these guys will not be charged in new zealand. the next thing for the ortiz is getting them back to the united states. the four men. extradition is unusual in this country. first time it has happened especially for this kind of thing. if we are looking at a bit of a waiting game while we wait for u.s. authorities to file papers. the lawyer for one of the accused told me in court today that the u.s. authorities had up to 45 days to make the orders. >> , controversy has this case caused in new zealand? >> it has created a real storm in new zealand banned all over the world. many people are using the internet to download songs and music. so there's a lot of interest. the public gallery was there. people on the streets a off the record what are they want to do without this music. many people may be affected who use this illegal system. and it is interesting because of the huge amount of wealth that we are seeing. the huge mansion in a large city in new zealand. a number of luxury cars came out that mansion. in the media conference tod

this wasn't most of the players first experience of new zealand the team have been here on a training camp just after the new year. the squad would take the opportunity to see the sights as well as taking time off to take their minds away from all. things rugby. this was by far the biggest events russia's players ever played in and in terms of experience it will take something special to beat the memories the bay of hide from this world cup it's been really good to be to be here at the heart of the world. that the world cup stage is just it's just an amazing experience and very welcoming from from from the local people and we've already been to quite a few towns and cities so it's very interesting to see lee did mention that russia had to do plenty of traveling and this was perhaps be only downside of the trip being new boys to rugby's biggest event the bears were given a very tough schedule which would see the team have to travel more than seven times to different locations unless for the mom the critics of the russians there were hardly ever any complaints and they always had a smal

. -- fierce in new zealand. >> and these are the men who were brought to court in new zealand. the founder calls himself kim dotcom. they claim the allegations are grotesquely overblown. >> france is suspending its training programs immediately for the afghan military after a four troops -- and french troops were killed, another 16 wounded in bobbi in the incident with an afghan souljah. -- an afghan soldier. a nato spokesman said initial reports indicate no concerted activity at the time of this crash. the number of dead are not known on that. quentin, the french response has been pretty much immediately here. it is obviously a big deal for them. can you give us a bit of background as to what happened? >> what we think happened is that there was a joint exercise on a patrol of french soldiers and afghan national army soldiers. at some point, and individual wearing in afghan army uniform -- we do not know if he was a soldier. he could have been nice -- an insurgent. he opened fire on those troops. they have him in custody. 16 people injured, four people killed. this is not just

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a hot air balloon has crushed in new zealand, killing all 11 people on board. flames 30 feet high were sticking out of the balloon. the accident was near wellington happened in bright conditions with little land. duncan kennedy reports. >> they woke up to news of the tragedy. an early morning crash that took 11 lives. the balloon plunge down in flames after the pilot had appeared to be trying to gain height. >> i was driving down the road. i saw a hot air balloon literally on fire on one side. the wicker basket was on fire. i saw something holding it down. it was 50 meters in the air. the whole basket started to go up in flames. i was pretty shocked. >> the five couples on board came from the wellington area. the weather and wind had been favorable. the pilots had more than 1000 hours commercial experience. >> 11 people have died. this is a tragedy. >> crash investigators have begun an inquiry as to the accident, which has become one of new int -- new zealand's worst disasters. >> the syrian government has claimed terrorists -- blamed terrorist for a suicide bo

a hot air balloon has crashed in new zealand killing all 11 people aboard. witnesses say it was on fire when it came down on the country's north island. the victims were five couples from the area and their pilot. sarah batley is a reporter from tv new zealand. she gave us this update. >> an absolute disaster. there are emergency services, police are here. there are a number of eyewitnesses that are starting to emerge. they're visibly shaken and upset by what they saw. around 7:00 this morning, a hot air balloon took off just out of a small town on the lower north island and headed northeast. at around 7:25, that's when things started to go wrong. eyewitnesses told us the first sign of trouble was a small fire started in the basket of the hot air balloon and there are some reports that people began to jump off. police haven't been able to confirm that yet, though. eyewitnesses say the flame became huge. the hot air balloon started to hit upwards, but it then hit a power line and came crashing down. eyewitnesses say it was like a rocket. the worst thing that

. >> the man including kim schmid appeared in a new zealand court. he was convicted of a number of crimes some time ago in germany including embezzlement and insider trading. he responded by leaving the country. schmidt was arrested at his new zealand mansion on friday along with three business partners. >> there have been warrants will leading to a breach of copyright offenses in the united states, money laundering, and racketeering. >> megaupload.com allow users to upload a content for free, much of a copyrighted. the film and music industries say it has cost them millions of dollars. ♪ megaupload >> they have also enjoyed the endorsement of many celebrities, many even appearing in this promotional video. >> i use megaupload. >> the venture made schmidt and his partners very wealthy. >> we have seized in excess of $6 million of motor vehicles and over $10 million in cash from several new zealand finance companies. >> schmid was well known for his extravagant lifestyle. he was granted the right to live in the country based on investors status. >> ag

most recently in new zealand after the earthquake and written extensively about planning and disaster management. charlie will discuss the extraordinary efforts that will taken to rebuild and restore the business community in santa cruz after the earthquake. and, charlie. [applause] >> well, i guess in keeping with the confessionals on where were you on october 17, 1989, i have to confess, i was at home. i left work a little early that day. you can guess why. so my wife and i were there and

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is i'm happy and people back in new zealand moving in making history is just amazing. and finally some of the world's best wrestlers are in siberia for the annual three day event in grand prix named in honor of russia's to sign a big champion. erica tournaments is a part of a. series that just happens to be one of the most sought after free wrestling titles at this year's competition more significant than the law of the summer and the picks are right around the corner it's the twenty third time the event's been held and as always it's right at the start of the new year giving various national coaches enough time to test their athletes ahead of major stars like the world or european championships. but you'd never know there isn't a single seat available in the sports palace and the opening ceremony was very beautiful with today's final in the seventy four kilogram division is probably the main reason for such a huge turnout as for the tournament itself i have to say that it continues to evolve and i'm happy to note that the organizers took my suggestions into considerat

. >>> officials in new zealand are keeping a close eye on a cargo ship. the danger it poses should the weather turn bad. all of that coming up when we go around the world on "good morning maryland." we are first and only at 4:30 and ten in a few moments. der consider continue in a few moments. -- continue in few moments. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> news around the world to mexico where 31 inmates are dead following a prison fight near mexico city. officers say the inmates were killed with makeshift knives during a fight. another 13 prisoners were wounded. 22 killed were serving sentence for state crimes and 9 for federal offenses. >>> the man facing arson charges in california could face similar charges in his home country of germany. they believe he set the fire to this house that his family owned in october. the arson investigation in germany is in the early stages. he is due back in court later this month. he is accused of setting dozens of fires in los angeles since friday. he is held on $3 million bail. >>> in new zealand officials a

it quickly became new zealand's worst ever environmental disaster.he captain and first officer were arrested a week later. >>> now since then salvage workers have managed to pump off most of the remaining oil and begun to remove the ship's cargo, but that work was stopped on saturday when the rena finally split in two. the transport minister joins us from the capital of wellington. minister, thanks very much for joining us. what is the biggest risk -- environmental risk that the rena now poses? >> well, it's just a matter of how much oil still remains in that ship. worst case, it could be 100 cubic meters. it could be contained in a tank that's in the ar shall section of the ship which may possibly move off the reef and sink and could be released at that point. that would be a worst case. if we are able to control it sinking, then the oil may be still on one of those tanks, it could be pumped out from below sea. >> can i just ask, what is 100 cubic meters? how much oil is that? >> that would be i suppose a cubic meter must be 1,000 liters so it's 100

austria which is a little dicey for various reasons australia new zealand there are other countries that are welcoming american capital and there are a lot of people with a great deal of money in the united states who are moving their money out of the united states and moving them some as i said it's because they no longer feel that it is a plus for the country so let me ask you with let's stop right there gonzalo because i want to get into a number of issues and i'm so glad you got to full circle to the reasons why people might want to take their money out of the united states this is what you do for a living you help people escape from countries they want to escape from including the us personally we hear from investors and financial analysts and private conversations all the time exactly what you're saying people are worried about the safety of their money they're worried about the government taking their money they're looking for escape routes there were looking for ways to get their money out to get their money safe i'm curious you do this for a living have you seen an increase in t

. >>> last october the oil tanker rena ran aground off the coast of new zealand.torms surged in and flipped that ship in two. heavy fuel oil then spilled into the ocean and since then, volunteers with the world wildlife fund have been actively working to clean up some of this oil and rescue a lot of the marine life. in this you see they're working with blue penguins that are t are malting which means they come up on shore and they are losing all their old feathers to grow new feathers. during that two-week period they're landlocked. they can't go into the water and some of the high surf and waves are depositing new, fresh oil to the rocks where these birds come to malt. it's a particularly dangerous time for these birds to be on land because their feathers are new, they get oil on their feathers, they can't go back in the water to escape the oil and because they're malting the oil is more likely to get right into their skin too. >> this stuff doesn't go away. it's not like nature is going to take care of it out there. we're seeing this with a long time ago, these

south africa to new zealand, new zealand to south america, around cape horn.ca to the u.s. -- very good question. >> when donald is not training or racing after a world record, he makes time to be a role model and mentor. >> i want to sail around the world. >> do you really, that is cool. >> i would like to be in a race. >> now not just about me sailing. i have gotten letters from people who say hey, your story about your trip helped me get through a hard time in life. when you hear that you feel like wow, i can't screw up, i have to get this done, because you don't know how what you're doing is going to affect someone down the road. >> stay right there, we will be right back. we are this close... we are this close... this close to making history... we are this close... we are this close... this close to changing the world. we are this close... to making sure no child suffers a crippling disease ever again. we are this close to making history. we are this close to ending polio. because we are this close to ending polio. we are this close to ending polio. we ar

. >> authorities in new zealander warning about a possible health risk on the post -- coast of northsland. debris of the stricken to tenor washes ashore to the vessel broke up in a storm over the weekend, and containers fell into the sea. >> normally beaches along the bay of plenty are among new zealand's most plentiful but these days, there strewn with debris from the stricken ship, including hundreds of sex of milk powder. some people have been coming the beaches for items of value, but authorities say that is dangerous, as some containers held toxic chemicals. dozens of contenders are still aboard the ship which ran aground on a reef in october. there is also more fuel on board. the rough weather has made selvage difficult. >> the weather is obviously against us at this point, and will be for the next few days. it is a very dynamic situation. >> the ship broke up over the weekend, and experts worry that threar section could sink and release more fuel into the sea. >> is sports item, u.s. president barack obama has joined top basketball officials in welcoming nba chahampio dalls ma

often do we really see something like this happen like let's say that the author already is in new zealand didn't want to comply if there was just a federal indictment granted from a court here within the u.s. to our authorities there are fed still think if they can go wherever they want all over the world to shut down these sites and arrest people well obviously you can't against the will of another country i mean who knows if it's asked but it makes you wonder makes you wonder how far they might go. you know i mean i guess you know they're willing to sort of parachute into countries like italy and seize people accused of terrorism i mean if you listen to the rhetoric coming out of the in the m.p.a. you know these guys are worse than terrorists so maybe we need delta squad to go in and round these folks up i don't think you know we're near there yet but you do you do wonder given the number of hundreds of sites we've already seen seized into this authority you know when they've gotten what the industry calls the worst of the worst and it turns out that a surprise surprise that hasn't stop

we will be right back serious stops since >>darya: aftershocks in the city of christchurch, new zealand. 15 earthquakes in total. the biggest aftershocks measured 5.5. 10,000 homes had no power for two hours. it has been a volatile year for new zealand. 15 months ago a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked christchurch. it knocked down the buildings. now, they are still seeing aftershocks from that. one scientist said the earthquake's could go on for several years. >>darya: the head of the device report to the arab league is calling from the group's withdrawal from syria. arabs are angry that the syrian regime continues to kill protesters even while there are nearly 100 monitors in the country. first activists say at least 10 people or killed on sunday ahead since the large as had entered the country have documented the deaths of three to 15 people including 24 children if. for the time is 6:28 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes. sphere if >>darya: we do want to mention that we have unhealthy air conditioned. that is light the year management district has said there is easier

she got the new zealand order of merit for her work in helping new zealand earthquake victims. and many other things she had done in our broadcasting career. >> congratulations. we are all very excited about it. she is not in good health these days, and we are glad for her. adam clayton powell? >> an unlikely i know, the return of silent films. "the partisan." >> wayne madsen? >> the captain of the costa concordia who said he accidentally fell into the lifeboat. reminds me of the original titanic movie where he dressed up as a woman to get into a lifeboat. >> tim folly? >> this goes back to those marines that were investigated for urinating on the corpses. what bothers me is nobody has been taken to task for what happened at arlington national cemetery. those were people who were generals and colonels in charge. they are more in charge for desecration more so than those brains. terrible for what they did. there needs to be something sad about that. >> you are right. and if it were not for the media, we would not know about these transgressions. that is our program today. we are

a kim dot com the founder of make upload who's a dutch citizen and lives in both hong kong and new zealand now the d.o.j. unsealed a federal indictment yesterday charging those arrested with racketeering money laundering and copyright infringement and the indictment alleges that mega upload and a shell company associated with it cost an estimated five hundred million dollars in copyright losses all of this of course happening just one day after the biggest online protest in history in opposition to sopa and protect ip so what does this entire episode tell us about how the feds plan to apply international criminal procedures to internet policy and what happens to all those people that shared files on this site that weren't copyrighted or illegal let's not forget megaupload gets about fifty million hits a day claims four percent of all internet traffic and has an estimated one hundred fifty million users who pay for that service so here to discuss with me is julian sanchez a research fellow at the cato institute thanks so much for being here tonight pleasure what do you think about this i me

and forty three new zealand alex that lead to code becomes the youngest winner of a professional golf for event at the age of just fourteen. but first to tennis and world number one novak djokovic outlasted arch rival rafael the doll in a record long battle to claim his third australian open crown the serbian came from a set down to clinch the next two and looked in control in the fourth set but a thrilling come up fine adolphus for the spaniard towards a tight decider and lead for two however djokovic hit back and eventually after the first match thanks to a seventy five silver marci five hours and fifty three minutes the final score of five seven six four six two six seven. the titanic is the longest grand slam final and the longest ever in the study group and. the fifth man succeeding the right to do so with the six of them just wants to get through the finals. of the u.s. to decide. russia's yelena may not last the mixed doubles final she and indian partner lee on the pace came back from a set down against bethany matic sounds of the usa and remains wholly attack out but then the

a former players and coaches to receive new zealand's highest honor the all blacks captain richie mccaw was also approached by prime minister john key but he had done stating he was too young thirty to receive such an act that henry was delighted with his own. feel very humble about. what people have. come from and. respect for them. but i wouldn't be recalled. and let's finish up by taking a look back at one of the most exhilarating events of twenty eleven the rachelle laid off the cliff diving world championships gary hunt may have won the. experience all those deserve a pat on the block. anticipation. dearie. freedom. we still believe but we should see it in. dealing with any driver was. the story during east can prove it is not possible the only things we see to be. playing dice for a decent night will be with twenty seven meters. in the resurgence of free fall still moving into the good or just beautiful and with the others. this is one of the moves dangerous sports in the planet is just a slight mistake the resulting broken bullies in much worse. in didn't do any dumber. they have

team to world cup glory has been knighted in his country's new years on this list graham henry led new zealand to their first world cup title in twenty four years last october the noro eight seven win over france in the final and a sixteen year old former school teacher can now call them self serve graham henry is the latest in a handful of former players and coaches to receive new zealand's highest honor the all blacks captain richie mccall was also approached by prime minister john key but he turned the night to darren stating he was too young thirty to receive such an act that henry was delighted with his own. daughters. feel very humble about bats and as i say it's a reflection on what people have done every time. and i appreciate where it's come from and. got a lot of respect for them. but i wouldn't be asked to be called. and let's finish up by taking a look back at one of the most exhilarating events of twenty eleven the la rochelle laid off the cliff diving world championships and gary hunt may have one that you can turn. although. part of the. interests of creation. theory. freedom. t

team to world cup glory has been united in his country's new year's almost list graham henry led new zealand to their first world cup title in twenty four years last october the narrow eight seven win over france in the final segment of the sixty five rule former school teacher cannot call him self serve remember he's the latest in a handful of former players and coaches to receive new zealand's highest honor the all blacks captain rich mccall was also approached by prime minister john key but he turned the night. stating he was too young at thirty to receive such an auckland henry though he was delighted with his owner. who want to write as you know we feel very humble about it and as i say it's a reflection of what people have done a long time. and i appreciate where it's come from and. got a lot of respect for them. but i wouldn't be asked to be called. and finally let's head back and time for a look at one of the most exhilarating events of twenty eleven their lot rachele leg of the cliff diving world championships englishman gary hunt well he may have won the tournament but as robert fo