string of suicide bombings happening in syria over the past few weeks and months and the opposition also calling for mass demonstrations in syria on sunday to mark the one year anniversary of the uprising against the syrian president bashar assad the actual date was thursday and on that day there were huge demonstrations throughout the country parallel to this violence on the ground there is a different kind of war that is taking place and that is the information war with many people saying that what happens in terms of how networks are covering the syrian story is nearly sealing the conflict as my colleague reports. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war that's just as damag

there is still no word on what sparked the deadliest fire in more than 60 years in west virginia's capital city. it happened early this morning killing eight people including six small children. neighbors say that the victims gathered at this house for a birthday party last night. alicia had just turned 26. >> when you start thinking about young children and this is as bad as it gets. >> one survived the fire but remains on life support. charleston fire department found a smoke detector in the house but it was not working. now to decision 2012. another state goes to rick santorum. he easily won the louisiana primary over mitt romney. santorum was not in louisiana to celebrate, however. he was in wisconsin today. mitt romney took the weekend off the campaign trail. he still has a sizable lead in the delegate count. early voting is open. you can cast your ballots ahead of the april 3rd primaries as the gop presidential race continues expect to see some of the candidates in our area. mitt romney was in maryland this week. they are expected to campaign there next week. still ahead, "the hunger game

we're talking about the capital city diner in northeast. owner says he's auctioning off the place on ebay since he was forced to close about a month ago. ashburn says he lost a lot of business because a national chain of breakfast restaurant moves in. and right now the price on ebay $20,000. so far only one person taking the plunge with a bid. you have until march 9th to place one. topper. >>> unfortunately we might all bid on that. we were all 49 today. a little on the cool side. here is the wakeup weather. one of the days where you're going to need a winter coat in the morning. 30s at 5:00. 38-48 by 9:00. a cold start. we'll come back and let you know if it's going to be a mild finish. back to you. >>> let's take another quick look at the result from the 9news now election desk. gary. . [ no audio ]. >> it will work a lot better if gary had a microphone. we'll get back to him later on. >> some very closely watched races. >> we'll get the former governor's impression on what tonight's results mean and check in again on the tightest >>> sup

. >> which european capital city is located closer to an international border -- madrid or copenhagen? >> copenhagen. >> copenhagen is correct. >> john fahey, the president of national geographic, says his organization's mission is to "inspire people to care about the planet." he hopes the bee will "foster a life long passion for learning about other cultures." here's how it works. the competition starts in schools. students compete against their classmates, and the winner then advances to the statewide competition. one winner from each state gets a ticket to washington, d.c., to compete at a national level. in all, four million students participated in the bee this year. >> i got interested in geography because i've traveled to many places around the world, like france, germany, singapore, australia. >> that's aadith moorthy, a grand champion. he says it wasn't easy to get to the top. >> well, there was a lot of hard work. i prepared 20 facts a day for 4 months, and i studied those facts. i learned that there are a lot of things in geography that i don't know. >> so, he developed a s

a less powerful 5.15 after shock was felt in the capital city. there were several other after shocks near the epicenter in a mountainous rural region. >>> a judge in the penn state sex abuse case issued a ruling ordering prosecutors to give jerry sandusky's lawyers the phone numbers and addresses of his accusers. the judge is also requiring prosecutors to turn over any juvenile records which might help sandusky's lawyers attack the credibility of his accusers. sandusky, a former penn state assistant coach is accused of sxually abuse -- sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. he denies the charges. >>> a new eisenhower memorial will be located just at the base of capitol hill. during a house hearing, susan eisenhower, the granddaughter of the 34th president, testified the design she says focuses too much on eisenhower's humble roots instead of his accomplishments. the prominent architect frank gary designed the memorial. he says he's open to design changes. >>> our time is 4:36. at 4:40, lin-sanity is now the brand ambassador for a certai

church, in the past, almost ten months, since april of last year, every sunday, every sunday in the capital city of beijing, their arrest from 20 to over 100 member of this church were arrested for simply going outdoors for worship. and all the leaders including the senior pastor and all their five elders had been under house arrest without any freedom of movement. but the members are still going there every sunday, knowing that they're going to be arrested. i think these are the hopeful signs we should count on. of course, i think that the secondary -- the contribution for china's democracy and freedom is outside. it's externally. i think we need the external aid. i think the chinese persecuted people will be greatly encour e encouraged and their moral would be greatly boosted if they hear from the president of the united states of america and tell the chinese dictators that clearly, and unwaivering, we're with you. we're with the persecuted instead of the persecutors. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. i just want to make three brief closing comments. the first is to emphasize the

. >>> tens of thousands packed syria's capital city waving flags and photos to support president assad. the demonstrations happened on the one-year anniversary of the uprising in that country and government activists say it was orchestrated to make assad look good on the first-year anniversary of the revolt. the syrian army shelled neighborhoods to keep people off the streets. the uprising began last march when a few dozen protesters took to the streets of damascus demanding freedom. it sparked a massive anti- government revolt which led to a deadly government crackdown which has killed an estimated 8,000 people so far. >>> speed cameras in prince george's county are proving to be more profitable, even more than lawmakers had expected. the county is expected to make between $8 million and $9 million in revenue from the cameras by the end of the 2012 fiscal year which ends in july. when the cameras were originally approved, officials expected to only make $4.3 million in revenue. more cameras are already being added to the county. they expect to have 72 working speed cameras. >>> a loca

here near jerusalem and in the west bank and elsewhere there are demonstrators gathering in the capital cities of european countries as well as various cities across the united states and they'd have been gathering around the israeli embassies which have beefed up this security out of concern that it could be violence and chaos at these israeli high points the constant west bank is shut down and this is as israel raises its alert to the highest level as i say similar scenes as what you see here have been unfolding at various checkpoints between israel and the palestinian west bank and it various israeli arab cities this global march to jerusalem according to organizers is a non violent event so the certainly is from the palestinian side and the israeli side if we effort to try and make sure that there are no injuries and no deaths but certainly that is going to be quite hard to maintain as tensions run high and passions are inflated as we witnessing here at the kalandia checkpoint. at the checkpoint between ramallah and jerusalem i think for the day we're checking with you throughout the day h

loss both in a leper and in the capital city of damascus over the past few months this is the second bomb blast in just as many days yesterday twenty seven people were killed in a twin blast in damascus and back in february on the tenth of february twenty eight people were killed in a late pope when a twin blast happened there not far from the security building now these latest blast come just three days after the opposition marks one year anniversary against the syrian president bashar assad and there are demonstrations that have been organized plot the day to day in syria and they will be we expect similar in nature to the demonstrations back on friday which marked the one year anniversary so we are witnessing the violence in syria continuing to climb against the backdrop of the former u.n. chief kofi annan making some attempts at reaching some kind of peace agreement between the opposition and the syrian regime parallel to this violence on the ground there is a different kind of war that is taking place and that is the information war with many people saying that what happens in t