the alarm went off shortly before seven in the evening local time no saddam is burning spreading a brown black cloud across the sky her reasons and tourists looked on and heartbreak kept outside the security perimeter by authorities as ash fell in the vicinity. firefighters had a seemingly impossible task they had to work inside the building to save priceless artworks and outside to contain the blaze as it engulfed the roof you know saddam as one of the world's most famous churches holding cultural treasures from nearly a thousand years of french and catholic history. the inferno brought french president emanuel mark crawl into the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they

this is d w news alive and turbulence up the top and saddam as jubilation on the streets as an army chief linked to the genocide in darfur steps down off to just one day in charge at another general has now taken over and the protest is a stepping up that amongst the civilian world also coming out sawzall mystify riot police in algeria to the press that the moms the democratic change it's the country's eighty six consecutive mass protest. counts nigeria's film industry it is proving to go behind the scenes to meet someone making even the goriest and scariest seems to look believable to. time and if you've seen the kind of thanks so much for joining us. saddam's military chief has stepped down just a day off to he was sworn in as the country's new leader but demonstrators have again flooded the streets in protest at the interim military regime which took off to forcing president i modeled the shia from power. to sit in protests remain largely peaceful and their message is clear the sudanese people do not want to be ruled by the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of president.

bush's father also went to war against saddam hussein.o drives the dictator's forces out of kuwait. george h.w. bush opted not to go to baghdad. and after we left office, everywhere we'd go, every time we'd stand up to speak they'd say why didn't you guys take care of saddam hussein when you had the chance. well, we didn't because we were worried iraq might fragment into warring tribes and that's exactly what happened. >> iraq is engulfed by bloody sec arianne conflict. >> the thing we greatly underestimated was that some of the issues we were dealing with had very deep roots. that when you lifted the lid off the dictatorship, out come all these forces of destabilization. he and i were both feel in retrospect that that's the thing that was not properly and deeply understood. >> coalition troops are attacked by insurgent forces. who are rebelling what they see as an occupation. >> it was looking bad. we were losing a lot of troops. we had an insurgericy that was not coming under control. and the world started to turn away from us. we thoug

after the attack in nice in twenty sixteen not saddam in paris again became a place of mourning. david briefly what's the next step well on wednesday afternoon the bells of notre dame will ring out for the first time since this tragedy and we also can't forget this sunday is easter sunday a celebration of redemption of rebirth and certainly many christians around the world will see the saving of nurtured as an easter miracle i'm sure david as always thank you for your excellent knowledge that soulful today much more of course on our web site at www dot com slash culture and off a book page the culture no doubt will be following the face of this magnificent cathedral which will be restored in fact i have no doubt we both have no doubt thanks for watching and go. pick up. and check your still avoid relegation the draw in nuremberg has fans fearing the worst. can cannot do qualify for the champions league and will keep talking to me. the to fight for the title continue. to. kick off if i'm to minutes on d w. please get. the love is from the bands. seem. to love bloodless lead bloodl

saddam's military chief has stepped down just a day off to he was foreign and as the country's new leader and the country's intelligence chief has now stepped down as well but demonstrators have again flooded the streets in protest of the interim military regime which took over after forcing longtime president omar al bashir from power. to sit in protests remain largely peaceful and their message is clear the sudanese people do not want to be ruled by the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of president over our over sheer. but the army is still very much in charge here even though bashir is the immediate successor to even a general link to the genocide in darfur less is just one day in the top job another use i announce the time stepping down as the leader of the transitional miter council i'm selecting instead of someone whose expertise incompetence i can trust. he will take the ships of the shores of safety i have chosen lieutenant general abdul fatah the rahman to succeed me as president of the military council. so one army commander has replaced himself with another on t

the alarm went off shortly before seven in the evening local time no saddam is burning spreading a brown black cloud across the sky persians and tourists looked on and heartbreak kept outside the security perimeter by authorities as ash fell in the vicinity. firefighters had a seemingly impossible task they had to work inside the building to save priceless artworks and outside to contain the blaze as it engulfed the roof now saddam is one of the world's most famous churches holding cultural treasures from nearly a thousand years of french and catholic history. the inferno brought french president emmanuel mccrone to the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they at least wi

bush has vowed to oppose the iraqi dictator saddam hussein. since september 11th, george bush has been fighting what he sees as a war against terror. >> 9/11 is the moment that his presidency changed and the world changed. and when i spoke to him the day after the attack, there was an immediate and strong bond because this was an event that meant the whole of our security policy had to shift. we faced an entirely new security situation and we had to remove those that were going to threaten the united states of america and the security of the free world. >> i can't imagine people not seeing the threat and not holding saddam hussein accountable. we're going to do that. history has called us into action. >> i think we both thought it was something we needed to do. certainly was business that needed to be tended to given what happened to us on 9/11. >> the war started and it was going reasonably well. there was no doubt in my mind that the forces would reach baghdad and take out the regime. >> but i'll never forget one day the president and i were

like the old one and how quickly can it be rebuilt france now faces those tough questions but not saddam is not the first culturally significant building to burn across the atlantic just last year brazil's national museum was destroyed along with its twenty million item collection unlike with not saddam just a quarter of a million euros have been raised just one percent of the estimated rebuilding costs . for a success story though france can look to germany's eighteenth century following the church of our lady it was bombed by the allies in one nine hundred forty five. and after two days of fire the church finally collapsed. for almost five decades east german leaders left the rubble of dresden is baroque masterpiece as a reminder of the horrors of war. painstakingly rebuilt beginning in the mid ninety's the new fallen kosha incorporates the ruins left from world war two and has received millions of visitors since its recants a creation in two thousand and five. call so in germany the maleo library environment part of the unesco world heritage site in two thousand and four its roof caug

senate, what the secretary of state -- the things that they were saying about saddam hussein, weapons of mass destruction, how saddam hussein was working with or supporting al-qaeda, and we heard these things that our country's leaders were telling us and telling the un and telling the world as their justification to go to the war in iraq, and i believed them, like so many people. >> you supported the war. ey>> i listened to what th were telling us a i believed them and wanted to go and protect our country, protect the american people from those who could seek to dus harm. >> you have expressed that serving abroad and serving i iraq actually changed your views about a number of things... >> yeah. >> ...and that you had an opportunity, when serving arm iq arm with lmericans and soldiers, that even though you came from a very conservative background, your views changed while you served. and you made a video related to this that i'd like to share witj the audient a small clip of. >> while many americans may bela able to to growing up in a conservative home, my story'st a different, becau

saddam hussein regime is a grave and gathering danger. >> a united nations resolution orders iraq toeapons inspectors. >> the world wants assurances that there are no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> one of the things we were very concerned about was rogue states and wmd, bugs, gas, nukes. the president asked how good is the intelligence on iraq and weapons of mass destruction? and the director of the cia said it's a slam dunk, mr. president. it's a slam dunk. it doesn't get any harder than that or any better than that. >> but by march 2003, u.n. inspectors can find no evidence of weapons of mass destruction. the bush administration says they still believe they exist. >> on march the 19th, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., president bush consults with each of the commanders in the gulf. and he asks them two questions. are you ready? and are you comfortable with this decision to go to war? and with that the president says "execute operation iraqi freedom." >> he gave a bit of a prayer at the very end of the meeting, and then as we say in colloquial english, showtime. >>> next on "the bush ye

one hundred meters away easily people just saying nor nor they couldn't believe that not saddam could be in fire you might be able to see yes those water cannons do look like they're going into the side of the cathedral and they do look like they are managing to control some of this fire how did it start we don't know yet how much damage will be cause it's clearly far too early to tell. and as we have you on the line charlotte i just want to ask you your opinion i was just saying to the view is that having been there myself it was the most beautiful most stunning the the the ambience inside the cathedral was just something to behold it was my favorite. tourist attraction of all the places i went to in paris and i'm sure that's the case for millions of people more around the globe i'm assuming you've been there yourself just trying to give us a sense of what it's like inside the building what makes it such a beloved construction. ok i think we where we don't have charlotte's in terms of of sound but we'll continue to get pictures from central paris and it's as i was saying the authorit

two more -- about the situation then at than not saddam and the potential significance a historically and for the art scene of what's happening that let's bring it up on me who who not she's. an audit consultant who lives -- in paris she joins me now -- by phone good evening to you thanks very much. for talking to us i wasn't all consultant what's your sense about what may be lost. in the not too down tonight. i'm i mean it's completely tragic can just just from the outside one of my favorite paintings is old. is by john -- jack you need to have it told the coronation of obtaining which houses the scene that takes place in front of the not to damage the significant sickness computer what can it's it's kind of as is important in say the what's missing witness abby was for turner in. it and it's time so. this is -- it't's it's it's p py pretty disastrous in the fact that it's looking like they're not going to be able to save this building. we're talking here as well about because met many of religious artifacts as well what do you know. about some of the religious items -- that may have

like the old one and how quickly can it be rebuilt france now faces those tough questions but not saddam is not the first culturally significant building to burn across the atlantic just last year brazil's national museum was destroyed along with its twenty million item collection unlike with not saddam just a quarter of a million euros have been raised just one percent of the estimated rebuilding costs . for a success story though france can look to germany's eighteenth century fallen kish to the church of our lady it was bombed by the allies in one nine hundred forty five. and after two days of fire the church finally collapsed. for almost five decades east german leaders left the rubble of dresden is baroque masterpiece as a reminder of the horrors of war. painstakingly rebuilt beginning in the mid ninety's the new fallen kosha incorporates the ruins left from world war two and has received millions of visitors since its re consecration in two thousand and five. when germany the anatta malia library environment part of the unesco world heritage site in two thousand and four its roof c

saddam's defense minister sworn in as the man in charge at least for now ending brushes thirty year . hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera lawyer from doha also coming up the wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested at the ecuadorian embassy in london after his asylum status is revoked. a race against time more heavy rains are forecast for iran as a back old story a couple from flooding. watch this space another significant step towards tourists heading out. this was. opposition groups are calling for massive rallies after friday prayers on thursday the military ended president omar al bashir his thirty year rule and set up a transitional council security forces ordered a curfew overnight but thousands of people defied it even more when reports. this is how the end of fifty years of rule looked when president are many pushchair was deposed by his vice president and defense minister tanks trental through the capital cheered on by protesters followed by an announcement on state t.v. sudan's fourteen million people had waited six hours to hear. being the minister of defense the

trial and saddam was a big question that the i.c.c. is going to have to deal with now because as he's indicted by the i.c.c. the i.c.c. has jurisdiction but of course the i.c.c. operates under a principle problem entirety as a law a court of last resort and so it is preferable that cases such as this all are tried to mystically in the place where the crimes were committed so as an advocate of justice not because of victims' rights i always want to see justice. in in the areas where the crimes were committed but he's going to very difficult to put an individual such as a share on trial particularly during the the current situation with the with the military rule and whether there would be a sufficient legal and institutional framework in sudan to try him in a civilian court that would meet fair trial standards and that will be one of the questions that the i.c.c. has to ask recent. when they're been put in the same position as far as libya is concerned and they allowed for a trial to go forward in libya most international lawyers such a

the alarm went off shortly before seven in the evening local time no saddam is burning spreading a brown black cloud across the sky her reasons and tourists looked on and heartbreak kept outside the security perimeter by authorities as ash fell in the vicinity. firefighters had a seemingly impossible task they had to work inside the building to save priceless our works and outside to contain the blaze as it engulfed the roof now saddam is one of the world's most famous churches holding cultural treasures from nearly a thousand years of french and catholic history. the inferno brought french president emanuel mouth crawl into the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they at

died in hospital on the tenth of your four for more i'm joined by human rights lawyer saddam hussein from. saddam it's good to have you join us as we understand the police have arrested the alleged attackers in this case but what is the reaction be unbundled bish to this crime. well it's really ignited a massive response i think and call to the nation from across the board in addition to the arrests there's been you know this in continuous media coverage continues response and protests all over the country. and i think it's not just to rest of the people some of those who've been accused it's interesting to see that action has had to be taken against a police officer albeit very mild action i should say what the police officer and the local police station was sharing video content about this and the adverse comments that it also made about. and there was action taken against him to remove him from that station unfortunate as far as you know anything for that but that's the kind of response we're seeing and i think some of that is you know because of the brutal nature of it didn't it

what his book did though is it recreated the cathedral popularity the french fell in love with not saddam once again and soon thereafter the king had it renovated he had that spire which is now lost to us added on so in some sense this cathedral really owes its life to victor hugo well as they've been said a mere book has changed the destiny of this gothic masterpiece and we have a lot to thank the fictional back not to die which has been a popular topic for filmmakers since the very early days of the media. an iconic early adaptation is in one nine hundred twenty three silent production featuring lavish sets recreating not and a legendary performance by lon chaney as causing mojo the film transformed cheney from a character actor to a full blown hollywood star and it set the standard for many later horror films. with the advent of sound recording victor hugo's tale was right for filmmaker retelling in big budget nine hundred thirty nine film starring charles laughton as quasi modo and maureen o'hara as his beloved esmeralda's. with production taking place on the eve of the second world w

it was a sudden increase in the cost of bread that sparked the protests rocking saddam since december and led to the downfall of dictator omar al bashir but as the civilian protesters grapple with the military for the future of the country tough economic conditions continue to be a fact of life for the sudanese. preparing for her next class she's an english professor at a khartoum university. it's a prestigious job but not in terms of the money it hardly brings in anything i have to work extra to survive each month. i think that it's a. hernia about fifty euros a month she struggles to get by and when she tries to withdraw cash the queue for the teller machines often stretches down the street. i can see it's like this every

now twenty four year old saddam is preparing to make history as the first ever iranian woman to take part in an officially sanctioned boxing match khadem started out training in secret in tehran before moving to france and she steps into the ring this saturday for her first official bout she's hoping she can land a blow for equality all the way back home. women have been fighting for equality in iran on many fronts and saddam's condom is breaking new ground for a country that allowed women to attain a min soccer game for the first time last october. now the end of the day there are limitations that apply to each and every country you can't just say that about iran there are some good things about iran and there are some not so good things but at the end of the day you can achieve what he wants . to some iranian women do bucks but no woman has ever had an official belt. here in france that condoms training can't she already gets a champion's welcome without her family in bracing the idea of boxing condom might not have gotten to this point of her aspiring career. my parents were again

the new head of saddam's military council has promised a fresh start for the country following this week's coup he vowed to quote up root the old regime new tenant general abdel fattah says a civilian government will be formed after talks with the opposition with a maximum transition period of two years but demonstrate to remain unimpressed boosted by the resignation of two top officials they've presented a list of demands to the military rule is among them civilian control now. outside the military headquarters in khartoum protesters are making their voices heard they're fed up with decades of autocratic rule and they've been calling for democracy for almost four months. only except a real change satisfying the revolutionary people who are looking for a good future. with. the sudanese people reject the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of the veteran president omar al bashir but the army is still very much in charge but your successor even if it is a general link to the genocide in darfur and he lasted just one day on the job before announcing his resignation many are unhap

welcome to the future of saddam very much in the balance in a tug of war between civilian protesters and the military meanwhile the economy is suffering saudi arabia and the united arab emirates want to send three billion dollars worth of aid to saddam which according to the united nations are the poorest countries in the world despite an abundance of natural resources. it said a million people are toiling their way through sudan's deserts and mountains gold diggers dreaming of striking the mother lode and the subsequent life of the gold mining has been around here since the time of the pharaohs but most of what's found nowadays winds up in the pockets of the khartoum government and its regional potentates there's not enough funding or know how here for industrial scale mining . and who wants to invest in a country anyway it's caught up in a revolution. after three months of mass protests the military stepped in and took power. but the demonstrations continue the sudanese people are demanding that power be hundred over to a civilian transitional government the protests began last dec

with the people saddam mama thank you. now in less than thirty minutes time and nationwide curfew will go into effect in sri lanka the president has banned two groups accused of being involved in the easter sunday bombings which killed more than two hundred fifty people there been more raids and arrests across the island on friday night a gun battle between police and suspects left fifteen people dead including six children it happened in the eastern town of coleman i where a twenty four hour curfew is already in place from reports. the hunter suspects after the easter sunday bombings in security forces to this neighborhood in the town of night on the east coast. shortly after they arrived they say they came under attack a gun battle ensued and some of the fighters are said to have set of explosions in a house there at least fifteen bodies including that of children have to be recovered. the argument that we believe at least three people died from the suicide bomb inside regarding the civilians who lived in the town. yes t

to puncture some of what we believed were the recklessly rosy assumptions about what the day after saddamke in iraq. and it was more a hurried list of horrible is than a coherent analysis. but we tried to list all the things we thought could go wrong. we entitled that memorandum "the perfect storm". in reading it in hindsight, we got it about half right and half wrong. but it was an honest effort to express oui’ concerns, and that's an obligation i think for professionals. what do you think, if one adds up all of the us‘s middle east strategic key policies of the last 25 years, from israel and palestine attempting to be the peacemaker but utterly failing, one must conclude — iraq, the invasion and removal of saddam hussein, but the leaving behind of such a mess that it spilt over into syria and arguably was the cornerstone of the creation of isis and the jihadist movement. syria, the greatest humanitarian tragedy in the middle east of recent times... at the end of all that, it looks like the involvement of yourself has to conclude that you and many others oversaw a catastrophic damage to

there some of the sauza is in saddam's capital khartoum demanding power for the people it follows the military's decision last week to overthrow the country's unpopular leader of thirty years omar al bashir although it's what the masses wanted they're angry that the army has taken power for itself the new government a real civil government a content. people with qualifications no don't need military people ready to be able not only protect our country protect our new government we are here to remove the entire system a system that does not does not give service equality to the people a system that leaves people under poverty a system that does not also done as a country as a rich country with human and natural resources to act as any other country in the world the new military council held its first meeting on sunday. over the weekend it also met with sudanese opposition leaders promising to rule for a maximum of two years while democratic elections are organized. opposition forces are in charge of appointing the prime minister and his company to four civilian government calling on th

the top and saddam does jubilation on the streets as an army chief linked to genocide in darfur steps down after just one day and challenged but another general has now safe in iraq and the protesters are stepping up their demands to civilian rule also coming up thousands of the five right police in algeria to press their demands to democratic change it's the country's eight consecutive snaps to protest. a man you could as mckinnon thank you so much for joining us. saddam's military chief has stepped down just one day off to he was sworn in as the country's new leader but demonstrators have again flooded the streets in protest at the interim military regime which took over off the sourcing president omar al bashir from power. back to sit in protests remain largely peaceful and their message is clear the sudanese people do not want to be ruled by the military chiefs who ended the thirty year regime of president obama by sheer. but the army is still very much in charge here even though bashir is the immediate successor to even a general link to the genocide in darfur lessa just one day

not are we've heard of the latest news saddam's injuries saddam's interim leader announcing the formation of a limited civilian government after two years this seems promising but what do you make of this announcement it is promising but it's still unclear where is this heading the. protesters want as soon as possible a civilian the transitional government and now they're talking to this military council they're ok with this new guy the new military council chief but they soon very cautious they want to get rid of the military and they're still protesting people are still on the streets and this is not also but they still want that the military. hands over power to a civilian government as soon as possible who is this new new interim leader. yeah you get a little bit makes up with these all these names he is actually a career soldier he was until now with the inspector general of the army in sudan and he's seen as less unpopular as his predecessor who quit yesterday after more than twenty four or a little bit more than twenty four hours in power and people have seen him during the protest

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pro-democracy demonstrators as saddam has flooded her to streets once again protesting against the military council that has taken over the country or protest leaders say they're against the military state a plan to rule the country for two additional years before calling elections well the army has taken over after arresting president omar al bashir but the last thing most sudanese want is soldiers in charge of their country. the music of defiance these protesters refused to go home after the army declared a curfew some have been here through the night for many the moodies extatic yet they also feel they've been cheated after three decades under president omar al bashir a new strongman takes his place defense minister ignore the head of the country's military turns ition council the council is planning talks with protesters. but the book all attend and listen to what we want and listen to what they ought to prefer for dialogue and for the exchange between us so we accomplish what we aspire to. but mistrust is running high among the very people he's trying to win over many fear the army is

this is the day of news coming to you live from berlin chopper from the power of that saddam's president won't face extradition for war crimes so i don't see him going to try to say they were not can do what a lot of bashir over to the international criminal court to face allegations of genocide he also said the transfer of power to the people could come soon if handed handled smugly also coming up the phone still has to blithely behind bars for wiki leaks founder julian assange this is a rescue a sort of freedom of speech for the capture of a dangerous tackle we look at the legal battle ahead. plus it's been nearly two years since a so-called islamic state sought to create a so-called caliphate in the philippines but local muslim rebels on the island of mindanao joined the military to help flush them out but is this a devastated region at risk of conflict once again our reporters were there to find out and have an exclusive report. from the moment that she good to have your company sudan's military rulers have said they will not extradite a tougher president bashir he faces an arrest wa

the roof of not saddam cathedral has completely collapsed they came in a short time after. video reached the of the famous spire coming down this is that video. as you can see it's a couple of hours earlier still light in the french capital a fire out of control. too much for the iconic spire that would have been visible for miles around in paris for the millions twelve million tourists a year drawn. to visit not a damn cathedral for its history its beauty many worshippers of the catholic church visit of course it's a centerpiece for the catholic church in paris and that iconic tower. spire i should say toppled a couple of hours ago by the ferocious nature of this fire and it still burns on you see the scaffolding there was renovation work underway is perhaps the according to the author is nobody knows at this point although an official investigation is already underway and those ladies pictures this the scene a couple of hours ago you see just how dangerous the situation was hence the security barriers that you can see on our pictures people are being kept at a very safe d

and our colleagues were not severely injured of course but of course not saddam is special we knew about the attention it would create. we knew we would be watched. i could see the number of people that gathered around. the mission was special because of the remarkable response we got the people thanking us bringing presents it was deeply moving to have the chance to intervene here if you didn't want. to know but lisa i mean still one of the big looming questions is how exactly this fire got started yes exactly the investigation is still ongoing i talked to the paris prosecutor's office office earlier today and they said they was no privileged theory so far but what they confirmed to me was that at the beginning when the fire started two days ago before seven o'clock at night it was a first alarm that went off and six of her security personnel i went to look for a possible fire that couldn't find anything and only twenty minutes later when a second alarm went off they finally found the fire and that's when it all started when they call the fire brigade obviously now the paris prosecutor'

of 2003, described how you wrote memos laying out potential problems you saw with the toppling of saddamthe fact the administration clearly didn't listen to your advice. you were something of an enabler, maybe? that's true, i had a conversation that i write about in the book with a senior colleague in the state department. we talked about that, and almost inevitably, that's the role that you fall into sometimes. how important is it, if a senior figure like yourself truly feels a policy to be deeply misguided and damaging to the national interest — how important is it to draw a line and say, "if that line is crossed, i'm out of here? i' i have enormous respect for those of my colleagues, there were three over the iraq war in 2003 who resigned from the foreign service. there were 20 over policy in the balkans in the early 1990s. i have enormous respect for that decision. however, i also think that continuing to do the best you can and being honest about your concerns inside a discipline profession is also important. whether i got that balance right or not, i'm not sure to this day. but we

s coming to you live from bali obviously this power in saddam the defense minister announces that president omar al bashir has been arrested and they'll be a transitional government run by the military for two years also coming up judah summers is a restaurant in london police remove the bikie leaks founder from ecuador's embassy after his asylum plus revoked for quote aggressive behavior. also on the program it's the biggest election the world has ever seen indians are lining up at the polls in the first of seven phases of voting nine hundred million people up a little bit to cast their ballots will be deciding the future of prime minister and the general of the. island welcome. we begin with some breaking news from saddam the army has seized power in the country president a lot of bashir has been ousted and arrested bring to an end thirty years of rule the country's defense minister announced a two year transitional government run by the way to treat along with a three month state of emergency you also said it was big hands on. a secure place in the capital khartoum tens of thousands are

well over its eight hundred fifty year history the not saddam cathedral has amassed dozens of ancientartifacts and historical treasures many have been salvaged from the building but some are feared to have been lost forever perhaps one of the most famous things saved is the relic of the crown of thorns which is believed to have been placed on the head of jesus christ at his crucifixion not saddam was also home to what is said to be a fragment of the true cross upon which jesus was crucified and an original nail that was used both of them are safe the tunic of st louis has also been saved it's a thirteenth century linen garment said to have been said to have belonged to king louis the only french king to have become a saint notre dame's eight thousand pipe organ has been damaged but not destroyed originally built in fourteen zero three it's one of the largest organs in the world and there are conflicting reports about how damaged the cathedral's rose windows are its fear that the high temperatures could have melted the lead that holds the panes in place so what will it take to rebuild