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in ghana, the belief in witchcraft is still alive to this day. this can turn ordinary women into fugitives from their own family, just because someone has uttered a suspicion. we visit a village where those who managed to flee have found refuge. >> these women have survived attempted murder at the hands of some of their closest relatives. they've been beaten, tortured. but in tindang, they feel safe. they're women who've been ostracized as witches. carrying their stools, they're here for a village assembly. these 120 women all have one thing in common -- other people believe they are possessed by evil spirits. papekye blenye was blamed when one of her neighbors fell ill. pakpema belnye was blamed when one of her neighbors fell ill. >> my neighbor got a sore on his arm. no one could explain it. but his wife claimed that i had bewitched him. they wanted to lynch me. all i could do was run away. >> an inexplicable illness or a failed harvest can be enough to prompt accusations of witchcraft. some of these women used to be successful business women,
in ghana, the belief in witchcraft is still alive to this day. this can turn ordinary women into fugitives from their own family, just because someone has uttered a suspicion. we visit a village where those who managed to flee have found refuge. >> these women have survived attempted murder at the hands of some of their closest relatives. they've been beaten, tortured. but in tindang, they feel safe. they're women who've been ostracized as witches. carrying their stools, they're here for...
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. >>> and we meet the businessmen and women in ghana pay the high price for the country's economic slide♪ >>> top security officials in washington have spoken on the u.s. plan's to take on the islamic state and say they will be prepared to go after isil in syria. this is the first time the pentagon has testified about the group before the senate armed services committee. the hearing hasn't gone smoothly. it was briefly interrupted by activists. among those speaks are the joint chiefs of staff general dempsey and chuck hagel. >> while isil clearly poses an immediate threat, we also know that thousands of foreign fighters have travelled to syria with passports that give them relative freedom of movement, they can then plan, coordinate and carry out attacks against the united states and europe. >> the free syrian army units are attacked from the air by bashar al-assad, will we prevent fore attacks from taking place and take out bashar al-assad's arias sets, both helicopter and fixed wing that will be attacking the free syrian army units? >> well, we're first of all not there yet, but our fo
. >>> and we meet the businessmen and women in ghana pay the high price for the country's economic slide♪ >>> top security officials in washington have spoken on the u.s. plan's to take on the islamic state and say they will be prepared to go after isil in syria. this is the first time the pentagon has testified about the group before the senate armed services committee. the hearing hasn't gone smoothly. it was briefly interrupted by activists. among those speaks are the...
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report, but last friday, i attended a reception for the participants of the operation genusis trip to ghana as well as these in the entire video and it was, quite moving, and it was, you know, such a wonderful program, in that after, the screening, the team participants were able to answer questions through a q&a about what it meant to them, and to them to go to ghana, and to be in touch with the demands and the culture, and the history of their independence, and as well as the point of departure for the slaves and what was really touching about the teams is that they were able to contrast their lives and what they considered to be their struggle here in san francisco with with the struggles of people who were very poor but did not necessarily embrace poverty as their way. but what i heard from the teams was first of all they sure wish that they could go back again and they knew that they could only go one time and secondly it taught them to appreciate what they had here, and one of the teams said, well i had trouble getting up to go to school but i am going to get up now and just to see, i
report, but last friday, i attended a reception for the participants of the operation genusis trip to ghana as well as these in the entire video and it was, quite moving, and it was, you know, such a wonderful program, in that after, the screening, the team participants were able to answer questions through a q&a about what it meant to them, and to them to go to ghana, and to be in touch with the demands and the culture, and the history of their independence, and as well as the point of...
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out and boko haram can't get anything for girls either. >> drew is hinshaw, joining us from accra, ghana, thank you so much. >> thank you, too. >> this >> sreenivasan: you might have heard a bit earlier this week about a remarkable discovery in argentina. the remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 80 million years ago and weighed more than a boeing 737. it took years to unearth all the remains. i.t.n.'s richard pallot has the details. >> it is the most complete large dinosaur skeleton every found. such as the size it takes a second to comprehend. this is only part of its leg. this was a toe. so this starts the tail of dreadnaughtus. >> this is part of its 30 foot tail. the dreadnaughtus lived 70 million years ago. and despite its size was a herbivore. >> when you're 65 tons you're not going to really have any enienemies. and that made me think of the opportunity of the century ships, dreadnoughts. so i thought dreadnaughtus, fears nothing. >> the dreadnaughtus measures in at roughly the same size as the thrir meters in length which marks it out as one of the longest-ever dinosaurs. abou
out and boko haram can't get anything for girls either. >> drew is hinshaw, joining us from accra, ghana, thank you so much. >> thank you, too. >> this >> sreenivasan: you might have heard a bit earlier this week about a remarkable discovery in argentina. the remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 80 million years ago and weighed more than a boeing 737. it took years to unearth all the remains. i.t.n.'s richard pallot has the details. >> it is the most complete...
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much more to come on the al jazeera news hour, we meet the businessmen and women in ghana paying a highce for the country's economic slide. >>> on the eve of this country's first election in more than eight years, but will this election be free and fair? >>> and coming up in sport, now the nfl is trying to improve its image after a string of high profile controversies. jo will have the latest. ♪ >>> u.s. president barack obama is expected to announce a military mission to west africa to try to stop the spread of ebola, the plan includes 3,000 personnel to set up centers. let's take a look at the situation on the ground. in liberia, for example, 871 people have been killed by ebola, almost 1700 have been inflicted too. in sierra leone 476 people have died jk and the world health organization says the number of infected people have much higher than the 1216 cases reported. guinea has seen 494 deaths. in senegal there is just one reported case. while in nigeria the virus seems to have been contained only 7 people have been killed. overall almost 2,500 people have been killed. the world hea
much more to come on the al jazeera news hour, we meet the businessmen and women in ghana paying a highce for the country's economic slide. >>> on the eve of this country's first election in more than eight years, but will this election be free and fair? >>> and coming up in sport, now the nfl is trying to improve its image after a string of high profile controversies. jo will have the latest. ♪ >>> u.s. president barack obama is expected to announce a military...
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it's a trending story in ghana.is that in july, castro and asamoah gian, who are musicians, both of them sing and they've done a lot of collaboration, they decided to -- they went on a holiday at a particular beach here in the capital, and then they went on a jet ski. then castro is suspected to have drown, and since july, police and rescue missions have been searching for him and he's not been found up until now. rumors went wild. a lot of people have said asamoah gyan have had a few people around him, his mother dies, either before or after a tournament and they have suggested that he could have been using these people for rituals. i mean, this is a wild allegation, but believe it or not, people here will hold him to it. so people have been expecting him to talk about it. but a journalist with the national newspaper decided to pose this daring question to asamoah gyan before they played a qualifier, and then his brother, who is also an ex-player, got infuriated. and so this is how come asamoah gyan decided to orga
it's a trending story in ghana.is that in july, castro and asamoah gian, who are musicians, both of them sing and they've done a lot of collaboration, they decided to -- they went on a holiday at a particular beach here in the capital, and then they went on a jet ski. then castro is suspected to have drown, and since july, police and rescue missions have been searching for him and he's not been found up until now. rumors went wild. a lot of people have said asamoah gyan have had a few people...
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much more still to come here on the al jazeera news hour and we meet the business men and women in ghanaing a high price for the country's economic slide. also ahead. >>> i'm andrew thomas in fiji for an election in more than eight years but will it truly restore democracy and will it be free and fair. >>> the seasons champion league is set for kickoff and the defending champions are also facing a crisis and joe will be here with all the details on that. ♪ united states is expected to send 3,000 military personnel to west africa to help fight ebola and planning to provide medical and support and train up to 500 healthcare workers a week. the virus killed more than 2400 people. meanwhile a doctor in guinea has died from the virus and one of five doctors at a government hospital who tested positive last week. that was this kanikry, the capitol and more than 2400 people have died of the virus across africa. to the latest in yemen where fighting between yemen and rebels killed at least seven people and the group has been leading protests against the government for more than a month, let's cr
much more still to come here on the al jazeera news hour and we meet the business men and women in ghanaing a high price for the country's economic slide. also ahead. >>> i'm andrew thomas in fiji for an election in more than eight years but will it truly restore democracy and will it be free and fair. >>> the seasons champion league is set for kickoff and the defending champions are also facing a crisis and joe will be here with all the details on that. ♪ united states is...
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who made contributions including canada and china and the democratic republic and france, germany, ghana, ireland, italy, japan, kenya, norway, qatar, the russian federation, south africa, switzerland, uganda, and the united kingdom. i hope other countries will follow the suit. the airports ins en will go and spain are serving as logistical hops. the air force european unions, african development and foundation and global funds are also engaged. they are looking to all those in a position to help. the community, for example is well praised to contribute to help transport communication and information sectors. also to major airlines and shipping companies to resume services to the affected countries. isolation only hampers international airports to reach people in need. when i'm present, distinguished members of the council i welcome the resolution to be adopted by the security council. one week from today, they are the highest level to mobilize. i cannot afford the delays. the action is a height. we need to be ahead of the outbreak and turn and face it with all our energy and strength. t
who made contributions including canada and china and the democratic republic and france, germany, ghana, ireland, italy, japan, kenya, norway, qatar, the russian federation, south africa, switzerland, uganda, and the united kingdom. i hope other countries will follow the suit. the airports ins en will go and spain are serving as logistical hops. the air force european unions, african development and foundation and global funds are also engaged. they are looking to all those in a position to...
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international efforts to combat the virus have been welcomed by the president of ghana, who has been critical of the response so far. >> with ebola, i mean, it's a scary disease, so when it started, you know, getting people to come in and assist has not been easy. i do believe that the international response was slow, but happily, it's picking up. >> reporter: but in countries where health systems were already fragile, the promise of help couldn't come soon enough. >> hugh, lots of questions, but it seems like it's come quite late, this intervention. we've heard a bit about what they're doing. how initially will people feel it on the ground and how quickly will people feel it on the ground? is this enough intervention by the u.s.? >> reporter: i think this is a response in the eyes of system that is welcome. but as you suggest has come maybe a bit later than it might have done, given the scale of the challenge which we were hearing about here to these west african countries, which are really struggling to cope with the spread of ebola. it is a large scale response. 3,000 military per
international efforts to combat the virus have been welcomed by the president of ghana, who has been critical of the response so far. >> with ebola, i mean, it's a scary disease, so when it started, you know, getting people to come in and assist has not been easy. i do believe that the international response was slow, but happily, it's picking up. >> reporter: but in countries where health systems were already fragile, the promise of help couldn't come soon enough. >> hugh,...
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military is going to be helping ghana, which has kindly and generally is agreed to be the air bridge for all supplies and human movement into the area, to extend their runway, build their airport up, have logistic and supply operations in place and then to have smaller flights go from ghana into specific targeted areas carrying supplies with them as needed. but larry points out a crucial problem with all of. this we don't have a central command, which means we don't even have a centralized list of what's needed. who needs latex gloves where? is the swear more dire in this country in cerro sierra leone on this county in liberia? where do we need to deploy people first? we don't have that kind of operation in place, and our u.s. military is not going to play that role. we will have a central command, but it will be commanding u.s. military personnel, not people from other countries and certainly mott the liberians themselves. and we also see that the response is not a regional one. we are unfortunately dividing our response according to kind of old colonial ties. so the french are focu
military is going to be helping ghana, which has kindly and generally is agreed to be the air bridge for all supplies and human movement into the area, to extend their runway, build their airport up, have logistic and supply operations in place and then to have smaller flights go from ghana into specific targeted areas carrying supplies with them as needed. but larry points out a crucial problem with all of. this we don't have a central command, which means we don't even have a centralized list...
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dangerous superstition -- we meet women in ghana who stand accused of witchcraft. and rising sea levels -- how grenada is battling to save its freshwater resources.
dangerous superstition -- we meet women in ghana who stand accused of witchcraft. and rising sea levels -- how grenada is battling to save its freshwater resources.
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garrison keillor: kwame dawes was born in ghana and grew up in jamaica. he has published 13 books of poetry, many books of fiction, nonfiction and drama, and he's the author of the first in-depth study of the lyrics of bob marley. he teaches at the university of south carolina. he says of his poetry, "often i am not writing to describe what i have seen, but trying to voice what the work is stirring in me." "tornado child." tornado child, tornado child. i, i'm a tornado child. i come like a swirl of black and darken up your day; i whip it all up into my womb, lift you and your things, carry you where you've never been, and maybe, if i feel good, i might bring you back, all warm and scared, heart humming wild like a bird after early sudden flight. 'cause i'm a tornado child. i tremble at the elements. when thunder rolls my mother womb trembles, remembering the tweak of contractions that tightened to a wail when my mother pushed me out into the black of a tornado night. i'm a tornado child, you can tell us from far by the crazy of our hair; couldn't tame it
garrison keillor: kwame dawes was born in ghana and grew up in jamaica. he has published 13 books of poetry, many books of fiction, nonfiction and drama, and he's the author of the first in-depth study of the lyrics of bob marley. he teaches at the university of south carolina. he says of his poetry, "often i am not writing to describe what i have seen, but trying to voice what the work is stirring in me." "tornado child." tornado child, tornado child. i, i'm a tornado...
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. >>> to ghana, a palestinian father will no longer take his paralyzed son to israel, after his other was killed during the strikes on gaza. charles stratford has this report. >> reporter: akmed helps his son out of bed. 8-year-old ofman suffered brain damage as a baby, after being inokayulated by a palestinian doctor against tuberculosis. he has the permit from israel allowing him to take ofman to tel aviv for treatment and tests. before the war, they'd travel across the border every few months. on july the 30th, a tank shell hit the family home, killing his 16-year-old brother ali. >> translation: ali and i used to take care of ofman together. ali used to take ofman out for fresh air, and carry him to the bathroom. when ofman was tired or sick, ali took him to the hospital. he used to buy his medicine. whenever i look at ofman i think of ali. >> reporter: the tank shell came through the ceiling into this room. it killed ali, who was in the corner, immediately. his brother ofman was next to him. the attack pushed the father to make one of the most important decision of his life. fami
. >>> to ghana, a palestinian father will no longer take his paralyzed son to israel, after his other was killed during the strikes on gaza. charles stratford has this report. >> reporter: akmed helps his son out of bed. 8-year-old ofman suffered brain damage as a baby, after being inokayulated by a palestinian doctor against tuberculosis. he has the permit from israel allowing him to take ofman to tel aviv for treatment and tests. before the war, they'd travel across the border...
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there was doubts that that boy accompanying a woman from ghana, that it was her son. she was able to prove he was, that is known as d.n.a. printing. the scientist that discovered it remembers the reaction he got from people at lester university. >> i stood up and told them about the biology. it was speculated that maybe they could catch rapists by analysing the semen. at that point i remember the back row of the audience. they taught it was mad and i lost the plot. history proved me right, and them wrong. >> in the last 30 years, genetic fingerprinting is something many have taken for granted. as well as fighting crime, it led to a range of applications. >> the technique was used to prove that this sheep called dolly was the clone of another animal. >> it was something stumbled across in a lab 30 years ago is being used today as an educational tool for genetics. it's exciting to think that the same things are happening now - people are stumbling across things and in 30 years time it would be nice to think they can be used as tools. >> in the real world it's crime figh
there was doubts that that boy accompanying a woman from ghana, that it was her son. she was able to prove he was, that is known as d.n.a. printing. the scientist that discovered it remembers the reaction he got from people at lester university. >> i stood up and told them about the biology. it was speculated that maybe they could catch rapists by analysing the semen. at that point i remember the back row of the audience. they taught it was mad and i lost the plot. history proved me...
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s i'm sorry ghana has sunny keita spent a total of twenty three hours in the sky travelling from the heart of siberia to the coast of the black sea. i was born in a very remote area in a small village there were no roads there it was like living on an island once my father told me that when i grow up i would be able to build some type of cross-country vehicle that would get me anywhere i ever wanted i was always dreaming about it but his real passion for airplanes started back in ninety seven when russia introduce a new law that allows anyone to have a private plane for personal use so we can use a little i had to overcome a number of challenges because it is a self made aircraft i had to train a special certification for the plane aviation experts had to acknowledge it is safe to operate so now i am a legal user of the flying space but the shaft cheek families and bishan reaches even further. one day we took a globe and decided we wanted to go to the equator if you draw a straight line from the city of sue good to the equator you get to the most leaves you this is the place we now d
s i'm sorry ghana has sunny keita spent a total of twenty three hours in the sky travelling from the heart of siberia to the coast of the black sea. i was born in a very remote area in a small village there were no roads there it was like living on an island once my father told me that when i grow up i would be able to build some type of cross-country vehicle that would get me anywhere i ever wanted i was always dreaming about it but his real passion for airplanes started back in ninety seven...
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ghana is saying we're prepared to be the air bridge. you can use the airport as a staging ground.rt bringing in 20, 30, 40, giant c-540 planes with supplies, protective gear, medicine, the 11,000 health care worker theys need now at the current size of the epidemic, which now is by the way increasing by a thousand a week. >> exponential. >> unbelievable. huge increase. we have this opportunity. but, you know, ghana doesn't have the capacity to actually take care of all the kind of logistic and supply issues nap's a great role for the united states air force. >> absolutely. >> and then somebody's got to have the courage to risk that their pilots and crew are willing to make the short flights from the okra airport to whatever staging ground there are in the three countries and perhaps also nigeria. that's another role for the united states air force. >> how does doing that change who the u.s. is in the world? i don't know if anyone from the pentagon is watching. it's football sunday. but if someone is, how does making that decision change who the u.s. is in the world? >> the u.s. is
ghana is saying we're prepared to be the air bridge. you can use the airport as a staging ground.rt bringing in 20, 30, 40, giant c-540 planes with supplies, protective gear, medicine, the 11,000 health care worker theys need now at the current size of the epidemic, which now is by the way increasing by a thousand a week. >> exponential. >> unbelievable. huge increase. we have this opportunity. but, you know, ghana doesn't have the capacity to actually take care of all the kind of...
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. -- case, we ghana learned the hard way. the command center in lower >> the lower command center in lower manhattan combines a number of hours. can you explain a more to us. we have the lower manhattan coordination center in the middle of it, and we had both public and private sector stakeholders there 24 hours a , and major occupiers of the space-time there were the new york stock exchange, the world financial center obviously, major companies co-mingled with police officers. area as itted that never has been predicted before. currently -- do you currently believe that private business has stepped up against terrorism? >> it depends on what your business is. generally speaking, i would say yes. have done so,ions and medium size companies as well. dump annie's outside of the u.s. probably do a -- companies outside of the u.s. probably do a better job. >> we are going to continue the conversation, coming up. in a week, scottish voters are going to take up a referendum that could free them from the united kingdom. the pros and
. -- case, we ghana learned the hard way. the command center in lower >> the lower command center in lower manhattan combines a number of hours. can you explain a more to us. we have the lower manhattan coordination center in the middle of it, and we had both public and private sector stakeholders there 24 hours a , and major occupiers of the space-time there were the new york stock exchange, the world financial center obviously, major companies co-mingled with police officers. area as...
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he is in ghana where he meets two people that have been extradited there and the leader who told the french who leave guinea and suffered after. he met up with mira, who was a beautiful south african singer, activist and icon who was introduced in the 1950's and they begin a romance and are married by 1968 and become this global pan-african couple. when we think about the international trip, meeting with them changes and transforms stokely carmichael's life. he comes back as a committed pan africanist tat is convinced the key of the liberation lies in the unification of africa and promises to return to africa. by 1969 he does that and between '69 and 1998 even though returning for political speaking tours of the united states he becomes a committed anti-panafricanist revolutionary and changes his name and becomes by the 1980s in the contex of the reagan administration the counter revolution that transforms the dreams the radicals carried with them. in that context he believes in the idea of a global political revoluti revolution. one of my parent parts of studying kwame ture is readi
he is in ghana where he meets two people that have been extradited there and the leader who told the french who leave guinea and suffered after. he met up with mira, who was a beautiful south african singer, activist and icon who was introduced in the 1950's and they begin a romance and are married by 1968 and become this global pan-african couple. when we think about the international trip, meeting with them changes and transforms stokely carmichael's life. he comes back as a committed pan...
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>> well, as i said, right in that region, you have ghana. setting up thee orchestration center in setting up this thing. outlyer.is a positive in fact, the amount of money some of the poor systems, like the nigerian system, is every bit as much as goes into the better systems. so understanding how you spend track the how you activity in those systems, we understand that fairly well. stop ebola, when it's just these three countries, populationing about of about 22 million people in the three countries -- building primary health care in those three countries should be fairly straightforward. very highbe a priority. as i said, more kids, even in will dieee countries, because the health system is fromdown than will die ebola, and so if you hesitate, even a few months, to get it so feel like, yes, i should go and do safe delivery or i and get malaria medicines or antibiotics for the --ia, that will be it will be very tragic, even though it's not as explosive, garnering the same type of attention that the ebola attract.emselves >> i think the sena
>> well, as i said, right in that region, you have ghana. setting up thee orchestration center in setting up this thing. outlyer.is a positive in fact, the amount of money some of the poor systems, like the nigerian system, is every bit as much as goes into the better systems. so understanding how you spend track the how you activity in those systems, we understand that fairly well. stop ebola, when it's just these three countries, populationing about of about 22 million people in the...
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. >> ghana is saying we're prepared to be the air bridge. you know, ghana doesn't have the capacity to take care of all the kind of logistic and supply issues. >> we're going to create an air bridge to get health workers and medical supplies into west africa faster. >> they know how to fly right in, set up a medical response capacity, and boom, it's on the ground and it's running in 24 hours. >> we're going to establish a staging area to help distribute personnel and aide on the ground more quickly. >> joining me now is lori garret, senior fellow for loren health for the council of regulations. she received the 1996 pulitzer price for her coverage of the ebola epidemic. thank you for coming back. the u.s. is sending 3,000 troops to fight ebola, and it's the first military team that arrived in liberia on thursday. this is several months after the outbreak. is this too late too late? >> first of all, it's now clear it's 3,000. that was a number made up by the white house. people tell me we haven't done the situation report to determine how man
. >> ghana is saying we're prepared to be the air bridge. you know, ghana doesn't have the capacity to take care of all the kind of logistic and supply issues. >> we're going to create an air bridge to get health workers and medical supplies into west africa faster. >> they know how to fly right in, set up a medical response capacity, and boom, it's on the ground and it's running in 24 hours. >> we're going to establish a staging area to help distribute personnel and...
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immigration authorities have doubts that a bay accompanying a wom -- boy accompanying a woman from ghana her son. thanks to d.n.a. technology, she prod she was. the scientists that discovered it remember the reaction from the university. >> i stood up and told them about the biology of the d.n.a. i speculated at the end maybe we could catch rainists using this technology by analysing and typing the semen. at that point the back row of the audience - they thought it was mad and i lost the plot. well history proved me right and them wrong. >> genetic finger printing is something we have taken for granted. it led to a range of applications. it was used in the 1990s, to prove beyond doubt that dolly was a clone of another animal, and used to solve human paternity duties. >> something stumbled across is used as an educational top for genetics. it's exciting to think that the same things are happening now. people are stumbling across things and in 30 years time it will be nice to think that those same things can be used as tools. >> in the real world, it's crime fighting benefitting most. the
immigration authorities have doubts that a bay accompanying a wom -- boy accompanying a woman from ghana her son. thanks to d.n.a. technology, she prod she was. the scientists that discovered it remember the reaction from the university. >> i stood up and told them about the biology of the d.n.a. i speculated at the end maybe we could catch rainists using this technology by analysing and typing the semen. at that point the back row of the audience - they thought it was mad and i lost the...
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and ghana wins over togo team. africa conditions to battle the spread of ebola.tball, a sport firmly part of the continent's culture is being badly affected. in july they were the worst affected. in early august sierra leone players were refused entering in for their match. instead they chose to forfeit the match and with it any chance of making the finals. they refuse their under-20 team to travel to nigeria, another country battling th ebola. now they've banned matches in guinea, and sierra leone where they have already suspended football. they've struggled to hold home games. many complaining they're being treated like pariahs. >>> they say there is no need for drastic action until the situation has eased. >> it's simply not possible from our perspective. considering the africaen nation season starts january. this concerns one or two countries out of all the countries that they'll participant in. so to an exceptional federation we have to define exceptional measures, and this is what is going to be implemented. >> you must be working on a plan-b, like you say.
and ghana wins over togo team. africa conditions to battle the spread of ebola.tball, a sport firmly part of the continent's culture is being badly affected. in july they were the worst affected. in early august sierra leone players were refused entering in for their match. instead they chose to forfeit the match and with it any chance of making the finals. they refuse their under-20 team to travel to nigeria, another country battling th ebola. now they've banned matches in guinea, and sierra...
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he made a similar appeal for aid yesterday during a meeting with bishops from ghana. >>> he has made mars. there were cheers in mission controls c control as the country placed a satellite into orbit. india is part of a unique agency. >>> former president is teaming up with three the country's largest soda's companies in a pledge to cut calories. >> reporter: the u.s. has been called a carbonation nation. coke, pepsi and dr. pepper have signed on to help americans drink less of their signature products. an announcement made at the clinton global initiative. >> today we announce a profoundly important commitment to combat the obesity epidemic. >> reporter: the promise, help americans reduce their calorie intake from drinks by 20% in the next decade. by focusing on smaller sizes an. >> sugary drinks and sodas we need to cut down. >> reporter: the daily allowance of sugar is one box of apple juice or half a can of soda. the average american consumes roughly 40 teaspoons a day. >> it's going to take education to bring everybody into the realization that sugar is a drug, it is addictive.
he made a similar appeal for aid yesterday during a meeting with bishops from ghana. >>> he has made mars. there were cheers in mission controls c control as the country placed a satellite into orbit. india is part of a unique agency. >>> former president is teaming up with three the country's largest soda's companies in a pledge to cut calories. >> reporter: the u.s. has been called a carbonation nation. coke, pepsi and dr. pepper have signed on to help americans drink...
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this is an' ghana wallet. this is a rock python clutch.s hand bag is made out of a monitor lizard. a sea turtle wallet. this is an endangered species. >> reportehes i team asked to watch this inspection process afr we uncovered a troubling trend fashion magazines neve you about. when we visit the warehouse of confiscated odweind high end fashion makes up a huge portion ofhe seizures, nestled between the polar bear and the tiger heads, a $2,000 gucci purse. that mcgreen gown was illegal to import beu it's the cousin to the crocodile. these three are owned by kering which boasts on the website it's one of the greenest companies in the world with 100% of its skins and furs from sustainable sources. the news 4 i team found the government has seized over 900 kering items this year. based in paris, kering told us it's fully committed to legal and sustainable trade and none of the species taken by the u.s. government e particular risk of extinction and most probably a reflection of paperwork mistakes. >> just beus it's on the shelf doesn't mean t
this is an' ghana wallet. this is a rock python clutch.s hand bag is made out of a monitor lizard. a sea turtle wallet. this is an endangered species. >> reportehes i team asked to watch this inspection process afr we uncovered a troubling trend fashion magazines neve you about. when we visit the warehouse of confiscated odweind high end fashion makes up a huge portion ofhe seizures, nestled between the polar bear and the tiger heads, a $2,000 gucci purse. that mcgreen gown was illegal to...
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ghana beat togo in a 5-goal thriller. >> european football's governing body opened disciplining proceedings against wales and andoora following the qualifying match. wales won 2-1, but could face sanctions after the pitch was invaded. they could be punished after six players received 11 cards. the artificial pitch is under scrutiny also. >> the vuelta is reaching the final stages with the race to conclude on sunday. alberto contador is closing in on his third crown. the 17th stage was run by john of germany, the fourth stage win of the race. the local favourite alberto contador is on top of the standings with a 1:36 lead over valverde. more on the website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's details on how to get in touch with the team using twitter and facebook. the address aljazeera.com/sport. >> that's it for me. >> thank you very much. now, after a marathon session, argentina's congress passed a law to evade the courts and avoid paying its creditors in new york. it allows argentina to pay bonds locally beyond the reach of the u.s. court. it will infuriate its creditors and the united
ghana beat togo in a 5-goal thriller. >> european football's governing body opened disciplining proceedings against wales and andoora following the qualifying match. wales won 2-1, but could face sanctions after the pitch was invaded. they could be punished after six players received 11 cards. the artificial pitch is under scrutiny also. >> the vuelta is reaching the final stages with the race to conclude on sunday. alberto contador is closing in on his third crown. the 17th stage...
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in ghana alone, the lion population fell by 90% in 40 years, while populations of fresh water speciesling by a staggering 76% in the last four decades. the index tracked more than 10,000 species from 1970 to 2010. the report blames human activity for the alarming drop in numbers, with habitats destroyed more quickly than they can be replaced. colin butfield said the figures are disturbing. >> nobody's looked at every species in the world, but we've looked at over 10,000 different populations of over 3,000 species across the world and it gives a really clear picture of a long-term decline. >> so tell me where is it worst? >> the two big things that stand out are tropical areas across southeast asia, central africa are being particularly badly impacted. one of the big things here that's causing that is tropical deforestation. if you take forest elephants, their range has declined to about 6% of what it formerly was. plus they're getting hunted for their ivory. species that have a double whammy like that are particularly badly affected. >> so that looks like that's taken in africa. >> ye
in ghana alone, the lion population fell by 90% in 40 years, while populations of fresh water speciesling by a staggering 76% in the last four decades. the index tracked more than 10,000 species from 1970 to 2010. the report blames human activity for the alarming drop in numbers, with habitats destroyed more quickly than they can be replaced. colin butfield said the figures are disturbing. >> nobody's looked at every species in the world, but we've looked at over 10,000 different...
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joining me, scott kessler, s&p capital iq out of tech sector equity research, and alex ghana, securitiesott has hold and $103 price target. we're about there today, just slightly below it at 98. alex with a buy and $135 price target. scott, you're the slight skeptic with your hold. what do you need to see from apple that would change your rating to a buy? >> wow, well, i think that the way we consider apple at this point, liz is, we think of the stock as fully valued. look, it has been a great year, not withstanding issues you mentioned from this week. the stock i over 30% in 2014. that is double the appreciation for the s&p 500 technology sector. and, you know what? apple is so big, it is so dominant already, that we think it is going to be hard for them, over the longer term, to drive significant growth. and so we think, a slight discount to the tech sector multiple makes sense. we see the stock right now is likely to perform in line with the market. liz: okay, alex, to you, because now i look, and i see, okay he makes a very good point. doesn't a lot hit on next week and this rollout
joining me, scott kessler, s&p capital iq out of tech sector equity research, and alex ghana, securitiesott has hold and $103 price target. we're about there today, just slightly below it at 98. alex with a buy and $135 price target. scott, you're the slight skeptic with your hold. what do you need to see from apple that would change your rating to a buy? >> wow, well, i think that the way we consider apple at this point, liz is, we think of the stock as fully valued. look, it has...
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in ghana, a grad young advocate named emanuel usuva oboa. a man born with no leg but wanted to play soccer, turned his obsession to play into an advocate for helping people with disabilities. in malawi a 21-african nation met on this issue of changing their policies, advancing the rights of people with disabilities. i was asked to go and meet with him, i couldn't because we were here in session in the senate. but that's what they're reaching out to. they want us to be involved with them to help move this issue forward. in nepal, parents of children with autism banded together to start their own school to educate their children. they want their kids with disabilities to be fully included in society, have opportunities for work and for life. they want us to be joined together with them. it is conspicuous. i was privileged to join senator cardin earlier this summer in b baku, azerbaijan, in a meeting for the committee for security and economic development in europe, and i offered an amendment putting all the nations of europe that are in that o
in ghana, a grad young advocate named emanuel usuva oboa. a man born with no leg but wanted to play soccer, turned his obsession to play into an advocate for helping people with disabilities. in malawi a 21-african nation met on this issue of changing their policies, advancing the rights of people with disabilities. i was asked to go and meet with him, i couldn't because we were here in session in the senate. but that's what they're reaching out to. they want us to be involved with them to help...
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as a side note, i spent time during the president nixon resignation year in ghana and nigeria, doing research. and the issue at that time was, well, of course the president of the united states would never be forced from office. he's got the army at his disposal. their view was of course, leaders take the army and you can't be forced out. and i was teaching a college class at the time in the university of lagos and i posited the view that we're a constitutional system and the rule of law applies. the same discussion was going on at that time. of course the vice president is not going to lose the election. we learned that like in other places in the world, we are controlled by an army, but it turned out an army of lawyers, not of guns and that army of lawyers became very handy from practicing lawyers to judges and justices and everybody had their role. but the fascinating part of this is you may not remember 2000, but we didn't travel at the speed of light. we didn't travel at the speed of cell phones with instantaneous information. there are things back then, maybe newspaper of you h
as a side note, i spent time during the president nixon resignation year in ghana and nigeria, doing research. and the issue at that time was, well, of course the president of the united states would never be forced from office. he's got the army at his disposal. their view was of course, leaders take the army and you can't be forced out. and i was teaching a college class at the time in the university of lagos and i posited the view that we're a constitutional system and the rule of law...
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in ghana alone, the lion population in one reserve fell by 90%.ions of fresh water species have fallen by a staggering 76% in the last four decades. the index tracked more than 10,000 species from 1970 to 2010. the report blames human activity for the alarming drop in numbers with habitats destroyed more quickly than they can be replaced. they're alarming figures, the report was produced with the london zoological society. robert freeman is here with me now, conservationist with the society. is it worse than you imagined it would be? >> very much so. this is a report that we produce biannually every two years. it's much worse than we previously thought. >> which species are the most affected? >> the lions have been quite badly affected over the last 40 years. but forest elephants have seen about a 60% decline in the last ten years. tigers over the last 100 years have seen about 90% decline. >> fresh water species as well. >> frog species, about three species in puerto rico that seemed to have gone extinct. >> is this our fault? >> we see the habit
in ghana alone, the lion population in one reserve fell by 90%.ions of fresh water species have fallen by a staggering 76% in the last four decades. the index tracked more than 10,000 species from 1970 to 2010. the report blames human activity for the alarming drop in numbers with habitats destroyed more quickly than they can be replaced. they're alarming figures, the report was produced with the london zoological society. robert freeman is here with me now, conservationist with the society. is...
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good will and another country that could give them a strong, you know, run for their money would be ghanalso before the 30th but talk around the african football is saying nigeria will be the host for 2017. >> is egypt interested in hosting the events and it was hosted in 2006 and this is less than stable situation in the country and not allowed to attend matches following the disaster in 2012. >> reporter: too close for egypt to host it because if you give hosting rights to them there needs to be a massive shot in the arm in terms of public confidence and at the moment you have to listen to bullets of egypt news and up and down the country they are not ready for political infrastructure, in terms of having stuff in place. they do have a great stadium but i don't think they are ready right now, egypt, to host it. >> great to hear you thoughts on it and we have to leave it now. to major league baseball they are beating them on sunday and the lewis cards went to the post season hours after they played cincinnati but plans to celebrate will be put on hold and a flashing by the reds and spoil
good will and another country that could give them a strong, you know, run for their money would be ghanalso before the 30th but talk around the african football is saying nigeria will be the host for 2017. >> is egypt interested in hosting the events and it was hosted in 2006 and this is less than stable situation in the country and not allowed to attend matches following the disaster in 2012. >> reporter: too close for egypt to host it because if you give hosting rights to them...
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. >> host: i have a slightly different background because my parents were immigrants from ghana so i have an unusual relationship with the british establishment. so far as my parents were immigrants and making her in the 60s, i was brought up in london but then i went through these institutions. i went to cambridge university and so i kind of got both sides. my parents were very much from the old colonial empire. so i could see both sides of the light. and with that double hat i would say there was a problem i think in there's a problem potentially a problem that people from marginal backgrounds to struggle to get a voice. i think it's very important as a political class we open ourselves up and get people who are active in politics, not just in britain but america. it should be a much easier way for people to be able to come and get representation and maybe be representatives themselves. but the nature of the media, the nature of modern communications, modern life if you like me to have to be quite specialized. you have to decide to do that in a relatively young age and that creates
. >> host: i have a slightly different background because my parents were immigrants from ghana so i have an unusual relationship with the british establishment. so far as my parents were immigrants and making her in the 60s, i was brought up in london but then i went through these institutions. i went to cambridge university and so i kind of got both sides. my parents were very much from the old colonial empire. so i could see both sides of the light. and with that double hat i would say...
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apart, and in baltimore, which burned badly, stokley carmichael, who became a communist and went to ghanainea, he was encouraging the burning and looting, and the governor named agnew called in the civil rights leaders and read them the riot act for not condemning the racial insend areas. he said i condemn all these white i racists. now you have to condemn these guys that are burning down the city. and agnew was known as a liberal governor, a rockefeller man. but he dade tremendous job, and i had notes, and clippings, and i sent those to nixon because i was very impressed with what agnew was doing. and nixon was equally impressed, as we would find out later. and then my alma mater, columbia university, before ail april was out, exploded in the worst violence of any campus in the 1960s. mark rud, you hear about it now. they took over the campus. took over the dean's office. they trashed the dean's office. and it took a week, they finally called the new york -- nypd out to clear the campus. there will brad radicals and white radicals both, and nixon -- there was a division inside the nix co
apart, and in baltimore, which burned badly, stokley carmichael, who became a communist and went to ghanainea, he was encouraging the burning and looting, and the governor named agnew called in the civil rights leaders and read them the riot act for not condemning the racial insend areas. he said i condemn all these white i racists. now you have to condemn these guys that are burning down the city. and agnew was known as a liberal governor, a rockefeller man. but he dade tremendous job, and i...
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baltimore, which burned badly, stokely carmichael, racial and from the airy became a communist and went to ghana jimmy. he was down there encouraging all of this burning and looting. the governor named spiro t. agnew out of the civil rights leaders said brad and the riot act for not condemning for racial and sindhi areas. now give back to condemn these guys that are burning down our city. it is a very tough thing and agnew was done at the liberal governor. he attended a rockefeller man. i have no sobol of this include the because i was very impressed with what agnew was doing. nixon was equally impressed as we would find out later. and then my alma mater, columbia university before april without exploded in the worst violence of any campus in the 1960s. mark read. they took over the campus, took over the dean's office. they trash the dean's office and it took a week they finally called the new york n.y.p.d. to clear the campus were black radicals and white radicals both. nixon i will say there was a division inside the nixon camp. i was either goldwater conservatives in the research writing grou
baltimore, which burned badly, stokely carmichael, racial and from the airy became a communist and went to ghana jimmy. he was down there encouraging all of this burning and looting. the governor named spiro t. agnew out of the civil rights leaders said brad and the riot act for not condemning for racial and sindhi areas. now give back to condemn these guys that are burning down our city. it is a very tough thing and agnew was done at the liberal governor. he attended a rockefeller man. i have...
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. >> he encountered the first victim and ghana saultibega beg with a knife.lleen and did several her head. >> according to police, the suspects than began attacking a second woman when he was shot and stopped by an armed company executive. mike vaughn, son of the company's founder is a reserve sheriff's deputy. it was his actions that prevented more deaths. >> it could have gotten a lot worse. this guy was definitely not going to stop. he didn't stop until he was shot. >> the barbaric nature of the crime led some residents and others to speculate the act could be tied to something larger. and was perhaps influenced by muslim extremists. adding to the theory police say that in recent weeks nolan had tried to convert his co-workers to islam. but in a statement to cnn, oklahoma's governor warned not to jump to conclusions before the investigation is complete. the fbi is assisting local police. nolan has a lengthy criminal history according to the oklahoma department of corrections including briefly leading police on a man hunt. the state trooper who had a physic
. >> he encountered the first victim and ghana saultibega beg with a knife.lleen and did several her head. >> according to police, the suspects than began attacking a second woman when he was shot and stopped by an armed company executive. mike vaughn, son of the company's founder is a reserve sheriff's deputy. it was his actions that prevented more deaths. >> it could have gotten a lot worse. this guy was definitely not going to stop. he didn't stop until he was shot....
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burned badly, stokely carmichael the racial incendiary who eventually became a communist and went to ghanauinea, he was down there encouraging all this looting and burning. and governor agnew led all the civil rights' leaders the riot act for not condemning the racial ip send yeas. you've got -- ip p vend yeas. you've got to condemn these guys that are burping down our city. -- burning down our city. he did a tremendous job, and i have notes of all this and clippings, and i sent those to nixon because i was very impressed with what agnew was doing. nixon was equally impressed. as we would find out later. and then my alma mater, columbia university, before april was out exploded in the worst violation of any campus in the 1960s. mark rudd, you hear about it now, they took over the campus, the deep's office, they crashed the deep's office. it took a week and they finally called the black radicals, white radicals both. and there was a division inside the nixon camp. i was a goldwater conservative, and our ream writing group was very conservative, the most conservative element in the whole nix
burned badly, stokely carmichael the racial incendiary who eventually became a communist and went to ghanauinea, he was down there encouraging all this looting and burning. and governor agnew led all the civil rights' leaders the riot act for not condemning the racial ip send yeas. you've got -- ip p vend yeas. you've got to condemn these guys that are burping down our city. -- burning down our city. he did a tremendous job, and i have notes of all this and clippings, and i sent those to nixon...