it brought them together in the towers where -- tahrir square and i think it can do that again. there are lots of different voices. the fact that different people have different ideas is the central characteristic of democracy. it should not surprise or scared us -- scare us. >> let's turn to the work of your center. there were some interesting results. >> one of the most interesting things is that most americans are the most -- muslim americans are the group most likely to oppose attacks on civilians. muslim americans scored higher, saying it was never jus tified. >> does that surprise you? >> it does not surprise me. this community has had the most time to engage and think about this. they have decided this is something they do not stand for. it harms the more than anyone else. -- them more than anyone else. when you think about questions on terrorism 10 years after 9/11, why have not muslims condemned it loud enough? they have condemned it louder than anyone else, they are its primary victims. >> i also read that many muslim americans are thriving in america. where does conce

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a couple days ago, tahrir square was cleared. that was very symbolic. they were trying to shut it down before ramadan kicked in. there's a concern right now because of this trial and because there are so many passions around this trial and so many people invested in the outcome, it could lead to more spontaneous protests, more possible violence in the city of cairo and possibly throughout the country. a lot of precautions being taken by the security forces to make sure people can't come out and can't demonstrate. whether that will change we don't know. the mood on the streets in cairo is quite tense. there is an increased skrurt presence, not just here, but in other parts of the city as well. people trying to make sure violence doesn't occur. even at the site of this venue, outside of this venue, pro and anti-mubarak factions got into clashes. everybody quite riveted to what's happening inside the courtroom. whether this will move into the streets and people will be expressing themselves in the streets later in the day, we just don't know at this point.

in tahrir square the weeks to the month the pace of change. speaks to russia's deputy foreign minister about the sequence of events that's come to be known as the arab spring. explained why it poses any un resolution against the syrian regime despite his condemnation of continuing violence in the country. that will shock the developments in the middle east concerned the entire world and russia is no exception russia is a permanent member of the un security council as well as an active member of the international quartet on the middle east russia's deputy foreign minister mikhail bogdanov joins us to discuss recent developments in the situation in the middle east and answer the question whether the region is going through the arab spring some experts say or a period of decline just about done before you became deputy foreign minister you were russia's ambassador to egypt for a number of years and witnessed the tragic events to check the country the life of the vast majority of egyptians remain bitterly hard and it's constantly deteriorating do

all i'm not sure i agree with that premise i was talking with a bunch of other revolutionaries from tahrir square in switzerland last week and what's happened is that the army is temporarily in charge who actions have been scheduled for september and beginning december for a new government so while many of the people that were rebelling in tahrir square are impatient they may yet get what they want they're just have to wait a little longer for it but in libya different questions i was saying i think on this program yesterday before there is so little civil society in libya there are so few democratic institutions in there so weak they have nothing to build on egypt in tunisia there was at least something to build on once the top phillips was gotten away with in libya that's not the case these people have to start from scratch and there are all kinds of reasons why it could fail what is the whole nature of the transitional council it is. it's it's a mess it's these people are some of them are exiles some of their are have fled from the khadafi regime a few of them are islamicists some are a

> the 83-year-old mubarak was forced from office six months ago, but even some of the most ardent tahrir square demonstrators thought they would never see this. in the defendant's cage, the former president, his two sons the notorious former interior minister and six other senior police and security officials who helped mubarak stifle dissent during his three decades in power. it is hard to overstate the power of this moment. that man in the cage is this man, the once-trusted ally of the past six u.s. presidents. and in the arab world, that one of the dictators would come to trial is a breathtaking turn. the proceedings watched by millions in egypt and millions more on the arab satellite networks that have been so central to the wave of political upheaval across the middle east and north africa. cnn's frederik pleitgen was in tahrir square in the midst of it months ago and was in the courtroom today as the revolution took its latest turn. take us into the scene. hosni mubarak on trial. dismissing the charges against him. what was it like in there? >> reporter: well, it was pretty much ut

so how serious is this recent violence flare up that we've seen in tahrir square. well the number of people involved. not huge and those numbers have dwindled just before the start of ramadan just the start of ramadan but the government is very severe the. a lot of people bloodied face is in serious head injuries that i saw it's not clear exactly of injuries but i would be in dozens of these and. no reports yet of anyone killed but the. number one from the people that you spoke what exactly would you say that people are protesting against this time well what the people who are still left in the square. today being the first day of ramadan were minority of the protesters most of the political groups that called out the ones who remained included some of the families of those killed by police officers through the uprising. of the the. but their demands will probably be the same as a lot of the rest of the protest movement has been into the military trials protesters have been subjected to. and for malaysian officials civilian trials protesters on the streets are bein

now egyptian troops have clashed with protesters camping out in cairo's tahrir square egyptians have been holding a mass rally of its own monza stemming from the popular uprising in february but analysts that president hosni mubarak let's get more on the situation in the middle east now from political analyst frank spring joins me live from london now and this is bring many thoughts of being with us here in our see how egyptians say they want the change they thought they gained in february but now the interim government's foreign backed got its own people it's a vicious circle that the people of egypt is can't seem to break. i would necessarily describe it as a vicious circle i think what you're seeing now is it is very much a continuation of the original causes behind the arab spring in egypt the concern here is there's still too much military control over egypt and egypt has for many years had one of the more developed civil societies in the arab world and there was only so long i think that civil society was going to be able to tolerate the degree of military rule in the country s

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what that resembles one of tahrir square in egypt., kind of an american tahrir square. nonviolent change, where people from the grassroots get involved again. you know, not the tea party style. they are people who are genuinely upset in the tea party. i understand that. but that movement was funded with seed money from right wing billionaires, the koch brothers and promoted on fox news. turned into a stocking horse for the right wing agenda that a lot of people have been trying to push on the country for a long time. >> dana: the only person in america that wants him to stop talking more than you is president obama. what is he talking about arab spring in america? isn't that what we had, representative democracy last week? >> greg: he is equating countries under oppression with our democracy. by that comparison, it's a subtle way of comparing the tea party to gaddafi, mubarak and assad. it's incredibly insulting, but more than that, it's sad. you realize how far gore has fallen in irrelevancy. just by showing that clip, more people ha

assad knows he still has strong support, no tahrir square in damascus. >> thank you for the analysis. a series of coordinated attacks in israel has left at least seven dead and dozens wounded. gunmen targeted government and private vehicles traveling a highway in the south of the country. the israeli military retaliated with air strikes in southern gaza, killing six palestinians. it is the worst day of violence in israel since 2008. >> the assailant struck along the road close to the border with egypt. according to israeli defense sources, the open fire on a passenger bus around midday local time. shortly afterward, at least one explosive device went off when a military vehicle rushed to the scene. an hour later, two more civilian vehicles were targeted by a group of gunmen. >> our initial idea was that a terrorist has caused multiple attacks. >> the government said it had information that terrorists came from the gaza strip. hamas, which controls gaza, denied responsibility. >> we had no involvement in what happened today. >> israel responded by turning its attention to another milit

just like their counterparts in and cairo's tahrir square, israeli protesters are camping out, vowingot to move until there demands are met. >> israel has the highest projected economic growth out of any country for the coming year. the thing that people would not be protesting in the street? but they are quite upset about it. >> the liberty non-political, they say the country is losing all sense of moral and non- collective responsibility. the government has promised to reassess its priorities. but even bigger marches are expected. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> it is good to have you with us. germany and france called for more political integration in the eurozone. >> in britain, a former reporter says that phone hacking was regularly discussed at meetings. the intense standoff between the indian government and a veteran anti-correction campaigner is continuing with the campaigner refusing to leave prison. he said he will continue his original protests, demanding era overhaul of anti-correction legislation. many of his supporters believe they are close to victory. thank you so mu

and a young protestor who had spent all her days and nights in tahrir square said to me, you know, iprocess to get rid of egypt's military dictatorship. and when i look around, everyone in the world thinks that our revolution has succeeded. but i'm living in a military dictatorship. >> david, before i let you go i just want to turn to libya where your now. you just had an interview with safe da gau dewho's now claiming that the regime is forming a secret alliance with radical islamists. is that for real or is that sort of a scare tactic, attempt to get attention or roughly western feathers? >> at one point in the interview he said, it's kind of a funny story. i said, well, does that mean you're joking? he said no, no, no, i'm very serious. we're going to announce this in days in a joint communique. he even identified the libyan islamist who he said was his sort of counterpart in these talks to form a kind of alliance. but when i called up, when our folks called up that islamist who's based in doha he said no, no, no, nothing of the kind. i've had conversations, but all those conversa

and just recently this weekend we saw a huge pro islamic demonstration in tahrir square.f thousands of islamists calling for a strict adherence to islamic law. where is the egyptian revolution at this point? i mean, it is a cliche' to say it's at a turning point? >> i think it's in suspension. when i was in egypt a month or two ago, the situation was very similar. and a young protestor who had spent all her days and nights in tahrir square said to me, you know, i went through this whole process to get rid of egypt's military dictatorship. and when i look around, everyone in the world thinks that our revolution has succeeded. but i'm living in a military dictatorship. >> david, before i let you go i just want to turn to libya where you are now. you just had an interview with safe gadhafi. they are claiming they are forming an alliance with radical islamists. is that just a scare tactic or attempt to get attention or roughly western feathers? >> in the interview he said it's kind of a funny story. i said does that mean you're joking? he said, no, we're going to announce thi

this past friday tens of thousands of people were back in cairo's tahrir square. one of their key demands, that mubarak, his two sons and six other cronies should face charges that include the killing of protestors back in the spring and corruption. >> he was the symbol of the regime, that egyptians wanted to change. bringing him forward to justice in a transparent way symbolizes a process of accountability and transparency that egyptians are looking forward to. >> reporter: whatever the outcome, this is a watershed moment in the middle east. if convicted, one of the most powerful dick staters in the region and long time ally of america could actually face the death penalty. elizabeth palmer cbs news, london. >> mitchell: those two american hikers who were still jailed any ran-- iran made their final court appearance today. their lawyer said he hopes they will be a freed whenced verdict is nounced this week. shane bauer and josh fattal were arrested on iran's board we are iraq two years ago today. later college grads overwhelmed by student loan debt. we'll tell yo

. >> warner: today, in tahrir square, the mistrust was still there. >> ( translated ): i think this trial is the beginning of a farce, because we expect that mubarak will never go to jail, and this is an attempt by the military council to calm public opinion. >> warner: but the image of a caged and prone mubarak was still stunning for many egyptians, who sat transfixed by live television coverage. >> most egyptians have been waiting for this moment, to see the person they feel is accountable for 30 years of abuses. but it's little bit shocking for some. even if didn't support, thought it was humiliating moment for him, and felt sympathetic toward him. many agree on fact he was harsh dictator. at this point, divided on whether to go ahead with trial that possibly a death penalty; others want to forget don't want to see him publicly humiliated, they don't want to see him in a jumpsuit behind bars. >> warner: late today, mubarak was returned to detention in a military hospital, and his sons to prison. they're due back in court august 15. for more on today's trial and its significance we go t

the army moved in to get rid of the tent city in tahrir square, and did not do it gently. a television reporter for egypt 's channel 25 managed to keep filming as he was bundled into an army vehicle together with a bunch of others who had been arrested and sometimes beaten up. a bbc producer managed to take some photos of police and army operations until she was picked up. she was held for 20 hours before being released unharmed. by this morning around the square, the familiar gridlock was back, just like the old days. riot police were completely in charge. no one stopped us filming. there were no demonstrators and nothing much was left of protest banners that used to hang from traffic lights and lampposts. when president mubarak went, the military government, made up of his former colleagues, promised a new president within six months. there is still no sign of any elections. people are deeply divided about the future of the arab spring in egypt. hamid, who used to demonstrate in the square, is an optimist. >> the spring will bring us a beautiful flower. we have to wait.

it is located just meters from tahrir square. the institute was founded in each of by opening the lounge, a place open to all for discussions, film screenings, and exhibitions. this 24-year-old was in cairo in january when a popular revolution against the mubarak regime began. >> first, it let me think again about the country's struggles. >> he regularly writes about developments in egypt and the goethe institute blog. an egyptian film director has also been inspired by the revolution. the institute is supporting his feature film in the last days of the city. >> it is a long way to go. we have to be a liberal, democratic country. otherwise, we will be here again. >> just one of thousands of artists from the world supported by the goethe institute. if you are interested in finding out more about the goethe institute, you can check out a special feature on our website. that is www.dw-world.de. that has been our "in depth" for this hour. please stay tuned for more news.

. >> he inspires demonstrators to keep coming back to tahrir square. night after night, they demand justice for the deaths of protesters who battle to overthrow the president's regime earlier this year. in a tented city, they maintained a vigil for weeks. mothers like this woman, whose son was shot on the first friday of the uprising. i need revenge, she told me. i want justice for my son from house mubarak and everyone responsible for his death. but many of the shootings happened at night, with the man hidden in the shadows. the fire was almost certainly coming from government agents, but no one knows who. will the prosecution be able to pin responsibility on mubarak? he claims he did not know what is going on. he is not used to having to answer for his actions. >> you could not dream of ever seeing him held responsible for corruption or any of the abuse that he personally oversaw and enabled. >> egyptians have already seen the former interior minister in prison uniform. the crowds give him a hostile reception when he appeared in court in cairo last w

and just like their counterparts in cairo's tahrir square during the arab spring, israeli demonstraters are counting out, vowing not to move until their demands are met. critics say that unrealistic, especially when there's a deeper global economic crisis. >> israel has the highest projected economic growth out of any country in the oecd for the coming year so you'd think people wouldn't be protesting on the streets but they haven't felt it and they're quite upset about it. >> deliberately nonpolitical, these israelis say the country is losing all sense of moral and collective responsibility. the government has promised to reassess its priorities and tackle the high cost of housing, but even bigger marches are expected. >> good to have you with us. the headlines this hour, germany an france have called for more political integration in the euro zone. a proposal failed to impress the market. >> in britain, a former news of the world journalist says phone hacking was regularly discussed at editorial meetings. the u.s. vice president joe biden will arrive in china later for a five-day visi

you can see the location of the home it's mostly created in tahrir square the building school and in principle saw an indictment of the liver is a built in the eighteenth century but it's how you architecture strelley it became the home of katherine when she ascended to the truth and seventy six to over the centuries the past were larger than a theatre and various new buildings. i suppose she stands in a city is held by the transit century to have its own as one of the largest museums in the world. are your a lot of this museum from what i have read but this goes far beyond all my expectations is incredible is the same thing. that you can only dream about it's absolutely fabulous since like two for one they are in the building all together it's just beautiful and this museum is in close. we had a great tour guide and she showed us just a small piece of a small piece we've seen is just incredible we have a private tour and i think it's better we can see a few more things get better understand. things they always have to like. the palace posts almost two thousand windows and over a tho

>>reporter: magdy husseini owns a shop selling papyrus and oils just beside tahrir. despite the facthis income has plummeted, he believes the protests should go on. >>what we can do? there's nothing for free. with a revolution you must pay the bill. most of people working with tourism paid the bill... long time since january 25th till today. nothing finished. we need to finish. when they finish the country start. >>reporter: the protestors, naturally, have a different take on that impact >>you have a government and a military council that has been pushing xenophobia on the population like crazy. talk about spies and foreign elements. foreign elements? this is a country of tourists. you want tourism back when you're actively making the population hostile towards them. are you insane? >>reporter: and to the dismay of the industry the government has recently changed the visa law. tourists are now allowed to stay only one month. the new rules will have a serious impact - not least on those who have decided to retire to egypt or have bought second homes. >>i think that it

the former president of egypt, hosni mubarak, who ordered the shutdown of cell phone service in the tahrirponse to peaceful democratic protests this year." so says the electronic frontier foundation, an adds can i group m in the digital realm. question, what grounds did bart officials have to fear a disrupted protest that might have endangered public safety? mort? >> they had a previous experience in which there was an interference. there was a real public safety issue and i think this is what they were trying to prevent some it's like saying you can't put a street blockades in order to prevent problems. i think this is not something that we like, but it's something that i think they did and in a reason and considered way. >> they shut down the utilization of cell phones for a period of time. >> in that area. >> in that area. they did not seize any cell phones. she shut down the availability. >> that's right. >> whose property is it? who owns the property? bart? >> the public transportation owns it. >> if they own the property, why should they be accountable for shutting down the cell usag

protesters in cairo military police move in to break up a rally hundreds of demonstrators have come out in tahrir square for weeks now to demand a faster pace of change after popular uprising. to travel through one of history's darkest chapters as we explore the notorious concentration camps of the former soviet union. the summer of one nine hundred fifty three soviet leader joseph stalin passed away one hundred days ago mosco has sent classified instructions to every corner of the soviet union the biography of a man whose name is often mentioned only in whispers is to be removed from the great soviet encyclopedia and destroyed. state security martial law used to supervise both the u.s.s.r. gulags and the entire repression machine of the soviet union. many episodes of his life and the circumstances of his death are still couched in mystery. this army bunker in central moscow is more than ten meters underground. beriah found himself here soon after his arrest in the kremlin there was no chance of escape or help from the outside. area was interrogated by none other than the soviet union's prosecuto

protesters in cairo's tahrir square is wondering why they are being attacked rather than protecting themre is new violence in syria. anti-government protests broke out across the country again yesterday. the city of hama appears to have taken the brunt of it. witnesses tell cnn that more than 50 people were killed when a government tank fired an artillery shell. we have arwa damon with more. >> reporter: it seems whatever information we are able to get out of hama because communications have been cut off and continue to point an horrific and bleak picture. the city has been without communications and without power ever since the military conflict began. one had fled from his initial position in the northern part of the city. as he was fleeing, he said on the outskirts of the city in the suburbs, there were a number of residents that had fled from their homes. they were begging people to let them in seeking safety. he was describing how he heard the sounds of shelling gunfire. since then, it has been impossible to reach anyone to get an accurate picture of what is taking place. this is th

you can see the location of the home it's mostly created in tahrir square the building schools and in principle saw an indictment of the leverage a built in the eighteenth century by the italian architecture strelley it became the home of the three men she sent in to the throne and seventy six to over the centuries the passkey larger than a theater and various new buildings. ices approaches them to native instilled by the transfer of century to homes homes as one of the largest museums in the world. you know a lot of these museums from what i have read but this goes far beyond all my expectations using credible is something. that you can only dream of but it's absolutely sad sight to for want art and the building all together it's just beautiful and this museum is in total. we had a great tour guide and she showed us just a small piece of a small piece we've seen is just incredible we had a private tour and i think it's fair we can see a few more things wrong are standing. things they always ask a lot of. the palace posts almost two thousand windows and over a thousand elegantly a lar

you for example as you dipshits do when they close down the internet in certain places cheering the tahrir square the uprising earlier this year is that people actually come out in the streets and they have a check anyway and i think this is being used actually as an excuse to regulate more more government interference in the way we communicate which i think would be a terrible thing. it's thought the un's human rights chief might push for syria to face the international criminal court for its liberal crackdown on protesters over eight hundred people are believed to have been killed across the country since the government moved to quell the uprising that started in march president assad claims his military operation has now stopped even so the presence of troops is apparently not always seen as a bad sign as worthless now reports. to see there is order may be liberated but in the last few days it suffered a brutal occupation having made police i responded the raids put up barricades it became a gay city we were hiding we were just like hostages for more than a week claimed to be army forty