. >> the war in kosovo in 1999 made it clear to everyone that war had not been entirely banned from europe. in fact, we understood that european unity was the only reliable tool to bring peace to europe for good. >> the new map of the eu would now look like this. 10 countries were now facing one last steep climb at the copenhagen conference. >> at that point, the summit appeared to be very far away. in fact, i felt a bit like we had to climb the north face of the tiger and the swiss outs, but in the end, we made it. it was a miracle. rex at the foot of the acropolis in athens, the eu's new and old leaders put down their names in the summit. together, they had overcome the cold war division of europe for good. on january 1, two thousand four, it was time to celebrate. but not all of the new members founded easy-going in the environment. the financial crisis in europe posed stark challenges for many and even former high achievers such as slovenia were left struggling. >> i think we still have to think how to fully implement the principles of rule of law, of social market economy. also respec

. >> the war in kosovo in 1999 made it clear to everyone that war had not been entirely banned from europe. in fact, we understood that european unity was the only reliable tool to bring peace to europe for good. >> the new map of the eu would now look like this. 10 countries were now facing one last steep climb at the copenhagen conference. >> at that point, the summit appeared to be very far away. in fact, i felt a bit like we had to climb the north face of the tiger and the swiss outs, but in the end, we made it. it was a miracle. rex at the foot of the acropolis in athens, the eu's new and old leaders put down their names in the summit. together, they had overcome the cold war division of europe for good. on january 1, two thousand four, it was time to celebrate. but not all of the new members founded easy-going in the environment. the financial crisis in europe posed stark challenges for many and even former high achievers such as slovenia were left struggling. >> i think we still have to think how to fully implement the principles of rule of law, of social market economy. also respec

first of all there is the kosovo question.lthough the first steps have been taken, what the eu has said is by the end of the process, there has to be comprehensionive normalization with kosovo, and that has to be enshrined in a legally-binding document signed by both sides, so that in itself i think is going to make huge political demands. >> but at least they know which way they have got to go. what about turkey? turkey is very different isn't it? >> yes. >> a lot of allegations and people have real concerns about things like human rights. >> they do, and i think the biggest problem for turkey is a much longer-standing problem than that. for a number of european countries, they still perceive turkey as being too big, too poor and not european enough to be a candidate. so for some countries like germany and perhaps france they are happy that this is a process that really never reaches a conclusion. >> thank you for your thoughts on that. >>> russia's foreign minister has warned that the situation in the country is spinning out

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kosovo the same thing. above that, though, because now in ant into workin working interagency coalition warfare organization. peacekeeping operation and logistics it takes to support that. one of the things i saw in kosovo was the civilian skillsets spinning out of what we do. before some of the humanitarian aid that has been and quite a bit assisting, we saw organizations coming in from the guard and up humanitarian effort and reach back to their in oned bring forward case it was the old, remember the old 286 computers, some of you don't. but some of the old computers. needed was computers to put a floppy drive and put a lesson on or something like that. they had a bunch of those shipped over. guard reached in and they had folks in the unit that knew how to set up a network and things like that. there is opportunity there's. the general and i have talked about it. offramping which is always problematic. most is driven by two things. one is fiscal restraints last the second is the drawdown forces. guarde ag

. >> there was the intervention in the former yugoslavia, and kosovo and bosnia. that seemed to work. >> that is the closest case you can get to post cold war interventions that seemed to produce unbalanced positive political outcome, albeit there the occupation of kosovo, for example, by u.s. and allied forces ended up taking a longer time. >> let me emphasise, my argument is not that there are never cases where military power has utility, there are cases. the problem with policy makers in the united states in the last couple of decades is they tended to think you will problems could have a military solution. >> we went into libya and overthrew muammar gaddafi. it's a mess. in yemen we went after al qaeda. a question that comes to mind is is the problem intervening in countries where there are substantial parts of the population, mostly muslim countries. >> i don't think i'd phrase it that way, but that there was a problem with expecting that u.s. foreign intervention in societies that are in the process of an ippensly complicated transition, a transition to mode

. >>> a new mayor in kosovo has been sworn in this, but he did so behind bars. >> reporter: lining thets to see their reelected mayor. but he was barred from greeting his supporters, because he is not on his way back to a residence, he is going back to prison, accused of war crimes during the 1998, 1999 war in kosovo. he is one of 15 former kla fighters charged for killing and mistreating prisoners in the detention center. but he is somewhat of a hero in these parts. his arrest lead to protests, and most of his supporters believe he is innocent. >> translator: he was doing what he was told. >> translator: we believe he should be freed. the fact that he showed up here today is a positive sign. we hope justice will prevail. >> reporter: already major of the area, he swept the victory in november's elections with 88% of the vote. one month later he pleaded not guilty in court. it is not clear how long a trial would take, but he is set to spending at least the next three months as mayor behind bars. >> now back to jane in doha. >> thank you. lauren. it was once the leader of green cities.

there was the intervention in the former yugoslavia in kosovo and bosnia. that seemed to work. >> i think that's probably the closest case you can get to post cold war interventions that produced unbalanced outcomes, albeit the occupation of kosovo ended up taking a much longer time. let me emphasise my argument is not that there are never cases where military power has utility. there are cases. i think that the problem with policy makers in the united states over the past couple of decades is that they have tended to think that all problems can have a political solution. excuse me, a military solution. >> we went into libya and helped overthrow muammar gaddafi. it's been a disaster. it's a mess there. in yemen we've gone into al qaeda. >> a question that comes to mind is is the problem intervening in countries where there are parts of the population, mostly muslim countries, that hate the united states. >> i don't think i'd phrase it that way. i think i'd phrase it that there's a problem with inspecting that foreign intervention in societies that are in th

but kosovo will not be allowed to play in competitive matches.ing is seen as the first steps towards full membership to fee fa and uefa. >>> there are reports that alex rodriguez will join his team as he continues to fight his ban for the season. he is suing major league baseball and his player's union claiming they didn't protect his rights. he has been effectively banned for the 2014 season. the player's attorneys claim he exhibited blatant partiality towards the mlb. >>> some care devil skiers have put some abandoned buildings to use. they have designed their own routes through the derelict complexes. plenty of extra snow, however, still needed to be trucked in. that's all of your sport for now. >> thank you very much, farah. lots more on our website, aljazeera.com. there's lots more ahead here on al jazeera. thanks for staying with us. good-bye for now. ♪ >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonights exclusive report... >> from coast to coast... >> people selling fresh water for fracking... >> stories that have impact... >> we lost lives...

former commander, i just want to remind everybody where you were and the operation allied force in kosovo, how do you respond to this depiction of a commander in chief that continues to question it, is that typical? >> i think it is typical, i hope it's typical, because we don't want a commander in chief who is so committed to the decisions he's made that he can't critique himself and look at them objectively. one of the problems with the vietnam war, we continued to escalate without questioning ourselves and we know at the time president johnson was furious, but couldn't seem to articulate the questions. i think in president obama we've got a man who did the best he could, made some judgments, had some reservations about the judgments, and secretary gates saw those reservations. but, you know, had you reversed and said that's it, i'm pulling out. he wouldn't have been comfortable with that either. so when you're in war, you're making the best decisions in overall bad circumstances. none of those decisions are necessarily good, and all have painful consequences. and i think the president'

. >> we are seeing how things are falling apart there in kosovo and bosnia, that seemed to work. >> i think that's probably the closest case you can get to post cold war interventions that did seem to produce unbalanced positive political outcome, albeit there, the occupation of kosovo for example by u.s. and allied forces ended up taking a much longer time. >> so let me employee size, my argument is not that there are never cases where military power has utility. there are cases i think that the problem with policy makers in the united states over the past couple of deck it's a is that they have stepped to think that all problems can have a political solution. >> right. we went into libya and helped overthrow gadaffi. >> that's been a disaster. it's still a mess there. in yemen, we have gone after al-qaeda in a limited way without straight intervention. a question that comes to mind is: is the problem intervening in countries where there are very substantial parts of the population, mostly muslim countries that just hate the united states? >> i don't think i would phrase it that way.

in in darfur they don't have enough water to get through the year, and there are water problems in kosovo. they're dealing with exceptional levels of drought as well. it's not just an issue in california but an issue that folks all around the world are dealing with. >> we hadn't heard about the threat to wildlife. >> yes, it is. >> a milestone birthday for the first lady. michelle obama turned 50 and showed off her new aarp card. the president and the first lady will now host a party at the white house tonight. the celebration is dubbe dubbedk you for watching al jazeera. i'm morgan radford. for news updates all throughout the day head over to www.aljazeera.com or follow us on twitter. >> she's known as baby veronica, and she was the center of a high profile custody battle. her adoptive parents are white. her father is native american, and he has been fighting for her along side his tribe. the case went all the way to the united states supreme court. at the heart of the case is the indian child welfare act or iqwa which tries to keep if children to their tribes. it was in response when a

this is not somebody shaped by vietnam, not somebody shaped by bosnia or kosovo or rwanda. what's really shaping him is the notion of disastrous geopolitically and humanistally disastrous intervention in iraq makes him think not once but twice but many, many times over about getting involved in something like syria. >> rose: we conclude with a look inside the navy seals with lieutenant commander rorke denver. his book is called "dam few: making the modern seal warrior." i think people want to be part of something bigger than themselves. i think they want to come neat a program that has a historic attrition rate of 80%. those types of odds, that sounds like the right odds to me. >> rose: so like two out every ten make it or two out of three. >> right. so it's just one of those elite brotherhoods and you feel like you get to participate and spend time with a very, very special group of folks and then focus on doing the nation's work at an intense level. >> rose: david remnick and rorke denver when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioning sponsored b

in this tense and polarized atmosphere professor engel put try kosovo eighty eight zero and engineering science technology mathematics and management university has created in a greenhouse a strain of genetically engineered rice that contains pro vitamin a the rice is intended to benefit under nourished people not feed the profit of the agricultural industry. the whole through those i hold the mothers in families where vitamin a deficiency is a problem have understood that eating this rice will be good for them because we expect to finally start delivering this golden rice to farmers in the philippines by the end. this year and it is. the symbolic and this is the poster boy of. the seeds and genetically engineered in the city and this is something. if the. but is the golden rice a blessing or a curse we went to the philippines in search of the answer. the country is home to nineteen million rice eaters here rice is not just a basic food state it's part of the culture. this is where people are being asked to abandon their accustom ways and switch to the new golden yellow type of rice. we

the tank troops are being deployed to molly, kosovo, but mostly afghanistan -- mali, coso, but mostly afghanistan. >> afghanistan is a point of how difficult and vital your contribution has become. in northern afghanistan, we have achieved a great number of our goals. >> comments aimed perhaps not just that her troops, but also at reassuring germany's international partners. her partner had scathing words for them at his farewell ceremony on wednesday. in his time at the defense ministry, germany was repeatedly accused from shirking from tough measures abroad. he vehemently denied that. germany does not need lectures from anyone in europe, including france and britain about the type and scale of our international deployments. germany meets commitments, even if it causes controversy at home. he also made it clear that the german military needs major reform, another challenge now faced. >> some pretty blunt words from the german defense minister. he is known to be very diplomatic. what is the background to this? >> he is not only the former german defense minister, he is also now the su

you can go back and look at bosnia, kosovo. you can look at other open conflicts. can look at -- go back as far as vietnam, and think of all of the hours spent just deciding the shape of the table. i think a wholele year, before they even began to talk. so talk takes a while. none of us are satisfied with leaving syria to the kind of horrendous acts that have engaged in, which is why i said there will be parallel efforts being made while the talks are going on in order to try to find different pressure points and different ways of finding a solution, but my sense is that -- this is already one of the worst catastrophes of humanitarian crises in the world today. you have upwards of 9 million people displaced. the burden on jordan is growing and significant. the burden on lebanon is growing and significant. the increase of the numr

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is something that we have done in the past problems the conflict in the balkans with thousands of kosovo. i fear that there may be may be domestic immigration considerations that is influencing this come slap in the middle of a political climate and a national mood that's increasingly wary of anyone coming through the door we already have accepted a number of we have except i think about one thousand five hundred asylum seekers that is a fact we've already shaky said it is a fact that we have accepted hundreds and hundreds of individual asylum seekers from syria but factually speaking the un's most recent request is that countries all for resettlement places for people who were still stuck in the region which does not include the fifteen hundred nick clegg says of apply for asylum in britain what the un has asked for is over and above. of commitment in international law david cameron has called syria's friend quote this refugee refugee crisis of our time in recognition of. the u.k. would respond does or sylvia r.t. london. some analysts say the refugee crisis is being used by foreign pow

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and how its relations with its former province of kosovo developed because of the declared independence in two thousand eight and has a significant ethnic serb minority. most nba games official candidate status new year ago to making progress sometimes cleans consonant with the full moon told the stasi deed of these uncle michael scott vicinity as deputy prime minister alexandre who teaches one of the nice how men in serbia the leader of the governing progress. it's getting to be connected to the sewage system. small but significant step in the country still recovering from the wars waged against its neighbors in the nineteen nineties. i was. mystical political decisions. you know. hh himself was once a member of the extreme nationalists that the iraq policy. six years ago to break away and formed the center right's progressive party enjoys a strong lead in opinion polls now he wants to beat serbia into the european union. and to sweep aside the basis of the costs that instructed said his economic transformation. it still has many tools that originated in socialist yugoslavia. and it's

one of the things that i saw in kosovo was the civilian skills that in what we do. and even before some of the humanitarian aid has been quite a bet in this consistently seen organizations coming on and then they would set up a humanitarian effort and bring forward one case with the computer system with some of the computers. .. today there's almost 1,901,800 1,901,800 -- 19,800 guard mobilized today. we are almost 20,000. who would have ever thought of that? i think the right numbers going to be around 5000 every year that will keep give us those opportunities but what is even more important as we have the opportunity to capitalize on our training. some of that may require a three week training. we have had missions where an exercise in an air guard platform and we were able to pull that out and help the air force. see how that these frequent deployments and activations affected recruitment and retention in the army and air national guard lacks. >> the deputy director of the director can tell you our strength is fabulous. our readiness, our personal readiness, our

lieutenant russell who served in kosovo and afghanistan.e was key in the hunt and capture of saddam hussein. and brian colpag who fought in iraq and lost both legs and an arm when his air base was attacked by rockets. colonel w when the war in iraq is over and the al-qaeda flag flying over fallujah your reaction. >> my reaction was the same when the president refused to to negotiate a statues of force agreement. anyone can see the problems that that was going to create. you had unrest in germany after world war ii with the we're wolfs and other organizations and we maintained a presence to secure the new government. and the president opted to end the war for his own political purposes, not for the security of the region. and so it is disheartening to see what is happening. >> brian, i look at you. you are in a wheelchair and lost a arm and legs in the place where the al-qaeda flag flies. i can't but wonder when you see the flag fly and read the comments that robert gates former defense secretary attributeed to hillary clinton where she said