come to terms with the brutality of dictatorship, the group from tunisia city visit to berlin will helpnsure that the lessons of the past are not forgotten by future generations. >> today, germans and americans are also marking a moment in the past. 60 years ago at the height of the cold war, u.s. troops began pouring into an area which is now known as ramstein airbase. >> since then, it has become a major hub for the u.s. military and has employed thousands of germans. >> the air base in western germany is optimally place for u.s. missions around the world. it was the location that spurred american military planners to set up a base here 60 years ago. at the peak of the cold war, it also included a huge nuclear arsenal. today, it remains the biggest air base outside the u.s., but it is now dealing with new threats. >> the threats we face back then were significantly different. the big shift has been from facing a static that, ecstatic, no new threat -- you know, monolithic enemy -- to a very diverse situation where we have different enemies. >> new challenges called for new strategies.

hour at least five students have been wounded your interactions with police in the colombian city of tunisia the dispute happened during a demonstration marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the death of the student leader injuries occur when two people fell while carrying explosives what triggered the clashes remains unknown. but the russa's come under sharp criticism over the recent executions of two men found guilty of last year's deadly metro bombings in the country's capital so western officials and human rights groups slammed the sentence and the e.u. is preparing to slap more sanctions on by the ruse but the country's president defended the decision as legally justified during an explosive interview with r.t. . the group that was absolutely transparent to the investigation was led by the new head of the country's investigative committee who just toured the prosecutor's office also russia's federal security service the f.s.b. israel's mossad and interpol all took part in this investigation and none of these organizations had any questions being quietly to process and most importantly

city whole story. for the tragedy of support your evolution in tunisia and other countries it was the start of the arab spring. unlike most of the population of the bustling city of color such a move but art can afford to stay in bed longer. the doors miss barber shop open at ten am. but often his first customers don't arrive to new. mubarak treasures these morning alice is no relation to the proposed president but he spends his time checking up on the latest political news. politics is far more popular than football in egypt these days. i have a kind of a lesson this is been the best year of my life there is freedom in a country i can say anything i like to anyone we didn't have such freedom in the past but this freedom is free for all you don't need to pay for it there hasn't been a better time for me and my job since the revolution. seventy three dead and more than a hundred. fold life includes a. morning of victories of. that very. on the first of february two thousand and twelve the local team in the egyptian city of port saeed hosted the football club from cairo after the match most fans attacked

maintain they have done just as much for the new free tunisia as their fellow countryman who was easy. before it was easy did what he did in the city was it in december twentieth chances most people did not know him as of but after that he became their hero they started writing about him on facebook and i was on a quest none of the mainstream media covered it either a lot more national t.v. you know the radio the press this information had repeatedly been repulsed it on the web before it was shown on al-jazeera in spain. the great arab information revolution initiated by young and fuse yes in tunisia has been carried on by professionals t.v. channel al jazeera activity covered events and couriers tie his square on the military conflict in libya that led to the overthrew duffey today the information war has focused on syria. journalist refeed look feel is really seen on the streets of damascus the man the shuttle's public appearances wherever he goes he is followed by two armed bodyguards there is a reason for the course of a short while ago two unidentified men thought on the car carrying a reporter for several months refeed has be

engagement with a willing partner in the form it could be, you know, the city government of san francisco or the new government of tunisia welcomes the technical assistance from the u.n. but the high commissioner to come into tunisia and draft a live and train personnel versus human rights advocacy in a situation where a government is the causa trend. by sharing a thought for example and there is no scope to work cooperatively and the emphasis really is and how to ratchet that pressure on the government and tried to drive for change. you know, i think more so perhaps than the idea that kerry not that balances a burden. i think it is not so much that is when an advocate is truly plain and advocacy role, you know, in the context of a situation where they are trying to apply pressure to drive change, that night doing that balance even taking into full account the range of competing equities that may weigh against the human rights claim, you know, i think the reason it is done is that it is sort of acknowledged or recognize that the weighing up will be done in a court of public opinion by the government officials on the rece

day we've heard mercenaries from france tunisia love and i'm going we don't go anywhere interesting. people like. shortly after the rebels withdraw from the city the syrian main opposition group formed a military council to organize the armed resistance and to provide the rebels with more weapons a fact that shows just how deep the militarized the conflict has become recently here in the country while syria is period very close to a civil war. talk is worth the motion reporting what i mean well the syrian authorities have given the international red cross the green light to enter the embattled city of homs on friday but this follows a call from the u.n. security council to allow quote immediate humanitarian access to the worst affected areas are. also supported by that of russia and china. has details from new york it's been nearly seven months since we've seen any type of consensus coming out of the security council with respect to syria but that consensus is coming through the form of a press statement issued by the security council with respect to humanitarian aid in syria we are seeing some consensus coming from the security council on a h

tunisia and egypt have already been deposed. in libya, muammar gaddafi opted for violence over capitulation. forces were preparing an onslaught over a rebel citybut foreign forces intervened. >> in this case, for an intervention looks unlikely. the crackdown has intensified with every passing month. today, the army has been continuing its offensive in the north pier the material distributed on the internet appears to show fighting. meanwhile, human rights monitors say the bodies of 23 torture victims had been discovered. >> meanwhile, the united nations says well over 8000 people have been killed during the last 12 months and thousands more have taken refuge in neighboring turkey. and at a refugee camp in southern turkey. syrians have been pouring across the border for 24 hours, and more are expected to follow as the violence in their homeland continues. >> assad's army has seized the city. no one can get in or out. the situation is dreadful. >> an entire year of protest, violence, and death. this was the scene a year ago -- protesters take to the streets of damascus, inspired by the eritrean rebels across the region, they come to, call for mo

tunisia. we don't go anywhere and just because we were freed of snipers people like. shortly after the rebels withdraw from the city the syrian main opposition group formed a military council to organize the armed resistance and to provide the rebels with more weapons the fact that shows just how deep the militarized the conflict has become recently here in the country while syria is very very close to a civil war. it is mary from austin reporting what i mean. who just has come by from the homes so she witnessed a scene of chaos and carnage in the war torn city bigger goal of this i want to homes along with the syrian red crescent i spent nine days there and killings and lunch and opposition forces in places like baba amr on a knot of heavy weaponry we've seen time fighting the army and fighters armed with rocket launches the opposition fans had going for plied with bradman's from lebanon . well meanwhile the syrian authorities have given the international red cross the green light to enter the in battle city of homs now this follows a call from the u.n. security council to allow immediate humanitarian access to th

tunisia lebanon. we don't go anywhere and just because we are freed of snipers people are. shortly after the rebels withdraw from the city the syrian main opposition group formed a military council to organize the armed resistance and to provide the rebels with more weapons the fact that shows just how deep the militarized the conflict has become recently here in the country while syria is here in very close to civil war or even national reporting there i mean while this here and across authorities have given the internet. the red cross the green light and tour of the vatican city of holmes on friday this follows a call from the u.n. security council to allow immediate humanitarian access to the worst affected areas also supported by russia and china are these marine important i as the details from new york. it's been nearly seven months since we've seen any type of consensus coming out of the security council with respect to syria but that consensus is coming through the form of a press statement issued by the security council with respect to humanitarian aid in syria and we are seeing some consensus coming from the sec

in sudan at the time of the arab spring broke in tunisia we saw almost the same kind of spirit of unarmed opposition in some of the major cities in sudan, immediately crushed by the regime in khartoum. and they, the regime in khartoum used a particular tactic that was very insidious. they picked out women and girls who were family members of some of the leaders of the unarmed opposition and used rape against them. systemically rape against them. and it really took the wind out of the unarmed opposition. but what we is see now much more powerfully is a belt of unarmed opposition along the periphery, along the borders, countries adjacent to sudan so you have the darfurrians who have linked with the people from the nuba mountains and the blue nile in the east and all these people are basically rebelling against the government, wanting to see a democratic transformation in sudan like we've seen in other parts of north africa and the middle east. >> rose: where are other african nations on this. >> very divided. when a country has as much oil and oil resources as sudan does, they can buy a lot of support from countries that are les

tunisia and issue a statement, that is not much. what is going on in syria is a blood bath, and people who want some kind of representative government are being slaughtered in city-after-city, and the response by the obama administration and the nato countries is the rebels are divided, we do not know who to do things for and so on. i think that is pathetic. they could speak much more loudly than they have, and there are so many things they can do short of selling its extending the hundred first airborne into damascus. -- see pending -- sending of one of an first airborne into damascus. we do have agents in syria. i suspect we do, and we should. host: north carolina. you are on with the executive editor of "the weekly standard," fred barnes. caller: how come no reporter has ever asked barack obama if he is a socialist. can you do that? guest: i did not cover the white house. my chances are probably not good. he has not been asked that directly, but he has claimed he is not. he has joked about the idea that he has been a socialist. am i right about that? he has sort of dealt with that question, but not in response to a direct question as far as i recall. host: is

tunisia and issue a statement, that is not much. what is going on in syria is a blood bath, and people who want some kind of representative government are being slaughtered in city-after-city, and the response by the obama administration and the nato countries is the rebels are divided, we do not know who to do things for and so on. i think that is pathetic. they could speak much more loudly than they have, and there are so many things they can do short of sending the 101st airborne into damascus. we do have agents in syria. i suspect we do, and we should. host: north carolina. you are on with the executive editor of "the weekly standard," fred barnes. caller: how come no reporter has ever asked barack obama if he is a socialist. can you do that? guest: i did not cover the white house. my chances are probably not good. he has not been asked that directly, but he has claimed he is not. he has joked about the idea that he has been a socialist. am i right about that? he has sort of dealt with that question, but not in response to a direct question as far as i recall. host: is that a proper or a fair question? guest: i think it is for this reason. it might not deal