[applause] >> thank you so much, hamid for those generous words. i noticed that some of you came in after my introduction, so you just briefly going to reintroduce for those of you who are just to write our next speaker, nader hashemi, who teaches middle east and islamic politics at the joseph korbel school of international studies at the university of denver. in addition to being a coeditor on the "the people reloaded" is the author of islam, secularism and liberal democracy for the democratic theory for muslim societies. nader. [applause] >> thank you all for coming tonight. our book that hamid dabashi generously praised is anchored on the contributions of three individuals. not saying i would be be spent her time between london and tehran has several essays in the book, as does mohammed said he me, which is one man sorted into the tuition who teaches at the university of southern california and has written the most intriguing and papal analysis of the green movement, several in the book. in the third person as multiple essays is transcendent. in

hamid karzai wants to disband them. >> i agree. he is right. parallel institutions do have to go away. they have to go away when afghan institutions can do the important work that provincial reconstruction teams are doing for the afghan people together with a variety of other international governmental organizations. usaid is prominent among them. >> we to questions i want you to address. what is the nature of the goal in afghanistan? are there opportunities for cooperation? >> let me answer that. i think what you see with iran in afghanistan is a degree of conflict, almost bipolar. you see on the one hand security services of iran which have been greatly strengthened in recent years as a result of the supreme leader having turned to than in such a significant way to put down the riots and demonstrations in the wake of the hijacked election the year-and-a-half ago. so you have the security services. the iranian revolutionary guard people foremost among them, providing training, funding and so forth to the afghan taliban and we publicly announce

and the third person is hamid dabashi. his characterization of the movement and some of his political writings have been the most insightful and important on the green movement, particularly his observation. first and foremost a civil rights movement that seeks to transform iran he a process of reform, not necessarily a revolution. he made one important observation in the summer of 2009 that when i first read it i strongly disagreed with. i thought it was wishful didn't when he said they green movement and politics is setting a standard for the region. it is transforming the politics of a broader arab and islamic world. completely shaping the morals. but i sort of thought about that when i first read it and looked to egypt and north africa and just did not see it. a year-and-a-half later i think he deserves credit for being a very observant because the model we saw coming out of the green movement in the summer of 2009 was effectively reproduced in egypt and tunisia in ways that are very similar to the broad contours of si

i'm sure the news right now are going president hamid karzai says nature of the u.s. should stop the operations in the war torn country this comes just days after nine children collecting firewood and causes cars and were killed in two separate us our time it's all she's done you'll go. the afghan president hamid karzai as you say was furious at what he sees as a spate of killings by nato troops he gave a speech his exact words were the u.s. and nato i asked to stop operations on our soil he made the call as part of an emotional speech highly critical of the organization and its allies as a whole comes after visiting survivors of an air raid in the east of the country where he saw. the leg over a one year old child and potatoes actually cried on seeing those scenes just a few days ago nato troops killed because i was cousin in another night raid in kandahar and that follows just recently nato admitting he had killed nine children in a similar raid and just before that another sixty five civilians afghan officials alleged were killed an investigation is under way there

secretary of defense robert gates has apologized to president hamid karzai for the accidental deaths of children last week, six days after u.s. helicopter crews killed nine boys mistaken for taliban fighters. it's also discussed the future of the u.s. military in afghanistan, expected to be withdrawn by the end of 2014. a small contingent will remain to help train afghan security forces. the unrest going on in africa and the middle east is causing chaos with oil prices. >> causing major worries about economic growth. oil prices in london and new york spiking higher on monday on concerns over wider supply disruptions in the middle east and north africa. the recent sharp spike in prices and worries over what may come has prompted the unid states to continue tapping its emergency oil reserves. >> as oil prices soar, industrial countries around the world are deciding whether they should tap into their reserves. the u.s. consumes more than 19 million barrels of oil every day, more than any other country. washington is keeping a close eye on the developments in the arab world. investors ar

hamid has been observing and commenting on movements in egypt and will get some thoughts on the political evolution and civil society. >> ok, here's the thing. even in the best of circumstances, democratic transitions are notoriously messy, uncertain, and unpredictable. we have to be aware that from the get go -- aware of that from the get go. the role of civil society is important in ensuring this process moves forward and the demands of the revolution are fulfilled over a longer period of time. this is where organizations face a major challenge. they have been oriented around opposition. they have never had a stake in policy-making, and that is different from the role of civil society here in the u.s. where a civil society is a partner with the government, sometimes in terms of helping pass legislation, meeting with congress, policy makers, and so on. we're talking about a shift in the model. we are talking about 60 years in opposition and all of a sudden, we're asking groups to decide how they're going to transition to a new scenario. this is unprecedented and a lot of these groups are

the afghan president hamid karzai has announced the first phase of a security transition from foreign forces to afghans later this month. the move will take afghanistan closer to having full responsibility for its own security. we've been following a group of afghan army recruits. in in second special report, we join them at the end of eight weeks of training before they face the taliban. reporting from kabul. >> they train with real bullets. after each exercise with real bullets, recruits get a body search and move. >> a group attack is very good. the enemy cannot succeed. the enemy cannot escape, so we can arrest them. >> the soldiers seek a lunch break. >> it was a very good exercise. we can use it in the battlefield. when we walk if line and then lie down, then the enemy cannot attack us. we can defeat them. >> celebrations marking the successful end of the two months training. with this special ceremony, these young men officially become soldiers. the slogan is god, country, duty. the dangerous duty of defending a country in war. every two weeks, nearly 1,400 recruits graduate th

. >> the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai has named 7 areas where afghan troops will take over in july including three provinces and four cities, including the capital of the helmand province. this handoverrer is seen as a critical step in the transition of power before foreign troops end combat operations in 2014. israel has made a number of air attacks on the gaza strip. the health ministry says at least 17 were injured. many am hamas buildings were evacuated in anticipation of the military action. >> fire has broken out in egyptian interior ministry building in cairo. thick smoke was seen rising from the building shortly after thousand of policemen protested to demand better working conditions. the flames also spread to another building in the ministry complex. >> radiation is still leaking from japan's fukushima nuclear plant, but scientists say they're unsure exactly where it's coming from. 12 days on, just over 9,000 people are known to have been killed by the earthquake and tsunami. at least 13,000, though, are still missing. 16 miles from the fukushima plant, many of th

. >>> this morning hamid karzai said afghan forces will take charge of security in seven areas come july, that includes a key taliban stronghold in the south. the first phase of security transfer from nato forces to afghan soldiers and police. the goal is to have afghan forces protect the entire nation by the end of 2014. >>> now to japan where cbs news has learned the pentagon is considering ordering the mandatory evacuation of all u.s. military personnel and their families from areas threatened by radiation. the wind has shifted blowing increased amounts south over tokyo toward two american bases. this threatens to dump as much radiation in the next 24 hours as in the previous ten days combined. meanwhile the aircraft carrier "uss george washington" left yesterday morning to prevent radioactive contamination. >>> crews are back trying to restore power at the fukushima nuclear power plant. they've attached power cords to all six reactors, but it remains unclear if the cooling systems are operable. japanese officials estimate the earthquake and tsunami left over 21,000 people dead or mis

acting president says nacer under american troops should leave his country this comes just days after hamid karzai his cousin as well as nine children who were collecting firewood killed in separate u.s. attorneys. on the arab league box in the flights of the media as member states to scientology began security council to impose the restriction the league is united in calling for colonel gadhafi to go meanwhile leave is still grip spike tenuous while rebels come under more pressure from forces loyal to the. times as to have more news in fifteen minutes time now it's time for the sports news with unit. thanks for joining us this is sports today i mean these are headlines this hour. on world the longest ever russian football season has gone off with a scoreless draw john sawers protocol this is actually crossroads are the first teams in action this year. would head we catch up with newly reinstated mission impossible coach david blotz who shares his thoughts on the challenges that lie ahead for the cheap cars the seven european champions. go stateside the national football league begins its l

three top world news stories a cousin of afghan president hamid karzai has been killed what makes the forces is reportedly shot dead by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan during an overnight raid nato says they're investigating the incident from schools just days after because i just-i u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern province. so we've got to stories go back to work for the first time since an operation on his jaw and face the italian prime minister was injured in the land in december two thousand and nine with a psychiatric problem through a metal statuette of them last two teeth and his nose broken and the operation which took place three days ago lasted for. a powerful earthquake measuring almost six on the richter scale has struck southwestern china near the border with me at least twenty four people have been killed you know the two hundred witnesses report people being buried of the debris were part of a supermarket and hotel caved in trauma caused serious damage to the buildings too many of them topple the people in just a few

president says nato and american troops should leave these countries and this comes just days after hamid karzai his cousin as well as nine children who were collecting firewood were killed in separate human sentiments . on the arab league has a box in the lines of an over libya as member states decide to all do our security council to impose the right restriction the league is united in calling for colonel gadhafi to be made while leave it still gripped by details while rebels come under more pressure from forces loyal to them to. more news for you just fifteen minutes time and right now it's time for the sports news with humans. thanks for joining us if this is sports today i mean you know neal these are headlines this hour. on world the longest ever russian football season has gone off with a scoreless draw done saw a protocol this is actually cross those are the first teams in action this year. would head we catch up with newly reinstated mission impossible coach david blotz who shares his thoughts on the challenges that lie ahead for the truth always than seven european champions. go

gates is scheduled to meet with president hamid karzai, u.s. commanders and american troops. the u.s. plans to begin withdrawing its forces in july. last week, nine afghan children were mistakenly killed by nato helicopters. on sunday karzai said an apology was not enough. >>> later this week, now to libya, where the fighting between government opponents and forces loyal to moammar gadhafi have intensified once again. rebel groups are trying to push to the capital, gadhafi's stronghold. but gadhafi is pushing back, launching numerous air strikes. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: the gadhafi government declared victory in tripoli and it seemed like the whole town dutifully came out to celebrate. people were told government forces were on the counteroffensive, wiping out rebel gains of the past week. the declaration of victory may be premature or it may be wishful thinking, but in this kind of crowd, with this kind of gadhafi support, it's taken as unquestionable fact. the facts on the ground, though, are a lot less clear. at bin jawad, the furthest point of the rebel advanc

a relative of afghan president hamid karzai has been killed by nato forces the man whose call to have been his cousin was shot dead in an overnight raid by coalition fruits at his home in southern afghanistan nato says it is investigating well a few days ago karzai chastised u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern akun our province. a largely dot com has news analysis of bailable for you on demand well let's take a quick look at what's there right now and some strategist olim in central russia will look at how barcelona archetypes plan to transform a city in the rules of a major make over. and then acclaimed british director behind the some of the movies and biggest costume dramas turns his talents to tolstoy reading some oscar winning influence through a new version of put it out. on the back with a recap of her story a short leave it first in the business news with kareena. good morning and welcome to business r.t. here last cup it also has increased its stake in noise can you kill the world's largest nickel miner from twenty five percent to almost thirty p

occupation and afghan government and their instructions follow the country's president hamid karzai is condemnation of the killings continue despite the u.s. legal military officials apologies for the incident civilian casualties is a sensitive issue in afghanistan where over one hundred innocent afghans were killed in nato military operations in recent weeks and it's an activist sultanzoy explains why the alliance can't cope with it and agenda making matters only worse for afghans. it's very difficult to translate these apologies into into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan civilians are the victims of both the nato civilian casualties and lee terrorists who come with bombings and with. the targeting of civilian areas and the people of tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or at the hands of two incompetent players one player is in international community and one player is the afghan government and both players are incompeten

afghan president hamid karzai says washington isn't doing enough to prevent mounting civilian casualties caused by american and nato military actions in his country has voiced his criticism in a video conference with president barack obama on thursday. it follows nato's apology a day earlier for killing nine children have ghana stand on preliminary alliance the poor souls the boys all under age of twelve were gathering firewood one day were targeted airstrike overall estimates suggest nato campaign in the country has caused over nine thousand civilian deaths since two thousand and one political activist holden's always says innocent afghans are becoming mere statistics and america's so-called war on terror. it's very difficult to translate these apologies into into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan the civilians are the victims of both the nature of civilian casualties that the terrorists the problem with suicide bombings and with. targeting o

a relative of afghan president hamid karzai has been killed by nato forces or the man who is thought to have been his cousin was shot dead in an overnight raid by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan nato says it is investigating a few days ago karzai chastised u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern province well just to remind you of our developing story in northeastern japan is being hit by a tsunami that's following an earthquake also have measured eight point nine on the richter scale are you looking at live pictures of the situation right now in the area walter is currently searching. some three hundred fifty kilometers north of tokyo people are being evacuated to higher ground you can see some people coming up to the roof there and the waves are expected to reach up to ten meters there are considerable casualty numbers being reported and widespread damage in the country's north east t.v. pictures show buildings cars and even ships being a swept away communication links are power lies making it difficult to confirm levels of damage or i

a relative of the afghan president hamid karzai has been killed by nato forces the man who's thought to have been his cousin was shot dead in an overnight raid by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan nato says it is investigating a few days ago karzai chastised u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern province later this hour our special report on the hardship in hebron but first a look at the business news with kareena. so welcome to business news here in r t thanks for joining me is iraq has increased its stake in nora's to kill the world's largest nickel mine and from twenty five percent to thirty percent it means the investment company owned by a russian billionaire have lots of cotton in is the metal giant's largest shareholder but it's a newspaper reports that interoffice plans to nominate more candidates for the north board at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on friday in talks to reelect the current nor is board was initiated by another core shareholder rules out which is controlled by billionaire i like the pasta the two compa

turning now to some other international stories a present of afghan president hamid karzai has been killed by nato forces he was reportedly shot dead by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan during an overnight raid nato says they are investigating the incident this just days after a car after a car as i chastised the u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern province. our fourth quake measuring almost six on the richter scale struck southwestern china near the border with me at least twenty four people have been killed more than two hundred injured witnesses report people being buried under debris one part of a supermarket and hotel a collapsed tremor caused serious damage to other buildings many houses were also toppled. silvio berlusconi is back to work for the first time since an operation on his face and the italian prime minister was injured moron in december of two thousand and nine when a man with psychiatric problems through a metal statue of him lost two teeth and had his nose broken in the attack the operation that happened three days ago l

in other news afghan president hamid karzai says nato and the u.s. should stop their operations in the water one country this comes just days after karzai is cousin and nine children collecting firewood were killed in two separate attacks let's talk about them to join reseason activist from the u.k. based war coalition mr rhys good evening to you but let's clarify exactly what he means he is he actually calling do you think on the u.s. and nato troops to get out of afghanistan completely. well i don't know although it would hardly be surprising given what we've just experienced could be almost what he was just experienced as well. but experiencing over the last ten years of war and occupation. a moment too soon after years calling for the u.s. troops to get out not just now the recent killing of those children just a week ago and then a close relative of how many cars i am south or some tout at least relations between afghanistan and nato and as you said they're quite personally it's you know my guest too and how many cars i now the u.s. military lea

occupation and afghan government the demonstrations follow the country's president hamid karzai as condemnation of the claims protests are continuing despite apologies from president obama and military officials civilian casualties are a sensitive issue in afghanistan where over one hundred innocent afghans have been killed and we don't know terry operations in recent weeks political activist daoud sultanzoy explains why the alliance can't cope with its anti terror agenda making matters worse. it's very difficult to translate these apologies. into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan civilians are the victims of both nato civilian casualties and the terrorists a problem with suicide bombings and what and discriminant the targeting of civilian areas and the people of afghanistan are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or at the hands of two incompetent players one player is they in the international community and one player is the afgha

the arena party and new york other international stories now briefly cousin of the afghan president hamid karzai has been killed by nato forces and is reportedly shot dead by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan during an overnight nato says they're investigating the incident that comes just days after because i started u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boards. from. silvio berlusconi's gone back to work for the first time since operational his face and jaw the italian prime minister was injured in milan in december two thousand and. three problems through a metal statue of him but it's only lost two teeth and had his nose broken in the attack the operation which took place three days ago lasted for four hours. paul said in twenty minutes before the former british ambassador to libya all of a miles talks to r.t. about the prospects of a no fly zone over the country but right now thursday night business from moscow axed. well and welcome to business see the ruble suffers the sharpest today drop against the dollar this year trimming instrumentalists rally against

occupation and afghan government he added the demonstration is called the country's president hamid karzai cut a nation of the killings protests are continuing despite u.s. media and military officials apologies for the incident so the entire world sees are sensitive issues in afghanistan where over one hundred innocent afghans have been killed in nato military operations in recent weeks political activist daoud sultanzoy explains why the alliance kept hope with its antiserum janda making matters worse for afghans. it's very difficult to translate these apologies into into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan civilians are the victims of both the nato civilian casualties and me terrorists who come with two side bombings and with indiscriminate targeting of civilian areas and the people of afghanistan are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or in the hands of two incompetent players the players they need financial community and one

the issue of settlements in the west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet with president hamid three news related to discuss resume a peace talks in a bid to resolve the middle east conflict between us are joins us now from moscow she's following their developments why now is there were nude hopes that the peace process need begin to move forward in a more balanced and diplomatic way. and he's a many are hoping that that is indeed a possibility of course following the recent events of the unrest in the north african region and of course the middle east israel may have to rethink its positions due to the conflicts that we saw taking place in countries like egypt tunisia libya all those places of course specifically egypt which israel longo has considered a very strong ally with the change in government israeli officials may now have to rethink their position on the middle east peace negotiations and somehow downgrade and modify their position making it perhaps a more negotiable one more prone to more open to finding diplomatic solutions that would suit both sides of the israeli

afghan president hamid karzai says washington isn't doing enough to keep mounting civilian casualties caused by u.s. and nato military actions in his country he voiced his criticism in a video conference with president obama on thursday this follows nato's apology a day earlier for killing nine children in afghanistan cloner a preliminary alliance report shows the boys all younger than twelve were gathering firewood when they were targeted in an airstrike overall estimates suggest nato's campaign in the country has caused more than nine thousand civilian deaths since a star in two thousand and one political activist i would sultanzoy says innocent afghans are becoming statistics in the u.s. war on terror. it's very difficult to translate these apologies into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan civilians are the victims of both the nato civilian casualties and the terrorists who problem with suicide bombings and with indiscriminate targeting o

as a positive for the afghanis see it that way this week we saw a major breakdown in relations with hamid karzai rejected an apology from general petraeus for the accidental killing of nine young boys so how long can you keep fighting a war for hearts and minds are the people you're supposed to be rooting of oppressors are the ones that are paying the biggest role with their lives joining me to discuss it is christopher swift a fellow at the university of virginia law school center for national security law chris thanks so much for being here a pleasure good to see you now do you think that you know afghan civilians do think that it really matters to them if they hear that seventy five percent of these attacks are are ones you know conducted by insurgents rather than i saw forces there dying their family members are dying there people are dying here you know alone one of the difficulties with addressing any question about afghanistan is that we don't really have a good sense of how things are because so much of what public opinion is in afghanistan is really local so in some areas where t