France - Sarkozy plays the immigration card in election campaign

Published on Mar 12, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to pull France out of the European Union's visa-free Schengen zone unless the bloc beefs up the EU's borders.

Sarkozy raised the immigration issue at a campaign rally as polls show he faces a tough battle for re-election in April and May.

"The Schengen agreement no longer lets us respond to the seriousness of the situation. It needs revising. We have to put into force for Schengen a reform that is as structural as the one we have just put in place for the Euro. We cannot leave managing the flow of migrants to the technocrats and courts," President Sarkozy told supporters in Paris.

Centrist leader and presidential rival Francois Bayrou was quick to react:

"What does it mean to pull out off Schengen? I will tell you, it means to put in place once again the barriers and the borders and the customs officers between France and Spain, France and Italy, and between France and Germany can you believe it?"

Critics say Sarkozy 's proposal is aimed at trying to siphon off support from the extreme right, National-Front candidate Marine Le Pen who is snapping at his heals.

Most of the candidates including front runner Socialist Francois Hollande have in recent weeks tapped into French concerns over illegal immigration - concerns which have grown as the country struggles against recession.

Gaza - Children wounded after Israeli air strikes

Published on Mar 11, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Israeli war planes carried out new air strikes on Gaza on Sunday night. Medics say three people were killed including a 12-year-old boy.

Witnesses said one strike hit a family home injuring several children.

Israel confirmed the strikes had taken place but claimed they had targeted a weapons storage facility and four rocket launching sites.

The cross border violence has increased since Friday when Israeli jets killed the head of a militant group prompting a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire.

In southern Israel in the town of Ashkelon residents are spending a fourth day under siege.
The onslaught of rockets has forced them indoors.

On Sunday about 50 were fired into the area causing damage to buildings but no injuries. Israel's military says it has intercepted around half of the Palestinian rockets.

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Japan - Raw Video: 1 Year Since Quake, Tsunami

Published on Mar 11, 2012 by AssociatedPress

People across Japan prayed and stood in silence on Sunday to remember the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. (March 11)

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Published on Mar 11, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Cities across northeastern Japan have been holding their own memorials for the tsunami's victims, and those of the nuclear crisis that followed.

In Iwaki along the Fukushima coastline hundreds gathered for a moment of silence on the beach.

Nearly 80,000 across the area have been forced to leave their homes due to radiation fears.

Katsuko Ishii and her family are evacuees from the exclusion zone.

"My home is in Namie town, and so we can't go home. There aren't really any words for it. To be honest, we haven't really had any good signs," said the 42-year-old mother.

Politicians and bureaucrats have come under fire over the past year for their response to the nuclear disaster and reconstruction challenge.

The political row has even affected children.

12-year-old Shiori Anzai was overcome with tears as she said:
"I've hardly noticed the year go by, but you really have to wonder what politicians have been doing the whole time."

In Ofunato hundreds of black-clad residents came to the town hall, and laid white chrysanthemums to remember the 420 people from the town who are still missing.

While the country observed a minute's silence to mark the time the earthquake struck a year ago, Ofunato paused again 33 minutes later, the moment the 23-metre tsunami engulfed the town of 41,000.

Despite their grief some managed to look on the bright side.

"I've come here to tell my grandfather who was killed that I'm ok and enjoying life," said 21-year-old Yoshiyuki Morishita, dressed in a dark suit but wearing a bright smile as he spoke.

12 months after the disaster, while Japan still struggles with the human and economic cost, many people have gained widespread admiration for their stoic reaction and and resilience.

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