Droughtstricken areas of africa. In ukraine a symbolic vote widening the divide between east and west, Crimean Parliament voting to become part of russia. Now russia and the rust even further apart as america has decided to impose sanctions. Phil ittner is live in kiev. And phil this vote wont be official until the people approve it later on. What does the vote by the Parliament Mean . Its mostly symbolic, the Crimean Parliament suggesting that they want to reunite with the Russian Federation. They will of course debate whether or not to rejoin. Theres a lot of minorities on the peninsula who dont want to, but the majority are ethnic russians, and crimea was part of the Russian Federation up until 1954. So there is a history where it was part of russia previously. Phil if the people vote yes, what does that mean for kiev . Well, it means a lot for kiev. We are talking about loosing a huge chunk of territory from the integrity of ukraine. There is also issues in financial terms. It is d
Five days after Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished, we may have our first clue as to what happened to the plane and the 239 people on board. These satellite images of what are said to be three floating objects. Those images were taken near the aircrafts last known location. This comes as ships and planes are searching the area about the size of indiana. Jonathan betz with the lates. Reporter big developments on the missing plane. One of the satellites may have spotted debris from that missing jetliner. Do you remember the flight was last spotted here in the gulf of thailand at 1 30 in the morning early saturday morning. Now large pieces of debris found floating not too terribly far away here in the south china sea. This is spotted the day after the plane disappeared. Its largely in line with the line of flight for that missing jetliner. We also have photos supported by that chinese satellite. It is three pieces of debris, all are large pieces, 40 feet long. The biggest is 79 feet by
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Area, try being disabled. So what does that mean forest of us . People with disables are concerned with some of the proposed changes as well. We are live in San Francisco city hall with the story. Heather . Reporter Advisory Committee says adding spaces will give a head start on handicapped space percentages coming down the a . Kn francisco, even nicest people can get testy when someone threatens to take away their space. The transit first city o San Francisco is aiming to reduce parking generally. But will be asked to increase it for disabled drivers who say not all of them can take transit, and they need more. A lot more. Nearly 500 more handicapped spaces forok starters. We have people with disabilities living longer. So its a need in general. Right now, placard holders can park for free the misuse by those who dont need them is rampant. There are 23 regular Parking Spaces on this block. This afternoon, 19 were filled with cars with handicapped placards. A woman in an adjacent buil