>> yes, abraham as a prophet and from him descended jesus, jesus and mohammad. >> i want to go right to the point, though. the pope apparently, notwithstanding your keen insight -- >> yes, he didn't phone me about it. [laughter] >> notwithstanding that, i have the impression that he wanted to show by his visit over there and he also wanted to get into iraq and he wanted to go but for political reasons he could not do so, regrettably, where abraham was born in you can, saddam hussein's iraq, right? >> but he wanted to show the linkage between the three faiths, why did he want to do that and is that desirable from the point of view of what interfaith dialog, interfaith communion, interfaith connection? >> why did he want to do that? he has to be asked that question and the roman catholic church has to come up with a clear statement. >> you have all those good jesuits there, do they have give you the reason? >> i am given the reason it was religiously promoted and to promote peace in the religion. let me say this. muslims might not recognize some aspects of the christian theology and ch

the family of mohammad ali is denying rumors of the legendary boxer is near death. his wife release of these photos of our of the last night's 40 his ravens year on superbowl sunday. the owners were started by a report in a british tabloid quoting his brother saying he was near death. ali's wife says the rumors are not true and she knows mohammad ali is fine because he says he never blinked or halftime watching beyonce perform. >> that is always a good sign. and this morning consumer alert -- the new trend in weddings is a lavish affair. more brides are scaling down guest list but keeping it down, photographer, and the cake and flowers. others say they want to avoid the big bills normally attached to the event. sony appears poised to unveil a new playstation soon. journalists are invited to a press and then later this month. analysts say all signs point to a new installation of the gaming consul. experts also say sony is not playing around with the ins is a bit of month, preempting mike teselle's new xbox -- xbox release. pizza hut, a new pizza slider and unexpected

these relations improving even further ok thank you very much indeed iranian political analyst side mohammad marandi thank you. the british government is considering using the so-called black boxes to monitor private citizens internet use in the interests of safety or the move has been criticised as a pointless invasion of privacy and the deputy director of the big brother watch organization says the new measures would do nothing to catch people who pose a real security threat the u.k. government seems to think that it's necessary to monitor the communications of every person in great britain rather than actually looking for the people who are actually committing crimes they're going to drive those people further and further underground of the internet and they're only going to capture the the innocent and the incompetent as far as i'm concerned not by any means saying that communications data isn't important but when you have the director general of m i five talking about the evidence that was used to make this spill and calling it pretty horrific assumptions that we've been made that the m

to cross talking when's the nuclear program i'm joined by mohammad marandi and turan he is a professor at the university of tehran in tampa. day he is a foreign policy expert and president of the international american council and in washington we cross the border he is an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman that means you can jump in anytime you want professor marandi and to and if i go to you first the two parties are going to meeting kazakhstan what's different this time around if anything. well i don't think much has changed the united states has increased pressure on iran has increased sanctions that has had a negative effect on ordinary iranians the fact that. senior government officials including the former secretary of state have said that the sanctions are there to force to put pressure on ordinary iranians to bring about change i think in iran is seen as something quite. uncivilized and inhuman to try to hurt ordinary civilians to put pressure on the government i don't think it's going to change i have no doubt that it will not change the policy of the irani

to cross talking when's nuclear program i'm joined by mohammad marandi and turan he is a professor at the university of tehran in tampa we have. day he is a foreign policy expert and president of the international american council and in washington we cross the porter he is an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want professor marandi and if i can go to you first the two parties are going to meeting kazakhstan what's different this time around if anything. well i don't think much has changed the united states has increased pressure on iran has increased sanctions that has had a negative effect on ordinary iranians the fact that. senior government officials including the former secretary of state have said that the sanctions are there to force to put pressure on ordinary iranians to bring about change i think in iran is seen as something quite. uncivilized and inhuman to try to hurt ordinary civilians to put pressure on the government i don't think it's going to change i have no doubt that it will not ch

to cross talk you when's the nuclear program i'm joined by mohammad marandi and turan he is a professor at the university of tehran in tampa we have. day he is a foreign policy expert and president of the international american council and in washington we cross the border he is an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want professor marandi and to and if i go to you first the two parties are going to meeting kazakhstan what's different this time around if anything. well i don't think much has changed the united states has increased pressure on iran has increased sanctions that has had a negative effect on ordinary iranians the fact that. senior government officials including the former secretary of state of said that the sanctions are there to force to put pressure on ordinary iranians to bring about change i think in iran is seen as something quite. uncivilized and inhuman to try to hurt ordinary civilians to put pressure on the government i don't think it's going to change i have no doubt that it will n

its nuclear ambitions well for more on this we're joined live by iranian political analyst side mohammad marandi thanks for joining us here today on r t so iran is ready to hand out loans it seems but how much of a blow have the international sanctions been to its economy. well there are not really international sanctions there are western sanctions the united states in the e.u. are trying to prevent countries from purchasing iranian oil and they've also attempted to shut down all trade through the iranian banking system thus making it difficult even to import medicine and as a result people have died in iran so the e.u. and the united states do have a lot on their hands already but the economy here though it did take a blow. it is continuing to function pretty much normally of the prices have gone up and the reality but business is does continue the iranians i think though they are giving or offering these loans basically to encourage trade between iran and egypt and sudan because iran believes that the overthrow of some of the dictatorships in the region have opened new opportunities t

to cross talk you when's nuclear program i'm joined by mohammad marandi and turan he is a professor at the university of tehran in tampa we have. day he is a foreign policy expert and president of the international american council and in washington porter he is an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want professor marandi in turn if i go to you first the two parties are going to meeting kazakhstan what's different this time around if anything well i don't think much has changed the united states has increased pressure on iran has increased sanctions that has had a negative effect on ordinary iranians the fact that. senior government officials including the former secretary of state have said that the sanctions are there to force to put pressure on ordinary iranians to bring about change i think in iran is seen as something quite. uncivilized and inhuman to try to hurt ordinary civilians to put pressure on the government i don't think it's going to change i have no doubt that it will not change the poli

mohammad your audience where your things. there he's gone. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operation today. league. play. live. feed me a little look at the stains on your face stems from the heat. from the fire at the dump. constantly exposed to heat. the sun kills me and they rip us off when they weigh the metal. if you want a repeat off yes. why do this in the metals dirty. minds but want to put minds there came with the jews garbage they throw them out we thought they were middle world but someone said their minds. that that woman it. was going to be careful they don't explode son so what can we do hold on and be patient. but. how much did you make yesterday the minimum. to twenty shekels. and if you find closer in this thing bring them all washed down. well you and your siblings can wear them. like you see how we live it's a hard life. had to look i didn't take you to a doctor because we're broke and national for. him god help us. if. she takes

in one of several surreal moments of the proceedings involving cali sheikh mohammad, there was a long day of proceedings at the arraignment and fan the judge said waive reading of charges which normally happens at these proceedings where the defendant generally doesn't want to hear the prosecutor recite all the evil deeds he committed without having a chance to rebut them or what ever so the defendant refused to waive their rights at a rain meant to have the charges read and the prosecutors could have written this war and peace tight lanky thing naming every single victim on 9/11 and going into enormous detail, had to read the whole thing in court and went on for three hours. it was like performance art. no one prosecutor could do, they took turns reading so and so, and so there are -- it is clearly one of many moments done where the defendants have tried to irritate the government and tried to manipulate what goes on in the court room. >> i think we have come to the end of our time. thank you very much. i would like to suggest that we give a round of applause to our guest for a very

it started when a british tabloid quoted family source of that mohammad ali was near death. on sunday his wife posted these pictures on line of the champion getting ready for the super bowl. you will notice he is wearing a ray lewis ravens t-shirt and his wife says he was particularly taken by beyonce's halftime show. >> more than 100,000 dangerous toys are being recalled midmorning. magnet balls manipulative magnus sets are being recalled because children can't swallow the magnets. the original and a rainbow brite sets were sold on amazon.com and more than 4000 of these are being recalled for the same reason. also being sold on amazon.com. tax time is coming and you may be able to score free help. qualified taxpayers can get their returns done at no cost -- people will make $51,000 or less can easily get help from the irs volunteer income tax assistance and those 60 years old or older can get it for tax counseling for the elderly program. a log onto irs.gov for more information. sony appears poised to the unveiling in playstation. journalists are invited to a press and then

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here on the grimey streets of kabul 14-year-old mohammad used magazine just to make a living.his life hussling the streets. the only way to support his family after his father passed away. then two years ago random encounter with american filmmaker zahn sam french changed his life. french gave him a lead role in this mavie playing the son of black smith who dreamed of playing afghanistan national sport. >> what went through your heart when you saw yourself in the movie? >> i can not say my feelings because i was so happy. >>reporter: he grew up so poor his family couldn't afford a television. never once been on plane. never even left the country. when we asked him which actor would you like to be. >> he told us rambo. lake most american teenagers. >> issued see angelina jolie. >>reporter: the poster lines the hallway of the american embassy. >> it's nothing short of extraordinary. >> when they found out he couldn't afford the air fair they stepped in to help. >> positive things are happening here. really important that the american people see that. >>reporter: at the airport a

that's the song i commissioned for the life of mohammad alley. i heard george benson do it.had the young 19 year old girl was singing that song with a fervor and passion. it was amazing. so i knew this was a unique special talent. >> catch katie today at 4:00, here on abc 2, along with clyde davis, she will talk to usher, and former american idol winner, jordan sparks. that's happening at 4:00 today. >>> students at the university of maryland eastern shore will learn about how one of their classmates was killed. why the university president wants all students and staff to attends the meeting this morning. >>> a bail hearing held today for oscar. >>> celebration literally blew the

mohammad al-ajami was accused of insulting the emir and inciting the overthrow the regime. he wrote a poem inspired by the tunisian uprising that read in part, "we are all tunisia, in the face of the repressive elite." mohammad al-ajami has been held largely in solitary confinement since his arrest more than a year ago. defense attorneys said they plan another appeal to the jara's supreme court to seek his immediate release. you can go to democracynow.org for our interview from doha with his attorney and a member of the country's national human- rights committee. leaders in africa's great lakes region have signed onto a framework agreement aimed at ending two decades of violence in the eastern democratic republic of congo. the deal calls for increased cooperation between regional governments and more support for the multi nation force inside eastern congo. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon praise the agreement a signing ceremony in ethiopia. >> this signing ceremony is a significant, but it is only the beginning of a comprehensive approach that will require sustained e

. > supporters of mohammad morsi -- >> there has been more unrest where shiite muslims have been protesting against the ruling su ney, thousands are expected to take to the streets on saturday for the funeral of a teenager killed in violence between the police and opposition earlier this week. >> venezuelan state television has released photos of hugo chavez who is in cuba recovering from surgery. venezuela re-elected chavez last year but his health prevented him from taking the inauguration in january. >> social networking by send them ys hackers got to mall ware in facebook. acebook says it was stopped. >> this time the victims, they put up a good fight at first but never looked like they could slow munich's march near the weekend. >> it was another workman like victory for immune im. -- for munich. tomas miller heading way after just three minutes. after another minute, a special strike to break the deadlock. in 1:37 a free kick found another found in sis ors kick on top scorer on 15 goals. there was a chance to level things, but diego's kick couldn't get past noel nowier. >> hairian rob

convicted of a terrorist attack on parliament in new delhi in two thousand and one was executed mohammad group. after the president rejected his mercy petition the execution sparked violence between protesters and supporters of the ruling the high profile terrorist attacks claimed more than a dozen lives while increasing tension between india and pakistan. over two thousand people took to the streets of athens to protest against a the far right golden dawn party the marchers chanted slogans against a golden dawn which has been widely criticized for its neo fascist policies the party has gained significant support since the economic crisis broke out in the country artie's international news agency ruptly provides the footage of the rally . ukrainian protest group femen has made it to the berlin film festival but only as far as the red carpet the notorious activists were staging a topless protest against female circumcision but police quickly removed the half naked women from the venue parties were harsh minister has been placing people in new york to find out if they would be ready to bar

neighborhoods and a hundred and fifty bedouins for whom this has been home for nearly half a century mohammad cushion is angry he says tel aviv doesn't want him and his tribe here but it also refuses to allow them to return to their original village in the negev desert from where they fled after the creation of the state in one nine hundred forty eight when a lot of them it is discrimination they give the settlers everything that they want to them and we're as we do not ask for anything besides laying in the land and they want to evacuated us and our children live surrounded by war it's like being in a prison one of them that they will grow out of and will not make peace in the future with an israeli side was a lot tel aviv complains the bed when camps were set up eagerly without permits. and stand in the way of urban planning but critics say this is just an excuse for a land grab it makes me furious this is going to harm the environment and it's going to harm the health of the people and they make it harder and harder to find a solution for the situation demolition orders have already been i

wondering what iran is doing on the list here's what the report says a yemeni national hussein solemn mohammad on the fed he was captured by iranian authorities in terror on sometime after nine eleven two thousand and one and once was handed over to afghan authorities as part of a prisoner exchange and was held in cia detention in afghanistan so a list of fifty four countries there while president bush acknowledged that the cia had secretly detained about one hundred prisoners and this report alleges there were more the u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and took it to an extraordinary rendition victim more here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and that is sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to extraordinary rendition victims this report is ripe with human rights abuses

wondering what iran is doing on the list here's what the report says a yemeni national hussein solemn mohammadon the fed he was captured by iranian authorities in tehran sometime after nine eleven two thousand and one and once was handed over to afghan authorities as part of a prisoner exchange and was held in cia detention in afghanistan so a list of fifty four countries there while president bush acknowledged that the cia had secretly detained about one hundred prisoners and this report alleges there were more the u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and took it to an extraordinary rendition victim more here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and britain sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to extraordinary rendition victims this report is ripe with human rights abuses and

there he took from a religious shrine the holly real relic of the prophet mohammad.mply by standing there in the presence, walked mute have walked out speaking. the behind seeing by only when a true leader from god stands before the holy. this is what a taliban leader told me. in fact, in the past 100 years, the cloak only came out, if you will, i know we have another association with that term. anyway, the closest thing i could translate it legendary king were to save afghanistan in 1929, and in again in efforts to stop a cholera epidemic in 1985. the prophets can be only when touched by a true leader of the faithful and other taliban told me. he had the right touch. so, so he opened the chest for him to wear the cloak worn by the prophet mohammad and be a leader. as aman talked about after the initial american victory in afghanistan, end of 2001, he and the top leaders were treated in pakistan. now i received what aman said they didn't fight and lot trying to do deals. and likely i received a different explanation for this. you can take it for what it's worth. reco

apparently still continues to have conversations with dennis ross is quite a negative in that regard mohammad everything the gareth kid said you said the winning government agrees to more or less. yeah i think that it's obvious that the iranians are quite willing to cooperate within the framework of the n.p.t. and i and the regulations of the i.a.e.a. iran does not want any rights beyond those that exist in international law and they will not accept anything less and i think that the problem with the united states has nothing to do with human rights iran has a constitution america's closest allies in the region like saudi arabia and qatar do not even have a constitution they do not even have elections iran has elections just recently you had rallies throughout the country on the anniversary of the revolution there was a high turnout this is this sort of thing it's quite clear i mean if we want to speak about human rights drone attacks is just the tip of the iceberg the united states invaded iraq afghanistan they helped create a civil war in syria they they with the with the help of nato they

territory it is a gross violation of the united nations charter iranian academic and political analyst mohammad marandi says israel should take your guns warning of repercussions seriously. but it's important is that the united states knew about their strike before hand they did nothing about it the european union as usual so is silent about it there is no condemnation for killing syrians two for bombing the country and of course iran will defend syrian sovereignty the iranians have many means to hurt the israelis and to punish the israelis it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to be involved directly they could. support countries or bodies that could make life for israelis more difficult now to other international news this hour an explosion killed twenty five and left more than one hundred injured at the mexico city headquarters of pemex the state owned oil company the figures have been confirmed on the company's twitter account some people reportedly remain trapped inside the building local media say a gas leak may have caused the blast in september an explosion at the company's natural

being dragged naked and brutally beaten and in addition there was a young protest from front to mohammad again the who reportedly died in custody from torture people activists human rights groups have been saying this was a key grievance against him a dark regime that shouldn't be happening now in a post revolution presidents the biggest opposition coalition not to salvation front for that part of sticking by their demands which is asking the cabinet to resign if they want enough so salvation government and the constitution to be revoked if this happens then they should be one have dialogue with the president president isn't moving on the street issues so we're looking at a divided egypt continuing in the near future. similar scenes have erupted into meijer the birthplace of the arab spring which brought islamist apology as well clashes between anti regime protesters and police have marked the funeral of an opposition politician who's a number murder lead to a brand new wave of underdressed violence are flared up outside the cemetery as angry mobs three stones and said cars on fire while

well earlier i spoke to side mohammad marandi in a rainy and i could demick and political analyst he says that israel is should be concerned about iran's a possible answer to the strike in syria. say it is rare these are going to face serious consequences the iranians have many means to hurt the israelis to punish the israelis it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to be involved directly they could. support. countries or bodies that could could make life for israelis more difficult course iran in world affairs and syrian sovereignty and i think that the americans and israelis should take this seriously because the iranians through soft power and other means have made life very difficult for american americans and their allies in the region over the past decade as we saw in iraq and afghanistan and in lebanon or while israel has taken a step closer to confrontation its border with syria because he used to receive harsh criticism over its settlement activity that supported the oppression u.n. report says it's violating palestinian human rights un human rights council says israel m

territory it is a gross violation of the united nations charter iranian academic and political analyst mohammad marandi says israel should take iran's warning of repercussions seriously. but it's important is that the united states knew about their strike before hand they did nothing about it the european union as usual so is silent about it there is no condemnation for killing syrians two for bombing the country for of course iran will defend syrian sovereignty the iranians have many means to hurt the israelis and to punish the israelis it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to be involved directly they could. support. countries or bodies that could make life for israelis more difficult now to other international news this hour a bomb blast in northwestern town has killed at least nine people and injured over thirty outside a mosque in the town of hangal according to local media the attack took place as worshippers were exiting after friday prayers no group has said says it carried out the attack the town of hangal is close to pakistan semi autonomous tribal region with a strong taliban an