the egyptian had a fixed idea of the landscape. he had his nile valley with its canals and the bordering desert and of course he imagined that in the beyond it would look about the same. but he imagined the possibilities in the beyond to be simply greater. that, for example, all the flaws connected with the body wod be smootout, th the gras woulow much tler. therefore it would be an improved life, really. imperfections in this life would be healed in the afterlife. (narrator) the excavation of the tombs in the valley of the kings by archaeologists beginning in the early 19th nt provided the cleart idea of the new kingdom's addion to the funerarliterature-- a text called the amduat detailing the pharaoh's long nighttime journey into oneness with the sun god re. the amduat-- literally translated it means "that which is in the netherworld"-- is a guidebook to the afterlife. and a secret text primarily reserved for the use of pharaohs. it was reproduced in full on the walls of the tomb of thutmose the third, who died in 1425 bc. the bl

the egyptian had a fixed idea of the landscape. he had his nile valley with its canals and the bordering desert and of course he imagined that in the beyond it would look about the same. but he imagined the possibilities in the beyond to be simply greater. that, for example, all the flaws connected with the body woulbe smoheou that the gras ulgrow much tler. therefore it would be an improved life, really. imperfections in this life would be healed in the afterlife. (narrator) the excavation of the tombs in the valley of theings by archaeologists beginning in the early 19th ur provedhe clearest idea of the new kingdom's addition to t funery literature-- a text cald the amduat detailing the pharaoh's long nighttime journey into oneness with the sun god re. the amduat-- literally translated it means "that which is in the netherworld"-- is a guidebook to the afterlife. and a secret text primarily reserved for the use of pharaohs. it was reproduced in full on the walls of the tomb of thutmose the third, who died in 1425 bc. the black sc

he was a senior partner at the egyptian union of liberal youth. an organization that aims to spread the idea of classical liberalism in egypt before joining the hudson institute, he worked on the subject of the muslim brotherhood at the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation on the subject of religious freedom in europe. he's written for many journals, newspapers and blogs including "the wall street journal," the american thinker especially about the subject of liberalization in egypt. i have to add that this is the first panel that i've ever moderated in which a former student of mine participated and that's sam. glad to have all of you here. professor, would you lead us off. >> thank you very much. i should preface my remarks by saying that unlike jillian and samuel in the morning and some of the other distinguished panelists, i don't really work on questions of moderation and extremism. in fact, i have my students read your work or religious freedoms or religious minorities. but i have done quite a bit of work over the last f

/egyptian relations? >> well, as matt has noted, we are very pleased that the egyptian courts have now lifted the travel ban on our ngo employees. the u.s. government has provided a plane to facilitate their departure and they have left the country. they are currently en route home. with regard to u.s./egyptian relation, as you know, we had been concerned that this incident could have a severe impact on all of the things that we want to do together going forward. i would say that with regard to the ngo issue in general, that the departure of our people doesn't resolve the legal case or the larger issues concerning the ngos. we remain deeply concerned about the prosecution of ngos in egypt and the ultimate outcome of the legal process. we will keep working with the egyptian government on these issues. >> okay. you said you had been concerned that this incident could have a severe impact. is it now -- are you saying it is no longer an issue or this specific case of these seven americans is no longer an issu

i'm looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests of the egyptian people. the following day, she called on all parties meaning the protesters and regimes to exercise restraint setting up some moral equivalent. the following day on the 27th, vice president biden said that mr. mubarak was not a dictator and so on. and, in fact, if you want to go deeper with this, we can speculate that the message that ambassador frank wisner gave to mr. mubarak on his visit there on february 5th was not the message we were hearing, the american administration was presenting and imdiate change now but, in fact, the message that he told reporters afterwards which is in order for an ordinarily transition to take place, mr. mubarak needs to stay in power to oversee that transition until september, probably so that an outcome like we saw in the recent elections doesn't transpire. so this point, the point here is there is a dilemma for the united states right now, right? as witnessed by the recent ngo controversy. there also has to be a recognition that the u.s. has decreased influ

when the egyptian jew diudiciark action against international ngos including americans that created a political crisis. i want to look a little bit before the revolution, i know that you have been a key player in mediating the camp david accords between egypt and israel at camp david maryland. and when you look at american foreign policy over the last several decades, it's been anchored around a particular relationship with egypt and israel. and you can call it a triangle relationship. and that has clearly guided a lot of what the u.s. does in the middle east and a relationship that was in some ways taken for granted, but can say in ordering american political choices in the middle east. there were people even before the revolution who were saying that that really -- the triangle of the relationship has run its course even before mubarak was removed. egypt was on a path to become independent. it succeeded to do that particularly in the 1990s, but in the past decade, there was less benefit, more marginalized, egyptians were uncomfortable with the narrow set of choices they were having

this is where the foundation of the egyptian secularism comes from. so while egypt never had a model, it certainly was what they would have wanted if they could have achieved it. so in this sense i think the -- any hope of a long-term, stable democracy in egypt, along with millions of other problems that are there, will have to find a way of accommodating islam in the public square. that people are allowed to bring -- make religious-based arguments against political decisions and economic views. this is not prohibited. people are allowed to do it. i think returning to the general political situation, i agree that we are in a transition period and nothing is entirely perfect in a transition period. i don't think it's a transition to democracy. that's another story. in a sense i think the policymakers are beginning to realize that this is much -- the beauty contest here, that we're not having the nice guys were in tahrir. things are lovely. tech savvy youth. things will be great. let's move to the next country of the arab spring. the realization is now

but i think you have to give egyptian people some credit for what they've done so far. and we ought to give them such help as we can and that they're willing to accept. because it matters how this comes out. remember, there's another revolution that was made in the name of freedom and democracy in 1979. that was the iranian revolution and got hijacked and it has been the principle problem in the middle east for the next 30 years. so how these revolutions come out really matters to the people there but also to us. and that's why we need to be providing such help as we can. >> i think this is a -- this is the beginning of a story. we're seeing chapter one of what's going to be at least a ten-chapter book that's going to emerge. we're not the authors of it. they are. but we have a huge stake in what happens there. i don't know what's going to happen. i think -- a i don't think people that found their voice are going to lose it. b, i think we have a huge stake in figuring out a way as i was saying before to create standards of accountability because politically and economic

the new egyptian constitution is not yet written but it's already in the center of a scandal a year after people voted for a change in referendum. i think people thought they were very. chilly. lawmakers in washington the legal lines when it comes to america's freedom of assembly making it now easier to throw protesters behind bars. it is a good to have you with us here today on our. recent show live in moscow the syrian government is blaming qatar and saudi arabia which both back the arming of opposition rebels being involved in a series of deadly blasts in syrian cities suicide bombings and government strongholds on the weekend that claimed the lives of thirty people and left dozens injured let's not talk to our correspondent in the middle east live on the program ochs on a violence in syria seems to be spiraling out of control despite international peace efforts so what more are the authorities saying about this link to foreign involvement in the attacks. well you know rory you just said. serious parling out of control despite international efforts while some syrian officials it's quar

of aid that we've given both to israel but to egypt as well, and now with the affrontery of the egyptian authorities holding, arresting americans who are simply there to help egyptians, what is the administration's position of temporarily suspending the aid package? >> well, congressman, first of all, in all of the discussions that we have had and that we are aware of that egyptian authorities have had with other countries, they remain committed to the camp david accords, which we think is in egypt's interests and internal in israel's interests, so we are mindful of the importance of ensuring the continuity of that peace and stability. and we don't want to prejudge what the new government will do. because i think it is fair to note there is no government yet. they're in the process of putting in place a government, and the people who are still there but not elected or appointed by the new authorities can't really make decisions, yet there is no president or executive authority yet chosen. so i counsel patience because we still have to get to know who the government is. we're working hard

the new egyptian constitution is not yet written but it's already in the center of a scandal one year after people voted for change in an historic referendum. i think people thought they were free air. until they tried and lawmakers in washington legal line when it comes to america's freedom of assembly making it easier to throw protesters behind. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. the syrian government is blaming qatar and saudi arabia which both the back the arming of opposition rebels of being involved in a series of deadly blasts in syrian cities suicide bombings in government strongholds at the weekend that claimed the lives of thirty people and left dozens injured parties correspondent in the middle east oksana boy has the story. several high profile arab diplomats have suggested over the weekend that saudi arabia has been sending ammunition to the syrian rebels mainly for jordan the security situation in syria remains very tense just this morning major clashes between gunmen armed gunmen and the syrian army to place in damascus in their pretty our sc

and egyptian police. in most parts of egypt. so i think there is a possible to work out a new arrangement with the new regime in egypt. in one sentence. we have an understanding going for over a decade with the egyptianses. it's led by the u.s., which allows for the parties to change the deployment of each of them along the border which mutual consen consent. >> we're very short on time. i want you to give us a prediction about the middle east and what we'll be talking about at the conference next year. you have 30 seconds. >> i think there's clearly a lot of debates here about policy and which way we ought to go, particularly with respect to iran f i think it's very important as you listen to the rest of the speakers here that you remember there are facts. and one fact is that there is no president who has done more to d legislate miz and undermine the state of israel than president obama. i have a quick prediction. it's fompbtd preb what president obama said when he wept to cairo in june, and in 2009. and he equated the holoca

i met one of the egyptians who has been charged. nancy runs the egyptian office of freedom house.he insists that the case is political. >> it is to indicate the work of pro-democracy groups. this was not about international organizations. this is about egyptian civil society. >> after a police raid, her office is still sealed as a crime scene. freedom house and the of organization said that the charges against them are not true and absurd. the prosecution of these organizations has proved very popular inside egypt. that is why this issue is so difficult to resolve. outside sunday's court hearing, demonstrators called on them to take a tough line. they refuse to donate money saying that egypt no longer needs the aid that washington has threatened to withhold. others have made dark threats about what the human rights organizations were really up to. >> they have a hidden agenda for this country's interests. >> maybe with this court case egypt is reasserting its independence. maybe it is just the way of using fear of foreigners to detract for some -- from some very homemade problems.

has been described to the egyptian people what he's going to do.we sat there for about two and a half hours, and he said well, what about the secret service? we said we know what there's going to be demonstrations. don't crack down on them. and we talked about how you have to work with your security forces to maintain law and order, but in the context of free and fair elections. we spent two and half hours, and he was taking notes. and they did a lot of that, and mubarak did go out and campaign. and after that election, the egyptian press was saying, egypt will never be the same. and so we said, great job, you're on the road, go to the parliamentary elections. the first round of the parliamentary elections occurred, and the brotherhood, not surprisingly, since mubarak had destroyed the center, and the muslim brotherhood was the only vehicle for expressing dissent left. the muslim brotherhood starts to do well. and mubarak got scared, and in the second part of the parliamentary election, they crashed down. and at that point, our effort to get mubara

and a good american egyptian relationship is one of the key foundations of a meaningful and relevant american policy toward the region. if we have that relationship, we can also move on other issues. and, of course, one of the issues in which we tried to move forward together with egypt, and we didn't get as far as one had hoped. and subsequently we even stalled the question of the israeli reconciliation and peace. there's not going to be peace in the middle east, real peace without that. and worse than that, in the absence of that, other issues tend to become increasingly dangerous. and right now our relationship with egypt is additionally important because we could be on the brink if we make mistakes. if we are overly cautious. if we're not prepared to assert american national interests openly, we could be facing the conjunction of several significant conflicts in the area, in addition to the one i've already mentioned which cries for resolution, and which will never be resolved with direct american involvement. there is the risk of some conflict with iran. if that should take plac

staff. >> we have four employees who are egyptian national has it remain in egypt and they'll remaintrial and the issue isn't resolved. the departure or the travel ban being lifted department solve it for the international republican and we're hopeful we'll find a solution equitable for all employees. >> does it have a chilling effect to monitor the evolution of democracy in egypt? >> i think the transition has been uneven and there were things that were positive and the elections were positive in a large sense you had high voter turnout and parties were able to form up which was impossible under the mubarak government and hundreds of party has it formed and active participation and people were able to get on the ballot and that's a real positive development for egypt. other the other hand you look at the raids and the investigation going on with the national republican institute and i think you see a mixed picture of the transition going on. >> are you still anxious to return to the field after your experience? >> i think so. i've been talking it over with my wife about what we migh

so do we pay enough attention to the 59th egyptians or 80 million egyptians as we did to the 3000 iraniansrobably not. probably we did much more. did we have access to bahrain like with access to egypt? no, we didn't. was there something taken on more of a sectarian by default, not by design, or by design from the outside, not the inside, from saudi arabia, iran perhaps, i'm not sure. was a iran taking a different path than what we've seen just before that in yemen? perhaps. did we not cover a? sure. did recovered as much as i said before as others? no, we didn't. was every decision we made in the way we covered bahrain the correct one? i hope not, otherwise we would be fined. serving a. i think we've made a lot of mistakes but i'm not going to tell you which mistakes, but i think we made mistakes. it is a 24 hour beast, and it's not easy to fulfill all requirements for everybody. but anyway, long-term, by the way, short term i will be -- long-term question for egypt. you know, i came back from egypt. i spent the last 10 days in egypt. and as i was saying earlier, i sort of, i sat down for

tourists before the revolution are now considered on sci fi even by those who have lived in the egyptian capital all their lives you can't find them the police in the street and even if they are there they don't really help and you. you know it's like a kind of they are punishing the people because they have done the revolution so they're not doing their or their work the they don't care about what happens and they deliberately neglecting their every single crime that is happening and they just they chose to turn their back and some believe revolutionary parties jews that turned their backs on the military council is questionable policies seemingly comfortable with the way things are. and so a lot of revolutionary forces sided with the military council and started making deals and four evolutions was given more ground and ignore them in demands of the revolution most of the political elite and rule lucian areas are looking at fixing things not changing them. a real possibility now is the revolution and the second stage this time prompted not just by the young and the educated but by the

the new egyptian constitution not yet written but already the center of a scandal a year after people vote for change in a historic referendum. i think people thought they were free air to defend until they try to see ron makers in washington blur a legal lines when it comes to the u.s. freedom of assembly making it easier to toss protesters behind bars. eight am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's government and the opposition forces have blamed each other for a deadly car bombing that tore through the city of aleppo sunday the explosion left three dead and more than thirty wounded and comes just a day after twin lethal explosions in another government stronghold the capital damascus authorities also accused qatar and saudi arabia which both backed the arming of rebels for involvement in the attacks bombings come as you went there for a government led humanitarian mission and intends to launch a monitoring operation to help end syria's year long crisis he's middle east correspondent closely or has more on the recent spate of violence acro

to vote for them because in the last thirty forty fifty fifty years egyptian did not understand didn't know what was what is what was democracy what is democracy they did their love with me gyptian was done even through mubarak period through slum to religion you see on one side you have the muslim brothers penetrating into the society on the other side. in the textbook of the schools from the elementary school to to the high school islam was teach is the most important value of life and people who are supposed to accept it well it certainly seems as a believer that islam islam is part of a fundamental factor when it comes to the muslim brotherhood that are coming into power as we said this for ambassador israeli ambassador to egypt it's very much i wish we had more time for this we don't thank you very much for you having on r.t. today thank you and you are welcome. well it's good to have you with us here in israel is also where in the news on another story agreeing a ceasefire with palestinian militants after four days of deadly clashes a deal was mediated by egyptian intelligence of

so did we pay enough attention to the 17 million egyptians are 18 million egyptians as we did the 300,000 bahrainis? probably not. probably we did much more. was there something taking on more of the sectarian, by default, not design necessarily or by design from the outside, not the inside door meeting saudi arabia and iran, perhaps. i'm not sure. was iran taking a different path than we have seen just before that in yemen and -- perhaps. did we not covered? and ensure. did recover as much as i said before and others? no, we didn't. every decision we made and now we covered libya and bahrain the correct one to iraq hope not, otherwise to be divine. certainly not. i think we made a lot of mistakes. i'm not going to tell you which. but i think we made mistakes. human, right? it is 24 hours. it's not easy to fulfil all the requirements. anyway. by the way, short on the answers, can be. it's up to you. to in terms of the long-term question for egypt i came back from egypt having to spent the last ten days isn't. as i was saying earlier, i took -- i sat down for about an hour with the main is

the struggle right now regarding article 2 of the egyptian constitution. the principles of the sharia of the primary social legislation. the most realistic goal someone can have is to preserve the article as is. some want to change the article to increase the importance of islam and the sharia by either getting wrong of the principal. the principles of the sharia are some things that all of us can agree with. social justice, equality, true, and so on to either the sharia so that you can have more specific rulings be the basis of law as opposed to these wonderful things. i think if we achieve religious tolerance right now and probably for some time to come, that will be a significant achievement. >> i hear you. i think someone would say that the standards that you set of equality before the law is not met if one cannot share one's religious beliefs. we just had a disagreement over what equality before the law means and what religious equality may mean. the question i asked was not meant to get to the totalitarian issue. >> then you are in an arms race. >> t

and the egyptian coworkers, egyptian citizens working with the i.r.i. and n.d.i. are still in custody in egypt facing criminal prosecutions for helping these fine organizations, and we will not take our eye off of that, and we will keep pushing to make sure we get the right answer. but how did this end? we know how it started. i think it was a political effort to talk about, try to justify mubarak-era law that was used to press and keep out of the country people who were helping to bring about change. and one of the bright spots of this engagement was that the army, general tentoway was as helpful as he could be given the army and this new government formation. but when we engage the muslim brotherhood, the freedom of justice party, the largest bloc in parliament, senator mccain in his first engagement, the first thing he said to the representative was this n.g.o. situation, how damaging it was to egypt-american relationships, how unfair it was, how out of bound it was in terms of the law. and the response was, from this group, that we find the n.g.o. law unaccept

egyptians were uncomfortable with the narrow set of choices even before the revolution. this is now obviously coming to the forefront, in part because the country has unraveled as we have known it. i wonder with your thoughts on this, knowing that you have considered the strategic picture during the cold war, in which the peace treaty between egypt and israel emerged and the new relationship between the nine states and israel was the fine. is this an accurate picture that this relationship was running its course even before the revolution? >> thank you very much for having me here. i am delighted to be here. i want to begin simply by reiterating my highest respect both for the late president sadat and mrs. sadat. knowing them many years ago was a source of inspiration and confidence. he was endowed with remarkable intelligence and great strategic baldness. i have to say i particularly admired his boldness -- great strategic baldness. it manifest itself in relationship to the two greatest issues that are involved in great strategic choices. it pertained to war and to peac

more than a year after the overthrow of hosni mubarak, we examine how the arab spring soured for egyptianomen. many played leading roles in the mass protests that toppled the government. many say they were sexually abused by the security forces for doing so. >> if you take to the streets in the name of revolution or call for freedom or social justice, they were telling us we will violate your honor. >> behind the veneer of a modern state, the horrific procedure that exists, taking lives. >> circumcision is healthy for girls. i know this. pyrrophyte girls grow taller and a good marriage proposals. unpure five girls stay short and stubby. -- >> hello appeared more than a year on from the revolution, egypt is still a country of violent outbursts and with an uncertain future. the military maintains a tight grip on power. despite the recent parliamentary elections, there are doubts there will honor their promise to hand over to a civilian government in the summer. the revolution was often symbolized by young is secular arab women demanding political change and new opportunities. but in the fir

even though this exists, we believed that all civil rights and all minority rights and all egyptian rights will be equal under the law and protected. egypt is a signatory to all the international conventions. >> you are saying there will be no change from what has happened before? >> no, there will be changed. before this was a political issue and there were many human rights abuses and minority and women abuses. we tend to empower women to make sure religious minorities get their rights as well and get equal opportunity within the state. >> non-muslims will not be subject to sharia law? >> non-muslims will be subject to their own religious rules. >> can you imagine a woman becoming president? >> of course. if such a thing happens, we will work with her and make sure that the real issue is the economy. >> why is it you think some of these secular people on the constitution assembly have decided to boycott the negotiations? >> the constitution assembly has been put together by an election process in the upper and lower houses in parliament. the force is divided. half from one house and half

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and thousands of egyptians protest against police negligence and it's well frustration over how the new leadership is failing to bring change. and you watching r.t. a very warm welcome team today well our top story iran is facing a further isolation as the world's biggest electronic banking system swift pester cut off the dozens of financial firms blacklisted by the e.u. it's part of a broader effort by european nations who also plan to impose an embargo on iranian oil this summer to pressure iran over its nuclear program but their first reports the measures are nothing to back. spain is among the biggest importers rainy and oil but all that. come into force in july spain has until the end. of crude supply but a bad all around thing a real risk to the country that found out how you'll play rainy and oil. prices are on the rise and there are fears that they're about to be even higher with the iranian oil embargo eliminating the e.u. employees ban comes as the west's been making waves runs nuclear program it's getting around while revenues in the country to the bargaining table even assum

to military tribunals of the records in the past two years you have more than thirteen thousand egyptian citizens who all got processed the military tribunal notes that's where you more than what mobile did during his thirty years of war the streets of cairo teeming with tourists before their revolution are now considered an see even by those who have lived in the egyptian capital all their lives you can find that the police in the street and even if they are there they don't really help and you know it's like a kind of they are punishing the people because the idea of the revolution so that they're not doing their own their or their work where they don't care about what happens and the deliberately neglecting their every single crime that is happening and they're just a choice to turn their back and some believe revolutionary parties choose to turn their backs on the military council's questionable policies seemingly comfortable with the way things are. and so her a lot of revolutionary forces sided with the military council and some leading deals and for evolutions was given more groun

egyptian authorities desperate to avert more on rasff crackdown on police brutality as unemployment poverty and disillusionment stoke tensions across the country. here's incumbent broadcasting to you live from the heart of moscow on charon taraji well russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs and blocking any un security council decision that could see foreign interference the arab u.n. envoy kofi annan is due to brief the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus batson it hopes his peace effort in the war torn country won't be in vain paula slayer reports. let's listen by the former head of the united nations is the latest attempt to solve diplomatically what is happening in syria and ratings ago friday and now and will brief and update members of the u.n. security council who are guarding the latest proposals on the table and these include an immediate halt to the fighting humanitarian assistance to civilians who've been caught up in the crossfire as well as political debate and political involvement not last weekend coffe

and thousands of egyptians protest against police negligence and it's swelling frustration over how the new leadership is ready to bring change also. in business the russian market opens up today's trading session down following on from a disappointing day in other figures and the details for you know business bulletin in about twenty minutes time. broadcasting live from moscow this is our team welcome to the program. iran is facing a further isolation as the world's biggest electronic banking system swift prepares to cut off thousands of financial firms blacklisted by the e.u. it's part of a broader effort by european nations also plan to impose an embargo on a rainy and oil summit to pressure iran over its nuclear program sara first mehra ports the measures like a ricochet back. spain is among the biggest importers raney and oil. sayings when the sanctions come into force in july spain hasn't tell them. of crude supply but the ban on iran's placing a real risk to the country that until now has been fueled by iranian oil. prices are on the rise and there are fears that there are. even

the new egyptian constitution not yet written but already in the center of a scandal very year after people vote for change in a historic referendum. i think people they want free air defense and creates until they try the lawmakers in washington the illegal lines when it comes to the u.s. freedom of assembly making it easier to put protesters behind bars. ten am in moscow i'm mad as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's government and opposition forces blame each other for a deadly car bombing that tore through the city of aleppo sunday the explosion left three dead and wounded more than thirty and comes just a day after two lethal explosions in another government stronghold in the capital damascus the authorities also accused qatar and saudi arabia which both back arming the rebels of involvement in the strikes the bombing comes as the u.n. teams prepare for a government led humanitarian mission and attempts to launch a monitoring operation to help and syria's yearlong crisis archy's middle east correspondent paula sleepier has more on the recent spate of vio

thousands of egyptians protest against police negligence amid swelling frustration over how the new leadership is failing to bring change. thanks for joining our king on charon taraji three o'clock here in moscow and russia says it hopes western and arab countries don't ruin the u.n. arab league envoy for peace mission to syria the un's most powerful group will get an update on the syrian crisis on friday from kofi annan on its hold his findings mike rieves new life and to stall talks on ending the year long violence our middle east correspondent paula slayer has more on how much hinges on a nonce efforts. let's listen by the former head of the united nations kofi annan is the latest attempt to solve diplomatically what is happening in syria and later today friday and none will brief and update members of the u.n. security council who are guarding the latest proposals on the table and these include an immediate halt to the fighting humanitarian assistance to civilians in course had in the crossfire as well as political debate and political involvement not last weekend coffee and i was in damas

the regime strongholds with the government also blaming foreign forces for involvement in the new egyptian constitution it's not yet written but already in the middle of a scandal a year after people voted for change in the historic referendum. i think people thought they were free heir to the stands and until they tried washington lawmakers were legal lines when it comes to u.s. freedom of assembly making it easier to throw protesters behind bars. noon in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's government and opposition forces blame each other for a deadly car bombing that tore through the city of aleppo sunday here blast left three dead wounded thirty more and comes just a day after twin lethal blasts in another government stronghold damascus authorities also accuse qatar and saudi arabia which both back arming rebels of involvement in the attacks bombings come as un team from fare for a government led humanitarian mission and intends to launch a monitoring operation to help resolve syria's yearlong crisis archy's middle east correspondent paula so

yet most egyptians believe the main problem is not the mess which follows the protests but the absence of jobs which turns many desperate people into looters it was the country's flailing economy which forced thousands out on to here square in the first place their first slogan that was here in paris square was the word broke because it was. it was actually getting ugly people were killing each other in the line. it was hoped their allusion would turn all of that around bringing more jobs to people and food on their tables but as things stand more than a year after the uprising even those who did have a livelihood are now struggling to stay afloat even if i was cairo. remembrance for of waffen s.s. veterans is being held in the latvian capital riga. features s.s. supporters nationalists and it's condemned by about half of the country's population is glorification of not see a nazi ism but nonetheless as artie's jake agrees reports now its influence on young latvians sparks fears that neo nazi support is growing. scenes like this have concert carrot arrives legionnaires day in latvia it

of women and of activists who participated in the revolutionary movement that ousted the former egyptian president hosni mubarak last year but as i say it's a minority and so what we're hearing from these liberal nor make is that you cannot have a permanent constitution that is drafted by only one stick to of the population and stick to one and majority in only one election at the same time we do know that the panel will have six months to write this new constitution it will replace the nine hundred seventy one constitution that was abolished when would barak was good and once the constitution is written it will be put to a vote in a national referendum and if rooney to determine the balance of power between the previously powerful president and parliament at the same time it will need to map out the future identity of egypt in terms of the role of religion and minority rights and now earlier this month the lower house of parliament unanimously adopted a text that called it is role public enemy number of egypt it also called for the expulsion of the israeli ambassador to the stopping of

disaster and the egyptians blame them for complicity with rampaging mobs. and with some and some of these history it west has to be since the country is truly on the brink. egypt has no no standing law and order actually. that those states pigs are such a big government is not in control bihari is. not going to come out of its barracks. can try to you know very very large well and so the populace is essentially on its own and that means that unpopular decisions are made you're going to get this sort of spontaneous kind of how burst of anger and there is no absolute control it nowhere is there any capacity to actually prevent the reasons for going there's no central control in egypt now. but egypt has unveiled the dial up of a long awaited government program tasked with creating a democratic and inclusive constitution but still subject to confirmation misters dominated by islamists something more liberal so want against and just over a year since the revolution there was all that much has changed how diliman could be opposed to boy for egypt's revolution you