there's been a killing in darfur. you asked me what the secession means for darfur, but it means the world's attention is on south sudan, and in that media vacuum, there's once more an enormous serge in the killing going on in darfur. bear in mind there's a large part of darfur we have no idea what's happening because the sudan government kept the media out, and it's kept humanitarian groups or out impeded their work so much or scared them so much that they don't say anything. i fear -- hue militaryian workers one day, we're going to find mass graves in darfur where we never got to. just since january 2010, we reckon there have been 266 bombing raids on darfur creating scenes like this, almost no media attention whatsoever. i have here 35 pages of detailed reports of attacks on communities in darfur, the sismatic rape of women, the killing of men and chirp and it's getting no attention whatsoever, but there's the consequence of our attention on the secession in the south. what's the international reaction been? bear i

there has been a surge in killing in darfur. u.s. may with the secession is meant for darfur. it is meant that the world's attention has been on south sudan and in that media vacuum, there is once more an enormous surge in the killing that is going on in darfur. bear in mind that there is a large part of darfur we have no idea what is happening because the sudanese government kept the media out and it is either kept humanitarian groups that or it has impeded their work so much or scared them so much that they don't say at thing. .. but that's the consequence of our attention. on the secession in the south, what's the international reaction been? peritonitis is muslims killing muslims. but does have, it was muslim killing christian. what is the art world had to say about this? almost nothing. and there are three reasons. the first days of the iraq war played so completely into the hands of the sudanese regime because they were able to say to their fellow arabs and muslims, look, we told you these people hated us and wanted to destroy our culture. and here they are. it's a new c

school, and darfur was a very different place then. this is 30 years ago. [laughter] it was a very current place than now -- different place than now, but to get to darfur then, you know, they had no airport -- i mean, it had an airport, but it had no flights, no train, you know? what you did is you went to the market, you found a market lorry that was going in your direction, you negotiated for space up on top. you brought enough food and water for the trip, and you, you were on tracks in the sand for fife days to get -- five days to get from khartoum out there. it's about the distance from boston to cleveland. and on the trip out there you may have read with a sudanese guy my age i was working with, the truck flipped over, and we were trapped and stuck, stranded in the nubian desert for three days. i didn't know -- and a couple people with broken bones and so on. i was bruised but not broken. i mean, imagine, you know? imagine here if you were in a, you saw a truck flip over and spread all the cargo and people all over the street. wh

>> and we have have not had a declared victory in a war with the possible exception of the first darfurince world war ii. it is the the phenomenon of modern conflict. are the american people safer at the end because of the sacrifice the soldiers have made? that's the real question. >> secretary gates ended his farewell tour yesterday in afghanistan by telling u.s. and international forces that they're on track to delivering a decisive blow against the taliban. we say farewell because he's leebing his post as defense secretary. he now heads to brussels for nato meetings. this all comes as the latest "washington post"/abc news poll shows 43% of americans now say that the afghan war is worth fighting, that's up 12% since march but 73% say the u.s. should remove forces that somewhere. >> narrator: neighborhood of 2,000 to 5,000 of 1 soo,000 of afghanistan coming home in the summer. we'll see if president obama raises that number. >>> "the new york times" reporting that the u.s. commanders are focusing on what may be the most dangerous mission left in iraq, getting of the last 46,000 troops

international criminal court issued an arrest warrant accusing him of war crimes during the conflict in darfur. new pictures and video footage of hugo chavez has been shown on cuban television. they show an apparently well mr. chavis speaking with fidel castro. the venezuelan president has kept a low profile since he had an emergency operation during a trip to cuba at the beginning of june. there is a debate on whether he should delegate executive powers to his vice president. >> you have been watching "newsday" from the bbc. >> the reminder of the main news again. all the insurgents who launched a sustained attack on a top hotel in kabul have been killed. 10 civilians were killed during the assault. thank you for watching. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new yor

there has been global concern over china's invitation to bashir who is wanted for genocide in darfur. in january, people in southern sudan voted in a referendum and overwhelmingly chose to separate from the north. the south will declare independence on july 9th. observers say china aims to maintain its rights to oil and other resources in sudan by reaffirming ties to its current government andorging a relationship with the newly independent south. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item sent by ddi india. the prime ministers of india and new zealand met in new delhi tuesday to discuss ways to boost bilateral trade and enhance ties in education and science and defense sectors. manmohan singh and john key agreed to conclude a free trade agreement by 2012. and they agreed to strengthen ties in assuring the safety and combatting piracy. bilateral trade has more than tripled over the past six years from $190 million to $620 million. >>> china's largest braille library for the visually impaired was inaugurated in beijing

about her novel, "when the stars fall to earth" about five children who survived the genocide in darfurthe novel is based on her experiences in sudan and interview she conducted with survivors of the genocide. it is a little more than an hour. [applause] >> first of all thank you very much to the american bar association for so kindly providing a venue today. i would also like to thank mike meyer and -- from the darfur interfaith network for making this possible and beth grossman. i know there are some sudan experts here. please bear with me if i start telling you things you already know but those lovely people at c-span are here to outcast this and therefore think it is our duty to use this opportunity to get across the message about the serial genocides that have been going on in sudan, so forgive me if i am telling you things that you already know. i know there are people in this room who think it is perfectly appropriate as a topic of conversation to talk about genocide but believe it or not not everybody feels the way we do about that. i am going to talk to about what you about wha

it is a genocidal war in all its features the target is the population at large not merely because darfur region. and in syria government forces are said to have reestablish control over the rebel hotbed town. it comes amid continued cooled by the british and french boy a tough u.n. resolution against president assad and his government but russia and china who believe any intervention in syria would only cause more bloodshed say they will stand against any such arab adrian she believes the un's most powerful members of the driving force behind the bodies enthusiasm to intervene only in specific conflicts. the united nations. is is merely an international organization working to promote the interests of its most powerful members know that we united states britain and sort of the west so will this new sort of also from the. european union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government they have not considered cracking down on the governments of better arrangement or other or each of point in time when there was also it was for what is happening in syria. almost

firms is held accountable so americans have been demanding that for years without any success can get darfur you achieve what the american people and the american government can't or won't achieve i don't think so i think that they're going to get away with this you know big billion dollar boondoggle with libya there's this they've done it with america goldman sachs is currently being investigated for playing a major role in the two thousand eight hundred how crisis a crisis that cost americans knowing it is over their jobs homes and life savings while a military conflict currently divides the u.s. and libya uniting citizens of both countries is the financial gain wall street has made at their expense or in upper nile artsy new york. well meantime a florida based investment bank of bernie dorman says the bank's operations with libya could be part of a wider cone. when you have two percent of the world oil supply you become a target the sovereign nation funds have been the primary target of some of the biggest investment banks worldwide but the obama administration has created a criminal inve

giant they cower whenever they show these pictures to justice love and peace loving people out on darfur i think people love us i don't know what they're going to but my people that democracy never come by a patient democracy never by military invasion democracy never come by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bombing our wedding parties you paint a pretty bleak picture right now are you hopeful about the future of your country. i believe as long as hope is alive and you think it's possible secret you don't hear enough afghanistan who are underground activist these are hopes these guys who are going to school they have to education despite all of these trace convey to our seats on their faces when they show no list will tell you where i'm headed there they briefly say yes when we become treatment again we will go to school these are hoops and money i did example that's why i always my mrs street justice loving people around the borders that please educationally support my people because education is a key. regarding resistance off people against occupation and against this

region and it is a genocidal war in all its features target is the population at large not merely the darfur region. the meantime in syria president assad's forces have reportedly taken over the rebel held town of as you said i'll show good but meanwhile pressure is mounting on syria with britain and france pushing for a draft u.n. resolution with russia and china who oppose any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict have said that they will not back to me if i were a world observer adriana's which believes that the west is using the u.n. to benefit from the country's civil conflict. of united nations this. is merely an international organization who are going to promote the interests of its most powerful members notably united states britain and so as the west so world is concerned also from the other countries in the union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government must consider cracking down on the governments of battery or other or each of the incidents. when there was also and for what is happening in syria simultaneously in almost all countries of

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history fairly correctly that the role of israel after world war ii which was the implementation of the darfur treaty or agreement, what was eisenhower's view of the reluctance of israel to withdraw? um, from, you were saying from the gaza? >> yeah. that you're asking about that, you're not asking about the creation of israel? >> no, no. i'm asking about, you know, when he was president and, um, they were, you know, going through what, you know, how israel was taking over some of the territories that were not involved in the agreement. um, what was his feeling about that? >> if you're talking about the balfour agreement, i only know about the suez situation in if gaza and the gulf in particular. i'm not qualified to speak about the rest of it. but he certainly put enormous pressure on israel to withdraw after the suez crisis. and he appealed to the congress on february 20th, 1957 for support for that, and the congress turned him down. and so he turned around that night and went to the people with a televised address. and behind the scenes, according to his memoirs, he threatened to the israeli

but i'm not going to be the one to stand by and let civilians get mowed down like in detail or darfurlibya and i'm going to at least raise my voice when it comes to syria or even bahrain. we have to raise our voices and say that it is wrong even if our tools are not readily available. >> emotionally, i am right there with you. it is just heart wrenching to watch what is happening in these countries and sit back and do nothing. but -- >> right. >> we are. if we take a look at what has happened in libya and if we take a look at what has happened in syria, people are being systemically killed there. we haven't been able to stop their actions. >> we are part of that nato force. >> right. but it hasn't stopped it. >> we are part of the solution in libya. and i stand with the president on this decision in libya. i do think he should come back to congress and consult but i do not take issue with his decision to join nato and deal with gadhafi. particularly with this murderous rampage that he was on. but our hands -- we just don't have that many tools. we've sanctioned them for years and year

with ambassador lyman on the conflict in the nuba mountains and whether it could become the next darfur. that's on our world page. and there's a new dispatch from our reporting team in indonesia. this one is on how high food prices hit one small town particularly hard. plus, on our making sense page, paul solman looks at the latest data on home prices and explores some of your questions on mortgages. also there, find an interactive map that tracks how housing prices are faring where you live. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at the vote on austerity measures in greece aimed at staving off default. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and have a good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these ins

both between north sudan and south sudan and darfur. so china is increasingly a moreositive actor, supporting the comprehensive peace agreement, engaging withhe pareses to try to bring themo the tableo incrsingly we're able to partner china on that. on iran china is part of the groups that's putting pressure on iran and worki with us to see whether diplomatic solution can be achieved. on north korea too, the chinese supported our efforts in the securit council to imposeew sanctions on north kor. and ha made very clear through the diplomacy that they expect north korea to avoid the provocations and to come back to the table. so there is a lot of positive cooperation there. we want more. we're engaging with the chinese. we have a unique broad based engagement there beginning with eight meetings between president clinton and president hu but also our new strategic and economic dialogue, chaired by secretary clinton and secretary quitener-- geithner bring hundreds of officials from all of the agencies i both governments to explore the full

it's a country that has, yeah, i mean, darfur and there's reasons they wanted to live on their own, yeah? but, you know, sadly it was an illusion because they kept talking about self-reliance and so on, but did they use only technologies that were invented by koreans? no. the economy has been running with 1930's japanese and 1950's soviet technologies, and they deluded themselves and rely on the way of life so i mean, once again i mean, extremes tend not to work very well, huh? >> given that religion owns most of the property in the world, how would it change the equation if we taxed religious property in america? >> wow. [laughter] yeah, that's an interesting question. honestly, i do not know exactly how the religious bodies exercise their property rights, yeah? i mean, today differently from other property owners, maybe they do, maybe they don't. i have no preservations to judge that, but, yes, religious bodies are owners. in britain, i mean, the biggest land owners are secondly is the church of england. depending how you exercise your property rights and land or whatever others you ow

we cannot allow another darfur or rwanda. the president must be accountable to congress and apply to the war powers act. i am not going to blow for us to get out -- i am not going to vote for us to get out now. i'm looking at them very closely. host: atlanta. republican line. you're on with keith ellison. caller: i was listening to the previous caller. when he said that were creates jobs, that is not correct. when these's vets -- vets come home without jobs, we're going to have problems. we have of a mechanic workers, we have a lot of companies over their working to assist them. if they come home, they will be without jobs. we need to look to the experts. we need to listen to the experts. there is a lot to know. well will happen when unemployment goes up and these people come home? thank you. guest: that is a great question. sometimes military actions create jobs. but civilian endeavor creates even more jobs. the multiplier effect from a civilian job is way more than a military contractor jobs overseas. in my view, we need to

i believe if i was in this congress when rwanda or serb or darfur were helping, i think the people needed protection and the most powerful nation in the world should stand by while innocent children and women are being mowed down. and i hope today that colleagues will in -- join in that and i think it's the right thing to do. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, how much time is remaining on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 10 minutes remaining, and the gentlelady from florida has six minutes remaining. mr. berman: ok. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to -- automatic' pleased to yield -- i'm pleased to yield 90 second to the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished members that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the consti

. >> the edge of darfur. >> there were babies born in this no man's land. 1,500 were forced to flee.villages have been systematically burned. >> reporter: for over two decades she has journeyed around the globe, raising her voice when the world wasn't listening. she championed the untold stories. >> this is the koran found in the ashes. >> there is no one out here? in this tent there are two families and five children. >> what do you want for your life now? >> one day. >> it's okay. i like your smile. it's good. >> there are not enough doctors to take care of all the injured. they're yelling at us because they're saying the tsunami is coming right now. they're yelling for everybody to get out of the way. >> we're going to get a close-up look. >> reporter: in times of turmoil, she was there, the first-hand source of news and compassion, uncovering humanity in the most humane situations. >> i'm sorry. i'm so sorry. >> i found your sister. here she is. >> how do you help her stop being afraid? nice to meet you, tanika. nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> reporter: then there's ann the ad

i believe if i was in this congress when rwanda or serb or darfur were helping, i think the people needed protection and the most powerful nation in the world should stand by while innocent children and women are being mowed down. and i hope today that colleagues will in -- join in that and i think it's the right thing to do. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, how much time is remaining on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 10 minutes remaining, and the gentlelady from florida has six minutes remaining. mr. berman: ok. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to -- automatic' pleased to yield -- i'm pleased to yield 90 second to the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished mbers that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the constitu

i believe if i was in this congress when rwanda or serb or darfur were helping, i think the people neededthe most powerful nation in the world should stand by while innocent children and women are being mowed down. and i hope today that colleagues will in -- join in that and i think it's the right thing to do. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, how much time is remaining on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 10 minutes remaining, and the gentlelady from florida has six minutes remaining. mr. berman: ok. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to -- automatic' pleased to yield -- i'm pleased to yield 90 second to the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished members that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the constitution, the war

our largest emergency food aid program, including darfur in southern sudan, afghanistan, haiti, and thope. u.s. food aid not overwhelm -- ethiopia. u.s. food aid not only helps people survive, it supports u.s. security interests. it promotes good will especially in libya, afghanistan, and pakistan. our emergency and humanitarian food aid sends the clear message to desperate people in need that the american people care. the gosar amendment sends the off sit message. the american people don't care, go ahead and starve. we need to support food for peace. we need to oppose that amendment but we also need to he o pose amendments that gut essential food and nutrition programs for poor people not only here in the united states but around the world. this notion that somehow that when we support programs like food for peace that it's just helping a bunch of foreigners overseas. it's just wrong-headed. it is american farmers that produce much of the food that goes to support the hungry around the world. it is american farmers that are so much -- that are so important in our battle against terrorism

i believe if i was in this congress when rwanda or serb or darfur were helping, i think the people neededd the most powerful nation in the world should stand by while innocent children and women are being mowed down. and i hope today that colleagues will in -- join in that and i think it's the right thing to do. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, how much time is remaining on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 10 minutes remaining, and the gentlelady from florida has six minutes remaining. mr. berman: ok. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to -- automatic' pleased to yield -- i'm pleased to yield 90 second to the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished members that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the constitution, the wa