CNN exclusive: Nigerian girl who escaped Boko Haram says she still feels afraid
By Nima Elbagir and Lillian Leposo, CNN
May 12, 2014 -- Updated 0821 GMT (1621 HKT)
Editor's note: CNN's Nima Elbagir, Lillian Leposo and Nick Migwe made the dangerous journey to Chibok, Nigeria, to gather firsthand accounts of the abduction of the schoolgirls -- and how people in the northeastern town are still living in fear.
Chibok, Nigeria (CNN) -- The terrifying news began to spread before the gun-wielding Islamist militants made it into Chibok last month. Villagers began to receive cell phone calls that the feared extremist group Boko Haram was on the way.
No one knew what the attack would entail, that it would mean hundreds of schoolgirls plucked from their beds by a group of extremists who would later threaten to sell them.
"It's like they were coming for a shopping trip," a villager who witnessed the attack told CNN.
Some lucky girls managed to escape that night when, after they were loaded into cargo trucks, they made a dash for freedom.
"We would rather die than go," one of the girls told CNN. "We ran into the bush. We ran and we ran."
Glenn Greenwald: 'I don't trust the UK not to arrest me. Their behaviour has been extreme'
He has been lauded and vilified in equal measure. But did the journalist's 'outsider' status help him land Edward Snowden's NSA revelations? Why did he nearly miss the story? And how powerless did he feel when his partner was detained at Heathrow? One year after the scoop, we meet him in his jungle paradise in Rio
The dogs can smell Glenn Greenwald long before they see him. As we drive up the hill to his house, a cacophony of barking greets us. The chorus is so overwhelming it makes me think of the National Security Agency (NSA) chiefs who Greenwald has tormented over the past year."They don't bite," Greenwald says as we are engulfed by the pack of strays that he and his partner, David Miranda, have rescued. After a beat, he adds: "… as long as you don't show any fear." I'm not certain he's joking, which is awkward, given that there are 12 of them, ranging from an 80lb Burmese mountain dog to a rat-sized miniature pinscher.
The image of Greenwald and his dogs has been beamed around the world by news organisations since his first NSA revelations were published by the Guardian last year. A writer with a devoted following even before the revelations, he now enjoys more widespread exposure, particularly in the US where his brand of aggressive campaigning journalism has attracted both paeans and condemnation.
West’s expectations of Iran ‘stupid’, says Khamenei
Supreme leader strikes defiant tone ahead of a fresh round of talks
Supreme leader strikes defiant tone ahead of a fresh round of talks
Iran’s supreme leader described as “stupid and idiotic” Western expectations for his country to curb its missile development, striking a defiant tone ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to mass produce missiles and said nuclear negotiations were not the place to discuss Tehran’s defence programme or to solve the problem of sanctions damaging the Iranian economy.
Military action
“They expect us to limit our missile programme while they constantly threaten Iran with military action,” the ayatollah was quoted as telling the IRNA news agency while on a visit to an aeronautics fair held by the Revolutionary Guards.
Military action
“They expect us to limit our missile programme while they constantly threaten Iran with military action,” the ayatollah was quoted as telling the IRNA news agency while on a visit to an aeronautics fair held by the Revolutionary Guards.
Drone missions to watch Chinese, North Korean activities
May 12, 2014 - 12:49PM
Tsuyoshi Takasawa and Katsufumi Mano
Tokyo: Full-scale large military drone operations will start shortly in Japan and its nearby airspace to monitor Chinese military activities and North Korea's nuclear and missile development.
The US Air Force plans to deploy two Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles to its Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture late this month and the Air Self-Defence Force plans to procure three UAVs of the same type in fiscal 2015 and later.
However, experts warn that regulations on their flights must be put in place because Japan's current aviation laws lack clear stipulations on large drones.
A Global Hawk is a 40-meter-wide, 14.5-meter-longunmanned plane manufactured by Northrop Grumman, a US aerospace and defence company. The drone has been deployed by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On a slow night train to Benares, India
Peter Ford is in India to cover the national election. While a lot of things have changed since he first visited the country 35 years ago, rail travel isn't one of them.
A lot of things have changed in India since I first visited 35 years ago, but many haven’t. Trust the trains to remind me of “timeless India.”
My first encounter with the railroad system this trip was a surprise. Seeking to book a ticket to Benares (now known as Varanasi) I was directed to the foreign tourist office at New Delhi station, found it only marginally dilapidated, took a ticket number from a machine, waited five minutes, explained my needs to a clerk, and was issued with a sleeper ticket right away.
The actual journey, though, was a different matter. Platform 12 at New Delhi station on Saturday evening was packed with travelers squatting or sitting on the ground in groups surrounded by their baggage. They were lucky to find dry patches: rainwater gushed from broken gutters as a thunderous storm broke overhead.
High cost, corruption claims mar Brazil World Cup
By BRADLEY BROOKS5 hours ago
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The cost of building Brasilia's World Cup stadium has nearly tripled to $900 million in public funds, largely due to allegedly fraudulent billing, government auditors say. The spike in costs has made it the world's second-most expensive soccer arena, even though the city has no major professional team.
Mane Garrincha stadium, which boasts 288 imposing concrete pillars holding aloft a high-tech self-cleaning roof, has become the costliest project related to Brazil's $11.5 billion World Cup. Critics call it the poster child for out-of-control spending and mismanagement, or worse.
Now, an Associated Press analysis of data from Brazil's top electoral court shows skyrocketing campaign contributions by the very companies involved in the most Cup projects. The lead builder of Brasilia's stadium increased its political donations 500-fold in the most recent election.
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