Not want to see this Current Situation but it puts the responsibility at the foot of washington saying its also up to washington to now act to either withdraw its move to close the chinese consulate in texas old to create conditions from which this bilateral relationship can improve now we will waiting to hear which consulate would close there are 5 consulates located in Mainland China and we also have the embassy of course in beijing there was some chance that it could have been the 2 which is quite a small quantity but chung do it is a much more significant consulate located in the southwest of china it was founded in 1985 a just a few stops about 6 american officials at the time and 29 local stuff now there about 200 staff working at the consulate in chengdu including about 50 u. S. Officials there and they work in variety of areas commercial economic and its also considered quite an important listening post for the u. S. When it comes to issues around that and whats happening in sh
Patients are having to get their own supply. Its a world famous landmark thats considered sacred by both muslims and christians now in turkey spectacular huggy a sofa is back in the religious spotlight these are the scenes right now in istanbul where fighting prayers are taking place at the building for the 1st time in nearly 86 years turkeys president. Declared last week that the structure originally built as an awful dogs christian procedural will once again be converted into a mosque following a court ruling. Now yes a fetus has changed several times since it was built 1500 years ago it was originally the Largest Church in the eastern roman empire in the christian city of constantinople which is now called is town hall in 453 the city. Fell to the ottomans after a 50 day 55 days siege i guess if it was converted into a mosque almost 500 years later in 1905 it became a Secular Museum reflecting the inclusive vision of istanbul after the fall of the Ottoman Empire turkeys highest Cour
A sovereign country established under control of the turkish republic and had years of preoccupied stumbling is a turkish territory thats like the turkish government the turkish nation has the will and the right to alki its schools and status as they want. Chinas Foreign Ministry has ordered the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu as a response to washingtons order to shut the chinese consulate in houston earlier this week katrina you has more on chinas reaction from one. When bin who is a Foreign Ministry spokesperson in beijing he fronted the press he basically reiterated the the message that was released by the former Foreign Ministry earlier today on friday but he also then said that some officials working in the time do consulate had been engaging in activities which do not accord with their identities and that china has raised this several times with the u. S. And the u. S. Is aware of this when he was pushed further on exactly what he meant he didn
Morning, welcome, everybody, our starting point this morning, israel mobilizing thousands of troops for a possible fullscale ground war with hamas. Violence in the region intensifying overnight. The Palestinian Militants launched hundreds of rockets into israeli territory. Air raid sirens sounding in tel aviv. Thats the very first time thats happened since the gulf war. Israelis responded by pounding hundreds of terror sites as they call them in gaza with artillery fire. Ben wedeman reporting live now from jerusalem. We know, ben, that the israelis have called up 16,000 reservists. What exactly are they going to be doing . Well, what theyll be doing is heading down into the area around gaza. Very similar to what we saw in 2008, 2009, when they had a similar outbreak of violence between the two sides. We also know that theres a lot of heavy armor, lots of tanks being transported to the area around gaza, as well, for a possible ground incursion. But what we saw back in 20082009, was that
Deficit sequestration, and of course, the fiscal cliff. Listening to breathless elected officials discuss the fiscal cliff can be terrifying. As the story goes, weve made some bad choices over the years. Weve tried to outrun it, but in the ends were trapped and it sounds like like our country is facing this. But lets just take a moment and breathe. Because fear is not going to help. And facts will. Here are some of the facts. If a new plan for the federal budget is not reached between congress and the white house by the end of the year, january 1, 2013 will be the first day that significant spending cuts and meaningful tax increases take effect. Adding up to about 500 billion in 2013 alone. Now, lets remember this cliff is manufactured. The result of lawmakers tying each others hands back during the 2011 debt ceiling debacle. First all of the bush era tax cuts would be eliminated. Bringing taxes on nearly every taxpayer and many businesses back to the preet2001 rates. The payroll tax c