The decision clears the way for detroit to shed 18 billion in debt, but not without hurting residents, creditors and pensioners. She is in detroit, bc, whats been the reaction to this decision, a lot of people obviously impacted by this . Yes, i can tell you that reaction for the most part has been micked. On one hand, you have these retireees who they know for the most part they were dreading this day, and they heard what they didnt want to hear. They were hearing that their pension could be reduced and on the other hand, i am hear alsoing from people who say okay, we realize we recognize and now it is confirmed that the city has a huge financial problem on its hands so maybe we can use this bankruptcy as an opportunity to start over. Thats the big fear. Our mentions may go on the chopping block, our Water Department may be sold off, and this is the fear. For me personally, and for most of the people in detroit. And there are 23,000 retirees thats a lot of people but theres oh service
82 Miles Per Hour, that is how fast federal investigators say a commuter train was traveling before i derailed sunday outside new york city. The train was heading into a dangerous curve and should have been going 30 Miles Per Hour. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, its good to have you with us, im thomas. Crews used heavy equipment to clear the crash scene and turned the derailed cars upright and put them back on the tracks. Al jazeera erica has the latest on the investigation and good morning. Investigators say over the next few days the rail cars and train will be moves to a secure location for a more detailed examination. At this point they have not determined if the train wreck which killed four people and injured 60 others was the result of facility brakes or human error but each day it uncovers information as the victims families demand answers. The metro north train derailed after taking this turn at a speed nearly three times the allowed limit. The train was trave
Against the Prime Minister. Dozens of people lose their lives in the latest wave of bombings in iraq. Im Barbara Sarah from london. Two members of the band pussy riot are arrested in russia. And how hundreds were forcibly removed from their indian ocean homes to repopulate the french countryside. The opposition in ukraine says that three protesters have been killed in street battles with the police. Much of the fighting was outside the offices of ukraines ruling party. Several thousand antigovernment protesters here fighting with police. It is the worst violence they have seen in more than four weeks. And ukraines capitol city on another winters evening of discontent and rioting. You can see the smoke there moving across independence square. We are told that tempers have cooled just a little bit, but the situation still extremely tense after the death of those three protesters. Reporter a return to scenes that ukraine hasnt witnessed for weeks. Antigovernment protesters fighting with p
Industry and a country known for dangerous working condition animators are looking to change that perception. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, four people have been killed and Dozens Injured in bangkok thailand has police mount an offensive against antigovernment protesters. Police detained about 100 demonstrators while trying to clear protest camps around government offices that have been occupied for weeks and as Al Jazeera Veronica reports it shows how volatile it is between the Prime Minister and opposition calling for her to resign. It was before noon in this historical area of old bangkok when the violence broke out. What had happened was that riot police were trying to clear the area of demonstrators who occupied this intersection for several weeks now. They brought in bulldozers that were trying to clear the area as cheers rang out from the protesters and suddenly an explosion was heard and we since discovered that was an m79 grenade and they too
Homosexual laws. Future for the navy, unveiling the latest weapon that seems ripped from star wars. Wonder world a former astronaut tells us about these spectacular time lapse images. And we begin tonight with the fiery live images from kiev. Its Early Morning now. You are looking at Independence Square, flames, smoke, flashes of light amid a sea of protesters and riot police that moved in to clear the square, setting off the deadliest day of violence. At least 18 have been killed, untold numbers injured. Several forces are at play, political, economic, religious. Opposition leaders say todays talk failed to end the violence, and this comes tonight as the state Department Issues a warning to u. S. Citizens travelling there. We have a lot to get to. Joining us from kiev is journalist max ooen. Welcome. Its good to have you on the program. Tell us what you have been seeing . You know, its tense. Nevertheless, its the pressures are ongoing, and basically just an hour ago it was 5am. I saw