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about recipes for success the strategy seems good very good difference. baking bread. d.w. . this is data renewed live from the land and space x. rocket an unmanned capsule blasted off from florida into the night sky if the test goes well the private company one step closer to getting astronauts to mars also coming up. tens of thousands of algerians take to the streets calling for the president to step down dozens of brain injured in the country's largest
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anti-government demonstrations since the arab spring. and more fighting between india and pakistan in the disputed kashmir region clashes come a day off to pakistan returned a captured indian pilot in a gesture of tastes. i'm rebecca welcome to the program the u.s. air aerospace company space x. has launched a rocket designed to carry people to the international space station after blasting off from cape canaveral in florida it's set to reach the i assess on sunday where it'll stay for just under a week there's no want to board this flight but if it's successful it could pave the way towards resuming manned u.s. missions. three to one here it's certain that.
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this rocket could soon bring manned spaceflight back to the united states for the first since twenty eleven for space x.'s finder this moment was a long time in the making. but it's been seventeen years to get to this point from two thousand to do now. and incredible amount of hard work and sacrificed for a lot of people that are afraid. well emotionally exhausted. because. those super stressful. but it worked. this time are right the only old cuban told board to create dragon capsule is a dummy it's connected to sensors to monitor what a human would experience nasa plans to put two astronauts aboard leecher there she are how do they feel about it it. seemed like everything went smoothly all the way up until watch and so far so good so from our standpoint this is this is what you
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want to see you want to see the team hitting its stride. as we get ready to put people on these things. this test flight will measure the vessel's reliability and safety in real life conditions that it paves the way for one of musk's long held ambition is for the future of space travel. oh we go back to the moon cern that's the goal. we should have a base on the moon. permanently right here in paris on the moon and send people to mars you know sort of on mars those were. a giant leap perhaps for now i must give nasa are a small step closer to sending ordinary people into space. well our very own aaron tilton is here in the studio to tell us a bit more and why is this so important for the u.s. well on the one hand you have to remember the united states doesn't have the capability of sending its own man missions to space and hasn't since the retired
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the shuttle system in two thousand and eleven so on the one hand it's a point of pride for the united states they want to be able to send their own missions into space on the other you have to realize that they are reliant on the russians so you system which is an aging rocket system and last fall there was almost that disastrous aborted launch which almost cost the lives of several astronauts and cosmonauts but then also there's a new aspect nasa is looking to take this program into the into the new century they were betting on smaller companies to develop the new technology companies like space x. and boeing that they'll need to be able to to to establish well the moon base that . it was talking about there and so you know assuming it all goes well hope hoping that it does when we say real life astronauts being sent into space from the u.s. again well the next planned mission which could actually see a manned start for united states could happen as early as july but of course that's dependent upon the sec's the success of the current mission is pretty well known that it wants to get people to mars by twenty thirty i mean is this a really important how how important is this stick in his why dicko well it's one
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step of many but it's also a very very critical step i mean space x. has proved itself with its dragon capsule and its falcon nine in the past but it's only worked as a cargo farriers basically taking cargo from the u.s. from cape canaveral up to the i assess this is the first time that they're actually getting the ability to prove that they could transport humans safely to the ice s. and back and of course the idea says is are foothold in space and when it comes to actually sending out those longer term missions to the moon to the mother to mars this is a critical first step but it's one of many that have his company will have to take and just say thank you. a protester in algeria has died during a mass march in the capital algeria's protests have been taking place across the country against president abdelaziz bouteflika running for a fifth term the demonstrations are the biggest anti-government uprising since the arab spring eight years ago but has been in power since nineteen ninety nine despite suffering
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a stroke five years ago eighty one year old announced he wants to he wants wrong for another term. it was the biggest turnout of demonstrators so far after a week of nationwide protests the demonstration in algiers started peacefully with thousands marching in the streets after friday prayers they chanted bye bye but flicka and peaceful peaceful many carried signs with slogans and drink themselves in national symbols large crowds also gathered in other cities according to residents and local media the protesters are against incumbent president out unless he spits the sicking effect terror and upcoming elections in april they say he is no longer fit to lead a door fed up with his iron fisted rule. it's simple we just want a change for our country we want that but there are a jury awarded the medal twenty years around of. the people who are here those protesting that it would only we want change and for. later in the day things got
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violent police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and scuffled with protestors knew the presidential palace and the elderly man reportedly died after being caught in a stampede of protesters earlier algerian prime minister ahmed a young gave a chilling warning after noticing that sometime instructors gave roses to police officers. but we should recall. that in syria it also began with rosie. but flicka who will turn eighty two on saturday is reportedly in geneva getting medical tree. i meant he suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen and has really been seen in public since authorities see beautifully cut dusty to firm grip on public affairs his opponents have never claimed he's not fit enough to beat the country and that it is being drilled in his name by advisors down to some of the other stories making news around the world
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an official in southern nigeria says more than fifty people are missing after a leaky oil pipeline exploded and triggered a stampede the blast cause a mass caused a massive oil spill in bios a state on friday near the heavy polluted niger delta and inside a forest reserve the country's one of the world's largest oil producers. canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against twa way as chief executive mung one to proceed canadian authorities arrested the chinese technology companies see a photo last december at the request of washington manning is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to violate u.s. sanctions on iran. in syria heavy fighting is reportedly under way in the last main on clave of the so-called islamic state u.s. backed syrian defense forces say they have moved in on the village of drug use the last militant stronghold suspected i as fighters and their families have been surrendering to forces outside the town. in brazil
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rio de janeiro's world renowned conical has officially opened the carriage to leaving the festivities known as king more him over save the ceremonial came to the city at this summer drawing fourteen a late summer schools will compete for the top title around seven million people are said to participate in the festival which is being celebrated for moving four hundred years. reports say heavy gunfire between indian and pakistani border forces has resumed in the disputed kashmir region this comes a day after pakistani extended what it called a peace gesture by fraying a captured indian pilot command then vote among call cross the border just before nine pm local time he was shot down days earlier as he chased pakistani jets over kashmir the so-called line of control acts as the defacto border there the initial
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flare up began on february fourteenth when militants killed at least forty indian troops in indian administered kashmir earlier we spoke to correspondent misha jaiswal and asked her if the pilots release could deescalate the conflict. well when we talk about the immediate escalation over the last few weeks that has been happening yes this release off we can command up in the world mine is expected to do yes believe those tensions but will a pilots to these ease the tensions also all of the problem the question are going to show between india and pakistan that would be a hard sell there is firing going on constantly along the line of control which as we heard is the de facto border between india administers bushmeat and pakistan administered kashmir so firing are along that line has continued from last evening and last evening it was for more security personnel lost their lives in the cold water district in kashmir now a free as as was mentioned the whole conflict this recent escalation started with
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the loss of life all forty security personnel in a terror attack so tensions between the two countries do continue india and pakistan have both a sort of gets to be that they are prepared for any eventuality india claims that pakistan is not doing enough on terror and pakistan says it's doing enough but india is unwilling to accept it's just sort of peace. well some turning to soccer and in the german bundesliga latest brasier dortmund have suffered a major setback for the bottom always book hand of dortmund a shock to one defeat don't want once on the books of dortmund's reserves side scored after twenty four minutes after woeful defending from the visitors the south korean forward stunned his film a tame with his second goal after sixty eight minutes look again at that beauty pack cass's eighty first minute strike was to no avail. now some tennis and roger federer is one win away from his one hundredth career
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title federer cruise past croatia's born courage in the semifinal of the divine championships winning in straight sets six two six two this was player could become only the second man ever to reach the one hundred title mark after u.s. legend jimmy connors federal route will reach the milestone today if he bates stephanus city pass the greek cruise past frenchman gael monfils to reach the final. and so we have time for you've been watching data news at live from berlin world stories is up next more news at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's w dot com thanks for joining me. in real life they are a lawyer an investment banker and an entrepreneur but when carnival comes around
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these men transform into the triumvirate the highest ranking representatives of the cologne carnival festivities prince mark peasant marcus and maiden michael the tradition goes back hundreds of years and because carnival was always a male domain behind the maiden's mask is a man in the past two months to triumph or it has attended more than four hundred carnival meetings sometimes for twelve hours at a time but despite the hard work this is a much sought after jump says made in michael devlin's i was there with one in zero if i met someone over ninety years old who smiled and said i had to stay alive this long so i could finally meet the triumvirate face to face priceless. just that every year the triumvirate is chosen by a special festival committee the highest board within the cologne carnival society the three are treated like royalty as they're driven around in the motorcade during
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carnival the city bounce to them. you know the peasants main task is to look evil and represent the fighting spirit of our city. and i think i've got it down with this look at the cross over. the roots of the carnival tradition go back to early christianity in the time leading up to lent otherwise religious catholics celebrate in the city streets during the so-called crazy days. for the triumvirate this can be a costly pastime they have to purchase their own costumes as well as medals and rounds at the local pubs they can easily add up to a few thousand euros but it's not about the money the goods was playing the role of the princes a lot like playing the role of lawyer in my everyday life so it comes easy i just. add a few extra nuances as a prince you must radiate love and make people smile. today
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the triumvirate had twelve performances some days they have even more but their work is not over yet the party doesn't stop until ashwin's day. players.

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