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>> but idriss - and so many other rohingya muslims living as outcasts in their own land - believe that risking it all on a dangerous journey is better than submitting to a slow death. >> welcome to the news hour live from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, after 400 days behind bars in egypt, one of our jury roomies, peter gresta has been freed. al jazeera continues to demand the release of the two others. >> boko haram attacks the northern town and the army is called. >> japan's condemned the killing of a japanese journalist by isil
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vowing to never forgive what they call terrorists. >> high tides fail to dampen the festive spirits at the annual carnival. >> we begin with breaking news out of journalist. were you ever our germists, peter gresta has been freed and is in good health. he was arrested with two other colleagues they remain behind bars and al jazeera continues to demand their release. the three journalists were falsely accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. after their conviction in june, the men were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail. egypt's highest appeals court order add retrial a month ago but there's still no indication of when that trial will begin.
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a short while ago the network issued this release. al jazeera said that the campaign to free its journalists in egypt will not end until all three have been released. peter is on his way out of the country after 400 days in detention, but the two others remain behind bars. the network said they all have to be released.
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>> in nigeria the army has managed to repel boko haram after it launched another assault trying to take over the strategic city. the attack on the capitol of borno state comes two weeks before elections. the african union announced it would send in an armed force to fight the group. we are joined from the capitol. tell us about this rare success and how it played out. >> it is a combined effort of both the military and thousands of youth supported by vigilantes and the military engaged boko haram on the outskirts actually four points, when woke was trying to launch its attacks
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this morning. they succeeded in repelling them as we hear now according to our security source, the boko haram fighters, one hour ago there has been a fierce battle between security forces, youth and the guns are silent now and things are calming as residents get out of their homes top assess the situation. >> residents were petrified when boko haram had taken over. they didn't know what sort of future they'd have. tell us more about the stories you heard coming from there. >> exactly. this was a frightening moment for many of them. they were like we really don't know what's going to happen, pray for us, we can hear gunshots and explosion all over the city.
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we don't know how this will end. people were actually frightened because of what happened previously. now reports are suggesting that hundreds if not thousands have been killed and if boko haram steps in, the massacre will be worse. this is a city they've eyed for a number of years and they've failed to take control of, in addition to the territory large territory they've been holding. >> fighting continues in other parts. thanks for that update. >> nigeria's military is the largest in west africa but less capable than its size and equipment inventory suggests. it has active did you have personnel in three armed services totaling 200,000 soldiers and 300,000 paramilitary personnel. despite it's almost $5 billion budget last year, nigeria's mill stare is still underresourced. the soldiers lack adequate training. most of nigeria's ships and
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aircraft of inoperable. a large percentage of the army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations. we are joined live by a researcher on war and conflict studied, from birmingham. why is it so bad? what is going wrong with the military there? >> i think a number of times i've explained that the military are undermotivated and haven't got enough weapon to say fight boko haram. if you remember, a few years ago, some of the military helicopters crashed. one of them was actually shot down by boko haram fighters in october, 2013, 2014 and the pilot of the helicopter beheaded. there is a lot of demotevasion among the soldiers. there's also inability to fight boko haram. >> but why? the country knows what a
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detriment boko haram is and how much land it's taking. why don't they change that, put money in there? why don't they had motivate the soldiers? >> the government under top brass of the military have been arguing that they are properly funding the military. we have seen coming out all this time to say they are not properly motivated not proper paid or given enough weapons. it appears that they are right they haven't got what they need to fight boko haram. chad has been fighting boko haram effectively but yet it hasn't paid off. >> tell us about boko haram's strategy. i mean, they've got the eyes on the world on them, as you say chad cameroon taking part, and yet they seem to be gaining in confidence. it's as if they know that somebody's got their back. >> clearly, we are getting into
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the final days of boko haram depending exactly on what anyeryians want to do. by being able to repel them, yes, there is a lot put there to make sure boko haram is forced out of the business of terrorism. it has gotten to a point that if they are not able to go back to places like chad or any injury or cameroon, they will be submerged at a point they will be completely dealt with. >> i was asking more about what boko haram strategy is and how you stop a movement like this when the army is also accused of its own human rights abuses. effectively exacerbating the root problems there that help create boko haram. >> well, clearly like i said earlier, the strategy is some fighting -- the military fighting them has to go on, but surgery has been exhausted and
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boko haram are forced to stop fighting. we'll have to talk of places where now there isn't enough jobs and the military have to talk of that solution. the military fighting has to go on. they have to be forced by the government to dissuade people from supporting boko haram. >> leaders for suspension or termination at the charges in the criminal court against sudanese president and deputy president. both are accused of crimes against humanity. some want the court to address their concerns.
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>> the rotating post was taken over friday. he said it's not his business what the west says or does. he is subject to travel bans by the united states and european union. >> an explosion in the syrian capitol has left at least six dead. it happened in the center of damascus president entrance to the market. initial reports suggest it was an improvised explosive device placed on a bus. ten people were wounded. stephanie has more from beirut in nining lebanon. >> this is a rare attack in the center of damascus. the reports we're hearing is it happened on a bus or near a bus a lebanese bus carrying lebanese pilgrims to the shrine. this is a shia shrine. this happens every weekend.
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pilgrims will go to damascus to visit them on a pilgrimage. we're hearing number of people dead and wounded in this attack, very unusual. the syrian capitol is relatively safe. there is fighting on the outskirts of rebels. when it comes to the center, we haven't seen an attack like this for at least a year. also why perhaps this being a target, of course, the lebanese armed group is fighting on the side of the syrian regime in damascus against the rebels, so a complex web of allegiance is to show who why they're targeted but of course the significance of then and attack of this scale an i.e.d. and bomb placed in the center of damascus is very rare. >> japan's government said it's highly likely the video of the killing of kenji goto is
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authentic. >> shock sadness and sympathy for his family expresses by people in tokyo. crowds gathered and you said the prime minister's office after they found out the veteran reporter had most likely been murdered in syria by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> he always hoped to make the world a place without wars and to save children from war and poverty. i promise here to carry out his legacy. >> earlier the prime minister had said a video released by isil showing them killing kenji goto was likely real. >> we are deeply saddened by this dispeckable act of terrorism and we denounce it in the strongest terms. to the terrorists, we will never, ever forgive you for this act. >> kenji goto had gone in syria to help rescue another japanese national also taken by isil.
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that person has likely since been killed. he made a video saying that he knew the risks. >> some feel the killing of two japanese people by size ail in a week will change perceptions in japan. >> unfortunately i think this incident will further degrade theistic image in japan and this is a real tragedy because of course the hostage cries and the terrorism going on in northern iraq and syria has little to do with is slam and much more to do with extremism. >> some people in the islamic community are worried about a backlash but say it is unlikely given the way minorities of well treated in japan. >> what happened, what we heard this morning the news, it has nothing to do with is slam. >> the news of the death of two
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japanese nationals within two weeks has made an impact. it's already greatly affected some people here. al jazeera. >> the jordanian government released a statement condemning the kill, the statement also talks about a jordanian pilot captured by isil. it says jordan has made all efforts to safe kenji goto's life and ensure his release. we are continually communicating with the june knees government on this matter. we are still making all efforts to find that the jordanian pilot is safe and to ensure his release to jordan. >> in iraq, shia militias are accused of preventing sunnis from returning to their homes once areas have been cleared of isil fighters. commanders deny the allegations but the allegations have brought religious and ethnic divisions back to the surface. we have a report. >> in 2005, this man was forced
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out of his hometown by al-qaeda. ten years later, he is back. he is an iraqi occurred. he took part in the recent battle against the islamic state of iraq and the levant, a formerly al-qaeda-a lined group. isil fighters may have been defeated in the town but were not the only ones who left. the sunni population are no longer here. some blame them for allowing the isil takeover. >> the civilian, they were al-qaeda. they helped give them water food take them inside the houses. they go up with them to their -- take them to their kurdish houses house. >> they are not the only force on the ground. they are cooperate militia men. they have government back to go fight isil, but have been
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accused of operating outside the law and changing the demography in many areas. >> we met members of the popular mobilization forces based in this town. they refused to appear on camera. they told me they are going to allow people to return but on condition they did not take part in the fighting alongside isil. >> the kurds say the same thing. they deny they are punishing sunnis because they belong to the same sect as isil fighters. commanders say they can return once the area is cleared of i.e.d.'s, but keep stressing that the province was an al-qaeda stronghold for years and many were supporters of the armed group. >> we have credible information that 95% of the sunnis in the area were fight isil, al-qaeda and other terrorist groups, but we're not targeting their families. in fact, many of them found shelter in our areas.
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>> instead of uniting iraq's communities, the war against isil is opening old wounds and creating future conflicts like many other battle grounds, it is a reality of the need for reconciliation. >> much more to come in this news hour. running for cover we meet people in eastern ukraine hiding from the fighting in makeshift shelters. >> the freezing shoreline where the russian film levi than was made. keep watch to go find out what the locals think. >> djokovic wins another open
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title. >> we have breaking news out of egypt, our journalist peter greste has not freed and he is in good health. he was arrested alongside two our that remain behind bars and al jazeera continues to demand their release. the three were falsely accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. after they are conviction, the men were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail. egypt's highest appeals court order add retile a month ago. there's still no indication of when that trial will begin. a short while ago the network issued this media release. al jazeera has said that the campaign to free its journalists will not end until all three have been released. peter greste is on his way out of the country. the two others remain behind bars. al jazeera said all three have
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to be exonerated and the conviction of the other journalists have to be lifted. the leader of the network said: >> 13 ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours fighting pro-russian separatists across eastern ukraine. it has ban scene of particularly intense fighting with that we have a report. >> they run for cover touching their shopping bags.
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what sounds like artillery and mortars landing close by. it was unclear whether the separatists or the ukrainian military fired first. >> we're in the town and there's been a lot of incoming shelling over the last few minutes. it's still going on sporadically. the streets are deserted and those who can are hiding in their basements. under this block of flats we find a young family. it is cold and damp and the sound of the shelling reverb rates through the cement walls. >> we constantly come down here because of what's going on. you can see what's happening now. how can we stay in our apartment? >> during a lull in the firing, we head further into town to where we have heard the shells landing. relatives have just pulled --
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continues over into pennsylvania. central pennsylvania is expected to get a hit of heavy snow >> police cleared their camps in september. still to come, nowhere to go, the syrian refugees in turkey, its hopes of returning home are crumbling. >> sport the national football league prepares to cap a troubled season with the superbowl. that coming up. temporarily and that will be part of the snowfall amounts. six inches over manhattan and southern portions of connecticut. massachusetts you'll get another ten to 14 inches of snow. this area of low pressure will be tracking ideal where where
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>> an america tonight investigation >> somebody could come in and take our home away from us >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight vietnam so that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >> a quick look at the top stories on that al jazeera. one of our journalists peter greste has not freed from an egyptian prison after 400 days behind bars. he was arrested along two other colleagues. they remain behind bars and al jazeera continues to demand their release. >> the nigerian army has driven out boko haram from the capitol
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of borno state but fighting is underway in mafa now. it comes two weeks before national election and a day after the african union announced it would send in a force to fight the armed group. >> japan said it's highly likely a video shown by isil of the beheading of kenji goto is authentic. >> the release of our colleague peter greste is the top news. what fantastic news, what is your response? >> it is amazing news. we are immensely relieve that had peter's out of detention that peter is currently on his way with his brother home to be reunited with his family. the strength and recivilians of
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his friend and families for this extraordinary amount of time for this extraordinary jib justice meted out to them. an irony, there is no celebration of the release of an innocent man. peter, a wonderful journalist, guilty of nothing but carrying out the best journalism in the world, and yet has spent 400 days behind bars, so immensely relieved but the other thing we've got to focus on today is that the two other are still behind bars, the same injustice being amongst the world's best journalists and yet still are behind bars. and seven other of our colleagues sentenced to 10 years in absentia outside egypt are still imprisoned today. the response has been immense from politicians from the media around the globe and from hundreds of thousands of people
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who care about their right to be informed care about the freedom of speech and care about the fact that they have a right to be heard. that solidarity has been immense and we are extremely grateful for it. in a way we cannot rest until the injustice is brought to an end. >> the pressure must continue. incredible support around the world. eying has spoken to peter. how is he? >> remarkably strong. it was wonderful to be able to speak to peter. we can't wait to catch up with him and obviously he can't wait to catch up with the rest of his family but he's an incredibly strong guy wonderful journalist. he's lived through this ordeal with immense strength and resilience as his other colleagues have. >> thank you. >> let's turn to out of our top stories, the fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. many people ever fled ice sill in the syrian town of kobane and
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are sheltering in turkey, desperate to return home. most of their houses have been destroyed. surrounding villages were still under the armed group's control. in turkey, we have a report. >> they fled as quick as they could, as sounds of explosions and gunfire became closer, not knowing for how long they will be gone. >> three of my grandsons fighting, one wounded but the two others are on the front line. i'm so proud of them. when i go back, i will eat the soil. i want to go, even if i to have sleep in a grave. >> she was hoping to see her brother. he's been on the front line for
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four months. >> i have a wonderful feeling. i am very happy. first time i feel like this. my people defended their land and they won. >> the islamic state of iraq and the levant still controls the villages where many of the refugees live and where the fighting is on going. kobane is in ruins. the border is closed to civilians. turkey instead opened a more permanent settlement on the outskirts of the town. >> it's the biggest yet in the country. both officials say it's too early for civilians to cross back into kobane for safety reasons. despite the wishes of many refugees, they will have to stay here for a while. >> there are 7,000 tents for up to 35,000 people. it has a play ground, and will soon open two schools for 10,000 children. people already are settling in, but the mood is as grave as the
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weather. >> even if we had to live in a tent there it's better. at least back home, we would save our dignity. this is not our country. it's not our land. i am a foreigner here. >> like many here, the family ran out of money so living in a camp is the only choice. >> i have my home, a car and a truck. i own 20 hectores of land. i have barley and planted. we had to leave this behind. i did not take anything with me except the cat for our child. we are all in this situation. >> moving to the camp just a few days after the capture of kobane has left main deeply disappointed. they wonder if it will take weeks, months or years before they return home. their cars are still parked along the border where they left them waiting for the day they can return to kobane and their lives at refugees will end.
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>> indonesia is preparing to execute 11 people for drug-related offenses, seven of them are foreigners. indonesian government has been defending its use of capitol punishment despite international condemnation as we report from jakarta. >> he is trying to stay clean from drugs in one of indonesia's four government run rehabilitation centers. four mill drug addicts there's a huge shortage of anti drug treatment, where 18,000 people die every year because of drug abuse. >> all my friends who were use me have died. i have no more friends left. i hate myself so much, so i want to die. >> indonesia has become an important market for drugs. it has a population of 250 million and critics say the corrupt law enforcement system makes it possible for dealers to
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pipe police. earlier, crystal meth from hong kong was confiscated but many other shipments often go through. >> the largest drug bust in indonesia, a growing market in the region. the government said it can only stop the traffickers by executing them, despite international protest. >> back at the rehabilitation center there are several policeman being treated for drug abuse. this is one of them. now he's a counselor. >> we need a mental revolution. we can go after the dealers but the police also need to be clean. it's very likely the drugs are entering the country because the police are letting it happen or even becoming the middlemen. police who should be stopping the drug trade are involved themselves. >> the government admits police and other government officials are involved in the drug trade. >> as the president is firm, i'm sure the police chief and attorney general will follow.
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if the president is not firm, the others will still be involved in drugs like what we see in mexico. we need a common commitment to stop this. >> while motor indonesians support the drug penalty for drug related offenses, many also dethe dangers of capitol punishment. joyce has her own private drug-free rehabilitation center. she says the government should focus more on prevention and rehabilitation. >> there's a lot of anger among the indonesian families, because they feel unsafe for their kids anymore. everybody's using. there doesn't seem to be anything that's working education is still not in place. there's not a lot of money for prevention programs, real prevention programs, and then you have recovery and then the question with rehabilitation or recovery are they really
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serious about their jobs. >> many argue as long as there is a demand for drugs, one execute drug dealer with him immediately be replaced by another. al jazeera west java. >> it is one of the most acclaimed films of the past year in the running for an oscar this month, but the russian feature leviathon is now getting reds in the country where it was made. it's stirred controversy there with it depiction of state corruption in modern russia. we traveled to the northwest when the film was shot to gauge the locals' reaction. >> take the road east and head north across the snow swept tundra. in two hours you'll find the once thriving fishing village huddled on the rocky shore of the sea. here two summers ago a film called leview than was made.
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domestically praise has been less forthcoming. >> ordinary people can be destroyed by corrupt officials but it's the way this film depicts russia and russian that is has made the authorities uncomfortable. >> it's not an accurate rendition of the country they say. just because the characters swear and swig vodka doesn't make them real russians. the minute try has suggested it won't give money for such gloomy projects again. more measured statements are given now. >> this film is an artistic fiction. it is how the director sees
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things. this film is not about here, it was only filmed here. it is not bus. it is a generalized image. >> as we left, another t.v. crew arrived. people here have had to get used to cameras and questions very fast. out in the snow, different views. the film hasn't been properly released in russia yet but recently villages were given an advanced screening. >> it is a good film about life. they showed it as it is. this is what happens to people. they get cheated on, lied to. this is our life. >> it's a truthful film, he shouted through the wind. this is how we live. we're always lied to. they say one thing but do completely different. look at the houses we live in. >> it's easy to feel forgotten in such rundown corners of russia's remotest regions.
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the film has however briefly blasted away this villages an no anymorety. not all welcome that. but for many, a little attention is exactly what it needs. al jazeera northwestern russia. >> still ahead on the news hour, sport and powerhouse meet anew in the final of the world championships in doha. oha.
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>> one of our journalists peter greste's been freed from prison
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after 400 days behind bars in good health. he was arrested behind two our colleagues that remain behind bars. al jazeera continues to demand their release. the three were falsely accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. >> a short while ago the network issued this media release: we have a report. >> this was the most recent protest against the detention of al jazeera staff in egypt. at the end of december, mash ago year since their arrest, journalists rallied in london and around the world. sydney the hague sarajevo.
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it had been a year of agony for the families of the men. australia peter greste's parents were in cairo hoping for his release by christmas. >> for me, giving him a hug was quite difficult at the end. just to say goodbye and to leave him at the end of the day knowing that it's not the best place to be. >> no one expect it to go on this long. >> it needs to be corrected. i'm hopeful and still fighting with muhammed. >> the arrests on december 29 2013 were initially assumed to be short-lived a mistake of the media accreditation. by the time it passed, it became clear that the government had
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other intentions. those who know greste, with little experience of egypt could make little sense of the charge that he was linked to what the government described as terrorists. the same can be said of his colleagues. the hash tag #freeajstaff went crime. the treatment of the employees was a threat to the entire journalistic community reporting from egypt. the trial failed to produce any credible evidence against the three. there was foot acknowledge found including a video of sheep herding, some of greste's work entirely and different news currently entirely. in june, the men were convicted and jailed. the lowest point of a desperate year for all involved. world leaders including president obama denounced the
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court ruling, with you the egyptian government stood behind it and said it was not a political decision and up up to the legal system to figure out what was next. on january 1 egypt's highest court threw out the convictions and order add retrial. peter greste is free, but the ordeal continues for the two other journalists. >> what good news indeed. >> hand ball championships happening in doha. djokovic has won a fifth open title. the world number one was taking on andy murray for the third time in the final. having won the previous two the tie breakers were needed to separate the pair.
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>> it's been 39 years since a local has won the trophy at home in tennis. with tennis courts disappearing, there are some who fear the glory days will remain in the past. >> another year, another australian open with no home-grown winner. it's been 10 years since an australian has played in a 16les final in either a woman or men's event. you have to go back even further to find the last australian to have won the open, mark edmundson, way back in 1976. >> he's like playing god. i think it was the best win of my life. once i got through him i just
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thought this is fantastic. >> when i was young there was football whatever variety cricket, tennis and swimming. >> one reason for the lack of success is simply not enough people are playing tennis. in 2002, 8% of 18-24 years old were registered players. that had gone down to 6% in 2005 and to just 3% in 2012. there is hope this year's open saw 19-year-old nick reach the quarter finals, the first time an australian has done that since 2005. the white city tennis club in sidney is almost the symbol of a decline in tennis. it hosted five cup finals and used to be the home of the sydney international until 2000. a lack of funding in recent
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years has seen this once iconic venue fall into disrepair. the owners want to redevelop the site and say tennis will play a large part. if the sport can remain accessible to all maybe australia's very long wait for a singles championship could be coming to an end. >> the final of the world hand ball championships will be held in doha in a few hours's time. qatar have become the first non-european to ever reach this final. for more, we go live to the sports arena. this is really a clash of the old and the new in world hand ball. >> you're exactly right. they really had a great
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performance in this tournament. they ended it 30 seconds in the world. they are now in the final. as you said, the first non-european team to reach the final in history. asian teams had only reached the quarter finals before, african teams the semifinals, and now qatar in the final to face the current olympic and european champions, france. there has been controversy over the team. some of their players from from all over the world bosnia, cuba spain but this is actually part of the international hand ball federal regulations, a player can play for a different national team if they haven't played in an official match within three years. it is allowed what they are doing. it's been different reaction to that. australian players have said it's like facing a world selection team, while other players from spain said it's within the rules why not let's try and do this. they are facing a very hard team
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from the 2012 olympic champions. >> thank you very much for that. northern india state is holding what's known as indias rural olympics such as cart racing. it is consider add big deal for many athletes, as it can lead to selection for the olympics. we have a report. >> starting race day with a prayer she's traveled nearly 100 kilometers from her hometown to compete in what's known as indias rural olympics. this is a big deal. she spent the last year preparing for the 400-meter sprint. >> this is part of my training for an upcoming national event which is crucial to being selected for part of the national team. my dream is to be selected and win a medal for india. >> her competition is tough. she wants to impress the coaches
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who over the years have discovered dozens of olympians on this track. >> our podium winners are usually nationally recognized athletes. one had a medal but couldn't win here. this competition isn't just a small rural event. it's a national meet of the highest standard. >> that's why every event is serious business. beating the competition beats national reward and national recognition. >> this event has brought the best of athletic talent to indias attention. it's not only launching careers in sport it's an important reminder of the traditions that united people across this region. >> since 1933, people have been come here to cheer and compete in mainstream sports and traditional feats of strength,
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agility and precision. >> we are sports people, here, most people keep fit. they go for evening walks or run. many live in villages where they have to do a lot of physical work. they have fostered that you are own sporting traditions, like plow lifting. >> she finishes second. it's not the podium finish she wanted but one she's happy with. because for her the journey towards her dream is a victory in itself. >> that's it for me. >> thanks very much for that. high tides in venice have failed to dampen spirits of visitors at this year's carnival festival. the ancient italian tradition is famous for masks and elaborate costumes. we report. >> the grand opening of the carnival of venice, a spectacular tradition that has attracted visitors for centuries
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now. a feast for the eyes and not only this year's theme is food, the universal exhibition kicks off in neighboring milan in may. the opening show on saturday night involved hot air balloons, a fisherman said village dancers, acrobats and jugglers. the real pro tag any of thes, as always the great mansion lavish costumes and city's canals. carnival was introduced as a party for the lower classes. behind the mask, rich and poor will be equal even if just for a few days. from saturday for the next two weeks will be less about hiding behind a mask and more about dressing to impress. >> that is a wonderful festival. we've got more on the release of one of our journalists in the next bulletin. stay with us.
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>> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... >> are you tellin' me it's ok to just open the border, and let em' all run in? >> the teams live through the hardships that forced mira, omar and claudette into the desert. >> running away is not the answer... >> is a chance at a better life worth leaving loved ones behind? >> did omar get a chance to tell you goodbye before he left? >> which side of the fence are you on? >> sometimes immigration is the only alternative people have. borderland only on al jazeera america >> an amazing adventure came to an end this morning after the coast of mexico. two balloonists, completed a 7,000 mile journey. they began the flight in japan last sunday. good thing they didn't fly in >> japan condemns the killing of a japanese journalist by isil, vow to go never forgive what they call terrorists. >> milestones for the developing