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Come to the program our top story more than one hundred thousand people have been demonstrating in the greek capital athens against the use of the name macedonia by its neighboring country greece has blocked the former yugoslav republic from joining nato the European Union saying its name implies a claim over the greek province also called macedonia the protesters are angry at suggestions that the greek government is now ready to reach a compromise. Has more from athens. The central message of todays protest in athens has been that there should be no use on any terms of the word macedonia in the name eventually negotiated with the neighboring country the former yugoslav macedonia those talks that have now begun in the last two weeks between athens and the former yugoslav macedonian capital sculpey have started on the basis of the notion that there will be a compromise on the greek side the compromise is that the word macedonia would be included and on the former yugoslav macedonian sides the compromise is that that would would be qualified by Something Like northern or slow of so that it wouldnt be pure republic of macedonia which was the original position of that country and has been for the last twenty five years but the compromise basis on which those talks have now begun appears to have been thrown into doubt by the fact that twice now hundreds of thousands of greeks have rallied to say no to any use of that name on any terms the worry among greek people is that the use of the the use of the word macedonia with greek permission would imply a macedonian ethnicity next door individual people would be able to call themselves macedonians and that might then imply that they are the direct descendants of the ancient macedonians whom the greeks consider a part of their own National History and therefore that would eventually they say lead even to territorial claims but even if it doesnt lead to that the greeks resent the fact that a part of their history is being as they see it stolen and they say repeatedly we will not rent out our history we will not allow it to be copied or to be forged this is greek history that were talking about no other country should be able to lay claim to it they have no basis and so that position. Exit extremely difficult for the diplomats and politicians on the two sides including the Prime Ministers who thrown their personal backing into these talks to continue ignoring this point of view was have a proposal they suggest to their two peoples will have to be ratified in parliament and if two thirds majorities cannot be found in parliament they may have to go to referendum in the two countries therefore Public Opinion is extremely important on this if these talks fail then the former yugoslav macedonia will not receive greek permission to enter nato or to achieve e. U. Membership both of which many observers believe are vital for its survival and for its ultimate political orientation towards the west rather than falling prey to other influences. Or john has this report now on the contentious history of. This is what happened when you the slavia broke apart a quarter century ago and its southern most state claimed independence as the republic of macedonia a Million People gathered in the cell and the capital of the greek region of macedonia outraged that a non greek nation should lay claim to ancient greek heritage that is still the dominant view here today. Theyre trying to inherit all of macedonia and alexander the great this is a farce its all happening because the americans want them and they are so early attempts at compromise came to nothing the government in the former yugoslav macedonian capital scorpio refused to relinquish the term macedonia and greece rejected the use of even a composite name that included it such as northern or slav macedonia one hundred countries recognized the new state including many nato and e. U. Countries concerned for its stability and survival but greece has cited its own security concerns as a vital part of any agreement but government in scorpio would be called upon to remove articles in its constitution but. Implied claims Territory Article forty nine talks about protecting macedonian minorities in neighboring countries article three leaves open the possibility of changing the countrys borders in two thousand and eight the greeks vetoed former yugoslav macedonia as entry into nato undeterred the government in scope erected statues to engined King Alexander the great and his parents but now theres a more moderate government in scope here willing to compromise over the name and greeces official position has changed to accept a composite name that includes the word macedonia but as far as greeks are concerned these are legal niceties that skirts the real issue which is National Identity but this is a long name symbolized something if i come to her house and we say were going to have the same surname that means we have the same father and same rights this is none were not obliged to give with us. Professor dorcas agrees that a nation comprised principally of slavs has no historic claim but says charity is in the greek interest we dont like them being called calling themselves macedonians bed what else can they call themselves and they need an identity can we convince our macedonians Public Opinion that giving them a bit of identity from. History will not chriss interest the talks that reopened last month are over the countrys name and do not address identity or ethnicity but as both peoples see the two issues as interlinked reaching an agreement they will accept appears a difficult jump aljazeera for us. So im joined in the studio now by angela jealous he specializes in great part of sex act Kings College here in london thanks very much for coming in to speak to us and so weve been seeing pictures today of many thousands of people converging on the greek capital. With macedonia help us to one. The stand the rationale and the strength of feeling behind this its a very strong feeling its probably the most emotional Foreign Policy issue. That reese faces at the moment i think there are two parameters to mentions on this topic one is diplomatic and geopolitical one which says that a lot of greece see it is a matter of National Interest to have a strong position on the socalled macedonian name issue on the other hand of course its of issue for motional popular National Identity so a lot of people consider the ancient legacy of intimacy is part of greek identity and is part of the greek narrative of continuous greek nationalism so its a matter both of geopolitical disagreement the question of National Interest in the question a very emotional National Identity or when the two gets together its actually very difficult to conduct diplomacy isolated from the sentiment on the street why are the protesters annoyed with the compromise proposal whats the problem with that. I think theres a big sentiment actually its a very widely shared sentiment about growing populations the latest opinion polls so show somewhere between sixty and seventy percent of greek people object to the use of the term must donya by any other country apart from greece i think the sentiment is that dont is a term that is quite closely associated with greek history with Greek Culture and people feel that if its used by any other country even a composer as the current negotiations and compromises state they feel that a part of their identity in a part of greek history will be lost to them so its a very strong feeling of its very strong feeling of National Identity meanwhile you have the former yugoslav republic of macedonia they reject this idea or concept that greece has any exclusive right and actually interested enough of your fishel position of the greek government is that no. But he should have an exclusive rights to the use of macedonia to the name of macedonia. From the greek government the official perspective it is actually the republic of macedonia that is laying an exclusive claim to the term must donia because it uses republic of macedonia therefore the feeling is that scorpio governments copia monopolizes must donia from the Group Perspective it is a vis danger the they want to avoid by insisting on a so called compose it meaning valid you need to have an adjective in front of the official name of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to show that it is not the only country that lays claim over the region and these protesters feel that way yeah no no its different no its actually its actually very very its actually very very difficult what we what we just witnessed today in greece goes against the official position of the government and the stated positions of most opposition parties one thing you have to understand today it is a Strong National feeling but it ties in a lot with a strong sense of anti systemic antielitist feelings that were stoked particular over the last ten years of crisis it is a feeling that basically says not only we dont like the idea of macedonia the name is donna being used by another country we dont trust the politicians to actually save got the National Interest in any compromise or in any good session thats going on so its a very explosive mix of National Identity on hand and distrust in politicians on the other which is going to make it very difficult to resolve this dispute or if its decades old is there any chance of that being an agreement this year i think its very very difficult to have an agreement this year to be completely fair i dont see how even if greece accepted the negotiation how the government scope it would be able to sell it to very own people that have a very Strong National the position there as well are so you basically would have this neutral excluding nationalist Public Opinion from both sides. I think what this issue can only be solved if you have leaderships in both countries a valid cut convince their public value they have struck the normal compromise that is in the interest of both sides put forward that you need trust between public and elites on both sides nothing this is locking on both sides to have a compromise at the moment as you say stoking nationalist feeling in both countries thank you very much for explaining here us dr angelus chris a cellist from Kings College london thank you. Only think them all these now are political power play is taking place the opposition has decided to file a motion to impeach for senior government figures including the defense minister and the attorney general troops have surrounded Parliament Following days of unrest and more countries are now advisers to the island nation Charlotte Ellis has an. Opposition politicians use their phones to record troops messing around parliamentary grounds in the moldavian capital mali. The opposition met at parliament and decided to file impeachment motions against the defense minister home minister attorney general and security general they blame the government officials for failing to recognize a Supreme Court ruling that called for the retrial of nine opposition politicians including exiled former president mohammed machine. By hundreds of Police Officers in riot gear but somehow we managed to warn you some of the sweet load. Of those two Supreme Court judges also reinstated twelve pace who were expelled for siding with the opposition opposition politicians say once parliament returns they will have the majority and can legally impeach president you mean. Police raided the house of the administrative head of the Supreme Court on sunday they say they want him for corruption if that is an indication of how things will proceed if for example the phone president returns i think that means that he will be arrested and taken back to prison as well. What was a celebration for the release of Political Prisoners has morphed into protests the chief of police said he would implement the Tax Court Decision the government fired him on saturday his replacement was also fired the opposition says it will continue protests as as long. Politicians remain in prison or an excess. Of. A spokesman for the president has told al jazeera they have nothing to fear and the president has every intention of releasing and retrying the nine Political Prisoners as mandated but it cannot happen immediately because of what the government calls procedural issues. To come protest as president in maine says he is willing to hold early elections his rival former president as she called it ludicrous tweeting from exile president you mean you must relink and leave now the politics in the tourism hot spot is at a standstill parliament is in recess and was scheduled to reconvene on monday that has been postponed indefinitely. Shallop ballasts. Mariam shannon executive director of transparency while they have spoke to al jazeera about the likelihood of free and Fair Elections as a result of this upheaval it looks like it was all in the past three years down the political situation. In the country has been. Quite well in thailand and im certain the times but i think the heading to whats the twenty eighteen president ial election it is quite important for the political environment to be quinn to use it for a free and. Free and Fair Elections but at looking at the Current Crisis i think even that the government seems to be at loggerheads with the Supreme Court. Facing a question on who will uphold the rule the floor and the constitution in this country. Who wanted to get things that we have been hi there is that. Wed all leaders of the opposition or potential president president ial candidate candidates either in prison or. In exile one of the key fundamentals of a free and Fair Elections do that every party should be able to look forward pick the candidate of their choice but that is that that condition has not been met but this has been a ruling on first degree and if it is implemented full business sheets conditional on the status which means effectively he should be able to contact twenty eight hundred president ial election but also note that at the Supreme Court ruling which states that the ninth well into the prisoners should be retried. May again be convicted and according to law in debian law if a sentence is longer than one year he will not be eligible to contest the president ial elections. And watching aljazeera and his ally from london much more still to tell you about two People Killed in the u. S. When a passenger train derails in South Carolina more than four months off to the election thats because hes a still struggling to form a government. And lindsey vonn will head to the winter and in takes on the winning now its our own kids in school. At least two people have been killed and more than one hundred injured in a trying crash in the u. S. State of South Carolina the amtrak train was traveling from new york to miami when it collided with a Freight Train well tom ackerman is live for us now in washington d. C. And what is the situation with passengers that were on the train have they all been safely removed now yes they have been safely removed some of them have been sent to or put in shelters in the local area a rural part of South Carolina about halfway along the journey to florida and the National Transportation safety board is now looking into the causes of the crash but first indications are that the passenger train might have been simply on the wrong track. The train bound from new york and headed to miami carried one hundred forty eight passengers and crew it collided in the middle of the night with a Freight Train derailing its locomotive and the first car the two dead were crew members its a horrible thing to see to understand the forces involved the engine of the the first engine of the Freight Train of course was torn up and the the single engine of the passenger train the amtrak train continued south was barely recognizable first reports indicated the Freight Train was parked on a side rail off the main trunk line this was the third fatal crash in two months involving amtrak americas only National Passenger rail service last week an amtrak train carrying republican members of con