the government of sudan didn't want this. because what they prefer is an agreement that would be negotiated between them and the rebel leaders. it's a much simpler process. and then it's part of those discussions, you would decide that this one gets such and such a post and the other one gets such and such a post and so the matter is on. and we're saying no. that population is saying you can just talk to those leaders. they must be involved and must also get this population involved. it took a long time before the government said ok, we will accept. in any case, we are saying to them this is african policies, this is not just our view. now, so in the context of that, when we say to the government, therefore we must have this darfur political process, we then say to them we want to repeat that it's necessary to create the conditions again, which enabled us to conduct that popular consultation in 2009. so they agree. the context of which a matter was raised that we have to address the state of emergency in darfur. so government

as i say, we are a partner with sudan. the -- in december, you remember the elections in da -- it was in the second of november. immediately more or less after that problem arose, so the african union and the chair of the commission of the african union will be here tomorrow. you can ask him about that also. he asked me to go to and look at the situation and make a recommendation to the african union as to what to do. so i went, talked to all of that leadership, and became back, wrote a report to the african union. they said i think this is what you need to do to resolve the problem. so i asked john ping tomorrow what happened. >> i think we'll leave -- >> no, no, i'm saying these are the questions that you should put to the chair of the african union commission tomorrow. thanks. >> other questions? yes. we'll get the microphone for you. >> it's on. it's on. no. use the microphone please. >> is it on? >> yes. >> joel, csis. president mbeki, you spoke of the leadership in the north and south. i would like to know the panels

that is why the african union is good to help sudan. sudan is very important to africa. the african union for the first time appointed a former head of state to help the sudanese. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. we can now move to questions. all three of our former presidents will participate in responding to your questions. we have microphones that we can pass around to those who ask questions. just raise your hand. what we start here with steve? -- why don't we start here with steve? >> thank you for your presentation. welcome. i was at lunch last week where a prime minister gave a presentation. he said that the kenyan government had approved and set aside the funding for development for building the pipeline up into a soviet sudan. can you comment on how that will impact the flow of oil and the administration of the revenues from the oil funds? i know it will be several years from that -- before that will be a reality. i appreciate it. >> what we take three or four questions and accumulate them? anyone else? >> you tell us what to do. >> go ahead. >> our you, sir?

which would be and south sudan unite together for the benefit of all people sudan. and this seems to me that center around the question of production of food, especially two of our brothers southern sudan, but food for northern sudan where poverty exists, electrical power, rail transportation. this idea of two countries working together, the self-interest and benefit of each other for a positive program that goes beyond simple debt relief, this is not discussed in washington. and i want to know if the three ex-presidents have thought about these ideas for the future of sudan. [inaudible conversations] >> yes, sir. i think that with regard to the defense question, i think part of what all of us need to appreciate is the fact that, you know, for 40 years of its independence, as i think all of us will recall, sudan has been at war between the two, between the north and the south. which ultimately resulted in the regime of the cpa. and i think our own experience is that the sudanese generally have understood very, very well the cost that attaches to war. and, therefore,

we have a panel on sudan. in december, the second round of elections in ivory coast -- it was in november. immediately after that, the problem arose. the chair ofnd uniounion, the african union will be here tomorrow. you can ask him about that. he asked me to go to the ivory coast to look at the situation and make a recommendation as to what to do. i went and talked to the leadership. i came back and wrote a report to the african union. a said what i thought they needed to do to resolve the problem. you can ask him tomorrow about what happened. these are questions you should put to the chair of the african union commission tomorrow. >> other questions? yes. we will get the microphone for you. >> you spoke of the strong political will on the part of of the north andn south. i would like to know the thinking with respect to the political will holding, particularly in the north, in case the leadership is not sustained there. in other words, political will has to be sustained over the long term over successive gov

let me just turn to sudan for a moment. kabul together from scores of tribal groups speaking hundreds of languages, sudan is a center of the dissent, rebellion, and outright civil war since the first day of independence. while popular revolts are new on the mediterranean coast, sudan's people already overthrown two dictators, and with the conflict in darfur continuing despite a ce cline in media interests and a number of unresolved issues threatening the peaceful separation from the south and the north, sudan is now faced with the possibility of further disruptions to security arriving from its northern neighbors of egypt and libya. gadhafi's libya has played a vital role in negotiating a peace settlement in darfur, and it is uncertain who would step up to fill this void. a small protest movement has been repressed so far, but there is enormous dissatisfaction who failed to keep the country together and lost most oil revenues to the new southern state. in the current situation, there's the possibility of both north and sout

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we are here for a discussion on the future of the sudan, south sudan, set to become independent from the rest of the sudan on july 9 of this year. among the individuals who will participate in the discussion this year, thabo mbeki, a former president of south africa, joined by the former president of burundi and nigeria, members of the african union high-level implementation plan 4 sedan. it should get underway shortly. news from the ivory coast. they are reporting that the french charity action against hunger delivered the first emergency food rations and the last holdout of militiamen loyal to former president and strong and lon gbagbo -- and strong and laurent gbagbo opened fire a round refugees. that is from the associated press. >> it looks like it will be amended or two until the discussion gets underway on the future of sudan. while we wait, we will bring you a conversation with one of our studentcam winners. >> is year's theme asked them to produce a video on a topic that helps them understand the world through washington. hi, ian. >> hi. >> why did you focus your documentary

now look at the situation in sudan. remarks from former south african president and a former president of burundi. the u.s. sensitive piece is hosting this event it is about one hour and 45 minutes. >> mr. president, ladies and gentleman, i have been asked by my colleague to introduce the conversation this afternoon. as you know, you're the partners of the african union and a partner of sudan. we started to work in march 2009 on our four -- farfur. -- darfur. our mandate was extended them to the nation of sudan. we've been working with the sudanese to follow up on the implementation. we have been asked by the sudanese also to facilitate the talks on what is called the arrangement. maybe the best way is to tell you where we are on these matters and maybe then that can trigger a discussion, question and answer. as you know, about the implementation, we have a, a long way. i recognize those people who played a very important role in the organization. we worked with them on the referendum. we had a peaceful and credible ref

we didn't come to anybody's rescue there was no oil there was little oil there was in southern sudan it was over on the eastern side and had been nailed down by the chinese the original name for the bush campaign against iraq was operation iraqi liberation as i'm sure you remember in the days before they rolled this thing out somebody pointed out to them that's not a really good acronym you know and so they changed it to operation iraqi freedom or whatever it was. do you think it's no coincidence that libya is sitting on a lot of oil and syria as. well i wouldn't place too much emphasis on that when it comes to the us role there i do think that that certainly is a consideration for the french and others in europe because most of the oil that's produced by libya that is exported is actually going to european markets and so certainly we would be wise to question if that's a motive for france and i think that the united states i don't think that oil was a major factor in why the u.s. has went after moammar gadhafi i do think that's probably one of the reasons why the french have gone af

before obama was elected was really agitating for similar action taken in sudan calling for airstrikes and aiding rebels on the ground so i think this is part of the kind of cruise missile liberal cut all that permeates some of these more right wing democratic circles that are really driving the agenda here i was in northern on the northern edge of southern sudan the northeast northwestern and right fifteen miles from. from dar for to two and a half years ago as the. bush years people were down there you know literally burning a village. we didn't come to anybody's rescue there was no oil there or what little oil there was in southern sudan was over on the eastern side and been nailed down by the chinese the original name for the bush campaign against iraq was operation iraqi liberation as i'm sure you remember and though they apparently before they rolled this thing out somebody pointed out to them that's not a really good acronym and so they changed it to operation iraqi freedom or whatever was. it do you think it's no coincidence that libya is sitting on a lot of oil and syria isn't

let me turn to sudan for a moment. cobbled together from scores of ethnic and tribal groups speaking hundreds of different languages, sudan, unsurprisingly, has been a center of dissent, rebellion, an outright civil war from their first day of independence. while popular revolts maybe the mediterranean coast, the sudanese people have already overthrown -- may be new along the mediterranean coast, the sudan and people of ari overthrown two dictators. sudan is now -- have already overthrown two dictators. sudan is now faced with the possibility of an influx of neighbors from libya. a small protest movement has been firmly repressed so far, but there is enormous dissatisfaction in the north with a president who has failed to keep the country together and has lost most of its oil revenues to the new southern state. in the current situation, there is a possibility of both north and south sudan turning into failed states with enormous consequences for a large part of africa. the crux -- the collapse of the gaddafi regime wou

sudan is a country literally breaking apart. after trying to be held together over the last 100 years, egypt, of course, was one of the most prominent supporters of the unified sudan. now it sees that dream is gone. and palestine is also divided. we wanted the two-state solution. we ended up with a three-state solution, hamas, gaza, fatah and the west bank and israel, of course. egypt now has on one border to the west a rebellion about which many of us know very little. and on the other side, a jihadist mini state in gaza. egypt sympathies are clearly with gaza. second, egypt also confronts the problem of revolutions. egypt's old friends are changing dramatically. egypt's old enemies may be changing as well. third, of course, egypt has to deal with a very nervous east partner. a senior israeli diplomat said to me just a few weeks ago, we liked being the only democracy in the middle east. we understood where everyone else played. we could predict what mubarak's egypt would do. we can't predict what egypt is going to do today. isr

let me turn to sudan for a moment. cobbled together from scores of ethnic and tribal groups speaking hundreds of different languages, sudan, unsurprisingly, has been a center of dissent, rebellion, an outright civil war from their first day of independence. while popular revolts maybe the mediterranean coast, the sudanese people have already overthrown -- may be new along the mediterranean coast, the sudan and people of ari overthrown two dictators. sudan is now -- have already overthrown two dictators. sudan is now faced with the possibility of an influx of neighbors from libya. a small protest movement has been firmly repressed so far, but there is enormous dissatisfaction in the north with a president who has failed to keep the country together and has lost most of its oil revenues to the new southern state. in the current situation, there is a possibility of both north and south sudan turning into failed states with enormous consequences for a large part of africa. the crux -- the collapse of the gaddafi regime wou

in post-saddam, the un is in the process of -- sudan, the u.n. is talking to authorities about what would be the optimal follow-on configuration for mission. we expect there to be one. we want it to -- the composition will depend on how far the two parties get in negotiating the remaining issues and what the government itself chooses to ask for. sexual exploitation in the condo is a subject of the gravest concern to the un -- the united states. >> thank you. this is a serious issue that merits further inquiry and we look forward to getting your response, perhaps after the hearing. if not in written form. -- if not, in written form. >> thank you. i agree with my colleague from new jersey about policies in china. i think that probably one of the things that has made china as strong as it is is because of the embrace u.s. businessmen have made to china. we have a policy where the government is stronger by the largess they are able to get out of our business community. when we look at issues, maybe the burden is not necessarily the un but the behavio

>> sudan. >> couric: sudan. >> ethiopia. >> couric: ethiopia. >> south korea. >> couric: south korea.of london's 1.2 million school-aged children are racial or ethnic minorities. the millbank neighborhood is home to many of the new faces of the united kingdom. >> they certainly don't look like the royal family and they don't sound like the royal family, but i think a point worth making is that the values held by a lot of the families in this school would be absolutely those of the royal family. >> couric: what do you think makes a good family? what qualities? >> working together. >> loving each other. >> being happy for each other. >> couric: do you feel like you have anything in common with prince william and kate middleton? do you share anything with them? >> yeah, we're all humans, at the end of the day. >> i think anyone can be a princess by behaving and, like, being kind. >> couric: this week, they learned about the royal family, but they already know plenty about family values. ( applause ) while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthriti

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slowly but surely, the young people in sudan are following suit and rising up against an oppressive government was a young girl who stood still when she was ordered to give up her seat to a white woman, violently taken from the bus, pushed into a police car, ridiculed on her way to the station, and shot inside a jail cell until she was bailed out hours later -- shut inside a jail cell until she was bailed out hours later. hers is a powerful story, along with that of a man who was racially profiled and accused of a crime he did not commit. i would like to invite ronald, who garner's several proclamations from various officials, and we would like to present them to ms. claudia -- to ms. claudette colvin. we want to thank him for his efforts in securing these proclamations. if ms. colvin would come up as well. >> it is an honor to be asked to make these presentations. the elected officials represented here are trailblazers themselves. many of them have been the first in their community to hold office. for example, ed lee, the first chinese-american to be appointed mayor in san francisco, is repre

in post-saddam, the un is in the process of -- sudan, the u.n. is talking to authorities about what would be the optimal follow-on configuration for mission. we expect there to be one. we want it to -- the composition will depend on how far the two parties get in negotiating the remaining issues and what the government itself chooses to ask for. sexual exploitation in the condo is a subject of the gravest concern to the un -- the united states. >> thank you. this is a serious issue that merits further inquiry and we look forward to getting your response, perhaps after the hearing. if not in written form. -- if not, in written form. >> thank you. i agree with my colleague from new jersey about policies in china. i think that probably one of the things that has made china as strong as it is is because of the embrace u.s. businessmen have made to china. we have a policy where the government istronger by the largess they are able to get out of our business community. when we look at issues, maybe the burden is not necessarily the un but the behavior

i had a scholarship in 1970, harvard law school, in the sudan where i worked after college. those experiences from node and anonymous people has made me very helpful, given me a sense of idealism. the book is a gesture of gratitude to those people for those lessons. i try to pass on some of those lessons. tavis: you have some great stuff in the book. you are good at this oratory thing. you said something to me years ago. americans need to hear this today. you can build a whole life on hold. you can build a whole life on hold. i love beltline. what did you mean by that? -- i love that line. what did you mean by that? >> hope for the best, and work for it. people are so busy trying to get over it, that they are just trying to hold together, they forget how important it is to be mindful of why we are trying to do that. i often say this to people who are running for public office. they speak all the time about how to win, and why we should. i think that ability to envision, to imagine a better way and to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a whole. is the way to bui

for me, anything that comes up about sudan, they ask me about it. i would argue that editorially it makes somewhat of a difference. >> but you are a clear exception if you look at the numbers. in radio, women in general are few and far between. we are talking about small market stations, not even 10% of staff. at larger market stations here in san francisco, we are the no. 6 market in the country. that number is higher. talking about women of color in media -- >> thank you. another question? >> my name is kathy, i came up here for the panel and am very appreciative of the work you are doing. what do you think of community media? public access channels? what is the role in the new media landscape? journalism academies in the hyper globalism journal, it is there and the advice for nonprofit working at the new media center? >> we can give that question to barry. maybe you can give her some advice? >> there are a lot of challenges in community media right now. i have been trying to get our local station to work with us to figure out how to work together

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let me just turn to sudan for a moment.bbled together from scores of ethnic and tribal groups speaking hundreds of different languages, sudan unsurprisingly has been a center of dissent, rebellion and out of a civil war for the first day of independent while popular revolts may be something along the mediterranean coast, sudan people's have already overthrown to dictators. but the conflict in darfur continuing despite foreign media interest in unresolved issues with separations of the south and north, sudan is now faced with the possibility to security arising from northern neighbors have egypt and libya. .. it is an integral part of the economy of the state's both for financial donations and the employment of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who regards the region as the libyan hinterland and has played an important and sometimes destabilizing role in the area particularly through his recruitment and sponsorship whose and gentleman has been divided between half a dozen agents and the postcolonial era. having acted

. >> sudan. >> and one of reasons they're so close to iran, and they are developing a long-term plan. problem we have, we don't have a long-term plan or a short-term plan. we have a tremendous amount of energy available within this country or in -- and we're t allowing people to go after it. and we're sending hundreds of billions of dollars abroad. it's one every most insane programs that this country has, and it's totally counter- productive to the consumer and to the government. >> the last time gas hit $4 a gallon, nancy mel blind it on the two oil men in the white house. she has yet to make any remarks about this time around, with gas for dollars 4 a gallon. this administration has made it very clear, they want cap and trade, to reduce our dependence on oil. but they wanted that supplanted by this huge new tax on = consumption, energy consumption, on the american public. if they had gotten the cap and trade through that, would have been tantamount to the largest increase in the history of the world. when that failed, they tried to reant it as green energy -- >> have you noticed th

act solely on a humanitarian basis is because if we did, we would be involved everywhere -- condo, sudan -- and we would not be able to sustain ourselves for six months. we are not on advantage. -- we are not omnipotent. it has to have an important strategic reason. in th -- that case obama has not made. >> there is a strategic reason, and i think nina alluded to it. we are being watched all over, and if we had done nothing as the freedom movement gets going, we would be helpless in the eyes of people seeking freedom. >> with the bad guys are, but who are the good guys? >> we have seen flickers and intelligence of potential al qaeda, as the law. -- hezbollah. >> that is the top commander of nato. who are these people? who are the rebels? >> we don't know. again, it is all a wing and a prior -- prayer. we are hoping the people we are supporting in benghazi are -- at least have more good guys and that al qaeda and others of that sort -- than al qaeda and others of that sort. we know that there are al qaeda types, because intelligence says that among the fighters in iraq we thought were al

sudan is accusing israel of launching an air strike on a car near their port city tuesday.e said he didn't know the reason for the attack nor the identity of those killed. an american man that wrote and published a guide book that gave advice to pedophiles has been sentenced. this is "bbc news." still to come. the times, they are a changing. bob dylan plays beijing for the first time, but not everything gets past the chinese censor. >> the trial of the italian prime minister burial ascione for -- berlusconi has begun. mr. berlusconi denies the charges. he claims they are politically motivated. duncan kennedy has more. >> these are among the serious allegations, silvio berlusconi has ever faced. the 74-year-old prime minister of italy accused of paying a 17-year-old prostitute for sex. he is also charged with abusing his power by getting the police to release the teenager from custody. this is the teenager, known as ruby. now 18, she and the prime minister deny they had sex. ruby says she did receive money and gifts from mr. berlusconi because she needed help. the prime mini

only developed nation that has failed to ratify the treaty, putting us and the company of somalia, sudan, iran, and zimbabwe. this past month and the halls of congress, we have seen an attack on american women like never before. instead of a clear focus on the budget and job creation, there has been a concentrated effort to limit women's rights. we have had a major push in congress to redefine rape to only those women who could prove that they fought back. this would exclude many victims of date rape, children who were raped. we had a legislator from georgia who wants to change the legal term. he but the word to the accuser. victims of lesser crimes like burglaries would remain victims. in south dakota, the bill was proposed that would make it legal to murder a doctor who basically provided a portion care. it would make it legal to kill the doctor. we have another bill, the international violence against women act, a sister bill to that which is the domestic bill.

. >> you think the united states is wise in maintaining cuba along with iran, sudan and syria as a state sponsor of terrorism? >> absolutely not. there's no good reason for cuba to be on that terrorist list. >> do you agree with that? >> i tend to agree to lift the embargo. >> this is -- [everyone talking at once] >> cuba has done a lot of spying here, but i don't know of any recent acts of terror against the united states. >> you want to lift the embargo -- >> would you start lifting the embargo, would you get prisoners released in exchange, and some benefits for us, but i would lift it, yeah. >> yes. would you too. the notion that this all in 90 miles from our shore that we're keeping this boot on it, while everybody else is in there and investing is -- >> even more you have north korea was taken off that lists, libya was taken off that list. what does cuba have in common in with iran, syria? >> at this point, to have cuba on the terrorism list is really inappropriate and should be changed. but 17 years ago president nixon shortly before he died was the highest ranking american who cal

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today one man spoke about the current instability in his native sudan. >> there is no peace in darfor. >> reporter: it's estimated that 1.4 million people have died. that conflict in the western region of darfor have driven 2 million people from their homes and killed over 200,000. >>> in libya, rebel leaders say air strikes are instrumental in their efforts to regain control of asdabia. rebels say they know control the eastern part of the city. today nato increased its air strikes and said it destroyed at least 25 of colonel gadhafi's tanks in their attack. >>> and the council called for the saudi dealer to step down. human rights activists say at least 125 people have been killed since the anti government protest began in late january. >>> in france, a ban on clothing that completely covering the face is now in effect. many are calling the law the burka ban because it will outban the wearing of the full body outfit worn by the islam women. the government says it's important for security. opponents claim it targets muslim women. >>> after a wildfire at this moment there are more than

i think as i was saying that in africa countries like sudan which are outside of the us orbit iran is outside of the us orbit there seems to be another had germany in the making many people say that china of course is going to be the new superpower chinese investment in iran circles some hundred sixty five billion dollars or so it is rapidly finding problems of un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing and washington's interests don't coincide and i think lots of countries are now looking to. the other side washington it has to be said. according to one national security agency advisor to donal and he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get off we had no war could no longer be leader and it would look to iran is if we make threats that we don't follow through on bizarre wagering on foreign policy just very very briefly when we were running a comment that you know and we're actually seeing it in our output there are some analysts saying a new cold war is emerging between china and the us i mean it is that an exaggeration. i think there has been a col

for the other regimes in the region in particular syria and i think the next one is going to be also sudan. has pushed in the arab states could see events spiral out of washington's control groups with radical islamic links lining up to fill the power vacuum which are much less obvious reports the ramifications for america's closest middle east ally could be huge. these gunmen mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher. the egyptian regime like a zionist enemy trying to stop us foreigners and girls are but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they're getting more than they could give a hopeful but for me gyptian president hosni mubarak's main guy on the borders couldn't be easier to get through to go to the big wins in the. world. who. have much more freedom to do whatever they like. and they doing it smuggling weapons into gaza the result two attacks in three months on a natural gas pipeline that supplies a quarter of israel's electricity which is why is the u.s. claims it's bringing a new tomorrow to egypt most israelis woul

for the other regimes in the region particularly syria and i think the next one is going to be also sudan are booked are very interesting to hear what you have to say we appreciate your time thanks for joining us live there in london on r.t. thank. well france is increasing security at home fearing revenge attacks and its campaign in libya soldiers patrolling the streets are become a common sight the government says these measures are necessary to prevent a potential terrorist attack but as artie's daniel bushell reports many see the policies as the scaremongering tactics of the big brother state. soldiers on the streets with machine gun this is france is the chief here at fifty of europe's most expensive and to tear a program to for its what it called the growing terrorist threat the government claims troops make the public feel safer but that's not what people think they look a little bit dangerous they can. use the force and the other way if there is a bit frighted to guard. the. premier francois feel says troops are required because france bombing libya threatens a terror attack at ho

sudan is a country literally breaking apart. after trying to be held together over the last 100 years, egypt, of course, was one of the most prominent supporters of the unified sudan. now it sees that dream is gone. and palestine is also divided. we wanted the two-state solution. we ended up with a three-state solution, hamas, gaza, fatah and the west bank and israel, of course. egypt now has on one border to the west a rebellion about which many of us know very little. and on the other side, a jihadist mini state in gaza. egypt sympathies are clearly with gaza. second, egypt also confronts the problem of revolutions. egypt's old friends are changing dramatically. egypt's old enemies may be changing as well. third, of course, egypt has to deal with a very nervous east partner. a senior israeli diplomat said to me just a few weeks ago, we liked being the only democracy in the middle east. we understood where everyone else played. we could predict what mubarak's egypt would do. we can't predict what egypt is going to do today. isr

that we see but we see that going on not just here we see it happening in yemen in bahrain in the sudan why has the u.s. chosen this country above the others. because bishop was started in yemen and we are also so well again i didn't want to start it because the forms have not been seriously by hand and i believe that that machine guns i mean and i think in bahrain we are pushing for reform through dialogue and i hope people for any government when live up to his commitment to start a dialogue with the opposition so you think in yemen that saleh is on his way out you think in bahrain things are going to change in a more diplomatic than shin is that what i'm hearing i think so what is what do you think is next i mean certainly there's talk we've heard days not weeks weeks not months and you know we've also had some guests here on our team who say the u.s. the last nato could be in libya for twenty years what's your take on how this played out and how it ends i was not released so i don't think i think billions is going to regime should be in science i have a more senior people like me i

rights really played out today saying that the united states is making efforts and making progress in sudan and that's one of the great highlights of what the u.n. can get what they can get with anyone now something i have to ask about that something i was just talking about with my last guest i want to know how it's perceived by other members of the u.n. patheticly russia and china what the united states is doing and libya right now are they perceived as overstepping a resolution and is there repercussions that are being felt. yes you're actually was just on just before coming here was that there was a russian event actually about space and cosmonauts maybe your channel would be covering it but i was talking to both the both investors of russia and china i mean they are sort of after the fact there are now this disc rumbling that you know the the entire coalition is going beyond beyond the mandate which is really you know this was all done in the name of protecting civilians and now there's talk there's discussion of there was an obama order to allow the cia in there's very open discussion

. >>> whether it's a sudan or a six pack, check your receipt tomorrow. sticking shocks as sales tax goes up in the bay area. >>> family members say he was a good student on the right track. what his mother said at a vigil tonight for her son who's killing is still unsolved. >>> in parts of the bay area, people are going to be paying more for pretty much everything starting tomorrow. the sales tax is set to increase in half a dozen city. voters approved the tax hike last november. kt vu's debra villalon is in san cerrito who is going to move into double digits. >> reporter: a sale on a car will be most noticeable. with the paper work done, the new owner of this jeep scores wheels and a sales tax savings. tomorrow sales tax in a handful of bay area cities jump. el cerrito up to 10%. one who bought his family a $500 play station and games didn't know the hike was coming. >> i think it's outrageous. i don't think they should keep raising the taxes. it makes hard for people who want to go out and buy things. >> reporter: shopping online may be options for con

. >>> whether it's a sudan or a six pack, check your receipt tomorrow. sticking shocks as sales tax goes up in the bay area. >>> family members say he was a good student on the >>> in parts of the bay area, people are going to be paying more for pretty much everything starting tomorrow. the sales tax is set to increase in half a dozen city. voters approved the tax hike last november. kt vu's debra villalon is in san cerrito who is going to move into double digits. >> reporter: a sale on a car will be most noticeable. with the paper work done, the new owner of this jeep scores wheels and a sales tax savings. tomorrow sales tax in a handful of bay area cities jump. el cerrito up to 10%. one who bought his family a $500 play station and games didn't know the hike was coming. >> i think it's outrageous. i don't think they should keep raising the taxes. it makes hard for people who want to go out and buy things. >> reporter: shopping online may be options for consumers who don't want to pay higher tax. >> if it was in fremont and some where not too far and i

let me begin with sudan and the question of i.b.a. as you know, the united states has been very active in trying to, not only originally to broker the c.p.a. but to ensure its full implement akseation but trying resolve all of the outstanding post referendum issues. it should have been, as you know, dealt with in its own referendum simultaneous to the referendum. the ambassador who was recently named by proub as his new special envoy is out in the region as we speak. he is out working actively with both parties as well as with the a.u. high-level panels, former south african president and others trying to push for resolution of i.b.a.. we fully understand its significance as a critical issue that needs to be resolved. as you also know, it is one of the most difficult ones and thus far, we have not seen the parties exhibit sufficient flexibility to resolve it swiftly. there are a number of other post referendum issues that also are still to be negotiated. all of which are high on our agenda. if i might for a second, it has been raises

work for peace is never finished and spoke about the current instability and violence in his native sudan, where the south is scheduled to separate from the north in july. >> there is no peace in darfur. >> that conflict in the western region of darfur has driven 2 million people from their homes and killed more than 200,000. >>> in news of the world tonight in yemen, protests continue today as the sixth nation gulf cooperation council called for president abdullah saleh to step down. saudi leaders and others are treeing to broker a deal in which the yemen president would esign in change store immunity from prosecution. >>> and in israel, the israeli military has is deployed a system of missile interceptors to stop rocket attacks from gaza. the political arm of hamas in gaza has called for a ceasefire, but not able to impose the ceasefire on the militants. the israeli military continues to launch counterstrikes that killed at least 20 people, including civilians. >>> in paris a ban on clothing that completely covers the face went into effect an hour and a half ago in france. many are call