tensions between khartoum and south sudan remain high. there are persistent complaints of human rights violations in sudan, and the international criminal court has issued a warrant for the rest of the sudanese president for war crimes in darfur. given the situation in the country, rights activists sharply criticized the investment conference and say german industry should stay away from sudan. german companies are cautious. >> first, we need the rule of law and to ensure the safety of the employees of german firms. we need political stability, and there are infrastructure needs. but this is an area where german companies are among the world leaders and which can definitely make a contribution to development. >> but making that contribution in sudan is a risky enterprise. the country remains a powder keg. >> onto some sports news now, and the countdown is on. 12 months from now, russia will be hosting its first ever winter olympics in the black sea resort of sochi. the city and surrounding mountainside are undergoing a massive transformat

the strike capital in khartoum state and four others were wounded. fighting resumed in 2011 after a 17-year cease-fire agreement broke down. >> of this was a deliberate attack by the myanmar military, it would be a significant development in this long-running war. the war between the independence army and the state has been taken to another level with the military using air strikes against the kia positions, some of them very close to where the rebels are headed. the incident with the artillery shells will also be of great concern because laiza is right on the border with china and there have been allegations? some fire has landed on china's territory causing them to boost security and their border over concerned that such an incident may happen again. they may also be concerned about an influx of kachin brett duties heading over the border trying to flee the fighting back home. some people in the town of laiza and within the kia are concerned that the me and more government is trying to muscle -- the myanmar government is trying to attack. >> venezu

same time period we were also seeing violent attacks on our embassies in cairo, sanaa, tunis and khartoum and large protests outside many other posts from india to indonesia where thousands of our diplomats serve. so i immediately ordered a review of our security posture around the world with particular scrutiny for high threat posts. and i asked the department of defense to join interagency security assessment teams and to dispatch hundreds of additional marine security guards. i named first deputy assistant secretary of state for high threat posts. so that missions in dangerous places get the attention they need and we reached out to congress to help address physical vulnerabilities including risks from fire and to hire additional diplomatic security personnel and marine security guards. second, even as i took these steps, i quickly moved to appoint the accountability review board because i wanted them to come forward with their report before i left. because i felt the responsibility and i wanted to be sure that i was putting in motion the response to whatever they found. what was wrong

. >> when you landed in khartoum, was your family there? family at that time was in doha, but they came to me. when i came to sudan, because i sat too long, but did not understand where i was. i did not feel anything. i opened my eyes and i find myself in the hospital in sudan. after five or six years, my wife and my son. >> did you recognize your son? >> of course. of course. by feeling, not by his face. from feeling i recognized him. >> how long were you in the hospital there? >> about two weeks. >> an you resumed your work at al jazeera? >> yes. al jazeera established a new department that takes care of human-rights and also makes training for our people from al jazeera about human-rights and also helps with organization like the national red cross and the u.n., and also we have an agreement with them. >> sami, how do you cope with what you have been through? >> winnows in guantanamo, i asked myself, maybe it is a good chance for me to be a journalist inside guantanamo to be a witness of such horror. and when i get my release, i will tel

that in that same period, we were seeing violent attacks on our embassies in cairo, sanaa, tunis, khartoumas large protests outside many other posts where thousands of our diplomats served. so i immediately ordered a review of our security posture around the world, with particular scrutiny for high-threat posts. i asked the department of defense to join interagency security assessment teams and to dispatch hundreds of additional marine security guards. i named the first deputy assistant secretary of state for high-threat posts, so missions in dangerous places get the attention they need. and we reached out to congress to help address physical vulnerabilities, including risk from fire, and to hire additional diplomatic security personnel. second, even as we took these steps, i hurried to appoint the accountability review board, led by ambassador pickering and admiral mullen, so we could more fully understand, from objective, independent examination, what went wrong and how to fix it. i have accepted every one of their recommendations, i asked the deputy secretary from management and resourc

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recall that in that same period, we were seeing violent attacks on our embassies in cairo tunis khartoumy other posts where thousands of our diplomats served. >> she's doing good! >> i ordered a review around the world with particular scrutiny for high-threat posts. i asked the department of defense to join interagencies security assessment teams and to dispatch hundreds of additional marine security guards. i named the first deputy assistant secretary of state for high-threat posts so missions in dangerous places get the attention they need. and we reached out to congress to help address physical vulnerabilities including risks from fire and to hire additional diplomatic security personnel. second, even as we took these steps, i hurried to appoint the accountability review board led by ambassador pickering and admiral mullen. so we could more fully understand from objective independent examination what went wrong and how to fix it. >> hal: this is -- the basis of the republican conspiracy theory around benghazi has -- varies from ludicrous and dismissive of reality to violently conspira

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