Presenter, Female #1
In Yemen, President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi vowed to intensify security forces' efforts against those whom he described as terrorists. And during a military parade marking the Unification, Hadi asserted that the security services will be more determined to track down those whom he called terrorists. The military parade was held one day after a suicide bombing caused the deaths of 90 people and injured at least 200.

Reporter, Male #2
It was the first time that a military parade was held to mark the unification of Yemen without Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was toppled by a popular revolution. And indifferent to the recommendation of analysts, who warned of increased security concerns, President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi attended the parade.

Reporter, Male #2
It was held at the Institute of Aviation instead of the al-Sabeen area, which was subjected to a bombing that led to the deaths of dozens of soldiers, and injured hundreds, during the preparatory exercises for the parade. As analysts have seen, Hadi was able to foil attempts, by any group, to sabotage the unity celebrations. This was an effort by Hadi to reassure his authorities while weakening his predecessor's position. And this is how the armed forces addressed President Hadi.

Guest, Male #2 (Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Ashwal, Armed Forces Chief of Staff)
Your path to bring the nation safely to shore, despite the waves of disagreement, has played a major role in the efforts of the security and armed forces to unite the country, and end the division.

Reporter, Male #1
The capital is witnessing heightened security measures, especially in the al-Siteen area, which is home to President Hadi. While the investigation into the al-Sabeen Street bombing continues, the head of the National Security Council confirmed that the al-Qaeda organization was behind the attack.

Guest, Male #3 (Ali Annas, Head of the National Security Apparatus)
Al-Qaeda admitted its responsibility for the attack, and this was confirmed by a media spokesman in Shabwa Province.

Reporter, Male #1
Politically and publicly, local and international condemnation continues. The revolutionary youths announced a three-day mourning period and the cancellation of all unity celebrations. Other challenges coincided with the occasion, most notably the debate over the so-called "southern plight," and the redrawing of the country's unification in a way that will dispel the effects of the 1994 war that erupted between the two unity partners.

Reporter, Male #1
It seems that ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is losing momentum day by day, while President Hadi is continuing to enjoy local and international support. Meanwhile, the Yemeni people want to see their country free of violence after enduring years of suffering. Hamd al-Bokari, Al Jazeera, Sanaa.

Presenter, Male #1
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano announced that the IAEA and Iran will soon sign an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Speaking in Vienna Airport upon his return from Tehran, Amano said that he and Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, reached an agreement on a systematic plan to clear up ambiguity and resolve any remaining issues between the two sides. Amano considered the decision an important development, and described his talks with Jalili in Tehran as extremely helpful and positive. Amano's announcement came on the eve of a round of talks in Baghdad between Iran and the six major powers. Our Al-Alam reporter quoted Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, as saying that the six countries will present new proposals, and talks should cover essential issues. Meanwhile, Iran welcomed realistic and equitable talks.

Reporter, Male #2
Only one day until Iran and the six countries hold their important and anticipated negotiations in Baghdad. On the eve of the meeting, Iran, through the speaker of its parliament, Ali Larijani, welcomed any realistic and equitable negotiations, while insisting on upholding its lawful rights.

Reporter, Male #2
During a parliamentary session, Larijani asserted that his country is seeking a solution through serious negotiations, and is waiting for Western countries to change their hostile policies, and cease their deception and political games. The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, stated from Baghdad that the Istanbul talks were a starting point; they laid the foundation, and Iran aims to achieve further progress in the Baghdad meeting.

Guest, Male #3 (Saeed Jalili, Iranian Supreme National Security Council)
We should say that the Istanbul negotiations were a starting point, and they laid out the groundwork. And today in Baghdad, we will try to bring about further progress with the P5+1 group in order to achieve overdue goals.

Reporter, Male #2
Jalili held successful talks with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, in Tehran. Amano described his discussions with Jalili as extremely positive and helpful. Upon his return to Vienna, Amano said that a decision was made for reaching an agreement between Iran and the agency, which will be signed very soon.

Reporter, Male #2
The atmosphere of the negotiations was also praised in the statements of Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, who spoke during his meeting with Amano of opening a new and constructive channel for cooperation between Tehran and the IAEA, based on mutual trust and understanding. He stressed the importance of focusing on the disarmament of nuclear weapons, in addition to preventing their proliferation.

Reporter, Male #2
While it seemed clear that Salehi was pointing to the Israeli entity's nuclear arsenals, the entity's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the sextet to tighten its noose on Iran. He demanded the cessation of any Iranian nuclear activity, as well as the dismantling of Iran's nuclear facilities. Netanyahu justified his demands by saying that Tehran is pursuing the destruction of the Israeli entity, and that it supports revolutionary parties in the region. In another provocative move, the US Senate approved a new package of economic sanctions targeting the Iranian oil sector. The new package extends sanctions to cover commerce with the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company, and it aims to prevent Tehran from continuing to sell oil.

Presenter, Female #1
Iran and the P5+1 group are slated to meet tomorrow in Baghdad for a new round of nuclear talks. It's the first time in history that Iraq is hosting such a gathering. Despite the closure of Baghdad International Airport due to a dust storm, last-minute logistic and security preparations are underway in the Iraqi capital. As is the case with every international event, the heightening of security measures usually restricts the movements of Baghdadis. Shafiq Abed al-Jabar reports from Baghdad.

Reporter, Male #1
In its preparatory measures to host a new round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1, Baghdad is facing a number of challenges, most notably maintaining security. Twenty thousand members of security and military forces will be deployed around Baghdad's Green Zone and airport, backed by 15 helicopters to protect Iraqi airspace. The measures include imposing a partial curfew, which is causing restriction of movement and public resentment in Baghdad.

Guest, Male #2
Any security measure in the country causes gridlock in the streets, especially with the closure of major roads in Baghdad.

Guest, Male #3
The government must take security measures due to the deteriorating situation. Having said that, the closure of roads hurts businesses, students, and workers.

Reporter, Male #1
By hosting the summit and mediating the dispute between Iran and the international community, Iraq wants to show that it can still play a regional role while ruling out any political intervention.

Guest, Male #4 (Salah al-Nasrawi, Journalist and Writer)
The conference that will be held tomorrow with the P5+1 shows the great return of Iraq to the international arena. Iraq also hosted the Arab summit. This shows that Iraq has returned with full force to both the Arab and international arenas.

Reporter, Male #1
Only hours are separating Baghdad from the international conference. However, a dust storm lingering in the capital has led to the indefinite closure of Baghdad Airport, which may delay the meeting. Baghdad is putting its security and political challenges aside in order to host the Iranian nuclear negotiations. But it has ignored the challenges of nature. These dust storms, if they continue as expected, may reflect negatively on the conference, especially in light of the closure of Baghdad Airport. Shafiq Abed al-Jabar, Dubai TV, Baghdad.

Thousands, including security forces, have lost their lives since last March in Syria. Now, Lebanese cleric Shadi al-Mawlawi, an outspoken critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been bailed out. His arrest earlier this month led to several days of deadly clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian government in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli. Reports say al-Mawlawi was arrested after Lebanon received intelligence from Western sources, presumed to be the CIA.

Just one day to go until Egypt's presidential elections; the vote is expected to be the most competitive presidential election in Egypt's history. It comes a year after the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak. Over 50 million people are registered to vote. The first round takes place on Wednesday and Thursday, with official results due out a week later. Twelve candidates are running, the top runners being former Arab league chief Amr Moussa, the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsy, independent Islamic candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, and Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq.

Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a hunger strike for over 100 days, appeared in court on Tuesday in a wheelchair. This is the first time Khawaja is attending his trial since he started refusing food. The rights activist called the proceedings a sham. He also spoke of his plight in custody, being sexually abused, humiliated, and force-fed.

Presenter, Female #1
Syria's local coordination committees said nine people were killed by security forces' gunfire across different areas in Syria. Meanwhile, Syrian state news agency SANA said five others were killed in a bombing in Damascus. A number of areas in the countryside of Idlib and Homs are being shelled by the regime's army, which stormed two towns, Dael in Daraa and Hayaleen in Hama, leading to dozens of casualties.

Reporter, Female #2
According to Syrian State TV, an explosive device was planted overnight by terrorists, and detonated in a restaurant in al-Qaboun neighborhood.

Guest, Male #1
Five civilians were martyred and others were wounded in a bomb explosion that was planted by an armed terrorist group last night, in the neighborhood of al-Qaboun in Damascus.

Reporter, Female #2
Meanwhile, according to the activists' version, a new bombing hit a civilian area in a rebelling Damascus neighborhood, in order to divert the attention of the observers from what is happening in other neighborhoods, and to spread terror in the capital.

Guest, Male #2 (Samir al-Shami, Spokesman for Syrian Youth Union in Damascus)
We are holding Bashar al-Assad's regime accountable for this bombing. I am telling you, the bombing took place in a vegetable market, next to the police station of al-Qaboun, and 50 meters from the command center of the Special Forces' units. Who is responsible for the security of that area? Is it the Free Syrian Army or Bashar Assad's army?

Reporter, Female #2
One of these aforementioned areas is the Barza neighborhood, which was stormed by security forces, as shown in videos uploaded online. Also it showed the arrest campaign carried out against dozens of activists, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Idlib, Maarat al-Numan, and the countryside of Kfar Ruma, were shelled by the regime's army using warplanes, according to local coordination committees.

Reporter, Female #2
At the time, the UN observers were visiting the town of Maarat Misrin, which welcomed them with a demonstration. This comes a day after the observers mediated an unprecedented exchange deal in Khan Shaykhun. Colonel Ahmed Hommich, and the observers accompanying him, intervened to facilitate the swap deal between the regime's army and local residents. The residents returned a tank that was burned by the Free Syrian Army, in response to what activists claimed to be a massacre committed by the regime's army last week, in exchange for the release of two detainees. Many people doubt the observers' capability to expand the successful exchange deal in order to end the military solution and replace it with a political one. Zana al-Hayyam, BBC.

Jerusalem Day celebrations were marred by violence in the evening as 15 people were arrested when skirmishes broke out in the Old City. Clashes erupted when 50,000 Israelis passed the Damascus Gate on their way to the Western Wall and were attacked by a group of Arabs from East Jerusalem. Five of the Arab assailants were arrested for throwing objects at the marchers, and ten Jews were arrested for chanting racist slogans.

Meanwhile, speaking at a Jerusalem Day event, Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed that the city will remain the united capital of the Jewish people, that Israel will protect Jerusalem, because without it, the Jewish people are like a body without a heart, and that giving up Jerusalem would show weakness to Israel's enemies.

The issue of illegal migrants in Israel was the main focus of the annual law conference in Eilat. Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman said that Israel has a mutli-pronged policy that includes building a fence along the Egyptian border, deportation of migrants, and the creation of detention facilities to house them until they are expelled. Several MKs slammed the government at a meeting of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers, calling the coalition policy "racist," while others came to the coalition's defense, calling the illegal migrants a "social time bomb."

Joining IBA in the studio to discuss the Tal Law and illegal migrants is Kadima Knesset member Dr. Nachman Shai, asking whether ultra-orthodox religious groups are powerful enough to force the government into a Tal Law deal that is not equitable, and what should be done about illegal migrants in Israel.

Presenter, Male #1
Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traore, was severely injured when a number of protestors demanding his resignation stormed his office in Bamako, according to local sources. In other related news in Africa, while Mali has agreed to extend the country's transitional period towards the presidential elections, ambiguity still dominates the political scene in Guinea-Bissau. As for Cote d'Ivoire, its refugees are returning to the country as it becomes relatively more stable. Ibrahim al-Khalid Tirbash reports.

Reporter, Male #2
President Dioncounda Traore will continue to lead the transitional phase in Mali, until the upcoming presidential elections. This was agreed upon between the leaders of the military coup and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. This principal agreement roused protests of nearly 30,000 Malians in the capital, who claim that the agreement prevents Malians from determining their own fate.

Reporter, Male #2
Guinea-Bissau is another center of tension in Africa. After the UN Security Council imposed a package of sanctions on leaders of the coup this past April, the Bissau parliament reached an agreement to resolve the crisis. Opposition parties and leaders of the military coup signed the agreement, which stipulates to conduct direct internal reforms in various sectors and restructure the national electoral committee. As for Cote d'Ivoire, it is witnessing the return of 5,000 Ivorian refugees who had fled the country due to the recent incidents.

Presenter, Female #1
Research studies on illegal immigration found that reasons for immigration vary between deteriorating economy, lack of job opportunities, and an educational policy that does not enhance the concept of belonging. In light of a seminar held by Save the Children Foundation, participants assured that the solution lies in the hands of the government institution, by providing job opportunities for the youths, and developing legal channels for them to travel abroad.

Reporter, Male #2
They are in two caskets that look like boats in the sea. They dream of abundant money that can change their financial status, and life in general, for the better. At the end, illegal immigration can lead to death.

Guest, Male #2 (Dr. Ibrahim Awad, Head of Immigration Research Center at AUC)
First, there is a lack of suitable job opportunities that provides enough income for people to build a future, and if they are old, to build a family, and to fulfill their family's needs. Second, poverty does not necessarily lead to immigration, but a poor society and a poor environment does, especially when people can't find jobs to generate enough income to fulfill their needs.

Reporter, Male #1
The immigrants traveling to their host countries usually find their ambitions a mirage that does not become a reality. However, it helps others who are in those countries to set up fictitious networks to promote the idea of illegal immigration in order to collect large sums of money.

Guest, Female #2 (Stephanie Jasby, Illegal Immigration Researcher)
People love their country a lot, and we all love Egypt, but the problem is that there is no job opportunity. The youth don't feel like their country gives them the respect they deserve.

Guest, Female #3 (Nohair Nashat, Save the Children Foundation)
The government has to provide alternative job opportunities for these youths internally, in the form of training opportunities, job opportunities, or subsidies, because most of these areas are very poor, and do not have the prospect of growth or to have access to different job opportunities and to develop their skills.

Reporter, Male #1
It is a shared responsibility between the state and the family to provide a prosperous economic environment and a good education, or else it causes the immigrant to think, in any case, I await death. Ahmed Nabil, Nile TV.

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