ghana, for example.ou could think of ghana as a really interesting case that involved both economic and political freedom. because first there was sort of economic, a sort of resistance of denial of economic rights by a people just kind of, you know, working in the informal sector or smuggling or evading the controls of the state. and when it was brutal, to presentation of even cocoa production in ghana. and people would just evade those controls, and that was a form of resistance against the autocratic control of their economic rights. and later there was a democracy movement in ghana that was successful, and ghana's now had four successive democratic elections. there are still many problems, but there is success there. and if you look at the big trends, and this this is somethg that i wanted to be very sure to remember to say is that big trends around the world are in the direction of greater degree, greater level of both political and economic freedom over the past several decades. we've had the fall

i lived in ghana before that as a teenager and when i arrived in '85 it was striking what bad shape ghanawas in in 1985. there was a since in which rollings had no choice. the economy hit rock bottom. there is a story he shopped around to the soviet bank and world bank. he taxed cocoa so much that cocoa had disappeared. there was no cocoa production or exports in ghana. there was nothing left to -- o opress and all of cocoa growers were forced to starve while they produced profits that went to the state. they refused to do that and won. rallings was forced to con cede and let them keep more rewards of their production. and that is not about a benevolent guy saying i need to do these economic reforms because it is a good thing. it is combination of the two in almost all of the examples you mentioned. >> i am not an ex pert but my question is regarding what you call democracy. first of all, is there a definition? everyone's definition seems to be different even within culture between the middle, southern and northern part. what is democracy? >> which country? >> boga, west africa. in that d

i grew up in ghana and became an american and he did the opposite. his state funeral was the first public ceremony in ghana. >> not one government member here or there attended the funeral for du bois. to you make that point with great power in the text. let me push you a little. we agree cosmopolitan and internationalist are for nativism and groupism but what about nationalism? how do they deal with the nation state? >> i think as it is written on its face nationalism is a world of nations. cosmopolitan is a very old tradition and the first person who said he was a citizen of the world was in the 4th century bc. >> the stoics as well. >> it is a very long tradition and has many tendency today. i would say that dominantly it isn't a tradition that takes the metopher of global citizenship and utilize it. it doesn't say we should have a single state because we are singles of the cosmo. if i say it recognizes the value of different ways doing things and you don't need everyone in the one kingdom to live the thought that you all matter fundamentally in t

surprises. >> team usa forces the fermentable task of getting out of group g, which also contains ghana, portugal, and a little country known as germany. upping the thrill factor is the fact that the u.s. has a high-profile german on their side. >> u.s. coach jurgen klinsmann shocked american soccer fans when he dropped the legend landon donovan from the world cup roster he said other players were outperforming donovan. jurgen klinsmann was widely criticized for the decision. >> of course, the media response shows soccer in the u.s. now has a much higher standing than eight or 10 years ago. there is a lot of talk about our squad. >> the roster includes five german-americans. the highly experienced jermaine jones, and four young bundesliga players. they insist they do not have a special role on the team. >> i think the team on the whole is good. not because of the german players. i think the team has good rhythm. that is why we are currently performing well. >> we have a lot of experienced players, as well as younger ones. we are looking forward to the world cup. >> despite the high este

usa in a brutal group along with second rank germany, portugal and tough ghana team.e with more now on the task ahead. if. >> donovan has scored. oh, can you believe it? you could not. >> team usa has until june 2nd to whittle down the roster from 30 to 23 players. >> building the foundation for hopefully successful world cup doing our homework. fine-tuneing a lot of element down the training field. fence for the guy make this team as strong as possible to go that the world cup. >> this is a competitive camp 7 of the players will not make the final roster which make it tough because you also want to build team chemistry. >> we realize that we are a team. we are one and we are going to compete against each other and everyone wants to win but we'll be the first to pick each other up and have each other back. >>reporter: team usa in the group of tv death with germany portugal and ghana who knocked us out of the last 2 world cup. >>t's difficult and we have our work cut out for us. we face the challengeen head on and put in the work necessary and fight ghana first opponen

a newspaper editor. >> reporter:in ghana, she met malcolm x and returned to the u.s.1964 to join his fight in the civil rights movement. after malcolm x's assassination, dr. martin luther king asked her to join him. he was killed on her birthday, 1968. the following year, her first memoir was published-- >> reporter:"i know why the caged bird sings." more best-sellers would follow. >> reporter:her books detailed personal struggles: like having a baby as an unwed teenager-- that son later became novelist, guy johnson. >>"cut" >> reporter:blazing trails on the big and small screens. she directed documentaries. >> reporter:her screenplay for 1972's "georgia, georgia" was nominated for a pulitzer prize. maya angelou was nominated for a tony award. she won 3 grammies and, in 2011, president obama presented her with "the presidential medal of freedom." >> reporter:she called herself "maya," which was her brother's nickname for her. "angelou" came from her first husband's name, tosh angelos. >> reporter:she had created her own name, just as she'd created poetry. from pieces

she taught in ghana and she learned to speak five languages. she continued to write publishing more than 30 titles. she also acted in the famous tv series "roots." among they ar her accomplishmen, grammy awards, more than 50 honorary degrees and the presidential medal of freedom. >> imagine it, a black girl from a little village in arkansas, smaller than this little town here. imagine it, now one of the most important writers. imagine it. >> the poem she wrote for president clinton's inauguration in 1993 sold more than 1 million copies. >> come, you may stand upon my back and face your destiny. but seek no hay no one my shadow. >> heshe said that life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the breaths that moments take away. she died in her home in north carolina, she was 86. >> joining us on the line is susan l. taylor, former editor o.thank you for taking the timeo talk with us, for what i know is a difficult time for you. you've known maya for many, many years, what made her such a sensational figure? >> you know, larger than life. j

in ghana she met malcolm x and joined his fight in the civil rights movement.sination, dr. martin luther king, jr., asked her to join him. he was killed on her birthday in 1968. the following year her first memoir was published. i know why the cage bird sings. more best sellers would follow. >> i want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine before she realizes she's reading. >> reporter: her books detailed personal struggles like having a baby as an unwed teenager. that son later became novelist guy johnson. she directed documentaries. her screen play for 1972's georgia georgia was nominated for a pulitzer prize and she appeared in the adaptation of "roots." maya angelou was dominated for a tony award. she won three grammys and in 2011 president barack obama presented her with the presidential medal of freedom. former president bill clinton award her the presidential award of arts. >> here on the pulse of this new day, you may have the grace to look up and out and into your sister's eyes. >> reporter: she called herself maya, which wa

she later moved to ghana where she worked as an administer at the university of ghana. she eventually moved back to the united states to help malcolm x create a foundation. his proposal included taking the plight of the african-americans to the united nations and asking the world council to intercede on the part of beleaguered blacks. the idea was so stimulating, i persuaded myself i should return to the states. david chappelle imagines the anger she must have felt after her friends were assassinated. angelou explains why it's okay to be anger. >> if you're not angry, you're either a stone or you're too sick to be angry. you should be angry. >> but what do you -- >> never mind you, there's a difference. you must not be bitter. >> that's a hard -- >> let me show you why. bitterness is like cancer. it eats upon the host. it doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. so you said anger, yes. you write it, you paint it, you dance it, you march it, you vote it. you do everything about it. you talk it. never stop talking it. >> maya angelou was an icon whose influen

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she wrote in egypt and ghana and learned to speak five languages. she continued to write publishing best selling titles. she acted in the previous tv series, roots. among her accomplishments, pulitzer prize nomination, and honorary degrees and the presidential medal of freedom. >> imagine it, a black girl from a little village in arkansas, similar to this little town. this little village. imagine it. >> the poem she wrote for president clinton's inauguration in 1993 sold more than is million copies. >> come, you may stand upon my back, but seek known haven. >> maya angelou's life is not measured by moments of her breath, but the moments that take life away. she died in north carolina. she was 86. >> more on freeing the missing girls. when we come back, more on bringing peace to that country. >> it's now been nor than a month since those school girls in nigeria was kidnapped. president jonathan is expected to brief the country on rescue efforts on thursday. we have more from its capitol. >> reporter: the country's former leader are concerned about th

grew up in that the form of identity, identity as a member of this historic nation is the part of ghana is fading away end that is fine. many people who have it, it might go away but as an objective matter it might and that would be fine not because people died, that would be bad but they are absorbing they're gonna identity or west african identity or other forms of identity and this drops away. so think about it case by case, i used to think it was evident that since race as we have it in the modern world was the essentially constructed as part of the process of european domination of people outside europe, we should just get rid of it. i don't think that any more. we should see what people want to do. as we struggle to get rid of racial hierarchy, the 4 racial identity takes is bound to change and in particular the insistence on boundaries which is part of racial thinking will go away. let me end with this. my nephew who is part norwegian, his father is from donna aghanas arm is nigerian. his brother who is named after me was corresponding through all of this and until you ask me thi

the son of immigrants from ghana says financial aid influenced his decision. >> four of the ivy leaguent, and so yale's one of them and i picked yale in the end. >> reporter: qaa zi ranks 11th in high school. his parents credit achievement to hard work and wouldn't septembaccept any great below 95. >> if you do well, people appreciate what you're doing. you contributing very significantly to society. >> reporter: kwasi is volunteering at a local hospital. he's thinking of being a doctor, a cardiologist or urologist. it's good to have choices. alison harmelin, cbs news, new york. >>> it was bill whitaker day in los angeles. the city council honored cbs news correspondent bill whitaker for his contributions to l.a. he'll be leaving the city now that he's been named a correspondent for "60 minutes," but bill said the move will not be final. >> like the terminator, we'll be back. we have decided not to sell our house, so when this chapter of our lives has completed, we're going to come back home. >> bill joined cbs news in 1984 and worked in los angeles for more than 20 years. his reports

in a calling center overseas she wan newspapers, talked in ghana and learnt to speak five languages. she wrote, publishing more than 20 best-selling titles. she acted in "roots." >> movie reel: thou that you are a man, what will you do. >> among her accolade, putlitze prize and awards. >> imagine it, a black girl from arkansas, smaller than this up to, this village. imagine it. now considered one of the most important writers. >> a poem she wrote for president clinton's inauguration sold more than 1 million copies. >> come, you may stand on my back and face your destiny. seek no haven in my chateau. >> mary angelou wrote life is not measured by the breath we take, but the moments that take our breath away. she tide at her home in north carolina. she was 86. >>> the team looking for the missing malaysia airlines flight finished its search without finding a trace of the debris. the crew is searching in the southern indian ocean off the coast of australia where a series of acoustic signals thought to be related to the flight were picked up. the team says that area is not the final resti

she ran newspapers in egypt, taught in ghana, and learned five languages.published more than 30 best-selling titles. she awls acted in the famous tv series "roots." among her accomplishmenaccompli pulitzer prize awards and much more. >> imagine it a black girl from arkansas smaller than this little town here. this little village. imagine it. now one of the most important writers. imagine it. >> reporter: the poem she wrote for president clinton's inauguration sold more than 1 million copies. >> come you may stand upon my back and face your distant destiny, but seek no haven in my shadow. >> reporter: she died at her home in north carolina. she was 86. >>> remember you can always keep up to date with all of the news on our current.com/thewarroom. >> as the world's most elderly nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people. the government has responded by raising taxes and the retirement

>> this summit is being chaired by the president of ghana, in the capitol. what we expect is the leaders of at least 15 african nations, west african nations to attended the meeting. what we understand is that the session was called to discuss the awful impact of terrorism in west africa and there will be a focus on the sect, the group, boko haram that has waged a bloody war here in nigeria over the last few years. we understand that they will discuss efforts and strategy to try and reduce the incidents of terrorism that take place and at the end of the day issue a communique to the public and media about precisely what they can do as an organization. >> the alliance normally handles economic issues. is today's strategy session a major departure for this group? >> yes and no. we have seen piece keeping, but has come under public pressure to become more effective. they haven't had a proper stationery army or piece keeping force. they usually are convened when there is a crisis but now there is a feeling and what we understand is being discussed is what can be

now the game plan that we have against ghana that will try to implement against turkey and nigeria as well. >> all right, tonight out at the stick and we've also got the a's and giants in action. so big sports night in the bay area. but that's the sporting life for right now. >> thank you. >>> coming up tonight, desperate measures for bay area water agencies as they discuss a plan to start sharing their precious water supply and we will be there for those talks tonight at 10:00. >> we're always here for you on ktvu.com, facebook and twitter. thank so much for joining us. have a good night. clive bixby. what a sexy surprise. - quick question-- - mm-hmm? did it hurt when you fell from heaven? because you... fell... i'm gonna come in again. we are watching baby joe on valentine's day so my dad and gloria can... - make love. - ew. don't. - oh. - the point is, we are celebrating a day early. so they can finally be intimate. you've more than made that point. i'm just saying it's a long wait after giving birth. - six weeks. - ugh. i couldn't keep my hands off this one for that long. (both ch

. >>> the african community of african states is meeting in ghana to stabilize boko haram. according to the spokesman, yesterday the nigerian president said a full-scale operation has ordered against that group. if. >> the car eva dam is locate odd the zambiesy river. and erosion could lead to its collapse. tanya page went to the dam and found that the problem would be devastating for millions. >> kariba dam's huge size, one of the world's biggest, on the zambiesy river, it's age is showing. the gates are worn and below the surface, and the wall is cracked and needs to be fixed urgently to avoid who would be a catastrophic collapse. chief jack is among the 3 and a half million people who live down river. his people believe that a river spirit is to blame. >> it's true that they are responsible for the cracks in the dam. when the zambizi is blocked, it's spirit becomes angry and makes problems for all of us. >> he doesn't believe that. his business is one of the thousands that depend on the zambizi's constant flow of tourists. >> we're on the receiving end, and we believe th

drivers have been killed and two others reportedly kidnapped meal convoys carrying supplies to and from ghana see her frequently targeted by it the area. fast spreading while firing u s state of oklahoma but has left at least one person dead and destroyed some twenty homes. the blaze broke out and sent sunny afternoon after a controlled burn and got out of control firefighters and residents who were overcome by the heat and smoke are being treated in hospital with being driven by high winds and dry conditions. the anti nationals division as it takes a look at whether we can put trust in a growing virtual currencies bikes here in uk that the military families dealing with the loss of loved ones into the so called friendly. i do if the us is you the rule. a pennsylvania would look at her house auctioned by her discovered four hundred and sixty thousand dollars to cover the cost of an outstanding debt that she had that death was six dollars and thirty cents. the idea the price of lunch patel took an old lady's home away other two things that need be said about this. firstly private property is o

they're coming all the way from ghana, and ethiopia, some coming from addis ababa. so they are coming from all the parts and they end up being treated here. >> although most people here can't afford private health care, the company believes there's enough demand from the growing middle class to expand this hospital and open others around the country. >> our target is not yet achieved. we are on our way and we are determined to provide the best of the health care facility here in nigeria and this continent. yeah, it's a little bit of india. >> now that's global health. next time, we'll have a story from cambodia, which has a history of acid attacks. this rare but devastating crime is used as a form of revenge or punishment. >> there are a few facilities in the country which offer psychological and physical rehabilitation for victims. until then, goodbye. >> goodbye. >> today, on "earth focus," western rivers--challenges and solutions. a look at films featuring the willamette river, the l.a. river, and the colorado. coming up, on "earth focus." in the united states, w

storage and gasification in ghana in 2011. and reverse trade missions to turkey in 2005 and south africa in 2008 on l.n.g.-related issues. so the trade development agency has also funded energy-related technical snns t assistance to a skill, more rough quo, azerbaijan, and nigeria. they've funded reverse trade in additions with kazakhstan, turkmenistan georgia and hungary. we've got -- we are helping other countries to develop their resources, their energy resources, while helping american companies find opportunities to generate jobs here in the united states. i think that that's a worth while policy as well, a worthwhile policy abroad, a worthwhile policy at home. i know that my colleagues from south dakota wanted to say a few words this afternoon. i will yield the floor, but i thank you, mr. president, for your attention. the presiding officer: without objection, the materials referenced by the senator will be added to the record. mr. thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: in

the men will also play turkey and nigeria in expedition games before their world cup owner against ghanaget a little soccer in. stanford men's golf team starts their quest for a title today. cameron wilson, claiming the men's individual title. he showed off his nerd nation pride after the win. you're going to see it there. cameron just the third man from stanford to win the national ncaa title. tiger was the one who did it back in 1996. >>> we told you about someone leaving cash around san francisco then using twitter to start kind of a scavaenger hunt. now they're headed south. >> tweeted out, will be giving out money in san jose on wednesday. stay tuned. hidden cash usually offers a clue, but doesn't tell people outright. no word on who's actually behind that twitter account. we're going to keep tabs on it. >> for sure. back in just a minute. >>> a giant panda research based in southwest china welcoming a new bosh cub. >> she gave birth early this morning, a tiny cub, it's hard to see in the mother's eyes. scientists at the research center don't know the gender, they're not sure who th

but a more serious calling sent her overseas, running newspapers in egypt, teaching in ghana, and learning to speak five languages. all the while, she kept her membership in the harlem writer's guild, publishing more than 30 best-selling titles, including award-winning screen plays. she also acted in the tv series, "flutes." >> now that you are a man, what do you do? >> it was her literary prowess, though, that challenged mainly young people to push beyond expectations. among her accomplishments, pulitzer prize nominations, three grammys, more than 30 honorary degrees, and the presidential medal of freedom. plus a request to compose a poem for president clinton's inauguration in 1993. >> come, you may stand upon my back and face your distant destiny, but seek no haven in my shadow. >> reporter: maya angelou was what she wrote, a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song. chris clackum, nbc news. >> maya angelou's last tweet came fives day ago. quote, listen to yourself and in that quietude, you might hear the voice of god. >> angelou's impact was felt world

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addicted to heroin and opium out of a population of some thirty eight million people which makes up ghana stand not just the world's top exporter of the drugs but one of its top consumers to them and that's despite billions of dollars and more than a decade of western efforts to curb narcotics here is going to study i don't know where the money go there's no help they can push for us to use this potentially possible force to put it want to. the city's official treatment clinics are struggling to cope we cover the drugs of. god god is done go with it. it can color not more than ten percent but ninety percent without any sense. feed that in d.c. . as that increasing like that that is easy like i don't it person like this is good light. which makes these men some of the lucky few they're getting help it may not be a traditional facility but it's a place to call home for up to twenty addicts at a time there's no medication just group therapy but they say the treatment works this woman they call mother a little harder we was haunted by her brother struggle with heroin appalled at the growing n

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catherine ashton has strongly condemned the killing of a french national working for the eu mission in ghana and the main block the diplomatic corps the man was traveling and then opened fire. another frenchman and again many were injured. no one has claimed responsibility but foreigners have often been targeted in the country where government forces are waging a major offensive against al qaeda militants. what you do don't we wish but a lot more news coming your way including the euro zone and pulling out all of its doldrums i suppose you could say i had to be pretty rough time of the last couple years. portugal is an example why. right there with us. long the guy on the internet and only used on the scene. i did. he said when the guy. element isn't really a good little later our own. oh and i intend to use it yet. while. it's nice mac us secretary of state john kerry has threatened sanctions in rebel leaders in south sudan. don't hold a meeting of peace negotiations with the belt but terry has been part of a top level united nations delegation to the war torn country to revive talks to vis

it's a small victory but if ghana stands battle with drugs is likely to rage on no forty kabul. you can see many more of our loosies first hand reports right from afghanistan i mean immediate days to come here on. trishna. violent. drug. lucy company reports. joining us here in international in may two thousand and four the biggest single enlargement in the e.u. is history took place little did the new members know that a decade union would be struggling with recession unemployment and vast austerity measures. and whether the new comers made a wise choice. wild parties rocked ten european capitals in may the first two thousand and four as the e.u. became larger by ten countries for some of the new members like cyprus and malta this move had a purely economic motivations while for the rest mostly former socialist states this was the chance to make a clean break from the communist past now a decade on these countries are looking at whether the e.u. accession really brought them joy poland is probably one of the happiest members of the e.u. to join in two thousand and four new road

. >> ghana will be the first opponent in brazil in this format. you'll play each team in the group. >> this is the thing you can't experience we give everything we have. >> now we remember lebron james infamous, the decision, hour-long special he announced woe take his talents to miami. today, bears wide receiver made his own national tv announcement. this one went over a little bit better because he did it on "the view". he signed his new three-year, $ $30 million contract extension with the chicago bears. also donating a million dollars to benefit mental health care. there is a first. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> pretty much. >> yes. yes. it's >> going to be tough. >> yes. >> good deal. >> join me tonight at 9:00 truly man's best friend in the fight against prostate cancer. ability dogs have to save your life. >> then, at 11:00 a group of women want a unique form of birth control pulled from markets. the doctors and fda maintain it's safe a special report coming up at 11:00. >> and in prime time tonight we have part

the son of immigrants from ghana becoming the embodiment of the american dream.an era where bad manners and poor behavior make news and celebrated on reality tv his story is refreshing and inspiring. so many people look for excuses and try toechl plain away a lack of success he kept his eyes on the prize. i heard a line once successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. it's often true. how many times i wondered if he decided to stay home and study instead of killing time with friends. read a book instead of master a video game. he is a young man on a mission figuring out an early age what really matters is what really matters. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook. >> that does it for this edition of abc7 news. >> from all of us here, have a good evening. thanks for the company female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort; even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sle

. >> ghana will be the first opponent in brazil in this format.'ll play each team in the group. >> this is the thing you can't experience we give everything we have. >> now we remember lebron james infamous, the decision, hour-long special he announced woe take his talents to miami. today, bears wide receiver made his own national tv announcement. this one went over a little bit better because he did it on "the view". he signed his new three-year, $ $30 million contract extension with the chicago bears. also donating a million dollars to benefit mental health care. there is a first. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> pretty much. >> yes. yes. it's >> going to be tough. >> yes. >> good deal. >> join me tonight at 9:00 truly man's best friend in the fight against prostate cancer. ability dogs have to save your life. >> then, at 11:00 a group of women want a unique form of birth control pulled from markets. the doctors and fda maintain it's safe a special report coming up at 11:00. >> and in prime time tonight we have part one

the son of immigrants from ghana becoming the embodiment of the american dream.an era where bad manners and poor behavior make news and celebrated on reality tv his story is refreshing and inspiring. so many people look for excuses and try toechl plain away a lack of success he kept his eyes on the prize. i heard a line once successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. it's often true. how many times i wondered if he decided to stay home and study instead of killing time with friends. read a book instead of master a video game. he is a young man on a mission figuring out an early age what really matters is what really matters. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook. >> that does it for this edition of abc7 news. >> from all of us here, have a good evening. thanks for the company. see you at 9:00 and 11:00. sofa. you know what? yogurt.n't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. ... desk... you know what? yogurt.n

but despite this law school it still cooperated with nato on a number of top global importance like ghana stand for taking nonproliferation in a pro ledo suspended all practical civilian and military cooperation with russia although russia has maintained its diplomatic mission nato alexander went on to say that they don't consider the point that the substantial number of combat would. be the permanently or patient bases other nato officials talked about sending more fighter jets full member states this will mean more military spending we remember the u.s. president calling europeans to chip in and to spend more on nato and this could also mean more tensions because with the military buildup may come of the buildup of fear. is coming under pressure from major german companies who won't know. is against russia over the ukrainian crisis it will make it home for berlin to push through stricter penalties and that's likely to be the message from merkel when she meets morocco bomb on friday evening and this isn't the only show on the menu for the full hour dina date at the white house the file m

and we'll report from of ghana stand where despite some signs of improvement on paper and millions ofwomen across the nation still face widespread abuse and torture. they still has it to one thousand troops in afghanistan and russia helps those troops in the knowledge would be a right to. ration as a team but i don't think. we should fall on building for some. things even if you know those in a way because we desperately need. which is so fundamental so divided that we need . good laboratory. was able to build the most sophisticated robot which on leave doesn't give a darn about anything jim's mission to teach religion and why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care what you're only on the r.-g. dot com. welcome back you're watching our national the u.k. prides itself as a defender of human rights but when it comes to making money it can seem to forget its principles last year britain sidearms contracts worth billions of pounds with countries that its government now admits have poor rights records and harbor extremists some take a look well every year the u.k. se

are addicted to heroin and opium out of a population of some thirty million people which makes up ghana's than not just the world's top exporter of the drugs but one of its top consumers to them and that's despite billions of dollars and more than a decade of western efforts to curb narcotics here is going to study i don't know where the money go there's no help. for us to use this. will force to get it they want you this it is official treatment clinics are struggling to cope. co. dot gov is the last of the kind color not more than ten percent but ninety percent without any sense. that with increasing. intriguing like that that is intrinsic like a person like this a little is good luck. which makes these men some of the lucky few they're getting help it may not be a traditional facility but it's a place to call home for up to twenty addicts at a time there's no medication just group therapy but they say the treatment works this woman they call mother harder we was haunted by her brother struggle with heroin appalled at the growing number of addicts and the lack of help so she stepped in

the uniteed kingdom also sent in planes based in ghana. >>> the second person has died from injuriesade in a protest with police in istanbul. protestsjiÑ are in their second day. the other victim was a 30-ye.fld man shot in the head during thursday's protest. >>> security lhas been tightene after an attack thursday that left 31 dead. two vehicles drove straight into crowds of shoppers in the city. that was followed by several explosions. the same region has seen similar incidents in months blamed on extremists from the weeger population. >>> scientists in the united states say they're a step closer to developing an effective malaria vaccine. researchers studied a group of children who were naturally immune to the disease. the doctor is director of research at the rhode island hospital where the discoveries were made. he said more tests of the vaccine are needed before they conduct trials on humans. >> at the moment we're beginning non human primate trials. the next phase would be trials for safety of humans. it began in 2002 when scientists followed children to measure how much malar

this is action from th ghana united. i think it's worth another look.ing on to win this match, 4-2. that's it. >> thank you very much. >>> he was born 13 billion years ago. it is one of the oldest stars in the universe. from chile's dessert nick clark talks to the astronomers who discovered it. >> spectacular and desolate. it is the oldest desert on earth and the dryest. some parts get no rain at all. that's why it lures astronomers time and again. >> it's very dry, and that is very, very good for astronomy. that essentially means that the stars don't twinkle as much. it's very pretty when the stars twinkle, but astronomers don't like it at all. >> they go up into the andes wait forgive nightfall. other observatories are benched in the air. those who are yearning to learn more just what is out there. >> here we are. this is my baby. we use the telescope several times a year, and we also are here in early 2013, so about a year ago, and one of the staff thastaff--one of the stars thate were observing turned out to be a second generation star of the univer

. >>> economic community of west african states gathered at ah at acra, l capitol of ghana. military took control of the government last week. the general warned any protest would slow progress. now, the clash in ukraine. fighting in the eastern part of the country in intensified with reports of shelling in areas full of homes. >>> thousands of civilians are fleeing the town of be slovyansk, they fear the army is l planning to be full attack the being separatists. >> the contingent of separatists fighters l against kyiv's assault. who brought down a military helicopter with a surface to air missile killing 14 soldiers including a senior general. within minutes of the al jazeera team arriving a salvo of seven mortar shells was fired on the town. above the barricades the flags of both russia and the self-declared republic. the fighters here are becoming battle-hardened. but they've built themselves bunkers. they at least can take shelter when the mortars start raining down. it's the families here who are most add risk. the russians have said that the ukrainian government and i

team usa will play it's very first match in the world cup june 16 against ghana.de there is if you're going to travel to root them on, that's one of the most affordable places to be in brazil, because right now hotels are going for $120 more than what they did a year ago at this time, sometimes even higher, like in rio or sao palo. >> i hope everybody down there stays safe >>> don't forget for complete coverage of the world cup brazil 2014, we have complete coverage here. or keep it right here on the fox news channel for live reports life from brazil, that's going to start on june 7. >>> breaking news today on several resignations from the white house, jay carney now out as well. and heads starting to roll at the va, from the top on down, secretary shinseki now gone, so does that really change anything? >>> plus a woman survived a bear attack in alaska, what did she do? >> laying there, and just telling myself that, you know, i think this is pretty much how i'm going to die. like this is it. >> how she managed to live and tell her tale, a live report on that strai

are from the sangin district in helmand which remains one of the most dangerous places in all of a ghana stand off medal rived five years ago he doesn't expect to return the war isn't over if we go back we will be killed it's an internal war now and i don't see it ending in the near future his youngest ones were born here two daughters died in an attack back home this tattered photocopy of their bodies is all that remains she was four years old she was to asia bibi lived through afghanistan's many horrors the soviet invasion civil war and the taliban three years ago an airstrike that killed most of her family three generations under one roof now gone. on the ground there were taliban and in the skies were planes with bombs we lost everything to me there's no difference anymore between the americans the government or the taliban they all fight and we suffer they suffer here to the camp has no electricity sewage or running water most arrive with few belongings but jobs are scarce and so they remain destitute each winter freezing temperatures bring deaths . there's no money for firewood so

those heavy showers will continue across west africa, through ghana, pushing across into southern nigeriattle change as we go through the weekend. out further south it is the dry seen for southern africa. temperatures in johannesberg are 22 stephen. >> thank you. >>> the trial of three al jazeera journalists will resume in cairo on saturday. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed have been detained now for 125 days. they are accused of falsifying news. al jazeera denies the charges. and all three have written to thank campaigners for support. here is what peter greste wrote from prison. ♪ is >> greetings to you all. here in egypt we have been imprisoned along with many other local journalists as what authorities have come to describe as their own war on terror, but on this day and for the past few months press freedom is being vigorously defended, and in a way that would have been unimaginable before our arrest. we have seen countless protests around the world. together they have been unprecedented in the struggle to protect press freedom. we of course are deeply moved and streng

a serious calling center overseas, she ran newspapers in egypt, taught in ghana and learnt to speak five languages. she wrote, publishing more than five best selling titles, she acted in "roots" >> movie reel: now that you are a man, what will you do. >> among her accomplishments pulitzer prize, grammy awards, degrees and the presidential medal of freedom. >> imagine it, a black girl from a little village in arkansas, smaller than this little town here. this little village. imagine it. now considered one of the most important writers. imagine it. >> the poem she wrote for president clinton's inauguration sold more than 1 million copies. >> come, you may stand on my back and face your destiny. seek no haven in my shadow. >> mary angelou wrote "our life is not measured by the breath we take, but the moments that take our breath away." she was 86. >>> and now time to get the weather with richard. >> thank you very much, indeed. we'll look at the weather across africa, particularly central parks of africa. great rain bounds move north as the sun goes north. so at the moment some areas are se

and then he goes to ghana. and there are african hunting countries -- and we went to his state funeral which was the first great one of the modern century. >> [inaudible] one representative, the government there or here, none of them attended this in the 20th century. as we make that point with this text. so let me push you a little bit on this. so you agree that they have poor chauvinism, nativism, albeit things. and what about nationalism? how do they deal with the nations. >> i think as it is sort of written on its face, internationalism sort of presupposes this. and there is a tendency -- it's a very old position and i know some that were citizens of the world and it was a very old thing. >> so he has to go through and it's a very long tradition. another favorite is dominantly, it's not a tradition that takes the metaphor of global citizenship makes it a part of it. that is they don't say we should have a single state. they are recognizing this because of the value of difference and you need to have everyon

the more serious calling center overseas, she ran newspapers in egypt, taught in ghana a understand learned five languages. she continued to write, publishing 30 best selling tights, including award winning screen play's. she acted in "roots." >> now that you are a man, what will you do? grammy awards, more than 30 honorary degrees and the presidential medal of freedom is what some of what she achieved. >> this little girl from arkansas more than this little town here, this little village. imagine it. now since it is one of the most important writers, imagine it. >> the poem she wrote for president clintons inauguration in 1993 sold more than 1 million copies. >> come, you may stand up on my back and face your distant destiny, but seek no haven in my shadow. >> she wrote life is not measured by the breath we take but by the moments that take our breath away. she was 86. >> it's been good to have your company. y. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe burlinger >> the dna testing shows that these are not his hairs >> unreliable forensics >> the problem the bureaus got is they fai

namibia, ghana, cambodia - they were on a trajectory to eliminate h.i.v.y 2020 because of mass use of h.i.v. treatment for people with h.i.v. that is where the focus ought to be. >> there's talks of an injectable option. >> there are studies now. it has a life that makes the injections once every three months. that could block infection. studies haven't been done, they are getting under way. there could be an impact with adherence taken off the table. >> and the final words. mr myers, how do we get past the stigma and fight the epidemic. >> getting past the stigma - i think that we recognise that with treatment h.i.v. is a chronic but manageable disease, that people who are successful, they have a healthy or normal life inspection si. they can work, take care of their families and not unwittingly infect others. that's what we need to focus on. you eliminate stigma by showing people that have something potentially stigmatizing is not an issue. >> final word? >> i agree with him entirely. i disagree with the idea of not allowing every tool in the tool kit to

there are fewer than twenty shelters like this in all of of ghana stan not nearly enough in a countryere almost nine out of ten women have been physically or sexually abused but escape is also dangerous my father told me he has an axe and that he will kill me when i get home he said to me i am your father no one will put me in prison for that under sharia law i have authority over you many will never be able to return to their homes these women have suffered immense pain and tragedy they found refuge at this shelter but in some ways they are the lucky ones across afghanistan thousands of women just like them simply have no way out and nowhere to go. afghanistan's human rights commission says violence against women hit record levels last year unfortunately three tickets were changed their attitude of the society we never had before the same kind of violence that right now we are facing and there's fear that once nato troops withdraw rights they do exist could be lost which could mean that for many women an end to war won't bring peace to see confident of kabul well you can see more of

the sound of a ghana stand for hundreds of years. outlawed during the taliban's cruel regime. drowned out by war in recent decades. it's a folk song from the southern helmand province but you won't hear it in the village where these musicians are from they were forced to flee last month about one of the taliban control of village now they use our houses as military bases and the government has no power in our area so what choice did we have on the dog or leave on the outskirts of kabul these narrow lanes and a crumbling mud structures are home to hundreds of fans displaced by war most are from the sangin district in helmand which remains one of the most dangerous places in all of us can a stand off met a ride five years ago he doesn't expect to return the war isn't over if we go back we will be killed it's an internal war now and i don't see it ending in the near future his youngest ones were born here two daughters died in an attack back home this tattered photocopy of their bodies is all that remains she was four years old she was to asia bibi lived through afghanistan's man