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Cups opening match. Welcome to the programme. Rebel fighters have taken control of two towns in Northern Iraq. They are both in the same province. The Islamic State of iraq and levant or the i. S. I. L. Is in control of several cities, including mossual and tikrit. We have this report. After days of criticism of iraqs army after abandoning their post, iraqi strikes back. They have released pictures targets in the city. Its a show of strength. This is the Islamic State of iraq and levant, claimin...

The fight against obesity epidemic getting bigger and bigger. Thousands of syrians living abroad are casting votes ahead of next weeks president ial e elections. Poll all but certain to rubber stamp bashar al assad. In lebanon thousands have blocked to the embassy in beirut that is the one and only polling station there. Lebanon is home to more than a million syrian refugees. Only 40,000 are on the register. We are looking at voting in jordan where nearly a quarter of the population is syrian. Y...

From the American Energy point of view, iraq matters. Youve been there many times. The Central Government collapses and the iranians enrich and the world as a whole suffers. The American People its in our National Security interest not to give these guys safe haven in syria and iraq because the next 9 11 could very well come from that region, is that an is that anover statement or is that in the area of possibility . As i have said in other settings, there are several groups the al qaeda ideolog...

Dr. Fleming. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Secretary hagel, weve talked about this 30day notice. Yesterday the chairman told us that he received notification after Sergeant Bergdahl had actually been transferred. Im sure his Senate Counterpart received that notice at the same time. It was really a notice after the fact, and i listened carefully through all the questions, all the legalese, the technical, the spin, everything. Its clear to me that really what happened here, and this goes back to the qu...

Thats right. And if isis has assets from aleppo to baghdad, theyre enriched, the country that we know as iraq, financially collapses, dont you think that would affect the region and energy crisis, from the average American Point of view, iraq matters. It does, and also, you know, youve been there many times, senator. The southern part of iraq possesses a tremendous amount of o oil, so different scenarios the iranians operate the southern part of iraq. Well get hit in the wallet. But isis theyre ...

As the United States denied victory over portugal in the world cup. The controversial cleric arrived in lahore in pakistan. He is in the country to lead protests against the Nouri Almaliki government. Thousands of people broke through Police Barricades to reach islamabad airport where his plane was due to land. It was diverted to lahore, where 12 demonstrators were killed on tuesday as supporters fault the police. Lets look at the man. Quadriis based in canada and heads an organization which pro...

Ahead. Good to have you with us. We begin tonight in iraq where sunni led rebels have dealt a new blow to the government. Two border posts are now under control. Significant. Major highway to the border of jordan. This adds to three other cities in Anbar Province. Iraqs government has deployed 2,000 troops to protect it. Beji is the largest refinery in iraq. Second largest city mosul are under the i. S. I. L. Control. We get the latest from Omar Al Salah in iraq. Fighters from the Islamic State ...

That corruption has hindered certain economies. I think anticorruption activities increases the momentum of growth. To look at certain countries which do not have an active democracy like china and other countries and to take a very skewed view of the last 45 months, where india has had a new Prime Minister and a new party come to power on the basis of an anticorruption message, you have already seen india increase to higher than it has been in the past years. On the corruption and growth. I thi...

This is the site that the for first time that black soldiers were trained to become officers, and that was in world war i, and we fastforward to world war ii, and we found for the first time women were allowed to join the army, and it was called the corps of the time. Frank way, even though a lot of people in town do not know too much about why this fort is out here. Before world war i started, blacks had been in military service kind of sporadically. One was killed in the boston massacre in the...

I know it is probably difficult for those of you in the back of the room to see the small details and maybe read the print, so what we did or actually, what petes staff did, was actually include this in your maps and handbooks book. If you turn to page nine, you will see this map in their. You might want to refer to this. It is probably a little easier to read. I will be making frequent reference to this map as it will help us understand the course of the campaign. As general in chief of all mil...