the state of qatar. al jazeera is a news organization and qatar is a country. but whenever a gcc country like bahrain or arab emirates or whoever has a story they protest, it is to al jazeera. so the first thing minutes before it was over, the prime minister sent out tweets criticizing the film saying, you know, this is proof that qatar hates bahrain which of course is false, because the qataris are relatives of the bahrainian ruling family, and they didn't understand this is an independent doc journalism by al jazeera and not created by qatar. and there was a democratic protest letter from qatar to remove the film from the air. and people inside of qatar hated the film, because they are brothers of the bahrainian ruling family. so a lot of pressure not only from bahrain and saudi arabia to remove the film and inside of qatar, and people saying, how dare you, how dare you air this pack of lies against our brothers, you know. so, the thing is that what happened was that instead of removing it from the air

. >> simon: qatar is tiny, wedged between two giants-- iran and saudi arabia. its capital, doha, is literally rising from the sand. not very long ago, that's all there was here, sand. today, it looks ritzier and wackier than any city anywhere, and there's more than bling. a new state-of-the-art hospital is about to open. there's a first-class symphony orchestra. the emir imported the musicians. there are six top american universities. and, oh, yes, there's something else-- qataris are the richest people in the world. >> stahl: in the beautiful italian province of perugia, men room the frosty hills with their trained dogs, hunting for the most expensive food in the world. so this is $1,000? just right there is $1,000? but as we found out, anything this rare and expensive can attract a dangerous clientele. >> ( translated ): everybody is in danger in this business. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." sponsored by:. >> glor: good evening. half

qatar sits on top of the third largest natural gas reserves on the planet."the pearl" turns those reserves into liquid fuels. it cost $18 billion and took five years to build. it is the largest, most sophisticated plant of its kind, and the centerpiece of the emir's strategy to keep qatar rich. when we ran into him at its inauguration, he seemed genuinely proud. well, congratulations. now, you've got the biggest plant in the world. >> khalifa: oh, that's great, and i'm happy that they finish it. >> simon: indeed. on time, too. time is a precious commodity here-- everything's happening at once. they're finishing a new hospital the qataris say will be one of the most advanced in the world. there's a new concert hall with a new symphony orchestra. the emir imported the musicians. six american universities have built campuses here, offering american degrees in the heart of the middle east. the museum of islamic art, with a billion-dollar collection, opened recently. admission, of course, is free. >> sheik hamid bin jasim: everything is free. that become, like, a

should more focus on what is going in syria and here is the regional allies like saudi arabia and qatar they're the surrogates for the u.s. . know all i think every country in the region wants to secure its own national interests you have iran's is saudi arabia there is the shia sunni confrontation there is the influences of iran in their region and there is hezbollah the all these. intricate relationship i think play a role but. i don't think it's it's the way you characterize it that they are some sort of. some sort of a playing in the hand of the united states or russia or saudi or israel directory. carol in london you want to jump in go ahead yeah because i think that's a very important angle i think since the beginning of from tunisia and egypt the beginning of the arab uprising we've seen that saudi arabia and qatar have actually kind of broken free from this american region order so to speak which has completely collapsed and we can see very clearly the the declining u.s. influence over here and the lack of clarity about how to restore it which is kind of bridging a this competit

the lack of clarity about how to restore it which is kind of breathing a this competition between qatar and saudi arabia and again both of those countries kind of put it meddling more aggressively and affairs of other countries i mean just mentioned the example of bahrain where saudi arabia send it troops over there without any western condemnation and that's a very clear example of the type of activity that we're seeing and that's again contributing to this further instability because you don't even have that sort of american common factor they used to orchestrate regional policy you have independent competing powers now in even you know between saudi arabia and qatar which is very very destabilizing for the region ok stephen if i go to you fundamentally. jump in i fundamentally disagree with it qatar and saudi arabia are working closely with western countries saudi arabia has a deep pockets are doing a lot of funding guitar is got a lot of money as well but but they are actively working with britain with washington with france israel is involved jordan is involved they have broken awa

there is only one female judge in qatar.cifically criminalizing domestic violence. that is amazing. a woman's testimony is less than a man during trial. if a woman is allowed to testify at all. in many family law cases like divorce and women and child custody, women are excluded from testifying altogether. there's still a long way to go. but hopefully one day soon the women in qatar and other arab countries will enjoy their equality, what they're trying to give their female athletes. >>> the country is in need of a turnaround. the olympics was a turnaround. people want more success. they don't want less success. >> tonight, my interview with mitt romney. the man who wants to be leader of the free world. how would a president mitt romney handle the economy? >> i want to get america stronger with an economy that creates the jobs our people need. >> tonight, big question for the man who will be the republican nominee. had a congresswoman shot in the head and nearly assassinated. 70 people hit and wounded in a movie theater. >>

there is only one female judge in qatar.fically criminalizing domestic violence. that is amazing. a woman's testimony is less than a man during trial. if a woman is allowed to testify at all. in many family law cases like

there is only one female judge in qatar.ly criminalizing domestic violence. that is amazing. a woman's testimony is less than a man during trial. if a woman is allowed to testify at all. in many family law cases like divorce and women and child custody, women are excluded from testifying altogether. there's still a long way to go. but hopefully one day soon the women in qatar and other arab countries will enjoy their equality, what they're trying to give their female athletes. thanks as always for joining us. have a wonderful weekend. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >>> erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with breaking news about the alleged gunman in the colorado theater massacre. we're getting word the suspect was under psychiatric care before last week's attack. according to court documents filed today by the suspect's lawyers he was a patient of a psychiatrist at the university of colorado, an expert in schizophrenia. the package that the suspect mailed to the university including, according to

there is only one female judge in qatar. no law specifically criminalizing domestic violence. that is amazing. a woman's testimony is less than a man during trial. if a woman is allowed to testify at all. in many family law cases like divorce and women and child custody, women are excluded from testifying alt

security council plus qatar kuwait and other representatives of the arab league all agreed to take a more vigorous final stand and getting the cease fire and moving towards some kind of government transition and quite frankly there really is no viable alternative to the non-playing alternately working with the cooperation of all of those countries that were signatories unfortunately qatar saudi arabia turkey continue to provide financing and significant weapons to the opposition u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton continues to insist as a non-negotiable demand that our side steps down and of course these are all violations of the very document that was signed in geneva just two weeks ago show. the proposal for the formation of this possible constitutional government as cold as was proposed as you say. your position of course. you've got to go nothing else to be discussed the stronger hand. well i think russia and china are both backing the positions taken by kofi anon the arab league and by president assad and you have a number of countries that are still adamantly committed to i

is another is not something i know unexpected i mean both the bar gulf countries saudi arabia and qatar and israel are on the same page here a lot being in the obama administration we have elections coming up in november and of course you're going to hear these comments from the white house however just briefly my information from washington is that the u.s. will tolerate is not welcome in welcoming but it won't tolerate iran and playing a certain role and if that is true there is certainly a second breakthrough and it's bad news for the biggest enemy is so who are his very own and the persian gulf countries like saudi arabia and qatar one significant development and that is of course russia has been accused of supplying arms to the assad regime now is saying it is not supplying any more new arms to syria but what about those countries giving weapons to the rebels will they stop to. i think that's the biggest challenge the biggest challenge to the success of all these diplomatic activity the florey is this issue which you just mentioned the sending of arms no i don't especially now afte

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regime supportive of the us as for islamist or harvey mana keys in the gulf war like saudi arabia qatar or rain they seek to model the syrian regime after their own they would like to cover all women under black veils lock them up at home strip them of their electoral rights in case of dissent the government would follow the example of bahrain and open fire against his own people this kind of conflict is not unique to syria but with events in bahrain the us simply turned a blind eye because bahrain is america's friend the bit in other words these gulf countries would like the sunnis to take power and establish a religious state just like in the persian gulf when we can the shias who have been ruling syria as well as iran which is currently regarded as syria's ally saudi arabia qatar and bahrain iran with much animosity and see it topple the assad as a way to weaken the shia iran this whole situation has little to do with freedom or democracy neither saudi arabia nor qatar bahrain or the united arab emirates have any democracy or freedom and most of these states even lack a constitution

now and are nearly in there certainly the support of saudi arabia qatar others of the of the rebels. that has not gotten the kind of play that it should ok explain explain to my viewers why that's the case do you think. well i mean obviously i mean this is been the history of we've seen for many many years that for example in the popular revolutions in central america. the business on the u.s. was there the cuban support the soviets a poor which is grossly exaggerated trying to downplay the indigenous roots of the populist progress or some given soviet support but that was the main thrust of the revolution and when it comes to syria of course the narrative is just reverse they totally downplay or fail to even mention the external support stressing indigenous troops now personally i disagree with the iranian colleague and i believe that the syrian revolution is primarily indigenous but and has popular support but that does not mean there is not also a foreign element in there and some of these foreign elements frankly rather sketchy in terms of their ideology and tactics mr massey whe

of accountability and qatar there's no system of elections ok there are promises but the system is not there so therefore it is a totalitarian state where there is absolutely there i don't think that it's well placed to call for democratic reforms in other countries i mean that's basic common sense all right i'm wearing a shabby lab with us on the line from beirut thank you very much for your analysis . thank you. well look now at some international news in grief for you this hour fierce fighting between the troops and militants in the province. has killed twelve people as an army helicopter also shot down look at the clashes erupted after a police patrol came under attack by a group of suspected al qaeda fighters on wednesday causing the army to intervene but this comes just days after the terror group claimed responsibility for the worst attack in two years which took at least one hundred sixteen lives. a bomb attack at a busy market in pakistan's district of bugs your house killed nine people and injured twenty others the explosive device was hidden in a pickup truck about your dist

fortunately qatar saudi arabia turkey continue to provide financing. significant. to the opposition u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton continues to. non-negotiable demand that our side steps down and of course these are all violations of the very document that was signed in geneva just two weeks ago president assad proposed to kofi annan on the name of one of his government ministers who he said could be his personal representative negotiating with the opposition a transition government i think that's an important concession and step forward the head of the internal opposition reform opposition movement michel kilo was in moscow and he met with foreign minister lavrov and he said to lavrov that his group would be willing to negotiate begrudgingly with president assad's representatives it's the xterra law position based in london paris and in iraq. who are the big impediment and they're being encouraged by saudi arabia qatar france britain and elements within the obama administration so it's a rough gordian knot to untie but i think emissary kofi are now on wit

army and on the top of that's reuters news agency has revealed that turkey alongside saudi arabia and qatar has set out a secret military base in one of its southern cities to direct vital military communications support for the free syrian army now a number of experts have long warning that turkey's adamant support for the syrian opposition may calm at a cost to its own security for a number of days the church of state has been struggling against its own militants i'm talking about the crudest on its workers party the been fighting for the establishment of an independent sovereign state for the kurds the world's largest people without a state a few months ago i haue the chance to visit several kurdish settlements around syria and i was very surprised to find that they are defected independent they have their own security force their own schools our own administration so old these developments with the kurds in syria leave turkey very nervous and on thursday its prime minister accused bashar al assad of aiding kurdish militants in syria and the. country it reserves the right to strike kurdi

the money that has a bankroll the this building has come from qatar. it has divided opinions. some say they love it. others say it dominates and ruins the skyline. let's come around this way a bit more. we will try to show you another quick view of london. you may be able to see this down here. this tower bridge. the shard is inaugurated later today and will be open to the public. you will be able to come where we are here now next february. it will cost 25 quit, but the view is spectacular. >> we will be back very soon. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, we work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was brought to you by kcet, los angeles.

al jazeera is a network sponsored by qatar. the assad administration is accusing al jazeera, saying the broadcaster is exaggerating facts, reporting as if it was a massive demonstration. even some al jazeera staff express dismay. some reporters have quit in protest. al jazeera beirut bureau chief last rule. year. he is concerned that the media reports would aggravate the conflict. >> translator: media in the arab world only seemed to follow the policies dictated by the leaders of gulf countries that are financially supporting them. and this is fuelling confrontation in syria that is simply escalating the fighting. >> reporter: on the other hand wbt assad administration is backed by major power, iran. a syria products fair has been held to support the assad regime. which is struggling amid economy sanctions. >> because of the embargo, i believe that we can work together. >> iran seems to be supporting military support to syria. with rocket launchers and other arments. in january, antigovernment forces released image of people wh

conference scaling back expectations in both spirit with the next climate summit coming up in autumn in qatar, what signal do you think the berlin round of talks has said? >> germany proposed this round in response to the frustrating experience of copenhagen in 2009. -remember, the climate conference -- if you remember, the climate conference was blocked, really, by the united states and china and india, who were opposed to any extension of the kyoto protocol. the kyoto protocol are going to run out at the end of this year -- the keel protocols -- the kyoto protocols. it looks as the climate protection will be unregulated. germany held this meeting of a kind of coalition of the willing -- 35 countries who are committed to protecting the climate and cutting co2 emissions -- to form a strong body before the cut are some -- the qatar summit. >> angela merkel came out saying much more needed to be done, but we heard her own government may not necessarily meet its own goals. is this a top priority, do you think? >> i think it is a very important issue. the german government was too ambitious in it

qatar has, too. that everything happened so fast. it is like a dream. -- >> everything happened so fast. it is like a dream. when i was younger, i always said i wanted to, and look at me now. i am very happy. >> sarah atlar agrees. just being able to take part in the games is her greatest triumph to date. >> former england soccer captain john kerry has been cleared of racially of using a player during a match last year. >> he was accused of racially of using a player from an opposing team. in his ruling, a judge found it was not possible to prove whether terry was making a slur or repeating something that had been said to him. he was stripped of the english captain seat over the allegations. the second to last day of the famous pamplona bull run in spain, taking the total number of injured this week to 22. >> thrill seekers dodge the bulls as they run through the streets of the city. the event tracks hundreds of people appeared 42 bulls died in this year's run, an animal rights groups have renewed their calls for the event to be bann

a sense of stupor, a sense of amazement. >> the majority of the building is owned by the state of qatarwhich invested heavily in it. >> i think it has very little to do with the architecture or language of london. it is an outrage. it has been implanted in a part of lending that has no high buildings of that sort -- implanted in a part of london. >> it took over a decade to get off the ground. the vast majority of the space is yet to be let. it is in many ways a high-tech building, but not in all respects. it will still require a man with a sponge and a bucket of soapy water to clean the windows -- all 11,000 of them. >> glad that is not me. here is a tale with a happy ending -- a dog who hop aboard a train to dublin was reunited with his honor thanks to the power of twitter -- a dog who hopped aboard a train. the train company sent a lost dog tweet with a photograph of cash, and after 500 retweets, the owner says the dog has been found -- a photograph of patch. >> thanks for joining us. see you again tomorrow. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made po

now qatar is said to be interested in german-mid state of the art tanks. they first inquired about buying 37 of them back in 2009. now there is talk of 200. as always, the german government is tight-lipped about possible arms exports, but a spokesman admitted inquiries have been made. >> i am where there has been an expression of interest. >> german manufacturers have been wooing potential customers at trade fairs in the gulf states for some time here the german government is willing to supply arms to pro-western governments in the region, even if their human-rights records are unsatisfactory. the manufacturers are keen on making up for a drop in sales in germany. the qatari tank deal could bring the maker 2 billion euros. >> of course we have had complaints from the arms industry because the bundeswehr is not ordering as much. they're producing below capacity. but that should not create a situation where we deliver weapons to areas with tensions or we do not know whether we could end up with is attrition where the weapons are used against the bundeswehr.