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The long commute home for Lunar New Year begins for millions of migrant workers in China. An estimated 3.6 billion passenger trips are expected to be made across the country, for the 40-day Spring Festival holidays. Tickets are elusive. This woman from Heilongjiang province said his ride home will take 20 hours, and not even on a sleeper car. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 37-YEAR-OLD MIGRANT FROM NORTHEASTERN HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE LI YANXIA SAYING: "I have been working for the whole year, now it is time to go back home and see my children. It was very difficult to buy a ticket. I had to ask many people to help me book one online. In the end, one of my colleagues managed to snap up a seat ticket for me." The movement of people during the holiday period is described as the "biggest annual migration of people". Nearly 260 million people are expected to ride on trains during this time. Despite the exhausting travel, the Lunar New Year is the only opportunity in a year for many
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) An unmanned rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday (January 23) to put the newest member of NASA's space communications network into orbit. The 19-story tall Atlas 5 rocket, built and launched by United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, lifted off at 9:33 p.m. EST (0233 GMT Friday). With the 3.8-ton (3,447-kg) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) perched on its nose, the rocket blazed through clear, star-filled skies as it headed southeast over the Atlantic Ocean toward orbit. The satellite is the 12th built for a NASA constellation that circles more than 22,300 miles (35,888 km) above Earth. The satellites are strategically positioned over the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans where they can continuously track and communicate with the space station and dozens of other fast-moving spacecraft some 22,000 miles (35,406 km) below. Eight members of the network currently remain in orbit. Two have been decommissioned and were incinerated as they fell back into Earth's atmosphere. A third satellite was destroyed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger accident. NASA ordered a 13th and final TDRS satellite to ensure the network can operate through 2030. By then, NASA expects to transition to laser communications and other upgrades that will significantly boost capability and cut costs. Besides supporting the space station, a $100 billion project of 15 nations, the TDRS satellites are used by NASA's fleet of Earth-observing satellites and telescopes, such as the Hubble observatory.
Talks to end violent clashes in Kiev protests did not bear fruit. Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko said President Viktor Yanukovich refused to consider any suggestions that he or his government should step down. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) OPPOSITION LEADER, VITALY KLITSCHKO, SAYING: "Long hours of conversations, long hours of conversations about nothing. Now I understand -- to sit down at the same table, with the man who has already decided to lie to you -- is pointless." After initially calling for calm - the opposition leaders are now saying the protests should be broadened, and more barricades should be built. 'Not a step back,' protest leader Arseniy Yatseniuk said. Justice Minister Olena Lukash gave the government response. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) MINISTER OF JUSTICE, OLENA LUKASH, SAYING: "Unfortunately for the second time the leaders of the opposition have declined from publicly denouncing the extremists' actions. They also do not condemn the capture of local administration buildings. The question of whether the opposition leaders are willing to control the further development of radical events." On Wednesday (January 23) - about a thousand protesters stormed a government building in Cherkasy, south of Kiev, signalling that the demonstrations have spread. Three people have died and scores have been injured since demonstrations in Kiev turned violent.
This is footage purportedly shot by an al-Qaeda linked group in Syria. The video, which can not be independently verified by Reuters comes as the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, claims to have taken control of part of Aleppo. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri reportedly is calling on rebels in Syria to stop fighting each other. In recent weeks, the small but powerful group has been caught up in clashes with other insurgents in Syria, often triggered by disputes over authority and territory. Meanwhile fighting continues across Syria as negotiators gather in Switzerland for peace talks. Opposition leaders at the meetings say they want to see a future without President Bashar al-Assad. Few expect the talks to result in a breakthrough to end the war Rights groups say at least 1,400 people have been killed in the past 20 days.
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