american leaders are still focused on winning, even as they re prepared to pull their combat troops out by the end of 2014. both sides have publicly refused to hold peace talks. but behind the scenes, they started negotiating in 2010. nhk world s hideki yui has been following this story, and he s the first to get interviews with members of the taliban s negotiating team. here s his exclusive story. reporter: u.s. and taliban negotiators have met at least five times over the past two years. most of the meetings took place in the doha. thank you very much. appreciate it. the taliban has a five-man negotiating team there. i was able to interview two of them. one of the negotiators was sayyed rasul, a religious leader who is said to have the trust of the taliban spiritual leader. translator: peace and reconciliation has been our demand for a long time. and it still is, even now. we want to have peace, prosperity, and the reconstruction of afghanistan. reporter: taliban nego
the country. chinese are angry the japanese government nationalized zis puted territory in the east china sea. japan controls t s ths the senk islands. china and taiwan also claim them. roughly 2,000 demonstrators in the northeastern city of shenyang gathered in front of the japanese consulate general. some of them threw stones and plastic bottles at the building, shattering a number of windows. the demonstrators also tossed bottles at a nearby japanese restaurant. more than 5,000 people joined the protest in front of the japanese embassy in beijing. the crowd channelled the disputed island should be returned to china. some protesters threw plastic bottles and eggs into the compound. several thousand police officers are protecting the agency. that s the largest number since the protests began last week. more than 10,000 people have been demonstrating near the japanese koconsulate general in shanghai. police are assigned to ask for groups of about 100 protesters. online report
some threw stones at the buildings or attempted to climb over the walls. al arab al arabiya reports a number of people were injured. [ chanting ] protesters have been out in force again in the egyptian capital cairo. they gathered in tahrir square a few hundred meters from the u.s. embassy, which they stormed a couple of days ago. security forces tried to disperse the crowd. demonstrators fought back. health authorities say more than a dozen people were injured. protesters are angry the american-made film ridicules the prophet muhammad and includes scenes of a sexual nature. muslims object to any depiction of muhammad. agents with the u.s. federal bureau of investigation are looking into whether terrorist groups were behind that attack in libya. the gunman took aim at the consulate in the eastern city of benghazi with deadly results. chris stevens is the first american ambassador to die in a violent attack since 1979. u.s. government officials say the gunman broke into the
november. i wish president obama had succeeded because i want america to succeed. but his promises gave way to disappointments and division. this isn t something we have to accept. now is the moment when we can do something, and with your help, we will do something. romney underlined his credentials as a businessman and governor of massachusetts and he let voters see other sides to his personality. you know if every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family and ga god s love this world would be a far more gentle and better place. polls suggest romney has closed the gap with romney, some even put him in a slight lead. others suggest americans find obama more likable. the international atomic energy agency is trying to find out what is going on in an underground bunker in iran. the u.s. and european leaders hoped economic sanctions would persuade the iranian counterparts to halt the nuclear program. scientists are enriching uranium at an eve
to hold vast reserves of valuable natural resources. the asean foreign ministers will hold a week of meetings and they ll also sit down with chinese and japanese counterparts. nhk world s dhra dhirakaosal has more. the code of conduct is what everyone is talking about, otherwise known as the coc, proposed legally set of protocols for resolving disputes in the south china sea. asean foreign ministers discussed the coc. it will also be high on the agenda involving china over the coming days. cambodian prime minister thein sein said they should use this week s meetings with china, the united states and japan and other countries to make progress on regional security. reporter: several southeast asian nations, including vietnam and the philippines are at odds with china over sovereignty of islands in the south china sea. the area is a potential source of oil and gas reserves. at monday s meeting, asean ministers agreed on the basic elements of the code of conduct. a draft of t