Sunday, January 4, 2015

Jury selection set to begin in Tsarnaev trial

Jury selection for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev [PRON: JOK-ARR SAR-NYE-EF] is set to begin (Monday in Boston), in what will be one of the biggest terror trials in U.S. history. 

The 21-year-old suspect is accused of creating two homemade bombs used to kill three people and injure more than 260 others near the finish line of the April 2013 race. 

Tsarnaev faces the death penalty if found guilty, in a case that his lawyers have continually tried to delay. 

Our Patrice Howard reports from Boston.

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Boko Haram seizes army base after more child kidnappings

INTRO:   The Boko Haram extremist group has overrun and seized a major military base in north eastern Nigeria, just days after kidnapping more than 40 young boys in a raid on another town. Heavily armed fighters of the terrorist group have now apparently taken complete control of a military base at Baga in Borno State, near the border with Lake Chad. Boko Haram has killed thousands of people and kidnapped more than 400 children in the past year. Gary Alfonso reports ...    

 

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Boko Haram seizes army base after more child kidnappings

INTRO:   The Boko Haram extremist group has overrun and seized a major military base in north eastern Nigeria, just days after kidnapping more than 40 young boys in a raid on another town. Heavily armed fighters of the terrorist group have now apparently taken complete control of a military base at Baga in Borno State, near the border with Lake Chad. Boko Haram has killed thousands of people and kidnapped more than 400 children in the past year. Gary Alfonso reports ...    

 

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PALACE ISSUES FRESH PRINCE ANDREW DENIAL

Buckingham Palace has issued a fresh denial that Britain's Prince Andrew had sexual relations with a woman who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was underage.

The Queen's son is named in court papers in the US in a case relating to the financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr Epstein - a friend of Prince Andrew - is accused in the papers of trafficking the woman for sex with 'powerful people'.

UK correspondent Olly Barratt says the second denial from the Palace is unprecedented.

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Search for Boston Bombing Trial Jurors Set to Begin


Monday will see the task of selecting jurors begin for the trial of Dzokhar Tsarnaev [PRON: JOK-ARR SAR-NYE-EF], the man accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013. 

The 21 year old, who's accused of detonating two bombs at the finish line along with his late brother, faces the death penalty if found guilty, in a case that his lawyers have continually tried to delay. 

Our correspondent Lorna Shaddick says the trial is already very high-profile. 

IN: This is perhaps...
OUT: ...for similar reasons 
DUR: 32 seconds


Our correspondent Lorna Shaddick says it may not be easy to find truly neutral jurors: 

IN: Selecting the jurors...
OUT: ...the death penalty
DUR: 19 seconds


Our correspondent Lorna Shaddick explains the background to the trial:

IN: Dzokhar Tsarnaev, who...
OUT: ...others were injured
DUR: 20 seconds

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Bushfires threaten homes and lives in Australia's south-east

Australia's south east is facing conditions that authorities say are
reminiscent of the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983.
Fire conditions are dangerous in Victoria and South Australia, as Arthur
Stevens reports.

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Friday, January 2, 2015

US Imposes Sanctions on North Korea

The Obama administration has announced it's imposing new sanctions on North Korea, in response to what Washington alleges is Pyongyang's role in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The hacking led Sony to pull screenings of its film 'The Interview', a comedy about two journalists plotting to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington.

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DUR: 36 seconds

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No delay to Boston Marathon bombing trial

There will be no delay to next week's trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.

Jury selection begins Monday after judges rejected a request to move the trial or delay its start. 

The defendant is charged with killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. 

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Undocumented Immigrants Line Up for California License to Drive


A new law in California has the state taking driver’s license applications from immigrants who are in the United States without documentation.

Law enforcement officials say the new law will boost road safety because licensed drivers must be tested and insured.

Immigrants rights groups say having a license will make it less difficult for undocumented immigrants get to work and take their children to school. 

Rachel Silverman reports from San Francisco.

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DUR: 37 seconds
POT: 23 seconds (“federal identification”); 31 seconds (“work force”)
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Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dies

Intro:

Former New York state governor, Mario Cuomo died Thursday, at 82, from
natural causes due to heart failure.

Cuomo held the highest office in the state between 1983 and 1994, and
was renowned for his oratorical skills and progressive politics.

He died shortly after his eldest son, Andrew, was sworn in for a
second term as New York governor

Mimi Chiahemen reports from New York

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Brazilian President gets sworn in for second term



Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has started her second term in office, with major challenges facing her country.

She's promised to extend welfare programs and to fight corruption in Latin America's largest economy. 

 
Andrea Arenas reports. 

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Prince Andrew named in underage sex case

Prince Andrew, the fifth in line to the British throne, has been named in a US civil lawsuit over the sexual exploitation of young girls.

One of a group of women who are suing banker Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of the prince's who has been convicted of soliciting sex with underage girls, named Prince Andrew as one of the men involved.

Buckingham Palace has said that "any suggestion of impropriety with minors is categorically untrue."

Elena Casas reports from London.


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UN Ebola chief: outbreak will be over by the end of 2015

The Ebola outbreak which has ravaged west Africa will be over by the end of the year- that's the message from the UN team on the ground.

While conceding the end is not yet in sight, the head of the UN team fighting Ebola has said the number of cases would be brought down to zero by the end of 2015.

The deadly virus has killed nearly 8000 people, mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

But the International Red Cross says volunteer health workers in Guinea are exhausted after a year of fighting the disease.

The agency says that while the number of infections is down, the disease is still spreading.

Catherine Muller is from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: 

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AirAsia crash: international team arrives to help search for black boxes

At least 30 bodies from the sunken AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 victims have been recovered off the coast of Borneo,  according to Indonesian authorities.

Ships from the US, France and Malaysia have arrived at the search area  armed with sonar equipment to hunt for the plane's black boxes and fuselage.

The missing plane crashed on Sunday en route from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 passengers on board.

Nina- Maria Potts reports:

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European manufacturing still in a slump

Manufacturing growth in the eurozone was almost stagnant in December, while in the UK it slowed to a three month low, according to figures released on Friday.
The numbers show the ongoing weakness of the economy across Europe, as investors lack confidence in a faltering recovery.
Elena Casas reports from London.

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Migrant ship rescued by Italian authorities


Another migrant ship has been taken control of by Italian authorities, after it was spotted floating adrift near the coast of Corfu.


The 73 meter (240ft) cargo vessel was abandoned by its crew and found with 450 migrants thought to be Syrian onboard.


Our Europe Correspondent Natalie Powell reports…



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GERRARD TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has confirmed he will leave the English Premier League club at the end of the season.

Speculation has increased that he will move to a Major League Soccer team in the US with the 34 year-old insisting he will continue to play - but not in England.

Olly Barratt reports from London.

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Election year dawns in UK

The New Year in Britain brings a General Election that will test Conservative Party Prime Minister David Cameron and the coalition that he formed with the country's Liberal Democrats.


Britons will go to the polls in May and Mr. Cameron says the voters will face a stark choice between "competence" and "chaos" at the ballot box.


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[TAG] The leader of the opposition Labor Party, Ed Miliband, says 2015 will be a year of possibility when the country can vote for a recovery.



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First funeral takes place after Air Asia crash

The funeral has taken place of a flight attendant aboard the doomed Air Asia plane that crashed in the Java Sea last weekend.


Hayati Hamid was 49 and was laid to rest by family members in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where flight began its journey.


It was carrying 162 people and no survivors have been found.


Anton Castilani is Indonesia's Chief Forensic Police Officer and he says the underwater search is continuing for the plane's fuselage.


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Jailed Al Jazeera journalists face retrial in Egypt

Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for the last year by the Egyptian military will face a retrial on charges that they spread false news.


The surprise decision was taken by Egypt's top court on New Year's Day.


Prosecutors reportedly acknowledged in court that the initial guilty verdicts were problematic.

The men remain in jail pending that retrial.


Al Jazeera correspondent Sue Turton…convicted alongside the men in absentia…echoed the network's call for them to be immediately released.


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Al Jazeera correspondent Sue Turton was convicted alongside the men in absentia, and says she doesn't have much faith in the new trial.


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Journalist Robin Lustig in London says this is just the latest chapter in a bizarre series of legal proceedings against the journalist.


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Journalist Robin Lustig in London says the men had hoped they would be immediately released.


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