mubarak. and some other stories that shape this week the clouds talking over the syrian government that the deadline set by the arab league to end violence its cause but president assad is defiant in the face of bribing international pressure. over the two months of corporate course in america all marked with thousand strong marchers only with us hundreds of arrests under heavy guns as police just. really excited tynan's gave a friendly welcome to new unelected leaders and they feared the troubled states and losing sovereignty because of becoming measures dictated by brussels and. cologne welcome to all she's with neighbor of yours great to have you with its friends with stars in egypt was soldiers and police have launched a major crackdown on protesters in tahrir square at least seven people have been killed when tons of thousands began protesting that lack of reforms ahead of parliamentary elections and just over a week the first after the overthrow of hosni mubarak supporters here have the

mubarak and. now the story of the trade this week around starting over to syrian government doesn't that might set by the arab league's and violence expires but president assad is a defiant in the face of growing international pressure. two months ago and he called for protests in america too it wasn't strong monitors all over the rights of hundreds of arrests and heavy handed police response. plans greeks and italians have one friend as well continue on and that's a breeder's i mean he is the troubled states and leagues and so frankly because of harsh economic measures dictated by the process it's. welcome to all seize weekly review my name is you get up thanks for joining us and we started nature it was soldiers and police have launched a major crackdown on protesters in tahrir square at least eleven people have been killed when tens of thousands began protesting a slant of reforms ahead of parliamentary elections in just over a week the fun stuff of the overthrow of hosni mubarak all she's put

mubarak in february. and other stories that showed sweeping clouds don't win over the syrian government are the deadline set by the arab league to an modern six point is that president assad is defiant in the face of growing international pressure. also to modern society knu for the process in america marked with thousand strong mantras although it was countries that are correct and that how he turned its police response. plus the greeks on the turn ins gave an unfriendly welcome to the new elected leaders and this is the troubled states are losing sovereignty because the punch economic measures dictated by rockslides. this is all she's weekly review hello and welcome to the program thoughts to gyptian soldiers and police have launched a major crime down on protesters in fact they have square i think six people have reportedly been killed since friday when tens of thousands began protesting the plight of reforms ahead of parliamentary elections in just over a week and start for the overthrow of hosni muba

nine months after egypt's longtime leader hosni mubarak was driven from power, protestors return to central cairo. they say the regime that has replaced the old dictatorship has been too slow in handing over power. after three days between -- of clashes between demonstrators and police, the entire cabinet has submitted its resignation. >> outside dated interior ministry, a longtime symbol of authoritarian rule in egypt, third consecutive days of riot police. it has been seen around the globe on facebook, twitter, and youtube. disturbing pictures are showing protesters being viciously beaten. the unconscious, completely overcome by tear gas, dozens, even hundreds of pro-democracy campaigners rushed to tahrir square this afternoon. they used their scooters and moped at times to ferry the bodies back for treatment. some have died, suffocating under the affects of tear gas. the one man wants to tell us what happened to him, struggling to get his words out. moments later, he collapsed into the arms of his friends. it is almost as though the february revolution and all that was achieved in tahrir

mubarak my pictures from egypt. and other stories that shaped this week clouds darken over the syrian government at the deadline set by the arab league and the violence expires that president assad is defiant in the face of growing international pressure and. also two months avanti call for protests in america with a thousand strong marchers all over the u.s. hundreds of arrests and heavy handed police. cars greets on the titans and unfriendly both continue on and that's the leaders that they fear the troubled states are losing sovereignty becomes a profit can only close as dictated by brussels. you're watching all she's weekly review hello and welcome to the program and we started egypt where soldiers and police have launched a major crackdown on protesters in tahrir square at least seven people have been killed one turns of thousands began protesting a lack of reforms ahead of parliamentary elections in just over a week the good stuff for the overthrow of hosni mubarak and his policy it was on her way to cairo and

nine months after egypt's longtime leader hosni mubarak was driven from power, protestors return to central cairo. they say the regime that has replaced the old dictatorship has been too slow in handing over power. after three days between -- of clashes between demonstrators and police, the entire cabinet has submitted its resignation. >> outside dated interior ministry, a longtime symbol of authoritarian rule in egypt, third consecutive days of riot police. it has been seen around the globe on facebook, twitter, and youtube. disturbing pictures are showing protesters being viciously beaten. the unconscious, completely overcome by tear gas, dozens,

mubarak stepped down. the crowd there, they're angry, baying for blood after at least 22 of their colleagues were killed in these clashes. they're calling on the ruling military council to step down. when you step away from the energy and the adrenaline in here, with wounded people being ferried out pretty much every minute from the front lines where there are clashes going on

just a minutians are voting at polling stations in their first election since the fall of hosni mubarak in february. it follows a week of mass protests against military rule in the country. also voting going on today in the democratic republican of congo for the president and parliament there. the runup to the elections has been marred by violence and fears that the commission is not ready to actually hold the event. some 11 candidates are running for president and more than 18,000 candidates are standing for a place in the 500-seat parliament. let's go live to kinshasa. will ross is there. what's the turnout been like there today? what has the mood been like there today? >> well, it's been a fairly slow stream of people coming in. we had a heavy downpour here in kinshasa here early on, which kept many people away. but we're hearing some problems with the organization, but generally things seem to be going on ok. there were, of course, lots of rumors and speculation that the whole election was going to be postponed because people said that the he leble early to commission simply wasn't

mubarak again these are live pictures right here from the tahrir square in central cairo. argue with r.t. live from moscow now set to become a reality eurasian union is to be established by two thousand and fifteen russia along with some of its post soviet partners are planning a common economic space with the power to resist the ongoing global financial crisis that you've got just going off now reports. three nations twenty million square kilometers of land one giant idea. is because rick we will repeat the mistakes of the european union in our integration with conscious were doing to understand who we are integrating with all three countries sharing the common history and today we're forming a common economy your region you new movie based on the already existing customs union between the three nations which are among the largest economies in the area screen work in just six months. and managed to increase. total droid turnover by over forty percent of its plans there by twenty fifteen the union will not only have one borderline an economic zone but we switch to one curr

mubarak and we can get more details on this and speak to independent online journalist james corbett standing by for us live oh thanks for coming on the program today with elections just around the corner why did people decide to resort to protest and violence when they could have just cast their votes. well one would think so if it's. it was really the way that this was going to play out but of course what we have here is really the end a predictable result of a revolution that failed to do what it really set out to do without realizing it and i think that is to actually fundamentally alter the power structure as as it's going on in this country i mean really what what ultimately happened was throwing out a figurehead instead of the actual power structure itself which has been for many years and continues to be the military dictatorship that egypt really is that made so so i think the illusion of democracy is just that until the the underlying power structure that's going on there can be understood i don't think anything really has changed so they got rid of the leader they got rid

mubarak. is live in cairo right now let's cross. paula good to see you so what exactly has brought the people to the streets this time around i but despite the new camp is really trying to be the most easy tens of thousands of people who want gathering here in town his mayor is the. it is the end of the work days of people are coming here on business the schools have closed for the day and society witnessing the numbers swell now people have formed themselves into small groups they're chanting various slogans among the slogans like only on the military regime that has been in power since the film egypt's president hosni mubarak was ousted in favor me they cling on after she stepped down they will say we changed taffy a square in four weeks youngsters have been trying to come back to the square but they've been prevented from doing so by the police and on the system and now that they're back here as you can see behind me they have no intention of leaving the demands really is quite simple they

mubarak. who's on a way to caro has the latest from neighboring israel. this is the second straight day that there have been these a vine and clashes in downtown cairo according to the police there some five thousand demonstrators but we're hearing reports that tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets and thousands of people have been injured really the focal point in tahrir square once again this was the scene of where we saw an eighteen day revolution earlier a year lead to the ouster of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak now people are incredibly angry what protesters want is that the military government that has been in power since february give way to any mic to government that represents the will and the desire of the people and what many people are saying is that the military wants to stay in power and in this way they are not much different from me from egypt and president hosni mubarak so those demands are reaching a boiling point people incredibly angry as i say

mubarak. reports from cairo. there must easily be tens of thousands of people who are gathering here in town his square feet of old insults into small groups they're chanting various serpents among the slogans like putting on the military regime that has been in power since before which president hosni mubarak was ousted in february they cling on the chain to step down they're also saying that they are weak claims chaffee aspire and for weeks youngsters have been trying to come back to the square but they've been prevented from doing so by the police and the army says it and now that they've that here as you can see behind me they have no intention of leaving the demands really is quite simple they don't believe that the military is any different to the regime of hosni mubarak they are against the trough constitution that this regime supports saying the military when he wants to stay in power even after it hands over to and he made to civilian government and talking to youngsters here that's t

there has been a heavy turnout in the first parliamentary elections since president hosni mubarak was toppled. >> you and says thousands of prisoners are being held without being given proper access. to a traditional process. the president of columbia and venezuela have joined calls for rest of a drug trafficker. he had jugo chavez cemented rapprochement. >> the meeting between the president started on a good note. after the venezuelan authorities announced the capture of a top colombian trafficker. there is another man that the president would like to get his hands on even more. the new commander-in-chief of the farc. his predecessor bill was killed in an army operation november 4. president santos has declared him the new priority target. there are fears he will remain out of reach within venezuela. president chavez who has been accused of sympathizing with, if not actively supporting the farc, promised to aid colombia. >> you should know columbia. we would do everything within our power to stop people conspiring against and attacking columbia whether they are drug traffickers, para

and august 3, the trial oppose the mubarak finally began in cairo. -- the trial of hosni mubarak finally began in cairo. on big screens, one of the key demands of the revolution is finally implemented. november 19, hundreds of thousands again took to the streets, demanding that the military council step down, making way for freedom and democracy in egypt. in the following days, more than 40 people were killed in clashes with security forces. november 28, nine months after he was ousted, the country's first free parliamentary elections finally began. participation was high, as many egyptians hoped that it would marking the beginning for egypt. >> many activists say that they are now in a second revolution. this time to curb the influence of the military. protests of the last few weeks led the council to make some concessions, including an interim government and bringing forward presidential elections into the middle of next year. the military council insisted the parliamentary elections would go forward as planned. that is what we are seeing right now. how do the egyptians feel? we went a

nine months ago, they celebrated the fall of hosni mubarak. now, they say the military does not want to hand power back to the people. this is where people risked their lives. there is great frustration that things and i changing for the good parent of their lives are not getting better. in many ways, the whole system is still in power. today's demonstration was a show of strength by the islamists of the muslim brotherhood. many share their fears. this man is much more disillusioned. >> there is no money, there is no life, there is no freedom. >> st more than three months parent or early next year, work starts on drafting a new constitution. presidential elections might not happen until 2013. they're holding a birthday party for an active this too has been held in prison for nearly three weeks. among those campaigning for their release is his and. >> the military stepped up and said that they would protect him. they would over say a peaceful change and transition to democracy. they're doing everything they can to impede the progress. >> the mi

mubarak. >>> and prince william, heir to the english throne and royal air force member, co-piloted a helicopter that came to the rescue of a cargo ship hit by a massive wave in the irish sea. the ship was carrying eight russian crew members. two were pulled from a life craft. one body was recovered, and five are still missing. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,231 after losing 25 points on friday. the s&p was down 3 points. the nasdaq fell 18. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning n tokyo the nikkei climbed 127 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng jumped 348. >>> analysts think this week the direction of european bond yield will determine the direction of wall street stocks. on euro yield angst last week, cnbc reports percentagewise both the dow and s&p 500 had their worst thanksgiving week since the great depression. with another round of european bond objections this weauctions hope to see them fall or settle. asian s

. >> mitchell: and back in egypt, the curtain goes up on the first ouster of hosni mubarak since early this year. many egyptians appear eager to take part despite widespread doubts among the protest centers cairo's tahrir square. elizabeth palmer has more. >> reporter: on the eve of egypt's eflexion one of cairo's oldest neighborhoods, tahrir square and the protesters feel a world away. around the domino word, some do know who they're going to vote for tomorrow. >> [inaudible]. >> reporter: "yes, yes, i do," he says. and some are still on the fence. you only have about 12 hours left to decide. but there is consensus on the main thing. everyone here is heading to the polls. so you believe this is going to be a good election? >> we have to trust. if we don't trust, we'll lose. >> reporter: with 6,000 parliamentary candidates and 50 million potential voters, it's going to be complicated. only one-third of egypt's regions will vote tomorrow and tuesday. the rest will get their turn over the next eight weeks with the final result expected in mid-january. the parliament's first job will be t

this is the biggest demonstration since hosni mubarak was toppled nearly one year ago. it's also the biggest challenge for the military, which has dominated political life here for nearly six decades. they were promised democracy, it wasn't delivered. now they're determined to take it for themselves. but would toppling the egyptian military be good for the united states? the military is secular, it's u.s. funded. it defends the peace treaty with israel. and for decades, it's been the peace broker in the middle east. >> the main roll of the army is to protect egypt. and so far, and to this day, to this point in time, it is fully affecting the public. affecting the egyptians. >> reporter: in the evening, tantawi gave a rare television address. but it was soon clear, he wasn't stepping down. instead, he said egypt will form a new government and have early presidential elections. the reaction in tahrir, the field marshall is a trader, he said. and clashes resumed, more intense than before. and brian, regarding those three american students, u.s. embassy officials here in ca

. >>> this is the 4th who took hosni mubarak out of power . well afghan officials say they were fired on first, that is why an airstrike was called for one that ended with 24 pakistani soldiers dead : then there was this, thousands gathered outside the consulate protesting and they continued with air strikes even after they were told to stop. >>> they are taking bolder steps to deal with their debt crisis but as allison burns reports he will be asking the president what he is doing to boost the economy here in the u.s. allison? >> reporter: we have breaking news, the euro crisis has been deteriorating so rapidly that the credit agency warned all of europe's sovereign ratings are in jeopardy now. this is the backdrop as president barack obama welcomes union rep tis to the white house in just about three hours -- representatives to the white house in just about three hours. instead he sits down with key leaders of the union organizations and for their part, they will argue european leaders are making tough decisions and implementing decisions to

that's the group that took over from hosni mubarak when he resigned on the 11th of february. the feeling is that they're not moving quickly enough to civilian rule, that they may harbor ambitions to hold on to power for the foreseeable future. another element is that these clashes began yesterday, when the police were trying to clear a fairly small number of people out of tahrir square, but they used fairly excessive force yesterday. one man was killed in cairo, more than a thousand wounded. this is really -- sparked more outrage because, of course, egyptians overthrew hosni mubarak's regime because they felt that the police had too much power, was too brutal, arbitrarily tortured and detained people. this is really a reaction to that. they don't want to see the same sort of regime coming back and staying yet again. >> well, it looks like the same tactics to put down the demonstrations earlier, when mubarak was in power, are being used now. how connected is this now to the elections coming up next month or later this month? >> yeah. the elections take place on the 28th of nov

since the overthrow of hosni mubarak in february, washington has had to balance a push for tonocracy with its long and close alliance to egypt's military, which receives $1.3 $1.3ion in u.s. aid each year. the white house also wants justice for those killed in the totests and believes the only ony that will occur is through an independent investigation. t iah? >> o'donnell: whit, thank you. a blockbuster drug is going generic. what that means for patients. schoolkids forced to live in the ammily car. and jetman takes flight. when the "cbs evening news" ventinues. here's one story. [ regis ] we love to play tennis. as a matter of fact it was joy who taught me how to play tennis. and with it comes some aches and pains and one way to relieve them all is to go right to the advil®. i have become increasingly amazed at regis's endurance. it's scary sometimes what he accomplishes in a day. well i'd rather not have time for pain but unfortunately it does comes your way every now and then. and that's when i take my advil®. [ male announcer ] take action. take advil®. come soups that you'll

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and they say in the past there was basically only one party, the ruling party of hosni mubarak they could vote for. that's part of why people are so excited today offense these momentous elections. >> ivan, we're losing your signal there but obviously good news that people have come out to vote. you see those images in tahrir square. then you think, well, there is an election, are people going to come out? is it safe? but clearly it is a very safe situation there in cairo and around egypt and people are out in force voting and getting their voices heard. >>> back here in the u.s., the deadline has come and gone and defiant occupy protesters in los angeles say they're not going anywhere. so what happens now? that's coming up next. >>> but first, have you seen this video? that's miley cyrus at her 19th birthday bash last week calling herself a stoner after receiving a bob marley cake. her folks say she was joking but when you're a disney darling with young impressionable fans to boot, making comments like that probably isn't a good idea. we'll be right back. [ beep ] [ mom ] scooter? the pr

mubarak protests have been continuing for more than a week with growing calls for the military leaders to step down ahead of those elections on monday. russia gets over the planned u.s. missile defense shield in eastern europe president preventives says moscow will deploy its own strike systems unless it's a short it will not be a target at the same time the russian leader stressed the importance of dialogue which moscow remains open. but ima put in the current prime minister of russia is formally nominated to run for the presidency next year his candidacy was proposed at the united russia party convention on sunday was given unanimous support but. a new film titled the debt ocracy cast doubt on the path chosen by e.u. leaders to tackle the debt crisis up next in our interview with the man who made the revealing progress. from the very beginning of the year as a crisis one of the major criticisms is b. of the e.u. leaders failure to adapt to the continuing problems which joined now by aras hatchets to find a peace documentary that focused see games a lot of attention but opening the di

flags and the thousands in attendance noida and upset nine months off of the ousting of for president hosni mubarak our correspondent there says live ammo has been fired by protesters in the wake of violent clashes that killed at least thirty three people and other cabinet the latest news here is the cabinet has submitted his resignation. moscow it's out of the u.s. but slapping of more sanctions on iran over its nuclear ambitions saying it contradicts international law and the prospects for talks the u.k. and a kind of a have also announced they're cutting all ties with tehran things. under three crew members a compilation album of this world mission and their feet on the ground after six months in other russian american and japanese space travelers landed on the steps of kazakhstan in a russian soyuz capsule. next we talked to former u.s. senator mike gravel who says that washington's trying to promote fear of terror attacks in people and that young u.s. soldiers are dying in vain because of the country's real. but gravelle is the senate's exposed widespread it's all seized by the u.s. in

a former associate of egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has reportedly accepted a request from the ruling generals to become prime minister and form a new cabinet comes after the military council apologize for the deaths of more than forty protesters killed in an almost week of fierce clashes was artie's reports the unrest shows no sign of letting up. there's a fine line right now between peaceful protests here in toughness square and attic chaos it's only in the morning and already tens of thousands of people are gathering here ahead of a call for one million protesters to come to talk here today friday now there are very real concerns that they could be a bloodbath later today the army is maintaining a heavy security presence most of it is centered around the interior ministry building just a short distance behind me and this has been the scene of wind and clashes over the past week the chant of the protesters is for the army to step down this has not changed in this is why many people here say that the army can announce whatever changes of wishes the basic c'mon is the same and

mubarak has reported except to the request from ruling generals to become prime minister and form a new cabinet that comes after the military council apologize for the deaths of more than forty protesters killed and almost a week of fierce clashes with. joins us now from more on this border we can still see crowds in tahrir square behind you there what was the reaction to this reported appointment of an interim prime minister among the people there. bracken tell you that there's a funny line right now between peaceful protests here in turkey square and at a chaos it's only in the morning and already tens of thousands of people are gathering here ahead of a call for one million protesters to come to tough it today friday now there are very real concerns that it could be a bloodbath later today the army is maintaining a heavy security presence most of it is centered around the interior ministry building just a short distance behind me and this has been the scene of wide and clashes over the past week the chants of the protesters is for the army to step down this has not changed and th

mubarak now entering week two. the arab league saying syria's ignored a deadline to accept foreign observers in the country and now faces further sanctions this as france seeks to set up a humanitarian corridor in syria a move seen by many as a first step toward military intervention. conflicting sides on serbia's border with northern kosovo war and of a possible escalation of violence local serbs say nato backed forces are broken earlier agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade a move that led to fierce clashes. next cross talk with peter lavelle on the unfolding events of the arab spring and what the protestors real goals may be stay with us. i think it was. a low in welcoming cross-talk a little we knew tensions in violence but the doubt many of the hopes at the heart of the egyptian revolution is mubarak's military establishment angling to remain in power will next week's parliamentary elections be held and if they are will be seen this fair and legitimate. cross-talk egypt's prospects i'm joined by

mubarak protests have continued for more than a week now with growing calls for the military rulers to step out ahead of monday's elections. russia gets over the planned u.s. missile defense shield in eastern europe president better says moscow will deploy its own strike systems unless it's a sure it will not be a target at the same time the russian leader stressed the importance of dialogue which moscow remains open. but im opposed to the current prime minister of russia is formally nominated to run for the presidency next year his candidacy was proposed at the united russia party convention on sunday and was given unanimous support by the delegates. and you film entitled to debt talks. on the current chosen path by even leaders to tackle the debt crisis up next our interview with the very man who made this revealing probe. from the very beginning of the year i say crisis one of the major criticisms to be of the e.u. leaders failure to adapt to the continuing problems which by aras had just a finite piece documentary does focus they gained a lot of attention opening the discussion

mubarak has patiently been appointed as prime minister by egypt's ruling military council. serbs in northern kosovo say nato forces broke their promise by driving her move toward border barricades this follows a night of violence when warning shots and tear gas for use against protesters in. a landmark lawsuit filed against the the wanita for hosting one of america's secret prisons those human rights activist speak up for a man taken there and allegedly tortured for ending up in blood hanum a. cross talk coming up next with peter lavelle on the unfolding events of the arab spring and what the protesters real goals maybe stay with us here on our key. it. was. a low in welcome across our computer we knew tensions in violence but in doubt many of the hopes that the heart of the egyptian revolution is mubarak's military establishment angling to remain in power will next week's parliamentary elections be held and if they are it will be seen as fair and legitimate. to cross-talk egypt's prospects i'm joined by running al maliki in cairo she is the chief editor of the daily news e

tahrir today looks like it did during the uprising that overthrew hosni mubarak. but dislodging this country's powerful generals could prove even harder. 22-year-old mustapha aswaty says he knows the risk he's taking. so, you wrote your name and your phone number in case -- if something happens to you, they can call your parents? >> yes. >> reporter: as the nation's military leader spoke tonight, the protesters shouted "irhal, irahal." leave, leave. they were the same words they used when former president hosni mubarak gave a speech, saying he would stay in power. a day later, he resigned. the question tonight -- will the protesters behind me be able to do the same again? george? >> lama hasan in cairo, thank you. >>> now to politics, your voice, your vote. and 24 hours after the super failure of the supercommittee, president obama called on congress to act before a tax hike for 160 million americans kicks in. but the president wasn't the only one throwing punches today, he took a couple, too, from one of his top rivals and some occupy wall street protesters. here

. >> pelley: nine months after their revolution pushed dictator hosni mubarak from power, millions of egyptians returned to the streets today, but in time to vote for a new parliament. elizabeth palmer in cairo reports egyptians hope that this time their vote will count. >> reporter: the polls hadn't even opened this morning and already the sidewalks were jammed for this historic vote. >> we are voting for our country for our future. >> reporter: after the week of extraordinary violence leading up to these elections, there was some speculation that people would be too afraid to turn up and vote. but clearly not. inside, rival party workers and election officials watched each other and the voters like hawks. everyone on the lookout for cheating. indelible ink prevents anyone from voting twice. >> this is my first time to vote. >> reporter: multiple rounds of vote willing continue over the next several weeks with final results not due until mid-january. but the big winner is a foregone conclusion says shadi hamid, writing a book on islamic political parties. >> this is the muslim brothe

the same problems as under hosni mubarak's ousted regime pepe escobar a columnist and correspondent for the asia times police with the unrest coming ahead of crucial elections it may lead to yet another revolution. if they repress this syrian style this is going to get out of hand specially against the muslim brotherhood and if we see let's see a little large group of what's going to really career square with all the factions of the muslim brotherhood close to google generation everybody in this square i guess the military dictatorship there is see which is something that could happen within the next few weeks let's put it this way then we're going to have kerry a square to every single depends on these parliamentary elections to start in a few days to go on for a few months they're going to elect their constituents the assembly and then they go to promulgate the new gustafson of the country and every single writes from that . so watching the weekly iran i see you're still a lot more to come in the program including snaring of the air could have its most prominent son is finally in the

mubarak now people are incredibly angry what protesters want is that the military government that has been in power since february give way to and elected government that represents the will and the desire of the people and what many people are saying is that the military wants to stay in power and in this way they're not not that much different from me for me to can president hosni mubarak so those demands reaching a boiling point people incredibly angry as i say and all of this coming just eight days before the first parliamentary elections to be held in a post mubarak period what else is significant is that the leading voice behind these demonstrations is the muslim brotherhood which is regarded as a terrorist organization in several countries and this has caused many people many of the service to say that we could be on the brink of a second revolution if they repress this search area and this is going to get out of specially against the muslim brotherhood and if we see let's see a large miracle of what's going to lead to read a square with all the factions of the muslim brotherho

egyptians are choosing members in the lower house of parliament since hosni mubarak was driven from power in a people's uprising earlier this year. >>> there are reports of an explosion near the iranian city of isfahan. the exact location has not been disclosed. it's reported it was part of a military exercise. a uranium conversion plant is located just outside that city. earlier this month a mysterious blast damaged a missile base near tehran. >>> a woman in the state of georgia says she had a 13-year affair with republican candidate remember man cain. she made the claim in an interview with local tv channel. cain has been married for more than 40 years, marred with a lot of allegations against him. he says he knows the woman but denies the affair. this is the fifth woman to accuse him of sexual harassment or extramarital contact. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. >>> hello. welcome to wbt, i'm andrew stephens in hong kong. >> i'm charles hodson in london. the top stories on tuesday, november 29th. rupert murdoch squares off with shareholders as phone hacking re

egyptians had to the polls for the first time since the fall of hosni mubarak amid questions over the legitimacy of the vote joining me and he's now in cairo for more details. american any e.u. diplomats converge on washington to draw a road map for the world's future while their respective water taps still basking in libyan success reportedly hash out similar plans for syria and iran. and baring their anger to the world a group of ukrainian women make a show across europe with a series of naked protests against the abuse of women's rights. two pm in moscow i met president good to have you with us here on r t a top story egypt has taken the first step in a long parliamentary election process due to last into march while the current leadership says the ballot symbolizes an end to the country's recent upheaval sentiment on the street seems quite the opposite artie's an isa now why has the latest from cairo. well as egyptians had to the polls for the first time since the fall of hosni mubarak there are several concerns that i want to break down for you first of all this is just the first

mubarak so those demands reaching a boiling point people incredibly angry as a stake and all of this coming just eight days before the first parliamentary elections to be held in a post mubarak period what else is significant is that beacon leading voice behind these demonstrations is the muslim brotherhood which is regarded as a terrorist organization in several countries and this has caused many people many of the service to say that we could be on the brink of a second revolution if they repress this syrian style this is going to get out of hand specially against the muslim brotherhood and if we see let's see a large swath of what's going to lead to a real square with all the factions of the muslim brotherhood. the google generation everybody in this square against a military dictatorship touristic which is something that could happen within the next few weeks let's put it this way we going to have three square to what people are saying is that mubarak might be gone probably witnessing happening in egypt is far from what the people hoped for we witnessing sectarian violence there

mubarak now people are incredibly angry what protesters want is that the military government that has been in power since february give way to the end elect a government that represents the will and the desire of the people and what many people are saying is that the military wants to stay in power and in this way they are not much that much different from the four major can president hosni mubarak so those demands reaching a boiling point people in critically angry as i say and all of this coming just eight days before the first parliamentary elections to be held in a post mubarak period what else is significant is that we can leading voice behind these demonstrations is the muslim brotherhood which is regarded as a terrorist organization in several countries and this has caused many people many observers to say that we could be on the brink of a second revolution if they repress this syrian style this is going to get out of specially against the muslim brotherhood and if we see let's see a large group of what's going to lead to a real square with all the factions of the muslim broth

mubarak there's been a record turnout and official results are expected within hours. international news and comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. pakistan has dealt a fresh blow to the u.s. by deciding to boycott a key security conference on afghanistan next week already tense relations between the two hit a new low after a recent nato airstrike on army posts killed twenty four pakistani soldiers the decision to snub the conference is the latest step by islam about to cut back on its corporation with washington report nine has more. relationships are never easy but when it comes to the partnership between america and pakistan the sugardaddy of this geo political alliance has turned out to be islamic bods most dangerous friend in a post nine eleven world congress john joined forces with the u.s. in the war on terror receiving roughly eighteen billion dollars in return over the past ten years yet hundreds of pakistani civilians have been killed in the u.s. drone strikes targeting terrorist most recently nato had to admit it killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. an

mubarak the protests will continue for more than a week now with growing calls for the military rulers to step down as head of monday's elections. russia gets turn over the planned u.s. missile defense shield in eastern europe president medvedev says moscow will deploy its own strike systems unless it's a sure it will not be a target at the same time the russian leader stressed the importance of dialogue to which moscow remains open. to the current prime minister of russia is formally nominated to run for the presidency next year his candidacy was proposed at the united russia party convention on sunday and was given unanimous support by the delegates. the documentary entitled the dead talk received cast doubt on the path chosen by eve leaders to tackle the current debt crisis up next our interview with the man behind the revealing film. from the very beginning of the year as a crisis one of the major criticisms to be of the e.u. leaders failure to adapt to the continuing problems which by aras had just a finite he's documentary does focus the games a lot of attention but opening the d

east and stabilize our stock of hosni mubarak to step down the violence is increasing it's happening and all the signs streets leading here to tough you point out there we are receiving reports of protesters literally breaking up pavements and froemming concrete mounds at the security offices they've also barricaded inside themselves behind steel fences now the security police for various sides have been firing rockets they've also been firing tear gas almost nonstop so much so that you'd be hard pressed to find someone here in the crowd was not walking around without a tear gas must be the smell of tear gas it's constantly in the air here now we are hearing from it except they simply not coping churches and mosques in the area have opened their doors they are offering assistance and we're also hearing now for the first time consummation that the security forces have been using live ammunition doctors reporting that many of those who have been killed died from live gunshots now be tapped his main holding station for eternity it is also the party that it's run out of crossings and it