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and more now from ferguson. this is the culmination of the first night of protests in ferguson and st. louis by the willing of michael brown the black unarmed teenager in august by a police officer. organizers are hoping thousands will gather in st. louis on saturday. and will all end with an active mass civil disobedience for monday. it's not just about protests or politics, organizers have organized seminars and lectures trying to analyze why in the u.s. young, black teenagers are being killed at a rate 20 times higher than their white peers as of sunda study on friday reveal. there are seminars on race, politics, class, gender, economics, in a bid to try to understand the concepts involved and mobilize the anger we saw on
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forces have launched 10 air strikes but hasn't prevented their headquarters from being over run. morocco is calling for the africa cup of nations to be postponed due to the ebola out break this west africa. the football tournament is due to begin there in january. ebola has now killed more than 4,000 pima cord to go the world health organization. and a weekend of protests in and around the u.s. suburb of ferguson missouri, protesters rallying once again against police violence following wednesday's shooting death of another black male teenager. typhoon vongfong has hit partners of southern japan bringing ferocious winds and huge wavers. the storm is now making its way to the southern islands, local media say nine people have been killed. vongfong has been downgradeed from a super typhoon but officials say it's large and very strong, let's bring in senior meteorologists for more now. this was a big storm, wasn't it.
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>> that's right the strongest so far. just following on just a week ago from the previous storm. so japan really in the wars at the moment. >> so it's been downgraded but ask still pack a punch? >> sabbath absolutely yeah. still very organized. it's slowing pushing up towards the north and therein lies another problem because it's moving solely you can are they can ex-a huge amount of rain fall. you are talking the equivalent of a category three storm where there is to be an atlanta hurricanes it will move east words over the next 24 hours sunday or monday before the eye of the storm pushes across the next 24 hours. >> okay. it's been downgraded now of but does it have the potential to pick up again? >> in terms of winds, not really
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going to be so concerned about the intensity of the wind, they should continue to ease somewhat. >> so it's the rainfall. >> it's the rainfall now, adrian, another 300 millimeters of rain to make its way through as you consider last week what happened there with heavy rain, certainly a possibility of life threatening flash floods and mudslides. >> many thanks indeed. very meteorologist everton fox. i am sure you'll keep us posted with the flood. landslide cass killed 19 people in western china. the landslide buried a dormitory for highway construction workers as they were asleep inside. nine people were killed by the crush itself. 10 others died after unsuccessful attempts to save them. pakistani teenager malala who was awarded the nobel peace prize on friday says she wants to dedicate her a world to children around the world. the 17-year-old is the youngest ever recipients.
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>> you all may know that. [ inaudible ] because of that no one was allowed to go to school. at that time i stood up for my rights and i said that i will speak up. i did not wait for someone else. i did not wait for someone else. i had really two options, one was not to speak and wait to be killed. and the second was to speak up and then be killed. and i chose the second one. so through my story i want to tell other children around the world they should stand up for their rights, they should not wait for someone else. and their voices are more powerful. indian child rights activist was jointly awarded the nobel prize along side her, al jazerra spoke with him in new delhi following the announcements. >> reporter: it's a bitter sweet moment for him. after decades of campaigning for children's rights, he has received the most prestigious
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international ward, the nobel peace prize. along with pakistan malala. but it's a cause he wishes he didn't have to fight. >> millions of the children now when i am talking to you must be working somewhere in the mines and factories and homes and workshops and so on. i feel very bad about it. every moment of joy i feel for them because it is because of them. >> reporter: he has been a relentless action hav activist t child labor in india, he has been attacked and intimidated. but his organization has helped to rescue more than 80,000 working children. >> translator: he has been injured and escaped that. he has even had to change his name. people have come in front of him carrying a gun. just imagine if he didn't have strong willpower how could get out of such situations. this kind of thing has happened a lot. >> reporter: in india, he's a
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national hero. compared by some to m began gano end slave rim he has promised to spend the prize money on his organization. after campaigning for more than 30 years, he has received global recognition it's hoped that this award will raise awareness about his work to protect india's children. al jazerra, new delhi. a mexican rebel group has threaten today take action against whoever is behind the disappearance of 43 students. the group which has been dormant for many years calls itself the revolutionary army of insurgent people. it's promising to take up arms against what it calls the narco state. in brazil the country's largest city is suffering its worst draught in nearly a century, conditions are so bad that vehicles once dumped deep
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under water in the city's damn has turned up on what is now the shore. the gulfer is asking for help from the government. residents say it's the worst brought they have ever seen. >> translator: it's very sad to see it here like this because you see everybody here going bankrupt. not to mention the concern for the lack of water supply in sao paulo in the region. this is nature. >> translator: we have never seen the water reaching this level. i am 31 years old, i was raised here and have never seen the water solo, even the pop lang here is scared because no one has ever seen the water go this low. bolivia's president is hoping for another turn in office and polls show he may well get it. able morales appears far ahead of his closest challenger, one of the issues he's focusing on is a 135-year-old old territory think dispute with chile. as we have a report now. >> reporter: a bolivian navel
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vessel proly flies its colors as it sets off on patrol. not in the ocean, but in, yes, a lake. at more than 4,000 meters above sea level it's the world's highest and a half gal lake. having its navy relegated to this body of water is a humiliation endured by bolivia since 1879 when it lost its coastline for neighboring chile in the war of the pacific. at the navel base, sailors learn the basics so they will be ready for the day when that i land locked country recovers a corridor to the pacific. in the capital, we visit a school with a patriotism challe klas is undeclassis under way. >> translator: when the chileans arrived they told him to vendor and what did our hero answer? let your grandmother surrender answers this boy.
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>> reporter: as you can see from a very early age, these children are taught that chile took way bolivia's rightful access to the sea. and when they graduate the boys at least will have to do the obligatory military service and there they will march around the lake and this is what they will chant. i want to bathe in the blood of chileans. i want to bathe to drowned my sorrow such deeply rooted anger and senior owe explains why bolivians see this as a wound that refuses to heal. after decades of frustrated attempts to negotiate a sovereign corridor to the pacific, currents president able morrell as is taking chile to the international court of justice in the hague. using his speech before the united nations to make his case. his aggressive approach has angered neighboring chile but reaped dividends at home ahead of sunday's elections.
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>> that issue is one of the few issues that has completely national consensus about it, and abel morales is the leader of the consensus that's why he's speaking to nation about that because it brings him a lot of support in the country. >> reporter: a country that views the president's efforts as a national priority. as it's a children single their dream for a deep blue sea for bolivia. al jazerra,. the funeral of jean claude known as baby doc is set to take place in haiti capital. andy gallagher reports on his controversial legacy. >> reporter: in haiti, even the dead can't find peace. but port-au-prince's grand cemetery tombs have been blunt plundered. human remains scattered. the tomb hasn't been spared. little remains of what what was
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once a grand memorial. >> trouble in haiti after the president refused to step down after his term. >> reporter: but pa doc a is the man whose rule put haiti in chaos. some hoped it would end when he died and made his son jean claude president for life. but under baby doc as he became known, little changed. after 15 years in power, he was exiled in 1986 only to return 25 years later welcomed by many and invited to official events by haiti's current president. jean claude's former lawyer says baby doc is greatly misunderstood and did much for haiti. >> the people got poorer here after. and insecurity, we didn't know these words when he was in power. kidnapping, we didn't know nothing about these things.
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>> reporter: but like his father, baby doc used his percentage militia to repress political opponents. patrick lived through both a jims and says they ruled through fear. >> i lived almost all my youth in terror. you know to the point where i got home and i was talking to my father and mother in whisper because du duvall i can't had an incredible network of spies. >> reporter: they led hate foy almost 30 years and at great cost 10s of thousands were tortured and killed while both father and son led lavish lifestyles. they remained decisive characters, some mourn their loss others feel cheated that never suffered justice. they died free men and for many
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victims that is an injustice, the grave is vandalized perhaps a fitting epitaph for a man that so many say did so much harm. part a prince, haiti. don't forget al jazerra's brand of real news available whenever you want it at aljazerra.com. >> fewer people are saying i do, and more adults than ever can say i never did. never married adults have moved from the fringe to the center of a conversation on the future of marriage. it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. we don't make decisions about
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