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fighting for libya's internationally recognized government say they have captured 3 military camps in the suburbs of tripoli from world war khalifa haftar that's been seen as another setback for hof tars year long campaign to capture the capital the taliban and afghanistan president have announced a 3 day cease fire for the 8 holiday. has called on the military to honor that cease fire and the u.s. welcomed this surprise announcement calling it a momentous opportunity that should not be missed. egypt has pardoned more than $3000.00 prisoners to coincide with the holiday about them is a hit man who murdered lebanese singer suzy susanne to maim and to buy in 2008 on the order is of a former egyptian m.p. the activist charnel us no political prisoners have been released so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera risking it all borneo is next. told to old sara. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we
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listen this is the moment to stop all military action this is the moment also trades on fighting me why did we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories the soldiers 0.
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for the usaf is on a mission he has to set up a lumber camp before nightfall the house he's delivering will become home for him and other which cuts his deep in borneo the rain forest. among his many challenges the unpredictable terrain. little so the little that the little. i don't know said. it was the end of his in
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a letter though and that. he. did and you know by now and the. thinking. behind you said the 2 of the trucks have also come to a standstill. it was up to. the governor who was running the legacy but. i didn't. love him. very much that. morning is rain forest is shared by 3 countries indonesia malaysia and bernanke
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it's home to hundreds of endemic plants and animals are rich in unique habitat that is slowly dying its abundant resources overexploited its right woods decimated today less than half the trees remain. yet the procession of trucks never ends the forest tries to slow that progress as best as it can. but here wood to means money to trucks stop at nothing to get that call go to ports and big cities 7 days a week. each journey is fruitless challenges for drivers overcoming them and them a salary of about $550.00 a month. to. use it has now been carrying this house on the back of his truck for 7 hours. he's tired but remains focused.
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lisa lisa. lisa. lisa place upon arrival they have to negotiate a difficult unloading. with no crane to help you save on the low business relying on that own resumes on us. for. the fleet this embankment under the bulldozer acts as an unloaded talk to.
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lisa that. that they can buy get. itself out of the lease almost. like the city that. it doesn't look at. least at least. lease. the houses johnny is still not over. it's headed for the riverbank where the men when made in the depths of the jungle for 11 months.
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flee as the locust prepare for tomorrow's walk the terentia rain pounds down on the camp it's not without consequence. on bad days off the men only on huff of a usual salary. none will risk working with a chainsaw or driving on us it's been reduced to mud. up to 3 days of rain the locals have equally taken up by what. each of them makes sure to speed up the cutting and transporting of the wood. hoping to own a bonus for the extra efforts they want to make up the wages that lost.
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this giant tree grows one centimeter every yeah it's taken thousands of years to grow to the sides. it's what is the hardest and densest in the world and yet the name i and which. even once on the ground it still managing to make their logos lives difficult. to share way to the trees is driving the bulldozer towards the ravine. please
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even in those still cages the drivers have to be careful. how i got. the bill but. yeah you know i had a camping in a. place moving the trunk is proving to be a big challenge especially as the bulldozer is now stop please to free it the forest will once again pay a heavy price. lift. another
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tree is filed to help slide the logs on to the bulldozers trucks. please. live looping through fleet the battle between wood and steel last small than an. elite athlete please. please please please. please please.
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plug. yousif is heading elsewhere to no doubt 10 tons of iron works but the rain has transformed the tracks into muddy trenches. league play the league. play. this journey promises to be especially difficult as i'll be tackling completely unexplored tracks. the. whole series of the close. the lid the
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filibuster to little yelling for the. head of the for. the bulldozer devours everything and that's creating a trail for the drive it's. up now but not much. but by a. little. each new track brings its own unknown danger is. according to the dr as they have never been any deaths but many injuries. each one of them except it's the risks as an occupational hazard.
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of. the. job i. play. the drivers on a fixed salary with added bonuses if they manage to transport more would have been expected. it's not looking promising for today's bonus. the bulldozer driver brings back bad news the road is an excess of all unless the dr as used this technique nicknamed the comm got to play.
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you since return journey promises to be event. will take on the same route in the opposite direction to you know dead transporting the joint would logs to the river bank. played. live. limit. player.
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if you're going to that particular you know the guys who made a point. that . were going out about. the civil rights. movement.
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even on the most dangerous johnny use of thinks of his family some 5000 kilometers away in indonesia. oh no no. let. up on the mighty one. of. them that's. about. to day's journey is over you say for the months he did live it the journey is just beginning . tomorrow they were. take a completely different route to reach the sea and the shipping ports.
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after 10 hours of driving and logging the men are exhausted. deep in the middle of the forest temperatures average around 30 degrees celsius the humidity a suffocating 80 percent. going on a nice month you can almost not i wanted. to stop i am not talking about it but i don't get over that when. i let myself around the light of day i would rather
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not go on the air now that we're on what i'm hearing but do you think. it's nothing new i'm going to just keep. moving because it was not fun give me permission. of what i was about that every free moment to. be open up in the moment. that got me. what. are you going to bump with i'm. going to do without them. i must look here good. for you john about the right to die. so you can be dealt with another with i'm going to go up one day soon get out of the woodwork but if you got the you got a good. look. there
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are thousands of tons of tree trunks piled on this for the bad. transporting them requires massive quantities of petrol and expensive option. instead the logs will complete the journey to the shipping ports by water a small outboard motor to keep it moving forward. this trial is for the hell and driven driving tribe. it takes considerable know how. the ropes holding the rough together can easily trap back hands and feet.
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across a body shop and up to you select. a name to put with the shit on ready. yeah it wasn't that it was a bush and. the rivet itself can present different challenges there are twists and turns and the current scum be unpredictable. the small engine is struggling. and eventually gives up. crack a conduit i'm using. the. get in there and. look
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i think the past so. that i am not. one of us have been out here. but endicott that i hear i don't. like them i wish i were nice but if that's what i want to. leave. it. at the start of a bit. yes
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or no just say once and i will say that i know among the not so moment i wish i never. said that. and he said by and about us about us he also went. on this state close to 30 rafts i had it down the river. and what many describe as an ecological massacre. forestry companies are the ones who profit most oil palm plantations and residential communities often replace the de forested areas. sometimes mother nature seems to exact a little revenge. 20
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years ago housing development of around a 100 houses built him was completely swept away by a hurricane and huge waves. that's prompted to get spain the property developer to make a change. i will not. name. out of what i've been able. to abandon. instead of rebuilding the houses the builder decided to start gardening . after removing the rubble i can spray replanted hundreds of thousands of
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trees they now famous greenberry preventing the erosion of the coast. and they. may be going to be. sitting on a. rough a lot of money. in it. oh you got the blue. books i'm not. going to sit down there are because even if the wife. did. i don't know i doubt either. it started out. apart from why i dropped out of india . i guess building is housing development within
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a few months. it took them 20 years to replant $100.00 hectares of mangrove. good new ground in midwest but i thought it would be rough perhaps i was about meeting. today some ammonia is endemic pumps and animals are once again starting to return to the area. we had no one from the airline and to rush around because i'm going all out now and you do it welcome but i've done a part of it on our parish i've been i've been on a mike on the yap and the net mother scrape i see the at the door out of that mine and job are the ones that are there are moves are up into the attic and decks are
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