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In 1922, Nariman Karkaria's book on his war experiences, written in Gujarati, was published. It is the only known such first-person account by an Indian.

Be an enormous accomplishment, not the greatest accomplishment. i think the greatest accomplishment so far is that unified middle eastern front against iran. that is a change from obama and very important. this is very important too. when you make an excellent point as usual and that is that natos reason for being is to protect those countries essentially from russia. and youve got poland and estonia and latvia and lithuania all concerned that russia may be looking at bringing them back into the...

>> reporter: the sun beats down on flower-covered hills and valleys. its spring in the golan heights, and absent the sound of bees going about their work, all is quiet on this middle eastern front. but these scenes of rugged beauty and serenity mask that syrian political unrest could transform what has been 40 years of a largely cold and calm status quo between the two countries into a more open and heated conflict. israel and syria fought two wars here in 1967 and 1973, leading to israels captu...

Thank you. our meteorologist, ivan cabrera, is looking at the weather conditions in japan, as well as the latest that were getting on the massive flooding in thailand. ivan, what are you seeing? >> good to see you. we got new video from the thailand flooding. ill share that in a second. as far as the japan situation, real what he we want at all times is clear skies, we want the offshore wind. there is a frontal boundary that is going to bring us scattered showers just for a quick time. then it...

Changed hands six times in the last six weeks. brega is once more under the control of libyan government forces, and the rebels say even with a no-fly zone and nato air and missile strikes theyre still no match for gadhafis men. "this is useless," says this fighter, giving his antiquated soviet-made machine gun, adding that its only good for pigeon hunting. the fighters fire their weapons all day long, but by the afternoon, they start to run out of ammunition which of course means they have to r...

Now the winner who bought the ticket says a rude customer pushed in front of him to buy the lottery ticket, and that meant the winning ticket was for the next buyer. the new millionaires are not really sure what theyre going to do with all this cash, but one of them is saying that shes going to be buying herself at least a dishwasher. youre watching "world one" live from london. [ chanting ] jordan is bracing itself. last friday there were violent protests and anti-government demonstrators. ...

But logistics and supply, so critical to any military force, are a slap-dash affair. the provision of fuel, food, and other supplies is more a personal than a group responsibility. all of which underscores a basic fact -- the rebels dont have a strategy. this man says he was in libyan special forces ten years ago and admits that even with better weaponry the military opposition to gadhafi is leaderless at the front. >> group by group, you know, every group together go in. but all have come under...

House. >> is it over for gbagbo? >> reporter: pardon me? >> is it over for laurent gbagbo? is this the beginning of the end? >> reporter: oh, i think its the beginning of the end at least militarily. now how much gbagbo -- i mean, is he going to stay, not sure because definitely he has the world against him and all the military power from outtara right in front of him. now, what is the -- are supporters going to pollute gbagbos presidency, hes accused his rival to do for his presidency, how are ...