bombs ripped through two mosques in the northern city of tripoli killing at least 42 people. the explosions hit the sunni mosques at the end of friday prayers. they appear to have been coordinated. along with the dead more than 300 people were wounded. the war in syria has triggered a rise in sectarian violence in lebanon. the shia militant group hezbollah is sending fighters across the border to help troops loyal to syrian president bashar al assad. radical sunni groups are supporting the opposition forces. earlier this month a car bomb went off in a hezbollah stronghold in lebanon's capital beirut. the explosion killed more than 20 people. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon is urging the syrian government to let inspectors thoroughly investigate the latest allegations regarding the use of chemical weapons. opposition leaders in the country say government forces targeted their towns with poison gas. ban is taking the accusation seriously. >> any use of chemical weapons anywhere by anybody under any circumstances would violate international law. such a crime against human

. >> two mosques were targeted in the northern city of tripoli.ou can see the destruction and carnage behind me. people are angry. they are upset. now we believe that they were car bombs, and they went off almost simultaneously, and the worshippers were still in the mosque when the explosion went off. people here tell you that this is an attack -- or these attacks really targeted the sunni community. this is a predominantly a sunni city, and a city which you have sympathizers of the syrian opposition. many people will tell you these attacks are related to the crisis, to the war in neighboring syria, and what is dangerous is that they see a sunni community under attack, and it just comes just over a week after shiite civilians were targeted in beirut. >>> we'll have much more coming up in this newscast on the syrian war, and you can follow the latest developments on our website, aljazeera.com/america. >>> an emergency shutdown has been triggered at a nuclear plant. it happened affalo levels of radioactive water were found leaking overnight. officia

in the northern city, there have been frequent clashes. the twin blasts, week after a bombing killed 27 people in south beirut. a has bullock pro assad strongld. >> a number of syrian children forced to flee abroad as top the one million mark. life as a refugee is a traumatizingxperience for children even as they try to give as much of a life as possible. in the overcrowded camp in joan, rept. >> these children seem happy because they are safer here than they would get home. the children are attending school in the refugee camp in neighboring jordan. they are led and exercise routines and games to keep them entertained. >> two days before they came here, they told us the army was planning to occupy our school. in those days, we would see the rockets flying directly above us. that is when my uncle suggested weleave for his atari. -- zitari. one million children have been forced to leave their country and a further 2 million displaced within syrian borders. >> we see this as a children's crisis first and foremost. they are the ones affected

security forces fought with them in the northern city of tanta. exchanges of gunfire have been reported in the east. members of the interim government have warned they'll use live ammunition to any group that poses a threat to public order. supporters of former president morsi are demanding his reinstatement. ministry leaders forced him from office last month after millions of his opponents took to the streets. >>> the two koreas are moving closer to resuming talks about reuniting families separated since the korean war. officials from south korea's red cross have proposed working level negotiations. he suggested an august 23rd meeting in the truce village of panmunjom. the offer came one day after south korea's president park guen-hye called on the north to allow family reunions in mid-september. >> translator: i asked north korea to open its heart to allow a reunion of separated families around south korea's thanksgiving day in september. >> the two koreas suspended family reunion talks in november 2010 after ties became strained. last month nor

lye for us from the northern lebanese city of tripoli. well, anti-coupe protestors. there was a protest held in southern cairo. there were also marching in cairo's city district, and in mi nba. the demonstrations have shrunked in size. that killed hundreds. >> well a former police chief in china has begun testifying in court against former politician bo xiano. he was sentenced to 15 years in prison last year for abuse of power. while harry has the latest for us, where that trial is taking place. hi there, harry, so what has happened on day three on this very closely watched trial. >> well, we just heard some extraordinary information in the last few minutes relating to pleadings elier on today. we saw the convoy that we usually see with two black -- one black top van, this time there were two. we assume that one he john was in the other one. these two men that have been closely tied together, was the police chief both in his post in the northern eastern city, and in the western city of chung ching. they came face to face in ports this afternoon. we don't yet have the

. >> in the northern city of triply, the syrian battle drowned has now moved to lebanon. >>

. >> they are from the largest city in northern mali. in 2012 they fled islamist groups and sought refuge. >> i left because of the people who rape women and children. that's why i left. they even attacked one of my daughters. >> she is a teacher who is voting for soumaila cisse the candidate from the north. she hopes he will bring order back to the region so that she can return home and life can return to normal. >> we want the president to do everything he can to bring an end to this crisis. so that the government can get back to work. and so that the refugees can go home. we are tired of it. >> despite the refugee status she's managed to register to vote. >> i voted for my candidate. unlike her sister who was not able to vote. some 500,000 malian are refugees in their own country or overseas. the first round of elections they were unable to exercise their right to vote. >> the vote took place beyond their voters. france is home to their locker roomest community outside of africa. many voters couldn't take part. let's find out why. >>

. >> reporter: two mosques were targeted in the northern city of tripoli.ehind me you can see the destruction and carnage. there is a lot of chaos here. people are angry and upset. we believe they were car bombs and they went off almost simultaneo simultaneously, and according to people here, the people were still inside the mosque when the explosion went off. they say these attacks targeted the sunni people. this is is predominantly a sunni city. and many people here will tell you these attacks are related to the crisis, to the war in neighboring syria. and what is dangerous, is they see a sunni community under attack, and it just comes just over a week after civils were targeted in beirut. >>> you can always get the latest developments on our website, aljazeera.com/america. >>> in new jersey low levels of leak targeted a nuclear plant shut down. officials with the nuclear regulatory commission say, this is a quote, this is not a threat to the public, and the spill is confined. >>> jurors have resumed deliberations in the sentencing of nidal hand -- hasan.

it took part in the northern city of rafa. one of the more dangerous areas in the northern part of sinai peninsula. there has been a spike since the removal of president morsi. two vans carrying police akron scri scripts that came under fire. they said that full police honors will be afforded to those conscripts that were killed. another deadly attack, this one involved prisoners being transferred a maximum security prison. the interior ministry said they were part of muslim brotherhood were killed after they were suffocated to death. the muslim brotherhood has said this was a brutal. they fired teargas into the carrying truck that was carrying those prisoners. more details on that from the muslim brotherhood today. but two very disturbing incidents just in the last 12 hours really highlight the vol tallty that has gripped egypt. >> here the political talk has gotten very tough. i want to listen to something from senator graham and then i want to ask you about it. >> we had no election the brotherhood would get creamed at the b

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. >> muslims in the northern city of hamburg are able to celebrate the end of from a non-without penalties at work or school. the city has reached an agreement with muslim communities to recognize islamic holidays officially. >> for the last month, they have been fasting. now, muslims in germany as well are celebrating the end of ramadan. mid day prayers are only sparsely visied. many are all of -- already celebrating at home with their families. >> you see people you would not otherwise see. >> the joy that we share and the warmhearted miss -- that is what we look forward to every year. >> in hamburg, agreements between the city government and muslim leaders mean that the festival is now officially honored in the city. muslims are entitled to a day of vacation at work, and children do not have to go to school. >> our holidays are on the calendar, so it is talked about in school and discussed and celebrated as well. >> the islamic community issued an open invitation to join the breaking of the fast. it's a tradition in hamburg and now reinforced by the new agreement. >> when we came up wit

the team is focusing on three locations that include a suburb in the northern city where chemical weapons were allegedly used in march. they received reports of 13 cases where the chemical weapons are suspected of having done used. the latest was on wednesday. an anti-government activist said forces fired rockets loaded with chemical weapons on opposition stronghold in a suburb of damascus, killing hundreds. another activist said 1300 people were killed. a government official denies the allegation. the state-run news agency said the opposition issic maing the claims to disrupt the un inspections. an anti-government activist asked the team to inspect the site of wednesday's attack. the movements and actions are being restricted by the syrian government. >> egypt could be on the verge of more unrest. the court ordered that former president mubarak be released on bail. it could trigger angry reactions from people who took part in the protest that led to mubarak's resignation. the court upheld the argument of counsel that he should be released. it said the president of his detention on corrup

at least 13 civilians, including 7 children, were killed in an air raid on friday in the northern city of racka, where rebels are mostly in control. an intense battle followed the air raid as rebel forces responded with mortar shells. government warplanes have also been bombing areas in latackia. the activists say more than 20 people, including ten civilians were killed. government troops have stepped up their offensive around the country, including latakia and suburbs of damascus while they try to retake rebel regions. more than 100,000 people have died over the past two and a half years. >>> two japanese journalists who lost a colleague in syria are trying to get as close as they can to report on the country's civil war. free lance journalist yamamoto is reporting from aleppo on august 20th last year. she was killed when opposition forces came under fire. these two men left japan for turkey on sunday. they worked with her for the japan press. they will be based at a refugee camp in neighboring jordan. people have fled syria, and the situation in the conflict zone. they were partners.

. >> muslims in the northern city of hamburg are able to celebrate the end of from a non-without penalties at work or school. the city has reached an agreement with muslim communities to recognize islamic holidays officially. >> for the last month, they have been fasting. now, muslims in germany as well are celebrating the end of ramadan. mid day prayers are only sparsely visied. many are all of -- already celebrating at home with their families. >> you see people you would not otherwise see. >> the joy that we share and the warmhearted miss -- that is what we look forward to every year. >> in hamburg, agreements between the city government and muslim leaders mean that the festival is now officially honored in the city. muslims are entitled to a day of vacation at work, and children do not have to go to school. >> our holidays are on the calendar, so it is talked about in school and discussed and celebrated as well. >> the islamic community issued an open invitation to join the breaking of the fast. it's a tradition in hamburg and now reinforced by the new agreement. >> when we came up wit

. >> it happened in the northern city of tripoli and marks the biggest escalation of sectarian violence since the war began in serious two years ago. >> we will go live to beirut in just a moment, but first, our report on the blast, and many viewers may find the images disturbing. >> cctv footage shows sunnis praying in central tripoli moments before a car bomb explodes outside. people rush to escape falling debris. smoke billowed from the car which concealed the bomb. passersby tried to extinguish the flames and help the wounded. almost at the same time, a bomb exploded near tripoli's port about two kilometers away. authorities suspect the blast were coordinated terror attacks designed to deepen sectarian divisions in lebanon. dozens of people were killed and hundreds wounded. the city's hospital struggled to care or so many people being brought in at once. many were in critical condition. >> so far, none of the dead have been brought to us here. they have been taken to other hospitals. they are bringing the wounded to us. he have 121 did now, and the number is rising. >> sectarian vio

they include a suburb in the northern city of aleppo where chemical weapons were allegedly used in march. u.n. officials say they've received reports of 13 cases where sarin and other chemical weapons are suspected of having been used. the latest was on wednesday. an anti-government activist says government forces fired rockets loaded with chemical weapons on an opposition stronghold in a suburb of damascus, killing hundreds of people. another activist says more than 1300 people were killed. a government official denies the allegation. syria's state-run news agency quotes the official as saying the opposition is making the claims to disrupt the u.n. inspections. an anti-government activist has asked the u.n. team to inspect the site of wednesday's attack, but the team's movements and actions are being restricted by the syrian government. >>> egypt could be on the verge of morunrest. a court has ordered that former president hosni mubarak be released on bail. it's feared his release could trigger angry reactions from people who took part in the country's arab spring protest which led to m

have claimed the lives of forty eight people in eight separate assaults most deadly was in the northern city of mosul where eleven died in a car bomb explosion blast in five other cities including three in the capital killed civilians and dozens injured authorities blame insurgents for the bloodshed but have not named any particular group. rejection courts has adjourned the trial of former president hosni mubarak who is accused of complicity in the killings of protesters during the twenty eleven uprising and barack was sentenced to life behind bars last year but was granted a retrial after he appealed the ruling hearing comes amid a new spike of internal strife triggered by the muslim brotherhood's removal from office on egypt military. and the cargo train known for transporting the central american migrants is de railed in southern mexico killing at least five and leaving scores wounded the crash occurred in a remote area of tabasco state run two hundred fifty migrants were traveling on the infamous best train and do you railed an unknown number of people remain trapped inside. coming up ok

international worked with an american science organization to analyze satellite photos of the northern city of aleppo. the group released photos taken last december and this past february. spokespersons say a comparison shows the clear impact of air strikes by military forces loyal to president bashar al assad. they add that more than 100 residents died in missile attacks in february. parts of the old city of aleppo have been hit. the area is a unesco world heritage site. syria's civil war has been going on for two and a half years. united nations officials say more than 100,000 people have died as a result of fighting between the military and opposition forces. >>> unusually high ocean temperatures are helping fishermen in northern japan. they are catching a lot more bluefin tuna than usual. fishermen brought home 95 of the fish in the ten days through wednesday. they only caught seven in the same period last year. >> translator: i've never seen such a big catch before. >> officials of the fisheries research agency say the sea temperature off hokkaido is about 15 degrees celsius. that's th

have claimed the lives of forty eight people in eight separate assaults most deadly was in the northern city of mosul eleven died in a car bomb explosion blast in five other cities including three in the capital and killed civilians and left dozens injured authorities blame insurgents for the bloodshed but have not named any particular group. gyptian court has adjourned the trial of former president hosni mubarak who has been accused of complicity in the killings of protesters in the twenty seven uprising america sentenced to life behind bars last year but was granted a retrial after he appealed the ruling we're hearing comes amid a new spike of internal strife triggered by the muslim brotherhood's removal from office. a cargo train known for transporting central american migrants as de railed in southern mexico killing at least five and leaving schools wounded the crash occurred in the remote area of tabasco state run two hundred fifty my wounds were travelling on the infamous bestia train when it derailed on the number of people remain trapped inside. and germany's top euro skeptic politic

claimed the lives of forty eight people in eight separate assaults the most deadly was in the northern city of mosul where eleven died in a car bomb explosion last and five other cities including three in the capital killed civilians and that dozens injured authorities blame insurgents for the bloodshed but have not named any group in particular. and now to yemen where a bomb has killed a number of air force officers in the capital the device exploded ripping through the side of the bus carrying them scattering victims across the street reflecting reports suggest between one and six officers may have died and there are regular attacks on military personnel as the country struggles to control separatists islamist militants with al qaeda links. strikes into the sixth day in colombia farmers again clashed with security forces over recent economic reforms and these are the biggest protests the country's seen in nearly a decade the president said he will not let the unrest destabilize the state and ordered police to continue their crackdown nation is open its economy to foreign trade and new low

claimed the lives of forty eight people in eight separate assaults the most deadly was in the northern city of mosul where eleven died in a car bomb explosion last and five other cities including the capital where three civilians and dozens of others were left injured and now authorities blame insurgents for the bloodshed but have not named any group in particular. this is all to live here moscow you've been watching the weekly i'll be back with more in just over half an hour with the news team in the meantime to be opening brings you this week's top business news that sin venture capital off to a short break stay with us for that if you can. see good leverage or two mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the dog. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought y

and we'll begin with the most recent reports of two powerful explosions in lebanon the largest northern city of tripoli four people have reportedly been killed and forty wounded one of the blasts occurred inside a mosque while the other went off in the city's neighborhood of maner setting off a fire afterwards and we're also hearing a hardline muslim cleric was praying inside the mosque and was apparently targeted it's not yet clear who is behind that and of course we'll bring you more details as we get them. israel says it has bombed a militant target south of beirut in retire action for cross border strikes the day before although that tops were claimed by al qaeda leaders jihad it's some reports say israeli jets hit a palestinian group that maintains a military base in lebanon and suppose the syrian regime of thursday the israeli army is missile shield reportedly intercepted one of four rockets fired from lebanon two of the missiles landed in israel causing damage but no casualties while a third fell short. the operator of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant tepco has admitted it needs o

the national democratic party's election campaign has been met with angry demonstrations in the northern city of hanover protesters chanted nazi logans in an attempt to hamper n.p.g. members from speaking at the rally the far right party plans to visit a number of cities in the country ahead of the federal elections in september. coming up peter the vel in his gas debate whether the us is a force for good in the world that's in cross talk just in a minute. the video game company of heroes two is facing a lot of heat from gamers inside the former soviet union in fact fourteen thousand people thus far have taken the time to sign a change to org petition to get the game removed from former communist shelves across the land why are people so mad this looks like some sort of world war two game i mean in this type of game there isn't going to be a murdering of virtual rampaging through cities with rocket launchers so why did they start a petition for you to blogger called the bad comedian made a detailed twenty five minute video depicting all the gross historical inaccuracies and exaggerations thro

footage from one of two deadly blasts in lebanon's northern city of tripoli authorities say the attacks on two more skilled forty two people and left another three hundred fifty injured both blasts targeted friday prayers in parts of the city where two syrian opposition clerics are known to preach however it's not clear if either with their lebanon's prime minister has condemned the attack calling it an indicator of just how dangerous a situation you can treat is in. the security forces have fired tear gas at protesting students in colombia's capital who responded with homemade molotov cocktails the black clad youths are said to be part of the urban section of the fark terror group the clashes come amid a second wave of national strikes this year with roadblocks paralyzing many areas across the country week. the man who killed thirteen people and wounded more than thirty in a shooting spree at a u.s. military post has been found guilty on all forty five counts against him thirteen of those charges were premeditated murder and army major nidal hasan now faces the death penalty the milita

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this is one of two mosques targeted by a powerful car bombing in lebanon's northern city of tripoli. the explosions were minutes apart. dozens of people mr. killed an and--were killed and injured. there was no claim of responsibility but officials say the attacks had one mission, to create sectarian strikes in lebanon. many here are supporters of the syrian opposition. >> this is the work of the syrian government. they sent message to sunnies in the north. we will not be threatened. >> reporter: these bombings are seen as an attack against sunnies. hezbollah is fighting along side the syrian government. this is a country polarized by the syrian war. and tripoli is a volatile city. those who support or oppose the syrian government have engaged in gun battles over the past. it is a time of heightened tensions. the blasts were not unexpected. a few days the lebanese army stepped up across the country. they say they're fighting a total war against those who are trying to start a sectarian war. >> i feel that it has leaped over into lebanon. >> reporter: lebanese leaders believe those beh

the national democratic party's election campaign has been met with angry demonstrations in the northern city of hanover protesters chanted nazi out slogans in an attempt to hamper n.p.g. members from speaking at the rally the far right party plans to visit a number of cities in the country ahead of the federal elections in september. well russian pole vaulting star you learned this in via has stolen international headlines once again this time though not due to her world records but for a statement she's spoken out in defense of the country's ban on gay propaganda to ghana to minors that's been stirring controversy ahead of the sochi winter olympics next year let's now find out all of the details from lucy catherine of she joins us live to see what made islam by a this celebrated our fleet and sports fans darling really jump into this very heated debate right now on gay rights in russia well sure hi there. just to remind our viewers the recently implemented law which bars the so-called propaganda of nontraditional sexual relationships to minors has led calls to boycott of the twenty fourteen

footage from one of two deadly blasts in lebanon's northern city of tripoli authorities say the. attacks on two mosques killed forty two people and left another three hundred fifty injured both blasts targeted friday prayers and parts of the city where syrian opposition clerics are known to preach however it's not clear if either were there lebanon's prime minister has condemned the attack calling it an indicator of just how dangerous a situation the country is now in the. security forces of five tear gas or protesting students in colombia's capital responded with homemade molotov cocktails the black clad youths are said to be part of the urban section of the fog terror group clashes come amid a second wave of national strikes this year with roadblocks paralyzing many areas across the country all week. so i'll be back with the news team with wolf we just have a hoffa now from the mean time abby martin picks up a sledgehammer to bash the mainstream media that's him breaking the set off to the break. they say geo politics is a lot like a schoolyard and while obama snubbing a meeting

have claimed the lives of forty one people in eight separate incidents the most deadly was in the northern city of mosul where eleven died in a car bomb explosion last and five other cities including three in the capital killed civilians and left dozens injured authorities blame insurgents for the bloodshed but have not named any group in particular. about with a news team with morphine just a half and half now in the mean time the price one african nation is paying for turning a few heads at the international monetary fund that's a special report after this short break. they say geo politics is a lot like a schoolyard and while obama snubbing a meeting with the president of russia to in theory punish him for the stoughton incident sounds kind of amateur that is the kind of stuff the girl you did when you're sixteen would do cancel a date just to show you how much her feelings are hurt let's not mistake this cancel meeting with cutting off diplomatic relations which is the total rejection of any form of discussion with another country which really isn't a bold and possibly dangerous but a cold

news we have to bring you from lebanon, we are hearing two explosions have been set off in the northern cityipoli and happened five minutes apart as people were coming out of friday prayers, one bomb went off from the mosque on the square and the other one went off in the mina area of tripoli so the bombs five minutes apart and following the story, bringing you more details, we will have much more in our bulletin that is coming up, with elizabeth, stay with us. sure that stories don't escape them. >> every day a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you heard angles you hadn't considered. jazeera.com. >> good morning, this is aljazeera, i'm richelle carey. these are some of the stories we're following at this hour. mounting international reaction as the civil war in syria escalates. some are calling for the use of force after this week's deadly attack. the u.n. now calling it is refugee crisis a shameful milestone. >> san diego's mayor bob filner expected to resign in disgrace today. the settlement deal is fueling a whole new controversy. >> a wildfire is getting wor

certainly that helped the roosevelt coalition in the northern cities where the african americans were voting. and so franklin, although he did not attack the southern segregationists in congress because he had to work with them still could make use of the eleanor's interest in civil rights to attract a liberal constituency. so there were all these countervailing currents. [inaudible question] >> hello. i think we all know that journalists, very important in society, civilized society. they are to bring to the people what is happening, where, what, and win objectively. but today with the internet we have the rise of the citizen journalists. and sometimes they don't give it objectively. so what do we, readers, do in this psittacine journalism? >> well, that is a very good question. how do you maintain some semblance of finding and formation that is correct and accurate? i can only answer that. i wish i could give a really good answer, but i can only answer by saying that in a lot of universities, including the one that i have worked for many years, there is an increasing interest on pro

he launched the freedom move to bring it to northern cities. ey protested the cities entrenched in housing segregation. by 1968 the fair housing act a had languished on the floor for two years. after martin luther king jr.'s murder president johnson pushed the law through. >> i do not exaggerate when i say the proudest moments of my presidency have been times such as this when i have signed into law the promises of a century. >> michael: the promises of a century. nearly 50 years later the promise of fair housing still has not been fulfilled. since the start of the financial crisis in 2007 $10 million people have lost their homes due to foreclosure. 10 million people. that's the population o of new york, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. think about that. while this wave of foreclosure has affected all americans. black homeowners are twice as likely to be forced from their homes as their white counterparts proving once again the march still goes on. joining us from new york to discuss today's struggle for fair housing is laura gottesdiender, au

king is focusing on racism and housing segregation in northern cities. particularly in chicago.also speaking out very strongly as a critic of american foreign policy. and at a time when opposition to the war in vietnam was not as poplar as it became later on in the nixon years. dr. king was a very tough critic, very outspoken critic of inequality in america. by the end of his life, he was pessimistic about how much this society could change. and people should be reminded that time and again in the last few years of his life, dr. king warned that the dream he had had in washington in 1963 was turning into a nightmare. that's his phrase, his words. >> that's a direct quote. gary -- gary, let me let you weigh in on this, what david is talking about. the fact that dr. king was not universally saluted as you hear today. that act as though everyone was supportive of dr. king's dream. >> well, that's right. america loves him now and america celebrates the march now. but in the run-up to the march, americans were very skittish. most knew the march was going to take place and thought it

the son of a leading revolutionary, he served as mayor in a northern city and as china's commerce ministere scandal that would bring him down came years later as party secretary. in november, 2012 with that neil hayward was found dead in a hotel room. an sort of b.o. and his wife, his death would come to be seen as murder after his police chief fled to a nearby u.s. consulate with an extraordinary account of hayward's can i go. he admitted poisoning hayward and given a suspended death sentence. the once high profile police presence is now substantially more relaxed. it's harder to wipe out his more concrete legacy, the social housing that won him support among the poor. >> he was a good leader. i hope he doesn't get punished too severely. >> support extends into the upper reaches of the party which is why some believe he will get a relatively light sentence of 20 years. >> the communist party is a huge organization. this bickering amongst the factions will always be there. it's just that for the sake of party unity a decision has been settled for lenient treatment. >> his career over, a li

in lebanon at least 42 people were killed after two bombs went off outside modification in the northern city of tripoli. the explosions happened after morning prayers and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. >>> the american soldier responsible for killing 16 afghan civilians last year will be serving life in prison without possibility of parole. staff sergeant robert bales, victims were women and children some as young as 22 years old. bales pleaded not guilty to avoid the death penalty. allen schauffler has the story. >> no possibility of parole for sergeant robert bales, the soldier who has confessed to killing 16 civilians in kandahar province. for the afghans here, the harshest sentence was not harsh enough. >> they might release him, they might let him go. we have other issues that we're never going ofind out. >> our wishes were that he gets the death sentence. we didn't get our wish. >> haji wazir lost 11 family members in the five hour massacre. >> i'm asking average americans here if somebody jumps in your house in the middle of the night kills 11 members o

this was one of two mosques targeted by a powerful car bombing in lebanon's northern city of tripoli.he explosions were minutes apart. dozens were killed or injured. there was no claim of responded, but officials say the attacks had one objective, to create sect tarian strike in lebanon. many are supporters of the syrian opposition. >> this i guess the work of the syrian government. they targeted us, gave a message to the sunni's in the north. we will retaliate. >> it is a dangerous time for lebanon, these bombings seen as an attack against sunnis. last week, a powerful blast killed shiite civilians. hezbollah is fighting alongside the sirian government. this is a country polarized the by the syrian war. lebanese parties that support or oppose the syrian government have engaged in gun battles many times in the past. it is a time of heightened tensions. the blasts were not unexpected. a few days ago, the lebanese army stepped up security across the country. it said it was fighting what it called a total war against terrorists, who are trying to start a sectarian. >> this is a result of

air guitar player was crowned with contestants from all over the globe rocking it out in the northern finish city. eric ofnd, it it was the u.s. that took the title. there he is. i am going to go to my air violent. violin. ilan -- bye-bye. >> he has to take every new shirt to the tailor shop to shorten the sleeves. the redshirt is for reference. it has the correct cut, he says. he was born with deformed arms because during pregnancy his mother took a sedative that was 1957in west germany from until 1961. the deformities it caused an unborn children became the country's biggest ever pharmaceutical scandal. his mother was among the pregnant women to receive the drug. he says she was supposed to get a sleeping pill or a tranquilizer. she wasnot want it, but told it was harmless and she had to. she could not refuse. she took it. when he was born, no one recalled that. the connection was not obvious. later, she recalled taking the drug. on her closet alone in the morning only if she is wearing a dress. she is another victim, one of 2400 in germany. when her mother first laid eyes on her newborn baby,

next on abc7 news a sign that has drivers in northern california city scrapping -- scratching their head. can you spot what is wrong? wa >> later today at 4:00, george clooney sent a paycheck to spy on someone and who he is keeping tabs on by satellite. michael finney checks out a classic american car making a comeback with new high-tech driving features. >> don't though what to make of this, a street sign outside a preschool has people scratching their head. it says "please slow drively," yes, it seems to be a variation of a more common sign reading "please drive slowly." was it on purpose? or was someone messing up in a theory is that the administration intentionally misspelled the sign so people would slow down to get a better look. >> that could be counterproductive? why is it always around a school? >> it seals that way. maybe so the kids will learn not by correcting the mistakes. that does it for us. [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. today's contestant says, "waiting to be on millionaire has been a lot like foreplay." from col

go back to georgia, go back to louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities. knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. let us not wallow in the valley of despair. i say to you today, my friends -- [ cheers and applause ] >> -- though even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow i still have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream. i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream that one day even the state of mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. i have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the c

king is focusing on racism and housing segregation in northern cities. particularly in chicago.aking out very strongly as a critic of american foreign policy. and at a time when opposition to the war in vietnam was not as poplar as it became later on in the nixon years. dr. king was a very tough critic, very outspoken critic of inequality in america. by the end of his life, he was pessimistic about how much this society could change. and people should be reminded that time and again in the last few years of his life, dr. king warned that the dream he had had in washington in 1963 was turning into a nightmare. that's his phrase, his words. >> that's a direct quote. gary -- gary, let me let you weigh in on this, what david is talking about. the fact that dr. king was not universally saluted as you hear today. that act as though everyone was supportive of dr. king's dream. >> well, that's right. america loves him now and america celebrates the march now. but in the run-up to the march, americans were very skittish. most knew the march was going to take place and thought it was a mi