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
Ski season in the west, the tom on california. And true nature of attack dogs. Our series tonight continues with Surprising New evident from science and Technology Correspondent jake ward. And we begin tonight with a syria peace talks. Theyve hit a roadblock breaking down over the weekend. And today the blame game continues. The u. S. Accusing syrian president bashar alassad, and the diplomatic wrestling continues, so is the suffering. Richelle carey is here with that. Richelle,. It all comes down to people. Syrian, millions are refugees, crossing borders. Pictures shows us the human struggle playing out in the desert. These are the images we see from syria of the shelling, the suffering. They only tell part of the story. These people tell the other. A steady stream of refugees free the war torn country, by the hundreds of thousands. They walk across the desert. Pictures of these show wave after wave, children like marwan, a sevenyearold facing an uncertain future. Marwan is just one o
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Suarez the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. The news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the worlds 1. 2 billion catholics. It was a big surprise because this doesnt happen all the time. And my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my noncatholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. I had never heard anything like this in my life. The pope has to be there until he dies. And he is resigning . Popes cant resign. This hasnt happened in 600 years. A pope cant resign. This news isnt right. Suarez a pope abdicated in 1294 but the last pontiff to do so was gregory 12th in 1415. Pope benedicts decision at age 85 came in an announcement made in latin during a meeting of cardinals at the vatican. Dear brothers, i have ca
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Suarez the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. The news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the worlds 1. 2 billion catholics. It was a big surprise because this doesnt happen all the time. And my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my noncatholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. I had never heard anything like this in my life. The pope has to be there until he dies. And he is resigning . Popes cant resign. This hasnt happened in 600 years. A pope cant resign. This news isnt right. Suarez a pope abdicated in 1294 but the last pontiff to do so was gregory 12th in 1415. Pope benedicts decision at age 85 came in an announcement made in latin during a meeting of cardinals at the vatican. Dear brothers, i have ca