." >> riots in algeria as anger continues over food prices and unemployment. police tried to quell violence across the country. >> victims of friendly fire, one israeli soldier was killed and one other injured just outside the gaza border. animal feed showed massive levels of a cancer-causing chemical. >> welcome to "bbc news" broadcasting to our viewers around the world and in america. >> mumbai's night of athousand stars rolling out the red carpet for the start of the bollywood award season. >> in a fresh outbreak of rioting in algeria, crowds of young protestors have attacked government buildings. anger over steep rices in food prices and high levels of unemployment is blamed for the unrest which began on wednesday in the capital. violence on the streets of algiers as chronic levels of unemployment and now a sudden hike in food prices have whipped up anger. jobless teenagers and young men have had run-ins with the police as the shops shot up the prices of milk, flour, and sugar. >> the algerians say it's too much to bear. we've had enough of this government

this is the algerian dress which is an indigenous dress for algeria. thank you. [applause] ♪ these three pieces are from the gulf region of the arab world, which is saudi arabia, yemen, and oman. kate is wearing a heavier velvet dress with embroidery on the top and kind of going down through the arms. sama this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf. susan is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region. this is a traditional form of a tire -- attire. ♪ ♪ >> this is the last part of our show. this is the part of the show that features lebanon, jordan. she is wearing traditional garb from damascus. i do not know if you can tell but there is a lot of handstitched detail at the top. lena is wearing a traditional jordanian start out with handstitched work. these stars represent different countries. this dress is more of a jordanian style. this is a palestinian dress with hand importers from the top to bottom. -- embroidery from the top to bottom. this is all handstitched. could the other models join the girls on the floor? [applause] >>

." >> violence in algeria has angered over food prices and high unemployment. >> victims of friendly fire. one israeli soldier is killed and four others injuries just outside the gaza border. new york's latest food scare spreads as tests on animal feed shows levels of a cancer-causing chemical. >> hello, "bbc news" broadcasting to viewers in america and around the globe. what price freedom? two sisters are released from prison in the u.s. after one agrees to donate a kidney to the other. and the world. they expect the 2022 tournament to be staged in january. >> in a fresh outbreak of rioting in algeria, crowds of young protestors have attacked government buildings and fought bats battles with police. a rise in food prices and high levels of unemployment is blamed for the unrest. here is our report. >> violence on the streets of algiers as chronic levels of unemployment and now a sudden hike in food prices have whipped out anger. jobless teenagers and young men have had running battles with police in the capital after shops put up the prices of staple food stuffs such as milk, sugar a

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this is the algerian dress which is an indigenous dress for algeria. thank you. [applause]

that is also true in algeria, where people also have fewer prospects. the anger is directed at many rulers, many of them koran and holding onto power. -- many of them corrupt and holding onto power. no sign a free and fair elections. -- no sign of free and fair elections. >> how do you expect them to remain silent? we should speak out, as should all of the countries in a similar situation. >> it is unclear how many people have been killed in the violence in tunisia, and while this has raised hopes for democracy, it also has raised fears about it causing similar turmoil across the arab world. >> and for some analysis, we are joined by a member of a conservative think tank. do you see evidence that the events indonesia will cause a similar turmoil? >> -- into mischa - in tunisia? >> wow we have observed in the last couple of weeks, we have similar acts, like in syria and egypt, but we have to look at each country with its proper conditions. >> do you think the new tunisian government is really willing and able to introduce the kind of democratic reforms t

this is the algerian dress which is an indigenous dress for algeria. thank you. [applause] ♪ these three pieces are from the gulf region of the arab world, which is saudi arabia, yemen, and oman. and oman. kate is wearing a heavier velvet

he was unwell but then thels he continued to write and it was from algeria that he sent the most famous book of that period "the stranger" which he sent first to a friend of his in lyon and then malveaux managed to get it to paris and it was published in paris when he was still in algeria. he came to franz because his health was very bad and was in the mountains after a while. he only moved to paris at the end of 194. so his period of resistance, shall we say, active resistance was only six or seven or eight months long. now, again, the contradictions. camu had a good war. he was the editor of one of the great resistance newspapers at the end of the occupation but he also published books that were approved by the germans. so where do we draw the line? >> rose: so in the end where do you draw the line? what conclusions do you reach? >> i think the end of the book, the conclusion i reached seeing what happened after the war, you could say did the artist and writer and intellectual of this type, was he damaged by this experience? after all half of them were then punished and some were shot

deep soul searching taking place first of all in north africa the literal of the mediterranean morocco algeria libya egypt all four of those have presidents for life as the tunisian or roughly the same not terribly ideological this point yes mama quite often carries on about one thing in another but life in libya is not quite so strange that used to be and the other countries not optically strangest repressive regimes what are they going to do i can't predict but i think i have a lot to do with each individual circumstance somewhat ease up others will too will close down it will be fascinating to watch and i think what could go one by want to make the. addictions but as a whole i don't think we can reproduce very stephen let's do you think you know when we ask the question you think these that despots will tighten up and and crack down even more but what about the united states i mean the united states really just got red in the face here i mean. ben ali was treated as a great ally against heroin invited to the white house and whatnot i mean do you think these dictators going to say wooed they

in tunis year but also in neighboring algeria where people started demonstrating because of the soaring. prices of basic food basic commodities like bread butter and flour and it spread to other countries like egypt sporadically and the wider region and there has been a shift then from. riots and demonstrations to in an attempt to improve social economic conditions and circumstances to demonstrations aimed at reforming the whole political system and introduce democracy which indeed goes hand in hand with improving social economic circumstances because it. fundamentally has to do with ending corruption and introducing thera political system which involves a redistribution of wealth daniel i mean you in the beginning of the program you were you were happy with the events that are being played out in tunisia doesn't have an ideological angle to it and i suppose you're referring basically mostly to islam but i mean why can't the united states not be so ideological in exporting democracy at least how we don't just stand there. because they just really basically just reinforces it strategic i

protesters in algeria this week end were melt with batons. and for the first time ever, protesters in yemen today dared to call for their president to step down. he's ruled with an iron fist for 32 years, in a country where more than half the people live on less than $2 a day. spread through social networking sites, this massive uprising began with one man, mohamed bu azzizi, a 26-year-old college grad. he was unable to find work and forced to sell fruit in the street. last month, harassed and insulted by corruption officials, he snapped and set himself on fire. >> this was really the spark, literally and figuratively, that set things on fire. >> reporter: his suicide led to protests, which brought down a dictator. and when tunisia's government fell, men across the region followed bu azzizi and set themselves on fire. at least seven in neighboring algeria, five in egypt and others spreading to the edges of the arab world. this weekend, the first in saudi arabia, america's most important ally in the middle east. to the people of the arab world

if it's unstable, then instability in libya and algeria could take place very easily. the second thing is its proximity to europe. and the third is that tunisia is one of the countries that is with the united states to fight terrorism. and so an unstable region makes it difficult to have partners in the region, in the fight against terrorism, in economic development in the region. >> woodruff: so from a u.s. point of view this a positive development or it's not clear yet? >> it is certainly a positive development in the sense that you have young population asking for democracy, open and wanting to change. it's not a population that has overthrown a government in order to become morris lambist or against the west. it is not against the west at all. so it's positive. the negative side is instability in the region. and that in the short run is always a negative. >> woodruff: mary jayne ddb, the library of congress, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> brown: still to come on the newshour: tensions on the korean peninsula; haiti's struggle to contain cholera; coping with

concern about instability having effects in places where the united states has a central interests like algeria and egypt. >> is it likely that it will have a domino effect on the west -- rest of the region? >> just as activists in cairo are learning lessons from these situations, so are the leaders of egypt drawing their own conclusions and learning their own lessons. i don't suspect that they would permit a situation to get out and. it seems he made one mistake after another. with them removed, it will come a time when he will walk away from this had a democratic government can be put into place? >> is clear that the news coming out that they intend on keeping the pressure of. he is someone who is a servant of the regime and they want to hold a leadership's feet to the fire. they want a more accountable and open democratic government. >> let's cross over. he is 24 years old and has only known life under the president. how does it feel to have him removed? >> we are really happy about it because we pushed for it in we got it. we're really happy, and it is an amazing thing. we are free for the

and the mayor of algeria to jordan. we must feel that the next day we were sent to patrol the city of heber. before but there was a huge demonstration to protest the expulsion of the two mayors and that would mean there were a lot of protesters they were throwing stones at every government installation they saw whether military or civilian three. women shelled and then the government issued the order to open fire on the demonstrators. in we look for that if i said no i can't open fire a lot i didn't have the capacity to break up a demonstration the goodlatte had no tear gas no shields no rubber bullet. it's with the you had nothing at all i said i'm a soldier a fighter. i fire my weapon it's to kill me with someone asked me are you refusing to obey an order shoot she i said yes i refuse because this order goes against my principles. no one can force me to kill if i don't want to do it i don't want to be a war criminal. he wrote in a thief so i was reprimanded and demoted will. it go you on the one sunday i was in the go

protesters in algeria this weekend were met with batons. for the first time ever protesters in yemen dared to call for their president to step down. he's ruled with an iron fist for 32 years. in a country where more than half the people live on less than $2 a day. spread through social networking sites, this massive uprising began with one man, azizi, a 26-year-old college grad. he was unable to find work, forced to sell fruit in the streets. last month, harassed and insulted by corrupt officials, he snapped and set himself on fire. >> this was really the spark, literally and figuratively, that set tunisia on fire. >> reporter: his suicide led to protests which brought down the dictator. when tunisia's government fell, men across the region followed azizi and set themselves on fire. at least seven in neighboring algeria, five in egypt, and others spreading to the edges of the arab world. this weekend the first self-immolation in saudi arabia, america's most important ally in the middle east. >>> the international search for five americans l

that is also true in algeria, where people also have fewer prospects. the anger is directed at many rulers, many of them koran and holding onto power. -- many of them corrupt and holding onto power. no sign a free and fair elections. -- no sign of free and fair elections. >> how do you expect them to remain silent? we should speak out, as should all of the countries in a similar situation. >> it is unclear how many people have been killed in the violence in tunisia, and while this has raised hopes for democracy, it also has raised fears about it causing similar turmoil across the arab world. >> and for some analysis, we are joined by a member of a conservative think tank. do you see evidence that the events indonesia will cause a similar turmoil? >> -- into mischa -- in tunisia? >> wow we have observed in the last couple of weeks, we have similar acts, like in syria and egypt, but we have to look at each country with its proper conditions. >> do you think the new tunisian government is really willing and able to introduce the kind of democratic reforms

a traditional dress from algeria, which is from an indigenous ethnic group in north africa that exists throughout the arab world and is a traditional form of a tire. [applause] -- form of attire. more of the moroccan style. a lot of it is the embroidery on the sides. thank you, lina.

there has been more rioting in algeria over food price increases and unemployment, the latest in days of unrest. authorities have postponed all this weekend's football league matches because of the riding. a century ago, the greeks made up a substantial part of istanbul's population. war, riot, in discrimination by the turkish state is forced many from the country, but now the prime minister says he wants a better relationship with turkey's minorities. but it may be too late for the greeks. >> it is 9:00, and time for the 10-year-old two-of stair -- -- for the 10-year-old two- upstairs. he is getting a special english class. what he does not have his friends. for the past three years, he has been the only people here. >> i would rather not be alone. sometimes i do puzzles or read books. i really wish there were other children here. >> their work, even as recently as 10 years ago. but there was a substantial greek minority in decline for decades, driven out of turkey by discrimination and violence. >> we have one child in this entire school. the community has dwindled from a large numb

jordan and algeria were the forced -- were the first. it has culminated in a full- blown confrontation between security forces of president mubarak and angry protesters across egypt. there are many similarities between these regimes in the region. like tunisia, egypt, yemen and jordan many youth. the economy is growing faster it than they can create jobs. the result is thousands of graduates without work. while countries like egypt and jordan may have tolerated a greater degree of internal dissent, the bottom line has always been freedom of expression has been curtailed -- is curtailed once it poses a threat to the regime. tunisia has unleashed a political tsunami. its reverberations are still being felt right across the arab world. >> the latest headlines on "bbc world news." president mubarak has gone on television to announce his government to step down, but he is staying despite protests against his leadership. the headquarters in cairo were set on fire and troops are moving back onto the streets to enforce a curfew. we will return t