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resources is amazing. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, there and welcome to the al jazeera news hour live from our global news center in doha. these are the main stories we'll be covering this hour. a north korean flagged oil tanker evades authorities and escapes libya. new evidence in the lockerby plain bombing.
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seeking further information in releases. details about two iranians using stolen passport on the missing malaysian airliner. and three years on, japan remembers the earthquake and tsunami that lead to the fukushima nuclear disaster. ♪ a north korean flagged tanker that apparently loded crude oil in libya has escaped the ships that were escorting it. officials say it took advantage of poor weather to head out to the open sea. the fighters of the rebels are demanding a greater share of oil
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revenue. let's get more details about this. we're joined now live from tripoli. how on earth did this tanker manage to avoid the libyan navy? >> reporter: well, i think that's the main point of the urgent session today. we heard from sources inside the general national congress that they are holding now an urgent session to discuss the details. i think the government will be condemned because this ads more troubles to the government situation here, because many sources in the congress the army staff and defense ministry blame the government for holding -- for just postponing the military action against the oil tanker. sources say that some rebel groups have finally managed to chase the oil tankers, morning
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glory which is raising the north korean flag and shot at it, some sources at the staff say that what have forced them to postpone their military action again is their oil tanker is that the prime minister has commanded them to halt their action until they might force some peaceful situations. but this situation is very tense because this might also bring the situation up which has been which has been happening in the east oil refineries there, which is the problem that people from rebel groups have been blockading the oil refineries in the east since last july demanding an investigation in the oil contracts belonging to the national oil company, and also demanding a bigger share of the libyan oil.
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>> this is a huge problem for the libyan government isn't it? how can the libyan government in continuely survive if it can't even control its oil fields? >> reporter: well, that's the problem -- that's the main topic of today's session at the general national congress. they say they -- the government is weak enough to control its borders and of course it is weak enough to reign on the armed groups and to control their oil ports especially in the east, and that might bring up a situation here between the government and the national congress. they might conference -- they might hold a conference very soon to negotiate their capability of the government to go on with office missions. >> mohammed thanks very much for
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updating us. rebels in central india have am beneficiaried a group of police officers, killing at least 20 people. the officers were attacked while clearing mine in a remote forest area. the rebels who say they were armed by the former chinese leader have been fighting against the indian state for five decades. bring us up to date with that attack? >> reporter: yeah, we are hearing a revision in the death toll as well of at least 15. now that's down from the 20 we were hearing just a little while ago and that's coming through as we head to prime time here in india. we have also heard of injured personnel being taken to hospital and bodies also being taken away from the scene. earlier we believe that depreciation by security personnel to clear the area and found the fighters was underway,
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unclear as to how that stands at the moment, but it has garnered a lot of reaction here in india today. >> these kind of mass attacks have been escalating of late. how is the indian government responding to them? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. we should mention that these attacks are really felt along election time. the government was anticipating this, and in fact last week the government had asked for security to be sent in to secure the area ahead of the polls. and we see today why they have tried to do that. and the government has come out this evening and said they will be sending more forces to secure the area to make sure that people are encouraged to vote and take part in the election which they say is the fighters
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objective of keeping people at home and away from the polls. >> thanks for much for that. now al jazeera has uncovered new evidence suggesting libya wasn't behind the lockerby bombing. pan-am flight exploded 25 years ago, killing 259 passengers. three years after the attack two libyans were charged. in 2001 one of them was found guilty of the bombing. the former libyan intelligence agent always protected his innocence. he was released from prison before dying from cancer. >> reporter: al jazeera has accessed documents verified by security and legal experts which points to the involvement of iran's security service, hezbollah, and the armed group,
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the popular front for the liberation of palestine general command. the document revealed the four parties melt in malta nine months bureaucrat the bombing of the flight. >> in essence, they were recruiting support we're all going to help each other. some of us may be able to do something. some way be able to do others, but we're all going to join together, and we're going to have a complain against israeli and american targets. we want to inflict maximum damage. >> reporter: three months after the meeting, the u.s. shot down a plane, it was then that the lockerby bombing decision was hatched. >> the target was to copy
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exactly that that happened to the iranian airbus. minimum 290 people dead. this was the -- the target of the decision makers. >> reporter: the theory that the pflpgc was involved isn't new what is new is now the evidence links iran's secret service to the attack. >> i have often wondered whether or not the truth about lockerby will ever come out. so many people at such a high level has a stake in this man's guilt. we're talking about presidents of the united states, secretaries of state, heads of the fbi, british prime ministers. that's what makes this case so
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difficult. >> before i die, this is the truth -- >> reporter: the only person to have been convicted of the bombing, a libyan agent is now dead. these new revelations will again focus attention on those who carried out the bombing, and what recourse there is for bringing them to justice. the head of the international police agency says the disappearance of the malaysi malaysi malaysian boeing 777 is unlikely to be a terrorist attack. lawrence loui has the latest. >> reporter: it's a job that requires every be it of concentration, staring into the vast blue expanse, hoping to pick up anything that might be a
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clue to the missing malaysian airline's plane. at least ten countries are involved in the mission. >> [ inaudible ] difficult about the visibility, the visibility is less than 8 kilometers. >> reporter: further complicating the investigation is the fact that the radar [ inaudible ] picked up by the military indicates the possibility of the plane turning back. on tuesday malaysian police revealed more information about one of the men who has boarded the plain with a stolen passport. >> we believe that he is iranian. we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group, and we -- we believe that he is trying to migrate to germany. >> reporter: police have
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identified him as a 19-year-old iranian who was hoping to gain asylum in germany. and interpol has identified the other man as another iranian national. now that authorities have learned more about the two men traveling with stolen pass ports the link to a terror-related incident is thought to be more unlikely. after days go on the search and rescue mission can only turn into a disaster recovery operation. three al jazeera english journalists have now been held in an egyptian prison for 73 days. mohammed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste are accused of having links with a terrorist organization, and spreading also news. al jazeera rejects all charges. and this man from al jazeera's arabic channel has been detained
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for more than six months now. commemorations across spain on the 10th anniversary of this madrid train bombings. the woman who is about to be sworn in as chile's new president, along with new faces in congress. and in sport, the defending champion gets knocked out of the races. we'll have all of the details in sport. ♪ is well, let's go back to one of our top stories news reports that more than 20 police officers have been killed in india. the rebels are active in a third of indians 600 districts. they are a powerful force. they say they are fighting for the rights of agriculture
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laborers, and tribes who's lands have been taken away. last may dozens of politicians were killed, including top state leaders. we have a journalist and author who is writing a book about the group. and he joins us now via skype. good to have you. these are india's greatest internal security challenge, it has been said. just how powerful are this group? because they seem to have a presence in large parts of india. >> the presence is there on paper in terms of the [ inaudible ] that they had. most of eastern and central india they are present, but it is not like they are everywhere. so they are only in specific pockets. having said that, according to
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the go of india, 10,000 square kilometer of indian land is now what they say is liberated zone, which means under their control. and though they are one umbrella body, but there are several factions in each of these states, provinces, areas, all together they come together to call us the [ inaudible ] which you mentioned started about a half of century back. and they take advantage of the grinding poverty and land acquisition that goes on in india's tribal belt. >> so they do have some support for their actions, then? >> absolutely they do have quite a substantial support. maybe a decreasing support of the last decade or so, but they
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are never short of support, because this area is supposed to be governed by indian authority. there is very little evidence of indian authority in these areas. there are no development programs, hardly presence of government officials, and the only forces available are the security forces, as we have seen today the number of forces entering that area, they were on a road clearing exercise, which is an exercise that security forces would conduct for moving into that area to carry out operations. >> i thought the indian government announced an action fund a few years ago to try to fund a grassroots development project in these areas. are you saying that has had no effect whatsoever? >> not really, in fact the
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government of indian [ inaudible ]. my last interaction with the [ inaudible ] was that they don't even know how to enter those areas to start work. so while the development initiative is there, the funds are flowing, india is not short of funds any longer. the problem is basically having that kind of a vision to be able -- or policy to be able to go and address the insurgency. remember india has been managing insurgencies since almost 1950s. across india there are a million mutinies. and all of the indian government doesn't even have a counter insurgency policy. this example this morning the am beneficiary has happened. we have no actions or policies to address the situation there.
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but there isn't a long-term policy to address, negotiate, and bring these armed militants on to the table to be able to find a solution. >> okay. >> so these [ inaudible ] policies and very ad hoc development projects which don't really reach the people who become the support base, and these kind of incidents sooeem be to tinning. >> thank you very much for speaking us to lye from new delhi. commemorations are being held across spain to mark the 10th anniversary of the madrid train bombings. ♪ >> members of spain's royal family attends a church service in memory of the 191 people who were killed. ten bombs exploded on four rush hour computer trains, almost 2,000 people were also injured.
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emma tell us about the commemorations which have been going on. >> reporter: well, emotions have been running very high here shully. i was at an event where they read out the names of the victims. is close to where those bombs went off, and it is business as usual here, but of course, i'm sure many of those commuters will have been thinking about the victims of that atrocity and the family of the victims. the agony of what happened there goes on. 191 people, victims of the madrid train bombings, their names carefully carved into the memorial marking their loss. ten years ago madrid was brought
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to a halt by carnage and terror. >> translator: everything went black. the floor disappeared. it was a tremendous shock. i got up and the first thing that occurred to me was to throw myself out of the window on to the tracks. somebody helped me get up, and then i climbed on to the platform. i don't remember much more. >> reporter: the accept are advertise group blamed denied involvement. quite quickly among some people disbelief turned to anger. around a quarter of spain's population took part in protests calling to an end to the violence. this nation was grieving for its
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dead and questioning the government's response. some felt that the bombings were in revenge for spain's support of the iraq war. fernando believes the bombings were planned long before the invasion of iraq. the impact, he says was seismic. >> now contrary to the u.s. in spain the attacks divided society, divided politicians, divided even victims of terrorism. and yet a profound transformation of international security sector was made, for spain to have now [ inaudible ] capabilities. >> reporter: on tuesday any divisions are likely to be put aside as spain united to remember those who died and those left behind. >> emma as you say those attacked had a huge political
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impact, are they still having a knockdown effect? >> reporter: they are, and i think what has been so striking today is that coming together of many people here in spain. you know, when the attacks happened, spain became very divided. those millions of people going out on the streets to march against the violence that had happened on their soil. for many people here it caught them by surprise. but there is also still suspicion about what happened here. some people still feel that the separatist group was behind the attack. i think all belief it was an al -- al-qaeda attack. >> emma thanks very much indeed.
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a chilean woman has become the first foreign national to be killed in venezuela's protests. the president says the woman was shot by right-wing attackers as she tried to clear a protest barricade. at least 22 people have died during the demonstrations. a saudi arabia man has been jailed for ten years for insulting the kingdom's leaders on twitter. he was also banned from [ inaudible ] and given a $27,000 fine. another citizen was sentenced to eight years in jail after he was found guilty of encount aging protests on line. japan promises to boost rebuilding efforts as the country marked the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
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har harry faucet reports. on a fukushima beach a ceremony for the dead. nearly 300 people died here. 37 were never found. they pray for the safe passage of their souls while the local police as they do on the 11th day of every month search for their remains. on this anniversary date the reconstruction effort continues. the coastline is inexsorably changing. but for some reconstruction is all the more difficult. 200 kilometers up the coast another gathering. here too the dead remain an int
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intimate presence. >> translator: i asked her to look over me. and i said i'm sorry i am always asking for favors. >> reporter: the earthquake struck on march 1st, 2011. it's effects were nothing compared to the relentless power of the tsunami that followed. three years later, the sirens sounded again, and there was stillness. in tokyo, the emperor called for unity and remembrance, its prime minister spoke of recovery. >> translator: there are many people who still can't go home due to the accident. returning to a normal life as soon as possible is the only way we can are repay the victims that watch over us in heaven. >> reporter: in fukushima people
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protested against the prime minister's plan to restart the first of the dormant reactors. three years on it is still leaking radioactive water. back on the beach they cast [ inaudible ] into the ocean to remember the dead. well, it is time for a look at the weather now. everton is here. so spring arrived in western europe. what about north america? >> hint of spring but winter is not quite done with us. here we are going to see present decent temperatures, but this big lump of cloud, still a little taste of winter to come. temperatures getting up to 28
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celsius. and as we go on through tuesday and on into wednesday temperatures if anything getting up to around 21 degrees in dc, should be about 12 degrees celsius. notice a little cooler there for dallas as we go into the next part of the week, 21 in d.c., keep an eye on that. and down to 2 degrees would you believe as we go into thursday. here is our wintery weather continuing to make its way across the plains. easing over towards the eastern seaboard. 21 celsius, but it's a wet 21. there is our snow, and that snow up into the northeastern corner, into new england and eastern part of canada.
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some parts could easily see 50, maybe 60 centimeters of snow. clearer skies do come in behind. and we'll see that weather slowly but surely making its way in for the latter part of the weak. the weekend will be fine and sunny. thanks very much indeed for that everton. coming up on the program the deposed president of ukraine says he is still the heard and accuses neo-nazis of the takeover. >> translator: there is no security in our community. that's why we come here. >> french peace keepers try to stop muslims and christians from killing each other. and in sport an nhl game is abandoned after a player collapses. stay with us. ♪
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♪ welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. rebels in libya say a north korean oil tanker has managed to escape into international waters. it's a potential embarrassment for the prime minister. he says the navy seized the tanker from a rebel-held port in eastern libya. and security forces are being sent to an area in india
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where security forced were attacked. al jazeera has uncovered new evidence suggesting the lockerbie bombing was linked to iran. in syria 13 nuns have been welcomed after being held for more than three months by rebel fighters. they agreed to release the nuns after the syrian government agreed to free 153 female prisoners. the un children's agency unicef says the war is having a terrible effect on many young syrians. they say a large number of children are being recruited to fight. the un estimates at least 10,000 kids have been killed.
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and about half of the schoolage children are unable to go to school, creating a lost generation. >> reporter: these pictures show syrian forces dropping barrel bombs. attacks like this killed at least 400 people in february alone. children were among the dead. 3-year-old mace was lucky to survive. her father says she has become traumatized as the war has gone on. >> translator: the moment she hears signs of motorbike or helicopter she goes under her bed. >> reporter: there are hundreds of similarly traumatized childrenlying in this neighborhood. this boy recently saw a number of people killed in a barrel bomb attack near his home. there are very few doctors in this area, and less specialists
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to help children suffering emotional trauma. >> translator: we offer them some temporary solutions in medicine, we give them drugs and injections and tell their children how to help keep their children occupied. >> reporter: it has been three years since the war in syria began. united nations says at least 10,000 children have been killed so far, more than 4 million children live in dire conditions. it's difficult to estimate the true level of emotional distress children like these suffer from, caught in the line of fire. a pilot project in the central african republic, is encouraging people to go back to their homes. around 700,000 people have been displaced in religious-based
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communities. >> reporter: french troops patrol this district in bangui trying to cool tempers. there used to be a thriving area where christians and muslims live together. now it is one of the last places in the capitol where muslims have some sense of safety. >> translator: my brother went to the airport to buy a ticket. they grabbed him and kill him in the street and stole all of the money. they cut his hands, leg, and heart. >> reporter: the cycle of retaller to attacks may have slowed in bangui, but there are still lots of closed stores. many christians are living in camps like this, but a pilot prom is encouraging them to go back. families have the option of
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coming to sleep at the center, it's a safe halfway point. there's a lot of gunfire tonight so it's busy. this safe place to sleep is the captain's idea, but the french army runs it in partnership with local officials. >> translator: in our neighborhood, there's no security. there are lots of people committing crimes, throwing grenades. that's why we come here. >> reporter: but now that most of their muslim neighbors are gone, the place is very different. >> translator: what could be done for the muslim community? in some districts i can tell you there is not a single muslim now. the sell ka committed this. we near a shameful situation. >> reporter: now these christians have come back to
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their old neighborhood, but now there's hardly anyone left to reintegrate with. now crimea's parliament has voted to declare itself an independent state. if its residents vote to split from ukraine. >> translator: i have worried about what is happening in ukraine. the so-called lawful government, a ban of neo-nazis are operating in the country. their aim is to take over the government. they want to take over our army. i would like to ask those venntives from the west? are you blind? are you forgotten fascism. i would like to remind you i am
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still the commander and chief of the country. ukraine's ambassador to the united nations joins us now. >> so this is something what mr. yanukovych is saying for the last couple of weeks, but the truth is that his normal legitimate president because he run out of the country, betrayed his own party, that's why he can say anything as -- as a citizen of some -- some state, but he is not legitimate president. we have a legitimate parliament, and a legitimate go. >> he says that people like you are working for the neo-nazis
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and fascists, and the presidential building was taken over by armed men. >> yeah, so this is something what moscow keeps saying, bringing these labels to all of our nation, particularly to the western part. this is awful. this is awful and we absolutely can't accept any kind of these labels. >> okay. let me ask you about crimea -- sorry to interrupt you -- let me ask you about crimea. is it too late to keep crimea from moving back to russia, because the russian grip on the area is tightening, they control the airport, the sea port, and the crimea assembly has just if i recally declared that it will announce it's a to be an independent state. >> this is an illegal decision of the illegal parliament in crimea. yes, they had a meeting of the
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security council. but what we realized after the discussion and after russian statement that the russian aggression against ukraine and invasion in crimea has intermediate goal annexation of crimea, and the -- the whole community protested against that. and the next referendum which is illegal, will be not accepted by the world community. this is sure. what we are praying about, not -- not to have the -- any bloody clashes around this referendum, trying to ask all of the people there to restrain of any -- any conflict. >> i know the u.s. has put forward proposals to russia to solve the crisis. russia says it is working on a counterproposal and the foreign minister says it will address the interests of all ukrainians. will that counterproposal be
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considered? >> so we -- we addressed all of the nations and the major players to help us to resolve all of the problems by the political and diplomatic measures, and we invited any mediators for that. as far as russia, a part of this conflict, they are trying to distance themselves, but they are in with their army there, so what -- the -- what we expect from them, if they really want to -- to help to -- to bring the peace to that part, first of all, to withdrawal their troops. to return the solders of the russian black sea to their barracks, and we -- we accept any kind of the negotiations with the involvement of other government. it was intermediation of the united states -- the major guarantors of the budapest
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memorandum for use with our nuclear disarmament, where russia refused to perform their obligations. >> good to speak with you. thank you very much indeed for joining us jiri sergei, ukraine's ambassador to the united nations. >> thank you. as you have been hearing russia has described ukraine's interim government as illegitimate. but many ukrainians who took part in the protests disagree. here is our report in kiev. >> reporter: they are young. they are organized. and according to russia, they are part of a fascist takeover in ukraine. these are members of white
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hammer. one of many armed groups that have risen recently. and their commander says they are nationalists, not fascists. >> translator: when we were on the barricades spilling our blood, we were fighting for this nation, including the various minorities. we were protecting their dignity, their well-being. i'm sure there are jews gypsies, and belarusians among them. >> reporter: walking around you see evidence of the different groups that were running the protests. parts like these they self-defense groups. one group played an important part in the fight with riot police. now they stand for election.
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>> translator: i can't understand people's definition when they talk about radical extremists, there was probably no more of a moderate organization than the right sector. we only went to attack because we wanted to realize the people's right to revolt. >> reporter: one party already in power, his heard has talked about jewish ol i will gashings controlling the government. for now the west seems happy for its to play a role in politics. >> we have been positively impressed by the positive evolution of his role as part of the opposition. we have been clear that for the united states, the use of anti-seminic symbols and the use of intolerant language is a red line. >> reporter: but in kiev it is
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not hard to find signs used by nazis and their sympathizers, and they are a reminder of the challenges ukraine faces. michelle will be sworn in on tuesday for a second term as chile's president. but she face opposition. >> reporter: very young faces, some communist party faces, former student leaders, and even a combative fisherman, the sort of people one would not expect to see in chile's congress. but these are new times. >> translator: chile has been waiting a long time for major changes and now we will have a government that at least seems to have the will to implement
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them. >> reporter: former student leader who is currently secretary general of the communist youth league belongs to a new generation of deputies about to enter congress. they made their name on the streets, leading an unprecedented protest movement for free education and better distribution of chile's vast but unequal wealth. they promised these and other sweeping reforms, but now our independent allies who are not beholden to traditional political parties may become her fiercest critics in congress if she does not deliver. >> translator: i hope it's the declaration of principles. we dpientd any small print that would change what we have interpreted as his program. >> reporter: and should she waiver, there is this warning. >> translator: clearly, this
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would generate a reaction that would make things very complicated for her, the government, and the country. >> reporter: it's not a threat to be taken lightly. chile's outgoing president was seriously undermined by relentless national protests, lead by many of the very people who are now entering congress to represent their social movements and further em-bolden their cause. we're joined now from chile where she will be sworn in. take us through what is happening. >> reporter: absolutely. shully, right now i'm standing in front of the congress where dignitaries will be arriving shortly for the swearing-in ceremony, which by all accounts will be a dramatic democratic ritual lead by two women with a shared tragic past, one is chile's first female president of the senate. the daughter of the deposed
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president who was overthrown in the 1973 military coup here. and she will be pinning the sash on the daughter of another general who was also killed after that military coup. there are eight latin america heads of state here that will be attending the ceremony, vice presidents, including vice president joe biden, and the prince of spain. but particularly absent is the president of venezuela. >> a lot happening today. lucia thank you very much indeed for that. still to come here on the program, how technicians are hoping to solve sudan's power shortage and help switch the lights on in neighboring countries too. stay with us. ♪
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♪ welcome back. now switching on a light is a luxury for millions of people in sudan, two-thirds of the population don't have access to electricity. mohammed reports on how sudan ease engineers hope to solve the crisis. >> reporter: the chinese built this. but it's these young technicians who do the work. the output has exceeded sudan's present capacity. sudan considered itself a pioneer in electric power technology in africa, using the
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latest version of the information systems, two employees monitor the entire power network across the country. a computerized service has now replaced the augmented system. now i can buy the amount of electricity i need or that i can afford in the same manner as buying bread. >> translator: right now we're preparing to export this technology to a number of countries. we have signed contracts with yemen, and are discussing similar deals to other nations. >> reporter: 65% of sudanease still have no access to electricity. and yet there are a half of dozen plants here. but with the present capacity of 1200 megawatts, it has fallen
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far short of the mark. now sudan exports electricity other areas. and people still live in the dark like this family. >> translator: the problem is very complicated in sudan. if if you can pay for a subscription and live in a city, you should be able to get the service. >> translator: the required equipment to reach all of those who need the service is very expensive. it's a huge industry where the state pays for all of the infrastructure. >> reporter: sudan says it is building more hydro electric dams to meet the power needs. but the weak economy and rapid population growth are making the problem much more of a challenge. it's time for the sport now. >> thank you very much. we'll start with tennis.
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raphael has suffered his just second defeat of 2013. he was knocked out in the third run. >> reporter: raphael has beaten alexander in the final of the open just a few weeks ago, but faced immediate pressure from the ukrainian. [ cheers ] >> reporter: he has jumped 26 spots in the world rankings since the start of the year, and he looked unstoppable taking the first set 6-3. [ cheers ] >> reporter: the world number 1 composed himself to force the match to a deciding third set. [ cheers ] >> reporter: but lifted once again, knocking out the top seed in a tiebreaker. [ cheers ] >> translator: >> [ inaudible ] the way
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they -- i play it, but that happens sometimes, can happen, and it happened. >> reporter: the only other man to beat him this year is [ inaudible ]. and a few problems against [ inaudible ] as he advanced to the fourth round 6-6, 6-2. andy murray dropped the opening set against the czech 20-year-old, but he recovered to win in 3, with the 10 seed waiting in the fourth round. [ cheers ] >> the match was a frustrating match whether it was the beginning or end, it was that sort of match. at no stage did either of us play well at the same time. >> reporter: the defending champion tumbled out in the women's draw as well. maria shocked [ inaudible ] by
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italian qualifier. [ cheers ] >> reporter: no such problems for the top seed. she is also through to the quarter finals after downing carolina 6-3, 6-4. the nhl game between the dallas stars and the columbus blue jackets was abandoned after player collapsed on the bench. only 6 minutes of the first period had gone when the dallas center had a heart problem. he quickly regained consciousness and was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. he only played a minute of the game. he had surgery in september to repair an irregular heart beat. >> we were scared. my first emotion was we need somebody here real quick. when -- when he dropped it was red alert, don't worry about the game or anything else.
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just turn around and scream for a doctor, and -- that's all. it was just let's get him the help he needs and they came and got him the help. and for me it's something i don't want to answer again. the miami heat have clenched an nab playoff spot by beating the washington wizard. lebron james hit his third three-pointer of the opening quarter to give them an early 10-point lead. he finished with 23 points. dwyane wade scored 13 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to seal the win for miami. the turkish lead match was abandoned after missiles were thrown on the pitch. the referee stopped the match after 55 minutes, and trouble then broke out around the
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stadium. riot police needed to use tear gas after being attacked by supporters. they were leading 1-0 when the match was abandoned. munich plan to forget about the ongoing tax evasion trial of their president as they get ready to host arsenal and the champions league. they have a 2-0 advantage from the first leg in this last 16 match. the coach has a full squad to choose from just days after they slashed [ inaudible ] 6-1. >> translator: he is the most important person in this club. i found this out in only seven to eight months, we love him very much. but we help him the most if we win. and of course we are concentrate on our performance. that's the most important thing. >> reporter: at letco have a 1-0
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league after the first leg. >> translator: i'm expecting the best ac milan. i'm sure we will have a tough game, because there is a lot for play for. the greatest players always appear in the biggest games regardless of their team's current form. i say once again, they have great players and we have to be prepared to face the best of milan. for more on the rest of the sport you can head to our website, aljazeera.com/sport. there is also details there on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's it for me shoely. >> thanks very much indeed for that. and that is it for the al jazeera news hour. for now don't forget all of the news and all of the dates updates on our website,
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>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm dell these are the stories we are following at this hour. the search for a missing malaysia airlines expands now to the west coast. more than ten countries are involve in the search. officials say the two men with stolen pass ports have been identified and officials don't think they are terrorists. viktor yanukovych claims he is still the heard -- leader and commander in chief of ukraine. a violent protest in venea

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