is actually the question that still remains open we're hearing here in beirut that the lebanese pilgrims that kidnapped earlier on tuesday in syria have indeed been freed they all feel ok and they're all unharmed and there right now making their way back home but actually who was behind these kidnapping and why this happened and even who the lebanese negotiators have been in contact with all over their release we have little information actually about this so far the incident happened on tuesday not far from the syrian northern city of aleppo near the turkish border the man were a tour in from iran through turkey and as soon as shortly after they crossed the turkish syrian border. their boss was stalked by gunmen the women from the boston roll released while the men were taken hostage again we have little information and actually it's not yet clear so far who exactly was behind this kidnapping but as. kidnapped and now freed pilgrims who are shia muslims and this incident happened in syria where the sunni led uprising had been raging for the last fourteen months of course shortly after t

at nightfall, some of the freed women pilgrims returned. this woman confirmed that there have been some shelling close to where the men were taken and it was reported that syrian security forces mounted a major operation there. certainly the focus is on the tension across the border between pro and anti-assad in lebanon. clashes between the two sides in recent weeks have left 12 people dead. they had in part been sparked by the detention in northern lebanon of this man, a sunni leader, shadi malawi, a critic of the syrian regime and on tuesday was released to a hero's welcome but already people are asking whether his release and the intervention by neswela will be enough to prevent further spillover from the syrian uprising. bbc news. >> ukraine's olympic committee suspended its him general assembly. undercover bbc reporter. the general secretary of the ukraine national olympic committee told the undercover reporter posing as a ticket scout had up to 100 tickets to sell and such a sale could be illegal and carry a fine up to 20,000 pounds.

the owner of the public shoe was a puritan pilgrim and the puritan pilgrims weren't interesting, were an interesting group of people. they had suffered care of as a protestant dissenting group advance of the official church in the. at an attempt to find a model that either bible that would enable them to better cope with her suffering a look that what they called a new test the survey look back further of what they call the old testament. there they found something very unusual. they found a god who spoke to his people in their language. got in the bible only speaks one language. he speaks hebrew. and he made in an interesting promise. he promised to rescue them from exile and restore them to the promised land. the puritans read this book, and they loved it. they loved the story. they became the new israel. england became the new dg. the atlantic ocean became the new sign that the so they escape, cross atlantic sinai, and it landed in a new promised land. that's why the about 1000 cities and towns that have biblical hebrew newspaper that's what younger sharon's integer goes into badla

the owner of that buckled shoe was a puritan pilgrim, and the puritan pilgrims were an interesting group of people. they had suffered terribly as a protestant dissenting group at the hands of the official church of england. in an attempt to find a model that in their bible that would enable them to better cope with their suffering, they looked back to what they called the new testament and didn't find it. so theyo

dry and catch on fire too we have those risks here in the united states just by way of example the pilgrim nuclear power plant that just got a twenty year license rubberstamp from the nuclear regulatory commission although the chairman dissented yet again four to one vote has a lot more waste in it than the unit for pool at fukushima dai ichi every fuel assembly ever generated at pilgrim so close to boston massachusetts is still in the pool there close to three thousand assemblies versus unit four has thirteen hundred incredible we're given we have the rep of thank you for being with us thanks tom keep up the great work kevin camps given everything we've seen over the last year from fukushima to contaminated sea life to now radiation here in the united states in our tuna is anyone out there is still think nuclear power is a good idea if we continue our addiction to the world's most expensive and most dangerous form of energy and just a matter of time before we to get burned. in other news there was constant recall election now heads into its final week according to polls dot com in the fif

the dream of the palm, the pilgrims would enter the village. the dream of the village, that they depart with their palms and the house dreaming of his leveling and the exile as well, the dream of night that the day would be purified, the dream of day that the dark would be lifted, and the dream of the dream but who is to speak of this? i don't think this needs to be explained, it's called mad man with broom. the realist crows return at earliest morning. and the madman with broom, madman in his night shirt with a broom, he, too, returns. he thinks to roust the crows from the mulberry boughs by jabing and swirling his broom, by crazily twirling his broom in the wet summer air and hurling curses skyward beyond the boughs and the crows toward the fading gods beyond the fading stars. but the realist crows know it is only a man in a nightshirt after dawn; that the broom is a broom and that his cries are nothing more than words and half words the heavy air will swallow. they rise anyway from the tree, as best to quiet him and let morning be morning. s

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. >> we have an ambition which is that our visitors, our tourist will become pilgrims while they're there. that they'll find something of god there that which will inspire them and uplift them. >> jon: it's very difficult to walk into a house of worship, especially one that has withstood the test of time, and not feel some sense of awe or a sense of what the people there experience sod many hundreds of years ago. >> there's so much history and there and so many people buried and memorialized there. everywhere you go there are poets and scientists and writers, charles darwin, charles dickens, so many other people and you have a sense of the people who have been great and made a difference to our life and we're surrounded by that memory as well as being shot through to the e internal memory as well. and what really is important for us. >> jon: do you find yourself wandering amongst those names occasionally? i just imagine looking for inspiration. those are wonderful places to be to... >> it's completely extraordinary. the fight before the wedding of prince william and catherine... >> jon: o

every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims come here, but most of the syrian orthodox population has left the region over the last 50 years, driven away by discrimination and the violence between kurdish rebels and the turkish state. only the monks have remained behind the monastery walls. but now the monastery is in danger. the surrounding kurdish villages and state forestry authorities have filed several legal suits, accusing the order of illegally occupying the land. the monks say the conflict could be politically motivated. >> the monastery has no income of its own. they live from donations and agriculture on the surrounding land. i of the monastery loses that, too, then it will have dire consequences for the monastery [applause] existence. without these lands, the monastery will not be able to survive over the long term. >> the disputes were triggered by surveying work. the legal proceedings are attracting attention in europe. politicians have expressed concern about religious freedom for christians in turkey. legally, the situation for syrian orthodox christians has improved in

i have a question about pilgrim's pride corporation. >> i like pilgrim's pride because their cost israin is coming down. let's go to j.r. in new york. >> caller: cramer. >> yo, yo. >> caller: i just want to know on windstream. is the dividend safe or someone. >> to tell you the truth, i don't know. that was a real nasty quarter. that was like a -- that was just a quarter. so i ain't recommending anymore. i'm done. i'm taking the dividend and rung. i just think that quarter was really bad. i'm sorry. i know i had those guys on. but that was just a bad quarter. let's go to lauren in new york. lauren. >> caller: hey, jim. how are you doing? a big boo-yah from long island. i love you. love your show. >> really? i was out on the island. i mean, you know, it's a big island, but you never know. >> caller: i saw you. what do you think about arena, arna? >> you know what? i like speculation. i think that that stock can go higher if they really do have the magic pill. that said, it did have a move. let's be a little careful out there. let's go to bob in texas, please. bob. >> hello, jim? >> yo

the area was crowded with pilgrims celebrating a buddhist festival.he self-immolations are the latest in a series of tibetans protesting against china's tight control over their religious activities. similar incidents happened in sichuan and qinghai provinces. the latest cases are the first reported in lhasa. according to an agency an official in the region criticized the acts saying they were done for tibet's aim to separate from china. chinese government authorities tightened their control and monitoring of tibetan temples across the nation after the 2008 uprising in lhasa. u.s. affiliated broadcasting in yarb says the city is filled with police and paramilitary forces. >>> a japanese race car driver is making a switch he hopes won't affect his success. nobuhiro tajima has won the annual pike's peek climb. he will head to colorado in july with a new set of wheels, a car that is cleaner and greener. nhk world's ayumi kimura has the story. >> reporter: tajima is aiming for his seventh straight victory in his new electric car. >> translator: this will

the area was crowded with pilgrims celebrating a buddhist festival. the self-immolations are the late ef in a serious of tibetans protesting china's tight control over their religious activities. similar incidents have occurred in other provinces. the latest cases are the first reported in lhasa. according to the agency an official in the region commented on the incident saying the acts were done for tibet's aim to separate its from china. chinese government authorities tightened their control and moniring of tibetan temples across the nation after a 2008 uprising in lhasa. u.s. affiliated broadcaster radio free asia says the city is filled with police and paramilitary officers. >>> a fire has swept through a high end shopping mall in doha, qatar. 19 people died including 13 children. the fire sent black smoke rising above the buildings. some of the victims died as rescuers struggled to reach a daycare center. the mall houses luxury brand shops, an amusement park, indoor ice skating rink and a canal. authorities are investigating the cause of the fire

we had one of our turkish friends talk about being the newest pilgrim to the country. it opened up an opportunity for the church to meet people they would normally never meet and ask questions what's this and what does this mean and we met in the courtyard and had finger foods afterwards and so it goes both ways. sometimes i feel like you're always out there asking me about my faith and we're afraid to invite you in and say come, tell us about it. >> connect the two groups together. >> i think she's done a wonderful job. she got me involved with the jail inmates so i'm working as a chaplain with her and making sure the inmates meet our needs. there was an earlier point being discussed. people were in a place of worship, mosque, churches. they are willing to learn. they are not, i hate to use the word problem, the issue is somebody who doesn't want to learn and trying to expand it to somebody, i'm not what you think i am. can you spend a few minutes with me? we can talk about it. i try telling them. what do you do with these people? >> you have to be patient. let me off

the man, all shia pilgrims, were kidnapped in aleppo in syria, apparently by members of the free syrian army, made up of defectors from bashar al-assad's army. this man is a brother of one of the men taken. he said the women were told to leave and the men were kept as hostages to bargain for the release of their own fighters, held by the regular fighters. the conflict in syria is exposing sectarian tensions in libya. this time, the leader of hezbollah intervened. >> the responsibility lies with the state. we call on everyone to be restrained. we can express our spats in civil and peaceful ways. we are going to work day and night so we can have those loved ones among us. >> his request seems to have worked for now, and beirut is commerce. -- is calmer. the three women programs confirmed -- returned. this woman confirms there was shelling close to where the men were taken. syrian security forces mounted a major operation there. suddenly, the focus is on the tension across the border between pro and anti bashar al- assad camps in lebanon. clashes between the sides in recent weeks have left

the case should be denied running death squads targeting government officials security forces and pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey because the trial politically motivated the hearings next. it's been an attack on a cattle market in northeastern nigeria has killed at least thirty four this is a gunman armed with explosives began shooting before setting the market on fire. juries in jus a spate of violence a few days ago gunfire and explosions rocked the northern city of kandahar following clashes between the army and militants there getting keep abreast of all the latest stories twenty four seven on our website dot com so we have twenty four minutes past five in the afternoon here in moscow let's catch up with the me treat them the business side to be true the labor market in the u.s. once again in the spotlight what's the latest data telling you that well actually it's a first time in a month that we've seen jobless claims go down so the number of people looking for a job is declining and that's of course a very good sign by twenty seven thousand jobless claims have gone do

should we deny his running death squads targeting government officials security forces and shia pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey pulls the trial politically motivated here in the next day. on a lighter note is. taking the long way down leaping from a helicopter in a jet powered wing suit you flew over the brazilian capital taking a spin around some of the most famous landmarks and then making his way down safely train to reach speeds of close to three hundred kilometers an hour before finally landing if you stay with those pictures for a little bit because you'll enjoy this on copacabana beach there he goes this almost almost supporter. except. for very old rocket man the business desk don't be offended i'm calling it that the meter maid very mad with tank is there hi there breaking news in the last european central bank keeping rates unchanged as the market reacted to that well actually it was pretty much expected that the rates would not be changed so had they been then probably we would have seen some kind of dramatic action on the market but so far no europe is lookin

150th anniversary of brown's raid, i went the park service historian in harper's ferry and demeblted pilgrimshe night of october 16, 1859. it was a cold rain. it was a period rush from leaving your own time zone. we weren't wearing uniforms or carrying weapons or any of that. we had the horse. that's the kind of thing you can do in the hollow ground. most of american history sadly -- you know, you are going to hear traffic in the distance. you will have all kinds of intrusions that make it difficult to recapture that history. i have gotten would books out of "hallowed grounds." it is a special place. >> you remind me of something that's important to remember. that is that history is not compartmentalized. the entire swath of line has been formed of every generation it lived within it. i'm mindful of the fact we have president jefferson who lived at monticello, president madison, of course, president monroe, all of whom own slaves. all of whom each whether it is jefferson trying with the declaration of independence or madison with the constitution or monroe and others each had to address slave

protests they took to the streets last february following violence between religious police and pilgrims medina. the i.m.f. chief christine lagarde has been forced to express sympathy with greece's financial struggle on her facebook page christine legarde caused outrage after saying she had more sympathy for poor african children than greek suffering because of economic problems and she had assisted the greek culture of tax evasion was the main cause of their hardship her facebook page was been bombarded with tens of thousands of furious messages. serbia's new elected president has confirmed joining the e.u. remains his top priority however he told us here there are things he won't give up for the sake of membership and you can see his interview in for next hour but here's a preview. europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditions that the e.u. imposes this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our territory i'm referring to kosovo and we're talking also be an end to the e.u. i don't know first of all they have th

it was sparked when thirteen lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped in syria apparently by groups linked to the syrian rebels the lebanese capital witnessed what it hadn't seen in years just who i am right about here but are moving to a real war between sunni and shia muslims and this is at least what i see in the last day. the reason the spillover from the chaos in neighboring syria shia muslims here generally support syria's president assad while most sunni's favor the rebels likewise lebanon's ruling coalition led by the powerful share hezbollah is process while the opposition backs the uprising the situation is getting worse obviously in the region and this is having a spillover effect here in lebanon and where we're having to cope with the consequences of that there's also internal tension that's increasing there's a large flow of refugees and there's a lot of instability all around us. some though believe the problems in lebanon and told me down to the crisis in syria local observers like spanish john is thomas alcove editor says they are a symptom of a deep divide that's long bubbled

now hashimi denies running death squads targeting government officials security forces and shiite pilgrims he's currently seeking refuge in turkey and calls the trial politically motivated hearing set to resume next thursday. there's been an attack on a cattle market in northeastern nigeria it's left least fifty six people dead witnesses say a gunman armed with explosives began shooting before setting the market alight nigeria's enjoyed a spate of violence just a few days ago gunfire and explosions rocked the northern city of kerno following clashes between the army and militants. it twenty four half minutes past seven o'clock pm moscow time thursday evening business alive and now with dmitri medvedev high they're all prices seeing a dramatic drop. bring us up to date if you would well what's happening is that after mariel druggies comments in barcelona when he said that the outlook for the european zone looked more uncertain and that it is facing downside risks a lot of investors started selling their stocks in oil and therefore light swedes now declining more than two dollars brant almos

. >> is a store called commonplace the country was founded by pilgrims who came with religious orientation. that is the story we've learned and elementary school. our institutions, framework, it is not controversial the say that they were framed by a fed judeo-christian ethic that is a cultural argument to make but at the end of the day we just offend cultural values. i have been called to speak with conviction and speaking as a christian who happens to be an american. i traveled widely throughout the world and i speak at to churches and work with those of you have been to be in the hands and that is a central argument. >> host: when people say america is exceptional do you agree? >> that is a great question. no doubt it is exceptional but the doctrine of american exceptional loathsome is very tricky and controversial idea to engage in. that is in the 80th of destiny that we are the guide ordained nation or commission people. those in him in history have claimed that one i discuss specifically is ancient rome. to the self ideals they were called out by the gods with the mandate to conquere

. >> is there a connection -- is there a connection between the landing of the pilgrims at plymouth rockmates running short of beer? that's a twitter question from doug. i had to get even for being totally clueless on the last question. >> well, i'm going to say yes. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> that beats duh. >> that's right. >> okay, brian. since you did this -- >> no, no. let's go to the live audience. >> yes, sir. >> jim from eau claire. >> thank you. >> i've heard the phrase "there is no free lunch "came from salons. maybe brian or ed could he