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hello. you're watching "gmt" on "bbc world news". i'm david eades. our top stories. growing condemnation for its nearest neighbors from actions in crimea. yet in the crimean capital, celebrations among ethnic russians are the pros spent of leaving ukraine and rejoining russia. at the sochi paraolympics, ukraine's team say they are staying put in support of their country. >> this crimea they are
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preparing for the referendum in nine days's time. all the news and views in the next hour. >> the congolese warlord katanga guilty of war crimes. malaria thrives on global warming. aaron is with us as well in the program with a first for corporate china. >> not necessarily a good first day. the chinese government have allowed a company to default on debt payments without intervening or bailing out this organization. it has investors around the world worried. is this the question or time for risk free credit in china ending? hello. thanks for being with us.
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midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 p.m. in crimea. still a part of ukraine. but for how long longer? the peninsula is at the hands of russian force, crimean parliament voted to join russia. many people have been out celebrating the prospect of a new beginning. the governments of the baltic states, nor kick countries have all delivered a damning verdict of the attack on ukraine's sovereignty and the referendum in crimea. ukraine's interim prime minister said the the rest of the world would simply not recognize that referendum. let's go to the focal pontiac. christian? >> reporter: david, thank you very much. welcome to a rather gray and overcasa fast poll this morning. but from our vantage point up here, we have been able to see the gun ships touring around the bay. and these ferries drifting
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serenely. we have heard details of the referendum brought forward from may to the 19th of march. a week on sunday we understand. there will be a referendum with two questions to the people in crimea. do they want to be part of russia? do they want to be independent or do they want to stay with greater ukraine and have more autonomy. as you can imagine, lots of different views across the peninsu peninsula. they are keen and quite pleased with the way things are unfolding with a significant minority. well today a crimean delegation has gone off to russia. they were given a rousing welcome by a committee as they went into the parliament. let's get this from nick childs who has all the details.
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>> reporter: an unscheduled event ahead of the paraolympics in sochi, a flagship occasion for president putin. ukraine's paralympics team expressing its unhappiness with events back home. will this and a boycott by international dignitaries and athletes too take enough of a shine off to influence mr. putin? for now this team is staying to make a point. and mr. putin has put in an appearance in sochi himself showing little sign of concern. still no meeting of minds in what sounds like a difficult hour-long phone conversation. president obama told mr. putin again that russia's actions are in violation of ukraine's sovereignty. but there is a way to solve the situation diplomatically, he said, with direct talks and international monitors. however rebuff it seems from mr. putin.
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still, he said, russian-american relations should not be sacrificed on an issue like ukraine. in moscow, something of a hero's welcome from a delegation from crimea, a day after its parliament holds a referendum which seems to have strong backing from the majority. >> translator: i agree with the referendum and we should become part of russia. this is a russian city. 90% of people here are in russians. in one weeks's time we will go show them what we want. >> translator: this is a legal referendum. we've been waiting for it for a long time. nobody ever gave crimea away. it was stolen. how can you just give away too many? >> on thursday, leaders in brussels in emergency session
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risk being outpaced by events on the ground. the west says the cripple yann parliament's move is unconstitutional. with all the support is there enough unity here to follow through with tougher sanctions on russia if the situation escalates further? what effect would the sanctions have anyway? aou crepe's prime minister emerged to insist he's ready to talk but only if they withdraw troops first. it all looks calm at what was the epicenter of the ukraine revolution in kiev. but for the new government here the fear must be that its appeals to talks to russia are going nowhere. income childs, bbc news. well, as income said there, the referendum on the 16th not the 19th as i told you earlier
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has been described as illegitimate by the government in key he, the new interim government. they say everybody should be able to take part in the referendum. they don't recognize the new authority sitting in simferopol at the moment. they have taken protests today to sochi. where as you saw nick's support, the winter paraolympics is now getting under way. let's get some views from sochi. we can talk to our correspondent rafael who is there for us. rafael, they are reserving the right if something else was to happen. >> yes. they said in case of escalation of the conflict they will leave sochi immediately. they said the decision to stay was not political. they want to show they are strong, that they are independent, that they came here to take part in paraolympics, not doing anything else.
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but also i have asked the president of the ukrainian paralympic committee about the opening ceremony. and he said that he's not sure that the whole team will take part in it and in which form it will be. he said it will be something special. it didn't allow them to make any action during the opening ceremony. but he fears that they can do it later during sport events because he can't make everything to do about it to ensure that nobody will act. >> what about rafael, the dignitaries in the opening ceremony. what is the boycott of the opening ceremony looking like now? >> reporter: of course there will be not so many delegations.
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they have not come here to sochi. so we're not sure who else will boycott the ceremony from other countries official delegations. but from the teams, all the teams are going to take part in the opening ceremonies. so for some hours to understand. >> okay. rafael in sochi, thanks very much for the moment. let's cross immediately to moscow and get a view from richard galpin, our world affairs correspondent. raining on president putin's parade yet again. >> reporter: in some respects. it is significant that the ukrainian team has decided to stay. there was a lot of talk about them pulling out right now. but they have taken that decision to stay at least for the moment. obviously depending on what happens over the next few days and what russia does over the next few days in ukraine.
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but certainly some officials not turning out from a number of countries. but, you know, i think there will still be a lot of people there. and president putin, whose pet project has been the olympics and paraolympics will be reasonably satisfied with a number of people who are at the paraolympics. >> just turning to events in moscow today, give us your thoughts on this committee meeting. the crimean delegation being applauded as they sat down today. what sort of reactions have you heard and seen? >> the russian mps were on their feet applauding this crimean delegation as they walked into the upper house of the russian parliament. and then the head of the upper house saying that russia or the parliament i shall say will unquestionably support crimea if the referendum depose in favor of joining russia. to be honest, very little
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surprise to that. i think it was very much expected. we now have a kind of clear choreography of how things are going to work. a key element to all of this, christian, is the russian parliament is looking at legislation to make it easier and quicker and, in russia's view, legal for russia to absorb new territory. that legislation is being looked at now. there are sessions planned for next week. so it looks like that's all going to happen next week. and of course that following weekend we will have the referendum in crimea. >> are they still insisting, reufpl richard, this decision was taken entirely independently. they are denying there are russian soldiers on the ground influencing matters here in the peninsula? >> yeah, absolutely. it's almost in conceivable that that is the case with russian troops occupying the territory where you are, christian, raoet
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now. they have moved out, taking control of the whole area. large numbers of them. it's sort of quasi-russian territory already. so it has to be discussed with and coordinated with moscow. richard galpin in moscow, thank you for the moment. well, we're getting news of course that russian is involving itself on the western border today. new war games, missile defense technology being tested there, which will ramp up the pressure again you would think. the problem of course for the ukrainian government is if crimea does hold its referendum, other hot spots in the east might want to follow suit. cities like harkiv, legan and donetsk where we have seen tense scenes the last week on watching events very closely. let's get a view from world correspondent james reynolds. >> this is the main government
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headquarters here in donetsk. and this building has been the center of protests and counterprotests in recent days. pro-russian demonstrators came here and swept their way in. they even raised the russian flag. they have now been kicked out. the building has been retaken by ukraine's authorities. as you can tell by this line of riot police standing guard in the building. the line is reasonably thinly spaced at the moment. but at some point it's two offices deep. there aren't any pro-russian demonstratorings here at the moment. just as a precaution, have a look there and you will see two trucks guarding the entrance. the deputy mayor has told the bbc he thinks a referendum may give a pro-russian population a chance to decide its own status. there is still a lot of skepticism by the aims and ambitions of the authorities in kiev. for now these officers have
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their orders. they won't let anyone through. >> james reynolds in donetsk. there is a sizable minority who feel very uncomfortable the way things are evolving over the course of the next few weeks. let's talk about what the west and international community can do. we saw the u.n. special envoy came here to simferopol in crimea and of course was taken away by gunmen and driven back to the airport and left very quickly afterwards. a delegation is supposed to come here, the unarmed military observers and supporters. 23 of them travel anything two buses. yesterday they were turned away from the border. they are trying again today. david, we're going to watch that very closely. they're due to arrive in the next hour. >> christian, thank you very much indeed.
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a fast moving story on "gmt" and on "bbc world news". let's catch up with some of the other stories around the world. a court in malaysia convicted the leader on charges of sod my. it overturns his a quilts on the same charges two years ago. it is punishable by 20 years in prison. his lawyers have already said they will appeal. but the conviction could mean he is unable to run in elections due to be held later this month in malaysia. hackers are increasingly stealing sensitive information over public wi-fi spots, according to experts from cyber crimes center. they said it's safer to surf on a mobile phone network using free wi-fi in coffee shops can make it easy for thieves to steal passwords and other details giving them access to your accounts. a california man who gambled away half a million dollars in a single session at a casino in
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las vegas is suing the club's owners for failing to stop him. mark johnston played for 17 straight hours. he was served free drinks and loaned hundreds of thousands of dollars by the casino. gaming regulations in nevada could prohibit them from allowing visibly drunk guests to continue to gamble. . judges at the international criminal court found the former congolese warlord guilty of crimes against humanity. around 200 people were killed in a night attack on the village close to the village of auganda. we have more from the hague. >> reporter: jermaine katanga will be leaving through the back gates of this court a guilty man.
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the judges found him guilty of using his position to secure weapons used in these attacks in the village in 2003. according to the prosecution it happened in the early hours of the morning. some people were shot in their beds. others were hacked to death with machetes to save bullets. katanga was 24 years old at the time of the attack. he was acquitted of charges of being involved in sexual slavery and rape and also of using child soldiers. but he was found guilty of supplying those weapons that were so instrumental in the massacre. sentencing will take place at a later date. do stay with us on "bbc world news". still to come, a case of a different hue. we'll get the latest on day 5 of the oscar pistorius murder trial. no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity,
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now from floods to famine. whichever side of the debate you stand, more and more scientists are saying climate change is transforming our planet in many ways. a warmer world could lead to a big bump in new cases of malaria. their evidence suggests as temperature rise so too will mosquitos putting people living in higher altitudes at risk of infection. the thank you very much indeed for joining us. can i ask, first of all, where are these areas you think there would be a growing prevalence of mosquitos and how many people
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will this affect? >> they are restricted to the tropical hyland. they are found in east africa, in south america, and in asia. we have calculated people, the number of people involved. we have shown malaria does indeed move up to higher altitudes in warmer years. malaria will be more severe and more extensive in the tropical highlands. >> this is because they never had to deal with malaria before. they don't have any immunity? >> that's right. traditionally, these highlands have been protected from malaria. our research shows that in these privileged places in the tropics
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will launch their privileged status. >> if mosquitos have to move further up, does it mean other parts of the world might be spared that skourge? >> when it develops it can develop faster. we have shown this is effect occurs in colom bee wra and ethiopia. these can be extrapolated to other tropical highlands. >> sorry. what can we do about it now? >> we can calculate how much more people will be affected by a rising temperature.
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and we can take measures to mitigate the impact of warming on these populations. >> i suppose we have become used to hearing people like bill gates saying we can eradicate malaria. it's not easy, obviously. it's desperately difficult. is the message that you're putting out that ideas of eradication frankly for now have to be put away. >> i'm sorry. i missed your question. >> i'm wonder if you are tell us now however hard people might try to aoe rad cat malaria, it is here to stay. if anything, it's going to become a bigger problem. >> the risk will will increase. so the difficult to eradicate it will be a bit harder. >> okay. thank you very much indeed. >> you're welcome. he always carried a gun. once fired through the sun raf of a car he was in.
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he cheated on his former girlfriend when he started seeing reeva steenkamp. the latest evidence in the trail has been given by the girl he left, samantha take hrar. let's catch up on the latest. karin gionne is joining us. >> reporter: this is what the progression are trying to do with all the additional charges. the incident in the restaurant with the accidental gunfire involving oscar pistorius. today we heard about the incident where he is you'd of firing a gun through the window of a car in anger after being reprimanded by police for having his gun just lying there on the back seat of the car. and they are all trying to build up this image of oscar pistorius
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as a person who loses his temper and cannot be trusted around guns. we have been hearing from samantha taylor related to this charge. it's a way of bringing in character witnesses even though they are not allowed in south africa. she has been talking about their relationship. quite interestingly she was questioned about whether she heard oscar pistorius scream. if he does scream, what did he sound like? did he sound like a woman or a man. she said emphatically he sounds like a man. we heard a lot of discussion around the nature of the screams that neighbors heard and whether those as defense suggests could be attributed not to reeva steenkamp screaming for help but or car pistorius screaming too. some very interesting evidence from ms. taylor.
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in this half hour, crisis, what crisis? we consider president putin's presence in russia and ukraine. his popularity at home keeps rising. this is meant to be a land rich in water. why are a million people in northern kenya suffering from a year-long drought. >> aaron is back. if we thought print was dead, april, maybe not. >> absolutely, david.
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because right here "newsweek" of course a prominent brand in the news business for many decades is returning. can old-fashioned print really make a comeback and turn the page? well, thanks for joining us. the opening ceremony for the paraolympics games in sochi take place later today. and ukraine's athletes will be there. they decided to stay on despite the crisis between moscow and kiev and the presence of russian forces in the region of crimea. calls for negotiations come as thick and fast as further cries of condemnation from all sides. so how is president putin playing this potentially catastrophic situation? i'm joined by dimitri linick. thanks very much for coming in.
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we're really struck by the popularity ratings of the president. i guess today with the paralympic games that's going to help as well. to what extent is he feeding off the situation in ukraine? >> well, his rating has in fact, never i think gone down below 60%. so i don't see a huge jump. but, yes, the support he does get will grow and will be galvanized by the discourse over crime kra and ukraine. >> right. if anything, certainly a few days ago there was a sense that people wanted a more active russian approach to defending russian interests in crimea. that clearly would seem to be happening. there is certainly no turning back, is there? >> well, that's a difficult decision. and if we talk about the upcoming referendum in crimea, i
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think it is still going to be a difficult decision for the kremlin. >> in what respect? >> in the respect that it's a political impossibility for putin to turn them down. it's a very tough course, you know, if he does accept or counsel, federation counsel accepts that crimean bid to become part of russia. the west's reaction will be furious. ukraine's relations with russia will be, you know, destroyed. >> i suppose that is a risk that at the moment he seems willing to take. do you get any sense that the words we're hearing from washington or from the european union countries are having much impact in terms of measures and sanctions? >> well, there's some encouragement i guess coming from germany, for example. as we have seen maybe the best sort of axis in terms of talks
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will now be between moscow and berlin. >> at the same time angela merkel is saying he lost grip with reality. >> no, no. excuse me? oh, david, that's an interesting one actually. it's a wrong translation. i checked the german original. she said he lives in a different world or something to that effect, which means a whole lot different. >> it seems from a russian perspective, what is going on in ukraine and crimea is much more understandable to judge putin's actions which is a valid point, isn't it. do you get a sense that the western view and approach of what russia is doing does not take into account the knew answers that would come -- >> absolutely not. in the view of the majority, absolute majority of the russians and in the view of
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definitely the majority of crimeans, it is historic aberration. it shouldn't have happened. 2 million people signed off the a different republic back then. >> isn't it ultimately the fact that they signed off on it? it's done. that's the law. >> well, if putin was in kiev and the interim government was in moscow i think it would have taken an opposite view of the situation. >> dimitri, thank you very much indeed. >> now, the takana region in northern kenya is facing one of the worst droughts in living memory. there has been no rain for a year. more than a million people now need food aid. the irony is it sits on a massive waterway. emmanuel, we have seen some pictures already. but just give us a sense as to what bad it is there. it looks terrific behind you.
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>> it is terrific here, as you can see. a year ago if i was standing on the same spot i would be knee deep or waist deep in water. but the rains have fell. this lake has receded. they are trying to get water on the shores of this lake. those who cannot make it have gone outside to neighboring countries, ethiopia and uganda in search of water. we visited some of the hardest hit areas and this is what we found out. >> the sad faces of yet another loss in the county. this young goat has just died in the victim hrapllage. at least 1 million people are in need of emergency food aid. but for some it has come too
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late. his mother died recently have hunger and disease. 40,000 desperate people have crossed the border in neighboring uganda in terms of food and water. >> we are experiencing drought and famine every day. it is the government we only rely on. if the government delays we suffer and die. that's seeing this. >> here at the local livestock market it's a daily struggle to survive. they depend on livestock. but some of the animals can fetch them half the price they will get in better times. this dry parched land cannot support any growing. underneath my feet is an abundance of water.
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a huge aquifer was discovered her last year. it is hoped when this is up and running it could provide water for kenya the next 70 years. but there was little sign of much work being done. the delays in finishing the bore hole in the face of the current drought have been frustrating. >> we are seeing the challenge now of what we had before. some of them are not even helping. this is >> very graphic picture. thank you very much indeed. let's catch up on the business. aaron is with us. china the focus. >> yeah. this is the first time. what's interesting is investors around the world have always seen china as risk free in terms of buying corporate bonds, basically buying company debt. it was always backed up by the state. a bit of a twist on that now. let me explain.
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hello. yes, in other markets around the world this wouldn't be a major story. in china, for the very first time, the government there has allowed a chinese company to default on its bond payments. basically its debt payments without the government intervening or bailing the company out. it is the shanghai based chaori energy. now it is officially in default. as our chief business correspondent told us earlier, the default may be exactly what the chinese authorities want. >> the studies are quite sang n sanguine. without the ability to let some companies go through default and bankruptcy, a lot of observers would say they could possibly stand behind a market of that
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side. this company stands apart from the other bailouts that the chinese government has done. there is a big bailout in january because the government doesn't want that sector to be dragged into a more systemic problem, unregulated lending. it could actually be a good test case. it's corporate bond, publicly traded. the government knows this is a company nearly in trouble and hasn't said anything about what it will will do. the nonbanking capital market. >> okay. you remember this? martha's last laugh. for those who thought print is dead, i think we should think
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again. "newsweek" magazine is a prominent name for many decades. sit going back into print. the company's parent company says the idea is to position itself as a high-end product with high-quality journalism. "newsweek", you want a copy? it's going to cost that right there, 8 bucks a copy. that compares to just under $5 for "time" magazine. it will cost $150 in the united states. again, that is some five timese mag ceased publication becoming an all digital experience. now in a surprising twist, "newsweek" is coming back in a
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form that few ever expected to see again. in print. he may be a digital media entrepreneur. but the owner still thinks there's life in the old form. >> so you don't think print is dead? >> no, i don't. i think print is different from before but it's not dead. print advertising really went down a lot. i think circulation numbers haven't dropped so much. >> the new "newsweek" magazine will rely on its $8 cover price, not advertisers, to make money. can a relative newcomer succeed where previous seasoned owners have failed? >> i think it's a pretty calculated risk they're taking. if they end up deciding it's not worth it, at least they haven't sunk a ton of money in terms of trying to market a brand in a magazine nobody has ever heard
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of. >> the debate over how to make journalists pay rages on. could part of the answer lie in something as old-fashioned as print? michel flurry, bbc news, new york. >> let's stay with this. i spoke with stephen and asked how the new revamped magazine, how is it going to make money? >> it's not that magazines per se has had it or print has had it. the problem has been for newspapers two words, news and paper. because of the latter, they can't be the former. the internet is running riot in their space. 24-hour tv news is running riot in their space. frankly it's difficult to keep up. successful newspapers, ft, wall street journal, and some others have found a niche or way of delivering something that you can't simply get for free everywhere else. whether it's the columnists, the quality of the comment or financial information. it's not the print has had it full stop. the problem for "newsweek" is
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that it has its heyday in an era where america had no national newspapers. there was tv news but not 24-hour news. and "newsweek" in the old slow days of the '50s was a really big thing. it was the only national conversation that the united states had. spool forward through 24-hour news examine whatever, it was its commitment to news that was its problem. now you can take the brand. it's a great brand. everyone knows it. but they're going to have to transform it completely in my estimation to make it a viability proposition. >> follow me on twitter. tweet met. i'm tweet you back. @bbcaaron. >> have a good weekend, aaron. >> push on. nice to see you there. stay with us here on "bbc world news". coming up in just a moment, these two women met last year. we're foggy to find out whether
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welcome back. i'm david eades. russia would welcome the decided region of crimea into the federation as ukraine's interim prime minister calls on moscow to stop supporting separatists. as the sochi paraolympics are about to start, ukraine's team will attend. breaking news from the russian foreign ministry. it says russia will not accept the language of sanctions and threats. a direct reference to the european union which says it is
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taking an extremely unconstructed position by talks on visa free travel. president obama has seen more evolutions and uprisings than any other leader. the situation in ukraine has proved very difficult for the american president to navigate. all the while mr. obama has to keep a close eye on u.s. public opinion. david takes a look back. >> we will continue to engage all sides. >> the obama administration faces tough decisions in responding to ukraine's uprising and fallout. so what can we learn from how the president has responded to uprisings in the past? back during the green movement protests obama's remarks shows a pattern we have seen later. first came it's not our
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business. >> we respect iranian sovereignty and want to avoid the united states being the issue inside iran. >> then a week later, as the violence increased, a more pointed stance. >> in 2009, no iron fist is strong enough to shut off the world from bearing witness to peaceful protests of justice. >> still, the president was heavily criticized for remaining too quiet as iran's government cracked down on protesters. >> in terms of taking a quiet approach as all things are blowing out in a global stage. protesters are demanding powers like the united states take sides. very, very difficult to try to figure out when you can have influence with a bully pulpit and when you can have more influence through the quiet work over time. >> a couple of years later when the revolution began, u.s. officials urged restraint.
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it's become a phrase used often by the administration. obama and his team, again, urged restraint during egypt's revolution and worked behind the scene to try to resolve the conflict. according to a survey by pew research, only 12% said he wasn't offering enough support. do obama's public statements make any ditches? >> it's been trickier depending on the country, staying on the right side of history is tricky business. so if history is defined as taou knee that, united states is on the right side. that puts the united states on the wrong side in bahrain. >> in terms of air strikes into libya in march 2011, pew research found the country said it was the right decision. when it came syria, most
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americans didn't think he should be the one to authorize air strikes. what should he do about ukraine? maybe the american people have the answer. last december pew research thought the united states should mind their own business on the world stage. in october, the bbc ran a series called "100 woman." it brought people together in hopes they could inspire one another. this is the story of a textile magnate from bangladesh. and a girl who grew up with dreams of becoming a fashion designer. >> she grew up in the garbage dump but she has a dream. a dream the become a fashion
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designer. just two months after they met, she comes to cambodia to see her life firsthand. >> i see a lot of potential. if i can play even a teeny weany role in impacting her life positively i would be very happy. >> five years ago her highest ambition was to work in a textile factory. now she has a bigger dream, to become a fashion designer. >> how did you design it? did you sketch? did you draw? >> first i draw. then i follow it. >> you did the design? >> yes. >> everything? >> yeah, yeah. >> we can work through it. >> yes. >> and present to my buyers and tell them you made them. maybe they'll buy them. i'm hoping. >> one month ler here.
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you can see. >> it's actually beautiful. very detailed. very beautiful. and now it will be my job to see if i can sell to my customers. okay? all right. good luck to both of us. >> yes. >> okay. >> back in her office she is busy negotiating new deals, closing old ones and trying to sell her designs. >> i spoke to two specific customers and i told them the story. they encouraged me and said it was a great initiative. one came back and said they would like to partner. so i automatically took it as a positive. >> she has prepared a surprise. improvised fashion show. they are wearing the blouses and dresses designed by her. she doesn't know anything about it yet.
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>> so much is happening in her life. and so fast. and yet the biggest news is about to come. >> i have sold one of your designs to one customer in england. and with that little money or whatever the money is, that will be your first money to start your own business. >> my first step. >> the first step of many on a long way to realize her dream. now she needs to prove that a girl can really stitch her way to success. >> lovely story there. that's it from "gmt". what have you got on "impact" today? >> in just a few minutes, carson yeung, the hong kong businessman
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