A bangladeshi american blogger who spoke out against religious extremism has been hacked to death in dhaka. He advocated secularism and had apparently been threatened over his blog posts. Reporter roys family says the religious extremism he protested against may have lead to his death. He and his wife were ambushed on thursday evening by at least two men with meat cleavers. Translator i saw an unknown person bring out a knife and first him on the head and then the shoulders. I shouted for people to help but nobody came to save him. Nobody skam. Reporter police found the meat cleavers but they havent arrested anyone or said who might be behind the attack. Roys family and friends say they have no doubt his beliefs and writing made him a target. He was a professed atheist committed to tearing down fan gnat schism. Translator this [ inaudible ] that was earned by the blood sacrifice [ inaudible ]. Reporter activists gathered to extress their outrage over the prominent bloggers murder. Some
So to nepal first of all magnitude 7. 5 earthquake has struck 80kilometers east of the town of. [ inaudible ] the epicenter of the quake half that way between there and the captain kathmandu where there are reports some some buildings have collapsed. Tremors felt as far as away as new delhi and other parts of india. On the line more about what you know. Reporter well, i am walking around. The entire ground was shaking. [ inaudible ] on the floor. [ inaudible ] we could see earlier just clouds. And the trembling we can still feel tremors occasionally. We are feeling conversations people having conversations kids are trapped in buildings. But we havent been able to go to those places yet. Is this a part of the world which gets a lot of tremors . Are you used to this sort of thing there . Reporter sorry, i didnt quite catch you. Just wondering if this is a part of the world where you get a lot of earthquakes or tremors a lot of the time . [ inaudible ] by earthquakes need 34 is where we h
Our top story comes from zurich where swiss police have raided a hotel and detained a number of fee th investigation to corruption. Andrew martin has been covering the story. What do we know at this point . Reporter what we know is that the Swiss Police Raided a hotel injuring where the leadership were staying as part of an annual meeting and president ial election. At least six feet for officials were arrested fifa officials were arrested today. There were six arrests including some of the top officials. The top lieutenants were including jeff webb of the Cayman Islands who is considered to be the heir apparent. And Eugenio Figueredo of uruguay. A number of top chief officials. The allegations are wire fraud and Money Laundering, how much are we talking . We are still waiting for a lot of the details but the swiss police let out this tantalizing detail that there were bribes and kickbacks from the early 1990s to present day totaling 100 million. Some of the details have yet to emerge.
And the gift of guns. One Police Departments valentines day suggestion, a firearm for that special someone. There have been plenty of headlines about the winter that just wont stop. Rain has been falling in some parts of california and that is big news but its not nearly enough rain to help desperate farmers teelg dealing with extreme drought. Theyre not the only ones struggling. We begin with melissa chan in californias Central Valley. The worst drought in her memory has her worried. It grabs you from down deep. And youre making me cry but when you see the soil and you touch it and you know that it may not be here for your next generation of family, thats thats big. Reporter she says she had hoped to plant pistachio trees this winter but without water, she will abandon that notion. Many afternoons assessing the effect of the drought. And it will be dry like this all year. All year. She takes us to stoneland farms. They left land fallow, because they dont have enough water. When were n
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