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chaos in caracas, andy government protesters clash with police while thousands of others rally in support of the venezuelan president. ♪ ♪ hello. also ahead on al jazerra. due in court shortly, egypt's deposed president on trial charged with espionage, could he be italy's youngest prime miles per hourster ever. the 39-year-old to get the job despite not be elected.
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being convicted over a shooting in which a teenager was killed. ♪ ♪ hello, riot police have confronted anti-government demonstrators for a fourth successive day. rallies also in support of their president, he's vowing to track down the leader of anti-government protests as rachel lavine reports from caracas. >> reporter: singing the national anthem, thousands defied the ban on unauthorized protests and took to the streets in downtown caracas on saturday. expressing their growing frustration with president nicholas and what they perceive as a crack down on the opposition. >> translator: we are tired of the government silencing and discarding us. >> reporter: anti-riot police formed a line, trying to stop the protesters from advancing.
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rocks are hurled at the police and then chaos and confusion. >> reporter: people panicked and scared start running for cover. the situation here continues to be tents, the police just fired tear gas and disbursed the crowd. the crowd is saying they will not go. people in the distance have rocks and are coming towards the police. this is an -- this is the fourth day in a row of violence here in the capital. earlier the president held a rally, tens of thousands of his supporters who vowed to defend him. >> translator: the fascists want to destroy us but we are the
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majority and will fight for revolution. >> reporter: calling for peace the president had a message for lopez, the hard line leader of the opposition who organized the student marches which began on wednesday. >> translator: you fugitive from justice, trembling with fear, you fascist coward hand yourself in. >> reporter: as both sides continue, refuse to go back down, many people here wonder when calm will return to the streets. rachel lavine, al jazerra, caracas venture sway there. hamid marc mar morsi is due. he was deposed by the military any july. he accused of inciting murder and using violence against protesters. those charges relate to the deaths of at least 10 people taking part in rails outside the presidential palace in december 2012. he's also charged with conspiring with terrorist organizations. prosecutors say morsi worked for
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hamas and lebanon's hezbollah. his two other charges are for escaping during a jail break back in 2011 and for insulting the judiciary, morsi could face the death penalty if found guilty of some of the charges. joining me now to talk more about this is abdullah from georgetown just here in doha. thank you for being with us. talk us through this particular trial and what we can expected to. >> well, the military government right now is trying to accomplish a couple of things with this case, on the one hand it's more of a propaganda ploy trying to attempt to discredit the former government of ma immediate morsi by trying to associate it with supposed enemies with trait rusor us behavior. and favor the military trying to pose themselves as the savior of
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the maybe, the theyofthe nation. there are signs that they could have over reached in this case it's a very broad sweeping set of charges. they are fantastical things we haven't seen before in sense of no evidence there to demonstrate that any of these charges are true of espionage, the spectacular things the government is trying to allege here and also the number of people that have been indicted including respected academics and people who, of course, have no connection whatsoever to the muslim brother hood. >> so as far as the independence of the jew dish air any egypt. where do you think that stands now? >> it's very much in doubt. it has been used as a tool of the authoritarian regime, the state on certain occasions its demonstrated some degree of independence within some constraints but it's think it's being used as a sort of hammer to try to destroy the muslim brotherhood as an organization, any public sympathy that might there be and to send a message to society's other remaining political forces and so in this case i think the judiciary has
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thrown it's willingness to engage in the sham trial that we have seen here considering how deeply politicize the these charges are and how little evidence there is to support most of the charges. >> and all of this going on as well at the same time, as we are expecting to hear that the egypt military leader is expected today run for president late they are year. >> well, this certainly would position him i think in a place in which he could claim that he is the savior of the country, the one who protecting egypt. from mohammad morsi and his supporters and the entire muslim brotherhood organization. so it serves a number of political purposes than as an actual legitimate legal proceeding. >> so in terms of these particular espionage charges which is what is happening today, there are three other separate trials that are going on, where does this rank
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compared to those then? >> this is by far the most sweeping of all the sets of charges that the government has tried to allege against mohammad morsi also probably the most difficult to demonstrate, to prove. he was conducting himself as the elected president and of course had relations with a number of different foreign countries and entities and organizations hamas being one of those was the he elected government of gaza. in the same way that hamid morsi had relations with the elected government of ga gaza so did mubarak, sus are successive ones have had those toward nations with em them that's the difficulty of new government spellingsly considering this is a border country and an area subject today an israeli siege for several years. >> all right, from georgetown university here it doha, thank so much for your analysis. now, in ukraine, protesters say that they are ready to end their occupation of kiev city hall. that's after charges again demonstrators were dropped. the streets remain tense and
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more anti-government rallies are expected sunday. much of the capitol remains a fortified camp after three months of unrest and anti-government protests. the 39-year-old mayor of florence is tipped to become prime minister as talks are underway to form a new government in italy. he would be the youngest in history. he has never been an p.m. and could get the top job without winning an election. david has been following the talks in rome. >> reporter: a small group of protesters for the most prominent politician to arrive. silvey row. he might have been expelled from the senate but he's still a force to be recognize inninged with in parliament. >> translator: we express to the president our worry over the crisis that's occurred outside of the apartment in just one party leading to the proposal of government without a single word of that government's agenda.
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we are in op skins but ours will be a responsible on him since like it always has been. >> reporter: he has never been elected to apartment will you hopeparliamentbut hopes to takes of the old political institutions. demonstrators from the five-star movement founded made their feelings clear at a demonstration outside the parliament on saturday. >> translator: just another illegitimate leader, just another clown. >> reporter: mateo is likely to clinch a vote of confidence here as the next prime minister without once being elected to the chamber. here outside the political circus of rome you get a very different perspective. a profound defense of alienation from the power maneuvering inside parliament. holly and mario have just had a new addition to their family, five month hold robert. they don't intend to stay in italy. >> you have the same old politicians and the same place
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and they work together and, yeah, maybe he might have some few ideas different from the others, but i don't know, i mean, it's the same school. >> reporter: at the hour of a known. for mateo is still not yet at hand. david, al jazerra, rome. >> the iraqi cleric is to step down from politics in a handwritten note put up on his website he says that he would no longer have any involvement in parliament. he has been a powerful opponent of the prime minister. his website says he will shutdown all of his offices except a few charities. both britain and france have blamed syria's government for the latest round of peace talks ending in a deadlock. in geneva the u.n. mediator apologize today the syrian pimas the government and opposition left with no guarantee that they'll return to the negotiating table.
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the u.k. government said it is a serious setback to peace. the seize fire in the syrian city of homs is about to expire, it's given more than 1400 penal a chance to leave. but hundreds more civilian civie still believed to be trapped prompting the governor of homs to push for an extension to the truce. on saturday talks in geneva between both sides of the conflict broke up without any agreement. here is a report. 67 this could be anywhere. a local football match in a dusty playground. but this is the shelter in homs. a syrian set tee desperately clinging to a fragile ceasefire. until a few days ago, they people lived in the old city under siege. >> translator: since these new incidents started, we use the fireplace to cook. we never went out of the house, we never knew what was going on out there. us women were not able to go out. >> translator: i lost my husband
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two years ago, i have heard no news from him he h we were together and he went out and then from that moment i have nt letter from him at all. >> reporter: the u.n. brokered humanitarian ceasefire allowed them and 1400 others to leave. the governor wants the ceasefire extended as more people are trying to get out, including hundreds of young men. there are real concerns for their safety. >> translator: yesterday 70 young men left the camp to go back to their homelands and they can live whenever they wish, accord to this instructions of mr. president, and by his sponsorship, and according to the government's plan, we are working on shuttlin shed settlis for all the young mean with here with us and in particular those not involve in the bloodshed. >> reporter: if they manage to leave they too will become displaced many have made it in to neighbor being lebanon, there they are setting up new lives as
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refugees. from hon ms a city more than 2,000 years old to a new home, this one a at the present time city. staying in syria, rebel fighters appear to be using tunnels to attack government forces. the tunnel shearn is 75 meters long and allows them to target a hotel where pro government soldiers are staying. al jazerra cannot independently verify this video due to media restriction million dollars sear syria. still to come on al jazerra. a huge clean up after neina's volcanic eruption awe as thousands remain away from from their home. 60 years on, families hoeunitedd ones from north korea. ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazerra. venezuelan president says a manhunt is underway for an opposition leader who organized anti-government demonstrations. the riot police have confronted protesters for a fourth straight day in the capital caracas, elsewhere rallies in support of the president. deposed president of egypt hamid marcy is due in court shortly charged with espionage, 35 other people are faces similar charge, italy's youngest prime minister expected to be made name signer the 39-year-old who is currently the mayor of florence is tipped
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to replace the man forced to resign in a party coup. a u.s. man who fired shots at a car carrying four teenagers killing one. a injury con vick second degreen of three counts in november 2012 but couldn't reach a verdict on a murder charge, natasha reports. >> reporter: the jury delivered a mixed verdict. deadlock odd the first degree murder charge against 47-year-old michael dunn. they rejected his argument that he feared for his life when he fired in to an suv filled with teenagers playing loud music. the verdict came one day before jordan davis would have turned 19. >> we will continue to stand and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> reporter: but the jury did find dunn guilty on three counts of attempted second degree murder and another charge for shooting in to an occupied car. each count of second degree
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murder carries with it up to a 30 year sentence with a 20-year mandatory minimum. >> we are so very happy to have just a little bit of closure. it's sad for mr. dunn that he will live the rest of his life in that sense of torment. and you will pray for him. >> he must be remorseful for the killing of my son. >> reporter: dunn's attorney said he would love to know what the jury was thinking the jurors refuse today speak with reporters following the verdict. >> he's in disbelief. he's not sunk in he said how is this happening. state attorney angela cory vowed to retry the first degree murder case again dunn, she's the same prosecute who tried the george
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zimmerman case, cory did not respond directly when she was asked if the mistrial was proof that she had overcharged in this case. something her office was accused of doing in the zimmerman case. >> i am very proud of our office. >> reporter: outside the courthouse, protesters we spoke to said the four days of deliberations had them worried about a repeat of zimmerman's acquittal in the death of treyvon martin killed nine months before davis. >> we leaf relief of a verdict d punishment but it wasn't the right punishment. >> reporter: all along, davis' parents said they hoped to have a conviction by their son's birthday. though it might not have been the complete conviction they were hoping for they can got their wish. >> thanatasha reporting there. now an emergency vaccination program is under what i in northern kenya after a measles out break at a refugees camp. highly contagious disease is thought to have originated among ref gees from south sudan,
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katherine reports now from a town bordering the state of south sudan. >> reporter: she greaves for her one-year-old son, she buried him on thursday. real had been sickly since he was an infants. he got measles recently, it weakened hissy mean system so much, he could not fight anymore. she only has her daughter now. >> translator: he was my only son, i have no husband and i thought he would be the one to one day get us out of here and now he's gone. >> reporter: at the refugees camp in northern kenya, sick children have to be quarantined inside this tent in a camp hospital. the out break of meisals have been worsened by the flow of refugees from south sudan flying with the conflict back home. >> when you are dealing with a situation where many people come in to a camp one of the biggest public health concerns is a measles out break. i think the important thing is
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that we are identifying the meisal cases and we are responsibility to go that. >> reporter: two-year-old twins were admitted two weeks ago. their mother noticed the symptoms. >> translator: they got feverish. i starte eyes started getting ry do the a rash and were very weak. >> reporter: now every child under 15 in the camp is being targeted in an emergency vaccination, 50,000 children in all think it's an exercise that's going to extend beyond the boundaries of the camp to the community hosting it. and again right t to south sudan where they are coming from. >> reporter: these refugees have been medically screened and faxes vaccinated against polio and measles, but they are not clear yet they have tonight screen forked a second time when they get to the camp. and vaccinated again, containing the spread of the disease is the
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number one priority, but humanitarian organizations working on this admit that it's a large task. >> live now to katherine who is in the refugees camp in northwest kenya. a huge problem this an & a major challenge because of the fact that re refugees are continuingo stream in across the border. >> reporter: jerk it's a huge problem. the numbers that we are seeing coming in are not as big as they were in december and january when this conflict broke out. we are seeing about 250 -- an average of 250 south sudan refugees coming in. but it's a daily flow. this is 250 daily and they are being settled here in this camp.
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this is an extension of the camp where they are become h being s. they have set aside this area, but again it's also filling up quickly. 70% full now. and we are seeing more refugees coming in, they are about 17,000 south sudan refugees have come in since december. and this number keeps growing. and this camp really is not just them, they are refugees who were here before. it has a capacity of 150,000 ref gentlemens. and they are ref jews here before from somalia. again from south sudan, refugees who did for the go back with the country got independence and other nationalities as well. so this is really straining the services. the uncr say they have that i contingency plan in case of another influx, but this -- the services really are really strained and they are going to work really hard and looking for
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another position of land so that it can take care of more refugees as them come? >> katherine soy reporting to us there from the refugees cam. thanks for that. now turkey's parliament has approved a law givin a law givie government more control over how prosecutors were appointed the bill was passed after a brawl in which two politicians were injured. the bill was proposed to block a corruption investigation. 10s of thousands of people remain in temporary shelters days after volcanic eruption in indonesia, three major airports reopened after they were shut because of poor visibility. the eruption forced the evacuation of 100,000 people. here is an update from the airport there. >> reporter: the come can i canc activity has gone down and
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airports are starting to reopen. they were close forked two days respite resulting travel of millions of passengers. more than 200,000 people here in are affected by the eruption of thursday night. authorities are facing major clean up operation with thick layers of ash covering cities and villages. >> translator: we are here with 41 soldiers as you can see our troops are trying to clean up the streets. not only is volcanic ash very bad for a person's health and it has also caused some accidents. >> reporter: more than 70,000 people are still staying in evacuation centers in the next few days it will become clear that the mountain has calmed down enough for them to go back home. north korea is broughtin cet would have been the 72nd birthday of the lead leader. the television showed his son
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attending a national meet to go commemorate the date. he died of an apparent heart attack in 2011. meanwhile, north and south korea have agreed to restart a program to help bring together -- excuse me. to help breathe togethe bring ts divided by the korean war for some families in the united states it's a race against time to reunite with siblings they haven't seen in 60 years, randy rogan reports from chicago. >> reporter: when they escaped the brutality of the korean war in 1951, they were just happy to survive. >> this my younger brother. >> reporter: later they realized they might never see the siblings they had to leave behind. >> i started crying all the time, i was going crazy. running from one room to anoth another. just crying, crying. i still feel that way. >> reporter: she is 83, and her
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husband who is 91, are hanging on to their chicago home now resisting a move to a nursing home for just one reason. >> translator: we did not sale this house because we are waiting for our siblings. brothers and sisters from north korea and we wanted to have a house where they can live. >> reporter: they thought she would only be decembe separatedr father for a week or so they never saw him again and doesn't know if her brother it still alive. >> we have black holes in our hearts. i have story to his tell. i can tell. but millions of people took the stories with them. >> reporter: over the past decade there have been a handfud families in north and south korea. but years ago stanfield made it permission to get korean-americans involved. she lobbied congress and able to
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get a law passed in 2009 that made korean-american reunions a top priority in the u.s. north career an relationship and it looked like goal was closer than ever by 2011. but then kim john il died and everything stopped. >> we were so close. it's just crash, the hopes of crashed again and i was worried. you know, if they don't have hopes, they are gone. >> reporter: stanfield says to be so close and not reach an agreement has been devastating. the gratitude she felt from divided families has been replaced by guilt. >> if we had started earlier, it could have happened by now. sometimes i just -- you know, i cry. but i cannot sit down because there are still enough people there who believe in us. >> reporter: they try to console themselves by pouring over old
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photos and stanfield learned years ago that the reason her father started running marathons in his 60s was just to get publicity in north korea so that world would get out to his family in the south. >> he was going to run until he reunite with his family. in south korea. >> reporter: that reunion never happened. and now many korean americans are just hoping north korea gets so desperate for u.s. aid that it will give in and allow the american reunions. >> translator: i feel like i am being punished because i left them behind. if i meet them again, i will feel like i am reborn. >> reporter: but the families are desperate too. and time is not on their side. andy, al jazerra, chicago. >> nine policemen have been injured in violent anti-government protests in montenegro. several hundred people gathered in the capitol to protest a lack
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