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>> pakistan's military denies being responsible for the shooting of a prominent journalist. and how mobiles are dialing up profit at the expense of traditional phone services in myanmar. >> divers in south korea have recovered more bodies. the search an recover operation is continuing just off jindo. south sudan's government said it has sent troops after an

attack at an u.n. camp on thursday. >> reporter: these are some of the survivors of an attack on the u.n. base in bor. among them women and children. some have bullet wounds. others say they were attacked by machetes. a boy said he was beaten by sticks by a group numbering in the hundreds. a woman ran away. >> she caught up with me, so i tried to jump over a wall. one man caught up with me and hit me in the head with a machete and left me. i laid very still because i didn't want them to come back

and finish me. >> another woman was shot in the arm as she tried to run away from her attackers. some show the dead being cared in body bags loaded on to trucks by u.n. staff. others reveal the brutal nature of the attacks. in the morning an armed mob rampaged through the civilian area killing men, women, and children. the government accused the peace keepers of provoking the survivors. >> the peacekeeping force shot bullets in the air. shooting bullets in the air provoked this situation.

>> after fired the first shot, the u.n. was unequivocal. >> it was certainly the demonstrators who pulled out their weapons. upon doing so we realized there was going to be an altercation where civilians were in grave danger. >> the complexion of this conflict when even civilians were sheltering under the u.n. peace keepers came under the attack. we're into the fifth months and the violence shows no signs of ending. al jazeera, south sudan. >> we can now take you live to south korea where we join our correspondent adrian brown, who has been covering the rescue operation of the sunken ferry. we hear that divers have been able to get into parts of the boats. we're expecting the death, the number of people they find to

rise dramatically. >> reporter: that's right. the death toll has been rising steadily throughout the day, and i think it's going to continue rising tonight here in south korea, and also into tomorrow. what is clear is that the divers are now able to reach other parts of the vessel that they haven't been able to up until now. they may have even gone as far as the games room in the cafeteria where it was assumed that many of the people we hoped were survivors were. but this is increasingly turning into a recovery operation. bodies have been brought ashore, recovered bodies have been brought ashore all day. we've seen this steady procession of body bags being stretchered assure. it's been taken to a nearby mothemortuary, where they've ben identified and then taken to a nearby hospital. there is a tent nearby with a giant board in it, and the names of children are being written in

black marker pen on to this board. this is the news the way that no news, any parent wants to hear is being delivered. i'm sorry for the noise of a helicopter passing overhead at the moment. when those names appear on the board you hear sleek shrieks, yr howls, and having gone through all this, the parents are having to provide dna samples to further help in the identification of bodies. out of the site where the vessel is submerged, the rescue site. divers have erected a large net around the vessel. this is to try to prevent bodies from floating away, and it's feared that some may have already done so. the operation, said the man in

charge, could go on for days, weeks and months as they try to right the vessel and toe it to more shallow waters. certainly the anguish of people has been compounded even further by the disclosure that the third mate at the helm of the vessel at the time of the accident was at the helm rather than the captain. she has been questioned by investigators along with the captain, and he has been charged along with two crew members. they've been charged with violating maritime law and negligence. a third illustration of the deep anger, frustration and distrust that the families have towards the government there was a clash today between police and families as some of them tried to walk over a bridge from the island to the mainland where they will air their grievances there. another day of high emotion in this port city. >> thank you very much for

bringing us the very tragic scene in jindo, south korea. we'll keep checking in with you later. now we'll take to you an air base just outside of paris where a few moments ago we saw the arrival home of four french journalists who were being held hostage in syria. now they've been met by relatives, their families, by their colleagues, and also by the french president françois hollande, he's welcoming them home, giving a speech. these four men were held by rebels in syria for nearly a year. they were found abandoned in no man's land near the turkish border. they were found with blindfolds

and their hands bound. they are here you see them in good spirits and of course, delighted to be home. pakistan military has denied being behind the shooting of a renown journalist ha hamid mir. if he was attack pakistan's spy master and top intelligence agency would be responsible. >> the man wearing a shaul open fired first. another man was following him on a motorbike. he came up behind him. a driver in with mr. mir's car sped away. they chased after him but the driver was not hit. otherwise the damage would have been far worse.

>> he said that the pakistani military uses violence to silence journalists. >> there have been attacks in 2010 and 2011, and in both cases the intelligence was involved. that's what happened in pakistan, the head of the--the pakistan authorities were involved, and in the killing or abduction and torture of journalists. gunmen open fired in the egyptian cairo.

egyptian left wing politician who has popular alliance as the main rifl main o general al sisi. and egypt's famous has been taken off until after the election. it has been temporarily shut down to avoid influencing voters. they often poke fun at egyptian nationalism and general al sisi. al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists in egypt. they're falsely accused to providing a platform to the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 113 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all

accusations against its staff. there is a fourth journalist who has been held without trial since last august. highways been on hunger strike for the last 90 days. well describing his feelings as he enters his 250th day in jail. he has written, i have a responsibility on my shoulders. it is to complete documents stories here as much as possible. and stay steadfast. the tales are from all egyptian cities and all levels of societies. many here talk about injustices they've suffered indiscriminat indiscriminately. russian state media said five people are dead after an attack on a pro-russian checkpoint. meanwhile, a mediator from the organization for security incorporation in europe is due to hold talks with separatists in the region. they're refuse to go lay down their weapons, and in defiance of a diplomatic agreement signed

on thursday. iran said the dispute of world powers over its heavy water reactor has been virtually resolved. it said that the facility will be redesigned to limit the amount of plutonium it can make. iran has agreed to scale back its nuclear program in exchange for easing of sanctions. an u.s. military hearing for five men accused of conspiring in the 2001 september 11th attacks. they said they were spied upon by the fbi. the judge said the decision to stop the hearing indicated the seriousness of the situation. the inquiry could delay the trial for two years pushing it back to up. >> we've heard back from a substantial number of people, over 15, and none of those people have reported that they have approached by the fbi. so we don't know the scope of the investigation.

our preliminary investigation leads us to hope that it may be confined, that we may have nipped this in the bud just after this started. is that going to turn out to be true? i don't know. but so far we don't have information that the investigation has spread the security officer. >> we have more coming up, including why is it the christians and the muslims cannot get to their holy places. >> christians are marking easter sunday, but some in jerusalem say they don't have the same freedom to celebrate. and we report from one fate in india including the very poorest don't go hungry.

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>> hello again top stories this hour on al jazeera. diverrers in south korea have recovered more bodies from the submerged wreck from the ferry disaster. more than 50 people have died and 250 are still missing. south sudan's government said that it sent troops to secure united nations' base across the country. the attack on the town of bor on thursday. and pakistan's military denied that it was behind the shooting of a renown journalists, hamid mir, one of the most well-known tv presen presenters survived the attack on his way to work. japan is building a radar

station just 150 kilometers from a chain of disputed islands. it's expanded its army base for the first time in 40 years. we go to the research assistant at myth center for international studies, and joins us now from the japanese city. thank you very much for being with us. why has japan made this very provocative move that is shower to upset china? >> for a long time it has relied on the united states as sort of the outer island defense. in the case of the current japanese defenders of the islands are two police officers. one can argue reasonbly that the placing of these self defense forces on this island is a long overdue step in increasing japan's ability to defend it's own territories.

>> due can japan defend it's territories by itself, or is it reliant on the u.s. backing it up. and of course we've got president obama in asia this week. this is going to become a big issue. >> yes, obama's visit is interesting in terms of the atmospherics. it might be, indeed, that this announcement was made prior to president obama's arrival, however, japan's ability to defend itself is a real question that you can debate on for hours and hours and hours, and we don't have that time basically japan is under spent on defense, and has left to the united states a large part of the burden of defending the territories. >> this has been a tit-for-tat dispute for a number of years. how might we expect china to retaliate. >> reporter: china might not retaliate in this instance, but

anything that shows moving towards the islands will lead to some sort of response by the chinese side even though what is happening japan is building on its own territory, definitely it's own territory. just a living post. it's not making any kind of offensive action towards china at all. envelopes, anything to do about having the same cards is problematic. >> michael from japan, thank you very much. >> india is continuing a mammoth round of general election voting. one of the big issues is how to feed its people. a new law guarantees cheap food for 70% of more than a billion indians, but it won't be easy. we have reports where the program is already under way.

>> she'sheshe has two children e program allows the basics to eat. here she pays only 10% of the real valley. >> sometimes there are shortages. sometimes i may go and there is no flower or rice so i have to be patient. it is a slight concern, but i get my monthly allowance all the time and the assistance works well. >> they bring their ration books. nearly half a million people in the state capitol buy their food at more than 550 pds shops.

now they're under government and community control, and for once some of the poorest people in india are the winners. at the moment people can't buy fresh fruit and vegetables, but the system is still being developed. >> it's been a low process of reform, at every step filling all the loopholes, and expanding it. >> with the coverage of 90% of the state, it's success is being monitored closely by the supreme court of india to make sure that the to food act works. >> this is where it actually succeeds. shops are located in remote location where is tribal communities come to sell their produce and buy their molly rations from the shop.

she sells vegetables, it's a great system, she tells me. where on earth would i get rice and flour at such a great price for my family. many are trying to figure out how to reduce corruption and make their schemes more efficient. >> the middle east has accused israeli police of preventing him from reaching an easter ritual in jerusalem. robert surrey said that it was unacceptable. >> thousands o converge.

many palestinian christians have been blocked from taking part. >> christian pilgrims mark the holy city. this year thers calendars align only adding to the crowd. amona group of christians of vas dominations fired a complaint with the israeli high court. they were demanding better treatment from the israeli police. >> they claim to observe and being the only democracy in the middle east, and the only place where christians are thriving, supposedly, we don't feel that in jerusalem. over the past few years, since 2005, it's been progressively getting worse. >> reporter: it's systemic discrimination this video shows

diplomats and dignitaries are kept from entering despite having rifle approval. >> what is happening here? why is it that the christians and the muslims cannot get to their holy places but the jews. >> today thousands flocked to the old city. that number grows exponentially on holy days as many from all over the world try to make it to jerusalem. the police say they have to have safety for all pilgrims. >> the police do not discriminate between foreigners and local residents. we're talking about numbers. we look at the safety of people

whether it's residents or foreigners. >> reporter: thousands of police officers have been deployed this easter weekend, but some say more needs to be done. >> practice your religion, really, like now. i want to go. my mom, she wants to come. my grandma, she wants to go to go through the church. it's very hard to get through. >> reporter: the at the texas say they still face restrictions daily simply for being palestinian. >> it's not easy. >> why? >> it's not easy. >> al jazeera, jerusalem. >> now owning a mobile phone in myanmar used to be a luxury and people made good money renting out their phones from roadside shops. some of the old ways of doing business has struggles to keep up. >> reporter: the sun is going down. and he is setting up shop.

he gets his phone out and waits. this is the best time of day. when the streets are full of people and heading home from work. some may need to make a phone call. he offers phone rental service at $0.05 a begin my business has become useless. i'm sitting as a jobless man at this table. this money can only be used as pocket money. i'm no longer making profit. >> reporter: the mobile phone shop behind him in contrast does the trade. customers come i in and out askg for a range of things from the latest accessories to the older, cheaper models. >> actually the phone industry is already improving because prices have come down. i think it will continue to grow because foreign companies are coming in and investing. >> throughout the years of military dictatorship myanmar's

state own telecom phones have been expensive. but the two foreign companies that were awarded telecom licenses earlier this year say they plan to roll out their networks in a couple of months and offer more affordable sim cards. it used to cost $5,000 but now it will only cost $2. the when he first opened shot five years ago he could make up to $20 a day. his customers were usually lovers who wanted to chat or young people newly arrived in the city calling home. now the calls are brief. usually by people who run out of battery or mobile credit.

he said he'll probably give up his business before the year is over. already he's looking ahead keeping himself how to type and use the computer. once he has mastered that he'll look for a new source of income. this is, after all a new myanmar with new capital to invest. >> finally we've got two seven-year-old brothers in san antonio being praised for saving themselves from a kidnapping in their mother's car. they were with their one-year-old brother when a man jumped into the front seat and sped off outside of their family home. he was forced to pull over when the twin brothers managed to attack the carjacker with a rubber snake, and started screamer. >> i saw him walking. i smiled at him because i know

he's from around here. he's always walking up and down the street. he looked at me and got into the car. they got a snake yesterday. >> you can always keep up-to-date all the latest news on our website www.aljazeera.com. most powerful countries on earth grew richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade. more than 12 million men, women and children were forcibly transported from africa to the plantations and colonies of north and south america. today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet. yet slavery didn't die in the 19th century. it is alive, thriving - and