whether you are from palestine, yemen, morocco, all of these middle eastern countries -- we welcome you and what it is that you are so proud of, having left, and want to continue improving, and where your children want to visit for generations to come. with that, i would like to recognize for the outstanding lifetime achievement award somebody who i have admired that is among you today, whose years in leadership of this ensemble is only one aspect of what she has done. the day-to-day work she has done, right down the street in our tenderloin health clinic, year after year, providing service to so many people. at night, teaching kids and youth, and training and practice in all this wonderful music so she can represent her community so well. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, if i may recognize the wonderful and well deserving -- lifetime achievement award. for the arab heritage month. please come on up. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. we will bring her back on the stage in a little bit. if i could please have our sponsors on stage.

bunch of corns just a few people maybe a dozen of people maybe two dozen of people dressed like middle eastern. middle age fundamentally stories young males saying that the green flag. on belgium and come on this is a joke yet it has its repercussions on other muslims. this kind of group of course they are moved limbs but they have no religious background it is a minority perhaps that in search of an identity but that's ignorance and the method they're using it's scary and it's freaking people out. unfortunately this kind of group feels about image of islam and most muslims condemn this kind of ideology this is a misinterpretation of her secret books and her little muslims comprise about six percent of the belgian population one of the highest rates in europe and is expected to rise to more than ten percent by two thousand and twenty the muslim who live in belgium they say know that i'm muslim they are belgium from american origin turkish albanian origin and the first declination.

more time for this i'm afraid we don't talk to his army job or a director for the center for middle eastern studies live in beirut thank you for joining us on r.t. today thank you so. this is r.t. now the world's top whistleblower is taking his long legal battle to stay in the u.k. to the country's supreme court julian assange is wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten occasions that he denies the wiki leaks founder insists the case is politically motivated and in response to his website publishing top secret u.s. cables on the wars in afghanistan and iraq parties laura smith now reports from the high court in london. the building that you see behind me the supremes court could literally be last chance saloon full julian our sons at least in this country this is a two day hearing which began this morning is expected to carry on until the end of thursday in which he will present his case to the supreme court to try and have that request to his extracts tradition rescind days if he does fail here he can then take his case the european court

reporting right there we can talk more on this now with dr his job director for the center of middle eastern studies now joining us live from beirut thank you for coming on or to today so finding a solution to the crisis in syria seems to have left the u.n. in a state of deadlock how far is the u.n. from coming up with a plan of action and what might it be. yes i think. the. security council will not arrive to have any. decision or resolution against syria like. some other countries the position of russia russia then china was very clear and logical and they're calling for dialogue because they do believe. and it's sanctions or the military intervention in syria is out of question and also any sanctions against syria will increase the problem. state of resolve the problem i shall call for the. and also russia. proportions to horse you know both sides the government and the opposition. to their log based on the. situation. and democracy and i think within the next two months or three months if the proposition of russia will not succeed and not have dialogue in order to have a peaceful solutio

collapse right jeremy assault joining us live on the line from ankara associate professor of middle eastern history and politics thank you very much for your analysis. well later this hour we will hear from the foreign minister of bahrain one of the key arab league members who shares his thoughts on what should be done to stop the violence in syria. you know. the thing is after what happened in libya any country would think twice before committing to specific measures the situation in the region music stream be volatile the countries are divided into two major blood according to their geopolitical standing how closely you just want to do what you have been the rule in regional fields and so on regime change in a minute country you would not believe that she was a regional scale to the syria on the other hand is very important to the reason why we have to think very hard about the possible repercussions and complications we must have to deal with before we interfere in syria's opener's. of public anger again has spilled onto the streets of athens where thousands of anti are sturdy protesters

britain has developed milicic missiles capable of hitting targets in the middle east in eastern europe this poses a threat to u.s. interests in the region. i don't agree with the u.s. government belief that this is a serious problem. and is doing is they're using very simple relit and nothing simple about rockets but the using very early generation rocket technology the only rockets they could build that could reach the united states would be enormous in size and not be mobile. this would have to be launched from fixed locations where the united states and russia join the united states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of fear. he maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't if you're radical for russia. my guess is that the russian government. if you want to spend your national treasure this will help you. solve the politi

of middle eastern and african history. i do apologize or we spoke a few minutes ago we lost our connection thank you for having the patience of the come back also thanks to our viewers when it comes to israel's stance with syria what does israel have to gain or lose from the outcome of the ongoing conflict there. well i think the. israelis prefer stability when you have lack of stability you know there is always the possibility of that to ration a still asian miscalculation i mean the. loss of control by the central regime in damascus means the. militants of the appearance of the presence of terrorist groups that may or parade the good steve israel i mean we know that the syrian army has advanced weapons and interests of arsenal of. other. weapons so it's always these really tendency to prefer stability a stable regime and the fear of the. situation is these now in syria the lack of stability the ongoing struggle may also effect the border between israel and syria or it hold out given given that israel is concerned about t

the missile defense system will be targeted at the russian federation rather than some mythical middle eastern countries possessing a virtual missiles. at least fifteen countries around the world have been involved with the nato missile defense shield. their radar stations in denmark and britain which is also host to interceptor missiles. canada two is going to join the project anti missile functions will be given to norad b. agency responsible for north america's air and outer space defense. japan has decided to assist the nato missile defense shield its taking part in the manufacture of ages interceptor missiles. japan is going to build a forward based radar station on its territory. a similar radar station has already been built in turkey. the czech republic rumania hungry are ready to allow nato as missile defense complexes to be placed on their territory. if there were many go forward based american military presence which means the deployment of bases in post is so. republics notably. element of global domination as a powerful. military base. russia has taken adequate measures to. its ac

chyrons:0:00-0:36 file 0:37-0:56 michael singh / fmr senior director of middle eastern affairs at the--------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- &p------ washington and the u.k. are urging israel not to attack iran.... in a possible pre-emptive strike over its nuclear program.... which wwstern nations believe tehran intends to use to make a nuclear weapon. national security pdvisor tom donilon concluding a three day visit to israel today.... the white delegation addressed, quote: the full range of security issues of mutual concern, ahead of a white house meeting between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israelis are losing patience - with washington.singh says: "how long are we going to give them to devvlop all these pieces? what is the consequence for them going to be if they have those pieces but not put together? and how much trust does israel really administration is prepared to use that military option the president talked about to prevent them from actuully getting to that point." this comes as nuclear insp

this new regional environment create as new hope for a middle eastern peace process. i hope everybody will understand this new logic of history, flow of history, and act accordingly for having a two-state solution where palestinians and israelis live together side -- with mutual respect but full independence and sovereignty of palestinian state. >> i think we may have time for only one more question. can i ask you to stand up, please. >> -- >> we have a microphone. >> over here. >> [ inaudible ] from the -- mr. minister, you have had a lot of dealing with the iranian government. what is your take on the iranian attitude? how seriously do they take the possibility of a militaryinrven one. and number two, what kind of incentive will bring them back to the negotiation table with the p-5 plus one and finally, how do they justify, explain their attitudes? >> regarding nuclear issue, as someone who -- issued almost five, six years and especially, us a know in 2010 we work very hard for a deal with brazil. i can say -- i am very sorry, in fact, because of the failure of all

place at the human rights commission where there were hearings to enhance relations with arab, middle eastern, muslim, and south asian communities. after the hearings in september of 2010, there were recommendations in early february. a number of those recommendations were for changes and actions for the police department. one of them specifically was a change to the general order. i would like to personally thank sandra mirren from occ that helps me find information because it was originally presented to you in february. it was tabled and brought back with minor provisions. -- revisions. one of the complaints from the human rights commission was that the general order 5.17 would be changed to include all categories listed in the federal, california state, city and county of san francisco non- discrimination laws. there were two small changes we're looking to make to the general order policy. those changes that would fall into current laws are to add actual and perceived wordings when it comes to race. biased policing, because of race or a perceived race is prohibited. we are adding the word

thundery activity in the middle eastern sea area. this winter storm will bring snow to pile up in the ukraine and western russia in the course of this week. moscow minus 14 and warsaw minus 4. those are going to be recovering in towards the midweek and lisbon staying at 14 degrees for the tuesday high. here's our extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. thank you for watching. bye-bye. . .

countries pushing for regime change in syria are also pursuing goals that lie beyond just this middle eastern country but it's part of their general program of regime change across the middle east of course behind syria there is the more important target of the wrong syria is one of iran's most important allies in the world and certainly in the middle east so we have a target syria targets iran as soon as the international community starts to get involved even even politically never mind by sitting in bombers or troops even politically as soon as it starts to get involved in the civil. situation of civil unrest of this kind then the tables are kicked in favor of the rebels in favor of the rebels in the country in question. because those people think that they can rely on foreign support political or military and it weakens as it were the government position really straight from friends. back in the gates the government so foreign intervention could make things worse because it distorts the natural mechanisms which exist inside any countries resulting in a conflict of this current. stay with u

speaker, house republicans have a plan to wean our economy from unstable middle eastern oil. if we want an america built to last like the president referred to in his state of the union address, we must have access to safe and affordable, american energy to build that economy, to build that and power that america that is built to last. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support and pass h.r. 7, the american energy and infrastructure jobs act, so we can work together to grow the economy, to create american jobs, to facilitate lower gasoline prices and to provide energy security that this country needs, not only for our current generation, but for future generations of american children and grandchildren. and i yield back to my friend from colorado, mr. gardner. mr. gardner: i thank the gentleman from texas. and he talked about the keystone pipeline and i would point out that the development of the alberta oil sands for the state of text a as and this was -- texas and this was given by the alberta representative in washington, in the state of texas,

anthony, the two-time correspondent of middle eastern affairs for the "new york times" has passed away. he was in syria covering the revolution when he died from an asthma attack. he had a unique ability to put complicated stories into perspective and help americans understand a complicated part of the world. anthony was 43 years old. we'll be right back. bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest phones. verizon wireless and xfinity. tv, home phone, internet and wireless together. back to set rta. >>> welcome back to eyewitness news on the 16th day of the month. it feels like a springtime day rather than a winter-time day. we had 62 in half-moon bay to 70 degrees in santa rosa and right there. 63 when the average high is 59 is currently in the upper 40s. your weather headlines. what you need to know as we go ahead to friday. partly cloudy skies overnight with areas of patchy fog developing. your friday will con

shabazz al adin the middle eastern sex crazed despot, an altar ego played by sasha baron cohen. short story is sasha had the plans to show up as the dictator. the oscars said thanks but no thanks, we don't want publicity stunts as a part of our red carpet. there was a lot of back and forth and in the end they said we welcome you with open arms. don i think that happened when the folks from the academy more people will tune in to see how sasha baron cohen shows up on the red carpet. expect him to show up as the ittic tator. i think he wins. look at the amazing amount of publicity he's gotten. did you know he was coming out in a movie called "the dictator"? there you go. >> no publicity is bad publicity. a.j. you'll be hanging out here and more clothing than bruno, so that's good news. "showbiz tonight: road to gold" begins at the bottom of the hour on cnn and mr. a.j. hammer live on the red carpet. >>> two of the most hated words in nascar, rain delay. for the first time in its 54-year history daytona 500 has been postponed until tomorrow. can you believe it? drivers spent the af

anthony, the two-time correspondent of middle eastern affairs for the "new york times" has passed away was in syria covering the revolution when he died from an asthma attack. he had a unique ability to put complicated stories into perspective and help americans understand a complicated part of the world. back to set rta. >>> welcome back to eyewitness news on the 16th day of the month. it feels like a springtime day rather than a winter-time day. we had 62 in half-moon bay to 70 degrees in santa rosa and right there. 63 when the average high is 59 is currently in the upper 40s. your weather headlines. what you need to know as we go ahead to friday. partly cloudy skies overnight with areas of patchy fog developing. your friday will consistent of partly cloudy conditions with a few showers late night. the extended forecast calls for an unsettled weather pattern. our future cast, i find this pretty spot on. notice a few clouds over the area for the morning commute. then the clouds begin to thicken up during the daytime hours and see that right there? that is very light precipitation. thi

stance has always been to condemn both sides in this situation its on the ongoing violence in the middle eastern country they aren't taking the side of one of the other saying well the governments have some questions to answer but both sides have to lay down their arms and get around a peace table to discuss this out how their issues now speaking today speaking on monday what we've heard from serbia love as well an attack against those who came after him we heard condemnation from the united states from france and from great britain over russia's decision to veto that security council resolution and this is what he had to say in response. should. we could have achieved consensus at the u.n. security council and we asked them to give us more time with your so that we could discuss the situation following our visit to damascus on february seventh they chose to push for the vote and it means that they wanted to find someone to blame for what's happening in syria and to distract the public from the actions of armed groups which receive weapons and advice from abroad the essence of what's going on is

after that meeting sergei lavrov said moscow will continue its efforts to settle a crisis in the middle eastern country diplomatically or he has more from damascus . going to kind of act for it on our side and this is the result of.