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savoring the world's frogs. how scientists from panama are trying to stop a mystery disease. ♪ ♪ >> people in myanmar are voting in the country's first properly held election. opposition leader aung san suu kyi has cast her ballot. now her party won elections in 1990 but the military overruled the election and put her under house arrest for 15 years and she is prevented from becoming president. the military government in 2011 handed power to a semi civilian government. but the army still dominates politics after decades in power. and parliament chooses the president. scott heidler joining us from just outside a apolog polling s.
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scott there are hundreds of thousands of people including rohingya muslims not eligible to vote so that's raising questions about the fairness of the selection. >> absolutely. yes, the communities here in myanmar who aren't able to vote who the government has said because there's ongoing violence they weren't able to open polling centers there but also you have the rohingya, an ethnic minority who aren't recognized as part of the government, the first election in myanmar where the rohingya aren't able to vote. we've been here for several hours, open at 6:00 in the morning here, there are about two and a half hours more of polling to go on. the elections officials here say that 59% of the 3200 people registered to vote here at this polling station in an elementary
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school in yangon have shown up. so the turnout was very enthusiastic very early, just after four owes clock some people started to show up. so at least the officials here were very happy with that. we also saw saw two internationl election officials come through here. they have been saying actually the european union head observer said so far, so good the way things unfolded. there have been accusations of offish regula regular regulario. it's been described to me by
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observers, they view it as a step down the road into a process of a full democracy. it's not going to happen tuesday when the unofficial results regardless what they are will come out. it's going to be a process and as you describedarine, 25% of the parliament is made up of people who are appointed by the military. there are a lot of steps to go but the person leading that is aung san suu kyi and our florence looi was at the polling station. >> reporter: this election is seen as a landmark election in myanmar, a turning point in the country's history, the test of whether reforms that started nearly five years ago will be allowed to continue. the main opposition party the national league for democracy, nld led by aung san suu kyi is taking part in this election.
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it boycotted the election in 2011 because aung san suu kyi was still under arreste treaft . arrest then. there is a lot of excitement generated from this election. people are telling us that they feel that they have been waiting for this for 50 years, referring to the time whether the country was still under military rule. >> the head of the team investigating last week's plane crash in egypt's sinai peninsula says a noise was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice recording. this bolsters the suspicious that a bomb brought down the plane. paul brennan reports. >> reporter: it's been seven days since metro jet 9528 fell out of the sky taking 224 to their deaths.
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after a week of leaks and rumors and speculation finally an official statement from the egyptian crash investigators. >> debris is scattered over a wide area, more than 13 kilometers in length which is consistent with an in-flight breakup. some parts of the wreckage are missing and it is hoped to locate them in the in-coming days. >> the confirmation that 23 minutes and 14 seconds into its journey. it had reached an altitude of 30,888 and still climbing and traveling at 2 yawn knots, the catastrophe on the cvr, cockpit voice recorder. >> a noise was heard on the last
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second of the cvr, the a spectral analysis will be carried out by specialized labs in order to identify the nature >> reporter: noise. >> a team is working on the various aspect of the recovery, brings a total of 58 people. there was no mention of whether the did he brie had been tested for trace residue of explosives. no time was given how long it will take to trace the noise. the job of bringing tourist tout of sharm el sheikh. not everyone is fleeing. the foreign minister of hungary has been in cairo, assuring his egyptian counterpart that his country will not make egypt
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off-limits. >> these decisions can make very serious consequences. and currently what i see is no one has provided us with any kind of evidence that would have made me to put a travel ban on egypt. and until i'm not provided with any kind of such evidence i will not make that kind of decision you can be sure of that. >> but there is much we cannot be sure of. questions still to be answered about what happened to this plane. missing wreckage must be found, complex analysis conducted. and if it was a bomb those responsible must be identified. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> india's ruling party the bjp has conceded defeat in a key state. a major political event in india this year. the vote was held in five phases in october and november. belar was one of the most poor
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and populace states. key reforms nationally. in burundi, bu abuja bujumbe spoke to a freelance journalist in bujumbura that we are not naming because of security reasons. >> the people are afraid, most of the people living in the suburbs, the suburbs that were known to have a lot of opponents in their midst, they're not just fleeing. the army and the police are searching homes now and everybody is expecting the worst. there was already a first wave of refugees that went to rwanda,
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congo and also to tanzania. the people that are leaving the capital now leaving to the country side. most of them have relative in the country side and that's where they go. so they leave their homes behind. sometimes, the husbands they stay there just to watch over their possessions over their homes but most of the homes are empty. they can say that they're defending themselves but actually this government i can say it has been terrorizing the population for the last couple of months. >> sunday marks two years since one of the most powerful storms on record made landfall in the phil peens. typhoophilippines. typhoon haiyan.
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iajamilla alendoggan has the story. >> where will we be? where will we end up now? will we ever have a home? there are always questions when it comes to government choice of benefits. we always have to fight from local government down to community-menders. >> at least 6,000 people were killed and millions more displace. president benino aquino has budgeted millions in recovery. two years on only 500 houses are complete. thousands remain jobless. others say they feel grateful. the recovery of haiyan survivors are considered one of the biggest tests.e tests of aquinos
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presidency. >> for some reason the open letter never got to me. i never saw it. not any people, not any part i've managed to see. >> reporter: election season has begun and some survivors say they worry their stories will just be used to further political ambitions here. but no flowery speeches can hide the truth, they say. thousands of survivors are still living in make shift shelters with no electricity and no running water. local agencies put the blame on each other. relief efforts have been marred by politics since the beginning. >> my husband has been doing its best and the lg has been doing its best. a lot has been done but they can always do more. >> here in this mass grave is where hundreds of unidentified bodies were buried in haste by the government.
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families desperate foreclosure. marking crosses for their loved ones hoping that even in death, they are given dignity. this last grave has deteriorated, for this still grieving, this is a grim resting place for loved ones whose stories have already been forgotten. jamilla alendoggan, tacloban city. she's being called the afghan malala trying to give children better education. education.
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only on al jazeera america. >> hello again the top stories on al jazeera. myanmar is voting in its first properly held election. opposition leader aung san suu kyi has voted. she's prevented from standing as president but her party is expected to win the polls. and the head of the joint team investigating last week's plane crash in egypt says a noise was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice recording. this supports suspicions that an explosion brought down the jet killing ought 224 on board. burundi, a deadline for civilians to hand over illegal weapons passes. security forces began a campaign to find out who have not
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complied. the crash of the russian airline in sinai, let's bring in violetta boops. this must worry you tremendously what is the response of the commission? >> well, we have a very professional teams investigating this. and i believe that we just need to follow their results and i'm looking forward to the official report. until we really get an official report i would not rather comment on any other part of this tragic event. >> how hard is this for european commission when such incidents take place?
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>> well, of course whenever there is human life safety security issues on the table we take a very, very serious precautions. we take all the steps, european union has a very clear guidance how to proceed in occasions just like this. and as i said we are closely following the results of the investigation and i will be able to comment officially on this event when i get official report. >> but can we expect a change however eu policy when it comes to aviation and perhaps a tightening of the process of regulation? you did say earlier this year when the accident hatched with germanwings, that the eu was working on improve entrance and exit procedures, as well as the medical monitoring of pilots. what's happened on that front and also what can you tell us about tightening regulations going forward? >> unfortunately, every accident is a very clear reminder that
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there is more to do in the sense of security and safety in aviation. so i'm pretty sure that this accident will inspire us, as well, to make the next step in -- ton field of safety and security. but as i said, at this point, i will have to wait for the official report before we can act. >> okay, let's move on to another topic. now you're here in the gulf because you say you're trying to quote and i'm quoting here a level playing field. you feel you are negotiating an aviation strategy, putting together a package of aviation matters with the gulf. is stopping subsidies to the gulf states your primary goal? >> my goal to develop an open relationship and discuss all the issues on an equal basis. the european union is the market
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that is the most open in aviation sector for investment for competition and of course we would like to proceed. we see the gulf carriers especially the qataris as well a very important partner. my long term goal is to invite them to join the single european skies which are very well defined in the sense of regulator standardsregulatory s. we will be moving towards a comprehensive agreement in which we will define all the elements of our cooperation. >> what can you tell us about the elements about it? when you say level the playing field what exactly do you want to do? >> athat is exactly what we want to discuss. we are partners in this. every element we talk about on a european level, things that
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apply to single european skies of course will need too apply to every player in this market. -- need to apply to every player in this market. this is a direction that is very promising engaging, it means growth it means new employment. and i'm here to establish ogood rich to open up discussions to open up development, that can strengthen development that we can already agree on and find solutions on where we do not already have agreement. >> violetta bulps thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> there the town in syria's northeast. talks are continuing for the release of another 124 people still in captivity. now russia and jordan are
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revealing little about a deal they reached last month to coordinate military operations in syria. it's believed jordan wants to protect the syrian armed groups it supports from russian air strikes. nisreen shamaya explains. >> reporter: the u.s. and russia are conducting separate bombing campaigns in syria. jordan is already a member of the u.s. led coalition. but officials say here working with the russians don't represent a shift in jordanian allegiances, rather a reevaluation of international relations. >> russia is taking a major military role in syria so it is important and vital for us that we have a coordination mechanism between us and the russians because the safety of our borders and the southern part of syria is of special importance to jordan. >> in order to secure its frontier with syria, jordan has
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been training plod rat syrian rentals behind this border. jordan doesn't want russian air stlieks tstrikes to target thes. >> we describe it as invasion. and they are part of the problem and not part from the solution for us. how can you trust an enemy hitting you and offering you the help. >> the russian understanding is believed to be of great political importance. to keep syrian state institutions intact, jordan has ties with the moderate syrian rebels russia would like to see reintegrated into the syrian army in the future. descended into chaos after the
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2003 u.s. led invasion. he thinks russia will protect the same scenario in the region to protect its foot hold in the region. >> we would like the means that the peaceful integration in syria is integrated into the syrian army and institutions. some of them have legitimate grievances and they must be listened to and demands be respected if we are to have a peaceful resolution. >> this week king abdalla discussed this with tribal leaders in oman. nisreen shamaya al jazeera, jordan. >> she's been called the afghan malala. now her work is being recognized.
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aziza is in the children's international peace prize. jennifer glasse met her. >> aziza says knowledge removes obstacles and she would know. at first parents didn't want to send their children to her makeshift school in kabul. >> i talked to their families any chance i could get. sometimes by the water punch or wherever i could see them i talked to them. they liked me so they let their children come to school. >> reporter: that was four years ago. aziza has been teaching these kids since she was ten years old. she advocates on behalf of the government. many can't go to government schools because they don't have official i.d.s. others missed out because they had to spend omuch time collecting water for their
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families. aziza got water pumped in to the schools. all this wouldn't have happened without her father. >> i wasn't educated, my other children weren't educated. she was the only one interested. i gave her financial support i could afford. >> that wasn't enough. aziza had to sell street food. and circus skills. >> her house has no indoor plumbing, no running water but she has big dreams. she hopes some day that every child in afghanistan will have an education. aziza is nominated for an international peace prize that could get her over $100,000 to fund her projects. she says winning would help her
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go a long way to become a model for the rest of the country. >> i didn't know about this award, i've been helping the kids for four years. i'm very happy to be nominated. my words are more valuable now. i want to share my message with everyone. >> reporter: the nomination has brought her some attention. two years ago another girl championing the situation won her a prize, pakistan am malala yowfs. malala yousef. malala yousafzai. jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >> a chance to save frogs from
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extinction. with a deadly amphibian virus. >> the fungus appears to be spreading east wards across panama. we have to rescue individual frogs before the fungus gets othem and then use those frogs to establish healthy populations. >> reporter: this new state-of-the-art lab is letting researchers look at ways to protect the amphibians from the virus. about a third are in danger of extinction and already, about 40% of frog speciou species havn wiped out. that's why scientists say programs like this are essential to their survival. building a lab in central america was a challenge. researchers have to raise this insects themselves. giving amphibians the nutrient
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they need to thrive. >> female frogs need to have plots of fat in their diet. when they are mating they hardly eat. the mating embrace can last from a few days to a month. >> more than 300 individuals are separated according to species and jernt. gender. selective mating is key to the long term survival. >> studies show 20 males and 20 females, the variability won't be affected. to repopulate areas where frogs have disappeared. >> fighting the killer fungus,
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part of a global effort to saver frogs before it's too late. david mercer, al jazeera, gamboa, panama. >> you can read about that and other top stories on our website, aljazeera.com. .com. cascadia. a gentle name but an impending threat. scientists chart a fault deep under the pacific that could devastate the northwestern u.s. first by earthquake, then tsunami. the data is in, the research is clear, so why is this major subduction fault largely ignored? >> this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives.
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