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Peace table. they had been shut out up until now by the taliban. hamid karzai, the president of afghanistan made the announcement and today defense secretary leon panetta had this comment. >> president karzais statement confirmed is that afghanistan is now very much involved in the process of reconciliation. and that is extremely helpful and important to determining whether or not we are ultimately going to proceed with reconciliation or not. >> president karzai told the "wall street journal" th...

Is still strong. >> experts say nato forces are prevailing militarily in afghanistan. after the combat mission subsides in the next year, the u.s. wants to leave in places diplomatic framework for the afghan government to succeed on its own. karzai sitting down at the peace table is important feature of the landscape. the state department stresses these are only preliminary talks. >> you are going to have a a lot of stray press conferences from different factions. we need to be steady. >> inform...

Is still strong. >> experts say nato forces are prevailing militarily in afghanistan. after the combat mission subsides in the next year, the u.s. wants to leave in places diplomatic framework for the afghan government to succeed on its own. karzai sitting down at the peace table is important feature of the landscape. the state department stresses these are only preliminary talks. >> you are going to have a a lot of stray press conferences from different factions. we need to be steady. >> inform...

Peace table. they had been shut out up until now by the taliban. hamid karzai, the president of afghanistan made the announcement and today defense secretary leon panetta had this comment. >> president karzais statement confirmed is that afghanistan is now very much involved in the process of reconciliation. and that is extremely helpful and important to determining whether or not we are ultimately going to proceed with reconciliation or not. >> president karzai told the "wall street journal" th...

across the sky? im trying to hum that song. thats a pathetic effort. anyway, some people very concerned about the ufo possibilities here. we have the answer to what that fireball in the sky was. >> what are you trying to do? >> i was thinking about that 80s show, that 90s show. whatever. a woman wins gas money after she sues honda. she spoke to us when she first filed this lawsuit. she said the cars manual promised her 50 miles per gallon. it didnt deliver. can others cash in on her ...

palestinian spring, the time for independence. but up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today, a textbook example of playing it safe. >> our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. >> this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. >> my friend, governor perry, said if you dont agree with his position on giving that in-state tuition to illegals, that you dont have a hear...

called now the arab spring, the time has come also for the palestinian spring. the time for independence. up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today. a textbook example of playing it safe. >> our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. >> this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. >> my friend governor perry said if you dont agree with his position giving in-state t...

And as u.s. troops begin to leave, violence is increasing in the heart of kabul. just last week, insurgents launched a 20-hour attack on the u.s. military headquarters and the u.s. embassy. you can still feel the tension in the air outside of rabbanis house just behind me. his death was so important, president karzai cut short a trip to new york to return immediately. he has declared three days of national mourning for rabbani. abc news, kabul. >> and before he left for home, afghan leader karza...

either changed their stories or recanted their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. anti-death penalty protesters are out in force tonight in georgia and over time, the pope, nobel peace prize laureates, desmond too tou and jimmy carter have been among those who have appealed for leniency or a new trial. the original prosecutor in the case say they are executing the right man tonight. >> there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case, the case in court, and the pub...

A group of u.s. religious leaders has just returned from a meeting with iranian president ahmadinejad. they had hoped to bring shane bauer and josh fattal back with them, but despite the setback the leaders believe the two americans will be home in a matter of days. talks went late into the night at the u.n. over the question of statehood for the palestinians. secretary of state clinton said the u.s. was engaged in "extremely intensive diplomacy" over the issue. the palestinians are expected t...