and southern sudan ultimately resolved with a southern sudan being united with the rest of the sudan although that does not seem to be the way it is headed today. i think it is clear geographically unifying sedan is clearly dependent on the ability of klartoum to make it attractive to seven sedan, and their willingness to leave the door open to that possibility. some of for observers might argue that a break up of sudan, and i would suggest that a break up might very well go beyond just the northern and southern sudan, but possibly the breaking off of parts in the north and the south, some would argue that might be a good thing. i disagree. should that fail, it is incumbent upon khartoum to move forward and the referendum on independence to proceed. there is a lot to criticize in sudan, but i want to focus on a few areas where there has been progress. one has been talked about today, whether saddam should be left on the list of state supporters of terrorism. it should be removed from that list. it is often said that if your move sudan from the list, the sanctions will be removed. do

nci has worked in sudan since 2004. and our focus group research has the most extensive qualitative information on the opinions of the sudanese people we have completed 10 focus group studies including southern sudan, two in the three areas by blue nile and two in the northpark pro as part of these studies focus group discussions have been held in 71 locations across the country. we are assisting in developing the capacity of 75 southern civil society and if the eighth phase organization to serve as domestic election troopergate network for the domestic elections the organizations have stressed the importance of working together and corded efforts with the north with those of the established networks in the south park out amidst -- admits to the challenges the expressions show a desire for collaboration regardless of the outlook comes of the referenda to build a just and accountable government at all levels. the focus group research in the north and south and three areas show the city's strong news of for reelection as

for use with sudan government.onal policy tools are available in diplomacy that is working with these actors who may have disparate views with regard to sudan, a loss or their role in this the discard the international situation and its promise or difficulties. >> exactly correct. we have unity there and that is what we try to. we have several initiatives before i go to the specific ones. we activated the troika and i was just in oslo in the two weeks ago to meet with the u.k. and with the norwegians. the was a very important process bringing about the cpa. we have a contact group that we've elevated to again get inputs and help work issues but more specifically i was in beijing the month and a half ago and the ambassador was a great friend we served in africa in the early 80's and we've been able to work that and now the chinese are working with us so we are not building roads in parallel but putting one in front of the other coordinating humanitarian assistance. russia, we are working on a conference possibly in

it is not possible for a president in a country like sudan, the size of sudan, with the immense problemsf sudan, to administer and manage everything. for example, the u.s. air force in afghanistan mistakenly bombed a wedding and killed 147 civilians. but you can't say that the u.s. president should be tried for this because he is the commander-in-chief of u.s. forces. in the u.s., not even the chiefs of staff would be put on trial. but if it was proven that the field commander that ordered this operation made this decision without confirming whether this was a gathering of civilians or combatants, then he is the one to be held responsible, and the law is clear on this. the law holds accountable those who break it, and we've conducted trials. >> reporter: how many cases have been prosecuted? >> ( translated ): i don't recall exactly, but i do recall that we stripped the immunity from one member of the national security forces. he was put on trial, was convicted and executed. there are a number of other examples that i do not recall at the moment, because the trials take place there, on th

thank y both. >> tnk you. >> lehrer: no the president of sudan, omaal-bashir.a march, he was indicted by the internatiol criminal court for war crim and crimes agait humanity in darfur. last we, he was interviewed in the capital of khartoum. the intervi was a collaboration betwn the newshour a "time" magazine. newshour correspondent simon marks narrates our rort. >> narrar: he is one of the world's mo wanted men-- the president of sudan, or al- bashir,isks arrest by order of the international crimal court based in the hague he travels outside his own cotry's borders but in khartoum st week, he told "tim magazine's sam dealey the restrictions ohis moment are no big deal. >> ( translat ): up until now, haven't felt restrictions on my movement. i m not a minister of foreign affairs where i supposed to travel frequently tother countes, conferences and meetings. a prident has his deputies, aistants and his specialized ministe, so it's not necessary for a psident to travel to every country. but i have made alnecessary travels. >> narrator:n fact, as soon as he made h

in sudan, named the envoy but they are divided. is intention to do something but application and implementation, a lot to be desired. >> talk about that split in policy, there was testimony last week by the envoy on darfur, on sudan, general scott grecian and that was in conflict with what the state department has been saying. flesh that out for me. >> yeah, a really interesting issue. here is a government in sudan that has been responsible, either directly or indirectly, for about two and a half million deaths in southern sudan and in darfur, so the central question that the administration is debating, do you engage that government primarily backed by carrots and incentives or do you engage with pressures and with sticks? and there is a very deep division between some of the keyliers in the obama administration about which way to go. and the special envoy is moving into that vacuum and saying we ought to be pushing the incentives approach. we ought to be removing some of these pressures from the sudan government. i, personally, di

the law in sudan now not be much with the institution of sudan and also be not much with human rights. >> hussein says many women have been flogged for wearing trousers over the last 20 years. her case has attracted a lot of attention, and at one point, about 100 protesters were chased away. the police broke up the demonstration using tear gas, and they stopped us filming on the streets, but the number of women protesters here at lubna hussein's court case and the reaction of the authorities show that this is becoming a real test case for women's rights in sudan. james cotner, bbc news, khartoum. >> a third man has died of new mexico i can plag in a chinese town which has been under complete quarantine for two days. they are killing rats and fleas trying to stop the plag from spreading. the town is home to 10,000 people. in thailand, a passenger plane has crashed into a disused control tour on a resort town, kill the pilot and injuring 10 people. the bangkok airways flight skidded on a rainy runway just after landing. most on board were tourists. a juvenile court in iraq's dialla prov

the law in sudan not much with the institution of zad and not much with human rights. >> many women havbeengged for wearing trousers over the st 20 years. the case has attracted a lot of atteion, and one poin over 100 protestors were chased away. theybroke up theemonstration usintear gas, and they stped us filming. but the number of wom and the reacti of the authories show that tiss becoming a realest case forwomen's rits in sudan. "bbcews," khartou >> a thir man has died of new monday playing in a chese to under complete quarantine in days. they are killing rats and fleece to stop it from reading. it can kiln 24 hours. in thailand passenger ple has crashed into a disused control to your,illing the lot and injurying 10 people. the flight skidd on a rainy runway just after landing. mostn boorpped were tousts. a juvenile crt in iraq has sentenced a 16-ar-old girl for 17 years in prison for an attemptedsuicide attack. she was described by the militarysan unwilling suicide bomber 2008 whenhe was arreste it is thfirst meeti of its kind in years. the main palestinian ction, fatah is holdingts con

countries such as angola, sudan, and zimbabwe, which have been implicated in human rights abuses. but as "worldfocus" special correspondent martin seemungal first reported late last year from kenya and tanzania, china's influence is much broader. >> reporter: these young kenyans already speak english. a legacy of the british empire in africa but now they have decided to learn -- chinese. this is the confucius institute at nairobi university. for these students taking chinese is, as they say, a no-brainer. >> chinese language is important. because of their -- because china is growing so much. and the influence of china in africa and most of the world is higher than it was last year. >> reporter: africa wants to benefit from china's economic boom.

hussein is being tried for violating sudan's indecency laws. if she's convicted, she faces a punishment of 40 lashes. hussein was one of several women arrested at a restaurant last month for wearing pants. most of the other women pled guilty and were whipped at the police station. hussein decided to challenge the law. in the muslim world, there's an ongoing struggle between the beliefs and practices of traditional islam, on the one hand, and, on the other, the ideas of the modern western world. how should someone be a devout muslim in a globalized, high- tech environment? earlier this year, kate seelye traveled to cairo for this report. >> reporter: here at al azhar, one of the muslim world's oldest and most respected centers of learning and worship, muslims come to study and pray and to ask how to live a devout life in the modern world. they come for fatwas-- religious rulings that are non-binding. clerics give advice on how to be good muslims in matters of religion, family and even finance. this vendor says fatwas are indispensable. >> ( tran

. >>> in sudan, what this woman is doing is considered so scandalous that she's being put on trial and could be flogged. we will tell you why. >>> and in germany, there is no ignoring the 800-pound gorilla in the womb, now when she is holding a brannew baby. we will explain why this birth means so much. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here is what's happening from around the world.uéç this is "worldfocus." made possible, in part, by the following funders -- >>> good evening, i'm martin savidge. there is major news out of north korea tonight. two american journalists, euna lee and laura ling, who were arrested in march while reporting along the border of china and north korea, have been pardoned. that announcement came late this afternoon after former president bill clinton made an unannounced visit to north korea, and then held a series of high-level talks, including a rare chat with north korean president kim jong-il. well, with dramatic news of the pardoning of the reporters made headlines today the former president's meeting with north korean official had far g

there is no other pocket between egypt and sudan. this is a message to our brothers and sisters in egypt that they must take seriously. we stand firmly in support of the rights of the coptic. through history, the nubians were believers of the coptic religion. we share many things, we share the history, we are the owners of the land, the history of the nile. this is the only language which is spoken for the last 3,000 years, the new the language, this is the coptic alphabet. we learned after 800 years, we brought it back to life. we are on a very big journey. we want to resist, we want to live, we want to stay on our ancestral land. and also live in peace. we are not enemies to anybody but we will resist any destruction to nubia. you want you to help us stop the building of these dams in the nile because it is going to destroy the richest archaeological sites of the world. we said we don't want -- throughout the last 20 years, he never gave any chance to a nubian to hold a position in the media, minister or politician or diplomat or s

after six years and the deaths of about 300,000 people in the war in sudan, this is over. that is the declaration from the outgoing head of the african peacekeeping force. the conflict has now descended into low intensity banditry. >> for many, it was the world's most horrifying conflict. government-backed militiamen swept through villages. they raped and murdered civilians. this is what made darfur a household name. now the u.n. soldiers charge of keeping peace says that darfur is no longer at war. >> there is a significant reduction in the level of violence. this is largely due to the contribution of these humanitarian intervention as well as conflict prevention. >> the key issue is the political process. this involves getting criminal groups to the negotiating table. even if the fighting has died down, the region faces huge challenges. the u.n. says 2.7 million people have been displaced. 300,000 people died because of the war. today, armed groups still operating darfur, some with wings to the government. there are several peace initiatives. some hope there will be sanc

in sudan, you work in the hole, in the house, but there is necessity to workout the repercussions ifthat happened, because that will be threatening to maritime routes, the red sea, egypt, national security, and that is something we have to pay attention to earlier than when we come to the moment. if we can prevent it diplomatically, politically, even economically, i wonder very much what anybody can do, there are billions in yemen or tens of thousands with the idea of two yemeni states. all of the situations in darfur and other places, in the south particularly, breaks down from the norm. all possibilities are there. i am not a specialist in these cases. however, what i care about is actually how to realize a dangerous and serious problem. number 2 is how to account for the day after. we wake up and find piracy in the horn of africana and that piracy is increasing, and then we decide how to deal with it. i guess the situation, how to contain the situation in a place like somalia and the other states, i think that area at -- the earlier the better in dealing with such situations. >> l

. >>> in sudan, bloody clashes have left at least 160 people dead, most of them women and children. they were killed on sunday when heavily armed south sudan tribal fighters launched a raid on a rival ethnic group. >>> a five-hour pro ses woupd through the streets of manila today as the body of the former president corazon aquino was brought to the main cathedral. she died saturday at the age ever 76 from colon cancer. her funeral is wednesday. >>> a study of american school children finds gym class emergen injuries needing emergency room treatment rose 150% over a ten-year period ending in 2007. researchers say the increase may have less to do with rigorous exercise and more to do with larger class size, less adult supervision, and fewer school nurses. >>> funny people took over the top spot at the weekend box office. taking in more than $23 million. "harry potter and the half-blood prince" was second, "g-force" was third. >>> four minutes past the hour. now back outside to matt and al. >> my kids saw "g-force" and said it was a 14 out of 10. i missed it. >> i'm going this weekend.

into the '50s from the sudan to egypt to lebanon, to syria to jordan, to iraq to iraq you had democratic governments. what was the impact of the cold war from the 1950s onwards on these democratic governments? well, it was not positive. and what i try and show not only in iran where the united states and britain overthrew the last parliamentary constitutional regime that iran has ever known but also in countries especially small weak countries like lebanon and jordan, the impact of the cold war was almost entirely negative insofar as the possible development of democracy in these countries is concerned. so the second -- the second argument that i make in this book, the second argument i make in this book although democracy does not flourish in the middle east today certainly, there were efforts to establish democratic governance and the cold war certainly did not contribute to them, which is not solely to blame our government. it's also to blame the soviets and the colonial powers which played very much the same role in early days in undermining democratic experience whether in iran or o

. >> authorities in southern sudan are reporting 185eople killed, mo of them wen and children officials sayhe killings were carried out by a heavily armed tribesmen on our rate --hile arrayed -- while during aaid on a rival group short food whhad come to fish. rael's foreign ministerays heill resignf he is charged with cruption. suny, israeli polic said a nine-ar investigation has found enoh evidence to support dictment. h dees any wrongdoing. four people we severely inred on a flig from rio de janei to its housn. it was diverted from mami. 22 people suffered bumps a bruises. a roadside bomb in western afanistan killed 12 peoe and wound around 20. this after weekend that saw foreign soldiers kild across the couny. it looks to -- at today's target lks to of been a local police chief. ourorrespondent reports from kabul. >> the bomb had been placed in a roadside rubbish binnd was remoly detonated as vehicles passed. it was n just police who were caught up in it. the policehief sa this is the first time there was an attempt othe life of the poce chief who was targeted and is in hospital. th

immunity and she says she is willing to take 40,000 lashings to bring attention to sudan's harsh law. >>> coming up at 6:00, an alarming number of kids being sent from pe to the er. and the same products you use to stay healthy could make you sick. why a hand sanitizing company just got busted. >>> but first, nearly $22 million in real estate about to hit the market, all belonging to convicted mast -- ponzi master mind bernard madoff, including that beach house on long island and a french getaway. his palm beach retreat and the victims get all the proceeds.  >>> got milk? a new study shows seven in ten kids aren't getting enough vitamin d and it could lead to serious health risks. that's one of the big health headlines we are working tonight. laura evans has those. >> the problem is more kids are staying indoors, glued to the tv or video games and doctors say the answer is more sun or a change of diet. a vitamin d deficiency can lead to diabetes, bone problems and heart disease. foods like milk, salmon and sardines are rich in vitamin d but the biggest source is the sun. some doctor

they are coming to replace us because we are the only pocket between egypt and sudan. so, this is a message to our brothers and sisters in egypt that they must take us seriously. we stand firmly in support of the rights and. we were one through history even the nubians were leaders of the religion. we share many things, the history, the owners of the land, the makers of the history of the nile and this is the only land spoken for the last 3,000 years, the nubian language. we wrote this after 800 years and brought it back to life. so we are on a very big journey. we want to resist. we want to live, we want to stay on our ancestral lands and also of live in peace with other components of the egyptian and sudanese communities without enemies to anybody. but we will resist any kind of destruction to nubia. we want you to help us in stopping building these dams on the model because it is quick to destroy the [inaudible] we told him that we don't want him to be the head of unesco because throughout his of ministerial job the last 20 years, he never gave any chance to a new b

. >>> also a femaca ale female journalist went o trial today in sudan for violatinghe dress code in that country which adhereto a strict sbrpgsz ofslamic law. dozens of women protesd outside othe court in khartoum the capital. red tear gas. seen here in her home was among 13 women arrested a month ago in a cafe of the -called order of public poce. ten of the werelogged at a police station. and y twowomen decided to go on tria her dress code crime, wearing a pair of pants for which s fas 40 lash. >>> and from india, a human rights gro charged today tha theolice system in that country needs some jor overhaul to meet internation andards. human rightsatchsaid that while india is modernizing rapidly the police coinue to use old thods including abuse and teats. it said the poce sometimes detained pele illegally, torture and kill spects and refuseto investigate crimes against the politically powerful. thindian government had no immediate response. >>> was the british government complicit in the torture of terror suspects in a secretork conducted by wtern intelligent agencies ovethe last eight a

. >> authorities in southern sudan are reporting more than 185 people killed, most of them women and children, in an outbreak of ethnic violence. officials there say the killings were carried out on a 'roid on a rival group short of food who had come to fish. the dead included 12 government soldiers sent to guard the group. israel's foreign minister says he will resign if he is charged with corruption. on sunday israeli police said a nine-year investigation had found enough evidence to support indictment. he denies any wrong dog. a los angeles court has granted the mother of michael jackson the right to raise the pop star's children. since their father's death the children have been living with their 79-year-old grandmother. katherine jackson, his son's ex-wife, deborah rowe. reached agreement to custody last week. a roadside bomb in western afghanistan has killed 12 people and wounded around 20, this after a week that saw nine foreign soldiers killed across the country. today's target looks to have been a local police chief. the bbc's reporter reports from the afghan capital of kabu

sudan. so really this is critical quarter you said to try to get back into that area thathina has dominated. equally, china's importa in e north korean equaon as well. so find the interplay, t undeurrent of china in all of this, very intriguing. and the united states does have to reasrt itself especially if africa now. >> and then on t of at, chin owns a great dal ofur debt. >> well, and in terms of that and the united stas, theeen united states most werful weapon, maybe you have esident now who ishe son of kea, as hillary clinton meioned. and that ges -- y know that has a real resonance in terms of actually trying t affect change over there. a continent where it is ve hard to affect zmierl we're going toave to leave there beuse we have run out of time. david andelman, thank you very much. nikhil eogun, thank you ry much. time goes by too quick. >> thanks, martin. >>> finally tonigh if you thk you've ha a long week, we wanto take you t a small corner of theorld where hard wo only begins to d

he was born in sudan but as british nationality. the growing popularity of a nba means basketball is played more and more across the world and he has been speaking to matt slater. >> i don't think it is an issue. i think it is good for the nba. i think the game is growing. basketball is a global game and the more people get to see you -- if i go to poland and i play in a dormant, guys will follow up and check on the chicago bulls. definitely the teams will want their players to play less, so that that is the other side. but it is really good for the league before expanding. >> i have read some stuff to do some stuff written about you in the states in terms of your injury and a contract. to clear up last season -- because i was looking at the first couple of seasons in chicago, improvement every year, really becoming the leader in the courts. did the deal distract you of all, did you find pressure with the big money or your body failed your last season? and i just think i had injuries. i cannot really point a finger to one thing and

it is a stigma in sudan.ot of women privately accepted but charge and except the punishment of claudinfloggi. there are tens of thousands of women being abused for things like this. >> it is much larger than what you hear about treated this woman had not had a connection that she did, we probably would not be hearing about her right now. as you mentioned, she resigned from the un to try to weaken the case that she had immunity for this crime. instead, she is using her position to bring attention to this situation which is extremely admirable. trace: we wish her luck. thank you. martha: this is reminiscent of the cold war. two nuclear-powered submarines from russia are creeping a little too close to the east coast of the united states. what exactly are the up to? that is next. 9? ..xn0] martha: fox news confirming that two russian nuclear-powered submarines were two hundred miles from the u.s. eastern coastline. one of them is close to georgia. the other one is not far from agreenland. two top generals rejecte

some of this trade does involve countries such as angola, sudan, zimbabwe, which have been implicated in human rights abuses. but as "worldfocus" special correspondent martin seemungel first reported last year from kenya and tanzania, china's influence is much broader. >> reporter: these young kenyans already speak english. a legacy of the british emfire africa but now they have decided to learn -- chinese. this is the confucius institute at nairobi university. for these students taking chinese is, as they say, a no-brainer. >> this language is important. because of their -- because china is growing so much. and the influence of china in africa and most of the world is higher than it was last year. >> reporter: africa's one of benefit of chin's economic boom. the chinese are bullish on africa. they want the raw materials to fuel their ravenous economy. one-third of what's exported from africa to china is oil. but more and more goods are moving in the other direction. from china to africa. arriving, as it were, right on the continent's doorstep. all the goods that come from china to ea

sudan. so really this is critical for the united states to try to get back i that area that china has dominated. equally, china's important in the north korean equation as well. so i find the interplay, the undercurrent of china in all of this, very intriguing. and the united states does have to reassert itself. >> well, and in terms of that great game between -- between china and the united states, the united states most powerful weapon, maybe you have a president now who is the son of kenya, as hillary clinton mentioned. and that gives -- you know that has a real resonance in terms of actually trying to affect change over there. a continent where it is very hard to affect change. >> we're going to have to leave it there. because we have run out of time. david andelman, thank you very much. nikhil deogun, thank you very much. time goes by too quick. >> thanks, martin. >>> finally tonight, if you think you've had a long week, we want to take you to a small corner of the world where hard work

that's a fear that global warming is condos drought in sudan and bangladesh.ake care of that. steve: ifç the arctic circle n, john kerry ponce beach house would be under water. gretchen: send out the troops. this question was in the "new york times." inside of general electric, a bit of enron. we all remember what happenedçt that company. this article now asks whether general electric was doing the same thing. word is they are paying a $50 million fine to the sec for doing just that. steve: according to this complaint, this started in 2003, the first year when jeffrey immelt took over for jack welsh, and apparently they were not doing well enough. now they have agreed to pay the sec $50 million. there were four violations, two ascending to build level of fraud. here is the extraordinary thing. bge fought back so hard, apparently they spend $200 million on outside lawyers. the entire secç budget to investigate thousands of firms, $300 million for the whole year, for the whole agency. now there is thisç thing out there, and thathey say that he s asked to adj

one called sudan a priority for the administration and then asks for strong action.ds have been printed in the "washington post," the wall street and two local papers on martha's vineyard where president obama is vacationing. >>> leaders in orange county, virginia have given approval for developers to build a wal- mart superster near a civil war battled field. they have lo e oppod opthe move saying it will be too close to the battlefield. armando trull is live in the 9 news now information center with more. >> well, the site of that proposed wal-mart is near a civil war battlefield where 29,000 soldiers lost their lives. this morning the orange county board of supervisors had to choose between the value of history and the value of money. by aviette of 4-1 the orange county board of supervisors approved a superwal-mart for locust grove even though it will be located near the historic civil war battlefield. they agreed with most of the speakers that argued the big box store would bring needed jobs, tax revenue and shopping options to the rural community of 32,000. >> m

. >> we'll have more from sudan codiotti momentarily. the plane was flown by 60-year-old steven altman from pennsylvania. the passengers were altman's brother daniel and daniel's 15-year-old son douglas. this video you're about to say of doug lass aultman is part of a tribute that his friends posted on youtube. they started a facebook page in his memory. >>> our i-reporters are also staying top of this story. jim davidson sent these photos from the scene. he lived just a few blocks from the rifr on the new jersey side. he heard what sounded like a car backfiring or fireworks. he says he didn't think much of it until someone called to tell him about the crash. if you're a i-witness to news, sent it to ireport.com. >>> a strong earthquake rattled tokyo and parts of eastern japan earlier today. there were no immediate reports of dangers or injuries. the u.s. gee logical survey measured the quake at 7.1 and said there was no threat of a tsunami. high-speed train service was halted but has since resumed. >>> officials retook control of a cali

. >> rose: but you have different economic stakesn sudan? >> not really. i think actually... some of the other countries are buying much more oil than china. but china is singled out for one reason or another. i think we think there are two tracks, one is sort of peacekeeping and its political settlement and we think we need to make even progress on the two tracks in darfur. and with regard to political settlement, i think we hope the united states and some of the other countries, developed countries will urge some of the rebel groups to participate in the political settlement. >> rose: how about north korea? >> north korea. i think now the position of the six parties... i mean the five countries in the six party talks is very clear. you hope north korea would agree to come back to the six party talks soon. and we hope they will reaif you remember their commitment to the denuclearization of the peninsula. >> rose: and if they don't? >> i hope they will. >> rose: (laughs) yes, i know. >> i hope they will. and so i think, you know, we are reassessing the situation. >> rose: rea

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mitary commander in sudan declared the rfur region is no longer in a ste of war. general martin luther aai told porters, "what you have is surity issues more now... banditry. but real war as suchi think we are ovethat." the statement w quickly dismissed by the hd of one insurgent group who warnedf new attacks. the six-year nflict in darfur is between pro-government trps and mostly non-arab rels. u. estimates put the death toll at up to 300,000. still down,ut better than expected. that was the news in tod's commerce department port that the gross domesc product-- the broadest measurement of e natios economic activity-- ll 1% from april to june. separately,abor department fures showed first-time claim for jless benefits at 570,000an improvement from the week before. the ovall number of people receiving aid is at itsowest level since eay april. on wall streetoday, u.s. stocks overcame early loss to close with modest ins. the dow jones industal average was up 37 points to closat 9,580. the naaq rose three points to close near 028. and, an adventure sry of sorts for th

i understand that they did talk about sudan but very little came out of that. i wondered if you might be able to talk a little bit about what they might have discussed. >> yes, i was not in the meeting. so it is difficult for me to talk about what was discussed. i know they did talk about some significant areas. i know she was in the meeting yesterday. i have an update on the special envoy is trip. >> this sounds great. >> today's special envoy witness the initialing of the bilateral agreement in southern sudan. it was between representatives of the sudan people's liberation movement and the ruling national congress party on advancing the implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement. despite significant progress made to date, the parties have been unable to reach agreement on several issues, namely a final determination on the use of census data. for this reason, special envoy will continue to act in his role as facilitator of this trilateral process and has agreed to return in early september for another round of consultations between the two parties. >

sudan treats its women. to find out how the u.n.ting, go to cnn.com. >> i know another story getting a lot of attention. also women fighting to assert their rights, literally fighting. >> yes, literally. we're talking about female wrestlers. female in iraq of all places. and they say it's not just about defeating their opponents. what they really want to do is to smash social barriers. this seem just started with eight members. it's doubled in size. one of the girls as young as 5 years old. the team isn't internationally competitive yet. the greatest opponent, though, is traditional iraqi customs. >> translator: i want to break social barriers. women have the same rights as men. we should be allowed to practice anything. >> we are a tribal society, this the coach says the team just wants to give somebody back to iraq. richelle? >> thank you, virginia. >> you bet. >>> this is a story that can make married men think twice about having someone on the side. one man thought he was headed to a motel for a little romance. instead he found

military commander in sudan declared the darfur region is no longer in a state of war. general martin luther agwai told reporters, "what you have is security issues more now... banditry. but real war as such, i think we are over that." the statement was quickly dismissed by the head of one insurgent group who warned of new attacks. the six-year conflict in darfur is between pro-government troops and mostly non-arab rebels. u.n. estimates put the death toll at up to 300,000. still down, but better than expected. that was the news in today's commerce department report that the gross domestic product-- the broadest measurement of the nation's economic activity-- fell 1% from april to june. separately, labor department figures showed first-time claims for jobless benefits at 570,000, an improvement from the week before. the overall number of people receiving aid is at its lowest level since early april. on wall street today, u.s. stocks overcame early losses to close with modest gains. the dow jones industrial average was up 37 points to close at 9,580. the nasdaq rose thre

like teeth of some kind and he laughs about that now but he said to me, you know, in my country in sudan, he is from the new mountains, if someone were to come from a different culture and defense shea and then dropped off in our village everyone would want to come and meet this person and they would have to have hundreds of questions for them. they would want to know everything about the place this person came from. but he said it in america he said and felt like people were just afraid of me. in they did not want to ask questions, they did not want anything to do, they were intimidated by me and this was for me a very harmful idea that this young man who had been through some much, his village had been bombed by the sudanese air force with these bombs dropped out of the back of cargo planes. he fled. to be committed to this country and felt he was safe and instead of people treated him as though he is summoned to be feared. and it was a reminder to me of how important it is two keep an open mind, to smile, to reach out and say hello to someone who may be different but especially for ki

it's not just the sudan.a woman who was kidnapped and gang raped and she has been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison for having ridden in a car with a male who wasn't her husband although she's the victim of the gang rape and the idea that the saudi system is this reactionary, this brutal and this viciously antifemale and we tolerate it and we're told we're supposed to be for freedom of religion if you're muslim but no christian or jew can go to mecca or medina. we accepted a one-sided version here when you have a barbaric mob in the street threatening to kill an elementary teacher after naming her bear after a student in her class. this is a sick system and we're going to have to spend a fair amount of time fundamentally taking on and realizeing that -- as the world gets smaller you cannot tolerate this level of fanaticism in this planet. od in america, you make note in the fact in the supreme court there are images sculpted into the stone, one of which is an image of mohammed. how does that

now, we've had our problems with south africa and other countrys-- sudan, obviously-- but there has beeninstitutional improvement on that continent in many, many governments. and i think part of the achievement of the bush administration (ly was the millennium... accounts and she's building on that, i think, the obama emotion as as-- administration as well. >> lehrer: what should be said about caroline kennedy. >> we talk about president pral siblings, and they're embarrassments and seek presidential pardons and unflat ring things. as far as presidential siblings go, i think eunice kennedy shriver was the gold standard. >> lehrer: why? >> well, eeltail you why--. >> lehrer: you knew her. >> i knew her. and i respected her. she was enormously formidable. don't romanticize her into this sweet little thing. she was tough as nails. and she had an iron will. and i will say this-- she-- her brother, john, and robert and edward, won the headlines, and they won the place in the history books. she actually changed the nation. i mean, when she began, people with mental disabilities, down syndrome

we have already somalia, iraq but very soon the situation in sudan is very honest and i guess i am not in washington the detection of the earthquake that is taking place there. they are coming from afghanistan and pakistan and the horn of africa, the situation over there. if you add all that together, then you have a very ominous threatening strategic situation. so that in a way engulfed the arab-israeli conflict in many ways but also make it the resolution much more important than any time before. people might say the middle east was always dangerous. i believe it is dangerous this time because we are faced with a situation that we've never faced before. we are faced with a situation in which a danger comes from people called on state actors but actors that we don't know. i mean, we have events, we see the red lines. we have one action of terror that happened in the desert of egypt in which we have a linkage between terrorists working between somalia and sudan. these kind of networks put together, terrorists, organized crime as well as state sponsored terrorism of different sorts. so

that outside actors can only work and that is what i think we should do is work both ways like in sudan you work in darfur you work in the south and in the north. but i guess there is the necessity to work out for the repercussions that happened because that will be threatening to the red sea, to maritime routes, to egypt of course national security and i guess that's something we have to pay attention to earlier than when we come to the moment. but if we can prevent diplomatically, politically and even economically, i wonder very much what any of the body can do in yemen or the attempt of the south to revive the idea to the yemen states or the situation in darfur and other places if the south particularly breaks down from the north. i mean, all possibilities are there and not special in these cases. however, what i care about is actually how to realize that there is a dangerous and serious problem. number two is how to account for the day after if it happens i guess we shouldn't just wake up and find piracy in the horn of africa and that piracy is increasing and then we decide how to d

the former president of sudan remarks famously that colonel gaddafi was a man with a split personalityjon: they got off of that state sponsor of terrorist list when they gave up their nuclear weapons program. sometimes it seems like colonel gaddafi gave up just enough to get what he wanted. >> exactly. it was a very cynical ploy by colonel gaddafi. he has never expressed any remorse over the lockerbie bombing. this is a man who does not accept responsibility for lydia's terrorist past. i do not think we should be trusting of colonel khadagaddaf. he is strongly opposed to what the united states and great britain are trying to do on the world stage. this is an individual who should not be brought back and from the cold. jon: thank you. jane: no one was expecting what happened next. that is a boat on the highway. a high-speed chase begins. we will show you in three minutes. jane: this is not something you see every day on the highway. we will take you to connecticut where a man is behind bars, accused of stealing a motorboat and taking it down the highway. the entire scene was caught on v

in 1984, i was in the sudan, covering the famine.nd he spent his entire christmas break there. >> and he was the driving force behind c.o.b.r.a., which allows people to continueit w with the insurance after americans are laid off. >> we can continue this right through our break. and still not end. >>> coming up, the nt generation of kennedys. who will emerge as the leader? and one of ted kennedy's oldest friends. and he sings. flameless candle, the shades are infused with a fresh scent just place the shade on the wooden base to turn on the light and fill your room with a light, fresh scent and with shades you can change to suit your mood and complement your style each shade safely brightens any room with a soft flickering light and a stylish design new febreze flameless luminaries part of the new febreze home collection vvo: when you can serve yourat family breakfast from walmart, new febreze flameless luminaries vo: for a little over $2 a person. mom: just one breakfast a week and the savings really add up. save money. live better.