and saudi arabia allows a woman to represent it for the first time. we speak to a saudi princess. hello. over the past year, 32 tibetans, mainly monks and nuns, have set themselves on fire in protest against chinese rule as a call for the return of the exiled dalai lama. the majority of them have died. this wave of self immolations has traumatized and divided the tens of thousands of tibetans who live in exile with the dalai lama in india. many of whom believe his current strategy with china has failed. we have this exclusive report. you may find some of the images disturbing. data and monastery in the himalayas in india. tibetans in exile try to keep alive a religion and a culture. the ritual has hardly changed since buddhism was introduced into tibet in the seventh century. in a monastery next door, they are using the tools of the 21st century to mark the latest expression of tibetan despair. there has been another self immolation, and they spring into action. they are told he threw his body into a truck, still raising his arms and shouting "free tibet." he died the next day. on

saudi arabia bought it out and nationalized it in the 1980s, and today, saudi aramco is the custodiane country's only source of wealth and power. >> saudi aramco is a massive complex along the persian gulf, hundreds of miles east of the mega projects. over 16,000 people work here at the company's compound, which is like a little country with its own security force, schools, hospitals, even its own airline. abdallah jum'ah is president and ceo of saudi aramco. so this is your headquarters. >> this is our headquarters. >> and how big is aramco? >> saudi aramco is the world's largest oil-producing company. >> and in 2008, it was the richest company in the world, worth some $781 billion. >> this is the heart of our operation. this is the nerve center. >> it keeps going. look at this. this is gigantic. he gave us a tour of the company's command center where engineers scrutinize and analyze every aspect of the company's operations on a 220-foot digital screen. >> every facility in the kingdom, every drop of oil that comes from the ground is monitored in real time... >> in this room? >> in t

is strengthening ties to saudi arabia. secretary of state hilary clinton met with the defense minister in washington. she highlighted the importance between the strong relationship. saudi arabia is the worst persecutor and called for the description of all churches on the arabian peninsula. joining us is cliff may, the president of the foundation for the defense of democracies. cliff, you point out, if a christian leader called for the description of mosques, there would have been a global out cry. why was there no response? >> i am totally mystified, not quite surprised the main stream media will not want to pick up on that. for diplomats, they are maintaining good relationships with the saudis, the media have a responsibility, somebody who comes from 20 years in the media to report that even if it is inconvenient to other people. >> saudi arabia will not allow christian churches. isn't it spreading the islam throughout the world. >> wahabi islam is an ultra orthodox version of islam. the saudi kingdom has spent more mone

ground right now but for sure the powers the power of reaction is extremely strong we can look at saudi arabia we can look at qatar these are major players and they are not for these arab spring values not by a long shot well you can look at the united arab emirates which arguably is the most western facing nation in the gulf to has this sort of first anniversary of the spring decided to make sure that citizens and expatriates know that it is not looking for the power of the arab spring movement to reach this country and it has started cutting back on. rights groups to democratic groups even its own citizens who had sort of freely operated under under the system here which had been more permissive okmulgee what do you come out on this in los angeles here where is the arab spring going is it is it freezing up. well it i so it's important question to answer your question first i would like to put arab countries governments monarchs and regimes into three different categories on their one hand we have those arab governments who've faced citizen revolves of pricing citizens who are seeking

saudi arabia is a bloated public sector, and saudis represent 90% of the public sector and about 10% of the private sector. and the reality of a situation like that is then the government becomes the biggest obstacle toward developing the private sector and entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises. >> that really is the challenge with diversifying the economy and they're tackling it, but, you know, you look at the saudi -- saudiization issue today, and i mean, it's good that they're targeting jobs and the expectation is that you go get a job. but when you target third problem you essentially identify the solution as if we're going to solve the california unemployment problem by sending all of the mexicans back so there's more jobs to pick strawberries for americans. that's not going to solve your problem. you've got to the create new industry, new enterprises. it's all about technology creation and new industry with this hugely educated young generation coming of age that you bring in at entry level management and know they have a career to develop over time. that really is the

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what goes on in saudi arabia is a question to be examined in saudi arabia. what's going on in cut sr. a question... one's one by an emir... supply >> why not apply the same rules to sere ja? in syria we don't have a ruling family. we have a president elected by his people and there are forthcoming elections in 2014 where the people will decide whether they want to keep mr. assad or not. >> rose: how long has the assad family been in power in syria? >> i'm talking about the current president. >> but the current president inherited the job from his father. >> he didn't inherit the job from his father. he was elected. >> rose: he was groomed by his father to succeed him. you know that. >> is that the issue now? >> no, no, but i'm just saying there has been one family in control in syria for a long time. >> no, the issue actually... this is a very important question but let me answer it this way: number one the critics coming from some countries both at in the area as well outside are not realistic critics because they come from bad examples this is what i'm say

the one exception might be saudi arabia. there's some reason to believe saudi arabia and pakistan have worked out a nuclear deal. it's possible pakistan could transfer nuclear weapons to saudi arabia, i don't think likely, but possible. and so that would be the one scenario in which you could imagine a country getting nuclear weapons quickly. otherwise i think you're looking at at least a decade before any other countries in the region get weapons in response. one problem i have with the debate is people think about what does a nuclear iran look like in the first six months or first month, it doesn't seem too bad, why worry about it? only one country historically has given up nuclear weapons, south africa. if iran does, it will be forever. the possible threats posed by a nuclear iran are threats we have to deal with forever. we have to have a much longer time horizon thinking about the threats posed by nuclear armed iran. so i think over the course of a decade or two you're going to see a couple of states acquiring nuclear w

arabia and saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackout being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the pollution god beginning from bahrain and then spreading straight into saudi arabia particularly if you were to take into consideration that on the border between israel and saudi arabia the east of here is of saudi arabia will also have many who was also speaking are speaking out against the as all the regime there is even study. the silent western stance and a solid us i think that does not be separated from the saudi arabian wish to keep things as they are to keep on that situation because let me. just briefly want to go about thirty seconds left in this part bahrain cited bahrain's leaders claim they want significant reforms why are there not for the people there still clearly angry just thirty seconds if you will. yes clearly angry i think because the reforms you kn

and so me and all the neighbor saudi arabia has shia population and saudi arabia has been gauged in all kinds of moves over over the last few years due to kind of she is an across the region when one has to see this very much promise i was just straight in how they see things. are going to be going rock. across the region and the way i see it is this is the prime imperative in saudi arabia's. attitude towards syria they are not seriously interested in a dialogue that will leave that will lead to the little form with the syrian government still in place they want a government destroyed because that secular government has a partial government and because a government wish. to play a dominant role and that is imperative so i know there have been some people who are drawing comparisons between what happened in libya and what could happen in syria and libya of course we had un resolution one thousand seven three create a humanitarian corridor or there are many question at the end of the day what was the purpose and in libya you're talking about a grander scale here you're talking about geo s

saudi arabia saying after a meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton that it was a duty to supply these arms now while some of the gulf countries such as saudi arabia and qatar have been pushing for that for quite a long time to arm the opposition we know that there are a lot of concerns in the international community about that happening is that but that would fuel sectarian violence that unlikely that you're going to see that today come out of the conference sir what's moscow's three going to gathering there . well this is the second friends of syria conference i was in in attendance and the first and again it has been attended today there are concerns really about the fact that the friends of syria is seen as being quite one sided and questions a vote whether or not they're really going to be pushing for dialogue and of course talks of arming the opposition is certainly not going to help that approach from the syrian government and the international community right now has signed on to case peace so there is a sens

obvious are saudi arabia's clearly.proxy or syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is strongest backer of other autocratic regimes is almost across a readings on products and hearings i only hear months requesting looking to see how the syrian regime and i agree. there were questions like i think it's a legitimate question look at. this point how can you call up a government like saudi arabia where is in power simply because. this is this is weaker century who worsening like it happened really would be who are these outside countries to getting the ball especially going into the support we are we. think of the most hard lines the most forces. are come to power well it is not going to be. able is not going to make things in syria. syria holders on the brink of civil war we look back at one of the most controversial events of the arab spring so far. so many parties who have interests. in there isn't true that he should be silenced voted for the man who engineered the libyan regime's downfall says the grisly end of moammar ga

forces in the region, 800 forces in saudi arabia that conduct training and others. if there's a war in the gusm, we're in it already. you don't need to deploy additional forces there. we may have to modify our nuclear posture in the event of a nuclear iran, but there will at least be a period of time where iran doesn't have icbms and a period where they can't penetrate our missile defenses so it will be a long time before they can hold the u.s. at risk. but we'll be able to hold iran at risk forever with our nuclear and conventional capabilities. i think our ability to deter iran is a little higher than people presume, and i don't think it would take a lot of radical shifts in the posture we already have in the region. i would be cautious about going down the formalized route if for no other reason i think countries like saudi arabia and turkey wouldn't want to be part of formal arrange. s. it's not their style. they would be much more comfortable with this informal declaratory posture. >> yes, ma'am. final question. >> hi. my name is barbara. i had two quick questi

in this portion the focus is the economies of saudi arabia, qatar and kuwait. it's just under an hour. >> i would like to reconvene our forum at this time. as you know, we are still on our tight schedule with one hour remaining on our second panel. the same procedures would pertain to questions from the floor so please begin sending them up as the panelists give their opening remarks. >> moderating our second panel is the honorable allen larsen whose biography you have in the event booklet. i'm sure all of you in the room and certainly we at the national u.s.-arab chamber remember his days in economics and his many years in the aba bureau where he was a champion for u.s. trade and international fair treatment for u.s. companies. so it's a particular pleasure to call on ambassador larson to moderate this panel. >> thank you very much, good afternoon everyone. we're looking forward very much to this panel. we're going to be considering a set of challenges that perhaps paradoxically are just as difficult and daunting in many ways as those of the economies in trans

arabia and saudi arabia hands as one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from the holiday inn and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else so i think that will contribute to the anger which are we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals. go deeper into our stories at our teeth dot com there you'll find this one a major victory for online sharers as we report online a california judge making an extra special ruling when he says one an x. rated movie is ok for free downloading plus. a global day for a friendly bashing thousands all over the world in dorset in pillow fighting leaving the streets covered with betters you can watch it on our you tube channel. india's army is getting stuck in the trenches beset by dodgy we

arabia and saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think first and foremost this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from the holiday inn and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused on the world also i think that all contributes to the anger which are we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals. coming up on this channel the britons risking everything on the roll of the dice we look at how the u.k. is gambling in the streets becoming russian roulette for countless salix these days unable to find the easy money but this story coming up. also read the alert for moscow as hundreds of communist supporters hit the streets to try and shake off the party soviet image. or international news that marley's jones has agreed to hand power to civilian rule in return for an end to sanctions impo

put on the plane i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from her reign and then spreading spreading through saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals are starting with iran let's get some other international news in brief for you state television says a new round of talks on terror runs a nuclear program is set to take place in istanbul a meeting will be between iran and the six nations aimed at resolving the long running nuclear dispute with u.s. and its allies say iran's program design is designed to produce atomic weapons but iran denies this saying its program is only for peaceful purposes. pakistan's military says there's little hope of finding any survivors of an avalanche reaching gulf the military encampment in the mountainous kashmir region one hundred thirty five peo

the should -- the saudis are all tight, it is saudi, saudi, saudi but we are buddy.>guest: there is a long history of the bin laden family father, that is where he made the fortune, in construction in a variety of other companies. early days of the kingdom he was instrumental in building the infrastructure. so this is a long history. and a great portion of the bin laden family that had nothing to do, wanted nothing to do with so, the idea -- obviously his wives is a different story. >>shepard: so they are going over there, the wives, to be protected ask the country of bahrain what they think. >>guest: but this is not bad from our perspective to be under control of the saudis, it is a dysfunctional relationship but we have a good relationship with the saudis. >>shepard: i am glad we have a good and dysfunctional relationship with the saudis. >>guest: and don't get going on pakistan. >>shepard: mike baker great to see you. a family of a teenage girl is suing classmates over this facebook page full of insulting photos and messaging. more than insulting. and that is not

being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish it was a saudi arabians also a fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from. there spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the goals. around two thousand mourners at hand at the funeral of demetrius crystal was an elderly man who shot himself in front of the parliament building in athens earlier this week the seventy seven year old left a suicide note in which he accused the government destroying his pension with a sturdy cuts his suicide rekindled and hysterically measureless progress was violence erupting when hundreds of demonstrators gathered and syntagma square to pay their respects for sas terrorists started throwing petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas depression and since i braids have been on the rise a country which has been forced to impose public spending cuts to de

put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from one hundred and then spreading the spreading to study arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals. i starting with pakistan let's get to some other international headlines in brief with the r.t. world update pakistan's military says there's little hope of finding any survivors of a large original gulf the military encampment in the mountainous kashmir region one hundred thirty five people are thought to be dead the search involving more than one hundred fifty soldiers sniffer dogs and helicopters has recovered over a dozen bodies so far. that collapse mine shaft in peru has left nine miners trapped underground a shaft a cave you know side lima on thursday after work to set off an explosion to destroy . the rescue teams are supp

arabia and saudi arabia has one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think the first and foremost this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabian is also a fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from bahari an admin spreading to spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused on world also i think that all contributes to the anger which we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe would cheer but the end goals. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines this hour a bomb exploded in central ny causing casualties there details of numbers have not been confirmed this happened just a few hours after an early explosion blew out windows and tore off roots in the northern city of d.n.a. killing thirty eight people and injuring many more there are the latest series of violent attacks in nigeria most of which have been claimed by the militant group. presence has officially resigned as part of

kingdom of saudi arabia. so i saw rocks and sand- i didn't see any streets paved with gold; there was no golden fountains in the hotels or anything. now there are, but- >> yeah, i'll say. fire away, janet. >> is that part of what helped change your mind and increase your understanding was the fact that you saw rocks and sand instead of the- >> no. my father was disappointed. i expected- by that time, i was old enough and really informed of what the world looked like enough to not to be disappointed. my father was disappointed. before he went to saudi arabia- and he made umrah, the lesser pilgrimage. he made umrah, where you go by yourself, not with all the muslims- the annual pilgrimage. and he made the lesser pilgrimage to mecca, he went to pakistan, he went to egypt. and most disappointing for him was what he saw in saudi arabia. he expected a beautiful place, you know, the best place on earth, and when he got there, it was just the opposite. as far as physical conditions, it might have been almost the wors

arabia had saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the plane i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from behind and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which are we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals . if you survivors of a plane crash in russia's two main region on monday remain in the hospital their condition said to be stable craft went down soon after take off just a few kilometers from the airport killing thirty one people failure to the plane's been named as the primary cause of the tragedy or he could grease reports. i heard an explosion then we got a call and my commander ordered us to go to the scene in the c.b.d. is something wrong with the magnitude of the situation hadn't qui

arabia and saudi arabia hands as one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackout being put on the high end i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a blow. no effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from behind and then spreading to spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else so i think that will contributes to the anger which we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals . go deeper into our stories by clicking over to our t. dot com gambling in the u.k. becomes a game of russian roulette for many as we report online lady luck a merciless to thousands of addicts who throw dice hoping to get their money back but rarely do. they had a discovery worthy of indiana jones the construction of an a limp excited in sochi other it's an ancient this in team temple read about the precious five but our team does come from a new political parties in russia rapidly takin

saudi arabia stick to trading in only u.s. dollars if china's more important customer or that is that when we're talking about the e.u. dollar as a biological parent parents say coming to an ad like and replacing. well that's a good question china is saying hey what about our currency or we've seen other proposals by the i.m.f. with the night in a should was talking about a basket of currencies or ultimately a new global currency which would be a truly global currency so we're going to proposals out there so we're just going to have to see how labor but ultimately the people are talking about it the united nations in the name out there putting out papers or putting their reports talking the need about them about the need to move away from the u.s. dollar and then another a big factor is that you know you look there will dick actually if you go around and around the world united states was great love but today animosity toward the united states is rising and that's you know also fueling part of this move away from the u.s. doll

being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from her reign and then spreading spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused somewhere else that i think that all contributes to the anger which we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals . watching out for you still to come for you in the program about a greece enraged this after an elderly man becomes the people's austerity marks anger boiled over in riots this week after the retired pharmacist killed himself in front of parliament his death and those said he had no more means for survival. of the twelve survivors from the two men the plane crash that killed thirty one not into new jersey of treatment in hospital as a failure to d.i.'s the plane is named as the primary cause of the tragedy. russia has pledged to bring home victor boot after the businessman was sentenced to the u.s. to work twenty five years behind ba

we have 8 hub forces in saudi arabia that conduct training and others. we have -- if there's a war in the gulf, we're in it already. you don't need to deploy additional forces. we may need to edit our nuclear posture but there will at least be a period of time where iran doesn't have ibms. it will be a long time before they can hold the u.s. at risk but we'll be able to hold run at risk forever. so i think our ability to deter iran is a little higher than people presume and i don't think will will take a lot of shifts in the posture we have. i think countries like saudi arabia and turkey and the others wouldn't necessarily want to be part of a formal arrangement. it's not really their style. i suspect they'd be more comfortable when this posture. >> i had two quick questions. first i was wondering if you think the campaign of we love you, we will never bomb you that's going around in israel, do you think that could change the course of international relations between israel and iran? and if war were to come, what do you think would be the role of arab su

is a very close ally of saudi arabia and saudi arabia hence is going to be our allies have been us so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from behind and then spreading to spreading to saudi arabia the international community is still focused on the world also i think that all contributes to the anger would show we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals . it's not just tourists from around the world that sounds military so there is little hope of finding any survivors of an avalanche which and got the military encampments in the mountains kashmir region one hundred thirty five people are there the search operations span and already night is expected to continue on sunday morning search involving more than one hundred fifty soldiers sniffer dogs and helicopters has recovered over a dozen bodies so far. last mind group has left nine miners tra

this point how can you call a government like saudi arabia place in power simply because. this is a weaker century i don't personally i saw in libya. there is a tendency to. come more military solutions to complex political problems on a song person so for me the pro-democracy struggle the worsening economic and we're really poor he's out psychosis to get involved especially going into war are we. hard lines. and why they are only. poor we really need to crack down hard. our. not going to be a hard seems not going to take things in syria. coming up on r t accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine. as the european football championship draws closer landlords are looking to cash in on visiting fans but it is feared their goal to score a big win will send crowds packing instead. one by one cities all around the world go dark for global earth hour this year we've got some surprising new comers including the international space station well i'm not. trying to has lashed out at the u.s. over its decision to plow ahead with sanctions against companies that assist in the

to begin on improved and then finally only well and that's the united states great britain and the saudis have mean verbal commitments to the q. and a of multi million dollars to the opposition who i think quite rightly have begun to believe that the libyan experience is going to be their experience and they seem very unlikely to follow through on any future commitments for a peace settlement so that even meaning just to make it clear that you compared the situation with libya that the opposition really feel they have a chance of overthrowing a sad with. the help all that western backing the great being jerk of the libyan experience is that it has given up musician forces around the world the kind of hallucination that used to hold out for long enough and if the language of humanitarian intervention and human rights violations becomes commonplace enough to need to come screaming in their rescue unfortunately for the opposition despite what the saudis these united states and the british have said strikingly from brussels i'm this progress most in the head of need to has leaders here that n

in the persian gulf beginning from the hurricane and then spreading the spreading to saudi arabia the international community we're still focused on were also i think that all contributes to the anger which we witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe in the end goals. and let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world a second bomb exploded in central nigeria just a few hours after i literally explosions blew out windows and tore off roofs in the northern city of kaduna killing thirty eight people and injuring many more these are the latest in a series of violent attacks in my most of which have been claimed by the militant group boko. molly's president has officially resigned as part of the deal to end of political crisis in the country the military staged a coup last month and toppled him from power under their grievances mediated by a bloke called west african countries an interim president and transitional government will rule until elections are held there early agreed to step down once the president quits the north or she will have to de