and sunnis shiites and kurds all fighting against each other and this is what happened nowadays the country for all practical purposes formerly iraq is totally balkanized if you go to the mountains in iraqi kurdistan is another police it's like the caucasus already has nothing to do with them as i put them in planes if you go to the solves the shiites live in more or less apart from back that inclusive except the oil industry which is centered in basra which is control of course by baghdad and it's now exporting as much as it was exporting during saddam and then you have the triangle of death the sunni triangle province west of baghdad where we have. a simmering i would see this is there's a simmering civil war in fact against the shiite dominated government in baghdad. which is consider like a new saddam or a new dictator there are nuances to that in many aspects yes in some aspects not at all but the problem is he has a very good relationship with. i would say the military dictatorship of that as i describe it in tehran and also good relations with syria and with her as well he do

and sunnis shiites and kurds all fighting against each other and this is what happened nowadays the country for all practical purposes formerly iraq is totally balkanized if you go to the mountains in iraqi kurdistan is another police it's like the caucasus already has nothing to do with them as i put them in planes if you go to the solves the shiites live in more or less apart from bach that includes you except the oil industry which is centered in basra which is control of course by baghdad and it's now exporting as much as it was exporting during saddam and then you have the triangle of death the sunni triangle province west of baghdad where we have. a similar ring i would see this is there's a simmering civil war in fact against the shiite dominated government in baghdad. which is considered like a new saddam or a new dictator there are nuances to that in many aspects yes in some at aspects not at all but the problem is he has a very good relationship with. i would say the military dictatorship of that as i describe it in tehran and also good relations with syria and with hezbol

and sunnis shiites and kurds all fighting against each other and this is what happened nowadays the country for all practical purposes formerly iraq is totally balkanized if you go to the mountains in iraqi kurdistan is another police it's like the caucasus already has nothing to do with them as i put them in planes if you go to the solves the shiites live in more or less apart from back that includes you except the oil industry which is centered in basra which is control of course by baghdad and it's now exporting as much as it was exporting during saddam and then you'll have the triangle of death the sunni triangle province west of baghdad where we have. a similar ring i would see this is there's a simmering civil war in fact against the shiite dominated government in baghdad. which is consider like a new saddam or a new dictator there are nuances to that in many aspects yes in some aspects not at all but the problem is he has a very good relationship with. i would say the military dictatorship of that as i describe it in tehran and also good relations with syria and with her as w

and sunnis shiites and kurds all fighting against each other and this is what happened nowadays the country for all practical purposes formerly iraq is totally balkanized if you go to the mountains in iraqi kurdistan is another police it's like the caucasus already has nothing to do with them is a put them in planes if you go to the solves the shiites live in more or less apart from buck that includes you except the oil industry which is centered in basra which is control of course by baghdad and it's now exporting as much as it was exporting during saddam and then you'll have the triangle of death the sunni triangle province west of baghdad where we have. a simmering i would see this is there's a simmering civil war in fact against the shiite dominated government in baghdad. which is consider like a new saddam or a new dictator there are nuances to that in many aspects yes in some at aspects not at all but the problem is he has a very good relationship with. i would say the military dictatorship of that as i describe it in tehran and also good relations with syria and with hezbolla

and sunnis shiites and kurds all fighting against each other and this is what happened nowadays the country for all practical purposes formerly iraq is totally balkanized if you go to the mountains in iraqi kurdistan is another police it's like the caucasus already has nothing to do with them as planes if you go to the solace the shiites live in more or less apart from bach that includes you except the oil industry which is centered in basra which is control of course by baghdad and it's now exporting as much as it was exporting during saddam and then you'll have the triangle of death the sunni triangle province west of baghdad where we have. a simmering i would say this is there's a simmering civil war in fact against the shiite dominated government in baghdad. which is consider like a new saddam or a new dictator there are nuances to that in many aspects yes in some aspects not at all but the problem is he has a very good relationship with. i would say the military dictatorship of that as i describe it in tehran and also good relations with syria and with hezbollah as well don't f

and sunnis shiites and kurds all fighting against each other and this is what happened nowadays the country for all practical purposes formerly iraq is totally balkanized if you go to the mountains in iraqi kurdistan is another police it's like the caucasus already has nothing to do with them as i put them in planes if you go to the solves the shiites live in more or less apart from back that includes you except the oil industry which is centered in basra which is control of course by baghdad and it's now exporting as much as it was exporting during saddam and then you'll have the triangle of death the sunni triangle province west of baghdad where we have. a simmering i would see this is there's a simmering civil war in fact against this shiite dominated government in baghdad. which is consider like a new saddam or a new dictator there are nuances to that in many aspects yes in some aspects not at all but the problem is he has a very good relationship with i would say the military dictatorship of the military out as i describe it in tehran and also good relations with syria and with

thankfully the night passed quietly and without any incidents in shiite instance there were fears that more meteors were going to hit the area nothing of the kind happened but the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass lots of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we're around one hundred kilometers which is there are sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was

thankfully the night passed quietly and without any incidents in shiite instance there were fears that more meteors were going to hit the area nothing of the kind happened but the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass lots of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we're around one hundred kilometers which is there are sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa says it was equal to around one thousand dropped on hiroshima thankfully these explosions caused by the media were not accompanied by lethal radioactivity for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird a plane or superman but something much louder brighter faster and many times of war terrifying speed bright like you shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit up by a media or flying over breaking into three parts and leaving

thankfully the night passed quietly and without any incidents in shiite instance there were fears that more meteors were going to hit the area nothing of the kind happened but the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass lots of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we were around one hundred kilometers just or sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa says it was equal to around twenty new cars dropped on hiroshima thankfully these explosions caused by the media were not accompanied by lethal radioactivity for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird of the plane or superman but something much louder brighter faster and many times of war terrifying because big bright like him shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit up by a media war flying over children's breaking into three p

the bombings came amid rising discord between the shiite-led government and minority sunnis. u.n. investigators said today the time has come for suspected war criminals in syria to face the international criminal court. carla del ponte, a member of a u.n. commission of inquiry, said even if there is ultimately a peace settlement, it must not give a free pass to those accused of atrocities. >> i'm concerned about what he's done in the political side to achieve peace and to negotiate peace. what i'm sure that once international justice is dealing with this case, it is no amnesty at all. >> sreenivasan: the commission found the civil war is increasingly sectarian and radicalized on both sides. it also cited the spread of weapons as a growing concern, and urged the international community to curb the flow of arms into syria. another member of the u.s. senate has decided to step aside. republican mike johanns of nebraska announced today he will not seek a second term next year. in a statement, he said he wants to spend more time with his family, after spending 32 of his 62 years in var

they regard shiites as pagan. the same city was hit by another attack on january 10th which killed about 100 people. the same group claimed responsibility for this attack targeting shias. a local human rights group says more than 400 people were killed in sunni terrorist attacks last year, the highest number of fatalities on record. violence against shia muslims does not account for all of the recent acts of terrorism in pakistan. terrorists attacks are also carried out by separatist groups and the pakistani taliban. the largest extremist group in the country. the pakistani estimate that 40,000 people have been killed in terrorist attacks in the country in the past decade alone. pakistan is gearing up for the general elections scheduled to take place in may. there is strong opposition from the public who demand stronger measures against terrorism. nhk world, islamabad. >> we have another story from pakistan. >>> a deadly attack hit the city of peshawar in northwestern pakistan on monday. the target the office of t

deploys the military to qetta and other shiite areas. afghan president karzai has ordered afghan forces to stop requesting airstrikes from the u.s.-led nato occupation for some residents of areas he unveiled the ban just days after u.s. airstrike killed 10 civilians, including four children. >> in the district of kunar, an operation was carried out the bombarded a village, killing 14 people, including women, men, and children. tomorrow i will issue a decree stating that under no conditions can afghan forces request for an air strikes on afghan homes or afghan villages during operations. >> iraq continues to face a wave of sectarian violence. on sunday, at least 37 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of car bombings in baghdad. the blasts targeted mostly shiite areas. more than 100 people have been killed in this month. protests continued in bring over the weekend after activists marked the second anniversary the uprising against the u.s.- backed monarchy. on saturday, police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths fo

on the turmoil which followed has jeopardised talks between the sunni dominated government mostly shiite opposition. activists say there are no signs of legal progress pending reforms. we're looking at two years in which we've seen no reform we've seen nothing change i mean we started this uprising two years ago and on that day the first martyr of the uprising was killed and now two years later on the same day the fourteenth of february another teenager has been killed and this means shows and displayed the lack of reform continuous human rights abuses the continuous repression taking place on the streets of bahrain it's good that dialogue has come back on the agenda and there is discussions happening but it seems that you know this latest latest escalation of the security against the people is going to possibly put dined in jeopardy within the ruling family i think of course there are those who simply want to please the international community to say look we're having this dialogue and there is not a great thing was continuing the violations on the street. or similar scenes that code in

on the term or which followed has jeopardized talks between the sunni dominated government mostly shiite opposition. activists say there are no signs of legal progress or pending reforms. we're looking at two years in which we've seen no reform we've seen nothing change i mean we started this uprising two years ago and on that day the first martyr of the uprising was killed and now two years later on the same day fourteen fabric another teenager has been killed and this week shows and displayed the lockable for continuous human rights abuses to continue its repression taking place on the streets of bahrain it's good the dialogue has come back on the agenda and there is discussions happening but it seems that you know this latest latest escalation of the security against the people is going to possibly put dined in jeopardy within the ruling family i think of course there are those who simply want to please the international community to say look we're having this dialogue and there is not a great thing was continuing the violations on the street. or similar scenes echoed in the b. of the

a series of car bombs killed at least thirty six people in shiite areas of iraq on friday a sectarian and ethnic tensions intensify ahead of provincial elections in april now the bombings targeted an outdoor pet market in baghdad and a vegetable market in the hillah province south of the iraqi capital recent weeks have seen insurgents carrying out a list daily attacks on security forces and civilians in an attempt to undermine the shiite led government. well the clock counting down to the sochi winter olympics is taking on work at the russian resort city is ramping up organizers say the final touches are being made in preparation for one of the world's biggest and most prestigious sporting events or two as andrew former is in sochi and reports on how the city has marked the start of the countdown. after six years of relentless construction i think she's entering the final home straight in terms of getting prepared for these games last night to mark the one year to go down there was a lavish ceremony here at the olympic park there were fireworks there's also a spectacular skating show

blasts in baghdad killed at least twenty eight hundred more injured explosions occurred in malay shiite areas of the iraqi capital and shoppers attended outdoor markets no groups yet admitted the attacks blast support the number of deaths in the region to more than two hundred fifty since the start of the year. in pakistan people have taken to the streets or must around better security from the government a day after eighty one residents were killed in the city of quitter protests have been held in karate and islamabad saturday's attack was carried out by a sunni militant group an attack in the same city five weeks ago saw a huge blast in the snow that time it killed more than ninety. if you stay with us for some of the rest of the evening coming up next our special report on whether americans should stand by their constitutional right to gun ownership big news in the headlines lately you can follow that story from us coming up next. helicopters flying through the air the night rounds of assault rifle ammo popping as the choppers buzz over the land now this unique form of hell of terror

in a suicide blast in the southwest of the country the blast in quite a record at a market in the shiite area of the city with officials saying it was a sectarian attack a spate of similar sorts against shiite communities have been carried out by hardline sunni militant groups this year. clashes have broken out in turkey between police and kurdish protestors on the fourteenth anniversary of the rest of the leader of the kurdistan workers' party known as the p.k. k. demonstrations took place in several provinces across the country security forces used water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds in kenya has known for four kurdish autonomy demanding greater political and cultural rights. in a world update britain's food standards agency says the number of people who've unwittingly eaten horse meat will never be known agency says that just over one percent of products tested recently for horse d.n.a. in response to the crisis had shown positive results the meat industry is under intense scrutiny across the european union after tests last month showed the presence of horse and pig in beef p

area of the city with officials saying it was a sectarian attack a spate of similar sorts against shiite communities have been carried out by hardline sunni militant groups this year. clashes have broken out in turkey between police and kurdish protestors on the fourteenth anniversary of the rest of the leader of the kurdistan workers party known as the p.k. k. demonstrations took place in several provinces across the country security forces used water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds in cain has known ford for additional ptolemy demanding greater political and cultural rights. in the world up to britain's food standards agency says the number of people who. unwittingly eaten horse meat will never be known agency says that just over one percent of products tested recently for horse d.n.a. in response to the crisis had shown positive results the meat industry is under intense scrutiny across the european union after tests last month showed the presence of horse and pig in beef products. now cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of havi

a series of car bombs killed at least thirty six people in shiite areas of iraq on friday terry and ethnic tensions intensify ahead of provincial elections in april now the bombing targeted an outdoor pet market in baghdad as well as a vegetable market in the hill a province south of the iraqi capital now recent weeks have seen insurgents carrying out almost daily attacks on security forces as well as civilians in an attempt to undermine the shiite led government. scuffles are broken out between former political prisoners as well supporters of the georgian president in his country's capital now the violence has erupted a saakashvili was going to deliver his annual state of the nation's speech the president was forced to change the venue several times after the country's parliament refused to essentially to provide him with a platform someone suggested this could be a sign of the leader's waning power held in the west as an exemplary democratic ruler saakashvili had lost popular support and the result of his crackdown on the opposition as well as claims of human rights abuses artie's alekse

area of the city of official saying it was a sectarian attack a spate of similar assaults against shiite communities have been carried out by hardline sunni militant groups this year. clashes have broken out between police and kurdish protestors on the fourteenth anniversary of the arrest of the leader of the kurdistan workers party known as the p.k. k. demonstrations took place in several provinces across the country security forces used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds and the long fought for kurdish autonomy demanding greater political and cultural rights. cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of perhaps having less and less privacy but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten the u.s. library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets posted already half finished took to the streets of the big apple to find out whether the government is once again showing too much interest or perhaps snooping into people's private lives. the library of congress announced that it's storing our tweet is this

injured in a suicide blast in the southwest of the country a remote controlled bomb went off in a shiite area of the city of quarter with numerous women and children among the victims a spate of similar assaults against shiite communities have been carried out by hardline groups in recent months. clashes have broken out in turkey between police and kurdish protestors on the fourteenth anniversary of the rest of the leader of the kurdistan workers party known as the p k k demonstrations took place in several provinces across the country security forces use water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds the p.k. k. is long fought for kurdish autonomy demanding greater political and cultural rights . now st cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted as took to the streets of new york to find out whether the government is once again showing too much interest in people's privat

in the southwest of the country a remote controlled bomb went off in a shiite area the city of quarter with numerous women and children among the victims a spate of similar assaults against shiite communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months a little earlier we talked to robert naiman he's policy director at just foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks we think we know is this result of. training by a particular group of militants sunni extremists. who. attacked before as recently as. their ideology. curtis. this particular group. takes this ideology to extreme violence against she has a. turning point now politically where the. coming under scrutiny in the right state i'm lisa leaves of the u.s. government i won't complain about i won't publish information. so now street cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having less and less privacy but it seems what you've done in the past also won't be forgotten as the library of congress is now creating a database of all tweets ever posted

of quarter with numerous women and children among the victims a spate of similar assaults against shiite communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months. clashes have broken out in turkey between police and kurdish protestors on the fourteenth anniversary of the rest of the leader of the kurdistan workers party known as the p.k. k. demonstrations took place in several provinces across the country security forces use water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds k.k. is known for for kurdish autonomy greater the beautiful and cultural rights. thousands of protesters are gathering in the capital of portugal and spain they're responding to union calls to put on a show of anger over freshness thirty measures called into eyewitness reports or at least five thousand people taking part in madrid at the moment with more expected to join spain has seen a wave of rallies in recent months with protests over fresh budget cuts to the edge . cation and medical services. street cameras and other kinds of surveillance across the u.s. give its citizens the feeling of having les

in a suicide bomb attack in northwest pakistan explosives detonated on a crowded street outside a shiite mosque no group has yet claimed responsibility groups linked to al qaeda and the taliban previously carried out similar attacks against the shia population . hillary clinton the united states sixty seven secretary of states formally resigned from her post her successor senator john kerry will replace or after a swearing in ceremony friday resignation caps an especially turbulent for your tenure marked by conflict revolutions and military intervention. at least nine people have been killed after carrying a truck or a truck carrying fireworks exploded in central china thirteen people also injured some of whom are in critical condition the blast caused the collapse of a part of a highway rescue workers are sifting through the debris for survivors the serious blows to the reputation of the german catholic church have resulted in more and more worshippers turning their backs on the institution child abuse and sexual harassment cases committed by priests that don't even get to court scene i

have killed at least twenty eight people and left dozens more injured explosions occurred in mainly shiite areas of the iraqi capital shoppers attended outdoor markets no group has yet to admit to the attacks the blasts have brought the number of deaths in the region to more than two hundred fifty since the start of the year. police in warsaw have clashed with demonstrators protesting against the independence of kosovo officers used patterns against crowds who fought back by throwing flares that police or even started as a march back to this very ng same cost of those serbia the slogan that was popularized by the serbian government after the softer cat republic trained sovereignty in two thousand and eight. that's a portugal where thousands of people have taken to the streets to voice their anger at fresh austerity measures holding banners and chanting slogans the march has called on parliament to reverse this cut securing place its attempts to reduce the country's huge debt. union led rally will serve in the government to step down over its handling of the crisis despite handouts from bru

repressed shiite and sunni -- what consistency is there? is when we act consistently and create doctrines for ourselves that our straitjacket that end up getting ourselves into incredible trouble. two additional points. i refuse any longer -- our determination of what hollywood concedes on everyone else in the world is fundamentally mistaken. we have non-predatory neighbors to our north and south and fish to our east and west. we are an extraordinarily fortunate people. we do not understand what it is like to live on the knife's edge. we do not have a dark history. we do not live in a dangerous neighborhood. as a consequence, we believe that we understand these ethnic conflicts and can somehow fix them. i am not against buffering neighboring states, international 10 cups to raise money, and contingency plans on chemical weaponry, a debate among us between us is them to one narrow point. do you believe that we can provide enough to let terri assistance -- military assistance of sufficient quantity and character that would somehow change the

the blast mainly target the shiite neighborhoods in baghdad.tacks in shiite areas have spread fears among iraqis that sectarian violence may be overtaking the country again. >>> police in pakistan say a suicide bomber was behind an attack that killed 83 people at a busy marketplace. the saturday explosion targeted shiite muslims just outside the southwestern city of quetta. authorities originally said explosives were packed into a parked water tanker and remotely detonated. >>> in one of his final public appearances, pope benedict xvi recited the angelus from st. peter's square this morning before a larger than usual crowd. he thanked the faithful for their prayers and asked them to pray for the next pope. benedict officially steps down at the end of the month. roman catholic cardinals will meet by mid-march to select a new pontiff before easter. and those are the headlines. >>> the house speaker says if the president wants something done, he's got to get the senate on board first. will john boehner's strategy backfire? our political panel is n

killed at least twenty eight people left over one hundred more injured explosions hand in mainly shiite areas of the iraqi capital as shoppers attended outdoor markets no group was here to admitted the attacks plus a broader number of deaths than in the region to more than two hundred fifty since the start of the year. in pakistan people taken to the streets on mass to demand better security from the government day after eighty one residents were killed in the city of quitter protests have been held in karachi and islamabad saturday's attack was carried out by a sunni militant group an attack in the same city five weeks ago saw a huge blast in the snooper hall which killed more than one thousand people. in warsaw have clashed with demonstrators protesting against the independence of kosovo officers used battens against crowds who fought back by throwing flares at police meanwhile the parades been held in kosovo marking the fifth anniversary of its independence from serbia the santa clara public proclaimed its sovereignty in two thousand and eight. she could face a death penalty in her n

stephen: how can you accept that and not accept that god can work through the priest top transsub stan shiite. >> nothing in the bible -- >> stephen: upon this rock i build my church and the gates of hell should not prevail against it. >> that didn't say he was a priest. [ laughter ] >> stephen: no but st. paul says thou are a priest forever -- >> that was not st. paul. >> stephen: that's not paul? >> nobody knows who wrote it. it's a mysterious anonymous document. >> stephen: isn't it in the bible? >> yes. >> stephen: then god wrote it. [ laughter ] okay. [ laughter ] >> you are right it's from that epivotel of -- epistle of hebrews. since jesus couldn't become a priest in jewish law they said, well, there was a priest of high god and abraham offered him a tithe and so jesus will be in the line of him and he wasn't even a jew. it's a crazy letter. >> stephen: are you a jew? >> no steerntle neither am i so that works for me. [ laughter ] when you die, not soon i hope, when you die are you going to want a priest there to give you last rites? >> no. >> stephen: why? >> because it's an invented

make of the equipment, the ammo, and we know the weapons were apparently destined to rebels, fellow shiitesfferent kind, but that, the government is sunni, so there's a sunni-shia conflict, a civil war, a terrible time with that, there's separationists in the south, and the tribal shiites in the south, it could go shout quickly. that's what they are trying to do. melissa: is that what it's about? supporting people who have the same philosophical, religious beliefs, but it's not about that. it's about distracting and make the region unstable? >> exactly. it's about power. the iranians want to be the dominant regional power in the middle east. they think they've always been it historically. they want to see a shia correction throughout the middle east. yemen is a perfect target, and that's why it's very interesting that these arms were intercepted with the help of the u.s. navy. melissa: it's upsets because it seems like unfortunately it would be low on the list of priorities. there's a lot of fires burning in this region right now. we have a lot of problems with iran. this wouldn't be near t

this has happened because of shiite disputes. janus live with more. >> these car bombs went off in the midmorning and it is the beginning of the workweek. the streets were particularly crowded. civilians going about their business for the most part, but they were not the only attacks today. there was also a series of attempted roadside bombs in the same area. they defused at least 11 set to go off one right after the other. there's no claim of responsibility yet. theyuthorities are saying believe the car bombs are tied to a qaeda. >> thank you for that update. this, this isrge despite a decision from calling in for an air strike from residential areas. general buffered also said reducing civilian casualties is tantamount. jennifer is our correspondents in kabul and she spoke to general done friedan's sent us this report. >> the new commander of nato and american forces here says that any understand the president's not callying they may in nato air strikes where there are afghans of billions, afghan homes or villages. he is meetin

a series of car bombs killed at least thirty six people in shiite areas of iraq on friday a sectarian and ethnic tensions intensify ahead of provincial elections in april now the bombings targeted an outdoor pet market in baghdad and a vegetable market in the hillah province south of the iraqi capital recent weeks have seen insurgents carrying out a list daily attacks on security forces and civilians in an attempt to undermine the shiite led government well the clock counting down to the sochi winter olympics is taking and work at the russian resort city is ramping up organizers say that final touches are being made in preparation for one of the world's biggest and most prestigious sporting events argues andrew farmer is in sochi and reports on how the city has marked the start of the countdown. after six years of relentless construction i think she is entering the final home straight in terms of getting prepared for these games last night to mark the one year to go you can down there was a lavish ceremony here at the olympic park there were fireworks there's also a spectacular skatin