To meet the king of the sewers the Homeless People who live under ground. First to tunisia where the candidate for the secular tunis party is claiming victory in the historic president ial election. Beji caid essebsis claim has been dismissed by his rival Moncef Marzouki, who says its too early to call a winner. Jamal is in tunis. What is going on . People are waiting to find out official results. The early indications is that Beji Caid Essebsi is the victor in this historic election. However, the Electoral Commission as well as his opponent are yet to concede defeat or announce or confirm that result. Despite that, there is ramifications to the elections, and to discuss those further im going to bring in political analyst youcef sharif. Historical elections. The first time millions of tunisians vote. If Beji Caid Essebsi wins, will it be the last free and Fair Elections for tunisia. There is that risk, yes. For the moment we cant say that. For the moment everything is peaceful. Democr
Central African Republic are facing hunger and disease, and that u. N. Peacekeepers are not providing them with security somebodies. Assistance. Pakistan plans to executed 55 me. Four men were executed on sunday, convicted of being involved in an attack on the former president Pervez Musharraf Police Officers and tribes many in central iraq have retaken a town of west africa, west of the ramadi city. It had been under the control of the Islamic State of iraq and levant for the past week. 22 i. S. I. L. Fighters were killed in the operation. The president of iraqs kurdish reason is promising to crush i. S. I. L. , make the the comments as he met the troops on mt sinjar. Kurdish forces are facing resistance from the town of sinjar, and it was for from clear the United Nations released new figures on the numbers killed. 7,000 people have died since the outbreak in march. The total number of people or the gearnd case in new york. He wask addressing the life of, an African American teenager
Convicted of planning an attack on Pervez Musharraf. In pakistan, theres a majority of people that have been calling for Death Penalty and Capital Punishment to be reinstated. There is an understanding that the authority is acting out. A small minority of human rights activists and security analysts believe this is a very vengeful way of going about it. And taking revenge, the military is sort of taking revenge by hanging these terrorists. This is not the way to go about it. Theres a need to change the mindset. The big example is that over the weekend, the terrorists that were hanged in light of the attack on Pervez Musharraf the funeral that was held in pakistan was attended by a number of people. They are the support in the community, the pakistani local community. Theres a group sympathizing with these people. Because of that we are seeing a lot of the population, when the bodies come back home of the terrorists, they are being celebrated and being called martyrs. Because of that, m
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