that used to be dubai.t got renamed khalifa because abu dhabi obviously has solidified its political power over dubai. but you're saying one of the best plays in the region is amar, and that's the company that built that tallest building. a lot of people want to say people aren't in that building as tenants. it doesn't sound like you're worried. >> well, i mean, it's pretty well diversified across the country. you know, they've got fingers in little pies, other than just direct real estate. they've broadened that model to countries across the area and asia as well. so, they've got a strong balance sheet, emaar is moving into other sectors just to shield itself from, you know, the direct real estate trade. so you know, it's one of the stronger companies in the region going forward in terms of valuation at the moment. you know, and i mean, at the moment, i think if you want to invest in the market, you don't need to look too far, other than the large caps, because they are for the best upside potential here.

that is the job of the dubai police. but the serious crime department is looking at the force documents. the decision was taken to expel an israeli diplomat, the first one in more than 20 years. it said that it is amending its travel led by as for israel, to one of the rest of identity theft. the israeli ambassador was summoned from the foreign office last month to answer questions. today, his response to the expulsion was brief. >> the relationship between israel and the united kingdom is of mutual importance. hence, we are disappointed by the british government's decision. >> dubai police are continuing with their investigation into the killing. the diplomatic fallout and the pressure on israel is now growing. >> across the atlantic come israel -- across the atlantic, israel faces potentially annoying another friend. on monday, mr netanyahu reasserted what he said was israel's right to build levirate it wants in its capital city. we hear from washington how far reaching this difference of opinion can be. >> this is the

dubai is to support dubai world paused restructuring with $9.5 billion, -- world's restructuring with $9.5 billion. they shocked global markets last year when they ask for a delay on debt repayments. malcolm is in to buy with more details on the announcement. >> we have seen separate finance statements today from the dubai government, but we can break it down to two issues. most of the money will go to the troubled properties owned by companies that are struggling because of the property crash. it will also go to pay off contractors. if we go back for months, they said then that they needed more time to pay back creditors. what it has done is it has given a proposal to these creditors, saying to the dubai government that they want to confirm x in the company, with the other part of the debt burning out against national banks -- earning against the national banks. what they have said they would like to pay back over five years in a structured form, then the next part over 10 years. >> president obama has asked congress for billions of dollars in emergency funds to help haiti in the aft

the body of this man was found in a dubai hotel room january 209.joins us live from the london bureau with the latest. stephanie, according to that "wall street journal" report, there was no clear indication when these two suspects left the united states. it's likely since they were using fake passports they continued to use fake information to leave the states. >> well, there's no way really to know. certainly they could have slipped out with new forged papers or they could still be in the u.s. it's unclear why they were there in the first place from this report. it's interesting. these are two of the 26 suspects the dubai police have named. they have pictures of them. they are asking the international community and interpol as well specifically to track down these suspects and bring them back to dubai for a trial. the police say they are 99% certain he's behind the attack. they are not confirming or denying the reports. they are very pleased he's been killed. he was wanted for gun trafficking into the gaza strip and also for killing israeli soldie

try building democracy in a place which is rife with narcotraffic, crony capitalism, villas in dubai. what is this about? why are we there? i'm from cleveland, ohio. the people i represent are very basic people. when you tell them that the head of afghanistan has his hands in all these crooked deals you start to wonder, we're going to build a democracy on this person's shoulders? i don't think so. we're supporting a government where corruption is epidemic. last year usaid said corruption in afghanistan was significant, a growing problem and that pervasive, systemic corruption was at an unprecedented scope in the country's history. on november 17, transparency international ranked afghanistan as the second most corrupt nation in the world. and to compound the fears, president karzai's fraud election last year, he recently took over the election's watchdog group. this is the kind of person we can trust to have a partnership with to have a democracy? i don't think so. a january, 2010, report by the united nations office on drugs and crime revealed that afghan citizens were forced to pay

over the forged british passports used by the group accused of murdering a senior hamas official in dubai sent a strong signal to israel that it was not prepared to tolerate the incident. addressing parliament yesterday, british foreign secretary david milliband hinted at the resentment caused over the affair. >> the government takes this matter extremely seriously. such misuse of british passports is intolerable. it presents a hazard for the safety of british nationals in the region. it also represents a profound disregard for the sovereignty of the united kingdom. >> reporter: the investigation by the uk organized crime agency found that the 12 forged british passports were copies of genuine documents that were handed over to israeli officials and used in the plot to kill mahmoud al mabhouh, the founder of hamas' military wing, and also implicated that israel's intelligence service, the mow sad, was involved. the incident has been yet another stumbling block in israeli relations with its allies and it comes at a particularly sensitive time as the country's premier, benjamin netanyahu, f

more on the use of passports and rather than the killing itself, which they say is a matter for the dubai police. >> thank you, we will be following that story throughout the day and bring you that statement live as it happens, i am sure. another aspect of israeli policy under the microscope today, its building program in jerusalem. they have insisted that they have a right to build wherever they want in the city. i will be speaking to the mayor of jerusalem in a few minutes. but with the rest of the day's main headlines, we turn to david. >> thank you. china has reacted with anger to the decision of google to stop censuring internet -- stops answering internet searches. for now their mainland firewalls are blocking sensitive results. china said that google had broken written promises made upon entering the chinese market. >> google's decision is a major blow to china's international image. one of the world's most prominent corporations saying they can no longer do business china's way. china has refused to allow for uncensored searches and its website, according to google, there website

i talked to her in dubai a short time ago. margaret, many the middle of that interview, you talked about-to-the president about the air strikes aimed at al qaeda. what more condition k you tell us? >> i've been able to confirm at the highest level of the u.s. and yemeni government one air strike in september in southern yemen in which civilians were killed was, in fact, the work of the u.s. now, the yemen government has said consistentedly opposite, they have said they used u.s. intelligence assets but that yemeni air force did the raid. the yemeni government-- that is the saleh administration, in fact-- told the parliament that. and a few weeks ago in fact even publicly apologized to the families of some 40 or so civilians. but privately they say it's a "open secret" that they need u.s. air power to do these kind of precision raids, even though that one, which was on a training camp, doesn't sound terribly precision. and one person in the president's office the day of that interview said, yes, everyone knows it but we deny it

decision to expel an israeli diplomat, over the forged british passports use to target an official in dubai. addressing parliament, british foreign secretary, david miliband, minted at the affair. >> the government takes this matter extremely seriously. such misuse of british passports is intolerable. >> reporter: the organized crime agency found the 12 forged british passports were copies of genuine documents that were handed over to israeli officials and used in the plot to kill the founder of hamas' military wing. and also implicated that israel's intelligent service, the mossad, was involved. another stumbling block in israeli lations with its allies. and it comes a particularly sensitive time, as the country's premi premier, benjamin netanyahu, is facing criticism from washington. this is not the first time that britain has come down on israel for such an incident. back in 1987, the israeli government promised then it would not use u.k. passports in secret operations after a containing eight british passports were found in a phone booth in west germany were believed to be used. >>> mex

we visited the atlantis in dubai.here on vacation. dubai seems to actually be holding in there in terms of a tourist destination. night and day, saudi arabia, incredibly different. a headline i want to tell you all this. i talked to the chief of investment and asked him how he felt about oil at $80. it's hurting american consumers. he looked at me, he chuckled, he knocked on wood on his chair and said hope it stays there. that's the download from the middle east. >> the tour of the middle east continues. >> a lot more coming up on our show. billionaires coming to meet us. watch "street signs" today. >> looks beautiful. stunning. >> they come to the desert to see erin. erin, thanks for that report. i'm glad cnbc sends you halfway around the world to go to horse races. >> big money in the middle east today on cnbc. >> we have steal bagels in the green room. that's our budget. next, our political roundtable with dan bartlett on "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time to face t

pricing has been taken up by other cities around the world including toronto, london, stockholm and dubai. early 2008 in new york the city tried to implement its own version calling it congestion pricing. the plan never got off the ground after running into strong opposition. >>> in israel, cars and their impact on the environment is also a big concern. as in many countries, israelis see the electric car as the best way to reduce their dependence on oil and cut harmful greenhouse gases. but there is one big hitch. electric cars need frequent recharging. enter one group of israeli entrepreneurs. they've got an ambitious plan to build a vast network of charging stations hoping it will become the 21st century equivalent of all of those gas stations. "worldfocus" special correspondent michael greenspan reports from israel on how in a few years fill it up may take on a completely new meaning. >> the best car in the world. the best car for the world. >> reporter: by now the idea of an electric car is not nearly as miraculous as it once was. so when you look at this israeli electric car, you mig

police in dubai say all 11 suspects in the killing of a palestinian hamas commander say they are now in israel. it was revealed that the man was tried and suffocated in his hotel room. police say there are 99% certain the killing was carried out by my sob. old and weak seawalls are being blamed for the violent storms that have left 50 dead and thousands homeless along the atlantic coast of france. many died when the see wild was -- and the sea wall was -- when the sea wall was breached. radovan karadzic, leader of the bosnian serbs during the war of the 1990's has put up a stout defense. he described the conflict as just and holy. he blames muslims for starting it. he is beginning his defense as the trial resumes on 11 counts of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. we have been following the hearing from the hague. >> the international criminal tribunal is in session frequency is accused of planning and leading a huge criminal enterprise -- genocide, murder, the forced expulsion of whole populations. the biggest war crimes in european history since the not cease. conduc

our laws that allow terror suspects detained -- be detained 28 days without charge the government of dubai agreed to a rescue package for the by world. it will inject $9.5 billion into the company and creditors will be asked to wait up to eight years for repayment. venezuelan -- venezuela added three extra days of public holiday to deal with energy crisis. he says the aim of the measure was not to encourage laziness but to save power. the supreme court in spain has cleared the way for a judge known for inventing it was some of the neon and -- osama bin laden and augustus and a shade to be charged for abuse of power -- as setback for a deeply polarizing figure who has been accused of exceeding his judicial powers by investigating the atrocities. a volcano in south central iceland continues to erupt under an ice sheet, fears there could -- but fears that it could release water are unfounded. more than 600 people have been allowed to return. although the residents of 14 farms have been ordered to stay away. not so long ago the world's attention was focused on haiti. now the united nations say

you respond to some behavior that some called cowboy behavior of the israelis both an incident in dubai if that was in fact israelis, and the recent announcement of building settlements? >> prime minister? >> let me deal first of all with the international financial system and then questions raised by swiss franc, and also raise from spain. i would say that at the g-20 we agreed a formula for the exchange of tax information, and it should be implemented. and we agreed that we would publish lists of countries that were of serving that requirement to exchange tax information. or there would be report and and sanctions by the international community. i give you one example without new agreements with liechtenstein. we have recovered already a billion pounds of money that was due to the british taxpayer that was being left in liechtenstein. and we appreciate the cooperation that is existing. i think all around the world people know that we will not have sufficient certainty about the future of banking unless we have that exchange of information. so whatever the individual issues with indivi

and then there's the assassination in dubai -- >> of a hamas official. >> by all public accounts getsel, in prior times, and there are classified examples of this, wolf, the once wou united states would have played a quiet behind the scenes role to make sure it went away to make sure the israeli understood the problems that it had caused and there wasn't public criticism, the u.s. didn't do it, and remember, prime minister gordon brown came out, the police chief in dubai released all sorts of evidence showing ties to israel, and all of this happened before vice president biden visited. >> are you hearing any evidence that the u.s. actually encouraged the government there in the united arab emirates in dubai to make the videotapes public and to release all that information, or was that a strictly uae decision? >> i think it was strictly a uae decision, but, frankly, wolf, in the past, the united states would have played a role to downplay and encouraged great britain and the united arab emirates to make sure it was handled by quiet diplomacy, what i am hearing from my sources, a retir

diplomat in protest over the alleged use of forged british passports by killers of a hamas operative in dubai in january. official in france says that country has opened an investigation into the suspected use of four fake french passports. police in due by, say the assassination was carried out by israel as musab spy agency. pakistanny intelligence say a missile hit a house killing at least four militants. that area is a major hideout for taliban insurgents. apparent assassination attempt in baghdad killed one today. head of the development committee said to be the target. he escaped unharmed. hillary clinton led a high level delegation to mexico to talk about drug-related violence along the border. mike emanuel has details from the pentagon. >> reporter: the secretary of state call it one of the most formidable teams brought to any meeting. indication of the priority put on the relationship with mexico. among the participants secretary clinton, defense secretary robert gates, homeland security secretary janet napolitano, admiral mullen, dennis blair and john brennan white house counter terr

told were very suspicious circumstances. 12 british passports involved in the alleged asassins in dubaihsud, the israeli spy agency could have done anything this expert. >> i assume the israelis will take this in stride. your previous guest was right. there's a need for the israelis to create a kind of conditions in which negotiations can move forward and the u.s. can do something about nuclear weapons. by the way, mccain in deep trouble and there's a good chance he's going to lose this primary. >> we're going to hold to that. >> doing that to the brits, for heaven's sakes? i think -- i think this thing has stopped the past week's battle. i think there's some new battles coming ahead. >> i think you're right. pat buchanan, bob shrum, thank you both very much. >>> what political story will be making headlines in the last 24 hours? has legendary buzz aldrin finally met his match? his cha cha left the judges less than impressed. he finished in last place with one judge telling him it looked like he was still wearing his moon boots. so many arthritis pain relievers -- i just want fewer pill

dubai port, which shortly will come and list in london. and also africa. so the emerging market segment remains a focus of the attention of investors and continues to make london one of the preeminent financial centers in the world. >> there's been so much consolidation. talk to me about deals. do you think this industry gets smaller? are you looking to perhaps match up with somebody like the deutsche bors? >> obviously, you don't expect me i think to comment on any specific deals, whether putative, imaginary, or otherwise. but i think it's very clear that we saw in the first part of 2 0 2000, 2000 to 2007, the first stage of consolidation in the sector. there were a number of trans-atlantic deals. you mentioned deutsche bors. nasdaq with euronext. it's clear we haven't seen the end of that process. the credit crunch has obviously halted that process. we do believe over the next five to ten years that a small number of global exchanges will appear. we are seeing tentative signs. for example, what the cme's doing in malaysia, for example. or in brazil. of p

states with an irish passport on january 21st, one day after the hamas leader's body was found in that dubai room. >>> a suspect behind bars in the case of chelsea king, a san diego teenage who vanished. they are questioning the man in hopes of finding the girl. police collected evidence that led them to john albert gardner, iii. has he not been charged since his arrest. police say he is not cooperating. today chelsea's parents spoke out about the arrest. >> we're grateful we have somebody that can more than likely lead us to our daughter. that's what we're hoping for is that we're led to our daughter. >> gardner he mains jailed without bail following weekend arrest for investigation of rape and murder. it was not immediately known where he hired an attorney. >>> today in chicago, family and friends bid a final fairwell to the seaworld trainer killed by an orca last week. hundreds attended the funeral of dawn brancheau in chicago's south side. she died after a killer whale tilikum grabbed her pony tail and apparently pulled her into the water in front of 20 spectators. 40-year-old dawn branc

diplomat discovered that 12 british passports were forged in the assassination of a hamas leader in a dubai we all had video of. >> by the way, talking of flashbacks, because it's still on my mind. this is exactly more or less what happened in 1996 when prime minister of israel fell out with bill clinton over settlements, guess what? a botched assassination, this time with forged canadian assets. >> to quote eecclesiastes, nothing new under the sun. explain why such a difficult predicament. he's got foreign issues but opponents at home driving him right. >> there's this pure proportion representation, which means anyone who gets a small number of votes can have the political party and make up the ruling coalition. the tiny little party holds the balance of power and controls the interior ministry. what does that control? celticsments. ? he's saying, look, this party -- if i say no to this party, my coalition will fall. we'll going to have to have new elections. that's the last thing you want. there must be something in the mix of the discussions between him and barack obama that said you've

when we lookq at countries like turkey, dubai, indonesia, we see middle classes that are getting richy global economy that see their future and interests in global economy are religious. but the kind of religion they follow is in some ways globalization-friendly. so it's conservative. it's pious. but it's supports capitalist activity and living harmoniously with others in a global economy. >> what ramifications did the business class have in american foreign policy? >> well, we don't pay as much attention to them as we ought to. we don't think of the fact that what transformed china, transformed india, transformed latin america, eastern europe and asia that created stable, prosperous democracies was the middle class in those countries that were dependent on private sectors and integrated into the global economy. and we don't think in the muslim world you're not going to get them to where brazil, argentina, taiwan or korea are unless the same class that got those countries where they are also becomes empowered in the muslim world. so we're looking for a solution in the muslim world wit

a dozen forged british passports have been linked to the murder of a hamas leader in dubai. >>> government'szar has set compensation limits for executives at five bailed out companies. company's top earners will take home 15% less this year under new restrictions. >>> the north carolina school board has decided to drop a longstanding bussing policy. some parents complained their kids were being sent too far from home. >>> and oprah winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit. winfrey claimed the head mistress didn't act aggressively enough in dealing with allegations of sexual abuse. >>> now back to "hardball." >>> a few minutes before 12:00, the president of the united states today signed into bill, into law a health care bill that in our judgment, and the judgment of 12 other state attorneys general is unconstitutional and invades the sovereignty of the states. >> invades the sovereignty of the state of florida. welcome back to "hardball." that didn't take long. minutes after president obama signed the historic health care reform bill into law, attorneys general in 13 states fought a lawsuit

. >>> meanwhile, in the wake of the assassination of the senior hamas operative in dubai, like the oceansnd of thing, using facial and voice profiling to detect israelis arriving on foreign passports. there was a big scandal in england especially with the use of british passports. that continues to percolate. >>> meanwhile, something you might have in common with the president. cholesterol that is too high. white house press secretary robert gibbs explained that the finding from obama's first presidential physical exam was a little bit like this. take a listen. >> i think he would be also the first to tell you that he has probably had a few more cheeseburgers and i think he would admittedly he's had more desserts in the last year. >> also, reported from the checkup, the president currently using nicorette gum as he continues to try to kick the smoking habit. i tried nicorette four different times. honestly it didn't work for me. finally i just had to quit. what are you going to do. >>> overall, the white house chief physical gave obama a good bill of health and deemed he is fit for duty.

and two, the jobless claims were down 14,000, and number three, the countries, the third c is the dubai and greece looks like things are better. it is not totally solved. the bad things are two things that did not go well, two sales. number one, the $118 billion of 2-and 5-year treasuries. and the other is the new home sales and existing home sales and if you take out the northeast with the snow, bob, it was rough all over the country. down 0.2% on the existing and down 2.2% on the new home sales. >> rick and steve santelli and the gang and i were talking about the higher rate, and it has the attention of the stock traders in the last couple of days, so the question is, how much more to the rally in rates that we have seen? >> well -- >> is this the beginning of something bigger or will we simply fall back down? >> well, 3.9 or 2.5 or so in the u.s. treasury is the major inflection point, and yesterday's high in terms of the yield terms stopped on the down-turn line, and even if you push through 4.0 which is the 200-week moving average and if you push through, there are several numbers

overseas assassination plot. 12 forged british passports have been linked to murder of hamas leader in dubai>>> government's pay czar has set compensation limits for executives at five bailed out companies. company's top earners will take home 15% less this year under new restrictions. >>> a federal judge ordered car manufacturer daimler ag to pay $185 million to settle a criminal lawsuit accusing the company of bribing contract officials in at least 22 countries. >>> a mississippi judge says a teenage lesbian's first-amendment rights were violated when school officials told her she couldn't attend her prom with her girlfriend. the judge refused to order the judge to hold the now canceled event. back to "hardball." >>> a few minutes before 12:00, the president of the united states today signed into bill, into law a health care bill that in our judgment, and the judgment of 12 other state attorneys generals is unconstitutional and invades the sovereignty of the states. >> invades the sovereignty of the state of florida. welcome back to "hardball." that didn't take long. minutes after presiden

this 30-minute the event is courtesy of a 24 hour news network based in dubai. >> mr.an of the summit, your majesty, your excellencies the mind your arab citizens, ladies and gentleman, this summit is held in may. critical moments and as we extend our -- this summit is held in a very critical moment and as we extend our gratitude for the chairmanship of this summit, it gives great responsibilities. i would like to express gratitude and respect for the state of qatar, which has put the seriousness and hard work into facing the challenges that the arab nation faces and has achieved a number of successes in its diplomatic and political work. i am sure that this will also characterized the libyan chairmanship. mr. president, majesties, excellencies, it has been 10 years since you elected me the secretary general of this league. next year at this time will be the end of my mandate. i worked very hard to preserve the framework of the collective work and to preserve the common interests and work hard to formulate a common ground for the arab political stances and to guarantee

this video from a hotel in dubai captured the alleged assassins in january believed to be members of the spy agency.suspects used the identities of british nationals. at least 15 shared names with israeli citizens. >>> also this morning, two men are under arrest in a baffling cold case more than 30 years old. the murder of five teenaged boys from new jersey. the into two suspects were arrested last night charged with the murders. the star ledger reports one is a local carpenter who had been repeatedly interviewed. the boys ages 16 and 17 were last seen in newark on august 20th, 1978. there has been no trace of the boys since then. >>> want to show you some extreme weather in australia. check it out. heavy rain and strong winds caused flooding and severe damage to trees and homes in the ste of perth yesterday. more than 150,000 homes lost power and damage could be totaled at $100 million. >>> let's check in now with dave price for a first look at the weather outside. we're getting a little bet of those showers. nothing like that. >> but still precipitation in the northeast. for those

forging passports and all of this involved in the killing and the assassination of a hamas operative in dubai. so that put israel in a very interesting position where the british government is accusing it of being behind this and other countries joined in. now france is involved and australia is involved. all these countries are allies of israel and they're coming out and saying they're investigating. they're looking into -- >> octavia, just to move it along. it's also the united nations here. the secretary-general ban ki-moon was in gaza on sunday saying, look, the closure's here and we've got the quote, but the closures here are just unsustainable. >> right. what's interesting in all this and here you're looking at his statement. he did basically hail the gazans. he said the people of gaza were heroes for what they're sustaining and he was very vocal in this. israel's position, israel is not changing any of its positions. it's staying on the issues and as you heard earlier from jill, israel basically is making these announcements at very key times when vice president biden was in israel the

what some call tallboy behavior with the incident in to buy a -- cowboy behavior with the incident in dubaiding settlements? >> let me deal first with questions -- previous questions. i would say at the g-20, we agree for the exchange of tax information, and it should be implemented, and we agreed we would publish lists of countries reserving that requirement to exchange tax information. although there would be reports and then sanctions against the international community. we have covered already 1 billion pounds of money due to the british tax payer that was left in lichtenstein at that time. we appreciate the cooperation. all around the world, people know we will not have the fish uncertainty about the future of banking unless we have the exchange of information, so what -- we will not have uncertainty about the future of banking. we will of countries undercutting other countries and undercutting the court, and -- before, and you will have problems with the banking system. as far as the european community is concerned, the problem is achieving a sufficiently high level of growth out of t

the is rails have been fighting this war of the shadows with the hamas leader, not al qaeda, in dubai this war of the shadows is going to continue tfments one of the symptoms of the absence of the remembering sillation, which seems to me quite elusive at moment between izzreal and palestinian national our guest has written a couple of books. existed by six secretaries of state. kelly next from arizona on the independent line. good morning. caller: why are the regions so separated and the actual handing out and provision of oil why has that still not be decided. what is the problem here with all the territorial fighting. host: it is a focus on territory. what is the territory? just take that part of the equation. it's a huge question. guest: driving the land, territory. it is huge. it affects, it seems to me the driving force of the conflict. it's only going to be resolved when you have a continuing state. reality is regardless of people's views. that solution is going to be hammered out to a long and pain taking negotiation. if it is, from the separation of depazza. that problem can b

that, and what's this all about to disrupt a corrupt central government which is building villas in dubai? i'm bringing a privileged resolution to the floor to get out of afghanistan, and i urge your support. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. johnson: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: you know, i think after yet another health care speech by the president, the american people are sick and tired of the democrats' i know what's best for you attitude. congress needs to wake up and realize that americans know more about their health care needs than the government bureaucrats. they know exactly what a washington takeover of health care means, and they're shouting from the rooftops no, no, no. it's time for the president, speaker pelosi to realize that this policy debate isn't between democrats and republicans. it's between the democrats and the american people. and the americ

washington post" gave a story last week of how up to $200 million is passing through airports from kabul to dubai it's suspected the money is usais, drug traffic or both. the privileged resolution will be dropped on thursday. on tuesday, there will be a rule. on wednesday, we'll have three hours of debate. let's get ready to debate afghanistan and let's get ready for congress to get in the game and take it in a new direction. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? pauls pals i rise to recognize the dina high school principal who was named the 2010 high school principal of the year by the minnesota association of secondary school principals. they chose bruce for his style and his effort to create a more personable school environment. under the leadership of the principal, the high school has gained praise and recognition in minnesota and throughout the nation. it was ranked one of the top two high schools in the nation and ranked 91st in the poll by "newsweek." it has introduced several education programs and a new student leadership program during his te

a news network based in dubai. >> today, i address you, dear brothers, in the name of my palestinianle. it is our belief that the cause of the palestinian people is regaining its rights. this is the central cause of the american -- of the arab countries. it therefore represents, undoubtedly, a point of consensus on one of the strategic basises of joint arab action in the future, paul

respond to some behavior that some call cowboy behavior of the israelis, both in the incidence and dubai and the recent announcement of building settlements. >> prime minister. >> let me deal first of all with the international financial system. the question is raised by our swiss friend and also raised from spain. i would say that at the g-20 we agreed a formula for the exchange of tax information. it should be implemented. we agreed that we would publish lists of countries that were observing that requirement to exchange tax information. there would be reports and then sanctions by the international community. i will give you one example. new agreements with liechtenstein. we have recovered already a billion pounds of money that was due to the british taxpayers that was being left in the liechtenstein. we appreciate the cooperation that has existed. i think all around the world people know that we will not have sufficient certainty about the future of banking unless we have that exchange of information. so whatever the individual issues with individual countries the general view must b