of control. christians had gathered to protest after muslims partially demolished a church last week. attacks against christian churches increased. christian represent just ten percent of the country's 80 million people. some said the clashes were not as much related to religion as to the army's handling of the situation. the army has controlled the egyptian government for the past 40 years. rioters burned army vehicles and brutal of friends of victims who posted on the internet. >> an emergency cabinent meeting. the latest violence created new concerns about the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for late november. john waage, cbn news. >> joining us now is gary lane. gary has been to egypt this year three times alone. egyptian security forces said the christians started this, is that correct? >> the christians were carrying crosses and poster board around the tv station. >> what sparked this? >> it was a church that had been attacked. every since hosni mubarak stepped down, at least 60 attacks on christians. the attack that happened a year ago at st. marks church in alexandri

twenty three people were killed and one hundred eighty injured as some muslims of christian protesters clashed with police in the streets of cairo divides for two months of rising tensions since the country's variation between radical muslims and christians including at times on churches. also greek public anger continues at boiling point the assonance government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing in more sturdy cuts all facing total collapse. and a woman in the western media reported as being butchered by bashar assad's regime in syria he is on television saying she is alive and well forcing an embarrassing you turn by leaving out that.

funerals after a massacre of christians by egypt's mainly muslim army. it started with a peaceful demonstration. christians, 10% of the population here, were demanding justice after one of their churches was burned down last week by increasingly aggressive islamic radicals. but when the demonstrators reached central cairo, government troops, witnesses say, attacked. military vehicles plowed through crowds. the demonstrators responded, attacking troops with stones. soldiers opened fire, killing 25. even as some christians formed a human shield around one soldier to protect him from angry clouds. in a hospital, we found two young men, one hit by an army truck, the other shot. both insist the army killed unarmed a civilians. protesters are still gathered here in front of the hospital where the bodies of the christian demonstrators were taken. many of these people say egypt's revolution has brought in a period of chaos and empowered islamic extremists leaving egypt's christian minority under threat. christians told us the revolution has failed. the army is he

funerals after a massacre last night of christians by egypt's, mainly muslim army. it started yesterday evening with a peaceful demonstration. christians, 10% of the population here were demanding justice after one of their churches was burned down last week by increasingly aggressive islamic radicals. when the demonstrators reached central cairo, government troops, witnesses say, attacked. military vehicles plowed through crowds. the demonstrators responded, attacking troops with stones. soldiers opened fire, killing 25. even as some christians formed a human shield around one soldier to protect him from angry crowds. in a hospital today, we found two young men, one hit by an army truck, the other shot. both insist the army killed unarmed civilians. protesters are still gathered tonight in front of the hospital where the bodies of the christian demonstrators were taken. many of these people say egypt's revolution has brought in a period of chaos and empowered islamic extremists leaving egypt's christian minority under threat and now under attack. christians told us

today it's torn by violence between members of its 90% egyptian muslim population and members of its 9% egyptian christian population. 70million muslims, 7 million christians. those christians are copts. or coptic christians. rats cal muslims have recently been attacking the coptic christians because they do not practice the muslim faiths. coptic christians last weekend took their frustration to the streets and protested the attacks by muslims and the lack of protectionly the egyptian military, who now run the country since former egyptian president hosni mubarak stepped down. but the coptic protests turned violent. and the egyptian military drove through the crowd with armored vehicles, firing live rounds directly at protestors. the military claimed they were attacked by the protestors. the protestors claim that they were protesting peacefully and that the military started the violence. but 30 protestors were killed over two days. almost all were coptic christians. but despite this president obama backed the egyptian military government. >> i have -- really do have full confidence in the process that the

christian. there were also reports of coptic christians retaliating against muslims. burned cars testified to the riot. eyewitnesses said the violence was provoked. >> there were agitators' in the crowd, organized groups of thugs. they did not run from the army. the attacked soldiers, and threw stones at them. >> other witnesses and some reporters have confirmed such accounts. there was also report that protesters shot and killed a soldier. >> i appeal to every part of the egyptian people, christians and muslims, men, women, old, and young. let us stand against this ugly conspiracy. >> eu foreign ministers expressed concern over the events in cairo. in luxembourg, they called for the protection of all egyptians. >> i think it is important that egyptian authorities and all concerned in egypt reaffirm freedom of worship in egypt, and that all sides step back from the violence. that is what the world looks to them all to do. >> the mood in cairo was fraught. many are concerned violence could flare again at any time. >> in libya, forces backing the transitional government

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the rides for the months of rising tensions as the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times and churches. greek public probably can go continues a boiling point as the athens government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing more storage because it's all placed a total collapse. total in the western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria appears on television saying she's alive and well forcing an embarrassing beauty and probably beating around. the headlines all she's sports updates with pages. hello welcome to this force and here are the headlines. top of the world again jenson button wins in japan but sebastian vettel finishes third to become the youngest ever four wheel one champion to win back to back world titles. while drama down under a stray lock out defending champion south africa to set up the semifinal showdown favorites new zealand come back to beat argentina up about the world cup. big in japan andy murray comes from a set down to beat defending champion rafael nadal in t

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of the day. there was mourning in egypt, and new tensions, after deadly clashes among muslims, christians and government forces. wall street rocketed higher after france and germany vowed comprehensive action on the european debt crisis. the dow industrials gained 330 points. and the u.n. reported hundreds of taliban suspects in afghanistan have been abused with beatings, electric shocks, and other torture. online, you can find everything kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: our partners at globalpost have a new series about the use of u.s. drones. there's a preview on our world page. plus, see what paul solman might look like as a muppet on our making sense page. paul responds to a critique from comedy central's stephen colbert. on art beat, there's a photo essay from a librarian-turned- artist who took on an unusual challenge: illustrating each page of the maritime classic "moby dick." that's on art beat. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the senate debate over the president's jobs bill. i'm jud

of nigeria. campus news direct records in plato state, more than 100 christians have died at the hands of muslim extremists in recent years. the killings are described as hit-and-run-styl hit-and-run-style guerrilla attacks. they believe islamics are using islanis to carry out the attacks. >> wendy: it is hard to imagine, but more slaves exist today than any other time in history. one of the worst offenders is the african nation of sudan. we have the story of one young boy's long journey to freedom. >> reporter: sitting behind a microphone on capitol hill, 18-year-old cir dang is all smiles. it wasn't long ago when he had little, if anything to smile about. he was a young boy when arab raiders ransacked his village, killed a man, and bound kir to a camel, along with his mother. they were dragged to southern sudan to a life of slavery. in his own words, "it was not a good life," but that is putting it mildly. to his owner, his name was synonymous with his job: cattle keeper. >> they had my sleep with goats. >> reporter: they even tied his legs to the goats just to make sure he would wake up if on

eighty injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the guy on the run so rising tensions has become trees revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times on churches. greek public anger continues at boiling point as they are this government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing more security council phrase terrible crimes. under woman who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria appears on television saying she is alive and well forcing an embarrassing by losing. those are the headlines up next here on our c s c remains in turmoil after months of unrest and grows as demanding president assad steps down we'll find out the view of a government that as we talk to his political and press advisor our interview with dr shah about next here on alt. as they wish they would rather this is the third time that the security council has failed to adopt a resolution criticizing syria as russia and china use their powers of veto joining us today to discuss this and the general situation in the country as political and media advisor to syria's president d

women in i it sit-insd daily marches. >> the pains of a muslim woman is no different from the pains of a christian woman. when that message finally sunk there was no turning back. >> reporter: they dressed in white to symbolize peace. why did you think this strategy would work? >> we didn't think about success, we were just determined to be out there for as long as it took. if your society is up side down, you turn it up right. >> reporter: and soon developed a strategy to wage sex strikes to get their husbands on board. >> we felt they were too quiet and they were allowing these evil men to walk all over them. >> reporter: she's now working to spread her message of empowerment to women in other nations torn by war. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: this is the 10th anniversary of the war in afghanistan and we will take you a school that could help determine the future of the country. the jury hears from the doctor on trial in the death of michael jackson. and super bowl champs finally make it to the white house after a 25-year timeout when the cbs news continues. from gazers... to g

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police in the streets of cairo while the months of my eyes in turn transcends the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians and creating a toxin churches. also woman western media reported as being a good trick by pressure on assad's regime in syria appears on television sites of mine and well forcing drivers seem to be tired by easing up. on peers over the agreeing to hold spots above easy emergency measures of crossing germany agreeing on a plan to shore obviously european above and try to stabilize the euro and a lot of coverage and good afghans continues adorning point its rise as protests over deep cuts are approved by the government to secure the rest of the brain. operates they are seen as the remains in turmoil after months of in restaurants press has demanded president assad steps down we'll find out the view of the government as we talk to his political and press of visor our interview with dr shah about next year not. as there was a view of this is the third time that the security council has failed to adopt a resolution criticizing syria as russia and china use that power as a ve

of christians has intensified. hundreds of thousands have escaped homeland to escape pressure from ms. muslims. lee web has that story. >> reporter: since 2003 u.s.-led invasion, many have lost their lives. >> we are happy to see -->> her husband was kidnapped, beat and choked him to death. his crime being a member of iraq's tiny christian community. >> there are people behind the scenes that want to drive the christians out of iraq. this is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. >> some iraqi christians have taken extreme measures by forming a new militia armed with heavy machine guns, christians have taken an oath to protect their other believers. >> we don't go out killing people. we stand here to protect our people. they wanted to kill us. if we don't defend ourselves, who will? >> before the u.s.-led invasion, there were one million christians in iraq, they were free to build churches. a report in 2009, the null number dropped. >> tom doyle, recently gary lane spoke with him by skype about the future of the church there. >> reporter, tom, thanks for joining us. we know you are in contact with

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the rides follow months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times so tragic. so we go to take that background very good and let it ride. in time on the tensions really being but i think. we've probably got a good continues at boiling point as the afghans government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing in more steady crowds or face total come on. the woman who western media are.

threat to the country's security is tampering with national unity and the steering of the score between muslim and christian sons of egypt. provides the opportunity for the country's enemies to tamper with security and to fuel divisions. >> the christians are protesting the recent burning of a church in southern egypt. the christians say the military council has been too lenient on those responsible for antichristian attacks. >>> and in libya troops loyal to the country's new leaders are closing in on moammar gadhafi's hometown. the national traditional council has closed in on one of gadhafi's former residences. the week long battle has resulted in numerous casualties on both sides. >>> it is a make or break week for president obama's jobs bill. the president has been promoting it for weeks. as alison burns reports the bill faces the first major test. >> the senate will be voting tomorrow on whether to advance president obama's jobs bill. democrats need 60 votes and so far not a single republican has expressed any support for it. president obama wants to spend about $450 billion to try to boost the economy

the string of discord between muslims and christians in egypt. this atmosphere provides the opportunity for divisions to be fuelled. >> the situation remained extremely tense. copts make up 10% of the population is in egypt. tensions between them and others have been growing. the protest has also taken place in the city of alexandria in egypt. parliamentary elections are usually held next month, but this is a new and difficult development and poses a serious threat between the country's sectarian group. bbc news. >> coptic christians are 10% of the chips 18 million population. they say they suffer gypt'sination -- of the chi team million population. they say they suffer discrimination. i have a guest on the phone to discuss this. what have you seen? >> we live right in the area where everything is happening. it all started yesterday, somewhere around 5:00 p.m., where we saw a gathering. at about 6:30, we heard a loud voices. we walked out onto the balcony. we saw army tanks. there were running over people. they were going very fast. we saw them sh

and security forces in rioting in cairo religious tensions between muslims and christians in egypt have intensified since the fall of hosni mubarak in february what began as a peaceful rally calling for justice attacks on christian churches by muslim extremists quickly turned into the most violent episode since february as revolution military vehicles charge three rounds and plowed into people well troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas the army supreme council has called for a swift investigation into the violence as far as the clashes state media has blamed the christian protesters at least global shiela however if the stance that hypocritical. this is a very cynical attempt by the defacto rulers of the country the military to portray a. minority of the population and religious minority as drug makers when in fact all they're doing are trying to seek some justice and overturn institutionalized discrimination that's the. residue from the time of war barak and his policies so this is absolutely cynical kind of the way it's covered by the military council and its media are let's look at what the background that we'

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the rides followed months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and coptic christians including attacks on churches. let me take that back around to. the right. thanks for that. and the tensions really been my thing police and demonstrators clashed in the streets of athens. mates and the country cuts or collapse. the woman who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime.

of the town. >>> meanwhile in egypt dozens are dead after christian protestors clashed with the army last night. the demonstrators were protesting the recent burning of a church. tensions between muslims and christians has been growing in the last few months since the ousting of former president hosni mubarak. >>> it was a special privilege for those who went green and bought hybrid cars. with that they got to blow by traffic in the carpool lanes. but that's now over and we are finding out that everyone is suffering. joe vazquez tells us why. >>> reporter: elizabeth you would think, as the federal government did, that taking cars out of the fast hov lane would make all traffic faster. but according to a new study, the opposite is true in part because it's harder to get in and out of those lanes. driving in the carpool lane is still faster than regular traffic. but according to a new study, traffic in all lanes has gotten slower in just the last few months. >> here we have shots taken a few years actually before the -- >> reporter: this professor, transportation engineer at uc- berkeley, observed the hov or carpool lanes of 880 in hayward and he watched as all traffic slowed down even

eighty injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of the bipolar months of rising tensions as the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians including outskirts and transfer. of the woman in western media reported as being obliterated by a bus on assad regime and syria appeared on television centrism live and crowd sourcing and embarrassed by leading a. class here's over possible for example sponsored by the e.u. emergency measures with france and germany agreeing on a plan to shop in europe to find trying to stabilize the euro zone it was probably grounded outlets came to me as a boiling point as right as protest video card approved by the government to secure rescue problems. they do us and pakistan friends oppose drawing peace love out of his guests for an in-depth discussion on american pakistani relations that's in the cost of the. ok. listen to the. following welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle destined to be friended me again pakistan u.s. relations face a breaking point the u.s. says pakistan is hedging its bets by maintaining ties to militant groups that are trying to undermine the government in

christians are accusing the egypt's governing military council of being too lenient on muslim radical who is the christians say are behind a recent string of deadly attacks. the worst uprise since the protests earlier this year that removed from power president hosni mubarak. >>> ethnic tensions in egypt, iraq, only help assad prove his theory that the region needs strong men, not good. the syrian president assad that richard is talking about, the government renewing its brutal crackdown on anti-regime protesters in the country. according to reports, 31 people were killed in a series of shootings overnight. syrian human rights activist say about half the deaths were in the city of oms where syrian trips reportedly opened fire on suspected desserters. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," they've been clamoring in denver for tim tebow and yesterday, they got him under center. we'll show you how the kid did at quarterback. when we whip through the day in the nfl. >>> plus, "saturday night live" breaks out its chris christie. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes

i'm thinking of sunni muslims and a remnant of christians who live in iraq. >> all the countries in then differences are facing the challenge whether it's iraq in the aftermath of the u.s. withdrawal or syria as you find protesters demanding the ouster. there is a sense that the sectarian issues are going to define the region over the next decade. they are troublesome. the interesting thing about iraq is there was a lot of speculation about whether they break up into the three natural parts that you identified in the aftermath of sa saddam hussein's ouster. the interesting thing is that the sense of iraqi nationalism has so far prevailed. that may be more trouble down the road and deeper differences, but now that all people have the vote and they realize that they can take to the polls their demands and vote for people into office and the parliament in a way they couldn't under saddam hussein, there outlets and every country with sectarian differences and ethnic differences faces challenges. >> do you really have confidence in prl maliki, a man routinely described as corrupt? >> i'm not

injured as thousands of christians protest in front of the police on the streets of cairo and the brides follow months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians is nearing a tux such as. the. greek public anger continues a warning to the afghans government grants and optimism from the international monetary fund bringing more austerity counsel phaistos months. and the woman who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria isn't medicine sales and i've been in well in sync and paris again turned violent in our beds. next and i'll see you find out what's going on in syria plus turn from someone who has the presidency yet as all she talks to his political and press of visor that's coming up next. as they were saying this is the third time that the security council has failed to adopt a resolution criticizing syria as russia and china use that power as a veto joining us today to discuss this and the general situation in the country as a political and media advisor to syria's president dr was there in a shop on mr ban brought them to our program party is that the position taken by russia and the sec

tensions lead to dozens of deaths in clashes between the country's christians and security forces the violence erupted at a peaceful rally against the attacks on christian churches by muslim extremists. and the wall street protesters of turning up the volume as the campaign continues to spread despite multiple arrests and claims of a heavy handed response from the police people across the u.s. that demanding the end of what they call the government protection and call for lots of. russia says along with other brics countries that it's ready to help the debt ridden e.u. find a way out of the financial turmoil is growing poverty in european countries.

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the riots fall among some rising tensions since the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times is. the woman of the western media report that is being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria he is on television saying she's alive and well forcing an embarrassing u. turn by beating the leading out of that's the headlines up next take an exciting trip with all sorts of mountainous south central siberia where the world's deepest laid by comets located on the web as strong local belief in the polish spirit.

. >> the authorities say some members of the security forces were killed and wounded by protesters. 8 months ago, the revolution triumphed. muslims and christiansnited to get rid of the dictorship to the army was lifted up as a protector of the people. now, the role of the army is most in question. they failed to protect christians against the rising tide of sectarianism or were they actually complicitous in spreading divisions? coptic christianity has about 8 million followers in egypt. they complained of official discrimination and increasing intolerance from radical islamic groups. since the revolution, several churches have been burned and christians say that there has been an number of attacks by islamists. >> before the revolution, the mubarak regime kept some sort of balance of power. now, they are granted total freedom to exercise all of their rights on the political scene. >> in recent demonstrations on tahrir square, a very conservative branch of islam who played a more prominent role. some believe that this has encouraged them and might have used provocateurs to stoke the violence to justify continuing their own rule. >> they are try

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the riots colder months of rising tensions as the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians are increasing attacks and charges. also break public anger continues at boiling point out the absence government gas and ultimatum from the trucking monetary fund bringing mall stammers the cost of face total climbs. on to more in western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria is on television saying she is alive and proud forcing an embarrassing u. turn by eating out. on the right ahead prop saw a special report and also looks into the injustice palestinians face being evicted from lands they've held for centuries by jewish settlers banished by the israeli army so. now this war that's three zero we're just working on. used to be the main part of the havre market try to imagine in your head on a recent poll markets of a city of one hundred fifty thousand people since ninety four is closed down at the beginning of the second intifada destroyed the street was announced as a sterilized three million palestinians even prevented even to walk

christian protestors do you agree with these versions of the events. absolutely not and what's really shocking is we have a state media in a country of a mixed christian and muslim population calling the protesters the quotes and saying the cops have been doing this and doing that this is a very cynical attempt by the defacto rulers of the country the military to portray a. minority of the population and the religious minority as troublemakers when in fact all they're doing are trying to seek some justice and overturn institutionalized discrimination that's the. residue from them time of what barak and his policies so this is absolutely cynical. of the way it's covered by the military council and its media are and i think it doesn't bode very well for the near future in egypt where there are only religious tensions behind these protests or is there some kind of broader issue at work here. let let's look at what the background that we're looking at here in egypt because some people got carried away after mubarak stepped down and declared their evolution over in fact what we are facing is a popular uprising that was a poor aborted by a military coup leaving a pret

of the most recent defense equal opportunity management initiative survey identified you know that many so forty thousand that's number two behind all the christians put together ahead of jews buddhists muslims hindus and what i want to do is make sure that there's overt policies that say chaplains have to provide for those service members and to ensure that there is training so that they know how to properly provide for them what give us you know give us a hypothetical or just tell us i guess how it actually works when you're out in the field when you are in a war zone they can turn you down a chaplain can say that i won't provide you counseling you know i can't help you out because because you're not a person of faith what happens is if i. you know jewish or mormon for example i'll go in and find probably a chaplain that's not my own faith they'll point me in the right direction maybe connect me with a chaplain that is there provide materials and draw from the training that they've had you know kind of world religions and diversity training to help me out and what i what i get if i'm an atheist or a humanist you know they might talk to me but they're going to talk to me without understandi

injured as thousands of christian protesters clash with police on the streets of cairo riots followed months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and coptic christians including attacks on churches. were no who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria says she's alive and well raising concerns of stories of being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. and police and demonstrators clashed on the streets of athens after the i.m.f. salta made to enter the country to make cuts or face collapse a softer greece admitted failing to reduce its deficit the agreed level despite a relentless austerity drive. personality in the first part of our special report palestinians tell us in their own words how they're being violently forced out by jewish settlers from a town that's been their home for centuries. there . would soon be a predator on our hero. there are five hundred of them surrounded by a hundred and twenty thousand very very hostile most of. the settlers in hebron illegally being there. and listening to change living room why is that illegal this is our land and arabs know that they

>>> developing tonight in egypt the coptic christian church is calling for three days of fasting and prayer to mourn christians killed in clashes with muslim and security forces sunday. church leaders say military rulers are not doing enough to protect them and tonight the white house is weighing in. >> reporter: hundreds of christians packed the cathedral in cairo for funeral services for those killed in sunday's clashes, a crowd mixed with grief and anger carrying the coffins to the front, family members of the victims overcome with emotion. >> it seems there were instructions to use excessive force against protesters. i have never seen armored vehicles speeding to run over protesters as if they were competing for a prize. >> reporter: some political figures in egypt are concerned the fighting might set back the fragile transition from the mubarak regime to civilian rule. >> the situation is critical and there are threats of civil war. we hope we won't reach that point. >> reporter: but there was more violence today egyptians once again the target. the white house released a statement saying, "the united states continues to believe the r

of christians protesting in southern egypt. then more protesters joined in. and christian muslim tensions soon snapped. battle lines quickly formed between riot police and those angry with the slow pace of change. and that turned to chaos. arm armed men described as thugs and christians and muslims fighting each other. it went to the site of the flagging revolution. at least one armored vehicle plowed into a crowd sending bodies flying. by the time the police imposed a curfew overnight, more than 20 were dead. it morphed into an explosion of anger against a military regime many egyptians say is in no hurry to give up power. i call on the egyptian people muslims and christians to unite against this foul conspiracy, he said. and the next flash point could well be outside cairo's cathedral where funerals for those christian protesters who were killed in the riots are taking place. >> all right. jim in london for us. thanks much. >>> for as long as there's been a war against al qaeda, there have been legal questions about the methods used to carry out the mission. the latest involves a memo that cleared the

for places of worship to establish longer awaited equality between christians and muslims in that regard. lisa longer wait. for. an anti discrimination between egyptians to. meet his commitment to establish a special committee to study papers of a long list of. churches. and reopen why is the prime minister still reluctant stepien to bring those responsible for church attacks or attacks against what is going on here fraid of someone why is he not taking any. action here. this is. the reaction the behavior of. militant islamists is extremely. reluctant to enforce the rule. changes. to these factions. is ready to confront. us as. to be used by these islamists. to the strength. the. frame to prove. the fans of the state and. for that. let's talk about more about who could be behind these possible attacks i was in cairo recently and we spoke to people who said that sometimes if you attack . a graph and you become some sort of a local hero is that really the situation there. and to just. hope that. they skate with what they do and that is their goal isn't to be just. you know there's much to

a lot of anger against the military leaders of egypt, people accusing them of working with muslim fanatics against the christian minority, minority that makes up about 9% of the population. what we also saw were muslims coming to console the families of people who had lost victims in this fighting. so there is an attempt on sort of a personal street level by people to narrow this widening sectarian divide. but there's a feeling that the government is unwilling or incapable of really bringing the streets under control. i mean, i have to do this live shot right now with the windows closed because just a little while ago a rock was thrown through our window by young men in the street who i'm told are actually working for the egyptian police. so the situation is not chaotic but it's becoming very tenuous at the moment. >> most violence i know you all have seen on cairo streets since the revolution many months ago in which hosni mubarak was ousted. speaking of, this movement on the streets is very much connected to that political revolution back this spring. >> reporter: yes. amongst the protestors, as i mentioned,

injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo rides following months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and coptic christians including attacks on churches. take that back around to. the right. on the fence it's really been writing police and demonstrators clashed on the streets of athens after the i.m.f. seoul to meet and for the country cuts or collapse. and a woman who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria says she's alive and well raising concerns that fabricated stories are being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. while i am in the morning here in moscow a very good morning for me kevin o.e.d. watching the weekly on r.t. our roundup of the top stories for the past seven days and he wall street protests those kids off in new york three weeks ago now grown into a nationwide rally engulfing a growing number of u.s. cities every day them as traitors inspired by the arab spring demand an end to social inequality and corporate greed and as their calls for revolution get louder . the authorities reading into fun and harder to ignore.