>> well, a lot of excitement here in islamabad where i am. i mean, two years ago, malala was shot by the taliban for wanting to go to school and for standing up for girls' education. today she's a nobel laureate. a big achievement here. so i went down to an islamabad school for girls to get their reaction. let's see what they had to say. we've just heard the news of malala yousafzai's winning of the nobel peace prize, a huge achievement for the young education activist. only two years ago, was shot dead by the taliban for being outspoken about the rights of girls to education, and i'm here in an islamabad girls school. they just heard the news. what do you think, girls? >> whoo! >> this is an excited crowd here. let's get the reaction from the students. so tell us your name. >> i am very proud of malala. i love her sacrifice. she's a very great person. it is very difficult for a woman. and she's done great for us. i'm very proud of her and i love her. i want to be like her. >> you want to be like malala. what about yourself? >> when i watch m

. >> reporter: in the capital islamabad, people were surprised and overjoyed to hear malala had won the nobel peace prize. they congratulated her and expressed the hope she would do even more. >> translator: it's a really big thing for peace in pakistan. this is a great opportunity for women to get more power. >> translator: malala has done a lot for education. which is an honor for the country. pakistan can be proud of this. >> reporter: despite the accolade for malala, education for girls in pakistan faces serious threats. there are extremist groups active in the northwest of pakistan who strongly oppose the idea of education for women. so far this year, at least 23 schools in this region have been attacked with bombs or hand grenades. 70% of them are girls schools. the commander of the pakistani taliban sent an open letter that he had previously written to malala. he accuses the student of mounting a smear campaign against the group's efforts to establish an islamic society. he claims that the reason for the attack on malala was not because she was attending school, but because she h

i think we can use this to pressure islamabad. i was involved in discussion with the taliban two years ago going back to doha. when we sit down, afghan to afghan our conversation is great. we agree on wonderful issues. as soon as i leave, the next time i come in somebody else has changed their mind. the taliban not being independent, makes it very difficult for afghans to enter into reconciliation. china could played an important role with islamabad, and that would serve as economic interests. i think also further americans' interest and china's interest in afghanistan is similar. >> similar, but chinese just didn't spend three-quarters of a trillion dollars on afghanistan the way the united states did. is it galling for former pentagon official to watch the chinese ride in on a whitehorse to look down the road of future profits after the americans sunk costs not to mention 2350 lives lost there? >> well, in terms of u.s. and china, one of the key points of the discussion was afghanistan, they reportedly agreed that it was in each

we'll have to wait and see how this transpires. >> thank you, scott heidler live in islamabad. >> an egyptian court will decide whether to allow an appeal for three al jazeera journalist, on 1st january. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for 288 days, we demand their release here at al jazeera. >> reporter: inside the courtroom are three al jazeera staff members, journalists detained by egyptian authorities for doing their job. they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a court sentenced peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy to seven years in prison. baher mohamed received a seven years sentence, and given an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession that he picked up during a protest. it's been almost 300 days since our colleagues peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were wrong fully imprisoned in egypt. there are no signs of a breakthrough. they continue to demand their release. >> the al jazeera network was accredited in egypt. all the channels were accredited. when, for political reasons

let's go to scott heidler who is in islamabad. tell us more about the attack. >> well, the attack took place in the morning, in the city of adequatar -- adequater, as you mentioned, when a bus was peppered with bullets. according to the police officials six died on the spot, four wounded. two succumbed to the wounds on the way to the hospital. the attack, of course, amaze the hazaras is not new. hundreds have been killed in deadly attacks, for which a banned outfit has taken responsibility in the past. however, no one claimed responsibility, but the attack is likely to heighten tensions before the shia's commemorate the month of ma haram. up to 200,000 hazaras have left ball usualingize tan province because of attacks against them. >> there has been several attacks on the minorities. what is the security situation in the area, and how is it tackled? >> well, the security situation in the province is tense. there is also a fight going on between ball usualing separatists and pakistani separatist forces. add to that there's a couple

and pakistan and we are standing by in new deli but first let's speak with nicole on-johnston in islamabadeporter: interior minister said this is a good news after a period of negative news to come out of pakistan and said now the world will recognize that pakistan is a peace-loving country and its people are making sacrifices for peace and that is the main statement we had so far. interesting he gave that statement during the middle of a security council briefing. at the moment pakistan and india are engaged in cross border fire over the kashmir region, particularly over the line of control in the working boundary, so on one hand we've got two young people from india and pakistan awarded the nobel peace prize and on the other hand two militarys are engaged in this conflict. >> nicole let's go to new deli, and arguably the lesser known of the two, what can you tell us about him? >> well, he certainly is lesser known than the girl but his work is well-known. i had a chance to speak with him on the telephone about 30 minutes ago and he was at his offices that is run by the ngo that works on

we are joined live from islamabad. it's not clear how all this started and both sides blame each other. >> that's right. that tend to say happen a lot. the situation on the border is still very tense. we've just come from that area and arrived back in islamabad. every day, civilians dying, being killed on the pakistani side, 12 people killed, all civilians. in india, it's nine. at the same time, we've had the defense ministry in pakistan say that it doesn't want a confrontation with its indian neighbor, but they are holding a high level meeting of the security council in pakistan on friday. this delegation will include the prime minister, the head of intelligence, the early chief will be waiting to see exactly what comes out of that, what sort of response pakistan is going to put forward. though the situation on the border is very difficult for people living in villages there, and we just returned from pakistan to find out exactly how they're coping. >> during the day, it looks peaceful here, but at dusk, the fighting

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in islamabad, where pakistanis are following the latest dramatic twist in the remarkable story of the 17-year-old pakistani schoolgirl malala yousafzai. just two hours ago, she became the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prize for her campaigning efforts on behalf of girls education. malala's name became familiar across the world when she was shot and critically wounded by taliban gunmen two years ago. now, she'll receive the peace prize in december jointly with the indian children's rights activist kailash satyarthi. the nobel committee hailed both for their struggle against the suppression of children. now, we're going to go live to our correspondents. i'm going to start with shaima averages she is a daughter of pakistan. tell me what kind of reaction there has been to this news. >> reporter: excitement, and pride. we heard from the minister. as you said, two years ago, she was shot by the taliban for advocating girls' education. today she's a nobel peace laureate. i went to an islamabad school to speak to some girls and also get their reaction about this news. >> i'm very pr

however because of the ongoing crisis in islamabad which is of a political nature and the fact that there was a recent flood in the pun jab, it appears that the government's priorities have change. the people in north waziristan needs help and need it soon. >> new president joko wododo, of indonesia, and current ambassador to the netherlands is the first female foreign minister. >>> china isn't usually regarded as one of the world's greatest wine producing facings but a remote region in the west has been surprising the world's connoisseurs with the quality of its vintage. rob mcbride reports from ming ja. >> this year's crop of merlot grapes is being harvested. a bumpy year. given its altitude soil and irrigation, ming sha is quickly againing recognition for its wines. thanks to wine makers like emma gao. trained in france, a country of centuries of experience she has brought some of that expertise back home. china has of course been making wine for years. just not very good wine. the problem for ming sha wine is production. not enough of it is being produced, so little reaches foreign ma

. >> i spoke to a group of 2000 girls in islamabad, and they were no longer cowed by the taliban butnding up for their rights, determined that they should have equal rights to education as boys. they were far more confident about the future, and really, that is the inspiration that and otherskailash have given them. >> next week, the teenage nobel prize winner will be back at school, juggling her own education alongside campaigning for others. >> a chemistry lesson interrupted by the nobel peace prize. window phillips is often described as america's lawrence of arabia. in 1945, he put together the largest archaeological expedition to yemen in search of two thanks and cities, which were the legendary home of the queen of sheba. phillips discovered -- what phillips discovered in his adventures is the subject of a new exhibit, and we went to have a look. >> ancient kingdoms of arabia. this 1950 film follows the quest to rediscover them. the expedition was led by a brilliant young archaeologist, seen here on the right. wendell phillips, just 28, gathered a team of international experts a

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >>> the other noble peace prize winner is a children's rightsist from india. he has lead non-violent demonstrations, and is credited for freeing tens of thousands of children from slavery and other forms of forced work. >> reporter: the announce certainly came as a bit of a surprise. he is the lesser known of the two awardees of this year's peace prize. he has an organization that is credited with freeing over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude. they work closely with the local police and the local government to do this work, and they have been doing it for many years. i had a chance to speak with mr. satyarthi on the phone. he was in his office when he announcement was made. and he first said he was very thankful to the nobel committee, and especially because it now highlights the polite of children forced into child labor. he hopes the government will certainly take this as an opportunity to do more work focused on this issue, and he says that he himself has received new fresh motivation tend to child labor in his lifetime. >>> al

we are in islamabad this morning. what is the reaction where you are? >> so far, the reaction has been the official one from the government. the interior minister said this is very good news after a long period of negative news to come out of pakistan. he also said that this will show the world and the world will recognize that pakistan is a peace-loving country and its people are prepared to make sacrifices for peace. the local television station has been running the news non-stop. local activists are start to go speak out and congratulate her. she has become a symbol for pakistan and the rest of the world. for most people in pakistan, they are happy to have positive news coming out of here. >> those of us that have followed her story know she was 15 years old when she was shot by the taliban. is there a sense that in country of how big her actual impact has been on what would be described by many as a very patriarchal society? >> most people here really do understand that she has become an international symbol. some people may say that her impact on t

however because of the ongoing crises in islamabad which is of a political nature and the fact that there was a recent flood in the punjab it appears that the government's priorities is changed. the people of north waziristan need help and they need it soon. >> at least 130 people have been killed in the libyan city of benghazi. >> the latest flash point. the site of fighting between antigovernment militias and force he during libya's 2011 revolution. now want to enforce strict sharia law. one of further indications of a country in crisis. the warring parties have been fighting to for control for months, forcing thousands out of their homes. the u.n. says more than 100,000 have been displaced in a matter of weeks. in the western mountains, tribesmen and force he loyal to khalifa haftar, and requests for humanitarian aid have been ignored. dawn of libya, further alliance of conservative militias. they control most of the area including the capital tripoli. hold up in eastern tobruk. no control on the ground. with promises of support from abroad he urged the libyan army to enter tripoli las

protests have been raging in islamabad.pposition politician imran kahn is leading the call for omar sharif to step down. >> sacrifices occur. for those that could afford to. for muslims that had to flee their homes, it's a struggle to make the most of the the eid holiday. we have this report. >> eid is a celebration for young and old. it's enjoyed by children. the holiday is a time for presents and new clothes. >> this man says his children are happy, they think they are on a trip. he has not been able to tell them the truth. they lost everything when they ran from advancing i.s.i.l. fighters. >> now they are one of the 250 families living in the refugee camp in erbil. >> back home we are worldly people. look how we are living here. it's undignified, we have no other choice. >> he has set up a store. much to his regret, the camp is likely to become a permanent home. the city is one of the oldest in the world. it has seen waves of migration, and now thousands of people are coming here looking for protection. a truckload of m

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >> joining us now a producer o of 2009 documentary "class dismissedwhich helped to put malala in the spotlight. first, you were the first reporters to cover malala back in 2007 in pakistan. what was it about this nine-year-old girl that stood out? >> back then, i myself not knowing that, the only thing i knee was that she was very bold. she was not shy in front of the camera, and she was the one who was trying to understand what was happening all around, and she was trying to let us know in her innocent ways what the militants are all about, and the suffering so for me as a journalist, at that time malala was a very good story without understanding that much of what she was going to be doing in futur future. let me tell you, she waation was an inspiration for me, and i was looking at the taliban. my interest particularly in malala and pushing her sometimes to tell me something about other side of the story where nobody was interested in talking to us, how it woul she would be affected if everything was put in the hands of the taliban. my interest was

solve the conflict >>> now, the pakistani cleric tahir-ul-qadri has called off his 2-month sit-in in islamabad. he said supporters will take the anti-government protest on the road to other major cities. scott heidler has more. >> reporter: in what is seen as a dramatic development, dr tahir-ul-qadri told supporters to pack their bags and leave the venue of the protest in front of parliament. he, himself left the venue and supporters are picturing their bags. they'll have to take care of the tension within which they were living for the past two months. importantly the city administration will be moving in to clean up this place, which looks more like a tented village. importantly the announcement came at a time when there was an expectation that the protest would continue for much longer. tahir-ul-qadri said he was entering a new phase of what he calls the revolution, saying in the second phase he'd take the protest to other cities as well. there was speculation in the country that perhaps a deal had been done between the government and dr tahir-ul-qadri. tahir-ul-qadri on the other hand deny

sectarian conflict >>> the pakistani cleric tahir-ul-qadri has called off his 2-month sit-in in islamabad, and says the supporters take their protests to other cities. >> what is seen as a dramatic development, dr tahir-ul-qadri told his supporters to pack their bags and love the venue of the protest in front of parliament. he, himself left the venue and supporters are packing their bags and they'll have to take care of the tension with which they were living for the past few months. importantly the city administration will be moving in to clean up the place which looks like a tented village. importantly the announcement came at a time when there was an expectation that the protest would continue. dr tahir-ul-qadri said he was entering a new phase of the revolution, showing that in the second phase he'd take the protest to other cities. there was some speck u laughings in the country that a deal had been done between the government and dr tahir-ul-qadri, tahir-ul-qadri denying that there was no deal, saying that you can hang me if there was a deal with the government. importantly imran kh

. >>> let's hear from islamabad, and what is the reaction there?they have had reaction from the government and the military. they said this will show the world that the people of pakistan are a peaceful loving country, and they are prepared to make sacrifices for peace. and it's a welcome diversion for a lot of the negative news that has been coming out of here lately, namely the cross-border fire going on as we speak between pakistan and india, on the pakistan and indian administers border of kashmir, and the other big issue is the military's campaign against the pakistani taliban. so they are saying it is good news out of pakistan. >> nicole thanks very much indeed. let's hear from india now. >> reporter: the announcement of the award by the noble committee certainly came as a bit of a surprise. he is the lesser known of the two awardees of this year's peace prize, but his work here in india is very well regarded. he has an organization based here in new delhi that is credited with freeing over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude. the

kamal hyder is in islamabad with the latest. what do we know about the attack? has anyone tape responsibility? >> no one -- taken no one -- t responsibility? >> no one has taken responsibility but we know a number of gunmen were involved using automatic webbans. they -- weapons. they peppered the area with gun fire. the hazara community has been targeted. in the past hundreds of them have been killed, and thousands of them have been forced to leave that particular province. >> okay. we'll leave it there for the moment. we'll come back to you in a little mile with more on the attack in quetta >>> still to come on the al jazeera newshour, two family members of nigerian schoolgirls abducted by boko haram more than 6 months ago >>> in sport - find out why it got a bit heated in baseball's biggest night of the year, action from game 2 of the world series coming up later. the nigerian government tells al jazeera that they are in talks to secure the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, abducted by boko haram fighters 6 months ago. we spoke to family members

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >>> india child's rights activist kailash satyarthi was awardedrize along with yousafzai. >> reporter: it's baiter sweet moment for kailash satyarthi after decades of campaigning for children's rights, he has received the most prestigious international award, the nobel peace prize. but it's a cause he wishes he didn't have to fight. >> millions of the children now when i'm talking to you must be working somewhere in the mines and factories and homes and workshops and so on, and i feel very bad about it, i -- every moment of joy i feel for them, because -- it's because of them. >> reporter: satyarthi has been a relentless activist against child labor in india. he has been attacked and intimidated, but his organization has helped to rescue more than 80,000 working children. >> he has been injured and escaped death. he even had to change his name. people have come in front of him carrying a gun. just imagine if he didn't have strong will power how could he get out of such situations. >> reporter: in india he is a national hero, compared by some to a

. >> in india and now islamabad, but has visited the pakistan side of the border.f you, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. we'll continue to monitor that for you. but now the mexican government is under pressure to investigate the disappearance of 43 students last week in the southwestern town of iguala. many fear that a mass grave found on saturday with 28 burned and charred bodies are those of the students. there have been demonstrations in mexico city on wednesday. here is a report from mexico. >> reporter: anger and frustration spills out on the streets of mexico following the disappearance of a group of students. the discovery of a mass grave there containing 28 bodies. it's been almost two weeks since 43 students disappeared from the town of iguala. reaction has been very slow, and the efforts o'change the image of this country from a drug-ridden violent place into a new market is suffering. these were the final steps for the 28 people killed near the town of iguala. too steep for the killers to drag them, they were most likely made to scramble u

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