Monday, January 5, 2015

Football player shot dead in Russia

A player for the Russian football club Anzhi Makhachkala in Russia has been shot dead while driving.


The shooting occurred near his home in Russia's troubled North Caucasus region.


Tom Barton reports.



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Boston prepares for Boston Marathon Bombing trial

The American city of Boston is preparing itself for what is likely to be the biggest US trial in recent history [EDITORS: starts Monday 5th January].

21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with detonating two homemade bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others.

Marc Fucarile [PRON FOO-ka-ril] was one of 17 people who lost limbs as a result of the bombing. He says he’s ready for the trial. 

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[ALT] Boston criminal attorney Bob Bloom says holding the trial in the city where the attack took place could make a fair trial difficult. 

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Boston criminal attorney Bob Bloom says the nature of the attack shocked many. 

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Chinese student Lingzi Lu died in the attack. One of her friends Yujue Wang [PRON YEE-joo wong] still struggles to talk about the defendant Tsarnaev.

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Chinese student Lingzi Lu died in the attack. One of her friends Yujue Wang [PRON YEE-joo wong] says the trial won’t change what happened. 

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Civil liberties campaigner Valerie Vanetta believes the trial should be heard in another city, away from Boston. 

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Culture professor Salvatore Fallica feels the extensive media coverage will make it difficult to find jurors with no prior knowledge of the case. 

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On the streets of Boston many are still unsure if they'll follow the trial. 

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

USA Avian Flu Fears


An outbreak of avian flu in the Canadian province of British Columbia has led to a quarter of a million chickens being euthanized in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading.

 

But the recent discovery of a strain of the H5 avian flu virus in a wild duck across the border with the United States has put authorities there on high alert, as Tim Exton reports from Seattle.


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North Korea denounces US sanctions

The regime of Kim Jong Un has denounced the latest round of sanctions imposed by the Obama administration as inveterate repugnance and hostility toward the D.P.R.K.

The sanctions were imposed as part of the response to the hack attack on Sony Pictures, the distributor of the film, The Interview, which centers around the imaginary assasination of the North Korean leader.

Priscilla Huff reports:

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114th U.S. Congress set to convene

The 114th U.S. Congress is set to convene, with Republicans in control of both chambers.

Ahead of the first meeting of America's legislative body, the Republican leadership was indicating, their top priority was to tackle controversial legislation, such as the Affordable Care Act and the Keystone XL pipeline.

In an interview with CNN's State of the Union, incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he is aware that with a Democrat in the White House, somehow common ground will have to be found.

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2015 UN goal remains zero Ebola cases

The outgoing head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response says the only acceptable outcome is zero Ebola cases by the end of 2015.

More than 7900 have died from the viral infection.

Currently, a Scottish nurse is in serious condition in a London hospital after being infected while working with patients in Sierre Leone, while an American surgeon is en route to specialized care in Nebraska after possibly being infected.

Anthony Banbury - who is leaving the role of UN Ebola coordinator - says just four months ago, Ebola caseload estimates were much higher 

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U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, just returned from West Africa where 2,400 U.S. soldiers are helping support the efforts to combat Ebola.

On CBS's "Face the Nation," U.S. Senator Chris Coons said he's open to some American troops coming home, but the fight against Ebola is not over.

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Funeral for second slain NYC police officer

Thousands of New York City police officers and many more from around the United States attended the funeral of Wenjian Liu, who was shot to death last month while on patrol with a fellow officer.

The violence against law enforcement has highlighted the issue of race in the United States, and for the second time, at this funeral, police officers turned their backs on elected officers, to demonstrate silently that they feel the police are not being supported.

However, in an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation,"CBS's "Face the Nation," programme, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer attempted to be optimistic that things can change, especially for New York City.

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Senator Schumer is a Democrat and the senior senator from New York State.

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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. 

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

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Our correspondent Lorna Shaddick explains the background to the trial:

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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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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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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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