Gas. And Embassy Bombing that killed hundreds of civilians may amount to war crimes. Peace plan, u. N. City Council Voted unanimously to support a new unity government in libya and urging other countries to do whatever it takes to help stabilize the country. Subdued celebrations. All i ask is that people pray for peace for us in the city of nativity. So the war can end. How violence is overshadowing christmas this year in bethlehem. Good wednesday evening everyone. Antonio mora is off. Im adam may filling in. This is al jazeera Americas International news hour. We begin tonight in ramadi. Thats where i. S. I. L. s monthslong hold on that city may be about to end. The Iraqi Military says its forces remain within striking distance of the citys center. Progress has slowed since the first day of the separation but they are not reporting any major set backs and they still believe i. S. I. L. s defeat is just a matter of time. Now allowing civilians who have been trapped in ramadi to escape.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Colonist and editorial cartoonist is an awardwinning graphic novelist and the author of nonfiction books about domestic and International Current affairs. His cartoons appear at approximately 100 newspapers around the United States and from 2008 to 2009 he was president of the association of the editorial cartoonist and hes won several awards for his work including the journalism awards and the National Journalism award and best book of the year award. Joining him on stage tonight is chris hedges who spent barely two decades as a correspondent in Central America the middle east, africa and the balkans. Hes reported for more than 50 countries and has worked for the Christian Science monitor and the National Public radio at the Dallas Morning News and New York Times. He was part of the team of reporters at the times and awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage about global terrorism. Hes also the author of several bestselling books including ward gives us
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Two well come to an apparent global interest in your case to the russian end of the period we have a discussion with nikolai long ago about the way his think tank is developing. If you were telling me there were a lot of youngsters. Russian economic relations and challenge me to talk to younger generations of people interested in these revelations. I thought it would be not only useful, but very challenging for all of us. [inaudible] much younger than i expected because maturity can bring additional actions to the issues. Is rather typical for discussion. I wanted to extend a special welcome to my colleagues, ambassador pifer of power that we have worked in different settings for so many years trying to resolve issues that still are being discussed and still are mature for being resolved. I would like to limit myself to a number of points, basically three. My first point is that irrespective of what is written about russianamerican relations, today i will tell you that i start each and
Government do things with respect to security, peace process, sinai, and other issues of national consequence to us. On the middle east peace saudi arabia has been a critical partner. Just yesterday we reaffirmed the saudi commitment, the saudi commitment to its own initiative a very Significant Initiative and i praised prince sauds description of the, of his vision and the saudi vision for the peace that waits for israel providing we can move the process which they are committed to and very much a part of that we can move that forward. They are a partner in that effort through their role in the arab league as well as their authorship of the arab peace initiative. In addition we both share, saudi arabia and the United States share with almost every other country in the region deep concern about Irans Nuclear program. And its impact on the region. And we had a very frank conversation yesterday about that and i think they understand exactly what the United States is engaged in and i reaf