美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-17
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It's a country nearly 45 million people. One of the largest nation in Europe and right now it's in a struggle with itself. We\'re talking about Ukraine. Kind of crossroads, western Europe to one side and Russia to the other.The tension happening in Ukraine right now is over which side the country should be closer to. Ukraine's president and many of its people prefer to be aligned1 with Russia.Ukrainians who wanna move toward western Europe have been protesting. They\'ve taken over parts of the capital city, Kiev and put up barricades2 around their gathering3 spots.That is until late Tuesday night.
It\'s 2 o\'clock in the morning and it would appear that the riot police have
decided4 that this is the time to go into the square in full force.I don't know how we gonna get in. This is the only way down and they are polices... but we'll try.
How they gonna push through these barricades which have been up there for a long time? You can see the protesters manning the barricades and there are hundreds of riot polices here but no easy access to them through into the square which is exactly the way the protesters want to. So, the police have moved on here with chainsaws to try and saw through these barricades and also use
brute5 force to pull them back and it does look as though in that corner it is giving way. Now, you have seen the helmets. The red helmets of the protesters against the black helmets of the riot police head on head and we'll see what happens next.
On Wednesday, protesters in Kiev started rebuilding these barricades that were torn down over night.
Catching6 up for another new story now, starting with M. The 85-year old American is home after be held in North Korea for weeks.That country's government released a video in which N. read a supposed apology for things he did during the Korean War. N. says that apology was given under duress,"anyone who's read the text of it knows that the words were not mine and were not delivered voluntarily."
Next up, a
lawsuit7 involving human right for non-humans.The non-human rights project was suing to get the chimpanzee some of the same rights as the legal person.Their goal was to get some animal move from private owners to
sanctuaries8.3 courts in New York have rejected the
lawsuits9.The non-human rights project says it will appeal those decisions.And finally, a follow up about outbreak of meningitis which involves in. around brain and
spinal10 core. After several cases of the disease at Princeton University, school officials decided to offer students there
vaccine11. This particular vaccine is approved in other countries, but not in the United States. Princeton says it will cover the cost of the vaccine and only offer it to students and certain members of the university community.
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