After much stalling and intense pressure from the United States, syrias main rebel group has agreed to attend next weeks peace conference in switzerland. 75 coalition managers voted inestanbul. The majority favored attending the talks. It will be the first face to face meeting between the assad regime and the Coalition Since the civil war began in 2011. The talks are scheduled to begin on wednesday. Nina mcnaught has the latest reporter it was supposed to be conducted by a show of hands. In the end, they opted for secret battles, so devisive, so con tentious has this become. When the votes were counted, we have an overwhelming vote yes in support of the coalition d delegation to participate in discussions with the assad. Regime 58 saying yes, 14 saying no. One white paper and two refusal, but this wasnt an easy process. There was a withdrawal block of 44 members who refused to participate in discussions in the leadup to the vote because they simply felt the preconditions have not been
In bosnia thousands of people all across the country are protesting the government. 200 are injured after police use the tear gas to fight demonstrators setting the city on fire. Reporter buildings damaged, cars destroyed, and debris littering the streets of sarajevo. As darkness fell on friday the bosnian capitol was still in chaos. Firefighters spent the evening putting out fires after protesters stormed the president s and other federal buildings abraise. Arounablaze. 200 people were injured in the clash. The ruling elite have been controlling this country for the past 20 years. They must be removed from power immediately for bosnia to move forward. If not the violence will only worsen. Reporter workers gathered in front of a Regional Government building to voice their anger in factory closing closings. Fury over high unemployment and rampant corruption bosnia remains one of europes poorest and most divided countries. It is the most unrest the country has seen since the end of the 1
Here he cant understand why firefighters couldnt extinguish the blaze quickly. And he let eight houses burn. He wants to know the cause some say the blaze began when someone tossed fireworks on to a front porch. I want to know if its a murder incident, they give me answers, because im hurting. Don is the head of the Liberian Association of pennsylvania, many are upset but a violent protest is not the way to get answers. We strongly believe there are ways to sit down and get the results, yesterday that is not representing the community. They are urging calm and like other Community Leaders discouraging anyone here from holding more protests for now. We know that the liberian ambassador for the United States is heading here from washington, d. C. Right now, he is meeting with the victims families and helping them with their Funeral Plans and helping people in this neighborhood to replace documents they lost in the fire. Live in northwest philadelphia, channel 6 action news. Sara, thank y
Theyre in here every week. Vinyl or vintage, why some say the old plastic is back in style. An aid convoy came under ago in the syrian city of homs. Four workers were injured, and one truck was hit by bullets. There is conflicting reports about who is responsible. The fighting cut short the threeday ceasefire agreed upon friday. Today 80 people were evacuated from the people and many more are expected to leave throughout the week. The attacks on the innocent are on the rise in afghanistan. An u. N. Report said last year was the deadliest for civilians since 2009. Jane ferguson has that story from kabul. Reporter its people like this who bleed the most in conflicts civilians shots blown up and battered by two warring sides. A teenager was simply standing too close to a suicidebomber last week. There was an explosion. It threw me and i was unconscious. After that i got up and was very dizzy. I fell down again. I couldnt see. Reporter he is part of a growing number of civilian casualties
Good evening. It was right around christmas time when we learned about the massive data breach at target Stores Across this country. And the theft of a lot of credit and debit card data. It got worse today with word that it is potentially much larger, may not be limited to shoppers this year but may go back several years. And it is possible hackers have tapped into a data base that may include people who dont even shop at target. We could be talking upwards of 110 Million People, and this comes as so Many Americans have already been forced to change their cards and accounts. Nbcs katy tur has been covering this and starts us off tonight. Reporter if you thought the fraud over the holidays at target did not affect you, think again. Last month it was credit cards and 40 Million People compromised. Today its names, phone numbers, emails and home addresses for potentially 70 million more, making targets holiday hacking one of the largest Retail Security breaches ever. Allie white, a loyal