i would be united arab emirates. france speed brazil in their friendly in paris one nail. down to ten men at the end of the first half following this episode when nonis karim benzema in the chest with his extended leg the referee had no other option but to show the brazilian and red cards. that have a blow and took his revenge fifty four minutes into the game as he scored the only goal of the match up some final play on the way by a german man assuming the final result. back to domestic matters now where in russia ruud gullit has arrived in the chechen republic to take charge of premier league side f.c. terek the anxious faces of local fans soon turning to smiles so the legends are adults won't accept a play across the airport the nine hundred eighty seven european player be accepted the post some we expect but it wasn't wednesday that her drive for the preseason eyebrows were raised when they form a similar plane took up the job in the church or public bridge in which terrorist attacks on a frequent basis. arrange team which with lots of new faces that's what the russian

i would be united arab emirates. to domestic matters here in russia where ruud gullit has arrived in the chechen republic to take charge of premier league side f.c. terek the anxious faces of the local fans soon turning to smile when they saw the legendary dutchman exit the plane a cross the airport call it the nine hundred seventy european play of the year accepted the post some weeks back but it wasn't wednesday that here drives. for the pre-season shadel eyebrows were raised when the former a similar player took up the job in the chechen republic a region which in tears terrorist attacks on a frequent basis. arrange team with a lot of new faces that's what the russian national ice hockey team will look like at the swedish games the third stage of the euro which gets underway tonight robert jordan and is the latest update on the red machine's preparations. if he's got what it takes to lead this team we will only be glad for him any one of the current squad should be striving to become the leader that's the best way

but pressure is also coming from israel, jordan, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for egypt to go slow, fearing a wave of instability across the middle east that could benefit extremists. and then there's the protesters themselves, still defiant past the point of no return. many believe if they stop and the government stays, they'll be arrested or worse. >> so you think if you back down now -- >> we'll be hanged and be in jail. they assure us they will not penalize anybody who contribute to this revolution. lots of lies. >> reporter: the government statements are having almost no impact on the demonstrators. they say they can't be tricked by promises of compromise or frightened away by threats. >> i don't think you can stand up against the whole population of the city. the whole population of egypt is against the regime, the revolution is here. >> reporter: more strikes are planned for tomorrow. demonstrators are calling for millions to take to the streets on friday. demonstrators tonight, brian, are already sending out text messages to organize for friday's protests. they c

in golf rory mcilroy has remained on track for his second title in three years in the united arab emirates the youngster maintaining his lead after the second round of the dubai desert classic the northern irishman carded a four under par sixty eight at the emirates golf club a great job from rory on fifteenth as he set up a birdie with this tee shot and then added another one on the closing hole he now sits on eleven on one stroke leader at a sergio garcia and solace a can former world number one side or woods is also there and did better than mcelroy on friday shooting a six under par sixty six this being one of the six birdies of his bogey free round the american is still four shots off the base after underperforming on the opening day but he keeps getting stronger at the ball better. more control and. more control much directorates. some clean greens which is nice. there's a perfect this morning so i think all is made of but a few more. cycling now and australian mark renshaw has done just enough to win the tour of costs are and his biggest titles so far it was also a maiden trophy at

wanted as russia slipped to one nil defeat after violate iran goal richard pombo played the united arab emirates now elsewhere on a busy night of footballing action france to their great record against brazil beating the summer boys one nil in paris a dreadful challenge by turning those on cover resulted in the visitors being reduced to ten men five minutes before the break the referee left with no other option but to use the red ball benzema his revenge though on fifty four minutes great work from jeremy menace on the right wing setting the real madrid man off for the easiest of finishes one nil the final score france about beat brazil more than twice as many times in head to head meeting. the problems for last year's world cup finalists and i'm told in the netherlands seeing off austria courtesy of some stunning football the other run here getting the ball rolling right through the former first night it was probably the knights who were brilliant build up auction on the way to number two every game i fell a the gristle recipient the end of it all a couple of shirts second half penalty thanks f

hankyu travel says bahrain was dropped from the itinerary of a cruise which will visit the united arab emirates and other persian gulf nations. the eight-day, 30-person tour was originally destined to make a port call at bahrain on saturday. yusen travel says its luxury cruise ship "asuka 2," will change its route for an around the world tour in april. instead of going through the suez canal, it will sail around the cape of good hope in south africa due to worries over security. yusen says this will not change the tour's length or price. it also says this is the first time that it has had to change a route because of security concerns. another major travel agency, jtb, has suspended tours to bahrain and some areas of libya and yemen through the end of march. >>> here are the latest market figures. ♪ ♪ >>> when you think about a gift to that someone special, flowers may be the first choice. in the u.s. flowers imported from japan are becoming popular and sales have been rising. nhk world's paige ferrari has more. >> reporter: a week before valentine's day students attended a flower arranging cla

wanted as russia slipped to one nil defeat after violate iran go richard pombo played darby united arab emirates elsewhere on a busy night of footballing action from their great record against brazil beating the summer boys one nil and par s dreadful challenge by her nominees on corinne benzema resulted in the visitors being just ten men five minutes before the break the referee left with other options but just the race card and the man had his revenge on the four minutes great work from germany many is on the right setting the real madrid man up for the easiest all finishes one nil the final score frontside the whistle with an i says many times to eating. problems for last year's world cup finalists and i'm told in the netherlands seeing off austria courtesy of some stunning football the run you're getting the fall rolling right before the how far more with the schneider with probably the pool tonight more brilliant build up action on the way to number two a prima fell a the grid for recipient at the end of it all couple of shared second half penalties leaving the final score. elsewhere the tea

one nil a score in the united arab emirates improvement very much needed that men are to stay on beaten in the euro twenty twelve goal of fires back on the way the end of. ok back to domestic matters where in russia ruud hole it arrived in chechnya to take charge of premier league side f. c. ter wreck the actions faces of the local found soon turning to smiles soon as the soul of the legendary dutchman exit the pain of corrals near a port hole its then one thousand nine hundred seven european player of the year accepted the post some weeks back but it was on wed and stay about to arrive for the pre-season work but eyebrows were raised when the former ac milan took up the job in chechnya a region which ensures terrorist attacks on a frequent basis the russian season gets underway in march the twelfth. a lot will be discovered on the gulf in greens this weekend when the world's top three players go for broke to dubai desert classic plenty of eyes on world number three tiger woods as he looks to get his bike back after a forty fourth place finish in his season opener a fortnight back woods

in 2009, a south korean consortium won a bid to build the first nuclear power plant in the united arab emirates. it was the first time a south korean consortium won this kind of deal overseas beating out the u.s. and japan. south korea is now the only nation that's made free trade agreements with all the world's major economic zones including the u.s., eu, and india. >> what about his foreign policy? how is he faring on the diplomatic front? >> well, the relations with the united states appears to be changing dramatically. bilateral ties with the obama administration are stronger than ever. when obama visited south korea to attend the g-20 summit last november, he described the relationship between the two countries as an unbreakable alliance. >> now comes north korea. what about the relationship with the north? i mean lee changes country's stance from conciliatory to hard line policy. how has that affected their relations? >> well, the relations are extremely tense following a series of provocations by the north. the sinking of our south korean warship in the yellow sea and the attack on yeonp

unwillingness as mentioned in the discussion with judy to upset the saudis as well as the united arab emirates that we were going to just dos aside somebody who had been an ally and a supporter and a major help to the united states in mubarak at the first hint of trouble. but i think then i think they then got their footing and realized that this was a popular uprising, genuine, authentic, widespread and we could not be on the wrong side of history. >> lehrer: do you agree, david, that at least now the united states is using its power well. >> now they are. it took them a long time to get thered the administers comes in, president obama su a follower of george h.w. bush, and we saw that philosophy reflected in what hillary clinton said a week and a half ago when she said it was a stable regime, when joe biden refused to say that mubarak was a dictator but they kaupt. as friday they made progressment i think over the last weekend, saturday and sunday they really made the switch. and they said he's got to go. that's clearly the situation. and i'm really impressed by how quickly they moved off th

or he's fled to the united arab emirates his resignation on friday was hailed by the u.s. president as a victory for democracy however. reports. washington's thirty year support for the dictator to person sarah t. out of obama sentiment. hosni mubarak ousted from power is eventually parcher not without the help of washington he had a phone call from the white house that persuaded him to leave the four egyptian president left cairo just hours after he addressed the nation saying he was not going anywhere the screws have been put upon him by the army no doubt by the u.s. state department but it was a very serious risk for washington and in the end they decided it would be safe to dump mobarak in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy with the cheerleader in chief buraq obama gyptian have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day but it's egypt's military largely financed by the united states which will now control the country until egyptians choose their next president they have a very close relationship with the pen

supplied to the gulf cooperation council states not just saudi arabia but we've noted the united arab emirates as a as a major importer recently as two others also talking about increasing their systems pose for defense with regard to defense systems and with comedy aircraft that have long range straight capabilities so i suppose you know you would be worried if you were in iran surrounded in that neighborhood to determine if i could go to you in oxford i gave the example ariel in one nine hundred seventy nine when the shark was overthrown in iran it left an enormous amount of american military material behind . and you know god forbid we see you know so much instability that we see that the military being used sold weapons to the middle east over the last thirty years but that does kind of make you think that if one country can fall that has enormous arsenals it can be used for other purposes we we've seen this in iran i mean it could happen again considering the instability that we see today. absolutely i mean there's there's certainly issues around stockpiled security and management issues

there are rumors that he's already in or on his way to the united arab emirates to avoid prosecution. meanwhile, several top egyptian officials have been barred from leaving the country. dan, bianna? >>> the revolution in egypt was sparked by an uprising in tunisia, and so another big question this morning -- are there more dominos in the region to fall? >> that's right. protests are erupting in algeria's capital demonstrators violently clashed with riot police. there are also some protests in iraq and now there are calls for protests in iran and libya, and suddenly palestinian leaders are calling for elections to get ahead of it there. our martha raddatz is in yemen this morning where the government is working closely with them to battle al qaeda. >> reporter: that's right. there were huge protests in algeria's capital today. tens of thousands of protesters hitting the street and also political upheaval in the palestinian authority. and nearly a thousand protesters here on the streets of yemen. there were a few violent confrontations between pro-government forces and opposition group

he is vacationing and doing a little golf in the united arab emirates.ill have live coverage of the tournament all the weekend long. >>> the vatican putting its foot down on that new iphone app. the church says catholics, you cannot confess using your smart phone. [ laughter ] >> itunes is selling an application called confession, a roman catholic app. it was made so catholics can combine faith and digital technology, according to the authors. >> got to keep up with the times. >> but you have to go to confession. you can't do it on the iphone. >>> it is the cuddle drug and helping some people who struggle with intimacy issues. oxytocin. it's best known for sending pregnant women into labor. but new research into the hormone has found it can be put to different uses. doctors say it can help people feel more connected to one another. they claim if the couple is having intimacy problems it could be from a low level of oxytocin. >> you just put it under your tongue and dissolve. not that i just have any -- i just read that online, checked it out. [ laughter

he has gone on to serve as ambassador to the united arab emirates and deputy assistant secretary of state for near east affairs. he is now a scholar at the middle east institute. and jim hoagland is a contributing editor to the "washington post," where he writes a column on foreign affairs. he was a long-time middle east correspondent for the paper and first met qaddafi in 1973. ambassador mack, what were your impressions of this man in 1969? >> well, when i met him in september, shortly after the revolution, it was clear to me immediately that he was the top guy among the revolutionary council officers that we'd been meeting with. he had charisma he had an ability to speak in public with a fairly high degree of eloquence in arabic. he conveyed sincerity. he was self-confident and i think he was very convincing to libyans. >> couric: did he have a philosophy? something that he wanted to do as the leader of the country. >> at that point he was developing his philosophy. he was obviously... like anybody their late 20s, like me in the room with him, he was idealistic he was personally ambiti

haven't managed to bring down, president mubarak, was shown meeting the foreign minister of the united arab emirates. his vice president left to reassure the country that there will be no more state violence. will it end? >> ifill: thousands of people also demonstrated today in several other egyptian cities. in cairo, the enormous crowd in tahrir square lingered long after sundown. the site was still packed as midnight approached. now to margaret warner's report from cairo. she sat down with cal tech professor, an egyptian-american nobel prize winning chemist and one of several unofficial mediators between the egyptian government and the young tahrir square organizers. >> warner: dr. zewail, thank you for joining. >> a pleasure. >> warner: here we sit tuesday two weeks since these demonstrations started. you have the protestors in the square. you have the government holding these other meetings. you're kind of shuttling between them. is this negotiation for real? >> well, i guess your first question is a good one because my level of optimism... by nature i'm an optimist but my level of optimism has