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aye aye aye aye aye. the us i know. i don't. welcome to the world his line and you know tony and tokyo. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. negotiators from iran and six world powers have a full time as easy as striking a comprehensive deal on the country's nuclear program rights groups are calling for justice after un report says north korean leader
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anti police. we're anti government protesters from st it was for people negotiators from iran and six world powers have begun talks in vienna. they're seeking a comprehensive agreement one confronts nuclear development program iranian foreign minister mohammed divides our reef and the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton are among the attendants the talks come after iran in the five permanent un security council members plus germany agreed last november on an initial deal. the deal has been implemented since january to iran agreed to scale back its nuclear development in exchange for a limited the easing of international sanctions western nations were expected to urge iran to accept surprise inspections of its nuclear facilities by the international atomic energy agency. they also wanted to scrap plans to build a heavy water reactor iran hopes to persuade the six world powers to recognize its right to the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes. before
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the cox a senior u s government official said washington wants to set the course for a comprehensive agreement by july the official added however that the talks will likely be difficult the western backed freeze syrian army has dismissed their military chief analysts say the secular opposition group made up of army defectors and civic volunteers is trying to reorganize. the fsa is supreme military council said general salim interest has been replace by brigadier general of daily that as the al bashir interest became as usa's military chiefs in late two thousand and twelve and as commander of operations and weapons supplies. but he has been criticized for his ineffectiveness of battles against government forces and islamic extremists. no prospect is insightful. he's in serious civil war. recent talks in geneva between the government and the opposition ended with no major progress. meanwhile us
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secretary of state john kerry has visited the united arab emirates and met with abu dhabi is crown prince mohammed bin saeed al no idea kerry blamed the government of syrian president bush are now all sides for stalling progress at the docks the uae and other gulf arab states including saudi arabia and other support serious opposition forces and demanded that aside stand down. u s preston racquetball class to visit saudi arabia in late march the united states is working closely with arab nations to respond to the syrian crisis. members of the united nations panel and release the results of light year long investigation into human rights issues in north korea. they say authorities and committed systematic widespread and gross violations of these people in the country. many are now calling for action from the international community. nhk world for me to the reports. our members
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have testimony from two hundred and fourteen witnesses including several of the facts as found on three athletes the commission concluded present their evidence in many cases the country committed crimes against humanity. it will be it's a unanimous report. it's the report which speaks of the great wrongs of the big dumb people. although north korea. and which calls for attention from the international community un investigators say klitschko prison is subjected to torture and other forms of violence. they estimate the number of people in political prison camps is between eighty thousand and one hundred and twenty thousand sq. even the leaders in kenya in nineteen eighty six cents. the report also recognizes the abduction of foreign vessels by north korean authorities is systematic. they believed agents may have abducted more
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than two hundred thousand people including more than one hundred stephanie's citizens. the commission acknowledges the facility is ground naval and intelligence forces for abduction. they say of the ratios were approved at the level of the supremely there. members of human rights in japan welcome to people. they held a news conference in tokyo she did read a book up and his wife is here. he gets on to make and he was abducted to the north in nineteen seventy seven when she was only thirty two. number three but the slight think whether the un security council sincerely discusses this issue and takes action is crucial. it took many years for us to see the world starting to understand the situation the englishman
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well as the acting on monday the eighth of the lights on film. on to the area. it is a disability i get my situation all three at advent the security council japanese fx and rationing is a pc for the other is called the report on this meant that he is and the findings by him to go to jail too. no story and leaders have rejected the report. a un representatives say they have been no cases of human rights abuse in the country investigators and outside seems un pc wii for the situation tea the international criminal court. integrity is still won't touch it. protests in thailand have again turned deadly in the country's embattled prime minister faces trouble on another
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front to la paz in a room in bangkok is following the story. at least four people are dead and dozens injured as police and protesters clashed in bangkok the findings came as police stepped up measures to reclaim parts of the c t occupied by anti government protest is. until then i say one thing though cause it sounds says the dead include one police officer and to demonstrate is the decline to see the full thing to me is more than sixty people were injured in that class is fine and seductive as the spine to pfi areas. my aunt who can demonstrate its local tv shows clouds of tear gas and other crimes is off base police say they arrested two in the days of anti government group and detained more than one hundred and fourteen protest days these have now been linked to sites previously occupied by kidman street is the next day. in
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some trouble and find a means of protesting. they say the government owes them money and taken to the actual price supports the concept and about forty percent more than market value for their price. the gunman still islam is about reclaiming one beetle is a toxic anti coming protest is our country the government's attempts to paint on these on time this time. wanna see it die. i am sorry and i want to offer my apology to the farmers that the anti government group is holding hostage. because of this government is unable to proceed with the race scheme smoothly. last comment follows the release of daytime monday showing gdp whereas in law squatted to fasten the team said compared to the same period of the previous year. the panel critical to allow the further damage the thai economy. a standout when officials say one tested has died in a riot at immigration detention camp in copper new guinea australian prime minister
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that any act that has been taking a hard line against asylum seekers trying to reach a stray at the united nations and the group rights groups have criticized the policy detainee stage violent protests on sunday and monday at the seventy one minus nine and one assignments into the skillet and add the seventy seven were injured in the minors on monday. just really operates the detention center to how people try to reach the country by boat. most of them come from asia and the middle east. a string in the creationist s scott carson and she say express his sympathy for the debt passing the notion that the findings took place outside the city tea. those who mind tiny. the site uses the information outside the cinema these days allison and theories. true germans that i have a viable for them to restore and why. that is provided for. she will stand as an adult a niece to enter the country as immigrants and
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must choose between returning to the country on staying and papa new guinea. the office of the un high commissioner for refugees said in a band that the detention center at the supper of light safe and humane treatment for detainees. seattle was to become a cult book off of goods and money already an asian cent of aviation in finance the country staff focusing on higher education he was to come that you share that has the story the last year. delhi university who found it useful and simple. with the city state's national university in our mission is to educate students in asia for the world. our curriculum stresses the school is covering the gals in higher costs are unique links the professor's son ernest and campus construction fees a hundred and fifty five
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students. it's the competitive exam to become the first entered the school. singaporeans make up sixty percent of the students. the rest are from the us india china and elsewhere. is it that the university community center. you had to get into active defense is much more you would get a much larger university. some are limited to mess them. eighteen students to encourage discussion. professor store and ordered from universities around the world with high salaries. in a generous scholarship program has been set out to attract the best students in twenty oh two eastern is the alps and the four thousand dollars but tell from bag of almonds and the university can cover
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most of the fees scholarships are given on one condition. successful applicants must fork out to companies for at least three years after graduating i am remember a piece from japan graduation is deemed paid for. she's hoping to work for an international organization like the united nations. i might expect the past nine and living among people from all over for the wear on me i can see myself changing me and a meanie that can be resource poor countries singapore dependence on imports for most things evil water it's small toe is our most important assets is human resources. now it is
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aggressively targeting top talent from around the world back to my ears choke up it's your old singapore. and that wraps up the blitz in time to look inside his room in bangkok. moon. bank of japan policy makers have unanimously decided to maintain the monetary easing measures they introduced last april they have also agreed to encourage commercial banks to step up their lending to companies. members of the central bank policy board wrapped up a two day meeting on tuesday. they kept their assessment that the economy continues to recover at a moderate pace and that domestic demand is increasing ahead of the sales tax hike in april. he also noted that both business investment and exports are picking up. by sticking to the current easy credit policy the policy
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makers are hoping to achieve a two percent inflation target. the members also decided to double the scope of the boj is too low interest lending programs and to extend the loan application period my one year. under these programs financial institutions can borrow funds at a fixed rate of zero point one percent a year. after the policy board meeting boj governor hundred cocoa row to stress the significance of the latest decision. he announced the changes this time will reinforce the mechanism for spreading the impact of our monetary easing measures. curtis said he hopes those steps will encourage financial institutions to promote the flow of funds to businesses as well as two households. i knew. i am some chefs in sochi are trying to score high marks from tourists visiting the winter games. they know competition will be tough
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trying to lure some of the three million dinars during the olympics and paralympics into their restaurants. annie's heroes have ashley in nine days so i met one cook trying to earn the gold medal performance performance with hungry visitors. twenty three beats the excitement right now rusty team all city to city hospitals including. he could have been pining takes you to show me new audi peaks seen i can. to deal with today the amount of no rain already she's named keith it had halted a two weekend games compete some reason the rear. some audience with a two time horse. in nineteen twenty eight in port the day
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she has created. over time the two using fleece sheets no scalpel. overnight michael. in breadcrumbs uncle imported from japan she says. england did she say very precarious the years go. just thought it was one of the guests to come for the olympic games to know how hospitable and so t and i people can be with our special menu. which is to do with them. the feed them off if we acted out the freezer because rainbow trout to jump in here. it's been like a pro. and physics nor i quite got the phone for free he once wrote for the open sea. to go only so that grace
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peace. she bakes in the remote to keep it interesting taste. for them i want everyone to know just by looking at it and this is an olympic days. fifteen years of grade school. i am he makes me want to put on skis and jump off a mountain too. he's now into one's attention. she is trying to make sure the new season the call of the party in court. jenny salon. in each do our thoughts. a jamaican bobsled team is back on the olympic stage after a twelve year absence the team from the tropics has been
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cash strapped keeping them away from the games but they came up with an idea to launch the funding appeal f the. nhk world you geo someone has more. they don't think he is such a wonderful life a new ringtone the jamaican something of a slit open the window thanks to do with the cool mornings actually the pieces of toast i mean all of the cake the team is taking coffee in the winter olympics. a lack of skilled didn't stop them rather a cool finances. they posted the message still though it's like saying that they didn't have enough money to get to salty. all flood of all maori donations came in which made the team of returning to the world stage possible it's the fourth olympics for the cup and we still won. the two bought the nineteen ninety four ninety eight and two thousand today. now he is forty six
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years old. doesn't my little boy that is. we take anyone for what so it exists and homelessness please break meant loving dixon. the co's quite the commotion about the food to gangs. even if all the track they pieced thinking going on thirty the two goal of the local additional attention to the bull flag event and to them they could to make up leo ready for the next step juan says he's going to promote the sport by colin to a younger generation. with the hope he finds he was fine gold cobalt slipping. pujols on any scale. my days have
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passed since a record snowfall blanketed the wider compo area including tokyo all the snow bound cars have been freed but many roads remained impassable. as a result some districts are still inaccessible. and an hp crew reached. i had ally in the monash the prefecture west of tokyo on tuesday some twelve hundred residents are still stranded there. the snow has reached the second floor of the town hall. self defence force personnel had to remove the snow with their hands in addition the water temps are frozen. add in a day for the last time i thought that the businessman. sunday was just fifteen games. i come with a chili contest. three officials of the mining company were rescued by helicopter after being trapped in their office in a mountainous region of sight the most cheeky the city for five days. removing the snow from the road leading to their office would have taken another week. the officials say. it would probably have run out of food before then
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it imparts a filter remain inaccessible. the helicopter arrived in the meantime his son district of former city carried through the daily commodities and fuel. because there is so much snow to clear many roads remain partially blocked the road and infrastructure ministry says that as of tuesday morning more than four that sections of expressways and roads mainly in the wider come to area are still close to transport ministry is calling on the government to close state highways when the snow accumulates to a certain gaps. so drivers can make the chore is well known for the big guns. it's too cold to me all i know it's not an easy task. but the most important thing is to close the roads at an early stage it is all the accumulated snow can be cleared intensively and effectively. glad i got officials on the northern island of hokkaido just did that. they closed several roads on tuesday before the weather got worse meteorologists can teach
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other drivers in the northern prefecture. they are forecasting blizzards with fierce winds through wednesday. our meteorologist roberts pena has more on the weather robert how bad is again again. if you are off here too was an orphan western parts will title but it is still coming down on here i see some parts could see about thirty of fifty seven meters of total snowfall going to next twenty four hours company by that. a one hundred to one hundred and thirty km prior wins and top we've argued in seeing out here now that some fear towards the north. much of central forces upon to bill you are to be seeing some much fair weather doesn't look like. i very much the white stuff will be falling through the coming week we have been seeing a train of low pressure systems on here towards the south one after another. bring in some of the rain showers across the southern japanese island in and to all parts of qq you have been seeing some snow accumulations up to the fifteen to seven years in some of the higher elevations that's gotta stay down here towards the south of the key thing to keep in mind is at high pressure race because
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it's a low pressure systems that are moving through that in the state's top of the comp to erie it's getting cold enough for snow lot here and you still can see a few flurries but nothing too significant to those already bring in some fall weather by the way in too much of southeastern and eastern china in city here. i knew it could still see a five to ten centimeters on top with our default let's see this video coming out of state this first out of the downtown area where all u of r c s evolution. it's been causing some traffic problems there in eastern parts of china. i deftly one of the most in more significant snowfalls. yet this year has certain location but some of the higher elevations. very scenic and quite beautiful beautiful for that is up for some other tourists who were going on about that last photo there's still some of the awful hours on the trees suddenly almost looks like spring lease for the time being though it still expecting that wintry precipitation as this does continue to move off here course east. elsewhere though
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the persistent rain showers across with taiwan in hong kong hee the sinks and showers as well to the coming days and really of captures their teens manila partly cloudy skies. after that to them rather warm thirty one career high in pain until the continuing to deal with afternoon rain showers meanwhile across the americas well with the storm system moving there in the eastern great lakes off towards new england. this is a korean widespread traffic delays on the highways here if you are all towards maine. i really going to choose a vessel and one of the days you don't want to venture out too far away from home. i was getting into new track the still and take a look at the front serie of this cold front moving through and i know it looks like another shot of wintry weather but it's not really what we are having with this one is what we call the dr friday and ask to move through here pull in the warm air from texas even northern portions of mexico and its prius and gusty winds with it but also very dry air so there's the risk of fire weather out here as can be for the next several days
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the key thing to keep in mind though. all that warm air this is going in with italy's mild temperatures down to the south and washington dc over towards new york. it's actually for a job very naive snow showers on a tuesday but will post captures go up. new york the ninth even washington d c up to thirteen thereby here wednesday. then over tours the uk. well we have been talking about these back to back storm systems one after another causing proms out here the most recent one good news weakening alan some fair weather in the sand place on till thursday was sad to see the next one coming from the west italy over towards the balkan peninsula. also this range are spent from here nearly cindy some isolated thunderstorms popping up but this one units of the higher elevations are looking at cell in the new chapters well we smiled in itself happens when i'm twenty one and the whole world is watching the olympics and are always on wednesday of some rain showers to take a look on friday. absolute beautiful weather here. going into the end the week is a set of forecasts. i am noon. i know
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