frank wolf decided that the uighurs was the hill he was going to die on.as going to lie down in front of the machinery and stop the world on. who cared that even the bush administration said these guys aren't terrorists and they aren't dangerous. >> you know, holder and this administration is, they were actually going to bring uighurs, people who were picked up who came maybe to learn how to kill the chinese, but were going to kill americans, they were going to release them on route 7 in falls church. >> in falls church. that year, congressman wolf would let up and he got his way. the plan to relocate the uighurs in the united states was scrapped and it was hard to find them anywhere else to go and so, they continued to languish in camp i ghana. in 2009, four of them finally were sent to bermuda. two went to switzerland. that left three uighurs still at guantanamo bay with no charges against them, no contention that they're dangerous. earlier this week, the final three were finally freed after 12 years of imprisonment, they were sent to the nation of slova

the united states has transfer the last three chinese uighur prisoners from guantÁnamo to slovakia fiveyears after a judge ruled the detention was unlawful. are members of a muslim minority that faces persecution in china. prisonersighur loosely held at guantanamo have already been resettled and five other countries. on thursday, state department deputy spokesperson hailed the transfers as part of the push to close guantÁnamo. quotes as u.s. government long determined it did not seek to detain these individuals as --my combatants, and a 2008 the latest was released were among 17 uighur detainees ordered released by u.s. federal court. we have long maintained our position we will not repatriate uighurs to china due to our humane treatment policies as we've also said we're taking all possible steps to reduce the detainee population at guantanamo bay and it is certainly our position that these latest transfers market important step in furthering that objective. >> eight other prisoners have been removed from guantÁnamo since august, but 155 still remain. snowstorm is blasting the midwester

the area is home to most of china's 10 million ethnic uighurs, most of whom practice islam and have repeatedly been at odds with the nonmuslim population there. the death count has risen following a fire in a retirement home in canada. authorities now say 32 senior citizens are presumed dead following a the blaze in the province of quebec. the search for more bodies is continuing in frigid conditions. many of the residents were more than 85 years old and used walkers and wheelchairs. >>> in this country another shooting incident. three were killed and four injured after a gunman opened fire at a mall in columbia, maryland, 30 miles north of the nation's capital. the gunman reportedly shot himself dead after killing two others. >>> the family of an ohio inmate whose execution lasted longer than expected has filed a lawsuit saying dennis mcguire writhed in pain during the 26 minutes it took df he died. he was lethally injected with a combination of drugs never before tried in the u.s. the lawsuit also says that the drug manufacturer should be prohibited from making the drugs available for capita

descent and thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that it has nothing to do with the uighurs well it turns out it's not just for this problem but it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. thousands of protesters in ukraine ever made to come out in central kiev the new year's celebrations independence square has been the heart of anti-government protests for months now with the opposition calling for closer ties with the e.u. . has been following the demonstrations from the very beginning. but this is a political protest this is the anger at the country's government and the president president something which has been going on for more than six weeks now it's rather turbulent six weeks for ukraine as i mentioned my report. first they wanted to be in europe was then they wanted a revolution. that was the. ukraine's leaders feared that a free trade zone with the e.u. would cause industry to collapse the crowds never bought that but when the police used force against peaceful bro e.u. protesters. they stopped caring altogether. the. government building stormed

republic has been on the rise since the start of the year with doctors themselves now under threat the uighurs now also ringing the alarm of a humanitarian catastrophe as more than half a million people are facing starvation while disease is rampant in the crowded camps and even though france has deployed a military contingent have so far failed to bring peace to the countries are now reports. less than a year after french moods marched into mali france again is fighting in another of its former colonies in africa. less secure the situation in the central african republic is alarming if not frightening that you paris received a green light from the un security council to use military force to restore order after deadly ethnic russians in the country escalated. i have decided to act immediately or more precisely this very evening this was eight hundred french soldiers were sent to the violence torn country to join the six hundred already deployed there on a force that france has no where the most of them to save human lives and months later and lives are still being lost on all sides france's s

descent and thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that he has nothing to do with the uighurswell it turns out it's not just washes problem but it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. going to encounter a correspondent in washington that. the policy of the czech republic has died after an explosion at his residence in prague it's reported he was in his apartment with his family was open a safe at the time of a blast let's talk more about. it with a list of people who got to head of the palestinian national initiative thanks for being with us. rather peculiar story this is still very unclear sort of thing we're going to say is just purely speculation but what was your first thought when you heard about the news. well we feel very sorry for the death of. a very tragic incident. should not have happened. about the cause of this blast to happen. but it seems to be that something that related to the past has put these explosives that. is not an accident. i doubt that it's an act of assignation related to the existing situation it could have been something that

maybe even better on ga reports on how korean cars are commanding more premium price carrying on uighurs least tried to make inroads into the luxury car market seems to be off the trade ministry said tuesday that increasing sales of more expensive cars all the nations bottle exports reached a record high of twenty eight point seven billion us dollars last year up more than three percent from a year earlier the record value comes despite a fall in the number of vehicles sold overseas last year cause largely based rights the united auto workers and we are tapping and the ministry said the average export price of korean cars has risen nearly forty percent in the past four years. the biggest increase in exports from the west like hyundai motor is stepping up its efforts to sell its maturing model janice it's the korea automobile manufacturers association estimates korea's overall two thousand ericsson coal shipments to the west at a record twelve billion dollars up nearly fifteen percent from the previous year. inbev the world's fifth largest automaker plans to introduce new luxury models in

descent and thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that it has nothing to do with the uighurs well it turns out it's not just for shits problem it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. the united states saw a number of scandals and twenty thirteen with the true scope of it secret global monitoring missions exposed by whistleblower edward snowden but he has subsequently stressed another major issue as the south us report. the snowden revelations arguably the biggest security leak in u.s. history and the impact of that really cuts governments the country's worldwide and no more was felt than hair in the u.k. but as you're about to see it wasn't just edward snowden he paid the price for getting the truth out there. as revelation of the revelation came britain began playing hardball if the government couldn't get its hands on snowden they'd get whoever they kid even the partner of the journalist he got the leaks into the. the scape case the bailiffs with this year laid bare deeply embarrassing the prime minister he promised to protect privacy rights but instead

obama announced there would be no more spying on foreign leaders friendly to the uighurs and limits were placed on how tros of collected data are used authorities would also need a court all day they want to run a check on a phone number using the n.s.a. as extensive data critics however say the measures to be introduced will change a little. everything's been punted into the long grass he said i'm going to set up a committee to do this i've asked this department to look at this everything's in the future we just don't know what is really promised and so i was very disappointed there was probably nothing concrete in there for example as far as the metadata collection is concerned he announced grandly well we're going to stop doing this that i haven't actually decided how we're going to stop doing that so obviously the details matter there similarly in terms of the spying on the rest of the world it is very important to note that foreigners have far fewer rights than the u.s. citizens on virtue basically said well we will do it in a it's all fair way and don't worry about it i mean there

was purely about ethnic tensions related to the weaker issue, but also general dissatisfaction -- uighurissue. corruption and the comments party and other concerns about governments in china. >> will it be significant that this year is the 25th anniversary of tiananmen square? >> i think there are people here who are probably better able to comment on the. i'm not sure it's going to get so much, you know, it's going to get more attention i think outside of china than within china. i don't see it as being sort of a focal point for public dissent. i think, i think that's very unlikely. >> mark? >> two things. one is i think we've been writing about the potential, not so much for intentional conflict as result of china's effort to project power, but in terms of the south china sea, in terms of the creation of the pressure on japan, the potential for accidents has increased. and while there's likely both sides will backweight, nevertheless it's a matter of concern. >> mark, we've seen talk about improving, virtually nonexistent crisis communications procedures in northeast asia. how's that t

was purely about ethnic tensions related to the weaker issue, but also general dissatisfaction -- uighurssue. corruption and the comments party and other concerns about governments in china. >> will it be significant that this year is the 25th anniversary of tiananmen square? >> i think there are people here who are probably better able to comment on the. i'm not sure it's going to get so much, you know, it's going to get more attention i think outside of china than within china. i don't see it as being sort of a focal point for public dissent. i think, i think that's very unlikely. >> mark? >> two things. one is i think we've been writing about the potential, not so much for intentional conflict as result of china's effort to project power, but in terms of the south china sea, in terms of the creation of the pressure on japan, the potential for accidents has increased. and while there's likely both sides will backweight, nevertheless it's a matter of concern. >> mark, we've seen talk about improving, virtually nonexistent crisis communications procedures in northeast asia. how's that ta