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The U.S. mission in Afghanistan, explained by General Stanley McChrystal proved heart-felt to most viewers, who embraced this exchange and applauded Gen. McChrystal’s initiatives.  In addition, there were minimal discussions reflecting the interview with Sudan’s ambassador to the U.N. and his claims of resistance toward participating in the international law.

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• Basically it is  greed that is destroying our planet.  It will be the same greed that will save it, no questions about it.

Sincerely

Devakrishna

Matthe Monawar

Christiane God bless you!!! what a great interview!!!
Afghanistan and the United States are lucky to have a great General such as McChrystal serves humanity well.

Yogi Bear

Haven't we learned anything from History?  Guess the "Resistance" during WWII is a component conveniently forgotten in history lessons. If it weren't Alqueda, Taliban would have been long a history of the Past.
How do you fight gang warfare with conventional warfare? Do you need to know how to wage war to figure that out?

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By Tom Evans; Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.

The United States will not sit silently by and ignore what happens on the streets of Tehran, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary for Iran at the State Department said Thursday.

John Limbert, who was among diplomats held hostage by radical students at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, "We believe as we have always believed that the Iranian people deserve decent treatment from their government."

His comments came on the same day that U.S. President Barack Obama, during a lecture in Oslo, Norway, after he received his Nobel Peace Prize, declared the world is bearing witness to the struggle for rights and justice in countries such as Iran.

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By Tom Evans; Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.

Sudan will never comply with a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hand over President Omar al-Bashir to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.

"That would never happen," Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad told Amanpour in a program to be aired Wednesday. "And the United States itself is not a member of the ICC. Let the government of the U.S. join the ICC."

Mohamad strongly defended al-Bashir - the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC - saying he is one of the best leaders in Africa. "He put an end to the longest civil war in Africa. The Security Council of the U.N. itself recognized and commended our president. He cannot overnight be a criminal, a war criminal."

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Today on AMANPOUR., we have something very special – a rare in-depth interview with the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, who has just given testimony to the U.S. Congress on President Obama’s new strategy for Afghanistan. Can General McChrystal turn the tide of this war in just 18 months? It’s an interview you don’t want to miss. It will air at 4.30pm Eastern Time on CNN in the United States and overseas. And in our regular time slot at 3pm ET we will have an interview with Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad. He faces some tough questions from Christiane on war crimes charges against his president and the risk of a bloody new civil war between the north and the south of Sudan. So there’s a lot going on today. In addition, there are some other important stories to tell you about that are making headlines across the globe.

– Tom Evans; Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.

AFGHANISTAN – Can the U.S. turn around the war with a new strategy and more troops?

–          U.S. Defense Secy. Robert Gates tells military commanders in Afghanistan that “we have all the pieces coming together to be successful”

–          Gates most senior official to visit Afghanistan since Obama’s strategy announcement last week

–          U.S. trying to reassure Afghanistan and Pakistan that July 2011 deadline to begin American withdrawal will not give Taliban an advantage in the long term

–          Gates outlining ambitious goals to increase size of Afghan army by about 50 percent to 134,000 soldiers by the end of 2010

QUESTION: Will Afghan military be in any position to begin taking security lead anytime soon?

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A citizen journalist called “patroller” - believed to be one of the first people at the scene of the Maguindanao massacre – sent this photo to the media.

By Maria A. Ressa
Head, ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs
Former CNN Jakarta Bureau Chief

57 people killed in broad daylight, 30 of them journalists.  It was premeditated murder because even before they were ambushed, their graves were dug.  It was the worst election-related violence we have ever seen and the deadliest single attack on journalists anywhere around the world.

This is a story about the courage of one anonymous Filipino – a citizen journalist – who risked his life three times on Monday, November 23 to tell the world about the massacre in the southern Philippines.  His courage gave the world the first photograph of the carnage released to the public.  It also shows how professional journalists and citizen journalists can work together to circumvent fear, prevent a whitewash and get the Truth out.

ABS-CBN’s citizen journalism program began during our 2007 elections.  We called it “Boto Mo, I-Patrol Mo.” Translated it means, “Patrol Your Votes.”  It was the first time globally that a broadcast media organization used the power of mass media and combined it with mobile phone technology and new media for a political purpose: to help ensure elections are free and fair.
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