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it's spread to sierra leone in nigeria. robert ray is live. the center for disease control, the c d.c. is now stepping in. >> exactly. that's why they are stepping in. they received notice from the country of guinea, the who, world health organisation , asking for assistance. sure enough as the c d.c. does, they got on a flight and arrived at the capital of guinea, and are there to assist the folks on the ground, making sure that communications is good in neighbouring countries, in west africa. they have not seen an ebola outbreak in west africa for about 20 years, they are concerned whether the folks treating the infection are aware of the dangers and how quickly it spreads from human to human, spreading via sweat, blood or saliva. we spoke to a doctor at the headquarters, and here is what he told us about the origin of the disease. >> the question is why are we seeing this virus in west africa. i think this relates to the bats as the likely reservoir. they are highly mobile, so the bats can be present through a broader area of africa than pr

cases in sierra leone. as yet, there's no treatment. doctors can only alleviate symptoms. our missy's do not want to invest in costly research the cousin is fairly rare. people are told to clean and disinfect wherever they can. >> we asked local government and private sector representatives to start applying all these measures from today. >> the outbreak is a major concern for other countries in the region. morocco has announced extra help checks at airports and border crossings. senegal has already closed its border with ginny -- guinea. >> pilots at lufthansa are prepared to walk off the job on wednesday for three days in a row, making it would've the biggest strike student at the airline. >> philby canceling nearly 4000 domestic and international flights in all. there are already knock on effects. -- they will be canceling nearly 4000 domestic and international flights. >> lufthansa canceled more than 60 flights on wednesday. it said it wanted to prevent passengers from becoming stranded at the airport b

it's happening in the coastal nation of guinea, sierra leone, mali and others. the world health organization said this time ebola has sickened nearly 200 people and killed more than 100 and more deaths are suspected or confirmed in sierra leone and mali. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is in the capital of guinea and it's been a while since we talked about this, nearly four decades. why is it back? what's going on? >> reporter: well, you know, there have been outbreaks in between. the first outbreak that people really put this on the map was back in 1976 along the ebola river, which is where it got its name. but there have been outbreaking over the years, and no one knows, fred, exactly where it comes from, why it comes, and where it goes after the outbreak has ended. so, there are a lot of mysteries around this ebola virus, and i think that's part of what strikes so much fear into people. also you gave some of the numbers there, but the mortality rates in some of these outbreaks have been as high as 90%, so that's something we'll be talking a

reports of suspected cases in liberia and sierra leone.e have been hearing from the medical charity frontier and they have described as worrying the spread of the virus from rural southeastern guinea to the capital. well, let's take a closer look at the ebola virus, first identified in 1977 in southern sudan. it is the cause of an out break of hemorrhagic fever. 90% fatality rate. symptoms include high fever, vomiting, bleeding from the eyes, nose, and ears. the world health organization has said there is no vaccine available. several vaccines are being tested but none are available for clinical use. with me now is ibrahim who has just returned from guinea. how was it there in people feeling really worried right now. >> really worried. the cases i saw proved to be negative. the situation is guinea is really concerning for people because even people who are supposed to, they are panicked by the situation. you may recall a few months back guinea had cholera epidemic. people still have that in mind. they used to listen on radio from central a

and sierra leone has a number of cases too. al jazeera. >> aid groups are deeply concerned about this outbreak, there is novak seen or cure, and it is spreading fast. 78 people have died in new guinea's capitol. we are also getting reports of infection symptoms from liberia, and sierra leone. it first appeared in 1976, we have seen outbreaks places like congo, the d.r.c., and uganda. monkeys and pigs can catch it too, but the fruit bat is what carries it. that is why there is concern that this virus can spread beyond africa. robert gray is in atlanta, now the cvc is stepping in to help, how do they plan to do that. >> indeed, good afternoon, the cdc was contacted over the weekend by the department of health. they were called in, they landed in the capital last night, and today they met with the health administers in the country of new guinea and the who. going over what they think is a good plan. perhaps even two months. there are five people on the ground. with two going in later this week into the neighboring countries of gin

there are more suspected cases in sierra leon and gambia. i have been joined by ibrahima. this deadly virus seems to be spreading. >> it has not been confirmed yet. but there are signs. fever is one of the signs. and the bleeding is the other sign. that hasn't been seen yet. they are still putting these people in isolation and under control of medical teams. but you're right. this is terrible news for people in that area. there are nine borders around guinea, nine countries. >> and there's contact going on all the time between people. >> it is spread through human contact. >> sierra leone and liberia are really exposed. because the main city which is affected is almost in those two countries like a triangle. and you know this because some of these borders are superficial. >> porous. >> and divide some victllages io two. >> no vaccine for it. authorities can't take steps until they see proper signs from somebody having the disease. what can they do in the face of all of this? >> they are putting in place preventive measures and precautionary measures. especially in guinea.

seven people have died in sierra leone and mali are investigating. eating bush meat. once infected the virus spread through contact with bodily fluid from the sick and dead and the symptoms are horrific. we're talking about diarrhea, vomiting and in some cases internal and external bleeding. this particular strain of ebola kills up to 90% of those infected and there is no cure. >> thanks very much. now the crisis in ukraine. u.s. officials warning russia against a serious escalation in that country because there's been a big new development. president obama is telling russian president vladimir putin to cease all efforts to destabilize ukraine. they have been battling pro russian forces. one of the cities include the eastern city. it's a real escalation and can show russia incurring and intervening in a bigger swath of ukraine. ukrainian president said they will fight all efforts to dismantle their country. >>> oscar pistorius broke hiscy liens fighting back his tears. he took the stand this morning in his murder trial. his first words were an apolog

and sierra leon has a number of expected cases too. >> del, although doctors without borders says thiss an unprecedented situation, folks in the cdc behind me say they wished perhaps they would not have used this word. this is very serious. western africa has not seen an outbreak of ebola in 20 years. over 75 are dead, and folks on the ground are hoping to stop the spread as we speak. there are two more headed over from the cdc in the next week. >> robert ray for us live in atlanta, georgia. thank you very much. coming up on al jazeera america, when an earthquake hits every second counts. now there's a new warning program, but it's on hold. >>> a all right showing u.s. manufacturing may finally be putting the winter doldrums behind it. the dow is up 50 points after a 134 point game yesterday. caterpillar saying it does comply with u.s. tax laws. the company responding to charges by a senate subcommittee that it avoided paying $2.5 billion in taxes since 2000. >> caterpillar is an american success story that produces iconic industrial machines, but it is also a member of the corporate p

this is not a country like afghanistan or sierra leone where there has been a single framework nation or organization. you can say, they are doing the army. they are doing the police. in somalia, it is blessed with a number of partners doing little bits. which puts a great onus on the need for coordination, federal government led coordination. we run the secretary and a lot of working groups and committees that are tasked -- training working groups, logistics working group. and the police. a lot of coordination necessary when there are so many actors doing little bits. it is a concern to me because i don't think, when you add up all the little bits, they yet add up to a sufficient whole. this is an under resourced area. it will be a costly process. i don't think internationally we have gathered sufficient resources to do that. it will be timely for a stock taking of the plan and the strategy. good strategies and plans from the london conference last may. how far have we got? what more is needed? that probably needs to be done by a smaller group of countries. those who were most direct

having already jumped borders and to sierra leone and criteria into the mold of a hundred people a night and this sobering assessment from the geneva based un agency this is one of the most challenging of all outbreaks that we have ever faced and their reasons why this is one of the most challenging outbreak is that we see a wide geographic dispersion of cases. that's not the only bad news the snow to find that to coach our team that found fall from tm which is working to contain the fire if we can point to get on with dealing with the most aggressive strain of the vote that the scientists trained which kills the open nine am to ten people and to be. if new vaccine for the left and getting them to us for the finer if. the carmaker toyota is recalling molded six million cars worldwide because of safety concerns affecting various props from steering to seats the creatures were found in twenty seven bubbles must be buried in the mid to late two thousand and ten three the company recall nearly two million of its best selling prius car over a software fault. the latest recall is the second la

starting just weeks ago in a remote jungle spreading to the capitol and crossing into liberia and sierra leoneauthority with borders with guinea have sealed those borders. medical officials set up isolation units and screening at airports to prevent the virus going global. what are the chances it could spread to the u.s.? >> it could be extremely unlikely there would be an outbreak in the united states by the very nature of how this virus gets transmitted from one person to another. >> reporter: experts don't know if the virus is contained or still spreading. although health officials do not expect ebola to spread to the united states, this shows, brian, we increasingly live in a global village connected by airports where an outbreak in a remote part of west africa causes concern around the world. >> that's what makes it an urgent story overseas. >>> another break when we come back, the most decorated olympic athlete in history may not be done with the olympics after all. this weekend at the bath iron works in maine, they christened the navy's newest naval ship. it's the first of a class of ne

cross international borders infections have been confounded liberia on the suspected cases in sierra leone. as yes there is no treatment for a vote of the persistent tony alleviate the symptoms because the virus does it matter to the pharmaceutical companies don't want to invest in costly resets. in keane's capsule cannot create that means authorities can only advise on proportions. he got told to clean and disinfect wherever they can. and this along to monday. we are student government and private sector representatives to start applying all these measures from today. the system as well. the austrade is a major concern for other countries in the region. morocco has announced extra health checks at airports and border crossings. senegal has a meaty closed its border with guinea. now more than four hundred thousand new cars and passengers are going to be impressed with the talk while its academic area of preparing to walk off the job on wednesday for three days in a row. to make one of the biggest strikes to get the outline with gonzo be canceling nearly four thousand domestic and internati

this is not a country like afghanistan or sierra leone where there has been a single framework nation or organization. you can say, they are doing the army. they are doing the police. in somalia, it is blessed with a number of partners doing little bits. which puts a great onus on the need for coordination, federal government led coalition -- coronation -- federal government led coordination. secretary and a lot of working groups and committees that are tasked -- training working groups, logistics working group. any police. -- and the police. necessaryoordination when there are so many actors doing little bits. it is a concern to me because i don't think, when you add up all yet little bits, they add up to a sufficient w hole. this is an under resourced area. it will be a costly process. i don't think internationally we have gathered sufficient resources to do that. for a stockimely taking of the plan and the strategy. good strategies and plans from the london conference last may. how far have we got? what more is needed? that probably needs to be done by a smaller group of countries.

the first thing to do, first of all, let me -- sierra leone has no confirmed cases. couple of rumored cases, but sierra leone does not have suspected or confirmed cases. the case are all from the east of guinea. what people need to do is both health care workers and people who have been in the southeast of guinea need to know that if they start presenting with high fever, sometimes diarrhea, rash, they need to alert their health care workers to this fact and health care workers need to take the proper precautions not to become infected themselves and not to in effect others in the hospital or other health care facilities. >> i've been on the ground in places we are talking about. we're not talking about the best staffed hospitals and medical facilities in the world. are you concerned they may not stop the spread across the borders. you indicate the two cases in liberia were in guinea so obviously they weren't stopped at the border. >> you cannot stop a virus at the borders. it's impractical and doesn't make sense in public health terms. if someone is infected with eb

two confirmed deaths in liberia, and sierra leon has identified possible cases.have a spokesperson for the world health organization. warning of an unprecedented outbreak. how worried should people be? >> well, ebola is always worrying, and we can play with the numbers -- and i think the numbers that you have cited aren't quite correct, but that's not a matter, because not all of the cases are concerned, but for those affected by ebola, it's a very serious disease, so far this outbreak in guinea the people are dying from it. and as you rightly said there is no vaccine or med sip -- medicine, so you have to try to support the patient as much as possible. the reports on the ground have undertaken a lot of different actions centered around improving care in hospitals, improving infection control in hospitals, and tracing and supporting contacts of suspected and confirmed cases. that's what you do in an ebola outbreak as and as result of intensive work by by the red cross and the governments of liberia and guinea and others, we are -- we have traced approximately 400

senegal has closed it's border, but sierra leone has a number of suspects cases. >> groups are deeply concerned about this ebola outbreak. there is no vaccine or cure, and it's spreading fast. there are infections fro infectn outbreaks since the 1990's an and 2000 in uganda. monkeys and pigs can carry it, too, but the fruit bat is the animal that carries it. that's why there is concern that this could spread beyond africa. robert, the cdc is stepping in to help. what can they do at this point? >> good evening, richelle, the cdc can do a lot. they study all of these viruses and diseases around the world. over the weekend pepper asked to send a team over to guinea, which they did. they arrived late last night. today they arrived at the ministry of health and the world health organization. they're going into clinics, hospitals and explain the severity of the situation. that part of africa has not seen an outbreak of ebola in nearly 20 years, and it was not that significant at that time. so the cdc is going to explain to everyone that no this is not an airborne virus, but it can transmitt

and they have suspected cases in senegal and liberia and i sierra leone.onkeys and pigs can catch and spread ebola. and the fruit bat carries it. that has a huge range across africa and are southern asia. so there's concern that the disease could spread in many different ways. scientists for the center for disease and prevention have called in to help in west africa, and robert ray is at the cdc in atlanta with more on that. robert. >> john, good evening. there are two more scientists headed to on the country of liberia and western africa, and there are already five scientists on ground. and they got word over the weekend and the who. they got on a plight and arrived monday night. earlier today, we spoke 20 one of the lead scientists in the building behind me, dr. nickel, and he told us where the origins of the ebola virus come from, and here's what he has to say. >> the questions that we hear frequently, why are we seeing this virus in west africa in and i think this refers to the bats as the likely reservoir. bats are highly more mobile. and the virus ca

the two that copy to my mind, the civil wars in the 1990s in west africa and sierra leone and liberiain particular where you've had the united nations, the international community writ large to include the united states and the efforts of those countries themselves that have substantially recovered now to the extent that they are able to send peacekeeping forces to assist in exporting security beyond their borders. theup secretary general, ban ki-moon, in fact, called sierra leone one of the world's most successful cases of postconflict recovery. so i think it's easy to forget in the kind of impressive events that there are some notable cases on the african continent of success across all of the different dimensions in the strategy that i noted up front of we have slow but steady progress in our view in 'em -- in terms of restoring governance in countries like mali, somalia and democratic republic of congo, and the same model pertains here. the mix of regional partners, the united nations, other exterrible alaskas and dod playing our own role if providing key enablers. examples as ena

virus so far one hundred eleven people are dead most of the cases in guinea but countries like sierra leone and liberia have also been affected. a marine standing guard at a military base in the u.s. state of north carolina has been shot dead by a colleague authorities say the incident is not considered an act of terrorism and there is no active gunman just last week an iraq war veteran killed three soldiers before turning the gun on himself that was at fort hood naval base in texas. i just wanted twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital for the past two weeks we've been following the adventures of a reporter in the deep dark depths of siberia she's completed a diamond quest explored gold mines and met with the russian buddhists so wants to find not say now heading back to the big city life but boy is she taking the long way. the final leg of my siberia journey was to be completed on one of the world's great train rides through the siberia to drive. expressed the desire to go on a train journey and this question always comes up have you ever taken the translight berrien trai

so far one hundred and eleven people have died most of the cases in guinea but countries like sierra leone and liberia are also seeing infections. and a marine standing guard at a military base in the u.s. state of north carolina has been shot dead by a colleague authorities say the incident is not considered an act of terrorism and there is no active gunman just last week an iraq war veteran killed three soldiers before turning the gun on himself that was at the fort hood mabel base in texas. and to live pictures for you now labor unions in greece have staged a nationwide strike against austerity policies of thousands of workers the unemployed and pensioners are protesting budget cuts and layoffs in the public sector which have been demanded by foreign creditors including germany hospitals schools and a large number of other public facilities closed today in writing these are just to remind you live pictures outside the parliament building in downtown it's. twenty minutes past the hour moscow time for the past two weeks we've been following the adventures of a reporter in the depths of si

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confirmed cases in sierra leone and suspected cases in mali.ries away from where it started. there's no cure for ebola to cause fever, severe bleeding among other things. it is almost always deadly. 88% of a kill rate. >>> well, as we head into the election season, 36 seats in the senate. all 435 seats in the house are in play. both political parties will be working to take their messages to the voters. so what will that look like exactly? we may be getting a clue about republicans from a new super pac ad that just ran this morning. we'll watch it together. >> you believe every parent aught to be able to choose their child's school and that the economy should be driven from the bottom up, not the top down from washington. then you're thinking like a new republican. >> newrepublican.org. join us. >> fox news political insiders are here. you can join our conversation on twitter @fninsiders. you guys should wave or something. pat cadell, a former pollster for president jimmy carter and fox news contributor doug shoen, a fox news contributor as wel

the situation will be difficult to contain humorous cases of also be in the nearby liberia and sierra leone. also an earthquake aftershock has struck off the coast of chile problems in a fresh round of coastal evacuations and the tsunami follows a tremor that hit the country on choose day even six people dead and forcing around a million others shelter so far there's been no information on possible casualties . and pakistan's former president pervez musharraf who is currently standing trial for treason as escaped an assassination attempt bomb went off just behind his convoy as it passed over a bridge known as admitted to the attack but the pakistani taliban after threatened to kill the four. earlier this week musharraf was charged for lawfully suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven. ok i'll be back with you in around half an hour's time. looks at the future facing the shouted greek economy that's next on the international. exactly sixty years ago according to the guardian the soviet union actually tried to join nato to create an allied air of peace and a post world war two wo

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africa -- [ inaudible ] the outbreak appears to be centered in guinea, but it's been reported in sierra leoneiberia. and there are suspected cases in mali. chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta has been guinea's capital. >> reporter: a simple blue box, perhaps carrying one of the most dangerous pathogens in the world, on its way to be tested. in less than four hours, we'll find out whether it contains the ebola virus. fate of three patients depends on what's inside. simply getting the blood samples is a life threatening job. one of these workers told us he has a 9-month-old baby at home. they'll do everything they can to protect themselves. three pairs of gloves, booties, and layer after layer of gowns. they go in to see the patients. every single inch of their body covered. impermeable suits, nothing in, nothing out. you see, even a drop of the ebola virus that gets through a break in your skin can infect you. and we all have breaks in our skin. in is the painstaking -- this is the painstaking detail and act you go through to interact with a person with ebowl amp they've decontaminated th

in in 1816 to sierra leone, the british colony.colony there would be a kind of model showing how free blacks could achieve various things. he actually was in touch with a british abolitionist. even interviewed president james madison. imagine a black man interview in madison. he would not call impressed -- president madison. he called and james. [laughter] >> and he died unfortunately in 1817. his own influence might have been beneficial on the movement. james, in philadelphia, who had been a great inventor anne l. was before colonization in the beginning. so richard allen who was the major religious leader in philadelphia, in january 1817 the american colonization society, he had 3,000 african americans, 3,000. put it to a vote. anything to do with composition, so they had to shift, and it took them a little while to change their minds, but they had to go along with the overwhelming views of african-americans in philadelphia. and there were opposing the colonization society, so they got set up in 1817. the colonization society whi

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we just last year closed down the mission in sierra leon. you heard me say these peacekeeping missions we find them essential but they need not be eternal. i think there is a habit once a mission gets set up to not be efficiently assessing the original reason that the congress and the u.s., you know, came to support a mission and assessing whether that mission is appropriately configured given the circumstances on the ground. you know, there are reductions happening, but in a responsible way in haiti, liberia, ivory coast. i think we are tremendous gains have been made. again, i can speak more to that. on venezuela, we have a responsibility, of course, as the united states to speak up on behalf of those who are seeking their freedom. and i really appreciate the tremendous leadership you've shown always in standing up to repressive regimes. i think nearly 40 people have been killed in these protests, these peaceful protests where people are airing their legitimate aspirations and grievances. you talked about the criminal dissent. that is some

sierra space leon and senegal has closed the land border.he geographical spread is worrisome because it could further complicate the already difficult task of containment. >> translator: people move a lot. so the people who are infected are in contact with other people. and our biggest problem at the moment is isolating the cases so we can put them all together in a specialist treatment unit so they are isolated and can't infect other patients. >> ultimately, it's not just west africa that could be affected. as the world shrinks, epdeemologists warn the potential for a deadly virus to spread from one place to another has become a real threat. the virus first emerged in 1976 and is transmitted through blood and other bodily fluids of effective an male. it's sped by contact with blood and burial rituals. there is an incubation period of three weeks. men can transmit virus in semen up to six weeks later. in 1995, a severe outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo claimed 245 people's lives. many were doctors and nurses infected at a hosp

this is not a country like afghanistan war sierra leone where there was a symbol--single framework. they are doing the army, they are doing with the police. in somalia at it is best with a number of partners, doing little bits which puts a great unknown is on the need for coordination, federal government led coordination in the spirit of new deal compact. and some of them roll in to support the federal government in doing that coordinations so bring the secretary out for a lot of working groups and committees to coordinate security, working groups and subcommittees, training working groups, logistics' working group's and things. a lot of coordination necessary with so many different actors doing little bits. it is the concern to me because when you have a little bit, i don't think they yet add up to a sufficient one. this is an underresources area essentials day. building a new some multinational area. it will be a costly process and at the moment i don't think internationally we have gathered sufficient resources to do that. it would be timely for a stocktaking of the plans and str

we just last year closed down the mission in sierra leon.you heard me say these peacekeeping missions we find them essential but they need not be eternal. i think there is a habit once a mission gets set up to not be efficiently assessing the original reason that the congress and the u.s., you know, came to support a mission and assessing whether that mission is appropriately configured given the circumstances on the ground. you know, there are reductions happening, but in a responsible way in haiti, liberia, ivory coast. i think we are tremendous gains have been made. again, i can speak more to that. on venezuela, we have a responsibility, of course, as the united states to speak up on behalf of those who are seeking their freedom. and i really appreciate the tremendous leadership you've shown always in standing up to repressive regimes. i think nearly 40 people have been killed in these protests, these peaceful protests where people are airing their legitimate aspirations and grievances. you talked about the criminal dissent. that is somet

right now in guinea and liberia, sierra leone and mali have suspected cases.enegal has closed its border with guinea. france and some former colonies in africa, french doctors are on high alert for any cases there. is no report of any cases so this is precaution. some international mining companies are pulling their staff out of guinea. the centers for disease control sent a team to africa and the frontier and it is very active to try to treat and limit the spread. ebola is passed to humans by bush animals, fruit bats, antelopes and chimpanzees. passed between humans only by contact. causes fever, aches vomiting, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding. >> it causes a sort of immunological bad reaction inside of your body. your white blood cells start attacking you instead of the virus. this is what causes your organs to fail. >> reporter: julie, there is an incredible danger for people who treat the patients as you saw in the video. they have to wear bio hazard suits. it is very hot working in those suits. they can only stay in the suits working for 15 mi

outcome of sierra leone. governments that have not had such experience with expiration, they haven't had the governments experience. so what do you advise government like that to do to make sure that they can manage their end of the business? whether it is something more performance-based than prescribed it, whether they get out and help to ralph been reached through. but if they came to you and that, how do we make sure we prevent accidents, what would you advise them to do quick >> they need to do several things. they obviously need to develop a regulatory structure and regulatory system status can stand with their their society and their culture. in alien can be grafted onto a particular governmental system and work. or without experience, regulatory structure does you no good. so once he figured out what the regulatory structures that make sense, given societal and political cultural norms in your country, you are going to need to get expert help at the outset to train your people and if development is on

there have been others, such as liberia, sierra leone. the secondo question. actually, i think i answer -- host: i think you addressed it. we are talking with louis charbonneau of reuters, the u.n. bureau chief. part of our "your money" series, how taxpayer dollars in the u.s. are spent for that u.n. budget. last week, there was a house theing on the funding for united nations. the u.n. ambassador samantha powers spoke about transparency. here's what she had to say. >> this past december i presented the case for financial discipline to the committee that handles the regular budget. i am pleased the u.s. has kept zero.n. budget to near real growth. we have secured u.n. progress in reducing staff, increasing transparency, and strengthening oversight of peacekeeping operations. much more needs to be done and much more can be done. we will continue our work to more effective, transparent, and accountable. host: louis charbonneau, on the transparency issue. is the u.n. budget transparent? guest: as investor power said, this is one of those things that u.s. has been

military side, led by uganda, but also including troops from burundi, kenya, and as far away as sierra leone we have seen al-shabaab pushed out of mogadishu, many of the major towns and cities in south central. at the same time we have seen a sharp decrease in the level of piracy off the coast of somalia and the red sea. there has been changed, and somalia looks different from the way it did five years ago, 10 years ago, or 20 years ago. today, we have with us the person who was most responsible for the conduct of the united nations operations on the ground in somalia today. ambassador nicholas kay. ambassador kay has a distinguished athletic background, a former british ambassador to the sudan, and also later to the democratic republic of the congo. i can think of no better person to be conducting the business of the u.n. and the international community than ambassador kay. experienced, wise, and knows how to operate in very tough, political and security environments. in my last position at the department of state, nick and i were colleagues. we talked on a weekly basis, and sometimes on a

just last week we close down the mission in sierra leone but in my opening statement you heard me saythat these peacekeeping missions, many of them would find essential that they need not be eternal. i think there is a habit so when commission gets set up to not be sufficiently assessing the original reason that the congress and the u.s. came to support a nation, and assessing whether that mission is a properly configured in the evolution of circumstances on the ground. the our reductions happening, but in a responsible way in haiti, liberia, ivory coast i think were tremendous gains have been made. again, i can speak more to the. on venezuela, we have a responsibility, of course, as the united states to speak up on behalf of those who are seeking their freedom. and i really appreciate the tremendous leadership you have shown always in standing up to repressive regimes. i think nearly 40 people have been killed in these protests, these peaceful protest where people are airing their legitimate aspirations and their legitimate grievances. you mention the criminalization of dissent. is s

situation is difficult to contain numerous cases have also been confirmed in nearby liberia and sierra leone. a series of bomb blasts of rocks at the area around cairo university and left at least one policeman dead a number of others were injured. according to officials the first two bombs consumed in a tree were detonated less than a minute apart a third explosion went off a few hours later near the main gate of the university campus artie's belcher has the details. recording to the interior ministry they were bomb blasts from improvised explosive devices that have been hidden in the trees above two police by cairo university in the center of the capital this is an area that is just a few hundred meters away from jesus central security directorates to the time for there is a similar type of attack they had in january. the main police headquarters is part of a wider series of attacks on the security forces now the latest is that at least fifteen people have been arrested in the vicinity of the these blast this morning to work wait to see from the interior ministry what they think actually o