la seleccion de senegal busca acortar distancias.adores importantes, liborio sánchez. >>le cuento que chivas rayadas terminan con empate sin goles. >>chivas ha llegado a cuatro juegos consecutivos sin saber lo que es la derrota. >>el equipo de los cholos pierden uno a cero. el equipo fronterizo estaría salvado del descenso, aunque matemáticamente no es así >>en españa barcelona gana ante sevilla dos por cero llego a 150 goles messi, convirtiendose en el jugador más joven en lograr esta cira. son los resultados de las diferentes ligas. >>más detalles de este encuentro más adelante. vamos a la pausa, hablaremos de un santo remedio que lo podría audar con las condiciónes climaticas, en breve parece que la lluvia se desplazo al sur de california, >>tal y como se había pronósticado las lluvias llegaron al sur de california, accidentes estuvieron a la ordne del dia. carretera 110 aparatoso accidente hizo que vehículo pesado provocada el cierre de la vía. >>ahora con el agua es peligroso, se colea la traila y es difícil de controlar. >>no m

comenzamos con el sub 23 mexicano y su proximo partido amistoso ante senegal....zarse el dia sabado en el at&t park de san francisco. el tecnico del t-r-i, luis fernando tena ya ha publicado la lista de los convocados, entre ellos el delantero marco fabian, el mediocampista javier aquino y el portero liborio sanchez. aun asi, los jugadores saben que habra una lista final y ven su proximo partido como una prueba mas para dar el todo... jugador dice: "parte del compromiso es una responsabilidad no asi lo veo por que nos estan dando la confianza nos estan dando la oportunidad de participar en una competencia tan importante y de vestir la verde fuera de tu pais tenemos que aprovecharla tenemos que dar todo de nosotros no tenemos que escatimar los esfuerzos tenemos que entregarnos al cien." ---y como parte de la doble jornada, los earthquakes de san jose se mediran ante el houston dymano. los de casa iniciaron con el pie derecho la temporada regular 2012 de la m-l-s venciendo al new england el sabado pasado en un partido en casa. ahora estan listos para jugar y vencer

. -- senegal, the end of a political era. mr. sall, a former prime minister, says this marks a new beginning. thousands took to the streets to celebrate. >> after a chaotic, and at times campaign, these are the supporters of a man who will now lead senegal back. very happy. it very happy. macky is polite and courteous. everyone was hoping he would win. >> this is the man he beat, abdoulaye wade. his attempt to cling to power for a third term and abetted the tranquillity of the opera's most stable democracy. it was a better campaign at times -- of africa's most stable democracy. who is macky sall? born to a modest family in the west. it is father, a civil servant, his mother, selling nuts. he carried a number of political posts. he has many task on his hands, chief among them the food crisis. in the capital of dakar, a new era. senegal's new leader will want to embrace. >> three people recovering after being rescued after their hot air balloon crashed into a power line. there were suspended 4,500 feet above the ground and showered

al ataque, nuestro sistema defensivo es algo que también tenemos que pulir, teniendo cuidado con senegalce, tecos no tenía respuesta, ruiz creo más peligro y tecos fue otro equipo, así como venía la servía para el descuento, minuto 60 falta de adrian sobre bareiro y sancionaban a la pena máxima, para los que están en contra de la tecnología, se demorara más tiempo en las repeticiones, lo fallaba el pony y monarcas gana 2 a 1 . >> en la nba (national basketball association) sacramento en su quinto partido termino con victoria 120 a 95 contra los celtics de boston. >> por último le cuento que milwakee derrota a golden . >> gracias, mañana es el día de san patricio, un día que abunda la cerveza, las gruas estarán muy activas para remolcar a quienes no puedan manejar, solo deben llamar al número que aparece en pantalla . >> quienes se van a festejar de verde, hay que ver como está el clima . >> hay que tomar en cuenta todos los consejos para prevenirnos y estar alertas, este sistema está causando el pontencial para generar lluvias en forma organizada, y nucles de tormentas en forma esporadic

the winner of senegal's election, macky sall, says his victory marks a new era. this is soon after his rival, the current president admitted defeat and thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate. >> after a violent campaign, jubilation. these are the supporters of the man who will now lead senegal, macky sall. >> i'm very happy, very happy. macky is young, very polite, courteous, and really, he deserves this. everybody was hoping he'd win. >> and this is the man he beat, his former political mentor, abdoulaye wade, who changed the constitution to try to secure a third term in office. his attempts to cling to power sparked scenes like this, upsetting the tranquility in west africa's most stable democracy. it was at times a bitter campaign. this man, a musician, wanted to run, but was disqualified by five constitutional judges. so who is macky sall? he was born to a modest family. his father, a civil servant. his mother, a nut seller. he was partly educated in france and held a number of ministerial posts under his predecessor, including that of prime min

>> morocco, niger, senegal at the very bottom. >> hinojosa: senegal. so does the government... what does the government say? >> well, i have to... the good news is we finally have a newly elected government, and actually elected, for the first time in a long time in mauritania. and the government now is beginning to bring into place an antislavery program and plan. that had happened with the previous government that was... there was the first democratic election in, like, 50 years, and a government came in that stayed in about two years, and asked us to help them write a plan for the eradication of slavery in the country. and th there was a coup d'etat, anthe lita too over, and they've just gone out about a year ago now. so the mauritanian government is beginning to move in the right directions, and that's fantastic. but it takes a long time, because, like the united states in 1865, with four million people stepping out of slavery, they need all kinds of support. and the people in slavery in mauritania who are coming out need all kinds of support. and

sall is a former prime minister of senegal who split from wade in 2008. >> the size of this victory but the vote of the people shows the and its expectation of the population -- the emits expectation of the population. i am taking all measures denies a new era can commence for senegal. >> and afghanistan, a gunman wearing an afghan army uniform killed two of nato troops in southern afghanistan today. an official told the bbc the attacker was an afghan soldier. u.s. officials have paid out a total of $866,000 in compensation to the family members of the victims of the massacre in kandahar province. $46,000 was paid out for each of 16 people killed as well as for an unborn baby who died. six afghans wounded in the attack received $11,000 each. earlier today, the wife of the accused gunman, staff sergeant robert bales, appeared on nbc's "the today show." karilyn bales says she finds accusations that her husband killed 17 afghan villagers unbelievable. she said, "i just don't think he was involved." u.s. military has reportedly decided not to charge or discipline its officers who bombed the

so many of the women that we very reached in senegal particularly but also in the gambia, in guinea andmalia where it is very severe, it's a very severe type of cutting, and with the education, women learn about what the real consequences of cutting are. and they also learn about human rights, the right to health and their responsibilities related to health. they learn the right to be free from all forms of violence and they come together discussing this, and through dialogue, they realize that it is really time to stop a practice that doesn't lead to the health and well-being that they would like to see in their own community. but the real key is getting the whole community involved. and not just the whole community, but the entire social network. this was really the key to the abandonment of female genital cutting in more than 5,000 vils in senegal. >> when you get the buy-in of the community, men and women, does it cross generations to you? >> it has to. if you just work with the women, then the men don't understand this. and we're very lucky because the men have been so, so supporti

the electoral authorities in senegal say there will be a runoff after the incumbent, wade, failed to a majority of the vote. he gained 35% of the votes last sunday. he will face a runoff next month against his former prime minister, who came in second. now, the music world is in mourning. the loss of the front man of the much loved, classic, pop group. >> thank you. we are talking about the monkeys and davy jones. he was the lead singer. they became massive stars in the united states in the 1960's. he has died at the age of 66. they had nine major hits. they were initially formed to star in the u.s. tv show. ♪ ♪ >> he was the lead singer of the band which was put together for an american tv show. his talent and appeal contributed hugely to the group's chart success on both sides of the atlantic. >> there they were, long hair, everything to make the fans go wild. >> the monkees sometimes enjoy it as much fan -- >> he was a heart of a kind of guy. >> he was born in manchester in 1945. before finding fame, he was a child actor. >> that is more like it. ♪ >> it was singing with the monke

del tricolor sub 23 que jugara el proximo 17 de marzo aqui en san francisco frente a senegal....ena dara a conocer la lista definitiva para el torneo preolimpico el 21 de este mes un dia ante de que inicie el torneo ... ---el manchester united sufre derrota en la europa league.... donde el chicharito no pudo hacer nada... jugando el el old trafford... el delantero mexicano salio de titular... pero fue wayne rooney quien abriria el marcador en el minuto 22... el athletic bilbao no solo lograria el empate a uno sino que se le dieron vuelta al marcador y terminarian ganando por tres a dos..... ---le recuerdo que este sabado por telemundo las chivas buscaran su tercera victoria al hilo al enfrentar a cruz azul no se lo pierda... ---en la liga del cactus los gigantes vencieron a los padres por cinco a dos.. mientras que los atleticos cayeron ante los dodgers por siete a dos... ----esa es la informacion deportiva... cu ---vamos a la pausa comercial en noticiero telemundo 48 en alta definicion, pero en seguida... take vo ---le muestro las imagenes de una ballena y su bebe que decidieron

the kid from senegal finished with seven blocks. louisville smothered the best shooting team. defense led to offense on the other end. rick pitino never lost a sweet 16 game and wasn't about to. >>> up six at the half. wisconsin rallied with a barrage of threes. hit 14 from beyond the arc. but when they needed it most they came up short. down one, the badgers couldn't get anything to fall in the final seconds. and syracuse escaped 64-63. up next they'll play ohio state in the elite eight. they win a seesaw battle against cincinnati. the buckeyes up 12 at the half when the beark59s came roaring back and took the lead. the duo of sulinger and deshawn thompson simply too much combined for 49 points and ohio state moves on. >>> florida and marquette. a lot had marquette winning and a lot of people were wrong. beale scored 21. florida advanced to their fourth elite eight in the last six years with a 68-58 win. >>> finally the biggest comeback not in the ncaa tournament but in the nba, pacers down 22 against the wizards when they started chipping away at the lead. paul george knocke

people might think we are senegal when we are talking about the deaths of seven people and an islamic terrorist, thus we are talking about the election -- >> we have to leave it there. mohammed merah has been killed and the siege in france is at an end. >> make 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, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

change and drought are threatening up to 50% of countries in the strip, countries from mauritania and senegal in the west all the way to chad in the east. and not our region is already plagued by terrorism and crime, and matters have been made worse by the turn of mercenaries from libya. exceptionally high temperatures have already read hundreds of temperatures of badly needed crops. >> this dried out rice field is the only hope left. she comes here every day scouring the ground for any rice she can find. "i'm looking for something to eat," she tells us, but it takes a couple of days worked his great much together. what does she do with the rice she finds? she stores it day by day until there is enough for a meal for her children. the rain came too late this year, and her own crops died. the next rainy season does not begin until june. the next harvest is not until august. with eight children to feed, this is her only option. "you have to shake it well," she says. "then you can separate the grains from the house. that is how you do it." many families in the region are struggling with the same

arbitrary detention, an independent and impartial body, including experts from chile, norway, pakistan, senegal and ukraine, issued opinion number 26-2010, finding his ongoing detention to be in violation of international law. after 20 months without credible information regarding mr. gao's whereabouts or wellbeing and just days before the probationary period was to end, chinese state media announced last december that mr. gao would now serve his three-year prison sentence. the government claimed that mr. gao violated his probation and he was, therefore, taken to xia county prison in the remote autonomous region. authorities turned his family away after they traveled some 20 hours by train to see him, incredulously claiming that mr. gao didn't want to see his family and that he could not receive visitors during a three-month "educational" period. no independent party has been able to confirm mr. gao is alive or actually at that prison. the government's imprisonment of mr. gao, if, in fact, he is at the xia county prison, is illegal for three reasons. first, mr. gao has already spent more than t

thomas from the world food prize -- program, joining us from senegal. let's get back to the situation in greece. yes, a deal on the right off of this huge amount of debt but there is no sign of an improvement in the state of the economy. i am joined from athens by the president of the athens chamber of commerce. can i ask you first of all if you get sort of a feeling of a collective sense of relief at the deal that has been done? >> this is, as you said, it is a deal, but i did not think this is a time for celebration. there is a weight that has been lifted off the crisis that we have been living through and the last two or two and a half years. it is a relief from what the society has had to deal with the last few years. >> but still having to square this impossible circle of cutbacks, combined with the need to stem this dreadful recession. >> this is said exactly the case, and this is the reason why this second rescue package recently passed both by greek parliament and ratified from the finance ministers' meeting, we need to enhance growth measures i

these efforts are designed to help us be more efficient and provide just one example in senegal by restructuring our education program to work with local institutions, we brought the cost down by 55% and allowed us to build twice as many schools for the same amount of money that results in more girls getting an education. this budget includes a focus on the top priorities. the state aid budget request is say $770 million fund to support and provide the responsiveness necessary to respond to the situation in the arab spring. in front line states like iraq, afghanistan and pakistan, we implement reforms focussed on accountability and making sure we make our work and the footprint of our work sustainable and doing what we can to ensure that those societies and countries have a pathway to success without long-term u.s. assistance and engagement. we believe as you mentioned that there have been significant results and the challenge will be ensuring that they are sustained through a broad international partnership and investment and responsibility. our core priorities are also represented in the budge

jose se mediran ante el dynamo de houston y despues la seleccion sub 23 se vera ante el comvinado de senegal la tarde... ---toda via no inica la temporada de football y ya hay sanciones... la nfl multo a los washighton redskings y los dallas cowboys por sobre pasarce en el tope salaria en la temporada 2010... los redskings tendran que magar 36 millones y los cowboys 10... este dinero se repartira entre los equipo de la nfl cu ---vamos a la pausa comercial en noticiero telemundo 48 en alta definicion, pero en seguida... take vo ---enterese que planean hacer cientos de maestros de san francisco ante su inminente despido... take sot --- adriana lopez adriana lopez dice: "lupillo rivera debuta como actor, y jeniffer lopez podria estar planeando boda, esto y mas al regresar..." topvo ---segun un informe publicado por dos reguladores estatales, los archivos de miles de millas de gasoductos de alta presion de la empresa pg and e, son tan incompletos que seria imposible saber si se instalo tuberia de mala calidad como la que exploto en san bruno... ---la falta de archivos tambien dificulta el tomar

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instability that also have a negative impact in the region we already seen protests in mauritania algeria senegal in nearby cameroon did you think there is potential in four events in mali to have a domino effect and spread to other countries there in the region. of course and this goes back to the u.s. and nato policy in libya last year the massive bombing operations the naval blockade the forcing of hundreds of thousands of people out of libya into the neighboring countries of north and west africa this is actually pursue potatoes the instability in mali and other countries are throughout the region so we have to trace back the source of this instability and of course now the u.s. has a problem that is very much challenged to deal with the really i mean really is it is it a concern when the soldiers are actually on veil details of a new constitution and promise to have elections it looks as if they're trying to instigate democracy there so why should there be a market. well of course there has to be negotiated settlement to this conflict i think that was the reason why ecowas wanted to comment

and these are continues to launch as tried senegal's that killing seventeen people in three days ivana's has broken out displayed and saunters between the signs and is the western region the region the president. and those the headlines next quizzes his guests on the arab spring and what they west is controlling the middle east joe political fights some lively debate excuse me having a wide cross talk or not. the kick. start. to. flow in welcome to crosstalk i get a little recasting the arab middle east and beyond what is the condition of the arab spring are humanitarian interventions effective what about the law of unintended consequences and is the west still determining the geopolitical fate of this past region. live to kick. start. the process not the future of the arab world and muslim lands i'm joined by richard white's in washington he is a senior fellow and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute and an expert at wilkie stop also in washington we have james phillips he is the senior research fellow for middle eastern affairs at the douglas a

in west africa senegal's president of july obama and ask the state of defeat in a runoff election with his rival marty some of. the country for twelve years congratulated his opponent shortly after the polls closed its changes to the constitution allowed him to run for a third consecutive term as part of violent protest earlier this year leaving at least six people dead and more than one hundred fifty injured. director james cameron has reached the deepest point on earth been ariana trench in the western pacific ocean and he made the eleven kilometer the stand alone in a specially made minister of marine the diet has only been achieved once before and now the director of titanic plans to spend a few hours filming his underwater exploration for a documentary program he intends to release. the jew impose a new batch of tough sanctions on iran last friday this time for alleged human rights violations it's part of a growing campaign against toronto its nuclear facilities even though israel spy agency on the sly reportedly agreed that iran is not developing a bomb some experts think that mo

meanwhile, senegal and mexico, big day for mexico's player. scoring on two penalty kicks in front of more than 2 than 21,00. the difference. mexico wins it 2-1. >>> in baseball, a bay little by bridge series scoltsesdale. tim lincecum and the giants wearing the grown hats for what? am ma's birthday? no, st. patrick's day. timmy was cooking. bottom six, the panda, see ya. bottom six, the panda unloads, sandoval, second jackspring. spring. giants had three home runs on the day. let's get the regular season started inch the seventh, wilson g good.hil good. gets twoing out striking out both. giants beat the a's, 7-2, giants and dodgers split squad. a nightcap. bell wastes no time. deep to right opposite field. it's gone. bran giants and dodgers play a nine-inning tie. 3-3 the final. >> pga tour in florida. we go from eagles. luke donald with the eagle. jim furyk, great tee shot here on four. makes that for birdie. 11-under with a 66. tied for the round of the day from retief goosen. pars a 65. needs a win to get into the masters. an interesting su

had game was followed by mexico versus senegal.is beats quakers goalie bush on the penalty kick. quakes are 1-1 in the early mls season. >>> 18 other golfers are within four shots of co leaders retief goosen and jim furyk. john daly is 9 shots off the pace, but fans still believe in d.j.. sang moon bay was leading the tournament until he drops a triple bogey on 16. moon bay shot a 3 under 68. 43-year-old retief goosen shared the lead with jim furyk. furyk sets up the birdie. jim and goosen share the third round lead one shot ahead of moon bay and jason dufner. >> in the finals of the bnp paribas open. isner had one of 20 he ises and reaches his first atp master series final and the other finals match was hampered by cold and rain, but roger federerer was able to take out his nemesis rafael rafael nadal in straight sets. roger federer err versus issuesner tomorrow for the been m parduce open items. >>> congratulations to the cal women's swimming and diving team. they win their third ncaa championship in the last four years. >> shark

eight countries are seeing the worse from senegal to chad. this family lives in that jury.look on as her husband march vests one of the world's oldest cultivated crops. it's not nearly enough to feed their family. >> translator: this year's harvest was so bad that it will not even last us three months. when my husband goes to harvest our millet crop, i look to gather up as many of the fallen grains as possible. today i was able to get almost two full bowls of millet, which was enough for one family meal. >> nutrition centers like this one are packed. the united nations, whose camera crews have been documenting the unfolding crisis, believes that more than ten million people are in danger of starving to death. eight workers on the ground say it's fast getting worse. >> it's related to the lack of rains in 2011 and the droughts, lack of food, the fact that people are trying to cope with that by selling their personal belongings, cattle, livestock, they're pulling out of children to adapt to this. >> children in the area are particularly vulnerable. more than one million at ri

el tri tendrá un último duelo de preparación para el preolímpico ante senegal.31 ntos en 33 minutos jugados. les tengo una de béisbol. el catcher boricua se dieron la mano tras firmar una extensión de contrato. el arreglo fue por 5 años y 75 millones de dólares. habrá molina en san luis por un rato más. sigan con más de primero de primer impacto. gracias. >>> regresamos con más de primer impacto >>> los res de transito es un peligro para indocumentados y que pierden su libertad y sus vehículos vamos a san diego. claudia rodríguez tiene más detalles. veamos. >>> de un minuto a otro. la vida de fermín dio un giro inesperado. no imaginó que estaría deportado a tijuana. con el hecho de viajar con un primo. en un auto conducido con ro pariente. así recuerda el momento que los detuvo la policía. >>> licencia, y de papeles, tampoco. y ello tienen papeles, no. ok, se fue, tomó la lista de ticket y todo. y sinvisar, no le avisó te voy a quitar el carro y puen llamar a alguien para que vengan por ustedes. >>> el auto que compraron por gran esfuerzo les fue decomiso y el p

meanwhile, senegal and mexico, big day for mexico's player.

jim senegal of morning star joining us. maria? >> to recap here.s really soaring in these final few minutes. the dow jones industrial average now at the highs of the day, up better than 200 points. led by a 7% rally in jpmorgan. jpmorgan late in the day, about 3:00 p.m. eastern, announcing it's raising its dividend to 30 cents a share, up from 25. and $15 billion in a buyback plan saying they did get the blessing from the federal reserve. that triggered the federal reserve to come out with an updated schedule in terms of releasing the fed's stress test. we were expecting the stress test results later on in the week. now we're being told by the fed that they will announce the details of the stress test today at 4:30 p.m. eastern time. we know that a number of banks have been wanting to raise their dividend, but they have been held back by the fed, saying that not to do so until the stress tests were complete. so we are expecting more dividend increases from the banking sector. the question of citi is one that is being debated. certainly many people

will shake out for the banking sector and how you get in on the action, joining me once again is jim senegalith morning star. jim, good to have you on the program. thank you so much for joining us. joining us on the telephone with their takes, also, we're going to get to david trone. he is going to discuss the stress test. thanks very much for joining us, jim. let me get your reaction to what we've learned today in terms of the stress test results and these dividend increases by jpmorgan, u.s. bancorp. does this signal a turning point for the markets? >> i don't know if i would go that far. especially for the high-quality banks like jp and u.s. bank. these dividends increases were pretty widely expected. i think it would be a surprise if these banks failed the stress test. i think what i'm more interested in seeing is how the banks that are still in turn-around mode, citigroup, bank of america, how they fared on the test. >> tell me how to invest in this environment. we know even with this positive news that we got today, and the 200-plus rally, the skeptics are out there. the europe situati

. >> with the odds against them, pro per inmates thomas gleason and ronnie senegal still feel that they> so it's just simply being out there on the streets. the odds are against me. when police officers come through like slave catchers, you know, and literally give you cases that you have not committed and they know you haven't committed. but to gain the conviction and the actions from some of the courts are atrocious. >> well, the representation that i had, i felt he was incompetent. you know, i'm facing 42 years to life, and i just took it into my own hands. i felt i could represent me better because i was at the incident. you know what i mean? can't nobody represent me from just paper drawn up. and the representation that the people gave me was nothing. he just was coming in there doing his thing, and i felt like no, i didn't feel comfortable with him. >> these inmates could spend up to two years in 900 max waiting to present their defense in a court of law. >>> next -- "lockup" takes you inside the jail investigations unit, where crime fighting happens behind the walls of l.a. count

following his appointment he traveled to da car -- dakar, senegal, where he served as chairman of the international symposium of artists and intellectuals for african children. he also helped to raise funds with dozens of other artists in the largest concert ever held in sub-saharan africa. and then he went on a mission to rwanda and launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the needs and the troubles and the nutritional challenges of rawandan children. in 2001 he went to south africa to support the campaign to reduce hiv-aids. the next year africare awarded him the bishop john walker distinguished humanitarian service award for his efforts to assist in africa. in 2004 he went to kenya to stress the importance of education for the children in that area. in 2006 he was the recipient of the b.e.t. humanitarian award and was named one of the nine award recipients by aarp magazine. happy birthday, harry belafonte. i love you, america loves you, and the entire world will always love and admire your artistic genius, your steadfast devotion to causes of justice, peace, and your endurin

your example in senegal was impressive. we also know that you are moving forward with new initiatives, as you indicated, the middle east with arab spring, the initiative there. there are resources made available in several other areas. last year in a speech you made to the center for global development on the modern development enterprise, you mentioned by 2015 usaid could graduate away from assistance in at least seven countries, actually close the emissions in those countries. can you give us an update with this tough budget -- and i am one who would like to have you -- to see you have a larger budget. what type of programs are likely to see -- might have to be compromised in order to be able to meet the highest priorities that we have, knowing full well that efficiency can only take you so far? >> i think this budget does represent our best effort to focus and concentrate. we have cut or reduced more than 165 specific programs. we have made real reductions in each area where we work to concentrate our resources. i mentio