Far fewer than the million to million and a half city officials had guesstimated would attend. Mayor mayor said a packed parkway and a service were proof of a successful event. He lashed out news reports suggesting attendees would face massive inconvenience. I think that in some instan instances you all scared the bleep out of people with some of the stories. Reporter i pointed out to the mayor there was plenty of blaming to around. A lack of coordination and communication among numerous government agencies. At one point a map was shown to reporters suggesting up to seven hour walk times from new jersey to the papal events. Nutter admitted it was, you know, during that stretch there probably over a couple weeks not some of the finest moments in Public Service as collective. Reporter not everyone who attend actually saw the pontiff. Nutter promised to look into reports that massive backups at some metal detector stations caused thousands of visitors to miss the mass. Despite arriving ho
Black teenager. Battling for union recognition. The workers in guatemalas banana industry. Plus, there are signs of political reconciliation in iraq with kurdish ministers rejoining the government. He is back in baghdad, back as the foreign minister. The kurdish political bloc pulled out of the National Government in protest at Nouri Almalikis accusations that kurdish politicians were harbouring terrorists. Later in july the iraqi president nominated Haider Alabadi to be the new Prime Minister, thereby sidelining Nouri Almaliki. Nouri almaliki eventually agreed to step down, and back a former rival, Haider Alabadi in august. Peshmerga forces joined iraqi troops in the battle against the Islamic State, and for the control of the mosul dam. Nouri almaliki stepped down as Prime Minister and in his weekly address, as a caretaker Prime Minister, he called for all Political Parties to be involved in the formation of a new government. Translation the key principle informing the government how
Power. Im having a Success Story of a homemaker has a real dilemma for the workforce. We begin in yemen this hour where an American Photo journalist and a South African teacher killed by alqaeda fighters and shot after a rape and u. S. Special forces began to free the hostages and from washington patty reports. Reporter it was the second time u. S. Forces tried to rescue american luke somers and died along South African expected to be released in the coming days and u. S. Officials were shocked by the captors and during the raid in the southeast of yemen. One of my daughter tells me they tried to kill him and tried to escape with him but the operation was very strong and they were surrounded so they killed him. Reporter according to media reports the hostages were wounded but alive when they were evacuated on an osprey like this, one died in route and the other died on an operateing table and u. S. Officials are defending the operation. Luke somers was murdered. He was taken hostage. H
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Reporter good morning, dara. This is a situation unfolding for the past few hours. We believe that there is one hostage, perhaps an employee of a company that was in that Industrial Park being held by the kouachi brothers who have made contact with authorities apparently and have said they want to die as martyrs. Unclear what else the substance or tenor of the negotiations has been and, again, it has been going on for a couple of hours now. A situation that is a standoff. In the surrounding community, there is a lockdown situation. One school very nearby has been evacuated. Others kids told to stay away from windows and essentially shelter in place. The police have put a cordon around the area. All of this is happening an hour outside of paris, about ten miles or so from Charles De Gaulle International Airport where there is some concern about disruptions to flights, two runways are closed altering flight patterns somewhat but not a significant problem and to be clear, this is not the