except for really insightful people like robert fisk and other writers on the middle east if c.n.n. and fox and everybody all thought everything was hunky dory you know and all our great dictator friends who are still in power for stability reasons but i mean i bring up the saudi card because the unexpected is happened and who knows what the future consequences of what we're seeing happening right now will be. well let's go back ten years to one condi rice and the bush administration introduce the greater middle east in the g. eight in two thousand and four and seven years and. this is part of a long planned scenario of the pentagon is involved in it the state department is involved in it i think the reason that we're seeing these these are riots the i.m.f. cause the food crisis in tunisia just at the time that the hedge funds and wall street were pushing prices up using the biodiesel in the harvest failures in russia and such things but the there's a geo political trigger to this that is coming out of washington they're trying is there one person in washington turn to creative des

the changes sweep through the middle east and north africa u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called for changes in u.s. foreign policy desperate to influence the emerging political map the future of american involvement abroad is the top of the government's agenda christine takes a look at the changing face of washington's priorities. reisa. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often tied secretary of state hillary clinton charged with the task of laying out the plan for the future generations of americans including my own have grown up successful and safe because we chose to lead the world in tackling the greatest challenges but now clear signs that the challenges and the times are changing but a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent that sometimes we support the bad guys and the bad guys become our enemies. twenty eleven has been a major year with major shifts in prominence and power in northe

guest: this is a very unsettling dangerous time for the united states in the middle east. we have core, a strategic interest that are being undermined while these revolutions proceed. what are those interests? the cornerstone is the bending and in forcing the egyptian is really peace treaty, camp david accords, and building a peace between israel and its neighbors. all of this is being made more difficult as a result of the revolutions in the region. we're watching 11 on slowly being annexed by hezbollah -- lebanon slowly being annexed by his belovhezbollah. and the price of oil is affecting everyone in this room and their parents, because the instability in the middle east creates instability in the oil markets. as long as there is instability in the middle east and countries are wary about what is going to happen, then it will drive up the price of oil. at every step of the way, while we are certainly interested in these revolutions, we need to keep sight of what the core strategic interests are in the middle east. i am afraid the president obama administration has taken

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else u.s. congressman had to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards. that has become common and is the own creation of the of the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. gernot trading the actual physical grain your trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons moderate like silver or gold that can be negotiated and ordered to some degree in. place. yet or. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. lives of teens being interviewed quintillion republic. the center of russian defense production. he heads to central russia. the crops of become an industry. the harsh winter make schools even more enjoyable. and where everyone can train to be just on. the younger slower. russia close up on oxy. now let's have a look at some

results wrong of course in the middle east and north africa p.r. companies are being recruited to wash away the blood it seems britain's spin doctors of choice or leave him a saudi's image. and the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton campaigns for moral funks road washington's message after they see america's losing the media war the us is already spending over seven hundred million dollars a year on international broadcasting. our next big liberal and his guests all of you whether there's a democratic future for the middle east and north africa or the region will remain a hotbed of terror. came. along and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john locke and he is directo

middle east soon which brightened if you knew about sunk from finest impressions. these firms totty dots come. from kicking. the. welcome across not comfortable about crew mind you were talking about the revolutionary fluor problem that will. kick in. but first let's see what russians think is behind the. arab revolutions uprisings further as protests week the arab world took ling routines should other governments worry about the same fate some speculate that cheney is concerned the democratic who happening in the middle east may soon visit its mortars others observe such worries are overblown the russian public opinion research center asked citizens who is behind them as the most patients across the arab world thirty three percent say it is the entire population of the country alone percent think the protests are bad by those fighting for their rights eight percent see the poor speaking out. powers garnered six percent and the youth five so they've been saying the arab middle east have far reaching implications. ok granted i could go to you again and london i mean

the middle east. and american and european government shouldn't look for backing at home either to a million marched in london a for the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and times have changed this is now austerity britain where starting another war wasn't factored into the budget british troops are already fighting an unpopular war in afghanistan it's highly unlikely the public has the appetite for again getting involved in someone else's struggle battling as they are at home in the face of deep cuts being unemployment and it's unlikely to be popular inside this building the ministry of defense has to slash spending by more than seven and a half billion dollars in the next four years it's an intervention britain would find hard to afford on many levels your average r.t. . was in russia's envoy to nato says there is opposition inside the alliance against any military intervention in libya. you know as of today nato was an alliance won't take a decision to intervene into libya some european c

up next peter labelling his guests argue whether there's a democratic future in store for the middle east and north africa or if the region will remain a hotbed of unrest and terror cross talk coming your way next. came . along and welcome to crossfire crime control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create a more just society. can. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in phoenix we go to rachel alexander she is coeditor of the intellectual conservative and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want brandon if i could go to you in london first. we what we've been seeing in the arab middle east and say let's be very generous of the las

today we are discussing the groundbreaking revolution that has swept over the middle east and africa d the influence of facebook and twitter on those powerful movements. people of egypt led the way with a political protest that ousted mubarrack in february. now middle easterners are tweeting away and rounding up people to try to overthrow the government. some cases they are met with deadly force. abc's wang filed this report. >> government tanks have moved in and parts of the capitol is on lock down after a predawn assault on demonstrato police fired tear gas can rubber bullets at demonstrators who were camping out in the city's central square. they are demanding greater freedom and more jobs. the hospitals were overloaded with people coming in with gaping wound and problems with tear gas and broken bones. hundreds were wounded. >> today they are pushed out in the street. don't look, don't look. >> abc's news correspondant is the latest reporter that was beaten but not badly injured. >> we said repeatedly that the united states believes strongly that violence is not an appropriate rea

might think of, a promising model for the democracy we hope and believe will be emerging in the middle east. even in east temor, a nation scarcely removed from decades of foreign occupation and civil strife, the president in his discussions with us a couple of mornings ago, a former guerrilla leader, a nobel laureate, and he talked about the forefathers and the revolutions and urged us not to lose sight of our interest in israeli-palestinian peace. it's easy to say as many have said that the events make this all the more essential. i think we all know at some level that that's true, but what does it mean exactly? how will this very fluid situation in the middle east affect peace for israel, and what should the united states do about it? if we're to make the case to the administration, to congress or to very skeptical governments that this moment calls for action, then i think we have to talk pretty seriously, quite seriously and talk very clearly about exactly why this is so. obviously, a lot is not within our control. a lot depends on events yet to unfold, the makeup and orientation of the

revolts run their course in the middle east and north africa well p.r. companies are being recruited to walk away the blood it seems britain the spin doctors are the first choice for revamping the sullied image. and the next guy it says crew is all set for an out of those world journey as they're undergoing final examinations last awful habit on the fiftieth anniversary of man's earth flight into space. up next peter labelling his b.s. argue whether there's a democratic future in store for the middle east and north africa or if the region will remain a hotbed of terror cross talk coming up next. hungry for the full story we've got to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the. case. alone and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. to discuss have more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards coming up. close to the republican. center of russian defense production. if he heads to central russia. the crops become an industry. where the harsh winter makes schools even more enjoyable. and where everyone can train to be a stump. to the. show close up oxy wealthy british style stock. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. the official t. application. called touch from the. life on the go. video on demand. gold costs and says feed now in the palm of your. question. well news in brief. the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded in the shooting at frankfurt airport the gunman opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel while it was parked outside the build

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards world news now though in brief let me bring up to date on the top stories coming into worse the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded. in a shooting at frankfurt airport a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel while it was parked outside the building following the shooting a twenty one year old suspect from kosovo was arrested by german police the motive for the attack is still unclear. but his stand minister for religious minorities has been killed in a gun attack in the country's capital police say alleged taliban gunmen sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood shahbaz bhatti who is a christian has been threatened by islamist militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year of punjab go

well pakistan that is the eastern extension of the arab islamic region of north africa the middle east and it has been always open to influence from the arab islamic region so it is very likely that whatever you're seeing happening right now in the middle east is actually right now having an impact on the box the new political discourse you can see the box that immediately you can see blocks that evolution is certainly talking very openly and on a daily basis about what's going on in the middle east so it's very likely and of course considering also the fact that many of the economic moves that we are at the at the root of the reason for many of the rules that we've seen in the middle east do exist also in box done especially in the past five years or so has done is a ripe for this kind of chaos in this well one of the concerns of a lot of observers is the fact that islamic extremists could gain power in some of the arab countries well if the situation such a situation unfolds in pakistan and they fall under revolt as well how likely is it that al-qaeda could come to power and what wou

policy in africa and in the middle east quite recently. interestingly enough libya has a higher standard of living of any country in africa the food crisis is not good libya because of government lifted off actions as the prices went up they have the highest. lows mortality rate and the highest standard. in the cockpit so this wasn't a case of hungry poverty stricken people clamoring for more bread this was an armed insurgency supported by the arms of the us government british government and the french so everyone is trying to cut a piece of the pie and that's i think why we have this chaos right author and researcher s william and live from us live with us i should say from germany thanks so much thank you. well as the crisis in libya continues to unfold a neighboring country is struggling to find its feet after a longstanding dictator was toppled the revolutionary before and egypt is subsiding but many fear the return of the old guard and question whether the new leaders will bring about the changes they fought for i think you can cannot

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else u.s. congress might have to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards. let's take a look now at some international news making headlines around the world on pakistan's minister for religious minorities has been killed and the gun attack in the country's capital police say alleged taliban gunman sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood. he was a christian had been threatened by islamic militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year punjab governor was gunned down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to the rules. thousands of people living with and holding a rally in india to protest a planned trade deal between the country in the european union the protesters want a government against signing any deal that would increase the cost of drugs denying tens of thousands of people treatment demonstrators mar

we what we've been seeing in the arab middle east that say let's be very generous over the last two months do you think that the powers that be in the west that have had so much influence in these countries over the last few decades i would say negative have digested the gravity of the change that is occurred in that region and what democracy means to people in the region. i don't think they have i think they underestimate the extent of what's happening in the arab world and i think they underestimated the extent to which arab people want democracy because what we've seen in these uprisings is that people very clearly want more democratic control over their lives they want more choice they want more freedom and they discovered that they're only going to get that by taking action themselves we can see from iraq and afghanistan and other disastrous nation building experiments launched by america and britain the democracy cannot be delivered from outside by an army it can only be won by a people itself taking action this is what the arab uprisings really show us they show us that the out peop

a change in course as the fly zones in the middle east and north africa shake the world america's foreign policy is tied to the long. poles and still interested in middle eastern proposals define instability in the region the point man for not really going to iraq in the first half of this year and more interest in trends and it. also was the soviet union's first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the bad report of russia on the part towards democracy. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now a series of blasts have reportedly rocked the libyan capital as colonel gadhafi continues to hold on while several towns near tripoli are now in the hands of the opposition but wait this is say that one of them has come under air attack and the forces loyal to gadhafi have retaken a nearby oil facility meanwhile the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya and triggering speculation of possible strikes but the u.k. is also involved ruling out the use of force by international storm is gathering

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else sue is congressman had to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standard. was. that has become normal and gloom to many of creation of the of the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. you're not trading the actual cash physical grain you're trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons madi likely silver or gold that can be negotiated and ordered to some degree in. place. water. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. good some. excellent professional. medics travelling and possessing an extra ordinary car. the doctor who helped many people in his country. the political criminal responsible for thousands of deaths. was it an attempt to repent. or just escape a fair trial. the other line. on our team. this is r.t. from m

who rushes of course has been a long time member of the middle east. for ted i know of the four countries that have dedicated a lot of time and effort to acting as mediators in the middle east peace negotiations hoping to find a solution that would satisfy both sides and of course be a political one dog in the military one of the united states frequently tried to act as mediator in the conflict but russia also believe now hopes to pick up where the united states left off and perhaps couldn't achieve what they'd set out to do now with the meetings first with the leader of the palestinian national authority now with the israeli prime minister russia hopes to step up to the plate and fill the position of mediator hopefully. taking the position that would. this bring the two sides closer together closer to finding a diplomatic or political solution to the middle east conflict of course israel. is very upset in its ways and again its position on it the middle east peace process but with little recent events in north africa and the middle east opposition may

now in light of the unrest in the middle east the us has come forward with statements regarding all of these protests except for those going on in iraq who want to know why do you ask has been so quiet when it comes to iraq in particular maybe it has something to do with our several year involvement and war in this country last author michael o'brien next the richest of banker turned prisoner speaks out bernie madoff made several claims in his latest interview including one saying of the entire government is a ponzi scheme so is he just spreading the blame or is this con artist right we'll talk about it with richard ask also how much will the u.s. be directly affected by the conflict in libya do americans realize that supporting democratic revolutions may end up hurting their wallets we're going to hash it all out with our chief financial correspondent lauren lyster then the hacktivists have struck again after concentrating their efforts on defending weekly leaks anonymous has expanded and recently they attacked a web site for the koch brothers group americans for prosperity and now th

>> what credit should facebook and twitter really take for unrest in the middle east? why don't dictators use the power of the internet the way the rebels do? we have the authority on dictators and data is my guest this week plus the ipad at work. employees want it. enterprise resists. reporters from "the financial times" and bbc this week on "press: here." >> my first guest is one of the few experts in that strange intersection between politics and the internet. a dictator, disaffected public and facebook all meet. it's been a lousy start to the year if you're a dictator. a spring of discontent in egypt where a google exec used facebook to rally a revolution to tunisia, jordan, algiers and of course bloody libya. in each case egypt especially the press credited twitter and facebook located a world away in northern california as the primary tool for revolutionaries. in egypt especially that seems to be correct. >> it would take you weeks if not months to identify who is connected to each other. >> the author published a book about a scenario just weeks before all hell

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards coming up. speaking to the chamber. to russian defense. while she gets to central russia. coming. harsh winter exposed even more original. and well trained to be just. a small. pressure placed on. wealthy british style. to. look. like. market finance come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on our deep. down the official ulti allocation your money phone or i pod touch from the i choose our. jobs life on the go. video on demand tease my world calls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. world news a brief martie moscow the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two with the shooting at frankfurt airport the government opened fire on a bus carrying m

the second point i would make is that we are entering the world -- you can see this in the middle east now quite clearly, but you can look at latin america or east asia or europe and see the same pattern there -- in which regional problems are increasingly being handled at the regional level without dictation from the u.n. in new york or washington or any overlord at all. it's interesting in the libyan case that we are providing logistical and pension intelligence support rather than putting ourselves on the front line, and it is the countries of the region, arab and european, throughout the mediterranean, who are responding. i think this is the pattern of the future. it requires a very different mind set on our part to be effective. final point you asked, is there a model? i believe there is and that is the model of the british who had permanent interests but no permanent friends and who were flexible and who made a point of not getting involved in large land war or putting their troops in jeopardy, but handling many, many problems by adroit duplicity and the use of naval power. for a

while russia is of course a member of the middle east quartet and a group of countries four countries that are actively involved in mediating and moderating perhaps the middle east peace process russia has always considered self a mediator and always attempted to strive towards a peaceful resolution of the middle east of hard like of course and this was shown just recently by the russian president meeting with the leader of the palestinian national authority and now with the israeli leader as well so. this definitely shows russia's position as a strong negotiator within the middle east of quartet and of course a strong of heart and integrity part of all the negotiations that are hopefully leading to some sort of a peaceful resolution but of course many russian officials have already said that the ongoing conflict in libya could very well do sterilize not only the north african region as a whole but also affect the middle east and of course the negotiations and the problems between israel and palestine so russia very keen on making sure that everyone knows what is happening that negoti

now reports on the deep suspicion in the middle east that the u.s. and its allies are telling devote proceeds to pick their own interests. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of can are backing a protester mourning regime change dramatically changing the colors and supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they backed only weeks ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world with the government's support a call for change but is it a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes that they want in power it's not the first time the west has shown and ellicott approach to democracy in the arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. with representatives from the renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it and its authenticity to the world. but when the results were in that authenticity was ignored one. thing here is that. the worst visible democracy is wron

much depends on russian position as far as i'll going to start on iran or middle east because. russia of calls is very interested in promoting its w t o membership and establishing good relation with the united states in order to be. in two thousand and eleven after seventeen years of very difficult negotiation. joy hard it is asian what do you think are the ways to reach common ground on this issue of libya. i believe that balls russia and the united states are concerned about. and the fact that russia supported the resolution which imposes sanctions against gadhafi it demonstrates the. seriously it's a down. but i believe that there are some differences still between moscow and washington on. the. specific measures to be taken against the must seem. very eager to use military force against. the government and now addressing i guess more those differences biden's visit is seen as an attempt to upgrade the russian u.s. why do you think this visit is important now. i believe that. the american relations. improving but still there are plenty of points where russia and america are

within the middle east to do this to have this operation to get rid of gadhafi. government is has been fairly. it tricky cost now when it comes to dealing with the west so it's an interesting development i'd like couldn't and i wouldn't like to. make any kind of predict what is going on for disloyal and if so if it is no nato led if this does go ahead how do you think that's going to impact the situation any thoughts on that. if it's nato led i think it is better for america that's for sure because. obama obama has placed a lot of it has a lot of his credibility on the line here in leading this this war effort and the sooner he can get his his hands off of it the better it is a potentially politically very explosive situation so i think having over to nato for him it nice is a better idea and also the idea the notion of an american led in for another american led invasion of a middle eastern country is not going to play well in the arab world we're hearing the fighting between pro good nothing forces and rebels is intensifying do you think the intervention is hel

but the fact is since nine hundred forty five the united states is in the middle east it is there every day it's. doing is trying to fix the problems that they were going to if you want to boil it out if you want to pull a very nice. out all by hand i want you out of the united states and foreign aid to israel and we're out of the middle lane out from the oil business first pull it out from the oil business first and let me see how this goes but there's the united states is going to remain engaged defacto in the region and then it cannot be negates its other responsibilities you can't just have business with the other three and hear about eric and then the real tennis is the order to be able to see the house or troops should not be in there trying to defend us only also just the business. that's a very good point is not going to show you not be there so we should not is going to the hague that's a very interesting point that air france there. you know if there's a game bring somebody would point out the gentleman listen up ok i mean if i didn't do it i'll go in a second let me kin

a rather courageous statement too long to go to the middle east and do this. and what you're seeing is aspirations of the young people he talked to two years ago. so change is coming. it's not something we can oversee and dictate. it has to be done by the people in these governments, each one is different. what's been obvious since these changes began in tunisia two months ago is each country is very different. thief they've got to do it in a way that protects the basic rights of people. and the third principle of the president is end up with a governance that allows the political process and the political desires and economic desires of the people to be fulfilled. but it's up to the people in these countries to do that. and hopefully do that in nonviolent ways. >> let me ask you about afghanistan. there's been a meeting with president karzai and our commander general petraeus in light of a bombing that killed nine kids, a nato bombing. petraeus apologized. the and you have this morning president karzai saying the civilian casualties are no longer acceptable a

and the question concerning middle east putin said when he was talking about what's going on in the middle east he said he remembered the revolution nine hundred seventy nine in iran the the palestinian election both lead to islamist of power is moscow afraid of the of the democrat isolation going on in the middle east all of these are. well in case it is a real democrat is asian like the rest of the. international community i have no doubt there moscow is interested in my who will see. that we are facing a democrat his asian process on the middle east will agreed let's say well for one hundred percent i don't think that anyone will be able to say it says dimitri this cough press secretary of the russian prime minister spotlight will be back shortly we will continue this interview in less than a minute to stay with. cultures have so much to live. on the mark with a growing sense to me arab middle east as change sweeps the region to saudi arabia immune to outside influences you want. discoveries to be easy. to. communicate with you while you. can still sound and become free. to. see what na

projects at george mason university most of culture writer and commentator on the middle east and london really interesting to hear what you both have to say thanks for joining us and i think with thousands of illegal immigrants escaping political terms of north africa continue to arrive on the southern italian island of lampedusa presence looks unlikely to fuel the feeling that multiculturalism has failed in a europe also seeing a resurgence of the far right are now entering the debate as the new german minister of the interior who questioned presence in his country our senior correspondent daniel bushell has more now from brussels. islam does not belong in germany according to the country's new interior minister peter friedrich i did that immigrants to speak german first and foremost and know germany's quote western christian origins the country's four million muslims are. decrying a slap in the face for all muslims and it comes off charles langley merkel and britain's leader david cameron said the efforts to create a multicultural society in europe had failed the arrival of tho

of course the current unrest that is sweeping north africa and the middle east has frequently caused concern here in russia a many russian officials and experts say that it could very well do stab allies the peace process and threaten its progress of course the situation in israel continues to be tense with yesterday seeing one of the first suicide bombings in israel in jerusalem in a law in a number of years so the situation in israel is very tense and a rush of course wants to do everything it can to help bring the all of the tension levels down and possibly moderate and mediate the resume negotiations right everyone's on a boat live from moscow. to japan now we're three more workers have been exposed to harmful levels of radiation more connecting electricity at the fukushima nuclear power plant many are asking if the people working to make a facility safe are heroes or victims because aren't using or are government reports from japan. after being forced off the side of focus shima by blood but then she radioactive smoke coming from one of the reactors the day the engineers have be

well more on the fallout from the unrest in the middle east and north africa in just a moment but first let's take a look at what else is ahead for you this hour more of the hillary clinton calls for reinforcements saying america's battle for hearts and minds is being lost on the globe's t.v. news screens. and step back a whole millennia and follow or. as we tore the rich cultural legacy of get us level. of the ripples caused by the rest of northern africa and across the middle east are now be felt for and why. maps out the situation. let's look at the implications of the ongoing unrest in the northern african region and what it means for the rest of the world geographically libya tunisia egypt in algeria and these are just some of the countries affected by the civil unrest there just across the sea from europe and this to me that hundred forty thousand people have already fled unrest in libya into neighboring tunisia and egypt but the likelihood will actually stay there is rather slim it's all he has already received as many as thirty thousand refugees who continue to pour into the cou

as worries grow over unrest in the middle east, crude oil futures have hit again $100 a barrel in nework. buy orders increased on tuesday as market players became more concerned about future oil supplies on news that iran security forces clamped down on anti-government protesters. iran is the second largest oil producer among opec oil member countries. this e benchmark wti crude futures topped $100 a barrel in after-hours trading for the first time since last wednesday. the index is now at that price. on the new york stock exchange, share prices plunged on tuesday amid growing worries that higher oil prices may slow down the world economic recovery. the dow jones industrial average closed at 12058, down 168 points from the previous day. u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has indicated america's economy is growing at a faster pace than last year but he cautions over soaring oil prices over continuing soaring prices in the arab world. >> sustained rises in the price 0 of oil and other commodities will be a threat to overall growth and price stability. >> reporter: bernanke submi