>> this is al jazeera america life from new york city, i'm richelle carey, here are the top stories. in syria, celebrating a small measure of success against i.s.i.l. fighters. in iraq, a call to protect against i.s.i.s. distribution eastern ukraine lects a new government closer to home. campaigning before the midterms elections.

again, the fight against i.s.i.l. the battle of kobane is gaining momentum with the arrival of kurdish peshawar forces from iraq. people at a refugee camp on turkey's border watched and cheered as war planes flew over kobane. black smoke billowed over the besieged area. this report from the turkish side of the border. >> we are a few kilometres away from kobane, with the sound of sporadic fighting and shelling persisted throughout saturday. behind me is an entrance to the town. that is where the iraqi kurdish peshawar crossed over on friday, early hours of saturday, bringing reinforcements for the syrian kurdish fighters who have been combatting i.s.i.l. peshawar forces stationed

themselves mainly in the west in the city. they brought with them pick-up trucks that were carrying heavy weaponry like anti-aircraft guns, rocket launches, bazooka, and the like. these are weaponries that the syrian, kurdish fighters belonging to the y.p.g. and their allies from the free syrian army had been calling for weeks to say that they needed to swing the battle in their favour, away from the advancement of i.s.i.l. both sides hold the positions they held prior to the peshawar forces entering, with one side, i.s.i.l.'s side controlling the eastern side of kobane, and those defending it against i.s.i.l. advance, holding the southern and western side of the town. >> just over 100 miles east of kobane, moderate rebels have been pushed out of town in the -

in a province there. as reported, the bashar al-assad government says it's in control of fighters linked to al qaeda overrunning strongholds. >> reporter: this is edlib, where -- idlib when infighting pits forces against the al nusra front. in the aftermath of battles, the al nusra front reportedly has taken over several towns. it's driven out some movements . >> we pulled out and considered proposals of truce. a number of agreements were drafted by them. we were among the first to sign. >> the al nusra front victory is credited in part to the arrival of i.s.i.l. fighters in idlib, and it's a sign of how fluid the

war is. weeks ago the al nusra front was fighting alongside the rebels, i.s.i.l., and the bashar al-assad regime. the military is said to step up barrel bombings, according to the syrian observatory for human rights, the syrian air force dropped more than 400 containers, packed with explosives and metal. 3.5 years of conflict changed battle and territorial lines. the regime insists that it is still in control. >> the government clings to the unity and territorial integrity of syria. this is, for us, a sacred issue. >> the coastal region is a stronghold. once dominated by alawites, the community has undergone a dramatic transformation, and is home to hundreds of thousands of sunnis seeking refuge from the

war in iraq, the head of u.n.e.s.c.o. is calling on international governments to prevent the destruction of cultural heritage sites. the citadel guarded irbill and is considered an ain't town. i.s.i.l. is destroying artefacts going back thousands of years. >> this legacy of human civilisation is being destroyed. we are appalled when we see the destruction of heritage, temples, religious sites, mosques, churches. and their illicit trafficking the citadel of erbil is undergoing a massive renovation, and it cost $13 million attacks from i.s.i.l. during a religious commemoration this week. hundreds of thousands of shias

will travel to a shrine city, where a revered figure is buried and they'll remember his death. imran khan reports. >> reporter: iraqis hope this is not a sign of things to come. on sunday a parked minivan exploded on this street. tents have been set up to greet muslims that arrived from ashura. >> translation: two men got out of the min yi van and came into the tent. they drank tea,ate biscuits before leaving, saying they were going do shopping? a. the van exploded moments after. >> reporter: ashura commemorates the death of a pilgrim. visitors to kabula reached record levels with 7 million visiting over the period. across baghdad preparations are under way for the thousands on the streets.

and despite the danger from attack, many are ready to brave whatever may come. >> translation: those i.s.i.l. rats are trying to infest us, invest us with hatred, like al qaeda. it is not for the shia, but a symbol of piece for humanity. despite that, there are fears of attacks. ashura is commemorated from monday night into tuesday morning. this street will be packed with the pa faithful. the religious and spiritual nature of the day is highlighted across baghdad. food and drink is important and is given away for free. politics plays a role, and

slogans are displayed with pride. this year it's not just the old enemies, but new ones like i.s.i.l., whose fighters are on three sides of the capital, increasing forwards of an attack in yemen, a prominent politician helping to negotiate a peace deal between houthi rebels and the government has been killed. >> people here are worried after the assassination. it could lead to further destabilizing of the country, and start the era of political assassinations. it was considered to be a controversial figure, he's in his 70s, shifted sides and is accused of backing the houthis. kind of joining to promote the cause. on some point he was the leader

of the joint moving party, and are the revolution, he was in support. he is a controversial figure. the fear now is that this will deeply increase the tension in this country, mainly in the capital and, as i said, it could start the wave of political assassinations that we have to wait and see the blame game will start soon, and there'll be precautions i suggest. 55 people are dead, and dozens injured after a suicide crash between the main border crossing near india and pakistan. it occurred near lahore, at a crossing. kamal hyder reports from lahore. >> a deadly attack at a major border crossing at wagah.

it has been situated 30 minutes drive from the city of la how. there is the appearance of heavy security guards, the attack taking place on the pakistani side. according to eye witness, the suicide bomber is said to have waited for the turny to end. the crowd started to move away from the venue. two groups have taken responsibility for the attack. both are breakaway factions of the pakistan taliban, and therefore there was confusion as to who carried out the attack both said it was as a result of the military occupation.

the pakistan taliban said that it would strike anywhere in the country in reprisal to the military operations. so, indeed, a deadly attack, and that, too, close to the indian border at a time when tensions between india and pakistan were running high in indian-controlled kashmir police fired tear gas on muslims peating in a procession. police tried to stop them chanting. a curfew is in place to stop gatherings, they don't want them to turn into anti-india. >> binyamin netanyahu is calling for restraint and calm around the al-aqsa mosque. it was the first day the compound reopened after a palestinian shot and wounded an activist who called for more jewish access to the site. binyamin netanyahu said he will not change the rules banning jewish worship at that site

television is off the air at burkina faso after reports of gun fire. protests have taken place since friday, when the president resigned and the army took over. gerald tan has more burkina faso's president of 27 years is now in the ivory coast. his brother's home is public property. unwanted visitors take and sell whatever they can. with blaise compaore out of the scene, the military stepped in, naming isaac zida as head of state. >> starting today i assumed the responsibilities of this transition as head of the government. i call on the international community and friend of burkina faso to support our people in this difficult time. >> but it was people power that forced blaise compaore out when he tried to extend his rule. those behind the protests reject the army's takeover

>> translation: the political opposition and civil society organizations insist that the victory of the uprisings be long to the people. the transitional government calls to them, and should not be confiscated by the military. >> reporter: fearful the country could face a coup, the opposition calls on supporters to protest, wanting civilian authorities to be in charge. the head of parliament, under the constitution, should take office and hold elections within 90 days if the president resigns. >> the way in which everything will be set up to make possible to organise election. if it lasts too long, it could be, indeed, a real danger. >> a danger are the african union is keen to avoid. what happens next will determine

burkina faso's political future french authorities say they are treating a patient infected with ebola. the patient is a u.n. employee who contracted the virus in sierra leone. the patient was evacuated on a special flight and is undergoing treatment in isolation at a hospital near paris. a medicine doctor with doctors without borders was cured in france. the number of patient is rising. the virus is spreading in the rural parts of the country, nine times faster than two months ago. rural countries have been hit worse by the virus, and the number of cases are increasing in freetown. in guinea, children orphaned are hoping it raise money like them. the children, scrined by a lobing -- joined by a local woman's n.g.o. is helping to pay for school. it has registered more than 600

children orphaned in that country. >> today pope francis remembered those who have died during the weekly address. >> a call to remember everyone, to remember everyone, including those no one remembers. remember the victims of wars and violence, the little ones of the world, crushed by hunger and poverty. >> the pope urged his followers to call for christians. climate change - some nations are affected by changes in weather patterns angry about funding cuts, russian nurses and doctors rally in the streets of moscow.

n.a.t.o. says there has been a spike in russian planes over europe. at least one bomber was intercepted approaching its air spice. the second-such incident in less than a week. the crisis in ukraine strained powers between the west and

russia. several patients and health care workers have been protesting on the streets of moscow, angry at reforms that could lead to job losses and cuts in services. >> reporter: many of the doctors and nurses that come to the rally fear they are taking a risk, saying that bosses threatened them with dismissal for turning up. a few thousands came, they hope authorities are listening to what got them saying. this is what got them angry. a leak from city hall documenting plans to shut dozens of hospitals and fire thousands of medical staff. >> i understand how expensive the olympics were in an online video appeal to vladimir putin. please don't pay for the victories with human lives. this is on outspoken critic.

>> it's optimisation af medical care. in a few months 28 hops will be closed. >> moscow is at the head of reforms seeing medical services merge into bigger hospitals. by 2015 all the state medical care will be moved off the federal budget and picked up by a fund paid for by compulsory insurance contributions. it seems to be having perverse consequences. this physician has been offered a new job, but not what he's doing now. >> cleaner. >> reporter: so you are a physician at the moment. >> yes. >> reporter: they are saying you can become a cleaner. >> yes, a physician. i'm in neurology and rehabilitation.

not only me has this position, we have the chief - several chief of departments have the same. >> reporter: at a press conference last week the deputy mayor seemed to blame the doctors for not applying new skills. >> translation: some of them don't want to learn. i understand all the people about to retire, maybe my age, find it difficult to relearn, i learn with great pleasure. some are lazy, it's easy for them to go to a rally. >> rally they did, the biggest protest in years. as angry as the health care workers are there's hardly anyone here that doesn't feel the health care needs an overhaul. there's not many that believe that the reforms the government is pushing through will not just lead to job cuts, but a worst

service for the people that need it most a report from the united nations finds that climate change is making natural disasters more frequent and violent. the report outlines three findings, first, that human influence on climate change is growing. second, that quick action is the only way to avoid destructive results, and third, the world is poorly prepared for the risk of climate change. >> if we act now immediately and decisively, we have the means to build a better and more janable world. >> the panel summarised the findings in three volumes, and says it's in the hands of politicians to implement a solution. many countries implementing change are islands in the pacific. as andrew thomas reports, people in samoa are preparing for the

worst. >> reporter: two years ago cyclones brought trees crashing down on lester dean's beehives. rain pummelled the others. bee had no pollen so they starved. it reduced crops. >> everyone lost out, vegetable farmers and fruit framers. >> natural disasters can have uninsectedanses. dean is brn unintended consequences. dean is keeping his knew hives away from teams. -- from trees. >> survivors are moving up hills. trees are planted along shore lines to protect against ocean surges. crops under plastic, forests replanted to act as a barrier.

communities need to be involved, a scale model of the landscape has been built to explain what is done and why. >> they have to start from village level access, and can be scaled up. climate change needs to be addressed, it's happening, it's unavoidable and the project is an example. >> the gradual effects of global warming means it needs to change. then there are the big projects. physical barriers are the obvious examples of thinking ahead. this seawall was designed to stop a sea causing havoc. not all disasters are about action on the ground. a push by the united nations is to put insurance into the poorest places. last year natural disasters caused $200 billion. most losses were uninsured.

70% of the world has no insurance at all. in the pacific the insurance penetration is 0.3%. i don't need to say how critically important it is to have insurance to recover and reconstruct. >> climate change is making disasters frequent and severe. it pays to be prepared. 500 angry protesters marched in sao paulo, demanding an end to water short edges. the area suffering the worst drought in 84 years. water in the reservoir is lower than the gates, so pumps have to be used. many in the region experienced temporary outages. it is believed incompetence is responsible. 44 million live in sao paulo state. it is driving towards a greener future. the brazilian business capital is rolling out battery powered buses. it's the first city in south

america to do so. officials hope the programme serves as a model for the rest of the world. >> it's another typical busy morning at the main bus terminal in the sao paulo suburbs. some of the commuters will be riding into work on anything but a typical form of transportation. this is a battery powered bus, one of several on a trial run. the first of its kind to be put in place in south america. in the first month they were put in provision, more than 100,000 passengers used the buses. >> it doesn't make pollution, it's faster, and doesn't make noise. >> it runs on rechargeable lithium iron batteries. four files a day the bus is fuelled up on electricity at this charging dock.

>> there's more than 20,000 buses. right now, less than 2% are battery powered. if this experiment takes off and grows, it would have environmental and economic benefits as well. >> currently in cities like sao paulo, you lose more than 10% of g.d.p. because of congestion. providing this is a better school use, and designing it in a better way is something that a lot of cities can learn from. >> city officials are optimistic on the prospects but have to prove it can work on a small scale. >> this is perfect from an environmental and performance point of view. now we are collecting analysis of financial data to see if it will help us do this.

>> for now, it's a small step, but perhaps with big ramifications for the environment. >> officials say it hopes to make the entire bus fleet fuel efficient by 2018 coming up. two days left before the election, hotly contested in the country. voters make their decision in the breakaway region of donetsk and luhansk.

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claiming responsibility for the attack. the number of ebola cases in sierra leone rising. the a g.i. says the virus is spreading in rural parts of the country nine times faster than two months ago it comes down to this - after months and years of political campaign, voters will make choices known in the toose midterm elections. there's a lot at stake from the. some say it's a vote on pam yes's policy. >> it's such a referendum that the democrat candidate will not admit she voted for them. it is. ultimately the wind is blowing against him. people are unheap with his leadership. i think the 10 seats you see, all 10 go republican. you can see a wave at the end. people are sensing, those that don't want to admit they voted for him. >> in 2012.

in the red state that he lost, we con. democratic senators won half the senate races. a lot has to do with the fact that we have candidates independent of whatever the disagrees's policies are, you see them disagree with him on a number of policy issues, these are democrats that show the stability we want in washington president obama is spending the weekend stumping for democrats around the country. the president was in connecticut. this evening he will be in philadelphia at a rally for pennsylvania candidate tom wonderful. >> and -- tom wolf, and north carolina is a tight battle. tom ackerman reports from rowley. >> reporter: in north carolina, like most u.s. states, polling stations have opened. democrats here have been most anxious to bank votes early, before they fear a republican head wind hits on election day.

as president obama's approval rating sinks, republican senate challenger thom tillis gained ground by roping democratic incumbent kay hagan to obama's record, especially to the un popular landmark reform, known as obama care. >> senator hagan voted with president obama 96% of the time, and served as a rubber-stamp for president obama's failed policies, promised she'd go to washington and get things done, and failed her promise. >> she countered by pointing to how often she voted against president obama. >> i disagree with the president. we need to build the keystone pipeline. trade deals - too many jobs have gone overseas. >> and i voted against my own party's budget because it had two deep a cut. hagan swept into office on

president obama's coat-tails, when north carolina put him in the white house. the electorate since then shifted. likely voters in north carolina, and other battle ground states on the average are older, whiter and more conservative. what would republican voters expect if their party takes over congress? >> i don't know off the top of my head in particular, but anything is better than the nothing that has been going on so far. >> i'm fearful. i'm afraid we will not get anything done at a high level. >> reporter: hopes rest with a group that provided its first margin of victory - black voters. her opponent tillis reaped their anger, leading the legislature in cuts to education, health care for the working poor, benefits to the jobless. >> what we have is a battle for the soul of the state against extremists who want to go low,

verses the rest of us who want to lift our politics to higher ground. >> this year thousands were massed to the state capital in protests against the cuts. now the democrat's challenge is to motivate enough of the discontented to march to the polls, where they count. another race that appears to be close is in kansas. four years ago republican governor sam brown won in a landslide. he is facing a fault. "america tonight"s chen siyi has mor more. -- joie chen has more. >> good morning, welcome to the kansas state fair in hutchison in what could be a pivotal year in politics. >> reporter: in the race for governor of kansas, challenger paul davis is running neck and neck with the incumbent sam brownback. >> i'm paul davis, i'm a

moderate. a commonsense leader, an independent thinker. the government's experiment is not working. we are trailing surrounding states in the rest of the country in virtually every economic growth indicator there's, and it has plunged our state deep into debt. >> sam brownback ran in 2010, a huge republican year across the country. he won a sweeping victory. the brownback promise was along the lines that we would cut taxes, there would be a surge in employment, a surge in economic growth. that certainly has not happened. >> in fact, what happened it that as you might expect, when you cut taxes substantially, revenues have plunged. last year kansas lost a faith of tax revenue. this year credit agencies lowered the bond rating. clearly there's a lot of

dissatisfaction for a politician like governor brownback to be fighting for his political life. it's a remarkable political story. >> i'm pretty conservative myself, but they went nuts. i mean we had the weirdest damn set of bills come before the legislature this last year, just weird things. virtually it eliminated the income tax part. that sounds really good, because nobody wants to pay more income taxes, but we still have basic functions that are the responsibility of the state to implement. >> let's go through this cut. the cut was the obama stimulus money going away that paul davis agreed putting it in the budget. he left a first call train wreck in the state of kansas, and he's the department leader then, the

nancy pelosi of cannes says. -- kansas, that's what he did. [ cheering and applause ] >> governor, you can blame everybody you want, the fact remains that you made the single largest cut to public school funding. all you have to do is talk to the teachers out here. i talking to a teacher the other day... >> reporter: teachers are mobilizing in a grassroots effort to defeat governor brownback. >> i'm a special education teacher. that, i think, lit a fire under our teachers. they understand that people are attacking, public schools are attacking students and teachers, and they have to stand up and do something. we have to do something. this is the election, we are fighting for the future of our state earlier our sister network al jazeera english talked to martin luther king iii and he was asked do people have reason to come out to the polls this

tuesday? >> there is some momentum that is being garnered in north carolina, and around the country, and several other places, louisiana. the question is will it be enough. none of us will know until election day. >> do people want to come and vote. it may be six, but if you go back to the presidential vote, when president barack obama was on the ballot. there may be interest. when you go into midterms, it's about nuanced issues, is that enough to influence people? >> certainly people are very interested, but want to see movement and change. and that change manifests itself in many ways. employment opportunities, the economy growing, which those things have happened. unfortunately, they have been a little slow. but they have happened. the reality is yes, i do believe the public is interested. however, i think we have created restrictions to voting around

the nation. some of the new laws on the books, that make it more difficult to vote. we should make it easier to vote. my father used to say a voteless people is a powerless people. now is the time for people to come out and cast their votes. >> reverend basha who re heard in the report, from the n.a.a.c.p. from north carolina described it as a continuation of the civil rights movement. given everything you know from four father, how is this a continuation of that? >> when you talk about environmental rights, when you talk about education for children, when you talk about health care, that is truly a continuation of what my father envisitioned, a nation where freedom, justice, righteousness cares for all people. this definitely is a continuation of what my father wanted to see in our nation. the reality is he would have wanted to see congress work

together for the interests of the people of america. today that is not happening, but if we continue and work to elect the right people, it can happen. >> do you think it would happen any more under a republican controlled or both houses being republican controlled as it could turn out that way - them controlling the congress, democrats and president obama in power. >> what could perhaps happen is that many things that people work for to move the nation forward could be turned back. that is a frightening proposition. the bowl is to represent all of americans, not just one ethnic group, one population, but all of americans, and it think many of the policies that republicans promoted, not all, but many policies have been policies that favour corporations, large corporations. while i think there has to be a balance, i don't think the korgess must get -- corpses

must -- corporateses must -- corporations must get things, people have been left out. that was martin luther king iii. we'll look at why voter turnout is low across the united states. that is tonight the reality of the modern american politics too often follows a simple pattern. every election outside influence and funny must flow, leaving voters decide on who to believe. david shuster has this report. >> this is the most expensive election going on in this country here in north carolina. >> reporter: no sooner had iowa, and others been decided as the linchpin, outside groups spent multimillions of negativity in the hotly contested battles. >> defend your rights, defeat

stacy apple. >> he wants to be an iowan senator and threatens to sue over chickens. >> it's not very neighbourly the extreme campaign ads are all that voters are talking about. they are doing more talking than the candidates themselves. >> some adds... . >> in a documentary series "midterms", the director spend time with the candidate on the ground, after debate, offering a picture of the candidate, and what they have to say. >> but it's me. i'm talking. it's just me. of course i approve this message. >> i'm keeping it affordable. >> we want to find the moments where they are interacting with the constituent, talking with the staff, hanging out with the family in a hotel suite or a green room. something that shows you who the

people are. >> we are going to keep me in as you are u.s. senator as we are kicking thom tillis out. [ cheering and applause ] >> we are going to send kay hagan, we are going to fire her. >> they have the outside money, it may cancel each other out. we are left with what you can do on the ground. >> okay, i'm filling in. delaware. >> it's a lot of handshaking, but we love it. >> we can fight back. i'm fighting back much. >> even with tens of millions of dark money taking obvious the air waves, the message from the principles is the same as it has always been - you decide.

>> you are not running against these other people - you are running against me. >> david shuster reporting there. you can see the full documentary at 9:00pm eastern, don't forget to join al jazeera america on november 4th for a round-up of the results and indepth analyst. coverage at 7:00p.m. eastern. elections and eastern ukraine have been announced as illegitimate. >> the results will be rgdsed by rush -- recognised by russia. >> reporter: the day has come for this woman and her friends to vote. for months they have been watching event unfold in native donet donetsk. for her the ballot is about ending the conflict in ukraine. >> translation: it's important to vote and stand up for the city, otherwise all of this is in vain. the main thing is stability for the people, and faith in the future

nataliya will not tell us who she voted for. there are three candidates for the presidency in donetsk, but it's alexander zakharchenko, the acting prime minister of the pro-russian separatist who is expected to win. he was the first one to cast his ballot in this polling station, and it was his first public appearance in civilian clothes. >> i did not go out to war today. this is an historical day. a day of elections. they are a peaceful affair, so i wore a suit. i know how to wear it, and a military uniform. >> for this man, a mining technician, now voter. there's a large queue of voters. this one stretches all the way down the corridor. people say they have been waiting up to two hours to cast

a ballot. here, there was a celebration involving children. this is the kind of image the separatist leaders hope for to show that they do enjoy popular support. at least among the people that chose to remain in the east. the vote is dominated by an older generation, nostalgic for the russian era. a time where there was little corruption, they say. this is a time of victory for them. >> translation: i'm very happy, i have tearing in my eyes. i belief if there are smart people in the world, they'll recognise all of this. >> reporter: there's a silent voice. half the population left the region since the conflict started. many family and friends are gone. >> translation: it's clear we will not be part of ukraine, and no one will have contact with

us. there'll be nothing good with us. that's 100% sure. everyone is leading and the city is dead. >> reporter: for this day, the pro-russians took the back seat, leaving the state to the people. problems a big change facing the government is to first gain legitimacy among those who left their homes. >> voters in romania went to the polls to choose a new president. their president is leaving office. the current prime minister is the favourite against more than a dozen other candidates, if no one wins the majority, romanians can expect a run-off vote thousands said goodbye to long-time boss. his -- he served as mayor. he was diagnosed with cancer

after leaving office. mexican investigators uncover a traumatic history of

violence. mexican investigators determined that three out of four bodies found near the border were americans. the three, a woman, two of her brothers disappeared on october 14th along with her boyfriend. they were taken by a restaurant by armed men who identified themselves as police. police in mexico are checking several mass graves to see if they contain the remains of 43 missing college students. around four sites are investigated. the studies tell a story of violence until area, as adam raney reports.

>> reporter: this poor but peaceful neighbourhood is where some of the mass graves outside of igwaila were found. a warm afternoon, friends, families. people were afraid, telling stories of horror, fear. people around here keep to themselves. why risk crossing anyone. they know the price they could pay. i asked a federal policeman op duty if he heard the same stories, that this had been a place where cartels buried their visibling tips. -- victims. police will not let us go any further beyond this point, but

some of the graves found here, outside of iguala are 2km up the road. locals tell us that at any time of day or night for years, they would see cars go up the hill quite full, but when they came down, they were pretty much empty. this man lived here for nearly three decades and sleeps on a dirt floor. he would rather be poor than join the gangs. >> reporter: three of his nephews has been missing for years. he often writes poetry to deal with the pain of living amidst so much death. his latest poem is to honour

the 43 missing students. >>: >> reporter: the students' fate is unknown. this man, living close to death, can only imagine the worst. as many as 30 bodies have been found so far. none of them match the missing students. according to a recent u.n. report, 91 journalists were killed last year. sunday is international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. we have this report from the doha center for media freedom. >> they have become targets in a battle over the future of syria

unintended victims in the war in afghanistan. and reminders that covering an election can be dangerous. these are a handful of journalists that have been killed while doing their job. >> journalists are the beacon of democracy, a voice of those that cannot speak in many countries, they deserve a special protection. according to a u.n. report, 600 journalists have been killed in the line of duty from 2006 to 2013. most were men and local journalis journalists. arab region is considered the dangerous. in egypt the government clamped down media. 10 journalist have been killed since the revolution beganment three of our hone have been wrongly accused of hoping the muslim brotherhood.

and imprisoned since last december. >> there's not an appreciation that the job of journalists do. they are holding the government officials accountable. >> keeping journalists safe, especially in repressive countries was the focus of a 2-day conference at the doha center for media freedom. >> we need to have governments living up to their commitments. we can't sweep this culture of impunity under the rug. >> once a journalist is killed, families seldom get justice. according to the u.n. report, 6% of the cases were resolved. as natalia said, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been detained in egypt or 309 days. al jazeera rejects the charges against each journalist and continues to demand their immediate release. coming up, thousands enter

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controversy over the name washington redskins continues. in minnesota thousands object to the redskins against their name and the game against the vikings. john hendren has more tens of thousands gather to watch the washington redskins play the vikings. hundreds of thousands protested the name. other teams invoke names of native americans. cleveland indian, chicago blackhawks, to name a few. none of them in vehicles a vehi derogatory term in relation to the colour of their skin of the protests will go on, in spite dan schneider saying he will not

change the name. red skin fans say it is a tribute to native americans. it's a claim rejected here. it's a name that means the land of clear blue waters. it is played on what was dakota land. the protests are against the washington redskins, but are against minnesota authorities for allowing it to go on. >> john hendren reporting there from miles pennesota the world's largest, more than 50,000 finishes. he finished in two hours, 10 minutes and 55 seconds. that is fast for you and i, but the slowest winning time in new york. he won the winning title in two hours. 25 minutes and 7 seconds. three seconds ahead of second place. >> i'm richelle carey. "real money" is next.

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