Syria’s embattled Bashar al-Assad regime has pulled no punches in its ruthless repression of Syria’s long-suffering people. With the exception of Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan regime, no other Arab government has spilled so much blood to maintain itself in power against peaceful demonstrators that have flooded the streets in protest during this “Arab Spring.”
pressure on colonel gadhafi. he already had one top minister walk out on his regime. a television journalist detained by authorities in syria three weeks ago is safe, well, and returning home. that s according to her employer. dorothy parvaz is in doha and will fly back to vancouver soon. friends and supporters launched an international campaign for her release on facebook and twitter. pressure is building for dominique strauss-khan to be replaced as head of the international monetary fund either temporarily or for good. austria s finance minister is asking him to consider his position and tim geithner says the imf should appoint someone to fill his shoes. strauss-khan is charged with sexually assaulting a maid in a new york hotel on may 15th. while the u.s. judicial process moves forward, strauss-khan is coming to grips with an entirely new reality,
we really have to thank the aclu. how many times have we done stories generated by things they re doing? remind me to put that on the christmas list. at least a little thank you. i wouldn t say christmas list. you can t say christmas? holiday list. after you hear this story, you may not want to thank them. you may be on the other side of what they re thinking about it. we re going to talk about that in about eight minutes from now. headlines of the fox news alert. an american journalist, dorothy parvaz could arrive in vancouver as early as today. on april 29th. she went to syria to cover the anti-government protests but was detained at the damascus airport. she was using an expired iranian passport. late last night, her fiance spoke to our affiliate station in portland. she was kept safe and yes, she was interrogated and yes, she was held in solitary confinement with no contact with her family for three weeks but you know, she s coming home! parvaz who lives in canada,
couple uncoupled. we look behind the breakup of maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger. the road to nowhere. the mississippi s rising water levels turned river side communities into ghost towns as thousands are forced to get out. and meet a real hamburger fan with an appetite for big macs that is undiminished after 39 years. to heal the past, queen elizabeth s visit to ireland moves into what could be the most significant day with a visit to the site of a british massacre. hours from now all of ireland will be watching as the queen visits a stadium where in 1920 british troops opened fire on a crowd watching a football match. 14 people were killed. it was a key moment for the irish independence struggle and came to be known as bloody sunday. for many, the sight of a british monarch walking on to the pitch will be a deeply symbolic moment. mr. cameron is due to talk business and politics with irish prime minister. on such a big day, the queen might light some dutch courage.