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Po pouring from the world trade center. With the relatively tiny American Force the taliban was overthrown and the u. S. And allies got to work pacifying the country and creating the conditions for the establishment of a new central government. Now more than 13 years later allied forces are packing up and leaving trying to make a functioning country out of a fundamentally dysfunctional one at great expense of blood and money. We look at what worked, what didnt and what remains to be done. Afghan...

Palestinians have again been burying their dead after renewed israeli attacks. This time, 10 members of a family taking coverage in a United Nations school. The human cost continues to climb. 64 Israeli Soldiers have now been killed. Three civilians have been killed in israel, one of w4078 was a thai national. At least 1,830 palestinians have been killed in the israel operation. The u. N. Estimates around 80 of them are civilians. More than 9,370 people have been injured 2,500 are children. More...

Joining hundreds of Syrian Kurdish and opposition fight tours take on the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The peshmerga have been waiting on the border since wednesday. Reconnaissance teams have been sent in over the past few days. Now it seems that theyre ready to begin the fight. Now kobane has gained great significance not just for the Kurdish Forces defending it, but also for turkey. Its leaders have been watching developments there closely. Well have more on that a little later. But f...

We begin in burki na faso. The africa union has told leaders to hand back power to the government or face sanctions. Theyve been talking about a transitional government. The army has tightened its grips on friday when its president was forced to resign. Were joined live, has there been any reaction or response even to this African Union ultimatum, haru . There has been nothing official, but he has had a busy day meeting all sorts of people from applications, diplomats, and he has been basically ...

Spaceship crashes on a test in california. Rival military faxes in burkina faso are struggling for power after the resignation of the president. The leader of 27 years stemmed down on friday after days of violent protests and that leaves questions over who is in charge. In a country seen as an important u. S. Ally in the fight against al qaeda in north africa. Reporter Blaise Blaise comer was president for 27 years. There is now a dispute over who is in charge. First the helped army said he woul...

Dazzling designs. The high priced high risk push for commercial Space Tourism suffered a major setback in the Mojave Desert today. Thats where Virgin Galactic spaceshiptwo crashed. Two pilots were on board one died, one was wounded. Tom ackerman reports. This was the second time it flew but only the first time it was supposed to reach the atmosphere, at that point the plane was supposed to separate, ignite its own rocket motor and climb to an altitude of 21,000 meters. Instead the plane crashed ...

Pro independence demonstrations in catalonia calls for a selfdetermination, grow louder in spains richest region. Well, the u. S. President barack obama has outlined a plan for taking on the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. And his secretary of state john kerry has been trying to Gain International support at a meeting with arab and other leaders in saudi arabia. Obamas announce has raised questions about whether he has formulate add new doctrine for u. S. Foreign policy. Tom ackerman repo...

United states. The illegal trade, suggests chinese officials were involved in the smuggling of tanzania ivory. Libyas Supreme Court has ruled that residents of tripoli celebrated after the courts decision, which supported the armed group in control of the capitol. And the tripoli based parliaments and administrations have been vying for legitimacy and power. Reports. Libya has been urn the control of two rival governments each supported by arms grouped enganged in daily fighting. Now the Supreme...

Once it engages, it will be interesting whether the stalemate controlling the eastern part and the southern part of the kurdish fighters controlling the west and north, whether that balance of power will shift or not. Its not just a physical battle, theres a political struggle. Ill come back in a second after we hear from the turkish president who says there has been too Much Coalition focus on kobane. Translation i want to stress one important thing about kobane. Why kobane . Why not other town...

This is al jazeera america. Two days staff g. O. P. Seized full control of congress can, the Top Republicans in the house outlined their agenda for the next two years. House Speaker John Boehner health a News Conference today, and had a warning for president obama about acting alone on key issues. Lisa stark joins us now, lisa, good to see you, so the president says he is ready to act on his own. But speaker mainer says not so fast, huh. Ehe did indeed. Saying if the president tries to go it alo...