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he died on the air. in the row. the dynamo bay detention camp marks its twelfth anniversary with more than a hundred fifty inmates still behind bars despite never being choked. they won the display place that we can treat people. however we want to whenever we want to. rt takes a look of a history of the facilities people across the us and other parts of the world joined protests demanding the closure of the infamous can. despite recent diplomatic success in nuclear talks with iran and remembered us senators pushing for more sanctions
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against tehran to move the white house warns could drag america into another war and former israeli prime minister ariel sharon dies at age eighty five after spending eight years in a coma. look back at the legacy of the controversial political and military leader a. women not spell i'm at present very good to be with us. the top story this arid human rights activists are protesting across the us on the twelfth anniversary of the guantanamo bay detention center in demanding the closure of the infamous can dog by allegations of mistreatment and abuse. so the president obama promised years ago but he's honest us to church then what's the history of the controversial facility in a tropical island a
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symbol of promises me being far from promises kept. they will leave in upholding a black mark in the history books and unless the people who who advocate for its continued existence when and if they win then in edmonton this oppose it said the study is that america has will be gone forever. twelve years old he was brought to guantanamo its first tt knees of the war on terror the us and powerful sections in the ruling class in the us one and a place that are openly defies international law. it's a decision that's been named that they want displayed place that we can treat people. however we want to whenever we want to do to be is poured into the bank scandal surrounding torture and forced feeding mass hunger strikes of desperation and dozens of suicide attempts that have something that has been an issue since i've been here in a facility that has long stopped making sense if it ever did. despite the rhetoric in really isn't about national security or
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prisoners being so dangerous that they can possibly be released when the fire that had the trip out of seven hundred and seventy nine gt knees held at guantanamo in these past twelve years. only seven have been convicted and sentenced. we have seen eleven prisoners released between oldest in december last year compared to just five men in the whole of the previous three years so its movements. but it would be un wise to think that in that we may be that the iran hundred and fifty five men sitting but sentiment and seventy six of those men what kid for a nice meal was struggling with what to do with them and an even bleaker future still ahead for the other seventy nine prisoners facing the abyss of indefinite detention of the news on here because there were somewhere. to give some money. whether they're innocent and it is not one job for him to tf after majority of detainees went on hunger strike last year the bombers administration was pushed to make baby steps
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again my white double standards and overlooking the law on international treaty obligations mean that we should be sending people to countries where they face the risk of ill treatment of torture. this followed in some cases but completely ignored and others. two men were recently sent to algeria amid grave concerns of possible persecution on the grounds that it was our collector celibacy. it's been his whole adult life basically in europe and in canada and there's really no reason why a college educated i was fluent in german and english and french. i should be sent home to algeria. and probably trapped there are unable to agree because the stigma of guantanamo the future of some of those released over the years even more questions and increasingly grim as media claims surfaced that the cna might have reportedly been impeached and recording some of the prisoners as double agents in exchange for freedom. our job here it is to do these safe and legal humane and transparent care and custody of the detainees while in atlanta and tug of war between the presidents
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well to shut the president and congress resisting this is officially used as an excuse to avoid simply closing the place down despite the personal promises to do so think the only reason he can get away with that but we're treating it really does appear correctness it wasn't so somehow harder to get to know what's five years ago. i have been impatiently. common sense. one of the hand of the problem of guantanamo prisoners. i can sell meat mass at the last twelve years is already so hard to clean up their reasons to keep the rams are likely to breed more anniversaries to come as a target on our team meal but auto start a new chapter in its history washington is seeking to heighten the secrecy around the facility but snippets of what goes on inside still occasionally leak out. here's the latest letter from shock or amara the last remaining british in me. he describes the mill eating search methods used by prison administration where inmates are forced to undergo the procedure even if they
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just want to call their lawyer. some guards are pushing it further they say searching inmates genitalia medea benjamin co founder of the antiwar group code pink says in what's happening in guantanamo the mouse to psychological torture. let's remember these people have been held now for twelve years i mention in your own life like twelve years. when we'd be lying. we received a note from one of the prisoners schottenheimer who is a citizen of britain has been cleared for release for years now and has no was heartbreaking because he said i said what he really misses most. having played a part in the light that his children his youngest child was born on the dvd arrived in guantanamo. he's never even seen his youngest child. this is a mental torture for these prisoners. union activists gathered outside the us embassy to join the annual day of protest against indefinite detention of prisoners it did no more than
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half the inmates held at the detention center without charge or trial are yemeni is what most men have been cleared for release by the administration will be covering the protests as they develop. both the eu and iran has said significant progress has to read was reached in talks on how to implement the nuclear deal reached in november. this file a bill proposing even more sanctions is gaining strength in the us congress the white house has harshly condemns senators supporting and say they're undermining diplomatic efforts you can actually be seen to drive the country into war. but he's marine corps times reports. it was just a few months ago inside the united nations headquarters for the presidents of iran and the u lastly in groundwork for new and positive diplomatic relations. however the historic success achieved over the past four months may soon be significantly compromised if not destroyed by america's own lawmakers according to reports the nine u s senators are now backing a new package of unilateral
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sanctions aimed to increase pressure on iran for its nuclear program. this means that the setting is just one goal away from the sixty needed to pass most legislation with the house of representatives which is already showed strong support for economic pressure against tehran according to reports the legislation would a black lace up early running industrial sectors and button bands and companies around the world with being banned from the us market with the help of wine export anymore. forty of the provisions but believes that the facts get in on violates his six month in terms of guilt or what's the big spider with out a comprehensive nuclear agreements the us president proper bob has got to veto the bill. it makes it to congress to the problem is that the sand. actually eighteen sixty seven votes to override a presidential veto the obama administration says additional economic restrictions could write in a historic diplomatic opportunity would you want
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text and cementing over the past few months. let's remember in november world powers reached an interim deal with tehran over its nuclear program and negotiations on a final agreement are still underway not only with more sanctions copper mines six suspects already beat me. but the white house as it will certainly meet a potential war with iran. all the more likely. oddly enough at least sixty democrats are supporting new sanctions sadly it. president obama is historic diplomatic progress when ryan comes crumbling down. it will be due in part to members of his own party according to me or during a fortnight. our team. gerard de policy director of the national iranian american council thinks centers supporting the bill aren't afraid of putting the nuclear deal in jeopardy because they are interested in a diplomatic solution. they claimed that this is not a violation of the interim deal that is a violation of the interim deal that
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the deal says no new sanctions this impose new sanctions has a lot of word games being played but really it comes down to the senators don't want to see idea. they don't want to see a diplomatic solution that they do this as to where the height of the time. have you gone completely capitulate. potentially you have a regime change or something like that for the united states to go to work and i think that guy probably president obama. us negotiators would rather be focused on line. negotiating with you on to the nuclear deal. rather than having to negotiate with hardliners in the senate. i just to protect nuclear deal that he's all t so he's a very tough spot because billy undermine the position of that state's pointed toes to go see it negotiations because it conveys a message that the presence not to control his own foreign policy the deal with the six world powers actually guarantees iran easing of sanctions so long as the country complies with a number of demands for its nuclear program. if i know what those are as follows the details
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the agreement by clicking away on our website our teeny dot com israel's former prime minister ariel sharon has died at the age of eighty five he passed away from heart failure saturday after spending eight years in a stroke induced coma. israel's current prime minister benjamin netanyahu praise his predecessor for doing his best to keep the country secure. jones's have been pouring in from other politicians and world leaders president obama saying the us is joining israel in honoring the man. sharon a former political and military leader from south entangled in plenty of controversy though during his decades long tenure. many in israel consider him a national hero for how he led his country both while in office and a uniform and all but two wars before he went into a coma but some palestinians are celebrating his death. we believe your own pursue the path of the one direction towards them. ortiz policy report that the former prime minister. he also remembered for building convert to settlements in the west. one
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such a device to fit in between those who love him and those who sit and eat in the door to me i will ship along with some help to keep the fault of the three the second movement. under his guidance more than the contents instruments vocals from the gaza strip his monster to defend and preserve the jewish state israel da was a lifelong supporter of the mill show void. twenty seven years he from spices and collins in the form of gaza settlement of teammate own. one only out one day he was the builder sentiment is even an ounce he build twenty new homes just like you did in other places so in this the father of the centers. he did so much force it out from under the name. the taste of coffee as if that is right he's going to be told it will force some to take on some home and only eight pounds and ounces in magnesium and had become his enemy the one thing you've got to buy a silver tray. what a husband who will choose whom to find his wife with his neighbor sharon will most likely be
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traced efficiently. wilson likened to be remembered for all the things that are not so pleasant. all of which were critical to all of israel. all longtime champion of jewish sentiments preoccupied to appease came to believe that the more trouble than they were with andy kershaw one was the one who told him it came as a shock that he was the one to destroy them at the end and today he looked at them as instrumental for whatever needs he had at the moment when he thought that the settlers in the settlement movement for serving the needs of the stronger israel he supported the many supported them more than anyone had but when he felt that they would no longer serving the needs of a strong israel then he turned against them so much so that he was a total disengagement from gaza in august when the anger if you vote among his supporters should one say to attend as prime minister in fresh connections. but in two thousand fine. he suffered a stroke from which he never overcome the house was going from gaza to run without any say that tuna natural with tools. this is men's team
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will continue to be and need to sticking point in negotiations between israelis and palestinians. the crt tepid. still to come in the program sold for a song economic hardships because european countries to opt out of the eurovision twenty fourteen or the host nation is watching the budget of the content box. rome under attack from above bart's correspondent arms himself with an umbrella to travel to the eternal city to see how people are coping with the vandalizing nature of some feathered friends. this anymore after a short stay with us the eye. the sixteen percent of the human voice and instrument of peace the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the porous nations on earth. so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate
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on. the but sixty minutes past the hour. the twenty fourteen eurovision song contest is the risk of becoming the biggest failure in the history of the event facing a grim prognosis as the least twelve countries have already withdrawn from competition. china's economic woes seen as the main reason for the mass exodus from the event is our keys likes arafat's key reports. it's represented russia at the eurovision song contest in twenty ten historical becoming eleven he describes his bid to separation as a major highlight which propelled him to new heights the audience who. betty very much. many people to get to know us and so they begin to come to look on since it was great the music experience because it was a call and set it on the tree to tree just to portland now notorious that i could have a
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dimensions. from track we still have its creatures and some of europe's bright this balance. one of the world's most watched tv program the eurovision song contest brought fame to the likes of cobbler city dion and cleared the scene where the votes have not always be spread you for just the qualities say researchers from switzerland your recent piece in the mean estimate of the intimate relation to their feet. the european continent maintain a steady in its gut. and he's going to what would be that hard can it. twenty ten three weeks left until america pushed for creation of the european financial stability facility to bail out collapsing economies. a german teenager than a minute was crowned the eurovision swim. but ironically it's the europe wide financial two or more which is now threatening to pull the assistance of the contests in twenty eleven when financial to what was already raging in europe you are that it's all a peek but to separation of forty three countries next year poland
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and armenia which drew from the contest in twenty thirteen there were joined by to last me a turkey slovakia and portugal. this time ratio serbia bulgaria and cyprus have also jumped off the eurovision ship the list could expand as many simply cannot afford to take part in the circus that is eurovision like cyclists were roughly every fifth person is unemployed. the next button on the region and pat white was happening and describing his decision in cyprus and i'm not surprised that this decision has been taken and even defied the middle of the house tomorrow. in other domains some perfume called a sea of education and conduit to show his bosses say there's nothing to worry about. to refresh the formatting continued to do so whenever needed to keep the eurovision song contest the most popular pan european entertainment tv show. at this rate of dropping out of
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the competition that would likely have to invent something new and very soon europe's longest running for congress from losing its voice. its diverse as the top team reports in moscow. we adhere to losing contestant its budgets also been slashed this year the event expected to cost four times less than three years ago international affairs experts urge a tricky pitch things the eurovision has also lost both its significance and artistic value the eurovision song contest has become a political as well as cultural relics. bake in the nineties it suddenly became much more important. he's improving and eastern europe and use them because many newly independent countries of the former yugoslavia. in the former ussr. one kid who puts their main home the panel says the state but for many many years theme music scene or to stick to this. it has been a problem
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with us on this. and nowadays both politically and culturally its significance has declined. so in the period of stay in the period when the mall this he seemed to skip the next games. the climates. i believe that to this decision was made by so many countries because they concluded that eurovision song contest simply does not connect. one of the milky way galaxy suddenly fell apart astronomers have discovered hyper velocity stars fast enough to flee our galaxy scientists say they have no idea what force drives that are t dot com for the full story there are lots protesting by having fun hundreds gather in hamburg for a pillow fight flash mob expressing their anger over the eviction of squatters find that in the emotion section of our website with all the footage and egypt iraq security forces trying to drive al qaeda affiliated
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militants from pollution and other key cities in the anbar province at least sixty people killed over the last couple weeks in sunni dominated areas. at least fourteen thousand civilians fled across computing is a former us marine who fought in salute to a decade ago the things the us led invasion could be to blame for the violence we're seeing now. i think the reason that this discontent in iraq right now is because the us led occupation. put in place a lot of other structural injustice is better than the root of all the violence in iraq right now one of the results of the occupation of iraq was that the sunni community. i became very marginalized targeted groups within iraq. so this is the root of a lot of the fighting in anbar province right now. i think the fed the us government to continue with the iraqi government and the to facilitate their internal oppression of the various ethnic minorities within the country. i think though the very moral on our part of the more moral first to send troops to participate in this
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profession. turning now to some other international headlines huge its army chiefs could be in a writing the presidential elections slated for next year he said to the country's media that a presidential bid is a possibility if the and military support to movie theaters candidacy could further deepen divisions in egypt. it remains in turmoil since the military ousted president muhammad more substantial. thousands of people rallied in the streets of rome protesting against same families. demonstrators to invite members of the catholic church in local politicians. your brain is sharply divided over the issue of same relationships. in december twenty thirteen the nation's democratic party introduced a bill allowing gay couples to register their partnership would still has yet to get it she was and water bottles thrown in. turkey's parliament during a debate regarding judicial reform we're breaking out after the proposal the draft bill to get the prime minister's ruling party or stay open support the opposition claims that the bill seeks to bring
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the legal system in line with executive powers violating the constitution. prime minister into one and its allies have been at the center for corruption scandal that broke out last month the feeding tube. it came to the opposite. a protest in the spanish enclave of million in north africa turn violent. well people most of them police were injured. demonstrators were to partition the streets protesting the lack of jobs in the region. security forces later put out the fire and security. and back to rome now where it may seem like just a minor problem the medieval these economic crisis and soaring unemployment. thousands of birds soaring across the room each winter and they are certainly leaving their mark on the city making people feel discomfort rt zero discover ports on the tactics at the titans are using to try and keep the city streets clean. i roll. one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world of popular destination for
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lovers or confuse yes history at its ends. it all falls on top of cars boats and on pedestrians inside asleep during see if we get tons of complaints though. rds hundds othousands of garments which might lead to the north in the year the more as the go. i know snake. we're surrounded by all. the city and spends tens of thousands of euros tackling the flight manifest the scenes special operation in itself. it's so dry. it's
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very difficult to clean it off. a resort in the finals it's like they're angry with me personally i am. but the real mission takes place at some sites dressed in protective gear and armed with a loud human scientists storm the group's favorite sleeping spot. and if you didn't know it is none other than the reporting of the stalinist making a sound which warns of approaching danger. the bulls to steer the feather falls to less populated areas. from silence its once great that i would push up the exit sign. but when the team managed to steer the birds usually they jus moved to other residents results and holds them back at sundown. this isn't the worst problem is that
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wouldn't it be nice to go play in the sixteen year old was a megaphone. it may be a good idea to grab the gold umbrella that is what the forecast is unclear. all fourteen yr old international illegal industrial fishing in west africa's waters of dropping locals other means of survival. and if you're watching is a new cases it with george galloway. anyway after that chore. ay ay ay ay i am. there are many internal battles in society liberals and conservatives will never agree on gun rights or abortion but there's one battle that is often more generational than anything the battle for school uniforms teachers argue that uniforms would make a big distraction in the classroom and break up
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the caste system second of all the school between the cool fashionable kids than the ones who can barely afford much like me and my younger years. teenagers will scream your first crush their freedom of expression in that they have a right to express who they are their individuality who has the right to dictate to them what to wear the things they don't realize is that if the school doesn't tell them what to wear anything corporation said the mtv will all vote for individuals to dress alike and blindly follow all the trends are just obeying corporate marketing instead of their parents. yet for some reason it is bad if the schoo punishes you for dressing him properly with the cool kids make your life a living for not wearing the right brand of shows. well that's all wl and good for some reason look at it this way school uniforms xi which means more money for parents to buy your video games. the individual in your actions. another fake individual in trendy clothes fascist. i think. so true he
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i'm waiting for me. but why is the costliest made it lots of going in terms of investment. how would these i would be to sue would call long distance phone to the allies that all of them so i went to kuching to speak out. oh how warm it was small. you can show you that remain get to know what needs to be good to have the chills it's what you want. that is still sees this this this book which counts more people talking. i always get outs. i bought peace peace peace peace but no one has spoken of by just one little yellow eyes that you don't want the secret war. and though we had to do was come with such issues on the front lawn. i went on about how we can get one life to the store will
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think it looks official. you may also be my cute baby quilts . i should. sth. i i opposition supporters and security forces. that's the voters went to the polls the prime minister's as the election was legitimate in popularity the father of the people's republic of china. followers but others worry about
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