here's cnn's ivan watson. >> reporter: a phone call from syria. 4 opposition activist is calling via skype via holmes. do you feel safe right now talking to me on the internet? >> i feel safe now because i use obscurity to get connection by the internet. >> reporter: he says he just installed an encrypted networking system that allows him to circumvent syrian government fire wahls that block skype. it helps him evade on-line surveillance by syrian intelligence agencies. canadian businessman rafal's company has designed it from funding from the u.s. state department. >> we decided to start ac it ittively propagating among the sir jan community about three months ago. we've seen the numbers go from a handful of individuals reaching up to the low thousands. >> reporter: it's delivered to syrian opposition members discreetly through text messages or e-mails that guide them to links where they can download the software. ♪ >> reporter: the government in syria controls media and telecommunications networks and refuses to allow most foreign journalists into the country. so opposition activis

we have this problem, too, and it's a big one in the u.s., brooke. >> ivan watson in istanbul, ivan, of you are talking about and let's go to chad myers, our go-to guy for all cool science things. 200 new species discovered in southeast asia. >> right. the greater del kong region. >> yes. >> let's go to the elvis monkey. >> the issue is, it has no nose. literally, no nose. there is just a hole there, right straight into the sinuses of this new mammal we found. 145 plants, 28 reptiles, 25 fish, seven am fine generals and a bird they found. take a look at this. this is the eldest monkey. the next thing, the gerkin fish. >> and a great looking little bird. >> that was the only bird they found. they found them easier, quicker. nothing hiding here. something else that i've found very cool, how about ants that feed plants. and this is called the picture plant. this is the cycle lick gecko. that's a picture plant. and it has a very sweet smell on the inside. just like a fly trap, it will close up and devour a real thing inside of it. is is a carve nif rouse plant. >> and then the frog you c

. >> cnn's ivan watson reports, assad's words are met be bluntly by the community. >> reporter: departmesyrian opp activists used terms like delusional, insane, assad is amad man in denial of the situation in syria, all in reaction to his performance in that abc news interview when he denied ever ordering syrian security forces to punish anti-government demonstrators in which he claimed loss enjoy much of the support of the syrian population and in which he also claimed that syrian loyalists to the government were making up the bulk of the more than 40,000 people that have been killed since anti-government protests began last march. now, amid this chorus of criticism and the growing number of former syrian allies, the arab league, turkey, here, former close political allies that have now imposed sanctions against the syrian government, there is a strong show of support this week from the powerful lebanese shiite movement, hezbollah, where its leader, stood strongly by bashar al assad in a speech he gave in beirut tuesday. meanwhile the bloodletting has not stopped inside syria. fighting raging

ivan watson is covering the story closely. what kinds of reactions are you hearing?g of insanity. assad is a madman in complete denial of the situation in syria. erin, those are some of the words that western diplomats, syrian opposition activists and long-time political analysts and syria watchers are using to describe their reaction to assad's abc news interview. of course, he does have some supporters as he denies any government role in the killings that have taken place though since march. the lebanese shiite move came out forcefully in support of its syrian ally in a public speech on tuesday. erin? >> all right. thank you. >>> and now to india. a pakistani actress says an indian magazine doctored photos of her to look nude, including one that shows her with nothing but the initials of the pakistani intelligence agency written on her arm. sarah sidener is in mum buy. what action is she taking against the magazine? >> reporter: she decided to take legal action against hhm magazine because they doctored a photo that was on the very front page of the magazine this m

here's ivan watson. >> reporter: this year, tahrir square has been the scene of incredible drama. the sensational images of the famous battle of the camel, people fighting each other with clubs and sticks, making weapons and shields out of the most basic tools. but it has also become a symbol, tahrir square behind me, of a struggle for freedom, a struggle for dignity in the arab world. first in january and february as egyptians gathered and said no to the dictatorial regime of hosni mubarak. and once again, nine, ten months later as they gather again and said no to the ruling military council here. tahrir square has become a symbol of this struggle in the arab world. i predict we'll see more drama as egyptians continue to see this square as a sign and symbol of their struggle for freedom. okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then,

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here's ivan watson. >> reporter: this year tahrir square has been the scene of incredible drama. sensational images of the famous battle of the camel. people fighting each other with clubs and sticks making weapons and shields out of the most basic tools, but it has also become a symbol, tahrir square behind me, of a struggle for freedom, a struggle for dignity in the arab world. first in january and february as egyptians gathered and said no to the dictatorial regime of hosni mubarak and then once again nine, ten months later in november as they gathered again and said no to the ruling military council here. so tahrir square has become a symbol of this struggle for dignity in the arab world, and i predict we'll see more drama here again as egyptians continue to see this square as a sign and a symbol of their struggle for freedom. get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. and video chat with up to 9 of your friends with the galaxy nexus by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. gives y

here's ivan watson. >> this year, tahrir square has been the scene of incredible drama. sensational images of the famous battle of the camel, people fighting each other with clubs and sticks, making weapons and shields out of the most basic tools. but it has also become a symbol, tahrir square, behind me, of a struggle for freedom, a struggle for dignity in the arab world. first, in january and february, as egyptians gathered and said no to the dictatorial regime of hosni mubarak, and once again nine, ten months later in november as they gathered again and said no to the ruling military council here. so tahrir square has become a symbol of this struggle for dignity in the arab world, and i predict we'll see more drama here again as egyptians continue to see this square as a sign and a symbol of their struggle for freedom. ♪ in here, pets never get lost. ♪ in here, every continent fits in one room. it was fun. we played football outside. why are you sitting in the dark? [ male announcer ] in here, you're never away from home. it's the at&t network. and what's possible in

. >> our ivan watson is live in izsti istanbul. who is in charge of his military then? people killed over the last seven months, according to the united nations are supporters of his government. that contradicts the accounts of human rights organizations and the united nations and the arab league of states, as well, who have all pressed for sanctions against his government and accused bashar al assad's regime of crimes against humanity. it's not the first time we've heard him deny these accusations. he's gone so far as to even say that he met with the father of a 13-year-old boy whose mutilated body became a rallying cry of fury for many opposition protesters. and claimed that that boy was not even tortured at all. so, we have completely contradictory narratives here that really don't fit with the eyewitness accounts that we have heard from syrian refugees and members of the security forces that are streamed across the border from syria over the course of the past half year who have said to us, we were given orders to shoot unarmed demonstrators. back to you. >> he told