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Hello. This is BBC World News. The top stories. Blast off from the Bay

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of Bengal. India has successfully launched its first mission to Mars.

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Could the conflict rage, the world health organisation

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warns that polio is spreading. It used to be polio free, and now in

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the North East, an area torn by fighting, there is at least ten

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confirmed cases. Welcome. India's first mission to

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Mars is on its way, the orbiter mission successfully blasted off

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just under an hour ago, from a launch pad near the city of Chennai

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on the south-east coast. The tiny craft will orbit the earth first

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which means it won't reach Mars for craft will orbit the earth first

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would propel India ahead of China and Japan in the field of

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interplanetary exploration, India has been criticised for spending on

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a space programme when there are still millions of poor living on

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less than a dollar a day. This particular mission has cost India

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round $73 million, a small amount, the US spends ten times as much on

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similar missions, India spends $1 billion a year and has 20 satellites

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in orbit. It is very small percentage of its Government spend.

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Our correspondent was at temperature launch pad. I asked whether there

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was a sense of pride, given the success so far of this first Indian

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Mars mission. That is right I think that

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Mars mission. That is right I think programme, valuable in terms of what

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it can be contribute towards India's space programme and towards India's

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standing in the world. We were on air when the mission took off a

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couple of ours ago. Within the first 44 minutes it began orbiting the

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earth. Since then we have some of the senior Space Agency officials

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coming from Mission Control, the head of the space organisation

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coming to speak to the media. It is a moment of pride for him and his

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scientists, he has been talking about whab a great moment what a

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great moment it is for them. It's the start of a critical mission, the

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probe, the or bitter will circle theeth ral times, before it begins

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that lengthy journey towards Mars. theeth ral times, before it begins

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try to resolve its grievances through diplomatic means.

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With me is a representative from the BBC Great Lakes Service. You have

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spoken to some of these rebels just yesterday, was this expected this

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strament today? You could tell he was expect, although they were

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saying they want an political end to the situation, and also a saying

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they don't want to carry on fighting, so you could sense that

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something, you know, like this would come up. Can you just explain for

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those who are not familiar with this, what this dispute has been

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about and whether this is seen as an end to the tart of -- part of the

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conflict. The M23, it is a group that came

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They say they defend the two minorities of eastern Congressional,

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and they said they have been persecuted and they wanted the right

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to be respected are. They want also to take part in the Government, take

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part in the army, so they have, that is what they have been claiming.

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When you speak to them, can you describe how this group has

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operated? Do they have the discipline now to carry out a

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cessation? This was quite well-organised. To, if they can

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carry out it, it is hard to tell, from now we don't know where they

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are, some say they have crossed over to Rwanda and Uganda or disappeared

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The forest. But -- disappearing in the forest. It is difficult to see

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how they would the forest. It is difficult to see

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in the DRC affects so many countries thought Africa. Why is that? Why

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does it matter so much? Well this is a very rich area of the Congress, of

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the region. Rich in minerals? And diamonds. Experts say everyone wants

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to have a piece of evidence. That is one reason. The other reason there

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are some of the ethnic groups you find them in Rwanda. They share some

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languages. There is this feeling of belonging to, you know, each

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community, so it is not treant to see these having to be involved.

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Thank you very much. Now, the UN has warned of

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Thank you very much. of the few journalists reporting

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inside Syria. You are in dam cut, what is the latest you are finding.

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This is a humanitarian crisis that affects all of Syria, even here in

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the capital. Particularly in the suburbs there have brch

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malnutrition, even, that is because all of the areas are caught up in

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this worsening war, the war is a deepening humanitarian crisis, that

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is why aid agencies have been calling on the Government, calling

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on the opposition, to allow food medical aid, to reach people where

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ever they are and this concerns the very urgent issue of immunisation,

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we have been looking at the cases of polio, Syria was polio free since

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1999. It prided itself on its relatively good health care system,

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now it relatively good health care system,

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every day fleeing the war there is a risk it will spread to neighbouring

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countries. Two drops and many tears. Protecting against polio, one of the

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most devastating childhood diseases. This clinic is packed with parents.

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This woman has brought her daughters. I feel sad for the

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children who got polio she tells me, thank good we have the vaccines

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here. This This centre has some of the best healthcare in Syria. The

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families now it is safe to bring their children. It is not the same

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across the rest of the country. Syria used to be polio free since

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the late 90s f, in the North East, there is at least ten confirmed

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cases and fears there could be more. Some of those cases were brought

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here to the Children's Hospital in progress.

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TRANSLATION: It's a sudden Des with flu-like symptom, children become

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paralysed in one or two leg, I think is a huge challenge, I will fight

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until there is no more polio in Syria. It is hard to fight this

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disease in the middle of war. Aid agencies say 500,000 children need

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to be vaccinated urgently. Sometimes it is difficult to implement the

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door-to-door Sam nation. The campaign should be very short and

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very wide, and this is the reason problem that we are facing, we don't

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have access to all the high risk areas. Under growing pressure

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Syria's deputy Foreign Minister called in the press to highlight the

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crisis. Syria is called in the press to highlight the

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with armed group, terrorist groups, we believe they have to accept that

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this medicine should reach each child. Usually we are ask the United

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Nations organisations in Syria to make the necessary contacts. We

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shall help in this direction. To protect the children aid agencies

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are calling on sides to ceasefire. The expedition has accused the

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Government of blocking air to areas under their control. This disease

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spreads fast and with thousands of Sirrials crossing borders to escape

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the war, polio threatens not just Syria.

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That is why imnation campaigns are being stepped up

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That is why imnation campaigns are he said one single case of polio

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should be of concern to the entire world, the goal is to eradicate the

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world by 18 hundred. There are fears there will be many more.

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Thank you. Now, talks which it is hopes will

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open the way for full piece negotiations between the warring

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factions in Syria have begun gun today in Jieh o Geneva, the meeting

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has been delayed several times because of who should attend. Some

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groups will insist they won't take part in. We immediate the bright

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sparks trying to meet people's resources last longer.

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sparks trying to meet people's points have been concerns over

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Turkey's record on human rights and a ter for yacht dispute over Cyprus.

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But reports have praised Turkey for carrying out judicial reforms. At a

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meeting in Lithuania EU Foreign Ministers search for place, but

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there is no name card for Turkey. The country is still waiting on the

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outside. In 1987 Turkey applied to join what

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was then the European economic community, formal access talks only

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began in 2005. They have not made much progress. Tur dice Prime

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Minister says he expects his country to get in by the time it celebrate

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in 1922. If not they may give up the to get in by the time it celebrate

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economically but for the develop. Of democracy they are an obvious choice

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to pick. I don't believe we need to join the

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European, they are afraid the turkey youths will go to Europe and

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increase Nair unemployment figures but we have raised an edge cased

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young generation. In June this year if country faced danger a at home.

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The Government confronted demonstrators in a series of mass

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protects. A recent report criticised the Turkish authorities for uses

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excessive force. Turkey defended its actions.

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On Sunday, its forces faced Kurdish protesters on the border with Syria.

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Some in Europe don't like the idea of sharing

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This is BBC World News. The headlines: India has launched its

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first-ever mission to Mars. A rocket carrying a scientific probe blasted

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off from a space port in the Bay of Bengal and is now orbiting the

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earth. Rebels in the Democratic Republic of

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Congo announce an end to their insurgency. They say they'll disarm

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and demobilise after being driven out of their strongholds by

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government troops More than 150 soldiers have been sentenced to

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death in Bangladesh following a mutiny four years ago.

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In all, more than 800 people faced charges in connection with the

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mutiny. During a two-day uprising in 2009, 70 people were killed

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including senior officers. Their bodies were dumped in shallow graves

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and sewers. With me now is BBC Bengali editor

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Sabir Mustafa. With me now is BBC Bengali editor

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A soldiers have sentenced to death. -- 152 soldiers have been sentenced

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to death. 57 were army officers, including a major general. There

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will be tremendous pressure on the government to ensure that the

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sentences are carried out, and the military will not be resting easy

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until they see the sentences carried out, because they would fear that,

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unless the sentences are carried out, it won't send the kind of

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message they want to send to any future mutiny people. These life

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sentences, and quite a few people released without charge. 277 have

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been acquitted. What was the reason behind the mission? Four years ago,

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February 25, when the mutiny broke, there was quite

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February 25, when the mutiny broke, They always complained that the army

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officers treated them badly, some were corrupt and engaged in corrupt

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practices, so they wanted changes in the force. That triggered the

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mutiny, but what caused the killing spree? That remains a mystery. Some

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people think it just got out of hand, because they ended up killing

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the chief of the force, and it's spiralled out of control after that.

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It was not like you to need any more, it was like a killing spree,

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the public just see it as a killing spree -- it was not like mutiny any

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more. The causes of the mutiny just went into the background. There is

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hardly any discussion. What is the politics of this? The mutiny

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happened within one month of a new government taking over, and it

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almost derailed the government. There

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almost derailed the government. within the camp. Many complained

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that some leaders of the ruling party might have been in the know,

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so there is a political angle. Although the military would express

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satisfaction at the sentencing, particularly the large number of

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death sentences, there is a fear that some people in the military...

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People who conspired, if there are is a conspiracy, people have not

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been exposed through the trials. The bodies of two French journalists

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shot dead on Saturday in northern Mali have arrived back in France.

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The French president joined family members at the airport in Paris to

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meet the reply treated bodies. The journalists were kidnapped after an

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interview with a group leader. Their bodies were later found on a road.

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interview with a group leader. Their energy-saving message with them.

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Singapore is a nation of neon lights and air conditioning, it is a

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similar story in the more developed cities across the region. Making

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sure energy is used wisely is a priority, but how do you convince

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the locals to conserve resources? One US -based software company says

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it has found the answer, by comparing people pits energy

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consumption to that of their neighbours. It is a method it is

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about to try in Asia. When you first login, you come to the dashboard.

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These are some of the key pieces, we show your energy use compared to

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your neighbours. They can see their neighbours are. These homes are

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nearby, similar sized. So you see what everyone in your

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nearby, similar sized. So you see is it shaming? I don't mind the word

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shaming, but it really isn't. Behavioural psychologists call it

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peer proof. High-density living creates challenges, but in Singapore

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pits housing estates, Dan sees huge opportunities. You see some people

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with air-conditioners and the windows open, you can see the air

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conditioner running. That is not good. This business is employed by

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the energy provider, which hands over their customer lists. It is a

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massive trend across the globe, utilities in partnership with

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regulators getting paid to save energy. It is unusual, it is

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counterintuitive for a utility company to try to reduce the bills

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of company to try to reduce the bills

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meet demand. In essence, OPOWER uses behavioural science, telling you how

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much you are paying compared to the neighbours. Something to ponder next

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time you leave the lights on when nobody is home.

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Some of the images coming out of Egypt recently haven't made for

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pretty viewing - especially for photographer Amr Mounib. After 35

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years, he returned to the place he once called home and found a

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paradise lost. Now the Egyptian-American is using his

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happier childhood memories as a source of inspiration. This is his

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story. I have experienced Egypt in its

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golden days, as a child. I remember flowers were ample everywhere, fruit

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trees. This is the land of milk flowers were ample everywhere, fruit

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artist. I work in the United States and Egypt, Robert Lee in Cyprus as

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well, too. What drove me to get involved in the visual media and

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photography was really being exposed by my grandmother, and my father 's

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influence in Egyptian television. My grandfather was the first producer,

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actor and director in silent movies. When you grow up in a beautiful

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country like the United States, where you have rule of law,

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technology, education, freedom to do things, in 2007, when I went back to

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my roots, things were not as I expected. When it comes to Egypt, I

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was saddened, to see the degradation happening over a long period of

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time. happening over a long period of

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could see the frustration of the local Egyptians. It was limiting, I

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was approach many times, why are you taking pictures? Who are you using

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it for? You need to get permission to photograph, things like that, it

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is a struggle just to get an image out. The first victim of the first

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revolution was an Egyptian artist. He would have been a rising star as

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a contemporary artist, but a bullet took him away. I have motivation to

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go and join my brothers and sisters - and not a flag, not a country,

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humanity was crying for justice. I went to Tahrir Square three times, I

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did not go in deep, because once you go there you do not collide for

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three or four days. You can hear the chanting the cry of humanity, asking

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for dignity, asking chanting the cry of humanity, asking

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but not Vernon Maynard. He marked his centenary birthday on Monday by

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doing something he'd never done before - skydiving. The retired car

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dealer needed a doctor's note before he was given the go ahead, but after

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the all-clear Mr Maynard made the jump over California with his two

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great nephews and trained instructors from a height of 13,000

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feet. Maynard's daughter Linda Hironimus says her father's friends

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made arrangements for him to skydive after he said he always wanted to

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try it. Well done to him! That's its

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promise. See you soon.

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