>> tomorrow on al jazeera america. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >> hello, welcome. i'm steven cole and you're watching the newshour live from our headquarters at al jazeera in doha. >> the russian flag flies over government buildings in crimea as the u.s. warns russia against manoeuvres. >> the syrian government says it killed 175 rebels. >> israel blamed for a sharp increase in the unlawful killing

of prims. >> thailand's prime minister summoned for questioning by anticorruption investigators. >> protesters demand press freedom for al jazeera journalists still behind bars in egypt - a day of action. >> but we start in ukraine where pro-russian protesters seized government buildings in the crimea region. the ukrainian interior forces and police have been put on alert. wooden barricades have been erected at the entrance to the crimea supreme council. the area surrounding the building has been the scene of violent confrontations. they raised a russian flag as a possible challenge to the new leadership. we are joined live from the

crimea. a russian flag flying from government buildings. >> tell us what is happening now? >> that's right. the russian flag flying from the building behind me. about 200 metres away. that's the parliament building you can see over my shoulder. inside armed men, professionals. we don't know who they are, but they are understood to have come in overnight. security was not strong, was not strict, and they are occupying that building. we are hearing that they'll expect a parliamentary session later. it's possible that mps will meet in there despite all that is going on. adding to the mix, police who have cordoned off the area seem incredibly relaxed as if they know who is inside the building. we are not getting details.

there are clues. the burr cute, the so feared military police that were disbanded recently are treated as heroes. there's some speculation that they may be involved. that is speculation at this stage. at the same time, we have been hearing reports of russian military vehicles, armoured personnel carriers. there has been a number of photographs of them. i can't say where they are coming from, who they belong to. to add to the tension, to finish the acting president of ukraine saying it would be an act of aggression and warns against the russians, if it is russian military vehicles for being involved. >> everything you say is pointing towards considerable ethnic and geopolitical tensions.

>> yes, and it's always - one is concerned when we use these words and talk about those issues. it can inflate the situation or add to the problems, all of this chatter. at the same time the facts on the ground are that yesterday we had large numbers of ethnic crimea tatas who came here, they are well organised, came in large numbers to send a clear message that they want to be part of the new ukraine, part of what is happening in the rest of the country and kiev, and support the new government that is at the moment forming. they support that, the revolution, let's call it that. >> down here there are large numbers - in fact, a majority of people that would describe themselves as pro-russian. ethnically russian or russian speakers. a lot of them sympathise with

moscow. they are concerned about what happens at kiev, and those politically active have made their presence felt. i have seen a number of guys standing around waving flags and supportive of this take over of the regional government buildings here. >> that report from crimea. >> meanwhile ukraine's acting president called for calm in the crimea, describing protesters as criminals in military fatigues. the comments were made to parliament where politicians are voting to form a government. oleksandr turchynov warned russia against intervening, saying it would regard movements by its military was an act of aggression. let's go to rory challands in moscow. we are hearing a story about russia issuing a warning. there are tensions, no doubt about that. has this turned into a

geopolitical crisis? >> well, chest-thumping, saber-rattling, posturing - call it what you will - there's a lot of it going on at the moment. russian jets on high alert, combat ready, in the western military districts which borders with ukraine. now this, according to russia's defense ministry, is part of the military drills that were began yesterday. nothing to do with what is going on in ukraine, according to the russian government. that is clearly not believed by the ukrainian interim government, which is concerned about the penalty of russian aggression. so concerned that it has warned russia that a movement of its fleet, based in crimea, would be seen by the ukrainian interim government as a sign of

aggression, and the ukrainian foreign ministry summoned the russian-charged affair for immediate emergency consultation. russia at the moment does not have an ambassador in kiev because he was recalled to moscow. this is a signal of how tense things are at the moment. >> it must be tense because, as we well know, ukraine is absolutely vital to president putin - not just historically, but geopolitically as well. how does moscow regard what is happening in ukraine now, and keeping a close eye on crimea? >> yes, well it's not just the geopolitical importance of ukraine to russia that matters, it's the emotional importance.

we have spoken to russians on the streets of moscow about what is going on in ukraine, and what they have been telling us is that they are deeply concerned by the situation in ukraine. they consider ukraine to be a brother country and the ukrainians to be brothers to russians. they are concerned about the fate of ethnic russians in ukraine, but there doesn't seem to be a particular appetite for armed conflict. unless the russians in ukraine are put in danger then the people we speak to on the streets would be a justification for armed intervention. there's also an interesting perspective highlighted by a recent poll put out by the lavarda center, an independent polling company in moscow. it says that president putin's popularity is at the highest at

the moment than it has been in the two-year presidency. it is somewhat to do with the success. winter olympics , but it's to do with the way the russians view the stability of russia, contrasting it with the turmoil that ukraine has gone through. >> rory challands in moscow. >> documents recovered from the former president's estate, the ukrainian's estate, thousands of pages were dumped in a river by viktor yanukovych's assistants before he left. many hope the information they find can help build a case against him. >> it's the first time she returns to maydan since the violent crackdown by protesters. this is a member of one of the self-defence units that are protecting the square.

>> translation: the image i will never forget are the faces of friends facing riot police. we were a small group of the the police were three times bigger. we had no weapons, just molotov cocktails. i didn't think police would kill ukrainians. >> victoria was wounded when a hand grenade landed next to her. ukrainians are getting to know more. just before leaving the estate viktor yanukovych's aide through the occupandocuments in the riv there is still diving in the freezing cold water. >> a group of journalists are sifting through them, making them available online for everyone to see. >> many more are drying in the sauna. some reveal a lavish lifestyle and a test for expensive

furniture. others detail transactions through a web of shadow companies, and one through his son, alex. >> first it was exciting. there was so many documents, what could we find, then astonishment and shock from the amount of money spent and the company names were found. >> perhaps the most shocking document so far is this one - detailing the extent viktor yanukovych was willing to crack down on protesters. it ordered riot place and special forces to be deployed around maydan. electricity, water was to be cut. protesters were to be attacked, while the nerve center was

raided. >> that's where victoria and her defense unit was located. >> they hope to make a solid case against their former leader. >> there has been a big increase in the number of palestinians unlawfully killed by israel. according to amnesty international. dozens of peaceful protesters have been killed by israeli forces. nest your -- amnesty accuses them of killing children. >> we have seen force used against peaceful protesters. >> what are you accusing israel of. >> we are accusing them of a

pattern of unlawful killings of palestine civilians in the unoccupied west bank. we have seen mounting blood stads. 27 palestinians were killed in 2013. that was one and a half times more the figure of 2011 and 2012 combined. in our report, in all of the cases that we have documented, and we've looked at cases in great detail. looking at medical reports, witnessing the demonstrations. it appears that israeli forces used unlevel force and these were unlawful killings. >> unnecessary lethal force. does that mean unnecessary lethal force. lethal force. >> does that mean you are accusing israel of war crimes? >> what - what we are saying is

in all of the cases we believe unnecessary lethal force was used, in some cases unarmed protesters, in some cases throwing stones. in three of the cases that we documented in the report, it appears from the evidence that those killed were killed wilfully, which would be, if that was the case, a gross violation of international humanitarian war and war crime. >> the idea of the israeli defence force says - in quotations - this is a quote. "precision munition is used when human life and safety is under threat", paraphrasing the defense force. they fear their lives was under threat when they fired on palestinians. >> that's not what the evidence that we have documented shows.

if we take one case, a 16-year-old involved in a protest at the 800km wall fence that cuts through an area near his village. he was shot two times from behind as he was fleeing wounded, back to his village. that's from medical reports. we find it difficult to take that case, to hear an argument that in some way that person was unarmed, posing the threat to an australian military person. >> let's go to jerusalem. we are joined by paul hershcham. >> israel is being accused of a

pattern of unlawful killings, why were so many more killed by israeli soldiers in 2013 than the previous two years combined. >> thank you for having me back. it's lovely to be here. today is really a sad day. the day when amnesty international is determined by their own hand to insert the final nails in the coffin of their own credibility. words have meaning, and too often it has consequences. i think we need to be hesitant before we recall the report at best a sham report much over 5,000 incidents of rock throwing where the representative from amnesty glibly acknowledges that on some occasions they were going to be presence.

the rest were taken as kos pel from a third party witness. i would call this unprofessional, which it is. >> you have made your case there. it's a cham report. is it a sham that 27 palestinians were killed in the west bank in 2013? >> i think it would be interesting to look at the substance of the amnesty production and surprisingly one of the things which they would have forgot to delete is the israeli military, for the fact that every incident where a person is killed, a thorough investigation was done by the military. let's look into the report. they say the following - there are many, many demonstrations, many of which turned violent in the form of, at the minimum of

stone throwing, through the form of a sling. on occasion, not infrequently molotov cocktails are thrown and on some occasion live fire has been used and israeli soldiers have been injured. i think i repeat verbatim, none is a serious threat. giving a conclusion that the israeli soldier does not have the right to self-defence. >> against stone throwers using ammunition. that's the accusation made by amnesty. you say all the incidents are investigated by the israeli defense force. how often after the investigations is the israeli defense force found to be culpable, guilty? >> i think in the course of our 65 year history there has been

cases, and sadly on those rare occasions, action has been taken, people have been tried. similar to what happens in other functional democracies. but, you know, to do a report, a sham report, i hesitate to use the word report, which i assume they have worked on for some month, and yesterday their head office sends it to our embassy in london and asks us to forward it to the military, because they don't know how to get hold of the chief of staff, raises serious questions about the political agenda of what was once a proud human rights organization. >> thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. >> still to come on the newshour from doha - qantas takes a hard landing. find out why the airline needs to cut thousands of jobs.

>> painting in clay, the film about khmer rouge. >> and jo with a wrap up of sport, including the youngsters in cambodia introduced to fencing to keep them off the streets. >> in what possibly could be the deadliest attack in the syrian war so far, the army says it killed 175 rebels from the al-nusra front. state media reports the fighters were ambushed. the rebels were being escorted to safety. >> these are the pictures broadcast that the syrian military claims shows the aftermath of an ambush and a column of fighters. the syrian government calls them terrorist. it's reported that the ambush was sprung at dawn.

>> state tv broadcast footage of the moment of the attack. >> rebel sources claim survivors were killed in the gun fire. the syrian government say it was a major victory. >> troops acted on intelligence that a group of terrorists left. armed forces managed to finish and kill all the spiders. the importance of the operation comes. >> the free syrian army tells a different story. they say rebel fighters were escorting civilians that needed medical attention from a besieged area. >> translation: dozens were killed. government supporters spotted

faa fighters with civilians. the attacks started by remotely exploding mines, machine guns and government forces cleared the area. >> the attack may signal a new conflict. >> the regime stopped the momentum of the rebels because of the intervention of hezbollah, probably an extension of more money and material from backers like russia and iran. the regime stopped the advance of the rebels and pushed them back. >> while the fighting around the capital is far from over, it stands out as one of the deadliest in syria's three years of civil war. >> a day of global action, drawing attention to the plight

of journalists imprisoned. jads al jazeera is demanding the release of its staff. mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste, and mohammed badr have spent 61 tdays in prison accuse of spreading false news. abdullah al-shami, has been held since august, and has been on hunger strike for a month. one of al jazeera's camera men mohammed badr was released after spending months behind bars. here is what he had to say about his time in prison. >> i was transferred to alack ra risen where i had a reception, and that means all the transferred detainees are stripped of clothes and walked between 40 guards and thugs, 20

on each side. we were beaten and battered all the way along. there was an open toilet. we were four person in the same cell. it was too small. we had to sleep in turns. we were prevented from group prayers or attending the sermons. food was bad. we could see bugs in the food. many detainees were with diabetes, suffering from detainees. one died, he was diabetic. >> i spent five months in the prison where daily inspection visit by guards was humiliating. the clothes were torn, dirtied by them. no visitations were allowed.

my first baby was born while i was in gaol. i saw him for the first time for three minutes. my wife was harassed, i was helpless. >> mohammed badr. as we mentioned, it is a global day of action for media freedom. kamal santamara is at the video wall. >> it is a big event. the imprisonment of our staff in egypt extended beyond that, the whole idea of media freedom worldwide. this is what we are looking at, all the orange dots on the map, 40 or so locations, where events are held to highlight the need for media freedom. we have strong support for organizations in sydney and australia. and in jakarta and indonesia. we are expecting to see things

happening in the middle east. beirut is seeing a big gathering. we are seeing events later in the day, which we'll tell you about later. >> we'll show you another map, which shows you - re is taken the hash tag. it shows you where it is trending. australia, heavily there with demonstrations in sydney earlier today. south-east asia started to come alive. a big block here in nairobi. i remember that is where peter greste was based. a lot of support for him there. what is interesting - it's 5:30 on the east coast of the united states, but that big hash tag there, when it comes up, of course, is washington d.c. which shows a lot of interest in the united states as well. let's take you around the world. it's 10:30 gmt, afternoon in the middle east. late afternoon in asia pacific. >> this is sydney where the crowds grabbed.

journalist, human rights activist. peter greste is australia. we go to kuala lumpur and malaysia with their signs, and "free the media". this was a short time ago in yemen, the nobel peace prize winner was a journalist and part of the event. she turned politician, the face of an uprising. she is part of it. >> this is an example of how this goes behind the staff. this is a group of armenian journalist using a simple them, "i am a journalist. have a look.

>> yes, "i am a journalist", extending to media freedom. and the web soot at aljazeera.com. this is the front page. i just want to draw your attention to this on the right-hand side here. we'll blow it up more. that's the thunder clap. it will happen at 9am eastern in the united states, 1400 gmt, flooding the internet with a whole lot of tweets on the hashtag of free aj staff. that's the website. that's at aljazeera.com. also recommend the@al jazeera account. follow the tag. for the latest on the global day of action. >> thank you so much. >> let's go to thailand, the anticorruption agency summoned the prime minister to court to

face charges in relation to a rice subsidy scheme. she is refusing to show up and yingluck shinawatra sent her legal team. if found guilty, she faces suspension from host and a five year ban. zeina khodr has nor. >> the anticorruption commission is look nothing a high profile case involving the prime minister, believing that she is aware of corruption in the rice security scheme and didn't do anything about it. her supporters tried to disrupt the hearing. they were not able to do that. the hear took place in another compound. the opposition is now trying to use the judiciary to support the prime minister. there has been street protests. street protesters resulting in violence. there's a deep political crisis. the olympics wants the prime minister to be removed from office. she's refusing.

she's in the north of the country and is not operating out of her office. people here are worried about the future, but this has been going on for four months. there's a political limbo. the prime minister is operating in a caretaker capacity. in the absence of a third party, it could continue and the security situation could worsen. >> time for a look at the weather. beijing famous for its smog. is it still there? >> good news as far as the weather in beijing goes. things are far more mobile. let's look at the satellite. we'll see an area of cloud making its way across japan. it has been given heavy cloud. elsewhere there has been a lot of wet weather. if we look at the satellite, the area of cloud making its way

across beijing. it's a city that is notorious for its smoing problems. the air pollution has been high, as the rain swells across it, the air pollution has got a lot better. it's 63, which is moderate. it was down to 43, which is in the good category. things improving. it will yo-yo around. for friday, the winds drifting in from the south. sometimes south-easterly, sometimes south-westerly, dragging in more pollution. it will get worse as we head through friday. then into saturday we can see the wind feeding down from the north-west. by the time we get to saturday the air pollution should stay good. plenty more to come. risking attack by the taliban,

the vice presidential candidate campaigning for women's rights in one province of afghanistan. a technique creating a 3-headed baby causes controversy in the united states. that is coming up. >> and germany - they take a step towards the champion's league finals. jo will have more on that one.

>> welcome back, you are watching the newshour from doha. this is al jazeera, and these are the headlines

>> pro-russian protesters seized buildings in crimea. they raised the russian flag in challenge to the new leadership in kiev. >> the syrian army kills 175 rebels. they were attacked in eastern damascus. the opposition says the rebels were escorting civilians when they were targeted. >> a global action is taking place to highlight the case of al jazeera staff who are in prison in egypt. events are held in more than 40 places to call for more press freedom. >> let's stay with press freedom. turkey has issues with press freedom. according to the committee to protect journalists there are more imprisoned there than anywhere else in the world. 2013 was one of the worst years, 211 journalists gaoled, 40 remaining in prison. as many as 60 reporters were fired or forced to resign.

since 1992, 18 journalists have been murdered in germany. we are joined by a lecturer from istanbul. i don't know if you heard the figures, but they are worrying. one of the worst years is 213. 14 journalists in prison. why so little press freedom? imed hello, yes, i have -- hell hello, yes, i've heard of the numbers. according to the official numbers there's 64 journalist in prison, and since the uprising 150 journalists lost their jobs. this is in accordance with the attitude of the government. the government, over the last year, decided to toughen up its approach to media, freedom of press and continue to pass laws.

we have a very strict anti-terror act, criminal code and the provisions of those laws are interpreted in a way by the judiciary which is under strict governmental control. over the last month or so since last december when a huge scandal erupted in turkey, the government took further measures, and the - a couple of weeks ago we talked about the passage of internet law. most of those fired journalists to practice their job. they started opening up internet outlets in order to clamp down, a couple of weeks ago, the government passed a new law. there's a bill before the parliament, the bill on the powers of the national intelligence agency. if this law passes the nation will become darker. one of the most sacred

principles of journalism, the right not to reveal the source or the breach. they'll have the right to ask journalists their resources and if the jourmist does not re -- journalist does not reveal their sources, they'll face sentences like the crime of rape. >> what is if about the politicians that they are frightened to be held accountable. what did you say 64 journalists in prison, and laws forcing people to reveal their sources. this atmosphere in dictatorships, not democracies. i'm a lawyer. according to the jurisprudence court of human rights, the free media is a watchdog of democracies. without freedom of press and media there's no democracy.

the pillar of democracy is having an informed public debate. when there's no freedom of press there's no debate. in turkey - why are they afraid? last month, one and a half months ago some media companies wire tapped the prime minister and other ministers talking about corruption, trying to hide their bribery money, how they can do several iltransactions. once the wire -- illegal transactions, once the wire taps were on media, this was the essence of their reaction. let me give you another example. the head of the turkish party in the parliament, this is the main place of democracy.

he was trying to read out the recordings of those phone conversations between the prime minister and the prime minister's son. they were talking about how to hide the corruption money, and while he was giving his speech, most of the main stream channels stopped broadcasting. this shows clearly what they are afraid of. they don't want an informed debate in the public. >> many thanks for joining us. >> thank you. and let me reiterate - free media is for democracy and free al jazeera journalist. >> thank you for the kind messages. >> nine people have been killed by a car bomb in somalia, happening in the capital kagisso, mogale, near the security headquarters. there are claims that al-shabab

claimed responsibility. >> 5,000 jobs to be cut at qantas, 15%. workforce. it plans to freeze wages, reduce its fleet and sell off older planes. andrew thomas reports. >> over a 25 year career as a flight attendant con gathered memories. he took redundancy two weeks ago. >> it is an amazing company. if it wasn't, i wouldn't have been there for 25 years. it's an amazing company, amazing people. hopefully it will find its way. >> many others will be calling qantas its former employee, revealing a half a billion loss. qantas's boss announced painful changes, including the cutting of one in six of the company's staff. >> taking the $2 billion in

costs by the end of the financial year requires difficult decisions across all aspects of our business. today i regret to announce that we'll reduce employ numbers by the equivalent of 5,000 full-time staff over the next three years. >> trade unionists are furious. they think qantas's problem is poor management, not excessive staff. >> what we say is for the airline to return to profitability, there only needs to be one redundancy - alan joyce himself. >> the airline is cutting routes - perth to singapore will go. the aircraft fleet will be cut to 50. >> qantas has been an icon in australia. as well as cutting costs, the airline is pushing for a change

in the way it's regulated. australia government is considering lifting restrictions on foreigners. the company wants the government to guarantee its depth, with change from within the regulation, the management things they can help the airline fly high once again. >> more to come, including the n.h.l.'s leaders stunned in new york. jo has the action in a moment.

>> welcome back. anti-government protests in a venezuela city shows little signs of easing. parts of the city resemble a war zone. a battalion of paratroopers was sent to the city to establish calm. >> translation: what can we do? go to necessary and ipp sincere dialogue or stay here with the people, until the government decides to be sincere, stop the depression and demilitarize the state. you can't have a battalion of people that are kind and hardworking. >> women's rights are likely to be the issue in afghanistan. several female candidates are on the campaign trail and are trying to get more women involved. we go to see one vice-presidential candidate.

>> when this woman goes on the campaign trial she exposes herself to risk of attack. she has the highest profile of the three female vice presidential candidate, in a country where humans rights watch says progress is made on threats. >> we cannot change quickly within a year or some months. of course, it can be a big step for the woman. they are educated, a part of the government, part of society. they feel more power that they can go ahead strongly. >> the campaign is heading to an hour south of kabul. most is under taliban influence. only cold weather reduces the

risk. >> she promises the audience that her team will secure order. >> this is a packed campaign rally. there are women separately from the men. this is a conservative province. the fact that they are here at all. the doctor appealed to the women, promising them a voice. it's a message the former government repeats over the s six weeks over what promises to be a challenging campaign. >> winter is not a good time. they make the law - they making is wrong, that they put everything on the winter. this is a long - a long way to

go ahead and especially for the area. >> afghan's vote on april the 5th. there are 11 candidates vying for the presidency, with teams crisscrossing the country trying to build support in what is the third free presidential election. >> time for short. >> chelsea missed an opportunity to take a step to the champion's league. didier drogba won the trophy two years ago, but failed to score against his former club. torres with a valuable goal. a second-half goal in turkey ensured this contest would be wide open. 1-1 the final score. >> other teams have three chance

in the end, they give everything. everyone of them. every one of them on the pitch. they fight for each other and work for each other. i cannot be critical. i praise the fact that i have an acceptable result. >> we have a lot of respect for charity. we can't disrespect the opponent. they played well. i'm confident we can do well. >> following the league suspension, real madrid this cristiano ronaldo in the line-up for a game against schalke.

gareth bale and cristiano ronaldo scored two goals. final score 6-1 to real madrid. >> over to south america where defending copa del rey team made it 2-2. they bet santa fe. jo equalizing for atletico. perez putting them in front. 2-1 before the whistle for the host and champions. >> the asia cup debut winning the toss, fielding first. pakistan struggling on 155/6. that's after 38 overs. >> defending champion novak djokovic faces mikhail youzhny in the semifinals of the dubai championship. it took him under an hour to see

off roberto battista. they closed out the match 6-1, 6-3. >> roger federer struggled with his match of the the world number 8 lost the second on a tie break, fighting back to close out 6-2, 7-6, 6-3. >> david ferrer advanced to the quarterfinals of the mexican open in aceh pole coe. he meets kevin anderson. >> andy murray struggled against a portuguese, beating him 6-3, 6-4. >> thunder suffer an n.b.a. lost. the western conference leading oklahoma were beaten by the cleveland cavaliers. kyle irving scored 14 of his 31

point in the fourth, helping cleveland with a 114 to 104. four of the top seven golfers in the world will play in the same tournament for the first time this year at the honda classic when it begins. tiger woods, adam scott and others will vie for the titles. it's a chance for the players to find their competitive also. the masters, in april. >> once you get to florida. most of the guys are serious. this week it's - you can understand it now where it's at of the the quality and depth is better. i think that a lot of guys moved on here. they are playing the event. >> the buffalos say the atlantic

division leaders with a surprise defeat. they scored two goals in 75 seconds to take a 5-4 win. >> matt agostini was the winner. the detroit red wings and montreal canadians. detroit the winner, 2-1. >> preparations for the autodoor came in chick are continue. the black hawks are the stanley cup defending champions, and the second time chicago hosts a regular season. >> children from poor neighbourhood. fencing is helping keep children off the streets.

>> these children in south africa are learning the basics of fencing. they come from families that can't afford lessons. thanks to donations, this girl is the champion in her age group and has competed in europe. >> fencing is good. we travel to places. it's nice and not dangerous. >> fencing in south africa is on u.n. conventional sport. a 14-year-old has been fencing for about a week. for him, this is not about doing something new, challenging and fun. it keeps him out of trouble. >> there are many bad things that happen. others steal if you hang out with the wrong people. my friends and i heard about

this at school. >> joseph started the club. he visits schools. he encouraged and said some parents and other children think it's dangerous. it's perceived as a sport for rich white people. >> fencing, black guy in a fencing costume. i'm a black guy doing fencing. all we have to do is send the message. everyone come join, let's see where it takes us. >> south african professional senses competes in the olympics. they dream of winning a gold medal. they believe with practice, anything is possible. >> well, there's more on the website. check out aljazeera.com/sports. that's all the sport for now.

>> thank you. >> cambodian film is the first to be nominated for an oscar. we'll know soon if it gets it. it tells the tale of the film makers past and the khmer rouge, but without actors or a script. >> the missing picture is a haunting film made by a haunted man. 49-year-old film-maker is the only one of his family to survive the brutal khmer rouge regime. he's been trying to make peace with the memories since. >> if i'm here today, it's not because i'm cleverer or stronger than other people. i'm here because those that died helped me to be here today. so i - it's my duty to pay them

back. >> this man runs is heritage center, compiling what few records remain of the khmer rouge. in the film, he recreated what he could through an organic process - no actors or scripts, using clay to represent the innocence of childhood and dead. there's a soul everywhere. it's important to see that it has a soul. it's come from inside. it's come from the earth, from water. from the tonne. it's comes from an element. when they finish, it becomes a

figurine - can go back to the sun, to the water even. >> he has made many other films and is working on his next one. ultimately he says they all tell the same story. >> you must understand your past first. your need to deal with it before moving forward. because you done, it's not - it's like you are reading a back, you know. you can't read the empty page >> it is about feeling, transforming pain into something positive. he says it's powerful enough to use cinema, his country taking his film to heart. >> oscars coming up soon. full reports on the oscars an al jazeera, as is another half hour

with my colleague in a moment.

>> arizona governor jan brewer details a bill. opponents say she gaved to big money pressure. conduct unbecoming the army removes hundreds of soldiers from their jobs, after a sweeping investigation of misconduct and abuse of trust. >> a day of actions as journalists around the world call f