a powerful explosion hit southern beirut. four people are dead. iraq's bloody year, 2013 recalls the biggest in five years. fighting continues in south sudan as rebels prepare to begin peace talks in ethiopia. and how this puppet commercial got one in egypt in trouble. >>> with the latest from europe, including security issues dominate as russia presses ahead with its preparations for the winter olympics in sochi. >>> welcome to al this this this this. >> they didn't want the lebanese to be part and it would open the way in lebanon. >> no one. but for many lebanese, it started to reach them. the politicians, president terrorism. they called for the unity of the lebanese. but this this >> this is one of the main groups fighting in syria. >> that's prompted the she aled group. to try to restore order local tribesmen have joined the police in the city of ramadi to try to take police buildings that the fighters have occupied. there is anger here over the arrest of a prominent sunni lawmaker and over the dismantlement of at that camp. iraq has become b

based out of gambia and they're owned by tajik oh which is owned by the brothers which are based out of beirut that are finances of of hezbollah so those transactions were going through h.s.b.c. and i saw i saw it now what's interesting is it's not that it was hard to find the transactions it's very easy the real disturbing part was how they were doing it because those transactions they were supposed to be stopped in the wire filter were actually going through and the reality they were going through because wages b.c. employees were doing was adding dots and dashes and different codings to the actual payments the f.b.i. later called it stripping the payments so the computer system there was a match with the with the transactions in the transactions would go through so it wasn't it was just blatantly obvious what they were doing it just took me i guess with a little extra effort to see how they were criminally how they were criminally allowing the terrorist ones to go through so you said that it was very simple to actually detect what was going on where the only one who was suspicious are the o

this is a picture -- that is my visit to beirut right before the war. i believe it was not the goal of our work, but result of the war. the situation in lebanon could have been entirely different. it would have been more understanding. representatives misled the president. i don't think they really gave the right description about the situation in lebanon. we knew lebanon. it was a major mistake to try to solve other issues through lebanon or to use lebanon to solve other problems, to get syria on the american side or to .olve the palestinian problem it was a mistake. the lebanese problem was so .omplicated i believe that as a result of the war -- not a goal of the war -- the situation could have been entirely different now. used to speak about the 3 -- jerusalem, cairo, beirut as integral parts of the world. .t could have been different in the present time, when we see that the western democracies those whocommunity, interfered should feel responsibility now. sincee done our part 1975. >> we have not even started talking about what we could talk about.

nope none of it that the moment asking parents for a southern beirut neighborhood. this hezbollah stronghold has been targeted by repeated compounds in recent months. security officials on the scene said this was a suicide attack. a spokesman in the midst of the strongest but i was free to point the finger old enemies. small high as everyone knows that the case that israel is hidden behind the attack. israel absolutely want to target shiite neighborhood a resist them this is the experts of local and national unity. why is that because it's that good however the al nasr affront to launch a company to operate its ear and simply disintegrated to the many recent attacks and has been claimed by hard line sunni militants. it's a she and auntie were being talked to that supports the syrian president. lesbians and a fine tooth out the crystal since the syrian regime. one fact if it's often called the warts is still open at the borders with syria. three runs on invites her new snag on syrian peace talks the government delegation heading for switzerland stuck in transit in da

series of explosions in recent months in the city less than a week ago another explosion in downtown beirut killed four people putting a former government minister and injured more than fifty. officials believe the wave of recent bombings is due to increased security and violence spilling over from neighboring syria is long and bloody civil war. and as we transition into the new year there's at least one person who is grateful for the end of two thousand and thirteen our season here david looks at president obama's troubled year and some of the stumbling blocks he faced. in the last few days billions of people around the world have been raising their glasses and saying tears to the start of twenty fourteen but perhaps no one is excited to kiss twenty thirteen goodbye more than president barack obama in fact it's something he addressed in his end of the year press conference after being asked if he thought it was the worst year of his presidency. now been in office five years close to five years. was running for president for two years before that and for those of you who've covered me durin

days ago, the former finance minister was blown up in beiruts central business district. he had lobbied for the establishment of an international tribunal looking into the death of the former prime minister killed in a bomb attack in beirut in february, 2005. before him, the senior hezbollah military commander was shot to death near his home. before that, a suicide bombing outside the iranian embassy. >> there are certain parties who would stand before us that don't want this to take place. they don't want the lebanese to be part of that government and i believe this would open the way wide those who want to destabilize the situation in lebanon. >> no one has claimed responsibility yet for this latest bombing, but for many lebanese, it's yet another indication of darker days to come. >> aljazeera, beirut, southern suburbs. >> the u.s. state democratic condemned the attack, calling on all parties to refrain from acts of retaliation that would "threaten lebanon's stability and the lives and livelihood of the lebanese people." >> the n.s.a. is reportedly racing to build a qu

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. >>> still to come, shock that one of their own was behind a bombing in this beirut. we report on what is prompting some lebanese youth to take extreme measures. >>> all of the latest widgets, gadgets, tech, and toys. >>> and australia celebrate their ashes victory with fans, but find out why one key player missed the party. at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden truth about the ongoing cleanup efforts and how the fallout could effect the safety of americans >> are dangerous amounts of radioactive water, leaking into the pacific eververyday? >> join america tonight's michael okwu for an exclusive four part series, as we return to fukushima only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back. here are the top stories here on al jazeera. protests demonstrations by afghan migrants will produce no results, israeli's go says. protests have entered their third day. thousands demanding equal rights. >>> a spanish judge has summoned the king's youngest daughter over allegations of tax fraud and money laundering. princess christina has been linked to

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. >>> lebanese investigators are combing through the wreckage of a blast site in southern beirut. six people were killed in the explosion thought to be carried out by as bomber. it happened in an area that is a strong hold of hezbollah. in november 23rd people were killed after two bombs went off outside the iranian embassy in beirut. >>> families of the victims of that bombing in november say they want the perpetrator to be tried in lebanon. lebanese authorities have arrested a saudi national, the heard of the brigade. the group has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> the medical charity doctors without borders say several of their staff have been detained in syria. a statement says . . . >>> the u.s. secretary of state has started another day of talks to try to reignite the peace process between israel and palestine. he has met with both leaders >>> former israel prime minister who has been in a coma for eight years is getting weaker. doctors say his condition had deteriorated in the past 24 hours, and his kidneys are failing. he was considered the architect of israeli ex

temperatures picking up into beirut. lovely sunshine coming in with a top temperature on saturday - a pleasant 17 degrees. >> beautiful temperature there. thank you very much. >> still to come in the program. >> fighting in syria intensifies, government and opposition groups battle among themselves for control of the north. >> we want to establish the country for the future >> voting abroad. egyptians cast their votes on the country's new constitution. >> still ahead in sport - west ham suffer a big defeat. this time in mann chester. jo will be here with more. >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera - the food supply in many areas of syria has been disrupted due to heavy fighting between al qaeda-linked fighters and rebel groups. bakeries have not been operating for two days as there is no flour. >> at least 14 army recruits have been killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack in iraq. police say a man with an explosive vest blew himself umed at an airfield in baghdad as he stood with recruits. >> nor

on the floor of the trial room, a scale model of the sea front in beirut where the bombing was carried out. it was clearly a carefully planned assassination, but the bomb was so large that members of his entourage, his security detail, and passers by were killed. a total of 22 lives were taken. in court to watch the start of proceedings, his son, himself also a prime minister of lebanon. >> unfortunately, the names of those who perpetrated these crimes are lebanese. they follow a certain political party. they are innocent until proven guilty. this is what you want. justice not vengeance. we never seek vengeance, and hopefully by the end of this trial, we will find out the truth and we will get the justice that we called for. thank you. >> reporter: the netherlands have seen many international trials in the past. some have taken years. no one knows how long this case will last. the special tribunal only has mandate until 2015. already the bill for this tribunal has reached $325 million. this court case will be both controversial and costly. james bayes, al jazeera, the hague. >>> those

. >>> lebanese investigators are combing through the wreckage of the blast site in southern beirut. six people were killed in the explosion. the blast happened in an area which is the strong hold of the shiite armed group hezbollah. it is the fourth attack in lebanon in two months. in november 23rd people were killed after two bombs went off outside of the iranian embassy in beirut. now dna tests have identified the man responsible for that explosion. the families he should not be sent back to saudi arabia. so really who is this man? >> he's a saudi national. he is wanted by saudi arabia. his group which he leads have been put -- and designated by the united states as a terrorist group in may 2012, and this group is responsible for a number of attacks not only here in lebanon but different areas in the region, including rocket attacks on israel, attacking japanese oil tankers in the persian gulf, and other targets here in lebanon as the bombing of the iranian embassy in november. so he is a very significant catch, if we may use the phrase, and lebanese investigators are very eager t

we have more from beirut. >> hundred was women in the city are struggling to find bread for the families, but there has been none for the past few days as fighting between different rebel groups disrupted the supply of flour to thety. children are said to be starving and this woman says there's only god to appeal to. >> it is the first and only city in syria completely taken over by the rebels, but fighting has resumed, this time between the rebels themselves. rebels have been fighting with another group both with ties to al-qaeda. in the past month, a new coalition of the french rebel group emerged to end the dominance over many areas in syria. fighting that intensified in the northern pats of syria where the new coalition seems to push fighters from the islamic state of iraq out of the city. the other hard line group is spearheading the fight against the isil. another battle is making the lives of syrians even more difficult. aljazeera, beirut. >> germany helps destroy syria's chemical weapons. >> waste from the destroyed weapons is to be burned at a government facility in the town of

the the accused men will deny involvement in the car bombing in beirut nine years ago. >>> reporting for the big majority of those who voted in the recent referendum on a new constitution said yes according to the newspaper. around 90% anythings voted in favor. the military-backed government said half the people turned out to vote on the referendum. >>> and al jazeera continues to call for the immediate release of five of its journalist who is are still being detained in egypt. mohamed fahmy and bad er mohammed and peter greste are charged with joining terrorist groups, which al jazeera claims is fabricated. the other two journalists, they have been detained for five months. >>> at least 22 people have been injured in a blast at an opposition demonstration in the thai capitol bangkok. india's ruling party announced that gandhi will rul run the campaign. one of india's famous political families, but he runs an uphill battle. the election is expected to be held in several stages during april and may. >>> so exactly who is rahul gandhi. he has been a member of parliament since winning h

. >> the statement group of al qaeda-linked fighters says it's behind a bombing in beirut two days ago. five were kaled after -- were k after a suicide bomb exploded. they say it's not the end of the violence. >> in syria opposition fighters accused that al qaeda group of hijacking the rebellion. zeina khodr has more. >> protests are growing and becoming widespread. people in the rebel-held north want people to leave the country. >> armed factions turned the guns against the al-qaeda-linked group and pushed them out of villages. there has been battles in aleppo and idlib. in the video the opposition says they captured a tunisian, abusz saber al tunisi, a commander of the group. a newly formed syrian rebel alliance went as far as declaring war on the islamic state, demanding that i.s.i.l. fighters join the ranks of other rebel groups or hand over the weapons and leave syria. the alliance accused i.s.i.l. of spreading strife and ipp stability, liberating rebel areas, spilling blood and accusing them of herasy. >> islamic state equals the regime in its ruthlessness. we will not stop until

let's go live now to beirut to get the latest on the fighting in that area. what are you hearing? >> well, what we understand is that fighting continues in a number of areas across the opposition controlled north. activists are really worried about them falling into the government's hands. the government has not been able to reach that area but they have been trying to. this is what we understand from our sources on the ground. is strategic territory. fighting, the battles have been fierce. up to 700 people killed in the past 10 days. fighters and civilians. while the rebels are bogged down in their own war. the government is taking advantage of this. and the people of aleppo city are worried. this is a divided city. the east is controlled by rebels and west is controlled by the government. and it lies northeast of the city. while they are fighting each other, there is this unprecedented unity. if we can call that it, among rebel forces. but still, that alliance is not unified and their future vision of syria. some believe in a civil democratic state, others believe in the creatio

. >> we will get reaction from tel aviv later but now, live to the sabra camp in beirut. zana, many commentators saying the 1982 invasion of lebanon, the massacres at sabra and shatila will cast a shadow over sharon's legacy. what's been the reaction to his death there? >> well, yes, we are at the scene of that massacre which almost really ended aerial sharon's career. more than 30 years ago, there were bodies in the street, dead bodies, mutilated bodies. today, people are out on the street celebrating, distributing sweets. people really are happy. in 1982, the israeli army inv e invaded lebanon and laid siege to this camp. they were officially pursuing fighters belonging to the palestine liberation organization. at the time, aerial sharon was the defense minister. really, they blame him for allowing an allied lebanese militia to enter the camp and kill women, elderly children, hundreds of palestinians were killed. >> you talk to any palestinian now, some are survivors and they tell you that we are rejohning his death. no one here is mourning his death. some of them also

that's al jazeera's bernard smith live in beirut. >> four u.n. workers and a representative from the international monetary fund are among 21 killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan. the victims were dining in a restaurant in an area of kabul when a suicide bomber blew himself up. two gunmen then began to shoot people inside >> even by the standards of afghanistan's war, this was a brutal attack. diners gunned down in a restaurant. al jazeera obtained video showing the aftermath. many died trying to hide under their tables. the country's top security apparatus showed up quickly, from special forces to intelligen intelligence eights. it was too late. the attackers were inside. they targeted the restaurant 40 feet down the street. one was a suicide bomber, detonating his explosive, blowing off the door, allowing the other two to enter with automatic weapons, and killing and shooting diners in the restaurant. this is the diplomatic area in the heart of kabul considered by many to be safe. the blast was heard across the city, drawing residents from

is >> almost nine years after the killing of lebanese prime minister hariri in downtown beirut the special tribunal for lebanon opened at the hague. the bomb killed hariri and others, wounding hundreds, blowing out a crater 35 feet wide and 6 feet deep. manually detonated, four men accused are being tried in absentia, shielded by hezbollah, which supported the tribunal. but now they say the men are innocent and any hand that touches them will be cut off. hezbollah denounced the trial as a western-backed conspire city led by the u.s. and israel. it's the first time the courts were tried in absentia. it has backing from the united states, and was created by a unanimous vote by the united nations security council. >> the attackers used a quantity of high-grate explosives, more than required to kill the main target. clearly the aim was not only to ensure the target was killed, but to send a message and cause panic among the population of beirut and lebanon. >> lengthy preparations and security cost 325 million. the stakes are high as well. experts say the verdict could be precedent setting for

. >> casos in beirut -- chaos in beirut, an explosion - a blast tearing through a crowded district in the lebanese capital killing six. it took place in a hezbollah stronghold, the latest in a wave of attacks in lebanon as the war in syria spills over. in egypt three al jazeera colleagues are in their sixth day of detention. producers mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are being held inside a prison outside of cairo. correspondent peter greste remains at a cairo police station. all three are expected to face questioning this weekend. al jazeera is demanding the journalists be released immediately. the prosecutor says they are held on suspicion of joining a terrorist groups, and spreading lies harmful to state security. the allegations are called fabricated nonsense. >> worse than expected, a blizzard is bounding the north-east. metrologist kevin corriveau tells us how bad it will be. >> in harm's way, the storm's toll on the homeless. welcome back to al jazeerah america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. here are the top stories - seeking peace in the middle east. secretary of sta

israeli government commission found sharon responsible for the massacre of palestinian refugees in beirut. many blame his appearance on the temple mount in jerusalem in 2000 for triggering the second palestinian uprising, the intifada. >> this man was a tyrant who killed children, the elderly, and women, and who defiled the al-aqsa mocks -- mosque with his feet. >> a series of controversies interacted sharon's long political career, but he rebounded each time. a severe stroke in 2006 turned him into an invalid and he remained in a coma for eight years before dying at the age of 85. >> for more we go to our correspondent in jerusalem. what his reaction to sharon's death in israel? >> people were expecting the news. over the past week or so there were updates about his worsening condition from the hospital. sharon has largely been out of public site since he fell into a coma eight years ago. there is a moment of mourning here, and tributes are coming in from israeli politicians across the board, international leaders. it is a time when israel remembers are ill sharon and pays respect to him

. >> the same group is claiming responsibility for the bombing in beirut two days ago. five were killed after a suicide car bomb was exploded. now the group is claiming more attacks. >> protests are growing and they are becoming more widespread. people in the rebel held north of syria want the islamic state in iraq and levant to leave their country. it's not just protests. armed rebel factions turned their gun against the group, pushing them out of some villages. there has been fierce battles in parts of aleppo and idlib. they captured a tunisian, a commander of the group. a newly formed syrian rebel alliance went as far as to declare war on the islamic state, demanding i.s.i.l. fighters join the ranks of other groups or hand over weapons and leave syria. they accused i.s.i.l. of spreading strife and insecurity in rebel-held areas. spilling the blood of fighters. >> translation: islamic state equals the regime in their ruthlessness. that's why we are fighting them. we will not stop until we a finished. the islamic front has helped us in battle, but has not announced the

we have more from beirut. >> more than 30 years ago these streets were littered with mutilated bodies, the men, the women, the children. they were killed in the infamous massacre of 1982. today people are celebrating, distributing sweets. once they learned of the death of ariel sharon. hthe israeli army laid siege to this camp. they said they were pursuing fighters belonging to the palestine liberation organization, but what happened was a lebanese militia allied to the israeli army entered the camp and carried out these killings. most of these survivors, of course, they're rejoicing. no one here is mourning his death. they want to see ariel sharon be taken to an international court and convicted of the crimes. but for others they say the israeli government will never allow these people to go back home. >> ariel sharon was a polarizing figure. but to further discuss the legacy in the arab world. >> thanthank you for joining us. for most arabs no other name is synonymous with violence. >> beginning in 1953 he committed the first massacre against civilians in which the city he killed 67

and let's speak to rami, director of the institute for public policy at the american university of beirut and good to have you with us. when you look at the arab spring, it seems clear that that promise of revolution has not born fruit, has it, and poverty and instability and upheaval. >> that is what they do and rolling uprising which has overthrown a few dictators and challenged a few others in places like syria and bahrain and pushed against others yet like jordan moroco and nigeria and sudan to drive internal reforms but this is the beginning of a very long-term process. what we have clearly expressed is a very powerful, pervasive and deep desire by ordinary people all over the arab world to translate their fundamental values into political systems and governing structures that are pluralistic, accountable, democratic and fundamentally decent. that is a very difficult process to do in the circumstances of the arab world. so we have not had a perfect transition anywhere yet. they are all messy and difficult and there is active warfare in syria beyond the uprising into a proxy war of mo

>>> new bloodshed in beirut. a car bomb exploded in a residential neighborhood. four people have been killed, many others injured. the damage, as you can see, is extensive. this blast happened in an area that is a stronghold of hezbollah, it comes less than a week after a car bomb exploded in the heart of the city, killing half a dozen people. violence has surged in lebanon since hezbollah militants acknowledged helping syria's government in the civil war. >>> secretary of state john kerry, he has just wrapped up a meeting with benjamin netanyahu, in the middle east to propose a new framework for a middle east peace deal. yer plans to meet with the palestinian president abbas and those is kerry's ninth trip to the region. the proposal is based on five months of extensive consultation with leaders since the peace process resumed this summer. >> the time is soon arriving where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. we are close to that time, if not at it, and i think we understand the circumstances within which we are working. i know, i come here wi

al jazeera, beirut. >>> fighting is reported in the syrian city, the area is a stronghold of that same al-qaeda linked group we have been talking about. this video is said to show prisoners released from jails being run by them. the islamic state of iraq has reportedly withdrawn from several bases in syria and handed them over to another al-qaeda linked group. turkey's prime minister will not stand in the way of pretrial of officers who were convicted of a coup plot and last week they filed a complaint over court cases saying evidence produced at the trials was made up. in october they upheld the convictions of retired officer whose are in prison for plotting to over throw the government ten years ago. the main opposition in bangladesh has gone on the offensive against the ruling of an exit poll said a landslide win for the league in opposition boycott of the vote and 24 died in election related violence since sunday and a calm is over the capitol, a day after elections, prime minister has seen and addressing the nation shortly opposing her and her party is the bangladesh party but sai

beirut. just two weeks ago, yeah. >> wow. what do you make of the news, this troubling news in anwar province? the flags have been raised and they are taking over this country our troops spent so much blood and toil. >> and i was this right after they had taken falluja back and meeting with marines. and when you think about the blood and the treasure that was lost, especially the blood taking that city and then you had this badly budgeteled when this administration took over, there were problem before bush left, but he had basically teed up a status of forces agreement and because he was trying to be gracious, he could have probably got deal worked out, but he was going to let that be a great noteworthy achievement right off the bat for the obama administration. and they didn't do it. and we knew that malachite was under tremendous pressure from iran and we didn't do that. and so we knew that as soon as we left, iran was going to be coming in, basically malachite would be basically a puppet. once that started, you would start

the israeli army was in beirut, laying seeming to the camp. they were pursuing fighters belonging to the palestine liberation organization, and what happened was a lebanese militia entered the camp and carried out the killings. most of the survivors you talk to, the rejoicing - no one is mourning his death. what they wanted to see was ariel sharon take to an international court, tried for what they see as the crimes committed against them. that never happened. there were numerous attempts. a lot of survivors said ariel sharon's death was not going to change. he was an israeli official, a safe policy that they believe the israeli government will not allow these people to go home. hundreds of thousands wanted them home, in compliance with a resolution. >> son sunday ariel sharon's coffin will be brought to the knesset. thousands of mourners are expected to view his body that will lie in state for hours. ariel sharon has a plot served in jerusalem. that is not where he wanted to be buried. instead his funeral will take place near the family farm

when we didn't have that kind of capability when we first started getting the hostage videos out of beirut, but we quickly got them. another aspect is you can examine the content for the context he's saying from a psycholinguistic analysis to try to put it in perspective that if you have the same kidnappers, the same author of whatever statement he is reading from. >> one of the things, and you know this well, colonel jacobs, you go in the military and the assumption is made no man gets left behind. what happens in a situation like this? >> media search on the ground and knit air, and if the air assets are nearby, they bring them in. but this particular case is complicated because of where it was. the province right on the border with pakistan and among the ruggedest of all of terrain in all of afghanistan, all cross-compartme cross-compartmented. >> so chances are he's over the border in afghanistan. >> i don't think there's many people that he's in afghanistan. they think he's in the tribal region of pakistan in the northwest. >> there a most likely scenario here, fred? >> it's hard to s

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accused of assassinating the former lebanese prime minister in a beirut bombing in 2005. 22 others also died in the blast. >> the attack captured the attention of the world. effects reverberating long after the explosion subsided. the people of lebanon have the right to have this trial, to hear the evidence, and to seek the truth. like the trial is expected to take months, and to reawaken old promise nine years after the assassination. despite the presence of international troops, sectarian violence continued throughout the week in the central african republic. eu whenday, a senior humanitarian official issued a stark warning. evidence thathe we have seen elsewhere, in places like rwanda, bosnia, the elements are there, the seeds are there, for a genocide. there is no question. >> tens of thousands of people have been displaced by spiraling violence between muslims and christians, but the u.n. says the situation could be turned around with a more robust international response. ukrainian demonstrators rallied at tf's independence square on thursday to express their outrage at a new law p

he was with his friends december 27th taking a picture selfy in downtown beirut. this is the after picture. it is graphic. after a car bomb explosion. this is mohammed's body. he died because that have explosion. what followed was a vigil and protest that went online called "i'm not a martyr." they say that the word martyr is often misused by politicians to dehumanize innocent civilians killed. now people have been posting under the #not a martyr. selfys these images. this summarizes what many people in lebanon feel. this says god, do something. i am giving up on you. >> maria, thank you. the winter olympics began one month from today. and russia is on a massive security lockdown. tight security is in place entire ski resort of sochi. it is a defining moment for russia and it's president vladimir putin, but there are many issues surrounding gay rights, human rights, cost overruns and we have more on what is being done to keep sochi safe. >> reporter: tony, let's take to you the very heart of sochi so you can see the area that the russian security personnel will ne

>> guest: that was my first visit to beirut five months before the war. i personally believe that it was not the goal for the war. it was as a result of the war. the situation in lebanon could have been entirely different and once it would have been more understanding. on the american side i think american representatives then misled the president because i don't think they really gave the rights description about the situation. we knew lebanon. it was a major mistake to try and solve other issues through lebanon. or to use lebanon as leverage to solve other problems like bringing syria to the american side were trying to solve the palestinian problem. those attempts by habib as he used to call it to make the plo political. ..

. >>> a car bomb has exploded in a neighborhood of the lebanese capital beirut. at least five people were killed, more than 70 wounded. the attack underscored the deep divide between shia and sunni muslims. the bomb went off in a commercial and residential district controlled by the shia militant group hezbollah. it tore the front off buildings and left wreckage smoldering in the street. hezbollah cordoned off nearby roads. >> translator: i'm really worried about the security situation in lebanon. i'm not sure if i can go back home from the office every day. >> no one has claimed responsibility, but the attack came less than a week after a car bomb killed a former finance minister who was sunni. the civil war in neighboring syria has fuelled situations in lebanon. many sunnis support the syrian opposition. >>> the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northeastern japan in march 2011 killed more than 18,000 people. giant waves have pummelled the region many times in the distant past, as well, and residents have tried to leave records of these events. now, some rese

sden huder, al jazeera, beirut. >>> catherine samba panza faces enormous challenges to reestablish her government. >> smiles in bangui, there haven't been many recently. but everyone is looking for a sign that this country may have turned a corner. it's all about this woman, catherine samba panza. she has the blessing of the french and several transition april governments. she will need to be strong. to convince muslim and christian militias to give up their guns. >> to the fighters of the ex seleka, we will no longer tolerate the continuing disorder in our country. >> but the disorder shows no sign of ending. not far from where the president spoke an orgy of looting, christians stealing whatever they could from the houses of muslims who had fled. these are the people who drove the muslims away. the antibalacas, they have special powers they say to protect them from bullets. the people here are not just looting. they're tearing buildings apart. it is as if they are trying to remove all trace of the muslim community that lived here and ensure that the muslims never come back. they disma

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. consider this: the news of the day plus so much m >> hey guys, welcome back to techknow. kyle you've got a story for us that shows us how to do with millions of gallons of cow manure. >> sure, as you can see, i dealt with 35,000 cows. milk isn't the only thing that cows produce a ton of. i went to the largest -- one of the largest dairy farms in america and how they're taking advantage of their manure to fuel all the milk trucks on clean renewable energy. we're about to get the scoop on poop. [ cows maoin mooing ] >> at first glance this might look like your typical dairy farm in the heart of america. >> we probably have 32,000 acres that

. >>> who is responsible for thursday's bombing in south beirut? the blast in hezbollah. 6 people were killed and dozens more injured. an official saying that human remains were found inside of the vehicle. investigators trying to determine if it was actually a suicide bombing >> everyone. >> also in the middle east, members of syria's largest opposition group in turkey to discuss key issues this. the group decided if they will participate in the peace conference, which was scheduled to take place in widser land later this month. they killed more than 100,000 peep. >>> an american cargo ship in virginia with an unprecedented mission with syrian chemical weapons at sea. it is a very delicate operation. >> it may have been a cargo rejected by every country asked, but for the u.s., the disposal of syria's chemical weapons arsenal will be used at sea. neutralizing chemical weapons with water, bleach and soda on land is proven technology, but at sea is unprecedented. the pentagon is confident it can be done. >> this is not new technology, and it's not a

al jazeera, beirut. >> wheel there's progress towards peace in the mud east there's still lot of work to be done. he met king abdall abdalla ii. in jerusalem hammering out a framework of an agreement. direct talks between the two resumed in july after a three-year break. >>> doctors treating former descrairl prime minister israel sharon, are say he is fighting for his life. he was the third prime minister. >>> religious schools to study arabic, some of these institutions are now forcing their children to beg. >> at this time of the morning most children in senegal are gettingetting ready to go to sc. but these boys are preparing to go out and beg on the streets of the capital, dacca. getting a bowl is crucial. they live in an islamic school, are their parents sent them here to study the koran. they beg for six years, he says he's insulted and rejected every day but he has to keep trying. >> you go back without anything one time, they beat you, but after several times they beat you. >> out on the street it's tough. some boys get slapped or hit by cars. some boys are sympathetic but mos

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. it's now been 12 hours. the president just moments ago >> welcome back to talk to al jazeera. i'm with martin cruz smith. and his wife emily. tell me about the inspiration for the victim in the latest novel, tatiana? >> there was a dominant figure in political reportage up to about six years ago, in the form of anna plutkovska. she was known for her commitment to the truth. >> and she was murdered in 2006. >> and murdered in 2006. and still a dominant figure in terms of how much you're willing to commit to of yourself to tell the truth. she told the truth about the children in beslan, she did so at the war in chechnya. and in other instan

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> ♪ >> welcome back guys. now, what we've seen so far was flying over the gulf getting a lot of really interesting storm cloud data but what's coming up next is we're targeting fracking and doing a little analysis to see what these guys are finding. take a look. >> pitch porpoise and roll for the ms maneuvers. >> okay, i'd like everybody in their seats right now. looks a little bumpy right here. >> we got five hours into today seachrs mission and about 5,000 feet. >> next we're going to head over texas, measuring the methane levels over the fracking fields. >> he gets the measurement of what's over these fields. >> now we're over a fra

the same al qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for a bombing in beirut on thursday. five were killed after a suicide car bomb exploded in an area of the city controlled by hezbollah. despite the group's efforts to punish the syrian government's ally, opposition groups wand al qaeda out of syria. the group is accused of hijacking the rebellion. zeina khodr explains why. >> protests are growing. they are more widespread. people in the rebel held syria want the people to leave their country. it is not just protests, rebel factions turned guns against the al qaeda-linked group and pushed them out of some villages. there has been some battles in aleppo and idlib. they say they captured abusz saber al tunisi, a leader of the group. a newly formed alliance went as far as to declare war on the islamic statement, demanding i.s.i.l. fighters join the ranks of other groups, or hand over weapons and leave syria. >> they are accused of spreading and liberating rebel areas, spilling the blood of fighters and accusing them of her esy. >> islamic state equals the islamic regime. tha

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. on this edition of our program we're discussing the rise of religious hostilities in the world. a new pew poll shows one in five countries had religion-based terrorist violence in 2012. and brian grimm, looking over the report it seems that the middle east and north africa were comprising a big share. it may not be a big share of the world's population, but it was a big share of the world's problems in that record. >> in the beginning we were talking about how social hostilities have replaced government restrictions on religion as the dominant force impeding free practice of religion. but

. >> we are joined from beirut by rula amin. what do we know about why the deadline was missed? >> well, as the gentleman was elab rating and explained, there are many elements that are interplay. one is bad weather, second is the roads. the chemical weapons, or chemical - toxic chemicals will be transferred along highways and roads that have been changing hands between the government forces and rebels, it's not safe. they are trying to secure the roads. at the same time these are sensitive issues and chemicals. what is important as the organisation for the prohibition for chemical weapons says, is that the mission is on track, and they have accomplished a lot. all of syria's toxic chemicals have been neutralized. most of it, that it planned to produce the weapons have been declared non-operational and the plants are being dismantled. that for many in the region is a huge progress. >> just give us an idea as to what was due to happen to these weapons as they were loaded on to the ships? well, by now hundreds of tonnes of toxic chemicals were supposed to have been loaded to truck

a powerful explosion hit southern beirut. four people are dead. iraq's bloody year, 2013 recalls the biggest in five years. fighting continues in south sudan as rebels prepare to begin peace talks in

take measures and family of a suicide bomber said he was brain washed and they sent this report from beirut. >> reporter: this sunni town is in shock, one of their own has been identified authorities as the bomber who blowup a car in a neighborhood in beirut last week but people here 19-year-old was just as much of a victim as those killed in the attack. >> translator: they stole his mind and used his body. they filled him with sectarian hatred and telling him for champ that the shia are your enemy and they are brain washing young men. >> reporter: thursday's bombing was claimed by the al-qaeda-linked state and supporters of hezbollah have been targeted in retaliation for the armed political groups decision to military support the regime and his remains were found near the car and so was his identification card. >> translator: how is it possible that his body was burned and not his id? we have many concerns concerning the entire operation even the claim of responsibility was made 70 hours later. those who carry out attacks are usually proud and immediately announce it. >> reporter: and he w

it happened in beirut. >> we are getting new details. we believe it was a car bomb. it is a neighborhood that has been attacked into the past few months. 7 people are dead and 20 are injured. lebanon is no stranger to violence. violence has grown and so as the ethnic contention. syria and lebanon mirror each other. and the violence is spilling over and there is a concern that lebanon may descend into silver war. hezbollah has jumped in and that has reprecussian in lebanon. it isn't clear if today's attack was in response to last week's violence. but there is a fear the tit for tat violence is going to increase. >> thank you. >> the white house is stepping up the push to promote obamacare. president obama sent a tweet with a little boy next to him tweeting i signed the aca were the kids like this. he lost his mom because she couldn't afford coverage. and today millions of americans can. happy new year to you. you win. you're in california. you say you feel sorry for those defending obamacare. still? >> for the last four years they had to judge the intent and now they

in 1980 two, he was defense minister, the israeli army was in beirut, they invaded beirut, ladies anlaid siege too this ca. >> reporter: said that they were pursuing fighters belonging to the palestinian liberating organization but what happened a lebanese militia allied to the is rally i'm entered the camp and carried out the killings. most the survivors you talk to, of course they are rejoicing his death. no one here is mourning his death. but what they would have wanted to see, was ariel sharon be taken to an international court, tried for what they see are the crimes committed against them, but that never happened. there were numerous attempts, but a lot of surviveers said sharon's death will not change much for us, because he was just an israeli official. it's a policy, it's a state policy which they believe the israeli government will never, for example, allow these people to go back home. hundreds of thousands, want to be able to go back home. in compliance with u.n. resolution giving them the right to return. >> that was zeina khodr in pain route, lets turn now in james gelvin. t

five people killed after a car exploded in beirut. more than 60 people injured. several cars and buildings were destroyed. it happened during a rush hour in a suburb that is a hezbollah stronghold. targeting sunni and shiite neighborhoods as it extends into lebanon. the former ambassador was killed in a car bomb attack. he was critical or both the government and hezbollah. back in the states here, immigrant rights activists scored a major victory in the state of california. yesterday, the state supreme court ruled sergio garcia, a mexican immigrant without a green card will be allowed to practice law. the decision was unanimous. he passed the exam four years ago, waiting approval of his green card. he was brought into the united states as a child. the court ruling is expected to play a role in new york and the state of florida. >>> let's go to georgia where the former banker accused of faking his death 18 months was doing so without the knowledge of his own family. yesterday in court, the banker was denied bond as a flight risk. authorities feared he fled to sout