can you give me your perspective on whether we'll be table achieve resolutionen of cyprus. are those facts complicating? opportunities? how do you see it? >> i wish i could do the diplomatic thing and say i'm optimistic and there's progress but i don't want to mislead. on the first part of your question, i don't believe the changes in the military leadership in turkey will make any difference one way or the other in terms of prospects for the solution we have been after for so long in cyprus. i don't think it's entirely germane. the military is not calling the shots on this. on this policy of the government of turkey. as to the prime minister's statements, i would rather not parse his statements and say anything here that makes it any harder than it already is for the united nations secretary general special representative downer. he has succeeded in getting president -- the president and turkish community leader to commit to meeting with some frequency, i believe twice a week, from now into the fall, to press, press, press for the only shape of a solution that anyone has e

turkey's troops continue to patrol in cyprus. .. surge to egypt, he speaks a number of languages including turkish and arabic and finally and most importantly he is a graduate of dartmouth collagen in new hampshire. so again congratulations to all of you on your nomination and i appreciate your willingness to come before the committee. we are fortunate to have senator lugar with us. i know he would like to make a statement. >> i am pleased to join you in welcoming our nominees of three important countries and our relationships with these countries are excellent and we will have an opportunity to review events in each of the three as we welcome ambassador ricciardone, ambassador eisen and ambassador ford. turkey is the center of several issues underscoring its importance as an ally. in particular i hope ambassador ricciardone's perspective on the recent resignations of turkey's top military leaders and the effect this will have on political stability will be part of our discussion. moreover interested to hear about the dynamics relat

because of this arab spring developments and maybe also because israel and greece and israel and cyprus are building this friendship i think it annoys. especially because of the findings because the rest of the lower money in becoming the. hard and now that israel might explode piers it's very important for the people that didn't go through a lot in cyprus so i think the other way around i think the israel developed the ties with greece in cyprus to the level of alliance. is part of the change you know but oh well league. this is my interpret. report is not unlikely to charge israelis with using excessive force and do you think that this will change the way the israeli army operates in future differently in the israeli army took it very seriously israel is very vulnerable internationally on this issue. not only because of the last years israel. two three the creates the cities bombarded cities in one brotherhood the rule it will bother. him the issue for the i.d.f. israeli defense forces using for success is when it is almost a chronic problem of the army and of the state of israel as a

if we wish to pursue cyprus and i thought we could do that as well. i have raised this question with all of the leaders i've been privileged to see and i made it a point to: community leaders as well. one of the community leaders per spec to it, not only on the property issues, not only with the greek orthodox secours, but said the armenian community, it sirianni is have their own issues and i've gone into some detail and learn the legal questions. they'll have legal cases at one level or another in the turkish court, which they are prepared to take on to international court. i don't want to betray any of their confidences in the sleep of things, but they are encouraged by the first-ever contacts they are having with high leaders of the state, most sensitive ones regarding their issues and things that really matter in that part of the world in particular and that his honor and dignity and respect. they have had the first-ever visits by high officials of the state to then. not that into their offices at the prime minister and governor, but governors an

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solution in cyprus. turkey's vote against a fourth round of sanctions in the u.n. security council raises concerns that the u.s. and turkey do not share the same threat assessment with respect to iran's nuclear weapons program. so i want to just briefly introduce our two nominees and i know that senator lieberman is here to provide an introduction for ambassador eisen. so i will let him do most of that introduction. as i mentioned, senator casey will be introduced our second panel nominee, ambassador ford, when he gets here. i want to welcome ambassador ricciardone who was a longtime foreign service officer. he's the former ambassador to egypt, the former ambassador to afghanistan and served previously in turkey and throughout the middle east. he speaks a number of languages including turkish and arabic and finally and most importantly he's a graduate of dartmouth college in new hampshire. so, again, congratulations to all of you on your nominations. and i appreciate your willingness to come before the c

now that israel might export gears it's very important for turkey they didn't go through a lot in cyprus so i think there will i think the israel developed the ties with greece. to the level of alliance. is part of the change you know but oh well guess. this is my interpretation and the report is not unlikely to charge and israelis are using excessive force do you think that this will change the way the three army operates in future differently the israeli army took it very seriously in israel is very vulnerable internationally or decision. look only because over the last years israel in the last two three decades at the cities bombarded cities in mumbai they ruled it more bothered. the. issue for the i.d.f. israeli defense forces using for success is really is almost a chronic problem of. the state of israel as a result so definitely there are more criticism you have. on this point on which is will is very vulnerable they're all kind of food is what has to be. there for glee they take it into consideration danger that israel will eventually isolated south completely internationally when

he applied for citizenship to cyprus. he did not get it because we made sure that he could not get to cyprus and get citizenship. that is strike one against him. strike two, we targeted his holdings in one of the biggest companies. their board members term expired at the end of april and they were too afraid to have another board meeting. finally, the government insisted that businesses come together to have a board meeting in july. all they were able to do is come up with half of the board and one of vice-chairman. so, the sanctions do bite. maybe not in the way of headlines, but what we do see is more and more business people. it is an important pillar of the regime's support. we see them slowly but surely switching sides, and that is important. so i do think our sanctions are having an impact. of refugees going into turkey, a couple of things i would say. we appreciate that the turks did offer refuge to people fleeing the government of syria in the northwest. people fled in the thousand spending somewhere around 12,000

. >> there is another bailout with a major ratings agency paying close attention to cyprus. the credit rating was lowered in late may. the economy is closely interlinked with greece, and they have been hit with the crisis. and there was an explosion that destroyed the only power plants on the island. the finance minister says that there is no significant need for financing uil december. hsbc surprised analysts with better than expected first half earnings. despite a bumper profits they want to slash 30,000 jobs over the next few years as part of a major cost-cutting drive. >> hsbc intends to exit retail banking in places where it is struggling to compete, and the british bank has cut 5000 jobs since the start of this year with another 25,00following over the next few years, according 10% of their global work force. they saw a sharp fall in profits in the firstalf of 2008, and the bank more than doubled their pretax profits last year, and surprise with another mild increase this year as analysts had been predicting a loss. the numbers are the result of the new management and

announced wednesday it recovered stolen honda city cars at the port of haifa the cars were bound for cyprus. thieves stole the vehicles in june and smuggled them out of malaysia before the end of that month. the customs department ordered them to bring the ships back. a 35-year-old suspect has been detained. if convicted he faces a fine or five-year jail term for making a false declaration. >>> china's government wants u.s. energy giant conoco phillips to apologize for delaying the oil spills. they're now effecting the country's northeast coastal areas. soon after the spills, the state oceanic administration asked for the cleanup to be finished by august 7th. the company failed to meet that deadline. the oil has been spreading to beaches. it's been blamed for losses in the local tourism and aquatic farming industries. >>> let's now take a look at the market figures. >>> hello there. time now for your weather update. plenty of sunshine in japan. today just a couple of showers to watch out for in the west in the afternoon. but that should be about it. to the south we do have a tropical depres

authorizing the san francisco municipal transportation agency to amend an expenditure contract with cyprus security to continue security services for an additional three years. president chiu: same house, called? this resolution is adopted. >> item 26, resolution approving an amendment to the contract between the treasure island development authority and amec. president chiu: same house, called? this resolution is adopted. >> item 27 -- resolution expressing the non-binding intent of the city and county of san francisco to comply with part 1.9 of the california health and safety code. president chiu: can i recognize an amendment to item 27? supervisor cohen? o, supervisor kim. supervisor kim: yes, we do have an amendment to item 27. we would like to add in the law clauses. while we in treasure island have been processing the proposal, we would like to use the redevelopment as a potential tool, as was originally intended. president chiu: you circulated them? supervisor kim: i did circulate them. president chiu: supervisor kim has made a motion to amend. is there second? seconded by supervis

the cyprus at the speedway metal has become the dumping ground. that tree can only take so much. we appreciate the measures. commissioner buell: thank you. >> jean? >> good morning and thank you very much for letting me speak this morning. i am a resident of the richmond district. i live on 27th avenue and balboa. i'm talking about some of the abuses we've had as a result of this concert. i was the victim of a home invasion last week. that's the way it felt. it was an invasion. it was not an invasion from these people. it was an invasion from another planet. from friday evening until sunday night, i was insulted by rally concertgoers, litter, and worst of all, the enlist noise of a thumping bass and other instruments. simply put, i was trapped and it was awful. one woman measured the sound level at her house at 23rd and california, which is almost a mile from the epicenter of the concert. 106 decimals in her house. this is twice the allowable sound level during and the noise in the city of san francisco. most importantly, there was not any community outreach. rec and park had a p

from cyprus and the women straw there was a bit of a scare for. the german had to come from a set down to beat a stranger meta. level in the match and a tie break and cruising through the deciding set six games. there is no glee against latch for number one and advantage she made light of her contest with the american winning this one six love sixty next place in the russian added right back to being. the world you know when it was a good day for russia's ladies and catherine in a car of a big spain's maria jose martinez to set up a second man meeting with fellow russian bit as one of the over fourteen seats following the christmas overbalance back on her first round exit in toronto last week with victory over joel craig back that. lost in three sets the coronation petra march while driving qualifying just to see id on a one to book a meeting with a reassuring about next. another new seven time formula one champion michael schumacher has denied rumors he's a bad retire from the sport for a second time the german is adamant he'll stay with the saud

see the new team in action as soon as this week when he takes boards in a friendly tournaments in cyprus room on call sort of artsy moscow. another huge sporting event coming up a small things the athletic swell championships in south korea where sadly for his support as american jeremy warren i will be unable to try for another set of medals that's up to terry and his left foot ligament and the injury that won't require surgery bucket take up to twelve months to heal warren i'll give lee the best four hundred meter on the in the weald won the gold in that distance at the athens olympics in two thousand and four and followed that with two wins at the world championships that's why some year old is also due to play a key role in the u.s. full by four hundred meters relay team. to news from tiger woods though he returns to action add this week's bridgestone invitational in ohio and will be welcomed back by an old friend darren clarke bad with a formal well best for the first couple of rounds a taker on the recently crowd open champion was quick to point out parallels between the two play a

the new team in action as soon as this week when it takes boards in a friend at certain points in cyprus room on call sort of artsy moscow. and other big sporting event coming up the small. championships in south korea with sadly for his support as american jeremy warren i will be unable to try for another cent of medals that santa tearing his last food ligament and they won't require surgery but it could take up to twelve months to heal more enough to be the best four hundred meter on a in the world won the gold in that distance at the athens olympics in two thousand and four and followed that win with two victory is at the world championships the twenty seven year old was also due to play at kiro in the us a full by four hundred metres relate. also a bruising old time is in store for rugby infuses with that world cup in new zealand just over a month away and wales has quite a warm up on their hands this weekend a classic battle against old rivals england at twickenham the welsh will play without their captain matthew rees though for saturday's road trip the hookahs nestling and neck in

see it from cyprus petersburg side surely called taking the. offer. to join three time winners enter a french champions league. place the. previous best result in the champions league twenty ten when they reached the quarter final . look at the rest of the groups in order not group eight to call the champions league. against germany. experienced. last season's final. group c. really couldn't have asked for a much more favorable draw. while real madrid won the tournament a record nine times face competition from french dutch champions. chelsea they were assigned a group even the worst of places to find themselves either as the first ever european. bank or immediate moment. are still who qualified by their victory over. more say greek olympiacos german champions but dortmund. brings us finally for a time when. barcelona are in group h. alongside seven time european champions. soft making their second period. in the competition on group this is the. place from the czech republic. after the draw was concluded you if any in line know messi is europe's best

own net to set up a tie with andy murray and american james blake past not his but that is there in cyprus now the new seven time formula one champion michael. macca has denied rumors he's to retire from the sport next season either germany is adamant he will remain with the sadie's g.p. denying reports in the italian media that he was about to retire for a second time she mcenroe hasn't had the best of time since his comeback last year he still hasn't finished on the podium in his home tenth this season standings a massive two hundred two points behind leader sebastian vettel. now we will finish with football and a look back at the weekend's action from the russian premier league it's a case of as you were at both ends of the table with tears cannot maintain the lead despite a drop ruby and kris of get off propping up the rest in spite of it when it crosses a bar so he go it is cold still. i. live . listen i. am. i think you. know lies goes bring us to the end of the sport for the moment so we've got more until halftime. we'll. bring you the latest side streets are told from the realms. w

own net to set up a tie with andy murray and american james blake ease past markets but this from cyprus the women's draw there was a bit of a scare for nine seed and the german had to come from a set them to be discreetly jamila get us over levelling the match on the tiebreaker and cruising through the deciding set six games to two. and there's no bleach against blanche for former number one fan of it she made light work of her contest with the american winning this one six love six two and one next face the winner of the match between russia now he betrayed her and italian rupert vinci. and in all it was a good day for russia's ladies and catherine. spain's marriage was a martinez to set up a second round meeting with fellow russian visitors of on the over fourteen seats but lot of business over bounced back in her first round exit in toronto last week with victory over joel craig however the university now lost in three sets to a correction from our g.g. the other game their struggling qualifier and to see it early on a one to book a meeting with rory if you wrap up next. another new

own net to set up a tie with andy murray and american james blake past marcus dart is there from cyprus another new seven time formula one champion michael. macca has denied room as he's to retire from the sport next season either germany is adamant he will remain with the sadie's g.p. denying reports in the italian media that he was a bad actor a tie for second time schumacher though hasn't had the best of times since his comeback last year he still hasn't finished on the podium and he's currently tenth in this season standings a massive two hundred two points behind leader sebastian vettel. by we will finish with football and a look back at the weekend's action from the russian premier league it's a case of as you were at both ends of the table with tears come off maintaining the late despite a draw at ruby and kris of yet off propping up the rest in spite of a win at cross and us a go it is goes below. limply leap lick of. people who claim that all lies goes bring us to the end of the sport for the moment so we've got more into that stuff. we'll. bring you the latest unsigned stones

the new team in action as soon as this week when he takes boards in a friend at certain points in cyprus room on calls for of r.t. moscow. another big sporting event coming up the small things the flat it's world championships in south korea west sadly for his supporters american jeremy war now will be unable to try for another set of medals that's after tearing his left leg and meant an injury that won't require surgery but could take up to twelve months to heal for now obviously the best four hundred meter on the in the world won the gold in that distance at the athens olympics in two thousand and four and followed them when with two victories at the world championships the twenty seven year old was also due to play a key role in the u.s. four by four hundred meters real a school board. also a bruising also maysan stall for rugby enthusiastic with their world cup in new zealand just over a month away and wales has quite a wal-mart on their hands this weekend a classic battle against old rivals england at twickenham the welsh will play without that count and matthew hoh for saturday's r

alongside portuguese champions put to the next from ukraine and see it from cyprus the same petersburg side surely confident of taking one of the two qualification spots on offer. to speak join three time winners enter french champions league on turkish from the shop for three replace the. previous best result in the champions league was in twenty ten when they reached the quarterfinals. let's take a look at the rest of the groups in order not group a tough call with champions league debutantes manchester city drawn against german giants byron munich scholarship and feel the reality of experience it's only inside not from. last season's finalists manchester united are in group c. really they couldn't have asked for a much more favorable draw deals look at odds with benfica remaining newcomers. while the real madrid suit won the tournament a record nine times face competition from french side leone dutch champions i am and croats denominate zagreb. chelsea they were assigned a group even the worst of places the find themselves either as they seek a first ever european cup the length her

outlet to set up a tie with andy murray and american james blake these past marks of garters from cyprus. now the new seven time formula one champion michael schumacher has denied room it seems to retire from the sport next season the german is adamant he will will remain with the savings to pay denying reports in the italian media that he was that bad for the child for a second time in his career she hasn't had the best of times since he's come back last year to have finished from the podium in his car and this season the standings a massive two hundred two points behind leader sebastian baxter. but will finish with a four ball and a look back at the weekend's action in the russian premier league in case it is a case of as you were though both ends of the table were to. despite a draw rubin and chris to get off propping up the rest in spite of that when it crashed in the dark it is. liz . last. the but i'm not wraps up the school for now the weather is next. it can hear dr swan's policeman smile ministers what i just printed. if you can find me if i lived through the night that i would

the need seen in action as soon as this week when it takes forwards and a friend at certain ones in cyprus are among cos regards to moscow. the other big sporting event coming up in. month is the at lennox world championships in south korea but there will be no germy warner there the american chairing a ligament in his left foot an injury which needs surgery but could take up to you to heal werner hardly believe it past two hundred b. to remember in the world won gold in the distance of the athens olympics in two thousand and four and followed up with two wins at the world championships it also means the highly anticipated showdown between warner double amputee oscar pistorius to eight. it's quite literally an uphill battle for more than twenty climbing teams as they begin their cliff conquering project in the swiss alps two hundred years since the ascent of the jungfrau summit on the following are setting i repeat the feats which is only the beginning of their journey more than forty one hundred metres to go before the ultimate goal and some of the twenty three teams benefited from star s

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