if we were going to get this we needed a relationship so we could discuss with khartoum. also i realized if we were going to solve the issues we have to have a relationship with both, which we had and khartoum. we needed a foot in both camps if we were going to solve the problems along the border with chad we have to have a foot in khartoum and an geneina so it became very clear that at some point we had to have a relationship to discuss options and that is what we did early but that doesn't preclude or negate anything the strategy is trying to do. it gives a foundation for the strategy and the strategy builds on having relationships not only within sudan but with its neighbors and international communities. >> but of course the concern is the message is possibly given to khartoum that they don't have to do much tall to have that kind of constructive engagement so i would like you to say more. you have a limited to this about the stick side and not just the carrot side. i realize you may not be able to go into specifics specifics but can you ensure the administration is a

today's expanded add another two we then went to khartoum. we could reach agreement on every single one of those 12 except and the consensus size talk to the leadership on both sides we will resolve that there are benchmarks, timetables and i will be happy to share with you all of those agreements made not because of the us but because we created the environment so the two parties could make the agreement that is the way i see our role to be able to create the environment to help push in areas that we can push to use the levers of the international community not for u.s. policy but to create the environment so that those to different views from the south and north can be rationalized and problems resolved. we will go out there next month to raise the agreement that we got at the working level of 15 key leaders to raise that up at the two vice presidents and indoor fur -- darfur we're doing the same thing to create environments it to you night. we create environments where they can come together identify issues and leaders then be facilitate g

if we were going to get this we needed a relationship so we could discuss with khartoum.ized if we were going to solve the issues we have to have a relationship with both, which we had and khartoum. we needed a foot in both camps if we were going to solve the problems along the border with chad we have to have a foot in khartoum and an geneina so it became very clear that at some point we had to have a relationship to discuss options and that is what we did early but that doesn't preclude or negate anything the strategy is trying to do. it gives a foundation for the strategy and the strategy builds on having relationships not only within sudan but with its neighbors and international communities. >> but of course the concern is the message is possibly given to khartoum that they don't have to do much tall to have that kind of constructive engagement so i would like you to say more. you have a limited to this about the stick side and not just the carrot side. i realize you may not be able to go into specifics specifics but can you ensure the administration is assessing the

last week, he was interviewed in the capital of khartoum.he interview was a collaboration between the newshour and "time" magazine. newshour correspondent simon marks narrates our report. >> narrator: he is one of the world's most wanted men-- the president of sudan, omar al- bashir, risks arrest by order of the international criminal court based in the hague if he travels outside his own country's borders. but in khartoum last week, he told "time" magazine's sam dealey the restrictions on his movement are no big deal. >> ( translated ): up until now, i haven't felt restrictions on my movement. i am not a minister of foreign affairs where i am supposed to travel frequently to other countries, conferences and meetings. a president has his deputies, assistants and his specialized ministers, so it's not necessary for a president to travel to every country. but i have made all necessary travels. >> narrator: in fact, as soon as he made history, becoming the first sitting president of a country to face an arrest warrant from the international cri

the police broke up a demonstration by her supporters outside the court in khartoum. >> if convicted, lubna hussein faces 40 lashes and an unlimbed fine. her crime -- wearing trousers in public. outside the court, supporters held signs that simply read lubn's case is that of all women. >> we have gathered here today outside the court to express our support. if we consider this case to be against all sudanese women, a case which seeks to drag us backwards, to abort all sudanese women's rights and disrupt the progress of sudanese women. >> the trial was adjourned for a month to establish whether hussein should benefit from immunity as she was working for the u.n. when she was arrested. she resigned the job last week in order to fight the case and challenge the dress code law. >> i want to change the law. the law in sudan now not be much with the institution of sudan and also be not much with human rights. >> hussein says many women have been flogged for wearing trousers over the last 20 years. her case has attracted a lot of attention, and at one point, about 100 protesters were chased

. >> police in khartoum broke up the trial of a women exposed of indecency, facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers and a restaurant. it has provoked an outcry among human rights groups. iran holding three americans who travelled illegally into the country from neighboring kurdistan. they say that they strayed into the border while hiking. hillary clinton called on to iran to return as quickly as possible. thousands of palestinian fat of members attended their first meeting in decades. the meeting was opened by a call for unity, but the comments were shattered by a fight with hamas, who accuses him of collaborating with israel. after two months of process challenging his election, mahmoud ahmadinejad was brought in for a second term officially. he used the opportunity to blast away western nations. but it may be enemies within his own country that ought to console him more -- concern him more. if i crackdown, taking to the street. and expulsion from tehran by australian authorities, and this report. >> after the turmoil, at last a moment where mr. ahmadinejad could restore his dignity, ple

bbc news, khartoum. >> the u.s. special envoy richard holbrooke has been involved in a serious ro withw president karzai. senior officials -- richard holbrooke has been involved in a serious row with president karzai. he stressed to the afghan leader that there were reports of fraud and settling the reports was essential. no one from the afghan government will comment, but the u.s. embassy is denying that richard holbrooke stormed out after the meeting. guantanamo detainees are planning to sue the united states for compensation. an afghan national was held without charge for nearly seven years. he was put on a flight home this week. from the afghan capital, chris morris. >> this is where this boy has spent seven years -- in guantanamo bay. he was accused of throwing a grenade, which injured two u.s. soldiers and their interpreter in kabul in 2002. he was repatriated this week after an american military judge said he had been forced to make a full confession. now he is back in kabul again, and according to his lawyer

last we, he was interviewed in the capital of khartoum.he intervi was a collaboration betwn the newshour a "time" magazine. newshour correspondent simon marks narrates our rort. >> narrar: he is one of the world's mo wanted men-- the president of sudan, or al- bashir,isks arrest by order of the international crimal court based in the hague he travels outside his own cotry's borders but in khartoum st week, he told "tim magazine's sam dealey the restrictions ohis moment are no big deal. >> ( translat ): up until now, haven't felt restrictions on my movement. i m not a minister of foreign affairs where i supposed to travel frequently tother countes, conferences and meetings. a prident has his deputies, aistants and his specialized ministe, so it's not necessary for a psident to travel to every country. but i have made alnecessary travels. >> narrator:n fact, as soon as he made histo, becoming the first sitting presint of a couny to face an arrest rrant from the internatiol crimin court, he hit the road. he's visit friendly countries, includi

"bbc news," khartoum. >> a third man has died of new mondayic playing in a chinese town under completerantine in days. they are killing rats and fleece to stop it from spreading. it can kiln 24 hours. in thailand a passenger plane has crashed into a disused control to your, killing the pilot and injurying 10 people. the flight skidded on a rainy runway just after landing. most on boorpped were tourists. a juvenile court in iraq has sentenced a 16-year-old girl for 17 years in prison for an attempted suicide attack. she was described by the military as an unwilling suicide bomber in 2008 when she was arrested. it is the first meeting of its kind in 20 years. the main palestinian faction, fatah is holding its congress in bethlehem. it is hoping to reinvent itself to appeal to voters once again. as we report from the west bank, that may not be an easy task. >> he is a taxi driver in the palestinian town of hebron. he is playing close attention to the fatah conference, listening carefully to his radio. the party pretty much controls palestinian areas of the west bank. it has always been in

dozens of women protesd outside othe court in khartoum the capital. red tear gas. seen here in her home was among 13 women arrested a month ago in a cafe of the -called order of public poce. ten of the werelogged at a police station. and y twowomen decided to go on tria her dress code crime, wearing a pair of pants for which s fas 40 lash. >>> and from india, a human rights gro charged today tha theolice system in that country needs some jor overhaul to meet internation andards. human rightsatchsaid that while india is modernizing rapidly the police coinue to use old thods including abuse and teats. it said the poce sometimes detained pele illegally, torture and kill spects and refuseto investigate crimes against the politically powerful. thindian government had no immediate response. >>> was the british government complicit in the torture of terror suspects in a secretork conducted by wtern intelligent agencies ovethe last eight ars? that questiowas raised after the release of a paistani man ben yan mohammed from amecan custody at guaanamo bay, cuba. when mohammed

dozens of women protested ourt in khartoum the capital.nd there were reports that the police beat some of them and fired tear gas. seen here in her home was among 13 women arrested a month ago in a cafe by the so-called order of public police. ten of them were flogged at a police station. and say two women decided to go on trial. her dress code crime, wearing a pair of pants for which she faces 40 lashes. >>> and from india, a human rights group charged today that the police system in that country needs some major overhaul to meet international standards. human rights watch said that while india is modernizing rapidly the police continue to use old methods including abuse and threats. it said the police sometimes detained people illegally, torture and kill suspects and refused to investigate crimes against the politically powerful. the indian government had no immediate response. >>> was the british government complicit in the torture of terror suspects in a secret work conducted by western intelligent agencies over the last eight years? t

. >> they are jack walsh with the head of khartoum in their bed. don't like health insurance companies. i'm not making apologies to them. the democrats need to create a villain out of all of this in order to sell this. people have a tough relationship with their health insurer. that's who you go after. neil: in scholar, it was bill clinton and the drug companies. this time they signed onto this and said they will get $80 billion in savings, rob stein. they also said they will fork over $150 million for an ad campaign to rally support for this. no one is sending them any letters demanding financial information. it is a little weird, that's all. >> yeah, no, i'm probably going to be on the side of this that you wouldn't expect. i think it's terrible, i do. now, if there is information gathering that's needed in order to make this system work better, i'm in favor of that. it's how do you it and how you gather that information. but i too would love -- neil: this is all on the internet. can you get all this stuff readily available, actually on fbn. >> i

in khartoum, a sudanese female journalist says she is willing to face as many as 40,000 lash es in order to challenge that country's laws against women wearing trousers in public. the french press agency says lubna hussein has waved diplomatic immunity as a united nations employee in order to take indecency charges against her to trial. if she loses, she could get 40 lashes. in iran, the prosecution continues of protestors arrested during post election demonstrations and the man who the government says won that election was given the official seal of approval from the country's real leader. correspondent amy kellogg has the story. >> an awkward embrace, but straightforward message from iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, and a swipe at those who have protested the results of the june election. >> the islamic ruling system is alive. they must not imagine a true or false machination of the elections, and with the caricature of the 1979 revolution, they can harm the greatness of the revolution. >> >> ahmadinejad was absent, but the head of the council was there who chooses an monitor

because the war on terror as we know it, with the exception of a few missiles that were fired into khartoum into the clinton years, the war on terror really was conducted as a legal case is, investigated by the two what we call bin laden offices of origin. the new york office of the fbi which i'll refer to repeatedly today, known as the n. y. oh, and the office of u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. and these incredibly, federal agencies, the bureau, this is the biggest outside of washington, the best of the best, the original joint terrorist task or was set up in his office and of course his house rudy giuliani, who later became a federal judge and fbi director and of course patrick fitzgerald, the gentleman who was probably the most successful and powerful federal prosecutor in america. we will talk about mr. fitzgerald in a minute. so this incredible office produced these people. we're not talking about the wichita office. we are talking about the best of the best. how was it that this al qaeda cell, which i proved in my work, basically set up an operation in new york as

now we have got by 1994 while he is with bin laden and khartoum, yousef his three plots.irst they are going to try to kill the pope. let me go forward here. the three plots, they are going to kill the pope was going to be there in january, they're going to put bombs on the parade route. they wanted thousands dead because they are like 50 people deep. that is the first plot. och place that is an issue. remember the ogletree senter? he put the bomb 3 feet below the tank and gets off. now the plan is on its way to japan. a boom over the sea, blows a hole through before they can see the water below, kills the japanese national but now they know and the plan as her quickly landed by the filipino pilot about the know we have to do is put forward 3 feet we will blow these planes. that is plot to. now, the night of january 5th, they are cooking chemicals in the bomb factory. who is in the crew? ramzi ahmed yousef, khalid sheikh mohammed who goes on to do 9/11. and they have a smoke incident. this woman remember i kept telling you how many times when an almost interdicted the plot

to khartoum. >> so he doesn't plan to meet with any members of the bushier site of the government?he might meet with some of the government will -- i think that is what we had in the announcement. in egypt he will meet not only the egyptian foreign minister but also sudanese presidential adviser libyans eckert to become the general people's committee for foreign liaison, national cooperation and arab league secretary general. so, general gration in the conduct of his duties meets with officials of the sudanese government as you would expect in terms of dealing with them on a range of issues in what happened in darfur and with the north and south dialogue. he will not meet with president busheir. >> on burma [inaudible] what is the comment on that and do you think it would have any impact on the processing burma? >> well first of all we are grateful to center web for his efforts to secure the release of mr. yetta and he is currently in a hospital being treated in bangkok and obviously the consular officials are in close contact with him and providing whatever support is necessary. i