Been firing back with rockets aimed at israeli towns. Now leaders from both sides have agreed to a 72hour ceasefire. Egyptian mediators proposed the troops. Local media say hamas leaders suggested they would accept the terms of the ceasefire and they say the Israeli Government accepted too. The egyptians proposed that representatives of both sides meet in cairo to suggest a longterm agreement to end the fighting. Izzi forces launched an aerial offensive a month ago then moved in on the ground. They say they were trying to stop rocket attacks by hamas and they wanted to destroy tunnels used by the fighters. More than 1800 palestinians have been killed during the offensive. Nearly 10,000 have been wounded. Police in jerusalem say a man rammed a bulldozer into a bus in what they are calling an act of terrorism. The man and a pedestrian were killed. Several others were injured. Local media say the man drove over the pedestrian then tipped the bus over. Police moved in and shot him. Israeli
Greens owners are developing new strategies. Prodemocracy demonstrators in hong kong are debating how to move their protests forward. Friday marks exactly two months since they first started occupying parts of the territorys busy districts. The Hong Kong Government has shown no signs of giving in to their demands by wednesday. Authorities had cleared barktds from one of the three main protest sites following a court order. Some point out that support for the protesters among hong kong residents appears to have dwindled as the standoff dragged on. A student leader says a new course of action will be worked out in a few days. He was released on bail after being detained while the barricades were being removed. Some of the protesters say they intend to keep up the fight, but others including a University Associate professor and a christian minister say they will surrender themselves to police as early as next week. North koreas staterun media has for the first time used a specific title w
Researchers on both sides of the pacific are working to track the effects of japans Nuclear Accident on blue fin tuna. A team of american scientists at stanfordniversity reported last year they detected low levels of radioactive cesium in 33 of 50 blue fin caught off the coast of california. Team members said damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant was the source of the contamination. They made their conclusion based on levels o cesium 134 which has half life of about two years and only produced by nuclear reactors. The japanese and u. S. Researchers are trying to start a joint study to determine how the toxins got into tuna. Nhk world indepth. Reporter professor yamasaki has been studying marine creatures in the waters off fukushima prefecture. Translator we estimated concentration levels to be so low they wouldnt be detectable in the u. S. , but fact they found contaminated fish off the coast of the u. S. Really shocked us. Even if the figures are extremely low. Reporter yamazaki says the le
Governments efforts toward more sustainable growth. The officials cut their overall growth economist for the region in 2014 by half a percentage point to 6. 2 . They call for structural reform to stabilize Financial Markets and achieve sustainable expansion. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe decided to raise the consumption tax from the current 5 to 8 starting next april. But he doesnt want it to dampen economic growth. He wants businesses to hire more people and boost wages. Translator we will carry out bold stimulus measures to seize the opportunity for further economic recovery. We are committed to balancing economic revitalization and fiscal reform. Government officials will create an economic stimulus package ahead of the text hike. It includes a supplementary budget. Worth about 50 billion. It offers 10 billion in Corporate Tax breaks. A special levy imposed to help recovery in disasterhit regions could be scrapped one year early. The officials hope to encourage businessowners t
About 2 3. Irans carpet industry took a big hit. The u. S. Used to be the biggest foreign market, but that changed in 2010 when u. S. Added carpets to the list of goods under embargo. Translator since 2010, the economic sanctions have harmed our economy. In the past, about 25 of our exports of handwoven carpets went to the u. S. , but that stopped. Reporter iranian people elected rouhani this year in hope he could improve irans International Standing in its economy. Rouhani made his first address to the u. N. General Assembly Last month. He said he hoped to improve relations with the u. S. And europe. Translator this visit will be the first step toward improving relations with the international community. Reporter iranian voters gave rouhani a mandate to defuse tensions with the west. The geneva conference will be his first real test. Nhk world, tehran. A car bomb has exploded in northwestern syria. 20 people were killed. Police say the bomb exploded in the city near the Turkish Border