the dean, andy athens. if they there were hellenes on other planets, he would have been elected as their president as well. he was. he was a leader for human dignity and service to others. he and the organizations he helped to establish brought hope, opportunity and justice and the priceless gift of health to millions around the world. last year i went to eastern europe but i met with leaders in several nations that not so long ago were part of the soviet union. so often happens when i visit other lands i found myself following in andy's footsteps. i traveled to the nation of georgia, where hellenic care supports a number of health care centers. i visited the ukraine, home to hellenic care's visiting nurses program. i went to armenia where thousands of people each month receive dare at a clinic received by hellenic care. this was a man whose good works are known throughout the world. as our friend senator mikulski said andy athens was a one-man foreign aid program. other than faith and program family, no --

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i comic across the lists the police did manage to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before the bomb was planted outside the house of little shack or such a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those a softening sent another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years as greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people turning

the smog. >> health experts are sounding the alarm for athens and other greek cities. they are particularly concerned by the fact that furniture and garbage are ending up in people's wood stoves. in the meantime, domestic fuel providers are facing bankruptcy. sales of drop by 80% in two years. additional extraordinary taxes have raised prices to almost 1.35 euros per liter, higher than anywhere else in the european union. when they make their deliveries twice a week, they often encounter enraged customers. >> look, more than 1300 euros for 1,000 liters. is oil as expensive as that in germany as well? but what alternative do i have? would it be better for our country if i also started deforesting our woods like everyone else? >> this forest ranger has discovered two felled trees on his tour. >> this came down from the wind. >> this tree at least was not a victim of illegal felling, but the forestry agency can only afford enough gasoline for two tours a week, so he can do little to stop his woods falling prey to the economic crisis in greece. >> countries in the e you lo

the smog. >> health experts are sounding the alarm for athens and other greek cities. they are particularly concerned by the fact that furniture and garbage are ending up in people's wood stoves. in the meantime, domestic fuel providers are facing bankruptcy. sales of drop by 80% in two years. additional extraordinary taxes have raised prices to almost 1.35 euros per liter, higher than anywhere else in the european union. when they make their deliveries twice a week, they often encounter enraged customers. >> look, more than 1300 euros for 1,000 liters. is oil as expensive as that in germany as well? but what alternative do i have? would it be better for our country if i also started deforesting our woods like everyone else? >> this forest ranger has discovered two felled trees on his tour. >> this came down from the wind. >> this tree at least was not a victim of illegal felling, but the forestry agency can only afford enough gasoline for two tours a week, so he can do little to stop his woods falling prey to the economic crisis in greece. >> countries in the e you lo

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i conic across the lists the priest has managed to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before the bomb was planted outside the house of nicholas sat horse a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those at a softening center another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years as greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people turn

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i conic across two lists the police did manage to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before a bomb was planted outside the house of nicholas sack os a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also the recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those a shocking sent another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years has greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people turning to

he's an economist a professor at the university of athens believes the deal has already undermined the entire financial system of the euro zone. it is not a bad deal that such a pile of books still statement is that given that cyprus has been told that it will have to deal with a mess of its banking sector on it so as if it were not part of the eurozone this is the best they could come up with but having pushed that situation in a short week europe has managed to put in jeopardy some very basic principles. you know they all make the state get out the deposit insurance scheme even though in the end they took this that. they brought back into question the integrity of the euro it was on the possibility of throwing out of it a member state and the very board really suck of ised the european union's market principle according to which capital controls no no no so it is a good old mess that the engineered. the repercussions of the cypriot bailout deal are being debated right now and are to come right that's where we are asking you know what do you make of the masses seizure of our funds or

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i comic across two lists the police did manage to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before a bomb was planted outside the house of little success source a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also the recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those a softening sent to another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years has greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people t

have taken place in the last couple years how are people investing in the country right now owes in athens two years ago during the tear gas was flying the countries in revolt i bumped into steve forbes from forbes magazine in the lobby of the grand britannia hotel and he said yeah we're here with their national chamber of commerce to to pick up these assets these income producing assets the rolls the tollbooths etc for pennies on the dollar because we've crashed the economy he told me in no uncertain terms john paulson has run manager pop and grayle lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs admittedly cooked the books in greece to crash that economy they made bets against the economy ensuring that it would crash now the private equity vultures are there to pick up the assets for pennies on the dollar it was a leveraged buyout of a country the greek people are now lost or sovereignty and they're now essentially debt slaves to hank paulson his buddies and these private equity firms that are now picking up the pieces for pennies on the dollar again typical mobster behavior totally condoned by the i.m

have taken place in the last couple years how are people investing in the country right now owes in athens two years ago during the tear gas was flying the countries in revolt i bumped into steve forbes from forbes magazine in the lobby of the grand brittania hotel and he said yeah we're here with their national chamber of commerce to to pick up these assets these income producing assets the rolls the toll booths etc for pennies on the dollar because we've crashed the economy he told me in no uncertain terms john paulson has run manager pop and grayle lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs admittedly cooked the books in greece to crash that economy they made bets against the economy ensuring that it would crash now the private equity vultures are there to pick up the assets for pennies on the dollar it was a leveraged buyout of a country the greek people are now lost or sovereignty and they're now essentially debt slaves to hank paulson his buddies and these private equity firms that are now picking up the pieces for pennies on the dollar again typical mobster behavior totally condoned by the i.

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i conic across the lists the police did manage to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before the bomb was planted outside the house of nicolas sarkozy was a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those at a softening center another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years has greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people tur

have taken place in the last couple years how are people investing in the country right now owes in athens two years ago during the tear gas was flying the countries and revolved i bumped into steve forbes from forbes magazine in the lobby of the grand brittania hotel and he said yeah we're here with their national chamber of commerce to to pick up these assets these income producing assets the rolls the tollbooths etc for pennies on the dollar because we've crashed the economy he told me in no uncertain terms john paulson has run manager pop and grayle lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs admittedly cooked the books in greece to crash that economy they made bets against the economy ensuring that it would crash now the private equity vultures are there to pick up the assets for pennies on the dollar it was a leveraged buyout of a country the greek people are now lost or sovereignty and they're now essentially debt slaves to hank paulson his buddies and these private equity firms that are now picking up the pieces for pennies on the dollar again typical mobster behavior totally condoned by the

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i comic across two lists the police did manage to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before the bomb was planted outside the house of nichols sat horse a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those a softening sent another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years as greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people turning to

have taken place in the last couple years how are people investing in the country right now owes in athens two years ago during the tear gas was flying the countries in revolt i bumped into steve forbes from forbes magazine in the lobby of the grand brittania hotel and he said yeah we're here with their national chamber of commerce to to pick up these assets these income producing assets the rolls the tollbooths etc for pennies on the dollar because we've crashed the economy he told me in no uncertain terms john paulson has run manager pop and grayle lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs admittedly cooked the books in greece to crash that economy they made bets against the economy ensuring that it would crash now the private equity vultures are there to pick up the assets for pennies on the dollar it was a leveraged buyout of a country the greek people are now lost or sovereignty and they're now essentially debt slaves to hank paulson his buddies and these private equity firms that are now picking up the pieces for pennies on the dollar again typical mobster behavior totally condoned by the i.m

have taken place in the last couple years how are people investing in the country right now owes in athens two years ago during the tear gas was flying the countries in revolt i bumped into steve forbes from forbes magazine in the lobby of the grand brittania hotel and he said yeah we're here with their national chamber of commerce to to pick up these assets these income producing assets the rolls the tollbooths accent or for pennies on the dollar because we've crashed the economy he told me in no uncertain terms john paulson has run manager pop and grayle lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs admittedly cooked the books in greece to crash that economy they made bets against the economy insuring that it would crash now the private equity vultures are there to pick up the assets for pennies on the dollar it was a leveraged buyout of a country the greek people are now lost or sovereignty and they're now essentially debt slaves to hank paulson his buddies and these private equity firms that are now picking up the pieces for pennies on the dollar again typical mobster behavior totally condoned by t

in the meantime, it's crunch time in athens as samaras meets with troika to discuss civil service. and it comes as greece's privatization agency launches a tender for the sale and lease back of two dozen state-owned properties including the athens headquarters. greece's privatization fund so far has raised about 2 billion euros. this year, it has a target to raise 276 billion. italy has asked the eu to ask regions that come close to hitting budget targets more flexibility to achieve their balance budgets. with the lingering recession and last month's inconclusive results, some officials want austerity measures imposed to meet the target. today, catholic targets begin in rome to begin the process of choosing a new pope. a man from iowa has created a basketball playoff bracket game to determine the new pope. and there's a catholic group, youth 2000, which has set up a website to choose a candle who you can play for during the conclave. anyway, long on to adopt a cardinal.oral right now, i should say, right now, math is getting under way. you can hear there and see the shots from the

word a bomb has exploded in athens, greece near the acropolis. a popular destination for tourists. it's not clear to us at this moment what the target was. we have no word yet on damage but we're told the explosion did not hurt anyone. this bombing near the acropolis in athens, greece, comes after somebody called in a phone threat to a greek newspaper. nobody has claimed responsibility. updates through the afternoon and evening. >>> david petraeus stayed under the radar after he admitted he had an affair but last night he returned to public life and immediately upon stepping to the podium addressed the controversy. you'll hear from him next. >>> it's been more than two years since jared lee loughner injured gabrielle giffords and others, we're getting a look at some of the key police records to come out of this shooting spree. they're numerous and detailed and i'll have those for you on this wednesday in "studio b." [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for a

in athens but. with two clashing zero to clash. let me be the food wherever they go these insurgents start off by making a show of executing civilians it doesn't matter what religion a person belongs to. the they will kill a person record the video on a smartphone and share it online for everyone to see that's what happened in one aleppo district twenty two passers by were caught and slaughtered in the streets in broad daylight the fear is deeply ingrained in the people as they see the militants cut somebody strokes the picture that they might suffer a similar fate so they flee. they say that the syrian media lie a lot right ok. and you know this we like and everyone in the world know that or know that real life just let us live why do you who kidnap us where you do . why do you accept loaded our t.v. building and the flower in the syrian t.v. . what. if if we really like and no one believes us they say in the interview with you know on al-jazeera and a lot and already and. no one believes the syrian media ok no one believes this t

in athens but. to clash you got to know to question. the beautiful wherever they go these insurgents start off by making a show of executing civilians it doesn't matter what religion a person belongs to. that they will kill a person record the video on a smartphone and share it online for everyone to see that's what happened in one aleppo district twenty two passers by were caught and slaughtered in the streets in broad daylight the fear is deeply ingrained in the people as they see the militants cut somebody strode stay pictured that they might suffer a similar fate so they flee. they say that the syrian media lie a lot right ok. and you know the truth like and everyone in the world know. that real life just let us live why do you who kidnap us where you do. why do you accept loaded our t.v. building and the third floor in the syrian. what. if if we really like and no one believes us they say in the interview with you know on al-jazeera and a lot of. already and. no one believes the syrian media ok no one believes this to be serious. f

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but towards the south looking mild, 15 degrees in ma grade and 18 in athens. here is your extended forecast around the globe. chblts and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm kathryn kobyashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

towards the south looking quite mild. 15 degrees. 18 in athens. that's it for now. here is your extended forecast around the globe.

. >> five bay area police departments are now in the middle of a 24 hour tweet athen, the palo alto, east palo alto, fremont, mountain view, and los gatos police departments are participating in the event with 160 agencies taking part. they are tweeting of service calls to increase awareness of police work and their issues. fremont police tweeted "call a man in 50's down on a bench waving his arms and moaning, fire and p.d. on the scene." hashtag, poltwt and that is a hashtag they use, poltwt, on twitter you can follow us for news any time at abc7 news abc7news.com rather, abc7 news bay area. >> the cruise ship owned by carnival arrived a few hours ago and it was all supplies in spite of the troubles we heard on other cruises. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is live from pier 27. they have a different opinion of carnival? >> i saw all happy people, happy faces getting off the we ship this morning. can you make out the top of the ship over my shoulder. this ship is a pno cruise which is one of their brands, camp value cruise line is also a carnival corporation brand of course it was

>> right now it's in the university of georgia down in athens. you should come down. you should come down. >> stephen: i would love to, college kids love me. do you have sweatshirts? >> we don't. >> stephen: let me help you out with that? there you go. >> there this is great. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: i want you to take this message back with you. >> thank you so much. >> stephen: thank you so much. junot diaz freedom university. we'll be right back. [cheers andse]ause]

>> right now it's in the university of georgia down in athens. you should come down. you should come down. >> stephen: i would love to, college kids love me. do you have sweatshirts? >> we don't. >> stephen: let me help you out with that? there you go. >> there this is great. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: i want you to take this message back with you. >> thank you so much. >> stephen: thank you so much. junot diaz freedom university. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> stephen: that's it for the dennis: no, dude. it's not a question of individual style. it's about having some taste. you're attacking my ability to express myself, dude. how am i attacking your ability to...? i just don't get it. what's not to get? "come to philly for the crack." it has a picture of the liberty bell on it. it's funny and original. it's not fu... how's it funny and original? every (bleep) on south street's wearing a t-shirt with an ironic slogan on it. well, excuse me if all my t-shirts don't have a little guy playing polo on the lapel. you cut the slee

it happened on jerry lin drive and athene drive. san jose police say it started when two undercover officers in unmarked cars spotted a stolen car. kron4's scott rates is live in san jose with the latest on this developing story. scott? this happened just after 6:30. they attempted to pull over a stolen car. the suspects backed up into the officer's car and at that point the officer got out of a car and the suspect tried to run over the officer. and if the 0 officer opened fire shooting one shot and hit the suspect. a very busy scene out here tonight. >> it was an ice cream truck and there were undercover cop cars surrounding another car and we heard two shots fired and that is all i know. >> the suspect was taken to the hospital where he died. his identity has not been released. the investigators have said that none of the investigators were injured. >> catherine: a beautiful night tonight at the bay bridge. the rainfall? >> jacqueline: eu is getting closer we are certainly seeing some cloud coverage and the some returns on the rad

as we take a look at temperatures, athens, you're one of the rare spots on the map here. into the mid teens. lisbon and most of europe being dominated by the arctic air from the north. that is a look at your world weather. here is your extended forecast. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

the figure for greece was 27% although the latest available data from athens was for the month of november. >>> looks like japan's crowded tablet market is going to be getting just a bit more crowded. microsoft has announced that it will start selling its original new tablet called the surface in japan beginning on march 15th. microsoft has been marketing mainly software and surface is drawing attention as a tablet developed by microsoft itself. the product was rolled out in the united states last october. surface's os is loaded with the latest windows version for tablets. it has a 10-inch touch panel screen and uses a detachable keyboard which also serves as the cover. in japan apple's ipad accounts for around 60% of the tablet market. tablets carrying google's os android are selling well, that's in part due to their low price. microsoft plans to keep the prices of the surface models lower than comparable ipads in japan's competitive market. >>> the political deadlock continues in it wli parties struggling to form a coalition government. these efforts are likely to be complicated by new a

the school of athens, in a setting which evokes bramante's designs for saint peter's, is part of a sophisticated presentation of abstract ideas-- in this case, the ideas of philosophy expressed in human form. plato points towards heaven, aristotle towards the earth. to the left, mathematics is personified by pythagoras, surrounded by inquiring minds. to the right, euclid-- portrayed in the guise of raphael's friend bramante-- demonstrates the principles of geometry. behind them, raphael shows himself staring out at the spectator. the artist stands proud in the company of philosophers. on the facing wall is the disputa, raphael's depiction of theology. at the center, beneath the christian trinity, is the bread of christ symbolizing his body-- god made flesh. contemporary churchmen engage in debate with religious figures from all ages. on the side walls of the pope's library are representations of justice and literature. the christian and pagan worlds are brought together without conflict. the classical god apollo is surrounded by his muses. they preside over the ancient writers-- sappho, virgil,

. >> is as it is difficult leaving athens, but it would be even harder staying. he currently gets 360 euros a month in unemployment benefits, forcing the 36-year old to live with his mother. he wants to move to the western city of cologne where his girlfriend is already living and working. nearly all greek immigrants move to places where they already know somebody. he has even undergone training to launch a new career in germany. >> i would like to work in the health care sector in the hospital. i think there is enough demand for it in germany. i am confident that i will succeed. >> but without a good grasp of the german language, that is going to be tricky. he is well aware of that and plans to move next month. >> now, to a human challenge that can affect families anywhere in the world -- what to do if an unborn baby tests positive for a genetic condition like down syndrome. >> in the united states, the governor of the state of north dakota signed a lot banning abortion of fetuses with the syndrome. at the other end of the spectrum, in germany, the vast majority

. >> is as it is difficult leaving athens, but it would be even harder staying. he currently gets 360 euros a month in unemployment benefits, forcing the 36-year old to live with his mother. he wants to move to the western city of cologne where his girlfriend is already living and working. nearly all greek immigrants move to places where they already know somebody. he has even undergone training to launch a new career in germany. >> i would like to work in the health care sector in the hospital. i think there is enough demand for it in germany. i am confident that i will succeed. >> but without a good grasp of the german language, that is going to be tricky. he is well aware of that and plans to move next month. >> now, to a human challenge that can affect families anywhere in the world -- what to do if an unborn baby tests positive for a genetic condition like down syndrome. >> in the united states, the governor of the state of north dakota signed a lot banning abortion of fetuses with the syndrome. at the other end of the spectrum, in germany, the vast majority

the eu and especially prime lender germany have been pushing athens to make the spending cuts it has promised, but so far, it has failed to come forward. >> against this backdrop, the vote in cyprus is a true setback for chancellor angela merkel, just when she needed a victory with hard-hit eurozone economies contracting and german taxpayers nervous of the cost of bailouts. opposition parties are demanding the chancellor improve her track record. >> the fiscal cliffhanger in cyprus has turned into a major headache for angela merkel in her role as crisis manager. for many on the island, germany as part of the problem, but she points out that the troika is the negotiating partner for any bailout, not germany. >> politically, it is important that cyprus create a sustainable banking sector for the future. their current model is not sustainable. >> merkel also stressed that the eu had requested a levy on private accounts above 100,000 euros and not the 20,000 suggested by cyprus' government, but the german government says the cyprus debacle is covered in angela merkel's fingerprints and s

thanks for joining us, on the ground in athens tonight. we will see you soon, stelios. >> all right. heading towards the close. about 15 minutes left here. modest decline. we could go either direction here. the dow down 13 points right now. >> one of wall street's biggest bears, meanwhile, turns bullish. morgan stanley's adam parker will tell us what's behind the conversion. why he's taking his target prices up. >>> also, nfl teams are getting ready to make big investments in college players at next month's draft, but the league is about to make its own investments that could score a big return. a top nfl executive explains why the league is kicking off this partnership with a private equity firm coming up later on the "closing bell." [ female announcer ] it's time for the annual shareholders meeting. ♪ there'll be the usual presentations on research. and development. some new members of the team will be introduced. the chairman emeritus will distribute his usual wisdom. and you? well, you're the chief life officer. you just need the rig

. >> five bay area police departments are now in the middle of a 24 hour tweet athen, the palo alto, east palo alto, fremont, mountain view, and los gatos police departments are participating in the event with 160 agencies taking part. they are tweeting of service calls to increase awareness of police work and their issues. fremont police tweeted "call a man in 50's down on a bench waving his arms and moaning, fire and p.d. on the scene." hashtag, poltwt and that is a hashtag they use, poltwt, on twitter you can follow us for news any time at abc7 news abc7news.com rather, abc7 news bay area. >> the cruise ship owned by carnival arrived a few hours ago and it was all supplies in spite of the troubles we heard on other cruises. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is live from pier 27. they have a different opinion of carnival? >> i saw all happy people, happy faces getting off the we ship this morning. can you make out the top of the ship over my shoulder. this ship is a pno cruise which is one of their brands, camp value cruise line is also a carnival corporation brand of course it was

warm air -- athens at 18, vienna just minus 1 on your thursday. towards the americas, we've actually been watching this system all week. now it's finally starting to get a move on. behind it cold air is starting to pill in, actually some lake effect across portions of lake superior, downwind of it you could very well see 8 to 10 krer centimeters, into portions of west virginia and pennsylvania you could have winter weather advisories as this moves in. definitely a big chill in place. but on the other side of the u.s. and even western canada, a moisture onflow is pushing into british columbia bringing some flooding in the low lying areas. higher elevations will see some snow but it is definitely something to watch out for, especially downstream into these river beds, especially in the low lying. but in los angeles, clear skies overhead. the same high pressure is actually fueling that moisture off towards the north. it has been bringing dry conditions and warm weather. 27 for your high. compare that with the east coast. can you really see that dip i

this play was first performed in athens in the theater of dionysus about 24 centuries ago. aristotle, who might be called the first drama critic, considered it the perfect tragic drama. the rest of the world has more or less gone along with that down through the centuries. sophocles wrote some 120 plays in his lifetime, but only 7 have survived. when his first play was chosen for competition, he was in his early 20s and he won first prize. his last play was written when he was 90 years old. sophocles was an artist of the noblest genius, whose art transformed the severe truth of life into theater reality while tempering it with the beauty of poetry. standing at the very apex of the golden age of greece, he was recognized by his contemporaries as one of the glories of that epic. from aristotle's discourse on tragic drama, from the existing plays themselves and from the ruins of the many theaters scattered throughout greece, the aegean islands and asia minor, scholars have developed various theories about the origin of drama. most agree, however, that drama began as a celebrat

flying around the world trying to get countries to bring back soberer to monetise over in places like athens and he's trying to in mexico so he's really the last vestige of this integrity in terms of metal. you're familiar with his campaign and you think you'll ever be successful at that. yes but you see by mouth who's now is the effective system because it fixes the goofs who are if you want to the world really needs is a system with two mum of three mouthfuls but not a fixed three shoe the reduce you woods. in my opinion once you into practice the bumped into not be legally fix their issue. is to do tabu right so you have you have a buy metal exchange or you have a metal standard there is a thing called the market the market can interact with the moderate monetary metal and you can have an economy where there is a reference point is based on something of intrinsic value but once you bring bankers into the equation once you bring derivatives once you bring central planning once you bring a fixed rate of exchange between these two metals things tend to go haywire then they blame the metals t

of a policy of twenty first century calling at least some into ireland's athene they were for him the most interesting and important tool by the u.k. to show that the wheel of the island be respected the need for people to have lived in most of cases most cases for their entire lives in the silence ok richard but peter peter out peter i would say that it's not it's not isn't it a little bit of a church or it was a very lively richard first place. and the problem is it's not a question of what the island does think it's a question of the sovereignty of the islands and the see around them and that present belongs to britain and it is claimed by argentina so the view than thought the island does it completely and absolutely irrelevant all right evolute go ahead irrelevant that is not true the the wishes of the will of the islanders is very important here this is what it's all about it's about what do the people of the falkland islands want to live under do they want to live under the crown united kingdom or do they want to be part of argentina they have overwhelmingly decided that they w

of a policy of twenty first century calling at least some into ireland's athene they were for him the most interesting and important tool by the u.k. to show that the wheel of the island there's been respect to the need for people to have lived in most of the cases most cases for their entire lives in the silence ok richard but peter peter out peter i would say that it's not just what is it a little bit of a church or it was maybe very lively richard first place. and the problem is it's not a question of what the island does think it's a question of the sovereignty of the islands of the see around them and that present belongs to britain and it is claimed by argentina so the views and thoughts of the island is a completely and absolutely irrelevant all right eve luke go ahead irrelevant that is not true the the will of the wishes and the will of the islanders is very important here this is what it's all about it's about what do the people of the falkland islands want to live under do they want to live under the crown united kingdom or do they want to be part of argentina they have ove

bet on is it entirely fair to make it cyprus says you know pay through the nose considering how much athens had you know kept everything and directs. well of course the crisis in greece is mainly to blame for what's happening in cyprus now because the cypriot banks have been exposed to greece burt's of the european union is already trying to say agrees reason really has had three bill out operations and is still in the middle of it so there's not much greece can do anymore and the only thing we can do they should try to save cyprus which is already the fifth bailout operation and of course there's also a limit to the patients are the taxpayers in germany the netherlands and finland because finally these are the people who have to guarantee the loans to cyprus and their patients now is limited so i think it was. it was good to have a contribution of the savers in cyprus itself eg if the cyprus does go along with this tax are we going to see other easy countries implementing the same measures of the same tax relief. no i don't think so because this was a very acute crisis and i think it was t

in other cash strapped it can economies yanis varoufakis an economics professor at the university of athens believes the deal puts a big question mark over the euro zone's integrity. it is not a bad deal that such a pile of books goes statement isn't it given that cyprus has been told it would have to deal with the mess of its banking sector on it so as if you could were not part of the us this is the best deal that they could come up with but having posts that situation in assault a week europe has managed to put in jeopardy some very basic principles threatened the state get out the deposit insurance scheme even though in the end they took the step back. they brought back into question the integrity of the year it was on the possibility of selling out of it a member state and a very importantly they sacrificed the european union's market but in simple according to which capital controls i don't know know so it is a good old mess that the engineers and right now on our t. dot com what we're asking you what's your take on the unprecedented seizure of funds from large cypriot depositors here

applied to other debt burden countries yanis varoufakis is an economics professor at the university of athens he believes the deals already undermined the entire financial system of the of the eurozone this is what he had to say. it is not a bad deal that such a by the book still statement isn't it given that cyprus has been told that it would have to deal with the mess of its banking sector on it so as if it were not part of the eurozone this is the best that they could come up with but every post cyprus is that situation in a saw two week europe has managed to put in jeopardy some very basic principles if they put. it all they threatened the state get out the deposit insurance scheme even though in the end they took this threat back. they brought back into question the integrity of the u. that is one of the possibility of slowing out of it a member state and a very important really sacrifies the european union's single market principle according to which capital controls no no no so it is a good old mess that they have engineered. well the repercussions of the cypriot belo deal have been de

hailing the bailout terms as the best deal of anable but as economy professor at the university of athens younis of explains the deal has brought up the whole eurozone financial system into question. it is not a bad deal that such a pile of books still statement is that given that cyprus has been told that it would have to deal with a mess of its banking sector on it so as if it were not part of the eurozone this is the best deal that they could come up with but having pushed cyprus in that situation in a salt two week europe has managed to put in jeopardy some very basic principles if they put in you know the end all they threatened the state get on the deposit insurance scheme even though in the end they took this step back then they brought back into question the integrity of the year it was on it and the possibility of slowing out of it a member state and the very board really sacrificed the european union's single market principle according to which capital controls are no no. it is a good old mess that they have engineered. now the bailout deal has sent the shivers across of the eur

greek teachers and students have rallied across athens against new education reforms and austerity cuts they fear the moves will bring the first steps towards abolishing free education blame the government for devaluing schooling by heavily reducing teacher numbers also followed this week's accidental deaths of two students from carbon monoxide poisoning but used a makeshift heating stove because they couldn't afford fuel. midnite twenty six said no great programs. in fact after the break given the all star new shows a run for their money breaking the set on air so that. will. download the official. so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. any time anyway.

flying around the world trying to get countries to bring back soberer to monetise over in places like athens and he's trying to in mexico so he's really the last vestige of this integrity of terms of metal you're familiar with his campaign and you think you'll ever be successful at that. yes but you see by mt whose name is the effective system because it fixes the goofs who are if you want to the world really needs is a system with two mum of three metals but not a fixed three shoe the reduce you woods. in my opinion once you put into practice but it should not be legally fix the issue. is to do trouble right so you have you have a buy metal exchange or you have a metal standard there is a thing called the market the market can interact with the moderate monetary metal and you can have an economy where there is a reference point is based on something of intrinsic value but once you bring bankers into the equation once you bring derivatives once you bring central planning once you bring a fixed rate of exchange between these two metals things tend to go haywire there then they blame the metal