me go back to you no no no here come on you guys this is let's go back to the topic of the program geneva if i go back to you in washington if you think that the west has been asking for too many preconditions in dealing with iran in its nuclear program yes i think that. that there have been preconditions and there has been an attitude by the west that iran needs to do x. y. or z. or there won't be negotiations and i think that this is why the negotiations have not progressed and let me say also that i wrote extensively about the tehran declaration this is the declaration that mr marandi referred to earlier that was brokered between brazil and turkey and i agree it was a huge mistake for the united states to go for sanctions and not try to work within the framework of this agreement because at that time this allowed iran to say faced it could have been a way to open negotiations but i'd like to also be referred to and return to another point which is that if mohamed to me were president today of iran we wouldn't be having this conversation and there wouldn't be a threat of war there would

back to your no no no here come on you guys this is getting let's go back to the topic of the program geneva go back to you in washington do you think that the west has been asking for too many preconditions in dealing with iran in its nuclear program yes i think that. that there have been preconditions and there has been an attitude by the west that iran needs to do x. y. or z. or there won't be negotiations and i think that this is why the negotiations have not progressed and let me say also that i wrote extensively about the tehran declaration this is the declaration that mr marandi referred to earlier that was brokered between brazil and turkey and i agree it was a huge mistake for the united states to go for sanctions and not try to work within the framework of this agreement because at that time this allowed iran to say faced it could have been a way to open negotiations but i'd like to also be referred to in return to another point which is that if one to me were president today in iran we wouldn't be having this conversation and there wouldn't be a threat of war there wouldn't be so

we should be doing this together in geneva. carla mentioned again great examples of that. let me close with just echoing one saying. russia pnt are. i would just mention the following insert after that we through should comprehensive trade policy. russia is going to be a member of the wto this summer, june july. whether congress moves russia pnt are or not. i mean, whether there are provisions are not and therefore it is not about russia's joining the wto. it is about whether the united states is going to benefit from russia being a member of the wto. pm tr is not leveraged. so the sooner we go about the better because it is in our interest. it has nothing to do with russia. so that requires leadership. the words came up several times at this table and it requires the administration, the white house come department of state, foreign-policy establishment because the debate and discussion is largely a foreign-policy human rights debate and discussion and are in fact legitimate foreign-policy human rights issues associated with russia, not having to do with the wto pmt are. b

we move that from district 11 to district 7, and we also included the whole median of the geneva underpass, from d 11 to d 7. and again, this was a zero population change. we then ran various checks, including a continuity check on the planned area, verified the plans, and we had two results on the continuity check. when we had zero population non contiguous area, and that is the area over here. that is a 0 population, nine contiguous area, because it was initially connected to district 6, and we moved out to district 10, because there is a census block that was otherwise cut off from district 6. that was done. . the other continuity check, we just wanted to verify that you wanted to parallel the islands in district 4. and that concludes our report. everything else came out beautifully, as designed. mr. mcdonnell: excellent, thank you. mr. pilpel: we did not address this earlier, and i'm not sure it bears much discussion, acceleration and deferral. i would note for record outhat anyone in an even number number district will have the effect of accelerating, so they will have voted in 2010 a

general assembly in geneva and said the assad government informed him of partial troop withdrawals from three cities. >> the violence in syria cannot be addressed through the means of a traditional mission. what we would need on the ground is a small, nimble, united nations presence. it would need to be deployed quickly with a broad and flexible mandate. >> annan also said that an advanced team has already arrived in syria to prepare to monitor the truce. syrian troops continue to fight, prompting speculation that the president is trying to crush rebel forces ahead of the u.n. brokered deadline for ceasefire. unconfirmed reports indicate the military crackdown is still going on. a human rights group in syria says continued fighting claimed more than 100 lives in the past two days. in northern cities, an increasing number of syrians are fleeing across the boardeborder. the turkish government accepted over 1600 syrians in the last two days. a human rights activist told nhk that the as add administration appears to be dealing a critical blow to rebel forces before the truce deadline. the a

geneva plaza, with some inside information -- the lighting in the design work are also included in the original allocation in terms of doing the design work. this is a funded study that will look at freeway access to the area. and what ways are available to reduce the amount of freeway access ramps in the area to reduce the impact. this grant and the study does include support for the balboa area, and the advisory committee. we will be supporting that along with the staff. with brisbane in daly city -- chester fung has been leading this effort to allocate the fair share of financial contributions to a large infrastructure program. we will be bringing that report to you shortly. we anticipate initiating the feasibility study, which will look at the rail conversion options to support the future will use of that infrastructure. the freeway circulation study may not be obvious that there is a connection here as well. we will reduce the contents and reduce speed -- with increasing the bicycle and pedestrian access. restoring this to the pre- central freeway, the earthquake conditions. we wi

when you go to geneva or you go to an obscure city in switzerland, they also have protests, people there don't say this shouldn't happen here because there's a different way to approach this thing that is legitimate and powerful here. they can say, oh, maybe that's what you have to do to stop -- as you see them as the big guys, that's what you've got to do. it's an interesting problem for me. obviously i'm concerned when they're clearly violating our civil liberties. but on the other hand, i'm -- i personally went through my little stage of thinking, oh, it was ever so wonderful to be as irritating as possible as a protester and have moved beyond that stage so perhaps i look at some of them and say, you know, stop being so irritating because i think, you know, i understand -- i've talked to police officers, it's irritating. you carry your 15th person to a police van, you're getting tired. and i have some is think for that, that's a real thing. yes? yes, sir? >> two questions -- one is your book tour, when you give your presentation to other parts of the country, less sophisticated parts

the political climate is changing in geneva. -- in tunisia. the events that took place outside the theater two months ago are clear signs that. the actors organize a day of street theater, but they found themselves surrounded by angry salafists, muslims who advocates a literal interpretation of the koran. >> they smashed it everything and then they started throwing stones and shoes at us. >> some 5000 salafists continue to beset the actors until they were forced to flee. the fundamentalists achieved their aim. >> anyone with a mind of the rhone is a danger for the salafists. they want to impose their views on us, such as the women wearing the veil, for example. >> more than a year after the revelation, tensions are high in tunisia and violence is increasing. we tried to speak with people at a mosque in tunis that is known as the salafist meeting place. the men it said that they were not interested in being filmed by a western camera team. establishing contact with the extremists is difficult. we had to go through a middleman who we met at a ho

command and most important, you don't target civilians, then you're entitled to the protection of the geneva conventions. but if you violent all those rules, we have got an even better deal for you, we take you to a civilian court, where you're tried in public and have a platform for your views and you can have a lawyer try to mislead a jury. on the other hand military commissions, we have had military commissions in the past, we have had them since the revolution. but we have never done it long-term. and i don't know that the military's hereto is really in it. this is-the military is not there to run a parallel justice system. it's there to win wars. you win wars by blowing stuff up and killing people, which is what you're supposed to do and what they do very well. you don't win wars by running a parallel justice system. particularly a justice system that is one where society is offloading a problem and telling you please deal with it out of our sight. i think what's called for is a third kind of tribunal, as you said like the fisa court, that would be created by congress, i think ideally i

to catch, to be very aggressive in catching new clients, yeah. >> smith: by 2008, one third of all geneva fund managers had invested with madoff, to the tune of $14 billion. >> it's extraordinary how the hedge fund industry, in some way, works like hollywood. you know, you have stars. you don't understand, but you have big stars. and you need to invest in big fund with big names, famous people. you need to invest in that thing because it's a big name. >> smith: one of the biggest names in europe was french aristocrat thierry de la villhuechet, an avid sailor, well connected with european royalty. he approached the world's biggest private wealth manager, ubs, to help him gather clients for his madoff fund at his company, access international. on his marketing team were prince michael of yugoslavia, and philippe junot, once married to princess caroline of monaco. at lavish parties, they marketed to people like l'oreal's lilliane bettancourt, the world's wealthiest woman. >> thierry de la villehuchet would say to them, look, "come to dinner. we'll have your friends, a good time, good wine."

security council meeting via video phone from geneva, switzerland. he asked the council to prepare to serve monitors in the event of a cease-fire. some council members raised doubts about syria's promise. >> the proof is in the actions, not in the words. and past experience would lead us to be skeptical and to worry. >> the the syrian government is continuing to attack civilians. local residents say troops fired rockets indiscriminately into south syria, a stronghold of the anti-government free syria army. human rights activists say troop froms are burning houses in homs and detaining civilians who cooperated with the free syrd" p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> the mayor of a village that was emptied of its residents following the accident at jap japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear plant says it's time to start over. yuko endo is the leader of the area located in the evacuation zone around the damaged facility. he's telling his citizens to get ready to come home. japan's central government lifted its entry ban restri on three municipalities with

supervisor of a los -- avalos wants is to pay attention to the geneva corridor. bernal, as well as the traditional corridors. we're going to be working on ideas about a small business loan and what it means to get resources out here where people feel, maybe they're reading the paper every day and see that we're paying attention to the downtown and south of market interest. we're not and inlet. we're just going to be as investment-friendly to our merchant corridors throughout all of the city. even as we set the agenda for the old redeveloper over subcommittee, we are going to be paying attention to all of the kind of commercial corridors that they pay attention to as well, whether it is midmarket are outlining areas like san bruno avenue. that is the framework in which we wanted to make sure the discussion continues. it is the portola, the neighborhood that has been out here. the neighbors that want to continue investing, want us to invest in debt. it is a coordinated and collaborative effort. today we begin identifying the key partners and leaders. so i wanted to

security council meeting via videophone from geneva, switzerland. he asked the council to prepare to send monitors in the event of a cease-fire. but some council members raised doubts about syria's promise. >> the proof is in the actions, not in the words. and past experience would lead us to be skeptical. and to worry. >> the syrian government is continuing to attack civilians. local residents they troops fired rockets indiscriminately on to south syria, a stronghold of the anti-government free syria army. human rights activists say troops are burning houses in homs. detaining civilians who cooperated with the free syria army. nearly 200 people were killed in the country on sunday and monday. >>> nuclear energy is powering china's economic growth. the country has 15 reactors in operation and is building 26 more. still the nuclear accident in japan last year caused people in china to worry about safety. many are speaking out. nhk world's makoto oda has more. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much, but the message is clear. this sign says the governm

we have a stall in san francisco southbound 280 if you are coming by geneva that off-ramp right lane blocked. >>> 4:32. we are following developing news in san lorenzo where it appears a copper thief may to be blame for an early morning fire at a strip mall. the fire started before 2:00 this morning. this photo was sent by the alameda county fire department. it happened on the roof of this cash for gold business in the 17,000 block of hesperian boulevard. the fire was quickly knocked down. crews say the mall will not have electricity until the wiring can be repaired. >>> the teen driver who kill a father and daughter in concord could be released today. the investigation continues. amy hollyfield is live at the scene on treat boulevard with the latest. >> reporter: this community is never going to forget. check out the memorial that is growing where the two family members were killed saturday morning. it is still fresh on everyone's minds. if this driver is set free today he will be walking out into a community that is full of grieve. the district attorney says if the driver of the su

general assembly via video link from geneva. >> we must silence the tanks, helicopters, motors, guns and stop all other forms of violence too. sexual abuse, torture, executions, abductions, destruction of homes, forced displacement, and other abuses including on children. >> woodruff: the annan plan calls for syrian forces to withdraw from cities and towns by april 10. a full cessation of violence would follow within 48 hours. syrian officials insisted they have begun withdrawals from the provinces of daraa and idlib and the resort town of zabadani. but the opposition said in fact, government troops continue to man checkpoints in those cities. back at the u.n., secretary general ban ki-moon appealed to syrian president bashar al-assad to show vision and leadership. >> the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. violence should have stopped months ago. indeed, it never should have started, particularly since it was unleashed in response to the legitimate demands of the syrian people. >> woodruff: the u.n. security council called today for assad to act now to halt the fightin

share responsibility to address those anxieties intelligently and create a new sense of momentum in geneva. our political systems don't always line up immediately when it comes to trade policy. and our emphasis on the wto -- has at times colored our collaboration. but we simply can't afford, either of us to allow the development of an impression that we are pulling apart at the wto. we have to stay focused on our shared commitment to the value of the institution and our responsibilities as two of its key leaders. the u.s. and the eu need to re-enforce each other that the -- liberalizing trade, serving as a bulwark against protectionist pressures and generating enforceable rules that provide stability to the global trading system. our partnership with the eu is strong but we can always do better. and it helps that the u.s. chamber and business europe are pushing constantly to find common cause. i should mention that the information currently under way in the u.s. high level working group on jobs and growth, is an excellent complement to what we are trying to rebuild multilater multilaterall

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. the city has given, $600,000 in the past, to do planning. our commitment to this project is strong. it is just that is not quite ready yet to meet the legal requirements necessary to be named in the bond. >> [inaudible] >> good morning, commissioners. my name is janet. i live in district 8 and frequent the so-called natural areas which are becoming less and less and natural. more and more burdens using more and more pesticides and putting up more fences. because of this, i am part of the san francisco forest alliance to which was formed to stop this destruction of national areas. a broad coalition from throughout the city. the rally attracted 150 people with standing room only, and over 2,000 people have signed on. the forest alliance like of a campaign against the bond if it will be used to fund more destructive projects. the current vague assurances about how the bond money will be used

timing and process to decide which projects we will be able to compete here we have projects such as the geneva and geary brt that would compete well for these funds. we want to make sure those funds go to top performer projects. the last one -- this is the big strategy. mtc has had in the early investment strategy for the high-speed rail corridor in the bay area. that includes two projects, both of which are prop k priorities, electrification including new rolling stock, and the advanced signal system which was previously known as the positive train control. last two strategies. strategy 5 is about making the existing system work better. the bigger thing here is that mtc has included -- commissioner kim: i can let you finish the presentation. it is about the electrification. i will wait until you're done. >> two of the high performing projects and our potential project of the downtown area mtc has less include those in the region transportation plan. this does not mean that the pricing will move forward. the only means that it is in the rtp so we are not precluded from going forward if we choo

schroeder who is a senior analyst as the federation of american scientists and a consultant for the geneva-based small arms survey. matt is also a prolific author, and is the co-author of the small arms trade, and the coordinator of the first comprehensive global studies of the authorized trade in small arms and light weapons. so matt will talk a little bit about what is happening in the small arms field. and talk in particular about transparency issues. we will then turn to rachel. rachel stahl, who's a fellow here at the stimson center. a fellow of the managing across boundaries program. and we've asked rachel to look a little bit at the future and particularly look at prospects and possible impact of the arms trade treaty. rachel has been an expert in this field for a long number of years on both sides of the atlantic. at chatham house, the british, the royal british institute of international affairs, she was also a senior analyst as center for defense information in washington, d.c. she's been a consultant for many organizations who have recognized her expertise in these issues including th

decades of tough negotiations russia has finally been admitted to the w t out they've remained silent geneva will be ratified this summer but even full membership doesn't clear all the obstacles on the way to free slaves one of them is the jackson browne a commandment which stands in the way i'll fetch trade relations between russia and the united states with future rushed american trade is widely discussed later today we'll talk it over with. the president of the us russia business. the jackson benny commandment has long been a thorn in russia you ask operation it was introduced at the height of the cold war the soffits denies normal trading relations with countries that restrict freedom of immigration and human rights the u.s.s.r. has long been gone but the names and places are rarely called more hostile time. president obama and many american businessman are calling for it to be repealed especially as he has russia's being admitted to the world trade organization but some republicans want to leave just something you can place as a reminder to russia. it's human rights. hello and welcome t

according to the geneva convention. civilians and civilian objects may not be attacked in any circumstances by incendiary bombs. basically the use of white phosphorus is banned and he populated zones the american army claims to have used it only to illuminate combat zones. yet influenza thousands of inhabitants were still in the city during the bombing. eunice arranges to meet me at the martyrs cemetery a former football stadium three thousand five hundred bodies are buried here resistance fighters and civilians alike. this is where units played football today comes to meditate at the graves of former teammates now become martyrs. cannot be had to lie about some of the footballers who used to play in this stadium are very clear that even the coach we call them a colorful cowboy even he was killed by the americans and no i think thirteen players from the flu team are buried in their own football ground. this man is the caretaker of the cemetery one day in november two thousand and four while bearing the victims of the fi

timing and process to decide which projects we will be able to compete here we have projects such as the geneva and geary brt that would compete well for these funds. we want to make sure those funds go to top performer projects. the last one -- this is the big strategy. mtc has had in the early investment strategy for the high-speed rail corridor in the bay area. that includes two projects, both of which are prop k priorities, electrification including new rolling stock, and the advanced signal system which was

according to the geneva convention. civilians and civilian objects may not be attacked in any circumstances by incendiary bombs. basically the use of white phosphorus is banned and he populated zones the american army claims to have used it only to illuminate combat zones. yet in fallujah thousands of inhabitants were still in the city during the bombing . although eunice arranges to meet me at the martyrs cemetery the former football stadium three thousand five hundred bodies are buried here resistance fighters and civilians alike. this is where all the units played football today he comes to meditate at the graves of former teammates now become martyrs. tonight he had to lie about some of the footballers who used to play in the stadium very clear to me that even the coach we called an old cowboy even he was killed by the americans and no i think thirteen players from the flu team are buried in their own football ground. this man is the caretaker of the cemetery one day in november two thousand and four while bearing t

law and the geneva conventions was waterboarding legal in your opinion but there's a lawyer said it was legal so it got forward some of the torture. and but you know first a judgment of people who are going to do the bush administration also chose to disregard the judgment of a top adviser who warned that the cia's interrogation of terror suspects equated to felony war crimes according to a secret memo obtained by wired magazine in two thousand and six state department councilor philip zelikow warned the white house that controversial. interrogation techniques such as waterboarding stress positions and cramped confinement are prohibited under u.s. law and under american law there is no precedent for excusing treatment that is intrinsically cruel even if the state asserts compelling need to use it i think there needs to be an accounting in the united states of what was done over the last ten years and name of america so there is a president after the second world. united states actually executed japanese soldiers who had. used torture. against american prisons they took action against th

according to the geneva convention. civilians and civilian objects may not be attacked in any circumstances by incendiary bombs. basically the use of white phosphorus is banned in any populated zones the american army claims to have used it only to illuminate combat zones. yet in fallujah thousands of inhabitants were still in the city during the bombing . kabul eunice arranges to meet me at the martyrs cemetery a former football stadium three thousand five hundred bodies are buried here resistance fighters and civilians alike. this is where eunice played football today he comes to meditate at the graves of former teammates now become martyrs. tonight he had to lie about some of the footballers who are used to play in this stadium very clear to me that even the coach we called him a collie old cowboy even he was killed by the americans and although i think thirteen players from the flu team are buried in their own football ground. this man is the caretaker of the cemetery one day in november of two thousand and four whi

law and the geneva conventions well as waterboarding legal in your opinion as a lawyer said it was legal so that they saw within the. torture. and the churches to judge whether people were going to do the bush administration also chose to disregard the judgment of a top adviser who warned that the cia's interrogation of terror suspects equated to felony war crimes according to a secret memo obtained by wired magazine in two thousand and six state department councilor philip zelikow warned the white house that controversial interrogation techniques such as waterboarding stress positions and cramped confinement are prohibited under u.s. law and under american law there is no precedent for excusing treatment that is intrinsically cruel even if the state asserts compelling need to use it i think there needs to be an accounting in the united states of what was going on over the last eight years and name of america there is a precedent because of the second world. united states actually executed japanese soldiers who had. used torture. against american prisons they took action against the japa

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team has apparently returned to geneva, having hit snags over quite a profound nature. they did make progress on details, but there were substantive issues of difference between the two sides. so that is an area which will have to be looked at very swiftly. >> given there are very few independent journalists in the country now, are we basically reliant on hearing from the opposition as to whether there are any bouts of violence in the coming hours? >> i think they will be the natural sort, assuming that the breaches are coming from the government side. but if the boot is on the other foot, if some of the rebel groups start causing trouble, then obviously we would presumably hear about that fairly swiftly from the authorities. so it's a kind of situation where the two sides are monitoring each other, if you like, and we're likely to hear from one or the other if things do go well. >> yesterday it looked so precarious because the tuesday deadline seemed to come and go without any action, then we saw kofi annan still saying, look, this can happen. what do you think has cha

command and most important, you don't target civilians, then you're entitled to the protection of the geneva conventions. you can be held to the conclusion of hostilities. what this says is that if you violate all of those rules in particular you target civilians, we've got an even better deal for you. we take you to a civilian court where you're tried in public and have a platform for your views. and you can have a lawyer try to mislead a jury. on the other hand, military commissions, we've had military commissions in the past. we've had them since the revolution. but we've never done it long-term. and i don't know that the military's heart is really in it. this is not -- the military is not there to run a parallel justice system. it's there to win wars. you win wars by blowing stuff up and killing people, which is what you're supposed to do and what they do very well. you don't win wars by running a parallel justice system, particularly a justice system that is one where society is offloading an unpleasant problem and telling you please deal with it out of our sight. think what's called fo

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law that does apply to the occupied territories it's intended to protect them especially the fourth geneva convention is not enforced by the international community so on the one hand they don't have the instruments protect themselves on the other hand the international treaty doesn't accept its responsibility will force protection for the palestinians probably the palestinians is that occupation was only seen as a very temporary military situation maybe lasting one to three years until it's over this is a forty five year occupation and international law simply isn't geared towards dealing with it so the fact that the palestinians are to states i think. completely destroys their chance to use international law and if in fact these millions of people are left without any to fence or any ability to leverage israel through international law it certainly dense the credibility of the entire system. but are still ahead few days from abroad as india has to spread billions on new weapons falling down like corruption would hamper the country's military modernization. hey they're coming up in the bu