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ALJAZAM News November 25, 2013

And 11,000 children are estimated to have died in the conflict and two president ial candidates are claiming victory in honduras with neither showing any backing down. Well demonstrators in thailand forced their way in on a second day of protests and they scuffleled with protesters since sunday and threatening to occupy more government buildings until the Prime Minister steps down. Now tens of thousands of opposition supporters are spreading out right across the capitol and organizers are calling for people to gather at 13 locations city wide. That is all happening in bangkok and we will go to the thai capital and what is going on in the finance ministry, veronica . The finance ministry is across the road from where i am now, just a few meters away and in the last hour or so there has been a dramatic build up of crowds coming into the area. My understanding is that the rally organizer has said that he wants to shift the central rallying point away and what we saw at least 70,000, possibly hundreds of thousands more meet yesterday and shift it to him. He has also announced he wants people to bring mattresses here and go in the finance Ministry Building and sleep there tonight and occupy it as he steps down from office. Its a noisy and triumphant crowd and can you imagine this happening in a ministry of finance building anywhere in the world. Reporter so veronica seeing that they have marched on the finance ministry what is the government doing about it and Security Service doing about the masses of people that are turning out . The Security Services have been very hands off on this all the way through. There is an issue in the sense that there are some former supporters of the government who have been diseffected by her policies of which she stands and joined this coalition as antigovernment groups. So i think she wants to be seen as somebody who would go against her former supporters. On the other hand a move like this occupying a government building, something that will hold up the business of government, running a country, requires a response. So it seems like there is a provocation going on here that even though the Prime Minister has not come out and asked people to not occupy the building and to come out, it looks like they are going to have to take much tougher measures. Veronica, thank you and reporting from bangkok. There is protests new crane and police crashed with demonstrators who gathered outside of the president s office and want him to sign a pack with europe and they pulled out because of pressure on allies in russia and we are in the capitol and joining us on the telephone. From there on sunday we saw big numbers of protesters coming out. Nick, what is the situation on monday . Well, there is no where near the protesters like on sunday. Im standing now overlooking independent square which you may recall was the scene of the 2004 orange revelation and i remember those days. It was covered with people. There were a Million People. There was a hopeful atmosphere and i would say the atmosphere now is more of resignation because its raining and there are a couple hundred demonstrating in front of the government building where earlier we spoke with the members of parliament and the world heavy weight boxing champion and explained why the ukrainians want to join europe, its a way of cleaning up politics in the country. Nick, the Bigger Picture i think here is that its about the political direction that the country is taking. Absolutely and it has been that way for 20 years. The country about the size of spain torn between east and west and the masters of the kremlin and life along european standards with higher respect of human rights, due process of law, a easier Business Environment and no bribes and economy with more jobs, that is the situation overall in the ukraine and the people are hopeful toll join europe and a standing Association Agreement because its not full blown membership but getting closer to europe will steer them in that direction. Alternatively engaging in closer ties with moscow, the people who are in favor of joining, would be a return to Something Like the soviet union where the shots would be called from the kremlin. Reporting in the ukraine. The u. N. Envoy is trying to finalize a date for a peace conference and they will meet in geneva and for many in syria the talks cant come soon enough. A resent report says more than 11,000 children died since the conflict began and here is Stephanie Decker with more. 1 00 on wednesday afternoon in a district of damascus. One of the local activists is asking a group of children what its like living here. Translator when we were at school piles of dead bodies were brought in everyday. We used to see them being prepared for burials. And as they continue to tell their story this happened. [loud crash] a shell hits the area. Its a snapshot of what its like on the ground. While political bickering and many living here do not. The u. N. Says half of syrians are dependent on foreign aid to survive, that is 9. 3 Million People. 6 1 2 million are displaced and just over 2 million have fled syria many live in refugee camps in neighboring countries and at least 100,000 people have been killed and your report by the Oxford Research group says 11,000 of those are children. But today these children survived. Al jazeera managed to track them down in the syrian capitol. Translator we were riding our bikes when we saw the activists and said we want to film you and when we were filming a shell landed. We didnt get hurt. My mother started crying and my mother also cried. Reporter many ask the question if political pressure paves the way for a safe visit by the chemical weapons inspectors here then way cant the same be done for the humanitarian aid that the people desperately need. Lets get an update now from geneva on the talks and if they are getting a final date on the final two talks, david . Yes, the talks are underway and we express a press conference sometime this afternoon. The syrian negotiator has started talks for Political Affairs who was also involved in the iranian talks and the Deputy Foreign minister from russia. Now no details will be released of exactly what they are discussing but its thought to be some sort of general assessment of where they are now are and thought they would start the geneva two peace talks here on december the 12th but from diplomatic sources we have been hearing that date could well slip into january so not very reassuring or encouraging news on that. The sticking points are still the same. Exactly what power will the syrian delegation have to carry out negotiations if and when they come here, the National Council said they will come but investing on stepping down of assad and the Transitional Government is much in doubt because many of the fighters and militants in the rebellion will not attend the talks. There is also the case of will iran attend, will saudi arabia attend and maybe attend and not go in the peace talks but meet in rooms around the actual peace talks. Still an awful lot to discuss. Still no real encouraging news but we will hear more in about four hours time when we get the press conference. We will be speaking to you at that time and thank you from geneva. Five soldiers have been killed in libya after violence of troops and armed grops and happened in benghazi after the army clashed with the rebel group. And we are in tripoli and live on the telephone with more on the situation in benghazi and how strong is this group and what do we know about them . We actually left benghazi and came to tripoli this morning as it was breaking out and in benghazi we did see the fores controlling at least one check point in the city so it has been kind of uneasy situation in the last few days and weeks as the National Army has set up checkpoints and established control of the city but they have remained there and this is a situation and overnight there were clashes when fighting broke out between one of the army units and forces and it really escalated from there and there are five soldiers and people wounded and its still ongoing. Thank you and we are giving you an update from libya. Oil prices dropped following a deal and its a sign of confidence that the iranian economy could be opening up. That was a scene as negotiators came home to crowds of cheering supporters on sunday and they will curb Nuclear Activities in exchange for an evening of sanctions. Supporters are blocking supply routes in afghanistan for a second day and will stop nato trucks from passing until the u. S. Stops the drone strikes and we are live from the northwestern city where the roadblocks, in fact, are happening and i think right behind you. Does that mean that nato supply line is suspended at least for the time being . In deed it is suspended because of the warning the contractors and trucks to stop where they are because they are afraid if all the trucks were to come in to the providence they would not be allowed to go through this providence and therefore there would be a huge backlog which would make them sitting ducks. But as you can see a handful of supporters of literally are camped on those checkpoints are checking cargo and checking documents to see these are not containers bound for nato which is the International Security Assistance Force in afghanistan and in some cases we have seen the trucks being turned back. We are not sure if they are nato trucks or suspicion they may be carrying supplies for nato but we can say comfortably that the suspension is in place. Nato supplies are suspended through the province. Reporter as we are reporting has been called by emran khan but what is the Pakistan Government doing about this . Well, in the last few minutes pakistan issued a statement saying the Central Government did not condemn those drone strucks. There was no action despite the fact that the strike happened in a central area. There is confusion as the Central Government level because the preventel government is still involved and the Foreign Affairs is in the Central Government and there is friction and now emran khan would support it but they are unlikely to support it at that level. Reporting from pakistan. Once unique but under stress, we will report on the manmade dilemma hurting the sidelines in malaysia. Reporter 7 out of 10 kids are not getting an education and ill be explaining one. The World Champion finishes up the season with a victory in brazil and details coming up, with robin. But first in honduras they are claiming victory in sundays president ial election, the Ruling National Party is ahead according to the official count but the left rival said she is the countrys next president and we report from the capitol. Two candidates, both claiming victory at the end of a bitter campaign. And the conservative National Party confident he will be the president. Just as they did four years ago the people told us how much they love democracy even though our political system is not perfect and the people have given their vote again and given us a second opportunity. His closest rival castro wasted no time declaring herself the winner. Translator i can tell you today that im the president of honduras. Whoever wins or loses according to the results of the tribunal honduras may still need to be convinced. Faith and Public Institutions and the electoral process is low because corruption and violence has become routine. When the current president voted his was clearly an appeal for calm after a devisive battle. Translator in politics there is winning and losing and what is important that its the will of the people to not keep the peace we achieved would mean danger for honduras and a backward step and stay peaceful and accept the words of the people. Reporter he may not be heated and he is the former president who was forced from power in 2009. She and her supporters view hernandez and the party as true suppor supports and he promised jobs and wants to take soldiers up the streets and boost social spending and the political clash debate voters just want change and want it now. Translator may the best one win, what we dont want is someone going to hurt the game. Reporter in a country facing so many crisis, the highest murder rate and crippling poverty and debt, the question is not who will rule the country but what happens if the main rival refuses to recognize the official outcome. Al jazeera honduras. The people of mali have been in elections and despite security people were too afraid to go out and vote. Reporter more than 6 Million People were eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections, the last step to restoring constitutional rule in the country but turn out was low and at this polling station and less than a quarter of people turned up. Translator everything went smoothly but compared to the president ial elections, the voter turnout was lower. We did not make it to 100 voters by the end of the day out of 481 registered voters. Reporter they voted a new president mid year, the first elected leader since the coup in 2012 and he expressed his hope for the election in mali. Translator i hope at the end we will have a National Assembly of men and women who will achieve what the people invested in, in is what i hope most of all and our country will find friendliness and harmony. Reporter france pushed rebels out in january. Before that there were attacks on Cultural Heritage sites like timbuktoo but says it has improved. Translator it seems like things picked up and after the president ial elections they have been organized and congratulate all the people who have been involved in the different phases of the selection. Reporter despite the security presence on election day, there were reports of violence. Armed men marching into polling stations and fighting and voter intimidation and resent weeks seen attacks on the military on the north leaving mali with the challenge of maintaining security even after a second election achievement this year. They are due to meet on monday to end the crisis in the Central African republic and since they took over the capitol last year violence in the country has escalated and essential Public Services like schools have been badly effected. And we will report. This is one of the few schools to open in this remote region at the capitol. And the children have seen violence and their families dont have enough to eat. There is very little teaching going on here right now. The best they can do is try to make the children feel safe. Translator everything is gone. Everything has been stolen. The desks for the students, the teachers and directors, its been looted. We have no vehicles. There is nothing left so we make due with what we have with offices in the streets and under a tree. Reporter the staff are too scared to leave their homes and walk here. The kids are waiting to go into the classroom but their teacher has not come to work today. There arent enough teachers in the country and more than half of staff in schools do not have the right qualifications. Conflict has made things worse but the standard of education in Central African republic has been deprived for years. Only some can afford notebooks and pens. The others rely on chalk and slate which they wipe clean at the end of the day. The world bank is planning to sent books next year but at the moment there are few textbooks so inevitably children end up failing exams. Translator we know that one educated person is capable of take care and development and work on projects and get financing that is not the case in the republic at the moment. The teacher asked his pupils what is peace, that is when there is no war. These children are bright and engaged but they have to catch up on almost a year of schooling. In one of the poorest nations in the world, the only hope people have is improving their lives is an education and right now they are not getting one. Im with al jazeera. Reporter lets cross over to richard who will have a check on the world weather. We have a Tropical Cyclone heading towards india and you can see it on the satellite and before we go to the details the middle area of cloud across central parts of india that yielded rain in the last 24 hours but it is pale in significance with the rain we have been seeing from the Tropical Cyclone and the islands have been battered by the system and before it clears i think we can see another 200 millimeters on top of it and its 19 kph so a reasonable running pace i suppose working its way across the bengal and once it reaches the coast of india we will have real problems. It will still be a category two hurricane with winds of 175k ph, that is 215 and we will see a huge amount of rain coming down in excess of 200 millimeters at a rate of 250 millimeters and flooding will arise if we get significant storm surge from the storm. So in the next day or so we are looking at calm conditions but by thursday brace for nasty weather across the region. Thank you, richard, the Chinese Ambassador to japan has been summoned to tokyo to talk about the defense zone and space above a chain of disputed islands in the sea and japan says the move is unlawful. Translator the mission by the chinese site have no validity on japan and revoke the measures that could infringe on flight and International Air space. They are on high alert for a volcano, and the government has set up shelters for thousands of people who have been ordered to leave. Malaysia is known for the landscape but the climate is changing fast and housingly

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