from mali, and from the mayor of timbuktu. two senior public officials in somalia among the victims of a suicide bombing in mogadishu. the rebel group al-shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack that happened during a function and at recently reopened national theater. prime minister ali has told the bbc the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber. our africa editor is joining me now live. tell us who are these two public figures? >> the head of the olympics committee and the head of the football association. they are amongst the least seven people killed. it may be as high as 10. and more people wounded when a woman suicide bomber exploded a belt around her at the ceremony. >> also, the prime minister was there. >> he was there and is safe. he was in the middle of his speech when happens. he says that his cabinet is ok. >> audacious would be one word for this. what does this tell us about al- shabab's readiness? >> it shows they are weak. in the past, they were able to hold areas of mogadishu. there were dri

which nation would you find timbuktu? is it, a, mali, b, the maldi southeast, somalia, or nepal. and we'll tell you the correct answer. go to cnn/fareed for more of the gps challenge and lots of insight and analysis. you can also follow us on twitter and facebook. remember, if you miss a show, go to itunes. you can get the audio podcast for free or you can buy the video version. go directly there by typing itunes.com/fareed into your browser. this week's book of the week is break out nations, one of the world's leading emerging market investors. this is the best book on global economic trends i have read in a while. he says that the bricks, brazil, india, china, russia, those golden growing nations, are slowing down. read the book. now for the last look. what caught my eye this week was an art installation by the chinese artist and dissident aiwa wa. he put surveillance cameras up if his house in beijing. four of them in all. earlier this week he began streaming them live on a website called wai wai cam. this was a pro'tis against another form of surveillance. this one by the chi

and a was formed in october two thousand and ten long before the uprising in benghazi timbuktu the military plans had been laid by hunger who was in libya at the time but he'd been planning this from two thousand and nine onward so i i think that the fall of gadhafi. sped up the rebellion time with about it and possibly got it more arms but i don't think that this is the direct consequence i think that narrative is that how from ok peter what do you think about that in washington it's an epiphenomenon i think not a direct result. certainly the the the the tensions in the north the grievances legitimate or not one can debate of the torah those are going problems but certainly there was a new amp it's a sport with outflow fires that's why the m.l.o. u.s. military commander. is was a for a colonel in the libyan army maybe he would have been sent anyway but the fact is he had the fighters that form the the tip of the spear here in the simulator and it's a military go ahead james jump and he did that he defected from the libyan military . hunger what he was doing in having been cased out by. gov

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having is gone as far as the ancient city of timbuktu, the rebels insist that they have no intention of going as far as the capital. >> upon -- we don't want to create problems with the and theent of molali region. our objective is achieved. we stop there. >> despite these reassurances, leaders of neighboring countries who met today so remain worried. >> i think that the prospect of power falling into the hands of fundamentalist is a nightmare for all the countries in this region, and we will take all measures to make sure they do not take part -- to power. >> today's sanction, as well as the fighting in the north that has displaced hundreds, will intensify the worries malians already have about what lies on the road ahead. bbc news. >> you are watching "newsday." how the new optimism in burma is being seen by its neighbors. we will have a live report from the summit in cambodia. >> on the 30th anniversary of the falklands conflict, argent -- the president supports her country's claim to the island. the front page of "the daily terror -- telegraph" has a harrowing account of the atta

regional capitals in the north in the administration of those cities we see it in kid ah we see in timbuktu we see it and go where this group ansari d.n.a. led by this long connected character gali is clearly asserting itself well i think there will be a struggle within the the toerag movement but so we shouldn't overestimate the danger but we certainly shouldn't dismiss it out of hand either change what you stand on that because they you know when you through when they all cried aliment and then it becomes a much broader picture story it's not you know poor little molly struggling here becomes an international story certainly a regional story i mean to what degree is it over underestimate in your mind. i think it's overestimated for the same reasons that people just do i disagree with what you just said about. i agree that there is going to be a struggle between the announcer of the in which there always was going to be regardless of whether there is an islamic tend to answer. the secular nationalists tend to the m.l.a. let's not forget the believe. in the early was the leader of the toera

relights descendants of ancient israel we sing about the river jordan we didn't sing about mali or song timbuktu we sing about jericho jerusalem in canaan flint. and the songs were passed down through the generations born and brought up in the united states they believe that when the ancient jerusalem temple was destroyed by the romans their ancestors fled to east africa from where they were taken to america as slaves in one thousand nine hundred sixty six as chicago steel worker ben-ami been used well had a vision that it was time to return home everyone is called according to their portion and our portion was you know to establish the kingdom of your and the kingdom of your represents a new idea you know upon the planet and so ben-ami set forth with some four hundred people who much like moses in the bible spent two and a half years wondering in liberia before reaching the promised land when benami arrived here in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine just under half of those who'd left america with him had managed to finish the journey this was to become their home here in the negev desert bu

in mali rebels in the north of the country say they have captured of the historic town of timbuktu is comes just a week after the military took over the country claiming of the president wasn't doing enough to fight to the rebellion coup leaders have pleaded for foreign help to tackle the insurgents and reinstated the one nine hundred ninety two constitution that they initially dissolved. a twenty year old palestinian was killed when it landed a protesters clashed with israeli security forces on the palestinian israeli border on friday it comes a fortnight after an egyptian mediated truce to stop the violence between the two sides was broken his policy experts. this year the and not mandate demonstrations turn violent with one protester killed in gaza several dozen injured across the west bank and at least thirty four people arrested in the event marks the killing back in one nine hundred seventy six six palestinians during a round confiscation policy of the bin israeli government palestinians complain that the israelis took our blend and used it for building israeli settlements and s

restrictions imposed well you're right militants austin control the movement we are proud of us timbuktu and. french police launched a new wave of raids across the country arresting it isn't a suspect that's what it's from prison with sarkozy if it is the killing of certain people by one hundred or. by extremist resilience currently engaged in a bitter presidential campaign and has vowed to crack down on radicalism in the culture. a group of two hundred u.s. marines arrived in australia a six month training deployment that's one of the country's bolstering its military presence in the asia pacific washington is to establish a rotational presence of up to two hundred thousand personnel in the country in the coming years instead you know a lot however says that there will be no u.s. military base set up in the country. as israel's prime minister every minute in yahoo is criticizing economic sanctions as an ineffective two went against iran's nuclear program and follows a comments from russia's foreign minister with a lengthy i.a.e.a. inspection showed no evidence that tehran had breached t

mollies or to regular rebels have seized the city of timbuktu planting their flag of the offices of thegovernor and mayor capturing the city was a main goal of the rebels who now control the three largest towns in mali's north as they seek to establish islamic law throughout the country meanwhile the west african leaders have yet to decide on sanctions against mali after leaders of a military coup promise to return power to civilians to avoid diplomatic and economic isolation. why don't we go to the r.v. business section there is dimitri it seems are the markets in russia looking for direction that's right they were imposed surgery now in the red this is of course on one hand there's positive manufacturing data coming out and russia on the other hand in europe as unemployment figures which are growing now what we're seeing right now is that the obvious and the mice a soft let's too negative as our let's quickly take a look at what's moving the nice legs in russia gold still fighting the foreign elites the london listing is declining one percent you chair is down three percent the airlin

a violent rebel faction has taken over timbuktu and all women will soon be required to wear a veil. are looking at the rebels. many of the city's christians have fled since the coup on sunday. >>> a british warship sets sail bound for the falkland islands, the latest move in the standoff with argentina over the islands. both countries marked the 30th anniversary of the falkland's war. argentina sees the warship setting sail as an intimidating move. >>> mitt romney really does have a big lead in the race for the republican nomination. but nonetheless, santorum said he is staying in the race saying it's the same battle he's fought since the beginning of the race in iowa. >> everyone has been asking from the days i was driving around in iowa to get out of the race. >> reporter: john mccain is saying that santorum is irrelevant, and the front leader is romney. >> he has a lot of ground to makeup, and i'm confident that mitt romney will do very well, but the fact is that every day that goes by without being in the general election campaign mode is the day lost. >> reporter: romney does s

they have made in march not only on timbuktu, but the situation has become considerably worse. we have always said that the government in mali needed not only to be fighting, but also to be providing an opportunity to address legitimate political grievances in the north. our call now is not only for the civilian government to be restored, but for the -- to cease their violence, and once we get back to a civilian government, for that government and those with grievances in the north to engage in dialogue rather than to settle these issues by violence. >> did you figure out how much aid you have suspended? >> we are continuing to work through these programs one by one. it is relatively complicated because we want to continue the humanitarian aid while the cut off anything that provide support to the government. we are continuing to work to that, but we're looking at other ways we can bring pressure to bear on the captain. >> like what? >> i will have more to say that -- to say about that in coming days. my understanding is the security council is discussing malik today, and there

the folks in mali have actually taken over timbuktu.t that we have never felt as a government or as a people that we have to be knowledgeable about the rest of the world. and i'm very concerned that we don't have that vision. >> it's like a cancer that has spread across the globe and suddenly you have to know mali, you have to know about yemen, and you have too know about these other countries that we have ignored forever, because it doesn't matter what state sanctions al qaeda's growth. that's a danger to new york, washington and wisconsin. >> joe, we have seen this before, we see two embassies being attacked in africa, you see the u.s.s. cole hit in yemen, you see these guys blow up the buddha in afghanistan. a lot of people say these don't seem to be important places. the same thing is playing out now. in all those places, affiliates or sympathizers of groups like al qaeda are very active, we're not safe and i think we're ignoring it develop, at least as a people. i know there are people in the government that are trying to deal with

capitalized on the confusion caused by the military seizure of power in key towns, including in timbuktu. these towns have fallen to the rebels. government forces are effectively abandoning their positions in the north without much of a fight. the council is working on this topic as well which we hope will be issued as soon as possible. we heard from the undersecretary general that the leader has imposed measures as of yesterday including border closures, blocking access to account, and a travel ban. he has placed a force of some 3000 troops on standby, both to respond if necessary to the coup as well as respond to the rebellion that is of grave concern in the north. he also noted the humanitarian situation is deteriorating and refugees have increased to 130,000. council members were united in their demand that the leaders immediately step down and restore constitutional order. let me stop there and take your questions >> thank you for coming. you say that the announcement -- that the opposition could interfere with the timetable of kofi annan. >> i want to be sure that i understood the

capitalized on the confusion caused by the military seizure of power in key towns, including in timbukturces are effectively abandoning their positions in the north without much of a fight. the council is working on this topic as well which we hope will be issued as soon as possible. we heard from the undersecretary general that the leader has imposed measures as of yesterday including border closures, blocking access to account, and a travel ban. he has placed a force of some 3000 troops on standby, both to respond if necessary to the coup as well as respond to the rebellion that is of grave concern in the north. he also noted the humanitarian situation is deteriorating and refugees have increased to 130,000. council members were united in their demand that the leaders immediately step down and restore constitutional order. let me stop there and take your questions. >> thank you for coming. you say that the announcement -- that the opposition could interfere with the timetable of kofi annan. >> i want to be sure that i understood the question. >> -- interfere with the mission and time t

al-dean groups capitalized on the confusion caused by the military seizure in key towns including in timbuktu and these towns in the north, have fallen to the rebels. and pasco reported that government forces are effectively abandoning their positions in the north without much of a fight. the council is working on a prst on this topic as well which we hope will be be issued as soon as possible. we heard from undersecretary-general pasco that ecot imposed measures yesterday including border closures, blocking financial transaction of junta members and reported that echo was placed a force of 3,000 troops on standby both to respond if necessary to the coup d'etat as well as respond to the rebellion that is of grave concern in the north. pasco also noted humanitarian situation is deteriorating and underlined that idps have increased to 90,000 and refugees to 130,000. council members were united in their demand that the hunt at that leaders immediately -- junta leaders step down and restore constitutional order. let me stop there and take your questions. mark. >>> madam president on behalf of the