a vertical reaction greets news members of a controversial punk band pussy riot those spend the next two years in jail of following their political protest done in russia's main cathedral. and the verdict sparked any media age stormy international reaction with protests held across the globe and the u.s. even calling a review of the case. given asylum but still trapped a bridge in the unmoved by at the doors acceptance of julian assange and of the political refugee saying the whistleblower is still subject to arrest and won't be allowed to leave the country. and a row the u.s. hacker group claims is behind an attack on the power of your website and of attempts to silence coverage of julian assange. there watching r.t. live from moscow with me to bomb would say our top story today a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to two years in jail for their protest on to russia's main cathedral the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred meanwhile police have detained sixty people outside the court who'd been writing

bit more chicken you know what i mean like there are people who might think it's kind of cool to be punk and if they didn't get punished they probably would do stuff like this but people who are more kind of committed i think will just anger them in a way i think that this decision may actually be the motivation for people in the future to want to push the envelope farther in all honesty i think maybe something more but since i was a recent interview but according to the judge the judge has said in order for these for these women to be reformed they must be isolated from the public do you agree. i don't really think that anything is going to reform somewhat when you have a mentality that's that extreme in some way there's really i don't see how there's going to be reform you're going to sit in jail you're going to get bored you're probably going to time to get angry i really don't think that their mindset is going to change because of this punch out all right all right off the list and thanks for coming on thank you very much why we're coming to life in the heart of moscow a before the c

the dependence prepares to present aid side in the trial of members of a controversial female punk band over an anti government stunt in the main orthodox cathedral in moscow. well it's the court case that everyone seems to have an opinion on both here in russia and deplored in the latest to weigh in with their view is the president vladimir putin join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing case. and accusations of discrimination in the nation that overcame a decades of apartheid with white south africans claiming that now they're victims of racial abuse and inequality. and you saw russia under around the world this is all she was mijnheer shapovalov thanks for joining us the u.n. and the arab league are looking for a new joint and boy to syria after coffee anon said he'll step down at the end of the month the diplomatic blamed a lack of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan for syria where violence is escalating and the situation has the latest from new york for us. this was a job that most called a diplomatic mission impossible from the get go fi

russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to true years in jail following their protests in russia's main cathedral. and given asylum but still trapped britons unmoved by ecuador's acceptance of julian a political refugee saying there was a blow is still subject to arrest and won't be allowed to leave the country. and a rogue u.s. hacker group claims it's behind an attack on the web site in an apparent attempt to silence coverage of julian assange. is a pleasure to have you with us here on our today. live in moscow a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to two years in jail following their protest stunt in russia's main cathedral the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred i mean while police have detained roughly sixty people outside the court who have been rallying both in support and against the group that's exactly. right now joining us live from the scene peter good to see you so after a long long deliberation a guilty verdict comes down to years behind bars you've been outside

the controversial trial of an anti put in the punk band and tour of its final stage but public debate centered on whether the tree it was shocking to see will form and deserves the harshest punishment. the obama administration is taking leapfrogging to a new level president of manhunt a sweeping u.s. state agencies in an attempt to root out data spills that are becoming increasingly frequent but it's going to reports not all kinds of leaks are being criminalized. the f.b.i. is on a hunt bullied kurds they have interviewed current and former high level government officials from the white house the pentagon the national security agency and the cia all to reveal those who spilled the beans investigation has already cast a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as journalists here say agencies declined routine interview requests and refused to provide background briefings on top of that the legislation is in the works in the u.s. congress that would for example allow to strip the government employee of their position in punishment for an off the ride sharing of inf

>y va a terminar en la corte, vamos a ver qué dice la suprema corte >>tres integrantes de un grupo punkóvenes de grupo punk tras protestar contra putin en una iglesia, jorge viera nos habla de la sentencia. >>una juez impuso dos años de carcen a integrantes de un grupo musical, al parodiar a putin. >>esto se trataria contra una instigacion de odio al cristianismo >>estas cubrieron sus rostros con mascaras pasamontañas e intepretaron el rezo madre de dios dedicado a putin >>antes y después de las elecciones no fueron las únicas en enfrentar a la autoridad, pues miles salieron a las calles a protestar putin dijo que no podia hacer comentarios, pero ante el impacto dijo que la condena era muy fuerte >>paul macartney dio sus declaraciones al igual que madonna, sting y red hot chili peppers,quienes todos criticaron y repudiaron la decisión >>en varios países de la unión europea se han hecho manifestación en apoyo a las artistas >>segun la legislación rusa, la defensa de las jóvenes tiene diez dias para presentar una apelacion a estos dos años de cárcel >>no hay libertad de expresion >>no, no

"punk prayer."." "virgin mary, mother of god, become a feminist." >> for the tv viewers, we're showing live pictures of the verdict. people can go online ad democracynow.org. we just read a tweet, russian opposition leader has been arrested outside the pussy riot court. why has this resonated like it has throughout the world? >> one of the reasons, feminism is a new wave. i think people have been kind of, there have been things inching up, all his conversations about abortion and these new laws happening this year. i think we are just at the top of this. as a feminist musician as well, we're all interested in freedom of expression and as artists, with an austin behind them whether we are madonna, yoko ono, sting, or paul mccartney. russia clearly has no separation of church and state and this is something that has definitely been important for us to think about these women are not allowed to say the word "feminist." it is a swear word. when asked in court what a feminist was, the judge said, we don'

for disrupting a church service in germany the country that slammed into a year term for the russian punk band. ecuador gets overwhelming support from fellow american nations and that's raul with britain over julian assange condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of embassies. egypt's new leader extends a hand of friendship to china and iran and just seen around the country breaking away from washington's influence. hello and welcome to our t.v. where we are on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week well three german and followers of the russian punk band pussy riot are now waiting to learn their fate after church officials press charges for storming cologne cathedral ironically they massed activist could face a longer jail term than their moscow idols who were they were imitating germany could find itself in a difficult position now after its vocal criticism of the russian verdict last week peter all over explains. two men and one woman all in their early twenty's they interrupted a mass service that was taking place in cologne chanting free pussy riot decked ou

a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot g to years in jail following their protest stands in russia's main cathedral sixty people have been arrested in rallies very in support and against the group. given asylum still drab to britons on moved by aqua does acceptance of julian assange as a political refugee saying the whistleblower is still subject to arrest and won't be allowed to leave the country. and a rube u.s. group claims it's behind an attack on the r.t. website in an attempt to silence coverage of julian assange. you're watching artsy live from moscow with me to have a month a thanks for joining in a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to years in jail following their protest and in russia's main cathedral the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred meanwhile police have detained sixty people outside the court who've been rallying very thin support and against the group artie's jacob graves joins us now live from the scene with more so jacob it's a case that's caused a

bad performance at the punk is still called punk player at the cathedral so what least one of them was. participating in a rather scandalous action in one of russia's museums which involved a really bold sex act which was videotaped as well so there are there is still a lot of controversy surrounding this trial surrounding the members that the defendants of the group paul ryan child right now so it will be interesting to see exactly how it plays out they are expected to make their last pleas today but whether or not we will hear the verdict as yet remains unclear whether i will the case caused a major international debate what more can you tell us about that. well of course there were of course the trial has been incredibly well publicized in russia and actually at this point we can probably honestly say that pussy riot are world famous without even without even trying that hard they have received support from various musicians from sting to red hot chili peppers to madonna who was performing in moscow on tuesday night and did start off the concert apparently with the speech the portin

punk protesters pussy riot get their final day in court as a verdict looms in the trial over the converse of a mock prayer in russia's major could see a role that grabs global attention. plus the un security council withdraws the international monitoring mission in syria rebels there pledged to step up their fight and threaten to join forces with al qaida. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow one pm in the russian capital. going to sound just got political asylum in ecuador but now the way of getting there britain's got out of its way to make abundantly clear it would take drastic action to prevent the whistleblower from taking that asylum from an outright denial of safe passage all the way to threats to raid the door an embassy and take him by force or smith who was at the embassy on the day of drama reports. it was the day they'd been waiting for julian s.o.s. holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy for two months and his supporters who turned out to cheer for him rain or shine since his legal battle against extradition to sweden first began more than eighteen months ago also the

a russian court has found members of the controversial punk band pussy riot guilty of acting. following their protests russia's main cathedral. given asylum but still trapped britons unmoved by ecuador's acceptance of julian assange as a political refugee. is still subject to arrest and will not be allowed to leave the country. at a road the u.s. group claims it's behind the ongoing attack against the odds the web site of all of this in an attempt to silence coverage of julian assange. live from the heart of moscow this is our. welcome to the program three members of the feminist punk band pussy riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and follows their controversial protests in russia. this year and the judge in their cases right now still delivering her findings on is yet to hand down a sentence however. who is standing by outside the court house of peter thanks for coming on again the judge has ruled guilty as charged but wants me in their reaction. well in finding the three women guilty the judge said that they had committed a gross violatio

well we have more on the punk band trial and plenty of other stories online quoting pob deal madonna say moscow she once leniency for both iraq. and finnish activist who decided to support the russian punks with a copycat progress targeting largest orthodox church in western europe. plus civil services are paralyzed in a california city police and firefighters are bankrupt and out of gas line as fuel companies will use refill on till debts are paid off. and i manned russian rocket launch from by going to rise winter on monday has failed in a way were two communications satellites into orbit are just on barton joins me now to explain so tom tell us what happened. at the moment. on the m launches rocket launches have been suspended as experts try to work out exactly what did happen with the failed launch of this rocket and its booster carrying two communications satellites up toward it the main worry now is that the rocket is a dangerous piece of space junk or at least potentially dangerous the main worry obviously being the international space station the russian space agency ross cau

hundreds of protestors for and against the punk band were kept back by police. were rounded up, including the former world chess champion gary kasparov, who could still be heard shouting after the door to the police van closed with him inside. this evening, the russian orthodox church said in a statement the verdict was lawful, but it asked for mercy, though it didn't spell out what mercy meant. "the women's action slapped christians in the face," this priest said. but he added that god had already punished them by taking away their common sense. the kremlin hasn't commented, though president putin said two weeks ago that the women should not be judged too harshly. >> woodruff: coming up later tonight, we'll examine what today's verdict means for putin's struggle with the opposition. and on our web site, see the song that got the band in trouble in the first place. >> brown: next, who's filling that summer job? newshour economics correspondent paul solman looks at a program bringing in student workers from around the world. it's part of his ongoing reporting, "m

there's a pleasure to have you with us here one day i'm live in moscow three members of the old girl punk band pussy riot are set to discover their fate at any moment as a judge prepares to deliver a verdict in the trial we can all cross live pictures right here these are coming to us from the courtroom the feminist trio were charged with hooliganism for their controversial performance in russia's main cathedral the prosecution has demanded three years in a minimum security prison for the women now let's move outside the courthouse to watch he's pretty all of it he is standing by to bring us the latest from outside the courthouse. peter weir peter sorry peter i just just sorry just interrupt you peter for a moment we were showing live pictures live pictures from inside the courtroom you are outside where as far as i can tell it's a bit of a melee there with journalism journalists protesters demonstrators the verdict do you any moment now tell us what the scene is. peter is really in moscow in the studio can you hear me hello hi yes i can rory i can basically what we're seeing behind what

>> that was pussy riot's punk prayer from the church protest.ung women accused of participating have just been found guilty. i have already been in jail for five months. the case was seen as a key test of how far russian leader vladimir putin might cut a crackdown against protesters. the three jailed performers drew admiration from around the world with activists and musicians, including madonna, paul mccartney, red hot chili peppers, showing support. the outcry was so intense the judge giving today's verdict was placed under state protection after officials say she received threats >> protest actions were scheduled a kick off today in some three dozen cities around the world, including new york. for more, we're joined by jd samson, a feminist punk musician with the bands le tigre and men. >> how are you? >> tell us about pussy riot, who they are, who the women are that are now in jail, and the significance of this guilty verdict. >> obviously, for myself in part of an activist, feminist, a for the past 10d years, it is home to me. last night, w

. >> a moscow court sentences members of the punk band pusy riot to two years in jail. >> dozens of southfrican miners killed in clashes with police. and for the first time since world war ii, german soldiers can now be used for missions within germany in cases of national emergency. welcome. governments across europe are taking russia to task for the verdict in the pussy riot. >> three of the women in the pond -- punk band today were sentenced to two years in prison. >> the european union, germany, austria, and britain along with human rights groups are all heavily criticizing the sentencing, saying it is extreme and not compatible with european values or the rule of law. our coverage begins in moscow. >> the defendants and their supporters were not surprised by the verdict and sentencing, which they say was determined by russian president vladimir putin. >> i think the only way to comment on this verdict is to quote the title of the new pussy riot song which has just been released. the song is called "putin is lighting the fires of revolution." end of comment. >> it took almost three ho

a russian court has found members of the controversial punk band pussy riot guilty of. religious hatred of course the following the. main cathedral. given asylum but still trapped unmoved by acceptance of. political refugee saying it was a blow it's still subject to arrest and will not be allowed to leave the country. and a rogue u.s. hacker group claims it's behind an attack on the web site in an attempt to silence coverage of julian assange. it's good to have you with us here in our. life are you in moscow. now we're three members of the feminist punk band pussy riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by these are live pictures you're seeing right here from the courtroom in central moscow it all follows the controversial protest stunt in russia's main cathedral earlier this year and the judge in the case still delivering findings has been going on for quite some time now yet though to hand down a sentence in a short while will be catching up with artie's i do apologize we do have right now standing outside the courtroom as we show you these live pictures

three german copycats of russian punk band pussy riot could face three years in a german prison for their protests in a cathedral this despite berlin's condemnation of a shorter prison term handed the moscow trio. vascular under a spray of it is declared saying that and given twenty one years in prison all his fight against islam is serving to inspire radical groups across europe. and the resumption of nuclear talks between iran and the energy watchdog is accompanied by concerns over un atomic agency bias and growing criticism of sanctions hitting iranian citizens the heart it's. on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. and i'm karen tara well the catholic church is pretty pressing charges against three german copycats of the russian punk band pussy riot after they disrupted a service in cologne cathedral a trio of activists could now face a prison sentence that's longer than the one given to their moscow counterparts last week's verdict on pussy riot sparked a wave of condemnation abroad including germany peter all over takes a story. two men and one wo

while also been following the trial of a punk band on our website r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what else is waiting there for you this army spans three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that a woman eight suicidal thoughts go online or the details. plus the chinese beauty queen is crowned miss world read about all the pomp and pageantry at r.t. dot com. syria's president bashar al assad has been shown on state t.v. praying in a mosque his first public appearance since bomb blast killed top officials last month in the capital damascus meanwhile you want to serve a mission a mandate for syria expires later on sunday as government forces try to push the rebels out of their key strongholds fierce clashes are continuing in the country's commercial hub aleppo with a shot of us army turning increasingly to air power to push back insurgents trying to seize the city the new mediator lakhdar brahimi was confirmed by the u.n. this friday and as expect this to give a new impetus to peace efforts meanwhile russia says the u.s. will violate in

and the putin punk band is defending why it pulled a political stunt on russia's main cathedral the three women face up to seven years jail if convicted. and welcome to our t.v. thank you for joining me i'm karen tara and it is seven o'clock here in moscow and well the u.n. general assembly is to vote on condemning the security council for failing to stop the violence in syria as bloodshed in the country surges russia is urging the u.n. and the arab league to move fast and finding a new chief peacemaker for syria kofi annan is stepping down blaming escalating bloodshed and finger pointing out the security council parties honest i see a child can i reports from new york. after what has been virtually months of diplomatic deadlock highlighted by the recent thursday's resignation of un special envoy to syria kofi anon the international community seems to be back to attempting to make bibi steps in pushing the syrian process forward and this friday the one hundred ninety three member united nations general assembly is set to vote on a resolution which is not going to be legally binding it wil

and a two year sentence for members of the punk band pussy riot for performing an anti putin stunt in russia's main cathedral provokes a strong reaction in russia and from all parts of the world. the un observer mission in syria expires later on sunday amid ongoing clashes between rebels and government forces are the latest blow to international efforts to bring peace to the conflict ridden state. with top stories of the week and of today this is the weekly with me wrong. julian expected to make his first public statement since ecuador announced it would grant him political asylum reports claim the wiki leaks founder will agree to extradition to sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes as long as a guarantee is given that he will not be extradited to a third country london suggested it could strip ecuador's embassy of diplomatic privileges to move in and the rest of songe he's been sheltering at that embassy now for the past two months the latin american nation has warned britain of grave consequences if that happens. laura smith has been following the ongoing standoff. it was t

and the anti putin punk band is defending why it pulled a political stunt in russia's main role the three women face up to seven years of jail if convicted. here with r.t. we broadcast to you all mine and live twenty four hours a day seven days a week on care and well russia is urging the u.n. and the arab league to move fast in finding a new chief peacemaker for syria coffin and stepping down blaming escalating bloodshed and finger pointing at the security council now the u.n. general assembly is to vote on condemning the security council for failing to stop the violence or treasonous is across the latest from new york. this was a job that most called a diplomatic mission impossible from the get go firstly of course because of the intricacies of the conflict on the ground but also because of the conflicting positions of the key players at the united nations security council and now with one month to go before. the job is officially over we're already seeing reactions from the international community that some could call predictable russia for one has said that the resignation is regretta

reports according to unconfirmed reports two members of the punk bands the anti-crime one punk band have reportedly fled the country. to in order to avoid prosecution and potential questioning over their participation in a very controversial stunt at the christ the savior cathedral which you can see behind me that really really stirred international attention now according to a post by the pussy riot group twitter feed it looks like the two women are planning on supposedly recruiting foreigners new options although remains to be seen what that actually means and entails now we have to remember back in august seventeenth three members of the pussy riot punk band were convicted on charges of hooliganism sentenced to two years for their controversial stunt the move really divided opinion here within russia and also raised some serious criticism of the russian government abroad this was a political blizzardy stunt it certainly worked as we've seen another group called famine in ukraine which had cut down and are orthodox cross they're following that action more crosses were actually cut down

we've been following the trial of the punk band on our website r.t. dot com let's have a quick look now and see what else is lined up for you there at the moment for example of the u.s. army spending three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that eliminates suicidal thoughts details on that for you want to line. the chinese beauty queen is crowned miss world you can read all about the pomp and pageantry and. the beautiful photographs that are too dark. now the u.n. observer mission mandate for syria expires later on sunday government forces try to push the rebels out of their key strongholds a fierce clashes are continuing in the country's commercial hub aleppo. turning increasingly to air power to push back and. syria's leader has been shown today though on state television praying at a mosque it was his first public appearance since a bomb blasts killed top officials last. the new united nations mediator lakhdar brahimi he was confirmed by the u.n. this friday and is expected to add a new impetus to peace efforts also russia says the

well we're also been following the trial of a punk band on our website r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what else is waiting there for you. the u.s. army spends three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that i wanted so soft. not so go online for the details. plus the chinese beauty queen is crowned miss world ribot all the pomp and pageantry at parties. the u.n. observer mission mandate for syria is expiring later on sunday as government forces try to push the rebels out of the or key strongholds the armed conflict that began in march of last year has already claimed more than eight hundred thousand lives on both sides fierce clashes are continuing in the country's commercial hub a level with bashar assad's army turning increasingly to air power to push back insurgents trying to seize the city the new many earlier harbor hate me was confirmed by the u.n. this friday and is expected to give it new if it is to peace efforts meanwhile russia says the u.s. will buy a late international norms if it goes ahead with imposing a no fly zone over sy

the trial on members of a woman's punk band over an anti putin stunt in moscow's main orthodox cathedral continues but the controversy bringing sharp divisions that's the cold case that everyone seems to have if they don't both you and russia deplored in the way in which they view this dream president glad to be of join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing face. below and welcome to our team am karen tara and i've got your top stories this friday beginning with syria the u.n. and the arab league are looking for a new joint envoy to syria after kofi annan said he'll step down at the end of the month the diplomat blamed a lack of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan for syria where the violence is escalating and i started going to has the latest from new york. this was a job that most called a diplomatic mission impossible from the get go firstly of course because of the intricacies of the conflict on the ground but also because of the conflicting positions of the key players at the united nations security council and now with one month to go befor

now the members of all girl punk band pussy riot finally discover their fate today with moscow judge set to deliver a verdict in their trial the trio face up to three years behind bars on hogan is in charges for their conover performance and russia's main cathedral artist peter oliver is outside the court. going to appear so what can we expect at the court today. well already we're seeing journalists and t.v. crews getting set so outside of the courtroom here in central moscow ahead of what's going to be the final day of a trial which is gripped headlines here in russia and around the world the three women from the punk rock collective pussy riot faced three years in jail each for their performance of what they called a punk rock and russia's main cathedral in which they called on the mary to rid russia over blood to me it will. later on friday the judge will deliver a verdict and could pass sentence later on in the day now looking back at the background of this case which is split opinion so widely is my colleague. it was a prayer directed at virgin mary but it was heard all around

tonight three german copycats of russian punk band pussy riot could face three years in a german prison for their protest stance in the cathedral this despite burleson's condemnation of the shorter prison and into the moscow trio. mass killer anders breivik to clear it saying and given twenty one years in prison while his fight against islam serving to inspire radical groups across you. know results of fresh nuclear talks between iran and the un's energy watchdog which says to rand's not cooperating enough put faces criticism itself for being biased. if you just joined us this is r.t. live from moscow my name's kevin owen it's ten pm here now the catholic church is pressing charges against three german copycats of the russian punk band pussy riot after they disrupted a service in cologne cathedral the trio of activists could now face a prison sentence that's longer than the one given to the moscow counterparts last week verdict on pussy riot sparked a wave of condemnation abroad including from germany peter all of it takes up the story. two men and one woman all in their early twenty's

and the trial of members of a punk band or an anti government stunt in moscow is made on to excuse the drill is set to continue with the controversy bringing sharp division. that's the cold case that everyone seems to have an opinion on both here and brush up on the broad in the latest to weigh in with their view has been president vladimir putin to join me in a few moments brought the latest on this on a. new song russia and around the world this is with me thanks for joining us the u.n. on the arab league looking for a new joint to syria after coffee anon said he'll step down a band of the month the diplomat blamed the lack of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan for syria where violence is escalating and as the citric and latest from new york for us. this was a job that most called a diplomatic mission impossible from the get go firstly of course because of the intricacies of the conflict on the ground but also because of the conflicting positions of the key players at the united nations security council and now with one month to go before. the job is officia

a russian court has found members of the controversial punk band pussy riot. and given the. move by ecuador's acceptance of. political refugee. the country. and the road. behind the ongoing attack against the web site. julian assange. concerns among journalists and activists who fear being prosecuted just for doing their job interview author and journalist wolf she says the u.s. government is especially tough on those exposing officials wrongdoings. naomi wolf author journalist activist thank you for sitting down with r.t. today it's always a question when i first question for you recently u.s. defense secretary leon panetta announced and ordered pentagon officials to begin monitoring major news stations in the u.s. to see if any media outlets are disclosing classified information as a journalist and as an american what is your take on this i mean you know my immediate take is a profound feeling of nausea and its sense that somehow the united states has collapsed into you know the soviet union circa sort of mid thirty's. this is horribly foreseeable but i can't believe it's

a trial of members of a woman some punk band or an anti person stunt in moscow's main also looks cathedral continues but the contrasts and bring in sharp divisions of the cold case that everyone seems to have an opinion on both here in russia and to broaden the latest to weigh in with their view has been president vladimir putin join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing case. this is all c. coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program the u.n. and the arab league are looking for a new joint envoy to syria after kofi annan said he'll step down at the end of the month the diplomat blamed a lot of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan for syria where violence is escalating and the citric in a has the latest from new york or us. this was a job that most called a diplomatic mission impossible from the get go firstly of course because of the intricacies of the conflict on the ground but also because of the conflicting positions of the key players at the united nations security council and now with one month to go before. the job is offi