Easing of chinas onechild policy is affecting their families. Good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. President obamas European Tour is in its fourth day and he is in vatican city for his first meeting with the pontiff. Mike viqueira is travelling with the president in vatican city. Good morning. The president and pope francis expected to meet for a short time. What is happening right now at the vatican . Yes. Well, im just going to turn my head for a second. The president s motorcade is across st. Peterss square. The president arrived as you might imagine. There were many onlookers lining the way, taking pictures. The president turns out. Italians and others are interested. The president shook the hand of the pontiff and said, im a great reminder. He has a full slate of activities in rome, including sightseeing at the colosseum. Pope francis is expected to give the potential to the Affordable Care act, which is employers providing some cover. Any word about that
Good evening. If they had been taken from a school in this country, it would trigger nonstop, aroundtheclock news coverage. But as we first reported here last week, this drama is taking place in nigeria. Hundreds of school girls were taken on april 15th in a remote village, taken by terrorists who have since admitted to it on video, bragged about it, and taunted the girls families and loved ones. The terrorist group in question is against westernstyle education and is responsible for the deaths of thousands of nigerians in recent years. And in nigeria and around the world, there were protests today. The story of this mass abduction has now spread with a big assist from social media focusing a lot of attention on the effort to find them and get them back. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs ann curry. Reporter the leader of the militant Islamic Group boko haram bragging that he was behind the kidnappings. I abducted your girls, he said. I will sell them in the market by allah. I will s
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The Tiger Island wildfire in Beauregard Parish, which has been burning for almost a week, has burned about 33,000 acres as of Sunday, according to a statement from parish officials.
All evacuation orders in the area of the Tiger Island Fire in Beauregard Parish remained in effect Saturday, according to the Bearuregard Parish Sheriff s Office.