hopefully take place nonviolently will take place in a free and fair media will take place in a democratic parliament and and that's how you know every society that is democratic has gone through these phases tunisia is experiencing its first democratic moment and i think we have to be a little bit patient here i think we have to be supportive of creating strong civil society supporting basic principles so that tunisians can have the right to exercise self-determination ok if it's go back to soon as i mean if you're a political party and congratulations on your victory do you feel you have to placate western concerns about the nature of the islamic nature of your political party and what kind of society you want to make. as i said you know our program is is mostly addressing china's years and we've made our program very clear we had an electoral program dealing with the political social economic and cultural fields which is very detailed and was published in arabic english and french and is available online it has reassurances fall for fall for investors for primarily but also for others we will main

before i oppose the information, i note in passing we have now been joined by the liberal democratic member of parliament. the liberal democratic and chief mr. alistair carvel. sure yourself. [applause] >> thank you. to oppose the notion. [applause] >> mr. speaker, the house is and always will be a very serious issue yet this is something the government, schools and society as a whole are all very aware. schools in scotland are strongly recommended to have an antibullying policy with every single school in england, wales and northern ireland is required by law to have a policy against bullying. members of parliament this issue is being addressed. this campaign proposes they should focus on making schools change the antibullying policies in the process that involves both students and professionals and the antibullying policies seems like a good move but if the way they deal with bullying the problem we are compassionate creatures. we feel for the victims and punish accordingly. but i ask you a campaign on zero tolerance towards bullying makes one harmful assumption that the victims will overcome the often

behind the walls of this absurdly large building, a new parliament is in session. >> we have a democratic system home. we have a parliament and representatives can discuss the political, economic, or all matters for the good of the country. >> this all began with a new president sworn in in march as surprised his country by the pace a change. it is the early days and no one would call this a democracy but there are signs which was just a rubber stamp for a military dictatorship is turning itself into a real parliament. britain is burma's largest donor. this is a chance to test reform promises. in parliament, he met the speaker, one of the key architects of reform. speaking to a foreign journalist for the first time, he told me there is no turning back. >> the reform process is genuine. this is irreversible. >> it will take more than debates in parliament and more freedom to the media and trade unions. western sanctions will remain cannotaung san suu kyi's stand elections, hundreds of political prisoners are behind bars, and ethnic conflict rages on the border. this will be judged on the a

parliament and we support them for this job it is. it is very important that we have elections at the soonest possible because there is a problem of the democratic legitimize ation of parliament that greece greece don't feel rightfully represented by this government is if by this parliament because they feel that they were tricked in the last elections the socialists were saying we have money we will give you money and they ended up taking the money of the people and now the average salary in greece today's thirty percent less than it was a year ago and the prices so go even higher and higher so. this cannot go on for longer and the greeks need to be rightfully represented by their parliament and we need a government that is supported by the greek society and that can come only with elections let me tell you what it looks like from the outside it looks like people are afraid of being impoverished and prepared to. are afraid to displease the e.u. leaders the e.u. masters per se how much of a factor has fear become politics. because there is a fear for tomorrow we don't know what's coming next and i believe that the whole of europe doesn't know wh

if she goes to parliament with a democratic mandate, that will transform politics in burma. another sign of the way things are changing is the seal of approval from neighboring nations saying burma should host their next meeting in 2014. >> it is not about the past. it is about the future. when the leaders are doing now is trying to ensure that the process of change continues. the momentum is maintained. >> the leader they call the lady looks as if she is running for office already. the cost has been great. the long years of seclusion that prevented her from seeing her dying husband. she says she has not suffered. >> i never thought of it as suffering. i find it embarrassing when people talk about my suffering. people have died. nobody who is still alive has a right to complain. >> she told me the new president is a good listener. the voice of the barn needs burmese e -- the people is being hurt. >> still to come, reaching out to the world one embrace at a time. the woman calledhu to the hugging saint. the top foreign policy priority for the u.s. lies in the asian- pacific r

the opposer of the motion, i note in passing that we have now been joined by the liberal democrat member of parliament for shetland, the liberal democrat, mr. alastair carmichael. show your self. [applause] spent thank you. to oppose the motion i called mr. xavier cohen. [applause] >> thank you, mr. speaker. bullying has and always will be a very serious issue. yet this is something that government and society as a whole are all very aware of the. schools in scotland are strongly recommended to have anti-bullying policy. whilst every single school in england, wales, and northern ireland is required by law to have a policy against bolding. members of youth parliament, this issue is being addressed. this campaign proposes that u.k. passionate she chanted anti-bullying policy. superficially, improving anti-bullying policies seems like a good move. but is the way that we deal with bullying the problem? we are compassionate creatures. we naturally feel for the victim and punish the bully accordingly. but i ask you, members of youth parliament, a campaign on zero tolerance towards bullying, it makes one hal

. >> this is a democratic system. we have a parliament. we can discuss the political and economic on all matters for the good of the country. >> it all began with a new president who surprised his country by the pace of change. it is early days and no one would call this a democracy but there are signs that what was just a rubber stamp for a military dictatorship is turning itself into a real parliament. this visit is a chance to test reform promises. they met one of the key architects of reform. speaking to a foreign journalist, he told me that there is no turning back. >> the reform process is genuine and this is irreversible now. >> it will take more than bitter debates in parliament and more freedom for the trade unions. sanctions will remain while aung san suu kyi's could not stand in election -- party cannot stand in elections, and hundreds remain political prisoners. it will stand on what they do rather than what promises they make. there is more to go before the international community can signal that the progress has been made. th

voce would be actually the crucial issue and let me also even the parliament will be going to sit and the second step forward two democrats who will be. i do not think that the very difference will reddick. political powers who would be represented in the parliament i do not think even this would be actually in the favor or the c. of the egyptian. sorry we got to move on thank you very much and if your thoughts dr ayman salama professor of international law then my current university thanks for your thoughts there well turkey is freezing the assets of the syrian regime and suspending financial dealings with a country which is a former. also announced it would stop the delivery of weapons to damascus turkish measures come in the wake of arab league sanctions and move syria economic warfare earlier this week the u.n. released a report stating that government forces are committing crimes against humanity and their brutal crackdown on protesters russia believes the unrest was triggered by syrian opposition is calling on both sides to be in dialogue well for more on this talk all from. joining us live from portland and they sa

democratic process. back of the european parliament, the conservative says he believes the commission president should be directly elected, adding to its legitimacy. >> europe means a face people can connect on a deeper level. >> nicolas sarkozy and angela merkel have rejected the policy. there is not much room for more it european democracy. >> one of the countries that really gets a seats at a high level of euro zone talks is portugal. it is the poorest country in western europe. it has been getting even poorer since being sucked into the sovereign debt crisis. austerity is the watchword and cuts are feeding unemployment and eating into earnings and savings. people are angry and the crisis government to fall. workers are going out on a against the new administration. portugal is no longer being governed by or for its own people. the dishes. the 27-year-old marine biologist takes care of the household. his wife is the family's sole breadwinner. it is unusual in portugal. he has been unemployed for a year and serves the internet for jobs. given portugal's economic problems, he has had no luck. >> i write

rounds in a very complicated process as egypt learns about democracy, as it creates a democratically elected parliament lot to go wrong. >> eric: greg, with all of your brave reporting, especially considering what happened to you last time you were there, good to have you back. >> reporter: thank you. >> jamie: very disturbing video, protests in cairo and these are happening in pakistan. thousands of these folks are gathered outside the u.s. consalate in karachi, protesting against a nato cross-border air attack that killed 24 pakistani troops. afghan troops called in the nato airstrikes that killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. afghan forces reportedly made that move after coming under fire, insisting from the pakistan side of the border. now, pakistan has cut off nato supply routes routes into afghan because of the incident and hundreds of trucks are stranded? dangerous territory along the border. the airstrike enflaming tensions and leaving already troubled u.s. relations with pakistan in even greater jeopardy. >> we are absolutely capable of fighting the war on terrorism by ourselves. we don't need

if she goes to parliament with the strength of the democratic mandate, that will try to transform politics in burma. another sign of the way things are changing with the seal of approval from the nation -- from asian leaders at their summit. >> this is not about the past, this is about the future. what the leaders are doing now and concerning myanmar's designation, we are trying to ensure that the process of change continues and the momentum is maintained. >> the leader looks as though she is running for office. every speech an election rally. the cost has been great, the long years of seclusion that prevented her from seeing her dying husband. she says she has not suffered. >> i find it rather embarrassing when people talk about my suffering. in a situation like ours, people have died. no one who is alive has a right to complain. "she told me that the new reformist president is a good listener. -- >> she told me that the new reformist president is a good listener. the voice of the people is not hard to hear. >> i'm joined in our studios by a fellow and lead researcher in political and str

parliament and political parties are fairly helpless. with your party's leader. that's why parties are not growing to add to that unfair elections violations lack of public debate very weak democratic institutions and the suppression of several initiatives. all these things are preventing parties from growing and becoming more influential in your party's leaders thirty murano was the speaker of the parliament's upper house for many years he used to be the third highest ranking official in the country is it fair for you to criticize the authorities right now. the upper chamber is a bad example as at least half of the servants has a directly appointed by the executive branch the current procedure is that senators are nominated by governors. as members have been appointed by governors who were in turn appointed by the government measure only the credibility of such an upper chamber is questionable and whoever is in charge of it an upper chamber compose in this way would only support decisions that are already backed by the government and the rest of russia such as are members of united russia the ruling party. where this talk about the promises he has made you said that you always who

also voting going on today in the democratic republican of congo for the president and parliament there. the runup to the elections has been marred by violence and fears that the commission is not ready to actually hold the event. some 11 candidates are running for president and more than 18,000 candidates are standing for a place in the 500-seat parliament. let's go live to kinshasa. will ross is there. what's the turnout been like there today? what has the mood been like there today? >> well, it's been a fairly slow stream of people coming in. we had a heavy downpour here in kinshasa here early on, which kept many people away. but we're hearing some problems with the organization, but generally things seem to be going on ok. there were, of course, lots of rumors and speculation that the whole election was going to be postponed because people said that the he leble early to commission simply wasn't ready. at the last minute, they had to scramble helicopters and planes to get the electoral material right in the way across this vast country, which is roughly the size of western europe. v

if she goes to parliament with the strength of that genuine democratic mandate, that will help to transform politics in burma. another sign of the way things are changing with the seal of approval from neighboring asian leaders at the afghan summit. >> it is not about the past. it is about the future. what the leaders are doing now by confirming the designation in 2014. when you're trying to ensure that the process of change continues. the momentum is maintained. >> the leader looks as if she is running for office already. the cost has been great, the long years of seclusion that prevented her from singer don has been. this nobel peace prize winner says she has not suffered. >> i never thought of it as suffering. i find it rather embarrassing when people talk about my suffering. people have died. it seems to me that nobody who is still alive as a right to complain. >> she told me that the new reformist president is a good listener. the voice of the burmese people is not hard to hear. >> the decision to allow burma to -- was not a surprise. >> the announcement was widely anticipated. a coupl

if she goes to parliament with the strength of a genuine democratic mandate, that in itself will help transform politics in burma. another sign of the way things are changing -- the seal of approval from neighboring asian leaders in the assean summit. burma should hold their meeting in 2014. >> what the leaders are doing now, by confirming the and mark -- confirming myanmar for 2014 -- we are trying to be sure the process of change continues, the momentum. >> she looks as if she is running for office already. every speech and election rally. the cost has been great. a long years of seclusion that prevented her from seeing even her dying -- the long years of seclusion that prevented her from seeing even her dying husband. >> i find it rather embarrassing when people talk about my suffering. people have died. it seems to me that nobody who is still alive as a lot to complain about -- has a lot to complain about. >> she told me the new reformist president is a good listener. the voice of the people is not hard to hear. >> aung san suu kyi is as remarkably great as ever, hoping these refo

the problem we have here with the existing parliament is that it is the kind of democratic deficit.t was elected -- the elections of 2009 at a time when was a normal country -- when greece was a normal country. all of the problems were along these lines. papandreou comes to power and the country is not as nice as it seems. we have a huge debts and everything changes. there is a new government here. the current parliament does not reflect the situation, political dynamics, of the country as it is now. the parties today never presented any kind of program relative to the situation. when they were elected, the situation never existed. >> we have some breaking news from china. rescuers have pulled 44 miners to the surface. more than 36 hours after more than 50 of them had been trapped following a cavemen at a coal mine in the center of the country. this -- falling to a cave-in at a coal mine in the center of the country. those attempts are continuing. seven other miners were pulled out alive on friday. that is in central china. in libya, hundreds -- hundreds of prisoners are being relea

parliament on friday. the leader of the opposition new democratic party samaras, criticized papandreou for bringing greece and its future into crisis. samaras demanded the entire cabinet resign and called for a general election. some members of the ruling party are also demanding the prime minister's resignation saying it's irresponsible to hold a referendum after concluding an agreement with other nations. now there is a possibility that the bailout deal will be rejected in the greek referendum due to strong public opposition. this is spreading concern throughout europe. >> translator: the greek announcement has surprised europe. >> on tuesday, french president nicolas sarkozy and german chanceler angela merkel had a telephone meeting. they said in a joint statement the two countries are going to ensure the full implementation of the eurozone bailout deal. sarkozy and merkel will meet papandreou on wednesday in cannes ahead of the g-20 sumit to seek implementation of the eu bailout deal. now stock markets nosedived on tuesday following the news of papandreou's national referendum plan. in new york, share

we saw a couple of weeks ago here in the german parliament pushed within days not be compatible with a democratic society which wants to think about it or you bring up the ideals of democracy here and there are certainly many people around the world that say that many governments are in bed with the big bankers and the big big industry the big corporations but if i may germany's been shouldering quite a lot of the bailouts for struggling members of the year as and what do you what do you make of. the bailout policies. well. i think. necessary in two thousand and eight and truth. but they were without conditions and we need clear conditions for those bearings. so that hasn't happened in germany that's what we criticize basically. but now if i if i may for a moment hasn't your government though effectively kept merkel's ability to hand out cash to whoever she wants because of the bundestag must now give its approval does not mean the people now do have a say. sorry i couldn't get it i was just saying that now we're ultimately the dog must give its approval to any handle the anglo merkel wishes to d

it is important to of course for all governments across the euro remain fully democratically accountable so that parliamentnd their people, that is something that is continuing to take place. >> the autumn statement, chancellor of the exchequer. >> let me start by placing squarely before the house of commons and the public the economic situation facing our country. much of europe now is heading into a recession caused by chronic lack of confidence in the ability of countries to deal with their debt. we will do whatever it takes to protect britain from this debt storm while doing all we can, all we can to build the foundation of future growth. today we set up how we will do that by demonstrating that this country has the will to live within its means and keep interest rates low. by acting to stimulate the supply of money and credit to make sure interest rates on the families and businesses. matching the determination on the deficit with an active enterprise policies for business and lasting investment in our infrastructure and education so that britain can pay its way in the future and every opportunity hel

parliament and we support them for this job it is. it is very important that we have elections the soonest possible because there is a problem of the democrat the image of migration of all of them and for greece greece don't feel rightfully represented by this government they like this parliament because they feel that they were tricked in the last elections the socialists were saying we have money we will give you money and they ended up by taking the money of the people. now the average salary in greece today's thirty percent less than it was a year ago and the prices are going higher and higher so. this cannot go on for long and the greeks need to feel rightfully represented by the parliament and we need a government that is supported by the greek society and that can come only with elections i guess not only public sector but it would talk about the ongoing protests and a huge strike that's coming up on the first of december how much the causing your economy with boys ever and i've lost track of the strikes for the past year it's nearly day by day we have some strike. it is understandable that people don't want the changes they were use

test amounts, liberal democrat member from wow, christopher pincher, conservative member of parliament from tamworth. i know there can be handy, but i'm sure she will present yourself any minute now someone who has been a consistent champion of the young people, the liberal democrat, jay swenson who is here. and i am delighted to see matthew handcuff from west suffolk co. is in the gallery as well. it is great that you are here, colleagues, and supported these parliament. we move now to the second debate and the consideration of the second motion of the day with 18 to tuition fees as printed on the order paper. just before i called an overt emotion, perhaps i could just make a plea. those of you who have spoken you've done so extremely well. i hope you will agree not to try to speak a second time because there are lots of people who haven't yet spoken for a first time. and those of you who either haven't yet tried order was tried and not been called, please try again. i won't be able to call everybody. that is just life i'm afraid, but i will do my best to accommodate as many of you as