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BBC World News America : KQED : April 29, 2016 3:59pm-4:29pm PDT
targets. richard galvin has more. >> for seven days now the people of aleppo have come under relentless bomb bored ment, shatering the so-called cease-fire. government forces have been carrying out air strikes in rebel-held areas and the rebels have been retaliating. with 200 people reported to have been killed in aleppo this week, world leaders including the u.n. secretary-general bankyman have been holding crisis talks to try to save the cease-fire. >> we hope and i'm urging again the parties to refrain from such violence. there has been fighting enough. six years. >> but so far in aleppo the fighting continues. this reported to be the aftermath of more air strikes by government war planes earlier today. and following the destruction of this hospital on wednesday night there are now claims that another medical facility has been hit. >> the population of syria is absolutely exhausted after five years, so it's all so vulnerable now and if the fighting continues like it is now, i'm very worried that we will have a catastrophe beyond belief. in many areas in syria. >> some in this beleagu
targets. richard galvin has more. >> for seven days now the people of aleppo have come under relentless bomb bored ment, shatering the so-called cease-fire. government forces have been carrying out air strikes in rebel-held areas and the rebels have been retaliating. with 200 people reported to have been killed in aleppo this week, world leaders including the u.n. secretary-general bankyman have been holding crisis talks to try to save the cease-fire. >> we hope and i'm urging...
Frontline : KQED : April 20, 2016 4:00am-5:01am PDT
>> narrator: tonight on frontlinin war-torn aleppo, we first met sara, farah, helen, and mohammed. we've been following them for the past three years as they make the difficult choice to leave the only home they've ever known. (speaking arabic) they're among the millions of children and their families fleeing their country for safety. the sorrow... (sniffles) ...the challenges, and the surprises of starting a new life. (screaming playfully) tonight: "children of syria." >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the f
>> narrator: tonight on frontlinin war-torn aleppo, we first met sara, farah, helen, and mohammed. we've been following them for the past three years as they make the difficult choice to leave the only home they've ever known. (speaking arabic) they're among the millions of children and their families fleeing their country for safety. the sorrow... (sniffles) ...the challenges, and the surprises of starting a new life. (screaming playfully) tonight: "children of syria." >>...
France 24 : LINKTV : April 15, 2016 5:30am-6:01am PDT
violence in aleppo province. rebels areforces and fighting for control in the region. bernie sanders and hillary clinton face off in a heated debate just days before a crucial primary in new york state. molly: first, aftershocks have rattled japan this friday, following last night plus strong earthquake that killed at least nine people and injured 1000 others. rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings looking for any survivors. scores of people are now left without power and water. bring in richard smart, who joins us from tokyo. where do things stand with rescue efforts? the rescue efforts have not managed to find anyone in the last few hours, and it is looking more likely that most of the people who were in affected areas managed to escape from collapsed buildings, and there is not going to be anybody else found now. also, there were 44,000 people in evacuation shelters last night, and that now tonight, so wes down to 15,000, are probably winding down the major first phase of the disaster. what do we know about the extent of the damage? richard: a lot of houses have been d
violence in aleppo province. rebels areforces and fighting for control in the region. bernie sanders and hillary clinton face off in a heated debate just days before a crucial primary in new york state. molly: first, aftershocks have rattled japan this friday, following last night plus strong earthquake that killed at least nine people and injured 1000 others. rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings looking for any survivors. scores of people are now left without power and water....
DW News : KCSM : April 28, 2016 6:00pm-6:31pm PDT
. declared the situation in the city of aleppo as catastrophic. dozens of lives claimed as bombs hit another hospital. washington is outraged, and said the attacks appeared deliberate. blast off from russia's new cosmonaut. let them your putin's prestige project, dogged by setbacks and allegations of corruption. and, a defection in the highest ranks of german soccer. a player one side of his contract so he can play for the bundesliga rival in munich. brent: it is good to have you with us. it tonight, the cease-fire in syria is hanging by a thread. that is what the united nations is saying after more than 30 people have been killed, just today alone, fighting and aleppo. among the dead, at least 14 patients and three doctors at a hospital in a rebel-held area of the city. the airstrike on the hospital has drawn international condemnation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry expressing outrage, saying the attacks appeared to be deliver it. he says russia has an urgent responsibility to stop syrian forces from attacking civilians. reporter: where do you take shelter, when nowhere is safe? bombs
. declared the situation in the city of aleppo as catastrophic. dozens of lives claimed as bombs hit another hospital. washington is outraged, and said the attacks appeared deliberate. blast off from russia's new cosmonaut. let them your putin's prestige project, dogged by setbacks and allegations of corruption. and, a defection in the highest ranks of german soccer. a player one side of his contract so he can play for the bundesliga rival in munich. brent: it is good to have you with us. it...
News : ALJAZAM : April 7, 2016 12:00pm-12:31pm EDT
[ explosion ] >> the syrian army launches a major offensive against rebels around aleppo. ♪ >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. protests in bangladesh after another blogger is murdered for posting secular views online. we take a look at the philippine's presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major superpower. >>> this used to be nothing more than a giant junk yard, now it's one of america's most popular open-air car museums. and we're going to give it a tour. ♪ it's old car city, old car city usa ♪ ♪ >>> hello. syrian state tv is saying that the islamic state of iraq and the levant has abducted as many as 300 people near the syrian capitol. it says those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors. the latest on this, let's go to jamal live in beirut for us. what were the circumstances of this kidnapping? >> reporter: well, lauren, it preesty unclear. we are getting different reports from different sources as you mentioned the syrian government is saying that roughly 300 factory workers were kidnapped by isil. however sources
[ explosion ] >> the syrian army launches a major offensive against rebels around aleppo. ♪ >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. protests in bangladesh after another blogger is murdered for posting secular views online. we take a look at the philippine's presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major superpower. >>> this used to be nothing more than a giant junk yard, now it's one of america's most popular open-air car...
Weekend News : ALJAZAM : April 10, 2016 9:00am-10:01am EDT
army are preparing to retake aleppo city. that's according to russian media. let's take you live now to our correspondent, who is in beirut for us this hour. this will very much one assumes be a joint operation here, the syrians working pretty much in tandem with the russians. >> what this goes to show is that if it wasn't for the russian involvement, the syrian army would not have the upper hand that it appears to have on the ground with rewards to the military battles or conflicts that continue to take place. in fact, it shows that a few weeks ago, the much-hailed withdrawal of russian forces from syria are in fact to the extent that the syrian opposition made doubts, they claimed it was some sort of victory from the opposition, that they forced the russians to withdraw their fire power or reduce it from syria after the comments made by bashar al assad's prime minister. that's what contradicted. in fact, also, the gains made by bashar al assad's army in recent days appear to have been the foundations or the setting the groundwork for what is a much bigger campaign, which would be a
army are preparing to retake aleppo city. that's according to russian media. let's take you live now to our correspondent, who is in beirut for us this hour. this will very much one assumes be a joint operation here, the syrians working pretty much in tandem with the russians. >> what this goes to show is that if it wasn't for the russian involvement, the syrian army would not have the upper hand that it appears to have on the ground with rewards to the military battles or conflicts that...
France 24 : LINKTV : April 28, 2016 2:30pm-3:01pm PDT
headlines. international outrage after a hospital was destroyed in syria's second city, aleppo. the united nations is calling on washington and moscow to use their influence to end the bloodshed. 24 police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, and 124 protesters put under arrest after a day of labor law protests in france boiled over into violence in several cities. and in venezuela, the crisis deepens. civil servants told they cannot be paid because of government oversight. meanwhile, looting continues, as well as opposition efforts to remove president nicolas maduro. thanks for joining us. at least 24 police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, in a day of protests and violence around france that has brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets. demonstrations against labor law reform plans boiling over in paris, marseille, toulouse, lyon, and more. organizers say over half a out in people turned total. police put that figure at 170,000. the interior minister has announced 124 arrests have been made nationwide. 24's" politically -- aurore dup
headlines. international outrage after a hospital was destroyed in syria's second city, aleppo. the united nations is calling on washington and moscow to use their influence to end the bloodshed. 24 police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, and 124 protesters put under arrest after a day of labor law protests in france boiled over into violence in several cities. and in venezuela, the crisis deepens. civil servants told they cannot be paid because of government oversight....
CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley : KYW : April 29, 2016 6:30pm-7:01pm EDT
on the offensive to encircle the city of aleppo, the a stronghold of the rebels who rose against the government five years ago. a new partial cease-fire was agreed to today, but not for aleppo, where the dictatorship hopes to break the back of rebels, regardless of civilian suffering. holly williams reports. >> reporter: the latest attempt at a lasting cease-fire doesn't even mention aleppo, a bleeding wound of a city that used to be syria's commercial hub and is now again a killing field. all they can do in the rebel-held areas of aleppo is wait as more air strikes rain down on their neighborhoods. the syrian regime, along with its backers in russia and iran, is trying to recapture all of aleppo. the rebels are fighting back, and in this madhouse of a city, they're counting the cost in body bags and shouting their grief to the sky. while the outside world negotiates over syria's future. this internet video appears to show a survivor of air strikes yesterday, a little boy who was freed from the rubble of a hospital destroyed by a direct hit. today, many of the attacks were report
on the offensive to encircle the city of aleppo, the a stronghold of the rebels who rose against the government five years ago. a new partial cease-fire was agreed to today, but not for aleppo, where the dictatorship hopes to break the back of rebels, regardless of civilian suffering. holly williams reports. >> reporter: the latest attempt at a lasting cease-fire doesn't even mention aleppo, a bleeding wound of a city that used to be syria's commercial hub and is now again a killing...
News : ALJAZAM : April 7, 2016 10:00am-10:31am EDT
>>> the syrian army launches a major offensive against rebels around aleppo as the fires threatening to derail a fragile truce. ♪ >>> hello, welcome. you are watching al jazeera. also coming up this hour. protests this bangladesh after another blogger is murdered for posting secular views online. >>> brazil moves one step closer to impeaching its president, the leader of a powerful congressional committee says dilma rousseff must go. >>> and taking on bollywood, pakistani film producers take their case to court. ♪ >>> the syrian army and its allies have launched an offensive south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation in area since the ceasefire came into effect in late february. the fighting threatens to completely derail the ceasefire. the special envoy to syria has just announced talks to end the conflict have been pushed back two days. they will now take place next wednesday. >>> in the north of the aleppo countryside, rebel fighters have launched an offensive. they faced fierce fighting against isil. it is an important strong hold for the armed group.
>>> the syrian army launches a major offensive against rebels around aleppo as the fires threatening to derail a fragile truce. ♪ >>> hello, welcome. you are watching al jazeera. also coming up this hour. protests this bangladesh after another blogger is murdered for posting secular views online. >>> brazil moves one step closer to impeaching its president, the leader of a powerful congressional committee says dilma rousseff must go. >>> and taking on...
Early Start With John Berman and Christine Romans : CNNW : April 29, 2016 1:00am-2:01am PDT
in fighting in syria. this air strike destroying a pediatric hospital in aleppo. 50 people were killed and one of the last pediatricians in the city. let's bring in cnn's nick paton walsh live in beirut. to look the still photos of the devastation of the hospital is heartbreaking. >> reporter: christine, these scenes are common from the syrian war. the reason why this particular one has got such attention is the death toll. of course, it was supported by doctors without borders and it marks the removal of that vaneer that people had of the people inside with the negotiation with the u.s. and russia. now violence is soaring back to levels before the cessation. i should give you a broader picture of the week. the syrian human rights organization of 123 rebel side killed. today in aleppo, schools are closed. remarkable, they still try to function. that shows you there are still people living in the besieged area. the big fear as we move forward in the days ahead, we heard u.s. officials warn the russian artillery bound to the city of aleppo. fear among activists that we could be ab
in fighting in syria. this air strike destroying a pediatric hospital in aleppo. 50 people were killed and one of the last pediatricians in the city. let's bring in cnn's nick paton walsh live in beirut. to look the still photos of the devastation of the hospital is heartbreaking. >> reporter: christine, these scenes are common from the syrian war. the reason why this particular one has got such attention is the death toll. of course, it was supported by doctors without borders and it...
News : ALJAZAM : April 7, 2016 9:00am-10:01am EDT
launches a major offensive against rebels around aleppo as an upsurge in threaten threatens a fragile truce. >>> protests in bangladesh after another blogger is killed after posting views on line. >>> brazil protestors say president rousseff must go. >>> the syrian army and alis launched an offensive south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation in the area since a partial ceasefire came into effect late february. the fighting threaten to say derail the agreement which has reduced overall levels of violence in syria. u.n. sponsored talks to try to end the war are set to resume monday in geneva. >> the battlefield is syria is a crowded one, further complicated because of fract odd opposition groups and foreign intervention. despite a partial ceasefire, there is violence on the ground. government forces and allies are attacking rebel groups in aleppo. the biggest damascus led assault since a ceasefire came into effect in late february. they threaten a take the important area of palmyra in the province of homs from isil. isil still maintains control of large parts of the provin
launches a major offensive against rebels around aleppo as an upsurge in threaten threatens a fragile truce. >>> protests in bangladesh after another blogger is killed after posting views on line. >>> brazil protestors say president rousseff must go. >>> the syrian army and alis launched an offensive south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation in the area since a partial ceasefire came into effect late february. the fighting threaten to say derail the...
>> i'm jane o'brien. a hospital is hit in the syrian city of aleppo where the situation is being called catastrophic. it tax further threaten a tenuous cease-fire. for the zika virus. it's already hit latin american countries hard. now nasa is helping u.s. officials to limit its spread. >> 2, 4, 6, 8, who directions appreciate? >> our man in moscow is still classic diner to find out why donald trump is proving so popular. welcome to viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the situation in the syrian city catastrophic, says the united nations. another hospital has been hit in a series of airstrikes. reports say at least 27 people were killed as a medical facility, including two children and the only pediatrician in the area. it all comes in the midst of a cease-fire which is barely holding by a thread. our chief international correspondent reports. >> peace time in syria. this is what russia, america and the u.n. calls a cessation of hostilities. tell that to the children of aleppo. this was the view from the streets of syria's largest city today. two months
>> i'm jane o'brien. a hospital is hit in the syrian city of aleppo where the situation is being called catastrophic. it tax further threaten a tenuous cease-fire. for the zika virus. it's already hit latin american countries hard. now nasa is helping u.s. officials to limit its spread. >> 2, 4, 6, 8, who directions appreciate? >> our man in moscow is still classic diner to find out why donald trump is proving so popular. welcome to viewers on public television in america and...
CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley : WCBS : April 28, 2016 6:30pm-7:00pm EDT
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to retake the city of aleppo, part of which is in rebel hands. russian forces are helping in someone there has died every 25 minutes over the last two days. and overnight, the aleppo children's hospital was obliterated. stephen hamm has the story. >> reporter: aleppo is descending once again into the inferno, the chaos and insanity of a civil war with no winners, only loss and despair. you can see it in this man, digging for survivors with his bare hands. "this was a residential area" shouted this man. "we're not terrorists." the air strikes pounded their neighborhood, crushing people beneath the rubble of their own homes and destroying one of the few hospitals left in the it was hit by a strike overnight. the international aid group supporting it, doctors without borders, sailed the hospital was a center for child medicine. "that's my family," cried this man. "my whole family." also killed in the carnage was one of the last pediatricians still working in rebel-controlled aleppo. we don't know who launched these air strikes. russia says it wasn't responsible, but the syrian regime an
to retake the city of aleppo, part of which is in rebel hands. russian forces are helping in someone there has died every 25 minutes over the last two days. and overnight, the aleppo children's hospital was obliterated. stephen hamm has the story. >> reporter: aleppo is descending once again into the inferno, the chaos and insanity of a civil war with no winners, only loss and despair. you can see it in this man, digging for survivors with his bare hands. "this was a residential...
News : ALJAZAM : April 12, 2016 5:00am-5:31am EDT
is supporting the syrian government as it makes its move on aleppo further north. >> yeah, well the defense ministry held a briefing yesterday, on monday, in which they said that there were some 10,000 al-nusra front terrorist in and around aleppo and the intention of these el nusra front fighters is cutoff the link between aleppo and damascus the highway link. it's obviously speculative to say exactly why the defense ministry was telling us this sort of information but it does seem as if they are trying to prepare the ground for some sort of campaign operation around aleppo itself now they say they are not going to be planning a full on assault on aleppo but anything they do is going to be defensive but it's interesting that they are putting this kind of information out at the moment and also interesting they are putting this kind of information out not too long after the russian president announced that effectively the objectives that the russian military had in syria had been achieved and that the military campaign there was going to be wound down. >> all right for now reportry t
is supporting the syrian government as it makes its move on aleppo further north. >> yeah, well the defense ministry held a briefing yesterday, on monday, in which they said that there were some 10,000 al-nusra front terrorist in and around aleppo and the intention of these el nusra front fighters is cutoff the link between aleppo and damascus the highway link. it's obviously speculative to say exactly why the defense ministry was telling us this sort of information but it does seem as...
PBS NewsHour : KQED : April 28, 2016 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT
city of aleppo, at least 27 are dead after an air strike that hit a doctors without borders hospital, further threatening a fragile cease-fire >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday, as the presidential primaries enter the final stretch, we look at the race for delegates and preview next week's primary in indiana. >> woodruff: and, backlash in north carolina: how the new state law requiring people to use bathrooms of their birth gender has set off a business boycott. >> our series a funding is several million dollars, and that money could be here in north carolina. and we made a decision, it's going to florida. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> fathom travel. carnival corporation's small ship line. offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. exploring the culture, cuisine and historic sites through its people. more at fathom.org. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, t
city of aleppo, at least 27 are dead after an air strike that hit a doctors without borders hospital, further threatening a fragile cease-fire >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday, as the presidential primaries enter the final stretch, we look at the race for delegates and preview next week's primary in indiana. >> woodruff: and, backlash in north carolina: how the new state law requiring people to use bathrooms of their birth gender has set off a business boycott. >> our...
News : ALJAZAM : April 7, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm EDT
. 60 minutes of news and comment today. the syrian army launches a major offensive around aleppo. >>> the afghan taliban says it has adopted a new strategy in its dealings with the west. >>> protests in bangladesh after another blogser is murdered for posting secular views online. and taking on bollywood, pakistani film producers take their case to court. ♪ >>> the syrian army and itsal lyes have launched an of fennive in the countryside south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation since a partial ceasefire came into effect in late february. the fighting threatens to completely derail the agreement which has reduced overall levels of violence in syria. the social envoy today announcing new talks to end the clon fikt have been pushed back by two days to next wednesday. in the north of the aleppo countryside, rebel fighters have launched an offensive on in one town. they faced fierce fighting against isil. isil says it was also shelled by turkey. well the battlefield in syria is a crowded one, complicated further still because of fractioned opposition groups and foreig
. 60 minutes of news and comment today. the syrian army launches a major offensive around aleppo. >>> the afghan taliban says it has adopted a new strategy in its dealings with the west. >>> protests in bangladesh after another blogser is murdered for posting secular views online. and taking on bollywood, pakistani film producers take their case to court. ♪ >>> the syrian army and itsal lyes have launched an of fennive in the countryside south of aleppo. it is the...
the city of aleppo. as we've been reporting over the past few days, the prime minister has been speaking to visiting leaders from moscow in the syrian capital. the turkish prime minister is holding a cabinet meeting in the city close to the syrian border. it is now home to a large number of syrian refugees. this is the first time a cabinet meeting has been held outside ankara for 13 years. talking to our correspondent now, charles stratford. more, please, on the significance of the prime minister bringing his cabinet outside of the capital ankara and taking it to this area which is mainly kurdish, but also with many syrian refugees. >> reporter: the prime minister has just finished speaking before that cabinet meeting takes place this afternoon. it was a ceremony here at this stadium in which it was as a pretext, if you like, the prime minister was honoring the city in its battle against french forces in 1920. as you say, it is of huge significance that he has come here to this region, predominantly kurdish, to make this announcement, to honor the city at this time. what he said
the city of aleppo. as we've been reporting over the past few days, the prime minister has been speaking to visiting leaders from moscow in the syrian capital. the turkish prime minister is holding a cabinet meeting in the city close to the syrian border. it is now home to a large number of syrian refugees. this is the first time a cabinet meeting has been held outside ankara for 13 years. talking to our correspondent now, charles stratford. more, please, on the significance of the prime...
several of the biggest cities and is set to take effect on saturday, bubble will not apply to a aleppo. widespread airstrikes and shillings have left hundreds dead in recent days. also coming up, a helicopter ferrys crashes. all 13 aboard are presumed dead and the government has grounded similar choppers. more than seven decades later, a former ss sergeant and guard expresses his shame and sorrow to a court. a holocaust survivor sitting a few feet away. thank you very much for joining us. a regime of calm. that is what they are calling a syrian cease-fire the promises more than it delivers. russia and the united states worked out the agreement, mandating a chest station of hostility set to take effect the next few hours. the agreement makes no mention of aleppo where airstrikes and ground fighting are claiming scores of lives. >> there was a brief halt in the airstrikesy frida morning. rescue crews raced through the streets searching for survivors. the short despite did not last long. a week of attacks have left 200 people dead. on wednesday nights, dozens of civilians were killed when
several of the biggest cities and is set to take effect on saturday, bubble will not apply to a aleppo. widespread airstrikes and shillings have left hundreds dead in recent days. also coming up, a helicopter ferrys crashes. all 13 aboard are presumed dead and the government has grounded similar choppers. more than seven decades later, a former ss sergeant and guard expresses his shame and sorrow to a court. a holocaust survivor sitting a few feet away. thank you very much for joining us. a...
News : ALJAZAM : April 7, 2016 1:00pm-1:31pm EDT
people that got up to go to work find themselves in the midst of this conflict. south of aleppo, it is the biggest government operation in the area, since a partial cease fire in late february. the fighting continues to derail the agreement, which has reduced overall violence many syria, the u.n. special envoy just announced new talks to end the conflict have been pushed back by two days to next wednesday. in h the north of the country side, rebel fighters have taken over the town. they launched an offensive against isil fighters there, they have been an important strong hold for the group. says he is hoping there will be a major evacuation of the wounded and sick from four towns within the next week. all together it could be up to 500 people who are moved. >> we do not have much time. we need to see progress again very soon. it is very dangerous to lose the momentum, with humanitarian work, because if the humanitarian situation begins rapidly deteriorating in many areas at the same time, it will also effect the political system and will take effect of hostilities and so on. so we cann
people that got up to go to work find themselves in the midst of this conflict. south of aleppo, it is the biggest government operation in the area, since a partial cease fire in late february. the fighting continues to derail the agreement, which has reduced overall violence many syria, the u.n. special envoy just announced new talks to end the conflict have been pushed back by two days to next wednesday. in h the north of the country side, rebel fighters have taken over the town. they...
still some resistance. >>> activists in aleppo have confirmed that the only road linking the syrian city to turkey has been cut off by fighters. heavy fighting has been reported. our correspondent has this. >> reporter: achmed and his family rely heavily on food handouts, but it's barely enough. he is scared that kurdish fighters could cut off the only road out of aleppo. >> translator: god forbid if the road is closed, it would be a big problem for us. there will be shortages in food, and people are poor, they don't have the ability to stock food. >> reporter: aleppo is syria's largest city. its center is divided. government forces control the eastern side, and the opposition controls the western side. and since the truce between the government and rebels began in late february, syrian forces backed by russian air power have advanced on rebel-held areas in the northern countryside. there is also fighting in the city's northern parts. kurdish forces known as the ypg, seen as allies of the government are making gains. the goal is to surround and completely cut off the rebel-held areas of
still some resistance. >>> activists in aleppo have confirmed that the only road linking the syrian city to turkey has been cut off by fighters. heavy fighting has been reported. our correspondent has this. >> reporter: achmed and his family rely heavily on food handouts, but it's barely enough. he is scared that kurdish fighters could cut off the only road out of aleppo. >> translator: god forbid if the road is closed, it would be a big problem for us. there will be...
islamic state militants have taken back a stronghold in the northern region of aleppo, days after losing it to a group of mainly turkish backed rebels. the u.k.-based syrian observatory of human rights says other fighting around aleppo has killed close to 40 soldiers and rebels combined. the latest unrest leaves a fragile cease-fire more and more in jeopardy. john kerry telephoned his russian counterparts to discuss ways to strengthen the truce that excludes the rebel out islamicont and the state group. our correspondent told us more. >> this is an assault being carried out by the opposition there. there have been affiliates of al qaeda. the towntered around that was taken back by the opposition just over a week ago in heavy fighting. they are really trying to capture government supply lines in their parts of the town, the part of aleppo that they control. it is something of a yo-yo situation because in the week leading up to the start of the februarye week before 27, the government did exactly that to the opposition in aleppo, cutting their supply heading northbound out of the ci
islamic state militants have taken back a stronghold in the northern region of aleppo, days after losing it to a group of mainly turkish backed rebels. the u.k.-based syrian observatory of human rights says other fighting around aleppo has killed close to 40 soldiers and rebels combined. the latest unrest leaves a fragile cease-fire more and more in jeopardy. john kerry telephoned his russian counterparts to discuss ways to strengthen the truce that excludes the rebel out islamicont and the...
Weekend News : ALJAZAM : April 3, 2016 10:00am-10:31am EDT
has taken territory near aleppo. >>> greece rescues a boat load of refugees off the island of lesbos the day before a controversial e.u. deal with turkey comes into effect. >>> a passenger plane takes off from the brussels airport two weeks after devastating suicide bombings. >>> armenia is disputing reports of a ceasefire in the region. earlier, azerbaijan announced a truce in the conflict area. dozens died saturday on the worst day of fighting in 20 years, azerbaijan says 12 soldiers were killed, armenia reports that at least 18 are dead. both are also saying that there have been civilian casualties. now the u.s. and russia have called for calm. let's take a closer look at the region. it is marked in yellow. the area was governed by azerbaijan during the soviet era, but it's been controlled by local armenia since the 1994 ceasefire officially ended a six year war. the shaded area that you can see to the left, linking it with armenia is the so-called buffer zone controlled by armenia but claimed by azerbaijan. >> armenian forces report there have been more attacks by azerbaij
has taken territory near aleppo. >>> greece rescues a boat load of refugees off the island of lesbos the day before a controversial e.u. deal with turkey comes into effect. >>> a passenger plane takes off from the brussels airport two weeks after devastating suicide bombings. >>> armenia is disputing reports of a ceasefire in the region. earlier, azerbaijan announced a truce in the conflict area. dozens died saturday on the worst day of fighting in 20 years,...
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launch an operation to retake aleppo. charles stratford is on the turkey-syria border, so rewarding aleppo, they seem to be exactly on schedule. this is the time table they were talking about towards the end of the laugh year. >> that's right. it's difficult to say exactly what's happening on the ground with any real verification, but certainly the people that we are talking to, activists and members of the free syrian army close to aleppo are saying certainly this morning, they report what they describe as at least three syrian government airstrikes south of aleppo. they said that they were as they describe it defending their positions in that area. this violence comes at a time when there's supposed to be a partial ceasefire that is only supposed to permit attacks against isis and al-nusra front, but we have a contact in aleppo who we sent down with a camera and he filmed some foot acknowledge for us. what seems to be happening is shifting allegiances amongst these rebels groups, and this i also our report. >> a free syrian army fighter fires at targets in the streets of aleppo. a
launch an operation to retake aleppo. charles stratford is on the turkey-syria border, so rewarding aleppo, they seem to be exactly on schedule. this is the time table they were talking about towards the end of the laugh year. >> that's right. it's difficult to say exactly what's happening on the ground with any real verification, but certainly the people that we are talking to, activists and members of the free syrian army close to aleppo are saying certainly this morning, they report...
of renewed cessation of hostilities in that country. the truce does not involve aleppo. many died when air strikes leveled a hospital and a clinic. some civilians say now they are seen too terrified to even go to a hospital, even if they are injured. nick paton walsh has this report for us. >> reporter: as disbelief still reigns in how air strike could kill dozens at a hospital thursday, it happened again. another air strike. one of 20 that hit rebel-held areas of aleppo friday activists said slammed into another medical facility. it is fortunate, but also chilling, that these scenes of destruction don't have people in them. because of the air strikes, civilians here are said to be too scared to go to this and other hospitals. they have been for days says the manager but the ms-backed hospital thursday. >> they are not only afraid to go to the hospitals. they are afraid to be on the streets. they are afraid to be targeted and hit. >> reporter: describing the last pediatrician in aleppo. one of six killed in thursday's strike, seen here tending to patients. his devotion to his work
of renewed cessation of hostilities in that country. the truce does not involve aleppo. many died when air strikes leveled a hospital and a clinic. some civilians say now they are seen too terrified to even go to a hospital, even if they are injured. nick paton walsh has this report for us. >> reporter: as disbelief still reigns in how air strike could kill dozens at a hospital thursday, it happened again. another air strike. one of 20 that hit rebel-held areas of aleppo friday activists...
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. coming up. fighting flares around the strategic city of aleppo in syria, just days ahead of a new round of peace talks. >>> a stark warning from the i.m.f. about the impact the refugee crisis could have on the global economy. >>> the push for greater trans marijuana is a at the u.n. the candidates for the top job begin to put forward their case. >>> and a hero's welcome for the former or gun tin vinnie president ahead of a court appearance on money laundering charges. >>> i will be here with all the day's sport including real madrid and manchester city of the english premier league book their spots in the semifinals of the champions league. ♪ ♪ >>> there has been a surge in fighting in syria just a day before a new round of indirect talks gets underway in geneva. syrian government forces and their allies have launched an offensive to retake the strategic down south of the city of aleppo. it lies along the highway between aleppo and the capital damascus. pro-government forces say they have made advances but al-nusra front has managed to remain in control of the area. turkish go
. coming up. fighting flares around the strategic city of aleppo in syria, just days ahead of a new round of peace talks. >>> a stark warning from the i.m.f. about the impact the refugee crisis could have on the global economy. >>> the push for greater trans marijuana is a at the u.n. the candidates for the top job begin to put forward their case. >>> and a hero's welcome for the former or gun tin vinnie president ahead of a court appearance on money laundering...
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government launched more air strikes on rebel-controlled neighborhoods in aleppo. the assad regime has been pounding aleppo for the past nine days, killing nearly 250 civilians. holly williams joins frus across the border in turkey. good evening, holly. >> reporter: jim, the u.s. and russia have both backed a new partial truce in syria which began at midnight last night, and it seems to be holding in parts of latakai province in the country's north, as well as around damascus, the syrian capital. but the truce doesn't apply to aleppo where so much of the fighting is taking place as the syrian regime, backed by russia and iran, tries to recapture all of the city. a cease-fire agreed to months ago has now broken down, and this past week, we've seen disturbing internet video coming out of aleppo as residential neighborhoods in the rebel-controlled parts of the city have been pummeled. on thursday, one of the few remaining hospitals in rebel-controlled aleppo was destroyed by an air strike. doctors without borders, the international aid group that supported the hospital, said that it was target
government launched more air strikes on rebel-controlled neighborhoods in aleppo. the assad regime has been pounding aleppo for the past nine days, killing nearly 250 civilians. holly williams joins frus across the border in turkey. good evening, holly. >> reporter: jim, the u.s. and russia have both backed a new partial truce in syria which began at midnight last night, and it seems to be holding in parts of latakai province in the country's north, as well as around damascus, the syrian...
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offensive against rebels in the countryside south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation in antecedent report since a partial ceasefire came into effect in late february. the fighting threatens to completely derail the ceasefire which overall has brought a reduction of violence in syria. u.n. sponsored talks to try and end the war are set to resume on monday. the syrian network for human rights says six workers rescue workers and medical staff were killed in march. >> reporter: this man works for the syria civil defense, also known as the white helmets in aleppo. he is not just a driver. he is also a rescue worker. when there are no air raids he helps clean up the city. >> translation: we're trying to help the people in more than one way. not only do we recover people from unthe rubble, but we clean the streets, the debris, open the roads. >> reporter: around 3,000 people work in rebel held areas across eight syrian provinces. they are ordinary people from ordinary walks of life. they are paying a heavy price. always on the front line, always the first to help. many times
offensive against rebels in the countryside south of aleppo. it is the biggest government operation in antecedent report since a partial ceasefire came into effect in late february. the fighting threatens to completely derail the ceasefire which overall has brought a reduction of violence in syria. u.n. sponsored talks to try and end the war are set to resume on monday. the syrian network for human rights says six workers rescue workers and medical staff were killed in march. >>...
days to next wednesday. >>> in the north of the aleppo countryside, rebel fighters have taken over a town. they launched an offensive against isil fighters there. it's an important stronghold for the armed group. >>> meanwhile, syrian state tv is reporting that islamic state of iraq and the levant have abducted as many as 300 people near the syrian capital of damascus. those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors from the cement company. they say it's unclear exactly what happened, but several of those who were taken have now been released. >> there were complicately reports with the factory workers and cement workers, and state television saying isil kidnapped roughly 300 workers. sources on the ground have told al jazeera that the number was far less and one of the armed rebel groups, one of the armed opposition groups fighting the regime as well as fighting isil managed to secure the release of most of them. they say isil initially killed or beheaded ten of those that they took captive accusing them of espionage or spying against them. less than 100 remain in the hands of
days to next wednesday. >>> in the north of the aleppo countryside, rebel fighters have taken over a town. they launched an offensive against isil fighters there. it's an important stronghold for the armed group. >>> meanwhile, syrian state tv is reporting that islamic state of iraq and the levant have abducted as many as 300 people near the syrian capital of damascus. those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors from the cement company. they say it's unclear exactly...
enough. they're scared that kurdish fighters could cut off the only road out of aleppo. >> god for bid if the road is closed it would be a big problem for us. there will be shortage in cooking oil, flour, and other food stuff. people are poor. they don't have the ability to stock food. >> aleppo is syria's largest city. since a cruise between ththe crews have advanced on aleppo's countryside. kurdish forces seen as ally government. activists warn that up to 300,000 people could be affected. at this marketplace people say that they are worried yet they remain defiant. >> we have everything, thank god. there is food. >> mustapha relies on his farming to feed his family. he said it's the best way to survive. >> we can live like our grandfather lived before by farming and relying on animal stock if there is a siege. >> it may be tough for people in the days ahead. fighting is continuing and it is not clear if the kurdish forces will sustain the sean. it will be the people of aleppo who suffer the most. >> turkey is making plans to strip citizenship of anyone who supports terrorism. they wa
enough. they're scared that kurdish fighters could cut off the only road out of aleppo. >> god for bid if the road is closed it would be a big problem for us. there will be shortage in cooking oil, flour, and other food stuff. people are poor. they don't have the ability to stock food. >> aleppo is syria's largest city. since a cruise between ththe crews have advanced on aleppo's countryside. kurdish forces seen as ally government. activists warn that up to 300,000 people could be...
around the syrian city of aleppo. the united nations human rights chief says that the reports of military buildups in the area could lead to what he calls a lethal escalation in violence. themast 50 people, amongst six doctors, are now known to have been killed earlier this week when a hospital supported by doctors without borders was hit by an airstrike. the syrian army has declared a temporary truce in the capital, it's -- and its suburbs, but aleppo is not included. >> the army's announced a .o-called regime of silence the temporary cease-fire is due to kick in at 1:00 a.m. on saturday and will last 24 hours. meanwhile, fighting has intensified in the country despite the truce. s -- a opposition activist day after dozens were killed in airstrikes. >> we were fast asleep before we had to get up for friday prayers. suddenly, the airstrike started. it was a massacre. so many people were killed, and they just kept on bombing us. where can we go now? >> fears of more violence prompted religious leaders to suspend friday prayers. in 2012, opposition fighters stormed aleppo and took
around the syrian city of aleppo. the united nations human rights chief says that the reports of military buildups in the area could lead to what he calls a lethal escalation in violence. themast 50 people, amongst six doctors, are now known to have been killed earlier this week when a hospital supported by doctors without borders was hit by an airstrike. the syrian army has declared a temporary truce in the capital, it's -- and its suburbs, but aleppo is not included. >> the army's...
Weekend News : ALJAZAM : April 3, 2016 7:00am-7:31am EDT
taken control of two areas around aleppo, the country's second biggest city >>> al-nusra front said it has killed 50 government soldiers. aleppo is close to the border with turkey and it is strategical important. a boat full of migrants have been rescued off lesbos. greeks are struggling to cope with the number of refugees arriving in the country as they try to make their way to western europe. residents of the greek town of idomeni are becoming angry over the continuing presence of the refugee camp. they want the camp to be cleared saying their businesses are being badly affected. >> reporter: attitudes are changing, capacity has given way to anger. at first there was solidarity with the thousands of refugees and migrants, but now the people of idomeni are telling the government that livelihoods are at risk. some are furious. they say their quiet town no longer belongs to them. >> reporter: when they came here, we embraced them and gave them things, but now our lives are unbearable. we are scared to allow our children to play in the streets. no-one explains to us why they are stayi
taken control of two areas around aleppo, the country's second biggest city >>> al-nusra front said it has killed 50 government soldiers. aleppo is close to the border with turkey and it is strategical important. a boat full of migrants have been rescued off lesbos. greeks are struggling to cope with the number of refugees arriving in the country as they try to make their way to western europe. residents of the greek town of idomeni are becoming angry over the continuing presence of...
russian air force and ir-syrian military are proposing a joint operation to take aleppo city from rebels. the operation is likely to put a strain on the agreement to end hostilities. >> reporter: some significant developments close to the turkish border today. we understand that i.s.i.l. fighters made an assault around seven villages close to the border. we've spoken to activists inside syria who say that the turkish ar till reinitially responded to those attacks with the help of coalition air strikes. activists now saying that at least three possibly four of those seven villages have been retaken by the free syrian army. we also under that fighting may be continuing in the remaining villages. these developments come on a day where the syrian government has announced that it plans to retake full control, the city of aleppo with the help of its allies, russia. this comes at a time where we're supposed to be seeing a partial ceasefire, a partial cessation of hostilities. the syrian government said they've made this announcement because they say they have come under repeated attacks
russian air force and ir-syrian military are proposing a joint operation to take aleppo city from rebels. the operation is likely to put a strain on the agreement to end hostilities. >> reporter: some significant developments close to the turkish border today. we understand that i.s.i.l. fighters made an assault around seven villages close to the border. we've spoken to activists inside syria who say that the turkish ar till reinitially responded to those attacks with the help of...
i.s.i.l. in aleppo countryside. this is the largest area in antecedent report since a partial ceasefire came into agreement in late february. the ongoing fighting has threatened to redetail the agreement which has reduced overall violence in syria. the u.n. has sponsored talks to stop the war resume in geneva on monday. the syrian network for human rights says six rescue workers and medical staff have been killed in march. despite all odds and attacks, the defense force in rebel held areas are making a difference. our correspondent reports from gaziantep. >> reporter: this man works for the syria krefl defense ares, also known as the white helmets in aleppo. he is not just a driver. he is also a rescue worker. when there are no air raids, he helps clean up the city. >> translation: we're trying to help the people in more than one way. not only recovering people, but we also clean the streets, open the rains, contain the rubble from destroyed buildings >> reporter: around 3,000 people work for the white helmets across eight provinces. they are ordinary people from all walks of
i.s.i.l. in aleppo countryside. this is the largest area in antecedent report since a partial ceasefire came into agreement in late february. the ongoing fighting has threatened to redetail the agreement which has reduced overall violence in syria. the u.n. has sponsored talks to stop the war resume in geneva on monday. the syrian network for human rights says six rescue workers and medical staff have been killed in march. despite all odds and attacks, the defense force in rebel held areas are...
escalation of battles, particularly in aleppo, in damascus suburbs. what is happening in aleppo is the most alarming because the government claims that the opposition along with al-nusra front have taken one of the most strategic hills in north aleppo. what the government has been doing in the last two days is recapture these territories. there is also major fighting between the free syrian army and the kurds in aleppo as well. there is a great deal of eskalation. my takes on is that as the geneva talks get closer, both sides are trying to maximise their interest and have the upper hand in the diplomatic talks in the next few days >>> the chairman of the u.s. says he hopes there will be a shift in the next week. there could be 500 people moved and he is push is for aid to be led in besieged areas >> we need top see progress again very soon. it is very dangerous to lose the momentum with humanitarian work because if the humanitarian situation began rapidly deteriorates in many areas at the same time, it will also affect the political process. we cannot fail. we must regain the momentum
escalation of battles, particularly in aleppo, in damascus suburbs. what is happening in aleppo is the most alarming because the government claims that the opposition along with al-nusra front have taken one of the most strategic hills in north aleppo. what the government has been doing in the last two days is recapture these territories. there is also major fighting between the free syrian army and the kurds in aleppo as well. there is a great deal of eskalation. my takes on is that as the...
committee says there's any of evidence to put dilma rousseff on trial. taking the area south of aleppo. refugee crisis. >> translator: greece doesn't want to accept us, turkey doesn't want us to stay, where should we go, sink into the water? >> refugees are still making the dangerous crossing from turkey to greece. >>> tax scandal. >> translator: regrettably, people have been trying to use the media to attack the country and its financial system. >> panama's president promises to cooperate with any investigations after the panama papers leak. good evening, i'm roxana saberi, this is al jazeera's international news hour. we begin tonight in brazil where the impeachment of president dilma rousseff is a step closer to becom becoming a reality. the congressional group charged with looking into the case says the case should move forward. teresa vo is in in be rio de janeiro with the story. >> the congressional group that is in charge of investigating this issue says that dilma rousseff should be he impeached but it's the entire senate that should be voting on this. recommendation could be t
committee says there's any of evidence to put dilma rousseff on trial. taking the area south of aleppo. refugee crisis. >> translator: greece doesn't want to accept us, turkey doesn't want us to stay, where should we go, sink into the water? >> refugees are still making the dangerous crossing from turkey to greece. >>> tax scandal. >> translator: regrettably, people have been trying to use the media to attack the country and its financial system. >> panama's...
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. >>> hospital emergency room, intensive care unit in aleppo reduced to rubble in an air strike the m.o. of the assad regime. 14 people killed, including the only pediatrician remaining in the city of aleppo. nbc's foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin joins me with details. how did we learn about this? what do we know about the circumstances. >> reporter: we learn about it mostly from on the ground activists, those in aleppo, particularly groups known as the civil defense activists and first aid responders. but it wasn't long after that that doctors without borders confirmed this air strike took place. doctors without borders is not saying point blank this was the result of the syrian regime or air force or perhaps even the russian air force. we do know that both of those carrying out air strikes in and around the city of aleppo during the time of the strike. the u.s. state department had a much more pointed response when they were asked, could it be anybody other than the syrian regime. here's what the spokesperson had to say -- >> the indications that we have now, and again, this
. >>> hospital emergency room, intensive care unit in aleppo reduced to rubble in an air strike the m.o. of the assad regime. 14 people killed, including the only pediatrician remaining in the city of aleppo. nbc's foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin joins me with details. how did we learn about this? what do we know about the circumstances. >> reporter: we learn about it mostly from on the ground activists, those in aleppo, particularly groups known as the civil defense...


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Darna actress Angel Locsin to play as Marvel's Wave?
Actress Angel Locsin is the first choice to portray Wave, the new Filipina superhero in the Marvel universe.
Leinil Yu, the Filipino artist who co-created and designed the Pinay superhero, already have one lady in mind to play the role of Wave, who has yet to formally make her comic book debut.
The revelation came after Locsin's tweet about the artwork of Wave.
"I'm excited to learn more about this character! I [love] that her weapon of choice is a Kampilan, which is believed to be the sword Lapu-Lapu used to strike down Ferdinand Magellan. So, [thumbs up] for that! Regarding her costume, I wonder what's the inspiration behind the design?"
A week later, Yu replied to Locsin's tweet, much to the actress' surpise.
"It's a collaboration of ideas between me, greg and Marvel editorial. Would love to see you as Wave, Angel!" Yu tweeted on Tuesday.
Locsin is no stranger to playing superhero characters both in the movies and TV series. She was among the select few to play Darna.
Wave will be among the new "Agents of Atlas" that will debut in May this year. She will be accompanied by other new Marvel superheroes such as Aero and Sword Master from China in the new series "War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1" set in Asia .
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10 Stocks Avoiding A March Freeze With Increased Dividends
For a dividend investor, there is not much worse than a stock that cuts or eliminates its dividend. Suddenly, the reason you purchased the stock no longer exists. Many dividend investors, myself included, have a hard and fast rule to immediately sell any stock held as income investment if it cuts its dividend. However, when a company freezes its dividend at the current rate, the decision is not as clear-cut. At this point you must look at alternative investments, along with the company's current yield and future outlook.
Here are a few select companies that have avoided a March freeze by increasing the cash dividends paid to their shareholders:
Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services. March 20th the company increased its quarterly dividend 10.2% to $0.16 per share. The increase in the amount of the dividend will be effective when the HP board of directors declares HP's next dividend. The yield based on the new payout is 2.0%.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment, and services worldwide. March 20th the company increased its quarterly dividend 8.5% to $0.77 per share. The dividend is payable May 12, 2014 to stockholders of record on April 1, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 2.5%.
W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) is an independent equity real estate investment trust. March 20th the company increased its quarterly dividend 2.9% to $0.895 per share. The dividend is payable April 15, 2014 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 5.8%.
Independent Bank Corp. (INDB) operates as the bank holding company for Rockland Trust Company that provides banking products and services in Massachusetts. March 20th the company increased its quarterly dividend 9.1% to $0.24 per share. The dividend is payable April 11, 2014 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 2.4%.
Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) is a publicly owned real estate investment trust. March 20th the company increased its quarterly dividend 8.3% to $0.065 per share. The dividend is payable April 14, 2014 to stockholders of record on April 7, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 4.3%.
Raytheon Company (RTN) develops integrated products, services, and solutions in the areas of sensing; effects; command, control, communications, and intelligence; mission support; and cyber and information security worldwide. March 19th the company increased its quarterly dividend 10% to $0.605 per share. The dividend is payable May 1, 2014 to stockholders of record on April 2, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 2.4%.
UDR, Inc. (UDR) is an independent real estate investment trust. The firm invests in the real estate markets of the United States. March 19th the company increased its quarterly dividend 11.1% to $0.26 per share. The dividend is payable April 30, 2014 to stockholders of record on April 9, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 4.1%.
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (GSBC) operates as a bank holding company for Great Southern Bank that offers various financial banking products and services. March 19th the company increased its quarterly dividend 11.1% to $0.20 per share. The dividend is payable April 10, 2014 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 2.7%.
RAIT Financial Trust (RAS) operates as a self-managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT). March 19th the company increased its quarterly dividend 6.3% to $0.17 per share. The dividend is payable April 30, 2014 to stockholders of record on April 4, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 8.2%.
Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS) operates as an investment manager in the United States, Japan, and internationally. March 14th the company increased its quarterly dividend 10% to $0.22 per share. The dividend is payable April 11, 2014 to stockholders of record on March 28, 2014. The yield based on the new payout is 2.3%.
Selecting stocks with increasing dividends is critical for an income growth strategy. The above list contains stocks that recently raised their dividends; it is not a list of recommend buys. As always, due diligence should be performed before buying or selling any stock. For a list of stocks with a long string of consecutive cash dividend increases, see this list.
Full Disclosure: Long RTN in my Dividend Growth Portfolio. See a list of all my dividend growth holdings here.
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Thirty years ago this week–on February 16, 1989–I did the second of my three interviews with Canadian guitar hero Jeff Healey.
He was only 22 at the time, but holy crap could that guy play!
Anyway, this was about five months after the release of his wicked debut album, See the Light, which you may recall for the Healey-penned title track and its killer covers of tunes by John Hiatt ("Confidence Man"), ZZ Top ("Blue Jean Blues"), and Freddy King ("Hideaway").
The latter track had been nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, and the ceremony was happening six days after our chat, so as the interview wound down I asked him what he thought of the nomination.
There was some tough competition for Healey, the other nominees being Joe Satriani, Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, and Carlos Santana. He seemed pretty sure that the guy from Led Zeppelin was going to take home the trophy, but in the end it went to Carlos for Blues for Salvador.


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Art Finley (1926-2015), broadcaster
Art Finley prepares to go on air at CKNW in Vancouver.
In a profession known for bombast, hyperbole and self-aggrandizement, radio talk-show host Art Finley stood out by relying on none of that.
The broadcaster displayed a witty yet probing technique in on-air interrogations, making him "the thinking man's host" in the opinion of Red Robinson, another well-known Vancouver radio personality.
Mr. Finley, who has died at 88, first made a name in San Francisco before coming north to Canada in 1968, the year after the Summer of Love, quickly becoming a star in an era when talk-radio dominated the Vancouver scene.
In a broadcast career lasting a half-century, the mellifluous host interviewed a Who's Who of celebrities and newsmakers including musicians (Joan Baez, James Brown, John Lennon), prime ministers (Pierre Trudeau, John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney), authors (Gore Vidal, Pierre Berton, Isaac Asimov), movie stars (Sophia Loren, Bette Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger), television stars (Leonard Nimoy, Andy Griffith, Bill Shatner), healers (Dr. Jonas Salk, Dr. Henry Heimlich, Dr. Gifford W. Jones), and such activists and rabble-rousers as Germaine Greer, Huey Newton, Cesar Chavez, Ralph Nader, and Dr. Henry Morgentaler.
He enjoyed a good laugh and had a wicked sense of humour himself, so took every opportunity to put on air such comedians as Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, George Carlin, Jonathan Winters, Lily Tomlin, Phyllis Diller, and Professor Irwin Corey, as well as members of the Monty Python troupe.
A voracious reader, the host said he gained an audience by listening objectively to the opinions expressed by call-in listeners and by not putting on airs with his guests.
"I am always myself," he once said. "I talk exactly on the air the same way I do off the air — except for the words the (Federal Communications Commission) says you can't say. I'm honest. I put people at ease."
As for those sitting across from his microphone, he had only two requirements. "The worst guest is a person who doesn't know his subject," he said in a 1990 interview, "and talks slow."
While he enjoyed a certain fame in British Columbia, his voice recognized by strangers even decades after he left the air, he made an indelible impression on a generation of Baby Boom children in the San Francisco Bay area as Mayor Art, the host of a live, after-school television program.
His own childhood began in the rolling Appalachian coal mountains of West Virginia. Arthur Irving Finger was born in Fairmont to Minnie (née Zindler) and Benjamin Sardon Finger, a clothing merchant, on Aug. 25, 1926. He had two older brothers born more than a decade earlier. On his walks home from school during the Depression, young Art scavenged small chunks of coal alongside the railway tracks running out of the Monongahela River valley.
After his father died of a heart attack in 1937, his widowed mother moved with the boy to Texas, where her family lived. While studying mechanical engineering at the University of Houston, he wrote a column in the student newspaper titled Finger-Tips in which he offered whimsical record reviews and notes on radio broadcasts. A bit of doggerel he wrote about the pronunciation of unfamiliar wartime place names was picked up by a syndicated columnist and reprinted in several daily newspapers around the United States. It read in part:
Scorn not the poor announcer
In exotic tongues enmeshed,
Who says, "We bombed Plo-es-ti,"
When we really bombed "plaw-YESHT."
He lied about his age to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the waning days of the Second World War.
He was still an undergraduate when hired as a $36 per week radio announcer for station KXYZ. He held a variety of jobs at the station and took part in several zany stunts, including the sending aloft of silver-painted discs at the height of the UFO craze. By 1949, he was host and production manager of "Saturday at The Shamrock," a weekly live broadcast on the national ABC network featured a big band performance from the ballroom of Houston's grandest hotel. It was during the show he had his first brush with meeting stars of stage and screen, and it was also where he met a hotel guest from New Jersey named Geraldine Molt, whom he almost immediately told he planned to marry. They did so eventually, though she insisted on a courtship lasting longer than his original 24-hour wooing.
While serving in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, he helped establish military radio stations in Newfoundland. After completing his service, he spent two years in New York before moving to California to become a producer and performer on the "Tooneytown" children's show for KOVR-TV in Stockton. His wife came up with the concept — he would be Mayor Art and the children on the show would be his council. She fashioned for him a long-tailed morning coat and a top hat. An official at the station decided his venerable family name did not fit a kiddie show and he settled on the professional name Art Finley.
The show, which soon moved to KRON-TV in San Francisco, aired live for two hours from 4 to 6 p.m. on weekdays. He introduced cartoons and offered a news program for children. He was aided by a hand-puppet named Ring-A-Ding, a wisecracking cuckoo-clock bird.
In the fashion of the day, the host also did double-duty as pitchman, and Mayor Art was a fast-talking purveyor of Fudgees snack cakes, Buitoni macaroni, and fruit drinks ("It hasta be Shasta").
Absurd, goofy and always kindly, Mayor Art became known for such catchphrases as "A glass of milk and a how-do-you-do?," which he spoke after announced the next day's school lunch menu. Cartoon segments were heralded by Mayor Art leading bleachers of children in shouting, "Blooey! Blooey!" He ended each show with a hearty, "I'll be seeing you (pause) subsequently."
The children's show ended in 1966, after which he briefly played host to a low-budget afternoon call-in game show for adults. He also handled a call-in show on radio station KSFO and, beginning in 1962, had a daily cartoon published in the San Francisco Chronicle. The "Art's Gallery" cartoon featured an elaborate and detailed woodcut illustration from a 19th-century magazine with an anachronistic caption. The result — a medieval knight on horseback looking over his shoulder with the caption, "Is that cop still following us?" — was more wry than knee-slapping. The one-panel cartoon ran in the Chronicle for two decades and was syndicated to newspapers in Canada and the United States.
In 1967, Mr. Finley and his wife became involved in an oddball caper involving a breakaway British colony. The residents of the Caribbean island of Anguilla, population 6,000, declared they wanted no further association with the nearby islands of St. Kitts and Nevis. An independent republic was declared and confirmed in a referendum by a vote of 1,739 to 4.
The leaders rejected large sums from developers, instead seeking small donations from individuals to support the island. The San Francisco couple helped create the Anguilla Trust Fund in which honorary citizenships and passports were issued for donations of $100 US. (Among the donators was Linus Pauling, the scientist and humanitarian.) The idealistic hope was Anguilla would be a bastion of peace and popular democracy in a world torn by strife. In the end, the republic failed, but the island did become a separate British overseas territory.
Mr. Finley was hired by Vancouver radio station CHQM in 1968. He soon after jumped to CKNW, a ratings juggernaut in news and current affairs, including a stellar lineup of talk-show hosts, the king of whom was Jack Webster, a gruff, acerbic, no-nonsense Glaswegian known as The Mouth That Roared. The newcomer's comparably laid-back style — "a mellow-tone voice with the octaval range of a slide trombone to wrap us in the warmest strains of rational charm," in the words of Lee Bacchus of the Vancouver Sun — set him apart from the microphone maulers.
After Mr. Webster was lured away to rival station CJOR for a reported contract of $110,000 per year, Mr. Finley replaced him in the coveted 6:30 to 8 p.m. slot.
He returned to San Francisco to handle a call-in show for KGO in 1974, returning to Vancouver and a spot on CJOR in 1981. After five years, he hopscotched the continent with WNIS in Norfolk, Va., and XRA in San Diego, Calif., before becoming host of the popular "Nightbeat" show with KCBS in San Francisco.
He retired to Victoria, B.C., from where he and his wife travelled the world. They were holidaying in Buenos Aires in 2006 when Geraldine Finger died suddenly of a heart attack on her 77th birthday. He then moved to Vancouver.
Those who knew him away from the camera and microphone claim he was the same person off air as on, a joking, high-spirited figure who, when shopping at a bargain store promising "every item $1," imagined making a public-address announcement of "Price cheque on aisle nine."
"If I have unknowingly offended somebody, I apologize," he once said. "If I have knowingly offended somebody, give me a chance and I'll do it again."
Mr. Finley died on Aug. 7 after suffering a heart attack while on a stroll in his Vancouver neighbourhood. He leaves son Jeff Finger and daughters Julie Emerson and Suzanne Noel-Bentley. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years and two brothers.
In 2002, he donated a reel-to-reel tape and 141 audiocassettes to the University of British Columbia Library. The donation includes 100 radio interviews, ranging from cradle (Dr. Benjamin Spock) to grave (Dr. Jack Kevorkian). Available for future researchers, you might say the world has not heard the last of Mr. Finley.
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For accuracy or group size to mean anything or for the evaluation to be apples to apples comparison you need to shoot both carbines side by side on the same day, one right after the other. Both guns need to be in the exact same configuration (stocks, triggers, handguards or free floated forends, etc), using the same optic (I recommend at least 10x magnification when measuring group size), the same ammo from the same lot, the same type of targets, the same lighting conditions, etc.
Several different different ammo loadings should be used in when ever testing two barrels against one another. You may find that a barrel from "Brand X" shoots well with Black Hills 75 gr .223 but doesn't like Hornady 60 gr TAP .223 and a barrel from "Brand Z" may not shoot the Black Hills well, but shoots the best groups with the Hornady load. Some barrels may shoot several loads well, while other barrels may only shoot tight groups with a couple of different loads. Ammo, temperature, lighting conditions, rifle configuration, different optics, targets, human error, etc. all have an effect on accuracy testing.
I often see guys on the internet saying their "Brand X" AR15 is more accurate than their "Brand Z" AR15. I doubt that a majority of these guys have done an apples to apples comparison between two rifles in a controlled enviornment.
When doing accuracy testing I don't like to use an optic with anything less than a 10x magnificiation and I would prefer to have something around 16x magnification if possible. The better you can see your aiming point, the easier it is to ensure you are putting the cross hairs on the exact same spot each time you fire a round. In order to shoot the smallest groups possible you need to ensure that you are using the exact aiming point everytime.
If I can hit small steel IPSC style or "popper" type targets consistanly out to 425 yards with an Trijicon ACOG TA11 (3.5x) or Leupold Mark IV 1.5-5x20mm MR/T M2 or simular scope, the barrel is more than accurate enough for my needs.
The last match I shot with the Stag Arms carbine with the Rock River Arms mid-lenth 1/9" twist, chrome lined, 4140 steel barrel (the July 2008 match, less than a month before I had shoulder surgery), I came in 2nd place with a score of 80% and I was using 2004 vintage 5.56x45 Winchester XM193 ammo (55 grain).
I have seen many discussions on the internet over the years about how inferior 4140 barrel steel is, how inaccurate the 55 grain 5.56 is, and how the 1/9" twist shouldn't even be considered. I am not advocating the use of 4140 barrel steel, 1/9" twist barrels, and 55 grain 5.56 ammo, there are much better options out there. My point is, many guys put too much emphasis on how small of a group a barrel will produce and don't consider how they will actually employ the carbine, their skill set, what kind of ammo they will use, or what kind of optic they will put on the carbine.
The reason I used Stag Arms AR15 with a Rock River Arms 16" mid-length barrel (1/9" twist, chrome lined, 4140 steel) using a Trijicon ACOG TA11 (3.5x) and shooting 5.56x45 Winchester XM193 ammo (55 grain) as an example is because many of the guys that get into heated discussions on the internet about how accurate a barrel needs to be, have never shot their carbines in the conditions mentioned above (shooting under simulated stress from unconventional positions, at smaller than average sized targets, out to 425 yards, while being timed, and running from one position to the next with an average of 6 to 8 shooting positoins). From the limited testing I've done, the Stag Arms with Rock River Arms barrel mentioned in this article is the least accurate AR15 that I own (based on my limited testing).
There is a need for a certain level of mechanical accuracy, however too many people put too much emphasis on mechanical accuracy and not enough emphasis on practical accuracy.
Keep in mind that a majority of AR15 carbines on the market today are considered service rifles, not sniper rifles. The AR15 platform can fairly easily be made into an extremely accurate weapon system. However, for the average shooter, if you are going to shoot standard ammo, use a non-magnified red dot or a Trijicon ACOG (fixed 3x to 4x) or a low magnification variable powered optic like the Night Force 1-4x NXS or Leupold Mark IV 1.5-5x20mm MR/T M2 from a standard chrome lined barrel you will probably not be able to tell much of a difference in accuracy between two simular barrels that have the same features made by manufacturers known for quality.
95%+ of the time I shoot 55 grain 5.56 or .223 factory ammo (standard ammo, not match), the highest magnification optic I have on an AR15 currently is a Leupld 1.5-5x, and the furthest distance I am currently able to shoot is 425 yards. When guys ask me about accuracy of two different guns I don't like to answer unless I can give an apples to apples comparision and I rarely go out and shoot for measured groups. My use for the AR platform is geared toward "practical accuracy", and I don't have a single AR15 that is not capable of hitting the targets mentioned earlier in this article out to 425 yards with Winchester XM193 ammo, Winchester Q3131A ammo, Black Hills Blue Box 55 grain, or simular ammo.