mohamud will be challenged to end fighting with militants who control much of central and southern somalia. and he'll have to deal with separatist aspirations in the northern region of somaliland. >>> the new u.n. arab league envoy to syria says his top priority is stopping the blood shed. lakhdar brahimi is expected to visit damascus in a few days to meet with president bashar al assad. brahimi met egyptian president mohamed morsi and arab lgue secretary general in cairo. brahimi says 5,000 people died in august alone. >> translator: the dangerous situation in syria will lead the whole region to collapse into turmoil. >> brahimi says he's ready to present a new peace plan to the government and opposition forces. he says the objective is to create a cease-fire and to bring stability, but he says he needs cooperation from four regional powers, egypt, saudi arabia, iran, and turkey. >>> a general who defected from syria says he's against foreign military intervention. instead, former brigadier general talas is calling on other countries to provide material support for opposition forces inclu

somalian islamised group of the assault has deployed troops to take on the al qaeda linked group in southern somalia where it's imposed strict sharia law. libyan authorities have encouraged people to handwritten letter weapons and to boost security and messy areas have already been set up in the country's capital and the second largest city of benghazi this comes after a wave of rallies across the country some people demand the introduction of the national police force and army libya remains unstable after last year's revolt the government unable to contain power fall is shots. and member of nato staff and a civilian contractor have been killed in eastern afghanistan in an apparent green on blue attack. it's late it's the latest such assault in a country which taliban militants claim as part of their and time nato time texas two thousand u.s. military personnel have now died in afghanistan the complete withdrawal of nato troops is due by the end of two thousand and fourteen. this strain of relations between china and japan grew this week just be a flaring up over a chain of islands in the east china

the assault kenya has deployed troops to take on the al qaeda linked group in southern somalia where it's impose strict sharia law. libyan authorities have encouraged people to hand in their weapons in a bid to boost security amnesty areas have already been set up in the country's capital and the second largest city and this comes after a wave of rallies across the country saw people demand the introduction of a national police force and army libya remains on stable after last year's revolt of the government and able to contain powerful militias. and member of nato staff in a civilian contractor have been killed in eastern afghanistan at an apparent green on blue attack it's the latest such salt in that country which taliban militants claim as part of their anti nato tactics two thousand u.s. military personnel have now died can't stand the complete withdrawal of nato troops is due by the end of two thousand and fourteen. while the gloves are off in georgia head of monday's parliamentary election in a few minutes we report on the opposition that's setting out to mount a tough challen

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expect sympathizers of al shabab, a radical militant group that controls most of central and southern somalia spain, the go of the cutting back and citizens turning violent in the streets in response. and outside parliament and madrid and started hurling stones with police, at least one person injured. the crowd angry about tax hikes and spending cuts among the 17 nations and the euro currency. >> and china, that flying fire, just part of the drill, but a pretty intense one. the exercise focusing mainly on island dissent. and participants, both military and civilian. >> ukraine, an enormous gathering in the capital city for a morning exercise routine, young and old, stretching and flexing, following the lead of a group of actors on stage. that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. an earthquake in part of the country where maybe you wouldn't expect it, tonight we're hearing from the people who felt it. and bears, really? do i have to say anything else? they're so cute. hmmm, this one is hungry. and invading one suburban neighborhood. [ mother ] you can't leave the table ti

now, troops like these from ken are a, they are in southern somalia right now fighting militants.ay they say this battle has turned. want to bring in michael holmes to talk about this. al shabaab is the name. linked to al qaeda. is this something that is linked to the osama bin laden al qaeda, or is it a little bit further out? what is this group? >> it's linked to the al qaeda and the islamic -- the aqim al qaeda. they share the same ideaologies. they said they were merging with al qaeda. it's an ultra conservative islamic group that was really born out of the chaos of the owll, where there was no government and, you know, clanz were running everything, and that's where they came from, and, yes, they wantk shaara la allied with al qaeda. now, this town that -- it's a city really. very important place. it's in the southern part of the country, but what makes it important is that it is their only urban base that's left. they control huge parts of the country. it's the only urban base. it's also a port, and that's why it's important. they get their weapons in from the port, and the