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SOUTHERN African Development Community leaders gathered for an emergency meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique, following a recent get-together in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss the volatile political and security situation in that country’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado northern region. The leaders agreed on Monday in Maputo to hold yet another emergency summit in January next year to discuss the conflict threatening not just Mozambique’s internal peace and stability, but also the whole region�...

Theyre at the bottom of the hill. they can kind of look up and feel wow, thats my spot. we understand they might not want to go to a shelter, because they feel closer to what was their home. but as you mentioned, the rains coming, the colds coming. were encourage them, lets get to these shelters. there are shelters. we brought buss in to help move the people that want to move, but quite frankly, not everybody wants to go. >> right. and its not just the near term with rains next week. this is an ...

Saying 48 of the 238 future apartments are going to be affordable and advertised to sandy victims. and although the tower, itself, is not in a hard-hit town, it is in one of the nine counties declared a disaster area. >> he made an announcement to the development community that you have any projects in those nine counties that would generate affordable housing, bring them on. >> that was a report by chris glorioso for the local nbc station in new york about federal money for sandy relief going t...

>> im going to be evicted. im going to be homeless once again. >> the director of new jerseys housing and mortgage finance agency defended the new brunswick apartment towers saying 48 of the 238 future apartments are going to be affordable and advertised to sandy victims. and although the tower, itself, is not in a hard-hit town, it is in one of the nine counties declared a disaster area. >> he made an announcement to the development community that you have any projects in those nine counties th...

Part of the tools of diplomacy. thats something she did as first lady. that seems to have been a hallmark. number two, here she is one of the most popular women in the country, one of the most popular figures around the world. she has really elevated the conversation about women and the role of women around the world in a way that i think we have not seen previously and i certainly hope going forward well continue to be a part of our own diplomacy. >> she lost no opportunity to really bring the ...

then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on "gps." next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you wont want to miss it. first, heres my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. th...

well begin todays show in europe. voters in france and greece made their anti-austerity feelings known last weekend and stock markets plunged. well have a panel on the big picture and what it means for politics in the west. then robert zellik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next we go to israel which has anoinlted a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry br...

Blu-ray and its all an experience inside one box. >> reporter: sony also recently announced cars 2, the video game which is 3-d. and plenty more titles are on the way. how do you decide which games deserve the 3-d experience? >> its a development decision. so its not necessarily deserve. i think basically our development communities are encouraged to take a look at all the technology available and how do they make that immersive experience thats really going to draw you in. 3-d being one of the ...