american rainy and council human rights activists and columnist for harvard international review and in dubai we go to angela shah she's an award winning journalist writer and editor all right cross talk rose and effects folks i mean you can jump in anytime you want v.j. if i can go to you first should we be using the term arab awakening anymore is it passe is it meaningless now because we go through so many different countries in the arab world in north africa and it's basically a mess right now. well i would still use the term arab spring precisely for this reason that people have had a great sense of a breakthrough that finally kind of pricing has come the long standing removed from power and the confidence of people has risen up and it's precisely because the confidence is risen that the forces of counter-revolution have organized themselves so what we are right now witnessing is an interest in them appeared in between where the forces of the arab spring continued to try to assert themselves but meanwhile the forces of counter-revolution are organizing themselves to cut back against the p

there was, you know, the 2008 crash in dubai which also affected abu dhabi and it was a wake-up call and they are moving beyond that. as i said last year, there was a hold on a lot of outward-looking projections that were lifted and they are moving forward with their investments and they are again, open for business again and there were arab spring concerns, which they've addressed now. they are moving forward. i think that the overall message is that the pause that we saw last year is pretty much over, but there will be concerns as they go forward and they're certainly focused on what happened in dubai, and they're not going to spread their money the way around like they used to because of the model of dubai. but there may be ambassadors who have mosh, and this is not an area that is something that we get into extensively, but i don't know if the other investors have things to say about that. >> yeah, please. >> well, they're now focused more on sovereign wealth funds and the types of investments that they can do. 'are not as old as the ones in kuwait and abu dhabi, nor as large, bu

military plane to fly from dubai to kabul when you got a call.efly tell our viewers what happened. >> first of all, i'm not just a member of congress, a member of foreign affairs committee, i'm the chairman of the oversight and investigation subcommittee of the house foreign affairs committee. so i actually think it's part of my job to make sure that i am going into places like afghanistan and talking to people from various factions and getting an understanding of what's going on and whether or not the strategy we have can succeed or not considering it's costing so much blood and treasure on the parts of america. i got on this codel, a six-person -- >> that's a congressional delegation. >> right. congressional delegation. they already had six people but two days before it left, one of them decided not to go so i told him i would be happy to fill that slot. and we flew commercial to dubai. i might add i had to fly coach for 13 1/2 hours. when we got there we were supposed to go on a military plane to kabul. we get this call from both the defense d

we have this report from dubai. >> reporter: u.s. navy personnel have feared two aircraft carrier into the gulf. they're watching iran's movements. the iranian authorities know it and they recently ordered high speedboats to harass the u.s. vessels by repeatedly approaching them. the boats are believed to be able to go faster than 100 kilometers per hour. iran can't match the u.s. navy in terms of strength but its managed to put the americans on high alert. >> the main reason? the memory of the attack on the uss coal and it was off the coast of yemen. 17 sailors died. u.s. navy commanders are worried iran might use high-speed boats to do the same thing should another emergency arise. >> the use of small boats, especially if they're suicidal and they do number in the hundreds, is very difficult to defend against. traditional naval battles have been fought between large ships. >> and so, the u.s. navy is doing something it's never done before. it's using several state-of-the-art unmanned aircraft to survey the persian gulf. the planes

>> years ago i think my brother had sent in some thing but i was living overseas in dubai at the timet year -- >> i called you. >> yeah. >> hoda has a sister that lives in dubai. >> we'll talk about that. >> if things don't work out on this. >> it's going to work out! >> thank you for coming. >> eva, you are so funny. all the best. >> we bring out the naughty in here. thanks, guys. >>> we'll be back after this. >>> it's thirst day thursday. we're here with today's "ambush makeovers." we plucked two lucky ladies from the plaza and gave them a grand new look. >> our resident makeover team is here to show us what they have done. "today" contributor and stylist to the stars -- louis licari la-la-la-la-la. >> oh, all right. >> woe, lack of enthusiasm. and "today" and "us weekly" contributor, jill martin. sorry, those guys threw us off. those three men. >> they were hot. how was it outside today? >> it was great. we found six women all turning 50. what a better time to get a makeover, right? >> they're all friends. >> best buds. they went to -- from middle school, they've been together. >>

the group was responsible for the 2000 a attack in dubai -- in mumbai. the ex-wife of muhammed is a about her former husband's actions. prevail the real reason for the spray. over threeome people in october of 2002. it is executed in 2009. can hear what he has to say at 4:00 right here on abc 7. a democratic strategist of ms.s about the wife sparking words. on wednesday, as she tells cenis not qualified to discuss the economy because she not work today in her life. she fired back. yesterday's should clarify the remarks. >> it is not an attack on an romney. i apologize. not go over again when i to getfeel like we need to the issues. >> she said she made a choice to home and raised five boys. she said it was hard work. >> the president will attend the summit of the americas. he will stop in tampa where he about the benefits america andh latin then on to columbia. hillary clinton also attend the summit. this fire broke out last night at a recycling center. up by systemss inc.. was a worse. >> public school students will n danger this and little earlier. the

dubai and others around the world. >> right. i'm such a purist.nd of -- i'm going to pop-up a couple of bubbles here and give you the lay of the land. this building will be 1368 feet high. plus another 408 feet from the spire and antenna on top. so really, almost cheating by 400 feet or so. the empire state building cheats a little bit as well. the empire state building, 1454. but then all the way over here at 1776, you have to understand dubai, there's a building there, 1,000 feet taller. and literally, they built it in the sand. that's kind of the cool part. the part they put into the sand to put the base in building in dubai, you have to understand what you're building in new york, especially the bottom part of the new york city is solid bedro bedrock. they're putting this building on something much more solid than what they had to build in dubai. that's the reason why they are tall buildings in lower manhattan. no tall buildings in the middle part of the city like, you know, east or west village. >> let me jump in. look at this with me. here i

i was in dubai recently, interviewing sheik mohammed earthquake the uae, ruler of dubai. and we talked about israel and here is what he said. >> we have nothing against israel, nothing against israel. what we want is for the palestinian -- a country for the palestinian and a country for israel. and i promise to you, israel will benefit more than us because israel have things to offer in the market. >> that's very wise. that's very wise and i agree with him. i think peace would benefit us, as i think it would benefit the palestinians, as it would benefit the entire region. there's one other thing. i think that i could deliver a peace agreement. i could get the israeli people to follow me if i believe that i have a serious partner on the other side, willing to make the necessary compromises on the palestinian side. many compromises that people talk about on the israeli side, but there are necessary compromises on the palestinian side and you know, peace is always a two-way compromise. >> would you accept their belief though that they should have a country which is contiguou

they have to go by sea, by dubai, taking weeks instead of a we drive to the border. not >> i cannot send good -- >> i cannot just to send goods. i have to have papers. by opening this internationally, this would be beneficial and people get but the right product at the right price. >> this could change if the president of pakistan makes good on promises to open up trade. suspicious -- suspicions run deep, especially after the memories of the mumbai attack which are still so fresh. a symbolic handshake and the daily display of border bravado. there is much that unites india and pakistan. a real opening in relations is still a long way off. >> from historic tensions to historic conflict, it was on this day 95 years ago that the u.s. entered world war i, the conflict in which millions of americans would eventually serve. decades later, the war is a distant memory. washington is home to a long list of memorials, there is i.ne to world war and on many are wondering why. >> it has been 95 years since 5 million americans joined the battles on european soil. no one is left t

the first one is from dubai. this is what dubai looked like in 2000. this is it in 2010.his shows how much it has change the. you can see the population moving more and more and more out. one more. take a look here at vegas. this is vegas back in 1984. green being where people are, where people have set up lives. take a look over here, the more we spread it along, the more you see it's all the way up there. it's incredible. we have stunning images to help you understand the extent to which the world has change the. we want you to know all about this. the kinds of things that are going out there, and what the events are. we listed them on my page on facebook and twitter, and the blog cnn.com/josh. there's a fun thing by earth day by the numbers. check out and see if you know what you're talking about. >> everyone needs encouragement and ideas. it is hard sometimes to break your habits. and try to -- try out something that's new, that might be greener. and less of a carbon footprint. >> that's the message, can you do one thing today that will help the world. >> thanks so mu

fact research in motion we learned is negotiating a lease for 1500 square feet of retail space in dubailes, thanks to its instant messaging. now, i also discovered that new stores are opening elsewhere. research in motion, the blackberry maker, plans on opening 4,000 retail stores and kiosks in indonesia alone, where there were riots due to high demand when the blackberry bold 9790 was released in november. get this. this is for you iphone lovers. prepare yourselves. the blackberry outshipped the iphone by more than three to one last year in the middle east and africa. newspapers in the middle east reported the blackberry is going to open stores in nigeria. so my beloved rules in the developing world and that's a huge thing that goes uncovered here at home. but it brings me to our number tonight. 770,000. that's how many more i phones than blackberries were sold in canada last year. and that hurts. because research in motion is a canadian company. in the u.s. the iphone and android have taken over. about a third of smartphone users have an iphone, 48% an android. only 12% stick it out w

. >> arab health, an annual health care exhibit in dubai. more than 2800 companies from 60 countries were there. japan's external trade organization was at the fair showing a new simulator technology. >> it was very nice product that has a lot of opportunities to be sold in the medical area. >> reporter: simulators used in medical and surgical training come in many varieties. this simulator allows trainees to practice drawing blood. it has a blood vessel inside with fluid flowing through it. this model is for detecting cancer. mock tumors are hidden in the upper body. trainees use an ultrasound scanner on the simulator to find the embedded tumors. >> we try to make the experience as realistic as possible using quality, high-tech simulators. it gives students the chance to practice, a benefit for patients as well. >> kyoto kagaku is the company making these simulators. it produces about 100 varieties of body parts. an unusual type of engineer has been helping the company with their replication techniques. he is specialized in restoring buddhi

but that brings me back to my girl at my market in dubai.

on the way back from dubai this weekend, i picked up a magazine called "viva" full of articles around. i happened upon something i seriously want. in an article named bikini bum. the style editor raves about a style of short shorts which quote -- i thought you'd appreciate this. >> thanks for keeping me here. >> using muscle stimulation to gently exercise your wobbly bits. that's a quote. according to amazon.com the bottom toner is a rechargeable undergarment which includes six toning pads that will help get a toned bottom and thighs via electric shock. it requires a controller to operate it. paul, i thought i seriously would want this product. what woman wouldn't? women and men have been able to get slim with products like this one. the thigh master, the shake weight. i'm so happy that the women of today have a miracle product of their own. i realized some people might scoff at the fact you could lose inches by shock yourself five days a week for eight weeks. possibly they will be as helpful as the products of the past. do you want to know how much the shock bottom costs? >> i'd like

but that brings meack to my girl at my market in dubai. yes, she was having none of that.st some of her yelling. i thought she was tied down. see, look, the second the thing yelling. it was all an act. such a diva. back tomorrow. here's "piers morgan tonight." >>> millions of people turn to him for spiritual

but that brings me back to my girl at my market in dubai. yes, she was having none of that. yelling. i thought she was tied down. see, look, the second the thing shut, it turns out it was all an

dubai is a remarkable place. it's become kind of the capital of the arabian peninsula. ofeanswhy an hasadifcuy it'tracting light industrypital od foren vestntpeninsula. bse dai can do so much better a job. s more incentives, it has bter infrastructure, better banking and telecommunications, a huge free trade zone. and oman doesn't quite measure up. narrator: for now, diversification and omanization continue. greater private sector employment of omanis is critical as large numbers of young people reach working age. drysdale: about 44% of all omanis are under the age of 15. almost 70% are under the age of 25. so you've got an extraordinarily young population-- every year 25,000 people graduating from secondary schools. and there's simply a huge challenge for the government to find jobs for all those people. after the 1993 census, the government officially adopted what's called a birth spacing program. that received the full explicit support of the sultan, which was essential, otherwise the whole notion of family planning would be met with a lot of concern. in oman today,

dubai that is high on the project we try to . oldest of various styles ages and from different parts of japan there present the whole diversity of the country's contemporary art there's a copy of. the first five millimeter cinema organizes annual physicals on me. while performances of japanese dramas always sold out advance of moscow's various easy calls. if you want to express yourself through song and why not try outs karaoke coming from the japanese words meaning empty orchestra from underground and grungy to v.i.p. and swanky there are hundreds of karaoke holes in the russian capital many venues have thousands of songs to choose from including russian and english and it's a popular form of payment for the people of all ages plans nationalities. and travelling half an hour outside the city since we've arrived here twelve pilot location and if you thought that japanese culture was all about one side trees graceful kimono dress and meditation you thought wrong so well i'll wait while the statue next to me mike if you some ideas

the trainees had won every goal that the season's opening to world series events in dubai in gauging the peer second choice team in the ten meter platform simple as diving. and you. failed to meet the podium finishing fourth and gave the transport other drivers such as germany is such a clean and patrick pose the to finally break china's dominance monolith chinese really really good today they do to some mistakes and they're human just like us however the china team quickly bones back which are linked to winning ways in the next as olympic and world cup champion chong who used to demand premier a springboard well russia. finished second in the year as i thought of the world i was at but i have just recovered from injury so the results could have been better the world series is very. important in terms of preparation ahead of the olympics as the same characters will be in london in the woman soon and the cheney's proved to be on top again chan rowling edited one more to their tally on the woman standing in a tower and in the we need a single eyes the wind. and hit see one big girl wel

some of the news print they make is now being sold to pakistan, but it has to go by sea by far away dubaiking weeks instead of the short drive to the border. >> it's a crazy situation right now. i cannot send goods to this particular place and i have to send the paper 1,000 miles away. by opening this border internationally, it would be beneficial and people will get the right product at the right price. >> this could all change in pakistan's president can make good on promises to open up trade. but suspicions run deep, especially with memories of the mumbai attacks still fresh which he says were planned in pakistan. a symbolic handshake ends the daily display of border bravado. with their shared culture, there's still much that uninights india and pakistan. but they're still a long way off. andrew north, bbc news on the india and pakistani border. >> it was on this date 95 years ago that the united states entered world war i, a conflict in which millions of americans would eventually serve. nearly a century later the war is a distant memory. while washington's national mall is home to a

tallest building in theist, surpassing the willis tower chicago and the third tallest in the world, dubai'semain the tallest building. >> one world is more iconic for new york, new jersey our surrey i don't know a symbol of -- our region, it is a cymbal of liberty -- symbol of liberty and pride, of our community and men and women who worked tirelessly to build the most complex construction project in our history. >> the major milestone comes one day before the anniversary of osama bin laden's death it is replacing the twin towers destroyed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. >> more than half the building is reportedly rented in lower manhattan david lee miller fox news. >> maryland decides future of the reigning acc scoring champ. dave feldman up next with your sports edge ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it

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. >> reporter: kate durian monitors the economy from dubai for platz, the energy news service. >> one of the major problems is insurance cover. >> reporter: european sanctions prohibit the insurance of iranian oil. >> people buying iranian oil, even if they're willing to buy it, can't find tankers that are willing to carry it. >> reporter: that's forced iran back to the bargaining table. iran has agreed to appear at the u.n.'s nuclear talks in baghdad next month. >> pelley: maybe progress. anthony, thanks very much. birds hit the vice president's plane. the vatican reprimands american nuns. and two years after the b.p. oil spill we'll check on the long-term impact. when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> pelley: it was two years ago tonight that the deepwater horizon oil rig blew up in the gulf of mexico off louisiana. 11 workers were killed and it caused the largest accidental oil spill in history. 200 million gallons of crude gushed out of the b.p. well before it was capped nearly three months later. we were curious about the spill's effects, so we asked elaine quijano to look int

that it's because the uae has positioned itself as a transit hub with the two major airlines, with dubai's ports and airports and abu dhabi coming online, the new sub-saharan african market is developing the market and the stands are developing, but i would like to focus on the subject of this panel while the traditional areas of business, aviation, defense infrastructure are moving ahead in uae, was there a pause, but now they are moving ahead and they are continuing in those years. the world future energy summit earlier this year provides an opportunity for u.s. companies to enter into a country where there is planning for the future, and what i see is the uae is a place where we can do real competition with the indians, the chinese and the turks in areas such as alternative energy and i would also point out health care. i also point out education, the u.s. brand is still very popular. what we're facing is times 30% of the cost of our products and services when you look at india, china, turkey and other competitors. and what i see in the united states countries who are willing to go to t

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