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>> a crackdown against somali refugees in nairobi as a prominent cleric shot in mombasa is buried. >> welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. the u.s. secretary of state cancels a planned trip to the middle east as the palestinian president pushes for international recognition. >> a massive earthquake off chile's coast. five people are thought to have died. >> and on the campaign trail, we
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join one of the leading contenders for the afghan presidency, days ahead of the election. first to kenya where security forces are cracking down on somali refugees. following the news that the kenyan government wants to send all somalis to two designated camps. a prominent cleric shot dead has been buried. there were angry scenes outside the police station where his body was taken. the cleric's mosque appealed for calm. >> tania page is in mombasa. she joins us live. tell us about the mood in mombasa today. >> so far it appears as most of the followers of this
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controversial cleric has been heeding the calls for calm. we are outside a mortuary where a short service has been held for victims of recent attacks in kenya. a week ago now six people were gunned down at a church service. bodies have been mourned by family members, and there has been calls for calm by religious leaders. one stepped outside to talk to us. this is the chairman of the national advisory of kenya. >> what is your message for the young people that will be angrily that someone who inspired them, although controversial to many, has been shot dead? >> my message to the youth is keep calm. not to go on the street and be violent. what we need no mombasa is
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peace, and prayers for the leader abubakar. what is important it that they come together for peace. >> what role do you think sheikh abubakar shariff played towards the muslim community, what was his role. >> he was a normal muslim. we were having dialogue two weeks ago with him and the youth. we were to go to the mosque with his youth. i was very sad yesterday when i heard he was shot dead. he was contributing in a very good way. in fact, he will come and urge
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aum muslims to peace. i don't know the killers, where they come from. we strongly condemn the killers, and urge the government to conduct an investigation. he was cooperating with the police. he used to go to the police two times a week. so totally amazed by the killers. >> thank you very much for being with us. we appreciate your insight. >> i want to ask you about the situation in the country. we know the kenyan government has been cracking down on refugees in nairobi, trying to push them into the refugee camp, pushing them back. how has this gone down with the different communities. how much support does the government initiative have?
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>> well, it's - this location is important to that, because the killing of these six people in mombasa a week ago is what sparked the crackdown, when the government said it want all refugees, not just somali, to go back to the refugee camps. if you go to eastly, where we understand there is a crackdown going on, and where hundreds of people have been arrested over the last week or so, there are mixed opinions. many of the rev -- refugees feel persecuted. the government says it's a justification to round people up, saying some of the assailants were refugees. it says that is the reason it wants these people to go back to the refugee case. we spoke to kenyan somalis, because there's a huge kenyan
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somali population, and they feel that this is a good idea, that the presence of so many refugees who fled the violence years and years of violence in nairobi adds to friction between different parts of the community here. >> that's tania paige reporting live from mombasa. in other world news a powerful earth quick hit northern chile, five have been killed. the 8.2 magnitude quake struck off the coast near the border with peru. lucia newman has the latest. >> the powerful earthquake struck late tuesday night. within australian hour the first tsunami wage hit the chile coast. there has been a tsunami warning for chile, ecuador and peru. they are the closest countries to the epicentre, and the other
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ones, and there was a tsunami watch that was posted for columbia, panama and costa rico. >> the chilean mining port of iquique was the most impacted. an area that in the last month had been rocked by hundreds of less powerful tremors. following the quake there was reports of fires and several dying from heart attacks. >> chile's president michelle bachelet declared a state of kat as trophy in the regions allowing her to send out the army to secure property and the prevent looting much. >> translation: the tsunami was issued promptly, e have learnt of the deaths of some whose identities are being confirmed. >> tuesday's earthquake was shallow, 20km below the seabed,
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but the force send across south america, including the bolivian city. >> it was strong and moved when i sat down. the curtains shook. this left cracks on buildings. there are lots. i just went into my apartment to check. neighbouring peru was affected >> translation: it scared me. i realised it was shaking. >> the area in danger is the chilean coast. the chile government issued a nation-wide alert, hoping to alert the same type of damage when an 8.8 magnitude quast killed thousands of people. this time the authorities were prepared. there'd been a number of tsunami rehearsals in the port city,
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showing that unlike most aeth quakes, this is one people expected. >> german airline loouthansa cancelled thousands of flights because of pilots who are on strike. the 3-day work out is about cuts to pensions. half a million passengers will be affected. it will cost tens of millions. >> thousands of creeks protested as european financiers signed a bail out. greek was forced to cut spending and open the economy to foreign contribution. unemployment is at 27%. >> there has been violence and venezuela as protesters rallied in support. security forces fired tear gas. this report was sent from the
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rally. >> the center of caracas as hundreds of police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. many demonstrators were students, and they protected themselves building barricades and attacked plus for self horse. the latest episode in a series of anti-government protests beginning in february. >> the national guard should be defending people. it is not doing that. it is defending a corrupt go. . >> protesters were detained. >> what little truth there was in venezuela is over. police have been here 15 minutes. it was over when they started firing tear gas at protesters. >> people have gathered at a nearby plaza. wrapped in a venezuelan flag she told the crowd of her determination to reclaim her seat in congress.
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the supreme court ratified the decision to remove her from office, the venezuelan authorities insisting she vial aid the constitution. she will not be silenced. >> translation: the most important ideal in history in the life of any human being is dignity, sovereignty, and that is our cause. >> her supporters call her brave, and say they want the same in the government. >> we are here to defend venezuela. it's her life. >> escorted by politicians student representatives and union leaders until they tried to reach the assembly. government supporters demanded that she leave.
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>> we defend the revolution from a traitor who sold out the country. >> they were shuttled away. her fight is not over. she will use a constitutional appeal to get the seat back. inside the national assembly government legislators prevented the congress woman from returning to parliament. people were dancing. outside in the center of caracas protesters clashed for hours after two months of protests. there's no sign that they will stop. hundreds of families have been left homeless in peru after the river burst its banks. the area has seen days of rain fall and there's been flooding. people were forced to use cann use to navigate around the streets. more ahead this half hour,
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including factory shutdown. we meet the bangladeshi garment workers. >> afghanistan on the campaign trail with dr abdullah abdullah, one of the frontrunners in the presidential election.
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>> welcome back. our top stories on al jazeera. about 600 people have been arrested in a crackdown on refugees in the kenyan capital nairobi. in mombasa, a prominent muslim
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cleric shot dead by unknown gunmen has been buried. >> five have been killed in chile after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck the region, it triggered a tsunami. >> protesters rallied in support of a congress woman removed from office in venezuela. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry cancelled a planned trip to the middle east to mediate ongoing talks, coming after the palestine president signed treaties pushing for international recognition. people in bethlehem welcomed the move. israel want a delay until talks had happened. mahmoud abbas said he made the decision after israel failed to carry out a promised release of palestine prisoners. >> live to stefanie dekker, from ramallah in the occupied west bank. tell us about the reactions, and what precisely the palestinians have signed up to.
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>> well, a general feeling here is that president mahmoud abbas has down a good thing, the fact that he has been defiant, saying he's not happy with the way the talks are going, the palestinians are not getting what they want and israel has not adhered to what they want. the conventions signed - it's a complicated issue. 15 convention, part is the geneva. what this translates to is the palestinians can then try israeli generals, whoever they want to accuse of of something in court. by signing 15 conventions, and these cover things from economic, civil rights, torture - all these things - the palestinians need to implement it and report back to various bodies to bring it. they are saying - it's a huge
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task, it's impossible for the pa to manage all of that at the moment. that's why it's seen as a political step, pressure on the americans and the israelis to try to get something more out of the talks as we have heard from president abbas. he wants the talks to go ahead. the only way to find a solution, peace, is through talks. we have not heard from the israelies, they are keeping quiet. all cards on the table. we have a few weeks to go before the talks finish. >> thank you stefanie dekker, live for us in ramallah. >> a short while ago i spoke to a spokesperson from the palestine commission for human rights, and she says it's a positive step to give palestinians more human rights. >> after the upgrading of palestine in the united nations to an observer state, the
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palestine state could sign and ratify all human rights instruments including the convention against ilim nation against women and others. having said that, i think this entails legal obligations on the state of palestine to report on the don essentials, this should not exclude or take away the legal obligation. we find the conventions to the territories. it brings legal obligations on palestine, but does not take away the legal obligations of the occupying authority towards the occupied territories of 1967. >> government attacks on rebel held areas killed nine people. it suggested people have died
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after a barrel bomb was dropped. activists say five others were kill killed as a result of government sites. >> four people have been killed in battles between government soldiers and rb else in yemen, it happened in the western province. the yemen government said two dead were soldiers. >> al jazeera demands the immediate release of three journalists held in prison in egypt for 95 address. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr has been adjourned until april 10th. they are falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood, and spreading false news. a fourth, al jazeera arabic has been detained without trial since late august. >> the united states centred the need for better energy security at a meeting with e.u. leaders in brussels. the secretary of state john
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kerry comments came after russian gas giant gaz prom announced a 40% hike in the cost of gas to ukraine. america's gas industry is growing and hopes to provide europe with the resources from next year. >> no nation should use energy to sometimy a people's aspirations. it should not be used as a weapon. it's in the interests of all of us to have good energy supplies critical to the economy, security and prosperity of our people. we can't allow it to be used as a political weapon or instrument of abregs. we are taking steps to make it difficult for people to deploy that tool. we are working in lock step to help ukraine bring natural gas in from poland and hungary and develop a route through.
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>> more than a million personnel are deployed around india. maoist rebels have been at war with the government for years. they are threatening to disrupt the vote. >> on alert, on guard and vigilant, whether in the city, countryside. hundreds of thousands of guards as the general lcked gathered speed. the state is on high security alert. the outgoing chief of police is confident the region will be secured during the vote. >> the state government - they are joined together with the direction of the election commission, and they are doing the best to find and conduct the elections peacefully. >> the state has been at war
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with left-wing mouists for decades. it has killed thousands. seller policeman in march. this man is no stranger. two of his brothers were killed, punishment for his decision to become a police officer. he and his wife were threatened and they had to flee their home and seek refuge in a camp hundreds of miles away. >> we had land and property. we had to leave it behind. i want the next government to bring peace to the region. >> india's prime minister said the problem is internal security so operations could continue. small teams especially trained security personnel are searching the dense forest area. hundreds of square kilometres are under the radar. authorities are saying they'll take no chances in the lead-up
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to and during the general election. >> this derailed a goods train, which caused havoc. a reminder of the ability to strike anywhere, at any time. despite assurances that the hiltry are in control. over a million troops have been deployed nationwide. as many as 100,000 will guard it. the hope is people displaced will be free to vote. >> activists in the philippines rallied outside the chinese embassy in manila. protestors say chinese coast cards tried to stop a filipino boat from getting to a disputed outcrop on saturday. they say the boat was trying to deliver food supplies to filipino marines stuck on a
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worship. both counties claimed ownership. >> in bangladesh, a garment factory has been forced to close after an international team of inspectors decided the building was unsafe. the inspections began last year after the factory blast that killed more than 100 workers. workers relying on an income are now facing a difficult future. >> this woman and her husband worked at the same factory. they lived in a tin shack and worked hard to build up a life for them and their 7-year-old daughter who is severely disabled. last week the factory was declared unsafe. without notice both lost their jobs. >> my daughter is never well. she always needs medication and treatment. it's very expensive. even if we don't eat, she needs to eat. now that we don't have work, i don't know how we'll take care of her.
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>> this is a building where safety inspectors found structural flaws, and ordered that several floors be evacuated until the problem is fixed. the company shut down, leaving thousands of workers unemployed. >> the other companies in the building suspended their operations while repairs are made. the manager says it's a big blow for everyone involved. it's a problem for the opener. for us and the workers, of course. now that we are closed, it's hurting our business, and that's not good for our workers. >> the inspections are taking place for a reason. unsafe buildings hike this have been the cause of some of the worst industrial disasters in bangladesh. last april the building collapse kaled a thousand garment workers. we inspected 100 factories. we have had a few cases were there had to have been significant weight reduction.
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this is the only one that has involved part of the workforce not being able to work because all production had to cease on a certain number of flaws. >> the inspection agreement required openers to pay workers while rep faces took place. they have no idea in that will happen to her. what happened to the family in the troubled garment industry is not going to e about easy. >> nine people, including an election candidate have been killed in northern afghanistan. they were abducted in the remote prove joints by suspected taliban gunman three days ago. the local governor said some bodies had been recovered, including two people. it's the last day of campaigning before afghanistan's presidential election. a front runner is abdullah abdullah. bernard smith joined him on the
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campaign trail in western afl g afghanistan. >> it was chaotic, crowded. that seems to be how abdullah abdullah likes it. thousands turned out to see abdullah abdullah rally support in his second attempt at the presidency. >> the size of the crowd is not necessarily indicative of the support for abdullah abdullah, but it shows the enthusiasm for the election process in afghanistan. >> abdullah crisscrossed the country on a mission to right the wrongs that many felt was committed in 2009. it was a poll marred by widespread ballot stuffing. >> this time around the citizens will monitor the elections. voters are much more aware of air rights, it's better
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conscious decision than it used to be. they are asking about the outcome. abdullah abdullah needs to get 50% of the vote to wib outright. to help his chances he's chosen two running mates once fought against. the parties they belonged to ended up destroying kabul. without a winner the election goes to a run off between the candidates. here abdullah abdullah has a warning for the election organizers. >> if it goes to a run-off based on the books we are prepared. if it goes to the run off based on fraud, then that will become difficult. that will create an uncertain situation. i hope that's not the case. >> ethnicity matters in afghanistan. abdullah abdullah is half pashtun, hav -- half tagic the.
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