in ivory coast at least in her tribe, when you give something to somebody-- well, go ahead and give mesomething. okay, so you do it with this movement of the hand and then a "hmm." i interpreted that as her being angry at me. the most difficult cultural issues that i had to deal with as far as our marriage was prably getting used to the tight filipino family unit. the family goes everywhere together. i had to tell her, "is ere any other way that we can deal with this problem ?" i felt like there wasn't enough room for us to grow together. another one of the cross-cultural problems that we had had to do with silence. africans are surrounded by noise, by sound by people talking constantly. and inhe earlier years ourriage, would me home... and i would just be silent because i was tired of teaching and talking. through the years, these and other issues have been replaced... with an appreciation for eir cultural differences... and the richness it has brought to their lives. sure, you can have your fights you can have your arguments, you can have your good times but it's the emphasis on fami

ivory coast failed to give us the first round of the last two world cups. the grand roles to help them with the team are either outright favourite for a month leaving picks up the last five african nations cup tournaments. this is the last chance for many of the team and they'll be determined to show what they are the top right country from the continent the african side with the most appearances of the world cup finals following their qualification for brazil. sevens world cup but for some divisions among players for performances of plagues the team for the last four years of successful qualifying campaign may be the start of things going right. nigeria with the first african team to qualify of a youthful side will be looking to reach the knockout stages for the first time since france twenty eight systems team selection has lived nigeria to show steady growth over the last two months their friendly against italy in london says that they can mix this with the best. it's algeria second successive world cup finals the only side to north africa the middle eas

was a student who became president he got put in jail by the current president right now in the ivory coast which is actually a puppet of paul the way. this person is going to conceal again can you imagine somebody the thought before what democracy and a pretty popular them in the ivory coast for forceful when he's hoping yours became president and stop talking to the. because it would be printed before police can create because we want to more freedom we want more economy freedom. so in reality you feel that you knew it was terrorists or a swat. team. that's portable off work and came clean to break away from the system so what i want to have like. this is out of. pride it's not enough. and get better by the way stuff always. at the mid stream media. it's sort of like is sort of like watching history repeat itself as an army thank you thank you so much for the call and thanks for sharing your story tonight corey corey in langhorne pennsylvania corey here on the. i was. in my pretty personal thing in the house and then those a great man did a lot of great things but no one seems to be menti

what democracy and a pretty popular them in the ivory coast for school when he's hoping yours became president and stop the game. because it would be pretty being proposed can treat people who want to more freedom want more economy freedom. fuck up again with so in reality you feel that he knew it was a terrorist or a swat with what they don't think. that's a portable off work and came clean to break away from the system so what i want to have like. this is out of field we don't fight it's not enough we want uppercut to rise and get better by the way always. get a mystery media. call it sort of like is sort of like watching history repeat itself as an army thank you thank you so much for the call and thanks for sharing your story tonight cory cory and langhorne pennsylvania cory here on the. i was. in my pretty personal thing in the house and then those a great man did a lot of great things but no one seems to be mentioning that in nine hundred sixty one and downs in the circus around the military group that led on him and against the government and the reasons he did that well let m

of the cold war it's the same today no african leader keeps his money at home not in congo the ivory coast brazzaville. they always keep it in switzerland spain in the united states it's true too in south africa and in morocco not only in europe. africa should seek inspiration from the example of ecuador in two thousand and seven eight this latin american country proceeded with the audit of its debts to determine the illegitimate and odious debts there is a whole series of contracts and we see it in the african case. absolutely unacceptable including from the point of view of international international law. which are particularly rendered void. the purpose of the audit is to identify what must not be paid and it's on the basis of an order that the government of ecuador decided to no longer pay illegitimate debt. and i believe that if we don't want to be a martyr it's true. even by the time has come for us to take action the congolese have to understand that it doesn't have to be like this i'm sitting on a gold mine and diamonds and wood and coal to. an electrical energy like being a say a

with reinforcements coming from other missions in the democratic republic of congo, liberia and ivory coast. >> the first of the extra forces, a detachment of police officers have arrived. they are from the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo. trained in crowded control that would be spread across the country and assigned to uncamps overflowing with displace. >> the need nor additional peace keeper troops and u.n. advisor is critical. we have something of the order of an estimated 63,000 civilians housed at a dozen locations of the peacekeeping mission around the country. >> u.n. officials say with additional capabilities, they will not be able to protect every civilian in south sudan. it will be effectively policed by 12,500 troops. >> south sudan became independent in july 2011 after a lengthy war with sudan, that killed more than 2 million people. >> protesters in ukraine are in their second month. it was hoped that the demonstrators would be driven away. opposition leaders are not ready to back down. >> as the opposition tries to put pressure on the ukrainian government, th

says this in here i've got a flag of ivory coast and the fitted it is my country after all. and you've gotta keep a bit of patriotism in years was different. romania's border with ukraine sketches found seven hundred kilometers. in an undated seeking romania's northwest is to rebut some of the border. but plenty of vacant space. sale of the field having started with sense as links on the fourth economic turnaround on the ground came home. to success then walked another call to the system works like a machine used to record. i wake up. on top of it. this sends a signal that costs are controlled. rudolph. that's not what it says all times make it to police headquarters. this new way of keeping an eye on the border has discouraged immigration marches smuggling. the police now say nobody gets to try get her a hand except a few wild animals. so the open with and that you can see a group of local grocer to boulder for ukraine to romania. when the app the main news bulletins extent either three thousand kilometers. an eastern european some taxable default went off to mike and their

they take on greece, ivory coast, and japan. group e will feature two european sides, france and switzerland, and two from latin america, ecuador and honduras. in group f, south american powers argentina will face bosnia-herzegovina, as well as iran and nigeria. and finally, in group h, belgium faces algeria, russia and south korea. now that the draw is over, teams can begin their preparations in earnest. >> despite the storm lashing parts of germany, there was no topping their match. >> the heavy, wet snow couldn't dampen the election. in the fifth minute, they headed in to make it 1-0. his effort aided by a slippery ball that got away from the keeper. minds just couldn't come into its own and squandered the few chances they managed to create. nuremberg was clearly in control, but failed to put the game out of reach. after the break, he found his footing. he captured a long pass, equalizer in the 75th minute. and then the chipper had the golden opportunity to put them in the lead. they were happy to leave town with a point, and

of the cold war it's the same today no african leader keeps his money at home not in congo the ivory coast brazzaville. they always keep it in switzerland spain in the united states it's true too in south africa and in morocco not only in europe. africa should seek inspiration from the example of ecuador in two thousand and seven eight this latin american country proceeded with the audit of its debts to determine the illegitimate and odious debts there is a whole series of contracts and we see it in the african case. absolutely unacceptable including from the point of view of international international law both of which are particularly rendered void. the purpose of the audit is to identify what must not be paid and it's on the basis of an order that the government of ecuador decided to no longer pay illegitimate debt. a and i believe that if we don't want to be a martyr it's true. even by the time has come for us to take action the congolese have to understand that it doesn't have to be like this i'm sitting on a gold mine and diamonds on wood and coal to. an electrical energy like being

of the cold war it's the same today no african leader keeps his money at home not in congo the ivory coast of brazil. they always keep it in switzerland spain in the united states it's true too in south africa and in morocco not only in europe. africa should seek inspiration from the example of ecuador in two thousand and seven and eight this latin american country proceeded with the audit of its debts to determine the illegitimate debts there is a whole series of contracts and we see it in the african case. absolutely unacceptable including from the point of view of international international law. particularly rendered void. the purpose of the audit is to identify what must not be paid and it's on the basis of an order that the government of ecuador decided to no longer pay illegitimate debt. and i believe that if we don't want to be a martyr it's true. even by the time has come for us to take action the congolese have to understand that it doesn't have to be like this i'm sitting on a gold mine and diamonds on wood and coal to an electrical energy like being a say and despite it all we

is a map of its former colonies over the past decade france has led interventions in mali chad ivory coast and the democratic republic of congo and that's aside from its involvement in libya as for the current conflict in central african republic earlier this year france refused a request to intervene from former president bush z.z. who was ousted in march by muslim rebels but now it's decided to lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine believes french domestic problems are behind the decision. recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that france and britain. have not given up their intent on nabbing at the news of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france is suffering serious problems at home there is a devastating collapse in living standards throughout all of europe so many of these things i think combining to push france forward into somebodies military activities. more of them recently than we've seen before to be k. nine where the government is planning to ban extremist preaches from vi

ivory coast at the end of their golden generation. bosnia and herzegovina, they are the poorest country. it is there first world cup less than 20 years when they were formed as a country. in other words, group of joy or group of death. >> whatever happens, we will find a reason to worry. manager isp, england feeling optimistic. >> tributes are flowing in on the death of nelson mandela. .elcome back >> just over an hour away from the start of the european equities session. newspapers and media have been preparing for quite some time. they have removed the front cover. there's quite quite a lot of information about it. there was the headline of those. those that were enemies fell head over hills in love with him. that is the reality about nelson mandela. some people would talk about the fact that he became friends with his warders. >> he did in deed he had lunch with him. he refused to be belittled. he was not only stern but he handled it at the same time. during the roadshow in the 1990's when he was released from with very also spoke

in this event in the passenger bus plunged from an ivory coast highway on to a vote of no rules has no pc at the seventeen people including hostages died in accidents. i see daily. a total of eleven ago i bought it with the lotion since it was so loud. when i went outside i saw the box. they need to be whimsical trapped passengers. neighboring indonesia is also facing high traffic times he's more than seventy one thousand people killed mainly in accidents involving vehicles and one the real estate in other business to a bus up to the extent of an essential part of the national capital to contact. shortly before the concept of passengers just a smell coming from and all conditions and they informed the driver who died the fifth house just off the bus. hello to the body. i was so scary. we will work to show the commons. nobody panicked when we escaped from the looks of it. but that did not pay. for the passage is well out of the pasta for the people became engulfed in flames. two passengers suffered light injuries the accident her nice coffee and central to contact their losses which are

colonies over the past decade alone france has led interventions in the democratic republic of congo ivory coast chad and most recently mali that's aside from its involvement in libya two as for the current conflict fronts refused a request to intervene from the central african republic during a rebellion earlier this year then it said it would not back a corrupt regime however the recent bloodshed prompted paris to pledge immediate action this time foreign affairs columnist summoned his dell from britain's guardian newspaper thinks the french are taking on a highly dangerous endeavor nonetheless. the french are keen to reestablish some authority and some national interest in areas where they will fall in the colonial era interventions are very high risk it much easier to get in and to get out there only sending another thousand troops out of there are fourteen hundred troops in total as the french contingent when this deployment is complete for a country which is much bigger than france and the chances are that you know there's always the rest more more men more material on all resources will b

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few months ago france led an intervention in mali in the past decade it's also been in chad the ivory coast and the democratic republic of congo and that's aside from its involvement in libya as for the current conflict in central african republic france's had to refuse or did refuse requests to intervene from the president he was ousted by muslim rebels in march but now it's chosen to act lawrence freeman from executive intelligence review magazine billy's french domestic problems are behind the decisions recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that there france and britain have not given up they are intent on having access to news of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france and suffering serious problems at home there is a devastating collapse in living standards throughout all of europe so many things i think combining to push france forward into some of these more terry activities. more of them recently than we've seen before a quick look now at some other news this hour the world trade organization has agreed

says this in here i've got a flag of ivory coast and the fitted it is my country after all. and you've gotta keep a bit of patriotism in your soul and spirit romanian border with ukraine sketches found seven hundred kilometers. in an undated seeking manning is northwest of the snowy river to mark the border. but plenty of vacant space. sale of the field having started with sense as links on the fourth economics along on the ground came home. just to stomach the other tells the system works like a machine used to record. i wake up. so pervasive as it sends a signal that the state controlled companies to cover it. that's along with the kids all times make it to police headquarters. needs a new way of keeping an eye on the border has disguised immigration marches smuggling the police now say nobody danced to try and get her a hand except a few wild animals. so the open with and that you can see a group of local crossing the border for ukraine to romania. when the app. in all the main news bulletins extent either three thousand kilometers. an eastern european from taxable defaul

decade france is led interventions in mali which was which was its most recent operation also chad ivory coast and the democratic republic of congo that's the side from its involvement in libya as for the current conflict in central african republic earlier this year france refused requests to intervene from the president who was ousted by muslim rebels in march now though it's chosen to act lawrence freeman from executive intelligence review magazine believes french domestic problems are behind the decision recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that there france and britain have not given up they are intent on having access and use of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france is suffering serious problems at home. devastating collapse in living standards throughout all of europe so many things i think combining to push france forward into some of these more very activities. more of them recently than we've seen before. some international news in brief now a group of christian nuns who were reportedly kidnapped in sy

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off to group c, colombia, spain and ivory coast.ruguay are joined by costa rica. >> well, it's not an easy group, is it. i don't think there are many easy groups. you don't pick your group. you get the group that you've been given. i think with italy coming into that group we've got really two number one seeds in uruguay and italy. and. >> onecuador and france and honduras. to group f. messi and argentina in their campaign. and african champions algeria and iran iand--nigeria and irant group. >> bosnia and m nigeria, the champions of africa. now fantastic. now it is in our hands to be ready. >> group g includes portugal and critiano ronado. and it mean. >> i think this is something that is a bit special for us both. we have both worked together. he knows all the players. he has worked here in german with bayern munich. he knows the german mentalit mey like his own. we'll have to push forward. >> belgium, russia managed by fabio algeria and south korea. we have more on on the world cup groups on our website with more. go to www.aljaz

is arguably the most open with colombia going up against greece in belo horizonte and ivory coast of facing japan in receive any late kick off and in the tricky group day a year ago i meet costa rica in forth on june the fourteenth before england face a tough battle against four time winners italy in the northern amazon city of my house i think with italy coming into that group we've really got to number one seeds with you in italy and then in costa rica we say maybe that we don't know quite so we're clear as winter's with a very good so it's going to be a tough group but it's up to us to make it out of group as well meanwhile in group b. on june the fifteenth switzerland meet ecuador in the capital before nine hundred ninety eight when his friends open against honduras importer legrange aiming to prove a point on to their disappointing group stage exit at the twenty ten tournament. it's good you know and so we go to this world cup with a lot of ambition obviously the first objective for us is to get out of the group and qualify for the last sixteen some other countries start the tou

columbia, greece, ivory coast and japan make up group c.looking like one of the tightest. uruguay, england, and italy. switzerland, ecuador and honduras are in group e. iran and nigeria are other teams in group f. also in group g are ghana and the united states, and group h includes belgium, algeria, russia and south korea. let's go to seioga now, and what is the reaction from because nia's group? the >> well, in the first place there wasn't much speculation about which group would be good to get, and which group would be bad to get, because the excitement for being there was so huge, that whatever group you get would be kind of good enough. so if you get a weaker position you get more chances to going through. if you get stronger position, it could more difficult. argentina is lead by the greatest football player of our time. >> all right. thank you so much for now let's hear from former england international mark. let's start with england. they are in a pretty tough group, aren't they? this >> it was a bit of a -- moment when the draw cam

is arguably the most open with colombia going up against greece in belo horizonte and ivory coast of facing japan in receive any late kick off and in the tricky group day a year ago i made costa rica in forth a laser on june the fourteenth before england face a tough battle against four time winners italy in the northern amazon city of my maps i think with italy coming into that group we've really got to number one seeds with you in italy and in costa rica we see maybe that we don't know quite so we're going claims mentos with a very good so it's going to be a tough group but it's up to us to make yourself prove as well meanwhile in group b. on june the fifteenth switzerland meet ecuador in the capital before nine hundred ninety eight when his friends open against honduras importer legrange aiming to prove a point on to their disappointing group stage exit at the twenty ten tournament. but i. said good you know so we go to this world cup with a lot of ambition obviously the first objective for us is to get out of the group and qualify for the last sixteen some other countries start t

is arguably the most open with colombia going up against greece in belo horizonte and ivory coast a facing japan in receive any late kick off and in the tricky group day a year ago i made costa rica in forth on june the fourteenth before england face a tough battle against four time winners italy in the northern amazon city of one us i think with italy coming into that group we've really got to number one series with you in italy and then in costa rica we see maybe that we don't know quads who are going claims returns with a very good so it's going to be a tough group but it's up to us to make itself prove as well meanwhile in group b. on june the fifteenth switzerland meet ecuador in the capital before nine hundred ninety eight when his friends open against honduras importer legrange aiming to prove a point on to their disappointing group stage exit at the twenty ten torment. but i . said good you know so we go to this world cup with a lot of ambition obviously the first objective for us is to get out of the group and qualify for the last sixteen some other countries start the tournament

columbia, greece, ivory coast and japan make up group c. group b looks like one of the toughest. >> uruguay joined by costa reika and england. >> it's not an easy group. there's not many easy groups. you don't stand in front of a tv camera and say your group is easy. with italy coming into the group we have two number one with uruguay and italy. with costa rica, they are very good. >> we'll head to group e making up switzerland, ecuador, france, winners in 1998 and honduras. lionel messi and argentina are the favourites. nigeria and iran are the other teams. >> how many times you have these in your life. bosnia, the team that is a surprise in europe, and nigeria, the champions. 's for us to put in place a declaration and be ready. >> i think this is one of the toughest groups, group g. it's 3-time champion germany opening up a campaign against cristiano ronaldo. also ghana and the united states - a reunion between u.s. coach and his former germany assistant. >> translation: i think that this is somethng that is special for us both. we worke

plans to increase troop numbers with other forces coming from other peacekeeping missions in libya, ivory coast and other places. >> the first, 74 police officers from bangladesh have arrived. they are from the u.n. mission in democratic republic of congo mon use coe. they'll be spread across the country. >> we believe the need for additional peace keeper troops and u.n. police advisors is critical. we have something on the order of an estimated 63,000 civilians housed at a dozen locations of the peacekeeping mission. >> u.n. officials say with additional capability they will not be able to protect every civilian. the conflict too big to be effectively pollized by 12,500 troops. >> as we mentioned earlier members of a white army militia are expected to be on the way to bor, with a force of 25,000 strong, and that worries observers. >> if there are, indeed, 25,000, it depends how heavily armed they are. the south sudan regular army, the s.p.l.a. is moving towards bentiu and recaptured bor, and half of makala. they have a large presence. if there are 25,000 of these guys, there may be a knock-dow

the two main players on the ivory coast, when it's gone, it's gone. using all the crops.lds are falling. it takes years for the new plants to produce these amounts of cocoa that you need. not, the governments are subsidizing pesticides as much as they used to. i will have a knock on effect in happening. they need to invest. it'swill be talking and the amount of investment. we need to see more money paid to the growers. they need to get more on that 25% increase in prices. they just rose 3% and they are not able to invest. >> are they able to cash in on this escalating demand? ablee growers are not yet to cash in yet but they are at the moment and they are investing heavily themselves. butr costs are going up hershey and cargo are opening new plants in asia. that is where they are betting the demand will continue to drive higher overall. at the moment, about 10% of the cost of a chocolate bar like this is cocoa. the rest of it is an ok need use for the product. lindt, they are looking at increasing supply and we will see more from hershey opening plants in indonesia. >> wi

. >> rudy guede was a drifter, originally from the ivory coast. he partied on student life and was suspected of recent crimes around perugia. >> rudy had a history of knives and violence and break-in. >> he had blood, traces all over the crime scene, left his feces in the toilet. although that degrades dna very rapidly, there was dna out there as well. >> his blood and fingerprints are on her purse. and there are bloody hand prints and blood down the walls of her bedroom. he may have been surprised -- i don't know why he left. he didn't complete the act of rape. i don't know why. she had a tampon in. maybe that's why. >> guede left for germany. he admitted to a friend he had been with meredith that night but claimed he didn't kill her. his connection with amanda, raffaele and meredith was thin at best. >> there's a question about whether amanda and meredith knew him. amanda said i had seen him, but i didn't know his name. >> never met rudy guede. never set eyes on him. didn't know anything about him. >> within days guede was picked up in germany.

from 7,000 to 12,500 with reinforcements coming from democratic republic of congo, lib earia and ivory coast. the first of the extra forces, a detachment of 73 police officers from bangladesh arrived. from the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo monusco. >> we believe that the need for the troops and u.n. police advisors is critical. we have something of the order of 63,000 civilians housed at a dozen locations of the peacekeeping mission around the country. >> u.n. officials say with additional capabilities they will not be able to protect every civilian. the conflict is too big. it will be effectively policed by 12,500 troops. >> as we mentioned earlier an area is a city of bor. members of the white army militia are said to be on their way with a force of 25,000 soldiers. i asked steve mcdonald what could be in store for that area. >> if there are, indeed 25,000 of them. it depends how heavily armed they are. the south sudan regular army, the s.p.l.a. is moving towards bentiu and has recaptured bor and mccala or maybe half. they have a large presence up there. if there's 25,00

increase the numbers from 7,000 to 12,000 and 500 from people from democratic republic of congo and ivory coast. >> 73 police officers from bangladesh arrived. they are from the u.n. mission from the democratic republic of congo monusco, trained in crowd control. they'll be spread across the country and assigned to u.n. camps overflowing with the displaced. >> we believe the need for additional peace keeper troops and u.n. advisors is critical. we have something in the order of 63,000 civilians housed at a dozen locations of the peacekeeping mission across the country. >> u.n. officials say that with additional capability, they will not be able to protect every civilian in south sudan. the country is too big, and the conflict spreading over wide areas to be effectively policed by 12,500 troops. >> and joining us live from washington d.c. is steve mcdonald, the senior advisor for the african program at the wilson center. thank you for being with us. there's talk of a peace deal. we see the reports and pictures. how likely is it that that country will come to peace? >> well, of course i have seen

the ivory coast personally. we've written about that in both books. example, they say i love you to each other. of something like even the cheney census don't do these days. [laughter] shows you how close they are and to try to tease out again just a people relate to each other because they are human beings. we try to write for insiders as well as for general audience. we hear a lot from people who are not interested in politics who have read the book, who say that like them even though they don't normally like to read about politics and that's very gratifying but we hear a lot of times from inside, people who worked on campaigns or candidates themselves. john did an interview with the governor huckabee the other day and governor huckabee said what people say to us privately which is we capture as close as others can, as journalist dan what's not on the facts of what happened but kind of the feel of it, the tactile sense of us like to do with an exhilaration and the pressure and the often heartbreak of being involved in a presidential campaign. with a

keepers in south sudan and they want 5 1/2 to reenforce them and they will be in drc, liberia and ivory coastnd sudan and more equipment could also be transferred and helicopters and one military transport aircraft are plained and we are in duba joining me and i don't believe people are arriving where you are but in the capitol and across the country and do you know if the u.n. can take people who are fleeing from the violence or whether they had to shut the gates? >> well, they are stretched to capacity. some places they did shut the gates because of too many people and trying to run away and get to u.n. bases just for safety and in duba there are two bases and a lot of people are in there and one base is 10,000 and another base is around 10,000, the fighting is taking its toll on civilians and women and children and everyone is invited and effected and i'm joined by the doctor a unicef chief of staff and this is a plight affecting children i suppose and what impact has it had on children? >> all we know is with the conflict escalating, the lives of children are in danger. the conflict is in

of the cold war it's the same today no african leader keeps his money at home not in congo the ivory coast of brazil. they always keep it in switzerland spain in the united states it's true too in south africa and in morocco not only in europe. africa should seek inspiration from the example of ecuador in two thousand and seven and eight this latin american country proceeded with the audit of its debts to determine the illegitimate and debts but there is a whole series of contracts and we see it in the african case. absolutely unacceptable including from the point of view of international and national law both of which are particularly rendered void. the purpose of the audit is to identify what must not be paid and it's on the basis of an order that the government of ecuador decided to no longer pay illegitimate debt. and i believe that if we don't want to be a martyr it's true. even by the time has come for us to take action the congolese have to understand that it doesn't have to be like this i'm sitting on a gold mine and diamonds on wood and coal to. an electrical energy like being a s