came from tain south africa. delegates from ninety countries are heading home after a three day meeting of the world economic forum in the chinese city of dalliance economic power play is discussed issues ranging from industrial innovation and energy security to trade and investment in his speech the chinese premier said he expects the country to reach its target of seven and a half percent growth this year despite the rough conditions in the global economy but dr thorson from peking university feels china's priorities should lie elsewhere . there are a lot of things to do they corner me grow it's actually a lot of other things in china like the political maturity and social problems that still loom large in china and one of the topics actually at the global forum in this these days is also work ethics you know china wants to have a stakeholder in making the rules of the game and shaping them in the future i think it's perfectly reasonable to think that the chinese want to see their currency to become the next wo

came from tain south africa. some international news in brief and i in chile police have broken up an anti pinochet march using tear gas the massive rally in santiago was to mark the fortieth anniversary of the coup that brought the dictator to power crowds commemorated the tens of thousands of people killed and tortured by the military john to which ruled until ninety ninety riot squads moved in after groups of demonstrators built barricades and lit fires. and an explosion near a primary school in china has left the dead and seventeen injured at least ten of the wounded are children witnesses say a three wheeled motorbike pulled up in front of the building just before the blast security had already been tightened at education institutions after in violent knife attacks. after the break we head to the u.s. state of virginia where rising water levels on threatening the life of the hoods on the. fans of the shocked your football club and kind of gonda kazakhstan believe that a certain special ritual help them achie

the first after south africa had been through the constitutional process and president mandela, nelson mandela was then president, there was a case against the african national congress, his party, overwhelming majority party to the new constitutional, brand new constitutional court in south africa. and the courts ruled against the african national congress and president mandela and was a

and so -- and gay marriage really was not part of my thinking in south africa. in fact, gay marriage had not been part of my thinking in the united states. so i did not make a one-to-one connection. my life had been involved with issues of race discrimination, deeply involved in issues of gender discrimination to some extent, involved in issues of this ability law, but i can recall and i do not say this proudly, but looking at the extent of how much things have changed, when i was the general counsel at harvard in the 1990's , i was asked to come and speak to a meeting of the same-sex -- of gay and lesbian alumni of harvard university, and somebody was, the conference o going to be held on the anniversary of the stonewall rebellion, and i had never heard of the stonewall rebellion. that was pretty astounding for somebody who had been very involved in the equality. i see that as an historical fact and not because i am --so i think gary marriage just was not on my agenda. not knowe breyer, i do if there has ever been a time when public opinion has changed as broad

came from tain south africa. delegates from ninety countries are now heading home after a three day meeting of the world economic forum in the chinese city of dalliance economic power plays discussed issues ranging from industrial innovation and energy security to trade and investment in his speech the chinese premier said he expects the country to reach its target to seven and a half percent growth despite the rough conditions in the global economy but dr thought. from picking you know the feels china is priorities should lie elsewhere. there are a lot of things to do the economy grow it's actually faster than a lot of other things in china like the political maturity and social problems that still loom at large in china and one of the toppers actually at the global forum in this. also work ethics you know china wants to have a stakeholder in making the rules are fair game and shaping them in the future i think it's perfectly reasonable to think that that scientists want to see their currency to become the next

came from tain south africa. i'll be back with more news in just a few minutes stay with us. ok. i dave a croc a welcome here to ted you're all of virginia it's a little while in the middle of the chesapeake bay on the virginia. lack of back out on. a rampage here all in the chesapeake bay probably one of the best areas in the phone call fred. this is the result that your time and your island before the channel was cut through oh here. way up there. as you go all. right here are some of the headstones from graves that for here this is a fruits that's what we don't want happen to taint your all and we want to get some protection and make sure that we don't go into the chesapeake bay like uppers did in other communities. but if your whole show come on and watch n.b.c. news all the face this time you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm wrong recession. live. live. live. live please look. at least. live. our lives. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our dem

a half hour drive north of south africa's capital and you'll be forgiven for thinking you've traveled back in time it might be two decades since nelson mandela was sworn in as the country's first black president but communities hankering after south africa's apartheid past when racial segregation was enshrined in law are starting to wave their nationalistic colors when white people first advanced into the interior of south african eighteen hundreds this is what they saw before them vast dissolute stretches of land and now one hundred fifty years later they returning to the dreams of the forefathers to create an independent entity with their own laws flag and language. well come to claim fontayne an aspiring whites only enclave if you're black you can visit but only for a few hours and with special permission but there's a little it is really strict. we don't actually say that. if you go to work you can come in the first thing that greets you is you coming to claim from tain is a bust of hendrik for vote the former south african prime minister considered the architect of a party ate al

came from tain south africa. some of the world's other headlines now in romania is witnessing mass protests against to build a europe's largest open concert goldmine thousands have much nationwide to voice their criticism over draft approval for a canadian company to mindful gold and silver in west central sylvania environmentalist to say the mind could become an ecological time bomb a project will mean at the destruction of historic sites are dating back to the roman empire and for mountains in the area hundreds of families will also have to be relocated. a march for human rights on the fortieth anniversary of the coup which brought former dictator gives of pinochet to power has turned violent tones of thousands are tendered their rally in santiago honoring the victims of pinochet's regime fighting broke out when a hooded mob use stones and sticks to attack police who responded with tear gas and water cannon. there's been a series of a suicide bomb attacks targeting an intelligence headquarters near the afghan c

so when people say to me, what is happening in south africa? i know it's a lawyer, a judge's point of view, but it makes a difference. and i think mandela made a huge difference in that regard. i love that anecdote. i'm going to add that to mine. >> i'm going to open things up to the audience in just a minute. this term ends with lots of what the media called blockbusters. one case that the media seemed to dismiss as insignificant because the court just threw it back was the affirmative action case. and i don't think that's how you view it as insignificant. what, explain to us what the court did in that judgment. >> well, of course, it would require more time and it's more difficult than you think, that there are two views of the constitutional. one view is the a 14th amendment which says equal protection of the laws means that the constitution is color blind. that means you cannot discriminate in favor or against on the basis of race. and there are a lot of good arguments for that. the other view, which is closer to my own way of thinking, is

came from tain south africa. let's take a quick look at some other news now from around the world in chile police have broken up an anti pinochet march using tear gas the massive rally in santiago was to mark the fortieth anniversary of the coup that brought the dictator to power crowds commemorated the tens of thousands of people killed and tortured by the military juncture which ruled until nine hundred ninety riot squads moved in after groups of demonstrators built barricades and the fires. an explosion near a primary school in china has left two dead in seventeen injured at least ten of the wounded are children witnesses say a three week old motorbike pulled up in front of the building just before the blast security had already been tightened education institutions after in violent knife attacks. more news for me in about half an hour's time up next life is the sport. people are scratching their heads to keep why was any chemical weapons attack in the interests of the assad regime given the fact that in recen

came from tain south africa. some of the world's other headlines now romanians are witnessing mass protests against plans to build the europe's largest open club goldmine. nationwide to voice their criticism over draft approval for canadian company to mindful gold and silver in western transylvania environmentalist say the mine could become an ecological time bomb project will mean the destruction of historic sites a dating back to the roman empire and four mountains in every area hundreds of families will also have to be relocated. in march for human rights on the forty year anniversary of the coup which abroad former dictator agrees to to power has turned violent tens of thousands attended the rally in san diego honoring the victims of pinochet regime fighting a broke out when it would rob you stones and sticks or take police responded with tear gas and water cannon. there have been a series of suicide bomb attacks targeting an intelligence headquarters near the afghan capital at least four offices idea and the

came from tain south africa. a critic now some other international news this hour remain is witnessing mass protests against plans to build europe's largest open cast gold mine thousands of marched nationwide to voice their criticism over draft approval for a canadian company to mine for gold and silver in western transylvania environmentalist say the mine could become an ecological time bomb the project will mean the destruction of historic sites dating back to the roman empire and for mountains in the area hundreds of families will also have to be relocated. a march for human rights on the fortieth anniversary of the coup which brought former dictator augusto pinochet to power has turned violent tens of thousands attended the rally in santiago honoring the victims of pinochet's regime fighting broke out when a hooded mob you stones and sticks to attack police who responded with tear gas and water cannon. and there have been a series of suicide bomb attacks targeting an intelligence headquarters near the afghan

johannesburg south africa. and a few minutes we had the largest army base in the u.s. to hear what's behind the alarming suicide to eight month the world's most powerful military force. iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is a possible i'm not good at predicting the future but i can say is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the u.s. economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war and the petro dollar so if the u.s. backs down here won't could be the beginning of the end for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed nato has been trying to encircled these nations and in russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is next you see i

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still to come on r t and the ugly truth inside modern day south africa come upon tate isn't he a date in a one time in the very heart of the nation where reports show how the country's disturbing history is still alive. and will be no christmas cheer up pull somebody minutes away lawmakers say religious festivals aren't equal enough and were already put their wrecking ball to ramadan along the political party people in just a few minutes. escalation agenda u.s. president barack obama has ordered the pentagon to double be a task force and expand the target list as part of his assumed assault on syria it was spent of international opinion and polls at home the u.s. on its own is poised to carry out forced regime change in damascus well at least that's the plan. right to see. first street. and i think picture. on our reporter's twitter. instagram. to be in the know. there's a media lead us so we believe that maybe. by the same motions your. father your party has a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics. are today. ok. i david

came from tain south africa. so international news in brief and i remain is witnessing mass protests against plans to build europe's largest open cast gold mine thousands of march nationwide to voice their criticism over a draft approval for a canadian company to mine for gold and silver in western france the very near environmentalist say the mine could become an ecological time bomb project will mean the destruction of historic sites dating back to the roman empire and for mountains in the area hundreds of families also have to be relocated. there have been a series of suicide bomb attacks targeting an intelligence headquarters near the afghan capital at least four offices are dead the taliban admits the string of assaults on local government offices in the town of made where which also left more than one hundred others wounded the area is a key province for the group's insurgents and al qaeda fighters because they use it to launch attacks on nearby cobol province. and one corner of berlin christmas has been ca

johannesburg south africa. a quick look at some other international news tells of thousands of teachers of large cities across mexico angry at a sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards a lot of us really did place in the capital where demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads to just claim the law doesn't take their difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to set them more easily. egypt's interim president has used his first interview in the job to defend the military forces to topple mohamed morsy from power two months ago i was food also stood behind the government's decision to forcibly clear an opposition city in last month when a bore than six hundred people died his comments come as a military court jailed an opposition for life and fifty others to fifteen years for taking troops injuring wives in the port city of swears last month. hundred and sixty both of them coal miners have spent more th

johannesburg south africa. coming up most of all to his venture capital program meets international monetary fund chief christine the god that's just off the break . if your house such persuasive sound of evidence and prove that submitted to the united nations submitted to the security council last the world decide this issue rather than iraq tacitly endorsing which i think is what you are doing and the proposed a unilateral strikes by the united states why do we not present evidence to the un security council in the series a question you can't be serious you know you're obviously you're russia today you know everybody when they think about russia in the security council they think about. the. dramas they're trying to be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. the faces change the world writes never. filled picture of today's you know i told you from around the globe. broke to the. hello there we're all kinds of education so we are indeed on the road this week we are filming problems that petersburg of the

a half hour drive north of south africa's capital and you'll be forgiven for thinking you've traveled back in time it might be two decades since nelson mandela was sworn in as the country's first black president but communities hankering after south africa's apartheid past when racial segregation was enshrined in law are starting to wave their nationalistic colors when white people first advanced into the interior of south african eighteen hundreds this is what they saw before them vast dissolute strictures of land and now one hundred fifty years later they're returning to the dreams of the forefathers to create an independent entity with their own laws flag and language. well come to claim fontayne an aspiring whites only enclave if you're black you can visit but only for a few hours and with special permission where there's a little it is really strict. if you go to work you can come in the first thing that greets you is you coming to claim fontayne is a bust of hendrick for vote the former south african prime minister considered the architect of a part hate all of us signposts are

came from tain south africa. a quick look at some other stories in chile police are broken up and finish a march choosing to gaston thirty thousand strong rally was to commemorate those who died during the dictator's brutal seventeen year old right squads reportedly moved in after groups of demonstrators built barricades and lit fires. an explosion near a primary school in china has left two dead and seventeen injured at least ten of the wounded children witnesses say a three wheeled motorbike pulled up in front of the building just before the blast security had already been tightened at education institutions after a surge in violent knife attacks. and a large scale insurgent attack in indonesia has left at least six dead including four civilians violent clashes broke out as the military try to fight off hundreds of militants reports say twenty civilians are being held hostage or many locals have fled the area it's believed the assault was led by the islamic group the moro national liberation front germany's tim

johannesburg south africa. thanks for being with r.t. today up next meet the russian man who has given a loving home to more than thirty orphans. many gay bars are starting to refuse to sell russian vodka as a means of protesting the homosexual propaganda laws in russia as i've said before boycotts are a great way to put pressure on people but are they putting pressure on the right people not only is it racist to assume that hurting the vodka flow will deal a massive blow to the russian economy but it is also racist to think that any vodka with a russian sounding name is itself russian and many videos angry gay bartenders were pouring stolichnaya vodka which should be pronounced by the way onto the ground in a fury but if those bartenders would take a closer look at the labels they would see that exported stoli is produced and bowed in latvia by the s.p.i. group not in russia also according to the n.p.t. group beverage alcohol report the most popular vodka in america with a russian sounding name is smeared off which is british owned and

johannesburg south africa. i have more world news for you in about half an hour up next as promised. secret laboratory. was able to build its most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only on the dog. if.

johannesburg south africa. thanks for choose me on t.v. network coming up we take a closer look at the disturbing rise in number of suicides by u.s. soldiers as our next program and after the break. fans of the shock to your football club and color gonda kazakhstan believe that a certain special ritual help them achieve victory against the world famous scottish team celtic this ritual was sacrificing a sheep at the stadium as someone who lived in kazakhstan for two years i know there's a real meat eating country with deeply rooted traditions in livestock racing so this news is unusual but maybe it's not completely bizarre for the culture of course defenders of animal rights who don't seem to realize that the sheep would be turned into people of the next few days anyways demanded that you wait for officials punish the shock to a club for the actions of individual fans this is the same logic as if someone wearing a sexy tim kirby t. shirt went around robbing liquor stores i am not responsible for the actions of people like this program and i

johannesburg south africa. coming up the host of artes venture capital program meets international monetary fund chief christine the god assist after the break. if your house such persuasive sound of evidence and prove that submitted to the united nations submitted to the security council last the world decide this issue rather than tacitly endorsing which i think is what you are doing the proposed a unilateral strike by the united states why do we not present evidence to the un security council and the series of question you can't be serious you know that you're obviously you're.

johannesburg south africa. and next the russian president's press chief talks to r.t. sophie shevardnadze that's in just a couple of moments.

johannesburg south africa. a quick look at some other international news that tens of thousands of pages of martians to parts of mexico and create a sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the largest really took place in the capital where demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers claim the law doesn't take their difficult to work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to set them more easily. egypt's interim president has used his first interview in the job to defend the military for three years to topple the from of morsy from power from two from power two months ago adly masood also stood behind his government's decision to forcibly clear a position stood in last month when more than six hundred people died his comments come as a military court jailed on opposition for life and fifty others to fifteen years for taking troops during riots in the port city of squares last. month. one six hundred sixty

welcome news for his family and the people in south africa. you spent a lot of time in south africa covering that. >> finally going home. that's good news. good morning to you, bianna and dan. good morning, everyone. in the news, more breaking news. veteran british reporter david frost, best known in this country for his interviews, president richard nixon after he resigned has died. his family said he died of a heart attack on a ship where he was set to give a speech. david frost was 74 years of age. >>> and moving on to new signs of progress in the effort to get the wildfire in yosemite national park in california under control. it is now 40% contained. the u.s. forest service now saying firefighters expect 100% containment by september 20th. >>> and retailers across the country participating in a patriotic labor day celebration, made in america. awarding discounts to shoppers who buy products made in the u.s. walmart, best buy, omaha steaks, and others are in on the promotion. >>> and ruth bader ginsburg is the first sitting justice on the

johannesburg south africa. coming up next as promised a french a capital made international monetary fund chief christine lagarde. just after a quick break. the news sigrid laboratory here mukherjee was able to build its most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything terms mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only on the dog. speak or language. programs in documentaries in arabic in school here on the. team from the world talks about seventy ip interviews intriguing story for use. in trying. to find out because it's. called. ok. dave across. virginia it's a little while in the middle of the chesapeake bay and of virginia. county. a rampager all in chesapeake bay probably one of the best areas in the country so all fred. before the channel was. oh here. they are. as you go all. right here are some of the headstones from graves that for here this is a fruit that's what we don't want happen to take and we want to get some prote

johannesburg south africa. a quick look at some other international news now this is the roof of video footage showing radioactive water leaking from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan and it was recently revealed that contaminated water has been spilling into the sea for the past two years since the earthquake and tsunami crippled the facility the government raised the alert level to syria's a threat and has allocated almost five hundred million dollars to tackle the problem. tens of thousands of teachers have marched in cities across mexico angry at a sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the lodges really took place in the capitol where demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers claim that the law doesn't take the difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to say they're more easily. egypt's interim president has used his first interview in the job to defend the military's force used to

johannesburg south africa. coming up as promised venture capital we'd cinta national monetary fund chief christine lagarde spoke to in the week at the g. twenty is just after the break. i know c.n.n. the amazon b.c. moves have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth from my take. off. it's because when full attention in the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here. and our teen years we have a different brain. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not how. you guys think of the jokes.

johannesburg south africa. a quick look at some other international news or this is the first video footage showing radioactive water leaking from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan was recently revealed that contaminated water has been spilling into the sea for the past three years since the earthquake and tsunami crippled the facility the government to raise the alert level to a serious threat and has allocated almost five hundred million dollars to tackle the problem. tens of thousands of teachers have marched in cities across mexico and really sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the largest really took place in the capital where demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers claim the law doesn't take the difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to sec them more easily. a japanese transfer vehicle has successfully detached from the international space station filled with try as now the

came from tain south africa. after a tough four contests are to be moscow's next there may come been set against a way on and it seems likely to get the job back but is main opposition rival alex you know while new medicines secure always a third of the vote to discuss the outcome of the landmark elections are with me is and is there now our senior political correspondent dmitri bhardwaj political analyst for what the voice of russia radio station michael either of editor in chief of g.q. magazine in russia and in london and alexander make your. legal expert and blogger joining us now i will side with hugh who is our political senior political correspondent here how are things standing right now in terms of the polls i just want to give you the numbers one hundred percent of the votes have been counted surrogates are down and is that fifty one point thirty seven looks in the twenty seven point twenty four and it's thirty three percent turnout quite a light low turnout actually for this election but election the v

johannesburg south africa. and coming up discover the toll which military service takes on young troops newly returned from the battlefield. iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is a possible i'm not good at predicting the future but i can say is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the u.s. economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war and the petro dollar so if the u.s. backs down here would could be the beginning of the end for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed nato has been trying to encircled these nations and in russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is

came from tain south africa. some of the world's other headlines now romania's witnessing mass protests against plans to build europe's largest open causing goldmine thousands of much nationwide to voice a criticism over draft approval for canadian company to mine for gold and silver in u.s. interests all the indian environmentalist will say the mind could become any a logical time bomb project will mean the destruction of historic sites and dating back to the roman empire and four mountains in the area hundreds of family who also have to be relocated. in march for human rights on the fortieth anniversary of the coup which brought a former dictator a goosed of pinochet to power has turned violent tens of thousands attended the rally in san diego honoring the victims of pinochet's regime fighting broke out when a hooded mob or use stones and sticks to attack police responded with tear gas and water cannon. there's been a series of suicide bomb attacks targeting an intelligence headquarters near the afghan capital

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africa, former south african president, nelson mandela was discharged from the hospital. he had been hospitalized for 86 days. he is in critical condition, and will receive care at home. >>> and finally an embarrassing gaffe at notre dame stadium. not all the focus on the football field. the cups they got at concession stand. supposed to say the fighting irish, instead it says the fi gtthing irish. close. but not there. over to the weather. >>> i got so excited about yesterday, i forgot about what's going to happen today. severe weather possible south of chicago down to st. louis. a lot of areas pul s pummelled weekend. a headline out of the south, the heat. it has been for over a week in a lot of places. the humidity high. 104 dallas today, 98 oklahoma city, 100 or higher at times. 96 in st. louis. and then the beach forecast. everybody enjoying or hopefully you did enjoy coney island. nicest day of the weekend was yesterday. it's going to get rainier, especially in the northeast all the way down to the southeast. why not check on the water temperatures. miami beach to 8

came from tain south africa. a quick look now at some of the stories making headlines this hour in chile police have broken up a nineteen pinochet march using tear gas the massive rally in santiago was to mark the fortieth anniversary of the coup that brought the dictator to power crowds commemorated the tens of thousands of people killed and tortured by the military john to which ruled until nine hundred ninety right squads moved in after groups of demonstrators built barricades and lit fires. an explosion near a primary school in china has left two dead in seventeen injured at least ten of the wounded are children witnesses say a three wheeled motorbike pulled up in front of the building just before the blast security had already been tightened it education institutions after a surge in violent knife attacks. now jimmy's time on a tradition of festive christmas markets is under threat in berlin the authorities are saying religion should be taken out of the celebrations and made the same decision about ramadan s

africa ian van vuuren, of lyrical analysis south africa. look into the debate. julie owono, your reaction, when you saw that report. >> as a human being, it is, of coarse, unbearable to see what other human beings are going through, this situation. things to these images, we have a glimpse of the crisis and the disparities faced by citizens in the central african republic. the problem is, what are the solutions to that? we have gotten to such a point that we still are wondering what could be the solutions to the crisis, and it is even more worrying, as it is taking a religious turn, as we have seen in the images, with muslims and christians attacking each other for political reasons, mainly. >> how much of it would you say is a religious turn, and how much is ethnic? it is always complicated figuring that out. in the west, we see muslims versus christians. it is not that simple, is it? >> we saw a muslim with a christian mother. nothing is black. nothing is white. i was in bangui two months ago. everyone i spoke too made a point to say it w

also, south africa was affected adversely. the president of the country calling for a speedy resolution, saying south africa can ill afford more. >> thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date on that strike by gold miners in south africa. that is it from the newsroom. for now. time to the debate for -- with francois. >> the nearly one million-strong teachers and staff of the french national school system. summer is over. that army is back on the march. >> president hollande himself showing up at a school in northern france for a diligent and conducted marseilleise. exit before-day school week. up until now, french pupils enjoyed europe's shortest school year. nine weeks vacation during the summer, 144 days in the classroom total. those 140 days are action- packed. europe's third-longest school week, six hours a day. that leaves little time for extracurricular activities like sports and the arts. so why are so many teachers and local councils against lengthening the school year and lightening the load? fewer than 17% of mun

south africa's president set up a judicial inquiry in to the killings. now that inquiry is accusing the police of lying and fabricating evidence. in a statement, the commission said we have obtained documents which give the impression that they are co connecticut trier justice documents but which appear to have been constructed after the events to which they refer. we have obtained document that demonstrate that the south african police services version of the events is not the truth. we have to to say the material we have found has serious consequences for the further conduct of the work of this commission. >> we can only hope that the head commissioner will start subbing the communications that went on between the police and their minister. and between the minister and other ministers and cabinet minute meetings, none of the correspondence between the nine and the the 16 account of august which was the fatal day of the shooting from the government has been supplied. >> reporter: they made the statement after a computer hard drive given given to them by

they were in solidarity with women in kenya, south africa. many of the anticolonial struggles going on at the time. they also defended the right of black women in self-defense holding up the case of rosa lee who defended herself against an attacker and sent to jail. there was a large campaign about that. that kind of organization adds women not around narrow gender issues, but the right of women to exert leadership around, you know, traditional womens' issues, black women's issues and freedom issues in general. another organization she worked with was the all-african freedom movement which she founded in london in 1961 with claudia jones who was new yorker originally from trinidad who was jailed and exiled for her communists beliefs. for her radical beliefs and they joined together to embrace the african des a per are a and talk about what liberations would mean for women all over the world. so we're holding up the issues i think was important. i think in term of how we see black women in history, i think we are still in a marcus syndrome. pe

a critical need in south africa is education. president mandela's granddaughters explained to me with the money raised from the mandela gold coins, they will be able to build more schools, provide more books, more supplies and help more children escape poverty through the power of a good education. in fact, mandela once said himself, education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. >> education, which is very, very important to my grandfather, education is one of his things that he's so passionate about. he made sure every single one of us in our family was educated, because he said when you're educated, nobody can take that away from you. >> education is important for his legacy and just for our country. it's our plan to educate every child in south africa. >> reporter: his education came at great sacrifice. he spent 20 years in prison before being unconditionally released by then president f.w. declerk. after becoming south africa's first black president, he brought healing to our racially divided na

africa and elsewhere dumping the currencies south africa seeing their currency go from a to the dollar to almost eleven to the dollar in a matter of weeks this is you know incredibly disruptive and down and you do them in the fed just as well it's your problem you know you've got central banks said your own policy oh so sorry i was supposed to raise interest rates when unemployment is sky high i mean the problem is there's no anchor in the financial system right now for for you know for eight hundred seventy to two thousand and two two thousand and ten we either had a gold standard or from one thousand nine hundred two thousand we had a dollar standard not as good as the gold standard at least was a standard says two thousand and ten we've had no standard so everyone's a drip and i don't think the sense i don't think the fed can be quite so dismissive of these markets are also of a reply let me jump in here sure i can because you're saying that a gold standard from an eight hundred seventy or so going forward to twenty eight sand and then there is no standard with the interregnum or th

africa and elsewhere dumping the currencies south africa seeing their currency go from a to the dollar to almost eleven to the dollar in a matter of weeks this is you know incredibly disruptive and down and you do them in the fed just as well it's your problem you know you've got central banks said your own policy oh so so how are you supposed to raise interest rates when unemployment is sky high i mean the problem is there's no anchor in the financial system right now for for you know for eight hundred seventy to two thousand and two two thousand and ten we either had a gold standard or from one thousand nine hundred two thousand we had a dollar standard not as good as the gold standard but at least it was a standard says two thousand and ten we've had no standard so everyone's adrift and i don't think the sense i don't think the fed can be quite so dismissive of these markets are also of a reply let me jump in here sure i can because you're saying that a gold standard from an eight hundred seventy or so going forward to two thousand and ten and then there is no standard with the inte

africa and elsewhere dumping the currencies south africa seen their currency go from a to the dollar to almost eleven to the dollar in a matter of weeks this is you know incredibly disruptive and down when she did i mean the fed just says well it's your problem you know you've got central banks said your own policy oh so so i was supposed to raise interest rates when unemployment is sky high i mean the problem is there's no anchor in the financial system right now for for you know for eight hundred seventy to two thousand and two two thousand and ten we either had a gold standard or from one thousand nine hundred two thousand we had a dollar standard not as good as the gold standard but at least it was a standard says two thousand and ten we've had no standard so everyone's adrift and i don't think the sense i don't think the fed can be quite so dismissive of these markets are also have a report let me jump in here sure i can because you're saying that a gold standard from an eight hundred seventy or so going forward to two thousand and ten and then there is no standard with the inte

africa and elsewhere dumping the currencies south africa seeing their currency go from a to the dollar to almost eleven to the dollar in a matter of weeks this is you know incredibly disruptive and down when she did i mean the fed just says well it's your problem you know you've got central banks said your own policy oh so so i was supposed to raise interest rates when unemployment is sky high i mean the problem is there's no anchor in the financial system right now for for you know for eight hundred seventy to two thousand and two two thousand and ten we either had a gold standard or from one thousand nine hundred two thousand we had a dollar standard not as good as the gold standard but at least it was a standard says two thousand and ten we had no standard so everyone's a drip and i don't think the sense i don't think the fed can be quite so dismissive of these markets are also of a reply let me jump in here sure i can because you're saying that a gold standard from an eight hundred seventy or so going forward to two thousand and ten and then there is no standard with the interregnu

a half hour drive north of south africa's capital and you'll be forgiven for thinking you've traveled back in time it might be two decades since nelson mandela was sworn in as the country's first black president but communities hankering after south africa's apartheid past when racial segregation was enshrined in law are starting to wave their nationalistic colors when white people first advanced into the interior of south african eighteen hundreds this is what they saw before them vast dissolute stretches of land and now one hundred fifty years later they were turning to the dreams of a forefathers to create an independent entity with their own laws flag and language welcome to claim fontayne and aspiring whites only enclave if you're black you can visit but only for a few hours and with special permission but there's a little. we don't know if you say that. if you go to work you can come the first thing that greets you is you coming to claim from tain is a bust of hendrik for vote the former south african prime minister considered the architect of a party eight all of us signposts a

twenty in attendance we also have the leaders from brazil india china south africa of course we're talking about the brics and he said they had a meeting today on the sidelines of the g twenty didn't they. they did have a meeting in fact in the meeting on friday the second day of this summit i should mention that putin did meet with his chinese counterpart and china once again reiterated that it also is against military intervention in syria with that said the brics did sit down they agreed to create a one hundred billion dollar foreign exchange fund as a defense mechanism against any kind of fallout from. the. the emerging economies are being really hit by the actions taken by the federal reserve and quantitative easing they're also going to meet on friday to discuss an alternative to the i.m.f. some kind of bank that could bring them all together and again defend them from any actions taken by. more to develop the richer nations they want to protect themselves but against syria coming up in those sideline meetings as well. you know you see them. all right as you can use in our way that t

africa and elsewhere dumping the currencies south africa seeing their currency go from a to the dollar to almost eleven to the dollar in a matter of weeks this is you know incredibly disruptive and down and you do them in the fed just as well it's your problem you know you've got central banks said your own policy oh so sad how are you supposed to raise interest rates when unemployment is sky high i mean the problem is there's no anchor in the financial system right now for for you know for eight hundred seventy to two thousand and two two thousand and ten we either had a gold standard or from one thousand nine hundred two thousand we had a dollar standard you know not as good as the gold standard but at least it was a standard says two thousand and ten we've had no standard so everyone's adrift and i don't think the sense i don't think the fed can be quite so dismissive of these markets are also have a reply let me jump in here sure i can because you're saying that a gold standard from an eight hundred seventy or so going forward to two thousand and ten and then there is no standard w