so all of our guests. until next time, waj and i will see you online. ♪ thi >> welcome to the news hour. from al jazeera news centers in london, these are the main stories. the u.s. president threatens to withdraw every soldier from afghanistan by the years end for a security deal isn't signed. is acting president issues a warning as parliament delays forming a new government. >> turkey's prime minister cries foul over a tape said to reveal

noting out how to hide big sums of money. >> including four britains have been arrested on syria related terrorism charges including a well known prisoner. and edge crypting your calls why mobile companies are turning their attention to privacy. >> welcome to the program, u.s. president barack obama has warned his afghan counter part of the u.s. may pull out all of its troops by the end of the year. he has so far refused to sign a cut deal which europe insists must be in place before it commits to leaving some troops behind. more now live for us from washington, d.c. patty, a rather stern warning from the president, what more has he been saying? he picked up the phone,

and we will find out from the press secretary if this terse tone continues. but ard cooing to the read out, the president told karzai that he had made it clear that he has no intention of signing this agreement. the department of the defense says that is too late. if they are going to pull them all out by the end of the year, they need to plan now, and it is exactly what president barack obama has ordered the department of defense to start doing to figure out how they can get all of the troops and the equipment out by the end of the year. ahe also sent the warning that the longer he waits they do leave a force that will be 13458, possibly as few as 3,000. they did say the president has made the decision to do the zero option, but that it is becoming increasingly

more. >> despite the zero option, it is probably inconceivable if the u.s. wouldn't leave behind. a bit likely they will get this deal signed at the 11th hour. >> el, if you talk to the department of defense, they say they are all in the zero hour, again, there are so many troops and so much equipment, and it is difficult to get it out of afghanistan, a lot of people said when the u.s. was considering broughting from iraq, that a zero option wasn't possible. what this boils down is to immunity from prosecution, for american troops and contractors that's guaranteed in the security agreement. so they say ifs then't signed then they have no choice but to pull out the troops. and i can tell you that some members are very unhappy with even the possibility of zero option, many people in the military fear what would happen in afghanistan. if they did, in fact, take that step. but the american public would probably be behind it, in the latest poll 66% of americans said the

war in afghanistan was north worth fighting. >> patty, thank you. >> warnings of a possible financial collapse, as a continuing sense of crisis in ukraine, and the delays are not happening. parliament has given itself until thursday to form a new government. until that happens there can be no deals on international financial support. but, diplomatic negotiation have been picking up the pace. e.u. foreign policy chief was in the capitol to offer support. the u.s. kip lo mates are also in kiev holding urgent talks. they are all hopes to have a say in how ukraine moved forward. but it won't be an easy road given the allegiances between the russians and the e.u. there are signs of separatism in his country, al jazeera reports. >> in parliament, lawmakers continue to

chip away at the guard. the whereabouts remain a mystery, but ukraine has now pave add way for justice to be made, if and when he is caught. >> if this there is only one way, the international tribunal in the hague, right now we need to calm people to begin the rebuilding of the country. >> he has spent many days and calling for the fall of victor. he hopes that the transitional government will manage to steer the country out of the crisis. >> i would like to offer independent and free ukraine, is the center of europe, and by the essence, i hope that our nation will understand that we are a proud nation, and we deserve a better life as it was before. >> many of the protestors came to parliament to remind legislatures that removing the president was just a first step. >> people here in the

ukraine have different ideas transitional government will have to reflect all this competing demand. but what everyone agrees on is that the economysy a priority. >> ukraine had a 0% growth in 2013. the rating agency standard & poor's downgraded the country to ccc, which is just a notch above default. and the acting finance minister estimated that ukraine needed $35 billion in aid over the next two years just to stay afloat. the task is monumental for lawmakers, this is a country that needs a complete overhaul. >> the economy starts working no investor will enter the down without assurance that they can be protested in local courts. the prosecution economic reforms, education, i mean everything is ruined. >> ukraine has been trapped between russia and the e.u., both using the economic leverage to influence politics.

but it seems at the moment that europe is winning the race. al jazeera, kiev. >> let's get the latest now from tim friend who joins us live now. tim, so the formation of this unity government has been delayed, what impact is this having? >> well, i think it is worrying, because there are two pressure points here if you like. they have to achoo a consensus in this cabbing net that they are trying to you remember to, they will have another go on thursday. it is vital that they do that, otherwise this growing risk of separatism, that the acting president has spoken of, as you mentioned in the introduction, will grow, at least that will be the risk. on the other hand, they can't hang around too long, because as we have just been hearing this huge a. of money that they need just to keep the economy afloat is

needed very very quickly, and it can't happen, of course, until there is a genuine representation, even though it may be an interim cabinet here in kiev. so that's the pressure that's facing them here if you like. everyone senses it. but now, of course, they have to come up with an alternative, and this is the process. what's the movement in the capitol and beyond? >> well, the military is extraordinary. they intend to stay here. towards the end of may, because they feel the revolution was theirs.

the mood is extraordinary, the treppe dish, one level they are related because they got rid of someone they didn't want in power any longer. but p pas there's also a slight sense of growing frustration. but almost kind of disbelief as well. there's this amazing path way of flowers to the more than 80 people that were gunned down last year that brought this to a head, mainly by police snipers. a path way of flowers with candles . >> will be perhaps

eequally as difficult. >> tim friend there, tim, thank you. >> at least 12 people have been skilled and dozenings injuries in a car bombing. the explosion happened in the crowded area of central baghdad. one bomb went off as security personnel arrived to diffuse it. the northwest killing at least 30 fighters. that's according to army officials that say the targets were in tribal areas. but there are report as house was also hit killing two members of a family. more from islamabad. they have also been hitting ammunition that belonged to the taliban

pakistan. all this is happening at the time when the cabinet meeting is upway to discuss what sort of policy the government is likely to adopt, whether it will go for a military operation, or whether it will still keep the option of talks open, however, most political and military analysts believe that the military strike in the area are softening. the hard points and strong holds of the taliban and perhaps a prelude to a ground offensive. >> now it was only at the start of this month that the taliban and pakistan's government sat down to talk peace, but now the battle seems as bitter as ever.

>> we are joining us over skype, a former ambassador to the u.k., he is also the awe tor of the drone, america's war on terror became the global war on tribal islam. >> what can we read into pakistan's military strategy against the taliban. >> it is too early to say at the same time, we have to be cautious, because this policy using force, alternatively having peace talks is not new. this has been in motion for the last decade. it was exactly 2004 when the drone strikes began. >> the first big envision into that area, and ever since then, pakistan has

not been able to really come up with an effective policy which would check the violence and contain the taliban. yes, it is an interesting point. let me ask you, if the government tries to negotiate from a position of strength. as you say on the one hand, it is keeping the offer of peace open, but on the other, it is ramping up the air strikes. >> what this is doing is creating such an air of disinstruction, bitterness, but i am not sure how they can proseat.

peace at what cost. the taliban is demanding that they are on all of pal stan. they are imposing -- that immediately becomes a stumbling block for any kind of viable, or durable peace. >> let me get a final thought from you then. where does all of this now leave the prospects of peace with the taliban? particularly at a time when u.s. p toos we will be withdrawing from afghanistan, is that likely to shift the balance back to the taliban on both sides? these are dangerous waters. nobody can predict what will happen. but it is a time from

leadership. to we establish the writ of the state, to show wisdom, and courage, and to show compassion. if pakistan does not take this opportunity to resolve this, this can be a long drawn encounter and one that will drain the resouthers already strained of pakistan. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you. an audio message posted onlyline, he told the state of iraq, as known as isll, to join. reasonable in fighting has quilled more than 1,000 since the start of the year. recently it was accused of being part of the top envoy in syria on sunday.

turkey's prime minister has called a leaked recorder which he has heard discussing how -- a shameless montage. the audio was posted on youtube, and then removed. the conversation alleged her took place the same day that news of a major corruption investigation into his government broke. the tape is a fabrication, describing it as a treacherous attack on his office. >> the voice recordings can were put on the internet late last night have been fabricated. they went and made a shameless montage and released it. >> more from us stainable. >> the release of this taped material comes at an acutely sensitive mountain in turkish politics. with the government facing the most serious corruption probe in the history of turkish politics. not only that, but there is also revelations that literally thousands of turkish officials have been illegally but routinely wiretapped by

turkish police. the latest tape recordings are supposedly allegedly of the turkish prime minister and his son. the two of them discussing allegedly the cover up of the presence of large amounts of money, the government is strenuously denying these recordings calling them a shameless montage, an immoral montage, by that they mean edit. we have no way of verifying this either. turkey is seething of allegations of wrongdoing, the corruption probe is stalled after the government shifted, reassigned literally thousands of police, to new locations and positions and much the same with hundreds of prosecutors. the build up politically is also gaining in momentum, because we have local elections at the end of march. elections that are the credibility up until now extremely popular prime minister.

against a controversial highway in the capitol. >> students set up barricades the scene of months of demonstrations. they are angry at plans to build a road across the campus. and possible remove of trees from a green space. come ughen on the program, reporting from nigeria, as a new report highlights the dire state of infant mortality in africa. and in sports with a report from greece, manchester united hoping to save their season. british police have arrested four people on an alleged offensive. on that story, the european center. >> we have more.

>> has in in ways become the face of the fight against guantanamo bay. it was here he spent more than two years held without charge by the u.s. eight esbase in cuba. a decade on he is back in custody, again, without charge and under different circumstances. arrested on tuesday by british police officers in the city of birmingham. they suspect he traveled to syria, to what officers described as a terrorist training camp, and that he may have been involved in the facilitation of terrorism. three others including one woman, were also detaped.

and there was no immediate threat to public safety. >> he was stopped at london's airport at the end of last year, as he flew in from south africa, where he said he had been paying his respects to nelson minute della. saying it was not in the public interest, to let him travel internationally. but he went to syria is not disputed, he says he visited back in 2012, on a humanitarian mission, to aleppo. >> a dark page in the modern history of humanity. >> he spent the nine years since he was freed campaigning for detainees that have been held. appearing on t.v. stations in the u.k. and beyond. including here on al jazeera. he has become a vice to represent those who say they were tortured, intimidated and threatened with death during their incarceration. >> that a human rights activist can be arrested and detained in this

manner. which we have seen in recent months used against david miranda who is a journalist, the solicitor of el ward snowden, and many other activists to not protect us, but silence any us and sent. >> police haven't revealed yet for his arrest is linked to that visit to syria, or to another he may have made. nor have they said how he is linked to the three other people arrested. he insisted he revealed his name simply because of the interest. al jazeera. officials say hundreds have thought have traveled. britain and other governments express concern about the potential domestic threat they pose upon their return from syria. a senior researcher at the foundation. a british based think tank, on counter

extremism, and terrorist. he says the risk cannot be ignored. most of it say they have gone there to fight against asaad brutal regime. >> and other hot spots who know that al quaida operated in these places and the two biggest rebel fors are al quaida leaked. and some are 'ally inside violence between british and european targets. so there is a risk there. >> the parliament has voted to extend the military mission, beyond april. 1600 troops are currently there, supporting the african union peace keeping force. in the first hour, the crucial vote was passed by 428-14. let's get more now from emma hayward.

a decisive vote, what more can you tellus. >> well, there was never really any cut that the vote would be passed. going 428 saying yes the mission should be extended. so a very decisive victory for francoise who wanted too extend operations. to have of course been concerned concerns about the complexity of the operation that the troops are finding on the ground. concerns too about the cost of it. of course, it will cost much more than anyone else first anticipated but the french prime minister told parliament that they had saved lives in the c. a.r. >> . >> the courage of our soldiers demand admiration. the conditions are now in place for robust international support, military, humanitarian and political, so that c.a.r. can find peace again.

>> and can france cope with a long intervention in c.a.r.? >> well, i think many people here feel that they do have a moral responsibility in countries like the c.a.r., but of course, this will stretch them even more. they are, of course, in marly which they went into intervention last year. also of course public opinion. now a recent poll suggested more than half of the people here, question the intervention in the c.a.r., so that could also have an effect on how long the troops stay there. >> okay, thank you very much indeed. emma hayward live for us there in paster. more news from europe, a little later in this news hour, back now to darren

in doha. >> thank you, lauren, we will see you later, still to come here, all the sport after the break, why one of the favorites has dropped out of contention at the divide championship, more on that, stay with us.

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>> this is the real deal man... welcome back, a quick reminder of the quick stories here. u.s. president barack obama has warned his afghan counter parts that the u.s. may pull out all its troops by the end of the year. amido karzai has refused to sign a security deal which the u.s. insists must be in place before it commits to leaving some troops behind. the federal government college was attacked before dawn. the victor should be tried at the international criminal court. once the former president prosecuted. now there were two big issues.

voting for opposition leader the east supporting viktor yanukovych. and then there's the language they speak. these states are more than half of people are russian speakers. which is causing the most concern. more than half the people there are ethnic russians. this report. anger, mere directed towards the policeman, the crowd thinks he is taking orders from kiev.

they refuse to recognize the new government in the capital. the city council has rebelled, on monday, it appointed a russian businessman as mayor. since the opposition took control of the ukraine's parliament, resolutions to remove soviet symbols and diminish russian language status have alarmed prorussian towns. other cities may have seen lennon topple but he is not in any eminent danger. long home to russian navy personnel, and russian sha's black sea fleet. he was rumored to have sought refuge here, but few now have a good word to say about him. >> the only good quality that he had was that he spoke russian, and promised to support the russian people that's why people believed him, there's nothing else to him, he is a thief, and people knew it. >> just as flag sellers are now doing a brisk trade, promos cow parties sense an opportunity. they speak of threats,

even the need for russian military intervention. i am sure if they try to capture the city, black sea russian sailors will stand side by side, to defend the city. everyone seems to be expecting something to happen. >> there are a lot of groups here, different interests but everyone largely speaks russian, they identify with russia in some way. whether it is going on spontaneous or organized, there is a real sense of anxiety ever since there was a change. >> the new government in the capitol is worried. tuesday saw the interim president calling for an emergency meeting on separatism. >> leer some may feel reassured the kremlin has said ethnic right rights ae being infringed. but russian involvement may plunge ukraine back into fresh crisis. al jazeera.

well, ukraine is warning it needs $35 billion to recue it's economy. and with the loans now in doubt, where the cash will come from is an important question. let's talk do demetry, he is an economist for the imf, and joins us live from kiev. ukraine's revolution may have brought about swift change, but it has left the country many say sliding towards an economic crisis. how much trouble is the economy now in you think? i would say the situation is pretty tense. at the same time it isn't default, it isn't really not eminent. because the last four years we haven't seen any economic policy measures so now it is the time to clean up the mess. and i would say basically

this mess is cleaned up, the economy could prosper, even as a midterm perspective for 12 or 18 months. >> let's talk about where that help can come from. ukraine had been relying on a $15 billion bail out, to service it's debts and pay for it's imports. what is going to happen now with russian financial help and the gas discounts. >> it's unclear. russians officially declared that it will be willing to continue dealing with ukraine, and so on, so it's really unclear whether the help will really come. at the same time, i will see increasing chances of western help coming to ukraine, basically centers around the problem.

[that was turned down in favor of closer ties is that still on the table, and is it waiting still for a new government. >> as i understand, yes, we have seen some comments from officials that might be some now -- not a break basically again wait for functioning government, and so on and so footer. but basically, is general perception here, it is ukraine now really starts to foreign economy, that is comprehensive. and free trade agreement still goes on. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you. >> more now on that attack on a boarding cool in north eastern nigeria. at least 29 students died, it is thought

fighters may be to blame. in the capitol. >> at the federal government college, now we are getting some eyewitness accounts and what they described is a scene of complete terror. some stormed into the tomorrow stories where students were sleeping.

>> they pour into the region to fight the group, the president and the military remains adamant that they are winning the war against the group, clearly attacks against this, much of what they say. >> nigeria is trying to improve it's high rate of infant mortality. more from the capitol. >> preparing to bring into the would another child. he travels 15-kilometers every week, to get to this clinic for anti-natal care. she wands to avoided last time, when she lost her baby during her 9th month of pregnancy. >> they tell me my baby

was -- my baby is okay, everything is okay, but i don't know. >> the story paint as group picture of the lack of investment in primary care by local authorities. >> there is deft of facilities. you can see you have 1,000 doctors in the city alone. and if you go to all the councils you may not have up to two or three doctors. >> complications during pregnancy and childbirth have resulted in death of both mothers and babies. >> one of the things that actually contributed to this complications we have seen. and some of them also, or even spiritual homes. >> specialized care like this is very scarce in

rural nigh jia. and even where it is available, there are challenges. every month, this center for children records an average of 100 complications. this shows how big the problem chide care is, and the stress it puts on existing facilities. by the time many pregnant women arrive, it is often too late for the unborn children. >> by the government says a midwife introduce add few years ago, has reduced both infall and maternal death. >> so far we have been able to infuse into the system about 4,500 midwifes. and the human source intervention really seem seems. >> it is meant to run for two years before they take over. few pregnant mothers can hope for any change any time soon.

al jazeera, nigeria. >> let's go back now to lauren in london for the rest of the news from europe. >> darren, yes, allegations have surfaced of gold being traded in the world's biggest marketplace, in breech of international guidance restricting the trade of gold from conflict zones. a former partner has told al jazeera that he found billions of dollars worth of gold was being traded in cash, and that gold has been painted silver to get past customs regulations. lawrence lee reports. against ongoing concerns that the precious metal has been going through, and trading floors without proper checks demanded by the united nations and others to ensure it hasn't come from war zones in africa. >> and that's why this man's testimony matters. he was in charge of an audit team, whose client is one of dubai's largest

gold refiners. >> my team was getting the job to audit the gold refineries in dubai. again, the dubai based regulatedded guidance and u.k. based regulated guidance, to ensure that they dot no process or trade conflict gold. >> he claims they were told large quantities were being traded in cash, that set off one alarm bell. >> one of the refiners was dealing with cash transactions of over 5.2 billion u.s. dollars in one year. >> that struck you as odd? >> it is very odd. you are dealing with a circumstance that the whole world is saying we need traceability. and once you use cash, just cut that traceability. in a city like dubai, where you find a lot of bags and it's known for it's banking system, there is no reason, no

specification for coming in with big amounts of gold, and then walking out with suitcases full of cash. >> and he says his team discovered launch amounts of gold had been shipped in painted silver to get around customs. >> my team was -- the gold -- and the unoer was showing them how they received gold. he was challenging my team, saying what do you think this is. and they looked and they said silver. there were -- about 75-kilograms of bars coated silver, so that it looked -- so he smiled and said no, this is not silver, he scratched and. >> [inaudible]. >> but it was coated silver. >> all of this was rain up in his refiner which

was deemed non-compliant with several key regulations. but the refiners own report, which acknowledging some of these, wasn't ever published. the watchdog group says that should have happened. >> this is that concert gold, that they have should have been carried out to make sure that gold from places like congo wasn't getting into internationalle markets. so it is a huge importance, that the audit which is supposed to provide an independent check to make sure that these things are happening properly, saw the light of day, and in this incidence, it didn't. >> global witness. >> to suppliers trading through dubai. those the evidence of conflict gold being sold is inconclusive. the regulator in dubai and the refining companies say they have made changes to the guidance to toughen up audit procedures and improve transparency, what isn't denied is the trading practices going on in recent months can

can be described as peculiar. lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >> spain's economy is on tract to grow by 1% this year. and by 1.5% in 2015. the prime minister says the growth will allow spain to start reducing it's high unemployment rate. he revealed in his annual state of the nation speech. he is also proposing a high income tax credit. >> the first competence vote in parliament, he pledged to cut taxes invest in schools and pass sweeping reforms to tackle it's economic problems. the backing of the upper house by 169 votes to 139. the second separate vote is due in the lower house later on tuesday. >> for resisting arrest, during an antigovernment protest near red square. in july, the anticorruption campaign was given a five here

suspended term, if he is charged again he may have to spend his full sentence behind bars. that means encrypted your phones and messages from prying ears and eyes. the arrival is one of the most hotly anticipated launches the mobile world congress in barcelona. instead, we have lost our privacy. >> heckers have known it for years but it took the revelations to expose how easily governments can access personal data on mobile phone networks. >> now, it's time for a change. >> and that change comes in the form of a new phone from swiss based start up black phone. >> and mobile operating systems has been to given all that information away

for free, not only without monitory situation. >> at the moment, no consumer mobile devices shift with special encrypted security. the real question, is with the networks and phone makers are prepared to do something, to make privacy part of the product. >> to clients around the word. it's seen interest in these increased five fold, since the nsa revelations. >> they should not have

the right to know and who you are communicating and why, it is private, and it should stay that. >> now they will have to work out to see if they are getting their hands on the same tools. i think that is obviously a concern. the test now is how they seriously take the issue, whether they prepare to pay more for the privacy, which encryption affords or continue as they have trusting networks and governments not to abuse their positions of power. >> al jazeera, mobile world congress, in barcelona, spain. >> lauren, thank you.

time for a shot break, we will see if cricket really unifying force in been he dash, more on that, stay with us.

welcome back. three venezuelan diplomates just days after they ordered three americans to leave. the president had accused the trio of recruiting students for antigovernment protests. he is blaming foreign intervention for escalating violence and has killed at least 13 people. the demonstrations which

are in their second week started as a fuel and food shortages and high crime. the water supply in the u.s. state of west virginia has been given the all clear by public health officials following a chemical spill in january. the residents are worried their water may still be contaminated. kimberly reports from west virginia. >> when she learns the drinking water in her state capitol charleston was contaminated she acted quickly, to keep her customers coming back, she knew she could no longer rely on tap water for her three restaurants. >> they are all cooking with bottles water, we have bout commercial water pumps, so that our coffee makers can run on bottled water. >> but steel is now spending about pave thousand dollars extra a month. so her customers have bottled water with their meals. she says she is paying the price of mismanagement, the chemicals company failure to maintain it's world war ii era storage tank,

on the 9th of january, one of those tanks the freedom industry facility spring airlock leak, and 38,000 litters known as crude nchm, poured into the nearby river, and into the water supply of 300,000 residents. >> charleston mayor is furious the owners of the chemical company have fined for bankruptcy protection. now almost impossible for charleston residents to sue for compensation, that he says would begin to repair the city's now tannished reputation. >> the damage to our brand, is something that will be carries on for years probably for the rest of my life. >> but now it is feared that news of the chemical leak will drive away any hope of future investments and tourism dollars. >> west virginia has long been tied to the cole industry.

one of the poorest states in the u.s. and it needs jobs. they say state politicians turn a behind eye to safety regulations to attract jobs. >> all we have is the big special interests in the state. i feel like to some extent, they have bought a certain apt of reprieve. and i am not naive enough to doubt that that is the case. >> for now, thousands of people are left to absorb the cost. and are flagged on their relationship with big business. al jazeera, charleston, west virginia. >> the crisis means that

you need to take immediate action to protect ourselves. so on these days of course, we have to recommend that people don't go outside to have physical activities, they stay inside. 20 protect them from the possible negative health effects that we have. >> darren, thank you so much. closing in on an important win in the last 16 of the champions league, with full time approaching last season's runners up are 4-2 up against sates petersburg. the russian team is in the midst of the leagues winter break. they have scored two goals inside the first five minutes. it is stilt up four, zen net 2. manchester unite willed be aiming to put their poor domestic form to one side. they are in greece to

face the fist leg of the last 16 tie. kerry brown reports. >> welcome here, where there's no doubt standing here in greece. it means the coach has been able to focus his teams preparation entirely on this match. working on this work to counter the case. they have been struggling in the league, and it means that the pressure is on them to do well here, in hope that they win to qualify for europe, next season. david yesterday didn't like being asked about that burden, but wayne rooney in fine form after securing a news contract says he has won the championships league once, he desperately wants to win it again. and that the players are taking responsibility, could this be the turning point. they will be hoping to continue that reputation. >> chelsea manager he is

furious that the record comments he made about some of his players has made it into the public domain. they are getting ready for wednesday's game in turkey. he said he was joking and when he was overheard lining about the lack of forwards and saying that samuel et toe is too old. >> you should be embarrassed as the media professional. i don't think you are happy that not you, but the colleague able to records the private conversation make it public. >> he is won the opening match in the dubai champions. he has beat dennis in straight sets, he has one less rival to worry about as well.

the argentine was facing of india, he lost the 30 set on a tie break before. but as they report from daca, last year's violence almost cost the nation the event. >> in he crept months the villages have been torn apart by violence. but not here, like almost everyone, many of these players have strong political views. once they enter the field they leave it behind. when we play cricket we are 100% all together. we become a family, and this is why it is growing in popularity.

the violence has died down and they can hardly wait. >> we have seen them play, we are here to encouraging to support our country, and show their prize. >> several have considered pulling out. those are a distance memory, but despeed the current except of calm, organizers say they are still taking security very seriously. when the national team plays it gives them something to get behind, staging the asia cup means that for at least a few weeks it could be a nation of harmony, ink stead of a nation of discord.

al jazeera. in the opening match of that tournament, they beat defending champion by 12 runs. new york knicks point guard has been arrested for criminal possession of a weapon. he was charged just hours after playing against the mavericks. he scored 44 points for the knicks in that game, but was still on the side that's because dirk lue winski sank this to give collar 110 to 180 victory. well, check out our website i can tell you they finished as a 4-2 winners in that game against z exnit. stay wayus here, more hours at the top of the hour.

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welcome to al jazeera america, these are the stories we are following for you. getting ready to bring u.s. troops home from afghanistan. a gay marriage battle in michigan kids caught in the cross fire, we'll have a live report. and some riot police in ukraine apologizing as the country tries to work out it's political problems. >>