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breaking back for the mass murder of egyptian christians. egypt launches air strikes. the battle rages on in ukraine. pro-russian separatists reject the ceasefire and russia refuses to pull back its weapons. peace deal on the verge of collapse. anti-putin rally in hungary a day before the russian president
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is due to arrived. a look at the complex relations between hungary and russia. two of the rarest big cats find refuge in a forest overlooking a city. good evening and welcome to the internet hour of al jazeera i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. egyptians are mourning the deaths of 21 coptic christians. video showing the victims being murdered in libya. >> in a television address president abdel fattah al-sisi said egypt would use any meanings necessary -- means necessary to avenge the killings.
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>> pope francis sphod to the deaths calling them par barbaric. the military strikes were carried on in the libyan city of derna. >> military says it was aiming at i.s.i.l. targets. but the attack also killed civilians including a number of children as well as damaging buildings in a residential area. fighters aligned with general hafta said they have also bombed parts of the eastern city of benghazi and sirte. >> if there were any terrorist groups on the egyptian side and we were able to hit them we wouldn't hesitate to fight them and it's the same thing that applies for egypt. for groups that commit such crimes, borders aren't going to
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be an issue. >> reporter: the rival libyan government has denounced the attacks. >> this horrible assault represents the violation of sovereignty in libya and is a clear breach of international law and the u.n. charter. >> reporter: the first air campaign happened just hours after egypt warned it would respond to the killings. the group of coptic christians had traveled to libya looking for work. abdel fattah al-sisi offered his apologize to the coptic pope, egypt has been running a campaign against what it calls terrorists in the sinai peninsula. libya threatening egypt to the west as well. in one of its latest videos
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i.s.i.l. also made a threat against italy. the country separated by a narrow strip of mediterranean sea. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> let's look at some of the factions fighting inside libya. there are two rival governments vying for power in the country now. there's a government in tripoli haas been recognized by libya's supreme constitutional court and a deposit in tobruk. elected in 2014 to replace the national congress elected two years before that. general haftar formed national libyan army. once loyal to khadafi but turned against him and led the uprising against him. with all these groups fighting for power i.s.i.l. is gaining a
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foothold. omar al sallah takes a look. >> different ideologies and they back two competing governments. general hafta waged a war against terrorists what he called from sheri after and is accused of being infiltrateby members of the formers regime led by moammar gadhafi. recognized parliament was recognized in june 2014 to replace the general national congress which had been elected two years earlier. but after weeks of infighting the gnc refused to staging a coup. fighters known as the shield of
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libya forced the new parliament out of the capital. those elected politicians thenning relocated to the eastern city ever tobruk and formed a cabinet there. libya fell under the dawn of libya forces and is made up of thousands of well armed former rebels. those forces became loyal to the gnc and its own government. in november the supreme constitutional court declared the annulment of the new parliament in tobruk. the u.n. and the western powers have backed the tobruk parliament but is pushing for apower sharingapower sharing deal. wider regional clash of interest and the proxy wars are only making that mess worse. the internal and regional clash is likely the go on for some time and i -- to go on for some
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time and egypt after moammar gadhafi is nowhere stable or secure. omar al sallah, al jazeera. military has struck oil refineries under i.s.i.l. control. it wouldn't specify the location of the attacks but the uae is using f-16 fighter jets to dowct to conduct the strikes. bahrain is also conducting defense. >> larry korb, good to see you. these murderers claim to be part of i.s.i.l. this has called revulsion around the world as we say in the arab world. what is i.s.i.l.'s strategy? will this savagery back fire? >> i think it will. when you take a look when they killed the two american
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journalists, the american people who were not enthusiastic about going back into iraq given what had happened between 2003 and 2011 began to support the president, and then of course that was reinforced when they killed that poor young lady from arizona. the jordanians were on the fence until they killed that jordanian pilot. and now they've got the egyptians involved who probably have the best military in the arab world. so i think while they thought it would get them you know attention or get more converts, i think it has had the opposite effect. >> what needs to be done to stop the spread of i.s.i.l. in libya? are air strikes the answer? air strikes got rid of gadhafi but libya has been pretty much chaotic since. >> right. libya iraq and afghanistan. it is one thing to overthrow a government, another thing to decide what you're going to put in place. this was a u.n. authorized
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operation. nato conducted it so i think it's up to those international bodies now to step in like they did in kosovo and put some troops on the ground. maybe even get the arab league to do it to get stability there so that the people in libya can choose their own form of government. >> a lot of experts say that i.s.i.l. will only be defeated from within, that local population vess have to republican against it pnl. putting combat troops to fight can the world afford to wait, carrying out attacks from denmark to australia not just in the middle east. >> well, i think you have no choice. you want to degrade them mill trailer,militarily which is what we're doing with our allies. you have to demonstrate to the arab world that this is not the
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future, not type of operation that they want to support. because until you do that, they can keep getting fighters. i mean we have killed 8,000 of them so far but they have another 20,000 come from other countries. so i think what you have to do and i think this is why it's so important to stand up when they do these horrible things like they've done to the american journalists and the young woman from arizona the jordanian pilot and now 21 ugh innocent, you know, nent innocent poor coptic christians. >> especially in the authorization of military force that the president asked congress to approve last week? >> well, i think first of all the president has the authority under the 2001 authorization for use of military force which will not be repealed.
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what he's trying to do is get the american people engaged in this, to get them to think about how they want to do it and how much blood and treasure they're willing to spend. and then put a time limit on it so his successor can come back and look and see if this is the right strategy. but we've been doing this since last august. the real question is, are we going to get enough support from the arab and muslim world to continues it? and i think as a result of these two latest horrible things we're beginning to get more support. >> former assistant secretary of defense lawrence korb good to have you. a memorial for this weekend's deadly shooting, two people killed when a gunman opened fire at a free speech conference and osynagogue. two people suspected of helping the gunman are under arrest.
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president obama called the prime minister of denmark to show support for its long time ally. and to take part in a counterterrorism summit later this week. five teenage boys are being held for questioning after tomb stones were overturned and painted with swastika swastikas. the boy who turned himself in denies being antisemitic. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is taking heat for his call for jews to emigrate to israel. he says israel is waiting with open arms for european jews. that is not going over well with
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francois hollande and angela merkel. political grandstanding during his election campaign. >> washington is concerned about a fighting continuing after ceasefire between ukraine and protionpro-russian separatists. they have also reported five soldiers killed and at least 20 wounded. trying orescue their wounded comrades. the u.s. is joining with their european comrades, recent fighting is taking place near the city of debaltseve which sits 16 miles from the russian border. our charles stratford has the story. >> no way at this stage that they could withdraw their heavy weapons from the front line, blaming the separatists for what
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they say are ongoing attacks especially around the hotly disputed town of debaltseve, that town that is of great strategic importance to both sides. if the separatists were to get full control it would give them a direct rail link to russia. we talked to separatists and said they had no intention of either withdrawing their troops. they seem to be digging in, incoming and outgoing shelling. we hear that fighting is ongoing there today. certainly this announcements from the ukrainian military that it will not withdraw its forces or withdraw its heavy weapons from that area has huge ramifications for this ceasefire and a long term political settlement to this conflict. the ceasefire might have had an effect elsewhere but around the town of debaltseve the shelling has continued. this ukrainian checkpoint guards the entrance into the town where
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pro-russian procrastinates are surrounding. >> translator: although are putin says there's a ceasefire it doesn't make any sense. they say a column of tanks is coming but we don't know. i have to run. there is not much time left. >> reporter: at a separatist checkpoint several miles away, there is shelling, an important strategic prize due to its railway station. >> you can see for yourself there is no ceasefire. all for the television cameras. in fact there is none. the snipers working in the distance. >> reporter: the fighting in debaltseve is putting real pressure on the ceasefire. the ukrainian government says it won't withdraw heavy weapons until it stops. that is meant to start on tuesday. it also rejected a separatist proposal to create a safe
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corridor for ukrainian withdrawal. on the diplomatic front one of the main architects of the deal admitted the latest fighting was a great concern. >> translator: it was always clear that much remains to be done and i have always said no guarantees what we are trying to do would succeed. it is a extremely difficult path. >> president putin met with his security cabinet. he made it clear he wanted debaltseve in separatists hands and urged them to lay down their arms. it is clear that will continue until that happens. charles stratford, al jazeera eastern ukraine. >> nearly 1 million have been displaced flout the country. >> hungary is the latest country that may be caught in a tug of war between russia and the west.
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>> thousands take to the streets in budapest protesting against his trip. >> and how a weakening euro could cost u.s. businesses customers and workers.
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>> thousands turned out in budapest tonight for anti-putin protests. >> they were marching a day before vladimir putin's visit to hungary. he plans to discuss a new gas deal with hungarian president. worrying western leaders. >> this old russian tune was a hit for everyone who lived behind the former iron curtain. these days though hungarians have mixed feelings what russia and its president vladimir putin has to offer on his offer to
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budapest. >> i think it's not a good idea to make bargains with putin no. >> they need to work together to make some kind of consensus you know. >> translator: it makes sense to solve our economic and political problems within the european union. >> putin is not a communist. >> reporter: communism is still a dirty word within hungary and you won't receive many soviet symbols here. many lost their lives this monument pays tribute to them but hungarians also remember the soviet backed invasion and 1956 following the uprising so the relationship between moscow and budapest is historically a complex one of antagonism and dependency. today's dependency is on energy
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supply. the country gets 80% of its natural gas from russia, a hither to cheap and reliable partner and the new contract is expected to be signed with putin's visit. western critics accuse hungary much getting to cozy with the kremlin. alarm bells are ringing. among their complaints hungary has served russia's interests by disrupting gas supplies to ukraine. some believe russia's president and hungary's prime minister depend on each other. >> for putin, this is important in terms of showing that he has plans on the territory. for orban this is crucial because his rule very much depends ton on the populist theory.
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>> robin forester. al jazeera. budapest. if. >> i asked jovaneski about the relationship between putin and prime minister or ban. >> in his time in government he's become closer and closer to russia. he was known being this antisoviet student leader in the 1980s and has done a real turn about with getting closer to mr. putin. he made a massive deal with russia to have, to develop a nuclear reactor in hungary that a major loan as well, he's also trying to secure russian gas. >> let's break down what you just said a little bit. starting what orban feels he needs from putin. he's gotten a massive loan to
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build nuclear plants, he also needs oil. is that what is driving this close relationship? >> i think part of it certainly is those deals. as well though it's -- in term of domestic hungarian politics, mr. orban has used the eu and his contentious russian relationship for his own gain. he can say the eu we don't have to rely on them so much because we have this relationship with russia. we can also rely on russia for our finances which has turned out not to be such a great idea now but also as well culturally he has a very conservative slant and that fits better with a russian narrative than with getting closer to, say the west. >> what does putin get out of this relationship with hungary? >> i think the biggest deal here is that hungary is an eu member.
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hungary is in central europe. it's close to germany. it's close to austria. their economies are exposed to the hungarian economy. mr. orban is an ally still with ms. merkel, he is in the european people's party which is ms. merkel's party. he still has some weight of some level and mr. putin can show that he is getting closer to an eu member, so he is showing hey i still have some influence here. i can be hosted even by an eu member even by an ally of ms. mecialtion merkel. >> does the u.s. have any strategic interest? >> in terms of strategic interest because hungary is a member of eu anything that hungary does, we saw that in
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greece a relatively small player in eu, a small country with a small economy can still have a massive effect on the eu. could destabilize the uefa and eventually americans can feel that. some people call hungary the greece of eu politics. and if hungary can assess the eu in that way as i've spoken to members of the european parliament that hungary can have that type of effect of helping destabilize the eu of undermining its basic political stabilization that can help to disintegrate the eu and certainly that would assess the u.s. >> okay, christina jevanofski, thank you for joining us from kiev. >> thank you. >> colleen bell took the post,
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as ambassador to hungary. before her appointment u.s. did not have a permanent ambassador for over ayear. how digital thieves are stealing money in moarnt 30 countries. >> south korea is trying to reverse the trends of a fast aging population. the bonus for families who have more children. re children.
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>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. an unknown number of land mines causing hazard forfarmers in senegal.
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yemen's recently deposed president, the latest here in the civil conflict that's threatening to split yemen in two. the forces reported seizing a number of facilities including a power station in the port city of aden from forces allied to the houthi movement. last month shia houthis took over the capital sanaa. unlu.n. has urged the houthis to turn over sanaa. >> migrants fleeing libya happening in the land of lampedusa. claudio lavanga has the story. >> the safety of italy after a perilous journey through stormy seas. more than 2,000 people many from
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subsaharan africa left libya. a group of men armed with kalashnikovs threatened ordering them to take the migrants but leave the boats behind. a new and warring tactic for authorities struggling to cope with the crisis that has seen an unprecedented number of migrants to make the trip oeurope in rickety boats during the winter season. italian authorities have warned that as many as 200,000 migrants are in libya ready to set sail for europe. more than the 170,000 who were rescued during 2014, a four fold increase on previous years. with this new wave of violence in libya there are fears that even more people will try to escape and fighters will try reach italy and europe disguised
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as migrants. something italian authorities say they need more help to prevent. claudio lavanga rome. >> about 3500 people died last year trying oreach europe by boat from west africa. >> for years now hackers have more than 100 financial institutions and 30 countries include the u.s. detailing what is one of the biggest ever cyber-breaches. most of the banks hit are based in the u.s., russia, china germany and ukraine. but according to the report the digital thieves may be in more countries.
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chris, this breach was so wide, they were able to wire money to countries around the world. who are these guys and have they been stopped? >> they are a group called the carbonac gang, to refer to the malwear we found in the operation. and what we do know about them is, it's not a small group of hackers and they are very well organized and spent a lot of time planning their attack before actually going in and stealing money. >> i saw references to the fact that these guys could be chinese, russian and european and it could be people in all these different countries. how does that work? how do they coordinate and pull off something like this? >> well, that's right those are the countries that we think the attackers are coming from. we're discerning that in part due to where we're seeing traffic coming from and going
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to. and also, the location of some of the bank accounts that they were sending funds to that they had set up for themselves. and it's very simple. in cyber space, these guys can coordinate in real time regardless of where they're located. and i think what we're probably talking about here is a group of people who have lots of different areas of expertise. we see people who clearly have hacking expertise obviously. but we also see -- appear to see people who know the banking system and how it operates very well. who know how to manipulate databases within the banking system that control the account balances and transactions for accounts. and a whole host of other things and so i -- >> these guys didn't seep to rip off individual account holders. they were actually stealing from the banks in some cases they took as much as $10 million so it does raise a question, how do these banks not know?
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i realize banks can be huge and have billions but still $10 billion is real money. >> you're absolutely right antonio, that's what makes this attack really interesting is because these guys planned it out so well, because they did a lot of surveillance on their intended targets they got to understand intimately how the bank operated and how employees of the bank made transactions happen and they were then able to masquerade as those employees and conduct transactions for their benefit. they were essentially hiding in plain sight when they were doing these attacks if you will. the bank could see these transactions but made them look light letting transactions. >> can the money be recovered? there are cameras at atms and there has to be some record of the account holders creating
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these accounts. >> that's right. but one of the tricky things is, that among other things they went in and manipulated the databases that the banks used, to maintain those records. so by going in and changing transactions and transaction history on their own they could effectively cover their tracks. so it is a -- you know complicated operation from that perspective to track it. we do know of some of the bank accounts that they were using to funnel money out to themselves. either through atms or through online banking transactions or e-payments. you know atricks attribution is always difficult, to take that much time to plan their attack you've got to imagine they probably planted some false flags as well. >> quick final question in. it seems they breached the
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bank's fire walls similar to what happened at sony pictures. what can companies do to protect themselves? >> they did. they used some pretty common hacking techniques to trick bank employees into opening up attachments in e-mails that ended up carrying and infection essentially. so one of the basic things we can do is make sure we have good security technology in place to detect malwear and to stop it. that employees are practicing proper procedures with respect to things coming in from outside the organization. and that we're doing proper surveillance of the traffic on our networks. and those are all things that are good security hygiene and best practices for banks. but at the end of the day we are talking about very sophisticated attackers and if the easy things don't work they're probably going to try more difficult approaches when they're determined to break into a target. >> lot to be concerned about chris it's good of you to explain this all to us.
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chris dogget from kaspersky labs thanks. global market will not escape changes tot euro unscathed. countless rely on european business. >> this is german class and the language possibly laying the foundations for a future career and this where a country where spanish is the largest economy in europe. >> germany is carrying the eu so german is an important language. >> a growing share in u.s. markets not just in retail but manufacturing services and finance. in atlanta alone there are 270 companies with german links they employ thousands of people. that means a problem over there can quickly become a problem over here. southeastern states become a
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hub, porsche bmg and bmw and mercedes. >> they have a positive outlook on the u.s. market and a lot of companies plan on increasing their strategic focus on the u.s. market. strong demand from the customer base here or proximity to customers. >> reporter: but a weak euro means it's more expensive for european companies to set up in the u.s. and if european companies continue to struggle that investment may dried up. >> sunlt, it will be -- suddenly, that they are paying a currency that's much cheaper compared to the u.s., and some other currencies. >> a low value euro also make u.s. exports more expensive. southern states offer big incentives to companies to set up here. >> companies basically come here
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because they need to be in this market. and they need to be here because they want to be seen to having a commitment to the market, to the region. the suppliers need to come here because they follow those large manufactures and i think the -- manufacturers and i think the currency and shifts are just short temp blips. >> a number of german companies here it is known locally as the autobahn. a language that might be useful in years to come. allen fisher al jazeera atlanta. talks to extend greece's bailout plan have collapsed. the country's finance minister says he is unwilling to accept more budget cuts. france's prime minister expressed 74th for support for his deal, european finance ministers have given greece until friday to
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make a deal and without it the economy experts say could collapse. the greek crisis was front and center in germany's prelent carnivale celebration. papier-mache floats, and german chancellor angela merkel. and satirical magazine charlie hebdo. troubling sign for a curch with a fast aging population. descrean ruralsouth korean government is offering families $900 to have a second child.
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>> this quiet place is on the issue of an issue stalking this nation aging. this community of elderly farmers has made close bonds because they need to. so many of their children have moved away. lifelong friendships have become ever more important. >> translator: all my daughters in laws are working so if i go to their place it becomes troublesome for all of us. it's better to live separately and when i die i guess my sons will come and take me with them. >> youngsters are women in their 60s. the men eat in a separate room. they share comradeship but a sense that their community is in a sense of decline. >> my kids have nice places in the city. why would they want to come here and live in a shape house in the count? once my generation ends it's the
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end. >> even in more urban areas a quarter of the population is above 65. this is fastest aging place in south korea. the local government provides social care for those living alone but at budget frame cost. >> translator: it's a national problem. the age issue is catching up in the cities as well as the rural areas. >> in a sign of this county's demographic slide the local government has increased its baby bonus for more than $900 for childless couples. more like a symbolic gesture than a reamistic cure. in a local cafe we meet two ladies who say it my help with nappies and formula. >> it is physically.
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difficult that's why there's low birth rate. >> by 2030 the population is expected to start shrinking. county may seem like a relic ever south korea's past but may offer a window on its future. harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. during world war ii they didn't worry about low birth rate but a high fertility rate. senegalese fear land mines abandoned by the efforts to remove the danger. danger.
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>> new threats tonight from boko haram. the nigeria based rebel group warns it will send suicide bombers to any country joining to fight against it. the threats come as he african
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leaders gather in cameroon for an offensive against group. ten states are putting up $100 million against the fight. about 10,000 people were killed last year and almost a million people have been displaced in nigeria. meanwhile, nigeria's army has recaptured two towns after an intense battle in the northeast. soldiers drove boko haram fighters in borno states. the town of chibok is also there, that's where boko haram kidnapped about 200 school girls in april of last year. in neighboring chad, u.s. backed counterinsurgency efforts against boko haram. >> land mines planted during the conflict are now preventing farmers from growing the food that the country needs.
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nicholas brings us important off the road story. >> charles was farming these fields when he stepped on a land mine and lost his leg. ten years after it happened, he is still uneven. >> i feel inferior. i'm useless to others and we are hungry. >> they are the result of a 30 year conflict between the senegalese military and the group to the south. no one will admit to using land mines so no one knows how many there are. since the peace negotiations stalled they've lost their funding and no one is clearing mines anymore. >> translator: international donors have turned their back on
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this issue. saying if there is no peace deal the de-mining can not take place. >> almost a thousand people mostly farmers have died or been injured because of these mines. >> the fighting between the rebels and the military may have stopped but this means nothing to us. there is no real peace until we can safely access and work on our lands. >> the sen gall ease government says a thousand square kilometers of the kazamof region is mind. much of it is agricultural land. people here grow vegetables peanuts and rice. it is a precious fertile land, where people struggle to feed their people. last year, the president announced plans to grow enough rice to feed the people by 2017. >> the region around the kazamans river is crucial to us. to be self sufficient in rice we
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have the potential to double our production. >> that's given people like ndeke hope. he sees rice paddies ready to be sown. >> eradicate the use of land mines since 1993 america has spent $2.3 billion to help former war zones destroy remaining conventional weapons and land mines. >> the three countries hardest hit by last year's ebola outbreak guinea, certainly and liberia, want to bring the new cases to zero in the next 60 days. complacency in the last two weeks more than 9,000 people have died in the worst ebola outbreak on record. as the ebola outbreak starts to
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let up in liberia schools are reopening. classes resume there for the first time in six months. liberia has seen the highest death toll from the outbreak. the doctors there reported only three new cases of ebola last week. >> national park that overlooks a city is fast becoming a safe haven for wild animals. >> and suspicious forest fires are raging in chile. why high winds and weather conditions are not helping firefighters.
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>> start with one issue. add guests from all sides of the debate and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights at 11:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> forest fires are raging in southern chile. thousands of acres have been destroyed since saturday night. local officials say temperatures above 80° combined with high winds are making it difficult to control the remaining flames. despite the damage the response is an improvement from april of
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last year when 18 people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed. the faa has come out with proposed new rules to regulate commercial drone aircraft. a sophisticate would need to be gained to use one. operator must be able to see the drone at all times. in a separate order, president obama signed an order for federal agencies to direct the places they send their drones in the u.s. police find no evidence of a hate crime police shooting was motivated over a dispute over parking. >> benjamin miller from georgia was tossed and gored doctors say he suffered a 16 inch
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puncture wounds in his thigh underwent surgery and is recovering in a spanish hospital. newspapers across the world tomorrow, we start with the hindu newspaper india has inked a deal regarding nuclear technology. this agreement is sri lanka's first nuclear partnership with any country. we should point out it does not involve building nuclear plants but it does involve sharing of technology and notably it is with india not china. >> and india is trying to compete with china. >> exactly. >> sippy livni tells the jerusalem post that tel aviv is isolated on the international stage. netanyahu and his campaign is
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apparently going to target her livni, the agreement that l itzog hertzog her partner is going to be prime minister and is more popular than her. finally the safety of u.s. beef the subject of a story in taipei times. openly declare u.s. products are safe to eat. beef products specifically. the taiwanese government is opening the market for byproducts the safety regulations they have some concern that -- >> it's a really important issue for united states and for workers and businesses in the u.s. because lots of countries ban meat products -- >> for different reasons right for antibiotics mad could cow disease
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but it's a negligible concern for that, we'll see. >> rare caits tigers and leopards are also big targets for poachers. >> now national government has set up a new national park to protect them. nick clark reports from vladivostok. >> the temperature's freezing minus 13° celsius. you wouldn't think cold like this could sustain a forest where tigers live but it does. forester bry millikoski shows me why. >> all these traction are wild boarsboars route rootingboars rooting for food.
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>> the siberian tiger numbers have drastically increased from near extinction levels to neither 500 today. there are still problems. over the course of 20 years he has assisted in thing confiscation of over 100 tiger pelts,. >> here one person was responsible for tying eight tiger skins. this one is a cub clubbed to death just terrible. >> not just tiger skins these are the paws of bears killed in russian forests headed to markets in southeast asia particularly china. then there's the far eastern leopard hunted to near extinction the world's rarest cat. there are now 50 in the wild and that is an improvement. the park has now been designated for them, the so-called land of
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the leopard. they share their range with about ten amil tigers but that presents problems. every death has to be inspected. inspecting the death of an adult leopard, in this case called by an adult tiger. >> unfortunately, these problems do happen. the leopard is such a rare animal but you can't influence wild nature. >> still, the park is a rare view from the city of vladivostok. what's extraordinary to think is what they're actually looking at is the habitat of two of the rarest predators in the world pretty much on their doorstep. you might wonder if the animals look back the same way.
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nick clark, al jazeera vladivostok. >> the number of amir tigers has not changed in the past decade. it's amazing they live up so close to a big city. >> nasa has a clear view of a far away moon that could have the potential to support life. this is titan saturn's largest moon. captured by nasa casini space are contract. grainy hard to make out but thanks oa despeckling tool, you see what are thought to be sand dunes, hydrocarbon seas, could be life. >> looks like a picture of antarctic. tomorrow thousands of refugees since the peshawar
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attack last year. >> that is it for al jazeera's international hour. >> i'll see you in an hour. fault lines is up next. s up next. >> louisiana's bayou, 70 miles southwest of new orleans. this is the heartland of the native american houma tribe. and it's one of the most valuable ecosystems in the entire united states. >> we go to the bayous to provide for our families. everything's there... >> raymond clark's ancestors