government has been urging japan to join the hague convention as soon as possible. japanese lawmakers will discuss the bills during the current diet session that ends in june. >>> sri lanka's president says his country is slowly recovering of the 26-year-long civil war. but mahinda rajapaksa says a lot of work still needs to be done and he's calling on japan for help. >> after 2009 there were no incidents at all, no killings, no bombs, like in other countries. no suicide attacks reported. so people are safe, peace. >> rajapaksa was in tokyo this week meeting with government and business leaders. he's looking for support and investment from japan to rebuild his country's economy. rajapaksa says more jobs must be created for people settling in former tamil strongholds in the north, and east. the president denies allegations by the u.n. and human rights groups that government forces committed serious abuses at the end of the war. >> without doing all that, they're just issue a report, a one-sided, biased report. >> he says his government is investigating the allegations

can be taken to compel israel to comply with its international law obligations now we're here in the hague the home of the international criminal court and there has been calls for some israeli officials to appear before the i.c.c. why hasn't that happened. the situation is that in two thousand and nine following israel's invasion of gaza the palestinian authority accepted the jurisdiction of the international criminal court and requested that investigation be made into international crimes committed during that conflict and the of but the prosecutor of the i.c.c. does not have the courage to take action of this kind and it's quite clear that this is because of the influence of the united states the united states is not a party to the growth of the international criminal court but its presence is ever felt it does attend meetings of the assembly of state parties it makes its position clear in which ways the united states exert influence over the international criminal court well it is a. hope and expectation that the united states will join the international criminal court the belief is th

the americans and were wondering's are certainly under da obligation to send ntagan straight to the hague. we know from the icc themselves that they cannot wait to get ganda.hand on mynta him of the crimes he was accused the firstern congo -- perk it -- the first person to be convicted at the icc last year, how guilty and jailed for 14 years. i think the icc believes they have a strong case against bosco .nd uganda -- bosco ntaganda it is questionable why he turned himself in knowing that he would have to face trial. the group which he helped lead and helped form, and 23, has m23 hassintegrating -- m, been disintegrating. some of his men were killed at the hands of rwandans now and had to give up arms. he faced a choice, either being arrested and possibly killed by members of his former group, m 23, or arrested by the congolese, or handing him obvver himself to the u.s. embassy. >> the ireland central bank says even if politicians agree to a tax, it is not agreeing to international bailouts. people rushed to take out their money over the weekend. the european union and the international m

he is facing trial in just a few months at the international criminal court at the hague for crimes against humanity. very, very serious crimes. i think the issue now is how a senior diplomat is going to treat uhuru kenyatta. this is uncharted territory for them, having a president who is going to be in charge of a country. they will have to deal with him at some point, but diplomats that i've spoken to here in kenya have told al jazeera that they will have no non-essential contact with uhuru kenyatta. that is western diplomats -- people from the european union, americans. what happens if there is a conference in kenya and the british prime minister is there? will they be able to talk? these are all questions the need to be answered. >> we see there is a crowd gathering there. just give us a heads up when raila odinga appears to make his comments. angry protesters have set several buildings on fire in the egyptian capital. a police officer's club, and the football federation went up in flames. this is a scene from cairo where fans stormed the soccer federation's headquarters. these pictures

however, the hague convention prohibits the unilateral excavation of cultural sites in occupied territories. it also bans the removal of anything that's unearthed. and israel is a signatory to the convention. the exhibition has made palestinians angry. they say israel has ignored international rules. >> the israelis are thinking as only occupiers and that they have the power and they're the super power, they can do what they want. >> reporter: exhibition organizers insist they have no ill intentions and the artifacts will be put back where they were found. >> our exhibition is not political. the museum invested huge efforts and expertise onn preserving an restoring and recon instructing archaeological finds. >> reporter: but palestinians are increasingly uneasy over israeli archaeological of occupied land. they fear israel will use what it find to justify its occupation. east jerusalem has been under israeli occupation for decades. israeli archaeologists are now excavating ruins from the days of king david, some 3,000 years ago. some jewish people say the remains support their claim over th

he was later transported to the hague. germany's defense minister within molly, -- mali, visiting the troops. thomas said germany's help with training must be accomplished -- accompanied with a process of political reconciliation. he said germany would continue to provide assistance as long as mali's government needs it. syriare were claims from that the violence there had taken on a new dimension. state tv showed pictures of what it said were victims of a chemical attack by rebels on an area close to aleppo. the rocket contain poisonous gasses. we have had 16 civilian martyrs and 86 wounded, most of whom are in a serious condition. >> the government asked the un to investigate, but the opposition quickly blamed the government for the attack. written and france asked the u.s. -- britain and france asked the un to look into those allegations. if chemical weapons are being used by other side, it will be the first time during the conflict in syria. meanwhile, the steering opposition shows -- chose a new leader. the neww the he

in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do something for the other groups, you also have to do a lot when you design your intersections. that is where the most accidents happen and where the people feel the most unsafe. we're

to the hague we know once the trial begins he will start singing and then we're going to know the real part of the has been played by the rwandan government in the congolese rebellion problem. it would appear that some of the evidence that is required by the international community to actually judge the government the rwanda is is potentially on the way and will have to know where to take it from there but the most important thing actually is that there has been stability within which up at least you know some sort of growth can take place in fact all part of the issue with rwanda is actually that half of the country is within the fifteen to fifty four wage group which actually means that they have a kind of a. younger population and of course you've got the north to forty percent also about forty percent. of the of the country so it would appear that you're going to have a country that with a young guy with a young population for the next ten to twenty to thirty years who if they actually put their hand to the plough and are serious can take the country alex off its current economic s

said he specifically asked to be transferred to the hague. 8 filipino men have been charged with terrorism offenses -- offenses in malaysia, said the be part of a rebel group which attack malaysian soldiers and several states. they are the first to be charged over the territorial dispute. if convicted, they could face the death penalty or bring up to 30 years in jail. 19 polish miners have been rescued after being trapped underground for over seven hours. there were stuck around 900 meters below ground level. an earthquake had caused the mine to collapse. officials say one person is being treated for minor injuries but all the rest are in good shape. the most important day of a life is how malala describes going back to school. she was shot in the head by the taliban and october and has been getting treatment in the u.k. ever since. >> making a journey many might once have thought impossible. malala on her way to school in england with her father. she says she has been looking forward to this moment for months. >> the happiest moment, that i am going back to my school. and today, i will ha

don't have a war with iraq and we saw some of these dynamics in the hague confirmation after all the the there was a tremendous push against nomination and confirmation but that push was defeated because there are other people that were that understood what this fight was a proxy for and this is a proxy fight for u.s. policy in the middle east going forward so apec can lose if there is power on the other side and that's the question going forward is there going to be power on the other side if the pact for example this week is pushing in congress pushing in the senate for an explicit endorsement of an israeli attack on iran pushing in the house for a total trade embargo on iran pushing in the house and the senate to try to exempt the u.s. cede to israel from the sequester from the across the board budget cuts these are real things that maybe the women made to lose depends on what happens on the other side all but you brought up a good point is the chuck hagel nomination where you know you saw these attack ads attacking him for simply offering a peaceful diplomatic solution instead of

should be tried as a war criminal that's what he should be tried at either here or sent over to the hague to be try ok paul thanks for the call and thanks for sharing your sentiment i would. strongly i'm strongly of the opinion that we need to be having some sort of judicial process involved in this or at least congressional investigations and i would not limit it to dick cheney paul george w. bush told his biographer mickey mickey herskowitz back in one thousand nine hundred nine before he was even running for president that if he became president he was going to run he was going to invade iraq and do so to get enough political capital that he could have a successful presidency which in his mind meant privatizing social security and you recall after he won the election in two thousand and four the two thousand and four election and took office in two thousand and five first thing he tried to do was privatized social security it's what he campaigned on for congress unsuccessfully back in the seventy's in texas so bush had wanted to do it jeb bush had signed the peano act the program for a

perhaps the greatest influential achievement of the twentieth century and we need something like the hague bosun or something else to describe mass that understands it so this is validating the standard model. well i mean it doesn't it's adding a piece to it and i don't know if i want to see it validating because you know there's still maybe more that we don't know yet and saying that this is the end of the of the equation is being a little bit. cheeky if you where i understand dr rose or thank you so much for joining us and thanks for having me. the republicans have finally found voter fraud and in ohio no less for years republicans have been putting laws in place all across the united states in an effort to combat what they say is rampant voter fraud massive problem since two thousand and one nearly a thousand bills that would tighten voting laws have been introduced in forty six states and since two thousand and eleven twenty four voting restrictions have gone into effect in seventeen states including battleground states like florida ohio and pennsylvania thirty four states of introduce

european commission have congratulated khania is newly like the president a spider pending trial at the hague for post-election crimes against humanity as supreme court ruling on saturday confirming the legality of. selection sparked violence in any as main cities which continued until late in the evening up to seven people have been one dead by gunshots according to reports. now on friday iraq was rocked by a wave of sectarian violence with at least nineteen people killed after suicide attacks on mosques around the country local politicians have also been finding themselves the target of bomb attacks one regional election candidate escapes an attempt on his life after a bomb found in his home was defused five other candidates have been killed in assassinations bombings and raids this month all believed to be carried out by al qaida cells as late as outbreak of violence has caused government to postpone april's local elections in two provinces former and i five agent says nothing has been done to revitalize the rock infrastructure wrecked by the us invasion. we've now seen a massive destabili

experience potential blindness and partial hearing loss now the center for constitutional rights and the hague b.s. council have sent a letter to u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel urging him. to help immediately and this mass hunger strike and to quote take action before another man dies at that prison unquote the director of public affairs for joint task force kuantan a mo captain robert duran did release a statement on friday to r.t. denying claims of a mass hunger strike or the mishandling of the koran shortly after mr durant released his statement navy commander announced that flights to to the island prison from south florida will be terminated on april fifth now those flights have served as a vital air bridge for attorneys who are seeking to meet with their imprisoned clients critics believe that this is an attempt by the defense department to limit the access that attorneys with their clients reporting from new york. r.t. . turn to some other international news in greece now the syrian government is accusing rebel fighters of using chemical weapons in an attack in the country's laws wh

european commission have congratulated candy is newly elected president the spy a pending trial of the hague for post-election crimes against humanity a supreme court ruling on saturday conferring though a gallery of the war elections violence in south can his main cities which continued until late in the evening to seven people have been wanted by gunshots according to reports. iraq has been rocked by a wave of sectarian violence on friday with nineteen people killed after suicide attacks on mosques around the country all five local election candidates have been killed this month causing the government to postpone april's polls in two provinces former and i five agent an english on says nothing has been done to revitalize the iraqi infrastructure wrecked by the u.s. invasion. we've now seen a massive destabilization of the old star witches and no real meaningful new structures put in place so it's not just the politicians who are under threat but for segments of other areas of society to things like hospitals schools even just water and things like that have been decimated and not rebuilt a

the hague tribunal has sentenced to high ranking bosnian serbs to twenty two years jail each with their role in the yugoslavia war then bosnian serb interior minister and a top security official were both committed to a campaign of murder torture and you should more than double the amount of serbs have been sentenced by the tribunal compared to other ethnicities. france and germany have demanded an explanation from russia concerning a series of ongoing checks into normal governmental organizations operating in the country or do you mean the commission has more on the story france and germany are basically concerned with the recent text which has been conducted by the members of the prosecutor's office as well as by some tax officials who have been coming into offices of various n.g.o.s in order to check their financial paperwork now some of these n.g.o.s are from france and germany and this is why berlin and paris demanded an explanation at the same time the officials russian officials are saying that all of this everything that's happening is very strictly within the legal framework of

which amounts to one hundred million dollars and of course there is also talk from the united kingdom where william haguehas already said that he thinks the u.k. should step up their aid it's the words. towards the syrian rebels as well and he is talking about something in the amount of roughly one thousand in a half million dollars and that would include armored vehicles body armor search and rescue and disease prevention so there's plenty of aid coming to the syrian rebels and really countries do not seem to shy away from offering it to them john kerry he's expressed confidence that weapons are going to the right people so who then of the so-called right people taking u.n. peacekeepers hostage and that actually should be the first question that should come to mind because obviously when john kerry is talking about the right people he hopes that the aids does not go towards that hard line islamic jihad azour which there are reports show there is plenty off in syria and these are the types of people that the u.s. guitar saudi arabia and the rest of them have been supporting and given them plenty of aid t

from kenyatta's challenger of the kenyatta is facing charges in the international criminal court of the hague> in pakistan a middle school graduation ceremony was cut short when someone threw a grenade into the co-ed school, killing the principal and wounding eight teachers and students. this is just the latest in a string of attacks on educators, believed to be the work of islamic militants opposed to educating girls and women. an ambush in january killed five female teachers and just last week a teenager at an all girls school was shot and killed in front her young son as she walked to school. >>> in paris 1400 people were evacuated from the eiffel tower today, after someone phoned in a bomb threat. dogs trained to sniff out explosives were brought in, but no suspicious objects were found. the all-clear was given two hours later after people were hustled out of the popular tourist. >>> in new mexico 40 years after fate brought a tiny baseball together with a soldier in war-ravaged vietnam. [ applause ] >> in 1972 tran quoc bao then a south vietnamese soldier rescued another soldier who was

companies on earth, focused on building energy related infrastructure and it's headquartered in the hague. should they change their name to the netherlands construction company or maybe just the succinct dutch oven? who could make a joke about chicago bridge and iron other than cramerica? cbi is in terrific shape. we know that this is the case because last week on february 27th, chicago bridge and iron, they knocked it out of the park. reporting a spectacular quarter with earnings coming at 91 cents on an 8 cent beat on better than expected revenues that rose 22.5% year over year. even though cbi had run up dramatically, the stock continued to surge after the report rallying from $53 to $55.87 where, like many other stocks, it hit a brand new high. not everyone is doing as well as chicago bridge and iron. just two days later, foster wheeler, another energy related engineering and construction company reported abysmal numbers! yeah, they delivered a 19 cent earnings miss off a 46 cent basis and revenues declined nearly 35% year over year, coming in far below what the analysts were looking

facing the governments with the water day at the united nations gathering to discuss the topic at the hagueave a great weekend. >> continuing to follow the problems on the freeway in san jose and sausalito. >> trouble getting to work if you are in marin county, sue has the latest. >> we are just getting a tweet from marin saying they hope to have those lanes southbound 101 re-opened in 30 minutes, sky 7 is above the scene and it looks like they might have just as we speak gotten the lanes open. we will keep following it for you, and it looks like traffic is flow bets are out of the waldo tunnel, so better news leaving marin county for the morning commute otherwise to san jose we have a fatal accident still blocking the two right lanes and a new e.t.o. for that accident, 9:30 this morning and traffic remains slow beyond the seen and you can see a live shot as they make their way southbound 280 an early fatal and 880 to 101 is the best alternate. >> we will start with live doppler 7 hd it is dry this morning, and our streets are dry, also, and it will remain dry so if you have not put the umb

. >> the international element, people dragged to the hague? what is the international concern?zzle is pieced together, this information can be shared with international agencies that can peer into your financial life, and the concern is, when you as an american citizen enter into a private transaction, you would think your information wouldn't be shared world round, and your information is being exposed in ways you may not perceive. without knowledge, consent, due process. >> texas attorney general greg abbott, thank you, sir. we appreciate it, as always. up next on "kudlow" how far will the left leaning, union loving nlrb go to restrict free markets and free business? we'll stop them in a moment and show you how to stop it next up on the "kudlow report." please stay with us. yfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence.

this case, no matter what forum, whether it's switzerland, france, the hague, or certainly the unitednce. >> richard? >> going nowhere. >> yeah. there will be a jury trial. will it be in the united states? federal court? state court? it's absolutely preposterous, fred. this is absolutely just laughable. and that's what we should do when we read this story. we should all just sit back and have a hearty laugh, st. patrick's day tomorrow, happy st. patrick's day. this case, there is no case. it's stupid. >> all righty. >> we agree. >> an agreement. there you go. all right. avery, richard -- >> avery's wearing a green tie. >> all ready for st. paddy's weekend. thanks so much, gentlemen. good to see you. the legal guys are here every saturday. don't miss them at this time, noon eastern hour, to give us their take on the most intriguing legal cases of the week. >>> a reminder to watch cnn's new show "the lead" with jake tamer. starts monday at 4:00. you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom)

in 2011 he was indicted by the international criminal court in the hague on charges that he helped orchestrate a post election blood bath in 2007. the violence between rival tribal groups left more than 1,000 people dead. kenyatta and his running mate william faced trial in july and odinga has promised to challenge the election results. >> these elections have serious weaknesses within our election system. weaknesses which we thought we had dealt with in the past. >> ifill: odinga's lieutenant said today the election commission is now hindering efforts to file an appeal. but they still asked for calm. >> our petition is not intended to detract from the normal activities of a country. to the contrary it is intended to create a precedent as to how elections ought to be done or ought not to be done. >> ifill: kenya has been a key u.s. ally against terrorism in east africa. assistant secretary state of johnny carson warned in advance of the voting that choices have consequences. western nations have been muted in their response to kenyatta's win. secretary of state john kerry congratulated the peo

philippines religiously killed in retaliation to a joint british nigerian military term to rescue the prisoners william hague the british foreign minister has condemned the deaths as cold blooded murder. protesters in azerbaijan been caught in an onslaught of rubber bullets and water cannons fired by police as they marched against deadly hazing in the army the protesters one of many sparked by the sudden death of a soldier in january the defense ministry initially announced that as a heart attack as the cause of death before then eventually changing all opening an investigation for other soldiers have since been arrested. shortly we'll take you to brussels have a look at the a political dark side there of the e.u. economy it's all go this is our team moscow. did any of you seen darth vader and storm troopers trying to make their way into the ukrainian justice ministry as part of a protest or probably a lot of you saw this fun viral video but how many people remember what exactly they wanted and what their protest demands were all about probably not that many trust me i understand that using wacky protest tac

kenyatta during the campaign suggesting if he won he would have to run the country remotely from the hague via skype. it may take up to seven days before the official outcome is announced. sneep shiites mourned the death of 48 people killed in a powerful car bombing in krawchy. at least 200 others were wounded. thousands of people flooded the city's streets to attend funerals for the victims of last night's attack. they also appealed for protection against sunni militant groups. despite those pleas, gunmen killed two more people as they were leaving one of the funerals. the u.s. government today began its first full week under the sequester. the $85 billion in spending cuts took effect friday. and president obama promised today to minimize the effects on american families. house republicans plan to vote this week on giving the military more money and largely exempting the f.b.i. and the border patrol. stocks rose on wall street today, in spite of the fallout from the sequester. the dow jones industrial average gained 38 points to close above 14,127. the nasdaq rose 12 points to close at 31

were allegedly killed in retaliation for joint british nigerian military attempt to rescue the prisoners william haguethe british foreign minister has condemned the deaths as cold blooded murder. can president hamid karzai has accused the u.s. of colluding with the taliban as washington held secret talks in qatar while u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has denied any negotiations with you but taliban officials to strengthen discussions were going all year ago calling american statements shaky under the rhetoric the afghan government has been pushing for the taliban to return to the negotiating table an attempt to pacify a mounting tensions before the u.s. that troop pullout into the fourteen on saturday two suicide bombs went off as the new american defense secretary arrived in kabul to meet government officials. syrian rebels have released twenty one un peacekeepers after holding them captive for three days in the golan heights the filipino observers were transported to jordan instead of being handed over to a u.n. team and as artie's reports the hostage crisis highlights concerns over radical eleme

allegedly killed in retaliation to a joint preacher nigerian military attempt to rescue the prisoners william haguethe british foreign minister has condemned the deaths as cold blooded murder. just as in azerbaijan the because of an onslaught of rubber bullets of water cannons fired by police as they marched against deadly hazing in the army the protesters one of many sparked by the sudden death of a soldier in january the defense ministry initially announced a heart attack is the cause of death and chose the line opening an investigation for other soldiers have since been arrested. defense secretary chuck hagel denied any secret talks with the taliban in qatar as previously accused by the afghan president hamid karzai the group officially suspended discussions over a year ago calling american statements shaky and erratic afghan government's been pushing for the taliban to return to the negotiating table in the attempt to try to pacify a mounting tensions with all the u.s. troops pull out in twenty fourteen on saturday two suicide bombs went off as the american defense secretary rived in kabul to m

the fact that george bush isn't in the hague indicates history has been generous. don't get me wrong. history will be kind is a better choice of words than history will vindicate validate or redeem him. big brother george is dependent on the kindness of strangers. jeb, we learn the new controversy in the louisiana private school system. remember how last year we learned how governor bobby jindal's voucher system allowed kids to go to private schools that the public has to pay for? we talked about how the lack of oversight has taught kids that the loch ness monster is a proof that it is a myth. or as one textbook put it, the majority of slave owners treated their slaves well. well now the louisiana textbook america, land i love published by beka books is teaching louisiana's e

visually killed in retaliation for a joint british nigerian military attempt to rescue the prisoners william hague the british foreign minister has condemned the deaths as cold blooded murder. justice in azerbaijan has been caught in an onslaught of rubber bullets and go to trial inspired by police as they marched against the practice of hazing in the army a protest is one of many spot rather sudden death of a soldier and general accounts going to initially announced a heart attack as they also will be opening an investigation other soldiers have since been arrested. verses from it karzai has accused the us of colluding with the taliban as washington held secret talks in qatar meanwhile u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has denied any negotiations with the group the taliban officially suspended discussions over a year ago calling american statements tricky and rhetoric the afghan government has been pushing for the taliban to return to the negotiating table an attempt to pacify mounting tensions before u.s. troops pulled out in twenty fourteen on saturday two suicide bombs went off as the new ame