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in the end cypriot officials made a u. turn and are now bending over backwards trying to seal that original bailout from want to put together a package pleasing enough to the point they've agreed on imposing a twenty percent levy on deposits above one hundred thousand euros in the back of cyprus and four percent for big deposits and other banks while also passing bills to impose capital controls on banks creating a solidarity fund and restructure its the banks of this produced a fresh wave of anger spilling over to the streets. all during that week of dramatic political and economic maneuvering citizens were already on an emotional rollercoaster panic cypriots rushed to a.t.m. sick trying to get their money out of the bank and some left empty handed as machines run out of cash. recipients stick to the streets shocked at work the last felt was really a particular u. turn trying to rethink the site of the year in. protesters condemned the so-called troika the european central bank you commission and the i.m.f. for the first t

or know really not much that contradict the official story first why is the bullets called this magicbullet i mean why why do people prefer it that way and that's a very complex technical issue but in essence what happened was the warren commission was under pressure to agree with a story that had already been leaked by j. edgar hoover that they had already concluded within basically hours that oswald had done it alone that there was nothing else for them to do and so they had to conform to that so they had to go through great gymnastics in order to make it possible for this one man to have fired those crucial shots that caused a number of different injuries bullet holes and so forth so one bullet caused a bunch of different exit wounds in doesn't really make sense the grassy knoll why is it speculated that a fourth shot actually took place and not from the book depository well there really many different accounts suggesting some sort of triangulation multiple shooters obviously if the people who are professionally trained in conducting coups understand you only have one chance to do

it's hard to be sure, but amara seemed to enjoy the performance. zoo officialsaid staff are hoping the new arrivals produce offspring. >> translator: we'll take good care of them as a symbol of our friendship with sri lanka. >> the two elephants will be shown to the public from thursday. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com .

as they continue their hunger strike with the first official reaction. after more than a month of silence. the u.k. government awards world war two. veterans who took supplies to the soviet union some consider it to soften up after they were refused permission to accept russia's award what's been described as the worst journey in the. world with. money and technology innovation called the least of elements from around russia we've gone to the future or covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations rule today. well again last syria's government and rebels are both demanding an international probe into a deadly attack that both sides claim was with the use of chemical weapons they traded accusa

in the two countries this is the official logo of baraki and b.b. twenty thirteen as part of this big publicity stunt a bizarre video recently surfaced on the internet check out. thoroughly welcome president obama to express our appreciation for what is done for the fon between the united states and israel are unbreakable and the commitment of the united states to the security of israel is not going to. believe it or not because this isn't a parody it was actually uploaded by the israeli embassy in washington you know their marketing campaign is so good that it almost makes me forget about all that warmongering about iran and the apartheid being practiced against palestinians almost but not quite so well the corporate media continues to fixate on obama's holy land voyage i'll break in the set. a little more of the ever seen anything like that. i'm really excited right now to introduce one of the few politicians that i actually admire and talking about congressman dennis to finish one of the most honest credible politicians who ever served a man who s

russian the un human rights officials sound the alarm over the treatment of prisoners at guantanamo bay as u.s. military officials try to downplay mass hunger strike at the detention center. barack obama arrives in israel for the first time as u.s. president but may struggle to close the growing gap between the country's middle east policies. and an iraqi terrorist group with links to al qaeda claims responsibility for bombings that killed dozens in baghdad further unsettle the country ten years on from the u.s. led invasion. all over again even she if you're just joining us my name is kevin and this is art international live from moscow our top story that you just heard scenes of relief from celebration greeted the cyprus parliament's rejection of a tax on bank deposits the one off levy linked to an e.u. bailout deal would have seen millions of account holders lose up to a tenth of this savings and have been condemned by officials in the public alike but the country now finds itself on the brink of bankruptcy of course another project the used terms it may have to turn to russia for as

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the resolution requires union nations to deport official who is violate resolutions. the sanctions include a freeze on assets believed to be linked to the country's nuclear or missile programs. it's now mandatory to inspect cargo that would be related to weapons development. crews of ships who refuse inspections will not be allowed to dock. previous resolutions only requested such action. council members have expressed concern over the use of diplomatic privileges. >> these sanctions will bite an bite hard. they increase north korea's isolation and raise the cost to north korea's leaders of defiing the international security. >> to address the nuclear address and to prevent isolation. >> japan's u.n. ambassador urged officials to think hard about what path they should take. it took the security council just over three weeks to pass this resolution. we've been following the story. how did the security council act so unanimously in. >> the key here was the u.s. and china worked together. in the past china has opposed tough sanctions against its long time ally. this time

the e.u. and human rights officials sound the alarm over the treatment of prisoners in guantanamo bay u.s. military officials try to downplay a mass hunger strike in the detention center. and barack obama arrives in israel for the first time as u.s. president but may struggle to close the growing gap between the country's middle east policy it's. very good even if you just joined us is kevin over here live the r.t. new center tonight our top story the scenes overleaf and celebration greeted the cypriot parliament's rejection of that tax on bank deposits the one off levy linked to an e.u. bailout deal would have seen millions of account holders lose up to a tenth of the savings had been condemned by officials in the public alike but the country of course now finds itself on the brink of bankruptcy and having rejected the east terms it may have to turn to russia for assistance as cross to article piskun all for more on the crisis go high that the russian probably had some choice words for a year of his handling of the cypriot bailout and what exactly did he have to say earlier. well russian a

they said it is in the context when the public officials, the elected officials, the appointed officialseclined, have declined to defend a statute. a statute that, by the way, excuse me, in this case a constitutional amendment, was brought forward by the initiative process. the court said it is essential to the integrity, integrity of the initiative process in that state, which is a precious right of every citizen, the initiative process in that state, to ensure that when public officials -- and after all, the initiative process is designed to control those very public officials, to take issues out of their hands. and if public officials could effectively veto an initiative by refusing to appeal it, then the initiative process would be invalidated. >> that's -- historically, i think, 40 states, many states have what was called a public action. a public action is an action by any citizen primarily to vindicate the interest in seeing that the law is enforced. now, that's the kind of action i think that this court has interpreted the constitution of the united states, case in controversy, t

as cal-trans makes the transition to open the tunnel. officials say, commuters should expect big delays. this wednesday -- toll takers will be gone for good from the golden gate bridge. and all- electronic tolling will be in place. officials plan to begin the conversion by midnight this wednesday. if you have fastrak, you >> jacqueline: we are seeing some local rainfall returns but not quite as much of a chance hitting the ground but later this week. we could see cloud cover partly to mostly cloudy and manage a slight chance of sprinkles. will talk more about that and the rainfall, coming up. >> people continued to line up outside the u.s. supreme court. bart will be partially closing the transbay tube. three nights per week. for the next 14 -months. it is part of the ongoing work to make the light rail system more earthquake safe. from 10pm to about 4am every tuesday, wednesday and thursday evening for the next 14 months, bart will limit train travel through the tube to just one track. that means that evening riders are going to experience a dela

from the guantanamo officials in particular was that the number of inmates going on hunger strike has doubled over the last ten days and now amounts to twenty four people but that's been the rest of the information has been concealed and this is certainly causing concerns especially given the fact that the u.s. has been a strong advocate of human rights worldwide but when it comes to a legit violations of human rights on its own territory by its own people the officials are keeping one everyone in the dark on the situation course we are following all the developments in this bizarre story and we'll be getting more information from the lawyers which will be of course informing of us as we get it no doubt we will be following this story unfolding as it goes i thank you the. riches a twenty thirteen budget has kept true to the spirit of austerity jeans across the board but also including a reduction in corporate taxes and feel that the architect of britain's austerity program judge all supposing it includes measures to support those who is hard hit by the cuts details now from

contextd it is in the when the public officials, the elected officials, the appointed officials, have declined, have declined to defend a statute. a statute that, by the way, excuse me, in this case a constitutional amendment, was brought forward by the initiative process. essentialsaid it is to the integrity, integrity of the initiative process in that state, which is a precious right of every citizen, the initiative process in that state, to ensure that when public officials -- and after all, the initiative process is designed to control those very public officials, to take issues out of their hands. could public officials effectively veto an initiative by refusing to appeal it, then the initiative process would be invalidated. >> that's -- historically, i think, 40 states, many states have what was called a public action. a public action is an action by any citizen primarily to vindicate the interest in seeing that the law is enforced. now, that's the kind of action i think that this court has interpreted the constitution of the united states, case in controversy, to say that it do

over its handling of the cypriot economic crisis and a cool welcome as brussels officials arrive in moscow attempting to calm the financial storm. and syria's government and opposition both demand an international probe into an alleged deadly chemical attack that both sides are blaming on each other. i welcome good to have you company watching r.t. coming chief live from moscow four rockets have reportedly been fired from gaza into israel where u.s. president barack obama was on his first foreign visit since re-election the strikes have been prevented the american leader from arriving in the west bank where his helicopter landed just minutes ago our correspondent paula slayer is there these are live pictures incidentally and she brings us the details. there were four rockets that were fired from the northern gaza and town of beit hanoun as israel two landed inside gaza but one landed in the backyard of a residential home in the southern israeli town of store water now there were no injuries although there was some damage to the back yard this coming on the second day of the american presid

the officials said the level of pm2.5 rose to 100 micrograms per cubic meter, higher than the government's daily safety standard of 70 micrograms. officials warned residents to stay indoors unless they have an urgent reason to go outside. some kindergartens were keeping children indoors. >> translator: we're not going outside today, okay? >> translator: boring! >> officials said many residents are asking how to check pollution data. several cities in near by yamaguchi prefecture have noticed high levels. >>> cradle of culture, economic powerhouse, many enjoy the fruits of prosperity along the path to a new china. but millions are still missing out. and public discontent is growing. against that backdrop officials are choosing a fresh slate of government leaders. "newsline" correspondents will bring you full coverage of incoming president's new administration. don't miss "china, change and challenge" at 8:00 p.m. japan time. >>> north korean military leaders are raising stakes in their on going show of defiance against south korea and the u.s. they're vowing to scrap the arm sift signed in

the seabed. government officials plan to start test drilling there in april. but for now, it's the revelations about methane hydrate that are fueling excitement in japan. experts caution that scientists still need to create technology to stably expect the gas and reduce cost. >> translator: i hope japan can start production within about ten years. many countries are watching how japan extracts gas from its new resource and whether the method works. if japan cooperates with other countries as a leader, it can contribute to the world. >> reporter: japan is considered a resource poor nation, but it's rich in technological know-how. the government and industry hope they can tap that resource and secure a safe and stable source of energy that will last for generations. kaho izumitani, nhk world, tokyo. >>> a top official in china is calling for the e ratification of corruption. his comment reflects the stance of the leader of the communist party, and it may be welcomed by citizens who are fed up with the status quo. >> translator: we shouldn't indulge in extravaganc

the. prison officials. of the protest. are now agreeing to. china as a new president. with the stories of the week this is the weekly with me. in moscow it's a pleasure to have you with us today the clock is ticking for cyprus has until. the money needed to secure a vital e.u. bailout in a rather dramatic u. turn the government decided it will try and defend a people's bank accounts those with deposits of more than one hundred thousand euros in the island's biggest bank and the controversial move still has to be signed off by parliament on the troika of creditors and. reports so the mood in cyprus is not one of panic and frustration. in a dramatic week of unfolding events cyprus has moved from rejected europe with a resounding no vote on what it saw as an unfair demand for getting a ten billion euro bailout did now bending over backwards trying to clinch that money scrambling to put together a package pleasing enough to its creditors the so-called troika now saying yes to imposing a twenty percent levy on deposits above one hundred thousand euros in the bank of cyprus

go follow xi jinping the first official overseas trip. some of the major points that the chinese leader has also made of course was about the cooperation between russia and china among other things that the two countries also agree on is the fact that it is about time to leave the old stereotypes declined he said that we're living in the twenty first century and therefore the cold war era is gone and over with and therefore the stereotypes and thinking along those lines also has to go and you also mentioned that russia and china are their cooperation will provide for a clearer world order you also mentioned of course the need to not just to move away from syria types but also to move towards the multiple world and the multiple areas the of the world is also one of the founding principles of bricks of course bricks essentially was a trade in economic organization but it is now moving increasingly towards becoming a major geo political player and that is going to be one of the main subjects of discussions during the upcoming brick summit in

now according to the official arbiters of when the recession ends, it started in the last three months of 2007 and it officially ended by june of 2009. we've been out of a recession for three and a half years officially. one thing i recently calculated is let's look at this recession relative to all the other recessions that have taken place since the great depression. in all of the other recessions there are different experiences with the economy does bounce back. when you say the recession ends it really ends. to conceive that in the statistics and on average the unemployment rate for the of a recession sometime as severe. 6.3% the average three years after the recession ended was 9.2% i'm not talking about the recession itself, i'm talking about after the recession ended with 9.2% as opposed to the previous experiences including 1982 was very severe but then we came out of it. a 6.3%. now, the difference if the 6.3% unemployment rate today instead of the average of 9.2, officially that is 4.5 million people that would have jobs now that don't triet as we have this very severe proble

abc7 is the official tv partner of the exploratorium. we are really excited about the opening at their new location on the embarcadero on april 17th. and over the next few weeks we are going to bring you exclusive access. and the first look at the new exploratorium will be here on abc7 news. >>> developing news, oakland police are investigating that city's latest homicide. a title shooting that occurred just a few hours ago. police aren't saying much about the victim they found when they checked a report of shots being fired around 3:00 this morning. when they will eight ride near ninth and clay streets, they spotted someone suffering from a gunshot wound. that victim died at the scene. >>> daly city police are looking for witnesses to a car crash on eachmore avenue that left three people dead. it happened shortly after 8:00 last night. police are trying to piece together what led up to the crash. the second driver did same at the scene but police still want to talk to anyone who may have seen the accident. i >> any witnesses tell you ab

cameras captured this crime an hour after the official opening. the target an 80-year-old man with a walker. watch as the thief picks his pocket and punched him if the face. a officer runs to the rescue. able to take him into custody. >> police say this illustrates the need for the new hub and it's effectiveness. there's probation and homeless service and 24 officers assigned to patrol the area on foot. with the increase in staffing of the foot beat they have noticed a difference. >> i didn't see drug attics -- addicts. it's cleaner. >> what you do see is lots of police, including the officer that stopped that crime in progress is a reluctant celebrity. there's police on foot, walking around everywhere, it's a huge difference, huge. like night and day now. officers know this is just the beginning and there's talk of expanding the community services offered out of the public safety hub. >>> a lawsuit against the san francisco sheriff and wife was dropped. it was filed by ivory madison who are their neighbors. it argued they falsely accused them of c

well lots of the e.u. officials are gathering in the russian capital including the head of the european commission as a man of war also they're expected to discuss the crisis in cyprus with the russian of the bodies and this is happening after prime minister dmitry medvedev had some really strong words to say about the whole situation. but the fear so far the e.u. together with the cyprus parliament have unfortunately acted like a bull in a china shop i think all possible mistakes which could have been made in the situation have been made bustled will. the prime minister didn't stop there he also compared the approach with which european union officials are ready to deal with private bank accounts through how authorities dealt with the money of soviet citizens meaning expropriation of private property now the cypriot finance minister is also in moscow on wednesday he met with his russian counterpart and also with the first deputy prime minister there is speculation that cyprus is asking russia for a loan the finance

hindsight you talk about how your personal experience with all of this shaped your perception of the official narrative and how nine eleven helped wall street cover up essentially billions of dollars in fraud while at the same time a limit in the questions being asked about it can you talk about that. well sure one of the clients that i had in the earlier company in two thousand and one that we were building these trading platforms on the web to integrate some of their legacy data so they could be accessed by private clients were jewish bank alex brown merrill lynch marsh and mclennan companies some of the largest brokerages insurance companies reinsurance companies in the world and then all of that out after nine eleven these companies are fraudulent lee you know involved in all sorts of insider trading the nine eleven continued to kind of rape and pillage for many many years afterwards and when you look at the financial data who was making money on that day who had the knowledge it does not lead you back to the official tenets of the official story so it begs one that asked some questions a

this is from the year he got his license, 1977. health officials say the trouble all started when one of his patients tested positive for hiv and hepatitis c despite showing no warning signs. it's important to note he may only be positive for help sites c only -- hepatitis c only according to later lab results. they combed through the dentist's office. that's when they found a slew of contamination issues. they tell us there were outdated drugs including one with an expiration date of 1993. dental instruments that had turned rusty. inspectors said the dentist said those aside for patients he knew cached infectious disease. they added his office is not properly stirlizin sterilizing s equipment. he told the inspectors to talk to the staff saying they take care of that, i don't. he's no longer practicing. dr. harrington involuntarily closed his office ahead of a hearing scheduled for next month when he could lose his license for could do. jonathan hunt is in studio this afternoon. tell us more about what the investigators found on this guy. >> report

the change is being made to encourage speedy evacuation. agency officials tested the system on thursday by sending mock-up data to emergency response centers across the country. they say they will continue the drills to improve disaster preparedness. >>> when the disaster hit, people grabbed their gadgets to capture what they saw. those images along with broadcasting footage provide record of the events as they unfolded. the problem up to now was that no one had gathered all the information in a single place. the creators of a new website have a solution and a way to preserve the data for future generations. nhk has the story. >> reporter: a tsunami floods a community. people pick up their lives. this houses more than 20,000 photos, clips and other documents related to the disaster. the website is a joint project between japan's internal affairs and communications ministry and the national diet library. officials launched it on thursday. they say anyone anywhere can use it. the website provides an online clearing house for mountains of data about the earthq

norman's talk in the meantime in washington the officials tried to downplay the hunger strike but they seem to have a good idea of why these men resorted to such a desperate move and yet they have no solution to offer they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become frustrated and they want to get this i think turn the heat up get it back in the media but it was not on the status of the detainees that general john kelly who's command oversees guantanamo came to discuss in congress he was there asking for money to renovate the prison the upgrade of the camp is estimated to cost taxpayers almost two hundred million dollars as washington schedules renovations at guantanamo the international community continues to call on president obama to comply with his own promises and to shut down the infamous prison we have no right to hold people indefinitely without charges without a trial and without people having access to a justice system that's

we are still waiting to hear back from the school officials. we got a copy of this letter that went to parents saying that a registered association offender who was not authorized to be on the bus knew a district volunteer on the trip and was with the students on the bus back to high school to san jose but he did not have any contact of any kind with any student that day. registered sex offenders are not allowed to be on school property or to come in contact with underage students. now the san jose police department have confirmed it is investigating thissings -- this incident. no inappropriate conduct is reported but admits this is a serious violation of school policy. reporting live in san jose for abc7 news. >> new this morning investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire in antioch that damaged an old victorian. crews arrived at the home in rivertown before 5:30 p.m. officials say the woman who lives in home was not there at the time. investigators say the fire started on the second floor and spread to the attic. >> faa investig

because she has not signed a waiver >> we did know vied to her what is considered by the agency the official personnel file, she did come and review her file and and the copies were made and she was informed that she could pick that up after several months. there are problems with the documents as well which is why we sent them to her as well. there are some with the other sites and the division or, the medical files, they are not what they have on the official files and some of those may have redacting to be done and privacy concerns and so we have not turned those over and we will let her know that we will once she signs that waiver. any documents that were filed at the division, there will be documents they division that she worked. >> okay, i am curious about in your statement, the second to last page of the position statement, you submitted. it looks like she did sign a waiver but she added a couple of sentences to it and so am i understanding that correctly? >> she did. and the sentences that she added basically made it appear (inaudible) i believe that her words that she used was that

the people's officials will release a plume of white smoke when the new pope is selected. vatican officials took an oath on monday not to reveal any details of the voting process. all popes have been european from many hundreds of years. cardinals from ghana and brazil are contenders. >>> people all over india were shocked late last year by the gang rape of a woman. one of the principals was found dead in his cell. the rape occurred in december on a bus. the victim was a 23-year-old woman. she was attacked by a group of men and later died. police arrested five men and charged them with the crime. they are now on trial. the driver of the bus was accused of playing a key role in the rape. >> translator: this is wrong. it shouldn't have happened. he should have faced justice. at least he should have come to realize what he did was wrong. >> i feel the delay in decision making in our government regarding the rape case. he knew if he walked free the public would not spare him. it would have been better in the government has taken the decision. >> he was rushed to the hospital bu

your honor, the official proponents of proposition 8, the initiative, have standing to defend that measure before this court as representatives of the people and the state of california to defend the validity of a measure that they brought forward. >> have we ever granted standing to proponents of ballot initiatives? >> no, your honor, the court

the country's middle east policy. and russian and u.n. human rights officials sound the alarm over the treatment of prisoners at guantanamo bay is u.s. military officials trying to downplay a mass hunger strike at the detention center. good evening you've just joined us kevin live at the hour to new center tonight our top story the scenes of relief and indeed celebration greeted the cypriot parliament's rejection of attacks on bank deposits the one off levy linked to an e.u. bailout deal would have saved millions of account holders lose up to a tenth of the savings are being condemned by officials in the public alike but the country now finds itself of course on the brink of bankruptcy and having rejected the e.u.'s terms it may have to turn to russia for assistance but moscow's a ready offered choice words regarding their handling of the crisis. going off explains now. russian authorities were already quite critical of the cyprus bailout plan proposed by brussels and the so-called troika of key investors which is aimed at taxing private bank accounts in the ki

the night apparently humper due to the lack of agreement between this super and president and the e.u. officials over how to shrink the banking sector this comes as the deadline for the bailout is looming in the thames to meet the e.u.'s demands the super government has produced a plan that could potentially see scores of people losing up this up to a fifth of their life savings for the sake of risking the bands the prospects of course panic and discontent across cyprus with the recent reports suggesting an explosion at an a.t.m. machine in nicosia on his toes saucier recalls. in a dramatic week of unfolding events cyprus has moved from rejected europe with a resounding no vote on what it saw as an unfair demand for getting a ten billion euro bailout did now bending over backwards trying to clinch that money scrambling to put together a package pleasing enough to its creditors the so-called troika now saying yes to imposing a twenty percent levy on deposits above one hundred thousand euros in the bank of cyprus and four percent for big deposits in other backs imposing capital controls creating a

union really was the official inker of the of the warsaw pact and comic-con it is the dominant economic force china has a problem because and i agree with in the asia pivot means that a greater and greater part of the u.s. navy is a long china sure's the korean peninsula is a tinderbox because of course in the west they say it's because of north korean provocations but the u.s. and south korea is really provoking the situation with endless war games china is in a very precarious position as the united states also cements its relationship military relationship with japan so brics will be seen by china as another avenue as an alternative possibly as a shield against sort of a unilateral focus by the united states against its own development you know so do you think more countries will join this group i think potentially we will see more countries joining this group i think for the time being the brics will probably take a pause and will try to structure and crystallize the process of integration in the next several years but then potentially yes we will probably see such candidates as ind

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they also said no one we asked to interview the officials responsible for the cleanup -- no when we asked to interview the officials responsible for the cleanup. >> the state is extremely concerned that radioactive materials are being released in the environment. we expect the department of energy to do something about that. >> the town nearest the hanford is close by the site, so much so that the -- is closely tied to the site, so much so that the basketball team is called the bombers. people here have learned to live with waste next door. >> fearful of it, no. respectful of it, yes. >> he is a member of the economic development council. he believes it could be, and tourist attraction. >> we have been working to make it a manhattan project national park. >> the plutonium produced at hanford will remain lethally radioactive for more than 80 million years. al jazeera, hanford, washington. >> voters will go to the pull to elect a new president following the death of hugo chavez. many of the country's poor are worried that social programs may be under threat. we have this report from caracas

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even if lawmakers approve the new plan, eu officials may reject it. leaders in germany had doubts about the way leaders intend to raise the money. analysts say the negotiations will be tough. cyprus' finance minister tried to get help from russia but he's on his way home empty handed. he spent two days talking with his russian counterpart bloomberg quotes him as saying he hadn't been able to get the support he wanted and he said he still has a chance to get the russians to ease the conditions on existing >>> chinese president xi jinping is building friendships abroad. he's begun his first diplomatic tour with a visit to moscow. he'll then head to africa, where chinese leaders want to boost their influence. nhk world's takafumi terui has the details. >> reporter: this is the first of what will be many trips abroad for china's new president. xi jinping arrived in moscow to an official welcoming. he said before leaving beijing he wants to coordinate policy with russian leaders on global and regional issues. the chinese president met with his counterpart,

sanctions is to insist it will pursue nuclear weapons and away the country also officially scrapped ahotline at a not aggression pact with the south this week saying washington and so are responsible for ruining nuclear disarmament talks thursday's u.n. vote in financial restrictions on the north expanding ass and brings on the companies and sanctioning certain individuals north korea quickly threaten the u.s. with a preemptive nuclear strike which washington said it's ready rules imposed by the security council following previous nuclear test rocket launches have all failed to deter yanked mardenborough from the korean friendship associations asked trying to be political in japan and as its price gougers it's clear that the united nations in the security council particularly is interested only in maintaining the current balance of what the germany is an interested and independent nations acquiring utility to defend themselves even in the face of the lack of any kind of peace treaty which is of the fault of the united states government that it would recommend to been pursuing peace ev

there is anger at the verdict given to police and officials. >> on one thing football fans having, no matter what club they support is a hatred of the police. after hearing seven of the nine security officials on trial were acquitted, dozens of athletic fans headed to the building closest to the club stadium, setting ablaze and looting a police social club as well as the football federation building. fans are angry that most of the remaining 52 defendants were acquitted. some like this man who lost his son, the important thing is that no more blood was spilled. >> we are not happy with this verdict. it they should have been services -- sentenced to 25 years in prison. you have to accept it. >> are lost one child. i cannot bear the thought of losing another. initially there was celebration at the confirmation of the 21 death sentences. >> the death sentences are fair but the verdict of the other officers are unjust. they should have been given death sentences. they caused the death of our children. >> other defendants including stadium officials received sentences between one and 10 ye