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protest. >> in sao paolo where it is the last day of campaigning before brazilians go to the polls to vote for a new president. >> the former haitian president jean-claude duvalier has died. >> jean-claude duvalier returned to haiti after 25 years in exile. his home coming shortly after a presidential election. when he died he was being accused of corruption and human rights abuses.
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when only 19 years old he took over presidency after the death of his father. his father, papa doc, had declared himself president for life, and his rule was enforced in large part by his personal militia, accused of killing many thousands of haitians. baby doc introduced some cosmetic changes to his father's regime but most haitians did not benefit from them. while duvalier was president, thousands were killed, and thousands left the country to escape. in 1985 when duvalier claimed 99% of the vote, there was high unemployment, poor living conditions and political oppression. when the haitians military and the united states pressing him to step down, duvalier left for france the next year.
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according to the organization that transparency international, duvalier had stolen $800 million from his country's coffer. jean-claude "baby doc" duvalier was taken int in by authorities. he died but not while in custody. >> can you tell us what the reaction has been in haiti over the announcement of the death of jean-claude duvalier? >> well, i mourn for my countries for not being able to try him for all th the grief and scar he left on this
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country. i don't want to correct your report, he was not chased away. he left, and he was able to put in place his team, and we know what happened during the year following the departure so we need of the father. we have a very young population and a lot of people don't know about it, and a few of the associates have been trying to paint a rosy picture of what it was leaving haiti.
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>> why would you say that they would prosecute him upon his return. there were efforts to prosecute him that didn't go anywhere. why do you think that is? >> well, because of all the institution in haiti, which are rotten, the judicial system is the most rotten, and also we have to realize that the current regime is trying to restore the old regime. and i think a lot of people are going to feel very badly about what i can predict will happen that this regime will organize national funeral for him, and when the man was never elected by the people of haiti, and he did a lot of harm to this country, so some people are going to feel very frustrated,
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especially the victims of his regime. >> what do you think will happen to the legal claims that he is facing? >> it will be ended, but the quest for truth should not be abandoned. the truth should come out. >> now the fight against isil continues. that as world leaders have reacted to the latest beheading by the group. coalition strikes targeted two isil position.
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we'll hear from our correspondent in erbil in just a moment, but first let's take a look at the human cost of the fighting. hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees have left their homes in the advance of the isil fighters. bernard smith has this report from southeastern turkey. >> reporter: life as a refugee is usually one of boredom, frustration, and uncertainties. they'll probably be here for a long time. foot >> i'm 80 years old. i superintendent my life in aleppo and kobane.
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we fled aleppo, and now we're fleeing from isil. all we do is flee. >> we have enough food, the problem is finding shelter. >> camps have sprung up along turkish border. some are weeks old. others have been there for three years. there are now more 1.5 million syrian refugees in turkey. among the kurds there is a fooling of helplessness. these men wanted to go into kobane to help defend it, but the turkish authorities have closed the border for the kurds' own safety, they say. >> fighters we have spoken with in kobane are now more optimistic after a couple of u.s. airstrikes on friday evening hit isil positions. but the isil defense continues as there has been artillery and gunfire all day, and those refugees are not going home soon.
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bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey-syria border. >> the fighting inside iraq has forced civilians out of their homes. we have this update from erbil. >> reporter: well, it's a very difficult situation. they're internally displaced iraqis who fled isil's advance. pain people were telling us today that they had to leave in a matter of minutes. they were not able to take any of their belongings. today was eid, a very important celebration. for a them to spend this special occasion away from home, and second an of all they didn't have anything to give to their children, no presents. it was really a sad occasion when it really shouldn't be. most people tell me that they want to go back. that they want to see if they still have their homes and belongings back in the towns that isil is now occupying but starting to realize many of them
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they will have to remain here because of the situation back home is dangerous. there is a stalemate where the peshmerga will push a defensive, but not really giving up hope to the refugees to go back home any time soon. >> world aimany morning the death of aid worker alan henning. >> reporter: alan henning last december on route to syria with humanitarian aid convoy. he even had aid for syria tattooed on his arm. hours later just after the convoy crossed the border he was seized by isil militants. earlier this week his wife made a desperate plea for his release but late friday night news emerged of his death. anyone in any doubt of this organization can now see how
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truly repulsive it is and barbaric it is as an organization. and as a country we must do with our allies everything we can to defeat this organization in the region, but also to defeat it at home. we must do everything we can to hunt down, find the people who are responsible for this. >> reporter: david cameron will be briefed by intelligence chiefs and foreign office diplomats trying to identify the killers of mr. henning and previous hostages who have been beheaded, and perhaps launching airstrikes on top of their heads. alan henning's story had touched the lives of many people. many muslim leaders joined the campaign for his freedom. eid celebrated in london's biggest mosque on saturday, people are expressing their angry at what isil is doing.
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>> the u.k. has been carrying out air attacks on isil and in the video claiming to show alan henning's death and they say that his blood is on the hands of the british parliament. now another man, an american, has been threatened. henning was packing in food and water, and in the eyes of isil it appears that even humanitarian workers are fair game. >> in pakistan at least five people have been killed in a suicide attack in the quest of the southwest. 27 other people were wounded in the blast which targeted the shia community in the town. health authorities have detected a record number of cases. more than 200 cases were
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reported from january to october. vaccination teams were targeted who accused doctors of being spice. pakistan, afghanistan stan and nigeria are the only three countries where they remai polio remains endemic. demonstrators are growing increasingly ugly. thousands of people are still on the streets. the atmosphere is tense where protesters accusing police for failing to protect them. let's take a closer look at where the protesters are. they're at cause way bay. that's where they've set up camp outside of shopping malls. they're staging a sit in in the admiral area and they're blocking roads in central district. they're on the peninsula in the mong kok area where most of the worst violence took place on friday. we go to admiralty in just a moment, but first scott heidler
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reports. >> reporter: over the last few days the focus on the hong kong protest movement has shifted from the umbrella to the heated argument. this is mong p k kok where that violence began. the police were in the middle. the tension was still there the next morning so protesters came out because they saw the attacks on tv. as the street protest reached the and of week one some locals where the occupations are taking place have had enough. >> the fight for democracy does not give you the right to occupy our streets, disturbers. we all have a mortgage to play. we need to make a living. we can't sleep at night. >> reporter: the reason why they're here so upset is very local and different than why people in other parts of hong kong where the protesters take their sit-ins elsewhere. >> reporter: across victoria harp bore in the main shopping
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direct of cause way bay people are more concerned about the broader impact of hong kong. >> the city's economy has been affected by them, and lots of shops are losing business because people are avoiding them. >> reporter: one historian sees a similarity between riots in 1967 and what is happening now. both caused by police violence but then the people in hong kong were on the same side. but now it's not so clear. we have interesting class divisions, divisions between students and non-students, and then among the non-students you have differences, too. >> reporter: the government worked to close the gap between state and society. once this current unrest ends there is expanding division within the city's population. scott heidler, hong kong. >> we have this report from
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admiralty. >> reporter: the atmosphere here is calm if not offjol. the crowd lived to student leaders calling on them to unite and carry on the process in a peaceful manner. they said they should not do anything that would cause the government to break up these protests or bring the police in. but police source has told us they will allow the protests to continue so long as they remain non-violent. now protesters seem to be settling in for the evening. this is despite government warning who said they will not tolerate the destruction to daily life much longer, and analysts have told us that they feel these protests will soon be prone up. most likely after the weekend when people have to get back to work and governments have to continue their duties. now the federation of students has released a statement saying that they are open to communication with the government under two conditions. the first condition is that the
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government opens up an investigation into police action into the violence in mong kok last night or 24 hours ago. where protesters had clashed with residents, and protesters accused police of not protecting them. they also said that they refuse to talk to the chief executive of the territory and instead will talk to the chief secreta secretary. >> much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour including war on the front line in somalia, african union forces step up their campaign against al-shabab. and a woman in sweden gives birth to the world's first baby from a transplanted womb. and coming up in sport under pressure liverpool looks to reform in the english premier league. we'll have all the latest.
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>> first, a new poll shows brazilians are relikely to reelect, and the battle is between these two contenders. the current leader and first woman to become brazil's president. she's seeking a second term. her office has been facing criticism over social policies and protests before the world cup held in june. most polls show that her run is neck and negligent with marina silva. then there is senator neves the candidate from brazilian social no, sir. highways been third place in most opinion polls. we're live in sao paulo. interestingly, a poll on saturday showed that the scaped
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neves is ahead of marine i can't silva. so silva might not make it to the second round. >> troubling news for silva, not so much for del rouceff, in no candidate gets 50% or more on the vote, it will go to a run off. the two candidates as you mentioned fighting it out for the number two spot, marina silva, and neves, the conservative centrist, this poll comes out 4 hours before the
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polls open saying that neves has pulled ahead of silva. this is significant because silva had been doing very well in the polls for many weeks now since she replaced eduardo campos after he died in that plane crash. now that she's polling number two means that dilma rouceff does not get 50%, it will go to a run off. >> really looks like i it's been the last week of campaigning, what are the key themes dominating the discussions? >> the economy and corruption. first on the economy, dilma rouceff came in power the economy was growing at 7%. now it's expected to be 0.7% growth. this is a country really in recession, all of her opponents
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have been hammering her in debates and on the campaign trail on that. also corruption dilma rouceff has not been accused of corruption, but she has several allies in her workers' party under investigation or in jail for corruption, so silva and neves and orego other opponents say that they need to cleanous. it's the economy that has been the key points in the time days of this campaign. >> thank you very much. reporting from just outside of sao paulo on the brazilian election. in ukraine fights has intensified around donetsk. the government is insisting that it's still in control, but pro russian separatists say they're close to taking it over. >> reporter: this is what is left of donetsk's airplane
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coming under h heavy fire. these pictures are taken on friday. they show the pro russian separatists attacking government forces. equipped with heavy weapons that will take out armored vehicles. >> they're almost gone. in fact, they held a small, very small part of the airport. their time is almost over. soon we will smoke them out of there. >> the airplane is a main target for the separatists, which is why they're throwing tanks and other artillery into the battle. for its part the ukrainian government has said that it has the upper hand in the fighting. >> the rebels made several other fortunately unsuccessful attempts to storm the airport. after that they continued firing that. they rebutted all the attacks and killed 12 terrorists. >> reporter: a glance at the map
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demonstrates the back and forth narrow of the ukraine in these past months. these are territories held by the operatists when the ukrainian government declared an unilateral cease-fire. by the beginning of august the you rainan army had pushed the separatists back reclaiming a consider amounts of territory. but now they've regained much of that territory and pressed further to contain the border with russia. faced with this deteriorating situation, the president visited with his recruits on friday. he promised that they would learn from their losses. >> we will wilwe will learn from the fighting operation. >> but the separatists are equally determined to learn from their mistakes, and now they this hold much morta more
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where thousands of people in both countries have been forced to leave their homes. in hong kong protesters continue to stage sit-ins across the city despite calls for them to vacate the streets by monday. the calls come between rival groups in the mong-kok area. the use of filed charges an child soldiers and subjugation of women may be crime charges. in hallelujah around 150 unmarried iraqi girls and women were reportedly transported to syria, either to be married off to isil fighters, or sold as sex
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slaves. the senior crisis response adviser with amnesty international, here is her viewpoint. >> the biggest number of victims of isis are muslims, both in syria and in iraq when they took al over mosul and the area surrounding mosul just last june. the first victims who were killed and persecuted and forced to flee were the muslim shia population of the area. they went on to target the christian population and then the yazidi, but the majority have been muslims. they just consider them to be not muslim enough or not muslim in the way they would want them
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to be. again, as is often the case, it's the exploitation of religion. for criminal purposes. that is the focus of their action. when it comes to the sunnies they have been targeting anybody who is critical of them or who does not subscribe to their position of how life should be organized. so as they said it goes beyond issues of religion. s about control. it's about straightforward criminal behavior, and in so doing exploiting their religious arguments. in both countries where isis is
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operating in syria and iraq, they're operating in areas in control of the government. in syria the areas where isis is present, government forces have not been present for the best part of the more than three years. in iraq it goes back to earlier this year where government forces fled and abandoned the pretty much the whole of northern iraq. as for the western--the anbar province to iraq, that has been an isis hands part of which since the beginning of the year, since january. >> meanwhile, turkey's president has reacted angrily to a statement by the u.s. vice president. president erdogan was responding to joe biden's statements to provide support to isil.
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>> if he really used these words on subject, biden is history to me. first of all, i never said that. secondly, we've never given support to isis or terror groups while i was prime minister. no one can prove that we did. >> the civil war in syria goes on. that's despite the holiday eid. many have been killed and injured when a government helicopter dropped a barrel bomb on a mosque in the idlib province. members of the government were in attendance and criticized the international community for backing an up rising against the
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assad regime. traditionally thi eid is a time for families. >> reporter: organizing property, and most of these gunmen have limited education and never lived in the big city. people here tell us they're nervous about houthi government taking law and order in their own hands. they're also concerned about money. this butcher tells me providing basic needs is now a real challenge. war has affected everything. >> reporter: during this holiday of eid yemeni dig deep in their pockets to buy a new lamb, new clothes and gifts for their children. >> i have been saving money all
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year so i could buy gifts for my children. >> iit is a time that makes yemenis not only forget about insecurity but also about the fact that they don't even have enough money in their pockets to buy anything for the eid. >> reporter: traders say people are still shopping, even the poorest come here to spend the last penny they have. and there is also another reason. >> we sell more in the moment because at times of war they come to buy more goods for fear they won't be able to buy any later. >> this according to a study has decline from a decade ago to less than 200,000 this year. it's partly due to lack of investment and tribal attacks on the pipelines. yemen has been promised $8 billion by international donors, but only a third of the
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cash has arrived so far. yemen is facing the real prospect of becoming a failed state. al jazeera, sanaa. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its three journalists imprisoned in egypt. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have been detained for 280 days. and they're falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. gunmen killed nine u.n. peace keepers in ambition on friday and they were part of a force in mali's north that has fallen under separatists and groups linked to al-qaeda. in somalia government forces supported by africa union troops have stepped up their fight against a al-shabab. they've made significant advances against the armed
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group. it lost bulomarer. and then now somali and africa union forces are making a final push for the last bit of land controlled by al-shabab. >> soldiers with the africa union chance t advance. these soldiers belong to africa army militia. they recaptured the area without a fight. >> we'll continue, this is an operation that we have taken the
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lead. >> reporter: the africa union commander in mogadishu tells me that somali soldiers are also in striking distance of the port of barawe. he said its fall it imminent. >> after this offensive we know that al-shabab will continue to conduct guerrilla warfare, so what we are doing is to be able to this kind of warfare. >> reporter: further south troops are about to start advancing to three strategic towns in an operation called indian ocean. al-shabab still coles most of the country side and major roads. the same for the indian ocean is to cut off supply routes that
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they use to bring in fighters, weapons and export charcoal. the money made from selling charcoal helps to pay for weapons, but they they have changed their tactics, and may not survive. >> al-shabab needs major supply routes these days because it ceases to exist as a conventional rebel group some time ago. >> african unions say al-shabab has been significantly weakened. it has not have the numbers or strength to meet the coming forces. it's leader was killed and the new leader is still new to his role. but many people hearsay that al-shabab cannot be written off yet. >> north and south korea have agreed to resume formal high
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level talks. the announcement was made as three north korea officials were in the south to attend the asian games. >> reporter: top table talks between north and south korea with north korea arriving with no advance warning. >> i made this trip with the hope that this occasion would be a turning point for north and south korea relations. i'm glad to sit here and share this warm meal with you. >> a few weeks ago north korea was calling south korea national security adviser a military gangster and a traitor, part of extreme hostile language. on saturday it was all smiles. >> today those in special positions come here.
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>> the pretext for this visit was the opportunity to clos attend the closing ceremonies when athletes have on unexpectedly well. the arrival in south korea wildly regarded as the second most senior member. the man at the top has been absent from public view for a month. speculation swirling about weight induced ankle injuries. korean media described his discomfort. issues that remain entrenched, nuclear weapons, human rights, u.s. occupation on the peninsula, were not discussed but th the next talks to take
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place. >> a woman just gave birth to a woman who had received a womb transplant. let's take a close look at how that transplant is done. an incision is made in the lower abdomen and the uterus is removed. it is placed on eyes. next it is put in the recipient and it takes up to 40 minutes for the reattached blood vessels to start functioning. when the blood is circulating the uterus is then connected to the patient. sheena lewis director of the infertile clinic.
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>> now we know that a healthy being has been born from the techniques. this is based on a decade of research work, very careful research work in sweden and similar research is done in the u.k. and i think this is a wonderful day when we have made a great leap forward in science. >> there had been two prior attempts to this particular one, which didn't succeed. what are the risks, what are the down sides here? >> the worry has always been that the uterus would not have a sufficiently good blood supply to nourish the fetus right through until the time it was born. an in fact, in this case the baby was born quite early, but we don't know if that was as a cause of the treatment or perhaps because the woman who was the mothers will had some health difficulties herself. for example, she had just one kidney. but this is a great success story because a healthy baby has been born on this occasion. >> is this a realistic option for women who are unable to have
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children? >> yes, i believe it is. of course, there is an enormous cost involved in this, and this is something that will be reduced as research improves and as the technique is optimized. these are women who had congenital anomalies, so they were born without a womb of their own or perhaps cancer in the past, and they had to have their womb removed. this is the first time this group of women have had an opportunity to have a family of their own. i think there are big advantages which go around the world in another woman will carry the child for the couple who wants to have the child for their family. here we don't have any other people involved. the ethical issues are much less than before, and of course the birth mother is the genetic mother, and she's able to give birth to her own child, which is absolutely wonderful. >> when you say that the research needs to be improved, how far are we from that
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improvement that it actually does become realistic option, as you say. how far are we from this becoming routine. >> i think we're quite far from it becoming routine because of the cost involved, and because of possibly the lack of donors. now the donor of the woman in this case was a person who was altruistic and prepared to give her womb to the woman who gave birth to the child. in the u.k. we're hoping that women who have died, if they have signed to offer their organs to other people, then the wombs from those women who have died perhaps as a result of a car accident or something else, those wombs would be able to be used. there are many things that have to be considered and discussed, but the fact that a baby has been born is the first step under a very major significant step for a infertility treatments. >> obviously the parents are delighted with this.
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is it possible to say how many families can benefit from this type of treatment? or transplant? >> well, the researchers in sweden are saying there are about 15,000 women in the u.k. alone. i don't know what the global figures are, but that's quite a lot of people. so i think there are certainly many people who will be able to benefit from this. >> much more to come on al jazeera, including piles of sand dumped in the center of washington. but wit why? and coming up in sports, the thriller in major league baseball. we'll be here with all the latest from the playoffs.
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>> the english premiere league champions have beaten aston villa 2-0 to go second in the english premiere league. the first league win since august begins west brom. the precious lead just before halftime. 56 minutes when brought down by the west brom forward in the resulting spot kick. but they did get their winner final score liverpool, 2, west brom 1. >> this always gives me hope as a manager. even in the moment we're no,
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the quality of our game will improve. >> there was a win for hull in the third league success this season for sunderland. new castle to draw at swansea and leicester and burnley. staying on top of la liga, scoring 1-0 messi is two short of equaling the all-time la liga scoring record. 10 minutes before halftime. the brazilian strike partner added another just a minute later. september off in thstaying two points clear valencia. they scored three times in the opening 15 minutes. and ended up taking the contest 3-1.
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formula one, vettel is set to be bound for ferrari after the world champion made the shock announcement that he's quitting redbull at the end of the seas season. the news comes after vettel has raced for six seasons. but yet to win a race this year. redbull named his replacement promoting daniel ricardo. vettel's frustrating season continues. he lacked the pace from the start, and will start from tenth on the grid on sunday. the current championship leader was quicker around the track on friday, but his confidence was shattered along with the car in the clash in front of practice on saturday. they manned to rebuild the car for qualifying, but they snatched. poll position. they'll start from the front of the grid.
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>> they have done well. today i wasn't feeling it, it was still fast. niko was fantastic. and tomorrow is the day where you get the points. >> it was a great day today. of course, it's only one step on the way, but it was a real pleasure today because the car is so amazing to drive, and on this track, which is like one of the most spectacular tracks to drive in qualifying, the tire grip and everything, it was really cool. >> to rugby, south africa ended new zealand's 2-match with a thrilling 27-25 win in the rugby championship in johannesburg. the all blacks 134th appearance
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for new englan england. the championship with 22 points south africa with 19 and are in second place. djokovic has maintained his perfect record at the china open. the world number one beating andy murray in straight sets on saturday to reach the final in beijing. he won all of his 23 matches in this tournament. murray still moves up to ninth in the race for qualifying for the season-ending tour championships in london. only the top eight will make it. >> well, when today is a great win. and any stage of the tournament i'm happy about that. this is going to boost my confidence, and hopefully i can perform as well as i did.
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>> the czech getting the better o. and in women's tournament, sharapova the champion beat a former champion in ivanovic. they'll take their fort title of the year. well, the wimbledon champi champion, con tanning good form after winning last week. well, the fun continues for nishikori in front of a home crowd in tokyo. he would set up a feeing with the japanese wil layer will go
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for his next title. bouncing back from national league division series against st. louis cardinals in a few hours time. the car analysis are coming off an incredible game one victory. topping 35 degrees on friday. and it was a race to 6-1 lead by the bottom of the fifth inning. that's when the cardinals began their come back. we have the solo home run at the top of the sixth. that was followed by an eight-run blitz by the cardinals in the seventh inning. they eventually won through 10-9. well, the francisco giants won their ninth consecutive postseason game with the washington nationals. they won 3-2 to take the 1-0 lead in the best of five series. >> what a shot.
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>> what a catch. >> pitcher chen will go to baltimore's american league division series against the tigers. the orioles fought back with help from this from delmon young and they lead that series 2-0. the kansas city royals continue to delight their fans. since 1985 they beat the los angeles angels 4-1 going up to their series. significantly increasing the lead in the rally at france to go from eight seconds to 20. the finn won the first four of saturday's seven special stages. there is mickelson in second. champion leader sebastian olye.
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and latvala remains in contention for the title. and is well placed to win the rally on sunday. lots of sport p but that's it for now. >> we'll see you later on. well, a massive portrait made from sand and soil was made in washington. a cuban-american artist said that he made tha it to reflect diversity. >> that is the white of the eye, and that's the bridge of the nose. >> between the lincoln and world war ii memorials it's not clear that these are anything more than swirls of sand and soil. but from a nearby washington moment it becomes clear. a webcam is beaming the image around the world. and there is the almost air traffic to view the privately funded installation. out of many one. the motto long associated with the u.s.
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the artist created the enormous face by combining the features of dozens of young men much all races. then came the process of translating the image using peg pegs. the 10,000 wooden pegs each placed in the ground and specifically placed in the ground at a specific point to centimeter of accuracy, the tip of your pinky. that was done using gps rovers connected to five satellites in space at a time. >> reporter: rodriguez is an artist famous for the political content of his work. and this one, too, has a messa message. >> it's make dialogue. one in ten minority youth is in jail. let's work towards these things, and identity is one of the most
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arbitrary things. nobody, you know, you didn't ask to look the way you look, but nothing affects you in your life more than that. >> an official told me that visitors have asked if this is a depiction of president obama. not this time. but rodriguez did use this medium in barcelona after president obama was elected, and for a reason. >> the problem with all of that outpouring of hope, my fear was that it it would just turn into something that would fade away. >> this installation, too, will fade over a month as visitors walk through it. the sand and soil composition of the land perfect for the once degraded turf of the grass of the national mall. >> hundreds of kenyans have marched through nairobi demanding an end to poaching. poachers kill 30,000 elegance and rhinos every year.
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>> i live in mosca, colorado aka the middle of nowhere. i can't always be myself. i'm considered one of the misfits. i haven't seen my mom in the longest time. my stepdad and i, we don't really see eye to eye. i really want to get out of here. i'm going to check out if i got accepted into colorado college. it is imperative that i get into college at this point. if i don't, i feel like i can't get out of mosca.
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