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america and around the world, this is "newsday." hello again. we begin with breaking news from egypt, where the clashes between protesters and the police appeared to be taking place around the country. two protesters have been killed in the city of suez, and the northeast part of egypt. this is an anchor of the deaths of scores of football fans in the city of port said on wednesday. there have been clashes in central cairo, as the police have used tear gas on demonstrators, and hundreds of people have been injured in the capital. our correspondent has sent this report. >> tonight, the center of cairo

has once again been turned into a battlefield. thousands of protesters. each time, there have been forced back by barrages of tear gas and rubber bullets. hundreds have been injured. the theory is over the deaths of 74 young football supporters. the thousands who flooded into cairo today are clear whom they think is to blame for the killings at port said. >> it is a crime done from the old regime. they stole money from the people for 13 years, and now they are spending money to make dexter's and corruption in egypt because they not want to beat -- to make gangsters and corruption in the ship because they did not want to be seated. >> at first, it looks like a simple pitch invasion, but it

quickly turns extremely violent. in the red shirts, the cairo team of police for their life, but many of their fans are not so lucky. the cairo fans are rundown, beaten, bludgeoned, and stabbed. furious over the attacks immediately spread. these were the extraordinary scenes at the cairo railway station, as a train carrying debt and survivors pulls in. thousands strain the balcony. "we will have justice or death," they shout. outside, anxious parents await news of their children. it is woman weeps, please, i beg you, help me find my son. the government has moved quickly to open an investigation. this was the prosecutor arriving at the grounds today. the blood smeared seats tell of the brutality of the attacks. the piles of shoes show where

bodies were crushed against locked gates. this man saw it happen. >> they were pushing us off the high part of the stadium. those who felt died, and none of the security tried to stop them. i was direct. i was struck twice. >> within hours, they met with the shaken players, promising to find the culprits. >> with the results of this investigation, each will take their punishment and we will know why and who caused this tragedy. >> such promises mean nothing to those who began burying their children today. "i hope he sees his son like my son," he says, "dead." there is no evidence linking the jump to the violence, but suspicion runs deep.

the investigation will do little here to change the opinions of many here. >> that report from cairo from our correspondent. about 120 people are feared trapped inside of a ferry that sank east of lae, the south pacific nation's sixth largest city. more than 230 people have been rescued so far. let's speak to duncan kennedy and sydney. is this still a search and rescue? >> i'm not sure they think they are alive. it has been 24 hours since the ferry has gone down. there are several ships on scene, several helicopters looking for any chance of survivors, but the suggestion is the people trapped on the vessel are not alive. the ship went down in rough

weather 24 hours ago, and all of these survivors talked about how awful it was trying to get off the vessel. once they got off, they had to stay in the water until they got picked up. 24 hours on, this is not a recovery mission, although there are ships on the scene just in case. >> information seems difficult to come by, very few pictures, even confusion about if the ferry sent a distress signal. everything happened so quickly, they could not? >> you are right about the information, it has been a blank from start to finish. relatives went to the shipping office on the mainland to throw stones at the office, so angry they were with the lack of information. the confusion about the distress signal, was it sent or not? all we know is the boat was hit by three big waves. it rolled, then sank quickly. whether there was time to get a

distress signal off, it is not clear. that said, there were a lot of merchant ships in the area that rushed to would quickly. that is why we have 238 survivors who made it out alive. all sorts of questions being asked, from the prime minister down, as to how this could have happened. this ship was put into service last year, into dry dock, it is 22 years old, on this route 11 years, highly experienced crew. many questions as to why it happened and why so quickly. >> diplomats at the united nations say that russia has threatened to veto a u.n. security council resolution aimed at stopping the bloodshed in friday. russia said it objects to any plans to call for the removal of serious current leadership. -- of syria's. leadership. if >> the russian envoys said it was a roller-coaster day.

the ambassador of the security council met an intense consultations for several hours and were not able to agree on a resolution. at stake is the arab peace plan, which calls for the president to yield powers to his deputy, it would oversee a political transition to new elections. the syrian government has rejected that. the russians say for the security council to back this plan would amount to of opposing. it would amount to imposing regime change from the outside. they tried to accommodate russia is concerned, dropping specific reference to the power transfer from the text, but that was not good enough. they drew up a new text and scented to their governments to make the difficult decisions. the main sticking point is whether they should fully support the arab peace plan or whether it should simply note it. western and arab nations insist on the former, not russia on the latter.

a diplomats say negotiations can still continue, so this is not over. news of prince william, second in line to the british throne? >> indeed, he is second in line to the british throne. a prince william has arrived in the falkland islands and the south atlantic to begin a six- week tour of duty as a british royal search and rescue pilot. the government says it is a routine deployment, but argentina claims that it is provocative. as tension grows on the 30th anniversary of the falkland war, we have this report from the capital. rhetoric does not panic this place. a part-time soldiers of the

falkland islands defense force patrol their home, but nobody fears another innovation. -- nobody fears another innovation. officially, he is a flight attendant, not a senior british royal but a search and rescue helicopter pilot. that is not how the world sees it. at the falkland islands has welcomed him to a restatement with the bond with britain. argentina said it was here in the uniform of the copper, the falkland islands are not scooped by the rhetoric. >> my mission is to deter any military aggression from these islands or other overseas territories, and it is only if that fails should i need to reclaim this. and i have the capabilities to do that. >> the islanders are glad of this. hms doubtless is one of the newest and most powerful

warships in the fleet. argentina says this is militarizing the dispute. britain says it is a routine deployment, not an escalation. in buenos aires, a few dozen protestors aired their fury at a city landmark once known as the english clock tower, its name changed in 1982 when britain and argentina went to war. this protester condemned the presence of what he called epeiric prince william, and a bank was pelted with paint. the islanders's defiance is shaped by memory. for them, it is a living thing that came from 9,000 miles away to win back their right to self- determination. many of them died for it. that experience underpins britain's position that whenever argentina's claim to these

islands, the rights of the people who live here to choose their own destiny remains non- negotiable. port stanley is as british as fish and chips, loyal to the crown. nobody here shares the view that prince william's our arrival is just another diplomat. up to the islanders, it is a restatement of their bond with britain. >> he is a very important member of the royal family, so it means a lot that britain believes he should be here serving in the falklands in our defense. >> the falklands are forging ahead with oil exploration, to the fury of argentina, but nobody here cares much for argentine sensibilities. >> if they feel is a provocation to them, that is their view. about us beingubt british and no doubt about being able to explore offshore. >> 1982 casts its shadow. it is a difficult place, still

more steadfast in its interim britishness. >> attempts are being made in serbia to reach thousands of people trapped in remote villages by heavy snow. authorities are using helicopters and sleds to supply them with food, and much of europe is still in the grip of extreme weather, with temperatures falling as low as minus 30 degrees celsius in some places. over 120 people have died. >> another rescue mission for the people of bosnia. this time, not from the war but from the weather. bosnia has 65 mountains higher than 5,500 meters. the villages like this in the east of the country have been especially hard hit by the snow. >> the temperatures are killing

us. we are really grateful for this help. the snow has blocked us in it until the spring. >> few helicopters are available, so few villages can be reached or not by road. that a state of emergency has been declared in several areas, but it is still very complicated. because of the heavy snow, we have not been able to reach everyone. >> and serbia, the emergency services say as many as 11,000 people are cut off in a string of the glitches in the mountainous southwest of the country. the villages are used to hard winters and usually have plentiful supplies of firewood and food, but these conditions have lasted nearly a month. most of the population are elderly and many not need medicine. -- and many need medicine. in southern europe, the winter

reconditions have caused chaos on the roads and the light and classrooms. more snow is forecast in the coming days, making this one of the coldest winters in many countries' loving memories. >> you are watching "newsday," live from singapore and london. coming up, the killing fields, the final verdict. >> and borne an addict. why drug dependency could be handed down from one generation to the next. theet's look at international newspaper headlines this friday. we start with the front page of the south china morning post. some hope for the future of cash strapped europe, with the news that china may be offering a helping hand. after meeting with german chancellor angela merkel, china's premier said its country was considering a deeper

involvement insolvent european debt crisis. the story dominating the front page of the financial times, glencore and a mining company merger would create an $88 billion mining giant. the british independent revisits the issues of corporate bonuses, reporting the prime minister david cameron is under pressure to stop huge payouts awarded and the banking industry. and more good news for apple. after a new survey claims the ipad is now a more popular tool than the hubmble p.c. this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> here are the headlines -- egyptian police have clashed with protesters in cairo amid growing anger over the death of more than seven football fans. hundreds have been injured, two

people have died in the city of suez. , one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century will learn his fate today at a cover seal war crimes tribunal convened to investigate allegations of genocide. now comradeship was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2010, but they said he should at never had a u.n. trial. prosecutors want a tougher section. he is the founder of the applied social research institute in cambodia, an organization that was set up to deport cambodians around the globe after the 1979 genocide. he says he was just a small player within the khmer rouge, simply taking orders from his

senior. we are expecting a verdict in the next few hours. what are you expecting? >> i expect the court will give him the judgment that he deserves. a 35-year sentence, reduced to 19, for crimes against humanity and war crimes. i am hoping the verdict will be upheld. so i hope that he will receive the maximum. >> this happen a very long time ago, in the 1970's, a very awful time in cambodia history. how have cambodians reacted to the trial? >> to be exact, this happened 37 years ago. 37 years later, we have one conviction and this appeal today. for many cambodians, it is a very dark and difficult time.

some want to bury it in the past. others are committed to finding justice by participating in the khmer rouge tribunal, and they have participated either as civil parties or as complaisance. that is a very encouraging sign that despite what happened to them 37 years ago, they stand ready to fight for justice and demand justice. >> it has taken 37 years, the trial itself, this case, has been marred by several problems. we saw an international judge and his cambodian counterpart bickering a few weeks ago. as this team to the proceedings at all? >> it shows that the court has been compromised, but at the same time i did not put blame on the cambodian side. i believe that every steckel that has an interest in the success of the court is just as responsible. -- i believe that every

stakeholder that has an interest in the success of the court is responsible. they're trying to find justice for the survivors. for myself, representing survivors in the u.s. and around the world, we want to make sure their voices are heard and are not passive recipients of justice. they demand justice, and they want to have transparent justice. according to some survivors, many in their 70's and 80's, some in their nineties, it will not stop at anything less than what is due to them and their loved ones, and that is transparent justice. >> all right, i have to leave it there, think. china is considering contributing to the u.k. bailout fund. angela merkel called on china to use its influence to persuade iran to abandon its nuclear

ambitions. she is the first of several european leaders to visit china this month. talks are expected to be largely on the economic crisis. martha, what has transpired in these meetings between the two leaders so far? >> you are right in pointing out that china was considering investing in this european bailout fund. we have had these types of comments before, but they are short on detail. critics would say this is good public relations on china's behalf, they did not need to commit to anything. beijing is in position to invest in european bailout fund, which will become operational in the beginning of the summer. it obviously has a huge holdings of foreign currency reserves, but as of yet would get no foreign public commitments, so the wait continues. >> martin, mrs. merkel is the

first of several european leaders to visit china, the talks expected to focus on the economy. would it she have more clout because she is from germany, the biggest economy in europe? >> i think she will. germany has incredibly strong trade ties with china. german manufacturing and machinery with chinese factories, also selling b.m.w.'s and other luxury goods. the reason why germany's economy is faring better than other european economies is because of china. we are seeing today is an illustration of that. angela merkel is holding talks, and they will jump onto an the capital haead to of china's industrial heartland. in many ways, that is what this trip is about, generating more trade between germany and china in order to drive growth back

into europe. >> all right, we will leave it there, martin, thank you. is drug addiction hereditary? medical experts are one step closer and handling that question. the answer, it seems, is yes. by comparing addicts with their not addicted siblings, british scientists have uncovered evidence suggesting that drug addiction runs in families. here's our science editor. >> it is one of the great scourges of the modern world, addiction to drugs, but what determines who gets hooked? new research offers an answer. the study focused on addicts and their siblings, like sophia and her sister to reset. it brought up together in the same troubled family, they describe how one stayed clean and the other did not. >> i was about 19, and the people i was hanging around with -- i did not get into crack

until i was 30. >> i am not holier than thou. i just already knew early on in my life there were certain things i wanted to do and chief. >>-- and achieve. >> the study involved 50 addicts and their siblings. the aim is to see if there are biological clues to addiction in the brain. the results are surprising. what is revealed by this research is potentially very useful, that the siblings of addicts and the addicts themselves share a similar pattern of abnormalities in their brains. physical evidence that you can inherit conditions that put you at risk. the scans show how this works. the yellow indicates weaker self control in attics and their siblings. how did the siblings avoid

addiction? >> the brothers and sisters were not acted, they tell us they managed to overcome these problems. what they do in their daily lives helps them manage self control. >> the sisters were tested for self control. they share abnormalities in their brains, but have turned out so differently. the long-term goal is to make use of that knowledge, that will not be easy. >> it is not likely we will prevent all addictions come up this is a step along the way of identifying people who are at risk. at this stage, it does not really give us any answers as to how we can intervene. >> immediate benefits are not likely, but having a more clear idea of who is most vulnerable could help steer them away from a life of addiction. >> you have been watching "newsday" from the bbc.

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