the united nations has begun shipping chemical weapons out of syria. the hazardous cargo was brought to a port where united nations workers loaded it onto a danish argot vessel. >> warships from norway, russia, and china accompanied the transport into international waters. the u.s. navy will destroy the toxic cargo later this week. according to a united nations resolution, syria must hand over all of its chemical weapons by june this year. the report coming in from iraq that government troops are delaying an assault on militants who are holding the city of falluja. >> they say their sphere of civilian casualties after fighting and missile strikes in nearby romani (teen nine dead. a defense ministry spokesman said 25 of those killed in the fighting were al qaeda militants . also on tuesday, a car bomb destroyed a police station in the northern city -- nordic city of cure cook -- cure cook -- kirkuk. a very warm welcome to the "journal." let's start by the lack of appetite on the u.s. part to have roots on the ground. can iraq he government forces win th

are a member state of the united nations. there can be no way that we can be enemies to the united nati s nations. it is the individuals in the system of the u.n. creating problems. if we talk about what is the role of the united nations, yes, they have the mandate, but whether they agree effectively or not. that is the mandate. they allow the rebels, either they took them by force, or they take them, their vehicles. and then these vehicles, they have them with the machine-guns and fight. >> sorry, you are accusing the united nations of one double standards, and two, of tacit support to the rebels of handing over vehicles or their vehicles used to mount machine guns, is that your accusation. >> not the whole united nation, but this group here. >> so united nations staff in juba. >> in south sudan. >> in south sudan. >> yes. >> have given tacit support to the rebels. >> of course. >> we asked the united nations to its reaction to salva kiir's accusations. it didn't comment, except to say that salva kiir had been making such co

of the country mr lott says we have to take a short break now but when we come back the united nations security council has been locked over syria for over two years but as the government and the militarized opposition actually closer to talks what are the chances of a peacekeeping mission in that country that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. first. and i think. listen our employers let their live and let live. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our civic we've been hijacked by handful of friends dashiell corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once told my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on and we go beyond identify the problem. rational debate real discussion critical issues for you see if you're ready to join the movement then welcome the big picture. welcome back to w

membership in the united nations so palestine sickening full membership in the united states depends on the mission's united nations depends on a negotiation well. we have committed ourselves to in nine months periods and we are respecting that we are not going to do anything you know until the twenty ninth of april after that we would see what are the outcomes and what are the options and so until the moment we should not talk about plan b. rather than you know trying to see how we could maximize the existing efforts to make the current. initiated by secretary kerry a successful and well palestine except as a capital for chip and kept. for post states we are accepting jerusalem to be an open city west jerusalem as capital of israel and its euro zone as the capital of palestine and that people can move freely from east to west from west to east without any problem respecting the religious freedom for all religions and this is really how jews and and should should look like what do you think of the canadian proposal to establish international control for the l.c.d. . well. i was a wor

mysie of the struggle and i think the united nations. has treaded this issue very carefully over the last two years and resisted both french and american attempts to legitimize the militarized opposition and legitimize the means of that they have chosen for probably very legitimate political aspirations so i think when you refer to the conflict in syria as as a civil war you're actually breaking the ranks with your own boss bank and one who was very careful on that issue. the thing what it is you know and let's face it you know the problem is how do we get over this huge problem i know that you actually looked into that issue your department has developed some contingency plans and you said before that the implementation would depend on the political breakthrough it now seems that there is a small chance for a political breakthrough do you think that chance could be increased through the participation of the peacekeepers and if so what form that participation could take open their way well you know what we can say as of today. syria is n

our top stories over the next hour -- the united nations human rights office calls for an investigation after a ukrainian activists claimed he was kidnapped and tortured. >> and no surprise he first round of he's talks to end the war in syria -- first round peace talks to end the war in syria ends with no tactical results. >> the german president says the time has come for the country to overcome its sense of guilt over the second world war and become more open to sending troops to conflict zones. >> he has told world leaders and international security at talks in munich that germany and its allies should not deny help to others when crimes against humanity are taking place. >> united nations secretary-general urged the chancellor on thursday to show more global leadership, but it is a prickly issue for germans. a new poll today shows three quarters of people here are hostile to such a move. >> for more than five decades, delegates from around the world have been meeting at the munich security conflict -- conference to discuss security conflict. one issue to emerge was germany's role a

, the united nations. >> there can be no way that we can be enemies to the united nations. it is the individuals that will be in the system of the u.n. who are creating programs. if we talk about what what is the role of the united nations, yes, they have the mandate, whether they are dealing with it effectively, that is the mandate. allowing the rebels, they took them by force, or they give them and then they came. the vehicles with the machine-guns to fight forces with. >> you are accusing the united nations of one double standard when it comes to this conflict and of tacit report to the rebels by handing over vehicles or turning a blind eye to vehicles used to mount machines guns, is that the accusation. >> not the whole united nations, it is that group here with us. >> so united nations stuff in juba and south sudan have given tacit support to the rebels. >> we askediations for his reaction to the accusations. >> salva kiir had been making those remarks for days and they were nothing knew. >> argentina stepped up to introduce restrictions for online shopping. people wil

nations, a representative in the united nations, is recognized by the international community as a government. there are some problems over there, of course nobody denies and can deny it. the most important thing is that we have to help people of syria, as far as humanitarian aid is concerned, as far as -- >> rose: so does iran support what russia and the united states are trying to do with respect to the chemical weapons and getting them out of the country. >> we did it. >> rose:. >> exactly. >> rose: and to develop some kind of dialogue that will lead to, on january 22nd, some conversations in gentleman they extra and does iran want to participant as secretary of state kerry said they could be on the side lines of -- >> okay. >> rose: what does iran want to get out of geneva? >> i think you are very well aware we and the russians work together to, unfortunately we succeeded and we ask the government to come to about elimination of the chemical weapon, becaus because we know e iranians have been the victim of chemical weapons so we should not, iran in this, but -- so, therefore we have been

for human rights at the united nations headquarters. he said he discussed his hope the team would change its name and the u.n.'s global role in fighting racism in sports. >> freezing temperatures didn't stop hundreds of people from removing hundreds of wreaths from arlington national cemetery this morning. >> it was the best kind of traffic con gegs. hundreds showed up to lend a hand. >> we've been coming down here. they are here to clean. cdc.irst group was >> we're picking up the wreaths that were on the graves that people put on in early december. >> we are trying to show them respect for those who served our country. >> the thuske people have and we love to see the families come. >> i'll be here next year and the year after and my kids will probably be here after i'm laid here. >> you get a little choked up. i found out when i walked in and saw all those people there and i dond i see the names. >> 24 degrees doesn't feel so bad when you were doing this. >> it sure doesn't. it was cool this morning but it's warm now and the people ar

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nations. has treaded this issue very carefully over the last two years and resisted both french and american attempts to legitimize the militarized opposition and legitimize the means of that they have chosen for probably very legitimate political aspirations so i think when you refer to the conflict in syria as as a civil war you're actually breaking the ranks with your own boss bank and one who was very careful on that issue i think there comes a time when one has to call. the thing what it is you know and let's face it you know the problem is how do we get over this huge problem i know that you actually looked into that issue your department has developed some contingency plans and you said before that the implementation would depend on the political breakthrough it now seems that there is a small chance for a political breakthrough do you think that chance could be increased through the participation of the peacekeepers and if so what form that participation could take it the other way wel

nations. has treated this issue very carefully over the last two years and resisted both french and american attempts to legitimize the militarized opposition and legitimize the means of that they have chosen for probably very legitimate political aspirations so i think when you refer to the conflict in syria as as a civil war you're actually breaking the ranks with your own boss bank and one who was very careful on that issue i think there comes a time when one has to call. the thing what it is you know and let's face it you know the problem is how do we get over this huge problem i know that you actually looked into that issue your department has developed some contingency plans and you said before that the implementation would depend on the political breakthrough it now seems that there is a small chance for a political breakthrough do you think that chance could be increased through the participation of the peacekeepers and if so what form that participation could take it away rob you know

we have relations with the government in syria as a government that is recognized by the united nations as a full fledged member of the united nations it's a legitimate government of syria those world supporting. others who are using extremist measures in order to. advance whatever political cause that they may have violated international law. the fact is that there is a legitimate government seated in damascus in syria recognized by the united nations. because that is the case those who have relations with that government will continue to have relations with that comment but iran is not providing volunteers to syria we are all having relations with syria in accordance with our agreements in the past and that would just be your deputy foreign minister in an interview to russia today told us that iran was actually providing military expertise and help to syria how we have longstanding military cooperation with the syrian government has the government recognized by the united nations and those corporations within the context of international law within the context of our international obl

the united nations also is expressing that view. the secretary general spokesperson wouldn't comment on the specifics of its correspondence with syria. >> kristin, thank you very much indeed for giving the position from the united nations on events inside syria. >>> italy has named the port that it has volunteered as the site for the transfer of syria's chemical weapons. the first ship will be taken to the area. let's go to rome now. the people who live in that town and around it, they don't seem very happy about this idea. >> yes, david they are not just particularly happy about the award. they said it was imposed on them. they said they just chose the port without really asking them at all, and they said that was very undemocratic, and puts them in a very difficult position. there were two mayors surrounding the port, and one said they are killing me, he says because if something happens then the population will come after me with pitch forks, and the other one has threatened to shut down the port, because despite reassurances tha

united nations report that he and the difficult position yes the united nations chief office that he had assurances from iraq's foreign minister to their respective i would play a constructive role. yes that is part of it is a daring states. i mean if he didn't see any nodded. they don't want clear declaration for the one thing that is that she's the one i know why his team is really a waste of time for all parties on end i mean really wanna make that declaration within the next forty eight hours that is very doubtful of the wine should they be already received the invitation the declaration should of been a requirement for them to receive an invitation to the mid to late now. united nations issued a completed picture is of the bnp would join as they have made it very very clear the coalition had a difficult time deciding to attend on many members convicted of participating with his top government not declaring it is that you continue to walk properly beforehand. now if the wind in there that think that is not having declared their expansion into new one. it seemed almost like the li

he is russia's ambassador to the united nations. russia's playing an increasingly prominent role on the world stage, along with the united states, it brokered the ongoing geneva 2 conference which aims to tend syrian civil war. the country's also a key player in nuclear negotiations with iran. closer to home, president vladimir putin recently bailed out ukraine's embattled government, a move seen as an attempt to increase moscow's influence. the eyes of the world are on russia as it prepares to host the winter olympics in sochi next month. as concerns mount over terror threats, president obama has offered the kremlin full security assistance. for those reasons, i'm pleased to have vitaly churkin back at this table. welcome. >> thank you very much. good to be back. >> rose: let's start first at the g-2 conference. it seems to be a dispute among some people over the objective of the conference. and certainly what it means for president bashar al-assad. where is russia on this question? >> well, the objective of the skfrns to end the c

we have relations with the government in syria as a government that is recognized by the united nations as a full fledged member of the united nations it's a legitimate government of syria those who are supporting. others who are using extremist measures in order to. advance whatever political cause that they may have. international law. the fact is that there is a legitimate government seated in damascus in syria recognized by the united nations and as long as that is the case stores who have relations with that government will continue to have relations with that comment but iran is not providing volunteers to syria we are having relations with syria in accordance with our agreements in the past and that will continue in just that foreign minister in an interview to russia today told us that iran was actually providing military expertise and help to syria and we have longstanding military cooperation with the syrian government as the government recognized by the united nations and those doors cooperations within the context of international law within the context of our international

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well guys usually in the united nations. and trust to do the hard spanks then rush out with full respond to it. we hope the right decision will be taking solace in recent years. this is because we are so going on links. sort of ideological considerations. why on our positions we are negotiating with their antics. with respect to nuclear issue there have been told is between iran and the united states for a stake to the fact that american forces on. in the room. their act it says i'm convinced that the syrian crisis is just as important an issue as iran's nuclear program. and in my opinion. every country they can help in this situation such as saudi arabia prince and should be about respect to human tonight. i would like to cite as you yourself pointed out. unfortunately they lost all five groups and the opposition movement is not a unified front seats emo. therefore students. you never know. that old. a multitude of small groups such as the islamic studies human time the islamic from soulful so small. organize nations people

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the united nations withdrew his invitation to iran today. talks will begin wednesday in switzerland. >>> iran began pulling the plug on parts of it nuclear program today. in response, the u.s. and european union began easing economic sanctions on iran. yet there are 59 senators pushing for a new set of sanctions. >> reporter: a team of inspectors pays a visit to iran's nuclear facility. the team was on monday making sure that iran was living up to its commitment to stop enriching uranium by 20%. >> translator: i believe by early afternoon the measures will be completed. >> reporter: but washington and the u.s. congress, many in the senate are pushing for tighter sang showns. the iranian americans are worried. they are canvassing the offices of u.s. senators to let the politicians know they are opposed to the proposed legislation. >> iranian-americans are very opposed to war. they see a potential opening for a diplomatic resolution between the u.s. and iran, and they see that the senate is potentially going to torpedo that. >> reporter: if pa

geneva 1, when kofi annan was the negotiator for the arab league and the united nations was a moment of agreement between the parties. and they agreed that the way forward was a come up with a transitional body they called it, not even a government, but said that would have full executive powers in syria, and that body should be comprised with members of the syrian opposition and government. key words - it said in that agreement that they had to come up with the transitional body. it's taken a long time since then, 18 months to get the parties around the table for the next stage trying to form the transitional body and rules of syria. i think the key words, the words by mutual concept. that's the difficulty. how are the two sides, when the battle has been brutal and bitter on the ground. how will they come up with a government that both sides agree with. it's worth questioning whether the syrian government is - believes in geneva i, it signed up for it, but the sir yabs say they don't want a transitional government, but want a government led by bashar al-assad. they think he should t

do you support the claim that 5,000 people are against the united nations? >> we support the haitian people. >> reporter: can you answer the question? do you support this claim, please? >> do you answer my... do you... do you hear my answer? >> you are the level of the health ministry. >> reporter: suddenly, she'd had enough. she headed for the door, jumped in her car, and drove off. the haitian government says it's working on a ten-year plan to rid haiti of cholera. but the aid agencies trying to hold back a disease that's already claimed over 8,000 haitian lives says it's an emergency, right now. >> so who's going to treat these patients, yeah? this problem is not going away, yeah? an eradication plan over ten years is a great idea, a great initiative, but it doesn't address the needs of the haitian people today. >> reporter: four years ago, the world responded to haiti's massive earthquake with promises to rebuild the country and make it better than before. four years on, many pledges still remain unfulfilled, and the world body stands accused of heaping

nations the united nations. but once you are. barney says the african union is driven by a headless people who do not care about african people ambassador for us we talk about this complex issue. of who pays for what and who sends how many troops. but two cents regarding the central african republic i think that i'm going to put its own local oh snap and coming back to the context of the need to be the summer musical. lol when it cruised into the copper mountain in two thousand won to keep the cool balls to go to somalia. momo the time was indeed be living on base action but. the platoon of mile three of them me some to go for all of the ground doing a good job. we are the kind of combination of the night admission it will continue we haven't yet which is going to look into a job and doing the job anyway. and the pecan all. directv peace and security in somalia. so all you want to go on with what generalist think i was soon to be patient. we need to be patient when you do so you don't eat it with a candle to cal

>> yeah. >> doing human rights -- >> the united nation has more to worry about. this is a company that gets rich by gambling and selling discount cigarettes. hard to see that they have the moral standing to complain. >> but they are american indians, so by default they have standing to complain. >> really the biggest problems that upsets the native americans -- >> 79% of the american people don't believe they should change their name, only 11% want them to change it, the owner says they're not doing it. >>> new fallout, believe it or not, from student r the whole richard sherman it. the sports reporter now blaming erin andrews. >> final play, take me through it. >> i'm in best in the game, when you try me a receiver like crabtree that is what you're are going to get. don't you ever talk about me. >> who was talking about you. >> crabtree, don't you open your mouth or i'll shut it for you. >> and joe, back over to you. >> and kevin comes out with this piece saying her reaction was more about her than him. it was drama queenish, and she should have been a little bi

nations to the united nations. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ >> we focus tonight on the turkey prime minister. he is being accused of corruption. several members have resigned and the cabinet is being shuffled. some call it a coup. it is widely believed that some followers are involved. he a reclusive preacher residing in exile in pennsylvania. have joined forces as a series of trials one. many have accused the government of using the trial to curb the opposition. joining is a former u.s. ambassador to turkey and iraq. in new york -- on the phone from istanbul, benjamin harvey. he is a bloomberg bureau chief on turkey. i'm pleased to have all of them here. ambassador, tell me what you think is happening at the moment in turkey and what it means -- ambassador, tell me what you think is happening at the moment and turkey and what it means. >> many of the institutions that have had a separate existence in a pluralistic system have been accommodated or otherwise shunted aside by the prime minister. it is probably

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he is russia's ambassador to the united nations. the country is also a key player in nuclear negotiations with iran. close to the home, president vladimir putin recently bailed out ukraine's embattled government as an attempt to increase influence. the eyes of the world are on russia as it prepares to host the winter olympics in sochi next month. as concern mounts over terror threats, president obama has offered full security assistance. i'm pleased to have vitaly churkin back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. good to be back. >> let's start at the g-2 conference. it seems to be a dispute among some people over the objective of the conference. certainly what it means for president bashar al-assad. where is russia? >> the objective is to end the crisis in syria, the killing. for that objective to be attainable almost a year-and-a-half ago, we negotiated the so-called geneva communiquÉ. now it is regarded as the basis of negotiations. it is a complex document. parties idea is the two should get together and discuss a transition t

documents. >>> the united nations says the conflict in south sudan has turned into an ethnic war. hundreds of internally displayed people are suffering from malaria, measles and other diseases inside camps. here is the report from juba. >> reporter: the yut -- united nations says this has essentially become an ethnic conflict. that further compounds the situation here in this young nation. the government disputes that saying that this is purely a power struggle between the former vice president and his allies where they are accused of trying to undertake a military coup against a legitimate government, and they point to the fact that there are members of bothet nick tribes, both in the government and the rebels dismissing the ethnic tone to this conflict. however, speaking to some of the thousands of internally displaced people here in this camp in juba, they are certain there is an ethic element to it, and many said they fled to the un embassy out of fear. the united nations that that it is incapable of providing sufficiency for the over 100,000 that have been displayed here. the

ambassador to the united nations samantha power. here's what she had to say about the situation as it stands at the moment. >> as of this morning iran still has yet to demonstrate it's willingness to explicitly and publicly subscribe to the full implementation of the geneva communique that is a minimum requirement for participation in this peace process. >> so as you were saying it looks as if at this moment these two peace talks are dead in the water before they've even gun. >> when will we learn finally whether the talks will go on wednesday? >> i think we will learn quite soon because the opposition national council in syria said look if iran is not disinvited to geneva two by 19 hours gmt today, that's about 3:00 eastern time, then we're pulling out. so time is not on anyone's side. >> john terret at the u.n. thank you very much. >>> this morning i talked to former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. i asked whether iran's participation in the talks will cause the process to unravel. >> i think what we're seeing here is a poorly prepare

did the united states apply pressure on united nations to withdraw the invitation to iran? >> the back story was .ascinating to see it is stunning to me that ban ki-moon would proceed without some acquiescence on the part of the americans. how that all works out is unclear. clearly, we, the martin government, would have been open to iranian participation with a clear commitment to geneva one. ban ki-moon had one of two options. deliver, oriled to he delivered and was under pressure to retract, or alternatively, ban ki-moon got out ahead of himself in the united states and thought he had something he didn't. either way, it is indicative of the troubles and travails to come. >> how is this going to play into the progress that we know was made on iran's nuclear and the easing of sanctions? not at the iranians were publicly invited and disinvited to these talks, how is that going to play out? >> not well, but i suspected to be compartmentalized. the russians, the americans, and iranians -- the three key players. think, is one of the more interesting and nuanced features of this

. >>> the united nations is warning to act now to avoid a genocide in center african republic. more than a thousand people were killed last month in attacks against rival groups. >>> and rahul gandhi will run for congress. several opinion polls predict defeat. >>> an u.n. human rights officer has told al jazeera that parts of south sudan have been reduced to ghost towns. thousands have died in weeks of fighting between government forces and rebels loyal to former vice president riek machar. >> i can confirm that both sides were involved with atrocities, and they're punishable under international law. there certainly would be differences in atrocities, but again, i'm just returning from beniu and bor. they are ghost towns. bentiu, there is no bentiu any more. when we were passing by we were passing by unburied bodies, and just driving from bentiu, we saw 15 to 20 bodies. we didn't go look into houses. we didn't look for bodies but they are there. >> well, the violence has forced thousands to flee. aid works say 80% of the refugees crossing south sudan into kenya are children. ma

it has been recognized by the united nations. it is recognized by the international committee as a government. there are some problems over there, of course, we will not deny it. the most important thing is that we have to have people from syria -- >> that iran support will russia and the united states are trying to do with respect to the chemical weapons and getting them out of the country? and develop some kind of dialogue that will lead to a january 22, some conversations in geneva? does iran want to participate as secretary of state kerry said they could be on the sidelines. what does iran want to get out of this? >> you are well aware that we and russia work together. unfortunately, we succeeded and came to a deal about the elimination of chemical weapons. we know that -- >> from iraq? >> we have been working and pushing for it. the chemical weapons issue in syria -- it is something that we and the russians are working on together. it should be appreciated. on the syrian situation, we have said that we are ready to participa

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france sent troops, and united nations organized an international mission, but the violence has not ended. now people are hoping for a new start, but although many are happy to be rid of their president, they know their country still has big problems. >> the rebels are still on the prowl with their weapons, and if civilians are not protected, there will be more victims. >> it is not clear yet who will take power. a transitional parliament will need to discuss possible solutions during the next few days. >> more people have died in the bloody unrest in south sudan than was previously known. the international crisis group estimates that 10,000 people were killed there since the end of december. >> earlier, it was thought about 1000 had died. peace talks were suspended on wednesday after rebels demanded the release of all rebel prisoners before negotiations could continue. the government insists it will release rebels only after a peace deal was agreed. the european commission has sought to play down reports that it considers german policies on social benefits for immigrants from other eu me

we have relations with the government in syria as a government that is recognized by the united nations as a full fledged member of the united nations it's a legitimate government of syria those who are supporting. others who are using extremist measures in order to. advance whatever political cause that they may have they think international law. the fact is that there is a legitimate government seated in damascus in syria recognized by the united nations and as long as that is the case stores who have relations with that government would continue to have relations with that comment but iran is not providing volunteers to syria we are having relations with syria in accordance with our agreements in the past and that will continue in just the foreign minister in the interests of russia today told us that iran was actually providing military expertise and help too. we have longstanding military cooperation with the syrian government as the government recognized by the united nations and those doors cooperations within the context of international law within the context of our internation

united nations. over the years we have proven the value of this great institution. the united nations is a unique platform that help us all rise above human failings, that encourages wise and visionary leadership and that enables us to take advantage of the opportunities provided by a new global landscape. but i am gravely concerned at the immoral and irresponsible actions of too many individuals with influence and responsibility. the conflict i spoke of today are devastating countries in doubt where -- now proud histories and every chance at peace and prosper the city. leaders there must now act on the historical duty to reach this potential for the sake of their people and our world. all of us must find the common purpose to forge global solutions toward common problems. last year the united nations hosted one of the world's youngest heroes, ma la la. she celebrated her birthday here with an unforgettable lee for the rights of girls. we also paid farewell to a hero for all times, nelson mandela, th

the united nations warns of humanitarian disaster in the central african republic. we are in one refugee camp where tens of thousands are sheltered from the fighting. the white house fires back at robert gates after a new book that said the president did not believe in his own afghan strategy. 10 wind power be the answer to china's energy needs? it is a lovely idea, but there might be one hitch in the idea. >> on a day like today when there is not much wind, it hardly works. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the world. the united nations children's fund unicef has warned of a humanitarian disaster in the central african republic. it follows fierce fighting between christians and muslims with widespread atrocities on both sides. there is speculation the president may resign next week. >> or mapping evidence of how the crisis in the central african republic is deepening -- theatic evidence of how crisis is deepening. even the french troops provide a measure of safety. almost half the capital has led. fled. -- these are christians. th