Bakken oil fields of north dakota creating appliance on creating creating pipelines on the rails. Until were proactive instead of reactive people are going to keep dying. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. The down side of north americas oil boom. Two of West Virginias townd were evacuated after an explosion of tankers carrying tons of crude oil from the Bakken Oil Fields of north dakota. It is an important resource but Sheila Macvicar found out in her investigation it also Shows Growing evidence of a new danger on the rails. Reporter massive explosions rocked the scene of mondays Train Derailment in fayette county, West Virginia. Ive never seen anything like this. Reporter where trains caught five after jumping the track during a snow storm. Oh my god. The force of the explosion so close to the communities of montgomery and mountain carbon with their thousands of inhabitants are raising questions about the safety of the tens of thousands of trains that are transporting an increas
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The second round of syrian peace talks official ended in officially ended in are failure today. The mediator is blaming the Syrian Government. Our james bays has the latest from geneva. After chairing a second round of talks that have achieved nothing, mediator Lakhdar Brahimi wanted to address the syrian people. Im very, very sorry and i apologize to the syrian people, that hopes which were very, very high, tha that something will hn here. I think the little that has been achieved in homs gave them even more hope. Reporter dr. Brahimi explained there had been arguments over the agenda for the talks. He made a compromise proposal and he made it clear which side had objected. Unfortunately, the government has refused, which raises the suspicion of the opposition. That, in fact, the government doesnt want to discuss at all. Reporter within minutes both sides came to brief the media. Even though everybody heard dr. Brahimi say it was the Syrian Government that didnt accept the items. Why
Robotic arm, the Technology Behind this extraordinary device. And we begin with the new development in the efforts to find the kidnapped school girls in nigeria. And that new development has an american connection. Tonight, a pentagon official tells al jazeera that the u. S. Military is complying manned missions to help the search effort. That official describes them as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. They follow a day the captors proof of life with them, the message that will let the 276 girls free but only if the government grac agrees with a prisoner release. Rawya rageh reports. Girls are heard speaking in arabic reciting lines from the cokoran. Boko haram leader also makes a separate appearance. In his second video since the girls were taken he says he will not let the girls go unless incarcerated members of the group are released. Does not negotiate with what the government calls terrorists. Abuja kept up a daily sit in calling for the girls release. Joine
If we could understand how those actually work, we would know something important about how everything works. Woodruff plus, an update on efforts to bring back the abducted Nigerian School girls, 100 days after they went missing. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the first of the victims from the malaysian airliner shot down over ukraine arrived back in the netherlands today. Life in the grieving nation largely came to a halt, as the days somber events p