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reform the way this law is used many more innocent people are likely to suffer. >> this issays. al jazeera. >> hello. welcome to the newshour. in doha, these are the top stories on al jazeera. a search for survivors goes on as the death toll from the south korea ian ferry disaster rises to 32. a 13th body is recovered from ever eest after the worst disasr ever to take place on the highest peak. i am in london with all of the latest from europe it including
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free at last. four french journal rest ofs on their way home after being held hostage for almost a year. >> nick speicer in germany where the government's race to embrace green energy has caused a surge in brown coal. >> rebuilding a culture one level at a time. >> in according to korea, divers continue to search for the sunker ferry. hopes of finding survivors is fading. the death toll is at 32. relatives of missing teenagers have applied dna samples to help identify bodies recovered from the water. harry fawcett reports >> reporter: more desperate as dive teams continue to battle strong currents and poor
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visibility in and around the sunken ferry. for the first time, authorities said bodies had been seen on board. >> translator: a diver discovered three bodies through a window on the cabin on the fourth floor. however, the driver came out of the water due to a time limit and floating objects. >> relatives were shown footage of overnight dives news emerged in a dramatic shift in the boat's position. officials admitting what families first made public, that it had tilted over on its side making access more difficult. >> for the families here at the port, it has become a familiar feeling that officials aren't telling them everything that they know. some feel that the undersea movement means any air pockets have gone and with them, any hope of survivors. others are still clinging on to hope. >> there is a growing feeling here that this operation is moving in to recovery mode. a veteran special forces diver just back from the scene told us time had run out.
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when there was talk of a bean air pocket, that was when part of the ship was above the water. now, i don't believe any air pocket exists. >> so parents began submitting dna samples with recovery of bodies said to be a lengthy process. the reality is the dna is likely to be crucial in identifying their children. there is continuing anger in the captain and crew who and in court on charges of negligence and breaking maritime law. the captain offered apologies to the parents and the nation but also insisted he had delayed the order for passengers to abandoned ships because rescue boats hadn't reached the scene. the current was strong. the temperature of the water was cold. i thought if they left the ferry without guidance, if they were not wearing a life jacket, even if they were, they would drift away and face many other problems. >> at the other earned of the country, the body of the vice
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principal who committed suicide after being rescued is brought home for bur yald. this town is bracing for hundreds more funerals in the coming days and weeks. jindo, south korea. >> a senior pakistani t.v. anchor has been shooted. he was shot in the stomach and legs by four gunmen on his way to work. the journalist has long been a critic of pakistan's intelligence agencies and has blamed them for death threats against him in the past. the attack followed campaign against the express group by the pakistani taliban. one of its hosts was wounded in march, and three employees were shot dead in january. it brings the number of journalists killed in the last five years to 51. most cases are unsolved but there was a breakthrough with the first ever convictions of a journalist there.
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let's bring in the academic, a professor at the university in islamabad jointing us from pakistan. this idea that hamid mir reportedly told his friends and families that if he was attacked, he thinks it would be by pakistan's spy agency, the isi. what do you make of that? and who are you hearing in pakistan is behind the shooting? his own brother, if we could focus on hamid himself, pakistan army, was shot, the blame would be on our side.
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he is is senior journalist. >> why would he be targeted, in particular? >> mr. jespal? i am afraid we lost the connection. apologies for that. well, moving on to other news and in nepal, hopes of finding any more victims of the mount everest aftvalanche are fading. a 13th body has been found. three more guides are missing. the families caught up in the tragedy are in mourning. they face the future with no income. >> families in katmandu wait for bodies of their sons. theres no such thing as a norma day's work.
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they risk their lives every day preparing ropes and routes for their climbers. is it provides for their families? >> what are we going to do? he is dead. he used to take care of all of us with what he earned, many grandsons and granddaughters. it will be difficult for us. he used to take care of all of u.s. sherpa guides are part of a close community. they are used to putting each their lives in each other's hans. the death of one is felt by all. >> my close friend died in the avalanche. we are all gathered here to see his body. we had climbed just a few months back. he was a good man and a good climber. his death is a great loss from mountaineering. >> the avalanche was in an area called the popcorn field because of the large boulders of ice along the route. it's the worst accident in the mountains' history. anyone on mount everest knows
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death can be just a slip or a fall away. for the sherpas, some of the most experienced climbers in the world, they, too, find themselves at the mercy of the mountain. rob mathson, al jazeera. >> at least nine suspected fighters have been killed in an airstrike in yemen's province. the drone filed a missile that hit a car thought to be carrying members of al-qaeda. three passers by were also killed. the united states has stepped up strikes against al-qaeda target did in yemen, one of the few countries where washington acknowledges using drones. in egypt, a left-wing politician has announced his decision to run for president. the second candidate to put his name forward after family army chief al sisi. he heads the current alliance and came in third in the 2012 vote that was won by the muslim brotherhood. >> he is expected to win the election scheduled for may.
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meanwhile, a court in cairo has sensed a senior member of the muslim brotherhood for a year in prison for insulting the prosecute team. he is facing charges of inciting the killing of protesters in 2012. al jazeera's continuing to demand the immediate release of his journalists i am prisoned in egypt, falsely accused of providing a platform to the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 112 days. their case has been adjourned until later this month. ab dulla al shami, the fourth in detention has been held without trial since last august. he has been on hunger strike for the last 89 days. al jazeera rejects all of the accusations. south sudan's government has sent troops to secure united nations basis across the country. it follows an attack on a u.n. base in bor on thursday in which 58 people were killed. pictures have emerged showing the aftermath of that attack, which the u.n. has described as
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a war crime. the government has blamed peace keepers for firing into the air. an education commissioner in nigeria says 44 school girls out of 129 who were kidnapped are now safe with their parents. they were abducted from their school on tuesday in the northeastern state of borno. it's still not clear where the remaining girls are being held. akmed has the latest from the capital of buja. >> four days after they had been taken from their school, less than half the number of girls taken have been reunited with their families. the educational authorities in the northeast start of borneau are saying 85 girls are missing. a massive manhunt involving vigilantes and secure officers is trying to rescue the girls. the finger blame is pointing to boca horan. the civilians in search of these girls are concentrating their efforts now in and around the town of chipo an especially on
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the not orous forest, a stronghold. they have launched many air raids and land attacks on this forest. they have so far failed to chase away the attackers or fighters were these quarters. meanwhile, the leader of the group and in an 8-minute video claiming responsibility of monday's attack outside of the capitol. no attack, more than 75 nigerians have died in that t k attack. other figures suggest the figure could be higher than that. in this video, he said, yes, they carried out the attack and that they have members, either sleeper cell or an active cell inside the captive city. for presidevisitors and residens is as big concern for them. this weekend marks one year since nicholas madura became
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president of venzuela in a narrow election victory. it's been a item p tempestuous year. >> this is the fish mark where many come to eat fish f buying tuna, but this year, he is having to pull more money out of his wallet. last year, one kilo cost him about $12 at the official government exchange rate. this year, it costs double that. >> this isn't another story about the high inflation in venzuela. it's how two people, neither with strong political leanings see the same simple fish price very differently. >> translator: the food shortages and inflation problems don't seem to be a concern of the government. they are only worried about fighting and arguing and thread
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anything and this is all our president does t president. does. >> for me, the president has done a lot to create jobs and bring down high prices of food. people see this. >> this fish market represents where maduro is at. everybody agrees the cost has gone up but nobody can say who is to blame and who is best suited to fix it. >> this is where he celebrated his first year in. despite the outward signs of support of his political coalition still behind him, there has been little for him to sell brate. >> maduro has been able to keep this coalition together basically by not taking, not making some of the most decisions. for example, a decision by economic reform. they have gotten progressively worse. problems with crime and violence have not improved at all.
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>> recent street protests against maduro have also inadvertently allowed the president to change the focus of the national debate and the serious economic problems to what he says is an opposition planning a coup against him. back to the market. the ones who can afford it can buy their fish for easter. in a country still with plenty of incertainty, the problems are clear. the solutions, less so. grab real lazando. >> still to come on the al jazeera newshour china's farmland pays the true cost of the country's economic growth, plus haunted by the past, find out why france's national railway is being stopped from doing business in the united states. louis hamilton ton plays on the courts for a third grand 'triumph. all of the details a little later in sports.
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first, being freed and on their way home, here is the latest. merriam? >> yes, they are edward elias, francois, nikola and peter cotura, they were found handcuffed, the latest journalists to be released in what's the most dangerous country in the world for media. >> they look unkept with long hair and beards. officials met them said their morale was good and there was no disguising that they are delighted being freed. >> i am happy to be free. thank you. >> he was asked if they were now on their way home to france. >> i hope so, yes. >> first, the four climbed into a mini-bus for a short trip
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across town to the local hospital for a check-up. >> to here francois and edward, they were abducted last june. two weeks leader, these two were captured. since then, colleagues in france have kept up a very public campaign trying to secure their release. it now appears that the four had been taken by an unknown group with the border between syria and turkey where they were found bound and gagged by turkish soldiers. soldiers at first mistook them for smugglers. once they realized they were speaking french, took them to a local police station. despite their 10-month or deal, doctors say they appear to be in good health. >> we are very happy to be free. thank you very much. the turkish authorities have helped us. it's very nice to see the sky, to be able to walk, to be able to speak freeway.
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>> one of the men's employers said their release ends an anxious wait for all friends and family. >> the first five months were very difficult because we had really no news, no information where therapy they can be, if they were together. so on. so that was quite a hard time. and after every six weeks, some news from the kidnapters that send some proof of life videos to the french government. i didn't see them directly. some families have seen them. they a they were showing them in good shape making us feeling better. >> the four are expected to be flown by military aircraft to france arriving early on sunday morning. ari smith, al jazeera. russia has reinforced troops deployed along the border, an action the kremlin describes as a precaution. russia denies it's involved in
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the uprising and insists it is just ensuring its ready to defend itself. >> that's ideal kiev, which called for an easter truft with protesters as jackie roland reports. >> across eastern ukraine, the stand-off continues, pro-russian demonstrate orders are ignoring calls for them to take down the barricades. in the city ofsl slovyansk, the mood asked de. the protesters say they won't back down until they are given a vote on the future of their region. >> everything is calm a refer endum has to take place so people can express their opinions. >> i think there is never going to be a united ukraine. so, i guess it needs to split. some will go to the european union. some to russia. leaders of the rebellion say they won't leave the occupied regional administration building
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coming here to bow in front of this government, not at all. people don't have weapons here as you see. we came to hold a referendum. >> a new opinion poll carries out across eastern ukraine reflects this widespread mistrust of the authorities tin kiev in the city, control the local television station where they set up a transmitting tower to broadcast russian programs. so residents will have been able to hear the kremlin spokesman justify the buildup of russian troops ukrainian's border. >> against the backdrop of a military coup, any current tree will take precautionary measures
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to its security. >> so it's deadlock, the protesters in the east believe the interim government in kiev is illegal while people in kiev describe these protesters as rebels and separate testists, t the only heat hopeful sign, is a truce until after eastern. donnperign doentsk. >> a poll suggests most don't want to join russia although they strongly feel the current ukrainian government is i will legitimate. the institute for international sorciology published in the weekly mirror, a russian language newspaper. they say ind donetsk, half are against joining russia and two-thirds were against russian intervention. in the weider donetsk region, the demands for a federalize ukraine and the same amount want
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greater dieseltralization. for those polled, nearly three-quarters consider the government led by president terchanov as illegitimate. abdel hamid said that poultry reflects much of what she has seen in eastern ukraine? >> it might be slightly disappointed for the protesters hold holed up against the southeast. it's revealed only about 25% of the population of this region actually wants a federal system, and that's one of the main demands of the pro-russian protesters. what people favor is a decentralized system in ukraine, one by which they can deal with their own local governance without always referring back to kiev. >> poultry views minority, about 7% believe that the russian language is any kind of threat in this region and the protesters keep on saying that
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why they are taking up buildings and why they are making their voices heard is that they feel that the russian identity is being muzzled by kiev. so insurgent results that don't really agree with what they are demanding or the point of view they are putting forward, but i think results that are in tune with what we have witnessed underground, yes, these protesters have a group of sympathizers who come here, who help them out on a daily basis and who agree with their demands, but by and large, people are going on with their normal lives. businesses are open and people do say that actually what they do want is for the crisis to get over as quick as possible. >> president putin has welcomed the president of the former prime minister of norway. he was also asked whether he thought russia's relationship with the west would improve by the end of the year. >> this does not depend on us or rather not only on us. this depends upon our partners. there is nothing that would hinder a normalization and a
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normal cooperation. >> i will have more from europe a little later this hour. now, back to dorene. >> mary, benghazi is one of several cities across libya holding local e elections for the first time since the death of mum march gadd -- muammar gadaffi. for six months, it was a temporary base for the nationaltritional council. fifteen libyan cities are holding municipal votes. the amazir people in libya belong to one of the oldest civilizations in north africa. but their language and their flag were banned for nearly 50 years by the former dictator, muammar gadaffi. a report from northwestern libya on how their culture is being reborn through a new generation. >> efal and his generation are
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the new hope for a civilization that was fading from view. don't call them berbers. that means barbarians, are proud libyans. but they are amazir first. for the first time in more than four decades, they are in school learning a disappearing language. >> it's great. i like studying it. my mom always pushes me to do it. the green, blue and yellow banner flies against, a symbol of the resurge he knew of an ancient people. >> in the past, we never had the chance to teach the lang or learn it. but now that that tyrant is gone, we can. >> for 42 years, muammar gadaffi suppressed them and their history. they were forbidin to speak their language, sing their songs, celebrate culture or come
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to the 1700-year-old ruins to mark the new year. since the fall of his regime, it's been a cultural renaissance. >> they were among the first to join a revolution that topeled a libyan leader whether or not sought to erase them. >> when the revolution finished, a lot of people die. we must capture this. >> efal is doing his part, studying a language his father never learned in school, an alphabet his principal never studied, a culture out laud for nearly half a century. >> i love it. i want to understand and read more amazir. >> if the amizirian culture is to survive, he will have to pass on these to his own children. al jazeera. >> thousands of christians around the world are celebrating easter this weekend, tens of thousands of worshippers gathered in jerusalem to take part in the holy fire ceremony.
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been found. d dna samples have been supplied to help identify bodies. >> hamid kamir was shot in the stomach and lugs by four gunman on hez way to work. .4 media workers have been killed in pakistan this year alone. four french journalists have been released. they were found by turkish soldiers after being held for 10 months. 29 journalists are missing in syria and 40 are in prison. >> the story of hundreds of people still missing on the south korean ferry. relatives are waiting for news of their loved ones. many say their suffering has been made worse by the way the disaster has been handled. adrienne brown reports >> reporter: it is one of the saddest places on earth.
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the jimnizeiaium now a temporary home to families of the missing and where grief is all around you. among those enduring another agonizing day, kim jung wa, whose daughter remains unaccounted for. these are recent pictures of kim on the left, a daughter her mother describes as intelligent, optimistic and, above all, fun. they was a dar and a friend. >> a daughter she wants to believe is still alive. this is kim, a devout christian, who got the last call from her daughter at 9:56 a.m. on wednesday morning when the ferry was already listing dangerously to one side. >> she said, mom, quickly bray to god. we are also praying. so, i hope god is protecting her. if god decides to take her, there is nothing i can do. >> she is getting by on two hours' sleep a day and spends
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most of her time watching the rolling news coverage of the disaster. >> they have been through the full range of emotions, anger, denial, and now increasingly for some, acceptance that they may never see their child again. mrs. kim's husband, kim kun boon has spent the past four days demanding answers from the authorities. on this occasion, challenging the officials over the stricken vessel. his daughter managed to call him twice. he told her to stay on board. >> as of now, i don't know whether those kids are alive or dead. i just want to believe that they are alive. in reality, i think they are dead. >> like many parents of the missing, he is angry and frustrated over the official response to this tragedy and why no one can still explain how this all happened. adrian brown, al jazeera, jinbo,
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south korea. >> the hunt for flight mh370 has reached a critical stage. the under water search was narrowed down to 10 kilometers after signals were detelled from what's thought to be the black box shortly before its battery died. this fades is expected to be completed within the coming days. the jet carrying 239 people has been missing isn't march 8thths. >> the narrowing of the search for today and tomorrow is at a very critical juncture, so i appeal to everybody around the world to pray and pray hard that we find something to work on over the next couple of days. >> in iraq, four people have been killed in two explosions in southern baghdad. police say two bombs went off in a street full of shoppers in a mainly sunni neighborhood. the explosions damaged nearby shops and tore up parts of the
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roads. eight people were injured. two people have been killed by an apparent car bomb in bahrain. the interior ministry says signs of explosives were found inside the car. united nations refugee camp has run out of food. they were allowed to deliver aid but in the last 10 days, nothing has reached the 18,000 people trapped there. t several people have reportedly starved to death. >> that's despite a u.n. resolution calling for food parcels to be brought in. >> doctors say they have treated at least 100 people for suffocation. it's near the northern city of hama. they are blaming helicopters that dropped bombs packed with
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explosives. >> aide workers say up to 2 million children in syria may need psychological help because of the war that's going on. some are getting support and treatment but in the city, jordan, others aren't so lucky. ? >> severe depression has left this 14-year-old boy scarred, vulnerable and desperate for help. fadis is not his real name. he has tried to end his life four times. >> i was upset with my grandfather i used glass to cut my arms. he said he never felt suicidal until he moved. he is receiving support and medication from the ngo, the international medical core. his parents are divorced and he and his siblings have been separated. he said the death of his youngest and only sister devastated him the most. he dropped out of school and says he has picked up drinking.
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>> i hurt myself so i can escape. it's no big deal if i die. yes, it's better than my life now there are so many children like fadis who need psychological help. >> they are attending group counseling sessions where they share fears, war experiences and worries about their future with their psychologist. the u.n. organization for children, unicef, estimates that 2 million syrian children need psychological support or treatment. >> more severe cases require individual sessions. farra hasn't said a word in over a year. she has been silent since her street wasshelled. her condition is selective mutism. she points to communicate. this is a common condition among syrian children. she was mute for a year. she has spoken after treatment but suffers from a speech impediment and requires
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specialized speech therapy which her family cannot afford. >> if she sees a laser, she thinks it's a sniper. the girl is living in fear. thousands of syrian children are being treated for psychological conditions across jordan. psychologists say it's much harder for children to come to terms with war. >> they understand i am not happy because i left my father. i couldn't even accept the people, the atmosphere in jordan. >> some continue done receive help in jordan. in syria, millions face an uncertain future. al jazeera. >> japan has set up a military radar station on the western island in a move that risks angering china. china has lost a dispute over near by eye lansdz they claimed. the radar is part of japan's
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plan to improve defense and surveillance. >> people in china are being forced to deal with the environmental cost of the compa company's growth. a government report says a 5th of farmland in mainland china is completed. 16% of china's soil and 19% of its arab land is contaminated. the report says the heavy metals, nickel and arsneck are the top pollute eventsenik are the top pollute events. >> had you hu -- hunan prove in has some of the worst pollution. the government is supporting numerous products to find solutions. rob mcbride reports from eastern china. >> the soil sample could help clean up vast tracts of land across china. located next to old copper works, this area represents
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perfectly a lot of the land in china polluted by industry, especially with heavy metals. >> translator: we chose this area more than 10 years ago because some of the land is heavily polluted. some of it is lightly polluted. so it is perfect to study. >> what they have been studying in particular is the effect of this wild indigenous plant to soak up lead and cadmium that would be harmful to humans. >> the more heavy metals there are, the more damage to human health. in the short-term, you don't notice it but they accumulate and the damage comes later in life. >> these tests have shown a dramatic reduction in those heavy metal levels. known as the hyper accumulator, this plant is able to absorb more than 100 times more heavy metals than ordinary plants. it's that quality that makes it a powerful weapon in the fight against pollution. the challenge for scientists is
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understanding just how it does it. wu's staff work on trying to unlock the plant's generaletic secrets, looking at ways of replicating cleansing properties in bigger plants. the need for a solution is pressing. recent studies show 10% of chinese rice production is now, contaminated to some degree. >> en lightly polluted farmland can posed a danger. we have to guarantee food safety. >> success also has a global implication. china's growing and affluent population consumes more of the world's food while more of its own farmland lies idle. rob mcbride, al jazeera, jojang province, china. >> back to london for more news out of europe and with marian. >> we are folk ulcing on
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germany, one of the world's leaders in solar power. part of the green dream is to produce 80% of energy from renewable sources by 2050. it's the largest producers of lignite, also known as brown coal. as nick spicer reports, a child old german village near the polish border faces the bulldozer to make way for a mine. >> it's a multip-megaton monste. the biggest mobile industrial machine. wider than the eiffel tower is tall and churning out 50,000 towns of highly polluting brown coal every hour. while it chews through half a millimeter of current treeside near policy and every year. the monster is headed here through a 700-year-old village,
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one of several who are fighting it plans top expand coal production. >> years spend building al home the way they want it. it is just horrible to imagine. they want to dig a 100-meter deep hole right here where i am. the 900-year-old church will be dug out. the cemetery where my ancestors laid will be reviewed. it's impossible. >> coal production has hit the highest levels since 1990 when the two germanys were reunified and hundreds of polluting factories in east germany were shut down. it's having an effect on the environment. by one estimate, emissions in germany went up by 5% last year. the company running the mine, however, says that:is needed as nuclear injury is phased out and wind and sol area energy protection gather steam. >> translator: brown coal is a
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necessary part of the energy transition. we can drop our coal-based energy like solar and wind, producing a lot of energy. on days when there is no wind and sun, we can increase production to make up for the shortfall with renewable sources. >> schultz hoffner says she supports the shift to renewables but there is no need to expand coal production if there is going to be an energy revolution in germany. her village is slated to disappear forever in 10 years' time unless the regional government changes its mind. >> heavy rainfall and melting snow has caused flooding in serbia. roads have been barely passible. water has had to be pumped from ov overflowing drains. some rumors show fields oft and homes have become lakes. pope francis is leading roman catholics in the easter village at vatican.
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this is the scene there now. this vigil comes on the eve of easter sunday, which marks the day christians believe jesus rose from the dead and it's a more important celebration than christmas. the pope has used this easter period to ask worshippers to reflect on the economic crisis and those that are suffering. >> and russian orthodox christians have gathered on the eve of the holist day. muscovites congregated at the cathedral led by pat try arkansas. it's an easter tradition to bring decorated eggs and easter cakes to be blessed by the priests. >> that's it from london for now. back to doreen. >> miriam, thank you very much, still ahead in sports. could chelsea regain top spot in the english league? details with sunderland coming up in just a moment.
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>> holocaust survivors are campaigning to bar francis's national railway in the u.s. because of the company's involvement in death camp deportations during world war ii. tom ackerman reports >> reporter: at age 76, rosset goldstein says every day she is reminded of the death did of her father, uncle, aunt and cousins, all murdered by nazi germany. 4-year-old roset survived hidden by a french family but it was her native company's national
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railway which more than 70 years ago transported 76,000 jews and other so-called undesirables to their deaths. >> they put them in cattle cars with a buck aetna corner and they taught their employees how to lock the doors of the cars, the train cars and the clone the cars after the trip to auschwitz. >> it has expressed regret for playing a part in the holocaust. >> the sncf, a state enterprise, was a cog in the nazi extermination machine. we will not forget it. >> unlike many other companies which collaborated with the nazis, they have refused to compensate victims and the french government has limited the $6,000,000,000 it spent on
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holocaust reparations to its own citizens. more than 200 victims who live in the u.s. is aiming at their corporate bottom line. the american company controlled by s m.c.f. holds $3,000,000,000 worth of contracts to cooperate american xhufrter lines. now it wants to bid on another contract worth twice that amount. campaigners are fighting to bar s m.c.f. for competing for business in the state of maryland and in the u.s. congress, another bill would strip it from immunity from human rights lawsuits that other countries enjoy. the french government has begun talks on compensating survivors in america. victory would be too late for leo brethohz before. >> come up with a statement, yes, we did send people to their
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death and we got paid for it. >> .2 days after his ni93rd birthday, he dude before he was scheduled to testify in support of the proposed legislation. one less victim to be compensated. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. . millions of tons of waste are produced every year by bangladesh's garment factories. one company has come up with a solution to turn its discarded materials into something valuable. masatar has on the second part of our waist world series >> reporter: scraps of clothing thrown away simmering under the heat. teams of day laborers sift through the piles of fabric. there is money to be made. >> there are many things that can be used. we are paid by our employer to go through them and sort them out and then they are sold to other businesses. >> the garment industry produces some waste from bits of clothing
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to entire shirts with minor blemishes. less visible is the wasted water, hundreds of millions of tons every year. but in mexico, the largest conglomerate are turning trash into trends. it's called upcycling, taking waste materials and making something entirely new out of it by using finished materials, upcycling is more efficient than recycling which requires a repeat of the original waste produce process? >> it uses about 84% less what if it's a washed fashion garment. and it uses, if you look at its carbon emissions, which is about 1500, that's about 84% less than mass produced. >> it has been limited to boutique designers churning out
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a few dozen at the same time but undertaking up cycled governments delivering an order from estonia from over 20,000 pieces of clothing. >> when we started, we started upcycle 10 or 15 and then went to 100, then 200 pieces, maybe at best a thousand pieces. now that we are doing 23,000 pieces of upcycling, that's when the industrial upcycling comes up and that's what amazed everyone. >> both believe it's a matter of time before other major players in the industry follow their act. this is what an upcycled tee shirt looks like right now, they tend to be more expenser than real t-shirts but as production increases, costs fall. it is the hope that it won't be long before every brand is selling its own line of upcycled clothes at a store near you. argues, bang ban bangladesh.
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>> to ball first, there was a huge upset in the premier league on saturday as title chasing chelsea were beaten at home by the club sunderland. samuel etto gave them an early lead cancelled out by wickham? >> an 82nd mint penalty from live yol's berini and jose morino had his first ever league dpef feet. >> looking at the days other games, tottenham after beating fulham 3-1. swansi and crystal palace. chelsea's results means liverpool could he can tend their league at the top of the table to five points. >> is if they can be norwich in the early kickoff on sunday. ahead of that game, our correspondent spoke to the liverpool manager, brendan rogers about returning to
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anfield since 1990. >> yes. i think through the course of the season, when we started with high expectations from ourselves, probably for others it wasn't so much. but we have developed well over this last 20 months and as i said, as the season hasgo gone on, has my time has gone on here, the team has seen the concepts. >> how did you and how do you cope with the expectation level here at liverpool which is, of course, so huge because of the history of the place? >> of course, there is big pressure. it's a massive club. i don't see it -- i see it as, you know, a wondeducational background opportunity to be working at the very nature of the game with one of the great football clubs in the world, and i feel hugely privileged and honored to get the chance to do that. >> you see slogan dare to dream. have you almost at all allowed yourself to be able to to dream about what a league championship
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would mean and for you, as well. >> no. my objective is clear at this moment in time. my job when i am in here, i said to the owners that my job, i would see, is to get us back into the champions league. once we can do that, we can concentrate on the other targets. >> to finish, does this city feel like home for you? do you feel like you have found your home in liverpool? >> i feel very comfortable here in the city. we are very much aligned with the same objective, which is the passion for liverpool. as i said, to restore like some great memories and hopefully create many new memories. >> roger federer has beaten the defending champion. an all-swiss affair against his double partner, warinka, the aust tralian champion.
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6-1, 7-6. the swiss is going for the third singles title of 2014. to formula one, louis hamilton will start from poll position, the sunday's chinese grand prix, the fastest time as he looks to win his third race in a row. it's also the third time he's taken poll this season. daniel ricardo was second fastest with the teammate and reigning world champion, bastel in third. the german has been under par having achieved one podium fin issue in three races. >> it was a tough session. i enjoyed it. the car is doing great. i think we definitely could be -- we always have stuff we can improve on. the team are doing a great job. put in a good position for the rest. i hope we can follow through tomorrow. >> super rugby now, the crusader sl ade was part of a 1-point win over the chiefs on saturday, playing at home.
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the chiefs led 17-9 just before the break. at halftime, that was tom marshal there. but a penalty lifted the crusaders to an 18-17 lead. the chiefs did have an opportunities to get ahead right at the end. but they are going to turn off the shots on full-time. they fell just shot to put them in the top 6. >> moore's has been named the new head coach of the england cricket team. he replaces andy flower who stepped down after five years in charge following england's 5-nil ashes defeat. it will be his second stint in the pockets. >> lee westwood has a 1-shot lead going in to the final round of the malaysian open. he leads andy sullivan by a single shop after sullivan hit the round of the day at 666, leaning okay 13 under overall the that's westwood. he last won this event in 1997.
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he did lead by 4 strokes at one point but he ends the day on 14 under par. >> the detroit redwings beat top seed the boston bruins in their play-off series opener. jimmie howard made 25 vaifz saves. dusek with 3 minutes left in regulation to give the redwings the 1-nothing lead. game 2 will be inbot on sunday score twice as the montreal canadian beat the lightning 4-1, to at that a 2-nothing lead. mon montreal back home. >> the top season, the anna hymn ducks lost to the dallas stars, a goal and an assist to lead the stars to a 3-2 win. dallas leads 2-nothing. >> that's sport for now. i will have more later. >> we will see you later on. do stay with us right here onaj. there is more news come your way
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