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Hello, I am will reach the South on Thursday.

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They are taking the law into their own hands here. It is these men

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deciding who can pass to go on to Afghanistan and who cannot. They

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have been harassing drivers and checking whether or not they are

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carrying NATO supplies. This man was transporting milk cartons and after

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some intimidation he was eventually allowed to pass. But those found to

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be carrying supplies to coalition forces across the border have been

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forced back in protest at US drone attacks. It is this relatively small

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group of people in the centre of this, the main route through which

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NATO supplies go to troops in Afghanistan that is the reason that

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not a single truck carrying NATO supplies has been allowed through

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here today. The Pakistani government says it does not support this

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protest, but it has not yet tried to break it up. The Pakistani

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government says it is committed to allowing NATO supplies through. The

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regional police stand by and watch the vigilantes in action. We want

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America to come to a contract with us, and we will not do any more

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drone attacks, and if they come to this point, we will stop this

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process. America will make deals with the Pakistani government, the

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Pakistani gunmen says it is not supporting you. If it does not

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support us, we will not support the Pakistani government. Opposition

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politician Imran Khan has been the main advocate of this tactic. His

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supporters are among those blocking the supply route. Politicians from

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his party were among those who handed in a petition to the American

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Consulate in Peshawar, demanding an end to drone attacks on the basis

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that they killed civilians and, they claim, destroyed chances of peace

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with the Pakistani Taliban. But the timing of this new campaign,

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which started after the death of the militant leader in a drone strike, a

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man thought to be responsible for the deaths of thousands of

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Pakistanis, has led many to accuse Imran Khan of appeasement and worse.

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For now, his supporters continue to deny NATO troops there supplies, and

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it is not known how long such disruption is going to be tolerated.

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Now to the Central African Republic, where the UN Deputy

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Secretary-General has called for urgent action, warning that the area

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is descending into complete chaos. The Security Council is expected to

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agree to sending international troops there. The country has been

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in turmoil since rebels overthrew the president, Francois Bozize, in

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March. The Security Council has been urged to strengthen the African

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Union force in CAR ahead of a vote due next week. It comes as UN

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officials warn that civilians are placing more sectarian violence,

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summary executions and torture. In a Security Council meeting yesterday,

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the UN proposed a 7700 strong intervention force to try to help

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keep the peace. France has promised to send another 1000 troops to

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bolster the 400 French soldiers who are already there, and US Secretary

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of State John Kerry has unveiled some $40 million in funding, most of

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this money for the African Union peacekeeping mission. UN

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correspondent Nick Bryant has more. Few countries are of more concern to

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UN diplomats right now than the Central African Republic, which are

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sliding into complete chaos and lawlessness. Earlier this month, the

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UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said communal violence in the

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landlocked country risked spiralling out of control. Now his deputy has

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described the security situation as being in virtual meltdown. The

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country faces a desperate security situation. There is a breakdown of

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law and order, the population is enduring suffering beyond

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imagination, and as we see far too often, children and women are at the

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greatest risk. The use of child soldiers is rising, sexual violence

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is growing. Civilians were enduring suffering beyond imagination, he

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told the UN Security Council, including sexual violence,

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extortion, torture, summary executions and an president of the

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sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians. -- unprecedented.

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The Secretary-General is particularly concerned about the

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intercommunal violence. Traditional harmony among communities has been

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replaced by polarisation and widespread horror. With the country

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becoming a breeding ground for extremists and armed groups, Jan

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Eliasson warned there was really only one choice, a United Nations

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peacekeeping operation to try to restore order.

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With me is a correspondent from BBC Afrique, how much is this a

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Muslim-Christian battle now, and why are we seeing it now? You know,

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presenting it as a religious war or a religious conflict is a little bit

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of a stretch, because the Muslims and Christians in this Central

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African Republic have lived in these side by side for all this time. What

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we can only know is that the rebels, that I should the president

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into power, they are portrayed as being Muslim, the president is a

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Muslim, and he's the first Muslim to be head of state in the Central

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African Republic. And the violence that came with them pushed

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Christians in the country to form themselves into militia, and they

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are actually fighting back, which brought up this image of religious

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groups raving into each other. But this is really a stretch element in

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a much bigger picture, which is the chaotic picture in the area right

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now. This is a country that is rich in minerals, and yet the country is

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very poor. Why has it become such a tinderbox? And is it still possible

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for an international community, and international force to calm things

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down? It will be H Allen, because, you know, at what happened in Mali

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peaceably. -- it will be a challenge. They were backing a

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regime, you know, a power which is was in place in Bamako, a little bit

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devious, but here we know that those who are calling for the help of

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those who came and put an end to the democratic rule, they are the

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rebels, and they are responsible for the violence that is actually being

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denounced everywhere. So when France moves in, what would they really do?

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Who would they actually target? That is a question they will sort out,

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but I guess that, practically, what they would do is to say, between the

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warring factions, to avoid any worsening of the situation that

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would lead to these apocalyptic scenes of genocide, a term that some

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people have already used, so this is problematic now, you know. We have

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been covering this for a few days, and we will continue to follow what

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is happening. Lamine Konkobo, thank you.

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Protesters in Kiev are continuing to demonstrate against the governments

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decision to postpone a trade agreement with the European Union.

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They claimed their president, Viktor Yanukovych, has bowed to pressure

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from Russia, but he argues that he has had to put the deal on hold. He

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has reportedly said his country does not want to be a battlefield between

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the EU and Russia. Steve Rosenberg reports.

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At the Kiev Opera, it is a story of love and bitter rivalry. Two

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suitors, one fair maiden. It is just like the story of Ukraine. Two world

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powers, the European Union and Russia, have been competing for

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closer ties with Kiev, but whom would she embraced? Ukraine has had

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a big decision to make, on the one hand should it signed an historic

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trade agreement with the European Union that would turn this country

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very much towards Europe? Or should it look East and join Russia's

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economic bloc? The pressure on Ukraine to decide one way or the

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other has been huge. That includes economic pressure.

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Earlier this year, Russia banned imports from Ukraine's largest

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confectioner and imposed trade restrictions on other Ukrainian

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companies, a strong hint that he should think twice before distancing

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itself from Moscow. It is clear that the real reason is a political

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reason, a form of pressure on Ukraine, because of the necessity to

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make a strategical decision about our future development. But that

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pressure has had an effect. Last week, Ukraine's government announced

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it had put on hold the association agreement with the EU. It would

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concentrate instead on repairing economic ties with Moscow.

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TRANSLATION: Over the last year, trade between Russia and Ukraine

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fell by 25%, that is a huge blow to our economy. We spoke to EU

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officials months ago about how they might compensate us, but all we got

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word declarations that Ukraine would profit in the medium to long-term.

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The Government decision has sparked anger on the streets. In Kiev, EU

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protesters have clashed with riot police. They accused the authorities

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of dragging Ukraine back to the Soviet Union and demanded the

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release from jail of opposition leader and former Prime Ministers

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Yulia Tymoshenko. They are not willing to embrace European

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standards and values, they are not willing to play according to the

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rules of the European Union. These protesters say they will stay on the

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streets and ill Ukraine's government chooses a different path, one that

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leads to Europe. -- until. The British navy has begun

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delivering aid in the western Philippines, 500 tonnes of food and

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non-food items are on board the helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious.

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The crew are also carrying short term reconstruction projects, and

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Jonah Fisher was there as they began the work to prepare a school.

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This is the primary school on this island which was directly in the

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path of the typhoon, and if you look at the roof, blown clear away when

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the wind came through. Now, two and a half weeks on, not much has been

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done to repair it, but the British navy arrived today, bringing with

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them tools, saws, plastic sheeting that will go on top of the roof, and

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that will mean the kids can have a full day at school. At the moment

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they only come in the very early hours of the morning. This was just

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dropped in by helicopter, pieces of wood to help with the rebuilding

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effort. A focus of the British effort in this part of the

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Philippines is to look for motor communities that may have received

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very little so far. -- remote communities. This island has only

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had a couple of parcels of food delivered. With the capability of

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HMS Illustrious, a helicopter carrier, it can deploy that a

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divided as part of the ship into these communities relatively

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quickly. It is expected that it will be here for another two and a half

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weeks, ferrying the load on board the ship onto these islands, and

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also, where possible, doing projects like this, rebuilding things as part

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of a short-term recovery effort. Jonah Fisher there in the

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Philippines. Stay with us, much more to come, from Brazil, why the

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Amazonian rains are blighting the finish of this World Cup football

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stadium. Now, the Thailand Parliament is

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debating a motion of no-confidence in the as protests continue in

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Bangkok. Activists have been surrounding several government

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ministries and occupying others. A court has issued an arrest warrant

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for one of the protest leaders. South-east Asia correspondent

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Jonathan Head sent this report from outside the Interior Ministry.

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Try to think how extraordinary this scene would be in any other country.

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This is the Interior Ministry, the heart of security for any

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government, yet here it is completely surrounded by

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protesters. Staff have been forced to leave. One of a number of

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ministries around the city which had been paralysed by a protest movement

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which has had a sudden surge of momentum. These protesters are

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driven by a problem which has halted talent for eight years, driven by a

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hatred of Yingluck Shinawatra and a determination his influence must be

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purged from government. And the fact that the police were not able to

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stop this, and this has happened so many times, shows how weak the

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government authority is and how fragile the institutions are in this

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country. Everybody here is clear about what

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they don't want. They want Yingluck Shinawatra's family and influence

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completely out of politics. But his party keeps winning. So people speak

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about the different political system, a different kind of

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democracy. We saw protests exactly like this five years ago. You have

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the sense that Thailand is stuck in a merry-go-round of conflict nobody

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can resolve. World champion water skier Sarah

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Teelow has died, following a fall during a high-speed race on

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Australia's Hawkesbury River, near Sydney. The 20-year-old came off her

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skis shortly after the start of the race. Miss Teelow suffered serious

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spinal and head injuries as a result, and later died in hospital.

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Local police are now investigating how the incident happened. Racers on

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the water can often reach speeds of up to 130 kilometres an hour on this

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part of the river. This is BBC World News. The

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headlines. In opposition to American drone

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strikes, demonstrators cut off the crucial NATO supply route through

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Pakistan. France has sent -- Descending into

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chaos, says the UN. Now France sends an extra 1,000 troops to the Central

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African Republic. It's a system that's allowed Chinese police to

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send people to prison for up to four years, without a trial, and with

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little chance of appeal. Petty criminals and dissidents

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across China have been locked up in this way since the 1950s. But now,

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Beijing says it's going to abolish the much-hated re-education through

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labour camps. Our Beijing correspondent Martin Patience has

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been speaking to one former inmate. This is a secret diary, smuggled out

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of a labour camp. It documents the horror of detention. Snatched from

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the streets by police following a land dispute, this woman was locked

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up to two years. She stored pieces of cloth to write her diary. A roll

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call of abuse. TRANSLATION: The guard started to

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beat me after I refused to do more work. They covered by mouth and

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pulled my hair, and punched me, telling me what would happen if I

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did not follow orders. Established over half a century

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ago, the network of re-education camps was initially used to silence

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political opponents. More recently, petty criminals and dissidents were

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detained for up to four years without a trial. On the face of it,

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human -- this human rights lawyer said the closure of camps is a good

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news -- is good news. But the reality, he says, is dissidents will

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still be dealt with harshly, but by different means.

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For those who have been detained, it is impossible to forget what they

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lived through. TRANSLATION: They treated us like

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animals, but we are human beings. We just want to be citizens and have

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our rights like everyone else. By abolishing the camps, the Communist

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Party says it is promoting the rule of law.

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At the same time, Chinese leaders are tracking down dissent and many

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believe that the party will still find a way of locking them up.

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A winter storm sweeping across the US has killed at least 13 people.

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The storm is predicted to continue east over the next several days,

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just as tens of millions of travellers are expected to hit the

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road or take to the skies, before Thanksgiving on Thursday. ABC's

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Tahman Bradley reports. Severe weather is wreaking havoc

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across the country. How many hours have you been waiting?

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Two hours. To Dallas, Fort Worth, to Milwaukee, it is a mess.

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I wish I could kick my heels and be home. 25 million Americans will get

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on a plane this week and many will deal with major delays. One website

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shows cancellation and delays on Monday at Houston. Today, it is

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Atlanta and New York. The roads will not be better. My son said, don't

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think about driving. I hit a bridge coming over in the car and it went

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airborne, sideways. I was doing 20, white knuckle. Then, there is the

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cold. In Philadelphia, 20 degrees. Rain is forecast to clear the east

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coast, then it will be a fate to stay warm.

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Singapore and South Korea envoys are to be summoned over reports they

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assisted Australia in spying. There has been outrage in Jakarta over the

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allegations but the president says his relations with Australia are

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good and they will work on a new code of ethics for intelligence

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sharing. After a spate of building problems,

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the governing body of fever repeatedly warned there would be no

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compromise over the delivery of World Cup stadiums. There are big

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questions over the necessity of such big complexes. This is the brand-new

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stadium built from scratch write-up in the heart of northern Brazil.

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One of 12 stadiums being used for the World Cup, and one of the most

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controversial. This has cost $300 million. Like all stadiums, it has

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to be ready by the fever deadline at the end of the year. As you can see,

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there is an awful lot of work to be done on the stadium. It resembles

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the famous stadium in Beijing, the white steel structure was imported

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from Portugal. 20 supports will have to be removed before the stadium is

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ready. One reason for the controversy with the stadium is

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because the local football team only attracts 4000 spectators per game.

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After the World Cup, they are expected to play here. Questions

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have been raised in the North about the wisdom of spending so much on a

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stadium that will hardly ever be full. Nonetheless, the local

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organisers is it not only will the stadium be ready by the end of the

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air, but it will be a properly functioning multi use stadium, not

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just having football matches but other events. All this cost will be

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justified. At the International Emmys in New

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York, an annual event honouring excellence in television made

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outside the United States, European TV productions have triumphed, with

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Britain taking home three top trophies.

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But Australian, South Korean and Brazilian programmes also won

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awards. From New York, Tom Brook reports.

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It is an annual ritual at this New York hotel every November, the

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International Emmys. Are you ready to start this magical evening of

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television? It was a good night for the British. UK productions picked

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up three awards, Sean Bean won best performance for an actor in Accused.

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For an actor well known for his tough guy roles, dressing up as a

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woman was new terrain. It kind of work and I was very relieved. It was

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a particularly challenging role for me. It gave me the opportunity to

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explore something I have never really thought about before. To

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think, can I actually do this? Other British victories included the best

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arts programming award which went to Freddie Mercury: Rhys Thomas was the

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programme producer. It was a love letter to him from me.

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I have been obsessed with him since the age of 12. I love him so much. I

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hope he will be pleased. Another UK productions, Moone Boy,

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won best comedy. A triumph for Chris O'Dowd. A German production one

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eight miniseries prize. And five Broken Cameras is -- from

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France won the Best documentary. The International Emmy Awards for best

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actress, Fernanda Montenegro. This Brazilian actress was in a very

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good mood. I am so happy, so happy, so proud. Thank you very much. The

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International Emmys has long been criticised as being too Eurocentric

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in selection but the organisation did cast a wider net with

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productions from Angola and Uruguay being nominated for the first time.

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The International Emmy doesn't have the currency of an Oscar but it does

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have power. Recipients find it helps secure distribution deals and can

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raise their profile in the industry. And it does bring prestige. It can

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help a career. Archaeologists in southern Nepal say

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they've discovered what they believe to be the oldest Buddhist shrine,

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suggesting the religious leader may have lived as early as the sixth

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century BC. They say they've found traces of an ancient timber shrine

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under a brick temple at the birthplace of Buddha in Lumbini. The

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shrine appears to contain an open area which housed a tree, coinciding

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with traditional stories about Buddha's birth. China is planning to

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land a space probe on the moon next month, to test rock samples and send

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pictures back to Earth. The radio controlled lunar vehicle can be seen

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on the lunar surface. We are back throughout the day with

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BBC news programmes. Thanks for watching.

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