at talks in cairo, mahmoud abbas denied the reports. >> we have no secrets.he entire arab world knows this. details of every single negotiation, meeting, and position put forward or being considered are presented to arab countries. >> the transcripts published by the british newspaper, the guardian, and the broadcaster al jazeera, and leave yet further confusion that president abbas ded. >> palestinian leaders have continually argued that israeli settlements in west bank are an obstacle to a peace agreement. that position appeared to be non-negotiable. it is one of the main reasons mideast peace talks stalled. each document suggests that in 2008, palestinian leaders told israel a key part of the settlement there. an offer which goes against the consensus of the region's arab states. >> and staying in the region, officials in iraq say least 12 people have be killed and 150 wounded in a series of explosions in the holy city of the ball up. one blast occurred in a car park filled with buses. hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are gathering in karbala to mark the

the atfp's website even has a photo of mahmoud abbas along with a link to abbas' presidential website which contains the plo logo atop it. the american task force on palestine appears to be little more than a front to the plo. another example of the united states defining fatah as a terrorist group is found in the u.s. list of foreign terrorist organizations or fto's. on the list is shown the main paramilitary group of fatah, the brigade or amb. it has involvement in numerous terrorist attacks against israeli civilians including suicide bombings. there are those inside the government and outside who wish to draw distinction between fatah and amb. they like to use the term, loose connection to describe the two groups' relationship. the reality is that fatah and amb today are one and the same. in the past, amb had its own official website. in fact, it had two sites. today those sites are gone. now amb only uses the fatah official website as its official site. amb uses the fatah site to post its terrorist communiques and all of them are signed by amb, the, quote, military wing of fatah.

but whatever the reason has made a bit of meets with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and jordanian king abdullah israel will be sitting on the sidelines and watching. jerusalem and later this hour with speak to not bill schott who is a member of the fatah central committee in charge of international relations and a former palestinian foreign minister he says russia can play a big part in establishing peace in the middle east with the u.s. failing to influence the netanyahu government. they're trying to convince netanyahu to stop further occupation through building new settlements at the gaza blockade to stop taking in jerusalem the americans failed to do this. and now put more pressure on trying to bring us back to the negotiating table it's nice to know who uses the current government as an excuse saying you don't make a decision under this government russia recognize the independent palestinian state . with the one thousand nine hundred sixty seven borders. and never deny that decision in other words many things show that russia is serious about its intentions keeps reminding the

trip to the middle east kilbride at the palestinian territories and meet the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas later today but despite having to step onto israeli soil to get to a boss he won't come face to face with any top israeli figures because of an industrial action within the government that. looks at whether that's just a coincidence. it's russian president dmitri medvedev first visit to israel but he's not meeting one israeli official because the jewish state's foreign ministry has gone on strike it insists the strike was not planned to coincide with made bit of a visit and was simply a call for higher wages but some say there's an arterial motive the strike is a little bit selective because the visit of russian president was canceled while the visit of the council of germany on july merkel was and in a way i think about this is a result of the. opposition of the workers of ministry of foreign affairs to the minister mr liberal. foreign minister avigdor lieberman is pushing for closer ties with former soviet union states while his department is pushing for him to be ousted born in the

that we don't like it but whatever the reason has made bit of meets with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and jordanian king abdullah israel will be sitting on the sidelines and watching. t jerusalem. right now for more analysis on this i'm joined by mustafa barghouti the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative party he's live for us in ramallah. many of those first official visit to the country do you think is there some more serious political reason some political posturing behind this rather than just a simple strike at the israeli foreign ministry. no i believe it's a combination definitively the issue of the strike of the foreign ministry is not a justification by any means the prime minister of israel could have arranged a visit. and the security apparatus is so big and is that this would not be a problem that they should get is that about. a feeling of superiority and is that a feeling of i don't and impunity the international that to me it's israel behave in such a monitor with a leader of one of the most important countries in the world and i think there is anoth

at talks in cairo, mahmoud abbas denied the reports. >> we have no secrets.he entire arab world knows this. details of every single negotiation, meeting, and position put forward or being considered are presented to arab countries. >> the transcripts published by the british newspaper, the guardian, and the broadcaster al jazeera, and leave yet further confusion that president abbas added. >> palestinian leaders have continually argued that israeli settlements in west bank are an obstacle to a peace agreement. that position appeared to be non-negotiable. it is one of the main reasons mideast peace talks stalled. each document suggests that in 2008, palestinian leaders told israel a key part of the settlement there. an offer which goes against the consensus of the region's arab states. >> and staying in the region, officials in iraq say least 12 people have been killed and 150 wounded in a series of explosions in the holy city of the ball up. one blast occurred in a car park filled with buses. hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are gathering in karbala to mark

mahmoud abbas and his aides, papers show close cooperation between the palestinian leader, israel, and the u.s. against hamas in gaza while looking for concessions.. .-- for concessions. four people have been killed in a southern russian province. a bomb went off. areas in the north caucasus of often been targeted. -- have often been targeted. an explosion at a coal mine in colombia has killed about 20 workers. this was in the north of the country. the red cross say eight bodies have been found so far. the bbc's jeremy mcdermott. >> there are only basic safety measures in place. after a similar accident in february 2007, few precautions are taken. many sources are at the site, including the army, taking the wounded to the hospital, and family members and friends are watching to see if their family members and friends are brought out alive. we " -- >> there are many enemies, including methane gas, dust, and explosion. >> they were building out the mining sector, which brings in millions of dollars. they not only one better safety measures in place but to assure that the illegal armies d

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he is ready to sit down with palestinian president mahmoud abbas for continuous one-on-one talks until they reach a peace deal. talks broke down three months ago, when a ten-month israeli settlement building freeze expired. >>> there's an apparent truce from one of mexico's most notorious drug cartels. in a letter, la familia proposed the move to show it's not responsible for certain crimes as reported by police. this as new estimates show 2010 was the deadliest year of the mexican drug war, with more than 15,000 people killed by gangs and drug cartels. >>> federal officials have barred american airlines from participating in an investigation into why one of its planes skidded off the end of a snowy runway in wyoming last week. the national transportation safety board says the airline copied all of the data from one of the jet's black boxes before turning it over, in violation of its standards. >>> a publicist for zsa zsa gabor says the 93-year-old actress is back in a los angeles hospital to have part of her leg amputated because gangrene is setti

. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas has criticized al jazeera for leaking secret documents purported to be the minutes of the middle east peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians. the qatar-based satellite tv network said it obtained the papers over the past 11 years through 2010. al jazeera began publishing them on sunday. it reported they reveal the palestinian authority's proposed major concessions to the israeli government on settlements and other issues. on monday abbas told reporters in egypt the report is intended to confuse the positions of both sides. a senior member of the palestinian liberation organization said it will set up a panel to investigate whether the documents are authentic. >>> a cold snap in south korea has prompted the government to impose heating restrictions as electricity consumption soars. the south korean government on monday set a limit of 20 degrees celsius on room temperatures in 441 major complexes such as hotels and department stores for the next two weeks. an 18 degree limit has already been imposed on public facilities. government offi

president mahmoud abbas and the palestinian leadership to insist on a peaceful solution he think that israel and with its current leadership is ready to give palestinians of their rights back. of course not we said this to the americans and the whole world we told them about what was happening during the talks what was happening on occupied territories that's why netanyahu uses the current government as an excuse saying he cannot make a decision under this government but he will be able to do that if you reforms the government removes lieberman and puts in the government somebody from the kadima party which has twice as many votes as lieberman supporters but he doesn't want that he uses it as an excuse to cover for all his actions we know this for sure but it doesn't mean that we think that he will never change his stunts. governments change it has already happened before when we started the peace process and the us was serious about promoting it and established the madrid conference samir had the same stance netanyahu has now. so you are saying that in the current situation the p.l.o

west bank this month, demonstrators attacked its offices after palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas accused al jazeera of trying to destroy him politically. and it was al jazeera's nonstop coverage of tunisia's successful revolt against their president this month that encouraged egyptian protesters. egyptian tv today released these pictures it wants people to see, president mubarak leading a government meeting, business as usual. but outside, even without al jazeera, the street tells a different story. martin fletcher, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, don't put the shovels away. another winter storm headed for a large part of the nation. >>> investigators in oregon resumed their search today for 8-year-old kyron horman who disappeared from his school seven months ago after a science fair. they searched rural areas north and west of portland. investigators say snow prevented them from searching these new locations until now. >>> there's another winter storm headed for the midwest and northeast and it is expected to impact 29 states. in fact, united airlines has already waived its cha

and his fatah cofounder the plo ideologist mahmoud abbas. it's not for palestiniian fatah to recognize israel. no wonder abbas' authority in which it has increased aid to the point of having funded it $1.3 billion in the last 12 months. no wonder that this palestinian authority inculcates jew-hatred through its mosques, through its schools, through its media. earlier this year the pa television broadcast a short termon from the mosque in which the cleric declared the jew juice the enemies and the memory of human at a in general. prophet says you should fight the jews. this june sheik mohammed hussein another palestinian salaried cleric said in his short termon that the mosque is threatened by the plans of the enemies of allah, the jews. and in a particularly horrific sentiment a few years ago, another palestinian authority credentialed salaried cleric said that the jews are a virus resembling aids. and yet abbas' palestinian authority goes further than demonizing jews. it glorifies them and names streets after them and your government ignore

russia is very keen to get engaged in talks with israel and palestine and palestinian president mahmoud abbas in an exclusive interview to set that russia had very good chances to become a key alternative peace negotiator. really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. by nineteen of the countries what do we expect from russia now there are two things the first concerns the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role of the european union we would like russia to convince the us. yes because it's the only country that's against the final statement containing new conclusions it will help us to have a better substantiated discussion with israel promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the u.s. and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia is ready for that that's what president medvedev has reaffirmed during this visit. also the visit out the russian president to jordan coincides with

palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem it came along after talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank on tuesday abbas than it led a very for russia's a humanitarian financial and security aid to the palestinian middle east that peace also came up when the russian president later met with king abdullah of jordan and various the middle east tour was initially supposed to include israel but a walkout of the foreign ministry there meant that with councils of former palestinian foreign minister and the start that believes russia can play a big part in the stop wishing peace but for sure they're trying to convince needs a new to stop through the occupation through building new settlements the gaza blockade to stop taking in jerusalem the americans failed to do this. put more pressure on trying to bring us back to the negotiating table it's nice to know who used the current government as an excuse. to make a decision under this government of russia recognize the independent palestinian state in ninety minutes with the nine hundred sixty seven borders that's capital. and new

the peace process and peace process road in recent months in any case the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has questioned the impossibility of this report of course he is not the only one and israel still has to apologize for the deaths of those nine turkish passengers on board that vessel we expect that in the coming months to take the the commission will publish the second part of its report and that's that that part of the report a look at the decision making that led up to the whole commando raid they will at that time again be a lot of criticisms and so this kind of criticism really just just adds to the feeling of pessimism in the country in terms of whether any real progress can be made in the israeli palestinian peace efforts are opposed to your thanks so much indeed for bringing us the latest on this case. now the man accused of shooting u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the had will be in court for a preliminary hearing later today jared lee loughner went on a shooting spree at a public event on the eighth of january in arizona six people were killed and thirteen others wo

dog like it all but whatever the reason as medvedev meets with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and jordanian king abdullah israel will be sitting on the sidelines and watching policy r t jerusalem meantime more stuff about a good secretary general of the palestinian national initiative party says that there's no excuse for israel's cancellation of the russian president's visit. the issue of the strike of the foreign ministry is not a justification by any means the prime minister of israel could have arranged a visit. the security apparatus is so big and is that this would not be a problem today surely it is that about. a feeling of. unity and is that a feeling of guns and impunity to international law that makes israel behave in such a manner with a leader of one of the most important countries in the world and i think that is the reason here which is a political one way or the israeli government knows that its policy is counterproductive devalue needed many european countries that are leading most countries of the world devalue need to invest in american companies. many people eve

both with palestinian president mahmoud abbas he reiterated russia's commitment to a palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem initially has the middle east tour with to include israel but an internal dispute out the foreign ministry that meeting with council even if they may get it we knew the offer to host peace talks in russia or former palestinian foreign minister and member of the central committee now believes that russia big part in establishing peace in the middle east put pressure they're trying to convince needs a new to stop through the occupation through building new settlements that the gaza blockade to stop taking in jerusalem the americans failed to do this they'd meet it and now put more pressure on us trying to bring us back to the negotiating table at least and you know who used the current government as an excuse saying you cannot make a decision under this government russia recognize the independent palestinian state at ninety eight with a nine hundred sixty seven borders that's come through jerusalem and never denied it decision in other words many things

getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia is ready for that palestinian president mahmoud abbasells r t how russia could help in bringing long awaited peace to the rest of the region. join in the north masterclasses next part instructs r.t. on how to obtain a piece of the stress of the big city we could wish for it. as the chinese leader visits the united states the two global powers can define their relations in terms of being partners or rivals with china on the rise american officials are getting nervous about losing their grip over global affairs but some say there's much the u.s. can learn from china rather than washington simply focusing on losing its role as global top dog carolyn ford reports. i went into burger king with my son and i thought of this and it's a i think it's a z. a chooses a z. choose the z. if you see it you and recognize the that is chinese per cent americans the word china elicits fear recognizing china's rise means recognizing america's decline and now we are getting not our toys there are things that are a little happy meals which should be banned th

ever since these really palestinian talks broke down back in fall of two thousand and ten mahmoud abbas has been working behind the scenes to drum up international support for the recognition of the palestinian statehood and most recently he secured the support from several latin american countries including brazil and argentina and it is expected that the palestinian authority will bring up this issue for a vote at either the u.n. general assembly of the u.n. security council later on this year or so how president medvedev the president of russia reach holds power in the security council making such statements in the palestinian territories is extremely important and extremely supportive for the palestinian cause most recent. ever since i would say the early ninety's ninety's mosco was trying to play it both ways and was trying to maintain workable relations with both israel and the palestinian authority and initially this middle eastern trip was. expected to bring president medvedev both to israel and the palestinian authorities but he's the palestinian church officials say but he's i

in an exclusive interview to our president mahmoud abbas. very good chance to become so. crucial negotiator. really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries we expect from russia now. the first the middle east. it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity similar to the role of the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that you're going to the final statement containing new conclusions. to have a better substantiated discussion with israel in the peace process could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the us and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia was ready for that that's what president has reaffirmed during this visit. very sorry i'm afraid we've lost connection with all correspondent get that in the garage over there he was speaking to us live from amman on the visit of president dmitri medvedev to the region well of course we're across the story o

initiated to direct talks between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian leader mahmoud abbas came to us oh mate last autumn after israel. nor to the pledge to do. this is there to the construction of a jewish settlement at the president and in east jerusalem but at the same time. the president submitted there was a message to do a palestinian society you're in his words it is quite clear despite of all the problems russia is ready to throw its weight to to support the idea of palestinian state and moreover russia's already seen was about signs of palestinian. state being created and did that that was emphasized the by president mediator during his. press conference so it seems that the. president made me do it as an idea is just to give new impetus to the process which deal now has. unfortunately lost that steam was talking when it comes to the four parties involved with getting the middle east peace process back on track we're talking of course about the mideast peace the mideast peace call ted russia appears to be one of the only members really shouldering a lot of the weig

involving the middle east peace talks medvedev has already spent time with palestinian president mahmoud abbas discussing russia's role in the peace process the president reiterated moscow's commitment to an independent state with the capital. in jerusalem speaking exclusively to the president about explained what the palestinians expect from moscow. russia will really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries not what do we expect from russia now. the first concern is the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role of say the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that you're going to the final statement containing. it will help us to have a better substantiated discussion with israel while promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the u.s. and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia is ready for

them ever since these israeli palestinian talks broke down back in fall of two thousand and ten mahmoud abbas has been working behind the scene to drum up international support for the recognition of the palestinian statehood and most recently he secured support from several latin american countries including brazil and argentina and it is expected that the palestinian authority will bring up this issue for a vote at either the u.n. general assembly of the un security council later on this year or so. president medvedev president of russia reach holds power in the security council making such statements in the palestinian territories is extremely important and extremely supportive for the palestinian cause and as you were saying to the russian president meeting with his palestinian counterparts president said that he bypassed the other state meaning israel far as we know the visit there was planned was canceled tell us what happened. well let me begin a bit far off here russia in the soviet union traditionally supported the palestinian authority back in soviet times. israel as a puppet of the

palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem this comes after talks with the palestinian president mahmoud abbasin the west bank on tuesday abbas for russia's humanitarian financial and security aid to the palestinians middle east peace also came up when a russian when the russian president later met with king abdullah of jordan in bed bed of the middle east told was initially supposed to include israel but a walkout at the foreign ministry of their meant that was former palestinian foreign minister nabil shaath believes russia can play a big part in establishing regional peace. but they're trying to convince netanyahu to stop through their occupation through build a new sense woman the gaza blockade to stop the measures they're taking in jerusalem the americans failed to do this they admitted and now put more pressure on us trying to bring us back to the negotiating table and if you know who uses the current government as an excuse so you cannot make a decision under this government russia recognize the independent palestinian state in one hundred eighty eight with the nine hundred sixty seven