Hostage in iran recalled her harrowing ordeal. For 410 days, mostly in solitary confinement. Held for 26sh were months. Their memoir is being published today. It wasnt until six months or so into it that we saw a new sticker, american spies to go to trial at some point. We kept telling our interrogators, what are we being charged with . They would say, we dont know. And we will look at what theyve been doing since the release. Once i left prison, it didnt feel over. I thought about the people i was in prison with. I thought about prisoners around the world. It made sense to me to start looking into prisons in this country. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Russia is formally recognized crimea as an independent state, paving the way for the annexation and define new sanctions led by the United States. In a speech today, russian president Vladimir Putin announced his support for itsxing crimea following vo
Didnt have a problem doing it, but i would find it strange if there was any less disagreement over the how much one enjoyed having to do it or whether or not we should have done it . I would be surprised if there wasnt that disagreement in the military. One of the things i find odd right here is seems like no one is disagreeing with the principle. It was just how it was handled, how it was handled, you know, saying he was a hero, given the rose garden deal and all that. It doesnt seem line the principle is one correct me if im wrong. It sounds like the principle is one you agree with. Its the principle and the price we paid. I would argue well have to pay again to deal with these gentlemen in the future. And congressman, i think that it was a good price, and i think it was worth the risk to get Sergeant Bergdahl back home. Thank you, mr. Chairman. The chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. Desantis. You said, well, maybe they thought beheading bergdahl would have been better,
Broiled, boxed up as calling the opec close decision to slush oil output. We are, those says the u. S. Space fully responsible for the Energy Crisis in the country with thank you for joining us this sunday afternoon. Youre watching the weekly here on ot see International Pizza scotts. And these are some of the top stories from the week just gone over. Who starts off with the crimean bridge, which is reopened after that deadly explosion on saturday morning. Our vehicles have already started crossing with the railway section, also open for cargo and passenger trains. Now heres some of the latest pitches and you can see cars are now heading in both directions, but they are accompanied by traffic, or least russian Officials Say a successful test run showed the bridge is safe. But one section of the crossing the most heavily damage still remains closed. All vehicles and trains are being carefully inspected before going onto the bridge. And here is some Surveillance Footage of the blast itse
Ceasefire proposed by the United Nations and the arab league. The ceasefire took effect on friday, which marks the beginning of the muslim holiday of eid al adha. Antigovernment activists in the central city of homs say the military violated the truce, killing four people. Heavy fighting was also reported in the Northern City of idleb. Reports from Daraa Province in southern syria say government opened fire to disperse demonstrators. The Syrian Government has warned that troops will respond to any attempts by the rebels to attack or expand areas under their control. People in afghanistan are grieving on a day they should be celebrating. A suicide bomber targeted a mosque in the countrys north. The explosion killed at least 36 people and wounded many others. It happened as muslims around the world marked the eid al adha holiday. Police say a man detonated the explosives friday outside a mosque in maymana. Witnesses say the attacker was wearing a police uniform. No one has claimed respon
Troops opened fire to disperse attempts by the rebels to attack or expand areas under their control. In northern afghanistan, a suicide bomber targeted a mosque as people celebrated the eid al adhahoda th eloonilled at least 36 people and wounded many others. Poceay a m detonated the explosives friday outside a mos income maymana. Tnsesathatck w wearing a lice unifo. No one has claimed responsibility. Afghan Security Forces are trying to stem the violence. Theyre looking to take control with the withdrawal of troops by the end of 2014. A new opinion pl sges mitt romney has topped among 50 with voters. Its the first time he hit that pollsters for abc news and the Washington Post surveyed about 1,400 likely voters from sunday through wednesday. 50 of respondents said they wod teor romney, 47 for present barack obama. The pollsters asked who would better manage the economy. 52 said romney. 43sa oma the election is decided by the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. There are