has troops in the congo is trying to bring peace there i mean come on and give the u.n. credit for what it's trying to do it can't settle every crisis around the globe i admit that but even in places that no other country will deal with it has tried to show some authority some involvement in order to bring some sort of settlement to these conflicts you know if the if the u.n. didn't exist for example the seventeen peacekeeping missions that it supporting right now would the u.s. be putting troops in there to keep those conflicts from spreading or spinning out of control and would this country be supporting u.n. mission that u.s. missions around the globe. pouring in defense dollars touring in taxpayers' dollars no we much prefer to have the u.n. act in that role we don't want to get involved as as the policeman of the globe so i think you know these critics do not give sufficient in here credit is what the u.n. is achieved go ahead nathan jump in there go right ahead. so i mean i just one simple question what has the u.n. done in sudan. you see when you went to peru plig

without congo, we wouldn't have this high-tech society that we have.so conflict in congo should matter a lot more to americans than it does. we want to draw some attention to that. >> host: in iraq and in afghanistan, were you embedded with the military? what was your experience working with the military? >> >> guest: i've had really good experiences, i've had really bad experiences. the u.s. military is a vast organization, and everything sort of turns over every three years so it's a different cast of characters. once i inadvertently reported on a secret technology in iraq and was detained and then booted out of the country by a very irate u.s. army. that was probably the low point, but there have been high points as well. i've witnessed incredible bravery and sacrifice even on my behalf by soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. >> host: how did you find that secret technology? the u.s. army, and i was working as a freelancer for wired at the time. i said to this lieutenant, what's that? and he said, oh, that's a blah, blah, blah, and i said, oh, that's i

>> kumar, lebanon, chad, somalia, congo, off the somali coast. and maybe for forgetting a few.n nicaragua, you're in there. >> that doesn't sound boring. >> way. the title is meant to be war, lat ironic, but not entirely. i war, the modern experience oflof war, low intensity warfare is a lot of sitting around. a it's 99% weighting in tedium and boredom punctuated by 1% sheer terror. i thinkf that describes the porter experience of the typical soldier, but the same for reporters, too.distanceu have between the logistics of where you have to travel, logistics or being a reporter, arrangingnguad interviews and negotiatingot languages and cultural differences. you spend a lot of timed wheedling and maneuvering for the gold nuggets of excitement for the tiny little gem of alika good story. >> this is done much like a >> gue comic book. if a nonfiction. and you write here that i love how were they do appreciate thee little things. he said coming almost like ec popping ecstasy. what do you mean by that? >> and actually never done ecstasy, but i imagine

>> let's talk about the congo. >> jimmy: tell us. i've never been to the congo.ng, but -- >> it's a beautiful place and it's in, well, a lot of people don't know but in our cell phones and our computers and our i pods s ipods there are these minerals, minerals that come from congo. and our sort of consumption of these products is fueling one of the worst wars in the world. and so, you know, if people are interested, they want to know how to stop that, they don't want money, they want you to write companies that make the phones and just say, we want our -- >> jimmy: stop it. >> conflict free. go to raise hope for congo.org. >> jimmy: okay, that's good. that's a nice thing for you to do. [ applause ] and -- most actors only care about themselves. >> what's that? >> jimmy: most actors only care about themselves? >> well, i just did it for the applause. i don't care about that. >> jimmy: you brought a video from your trip. >> yeah, i went to this -- this is, okay, this is amazing, i think. so we went to this kids' hospital, and, you know, preparing to interview these

. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico.ore than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on stage presence, costumes, and innovation. >> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from dif

. >> authorities in the democratic republic of congo are promising swiss -- swift action against civiliansnew year's day in the eastern province. some victims are accusing the local commander of perpetrating them. he denies this. >> thousands of residents have been fleeing along this road when some of these soldiers turned against them, raping the women and losing homes and shops. many of them are coming back. [unintelligible] this is the place the violence started on january 1. a military officer was due to be brought to this hospital for treatment but he was taken by people and killed on this spot. later on soldiersjg3<úfñze!)a6gr attacked this area and all the houses along the road. >> they raped me. it was 7:00 p.m. and those who raped me remember -- were members of the military. ÷ >> she is referring to the military commander in the area. other sources pointed to be responsibility for directing the event that took place. the un has deployed peacekeepers in the town. >> authorities in the australian state of victoria have ordered some people to leave their homes. other rivers rising r

the un in congo is saying the army arrested an officer accused of leading -- leading the mass rape of multiple women. human rights groups have condemned the execution of suspected robbers in kenya. some say the government has done little to end this treatment. >> a plainclothes police officer stands over two suspected robbers. they appear to pose no threat. moments later they are dead and their bodies riddled with bullets. these executions by the police have been widely condemned. >> it is something that does not shock us because we reported this. but what shocks us most is the sheer audacity of the police lane suspects on the ground in the broad daylight and executing them. >> great britain is helping to train the police force. the police have a reputation for using brutal tactics. in 2007 during this crackdown, dozens of people were shot by police. no investigation and no trials. the inhabitants of this slum were terrorized. the u.n. investigation concluded the police were a law unto themselves. executions by the police were widespread. when kenya was taken to the brink of civil war

. >> authorities in the democratic republic of congo have arrested the commander of a raid.e led the rape of more than 50 women. he has dismissed the allegations. officials in albania say three people were shot dead on friday in clashes between riot police and protestors. they rallied in the capital city, tirana, calling for a recall. >> osama bin laden appears to be demanding that french soldiers withdraw. the afghan president is making the first official state visit to russian since the soviet invision of his country ended in 1989. he is traveling with a large del it gation of business leaders. he says he is building stronger trade and links with russia. >> the italian prime minister is under yet more pressure over allegations that he paid for sex with underaged prostitutes. pope benedict xvi has spoken out, following up earlier comments by vatican officials. he says public officials must rediscover their moral roots. >> wild parties, underage sex, prostitution. the devastations allegations that have left berlusconi reeling, his premiereship at its lowest mark. the most da

las ventanas clasuradas de fabricas otra ra prósperases y vitrinas vacíos de calles principales ante congoeneración las revoluciones tecnológica han transformado la forma de vivir y la que una vez necesitaba mil trabajadores y ahora puede hacer mismo trabajo con cien. hoy en día prácticamente toda empresa puede iniciar operaciones contratar trabajadores y vender productos dónde quiera que haya conexión de internet. mientras tanto países como china, india se dieron cuenta de que con algunos cambios propios podrían competir en este nuevo mundo y entonces comenzaron a educar a hijos antes y durante más tiempo con mayor énfasis en matemáticas y ciencias están inviertiendo en investigación, y nueva tecnología. hace poco china se convirtió en la sede de la mayor planta privada de investigación solar del mundo. y la más rápida computadora del mundo. y entonces sí el mundo ha cambiado. la competencia por los empleos es real. pero esto no debe desanimarnos sino motivarons. recuerden que a peso de todos los golpes que hemos recibido estos últimos años todos los que dijeron sobre lab caída, estados u

. >> military authorities in democratic republic of congo are promising swift action against soldiers accused of mass rape of civilians. the allegations arise from disturbances on new year's day around a town in one eastern congolese province. some victims accused the army's local commander, kibibi mutware, of perpetrating the rapes. he denies it. >> thousands of residents have been fleeing along this road since new year's day when some of the soldiers stationed in their count turned against them, ñstabbing men, raping women, and looting homes and shops. now many of them are coming back and they accuse the commander of the unit to combat rebel groups. this is the place where the violence started on the first of january. a military officer was due to be brought to this hospital for treatment but he was taken by a group of people and killed on this road on this very spot. later, according to a population has told us, soldiers based at a military camp and move down and attacked this area and all the houses along the road as far as the town center. >> they raped me. it was 7:00 p.m. and t

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find out why tangerines are a must have a new year feast syria and russia another young republic of congo manages to bring this gold to festive tables. russians are certainly big on new year's celebrations but it doesn't always added happiness works have become something of a seasonal tradition but treating birds has become a seasonal chore to the hospitals as he explains next cheap substandard and lethal far worse can lead to horrific consequences. two decades after consumer fireworks were first imported into russia they have become an essential part of the festive tradition this holiday season russians will be setting off nearly one hundred million dollars worth of fireworks in their backyards and many of them will end up here in the burns unit but a huge problem is that many of these fireworks do not work as advertised for example a firework doesn't quite ignite when it's meant to people pick it up and then it explodes burns damage blown off fingers we've got it all here authorities say there isn't enough control over the quality of the fireworks which can be sold anywhere by anyone mo

a russian phrase phrases successfully delivered to the congo to be international space station with a special message for check out our website supplied what it is. a quick look now at some of the news making headlines this hour a man who used second in command to pol pot's into although c'mere rouge leaders have appeared in court in cambodia the elder the defendants lawyers called for their immediate releases they've been held in pretrial detention by the un but court since two thousand and seven the three men and another senior face charges of genocide for their role in the deaths of around two million cambodians between ninety five and nine hundred seventy nine. a senior police official and four although officers have been killed into terrorist hands in the pakistanis thirty of peshawar local officials say a teenager blew himself up beside a police van carrying the deputy police superintendent and two policemen more than a dozen what did behind the blast in a separate one please so was killed by an explosive device detonated near his vehicle no group has so far claimed responsibili

crushing extremism in crime including drug crime or is also playing its role in that we will transit congo to afghanistan and will continue to honor old legations to support afghanistan in this important matter. the current phase of her relations is. especially important because it began in two thousand and one. inspired off. the presence of nato forces in afghanistan in those of the eyes of forces in afghanistan since then there has been a steady. strengthening and improved been you know relations primarily because russia understood the need for afghans on stability the need for of councils progress into a self reliant country. and. president karzai was so sad that he would like to rely on help from washington why with one way or another even after the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the country i can't tell you many thanks for the updates are to tell you no they're reporting to us on the last trip yeah cause i see many. and we'll have an exclusive interview with the afghan leader in an hour's time here on r.c. all conway that log on to our web site com and see it right now for a different

order crush extremism and crime including drug crimes russia is also playing its role we help transit congo to afghanistan and will continue to honor old legations to support afghan. in this important matter. the current phase of for aleutians is. especially important because it began in two thousand and one. in spite of. the presence of nato forces in afghanistan in those of the eyes of forces in afghanistan since then there has been a steady. strengthening and improved been relations primarily because russia understood the need for of council instability the need for of against us progress into a silver reliant country and and and government president karzai has also said that he would like to rely on help from washington why went one way or another even after the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the country. or we'll bring you our eggs collusive interview with the afghan media in around twenty five minutes time am it's also available right now though on our website at www dot com. on russia suffers the most from the consequences of afghanistan's a drug production one narcotic the expert ha

saw congo attend a preliminary hearing at the un backed war crimes tribunals to request ahead of theirtrial they've been held since two thousand and seven and both men along with two others face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the brutal regime which claimed the lives of nearly two million cambodians. now lack of opportunities and high employment levels in the u.s. so force the one native american to leave his home love behind and seek out a new life in russia although living in a small village isn't easy here he found a real home to be with the love of his like artie's stacey vivants reports. population not to populate it like many russian towns it's too late and young people had for opportunities in bigger cities so imagine the surprise of look. when justin irwin left his home on the lakota indian reservation in south dakota and the us to begin a new life here in their quiet in trying to village a more of the country kind of person considering my culture and our background and our ancestral ways this is connecting with nature for me like slice of life on a mako

the rule is if the knee doesn't touch the transport the play remains the riser look on the run like congo was. just great body control by the freshman running back larry keeps his knees off the turf three plays later. sixteen more yards to set up bases. ready to stop right there nineteen field goal attempt four way through to two seconds on the clock. for a winning field goal for him to perfect. season. to win the college football prime for the first time since ninety six set to open them and finally formula one fans have had their first glimpse of ferrari's new look for next season.

a transportation official says congoes pricing is decreasing the average wait time before the metering lights. higher tolls could mean fewer drivers during the commute. since july when the toll rose by $2 for the morning rush the wait has dropped from 27 minutes to 23 minutes. this finding was released in a new report by the bay area toll authority. >> you think it is working? >> it is less congestion. >> since congestion pricing was created b.a.r.t ridership between 5 and 10:00 a.m. has increased 8%. in marin county the sheriff says he will not enforce the county's ban on pg&e smart meters. the sheriff bob doyle says marin supervisors had no authority to impose a moratorium. the board of supervisors took that step next week. pg&e says it plans to ignore the moratorium as well. >>> on wall street stocks moved up as fears about europe's debt crisis eased after a successful bond option in portugal. the dow posted its highest close since august of '08. picked up more than 83 points today. the nasdaq gained 20.5 points. a positive report on the economy came from the federal reserve today.

and that number could go down even further after the premiere of the new tv show "sarah palin's congo [ laughter ] i just saw this. a man in california proposed to his girlfriend while she was sitting on santa's lap at the mall. [ laughter ] everyone watching was like, "oh, that is so weird. [ laughter ] that is so -- that's actually weird." i'm not sure what to make of this. an airport in germany hired clowns to entertain travelers who got stuck in the airport overnight. [ light laughter ] so, wait, german clowns performing while you wait in the airport for hours? that's not entertainment. that's a dream you tell your therapist. [ laughter ] that's like, "wait this is awful. you wouldn't believe what happened." here's some sports news. giants quarterback eli manning called a players-only meeting yesterday to discuss their fourth-quarter collapse against the eagles. >> audience member: go eagles! >> jimmy: at the start of the meeting, eli was like, "who wants to kick things off, other than the punter? [ laughter ] matt, please." and finally, a new survey found that women are more like

for him, as we've had the suffering of innocents be in bosnia, the democratic public of congo, sudan,w citizens for a martyr as equal. i never knew another diplomat or a statesman that i could say this about. richard was the american who came in peace, however well disguised. to him to reunite and to rebuild and though the sounds of water. he said his country was skilled and passionate and by serving his country he served the world. at the united nations where he had the privilege of working closely with richard, this translated into a fierce commitment to my continent of africa into the struggle against one of his greatest enemies, hiv/aids. almost exactly 10 years ago today on the 19th of january, 2001, richard attended his last meeting of the united nations security council as ambassador for his country. it was a transformative meeting, convened to discuss the threat of hiv/aids to international security and role of the security council and conference, something richard quite literally invented from scratch. i have told them it's not going to work. he said we will have to discuss i

that is the asymmetry i think congo is very much in the fishing and emphasize on it and pointing out that when you scan it and aaa scan and moreover congo doesn't for the known cinders to the recipients. talking about the legal issues i have to say for those lawyers to litigate the administrative cases which in the required agencies to respond to publications he just hit a home run and reminding us of at least god answered job so why doesn't the tsa respond to the american public? i wish i had that in a brief last night. in going to go next to chip and i wanted to ask this question i'm sure people who are following this conference the are listening that maybe they are agreeing with the panel was saying that the same time sure there are some people who say listen it's really not that big a deal to go through one of these devices and i'm tough, i can to get and that is what the government asks us to do. i will do it. i'm sure people feel that way but then they look and see the children or their wife or somebody else been subjected to this and they may have to start second thoughts and

he started off in what was then zaire but now is in congo, brazzaville.i say there's over 140 chimpanzees there and we're desperately seeking funding to get them into better conditions onto these three islands that we've been able to have the use of, the congolese government and pay the fishermen who are kind of camping there so that the islands will be freed up for the chimpanzees. now we have to raise the money for the infrastructure so it's safe to put the chimpanzees on these big islands full of foretz. but it is desperately important that we do this because the big adult chimpanzees are able to escape even from the strong electric fences. they're so clever. they can short it and they'll put branches up. one is really clever at getting out. he had to be incarcerated in his indoor enclosure for four years because it's too unsafe to let him out. so we didn't let charlize and the film team go near this particular part of the sanctuary, but we thought it would be really nice and that's what they wants -- wanted, to meet some of the baby chimps who go out

for him, as we've had the suffering of innocents be in bosnia, the democratic public of congo, sudan,. i never knew another diplomat or a statesman that i could say this about. richard was the american who came in peace, however well disguised. to him to reunite and to rebuild and though the sounds of water. he said his country was skilled and passionate and by serving his country he served the world. at the united nations where he had the privilege of working closely with richard, this translated into a fierce commitment to my continent of africa into the struggle against one of his greatest enemies, hiv/aids. almost exactly 10 years ago today on the 19th of january, 2001, richard attended his last meeting of the united nations security council as ambassador for his country. it was a transformative meeting, convened to discuss the threat of hiv/aids to international security and role of the security council and conference, something richard quite literally invented from scratch. i have told them it's not going to work. he said we will have to discuss it. it's killing people, decimate

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that is the asymmetry i think congo is very much in the fishing and emphasize on it and pointing outinders to the recipients. talking about the legal issues i have to say for those lawyers to litigate the administrative cases which in the required agencies to respond to publications he just hit a home run and reminding us of at least god answered job so why doesn't the tsa respond to the american public? i wish i had that in a brief last night. in going to go next to chip and i wanted to ask this question i'm sure people who are following this conference the are listening that maybe they are agreeing with the panel was saying that the same time sure there are some people who say listen it's really not that big a deal to go through one of these devices and i'm tough, i can to get and that is what the government asks us to do. i will do it. i'm sure people feel that way but then they look and see the children or their wife or somebody else been subjected to this and they may have to start second thoughts and when we think about certain groups, when you think about children and the elde

for him, as we've had the suffering of innocents be in bosnia, the democratic public of congo, sudan,iplomat or a statesman that i could say this about. richard was the american who came in peace, however well disguised. to him to reunite and to rebuild and though the sounds of water. he said his country was skilled and passionate and by serving his country he served the world. at the united nations where he had the privilege of working closely with richard, this translated into a fierce commitment to my continent of africa into the struggle against one of his greatest enemies, hiv/aids. almost exactly 10 years ago today on the 19th of january, 2001, richard attended his last meeting of the united nations security council as ambassador for his country. it was a transformative meeting, convened to discuss the threat of hiv/aids to international security and role of the security council and conference, something richard quite literally invented from scratch. i have told them it's not going to work. he said we will have to discuss it. it's killing people, decimated security policies. it

for him, as we've had the suffering of innocents be in bosnia, the democratic public of congo, sudan,w citizens for a martyr as equal. i never knew another diplomat or a statesman that i could say this about. richard was the american who came in peace, however well disguised. to him to reunite and to rebuild and though the sounds of water. he said his country was skilled and passionate and by serving his country he served the world. at the united nations where he had the privilege of working closely with richard, this translated into a fierce commitment to my continent of africa into the struggle against one of his greatest enemies, hiv/aids. almost exactly 10 years ago today on the 19th of january, 2001, richard attended his last meeting of the united nations security council as ambassador for his country. it was a transformative meeting, convened to discuss the threat of hiv/aids to international security and role of the security council and conference, something richard quite literally invented from scratch. i have told them it's not going to work. he said we will have to discuss i

even a congo line.ear-old violinist grew up the son of a classical music conductor. but never liked the stuffy atmosphere. >> i thought as a little boy all these audience around me were the whole concert. don't breathe, don't move. >> reporter: so rieu turned all the don'ts, to dos. >> when you start to play the first note of the song, everybody jumps out of their seat. ♪ >> reporter: but beneath all the pageantry the maestro says it's really about the music. >> music is the most -- if it's not emotion, what is it? >> reporter: so before the seats are filled the conductor takes his musicians through their paces. ♪ rieu is a perfectionist, making laps on his segway scooter to adjust the sound from every angle. >> andre is somebody that is very precise. he likes to have things done yesterday, not tomorrow. so he's very impatient. he knows that. >> reporter: but he also encourages playfulness. drummers warm up on trash cans. tenors in the men's room. and how about dueling trombones? that energy carries ove

distribute relief goods to flood the dems in pakistan, drive humanitarian intervention in sudan and congoy my memories of richard's humanity and, those virtues of his pitch and above and his compassion, which i witnessed at the same time i experienced the intensity of his friendship. the holbrooke occupied a huge space in my life. i admit to being devastated by his passing, but then, i share that loss with all of you, especially to you, connie, david and nate, chris and lizzie. [applause] >> early on, not long after the administration started, i spotted richard talking to somebody just inside the west wing of the white house. forgetting where i was for a minute, i charged up to him very spontaneously to embrace him shouting, dick! i was like a catcher embracing the! in the world series. no longer had a pin myself to his chest that i realized he wasn't returning the hug. indeed he seemed to be pretending as though you'd never seen me before. as i peeled myself off of his torso and trudged away, i noticed that the person he was talking to was dick. i learned this is the first substantive co

dramatic concerns about the safety of women and she went two years ago to the democratic republic of the congo and to a part of that country where rape is used as a weapon of war, and she has come back to that issue time and time again to tell governments and multilateral institutions and governments and the united states and it is vitally important for us to work together and protect women. why? because if you are a poor country and you're trying to lift yourself up out of poverty, agriculture is probably going to be the most important means to get there. 70% of the agricultural workers in the world are women in societies that only give full rights to half of their population and that societiy is necessarily probably by design going to be less successful, if you were able to empower women and give them access to own properties and access to microcredit. if a woman is producing food, she's going to feed her own family and she's going to create a surface, but then she can use to help generate an income for her family. so this is fundamental not just in terms of gender rights. it's fundamental i

dramatic concerns about the safety of women and she went two years ago to the democratic republic of the congo and to a part of that country where rape is used as a weapon of war, and she has come back to that issue time and time again to tell governments and multilateral institutions and governments and the united states and it is vitally important for us to work together and protect women. why? because if you are a poor country and you're trying to lift yourself up out of poverty, agriculture is probably going to be the most important means to get there. 70% of the agricultural workers in the world are women in societies that only give full rights to half of their population and that societiy is necessarily probably by design going to be less successful, if you were able to empower women and give them access to own properties and access to microcredit. if a woman is producing food, she's going to feed her own family and she's going to create a surface, but then she can use to help generate an income for her family. so this is fundamental not just in terms of gender rights. it's fundamental i

a transportation official says congoes pricing is decreasing the average wait time before the metering lights. higher tolls could mean fewer drivers during the commute. since july when the toll rose by $2 for the morning rush the wait has dropped from 27 minutes to 23 minutes. this finding was released in a new report by the bay area toll authority. >> you think it is working? >> it is less congestion. >> since congestion pricing was created b.a.r.t ridership between 5 and 10:00 a.m. has increased 8%. in marin county the sheriff says he will not enforce the county's ban on pg&e smart meters. the sheriff bob doyle says marin supervisors had no