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Weeks school massacre. Why rights campaigners are punished plus. We are working on a mechanism, kite power could supply a more efficient form of renewable energy. Heavy rains across asia caused major flooding and landslide. 30 people have been killed. More than 200,000 have been displaced across three countries in thailand. 13 people have died there. The government has declared disaster zones in eight provinces in the south of the country. Nearly 8,000 people have had to leave their homes. Over ...

Direct line to experts advice. We begin with a story out of asia, where a search and rescue mission is under way for a missing passenger plane. The air asia a malaysian Budget Airline took off from the city and was due to land in singapore more than nine hours ago. Not a single trace of the aircraft has been found yet. Gerald tan has the latest. At the airport in indonesia, people are waiting for news of their loved ones. 162 passengers and crew were on board air asia flight qz8501 to sing for. ...

Threatening the future of a muchloved cosmetic product. The Syrian Government has agreed to participate in negotiations to restart peace talks in moscow. Russias Foreign Ministry said that it hopes to host talks between Bashar Alassads government and syrias divided opposition in late january, but its still unclear who will officially be taking part. We go to Vice President of the building syria state party, in damascus. Speaking by phone, he says that only a political solution will end the confl...

I am nick speicer in berlin. Now, more than ever, the goto place for young Classical Musicians. Sflooush. Police officers from around the u. S. Today gathered at a church in the queens section of new york city. They were there to pay their respects to a fallen comerad, ny Police Officer rafael ramos. Its been a week since he and his partner were shot dead inside their patrol car while in brooklyn. Investigators described it as an assassination, who wanted to avenge the deaths of eric brown and m...

Neighbourhood. Right now in Southeast Asia the search effort is resuming for yet another missing jetliner. Airasia qz8501 took off from indonesia a little more than 24 hours ago. It encountered heavy weather about 40 minutes later. Air Traffic Controllers were trying to divert it and thats when they lost contact. 162 people were on board the flight so far there has been no sign of them for the plane. Veronica pedrosa as more. Reporter from the air and at sea an intense search for missing flight ...

Great pleasure to introduce her moderator for the conversation, doug foster. Thank you and thank you for coming. Its great to meet you and have a chance to talk about the wonderful book. I wanted to start with the wonderful essay from the great kenyan satirist denyer banca pena who wrote that nine bloodedly good essay, how to read about africa by which he meant of course all of us who write about the continent should stop representing that. Hes down with the following. Broad brush strokes throug...

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At least 13 or 14 cities over 15year period that you can take a look at as one of the models thats doing an incredible job of connecting Law Enforcement young people in a role where theyre still Police Officers but their role very much different than what it would normally be, helping create broader relationships. It is called the ok program. Yes, sir . Clear up Something Real quickly. Not a word has been mentioned about the Civil Rights Division of doj. I spent 39 years in the fbi. I ran the fb...

Quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to major david wilson, a u. S. Air force officer who is currently serving as a defense legislative fellow in my office for the duration of todays session in the senate. The ...

Its binding components will only come into force in 2020. This means the other components must test the needs to increase substantially our investment and resilience now. The economics of resilience are compelling. For every dollar we can save 4 in the cost of relief. For every dollar invested in Early Warning we can save up to 30 in reconstruction. The cost of an action arising. Economic losses from Natural Hazards have hassen from 50 billion from each year in the 80s to just under 200 billion ...