>> guest: i think that that's correct in terms of shia rise.he shia certainly downgraded, downtrodden the myths within the muslim world for generations and generations. i point to it going back centuries and centuries, and that rise was that the it was early on before the iranian revolution. what has happened here that as in across the parallel with the nationalists, it goes long. these movements that should be one of reform or perhaps progress get taken over by radicals in the case of the shias, taken over by a revolutionary iran, that it's a revolutionary in the sense of a revolution that is against international order so that by taking over the state of iran, we get the iranian republic of today which really is setting itself, setting itself against the international state and international order. >> host: do you think that a post-revolutionary iran, hard to define exactly what that would look like -- can be drawn into a stable international architecture? my framing point for that would be the congress of the vienna in 1815, the way in which

mohammed who led a strong shia movement that had roots amongst shia across the arab world would argueittle bit against that, among shia i talked to there's often a view the ayatollah of naja are pretty sleepy old fellows but there's dynamism in the world and looking to sistani, and some younger people is wise. how would you react to that? >> i think that that's correct in terms of shia rise. the shia certainly downgraded the downtrodden, dismissed within the muslim world for generations and generations. i point to it going back centuries and centuries. and that rise was detectable fairly early on and certainly before the iranian revolution. but what has happened here is that and perhaps a parallel with the baathist nationalists it goes wrong. these movements that should be one of reform or perhaps progress get taken over by radicals in the case of the shia rise taken over a revolutionary iran, revolutionary in the sense of a revolution that's against international order. so that by taking over the state of iran, we get the iranian republic today which really has set itself against the

influence, the rise of shaikh mohammed who led a strong shia movement that had roots among shia acrossthe arab world, would argue a little bit against that. there's often ideal -- a view that the ayatollah is not just led by -- and that there's a lot of dynamism. looking to as we intended to do some younger people. how would you react to that? >> guest: i think that's correct in terms of shia rise. the shia certainly downgraded, downtrodden, dismissed within the muslim world, for generations and generations. to the point it is going back centuries and centuries. and that rise was detectable fairly early on. and certainly before the iranian revolution. but what has happened here is that perhaps a parallel with the baathist nationalist because it goes wrong. these movements that should be one of reform, or perhaps progress, get taken over i radical's in the case of shia rise, taken over by a revolutionary iran. that is a revolutionary in the sense of a revolution that is an international order. so by taking over, we get the iranian republic of today, which really is setting itself, has s

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>> guest: i think that is correct in terms of the shia rye is. certainly they downgraded the downtrodden dismiss within of the muslim world for generations going back centuries and centuries come and that rye is was sensible early on time and even before the iranian revolution. but what has happened was the parallel with the nationalists it goes on. >> host: these movements that should be one of three for more progress get taken over by radicals in the case of the shia rise by a revolutionary iran that is the revolutionary in the sense of against international order so that by taking over we get the iranian republic of today which has set itself against the international status in order. do you think that a post revolutionary iran it's hard to define exactly what that would look like, can be drawn into a stable international architecture? and my framing point for that would be the congress of vienna in 1850 and the way that post revolutionary france and the other rising powers were brought into a structure alongside the power. do you think someth

shy ya will shia labeouf is with us. we looked up space cadet.ren't any such thing as space cadets. one who deals with reality in a way consistent wititbeing spaced out on drugs. >> i'm sorry, buzz! i love you! i'm sorry. >> jimmy: maybe he'll learn his lesson now. >> i've done this before where i go on a tour and have some word in my head and it will be in my head the whole time. i was doing "wall street." michael douglas was sick. i was saying, this guy is very strong. i was trying to figure out the word. i wrote it down, it was epitome of strength. but that's not a word. it's the epitome. nobody corrected me! nobody corrected me. >> jimmy: i thought it was epitome first. >> it's not just me. >> jimmy: it's not just you. not only that, but my cousin mickey said, i've got a bad feeling in t t epitome of my stomach. well, that's what happens when you become a big star. nobody corrects you when you do crazy ththgs. your co-stars, well, john malkovich is in this movie. he seems like an interesting guy. >> very interesting. >> jimmy: did you spend t

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one of them, for example, is the sunni/shia divide.ut just how, how deeply felt that is to the point where there's, you know, of course, blood, animosity in a lot of ways. for example, al-zarqawi who was killed, this jordanian terrorist who was killed in iraq several years ago, i was reading his book, and he professed more hatred for shia than for jews, you know? and the characters if your book talk about this -- in your book talk about this. but can you talk about that? >> yeah. i mean, it really is remarkable for zarqawi to say what he said, he is going some. because he didn't like jews much either. [laughter] but, you know, he was about the business of killing shia in iraq. i mean, that was one of his priorities. and, indeed, there's a distinct antagonism between al-qaeda in the iranian regime and hezbollah because they are primarily shia and not sunni. and that is deeply felt, and i sort of go into the genesis of it. but i can't begin to explain why it is that important, you know, some 1400 years later. i only know -- or 1500 years

>> the question is would i rather act with shia or the robot? >> i would regard they are act with shia. >> when you are an actor, movies have such strange and often stringent sort of technical demands and requirements, that you kind of find yourself doing that all the time. and this now, the technology is so good that they can kind of work around you in a way. maybe not wholly or fully but rather than just you always are running 360 around this being, that. michael knew what he wanted, what it was -- what he wanted to see done and how it would come out. so he was always a few steps ahead. gee still gives off the creepy vibe even in the interviews. >> even in the interviews. >> it is his delivery, i think. >> i'm sure he is a very nice man. >> kevin will join us live next hour. he will tell us if transformers 3 is a good movie or not. >>> which fast food is the best? consumer reports is out with its first ever fast food rating. >>> we'll tell you who made the top spot and who came in dead last when it comes to burgers. stay with us. 

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the government and the shia opposition the protesters gathered near a landmark square in the capital the noma the epicenter of the uprising seeking more rights for shiites in which over thirty have died as for every the shia community in bahrain claims its discriminated against sunni minority and beat. you were his own finance ministers have decided to release twelve billion euro to greece as part of the bailout package agreed last year with the rest of it in the end sovereign default by athens they also pledged to complete work on a second rescue package for the nation in the coming weeks athens high degree of the second round of the stay which emerges located at curbing its own team's debts despite widespread public opposition of its then it's over plans without the money greece would have defaulted within days and the international monetary fund is now expected to rubber stamp its a three point three billion euro part of the bailout later this week the only panetta has been sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary replacing robert gates during his time as president xi of gates d

the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle a united nations tribunals has indicted some members of the lebanese shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of the former lebanese prime minister is this special tribunal looking for justice or is it a tool attempting to take advantage of the country's deep political divisions and is levanon the ultimate loser in this legal process. linda can. live. cross talk lebanon's trial i'm joined by how a job are in beirut she's a british lebanese journalist and author in jerusalem we cross all make sarin he is a writer for commentary magazine and in cairo we have mona evades she is a professor at the american university in cairo ok folks cross talk was in effect but first let's have a show report on the tribunals findings today. days ago a united nations tribunal delivered its long awaited indictment for hezbollah officials in lebanon accused of assassinating the country's former prime minister rafik hariri and a roadside bomb six years ago the indictments now risk the igniting sectarian violence in a country already rattled by decades of bloodshed these poli

talks have started between a bahrain's sunni led government and the shia opposition following months of anti government protests that claimed over thirty lives the shia community in bahrain claims longstanding discrimination against the majority group thousands of people participated in nationwide demonstrations demanding a fair political representation. and we start studded international film festival in moscow is coming to a suitably dramatic climax with the winner of the best film being announced our correspondent peter all over is there at the ceremony soaking up the glitz and glamour. this year's winner of the coveted golden george award is the movie the waves directed by i'll bet it's a spotless movie the second year in a row that a spanish language movie has won the top prize here at the moscow international film festival last year it was the turn of every man also brothers this year though it's going to the waves a movie set in the against the backdrop of the spanish civil war the only prize that movies picks up carlos out of it is also taken in the best actor prize at this y

iran has deviated from its its peaceful nuclear activities it is a nuclear energy program given the shia appetite of the east and the west for energy resources of iran wants iran's energy resources have finished we have to look to the future are we going to be dependent for our fuel rods on the west will be east of the going to chance it or not and we've decided not to do so. but. there is a point i would like to raise and that is the fact that. mr president mahmoud ahmadinejad did warn that the iranian intelligence minister was not perhaps. the right man for the job. a few months ago but his decision was overturned by the leader and i think that perhaps the attack today goes some way in proving. a point about mr morse like he took i would just suggest going back to the latest a killing of a scientist now whoever is behind the murder surely they can't hope to stop iran's entire nuclear program just by killing scientists one by one. well you know as i said iran has managed since the victory of these law makers evolution to create a huge pool of scientists in all fields agriculture. you kn

manila the epicenter of the uprising seeking more right for shiites thirty have died for february the shia community in bahrain claims it's discriminated against by the sunni minority elite. eurozone finance ministers have decided to release twelve billion euro to greece as part of a bailout package agreed last year litigating big threat of an imminent sovereign default by athens also pledged to complete work on a second rescue package for the nation in the coming weeks athens and approve that second round of austerity measures aimed at curbing its nineteen tenets despite widespread public opposition over the fairness of the plans without the money greece would have defaulted within days and the international monetary fund is now expected to rubber stamp its the three point three billion euro part of the bailout later this week. they all of panetta have been sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary replacing robert gates during his time as president chief gates developed a good reputation among his colleagues but the struggle to bring about victory in iraq and afghanistan however asked i

protests they claimed thirty lives the shia community in bahrain claims longstanding discrimination against the majority group thousands of people participated in nationwide demonstrations demanding political representation. russian tennis star bridger out of those grounds to get out on the grass in the world and final attracting attention by striking looks is not just sporting prowess and twenty four year old has become the inspiration for an entire generation of tennis players are going into the secrets of the success. that. was. what the russians call it big tennis to distinguish it from a ping pong match to the amusement of foreigners but now russia's racket wielding darling has made it to the biggest tennis tournament of the more. reassured upriver is in the womb final again it's a great feeling in many years but it's a really great feeling when today i was in my best match of the championship so really happy to get through and to say. it's pretty amazing that stage since her win at wimbledon in two thousand and four and a real mania has turned up with her into a star off the c

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mutanabbi street is a mixed shia-suni area. more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. this locale is the historic center of baghdad book selling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. named after the famous 10th century classic poet, al-mutanabbi, this is an old and established street for book selling and has been for hundreds of years. mutanabbi street also holds cafes, stationary shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. it has been the heart and soul of the baghdad literary and intellectual community. this tragedy is part of a wider and continuing tragedy, but one that we want to isolate and address, not only for the loss of lives but also for the implications underlying the destruction of a street where books were sold. book selling on mutanabbi street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense, we feel that mutanabbi street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. mutanabbi street starts here. our first reader will be

shia. >> pounded, instigated in front of his girlfriend.gan fox comment cause a new york city face-off? >> you lost your mind, bro? >> william and kate land in canada. look who is targeting princess di. >> she's anorexic, bulimic, narcissist. >> why ann coulter is taking sides over the royals. >> kate middleton is head and shoulders classier than lady di. and hank overhunk, bradley

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you are shia unauthorized in a military area too. if there you were trespassing in violation of proper entry into a military area. that it then we request this really leave the area. at least follow us. worth of means including weapons which ones were both according to military police law number one hundred twenty four tell us so we'll know what to expect this way please. let me first return my let's go this course of means. most of work ahead of me so. we are fighting over something that costs seven hundred thousand crowns cut i think that's enough big cooler. today military police investigated the area around spot height seven hundred eighteen with a big but also those who had been there illegally for six weeks were asked in the name of the law to cease their illegal activities. and they refused and so today military police proceeded to remove them from the area. near this wire is very rigid and very difficult to cut through just so you have to . believe it to be an effective barrier against being breached. and i don't know if you

shia understood more than most people -- she understood more than most people. a lot of people who work in a entertainment industry, some aristocracies, undergraduates, it was trendy to vote for the south. all of the philosophers supported the north. in "the education of henry adams," hero to that busy he wrote that the british are eccentric and so were the self and they appreciated that. so were the south and they appreciated that. they were instinctively anti- slavery. nothing was going to convince them otherwise of that. there understood the fundamental truth of that in the way that people in their ivory towers do not. because of the economic suffering they endured through not having any cotton throughout the war in the south, there was the largest casual campaign in british history to keep them going body and soul through charitable projects. even though it was suffering, it was not as much as someone turned off all the oil in the world. >> so the cot and workers in england, where the empathizing with the north -- so the cotton workers in england, were they

you had shia labeouf coming at you, the robots coming at you.r what some of them had to say. >> it was all right. i actually was good. same thing as 1 and 2. >> i thought the movie was great, i think it was my favorite of all three. >> i liked it a lot better than the first two. >> it's a typical movie, a lot of cars, a lot of explosions. >> i thought the 3d was a lot of useless scenes. the 3d action scenes weren't that great. >> it wasn't a great, awesome movie. it was good, it wasn't all that great. >> it would have been a much better movie if i was the lead actor and shelves the leading lady. >> did you recognize the two people at the end? >> looked like mr. and mrs. fernandez. >> full disclosure, those are my parents. >> so sweet, they're very cute. >> they actually liked the movie. a lot of people thought it was better than the first two. if you pay attention to fashion you'll notice rosie huntington whitely is always changing from heels to flats andnd i found th to be, one, hilarious story continuity, also distracting. i gave it 2 of 5 sta

dos years shia you told me that she by the way i demonstrated your system to my european a concert ports and you know it seems to me like the completely understood that when you. in any case he didn't criticize it. says constantin little more than a ski director of the federal ration service of the spotlight will be back shortly after the break so stay with us we'll be back to. see. just say. six six. six . more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images before it has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. welcome back to the spotlight just. in the studio. director of the russian federal migration service. mr medina we were discussing the policy on migrants that are country shoot it up in your opinion. do you see there is a government policy in support of your notion that migrants should respect the host culture. but would you say that the government is supporting you. absolutely we are part of the executive branch. weary implementing government policy that this is our main function and there is no doubt about this. you know i b

red herring on the mark when the united nations tribunals has indicted some members of the lebanese shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of the former lebanese prime minister. up. it's now a five to thirty pm scuse me here in the russian capital your dog teodor recover the headlines now i don't shining a light on the web of international terror russia publishes a declassified list of people and groups it says a financing extremist in the north caucasus. and the euro's a world took a turn for the worse sus portugal's debt gets downgraded to junk status with panic spreading out a way. germany is reportedly planning to sell its two hundred battle tanks to saudi arabia in a move sparking human rights concerns under condemned by opposition politicians in the. japan approves a second disaster recovery budget devastated communities call out for more psychological support and fears bro over radiation levels in the area around. and those are the main headlines here in r.t. but do stay with us next week revisit could get stunned to assess its post soviet existence after a year that seen v

the suspects have not been named, but officials say several of them are members of the shia organization hezbollah, including a senior command the -- commander. >> investigators are working behind these walls and believed they knew it -- they know who killed rafik hariri. the tribunal handed over four names to the lebanese authorities. the names are secret, but the process is not. lebanon is now meant to arrest and detain the suspects. the new lebanese prime minister has said he will deal with the trend -- tribunal accusations in a responsible way. >> today, we are confronting a new reality. i call upon all of us to consciously unite for the greater good of the nation, our safety, national unity, and determination to deal with the situation realistically and responsibly, keeping in mind that indictments are not conclusive and any accusations need solid evidence. every individual accused is innocent until proven guilty. >> the prime minister faces conflicting pressures. the big western powers want him to respect the tribunal. hezbollah is a powerful force within his government. it believe

give each musician on the market the united nations tribunals indicted some members of the lebanese shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of the former lebanese prime minister. welcome back to spotlight i'm just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is me the thread on the presidential council on civil society and human rights this spring for the mission if you go to your meeting with the president scheduled for july fifth will be held as part of a project titled civil society for modernization of russia. is that true. well actually it's not quite so because civil society for modernization of russia he's in fact a program for the council's visiting sessions while meetings with the president are in something different and they're simply our main form of work. i have a question there's a government project called civil society it's not a government project it was a no is it your project it is our project the councils project but if you meet the president and you somehow discuss this matter with him all of us perhaps including you have a feeling that it is mainly the governme

distinct antagonism between al qaeda and the iranian regime and has a lot because they are primarily shia -- shiia and not suni. going to the genesis. i cannot begin to explain why i that importance some 1400 years later. i only know 15 years later that is. so one of the strains that runs there my book is the calculation that if al qaeda on the part of osama bin laden does something which causes a military reprisal, and indiscriminate military reprisal, is likely to fall on shiia. for them it is a win-win situation. all the better for them. >> i want to get into your personal life. alone personal. that is the fact it you were a bullet -- a lawyer. around eight to 29 you decided to write a novel. so at that point you hadn't really written publicly and novel. and lo and behold you're one of the world's best-selling novelists, international bestsellers, not just the new york times, but certainly that list to see many of your books. can you talk about what prompted you to want to write fiction after having worked as a lawyer and a fairly successful lawyer at that for many years and whether th