the ngok dinka tribe held the poll, and they naturally sway towards south sudan, rather than siddan. the other group, the missaria who were excluded threatened to hold their own referendum. sudan and south sudan both deny the vote. we'll try to explain it later in the program. >> now, the trial of two of the most senior surviving leaders of the khmer rouge in cambodia is coming to a close. nuon chea and khieu samphan are on gaol for genocide and crimes against humanity. they are accused of orchestrating the death of 2 million people through torture, starvation and overwork. lieu florence looi is following the story up. >> chnuon chea, brother number two, was the first to speak. he defended his action saying everything he did was out of love for the country and he'd never hurt his people. the second accused. somalia. he is 82. he was a former head of state. he said he was not aware of the full extent of the horrors and did not order the crimes he's been accused of. if survivors were hoping for some form of contrition or remorse from the two men - they did not get that. a survivor she s

to become an independent country, so there is religious freedom there now in south sudan. >> georgenow, this has passed the house, but it still has to pass the senate. will it pass? and if not, who is standing in the way? >> well, in the past, this bill has been introduced by congressman frank walls in the house, and passed overwhelming each time, but it has been blocked in the senate by the democrats, by the senate democrats in the end. and this is because the administration does not want to create another post, they say. they say there is already ample bureaucracy to deal with it. but we do need another person who has this as their sole portfolio. it is a very critical time for these vulnerable minorities. >> george: to that point, lena, in egypt and syria, the attacks on christians are growing worse. is it now open season on christians? >> it is open season on christians. islamists have risen up and blown up christians in their churches as they worship on sunday morning, as we saw with the protestant church in pakistan last weekend. scores of coptic orthodox and protestant and ca

>> the results are in for an unofficial referendum held in abeyei, an oil-rich state straddling south sudan and sudan. people voted to be part of south sudan with a result of 99.4 in favour. >> amnesty international is criticising jordan for refusing syrian refugees at its border. the human rights says people, unaccompanied men, palestinians and iraqis from inside syria are being stopped. jordan hosts more than half a million refugees at the camps. >> it's been a year since these people have been living at the camp. they barely survived the winter. ali says the reason he lives in the tent is because of widespread bribery here. >> those with money pays the engineers $150 and get a prefabricated home. those with no money beg for them. my 8-month-old baby is living in a tent with rats. this is no life, it's a slow death. >> these accountsar firmed by an amnesty international which says gangs have diverted assistance. support by international organizations are inadequate. the services are clustered together where the original infrastructure of the camp was built. people living further away find

we know the referendum is going to vote solely in favor of unity with south sudan, the question is howhange the relationship with them. >> reporter: and because it's not binding and neither the south nor sudan saying it will hold them to anything. does it matter very much to anybody other than those taking part? >> well, let me tell you what the people here have been telling us. every time i put that question to them they say it doesn't matter and says ultimately international organizations, both governments and other organizations like the united nations and african union will all have to recognize the outcome of the referendum because ultimately it has to be up to the community to see what their political fate should be and saying we could live with short-time refusal to recognize but this is a statement of what we want and so at some point or another these organizations, these governments are going to have to recognize the outcome of this vote. >> we will see whether they do or don't. peter thank you very much indeed. former president of ivory coast lost appeal to be released on bai

they are deciding whether they belong to one or the other, south sudan or sudan. the oil rich area of abea, government says they won't recognize the result of the poll. the referendum risks another war according to them. our correspondent peter gress is outside. strong words from the african union, peter, what do you make of them? >> i don't believe they are overstating their case here. this remains a very volatile area indeed. it is not just the oil that is at stake here, it is incredibly rich grasslands. and one of the communities that has laid claim to this is a nomadic tribe that moves from sudan into this region every year. they spend up to six months a year here and it's according to economists that the cattle trade that results from that is worth perhaps as much if not more than the oil resources that leave this region. it is a very valuable region but culturally politically it's a rich area. the dinka lay claim to ownership of this land if you like. they both say they're responsible for deciding which way it may go. but the dinka are involved in the polybe

voting in a referendum organised by a local pressure group and will decide whether to join sudan or south sudanthe result of boat will not be recognised by sudan or south sudan. >> now it's a tough time this time of year for thousands of herders in northern kenya. they are struggling to keep animals alive because of the drought. katherine sawer reports from one of the driest regions in the country. irrigation canals could be the april. >> a yellow flag flies high at the government head office in northern kenya. it let's people know that there's a drought. some areas in the region have not had rain for months. joseph knows the signs. he has seen drought too many times. >> translation: it's a problem. all the animals die during the drought. there's no water, and there's no pasture. >> this is not the only one worried about the dry season. the animal market - business is brick. >> the herders come from far. they are eager to sell off some of their animals before the drought gets worth. >> kenya has to deal with poverty, starvation and food aid. the government has been pushing for an irrigation pro

thousands of livestock violence in remote regions of the country torn by ethnic rivalries spiked after south sudan gained independence from sudan in two thousand and eleven. thousands of activists in more than twenty countries took to the streets to speak out against shale gas drilling saturday they tried to draw attention to the process known as fracking and its potential long term environmental effects. this was one anti fracking protests turned violent in canada that was on friday members of the country's indigenous population set up a blockade to prevent shale gas exploration on their land authorities used pepper spray and rubber bullets to break up the crowds and made dozens of arrests several police cars also set on fire by demonstrators rest of the world joined in on saturday there were mostly peaceful demonstrations in the u.s. and fracking sentiment across the atlantic in spain and in the u.k. a group calling themselves the young friends of the earth gathered in london to highlight concerns about how shale drilling could affect future generations another u.k. campaign or any chiba says th

application of the prohibits prohibition of the child soldiers prevention act with respect to chad south sudan and yemen the white house also partially waived prohibitions on military assistance of the democratic republic of the congo and somalia under this directive chad a south sudan and yemen will be allowed to receive military assistance from the united states while somalia in the democratic republic of the congo will still face some restrictions when it comes to assistance all of these nations are on the list of ten countries determined by the u.s. state department to use child soldiers this is exactly the this is actually the fourth year in a row that president obama has lifted some restrictions contained in the five year old law aimed at preventing child soldiers some of these countries especially yemen and somalia are instrumental in the u.s. global war on terror and the white house is concerned that cutting off military aid to them may. jeopardize their counter terror groups. and we have some breaking news out of libya where the russian embassy in tripoli came under attack this evenin

and voted in favor of joining south sudan.ve always want today join the south, this wasn't so much a referendum, as a statement of collective political intent. >> this is the decision of the ordinary people. that's why they are so happy. what they have done is also based on agreements signed between north and south as well as the international communitiful so this was ale perfectly legitimate. >> reporter: in a traditional gesture of thanks, the community slaughtered a white bull. but it was aimed at themselves, no government, no international agency recognizes the result. this was a unilateral vote. organized by the community itself. they rejected arguments from khartoum who claim this land should also take part. >> it is the will of the people, so we don't care if the governments in khartoum accept it. we are suffering. we have lost our children and our husbands. we have come back to this land to determine our future. this is our own will. >> this is my homeland. so if the north comes to attack, i am ready to sacrifice my li

people in sudan's disputed region are voting in a referendum of whether or not to join sudan or south sudanyei is territory on board and both groups claim it is theirs. the monthly results will not be recognized by either sudan or south sudan. still after the news hour we have this. [♪ music ] >> palestinians pray for a return home 65 years after being forced out. >>> steely resolve or stirring discontent. we look at why cambodia's opposition refuses to accept election results three months off. >>> and another great year for another great tennis player. >> i'm david foster. the top stories here on al jazeera. the special envoy for syria has arrive in that country's capitol damascus for support for proposed peace talks next month. >>> m 23 fighting in congo fighting began after peace talks broke down. >>> in london two former newspaper executives arrive for their trial on phone hacking. >>> now the scale of alleged hacking in the u.k. has been overshadowed by reports of spying by america's national security agency. according to nsa leaker eric snowden, there has been eavesdropping. the e.u.

hundreds of people in sudan's disputed abea region are voting on a referendum whether to join sudan or south sudan. a local group known as the av bei high committee, the initiative is not supported by either of the governments and the poll results will not be formally recognized by sudan or south sudan. our correspondent has the latest. >> three day referendum. we understand 200,000 maybe a quarter of a million people are expected to take part. there are an enormous number of people who have fled into abye ink, as far away as awft and the united states. ep only a handful from that far away but it's a measure of how seriously and enthusiastically they are taking this whole affair. the question is what it will really mean for community particularly when everyone including the governments of carr teum and juba, using this as a lever to get recognition if they can't get it from either of those two governments then perhaps from other international organizations to try to put pressure on the two governments osettle and resolve the status of abyea, in sudan, it is a very powerful statement of exactly whe

got some pushback in the drc, which is congo, and a little pushback in south sudan so they can't coverps. the problems are limited by their mission. so, they do the best they can but they have resource problems and have limited mandates. >> it's your thinking that you can crowd-fund this -- help people under that -- and help going in and get him. >> i wrote a best are-selling book. i had a tv series on discovery, i ran ground networks from somali to afghanistan. my goal is tone gauge people. i want people to understand they can actually connect with these problem around the world show. latest thing is crowned funding go to indy go go, a crowd funding site. you toss in your $10, $50, whatever, we keep you in the loop, tell you what we're doing, and as we find kony and move on to other people that are out there, you actually become part of the solution, and one problem i have with a lot of different organizations is they're tangential to the actual capture of con i'm going to find him a lawyer and transport to the hague and discuss that, and i've done that many times in the past. >> how

in sue dan's disputed region have a referendum and the choice is whether or not to join sudan or south sudant's a territory on the border between the two nations and they both claim it as their own. and a local group known as the abyei referendum committee organized the vote but it's not supported by either of the governments and the poll results will not be formally recognized by either sudan or south sudan. the former rebel group said it was not behind an ambush on a mini bus saturday that killed one person, the president blamed the attack on ramomo and the next day they raided their base in the mountains. this is after a declaration last week that a two-decade peace deal was over. and from mozambique we report. >> reporter: it's tense and they head to a base and recently captured from the rebel group and other soldiers go in the bush on patrol and some believe the leader led into the mountains during the assault. the village nearby is deserted and families lived during the attack are too afraid to come home. he is one of them and moved into town with his wife and children for safety. >> t

hasn't a record by the contention and there are some countries slept like egypt already to our south sudan not korea to rectify in the coming years we put some pressure on them and secondly there are of course also those countries who are not or are part of the convention but still have stockpiles and they have to still meet to meet their obligations not the convention for example like the united states and russia so in those book ways it puts pressure on those countries who will pool who its mission an important consideration here is that some of those rebel factions have refused to sign up to that chemical disarmament deal that's quite significant isn't it particularly when we're talking about syria yeah there are indications of course now that on the side of the rebels radical rebels that they are in possession are have been using chemical weapons like sarin gas. when made last week this year in turkey have been arrests of some rebels and they had two and a half a kilo according to turkey press sarin gas in their position so. eliminating the stuff out of syria. is not a full government

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they are deciding if they want to join south sudan or the country they split from, sudan.re is feering fears that thee could lead to confrontations. >> at least three people have been killed in bang l bangladese start of a three-day anti-government strike. 3000 riot police have been deployed in the capital. though anthey and the governmens supporters have fighting opposition protestors. they want the caretaker administration to ove oversee elections in january. >> the trouble in bangladesh has been detailed in a report from a group transparency international. opposition m.p.'s have skipped 80% of the work being days in the last five years. between january of 2009 and december of 2012 politicians either didn't show up or walked out 70% of the time. the cost of that was $4 million. heated arguments and walk outs used to be common. lately those source of confront takeconfrontations have become . because there is no one to argue it. m.p.'s have skipped over 80% of the working days in parliament since the last election. >> an important part of the parliament's work is represent

. >>> now people living in sudan and south sudan are voting to decide which of the two countries they want to join. both governments claim the land which have a lot of natural resources oh above and below the ground. as reports two tribes who rely on the land are unsure about the move. this is the way it's been for as long as they can remember. the tales they tell one near it was the ancestors who first set up the cattle camp generations ago. they represent wealth and culture. and the livestock prosper i her. but other nomads bring their animals from the north each year. he has been herding his cattle all his life, sharing the area, sometimes peacefully, sometimes not. he showed me scars from fights with his rivals. he insists he's willing to share the land, but trust disappeared long ago. >> it is i a impossible to live together because when they come here, they just take water and grass and they steal and kill. if it guest passes through your house can they claim it was their own? >> reporter: as the day heats up the callel move on to drink. they say there used to be enough for all

. >>> sudan's president is in south sudan for talks on the contested [ inaudible ] region. be meeting with his southern counterpart to try to strike a deal. trade and security are among the other issues also on the agenda. >>> in mozambique, a former rebel group says it has ended a 21-peace deal with the government. a military raid on one of its bases forced it to break the attack, it says. a million people are said to have died in mozambique in 1975. >>> amnesty international says that u.s. drone attacks are illegal and could amount to war crimes. they invest gaited 45 drone strikes in pakistan between january and august of this year. civilians were killed, including the death of a 14 year old boy. and documented rescuer attacks where those who ran to help the victims were killed in a follow-up attack. >> reporter: this is the family of [ inaudible ] they say the 68-year-old mother and grandmother was killed in u.s. drone strike in october of last year. her son says these x rays show the injuries sustained by his children when the u.s. drone fired its missile near their ho

they estimate over 7,000 children have already been affected by nodding syndrome in uganda, south sudan and tanzania, and that number is growing. >> if you want to visit historic places, i'm thinking arlington national cemetery, for example, soon you'll be able to do it without even leaving your home. google hired someone to walk the cemetery foot by foot. it is part of the company's mission to capture every nook and cranny of the earth on camera. maria joins us now. >> reporter: google has been doing this, going to places hard to reach. you can't go to them by car. they use these devices. they hire people who use these backpacks with this device on top. it has 15 cameras all around it. when you stitch these images all together you get panoramic 360-degree view. this is from the colorado river, the views from the black bridge, arizona, the grand canyon. if you like to go underwater go to wilson island, the great barrier reef in australia. soon google will be showing you panoramic views of the arlington national cemetery. they've hired people go to the cemeteries and get close up much to

burma, and then you have the african countries, south sudan, brand-new, very difficult to get them to join guess it isand i actually six. you have north korea, which of course is the high hanging fruit, the most difficult country of all. but other than those six countries, 190 countries have joined. haveber of those have to deployed. india,ller possessors or south korea, albania, libya, iraq with the leftover chemical agents and materials that we still don't have a full handle on from the 1991 gulf war -- on.hough they did sign >> ironically, iraq came on board in 2009. they have been a very positive addition to the treaty. they have declared two large bunkers of old chemical agents from the saddam hussein pre-1991 gulf war era it was sealed up in the mid-1990s by the united nations inspectors, but there were never any additional chemical weapons as the bush administration claimed in 2003 when they attacked iran. >> professor stephen zunes, talk about egypt and israel not being signatories to the chemical weapons treaty. >> i think the very fact we do have the opcw you getting a proce

. >> the results are in or an unofficial referendum held in an oil rich state straddling south sudan. people have voted to be part of the new state with a result of 99.4 in favor. a two ethnic groups live in the region, but just one took part in the poll. the other is now threatening to hold its own referendum. >> protestors in kenya have been calling for the government to take action against men who gang raped a 16-year-old girl. hundreds of protestors gathered in nairobi, marching to police headquarters. in june, six men attacked the girl known in the media as liz in the town and then threw her into a pit used as a latrine. a day later, the community handed three of the men to police. as punishment, the men were told to cut the grass at the police compound and sent home. the rape was not reported in kenya media until october when doctors treating the girl went public. a few weeks later, she had spinal surgery and now needs to use a wheelchair and is still undergoing treatment. we were sent this update from the heart of the protest in nairobi. >> this is a complaint for accountabilit

the oil-rich state straddles sudan and south suedan. the ngok dinka tribe held the poll.ther country recognises the vote. >> in france - a match you won't want to miss. francis hollande takes on the football clubs later on thursday. he's proposing a 75% top rate of tax. club bosses say it will make it impossible to compete at the european level and are cancelling to -- are threatening to cancel all matches in the final week of november. >> the box are world series champions, after crushing st louis cardinals 6-1, kath turner reports from the famous fork. >> the boston -- fenway park. the boston party has begun. fans that couldn't get tickets eventually made it into the park. the red sox victory celebrations is about more than sporting glory. all season the team carried the hopes of a city, which is trying to come back from an attack on a premier sporting event. >> we needed this. this is perfect. >> on april 1, '52 bombs went off at the finish line of the boston marathon. three killed, 260 injured. jeff was among them, losing both legs in the explosion. a stranger with a