hello. good day to you. you're watching "newsline." i'm yuko fukushima. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights is speaking out

against egypt's military security forces. they're urging them to stop using excessive force against demonstrators. at least 30 people have been killed in the past five days. protesters in egypt are refusing to give up despite a pledge by the end-term military rulers to hasten the move towards democracy. thousands of people are occupying tahrir square in central cairo. they're demanding that the military and its rule hand over power to a new government. confrontations between protesters and security personnel broke out again in cities across the country. they say the use of force by authorities is shocking in some cases. calling for an independent investigation. >> following the memorial service, people honored the two civilians who died. they unveiled a memorial where the victims were working. about 3,000 people also went to a national cemetery for a national memorial. >> translator: my heart bleeds at the memory of the incident. the south korean government will never compromise when it comes

to the safety and security of its people and the country. >> the south korean government has repeatedly demanded the north apologize for the yeonpyeong attack. it also wants its neighbor to take measures to make sure something like that does not happen again. the members of north korea's ruling workers party aren't sorry at all. they once again defended their military's attack on yeonpyeong island. the newspaper there ran a commentary on wednesday and calls the shelling a product of provocation. it says south korea is solely responsible. the newspaper maintains the attack wouldn't have happened if the south had not intruded into north korean waters. last friday, "the rodong sinmun" accused south korea of building up its military near yeonpyeong island. it warned that could trigger all-out war. even though the two countries

are at odds, they are still exploring ways to improve relations. so far this year, senior government officials from both sides have held two meetings to discuss north korea's nuclear program. japanese defense ministry workers are busy tracking six chinese naval vessels. the fleet recently passed through international waters between okinawa's main island and miyako island. the u.n. high commissioner for u.n. rights is speaking out against egypt's security forces. he is urging them to stop using excessive force against demonstrators. at least 30 people have been killed in the past five days. protesters in egypt are refusing to give up despite a pledge by the end-term military rulers to hasten the move towards democracy. thousands of people are occupying tahrir square in central cairo, demanding that the military and rule hand over power to a new government. confrontations between protesters and security personnel broke out again in

cities across the country. they say the use of force by authorities is shocking in some cases. she is calling for an independent investigation. the chief of the supreme military council announced on tuesday a presidential election will be held by june next year, which is earlier than planned. tantawi also announced that parliamentary elections will start next monday as scheduled, the first sense of popular uprising forcing president hosni mubarak to resign in february. it is unclear what kind of impact the ongoing confusion in egypt will have on the vote. public opinion is divided on the upcoming elections. some people want the country's democratization process to move forward. some are calling for review at the procedures set up by the military. >> the former president of olympus has arrived in japan. michael woodford will speak to authorities who are looking into the cover-up. woodford spoke to the media after he arrived. he called on olympus to come

clean about a scheme to hide substantial losses from investors. >> who is the detail? which organizations worked with olympus. we need answers. not just saying it was done and that's the end of the story. >> woodford said he is prepared to return as president. the company fired woodford on october 14. he said he was dismissed because they questioned large payments. olympus citing a disagreement over management style. the company had inflated payments for corporate buy-outs in the 1990s. woodford will meet prosecutors. he remains an olympus director and will attend a board meeting on friday to question the company about the cover-up.

a close call in auckland, new zealand, for people in a busy waterfront shopping district. a pilot was using a helicopter to help install a christmas tree on wednesday. then, something went wrong. the helicopter is hanging steel scaffolding hovering about 8 meters above the ground. look what happens when the chopper's blades touch some cables attached to the scaffolding. what you are hearing is the sound of the engine as it slowly comes to a halt and here is another look at the crash in slow motion. one witness describes what he saw and heard. >> it was just a wet like a power kind of sound and i turned

around and just seen it drop. it was already gone halfway down. it just crashed and the security got straight to it and pulled him out. >> workers help the pilot walk away from the crash. he suffered minor injuries. new zealand media say it is lucky no one was seriously hurt. and, now, we bring in hiro morita for what's going on in fukuoka in the sumo tournament. how are things there? it looks like it is headed for another exciting finish. we are into the third part of the 15-day kyushu tournament in fukuoka southwestern japan. hakuho was the sole leader. on day 11, he went up against the toughest opponent he will be facing. hakuho has gotten by the first 10 days without breaking a sweat. his day 11 foe, kisenosato, poses a real threat. he has beaten him in three of the five recent meetings. hakuho comes in hard. kisenosato answers with a

thrusting attack. they go after each other ferociously. now, the yokozuna seems to be in command. he calmly marches and puts kisenosato away to keep his record spotless. newly promoted ozeki kotoshogiku who bit the dust on thursday is still clinging to his championship post with just one loss. kotoshogiku doesn't budge. it allows tochinowaka to shut him down. he loses for the second consecutive day. now, here is how the title race looks like after 11 days. hakuho is all alone in first place. kotoshogiku and wakakoyu are closest to hakuho, each with two losses. on day 12, the highlight

match will pit hakuho versus kotoshogiku, shooting for his third straight victory over the yokozuna, which would also enable the new ozeki to keep his championship hopes alive. join us again to find out how things shake down. >> let's take a look at weather forecasts around the world.

>> we'll will back with you at the top of the next hour so please stay tuned. thanks for watching. in 1989, four babies were born at a hospital in south korea. they were quadruplet girls. 21 years later, they've returned to the hospital as nurses. ♪ i cast out inspiration from the sky ♪

>> tiny lives that have just come into the world. doctors and nurses protect them. sol, 21-year-old third eldest sister, works in this field. she takes care of newborns who need intensive care. she hopes to safely discharge as many babies as possible. we'll follow a novice nurse who works to save tiny lives.

incheon is a port city in western south korea. it has a population of 2.7 million, making it the third biggest city in south korea. the quadruplets have left their parents and are living together. let's see how they live. there they are, all sleeping together. in the same direction. the third eldest sister, sol, has woken up first. she wakes up the youngest sister, mil.

the sisters take turns doing the household chores. today it's sol's turn. they've made rules for living together and posted them on the wall. it's been six months since they started working at the hospital. they work at different hours, so they cherish the time they have together. gacheon university's gil hospital is a general hospital in incheon city. the hospital, which started as an obstetrics clinic in 1958,

now focuses on treatment of gynecological disorders and neonatal care. the third and fourth eldest sisters, sol and mil, work in the neonatal intensive care unit. in south korea, the rate of premature births has been rising. in this unit, babies born before 37 weeks gestation and weighing less than 2,500 grams, as well as those who are ill, are monitored 24 hours a day. sol, a novice nurse, cares for babies with mild symptoms.

she also takes care of babies born with disabilities. she massages them and removes phlegm. what do the babies need now? nurses have to be skilled at observing and evaluating. in fact, sol was also a premature baby at worth, weighing only 2,110 grams. back then, quadruplets were rare, and a cesarian delivery was highly risky, but sol and her sisters were born in those circumstances. only sol was sent to an

intensive care unit. six months after starting work at this neonatal intensive care unit, sol has been asked by her senior to care for a baby until it leaves the hospital. the baby's name is daon, 6 weeks old. she was only 990 grams at birth. daon is leaving the hospital soon.

starting today, sol plays the role of her mother. the nurses use a baby bottle with a spoon so that daon can suck her mother's breast well before she leaves the hospital, but it looks difficult. sol's senior shows her how to do it. daon is sipping well. it's sol's turn. is it hard for her?

daon finally starts to sip. sol looks relieved. this is the eldest sister, seul. she works in the ear, nose and throat department. she enjoyed caring for people, so when she was in high school, she decided to become a nurse. the second eldest, seol, works in the artificial kidney department.

she cares for patients undergoing dialysis. when she was a child, she was treated kindly by her nurses, and decided to be a nurse herself. the youngest sister, mil, works in a newborn nursery. at first, mil wanted to be a physical education teacher, but knowing that her eldest sisters wanted to become nurses, she decided to join them.

the second eldest, seol, has returned home. the other sisters cook dinner for the tired seol. today's main dish is dokboki, rice cake made with sweet and spicy sauce.

at 6:00 a.m., sol and mil leave for the hospital together. the day of daon's discharge has arrived. daon now weighs 2,020 grams. it's time to say good-bye.

the baby is healthy and her parents are overjoyed at being with her. this is when sol feels happiest.

the four sisters take a day off together, the first in a long while. they return home, an hour's drive from incheon. they love their mother. the four sisters give their salaries to their mother and receive monthly allowances from her. they enjoy a family gathering, but what the sisters really want is -- their mother talks about the hardships she underwent giving birth to them. their mother, who was 35 years old at the time, was rejected by a hospital for delivery.

then, the director of the hospital where the sisters now work gave their mother a helping hand. despite the age of the mother and the high risk of delivering her quadruplets, the director accepted her and the operation was successful. the director didn't even charge a delivery fee, saying that having quadruplets was miraculous and wonderful. 21 years later, the four have returned to gil hospital as nurses.

today, sol goes to see an expect ant mother. pregnant with triplets, she's waiting for a cesarian operation. sol talks gently to the expect ant mother to relieve her anxieties. it's time for her to go to the operating room. her husband also looks worried.

although medical technology has advanced, a delivery of triplets in the 31st week of gestation involves risk. sol impatiently waits for the babies to be delivered safely. the operation has begun. the first baby is -- a girl. and the second baby is -- a boy. the third baby is also a boy.

doctors quickly remove amniotic fluid from the babies' lungs and help them breathe. the first baby has uttered her first cry. that's a relief. the second baby has also started crying vigorously. they're taken to the neonatal intensive care unit, where sol is waiting. but the third baby is having difficulty breathing. he finally begins to breathe, and is taken to the intensive care unit.

sol takes care of the triplets together with her seniors. looking around, she tries to find something to do. ♪ tiny babies have been born. once again, sol encounters the preciousness of new life. what is human life?

by the way, do the sisters have boyfriends? yes. some do. and they share the same dream. sol is looking for a boyfriend now. ♪ ♪ ♪