>> the government says the drilling is in croatia's interests. >> i expect croatia will be the countryelling the gas. the industry of croatia will have the cheaper gas in the region because if you have five times more gas on the territory then you need. >> croatia has been battling an economic recession for five years. joining the du in the summer of 2013 has not provided the hope- for boost -- joining the eu. many people fear the oil and gas lobbies. croatia's best known environmentalist -- we meet him along with the latest addition to his family, a young deer he nursed back to health after it was hit by a car. the way to nurse croatia's economy back to health is not with a rush back to oil and gas, according to him. >> it is not allowed. it is not legal. you must understand how people in government now function. "you gave us power, so we control everything." >> the campaigner warns that careless development of the coastline could cause serious damage. the threat of oil spills in these pristine waters is just one of the dangers. the researchers at the adriatic dolphin project say ther

>> the government says the drilling is in croatia's interests. >> i expect croatia will be the countryelling the gas. the industry of croatia will have the cheaper gas in the region because if you have five times more gas on the territory then you need. >> croatia has been battling an economic recession for five years. joining the du in the summer of 2013 has not provided the hope- for boost -- joining the eu. many people fear the oil and gas lobbies. croatia's best known environmentalist -- we meet him along with the latest addition to his family, a young deer he nursed back to health after it was hit by a car. the way to nurse croatia's economy back to health is not with a rush back to oil and gas, according to him. >> it is not allowed. it is not legal. you must understand how people in government now function. "you gave us power, so we control everything." >> the campaigner warns that careless development of the coastline could cause serious damage. the threat of oil spills in these pristine waters is just one of the dangers. the researchers at the adriatic dolphin project say ther

for three decades, the case has strained relations between germany and croatia. during the cold war, several croatian dissidents were murdered in what was then west germany. the man with a top spy with yugoslavia's secret service at the time and he was accused of complicity in one such case. germany has long asked for his extradition, which has now been granted. our reporters met the former spy in zagreb for the first ever televised interview. the wall of secrecy built around atrocities committed during communism is beginning to crack. >> a prominent croatian exiles survived an assassination attempt. it was 1988 in scotland where he lived with his british wife before he went back to croatia. >> they took between the spine and heart. >> the would-be assassin was arrested and convicted. the top leader of the independence movement called for croatia to leave hominis yugoslavia. this made him a -- communist yugoslavia. this made him a target. many in the west supported yugoslavia at that time. >> maintaining to the bitter end that yugoslavia must stay. but that is th

this year, croatia was welcomed into the club. not long ago, just over 20 years ago, the small country on the adriatic sea was still part of yugoslavia. >> alexander is driving home deep in the countryside of the peninsula. the restaurant owner has been out eyeing flower -- buying flour in a neighboring town. he is one of the residence of the smallest town in the world. >> i'm really glad to live in a place as special as this. people from all over the world want to visit here. >> it was first mentioned in a document from the 12th century. with its wall, tower, and church, it has all the trappings of a that evil city -- of a medieval city. the catholics of the town still practice some age old rituals. tally sticks are used in the mayoral elections each year. only men can vote or be elected. >> we also wonder why only men can vote, but that's the tradition. >> she sees no reason to get worked up about it. at 80, she is the oldest resident of the town and has seen lots of elections. >> i told my youngest granddaughter she should run

in croatia, according to the national bee keeping association there are 9,000 bee keepers with with the bee population of nearly 500,000. any significant loss in the bee population can have serious consequences to humans. they play a crucial war in plant life. if the bee goes, our food supply will be under serious threat. >> it's like removing a brick from the bottom of a wall. the wall might still stand, but it won't be as stable as before. >> the instability of the local climate is having an effect in april when the real spring arrives they should know just how serious the problem is. al jazeera. >> now get a load of this. new york's new mayor just made his first faux pas in office. see if you can guess what it was. >> yes, that's the mayor of new york eating his pizza with a fork. as many of you know that's a big no, no for new yorkers. after citizens expressed mock outrage online. the italian-american mayor said he said he eats pizza with his fork instead of his hands. for more news updates throughout the day you can always head out to al jazeera.com. thank you so much for watching.

. >> croatia's insects are all over the place. within the past few hours, it's been announced that the former prime minister aerial sharon has died. he was 85 and had been in a coma for eight years after suffering a stroke. he was one of the most did i have vicive politicians and military commanders in the region. this was the moment that the news was announced at the hospital where he was being treated near tel aviv. >> over the past week, we struggle with surprising strengths and determination against the deterioration in his condition. today, he departed peacefully with his loving family at his side the sh i have a medical cementer emphasizes we worked in complete cooperation in the decision taken with the sharon family. >> friends of sharon say he has left an indelible mark on israel. >> he went to hospital. he was optized eight years ago people are crying. it's by government decision years ago. in this case, he will be there. information. since he was a general. not only a prime minister. he will get an army funeral. he was a

will croak -- face croatia, the runner-up from the other group for a place in the final.ion six nations just over a week ago i -- a week away, with the defending champion wales bidding for their

people want that. >> more and more unemployed people in croatia are becoming self-employed. three years ago that number was around 700. but last year it increased to over 5,000. but for a country with more than 370,000 unemployed people, that is still a small figure. >> small businesses will get more than 15 million u.s. dollars from the state and four and a half million more from funds. but the individual stimulus will be up to 4500 u.s. dollars. >> that is new from this year. we are getting smaller amounts for stimulus and everyone will get the same, regardless if they are apply forget a business or craft company. we will give them money according to their business plan. >> anyone who needs money to start a business has to come to the bureau with their idea. and if it is approved, and the stimulus is granted, the business can be registered. and most croatians support the idea despite concern of public spending during a time of financial crisis. >> any amount of money for stimulus is absolutely positive thing. >> if someone is successful he doesn't need much. >> that seems

denmark earns the chance to defend their european title with a narrow victory against croatia.the other semi final, spain was defeated dirty 2-27 by france. li na has stormed to victory at the australian open, the third time after twice being runner up at melbourne park. finally has the australian open trophy in her grasp. after losing the finals in 2011 and 2013. she was the favorite against but she cibulkova, threw down a challenge with a tiebreaker. she regained from the baseline. with the set under her belt, she turned the tide in devastating style. after 90 minutes she was 5-love up on match point. second grand slam title and at 31 and she is the oldest woman to win the australian open. >> more sports and more news at the top of the hour. don't go away. >> someone is hurt again. i am following the mountain rescue squad on the slopes above the austrian alps. a woman is injured but conscious, for now that is all we know. she fell and took a ski pole in the face. the woman will need stitches. 100 horsepower snowmobile carries her to the rescue station. it is a routine case fo

the bee population in croatia. the reason, next. al jazeera america.understand that every news >>> fire burned through an ancient neighborhood in seth china. the tourist town builds itself for the mythic shangrala. it destroyed 200 buildings. damage is estimated at nearly $16 million. >> well, then known for being business. the bees seem to be confused. hy high ber nation because unseasonable warm weather has messed with body clocks? >> it could mean bad news for the be environment. first thing every morning, this bee keeper checks the temperature. there should be snow on the ground. >> 10 degrees in january. >> that's too warm. his bees thing it's spring. they have leaving hives. >> they shouldn't be outside. it's too cold. i tried to warm them up. i care for every one of my bees. bees are going out in search of food. they are laying eggs as if spring had already sprung. itt they will be in real trouble. if winter comes back again, which will probably will, the weaker bees won't be able to warm up the colony and they will die which means many will nev

earned the chance to defend their title with a narrow victory against croatia. in the other semifinal, france defeated spain 30-27. , he continues to hold his own the big names on the european tour. after a third successive round of 70, the 16-year-old german is just six shots off pace. he is currently facing the spanish player who only managed one over 73 in friday's third- round. he shares the lead with steve webster, seen here sinking a birdie on the 13th. the standoff between antigovernment protesters and riot police continues in kiev. the president offered to reshuffle his government. protesters say nothing short of departure will do. that is all for the news for now. have a great day. someone is hurt again. i am following the mountain rescue squad on the slopes in the austrian alps. a woman is injured but conscious. for now, that is all we know. she fell and took a ski pole in the face. the wound will need stitches. 100 horsepower and snowmobile carries her to the rescue station. it is a routine case for the doctor. he treats up to 30 injured skiers a day.

croatia followed in 2013. >> we have climbed down and are now inside the belgian military museum. their collection includes some impressive cold war memorabilia, such as this soviet big 23 fighter. the cold war is, of course, over. many soviet satellite states are now firmly positioned in the west. but when ukraine was poised to sign a free-trade agreement with the eu, it was as though somebody had turned back the clock to the times of two opposing blocks. a tug-of-war over ukraine ensued between east and west, between moscow and brussels. >> the ukrainian city was once widely known by its german name. it has 700 50,000 inhabitants. it is the most western oriented city in the ukraine. the polish border is just 80 kilometers away. the few ethnic germans who live here keep up their traditions in the clubhouse. the same building houses the association of hole is culture. today, a choir rehearsal is on schedule. in between the carols, there's one topic of conversation -- the european uni. these people are among nearly three hundred thousand ethnic poles in ukraine. they have ethnic pa

going to croatia because they have the russian. yeah let me thank you these people took an interest in the russian language for a reason they often visit the town of balanced budget for decades the neighboring towns have shared visits for sporting events. we may be different in many aspects but i'm sure everyone's happy to have a neighbor pool you see there are no other neighbors around here. and we've had a lot of enjoyable meetings in baron's berg. you're leaving for work yes to have a regular working day of course not it's a holiday today a holiday there are no holidays in the mind two years ago came to spitzbergen alone to see how it would work out. many people can't bear being separated from their relatives is not everyone manages to move their families here. you could not everyone can cope with the atmosphere in this arctic night in which. he left his wife and three children at home. we didn't feel anything for the first six months. then mum started missing dad. and so did we. well he wasn't there we could only talk on skype

now, croatia is the only eu country remaining with work restrictions on its citizens.bulgarians and romanians no longer need specific permits to work in france. despite warnings of a wave of emigration from the two poorest countries in the eurozone, some officials say there is nothing to fear. >> there are only 90,000 people from bulgaria and romania. we are not expecting more to come all at once. 2000 eight, romanians and bulgarians have already benefited from -- since 2008, romanians and bulgarians have already benefited from likened restrictions. -- from lightened restrictions. in france, they have used contracts. the system is unlikely to be affected by the new year changes. >> the first of january, 2014, also a big day for obamacare, the american president's overhaul of the health-care system. but millions of americans remain uninsured and uninformed. they will have to get health insurance in 2014 in order to escape a fine. now it is barack obama's a it isnge to see that -- barack obama's big challenge to see that 7 million americans get insurance. >> those withou

croatia followed in 2013. >> we have climbed down and are now inside the belgian military museum. their collection includes some impressive cold war memorabilia, such as this soviet big 23 fighter. the cold war is, of course, over. many soviet satellite states are now firmly positioned in the west. but when ukraine was poised to sign a free-trade agreement with the eu, it was as though somebody had turned back the clock to the times of two opposing blocks. a tug-of-war over ukraine ensued between east and west, between moscow and brussels. >> the ukrainian city was once widely known by its german name. it has 700 50,000 inhabitants. it is the most western oriented city in the ukraine. the polish border is just 80 kilometers away. the few ethnic germans who live here keep up their traditions in the clubhouse. the same building houses the association of hole is culture. today, a choir rehearsal is on schedule. in between the carols, there's one topic of conversation -- the european uni. these people are among nearly three hundred thousand ethnic poles in ukraine. they have ethnic pa

i'm not talking about brazil beating croatia, i'm talking about being a success in terms of organization. >> that was a look at the latest sports headlines. now look at all that is making a buzz on the internet. time for web news. >> ukraine's opposition leader and former boxer speaks to protesters through a loudspeaker, trying to reason with them and stop clashes between them and the police. he appealed for calm. he was sprayed with a fire extinguisher. this was sunday estimates traders gathered in kiev for pro-europe rally. protest against new laws in stamping out antigovernment demonstrations. clashes erupted when protesters stormed the police court on and try to push their way to ukrainian parliament. police retaliated with tear gas. and stun grenades. social networkers have posted documents online attesting to the standoff. for example, we see to write police officers being beaten by a crowd of protesters armed with sticks. supporters of ukraine's pro- europe movement which began around two months ago have condemned the violence. facebook isunds on urging demonstrators to protest pe

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arrested and convicted daniel was a top leader of the croatian independence movement to call for croatia to leave communist yugoslavia this made him a target of yugoslav intelligence. at that time many in the west supporting yugoslavia the other one who made it into their burden. he was the most. this tool. daniel says one of his priests accused in the intelligence service. it was this man u is a pack of each. he lives in zagreb. here's the european arrest warrant against him from germany. for most snow ever curly she refused to extradite him. on january first check up which was briefly arrested and conditionally released the coalition is under increasing pressure to address the bloody legacy of the intelligence service during the cold war. mitch and other ex agents have for years been among the most wanted suspects in the german federal prosecutors office is suspected in at least thirteen murders of her leash and exiles in former west germany where many migrant workers leave. beginning in nineteen seventy nine pic of it was responsible for observing them. and that included this man he w

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then chance to defend the european title with an hour and twenty nine twenty seven victory against croatia and the other semifinal friends to see santa will come spend thirty to twenty seven. and in tennis china's li na has stormed to victory at the australian open is the third time lucky for me off twice been runner up the melbourne cup. i finally had the australian open trophy in france. after losing finals in twenty eleven in twenty thirteen she was the clear favourite against domenico siebel coulter but the slovakian three b on the challenge forcing the first set tiebreaker. maybe get your focus and counter range from the baseline sand under her belt lead turned into reading devtating still real. after ninety seven minutes she would find love in the second set and on match point. he was laying on second grand slam title and thirty one she also becomes the oldest woman to win the australian open. he loves tennis balls for more news of the top three on the way. just in berlin. the man speech term of office the goals of the band's coalition. the key challenges. what plans have the urge. t

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extension of diplomatic missions of roles that season you have the season and in the cia time and croatia in kenya and new concerts in hong kong so hollow and austin texas. talk to dan and i enjoy is from government though is that two years ago david tennant the more cozy. the vatican embassy today he announces that it's at this realtor yet to get the very least it's its own priests event. it's very unusual for a diplomatic mission to the polls and as you say two nephews made it to be reopened payment you more insists he wasn't under any political pressure. it is no doubt that over that period behind the scenes there being a great deal of activity involving people i care the people most human senior charles brown is in the u turn. the opposition say this it certainly looks like a bowl with the government insist is just a response to the new priorities of the new papacy is according to stresses will try and do we always had diplomatic relations with the vatican sweat the sky agency of the known resident of boston are of course no we will have a full president diplomatic mission involving a

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in croatia, there are 9,000 bee keepers with a bee population of nearly 500,000.ny significant loss in the bee population could have serious consequences to humans. they play a crucial role in pollinating plant life. if the bee goes, our food supply will be under serious threat. >> it's like removing a brick from the bottom of a wall. the wall might still stand but it won't be as stable as before. >> the instability of the local climate is having an affect. in april when the real spring arrives they should know just how serious the problem is. al jazeera. >> that brings you up-to-date with the latest from here in europe. now back to doha. >> still to come in the news hour, all the sports including chealsea move to the top of the premier league coming next. >> welcome back. 50 years ago a doctor's report shocked americans and the world. it revealed that smoking kills. social attitudes have changed a great deal since then but millions of people continue to die from tobacco related diseases. >> reporter: it was 1964 when the u.s. surgeon general released his landmark

for croatia, which joined the break just in july.he annual deficit is forecast to be 5.5% of gross product. under e.u. rules it should not be more than 3%. of course, fiscal discipline is not very easy to be implemented but i think baltic states including lithuania have shown an example how to cope with the challenges. but i think they have a challenge before it. >> a family whose expunge from france sparks protests across the country, has been told by a french court, that they cannot return. after 15-year-old was taken by authorities while on a school trip. that ruled that the deportees was justified as the family had made no attempt to intergrate into french main stream society. more than 130 buildings are thought to have been destroyed by a large fire. the fire started late on monday, and it spread through several small villages in the flat anger area. the olympic tomorrow has arrived in the volatile russian region. including the checkian president, then paraded through the streets. fears mean that the flame is spending less time

who were special forces train just north of there in croatia, about 55 guys locked and loaded, weapons, equipment, everything they needed to get it done. they were turned around. the mentality that we ran a company with, and one of my proudest moments was after a war college speech, a colonel came up to me and he said, he had just come back from brigade command in baghdad and he said look, at the top of the dashboard of his men's humvees with a blackwater call faculties because they knew if things got bad, blackwater would come to them, no excuses. america didn't do it that night. i think we should be ashamed about that. >> other questions. >> thank you for being here. i'm wondering if you could comment a little bit on what the difference between cd and coin strategies have been in iraq and afghanistan? >> for those of you not to know, ct is counterterrorism and going is counterinsurgency. u.s. military is built and trained for the entire cold war to fight old to get. a gap in the mountains in germany where you have to drive your tank through. so for 60 years, the u.s. military was squ

this is front page in croatia. you're the head of the senate judiciary committee in the state.ppen here and how are you going to help try to guide from your part where this goes? >> obviously, a full vetting of the facts. and there is so much more information that needs to be garnered from all the individuals that seem to have played a part in this. i mean, obviously the voters and the citizens of new jersey deserve answers to the myriad amounts of questions that have arisen as a result of these e-mails that has to happen. and i don't think anyone that is involved, including mr. o'dowd, i think he understands that there needs to be a full vetting of the facts. although he hasn't been mentioned to date and no one has been pointing the finger at him particularly, there continues to be questions and problems at this point in time. >> let me be clear again. you are delaying the o'dowd hearing on tuesday. when do you think it may happen? >> well, we haven't set a new date in consultation with the senate president and members of the committee, we'll continue to have discussions on th

. >> are you interested in moving on to another job, or are you going back to croatia and enjoying theas i get older, i feel pretty good. i still run 12 to 15 miles per week. to the extent there is a challenge that i can enjoy doing , whether it is at aig or someplace else, i am prepared to do that. i am also prepared to spend more time with my vineyard, marketing or-- i only make about 5000 6000 bottles of wine a year, but i can have a lot of time with wine tasting at small shops around the country. >> a second career then. bob, ray to have you here this morning. bob benmosche, the ceo of aig. bezos -- employees will decide tonight whether to become the company's first union. senior markets correspondent julie hyman has more details on this. >> the workers at the plant in delaware -- the warehouse distribution center -- are machinists. they would join the international association of machinists and aerospace workers if indeed they vote to join a union. to put this in perspective, we are talking about 30 workers voting and being affected at a 1500 person distribution center out of a co

in croatia, according to the beekeepers association, 9,000 bee keepers with a population of 500,000.ny significant loss in the bee population can have consequences to humans. they play a crucial role in pollinating an eco system's plant life. if the bee goes, our food ply will be under threat. >> it's like removing a brick from the bottom of a wall. the wall may stand, but it will not be as stable as before. >> the instability of the local climate is having an effect. in april when the spring arrives, they should know how serious the problem is. >> so the weather didn't cooperate, but it hardly slowed down terrific n.f.l. play action. >> did you have a chaps to watch the game. the late game, we were snoring. >> i didn't make it. i was working. >> both games hard to throw the football. if you were a quarterback it was a nightmare. the afc game was billed as a showdown between tom brady of the patriots and colts andrew luck. the ground attack took the center stage, particularly the patriots. ley gar et blunt playing in his first play-off game. he was a one-man wrecking few 166 yards, 2

it took the commanders of extremist force 23 operators, 19 hours because they were out training in croatia. there were not any attack aircraft on high alert that day, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. elisabeth? >> peter, doocy, thank you for coming to us from d.c. with the latest on the benghazi scandal. >> here's a sobering stat. a new poll shows 73% of kids don't want to grow up to be president. what does it say about the future of our country and the way we think of our president. our next guest is on a mission to change kids' perception of leadership, brad nelson, best selling author out with new children books. it is a new series, "ordinary people change the world." his first stop, i am abraham lincoln and i am amelia earhart. what about that stat? >> an am am maz -- it is an amazingly sad statistic. that is what inspired me. i said i'm tired of my own kids looking at tv stars and athletes. that is not a hero. that's fame. i said why don't i write a set of books for them that teaches them what a real hero is. rosa parks, amelia earhart, abraham lincoln and teaches those storie