SEGMENT 1
NATO targets Gaddafi command bunkers in Tripoli
Al Jazeera, Qatar

Presenter, Female #1
Libyan revolutionaries said they achieved victories over Gaddafi's battalions 40 kilometers west of Ajdabiya city. The revolutionaries' advance comes as NATO renewed its air strikes on the capital Tripoli last night.

Presenter, Male #1
The revolutionaries' statements say that some members of a Gaddafi security battalion, as well as some Interior Ministry employees, joined the revolutionaries in Tripoli.

Presenter, Female #1
The capital witnessed hours-long clashes between the revolutionaries and Gaddafi troops in the Souq al-Jumaa suburbs. This was considered a significant progress in the confrontation as it has moved to the threshold of Colonel Gaddafi's headquarters.

Reporter, Male #2
Quiet is now a rarity for Tripoli at night. NATO warplanes launched five air strikes on the Libyan capital. It is part of an organized operation targeting some locations including Bab al-Aziziya, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's fortress. Libyan officials said that yesterday's air strikes hit the Children's Fund's building. But other sources say the target may have been the parliament or intelligence headquarters that it faces. And if Gaddafi's headquarters in Tripoli have been a target of air strikes for weeks, the revolutionaries are determined to reach a turning point in their confrontation with Gaddafi and his battalions by moving the battles into the heart of Tripoli. Knowledgeable sources say that clashes in the city between revolutionaries and the battalions lasted several hours in the Souq al-Jumaa area. Clashes also erupted on Rashid Street near Green Square. Some residents in the Andalus neighborhood and on Jumhuriya Street tried to organize an anti-Gaddafi march. If these confrontations continue, they may accelerate the end of the Libyan tragedy, which will conclude when the fire reaches the Colonel's clothes. Especially since NATO affirmed its determination to step up its operations, which have exceeded 5,500 air strikes. The other face of the war is the suffering of civilians experiencing food scarcity and an imminent need for medicine, water, and all daily necessities. The Security Council was concerned with this facet when it listened to warnings by the UN official for humanitarian aid on the situation in Libya.

Guest, Female #1 (Valerie Amos, UN Humanitarian Aid Chief)
Widespread shortages are paralyzing the country in ways that will seriously affect the general population in the months ahead, particularly the poorest and the most vulnerable. Despite repeated requests by the UN Secretary-General and the international community, civilians in Libya are still coming under fire. This has to stop.

Guest, Male #1 (Muammar Gaddafi)
We cannot disrupt this obvious historical march. These hired cats and rats are celebrating.

Reporter, Male #1
It may be difficult for Gaddafi and his battalions to stop since he granted the Libyan people only two options: either he remains in power or they witness a fire. For the revolutionaries, ending the battle is also not an option. They reiterate that salvaging Libya from Gaddafi's grip is a mission they will sacrifice everything for, even their lives. Libya will rise from Gaddafi's destruction, and according to the revolutionaries, a more beautiful country will be created from the ashes of his fire.

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SEGMENT 2
Syria intensifies military operations in Hama as EU sanctions take effect
BBC Arabic

Presenter, Male #1
Reports on human rights said that the Syrian army deployed reinforcements to central Hama city with tanks and armored trucks amid high tension. Heavy gunfire was heard in Muadamia in the southwestern suburbs of Damascus. Security forces closed down the roads leading to Muadamia. This comes today as the European Union began imposing its sanctions on 13 Syrian officials accused of repressing protestors, in addition to an arms embargo on Syria. On the other hand, a UN spokesman said that the Syrian authorities barred a UN humanitarian assessment team from heading to Daraa, despite their promises to facilitate the team's work.

Reporter, Male #1
In central Damascus, not far from the city's most important security headquarters, which has long been a terrifying place in the Syrian people's hearts, these young people gathered and shouted for freedom and for breaking the army's siege over the cities. They did not sit for long in front of al-Arnous Square before peacefully carrying their banners and strolling down Salehiya Street, singing the Syrian national anthem. But even that did not protect them from being encircled by police and intelligence members. They quickly dispersed, but the security forces were faster than some of them. The women were taken into one of the shops nearby, and the men were violently shoved into this car. Security members did not wait until leaving the site to beat the protestor in the car, even as a passerby was taking videos of the event. YouTube videos show plainclothes security personnel requesting this young woman to erase images from her mobile phone. The Syrian state news agency did not mention the incident, but quoted an official source in the Interior Ministry saying that over 1,000 participants in the protests turned themselves in, and were immediately released after they promised not to repeat any action that harms the security of the country and its citizens. The protest on Arnous Square was not the only one that Damascus has witnessed. In the Barza neighborhood, hundreds participated in a protest calling for freedom. On the other side of the city, the town of Muadamia was suffering from a tight siege by security and military forces. Reports said that many people were arrested amid a massive media blackout. The exact same operations are continuing in the cities of Homs and Baniyas and some villages in Daraa province. Syrian state media says that these operations aim at capturing terrorist groups, but rights activists say that they are targeting the activists among the peaceful protestors demanding freedom and the toppling of the regime.

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SEGMENT 3
Yemeni forces fire at teachers' protest in Hodeida
Al-Alam, Iran

Presenter, Male # 1
Over 300 protestors were injured when Yemeni security forces dispersed a sit-in at the Office of Education in Hodeida province, west of the capital Sana'a. Local sources said a number of teachers were protesting in front of the office to demand their rights and to denounce acts against Taiz residents. However, they were surprised by the Central Security forces' firing of live bullets and tear gas at them. Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in a massive march in central Aden to demand the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and to reject all foreign mediation. The march started at Freedom Square and filled the city's streets. Demonstrators chanted slogans rejecting mediation in their peaceful revolution, the Cooperation Council's settlement plan, and Saudi intervention. They confirmed the need to prosecute President Saleh and his regime.

Reporter, Male # 2
Yemeni forces attacked a protest in the city of Taiz on Sunday, resulting in a number of martyrs and injured. However, they still attempted to disperse protestors by firing bullets again. Yemeni security and army units, deployed across the city since early morning, violently dispersed a protest held by teachers in front of the Office of Education. Eyewitnesses confirmed the forces' use of water cannons and tear gas, in addition to live bullets. They repeated yesterday's scene, leading again to the martyrdom and injury of dozens. However, the attack was counterproductive. Tens of thousands took to the streets in Taiz province. They held angry marches in response to the call by the Youth for Change to condemn the regime's massacres and to confirm their same-old demand: the removal of Saleh.

Guest, Female #1
We won't accept any initiative, even if it comes from the North Pole, other than his removal. This thug, this killer, who killed those young people has to leave.

Guest, Male # 3
We completely reject the Gulf initiative because it did not stipulate Saleh's immediate resignation or prosecution.

Reporter, Male #2
The angry popular marches reached Taiz and spread across the country's provinces and cities. Thousands participated in a mass march called for by the coalition of the youth revolution in the city of Adq in Shabwa province. The demonstrators condemned the regime's massacres in Taiz and demanded the prosecution of Saleh and his aides. In addition, they confirmed their essential demand for Saleh's removal, even if they need to crawl to the presidential palace. In the north of the country, as in the south, tens of thousands participated in massive demonstrations in Sa'ada province to express their rejection of any dialogue or initiative with the Yemeni president. The residents of Sa'ada called for facing the challenges of the revolution and holding on to popular demands. They confirmed their absolute rejection of any agreement that could damage the revolution in the country.

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SEGMENT 4
Mubarak detention extended for 15 days
Press TV, Iran

A protest rally has been held outside the Saudi embassy in Egypt. Demonstrators are angy at Saudi Arabia's alleged efforts to block the prosecution of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The protestors also accuse the Saudi government of supporting radical groups that threaten Egypt's security. Mubarack was forced out of power in the popular revolution in February. The former president is under investigation on suspicion of involvement in the killings of anti-regime protestors. The state prosecutor has extended Mubarak's detention for another 15 day. He was first arrested on April 13 but has remained in a hospital after reportedly suffering from heart problems during an interrogation.

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SEGMENT 5
Kuwaiti lawmakers walk out in protest at new cabinet
Dubai TV, UAE

Presenter, Male #1
The newly formed Kuwaiti government has hit a new political stalemate. This is the seventh cabinet to be formed by Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad. As soon as the new cabinet was sworn in before parliament, 15 opposition ministers walked out in protest of the government's makeup. Amid the showdown between the government and parliament, two opposition legislators submitted a request to question the Kuwaiti prime minister. Our correspondent, Ahmad el-Ainaizi reports from Kuwait.

Reporter, Male #2
It's a bad start for the Kuwaiti National Assembly in its first session. This is its first session since the former government's resignation 40 days ago. As the new ministers arrived at the council of ministers, 15 members of parliament walked out in protest of the government's makeup and presidency. The withdrawal, which took place behind closed doors as requested by the council's general assembly, was not surprising, as the opposition had threatened to walk out.

Guest, Male #3 (Dr. Ayed al-Mana'a, Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University)
The opposition didn't achieve its objective, which is to prevent the government from being sworn in. However, I think that the opposition, deep down, wanted the government to be sworn in, but they decided to walk out. Why would the opposition want the government to be sworn in? Because they want to question the prime minster and members of his cabinet. And this is exactly what they tried to do to the prime minister today.

Reporter, Male #2
While a protest broke out outside parliament, two opposition ministers inside submitted a request to question Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad over the misuse of public funds and committing financial and administrative violations.

Guest, Male #4 (Khaled al-Tahous, Kuwaiti MP)
The questioning will focus on a number of violations, such as the misuse of public funds, based on reports and documents taken from the general accounting office.

Reporter, Male #2
The seventh government formed by Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad is not the first to clash with parliament over political inquiries. However, it will be the first government to engage in a showdown with Kuwaiti citizens, who are frustrated with the political void in the country, which they say is distracting the nation and slowing its economic growth. A new showdown ensued between Kuwait's executive and legislative authorities. This news comes after the two authorities clashed during their first parliamentary session. Observers believe that Kuwait is bracing for a hot summer filled with political turmoil. Ahmad el-Ainaizi, Dubai TV, Kuwait.

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SEGMENT 6
The life of Hassan al-Banna, founder of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
New TV, Lebanon

Presenter, Female #1
My colleague Aline Hallaq introduces the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Hassan al-Banna, as "Today's Figure."

Reporter, Female #2
Hassan al-Banna is the founder of The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt and is its first guide. Al-Banna was born in Mahmoudiya in Egypt to a modest family in 1906. He was an outstanding student at Rashad Elementary School and was nominated for leadership positions. He headed the Ethics Society when he was barely eight years old. It seems as though he started to form the idea of the Brotherhood when he was a student at Dar Al-Uloum School, where he wrote an essay saying that his greatest hope after finishing his education was to find the path to make his family and relatives happy and to be a guide and teacher. In March 1928, he pledged with six other youths to establish the Society of the Muslim Brothers in Ismailiya. The society's foundation include working on strengthening the Islamic project, capable of defeating colonization, calling on the kings and rulers to implement the Islamic law in political affairs, and establishing a caliphate. He would always reiterate that if an Islamic state is not created all Muslims will become sinners.

Guest, Male #1 (Hassan al-Banna)
To the youth: an idea succeeds if faith in it is strong, devotion is provided in its quest, enthusiasm for it grows, and willingness based on sacrifice and work is ready to achieve it.

Reporter, Female #2
Al-Banna believed that force was the only way to liberate Palestine. He started to secretly send youth from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to Palestine to advocate for the Palestinian people. There, they joined fighter Aiz Din al-Qassam and blew up a government office belonging to the Zionist entity. Egyptian parties resisted the idea of Hassan al-Banna and the political expansion of the Muslim Brotherhood. Among them were the Wafd Party and al-Saadi Party. On December 8, 1948, the prime minister of Egypt at the time, al-Nuqrashi Pasha, decided to dissolve the Society of the Muslim Brothers, confiscating its funds and arresting most of its members. The next day, an arrest and confiscation campaign began. Al-Banna was not arrested but the government seized his private vehicle and arrested his driver. In addition, al-Banna's licensed weapon was taken and his two brothers arrested. On Saturday February 12, 1949, at 8 p.m., al-Banna was leaving the Society of Young Muslims, accompanied by the head of the society Eli Wadae, when the phone rang. As Wadae went back to the office to answer and heard gunshots. He came out to see his friend al-Banna hit, hiding behind the car of the killer and writing down its license plate, which was 9979. It was later identified as the official car of Amir el-Lae' Mahmoud Abdel Majid, the Interior Ministry's director of criminal investigations. His injury was not critical and al-Banna stayed conscious to tell all those who witnessed the attack the license plate number. Then, he was transferred to the Qasr el-Ayne Hospital. He took off his clothes by himself and took his final breath at 12:30 a.m., four hours after the assassination attempt, having lost too much blood. In the first days of the July 23 revolution, the authorities reinvestigated al-Banna's case and those accused of his murder were caught and prosecuted. Al-Banna's family received 10,000 Egyptian Geneih in financial reparations.

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SEGMENT 7
Israel celebrates 63rd Independence Day
IBA TV, Israel

Leaders from around the world wished Israel a happy 63rd birthday. US President Barack Obama extended his Independence Day greetings to President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the people of Israel. In a statement released by the White House, Obama expressed his admiration for the country's remarkable achievements over the past six decades and his confidence that the strong relationship between the two countries will grow deeper with each passing year. Obama stressed the US's unwavering commitment to Israel's security.