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The Syrian government says it is confronting an armed insurrection. | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
The opposition insist it is mostly unarmed protesters who are coming | :04:13. | :04:22. | |
under attack. The violence certainly seems to be escalating. | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
Opposition protesters have been out in ever greater numbers. This is | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
now their epicentre of the series of uprisings sweeping the Arab | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
world. They are pleading for international intervention, calling | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
for a no-fly zone like in Libya. Perhaps more troubling for | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
President Bashar al-Assad is the growing international pressure. A | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
delegation of Arab foreign ministers has just issued one of | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
their toughest calls to date for an end to the killing of protesters. | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
If they do not get a response from the Syrian government by Monday, | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
the company could be suspended from the Arab League. That would be a | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
major blow. There is no doubt that the President does still command | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
big respect at home. This was a massive rally staged by his | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
followers on Thursday. A 70-year-old poet and veteran | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
Irish Labour Party politician is said to be confirmed as Ireland's | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
next president. Michael D Higgins is assured of victory after | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
receiving 40% of first preference votes. | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
The 9th president of violent - Michael D Higgins. A poet, a former | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
Cabinet minister and soon to be the Irish head of state. He comfortably | :05:47. | :05:56. | |
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beat his closest rival. His opponent's campaign nosedived in | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
the final debate. If he gave me the cheque... | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
He struggled under a question about political funding and never | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
recovered. Martin McGuinness had a bruising campaign, with a constant | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
focus on his time as an IRA leader. He still ended up third bout of | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
seven candidates. Ivies Presidents do not have much power. It is a | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
largely ceremonial role. It is more about shaking hands than making | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
laws. But it is a high-profile job. The outgoing Irish president used | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
the office to forge closer links with Britain. But what can we | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
expect from Michael D Higgins? is a very cultured man, so I think | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
we will probably have a lot of emphasis on promoting the arts in | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
Ireland, which always goes well. He is very much into social inclusion | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
and so on. At a time of economic austerity one of the tasks of the | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
new president will be to give Ireland new hope. The Queen and the | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
Duke of Edinburgh are on their way home after an 11 day tour of | :07:06. | :07:08. |