the country's late leader was captured in november while trying to flee into neighboring niger. as you nigeria now where roadblocks have been a satellite during the country's second day of straw. against soaring fuel costs police are using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse demonstrators this comes just one day after three protesters died in clashes with offices the nationwide strike began after the government ended a popular fuel subsidy leading to a quick rise in gas and transportation costs all throughout the country. north korea has announced it will issue special pardons for convicts to mark the birthdays of two late leaders the state news agency said the amnesty will begin on the first of february in honor of kim jong il who died last month and his father kim il sung it's unknown what kind of crimes will be pardoned or how many inmates will be released the u.n. estimates the country holds around two hundred thousand people in political prisoner camps. voting in the key...