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>> >> anger in turkey - protests in at least 30 cities after the death of a teenage boy. >> this is al jazeera america, life from doha. also ahead - a tanker slips away from libya laden with oil. the mistake costs the prime minister his job. it's now reported he's escaped the country. plus. >> i'm in jerusalem, i'll tell
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you why ultra orthodox jewish youth fear they may be eligible for the israel draft. >> and the invention that has changed people's lives forever. >> it's a tense time in turkey. the funeral of a 15 year-old boy killed by a gas cannister will take place. there has been protests overnight. these violent scenes happened hours after the teenager die. he was fatally injured after the protest, and has been in a coma since then. in istanbul demonstrators fought with police. protesters in thaksin square called on the government to resign. >> this is the scene in
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istanbul. just down from texan square, the location made famous by the protests of june 2013. this is not the most serious protest in turkey. we are aware they have broken out in 30 other cities across the country. the catalyst, the death of a 15-year-old boy who took a tear gas cannister in the side of the head last june, went into a coma and died. the police who were responsible for the death have never been identified. there's never been a court case, a proper investigation and has never been concluded. that is a question why people here are under investigation. the issues have never been that these protesters feel properly addressed. if there's one word that describes turkey is an increasing polarization.
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the gap that people believe the government is right, running the country in the right way, and people who believe turkey is going down a dangerous road, that is getting wider and wider. underpinning this is the corruption investigation launched in december 2013. again, many people in the turkish public don't feel is being investigated. and the government feels is part of a conspiracy against it. a volatile situation with local elections coming up at the end of march. >> search cruise looking for the malaysia airlines flight. it comes as the head of the air force denies saying that the aircraft turned back to kuala lumpur. the search has been expanded to the seas west of the peninsula. the flight, with 239 on board
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was heading east from kuala lumpur to beijing when it disappeared from radar screens. >> it's probably one of the largest search and rescue operations. what is sombring for me is a large area that we need to cover. florence louie joins us live from kuala lumpur. how is the search going? >> well, it's been a confusing last few days. there was the malaysia air force chief quoted by local newspaper that the signal was last detected over the straits of malaka. meaning that the plane deviated off course and turned to the west. he has denied the statement. the damage is done. this was and still is a massive search exercise involving many nations. vietnam has now suspended air search and is scaling back the
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sea search, it's too confusing. it's going to - it won't scale. the vietnamese operation will remain scaled down until they receive more confirmation from the malaysian authorities. and the minister of transportation had strong words or criticism against the malaysian government saying that they are accusing them of not providing enough information. on top of authorities having to coordinate the rescue search mission. they are having to deal with a public relations disaster. the campaign of misinformation is frustrating relatives. it's day five since the plane has been missing. they are no closer to knowing what happened to loved ones on the flight. >> absolutely, how are the families deeing with a lack of information and with so much
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confusion? >> well, we haven't seen - in malaysia we haven't seen the same outpouring. anger and officials that we have seen in beijing. that is partly due to the fact that the relatives have been kept away from the media, it's difficult to gain access to them, but one person i did manage to speak to said he doesn't blame the government, the officials, anyone. he thinks if it happens, it's the will of god. he's hopeful that the plain will be found soon. his son is on board the airplane. a lot of people have come together and still are hopeful - you see on social media websites pray for n hp 70, a board where people write down wishes and prayers. as the days drag on, this is day five. as the days drag on, there's
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emotion - it will likely turn into anger, not just frustration. >> that's florence louie joining us from the malaysian capital. >> libya's prime minister reportedly fled the country after being voted out of office by parliament, according to the reuters newsagency. the matt eegs prime minister said he was in malta tuesday, despite the libyan state prosecutors saying he was banned from leaving because of an investigation into financial irregularities. he lost a confidence vote after a ship loaded with oil from rah rebel-held terminal escaped from the navy. >> the libyan government has been trying to rebuild its army. as john hendren reports from the revolutionary strong hold of misrata, tens of thousands of former fighters joined
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pro-government forces. >> libya's post revolutionary army is a marriage of former enemies. there are long-time rebels gaoled by muammar gaddafi is regime, like this general. >> translation: i'm still in a state of ecstasy from the victory of the february 17th revolution. >> and other officers joined. trnchs i deflected from the regime. i saw how it worked. >> they are now all part of one libyan army. inside libya's defense force is made up of smaller armies. some of the fighters that rested the country from muammar
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gaddafi's grip, are part of the security problem. rogue militias fired on demonstrators, threatening to overthrow the congress. >> armed brigades entered the arsenal, and with the political issues that come with the transition, we have a terrible security situation. >> the prime minister's fledgeling government is trying to control the groups. placing them under control oft army. here, where the streets were left a riddled ruin, most of the fighters joined the army. >> this is one of several tank yards, with about 800 tanks, give or take - more than the rest of libyan forces. it's not so much that the
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revolutionary troops are joining the army - without them, there is no army. >> the general says his troops are part of an increasingly unified libyan force. >> trnch is this is the motivation to continue, to build an army. >> a major part of the revolution is protecting libya from the armed fighters who won that revolution. >> the u.s. spy agency is being accused by criminal activity, bay senior u.s. politician. senator diane fine stephen said the c.i.a. illegally searched the computers. >> it was a devastating attack on the c.i.a. by a staunch defender of mass government
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surveillance. >> i have grave concerns that the c.i.a.'s search may have violated the powers' principals embodied in the united states nugs. >> the c.i.a. is part of an investigation by the department of justice. the dij is investigating committee staffers following a complaint from the c.i.a.'s top lawyer. he's being accused of trying to silence her committee, because he's mentions 1,600 times in the investigation into george bush's programs. >> i view the referral as an effort to intimidate this staff. >> the committee's 6,300 page report is said to contain a damning indictment revealing no actionable intelligence was ecovered and the c.i.a. misled oversees in congress and the
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white house. >> among the millions of documents was an internal c.i.a. review, confirming many conclusions. it suddenly disappeared, suggesting that the c.i.a. had access to the computer system, and that may have broken the law. the head of the c.i.a. denies the allegations and said it's time to move on. >> nothing could be further from the truth. senator fienstein said key portions of the report should be declassified. that's something that the white house is reluctant to do, if the c.i.a. is not on board. >> brandon used to work in the white house. he knows where the bodies are buried. barack obama's achilles heel is the drone program.
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i think partially the reason the was white house hasn't pushed the report is because of this. america's spies spied on those would whom they are ultimately accountable. it will be up to barack obama to side with the c.i.a. or those representing the people. >> staying in the u.s., a man who spent 26 years on death row has been freed. >> glen ford was accused of killing jeweller isabelle roseman. he walked free hours after a louisiana judge overturned the verdict, after evidence came to light that he wasn't there at the time of death. ford always denied the killing. >> i was locked up for 30 years for something i didn't do. i can't go back and do anything.
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>> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. protests have prone out in turkey over the death of a 15-year-old boy. he was fatally injured by a police gas cannister during protests. he's been in a cama, and decide on tuesday. his funeral will be healed in a couple of hours. >> libya's prime minister fled the country after being voted out of parliament. the maltese prime minister was in malta late tuesday, and on his way to another european country. >> search crews are still looking for the malaysian airlines flying that went missing on saturday morning. malaysia has asked india to help locate the aircraft after conflicting reports over where the plane was headed. >> now the israeli knesset is due to vote on controversial
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legislation to make mandatory condescription to all including those who were exempt to focus on his rail studies. it is a fast-growing population. making up 10% of 8 million people. there are about 40,000 students at religious cole edges. and it's believed studies the torah is the foundation of jewish life. >> prayers by yeshiva students who hope through divine mercy they won't have to serve in israel's military. legislation could make enlifting in the military mandatory for all israelis, including ultra orthodox jews or harra deans. it's a continue that many in
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israel say no longer works. >> the nation said, "we are not prepared to put up with this situation." this community doesn't play it's part. is has been said. >> the view in the knesset is it's time for all israelis to share in the burden for a universal draft. >> is it too much to expect from people who live here and whose lives are protected by the israeli army, and whose universities are subsidised by israel. is it too much to ask them to contribute, nothing more, nothing less. tog their part like -- only their part like every israeli student. >> yesh eva stud ents who are subsidised by the government say they are serving the state, in a different way. the haradeem say they should not have to serve, because they are contributing to the state with
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their prayers. with the bill certain to pass, they may have to embrace the idea of service. that acceptance may take time, as will implementation of the legislation, which is expected to be faced in over 3-5 years. hundreds of thousands of haradeem in israel, and thousands around the world protested. the debate has been painful for the community. >> 65 years as the state of israel, there's a thought of passing this kind of bill. and that our brothers don't recognise that we are contributing in the way we believe we are contributing. we are not trying to dodge anything. >> those that refuse condescription could face financial penalties and gaol time by a government that no longer counts study and prayer as adequate service to the
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state. >> the asp newsagency is reporting ukraine's president as saying he won't use the army from stopping crimea from ses seeding. people will vote in a referendum as to whether to become part of russia. ukraine says it has 6,000 combat-ready infantry, compared to 200,000 russian troops on the eastern borders. the u.s. house of representatives passed a resolution condemning the russian revolution in ukraine. the prime minister is due to meet with president barack obama in the white house later on wednesday. >> many in crimea favour russia over ukraine, and many russians are attached to crimea. it's an interesting relationship politically and socially. peter sharp reports from moscow.
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>> for millions of russians drawn from an older generation, this is how they remember the crimea, summer holidays, an annual break on the shores of the black sea, a chance to escape the daily grind of life in the soviet union. retired civil servant and his wife and children spent summers in the crimea, it will always be part of a mother land. tnchs it was a nice place for a vacation, warm, light, so romantic. another reason why the language is strong. chronically ill for most of his life. the crimea restoring him to health. trnchs my son learnt to swim, he became so much healthier,
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stopped getting sick all the time. >> it was back in 1964 that the crimea was lost to russia. the president loves the ukraine. he rose to ranks of the party, and with the ussr never stronger, handing over the peninsula was of little importance. it took 15 minutes of discussion. ukrainian and russian flags flying together, the gift delivered in a spirit of friendship and trust, as the people of the crimea, 70% ethnic russians celebrated. >> who would have believed in less than 40 years the old soviet union would have been swept away, and the flag that flew over land from eastern europe to the shores of the pacific had become a $10 tourist souvenir. the history and the heritage of the former soviet union found on cheap t-shirts, but there's a
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constituency that misses life back in the ussr. >> i think that we can really understand the feelings of those people who are very nostal childrening -- nos tall gik, elderly people. it's the backbone of support, it's not youngsters, but old people. lost family of nation of which ukraine was part and parcel. [ singing ] >> people like alexander and his wife remembering the summer songs. the weekend referendum can bring only one result - the return of a much-loved past to mother russia. >> let's go to the deserts of west kaveh where the searing -- africa, where the searing heat
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of the sun meant growing crops was impossible. now the sun's energy is being handwrittenersed. we have a -- harnessed. >> growing tomato in the desert. this village is an owe ace sis powered by the sun. a 2,000 watt panel draws water from 100 metres under ground. this once arid land is fer tile. >> it's a miracle. we haven't seen rain fall since october, but we have all the water we need. we are growing onions, vegetables. >> 74% of senninga lease have no access to electricity. 13 villages had panels distributed. each one costs $4,000 to install. >> it's less costly now to organize irrigation using solar energy than others. >> as part of the green climate
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funds, developed countries promises to raise funds by 2020. among the international agencies, there's an eagerness to bring in new forms of technologies, just as wind turbines and panels. but the government here is cautious. they are less enthusiastic about the alternative form of energy. the government signed a half a billion contract to build coal-fire power plants. >> at the moment the state subsidizes energy. it's too costly. it's a quick and easy way to get electricity and reduce costs. anticorruption campaigners are not convinced. they accuse officials from taking kickbacks. >> we want the government to make the contracts public. >> they need to justify why they
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are investing in cole mines. >> solar power could impose a threat. >> the sun is reliable. free, clean, available all year around. investing in the green energy is giving power to the people that need it the most. >> now 25 years ago a british computer scientist submitted a proposal for what he called a distribution information system. 3 billion people used what we know is the worldwide web. >> robin considers himself lucky. not many bangladeshis his age in this part of the country has work. he has a job of sorts. each day he visits the building site and uses the phone to take
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photographs of progress. >> translation: i heard they were building is clinic, we saw people from dakar, and they asked you us if anyone could use the internet. i said i could and could i check on the construction. so they can keep track of the project. >> daily photographs do not earn him a lot. like tens of millions of people, getting online opened doors, creating new opportunities. >> the number of people connected to the web has grown exponentially, reaching 2.7 billion people at the end of the last year. the increase in numbers from developing countries has been notable and driven by a change in technology. >> we are seeing that the adoption of smartphones and feature mobile phones having internet access is enabling a lot more people to be able to get online. >> in some places no one's online at all. the fact that more than 4
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billion people is not online is not lost on technology giants like google. it is exploring ideas of beaming down to those in remote areas. facebook too wants to spread the news and bought the company behind the high-altitude solar planes. if private companies are aware of the web's power, so, too, are governments. >> on balance the worldwide web is bringing power to the people, rather than to the man. but the value of being able to control the web is so great that any government or any company - countries in which you can distinguish between them, that wanted to try to control - control internet obviously has a huge incentive to do so. >> by the end of the year there's expected to be more than
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a billion websites on long, the result of technology that anyone can use without paying licensing or royalty fees. the spirit of openness has been part of the success of the worldwide web, likely to define its future in the years ahead. as billions more come online. >> the man who used to run ukraine tells the country's army don't follow the orders from the new guys in charge. developments in ukraine continue thick and fast. it's the inside story . >> hello, i'm ray suarez. ousted ukrainian president viktor yanukovych continues to
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