Demonstrations in recent weeks. They say the document favors islamists and doesnt do enough to protect minorities. The United States has urged president morsi to build trust across egypts political divides. Given the Muslim Brotherhoods domination of the political scene, i asked our correspondent whether there are fears jipt may become a oneparty state. That is what some of the people in the opposition are saying. It is not what other people in terms of the Muslim Brotherhood are saying and also what a number of egyptians who dont particularly sornte with one associate with one side or the more. What i think we are looking at is a very deeply split egypt and one that is about to launch into a parliamentary election campaign. Now the opposition faces an uphill struggle. It has not been terribly unified. It has to manage to unify itself more over the problems that broke out with this referendum. The question is whether they can sustain that unity for the Muslim Brotherhood and for presid
Palestinian territories. There is Mahmoud Abbas, the palestinian president , at this Midnight Mass, because, of course, it was just a few weeks ago that the United Nations gave the palestinians non observer status at the United Nations general assembly, and the church of the nativity in bethlehem have recently been also in the past 12 months declared a unesco World Heritage site, so we are well into the Midnight Mass which is being celebrated at churches all over the world, and as you can see, Mahmoud Abbas is there for this. Live to the square. Pitifully particularly significant that Mahmoud Abbas is there. Would you normally go, or is it just this year . He would normally go to the Midnight Mass. He makes a point of attending. We also have the palestinian Prime Minister there as well. A whole host of dignitaries. It is actually pretty hard to get a ticket because the church of the nativity is very small with a crypt at the back, and they pack them in. Obviously, many people want to g
Casualties were women and children. We were going to school when the explosion took place. I do not know anything about my parents. They may have died. This man says the victims were all students, or going to their places of work. After the explosion, the ground was full of bodies. The state news agency has blamed the violence on terrorists, its name for the rebels intensifying attacks on the government. This was the latest in a string of bombings in and around damascus. For the first time, russia has acknowledged the possibility of the rebels winning the civil war in syria. The assad regime was losing control of more and more territory, an opposition victory could not be ruled out. It is unclear whether this means there will be a uturn in russia as practice of vetoing u. N. Security Council Resolutions it regards as antiassad. Moscow still argues a rebel victory would be drawn out and bloody. It is calling for compromise. The nato chief predict an and will not be far off. I think the
Were at her side. We join her family in mourning her loss. The patient had remained in extremely Critical Condition since admission to hospital from the morning of december 27. Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists in the hospital to keep per staple, her condition continued to deteriorate over the past two days. She suffered from severe organ failure suffering serious injuries to her body and brain. She was the victim of a gang rape on a bus in delhi, leading to days of street protests. The government using Water Cannons to try to keep the situation calm on the streets. There was a distinct sense that people in the know were telling us what had to happen to avoid this kind of thing happening again was not only an examination of having the police do their jobs, but reform of how the authorities to deal with this kind of the incident in delhi. The top line on the story, the victim of gang rape in delhi who is being treated at a hospital in singapore has now passed away. A fi
The church bells tolled out the exact time when a week ago a young man with an Assault Rifle began his massacre of children. They stood in prayer and in silence in the rain. In a town still numb, the bells tolled 26 times, one for each of the victims of the school. Inside the white house, president obama and his staff since silent for a minute. Beyond the grave, resolution. In a new video, he has promised he will push for a ban on Assault Rifles. I will do everything in my power as president to advance these efforts. If theres even one thing we can do as a country to protect our children, we have a responsibility to try. Shame on the nra. There are those who blame the National Rifle association for consistently, powerful lobbying against gun control. They have been consistently silent until now, and some expected they would seek compromise. None of it. Instead, raw fury, blaming video games, the culture. We have bloodof films out there like american psycho, natural born killers. That a