regional bloc, ecowas, and the african you want to avoid having to use force. >> ecowas and au, even if there is a half percent chance of resolving the problem peacefully, they would exploit it. >> the people of ivory coast want to see a peaceful end to the stalemate as well. >> i am against the use of force as no where else in africa have we seen as working. i preferred dialogue to the use of military force. we're very happy the mediation is going oand we wanted to reach its goal so we can live in peace. that's what we are waiting for. >> mediators have said that power sharing with alassane ouattara is not an option. preparations to oust incumbents are being made in case negotiations fail. >> ahead of sunday's referendum on a that barriers to pull this off to the for unity but said he would back an independence vote. the referendum was guaranteed in a 2005 peace deal that ended sudan's north-south civil war. at least 2000 people died in that conflict. if the south of votes for independence, the two sides of the country will have to decide issue related to oil revenues and the exact

regional bloc, ecowas, and the african you want to avoid having to use force. >> ecowas and au, even if there is a half percent chance of resolving the problem peacefully, they would exploit it. >> the people of ivory coast want to see a peaceful end to the stalemate as well. >> i am against the use of force as no where else in africa have we seen as working. i preferred dialogue to the use of military force. we're very happy the mediation is going on and we wanted to reach its goal so we can live in peace. that's what we are waiting for. >> mediators have said that power sharing with alassane ouattara is not an option. preparations to oust incumbents are being made in case negotiations fail. >> ahead of sunday's referendum on a that barriers to pull this off to the for unity but said he would back an independence vote. the referendum was guaranteed in a 2005 peace deal that ended sudan's north-south civil war. at least 2000 people died in that conflict. if the south of votes for independence, the two sides of the country will have to decide issue related to oil revenues and the exac

that news came from the chairman of the ecowas commission, which has been trying to solve the conflictmr. gbagbo has refused to step down. the sudanese leaders are meeting ;8dñvlñwith mr. r shearer. he has said he would be sad to see it split into two countries. in an attempt to curb illegal immigration, there is activity on the turkish border. the european commission says it will work short-term. the 120,000 immigrants crossed into greece in the last year, most from africa and asia. $'(byÑthieves emptied a vault ae than 100 safe deposit boxes. alarms went off several times overnight. police saw the doors shut and took no action no one was sure how much was stolen because what was in the deposit boxes is confidential. a cloud of controversy is hanging over the start of hungry's six month presidency of the union -- european union. hungary hopes to put its own imprint on the you. -- on the eu. >> making a fresh start to the new year. they have been washing away the extent panes of budapest, even in the midst of winter. now they hope to take advantage of hungary's unaccustomed internation

must have been in italy or that ecowas the company never existed as well it doesn't have an address one other child he would have said it all when i was able to join it at this company which is called and showed a rehabilitation is not likely as an agent is suffered so how can i make so much money i thought as he. apparently the subcontractor seems to overbuild some services like the demolition of an old building for eighty thousand dollars. that's three times the regular amount but the italian in geo continues to side with the afghan contractor even though it is fled don't secure receipts which surprises. he is that you continue to trust a subcontractor matter like a bandit. for it wasn't right it straight so it's really. correct men and they were good because they were. schooled know what they were nuts and they're not capable of giving the name of the guy who built the ospital you look so contracted him are not capable of giving me skill for longer for example which if number was provided to the attorney general or was unable to find in the prosecutor's though the the home how could

or that ecowas the company never existed as well it doesn't have an address one other child he would say well. this company which is called a rehabilitation is not likely as an agent is suffered as that so how can they make so much money. he. apparently the subcontractor seems to overbuild some services like the demolition of an old building for eighty thousand dollars. that's three times the regular amount but the italian in geo continues to side with the afghan contractor even though it is flood don't secure receipts which surprises. he is that you continue to trust a subcontractor who acted like a bandit. for it wasn't but it was really. correct men were good because of their work and. school to know what they were nuts and they're not capable of giving the name of the guy who will be all spittle you look so contracted in i'm not capable of giving me a longer for example which if number was provided today. i was unable to find in the prosecutors go the the. truck with the mobile phone and he was a thinking man there's a last scene and they disappear the truck is full yet this is w

after all that ecowas the company never existed as well it doesn't have an address the other child even said they will run out of. this company which is going to children rehabilitation is not likely as an agent is suffrage so how can they make so much money. he. apparently the subcontractor seems to overbuild some services like the demolition of an old building for eighty thousand dollars. that's three times the regular amount but the italian in geo continues to side with the afghan contractor even though it is flooded don't secure receipts which surprises. me is that you continue to trust a subcontractor who acted like a bandit all the very for it wasn't. really . correct menand were good because they worked at the. school to know what they were nuts and they're not capable of giving the name of the guy who built the ospital you look so contracted in are not capable of giving me skill for longer for example which if number was provided to the attorney general i was unable to find in the prosecutors go the the home how could a truck with a mobile phone and he was a thinking months ther

victory in that country's month-old presidential election, and leaders from the regional organization ecowas continue to search for a resolution. lindsey hilsum of independent television news narrates our report. >> reporter: one country, two presidents. endorsed by the u.n. as the election winner but besieged by troops. african leaders say they'll force mr. gbagbo out if necessary but today mediation was still possible. >> the initial contacts with both president gbagbo and president ouattara indicated some promise of getting them to agree on essential elements in order.... >> reporter: today the african leaders' team reported to the nigerian president that mr. gbagbo had agreed to negotiate without pre-conditions but it's not clear exactly about what. his exit or some role for him in a new government. mr. ouattara says he won't meet his rival. >> (inaudible) don't expect that. >> reporter: mr. gbagbo promised to lift the siege of the hotel where mr. ouattara is holed up but he hasn't. overnight opposition was attacked by security forces loyal to mr. gbagbo. last week mr. gbagbo's young pat

happens when you use a chemical at this pressure, cold temperatures and how that will affect the ecowas system -- the ecosystem. as for the birds and fish, one of the biggest challenges to this, and it is a challenge the matter what your talking about. whether you are talking about air pollution events, water pollution events, things like that, it is sometimes hard to trace it back to that particular incident. obviously, be piece build a lot of oil. we can actually -- bp spilled a lot of oil. we can actually trace that oil, its footprint. there is run off of oil into the gulf from the coast. obviously, when you see a picture on television of a pelican, you can probably say it is probably the will of bp and probably not a good thing for the pelican, but they are going to have to do some science. and they are doing that right now as part of the natural resources damages claim to get bp a bill for the damages that it has caused. it is teasing all of that out. host: will you eat the gulf seafood right now? guest: sure. host: not a problem with it? host: not a problem with it?

happens when you use a chemical at this pressure, cold temperatures and how that will affect the ecowas system -- the ecosystem. as for the birds and fish, one of the biggest challenges to this, and it is a challenge the matter what your talking about. whether you are talking about air pollution events, water pollution events, things like that, it is sometimes hard to trace it back to that particular incident. obviously, be piece build a lot of oil. we can actually -- bp spilled a lot of oil. we can actually trace that oil, its footprint. there is run off of oil into the gulf from the coast. obviously, when you see a picture on television of a pelican, you can probably say it is probably the will of bp and probably not a good thing for the pelican, but they are going to have to do some science. and they are doing that right now as part of the natural resources damages claim to get bp a bill for the damages that it has caused. it is teasing all of that out. host: will you eat the gulf seafood right now? guest: sure. host: not a problem with it? guest:sure, i do not know how you compare t