it marked the first greek victory over the persians.ccording to legend, the athenian warriors gathered in a phalanx formation and managed to fight off a persian invasion. then a messenger ran the 42- kilometer distance to athens with news of the victory. at the local museum, the marathon's legacy is omnipresent. more modern-day hellenistic heroes have also been demoralize here. for instance, marathon runner who won the first olympic marathon in 1896. >> exactly like the car which they gave to the winner. >> at the eight-kilometer mark, there are remnants. the last gi's withdrew here in the 1890's. and-american sentiment has a long tradition in greece, and the country's entry into nato was not without controversy, but today, the deputy mayor remembers the advantages to having a foreign military presence here. many young people had jobs at the military base. many americans lived outside and vented flats' in town here. sometimes there were even weddings, and some of our young women ended up going to america. >> at the 11-kilometer mark, we

. >>> iran's navy conducted a six-day drill near the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf. it's the country's latest show of strength amid sanctions and criticism by the u.s. and europe over its nuclear development. the iranian navy launched missiles called ghader on tuesday successfully destroying its targets at sea. military analysts say the weapon was recently developed to attack foreign warships deployed in the persian gulf. the navy has been holding the drill from the strait of hormuz to the northern part of the indian ocean. the area is the world's vital oil and gas shipping route. iran threatened to close the strait when it conducted a major drill a year ago. a navy spokesperson said the exercises meanto show tir he saithey have no intention of blocking the seaway. >>> people in iraq have spent the beginning of the new year mourning dead family and friends. a series of bombings across the country has killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 80 others. investigators believe the attacks are a result of the ongoing conflict between shia and sunni muslims. a bomb

. >> reporter: all of the persians we spoke to accepted christ in iran, and then had to either flee or risk prison or death. >> i was on the way to a house church meeting, when i saw police outside the flat. so i didn't go in. and later i called my mother. she said the police were here looking for you. so my family helped me flee the country. >> when i was in iran, i wanted to become a christian, but it's really difficult to learn about christianity in iran. it is forbidden for a muslim to become a christian. it was really difficult. i had to leave my parents. so i lost my home and my family. >> reporter: rosemarie says the persians were surprised to find so many germans disinterested in christianity. >> most of them became christians in iran and know more about christianity than you would expect. they're ahead of us in a sense because they have already been persecuted for christ. and they figured out pretty quickly that a lot of germans are christians in name only. and they're disappointed that germans take religious freedom for granted. >> reporter: some germans are suspicious of the

sidewalk improvements and we actually have for pedestrian traffic between castro and often called the persian triangle. it is a long-standing desire of the public to make a better project there. those were projects that were identified from the street bond that was passed in 2012 and that bond did have a small pot of money for street improvements. we'll be able to move forward. i should announce to the commission that i'm speaking on the boards recently record and that's tuesday night at spur. and that concludes my speech >> board of appeals and historic commission. >> okay. let's did he ever the discussion for later in the calendar. >> okay commissioners that will not to exceed 15 minutes but the public may address this agenda item. this is your opportunity to address the commission specifically on item 12 for the street project. with respect to all other items your opportunity will address the members of the commission for up to 3 minutes >> is there any general public comments? >> excuse me. sue von and linda. >> good afternoon commissioners and i'm representing the sierra club and i'm ask

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries where there are striking similarities out there with kuwait in bahrain in terms of how protesters are dealt with both countries have been off the media radar though compared to other arab nations which enjoy those uprisings why is that you think. it's obvious that the united states and nato countries desire to keep their thousands of troops in kuwait and in fact when i was just say that the summer family are probably better than they could be having them they could be even worse than they are and as we've seen of course there been demonstrations in bahrain and of course saudi arabia where i'm not being covered on any corporate media it's very difficult to cover the brutal suppression of human rights in these nato and u.s. backed dictatorships there is no way that countries like the one i'm speaking to you from let alone washington or the united states will countenance democracy in these countries and let's hope that those demonstrators and people striving for democ

to your question what does the gaza and persians tell -- incursion tell us one thing very clearly. there is now a new middle east. and israel is the super power in that middle east. the egyptians under a new government we were told were going to be different islamist ideological you know muslims are crazy and then you put one in power like that and you know what's going to happen. guess what he did. he followed the mubarak policy which is basically to try to broker a deal between hamas and israel. why? because israel's defense budget today is larger than that of all its neighbors put together. that doesn't even begin to get into the technological advantages it has the qual tative advantages it has the enormous advantage of being the only country in the middle east that has sophisticated nuclear weapons on sophisticated delivery systems. and so when confronting that yes the turks will make very fine speeches in favor of the palestinians and the egyptians will she had crocodile tears but none will do anything because they are deterred. >> if israel did not believe in deterrence why h

persians are believed to have been among those at jerusalem durinin pentetecost. there werere nearlrl fouour tims as many christians before the revolution. many fled the country because of islamic extremism. some who remained, often share their faith with muslims. as a result, the evangelical house movement is now growing rapidly. ♪ the most important thing i can do today is praise him ♪ >> reporter: christian praise songs blast from the radio of this iranian taxicab. despite risk of arrest and possible death for a apostasy, he is unafraid to share his faith. a cross hangs from his rear-view mirror, and he keeps his bible. and he shares the gospel with his passengers, and gives them a bible if they want one. that, alone, can lead to his arrest. other christians have been martyred for shage their faith with muslims. their suffering and sacrifice is not just a modern day experience here. >> many have come before them, like the missionary, mary kathryn iranside, this is her grave. she was here until she died in 1921. >> she was not martyred, but she was sent to share

crews began digging through a persian of the concrete. a crew was called in when gone boens were discovered in the ground. source s say a man named kelly lived in the house at the time. but that he had since died. michael sharp has lived next door for fourdjze decades he kw cell yes and roommate. >> never thought they'd do something like this, never. they never showed it. they were calm. they were cool. and everything. >> no trouble? >> no trouble. none. >> so now, the bones we have found in this house are going to be sent for analysis to see if they're animal or human. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> all right, vic we want to ask you, they searched the place 30 years ago why searching again now. >> and according to the search and they did not go into the backyard nor did they use cadaver sniffing dog autos we're going to have more at 6:00. >> we first reported details on abc 7 news at 4:00 and abc 7 news.com we have team coverage this evening. i team reporter dan noyes investigated the kevin collins case just in october. at that time, the i tea

s top cop will be questioned surrounding the mass arrest in persian ing park. the new documents show the chief lanier scheduled to testify in federal court about what she knew. the several protestors claimed police officials tampered with evident. she is expected to testify by missing computer documents and what she did after learning about. that. >>> still ahead, three mos after hurricane sandy, the cleanup continues and a look at the staggering amount of debris being collected and the surprising amount being recycled.  ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why we use only natural colors and natural flavors in yoplait original. so, anything else we can do for you, let us know. but you'll keep it to yogurt, right? 'cause we shouldn't really help with your love life. yoplait. it is so good! we gotta sell the e car. where would we even start? g

few regions of the world are critical, one of which is the persian gulf. yes, there is no longer a soviet threat to the persian gulf, but there is an iraqi threat. that was in june of 1990. the president gave his speech the morning of the invasion of kuwait. all lot of attention to the strategy was forgotten by the time that war was over. but i do think in parallel with terror qdr, i would encourage whoever is the next secretary of defense to have a group that works with some privacy, not ultimately -- these things obviously need to be subjected to enormous public debate, but if that debate begins with the first draft of the first paper amate is guaranteed that the services will take into positions, and on that regard i would also like to agree with what bob hale said about processing and stability. we went through an enormous battle when we decided to cancel the crusader, the greatest artillery piece ever not built in history. it was magnificent, but it was definitely a cold war system. but when rumsfeld decided to cancel that we made a crucial decision w

we wouldn't need the oil out of the persian gulf as much as they might need the security of the u.s.hem to stay in business. >> yeah. there was an article in the f.t." a week ago that opec had 1 trillion in profits, and they literally have cash bonfires over there. is there any way to reduce their power? >> well, the way that you would reduce their power is for the rest of the world to produce more while they simultaneously consume less with energy efficiency. that would drive down the price of oil, impacting their revenues. of course, it would hurt several of the states here in the u.s., notably texas. alaska, which is very dependant on revenues as well. >> we have to leave it there, andy. i should also note, by the way, we're talking about texas joining opec or not. north dakota produced more than qatar and ecuador. >> yeah, but there's already been six flags flown over texas. they have a penchant for this kind of thing, which i dig a lot. i'll head up the cnbc dallas bureau any time. coming up, things that make you go hmm. next. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready an

persian gulf-based news channel, al-jazeera has bought 'current' t-v.which is headquartered in san franciscopurchase price is said to be 400-million dollars. al gore and his partner joel hyatt confirmed the sale today. saying they're pleased about the deal. it's not clear yet what will happen to the san francisco offices and studio. this acquisition extends al-jazeera's reach to 60 million u-s homes. >>> starbucks will start selling one-dollar reusable plastic cups on thursday. the company already gives customers a dime discount if they bring in their own cups for refills. starbucks wants more customers to use re-usable cups. and is aiming for at least five percent of its drinks to be served in them. >> one of the best players in the n f l is retiring at alsoclippers had 17-game win streak snapped last night gary radnich is next there is no mass-produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dual-air technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. our sleep

and in that was a letter in the persian script and said dear compassion of the poor we reviewed your case and in koran education is inor encouraged for all children. it encourages all people to have knowledge and seek knowledge. well, um... with that letter, started getting dozens of proposals especially for girls schools. why is girls education so important? i've gone to the extent now where i say you can drop bombs and build roads or put in electricity but until the girls are implicated, society won't change. several global studies show if you educate a girl to fifth grade level it does three things. reduce infant mortality, population explosion reduction and improve the quality of life and health. if your interested you can look up a guy called, well he wrote a book called development is freedom. it's a fat book. in the 60's another writer had the very foresite to see that girls education would be a process to bring about stabilization of population. he wrote a book called the poverty curve and jeffery sacks wrote the end of poverty in bangladesh a great example, they introduced 3

we are looking at relatively good earnings growth and from a technical persian perspective we believe the mope momentum still faveyors fave favourses the cycle. let's look at mcdonald and nor nornorfolk southern and johnson and johnson. why do you like these stocks is in a unified theme here. >> there is it.each one of these companies has an above average track record of raising their earnings and give difficultdividends in the past three years. high quality stocks that are offering a dividend should not be avoided and they have recommendations by analysts. mcdonalds here is a company with a increase in sales expect the for their value meals that could expand their market share. in terms of norfolk southern. they have added an investment in their knelt knelt knelt network and they have increased their capacity. and healthcare in a category that ask trading to the market. johnson and johnson is a company that we would see would benefit from a recent acquisition and new product contributions. >> lots of good information.i'm going to have to leave it there. we are going to couple count o

sale of his fledgling cable network, current tv, to al jazeera, owned by the oil and gas-producing persian gulf nation of qatar for a reported $500 million. >> i completely understand the criticism. and the point of view that you're reporting. but the fact is that al jazeera stands all around the world as a highly respected international news-gathering organization. >> isn't there something inherently hypocritical about taking money, and a lot of money, from an oil producer? >> the point you're making is one that i understand very, very clearly. i do disagree with it. >> there has been such pent-up expense. >> reporter: gore's life has taken a dramatic turn since the 2000 campaign. after 40 years of marriage, he and tipper made a mutual decision to separate. >> we have a wonderful relationship. we're very close friends. we had all the children and grandchildren for christmas. >> reporter: gore was the last presidential candidate to take on the gun lobby and he paid a heavy price, even losing his home state of tennessee. now he says that the horrific tragedy at sandy hook elementary has to

let's speak to our reporter from the bbc persian service who has been covering this for more than a decade. the motive for this, what do you think? >> obviously it is too early actually to predict what was the motive behind this assassination. i think you have to wait for the french authorities to make the investigation. but from the early morning here, if you look at the turkish media and some political parties from both sides of the aisle -- the kurdish political parties and the turkish -- blaming one another. in fact, today, the deputy chairman of the turkish ruling party said it sounds like an internal feud. between different factions within the pkk. the leader of the bpd, peace and democratic party, the french authorities actually did not hesitate or lose any time to find perpetrators. this happen that a very pivotal moment because last week the turkish government announced that they have been engaging in peace talks with the jailed leader of the pkk. they say some elements within the organization -- the turkish government says within the pkk, they are not in favor of the peace talks.

he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art, then, all of a sudden, he was excited about the coit tower. it became almost like a daily dest

people to tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries clashes between turkish troops and kurdish rebels in southeast turkey have left thirteen people dead and three decade long conflict oversell for all has already claimed tens of thousands of lives now turkey is also facing the emergence of an independent kurdish enclave in neighboring war torn syria as a reading a list of reports by seeking a regime change in damascus anger i could be further inflaming violence at home. turkey's prime minister may have shot himself and. by openly supporting the syrian opposition the country's leader may have overlooked the fact serious political mayhem may have on turkey especially in the border areas largely populated by kurds some observers believe any turmoil in the region between on karate damascus will have a devastating effect on to guns country. turkey now involved virtually in a war it's used as a base by the syrian rebels and is now good to the kurds are more just really predictable but the dangers here are you. dirty guns

is that that persian that keeps hiding out in our garage? mm-mm, it's an intellectual exercise.new that. okay, this is vastly simplified. there's a cat in a box. 50-50 chance it's been poisoned, but now here's the paradox: until such time as we can open the box, and observe the cat, for that time, that cat is both alive and dead. larry, i-i-i fail to see the analogy, though. i mean, in reality, don can't be both right and wrong at the same time. alan: well, of course not. i mean, if a man is both right and wrong, something's gotta be wrong. no. the truth of schroedinger's cat is that the question itself is meaningless until we look inside the box. let's say that i'm alan iverson. charlie, i'm not in the mood. and i'm the only person in the world that can get past you for two points. i just proved i'm alan iverson. no, you just proved that, 20 years later, i'm still falling for the same fake. it's a syllogistic fallacy. it's based on a wrong assumption. yeah? i'm obviously not alan iverson. yeah. saying that i am, then proposing a test doesn't change that. so what does this have

i'm representing remember sadie's here for was one of those defendants was probably several dozen persians throughout the united states who have been charged and i think prosecutors are hoping that some of these cases are going to go away i think they're trying to sort of fold over cases involving allegations of theft with pure free speech i think the pure free speech cases will evolve and eventually go away one way or another because it's difficult to convince a jury that our best in our brightest our children of broken any law when they're simply registering their opposition to a policy by the action and not stealing or diverting or causing any damage to the computer system. really interesting mr cullen thanks so much for coming on the show that was stanley cohen international human rights lawyer thank you so much for inviting me. the cable network al jazeera has closed the deal with liberal leaning current t.v. and the deal is a lucrative one for al gore with reports he'll be getting one hundred twenty five million dollars from the sale al-jazeera of course is financed by the government

and backing a new position when you also have saudi arabia qatar or their well the states from the persian go you also have to repeat if jordan in so they are encouraging their sites not cooperate there's not a geisha negotiations with the government in damascus if this you don't vote for me because they want pizza removed they don't want to compromise they just learnt that it will remain out of one eye as the conflict in syria drags on rebel ranks are swelling with islamic extremists now if assad falls who will clean up this mess. well that's a very good question and i don't think anybody would except perhaps on foreign powers that are interested even. if syria. for one thing. predicted now the government in damascus will follow day to day and. fight for these points a while then they will do nice things what would happen he said. it would defeat the free syrian army there won't be any three undemocratically lake shuns like kenya goes members of your force he surely. does one thing i think it would have. been like in egypt we should the majority that backs the muslim brotherhood on the si

the israelis are attacking their massacres and on the other hand western and dictatorships in the persian gulf they are aiding militants that are also attacking us and damascus why do you think that these reports flying around about iran's hypothetical threat to what just happened now near damascus because this is all over the news now are they just looking for a scapegoat. well the iran is always an easy scapegoat for the west iran is blamed for everything except for global warming. but the reality is that western countries are the ones responsible for creating a civil war in syria they're responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of syrians because they are on a daily basis with support of regional dictatorships and other regimes. trying to wreck the sovereignty and independence of the of the syrian state and refraining from finding a peaceful solution western countries have destroyed the infrastructure of libya and they have created the what we now see in mali and of course we saw the blowback in algeria so. you know the culprits are western regimes to allow also the most despoti

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries but we invite you to read up more on the crackdown on the opposition on the web site r t dog before the similar cases inflaming other tweets in another go. to and why in prison activists there are losing hope for early release. tragic story next it was meant to be a bit of fun it ended in fake tallaght a giant inflated rubber ball commonly known as absorb carrying two thrill seekers inside as rolled out of control and plunged off a cliff at a ski resort in southern russia one of the men died the other was injured my colleague that i must say it discussed the tragedy with our correspondent tom barton but first let's see how it all happened the fateful moment he was caught on camera. all right come on on come. how much is it just ten dollars whether these guys just a real say in a minute cool isn't it let's do it now. you can see the plastic zor ball here which has gone horribly off track from where we just saw it before some people try to stop it or try to put it ag

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries. of course you can read more on the crackdown on the opposition at our teen dot com including some cases of jailing the tweets in another gulf state but rain why imprisoned activists they are losing hope for early release. it was meant to be a bit of fun but ended in a fatality a giant inflated rubber ball commonly known as a saab hearing to thrill seekers has rolled out of control and plunged off a cliff at a ski resort in southern russia one of the men died the other was severely injured the tragedy was caught on camera. all right come on come on. how much is it turned allas where will it go in a minute cool isn't it let's do it now. you can see the plastic zor ball here which has gone horribly off track from where we just saw it before some people try to stop it or try to put it against some rocks to stop it but it careers on it goes in the end one point five kilometers starting off over the edge of this mountain you can see this on this amateur video which gets

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries still ahead for you in the program alleged u.s. army really bradley manning if the hundred twelve days off of his eventual centers but could still face life imprisonment. the u.k. government to make sure people from all walks of life ahead by belt tightening with the country's most vulnerable now about to feel the pinch even more. an extreme sports fan has died and another has been serious injured in a horrifying incident. just caucuses region the true way using a saw when they're trying to inflatable ball went out of control and plunged off a cliff let's take a look now at how the accident unfolded. all right come on come on how much is it ten dollars where was it because you'll see in a minute cool isn't it let's do it now. but with me in the studio is artist tom botton and tom it sounds like everybody was happy before all of this happened what actually happened thing. well just to add to that you can see the plastic zor ball here which has gone horribly off trac

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries willing read more about the crackdown on the opposition at r.t. dot com our web site including some of the cases of tweets in another gulf state bahrain and why imprisoned activists there losing hope for early release. a small victory for private bradley manning with the u.s. judge ruling any eventual sentence he may receive should be reduced by a hundred twelve days the justification was especially harsh treatment he received after being locked up for leaking classified information to wiki leaks the retired colonel morris davis told us he sees double standards here and the less. i think the government here is overplayed their hand if you recall when the wiki leaks documents were going to come out it reminded me of the y2k scare everybody kind of braced and expected the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think that the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment that has been caused by the wik

the israelis are attacking their massacres and on the other hand western and dictatorships in the persian gulf they are aiding militants that are also attacking us and damascus why do you think that these reports flying around about iran's hypothetical threat to what just happened now near damascus because this is all over the news now are they just looking for a scapegoat. oh iran is always an easy scapegoat for the west iran is blamed for everything except for global warming. but the reality is that western countries are the ones responsible for creating a civil war in syria they're responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of syrians because they are on a daily basis with support of regional dictatorships and other regimes. trying to wreck their sovereignty and independence of the of the syrian state and refraining from finding a peaceful solution western countries have destroyed the infrastructure of libya and they've created what we now see him mali and of course we saw the blowback in algeria so. you know the culprits are western regimes to allow also the most despotic embattl

song called them something good in the western world so in france it is it is something over and the persian and mali and somebody are something very different in their persons leave yeah you know in mali and some of you know we we fight a reason we try to free our stitches it's something very different than the criticism we are concerned. of course it was a stupid aggression it leads to the global the stability of north and west africa you know i disagree with the past french policy because it was only for the person of interest of the former president and to him in the name of human rights talk about living you've mentioned it to some of the rebel groups operating about they were reportedly involved in the recent war in libya how does that affect the intensifying situation in that country well it's difficult it's too early to say i think that on one hand the risk groups are more appreciative that we were before and so they have to think protecting themselves and the other is that they come for before to do anything else but on the other on the i think they will be looking for revenge again

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries and you can read up more about the crackdown on the opposition on our website r.t. dot com including similar cases of jail in the tweets in another gulf state bahrain and why imprison activists they're losing hope for early release. now it was meant to be a bit of fun but it ended in tallahassee a giant inflated rubber ball commonly known as zorba carrying inside to thrill seekers as rolled out of control and plunged off a cliff at a ski resort in southern russia one of the men died another one was badly injured my colleague to bring what's a discuss the tragedy with our correspondent tom but first let's see how this all happened this freak accident was caught on on camera . how much is it ten dollars where will it go he'll say in a minute cool isn't it let's do it now. you can see the plastic zor ball here which has gone horribly off track from where we just saw it before some people try to stop it they're trying to put pushes against some rocks to stop it but it

people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries you can read more about the crackdown on the opposition at r.t. dot com including similar cases the jailing of tweets in another gulf state bahrain and why imprisoned activists they're losing hope for early release. islands assumed the presidency of the council of the european union with the head of the european council visiting dublin to mark the occasion and whose own economy was saved by a bailout back in twenty ten is presiding over an economic nightmare for the union with twenty six million people unemployed robert oulds of the british group think tank thinks the visit was all about reinforcing austerity. island has its own economic problems which are continuing it course has the economic problems which have been happening ever since the euro which created high inflation there and then of course exacerbated the faster they had ready to take on the presidency of the european council is of course a very large piece of work not just for the senior politicians in

. >> persian gulf based news channel al jazeeera as rockbuhas brought current tv which is headquarteredsan francisco. >> the purchase price is said to be $4 million. >> al gore and his partner joel hyatt confirm the sale. >> saying they pleased--they are pleased about the deal. it is not clear yet what will happen to the san francisco offices and studios. >> the acquisition expands to al jazeeras reach to 60 million u.s. homes. >> we will be right back of the kron 4 morning news to >> announcer: meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have, if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill's social security number to open credit cards, destroying jill's credit and her dream of retirement. now meet amanda. with a swipe of her debit card, she bought some gas... and an all-expense-paid trip to hawaii for ben. ben is the identity thief who used a device called a skimmer to steal her information from her card to open a fraudulent account. every year millions of americans just like you learn that a little personal information in the wrong hands could w