masaaki suda, nhk world, islamabad. >> mubarak aburke from nhk islamabad bureau is here to give us some background. now, the campaign has demonstrated that voters want change more than ever. discontented young people are especially enthusiastic. what is your take on this? >> pakistan is seen as a feudal society. elders always have the strongest voice and it hasn't been easy for young people to speak about politics. but now, passion for change among younger voters is spreading from urban areas to the countryside, young people are taking an interest. this say huge departure from elections in the past, which will greatly influenced by communal and family guides. >> and how do you see the situation just before the polls open? >> it is still unclear. no party is expected to bring a majority, and a coalition government is the most likely outcome. but of course, we don't know at this point which party will form the new government. the biggest concern is political instability that would allow islamic militants to increase their influence. this election campaign was the biggest in pakistan's his

after the killing of bin laden in a suburb of islamabad two years ago, bilateral ties with the u.s. reached a point of no return. pakistan's leadership reacted angry to the american raid claiming that sovereignty had been violated. with strong anti-american resentment, how to handle the u.s. is one of the hottest topics in the election campaign. >>> he is a popular contender in the upcoming general election. his party pakistan moment for justice positioned itself more than any other party as anti-american. he's particularly opposed to the is on going u.s. drone strikes flying over pakistan. >> translator: drone strikes are a complete violation of human rights. they're assassinating large numbers of innocent civilians. >> reporter: over recent years the united states has dramatically increased the use of unmanned drones to target muslims extremists in pakistan. but these strikes have also killed an estimated 400 civilians so far, fueling strong resentment among the population. the city is about 150 kilometers from the iran border. it's now home to many refugees who were driven away f

the chief prosecutor in the benazir bhutto assassination case is murder in islamabad. the candidates for the national assembly have been -- candidate for the national assembly has been shot dead. also ahead, cash for assistance. south korean caught up in diplomatic dispute leave the north after a money transfer in the other direction. the lebanese government is rethinking its policy toward syria refugees as their numbers grow. each of's media revolution say freedom of the press has gone to been far. -- too far. the prosecutor leading the investigation in the assassination of business a bhutto has been murdered. on inr was opened fire islamabad. others have been injured. let's find out what is happening. first, what can you tell us about the candidates that has just been shot in karachi? told that the candidate was shot near a mosque on friday. a lot of people attending friday prayers. his young son was also wounded in the attack. he was killed and that is why the election and that particular constituency in the city of karachi in the area has been postponed. that comes

but more ballots than bullets in this historic vote here in pakistan from islamabad in just a few moments. forty killed many more severely injured in a double car bombing on a town near turkey's border with syria with ankara suspecting kurdish or syrian involvement. and space station repairs astronauts perform an emergency space walk to fix the leaking cooling system onboard the all the. joint is kevin on here live with you just after ten pm moscow time this is r t international our top story deadly explosions and gunfire in cities and towns across the nation as pakistan holds a milestone general election marking the country's first transition through the ballot box voting out to be extended by now because of the high turnout but counting is now underway the election commission has declared polls though in karachi were free and fair and the voting should be rerun in some areas some people have paid a high price to exercise their democratic right let me take you through it at least sixteen people have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of bomb blasts in karachi many more have

. >> in islamabad we have final results for negotiations with a new government under way. on reforms inm the philippines. i will be reporting on the efforts to outlaw child manages -- marriages. a yemeni military jet has crashed in a residential suburb of the capital. .rowds gather in the street at least one person, the pilot, has been killed. it exploded in the air before going down. the committee has already been sent out to investigate. we will bring you more of that story as we get it. hasebel leader from dahrfur been killed attempting to enter the territory within the justice and equality movement. >> this peace deal, signed in april, was one of several glimmers of hope for dar for in recent years, and has since vanished. agreement was signed with the sudanese government, but since then he has broken away, taking a splinter group with him. the main body of the rebels appears to be angry with the sudanese government. he and his convoy were attacked inside of chad inside the darfur region. in his men were having lunch when 30 vehicles ambushed of them. the attack is yet

this 24 year old man lives in islamabad. last year he obtained a master's degree in business administration. but so far, he has failed to find the job. he sends out his resume to sometimes ten companies a day. but he's it still waiting for a job offer. >> if i got a great e-mail after a month or two mail, so i feel very disappointed. >> reporter: amid public miss content, he is looking to the party that by the former winning cricket captain. >> he made a promise that he will bring opportunities and improvement in the economic situation in pakistan. >> reporter: the movement for justice has set up a task force to attract young voters. it's using facebook and other social networks to provide information. task force members post photographs from the kahn's campaign rally. they are listening to concerns. the modern approach taken by the movement for justice has made the main governing pakistan people's party increasingly insecure. it's now struggling to win votes too. the people's party has its leader and figure head. the it 24

nazar ul islam reports from islamabad. >> reporter: lahore is currently hosting a conference to mark the anniversary. prime minister in waiting sharif used the occasion to highlight his role in pakistan becoming the first islamic nation to develop its own nuclear weapons program. >> translator: pakistan's achievement made us the seventh nation to become a nuclear power in its own right. >> reporter: pakistani scientists began developing the country's nuclear program in the 1970s. it culminated in the first successful test in may 1998. india had previously beaten its neighbor to become a nuclear power almost a quarter century earlier, provoking an intense rivalry between the two nations. sharif emphasized pakistan's nuclear development repeatedly during the recent general election campaign, emphasizing that it had been achieved despite strong pressure from the united states to abandon the program. voters reacted positively to his message, which came against a background of rising anti-u.s. sentiment. drone attacks against insurgents in northwest pakistan and civilian casualties fueled

for more from islam a bond -- islamabad.that seems to be carefully worded, even though the issue of drones have been a point of contention between the u.s. and pakistan. >> it was carefully worded primarily because one has to understand that this is an interim government, that a new government has been elected and will be taking office within the next fortnight. so it will be upon that particular government to decide on this particular issue. however, the pakistani government did welcome the fact that the americans -- the american president realized that force alone was not the answer and also recognized the fact that tens of thousands of pakistanis had paid a dear price of the ware brunt on terror, the so-called war on terror. importantly, this is a big step from the pakistani government but not a final one, because this is an interim government that still gets a lot of an interim- this is government. there is still a lot of criticism as far as the drone strikes are concerned. some are at the center of the criticism. it wil

elizabeth palmer looked at all of this for us in islamabad. >> reporter: a vast majority of pakistanis resent american drone strikes. shahzad akbar, a former prosecutor turned human rights lawyer, has collected hard evidence of civilian casualties from drone strikes. these are what's left of the missile that's fired from the drone. this month he won a landmark legal victory. pakistan's high court ruled that drone strikes are illegal and issued a clear order to pakistan's government. >> you have to give a sterb stern warning to the united states to shut down the drones and if they don't then you are within your rights under the international law to shoot the drone down. >> reporter: pakistan's shooting them down is unlikely. the new prime minister, nawaz sharif, has said he wants to improve relations with the united states. but he does have to answer to angry voters. and judges who, if he doesn't act, could hold sharif in contempt of court. akbar told us the drone strikes have killed more than a thousand civilians-- a figure the u.s. disputes. >> this is a pakistani child. he was sleepi

saturday's a storage vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. turkey blames a syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a scene as an entry point syrian refugees and. while russia the u.s. and britain officially conversion a common approach to peace in syria by the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from of first it to flop francois log a first anniversary of becoming the french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his just pointed voters. his failure to meet the expectations. if you just joined us a very warm welcome to you just joined us here on our all the week here with me to say. rightly he's been pakistan's prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but to know was as a river has claimed an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's for is the democratic transition between civilian governments counting still underway but the election has already become the bloodiest in pakistan's history let's take a look at that a deadl

casualties in the city of push our with an update on the turbulent vote from pakistan's capital islamabad his calf and off. no one has claimed responsibility for the violence that has been reported across the country today there are a number of armed groups who operate in pakistan as well as the taliban which has waged a bloody intimidation campaign in the run up to the vote claiming the lives of more than one hundred thirty people they view these elections as being on a lawmaker and have largely targeted to secular leaning parties but these elections are more about the ballot box than bullets i have to say as the millions of pakistanis turned out eagerly eagerly in droves despite the threat of violence there have been some reports of the vote rigging allegations in karate and several parties have withdrawn their candidates in a boycott of the vote but by and large all signs point to a successful a democratic election here in pakistan which is really quite critical for a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half of its existence as an independent state the big questio

still rates through parts of town with forcing killed in the latest on talk of got an update from islamabad later in the program. on the mystery behind a plane that disappeared over the russian of euros a year ago with thirteen aboard is finally sold that and much more later in the program. a group of bahraini on to government accidents has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for attacking a police patrol the protest has denied the charges claiming they were tortured into making confessions bahrain has been engulfed in projects for more than two years now with police often brutally cracking down on going to strangers the opposition accuses the rulers of oppressing them and claims western countries are trying to downplay the scale down the rest mohamed al sofie who is an anti-government activists in bahrain so if there's a conflict of interest involved in the on the rest. because of the all you can buy hand because of the oil we divorced from here only because the poll was the straight that needs to be all the time to ensure that the floor for oil is not destructive because we have an

who is in islamabad the attack has targeted. which. summarized the every bit of your model of my islam which is a party. for all of the taliban and has been mediating with between the taliban and the government these attacks. while the. election campaign and the emergency the bordering afghanistan and the slogans in that. campaign was and the americanism can be in the submergence hearts but there are expectations from an observer here that the violence will increase by the time we are approaching to the elevons me elections which is called here i historical elections but the violence is events even a few days of this election. now time for a quick look at some other international news in brief this hour reports say anywhere between twenty and thirty people have been killed in bangladesh during riots involving hardline islamist. blasphemy law be introduced dozens also been injured security forces used rubber bullets to break up the gathering as tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of capital dhaka islamist groups are f

saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. and a popular president french leader francoise long faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with a steady and unemployment and golfing the nation. it is six pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program the turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in a town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack something that damascus denies the area's home to tens of thousands of refugees who have fled their own going syrian conflict our middle east correspondent post lear has more. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to quote them the usual suspects now the deputy turkish prime minister says that the organization and the members behind t

saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. and from first to flop francois lon's first anniversary of becoming a french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his disappoint of voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. of. what you are see coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshing welcome to the program i was syrian crisis has taken a deadly new twist as twin car bombs ripped through a turkish town just across the border killing forty six and injuring more than one hundred others the site has been and three point two refugees and radical rebels but turkey has been quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack while stopping short of saying damascus is directly responsible a syrian official insists the accusations groundless or middle east correspondent policy or has more to call bombs have exploded one was in front of the city hall yeah that was in front of the local post office in the turkish of raw. which is not fall from the syrian border now we still

saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. and from first to flop francois lon's first anniversary of becoming the french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of he's disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. it is three pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina joshie. turkey says it's detained nine of its citizens in connection with saturday's bombing of a town on the syrian border which is killed sixty forty six people ankara claims the suspects are connected to syrian intelligence and is blaming the attack on damascus which strongly denies any involvement the side of the bombing is known as an entry point for refugees and radical rebels or middle east correspondent posts near has more to call bombs have exploded one was in front of the city hall and the other was in front of a local post office in the turkish. of re hundred which is not fall from the syrian border now we still don't have anyone on your organization coming forward and claiming responsibility

saturday's a storage vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. and the popular president french leader francois hollande faces plummeting rights exist his first year in office comes to an end with a stare at sea and an employment goal from the nation. ten pm this sunday night here in moscow this is the weekly roundup of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin i was the first turkish authorities of a detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in the town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred so he was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack something to damascus has denied the area though is home to tens of thousands of refugees who fled the ongoing syrian conflict a middle east correspondent paula as the latest for you turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to quote them the usual suspects now the deputy prime minister says

brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. turkey blame syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a town that's seen as an entry point for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia other u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach to peace in syria despite the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from first to flop along for a sudden burst of becoming french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his a disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. you're watching r t a live from moscow with me to say this is the weekly. he's been buddies sons of prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but that was sharif is claiming an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's first democratic transition between civilian governments counting still underway the details now from march. despite the threat of violence pakistanis came out in record numbers to vote in the election which will

david on the latest reporting from islamabad i'm lucy.and now is syria has already started talks on forming a new government to rule the country he himself described as a mess he faces an uphill battle though to revive the economy root out corruption and restore the crumbling infrastructure robert naiman the policy director at just foreign policy dot org says he may also try to rein in u.s. influence in the country. and cons people or does it removes all came in first and second said that they were going to be defined as done through leadership of the united states on the utilities among other issues and they were going on obviously. you know they're not happy with the status quo of the release of the eight seats of the the perception of subservience. the turn. of the drone strikes are going to see change in that direction. i'm sure these women on this the main opposition party. is expected to go shooting with the i.m.f. . which he. did very significant pull the most powerful country in the relationship between the two countries militarie

successful election here in pakistan will of course keep you updated on the latest reporting from islamabad i'm lucy cough and. still to come on r t a fresh wave of violence strikes in bangladesh thousands of hard line islamists clash with police calling for tougher anti blasphemy laws including the death penalty for atheist bloggers that and more after a short break stay with us. at the going down of the sun and. we will remember that we will. see a good lumber tour. was to build its most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything. to teach the creation why it should care about. this is why you should. only. twenty minutes past the hour now is present as president francois alon marks one year in office the majority of people in france believe he's failed to meet their expectations his approval rating is sunk to less than twenty five percent the biggest fall for any french leader in decades artie's test has more from paris. change was a year ago thousands of people had gathered at this very place to celebrate the victory of socialist president francois hollande but here on the thousands of peopl

saturday's a storage vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. it is seven pm in moscow you're watching r t i'm marina joshua comes to the program turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in a town near the syrian border to blast killed the forty six and over one hundred turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack and something that damascus denies the area is home to tales of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing syrian conflict our middle east correspond policy or has more. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to quote them the usual suspects now the deputy turkish prime minister says that the organization and the members behind the attacks have been largely identified but what is worrying is that this does say it's a bad precedent to merely blame assad right away without giving any kind of proof or any kind of conclusive evidenc

saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. blamed syrian intelligence up for the deadly cross border bombing of a town that's seen as an entry point for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia the u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach to mediate peace in syria despite the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from first to flop francois hollande the first anniversary of becoming the french president of sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here you're watching r t is eleven am and you're with me to bomb with a. ride he's been bugs on the prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but now was a sharif is claiming an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's for his democratic transition between civilian governments condon still underway the details now from our do you see kefir not. despite

violence rips through pockets strong with fourteen killed in the latest we've got an update from islamabad later in the program and also. the mystery behind a plane that disappeared over the russian urals a year ago with thirteen aboard is finally solved that and much more later in the program to stay with. a group of bahraini government acts of its has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for a talking a police patrol the bush has to deny the charges claiming they were tortured into making confessions bahrain has been involved in pro shows for more than two years now with police also in britain to cracking down on demonstrators the opposition accuses the rulers of oppressing them and claims western countries are trying to downplay the scale down rest mohamed al sofie was an anti-government activist in bahrain says there's a confident there's a conflict of interest involved in the rest. because of the oil and behind because of the oil we bought from cerro de because he. was a straight that needs to be open at all time to ensure that the flow of oil is not destructed because we have a

successful election here in pakistan will of course keep you updated on the latest reporting from islamabad nowas sharif has already started talks on forming a new government to rule the country himself described as a mess he faces an uphill battle odor of the economy root out corruption and restore crumbling infrastructure robert naiman a policy director and just foreign policy dot org says he may also try to rein in u.s. influence in the country. and cons you believe it or does it removes all its came in first and second said that they were going to be defined on his down through which he continued states on t.v. with these among other issues and they were going on obviously. not happy with the status of the release of the eight seats of the the perception of subservience to eternity in the drone strike we're going to see change in that direction and there are many i'm sure you wouldn't on this the main opposition party. is expected to go shooting with the i.m.f. . run which the u.s. says. to be significant pull the most powerful country in the relationship between the two countries north

in this historic vote with preliminary election results coming out we'll keep you up to date from islamabad. also foresee a killed and many more severely injured in a double car bombing on a town in turkey's border with syria with ankara suspecting kurdish all syrian involvement. space station repairs astronauts say the orbiting station's cooling system is now back on line forming an emergency spacewalk to install a new but they failed to detect the source of the leak again we got the latest film out to. my from moscow just after eleven pm now it's kevin owen here at the new center very good evening chief just joined us ok well first as you just heard pakistan continue to count the votes in its milestone general election following deadly explosions and gunfire in cities and towns across the nation the country's first part transitions through the ballot box is already being dubbed the deadliest poll in its history at least sixteen people have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of bomb blasts in khorat cheap more people have died in pakistan's biggest province of baluchistan as w

r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. turkey blamed syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border. seen as an entry point for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia other u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach in syria despite the growing western backing of the insurgency. and from first law.

saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. and a popular president french leader francoise long faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with staring down unemployment engulfing the nation.

brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. turkey blamed syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a town that's seen as an entry point for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia the u.s. and bridgette officially conversion a cold one approach to mediate peace in syria going west and backing off the insurgency. and from first to flop well francois lonzo first anniversary of becoming the.

brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. and popular president french leader francoise long faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with a steady and unemployment and golfing the nation.

i was at a place in islamabad. a woman organized discussions.this was a discussion on gender in islam. you can see young men were there. they were lower, middle class. there were not well versed in english. they have this discussion with a woman who is conducting this. they were scholars of islam. one of them was going to the islamic university. i did not know such a thing existed. they had open minds and they were willing to discuss. they're going intominute issues i was not aware of myself. the speaker was well aware of what they were talking about. that was such a positive thing. here are these young men who you think would be responsible for the taliban attacks. womanant to hear this talk about women issues. they had open minds. they said they would come back again and again. >> to reinforce that point, which is a good one, right after 9/11, we have this notion that all terrorists were bred in -- madrasas. thousands of questions about it. over the years, we have done some research. we know a lot more about where the terrorist come from and h

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on the latest reporting from islamabad i'm lucy kalpa now. and still to come this hour unfulfilled promises as francoise longs popularity hits new lows are he takes a look at why people say they are so one happy with the french president only a year after his election victory still to come stay with us. the civilized world produces more food than it needs. well people die of hunger in other countries. millions of victims every year. where a meal is the most treasured. is flood or droughts to blame. and it was a bad year without a train. we couldn't climb anything. but there was great hunger. it was a good help comes too late and with no good intentions. diplomacy and business on up to. nineteen minutes past the hour as president francois alon marks one year in office the majority of people in france say he's failed to meet their expectations his approval rating sung to less than twenty five percent the biggest fall for any french leader in decades are these tests are so your reports from paris. there was a. change was a year ago thousands of

saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. and i'm popular presidents french leader francois long faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with a steerage unemployment engulfing the nation. four pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings at a town near the syrian border two blasts killed forty six and injured over one hundred turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack something that damascus denies the area's home to tens of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing syrian conflict what's now get more on this from our middle east correspondent paula slee are close to you paula well it looks like the investigation into those blasts taken a new twist tell us how it's progressing so far. well turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian inte

brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. plus an unpopular president french leader faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with austerity and unemployment engulfing the nation. over the morning is kevin owen here at r t h q this morning you're watching the weekly a roundup of the big stories of the week for the last seven days and turkish authorities have detained nine people as i just mentioned in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in that town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred he was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack something that damascus is denying the area is home now to tens of thousands of refugees who fled the ongoing syrian conflict or middle east correspondent paula sleep with the latest. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to quote them the usual suspects now the difficulty turki

. >> thank you for joining us from islamabad. thank you. two other news, the world, moving ahead on scrutiny in the hungarian capital of budapest, holding a protest against the gathering. perry smith reports. >> tight security around the hotel were delegates have gathered. chose the hungarian capital this year to highlight their concerns. far fornot have to look the evidence. this was the scene on saturday, just a few streets away. they held a rally to protest the decision of the budapest authority to host the congress. one jewish delegate from north america said that she hoped that her presence would send a message to the world. i would like the prime minister to say that hungry was not allowed the rights of anti- semitism in hamburg. hamburg has been destroyed once, it will not be destroyed again. inthe third largest party the hungarian parliament, police had initially banned the rally, but that was overturned by a budapest court. hungary has the largest jewish community in central europe. the country's prime minister attended the confere

in this historic political problem in every election results coming out keep you up to date from islamabad. and immigration in germany the twenty year high with economic troubles fueling the flow of people hoping for a better life in europe's largest economy and the only e.u. member posting growth.

storage votes are latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. the president. faces plummeting ratings this is the first year in office comes to an end with austerity and unemployment the nation. watching the weekly a roundup of the top stories of the last seven days here from moscow and the first turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in the town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred now turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack that something damascus is denying the area's home to tens of thousands of refugees who've fled the ongoing syrian conflict middle east correspondent paula slee has the latest. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to quote them the usual suspects now the deputy turkish prime minister says that the organization and the members behind the attacks have been largely identified but what is wor

nhk world, islamabad. >>> khan is recovering from injuries from a fall on tuesday. the death toll from the collapse of a clothing factory building in bangladesh has now topped 900. the government has decided to inspect garment factories across the country for construction flaws. 912 people have been confirmed dead in the collapse of the eight story building outside dhaka two weeks ago. more than 2,400 people have been rescued. many of them are injured. the police have arrested the building's owner on suspicion of keeping the building open even though they knew the building was unsafe. the government has closed 18 factories that failed to meet safety standards. >>> a fire broke out at another garment factory in dhaka on wednesday night, killing eight people. the owner was among the dead. >>> crews used to aircraft for search and rescue missions. japanese leaders hope to produce more of the planes than to drive down costs. indian leaders have shown interests to respond to accidents. they want to crack down. they are discussing the plan. officials with japan's defense

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