detailed explanation how the situation is different he said that our search georgia's assault on south asia president sarkozy and mitigated kind of planned according to which every point russia has fulfilled or georgian site did not and that the only way to protect civilians in republics of south asia and applies it was for russia to recognize them as independent states or the international criminal court says the warrant for the arrest on. on his son as the crackdown on protesters in february but in an exclusive interview. sounds that the hate is nothing more than a sham. discord is it is it is an economic or among the accuse me of killing people with the sentence. against the economics of the punishment so they decided to kill and the other did kill. and destroy the house so there's you and me. to excuse so now you are to go out arrest me i mean if you do linens are going to kill me and you are after me every day you are trying to find out if you are there my brother so is the world number two just to tell you that the supreme court. the little one they are trying to negotiate with us a d

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they were in fact from south asia. two were killed. one survived. sharon.o you have news about aid for famine victims in somalia. >> united states is saying it will allow aid to be sent to famine-affected areas of somalia controlled by the as noneas non-- as long of it benefits the militia. they've been ravaged by one of the worst droughts in more than half a century. >> it is official. somalia is sinking into famine. it is the first time that compelling word has been deployed in almost 20 years. the united nations is hoping it will dilute the world into action. extreme drought and conflict have driven thousands of somalis into camps like t one. a former irish president was here during the last famine. she is back and wondering cheerfully why the world could not prevented from happening again. -- she is back and wondering tearfully why the world could not prevent it from happening again. >> i was here in 1992. i am here again. these people just want food and water for their families. >> a substantial aid operation is already under way. supplies arrived in n

linking east asia, south asia, east africa, and actually west africa as well. africa has lots of natural resources, it's got great agricultural potential, it's got a lot of poverty; it needs to start speeding up which it's doing, but there's a lot of fragility. one should understand also africa will definitely play a larger role in the world simply by the fact of demography; the share of africa in the world's total population and in the world's economy will grow and asia's first to recognise that in a serious way because there's lots of asian investment going into africa right now. that's what's giving africa a lift; i think africa could make a takeoff out ofpoverty. but when you talk about fragility of the natural environment you've got to rank africa wayup there; heat stress, drought vulnerability, loss of vital habitat. africa faces all of those challenges. >>and lastly, since we're in indonesia. you've written a paper; 'the curse of natural resources'. here we are in indonesia; a country full of natural resources. i think you're fairly bullish on indonesia,

the self-proclaimed republic of south asia hasn't been under georgia's direct rule since nine hundred ninety two. really repeated many times the republic had to return to georgia and he promised to settle the situation through diplomacy. with a strong we don't need a war there has been a sense and people don't need one either there is a force that wants the defeat of the georgian that has an assyrian people i promise they won't let it happen. but in the early hours of august the altering repeated showed symbolic from georgian territory in the morning troops were sent into the republic. it was the start of the military operation described by saakashvili as the introduction of constitutional order in the tertiary south and said. i was woken up by a little noise everything was for. that shaking we went outside was screaming and crying it was as if all of us had landed in hell after a volcanic eruption and everybody stayed awake throughout the night the noise never died down but even for a second. color man put a lot of lives in an old house on the outskirts of the village of kalak cooler

then living in india a poverty line a house priest so particularly in sub-saharan africa and in south asia so we still have your own point five or two million people living under the poverty line this is it's a shame you know it's a shame for the international community because the world has really it should be looking out into cheap a lot in our science technology development this is the issue which i would call very easy and it'll be solved if we could put it better so this is the situation we are today you know and two thousand and eight was the year of economic and commodity shocks of which cell countries are trying to recover from them both developing and developed countries talk a little bit about the economic impact of of climate change and rising food prices and some of the political implications that we've seen for example in the middle east and north africa. with this the financial crisis the developed countries are still leaving of course every covering but recoveries are very slow and i would call that they are still living and shadow of the financial crisis with the man of the

out that they believe pakistan could be seen as a staging grounds for militants operating across south asia. for pakistan, the main issue always has been and will be cashmere, the himalayan region which both sides lay claim to. but their positions become more complex following the arrest last week of an activist in washington, who was accused of being on the payroll of pakistan's spy agency. >> you're watching "newsday" on the bbc live. still to come on the program with, the london olympics exactly a year away, we look at how beijing has benefited from the game's legacy. >> and amy winehouse's father leads the tributes to his angel daughter, as family and friends attend the singer's funeral. >> e7bs of thousands of people have been -- 2e7bs of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes after a tropical storm. at least nine people have thought to have died and many more are missing. >> shelter from the storm. she's safe now, rescued from the floods that have hit the philippines. but there are many more. villages and towns underwater. half a million people here have been affecte

of georgian media try to draw parallels between what's happening in libya and what happened in south asia in august two thousand and eight but the foreign minister lavrov gave a very long and detailed explanation how the situation is different he said that's after georgia's assault on south a city president sarkozy and mitzvot if signed a plan according to which every point russia has fulfilled or georgian site did not and that's the only way to protect civilians in republics of south ossetia and applies it was for russia to recognize them as independent states. of the international criminal court they see the warrant for the arrest of the libyan leader colonel gadhafi and his son saif al islam the crackdown on protesters in february but in an exclusive interview. that the hague is nothing more than a sham. the score is it is an economic court come on the accuse me of killing people what about you know the sentence. against. the capital punishment so they decided to kill and the and they did kill my brother and destroy the house so it's you it's me. to execute you so now you are talking a

i didn't know arty republic of north to south asia. and later in the program another sort of woman. get this is russia tennis star maria sharapova easily defined by her and comparable screen so remains a symbol of success the generation of young players just prior to wimbledon final to. the fair thirty third international film festival in moscow has counted to its a dramatic climax would be when all the best film being announced and our correspondent peter all of that was that if there really are. this year's winner of the coveted golden george award is the movie of the waves directed by alberto why is the spanish 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 to all of. brothers this year though it's called 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 there is also taking the best actor prize at this year's festival so two words going to the spanish movie the waves the top prize for best film and a

south central asia is also systemically failing its religious minorities. the late federal minister for ministry of minorities in pakistan gave his life to fight for the injustice and atrocities suffered by religious minorities in pakistan. the government of pack stage has since a-- pakistan has since abolished the ministry of minorities, under the false pretension that it does not matter in relation to the united states. a special envoy for religious minorities sends the right message at the right time and empowers a diplomatic with the access to the president and hopefully the presidents throughout the region and all those who are concerned, the rights of religious minorities matter and we will not look askance at their destruction. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 440 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rul

create a special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the near east and south asia. the legislation responds to the very urgent needs of christians and other religious minorities who are under siege. when i say that, i underscore it. they are under siege in the middle east. again i commend everyone, especially mr. wolf, who have been part of this effort and as a co-chair of the religious minorities community and all the members of it, i thank them as well. in january of this year, representative wolf chaired a hearing to review the violence and the hardship faced by middle eastern religious minorities. i was privileged to testify that day about the plight of many people, but most especially the assyrians. i am of both assyrian and armenian descent and the language that mr. wolf spoke of, aramaic, i speak fluently and understand very well. it is the language, as he said, that jesus spoke. these are the world's oldest christians. and they are quickly disappearing from iraq. during this hearing, we also learned of egypt's coptic christian population what they face and

the only muslim majority nation with nuclear weapons strategically located at the crossroads of south asia, central asia and the middle east, has neighbors such as india and iran and china and afghanistan and, therefore, its strategic location cannot be wished away. nor can the complexities of its populace. 180 million people. there is no such thing as a pakistani monolith. 180 million people live anything a new democracy will have a lot of diversity. the good news, again, is we are working on our democracy, we have sustained it for three years. hopefully, we will be able to sustain it for the longer-term future. and as a democracy it will be easier for the united states to work together with pakistan. we are in the process of normalizing relations with the two neighbors we have had difficulties with in the past, afghanistan and india, and you see that is already happening. and the third thing is we are also looking at and thinking about things differently. instead of sitting at the cross crossroads, we want to see the opportunities; transformation and transition is never easy. it's going

so you with the voice of each authority not only in his part of the world, south asia, but also in the middle east. he was constantly going to saudi arabia. king saud was subsidizing impeach amazing teacher monday at islam a political party, which he founded in india, which was the first quote unquote political party and continues to be a force in pakistan. basically these are the parties through which the g hotties are organized and sent off to fight either in the northwest territories or in afghanistan. and there's the mother apology hattie. he wrote the first book on global jihad. what the names of global jihad ways. and now it's also kind of interesting to me because there have been many, many books about 10 minutes writing writings and biographies and everything. but none of them mentioned margaret marcus amerian jameel. none of them talk about him as a father or it has been for a brother or son. marion's letters were all about his household and the way it was run. there seemed to be of benefit instead of looking at this man is this powerful political leader, which is how the acad

us now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in third country markets such as south east asia africa and south america where the u.s.s.r. or russia traditionally had a strong position after all black faces were not welcome in europe or in north america whatever new technologies we might have one fortunately social demand has changed a lot we're planning a number of steps aimed at popularizing space exploration and reviving public interest in it priorities in life i'll use in russia have changed but i remember the baikonur launch site in soviet times everybody working there enjoyed first rate conditions and high salaries they had a car and you know nothing about the basic commodities deficit that the entire country was suffering from those employed in the space industry where the cost of the chosen ones today the cost is different with a different profit focus therefore it's hard to work on populism and patriotism alone today society is more pragmatic i can see it even in my own kids our circle is completely blown us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and

task now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in her country markets such as south east asia africa and south america or the soviet union and russia traditionally have strong positions after all let's face it we are not welcome in europe or in north america whatever new technologies we might have unfortunately the social demands changed a lot we are planning a number of steps aimed at popularizing space exploration and revive the great public interest towards its priorities on life values and russia have changed i remember the baikonur launch site and soviet times everybody working there enjoyed for a straight supplies and high salaries at least everyone who served there had a car and you nothing about a deficit of basic commodities that the entire country was suffering from. those employed in the space industry with a cast of the chosen ones today this cast is different with a different profiteer therefore it's hard to work out populism or patriotism alone today's society is more pragmatic i can see it even on my own the kids are third class as to completely blown us we've b

us now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in third country markets such as south east asia africa and south america where the u.s. is our russia traditionally had a strong position our circle is completing growing us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and it's high time to realize this but it isn't pleasant for a russian space agency thank you very much for talking to our. security mission. a mission free accreditation free lunch for charges free. range month free. three stooges free. free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media down to r.t. dot com. if. in india oh geez i'm ready to believe the move to join the hotel room. the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly torturously. the socialist you see don't need to go and. read this in the kennel was a hotel retreat. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is our team i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. headlines a former news of the world a journalist who was the first to name names in the phone hacking scandal is found dead in his home near london a deat

these efforts are focused on al qaeda central in south asia and affiliates around the world.nue to do this. and without commenting on the story you have outlined here, i have every confidence we can and will continue this effort at a pace and intensity that will allow us to put al qaeda on the road to defeat with respect -- with respect to the pakistanis, there is a complicated relationship and there are frustrations and disagreements. we remain engaged with the pakistanis for a number of important reasons related to our national security and i think their ultimate security. they are an important counterterrorism partner for the united states. the pakistanis have lost thousands of military and civilians to the hands of extremists. more extremists groups and individuals have been attacked and taken down in pakistan than any place else in the world. they are important partners of ours. we will have frustrations and indeed we have had an important, difficult set of conversation with the pack stannies since the raid on the osama bin laden compound. but we are committed to working

and we're going to continue these efforts and these efforts are focus the on al qaeda central and south asia but also focused on affiliates around the world, number one. number two, we have the capability to continue this. without commenting on the story that you have outlined here, i have every confidence we can continue this, that we will continue this effort at apace in an intensity that will allow to us put al qaeda -- continue to put al qaeda on the road to defeat with respect to the pakistanis. the pakistanis, fareed, and the united states have a complicated relationship, as you know. there will be frustrations and disagreements. we remained engaged with the pakistanis for a number of very important reasons related to our national security and ultimately their security. they are very important counterterrorism partners for the united states. the pakistanis have lost thousands of military and civilians to the hands of extremi extremists. more extremists groups and individuals have been attacked and taken down in pakistan than any place else in the world. they are very important partners

us now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in third country markets such as south east asia africa and south america where the u.s.s.r. russia traditionally had a strong position our circle is completely grown us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and it's high time to realize it. isn't. thank you very much for talking to our. fifty fifty. fifty . wealthy british style. that's not on the. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines into a report. in india all these available in the movie the joint the hotel rooms. the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly the top western coast coromandel you can go with hotel closely to see don't need to go publicly and read this in the kennel was hotel as a treat. hello this is our team these are our top stories tonight a former news of the world journalist who blew the whistle on phone hacking at the british tabloid is found dead at his home it comes as the storm around a group of adults media tend to fo

us now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in third country markets such as south east asia africa and south america where the u.s.s.r. russia traditionally had a strong position our circle is completing growing us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and it's high time to realize it is good at that but it isn't pleasant for russia. thank you very much for talking to a. few . he. says. in india all these available in the movie joint the hotel rooms. the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly the top western coast coromandel. sedated to go and. run the some of the kennel was hotel as a retreat. close midnight thirty or more. if you will on our top stories this morning before the world journalist who blew the whistle on phone hacking at the british tabloid is found dead this is how it comes as the storm arrived rupert murdoch's media empire turns its focus on the police and the prime minister. the taliban claims responsibility for the killings of more high ranking officials in afghanistan it comes as nato begins to hand over control of the country's provinc

us now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in third country markets such as south east asia africa and south america where the u.s.s.r. or russia traditionally had a strong position our circle is completely grown us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and it's high time to realize it but it isn't pleasant for russia space agency thank you very much for talking. to a good mission. in india in the movie the joint the photos of the lights the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly the torch west coast coromandel hotel the closeness you see don't need to go and. present the kennel was a hotel or treat. and broadcasting live from moscow where it is six thirty in the morning this is our to bring you the top news and commentary from around the world. a former news of the world a journalist who was the first to name names in the phone hacking scandal is found dead at home near london a death police say is unexplained but not suspicious it's the latest twist in the spiraling of political crisis going all the way up to the prime minister david cameron. violence pe

does pakistan view china as playing a positive role in south asia?oes the united states have any reason to be concerned about pakistan's ties with beijing? >> pakistan has always had very good relations with china. pakistan certainly has economic relationships with china. chinese investment in pakistan. pakistan goes the economy can certainly benefit through relations with -- pakistan's economy can certainly benefit through relations with china, and therefore it has. but may i say, whether it should concern the united states, i think in this world want us to see diplomatic relations on a bilateral basis. should the united states interests or association, cooperation with india, bother pakistan? yes, it should, if it is going against pakistan's interests with the united states. i think dealings between countries ought to be seen on a bilateral basis. pakistan should not be concerned about u.s.-india relations as long as u.s.-pakistan relations are normal. united states should not bother about china-pakistan relations as long as pakistan-united states

for more on afghanistan we turn to pam constable, who covers south asia for the "washington post." the series of high profile assassinations have picca off important targets as well. one of the former governors of a province. why is it significant? >> well, particularly in light of the fact that it came so quickly after the assassination of the half brother of president karzai who was killed in kandahar just days before this, the killing of this former governor in another southern province along with another guy who was also close to the president, this is cumulatively speaking, it's a big blow for the karzai administration. you know, it'sçç confidant, relatives, high-level aides going back into april some of them are being killed. but more than who is doing it or who it's happening to, i would put it altogether by saying it's a real danger for the stability of the government and it makes it seem as if as the americans and nato begin to pull out, it's really not clear who is in control. it's really not clear where these chips are going to fall. >> you wrote aboutç that ioç oe of

afghanistan, but al qaeda is in yemen, somalia and cleveland trend what the point is if you look at south asia, do you disagree with those who consider pakistan and the pakistan-afghan to really be the most dangerously unstable part of the world? >> guest: i would not quote them as dangerous and stable part of the world. i think iran is potentially more, but it's not worth having -- it is certainly, the question had to get back into shape? de- stabilizing pakistan to the point that it collapses i don't think would create the security, making it the responsibly of pakistan, you know, make it what it is the it is a more interesting outcome. but the problem is that we have to ask more fundamental question. why are we in afghanistan, what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one upholding key areas of not really trying to dominate the country. president obama ran his campaign by argument we're in the wrong war. we are now in this war. it's not clear that we have the forces necessary to bring this to conclusion. and, therefore, we are stuck

and other sexual assaults to harassment and threats. 27 were local reporters in the middle east, south asiarseas. lauren wolf is the senior editor who wrote the report. she joins me now. lauren, thanks for being with us. you heard some pretty horrific stories from some of these women. give us an idea of the range. >> içç really did hear some terrible stories. they ranged from gang rape to street harassment, groping, to sexual assaults while women were in captivity or men were abducted. >> warner: your report identified different sorts of violations. one of the most sinister really seemed to be sexual attacks of some nature targeted at specific journalists. tell us about that. >> well, i think everyone heard about what happened to lara logan. that fortunately really brought this topicçó to light. people haven't heard of a columbian reporter who was gang raped 11 years ago when she was reporting on right wing para military in the jungles of colombia. she was kidnapped, raped and her story came to light because it was so brutal that, you know, she pressed charges but nothing has ever been do