. >>> tasmania is a tiny island off the coast of australia considered to be one of the most unspoiled and remote spots in the world. in the city of lefroy, there are only a handful of residents. >> the people that live in lefroy are people that just want to be left alone to some degree. they're not employed most of them. i would guess that probably 20, 25 people at the most probably live in lefroy, and that includes small children. >> early on the morning of october 9th, 2000, ivan jones went to his cousin's house to ask for a ride. while his cousin got dressed, jones took his dog for a walk and found one of the neighbors dead. the victim was identified as 72-year-old david crawford, a retired veteran of the royal australian navy. >> the way that mr. crawford was dressed was a fair indication that he had been in bed. he was wearing pajamas and had been awoken at night and had left the house to see whatever confrontation it was that awoke him. >> forensic pathologist dr. rocket kelsall went to the crime scene and tried to determine when crawford was killed. >> the time of death is actu

. >>> i'm andrew thomas in the florence teen valley of tasmania as the australian government requests that the world heritage status be removed from these pristine for efforestforests. >>> somalia's armed group al-shabab is being blamed for an attack on a town in kenya that left at least 34 dead. gunmen stormed pekatoni not from from the tourist area of lamu. witnesses say fire was opened on hotels, a bank and government offices and set fire to buildings. these are the latest pictures from the area. our correspondent has the latest from nairobi. >> reporter: gunmen stormed the pekatoni township in the late hours of sunday evening, and engage the in a gun battle lasting several hours, until the early hours of this morning. several gunmen were involved, firing at the town. many people in the town, we understand, fled into neighbouring forests. the red cross is talking about more than 20 people being killed in the attacks. they expect the numbers to go higher. they say they are unable to assess the full damage given that many people fled into the neighbouring forest. the military were tr

. >> i'm andrew thomas in a valley in tasmania and a request that world heritage status be removed from these forests. >>> first, breaking news. kenya - gunmen attacked three hotels and a petrol station. the coastal area is in the heart of kenya's tourism industry. local radio has reported that a police station has been hit. we cross to our correspondent on the line from nairobi. what can you tell us about these attacks? >> gunmen stormed a township in the late hours of sunday evening and were involved in a gun battle lasting several hours into early hours of this morning. several gunmen were involved. they fired at the police station at three lodging houses and started to fire indiscriminately into the town. many people in the town fled into a neighbouring forest. the red cross is talking about 20 people being killed in the attacks. the numbers will be higher. they have been unable to assess the full damage given that many fled into the forest. [ inaudible ] they are trying to figure out the scale of the operations. >>> we know that this is a popular tourist site. give us an idea of th

right now, the trees of tasmania's florentin valley are protected. they can't be logged. >> last year, they added the wet forest to the world heritage. >> that listing by unesco was on the advice of australia's last government. as a result, jobs are at risk. this get parcells for $5,000. a cabinet like this can sell for $30,000. >> being able to to say this is an item made of birds eye human pine with tittlewood blackwood in it, you can only get that in tasmania, that is the cornerstone of our industry. >> late last year, australia's government changed to one that things environmental standards are holding back the economy. it's asked unesco to reverse the decision and say these forests aren't of world heritage value. >> that's outrage some environmentalists. they thought they had won the latest battle in tasmania's forest which date back decades and have included some protesters living in trees for months. >> this is being protected and added to the world heritage area and it's an international embarrassment that australia is prepared to go down the

andrew thomas, al jazeera in the forest areas of tasmania. >> the ape whose borrowed blood is behind the biologist of the captive gorillas plus: >> how far the sport of football has come in the u.s. >> hello again. a zoo in chicago has developed groundbreaking preventative medicine for captive gorillas by creating a blood bank that can now perform transfusions to save lives. john hendren reports on this medical advancement for the great ape. >> reporter: meetd meet quan, a pioneer in medical science. in 2005, another gorilla was dying, and needed transfusion. it almost worked, mombali almost died. the blood was a match. , advanced science throughout the age. why not? >> i would like dr. katherine williams, we went into this. did we know quan's blood type? she was like no. we could have sedated him and he could not have been a match. has this not happened before? she says i've been through many transfusion he. we're like we should do this. she says you want to do this? i'm like yeah, let's do this. >> reporter: so they contacted zoos all over the world. glbl i think lives are definite

. >> we finish in tasmania, australia, where thousands of people protested outside tasmania's state parliament, upset over the government's attempt to remove nearly 300 square miles of tasmanian rain forest from the world list to open the forest for logging. that's some of what's happening around the world. >> the crisis in iraq is only one of several hot spots for extremist groups across the globe. we'll run down some of the biggest threats to the u.s. >> the former president of the security council is accused of plotting to kill venezuela's president. he lives in new york and will join us after the break. >> we are tracking the top stories on the web. >> twitter steps into the situation in iraq by blocking isil's account. what got their social media privileges taken away, coming up. >> let us know what you think, join the conversation on twitter at @ajconsiderthis. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the en

and he department think it would be a thousand dollar day, and when we got to the point break in tasmania, the barrel formed, formed over the top of his head, and, boy, oh, boy, what a ride. he just kept going and going and going. the go pro hero captured the entire gorgeous barr. >>perfect. l.perfect. i wonder if you nevers kick up. oh, this is perfect, best video ever, i better not mess it up. >> thousand dollar day? thousand bucks for surfing the wave? >> he won the go pro of the world may edition so he beat out nine other entries to win that thousand bucks from go pro, and when he said, i'm going surfing for the day, didn't know it was a profitable day. >> awesome day. >> i agree. it's a clear winner. >> point of interest here, marty was using a mouth mount. clutched that in the teeth. that's the cool shot. >> what up? >> hey, give us ten bucks. >>> he wants to base jump from a flying motorcycle. see if he does it next "right this minute," and still to come, dude lets a reporter know he doesn't want to be interviewed. >> takes it a step further. >> what? >> how she keeps her cool afte

. >>> tasmania is a tiny island off the coast of australia considered to be one of the most unspoiledspots in the world. in the city of lefroy, there are only a handful of residents. >> the people that live in lefroy are people that just want

. >>> and we finish in tasmania australia where thousands protested outside the state parliament over the weekend. the crowd upset over the australian government's attempt to remove 300 square miles of tasmanian rainforest from the un-world heritage site list. tony abbott's conservative government wants to open the forest for locking. coming up, the crisis in iraq is one of several hot spots. we'll run down some of the biggest threats to the u.s. next. a former president of the u.n. security council is accused of plotting to kill venezuela's president. he lies in new york. our special media producer is tracking stories on the web. >> twitter stepped into a situation in iraq by blocking i.s.i.l.'s account. i'll tell you what the tweet is that has social media privileges taken away. while you are watching, let us know what you think. join the conversation on twitter. >>> well i.s.i.l. fighters continue their struggle. other fighters who claim inspiration from islam are on the march in the middle east, pakistan and africa. in kenya al-shabab claimed responsibility for an overnight attack

among them discussions about tasmania, and and wilderness forest.more debates that happened about that. it [ ♪ theme ] >>> and that was caroline, now it's time for a look at sport. >> hello, nigeria celebrating a world cup victory. in 16 years it's a result putting them in contention. bosnia, tomas hertl 1-0, a good result for ghana. lionel messi starred in his own late show for argentina. they report. >> could this be a world cup where lionel messi finally achieves the greatness afforded toities compatriot. maradona was 26 when he led argentina to world cup glory in 1986, the same age lionel messi is now. after scoring in the opening game, the onus was on the barcelona man to provide the inspiration against iran. it took until injury time, but lionel messi's goal was worth waiting for. argentina into the last 16. saturday's second game came to life in the second half as germany and ghana played out a thrilling 2-2 draw. mario gave the germans a lead on 54 minutes. ghana sprung into action, scoring an equalizer three minutes later. they gave the wav

to say this is an item made of birdie human pine with black wood in it, you can only get that in tasmaniathat is the cornerstone of our industry. >> late last year, australia's government changed to one that thinks eninmental standards are holding back the economy. it's asked last year's decision to be reversed, saying these forests aren't of world heritage value. that's outraged environmentalists. they thought they won the latest battle in the forest wars, dating back decades and have included some protestors living in trees for months. >> this is protected on the behalf of owl humanity and added to our world heritage area and it's an international embarrassment australia is trying to undo the listing so it can be logsed. >> some think the original process to extend the heritage area was flowed, so-called independent experts had undeclared links to environmental groups and no attention paid to the cultural value. >> these products grow. we can't go anywhere else. we can't harvest where they don't grow. >> it's unusual for a country to ask for a delifting of a world heritage site. they ha