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news in common broadcasting to live from the heart of moscow and karen taraji well the white house may be claiming it wants a diplomatic solution in syria but it seems it may not have faith in its own convictions the pentagon has been ordered to review its potential options according to officials these include the enforcement of the no fly zone and humanitarian airlifts but the foreign secretary leon panetta also warned that a long term sustained air campaign would pose a challenge because syria's air defenses are more sophisticated than libya but as artie's a marine. national reports growing foreign interference in the searing work is raising fears of an even bigger crisis. as the syrian conflict stretches out in time it has also spread geographically i case of the uprising belt far from the country's borders what's happening in syria is far greater. than what you've seen as the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst dr salinas says one thing is clear though it's certainly gone far beyond the words of sympathy and they called in to those on the gro

thanks for being with us at half past the hour i'm karen taraji with a quick look at your headlines when words don't match our actions in washington confirms the pentagon is considering military action in syria despite president obama's dismissal of using america's unilateral air strikes. exporting revolutionaries libya's accused of running guerrilla training camps for foreign militants as nato comes under fire at the un for refusing to investigate civilian deaths during its air raids against gadhafi. and nuclear talks on iran are due to restart after a year in limbo but warrants a bell be futile as world powers stop piling on even more sanctions on its economy . like any big city moscow has some must see destinations on familiar even to locals coming out party talks to feed the top len all there of the moscow walks guidebook that's in spotlight next. how again a welcome to spotlight the interview show on our i'm al green hour and today my guest in the studio is levy tapped the kremlin the bolshoi are among moscow's greatest but like any other big city moscow has its secrets as its place

thanks for joining us on this one zero seven o'clock here in moscow i'm karen taraji well as the conflict in syria rages on media spin doctors are fighting their own battle to shape public opinion on the crisis there adverts are made easier by unconfirmed and sometimes contradictory reports and footage from the conflict zone but the zeal of one channel al-jazeera has already for several key members of its staff to resign and protests artist marie anthony has more. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war. lords freelance investigative journalist from damascus says he's found what he thinks is proof of media manipulation of the conflict in syria in this video from the syrian town of holmes became are a focuses on the cities or the refinery the shooting begins seven hours before media viewers around the world see a pipeline explosion allegedly caused by assad's army bombardment you can clearly see that something is slowly burning in the distance when the smoke has thickened english speakers correct their cameras position for

thanks for being with us four o'clock here in moscow i'm karen taraji more than two hundred opposition members are detained after a night of election rallies in moscow have all been released some of the gathering spiraled out of control and police had to move in and update now from archies aleksey at a shop ski in central moscow i like to say why so many arrests. were from the first small groups who didn't see anything wrong in this rally just like another one of those rallies we've been seeing for the last three or four months ever since the problem is people in december were pretty much positive not aggressive people gathering their two boys their protest against the election no one hundred eighty surprise of the fact that it was even fourteen gauge victory in this vote there but still there were there to protest against. they voted to protest against the prime minister directly the opposition leaders were speaking from the stage occluding the third place presidential candidate. who was also there until one moment when people already started dispersing from the square from the bush d

hello and thanks for joining our karen taraji with you at seven o'clock russia says a kofi annan peace mission peace efforts could be the last chance for syria to avoid plunging into a long lasting bloody civil war the joint u.n. arab special envoy and the russian president how talks in moscow to discuss ending the violence and to get both sides and to the conflict into talks archies peter oliver has been following the meeting. kofi anon his is the author of a six point plan to try and bring around peace in the country now included in this this universal ceasefire. that humanitarian aid be allowed to. get into those parts of syria that need it most also that dialogue take place between the sides in the ongoing crisis there now during a meeting in prison dmitri medvedev saying just how important the anon plan could be to the future of syria. for syria this could be the last chance to avoid a protracted and bloody civil war we very much hope that our mission will be successful we will provide you with any assistance necessary at any level and in any way of course and russia is capable of

thanks for joining r t it's two o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen taraji the free syrian army may be sending child soldiers to fight against government forces according to a report received by the united nations the body says it will now investigate the matter as kofi annan the international peace envoy declares it's up to the people of syria alone to decide on president assad's rule the envoy who is now in china stressed about the bloodshed must end but also said it could be harmful to set realistic deadlines once again he emphasized that halts not guns were the only way to end the bitter conflict professor of international law would occur our law says there are safeguards against foreign interference for a reason. it is. and it is a principle of the it's the right of the people. to choose whatever regime they all and some of you can through if you have internal turmoil. it could become something more serious but. threat to international peace and security the security council should not intervene would not intervene and definitely no individual country could or should . that aff

thanks for joining us this friday five o'clock here in moscow on karen taraji russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs blocking any u.n. security council decision that could see foreign interference arab u.n. envoy kofi annan is due to brief the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus that's amid hopes his peace effort in the war torn country won't be in vain as archie's player reports let's listen by the former head of the united nations kofi annan is the latest attempt to diplomatically what is happening in syria and later today friday and i'm will brief and update members of the u.n. security council guarding the latest proposals on the table. and these include an immediate halt to the fighting humanitarian assistance to civilians who've been caught in the crossfire as well as political debates and political involvement now last weekend kofi annan was in damascus where he met with the syrian president bashar assad as well as the opposition and he went on record after those meetings in saying that the door was open t

thanks for joining us this sunday five o'clock here in moscow i'm karen taraji a car bomb has reportedly exploded in a residential area in the syrian city of aleppo there were similar attacks on saturday in the capital of damascus which killed twenty seven people and injured over one hundred others our middle east correspondent paula slayer has more. state television is reporting that a car was parked in a wizard intially area not far from a security building now according to police the car was parked behind a security barrier and a tow truck was in fact on the way to tova car a wave when it exploded and now at this stage we have no indication in terms of numbers of people killed and injured but we are hearing reports that the casualty count is high at the same time witnesses on the scene so that they heard an exchange of gunfire immediately after this car blast today's blast is the third last in two days syrians are gathering at the site of saturday's twin blasts which killed some twenty seven people in damascus the capital city this blast on sunday is a third loss in two days and it ha

thanks for joining our team with me karen taraji two o'clock here in moscow the syrian rebels are facing mounting pressure to accept the u.n. backed peace plan which includes appeals for a ceasefire but no calls for president assad to step down the syrians government's already signed on but some opposition leaders are still calling for a continued attacks on government troops the u.s. wants rebel forces to come together and present a unified vision for peace this as washington and its allies continue to call on president assad to give up power with russia warning that it won't help solve the crisis i don't know position conference in turkey some rebel factions rallied behind the syrian national council but there was still plenty of room for urges unity sara furth reports. what's come out of the meeting is the pitch of an opposition that's really struggling to get its act together they've been meeting here in istanbul hundreds of the syrian opposition members to discuss and to try and hammer out some common objectives and really lay to rest the concerns over the very fractious nature but

karen taraji with the latest the man widely credited with spearheading the rebellion against moammar gadhafi house of glass to the west for a bad sounding libya and its time of need mahmoud jibril it told a global security forum that his country risks being taken over by extremists our correspondents are slowly i met the former n.t.s.c. head for an exclusive interview to share his theory on what was behind gadhafi is death. that was something a very interesting the whole world was watching when it actually happened and to hear him have his theories on what could have been the cause or who was actually behind it was really very interesting let's listen to what he had to say. to many parties who have interest the it doesn't talk that he should be silenced for ever. with that he was killed by a foreign entity or libyans or libyans or me or for the others i really don't know . it was interesting there is if you remember from the from the beginning he was traveling around the world visiting foreign leaders to get their support to oust the regime he was then leading the effort against the

there's uncommon broadcasting to lot from the heart of moscow karen taraji the syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls a foreign backed terrorism in the country but charsadda says the people will be able to build a new syria through reforms it was his latest response to international pressure to end the year long crackdown against an uprising archies maria is in syria. they almost label i mean you know we for the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here speak an ancient almost forgotten language. well our nation now the other why don't central syria is a unique place it's well known in the world has the only place on earth where people speak aramaic the language of this is christ because troubled neighbor is another be your brood a friend of smuggler here in syria is this twenty minutes away home a hundred kilometers away but this place is one of the few in the country that has not been any trouble a while and since the uprising began home to an off the strine and fourth century catholic church and dozens of m

thanks for being with us on how past the hour i'm karen taraji and these are your headlines that also calls on arab and western states not to afford kofi annan also mediating effort in syria amid high hopes the special envoy his report to the u.n. security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. sparing no expense iran is exiled from the global banking system leaving while for us the soaring western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. and the controversial tradition of remembering alsace veterans as heroes liberia nationalist gather for an annual march condemned by half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazi. next as the u.s. a led campaign in afghanistan suffers a double blow both from the taliban and the afghan government crosstalk ways up america's struggling strategy. can. stand. alone and welcome to crossfire computers of all the quagmire continues after the killing spree by a u.s. soldier the burning of korans and the desecration of taliban corpses the u.s. says it remains committed to its afghan strategy this is at a time whe

poem thanks for joining us the top boss they are karen taraji here's a quick recap of your headlines at syria's opposition now being called on to stop the violence that's president assad signs all to the u.n. backed peace deal the u.s. is pushing for the rebels to unite it's feared the factions are too divided and willing to lay down arms. bringing peace to syria without foreign military intervention is also on the agenda as the leaders of russia china and india are among five of the world's fastest growing economies who are also hammering out an alternative to the dominance of the i am out of the world bank. one cold war bombast is sweeping america's republican senators who are demanding no concessions for russia which wants guarantees u.s. missiles and won't be aimed its way it's after obama was overheard assuring to meet the needs of more flexibility on arms control issues. coming up next crosstalk with peter lavelle looking out what's ahead for the occupy wall street protest movement just six months before it was boring. please. liz. liz. you can. start. listening to the words. h

than common broadcasting she won from the heart of moscow and karen taraji the syrian president remains in power a year since the protests against his rule on script the country and according to leaked emails allegedly from his account bashar al assad is under iranian guidance and ridicules his own reforms but as archie's laura smith reports there is considerable doubt about the credibility of the claims which come from splintered opposition groups. well there's a variety of things that refer to in his professional life and also in his personal life these e-mails it's claims were intercepted by some hackers belonging to one of the opposition groups the supreme council of the revolution between june and early february so june last year early february this year it's significant that they're being released now obviously they're bound to receive quite a lot of media coverage because it's the first anniversary of the uprising in syria so we should certainly look at the timing of that and to some of the e-mails refer to communications that starts with iran with a rainy and proxies he was givi

ground thanks for joining us the hour i'm karen taraji with a look at your headlines as the syrian government embraces a u.n. backing peace plan members of the antis saw physicians struggle to come together with a single unified purpose some rebel leaders and walked out on their power rubbles during a conference in turkey designed to rally the opposition. a wave of cold war and a sell job crashes through capitol hill some republican presidential hopefuls jumped on the contents of a private conversation between the leaders of russia and america obama asked me to vote for more time on issues such as the u.s. missile defense plans after november's election. trouble clashes in libya lead to the resignations of a few n.p.c. members over concerns that the interim government can't control the country's ongoing violence at least fifty people have died during clashes in the past two days. up next cross talk of peter lavelle looking at what's ahead for the occupy wall street protest movement six months after it was born stay with us. live. lives. can start. to. flow in welcome across time futile about

good thanks for being with us and happy prost the arm karen taraji with a quick look at your headlines syria's defined president vows to keep out what he calls foreign backed terrorists as washington dismisses a military attack other countries are withdrawing from the country over the violence between government forces and opposition fighters that's claimed thousands of lives. as president obama makes a move for a peaceful foreign policy and several war hungry politicians stick to their guns calling for military action against iran this us senator john mccain also fueled the fire try calling for strikes against syria. plus why the metaphors and says the forty five million votes he won in the all watching is all the proof you needs after an independent group of russian observers claims the poll was flawed the league of voters reported cases of ballot stuffing and other violations but said it won't take the allegations to court. coming up peter lavelle and his guests discuss the tight relationship between israel and the united states that's in cross talk next on our. please. liz. liz. ca