Secretary of state. Im kath turner in new york where officials are battling two unprecedented events Hurricane Sandy, and the two Boston Marathon bombings. Lets take you straight to cairo, where the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is holding a press conference with the egyptian foreign minister. I believe that we are listening to nazar speaking. We believe that they are important for egypt. Wed like to further enhance this relationship in the interests of both countries, based on the priorities of each country. This afternoon, mr secretary, you are due to meet with the president and general abdul fatah alsisi. For our part here at the foreign ministerry, we held constructive, frank and detailed construction of various issues and discussed how to move things forward in the interests of both countries. I affirm egypts desire to have good and point of view relationship with the united states, based on our own priorities. Translation well open the floor for questions and then meet the
Crisis in madagascar put societys vulnerable at risk of exploitation. Rebels fought out of their stronghold in the democratic republic of congo stand accused of committing atrocities during their retreat. The military pushed m23 rebels from the eastern town of bunagana near uganda in the past few days. Troops say they discovered bodies in freshly dug graves. Malcolm webb, al jazeera, has this report from rumanagabo in the eastern drc. This patch of push next to a former m23 rebel base likes bike any other. Something more sinister lies within. The soldier leads us to the body of a man laying in a shallow grave. He clearly died recently. The smell is unpleasant. It looks like he was tied up with his arms behind his back and legs died together at the moment he died. Theres blood coming from his head. It looks like he was executed. Nearby soldiers in villages say four more bodies were visible in the hole before rain buried them in mud. There are many more throughout the surrounding bush, t
Junk scavenging with disabled relatives how some you are forced to survive. Im kath turner in new york. The new York City Marathon after two events hurricane sandy, and the Boston Marathon. Welcome to al jazeera. A bangladeshy Court Sentenced to death a leader based in the u. K. Al jazeera spoke to Chowdhury Mueenuddin, and he denied any involvement in the killings in 1971. Hes been sentenced to death in his absence, by a court in the capital dakar, alongside Ashrafuz Zaman khan, who lives in the u. S. Here is what Chowdhury Mueenuddin told us in july. I was not involved in any criminal activities in 71 or since. I was not supporting military action. I resigned my political post. Rob reynolds has more from outside the court in dakar. The war crimes trials in dakar which have been going on for several months created divisions in bangladesh. You have the ruling party, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She says, and her supporters say, that this is a long overdue accounting, a reckonin
Kosovo polling station as tensions erupt over a crucial election. France condemns as revolting the murder of two french journalists in mali. A 20month rebel gone in the eastern democratic republic of congo, which made an existing refugee crisis worst could be closer to an end the the political leader to the m23 rebels declared a ceasefire. It seems that the call for a trues is so far truce is so far being ignored by his military wing. These are exclusive pictures rockets fired around m23 positions on congos border with rwanda. In the last week the rebels have been pushed out of a stripping of towns by congos army, bringing rwanda and uganda accused of supporting rebels and the conflict in a region rich in minerals. Malcolm webb has the latest. The Government Troops has been fighting with the m23 rebels on three hills close to the border with rwanda. If i hold up the microphone, you can maybe hear the sounds of rockets and bombs landing. The hill that you can see is one of the three hil
The Pakistan cricket team has a lot to introspect on and think about as they gear up for their ICC T20 World Cup campaign opener against USA on June 6 and the h