Islands in the South China Sea could mean for the regions security situation. And japans Nuclear Power plants are slowly going back on line despite lingering questions. U. S. President obama backed away from a commitment to end the afghan war during his time in office. He said hes not withdrawing troops from afghanistan by the end of next year. 5500 u. S. Personnel will remain beyond 2016. As commander in chief, i will not allow afghanistan to be used as safe haven for terrorists to attack our nation again. Our forces, therefore, remain engaged in two narrow, but critical missions, Training Afghan forces and supporting Counterterrorism Operations against the remnants of al qaeda. Obama stated he does not support the idea of end legislation war, but says the mission is vital to u. S. National interests. The president warned the security situation is very fragile in key areas of afghanistan, and that there is a risk of deterioration. He says the taliban has made gains, particularly in ru
The standoff comntinues as the land minister advocates to remit the license. The samesex unions are underway in one central tokyo district, the first step to treating such relationships as equivalent to marriage. More details emerge about the u. S. Naval operation that is sparking tensions between washington and beijing. A pentagon official has told nhk that chinese ships tracked the u. S. Naval destroyer as it sailed near an artificial reef in the south china sea. China built the reef and claims it as its territory. The Officials Say the vessels shadow the ship for several days after leaving a port in malaysia. The shep stayed quite a distance away, and the situation was not dangerous. On tuesday, the ship sailed within 12 nautical miles away from the Spratly Islands. They are claimed by china, vietnam, and other parties. The u. S. Authorities say theyll continue to carry out missions in accordance to law. Nations can declare up to 12 nautical miles from their coast of sovereign terri
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Today in a broadcast exclusive we will speak with Joseph Hickman, who served as a Staff Sergeant at gitmo. He has just published a book titled, murder at camp delta. Then, women on waves. We can legally help women seek abortion. Were here in solidarity with women who have been denied their human rights. The new film vessel looks at how a dutch doctor managed to open access to safe abortion in countries were the procedure is illegal. We will speak to dr. Rebecca gomperts of women on waves and filmmaker Diana Whitten. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. New satellite images and witness accounts have emerged of what Amnesty International calls the catastrophic destruction from a massacre in northern nigeria. Hundreds are feared dead after boko haram militants attacked baga and surrounding areas earlier this month. Before and after images taken of two adjacent towns show thousands of buildings damaged or destro
Currently 32 schools well go up to 42 schools well look at addressing another officers for the schools within our area there is obviously an increase in Police Personnel personnel well adding land and the chief said the staffing has i have no speaker cards we will increase our staffing other northern stations to handle the additional calls for service those are some of the challenges we see as some of the positives is what the chief said originally northern station there are 10 district station in northern station is probably one of the fewer destinations the city large enough if accommodate 50 officers some have exchanged by the size currently, we have not one hundred and 50 but one hundred we have the ability to add locker rooms and park facilities that the stationed may not be able to so we moved further west the second reason right now if i stand in the a parking lot at northern station and throw a rock across the street to Martin Luther king that is not our district thats the Park