the d.a.'s europe asia and africa section went as far to say that africa is the new front tier in terms of antiterrorism and anti narcotics right now the american counter narcotics assistance for west africa totaled about fifty million dollars for the past two years according to the state department an amount that's only destined to increase and now the u.s. has reportedly started training an elite group of counter narcotics police and dawna this is all happening as gone i was going through a transition of power the country's president died unexpectedly on tuesday after complaining of chest pains a similar unit is also planned in nigeria the west africa cooperative see security initiative or reportedly use a training model that's similar to the programs used in central america and mexico in these fifteen african countries and another one of these elite training forces is planned in kenya is hoped the officers can combat the latin american drug cartels that are allegedly using africa to smuggle cocaine to europe now all of this is happening as critics argue that the war on drugs isn't slowing down and it's just a downright failure they say that the answer narcotic initiative is cost

they were thought to be magicians. 1725, oh molly in the west africa. the drums -- be ware of sea birds, be ware of men that steal up the river through the great forest. and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and they are black smith, by all accounts a master craftsman, worthy of praise, honored as a powerful magician. one who could speak the old names of the mother elements, earth, fire, water, wind. they would do as bidding, think. people sing praise songs. he was a gifted black smith. he is not remembered for that. he is best remembered for being a loving father. when his beloved wife died only after a year and embraced his newborn son, i will raise you myself. the elder women with argued against it saying you'll grow up wild without a gentle hand of a mother, a gentle hand to guide him. must divide by custom, take another wife or give the baby to a mother who is childless. how will you

they were thought to be magicians. 1725, oh molly in the west africa. the drums -- be ware of sea birds, be ware of men that steal up the river through the great forest. and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall

toward the war on drugs and that war is expanding from latin america to africa africa is apparently the new hub for drug cartels the new york times reports the american counter-narcotics assistance for west africa totaled about fifty million dollars over the past two years and according to the state department that's destined to increase and now the u.s. has reportedly started training an elite group of counter narcotics police in ghana and all this is happening as gone as going through a transition of power a similar unit also planned in kenya the team will reportedly use a training model that's similar to the programs used in central america and mexico and another one of these elite training forces is planned in nigeria it's hoped the officers can combat the latin america drug cartels that are allegedly using africa to smuggle cocaine and to europe now all of this is happening as critics argue that the war on drugs is a downright failure they say the war is costly and largely ineffective and is just

the top drug enforcement administration official said africa has seen as "the new frontier in terms of counterterrorism and counter narcotics issues." the west africa corporative --su despite widespread criticism for the cause. the u.s. war on drugs has seen an earlier expansion in central america. most recently, dea agents have been under scrutiny for being involved in at least three fatal killings in honduras. the online whistleblower wikileaks has announced it has hired the trouble is in spanish judge garzÓn to have the legal team representing the site and its founder, julian assange. the recently met at the ecuadorian embassy in london, where assange has sought political asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. garzÓn is down for taking an international human-rights cases with actions including ordering the arrest of former chilean dictator and a jets, 1998, indicting osama bin laden for 9/11, and probing the abuse of u.s. prisoners of guantanamo bay. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from ar

exercises on the african continent so absolutely libya was the veritable shield of africa and now that straw you know imperialism and the west is rolling on africa you can't thanks very much david thoughts you can chandan author and journalist live in london well after a turbulent and divisive election islamist mohamed morsi has been sworn in as egypt's new president among the first to congratulate him was barack obama who expressed hope that america's alliance with egypt would continue but it's not his miniport now reports islamists in power a bound to cause headaches in washington. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after washington sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down responding to the egyptian people's hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamised movements and mohamed morsi has reportedly called for a constitution that is based on the koran. and cheerio law in

, took a look at how the west takes a look at the middle east, basically, and he anthsoft kdof rili rsivfo this book. it really is about sort of the western glare or glance at africa and how we sort of con descend to it, even -- condescend to it, even e sort of well-intentionedolics likeeparions yoow ndarnsr nian asn air of condescension as if the west needs africa to be the sort of fix to our conscious in a way. real denncinheten,ing he' not ofertyhat ces wi it. so that's one of the things that's really interesting about the book. he also thinks it's impossible for westerners to understand africa. it's not a hegemonic continent, byhich i meant's tne pele, it'not eio thry o naon-states as opposed to tribal states is a very western concept. and at the root, i think, of a lot of the misunderstandings we have about africa. so it'a book thoest re wl rpt wri i chaen of them, and to my mind, it's one of the most profound books. >> do you know where he live and will he be touring the u.s.? >> well, that's unmplicated. ads.ctually hasn uli th, e a big security contingency. so we hope -- in the meantime, though, he's had a lot interest from major think tanks and theaters,

chevron said it will leave a deep water drilling project off of the coast of west africa. is expected to cost two billionn. chevron stock went up. >>> and fans attending the olympics are asked to avoid sending. it is interfering with the mara thon runners. it prompted the contractor to call the 2012 games the app's olympic. they are enjoying it on mobile devices than television screens. >> you will see other applications around the lim - olympics. and the apps around the content. >> the app store and google play are filled with download and media company apps with little of everything . team apps focused on one sport. behind all three kinds is a company in mountain view . accelerator. >> jeff haney's company developed titanium and also governments and businesses quickly get in the game. future champ, personal app of boxer jose ram ramm. -- ramirez. and that is the official app of team usa swimming. fritrial results. 2012 games provides a description and history of every sport and every participating country and top medal sports . medals tally. the early app business was do

we are importing less and less crude from west africa, by sometime in 2013 on current trends the gulf coast will import no crude from west africa in what used to be 2.5 million barrels a day of imports will be more or less order of magnitude 300,000 barrels a day all going to east coast refineries, and this is already a challenge for angola and nigeria, among the opec producers. by the time a few years roll by and there are a couple of pipelines that bring canadian crude currently selling at $50 a barrel down to the u.s. gulf coast, it would probably mean that the u.s. needs to import no oil from venezuela, no oil from saudi arabia, no oil from iraq, and that also poses problems, because the quality of that crude specifically is attractive in u.s. gulf coast upgrading refineries and there aren't many outlets for that crude oil. there will be very specific plain inflicted on particular oil exporters, even without energy independence and even without a flood of oil coming out of the new production. >> adam, i don't want to misquote you but if i remember correctly, you've been cited rece

it can spread beyond the western -- west africa. it can have some repercussions in europe. e some repercussions in other parts of the middle east and potentially the united states. it's very alarming. the big problem also is now they can -- they're setting up camps. they'll be some training. they also have weapons from gadhafi's arsenal. still, to today, we don't have a very good handle on precisely what they have in their capabilities. it can be anything from surface to air missiles to more sophisticated weapons. >>> "outfront" next, a major development in an international murder case that brought down a rising star in the chinese communist party. >>> and chick-fil-a being told it's not welcome in some cities because of the fast food's company's stance on gay marriage. we'll tell you the stance and ask the question, whether you like what a company has to say or not, does a city or a mayor have the power to ban a company? [music] see life in the best light. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be

we have story from fred de sam lazaro today about the country of niger, in west africa. it is suffering yet another famine, but at the same time, it is working with others to help learn how to grow enough food for itself so it will not have to ask for help in the future. >> at 8:00 a.m. each day, the weigh-in begins at a regional health center. babies are weighed and the girth of their arms is also measured, a color-coded proxy for malnutrition. there's still the odd green, or normal. children in the yellow zone are most common. in a few weeks many more will fall, like amina, into the red. more tests followed to assess her condition before amina was transferred to the emergency feeding center 10 miles away. it's near capacity, and the medical supervisor expects they'll begin pitching expansion tents much earlier this year. >> translator: in may, our admissions were up more than 10% from 2011, and that usually means our june and july will be really bad. the peak is usually in august. >> ironically, the frequency, the very routineness of such crises could contain the damage

for example, the packaging materials in west africa until 1978 was described as really harmless without side ffects. many of these people are the dread. wudfd bdi h ses therchen have been born to women who talk it. it's also a question about whether thalidomideihmn they have all these violations in the developing world. in the developing world, women are told to take to his ipecac at the drug store and buy them. in many countries, contraception is end th hf s tahes thyca some lived where they are legal. so these are people who are not able to protect th selves and yet this is what the researchers is carried out. oigonwy ththtmighbe a more logical place because huguenin can protect themselves. the wise research carried out in developing worlds? as you can see, the developing world is not the market for thip e bls -- not the problem is, but the decision has been a financial one. the article showed the pharmaceutical companies conduct one in three trials in developing world and i was more than a year ago. canncpei trialsbecaushe faster trials, very important for fda approval othese trials

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. hundred are some other news from around the world including rising violence in troubled levy or where least fifty seven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in tribal clashes in the last three days in the country south according to local sources the fighting rose between two and is why tribes men the latter reportedly supported by the so-called libya should brigade deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups are common and the country is still awash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. hama to morsi has been sworn in as the huge option president after taking their official oath of office and he's the country's first ever elected leader and the first civilian head of state says the toppling of hosni mubarak which was followed by more than a nationwide and razzed the country remains a party controlled by the army which has also declared itself the main l

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. does some other news from around the world including rising violence and trouble to leave where at least fifty seven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in tribal clashes and the last three days in the country's south according to local sources the fighting rose between two and as wide tribesmen the last reportedly supported by the so-called leaders showed brigade deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups a common as the country's to the water where the weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. people have been killed and about three million are facing the power cards after the devastating storms plowed through the media plant a coastal region the situation has worsened by an abnormal hate wave causing people to seek refuge in buildings with a backup power supply emergencies were declared in several states officials calling it one of the most widespread power

and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. the aftereffects of libya's revolution and nato intervention are still being felt in the country at least forty seven people are dead and more than one hundred injured after three days of tribal clashes in the country south according to local sources the fighting is between two and tribesmen with the latter reportedly supported by the so-called levy a few brigade has been deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups are common as the country is still wash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. millions along the east coast of the u.s. are without power after violent storms pounded the region at least thirteen people were killed by falling trees that destroyed homes and cars could take generating companies up to a week to restore electricity to those affected the storms came after a record high temperatures scorched the area forcing thousands to pack into buildings with backup

is one of the world's leading petroleum experts he has more than thirty years of experience in oil exploration and production in layton america west africa and europe and mr burton is spent most of his career with a brazilian national oil company petro brass at various technical and managerial positions since the mid ninety's he's been working closely with the world petroleum council a multinational organisation of presenting the oil and gas industry since notching thirty three has organized the world petroleum congress the next one will be held in moscow in two thousand and fourteen. let. me welcome to the show thank you so much. thank you thank you first of all. talking talking about the current political situation and the situation with which are very closely connected always do you expect any significant well supplied this direction because of the situation in the middle east syria for example. no. obviously we've seen political instability story and. for the most time we never had any significant disruption now there may be some a diff additional difficulties in the leverage in the oil supplies that they will need with the implicati

. >> we come to a city like washington, d.c., a beautiful city but the rest of infection here is that of a country in west africa. >> reporter: the saying goes, wherever people are marginalized, hiv thrives. >> it gets worse. as we cross the oceans in either direction, the access becomes further and further limited. the numbers of drugs that are available are further and further limited. >> reporter: the charitable foundation headed by billionaire bill gates is trying to change that. >> the ultimate tool will be a vaccine and scientists are making great progress. >> but there is still not a cure. >> reporter: chris bland is 48 and he was diagnosed with the aids virus in 1958. >> we also do advocacy and we do public policy. >> land now works with the black aids institute based in los angeles. >> it is a much higher quality of life. people now, if someone is under 25 and diagnosed, they can live at least 50 years. when i found out in 85, i didn't think i'd live to be 25. >> sherry says she has been hiv positive for almost 20 years. >> to me, even more important than that is i'm about to celebrate my 50th birthday

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she said the west nile virus, clearly associated with africa. africans are over there. oh the bugs are going to be eaten home food. it is totally devoid of phobia. you need to focus on what is important. race is insane. >> i have no idea. >> it was the most stupid tweet tweet -- stupid comment from a woman who participate in the most stupid sport in the olympics. let's expel the triple jump, please. >> really, the greeks have laughed at anybody. you need to bail out from all of this? >> the moral to this story is nothing good comes from twitter, but the ultra moral is nothing good comes from twitter plus jocks. how many athletes when they get on have no idea what they are doing and what they are saying and where it goes. if i was running a company, and i had an employee that said something really stupid -- >> would you stop it with that? it was meed yolker. every time somebody sees something that is considered racist, all of the people that don't agree, they say that wasn't racist. it wasn't stupid. it was a reasonable joke. it was a perfectly okay joke. >> wouldn't you

but it was tied together to these sanctions that the west have been spearheading against the syrian government is now russia and china as well as south africa who abstained from from voting on this resolution they have all argued that the resolution put forth by the west was very one sided putting only pressure on the syrian government and not the armed opposition in syria the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice lashed out at russia and china saying that they have gotten in the way of the international community helping. the syrian civilians that are caught in the midst of the violence is escalating in syria. rice said that she will now the u.s. will seek an alternative course with their partners outside of the u.n. security council other western investors also pointed direct fingers at russia and china using their veto power of russian ambassador to the u.n. the tally churkin said that it's time for the security council to stop bickering and. adding a blame game with one another and it would be best for them to just agree on a tactical resolution that would extend us supervision mission in syria for at least another thirty day

come to a city like washington d.c., beautiful city, but the rates of hiv infection here in washington d.c. is that of a country in west africa. >> reporter: the saying goes wherever people are marginalized hiv thrives. >> it gets worse. as we cross the ocean either direction, the access becomes further and further limited. the numbers of drugs that are available are further and further limited. >> reporter: and yet the charitable foundation headed by billionaire bill gates is trying to change that. >> the ultimate tool will be a vaccine and scientists are making great progress. >> but there's still not a cure. >> reporter: chris bland is 48, says he was diagnosed in 1985. >> we also do advocacy and public policy. >> reporter: bland now works with the black aids institute based in los angeles. >> it's a much higher quality of life. there was a study today that op 25 and diagnosed they can leave at least 50 years. when i found out in 85, i was 21. i didn't think i'd live to be 25. >> reporter: sherry has been hiv positive almost 20 years. >> to me even more important than that is i'm about to celebrate my 50th birthday in ago.

come to a city like washington, d.c., beautiful city, but the rate of hiv infection here in washington, d.c. is that of a country in west africa. >> more than 4 million people around the world are currently hiv positive. >>> d.c. has the highest rate of hiv infection among big cities here in the u.s. so this morning is your chance to get questions answered about aids and hiv. we have a panel of medical experts that will take your calls from 7:00 to 10:00 this morning. number is right there on your screen. it is 202-895-3307. >>> dozens of workers gathered in silver spring to protest minimum wage and poor benefits. they held signs and chanted outside burlington coat factory at city place mall. several minimum wage workers from businesses in the area owned by bain capital told their stories of reduced hours and pay cuts under the company's ownership. >> i get paid $7.50 for 15 years. never get raises, anything. i am here right now. the minimum wage has got to be at least $11 or $10 because we deserve. >> the nonprofit our d.c. organized today's protest. >>> a massive beef recall to tell you about. coming up next, we'll tell you

the hip. but that didn't break his spirit nor his stride. a few years ago, bored with his office job, west joined a charity called "free the children." he leads kids from north america to africahools and on one trip an african kid had a question. >> the young girl raised her hand and she said to me that she didn't know something like that-- meaning the loss of my legs-- could happen to white people, too. when that girl said that to me everything sort of made sense in that moment. i never realized that there was value to my story. by sharing my story i showed her she wasn't the only person with a struggle. that even people in north america and around the world have challenges. >> reporter: he challenged kilimanjaro to raise money for free the children. there must have been times you thought about giving it up. >> absolutely. but as we got toward the top my two best friends were literally destroyed with it. at one point they were walking and vomiting and walking and vomiting and to be really, really candid with you it was one of the first moments in my entire life where i was like "i wish i had legs today." it was one of those days i wish i had legs because i would literally ca

we come to a city like washington d.c., beautiful city, but the rate of hiv infection here in washington d.c. is that of a country in west africa. >> more than 34 million people around the world are currently hiv positive. >>> new york mayor michael bloomberg defending his proposal to limit the sizes of soda and other sugary drinks a day before public hearings. bloomberg was joined by a group of doctors today. he said the city's transfat ban also met similar protests but worked to help make the city healthier. >> just refused to stand on the sidelines while millions of our fellow new yorkers struggle with the health implications of being overweight or obese. sugary drinks is not the only one, but it is certainly one of the factors. >>. >>> several popular car models are being investigated for safety issues and bad news for airline passengers tonight, shawn yancy with your fox 5 top five. >> we begin tonight with flying the friendly skies and how it will cost you more. no. 5, united airlines hiked fares by $10 round trip and delta, u.s. airways and jetblue followed suit. southwest and airtran only upped prices on flights of at l

we met an extraordinary man over the weekend on a trip that we took to kenya in east africa. at the 31 year-old spencer westimbed mount kilimanjaro. an accomplishment for anyone. but when you see him you will wonder how it could have been possible, when you hear him, he realized that most anything is possible. >> the first half of the climb there was lots of times when i did not know if i would make it. >> spencer west finished on top in june. at nearly 20,000 ft., the kilimanjaro volcano is the world's tallest standalone mountain. he is as full of adventure as any man we have never met but take a step back and you'll see that the climber has no legs. >> my family and i were told by doctors that i would never sit up by myself, i would never walk by myself, and i probably would not be a functioning member of society. >> they did not know what the possible is to be? >> exactly. >> a genetic defect may his legs useless, the doctors amputated at the hips but that's not break his spirit nor his stride, a few years ago, bored with his office job, he joined a charity called free the children, he leaves kids from n

robin hoods who take from the rich to find a cure for aids. there were a man from west africa. >> i think they have the power to start change. >> hiv-positive man from philadelphia. >> i worked with aids patience for 12 years. women are the ones who get the biggest burden. >> groups converged on lafayette square across from the white house. they came from the west, the north. their message -- weekend and aids. >> let this represent our hope and dreams of ending aids. they moved through the crowd collecting objects for their civil disobedience wrapped in red ribbons. they then took across the street and began tying to the white house fence. the vast majority of the protesters left at police demands but 13 chose to stay and chant and be arrested for blocking a sidewalk. >> authorities took down the ribbons quickly. the protesters were taken to the police and anacostia station to be processed and have a future court appearance. as for president obama, he did not get their message in person because he is on the west coast. >> the international aids conference continues here in d.c

and civil war have been often use even during the cold war some of the worst most barbaric proxy wars financed by eastern west in africa and parts of asia and latin america were called civil wars the point is that the regime as well as opulent as as we know have some sectarian divisions but this is being heightened by usage of such terms we need to highlight the international war economy that is behind this whole syrian game rather than simply calling it a domestic uprising it was a domestic uprising but domestic uprisings can get hijacked and that's what we need to highlight other ways the narrative will go towards another security council resolution followed by possible nato intervention we've been trying to avoid this for a while and russia has some are holding the fort but i'm afraid that the propaganda war is not so advanced that they're making it look like you know twenty thousand or twenty five thousand there you know all kinds of figures coming from london and who knows who's behind all these things ok stranger things even go back to you it looks like a strategy of massacre marketing ok anything anyone that's k