the second biggest party in northern ireland says the arrest was politically motivated but government and police deny this. >>> three down trcountries lead hunt for the missing malaysian airliner will continue their hunt. they'll meet to agree on their next steps. meetings are expected this week to make sure all evidence has been collected so far. no debris has been found from the plane two months after it disappeared with 239 on board. >>> nine circus performers were hanging from their hair in front of 4,000 spectators in rhode island when the equipment collapsed and they fell to the ground. beth reports. >> reporter: a day out ended abru abruptly. these people had been watching a show by one of america's most famous circus companies when this ariel stunt went wrong. they were hanging from their hair when the support came free. they plunged ten meters to the ground landing on a dancer underneath. >> between 15 and 20 people were injured from a platform that collapsed above the stage. nine are being treated at rhode island hospital. they're in critical but expect to be non-life threat

during the height of the northern ireland conflict. a peace deal known as the good friday agreement was signed in 1998 to end decades of violence between catholics and protestants. adams is now a member of the irish parliament. investigators have made arrests before in this murder case, but adams is the most significant one so far. nicole johnston, aljazeera. >> the murder was one of 15 in which the victims became known as the disappeared. seven of those victims have never been found. >> secretary of state john kerry and his african counterparts are trying to figure out how to bring peace to south sudan this morning. kerry met with leaders in the capitol of ethiopia. u.s. officials want peacekeeping troops deployed from the u.n. and penalties against fighters on both sides. >> two details after nba commissioner adam silver band the l.a. clippers owner donald sterling from life, the team owners are taking steps to force him to sell the team. >> dell and steph, that first step toward forcing donald sterling happens today with the confere

. ♪ this girl is on fire >> high school aged students in northern ireland thought they were about to see a street performance. but it was not [ bleep ]. >> what this guy is pouring on himself is mineral spirit. a flammable liquid. keep your eye on this guy 18-year-old paul russell. >> he steps in and gets between this guy and the fire because he believes this guy was going to light himself on fire here in public. he says he didn't know if he punched him or pushed him but he did what he needed to do. good thing, too. whatever he was pouring on himself was slippery. it helped paul get down to the ground. looks like he gives him a jab or push and that is all it took to get this guy on the ground and then you see them get this guy down. police ended up having to taze this guy. they detained the guy. >> once again, the royal national institution is on the way to rescue people. two tourists that are stranded and they are going to an area to pick them up. but the interesting thing is once the boat gets close it starts taking on water. because the waves are dumping water on them. so now are

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they apologised in the north for bloody sunday. >> northern ireland has been back in the news because of the arrest of the gerry adams over allegations of ira terrorism. they refuse to go away. on this 40th anniversary, one of ireland's biggest atrocities is a big dirty secret. >>> still to come here at al jazeera - another step forward in peace talks between the columbian government and the f.a.r.c. rebels - this time on the drugs trade. >>> plus, the art of coffee making - or, rather, the art of artistry. >>> spain's top two football teams to fight it out for the title on the final day of the season. >>> these are the top stories at al jazeera. india's prime minister elect received a hero's welcome in new delhi. narendra modi met the senior leadership in the capital and is heading to a constituency which gave him a resounding victory. >>> african leaders, including nigerian president goodluck jonathan have begun arriving for a summit on the armed group boko haram. the french president francis hollande is hosting the meeting in paris, coming after nearly 300 school girls were kidnapp

. >> victims of northern ireland's troubled past are hoping for justice. political fighting is continuing to get in the way. the special commissioner for victims is sending proposals to deal with the issue. tim friend reports from belfast. >>> the symbols of northern ireland troubles and the risk of violence are plain to see. peace walls dividing opposing communities and the murals demanding justice. as the arrest and detention of sinn fein leader gerry adams over a 1972 ira murder revealed, the victims are hungry for justice. but so far they have been denied that by political squabbles. victims commissioner, katherine stone, is about to send new proposals to the first minister and his deputy. >> where we are now when the events of the past week show us that there is a momento building to the urgency of how we deal with the past, and unless we deal with the past, we will infect and poison the appearance and the future. we must deliver the things to victims. >> in the absence of an agreed alternative way for helping the victims, it will be left to the polic

ireland's trouble past. martin mcginnis is not ruling out withdrawing future cooperation over policing is anybody here thought jerry's arrest at this time is not intended to interrupt that election cam paper? >> it's not just in the north where the arrest is sparking a reaction. just over the border in dundork, mr. adams' irish constituency, there are supporters who say privately that he is carrying too much historical baggage. an opinion that was strengthened as police questioned him about the murder of jean mccomville by the ira in neep 72. he denies involvement. >> it was here on a beach in county lof that her body was found in 2003. it's now part of mr. adams' irish parliament constituency. the coincidence and now his arrest by police may prove too much for some irish voters. >> local observers believe mr. adams' power base is assured for now. >> gerry adams was elected in 2011 with 15,000 votes. i think he had have to lose 7 of those for his seat to be in danger. to lose 50% is quite unlikely even thoug

. >> in northern ireland, police are questioning gerry adams over a murder committed by the ira 30 years ago. sinn fein has denied any involvement in the disappearance and killing of jean mcconville. >> killed and buried in secret the irish mother of 10 was disappeared by the irish republican army just before christmas in 1972. the ira admitted her killing in 1999 and her body was discovered under the speech in 2003. the murder haunted gerry adams of sinn fein for decades. >> i regret that anybody was killed by our group and i was one of those who brought the conflict to an end. obviously we support those people who have been injured and there is a lot of work that has been done by all of us with the healing process. >> despite acting as the head of the ira's political wing, adams has always denied he was a member, but that did not stop him from becoming the face of militant irish nationalism during the ira's 1980's bombing campaign. three decades of violence between catholic groups like the ira who wanted to unify and ireland and protestant groups ended in 1998. sinn fein says this arre

adams reinvented himself as a northern ireland peacemaker and is a popular politician in the irish parliament. her daughter welcomed his arrest. >> he thinks he is untouchable. he thinks he is a great man. we have to remember what he'd done to this country. >> many of his former irate colleagues condemn -- ira colleagues condemn the timing of the arrest as politically motivated. >> i view this arrest as a deliberate attempt to influence the outcome of the election due to take place in three weeks. >> david cameron denied the allegation. underwater, gerry adams must be charged or freed by friday night unless police seek a judicial extension to his interrogation. >> celebrity magazines and the tabloid press have gone into overdrive after the confirmation george clooney got engaged. he popped the question to the human rights lawyer. the engagement has been well-received in lebanon where citizens are more conditioned to bad news. >> for over 20 years, he has been hollywood's most eligible bachelor. now actor george clooney is firmly off the market. after dating a string of models waitresses and e

you know, from northern ireland. does that feel real to you? >> neeson: no, it's kind of... it's... that's fantasy time, you know? it is. but it's great, you know, and it's... "it's not going to last," you know, so i'm milking it a little bit, you know? not in an ego way, but i'm just like... i'm saying, "okay, i... i'm comfortable with this." >> cooper: the first "taken" film came out just two months before neeson's wife, natasha richardson, died. >> neeson: we got married here in this house, yeah, 20 years ago. >> cooper: at their farm house in upstate new york, he agreed to talk with us about natasha's death. they'd worked together on broadway in eugene o'neill's classic play "anna christie" in 1993. >> neeson: she was a radiant beauty, yeah, cascading hair, i remember. there was... that was very, very attractive. i'd never had that kind of an explosive chemistry situation with an actor or actress. >> cooper: you actually felt it on stage? >> neeson: yeah, she and i were like astaire and rogers. we had just this wonderful kind of... dance, free dance on stage every night, you kno

ireland. in fact we have live pictures now of him speaking to the press. officers arrested the 65-year-old adams to question him about what he was the army's belfast commander in 1972 and that he ordered the killing of a belfast mother of ten. police sources are saying authorities would also send a file of evidence for potential charges to british prosecutors. adams denies the allegations. we'll keep you posted on that story. meanwhile two alaska state troopers shot to death, killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant. the latest on the suspect. plus a brewing battle on capitol hill over a proposed committee to investigate the benghazi attack. did the white house try to cover up what happened? >> nobody that thought there was a nowchoose one option fromith red lothe wood-fire grill,trios! one signature shrimp dish, and a pasta. all on one plate. three delicious choices. all for $15.99 for a limited time only! come sea food differently today! but when we put something in the ground, feed it

. >>> gerry adams has been detained in northern ireland for a fourth night, questioned about the murder of jean mcconville, a mother of 10 who was killed by members of the irish rep publican army. >> the arrest involved old arguments and images. a sinn fein rally in front of a mural in west belfast. fellow party leader martin mcguinness is not ruling out withdrawing future cooperation with policing. >> anyone here think that gerry's arrest is not intended to disrupt the election campaign. >> it's not just in the north where the arrest it sparking a rehabilitation. over the border. mr adams irish constituency say there are reporters saying privately that there's too much historical backage. police questioned him about the murder of jean mcconville in 1972, by the ira. he denies involvement. it was here on a beach that jean mcconville's body was found in 2003. it's now part of mr adam's irish parliamentary constituency. the coincidence, and his arrest by police may prove too much for some irish voters. >> local observers believe mr adam's power base was assured for noux. >> gerry adams wa

. >> in northern ireland, in 2001, researchers recorded interviews with politicians on both sides of the irish conflict, implicating several leaders, including jerry adams. the former leader of the i.r.a. he just spent four days in custody, to a murder that took place 40 years ago. he was released without charge. his detention is reopening old wounds. >> it looked like it would end in a standoff, latist protestors blocking what they thought was a convoy carrying jerry adams to freedom. the angry crowd went on for several minutes. a short distance away from a separate exit, the real adams group was making it's journey. jerry adams arrived a hero to supporters and immediately addressed accusations about the i.r.a. murder in 1972 of jean mcconnville. >> i'm conscious that there is another family at the heart of all of this, and that is the family of jean mcconnville. i am innocent of any involvement and conspiracy to abdugout, kill or bury her. i've worked hard with others to have this injustice redressed and for the return of other bodies killed during the conflict. >> he went on to ta

a political storm swirled over northern ireland today as the leader of the irish nationalist sinn fein party was questioned for a second day in a 42-year- old murder case. we have a report from martin geissler of independent television news. >> the police in northern ireland use this station in antrim to question the most serious terror suspects, gerry adams spent last night and today in custody here. he agreed to be interviewed about the murder of jean mcconville, a widowed mother of ten who was kidnapped and killed by the ira. he gave this statement before questioning began. >> i-- totally of any part in the abduction, the killing of jean mcconville. >> mrs. mcconville was taken from her home in belfast by an armed i.r.a. gang in 1972. they suspected her of passing information to the british army. 30 years later her body was found buried under this beach in the irish republic. the murder has long proved problematic for the leadership of sinn fein. gerry adams seen here in the spectacles of an i.r.a.-- in 1970 has always denied any involvement in the killing or indeed ever being a mem

north stars on the site of what can say is that it strengthens our political process in northern ireland. for people to know that no one is of all the mall. britain's prime minister has also rejected claims of them suppressed is politically motivated. we have an independent judicial system based in the ratings and will say we do well in all the time and has been up to the new political interference in this dish. no amount of ten was accused by the aisle reading of being an informer. she was abducted in front of children who murdered and buried in secret for decades. he was found on the beach and come to ralph and two thousand and three this denies any role in depth or in the high already one policeman has been killed at a decent one others injured in a bomb attack in cairo. according to security forces. it is the latest incident is a twenty four are said to bombings in egypt and canive sola up to t iior ministry said the suicide bomberille hself aa checkpoint in some cyanide in a second attack renaissance in the same area abbas was targeted on the row between owed to it as a tourist dest

northern ireland still lives in 30 years of deadly strife, known as the troubles. recorded reminiscence of the bad old days become the subject of a legal battle and it's the inside story. hello, i am ray swarez.

ireland martina anderson converged in dublin for a party to launch their campaigns. the fourth been on the doorsteps for weeks seeking support in the may twenty ten election on the twenty second of the case of six counties opinion poll findings indicating they would perform well there are hopeful of two or three more seats. the sea water charges fairness and sustaining the peace process are among the issues being raised with them. today's knowledge party president gerry adams was asked by a complaint. he is making a rising for four days of questioning by the psni last week. it will be in terms of what i would contend for a contravention of my rants and then overthrow the government of dozens of art instead of the boat. it is provocative things. the corps said. shinn fein says its candidates offer an increasingly popular alternative to those of the main parties that have liked austerity policies for the last number of years. two mcgrady fourteen years. a group opposing the stairs team esp measures such as what a time just as officially launched its campaign that led t

. >> he went on to talk about a dark side in northern ireland that had no interest in peace. >> i'm an irish republican, i want to live in a peaceful ireland based on equality. i've never dissociated myself from the ira, and i never will. i'm glad that i and others have created a peaceful democratic way forward for everyone. the ira has gone. finished. >> mr adams told his press conference that he wrote much of his statement in his cell. he criticised the so-called boston college tape-recordings that led to recent allegations, describing them as dubious accusations from disgruntled individuals. gerry adams faces the possibility of charges. a police file of hours of interrogation will be sent to prosecutors. if they think a trial is justified and in the public interest, they will proceed. tim friend, al jazeera, belfast. >>> the election of libya's new prime minister has been declared invalid by the country's deputy parliamentary speaker. after being sworn in - there was confusion after the deputy speaker said the procedure was invalid. >>> al jazeera is demanding the release of its jou

. >> police in northern ireland today released gerry adams, the irish nationalist leader they have been questioning for the past five days. some believe adams ordered the 1972 killing of jean mcconville, a belfast mother of ten, the i.r.a. believed had been an informer for the british. following his release, adams once again denied any involve am in the killing and accused police of what he called a quote sustained, malicious untruthful campaign. >> the los angeles clippers advanced to the second round of the nba play-offs last night in a thrilling victory over the golden state warriors. off the courts, more drama. the league appointed a new c.e.o. to run the team. bigad shaban has the latest. >> the l.a. clippers win earned them a spot in round two of the play-offs. the reaction of coach doc rivers said it all. >> i just thought with all this stuff, this team needed this win. >> reporter: while donald sterling still owns the clippers the n.b.a. is trying to force him out for making racist comments but sterling appears ready for battle. los an/e)es mayor eric garcetti said he recently s

. >>> in northern ireland today gerry adams was released from police custody without being charged after five days of questioning about his role in a 1972 murder of a mother of ten. adams was arrested wednesday. he maintains his innocence. two former i.r.a. members have said adams was involved in the killing. the case is being closely watched because of fears it could undue the 199le peace accord that undid decades of violence between protestants and catholics. >>> in kenya two people were killed and several dozen wounded after bombs went off on two crowded buses. four others were killed in a series of apparently coordinated bombings yesterday. kenya has been under siege since it sent troops to fight islamists in 2011. the most deadly incident occurred last september when 67 people died after an extremist attack on a mall in nairobi. >>> yemeni government forces say they killed 37 islamic extremists there today after launching an offensive. just yesterday six soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber. the number of attacks against security forces in yemen have increased after u.s. drone s

northern ireland still lives in 30 years of deadly strife, known as the troubles. recorded reminiscence of the bad old days become the subject of a legal battle and it's the inside story.

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next is the last enemy is by the police service of northern ireland team projected i'd post it to british and irish governments and also by an accomplice homily. and again i thank you choo trains deputy leader mary lou mcdonald has strongly rejected suggestions that the rest of mr adams' that means he's now a suspect in the team a coma murder investigation. for the fullest call them that an adult to withhold the same but the timing of his detention by the psni was politically inspired fatah mission fame. gerry adams a dress made for a full rich and the news conference this morning tea event intended to highlight the need for the protection of workers' rights. the parties get the heater instead of receiving at suggestions that mr adams was no murder suspect. so i think this is wrong that few if any run of you. to suggest that the simple fact of being cautions that means that your a suspect rankin bass in fact to snopes the case kerry has voluntarily and come to the psni as he made clear he would sue. and he is assisting them. he is answering answer questions and instead she argued he was t

ireland's a step that could approach the topic maps of the power sharing agreements. just minutes to pizza robinson called the criticism the thuggish attempt to blackmail the place. upon his release but the optimist calm the storm repeated his commitment to the good friday peace deal and saying that he remains wedded to the psni the case is in place just yet. according to police statements. ottens has been released pending a report to the prosecution service the child after two story is resumes today after a two week break. the defense is expected to call another round of expert witnesses after the prosecution to our heart the athletes testimony it's a critical phase for the double amputee sprinter his defense is trying to recover from the faltering start and trying to reinforce the app is claimed he fatally shot his girlfriend by mistake because he was overwhelmed by a fear of crime. minus the spring a nineteen flat again from kate and james was the first time the stories had been seeing all my sins that i was a great two weeks ago. happy see what happened today. yet

ireland peace maker and is a populist opposition politician in the irish parliament speaker department at jean's daughter. welcome to the rest. but mr abbott denied pain in the night he think he thought the fed cuts above. and he thinks he's a great man he brought the case here sooner than i have to remember what the town to the country. many of his former ira colleagues today that i need to be a rest as politically motivated. he has for us. as a deliberate attempt. it includes a flight home. both elections so that you did it recently detained david cameron denied the allegation. under british anti terror law on gerry adams most of the charge for free by friday night. dallas police seek a judicial extension to his interrogation. i like more background on the story or any of our stories do not want or website. don conference report dot com our top story there. ts offensive to retake the city of champions this friday the team you're new to me and just about sixty minutes times that you take into account. the road. welcome to this interview i'm all these false prophets to the chino fifty

ireland. he has denied any involvement in america. i'm innocent children of any part in the hope of showing the killing of the tar heel well jima crumbled the ira billie jean the convo was a british employment in nineteen seventy two at the height of the bonds between protestants and catholics. the widowed mother of ten was kidnapped by gunmen from a tiny west belfast. a body was found on a beach in county louth in two thousand and three up to the ira a new ticket info link in the abduction adams's of risk was prompted by a series of interviews with former ira funds has made for a research project one of them said adams was involved in the killing adams was elected to the irish parliament in two thousand and eleven and has played a key role in the peace process for more than twenty years. some of the province's political allies claimed his unrest is part of an attempt to discredit chin fang. i claimed the british government denies. we have an independent judicial system placed in the shootings

ireland. this was a decision that had been made by roosevelt and churchill themselves personally at the arcadia conference in washington, which was going on at the time this message came down. now, i try not to be too second-guessing when i read about things and put information together in a chronology. but it seems elemental that knowing that at least 15 u-boats were either arriving on station off the east coast, or were a week or so behind, i should think the admirals in charm of the atlantic fleet might have said, maybe we'd better hold off sending this convoy to ireland and maybe we better put the 15 tee destroyers out in a patrol screen along the shipping lanes. but no order was ever given. the convoy sailed on scheduled. surrounded by the ring of steel, and the slaughter of american and allied merchant sailors began. it's one of the most baffling, just -- i don't know -- excisions i've ever encountered in my years of researching naval history. the other baffling thing was nobody was ever

not in british northern ireland but the republic. eventually a pro-british militia called the you'llster volunteer force said it did it, but the ipp flamentry suggestion was that british sold we ares were involved. significant numbers of members of the security forces were loyalist paramilitary. there's an overlapping membership. members of the security forces used training to carry out attacks. >> there was an inquiry in parliament. people said it was reveping for ireland's support for the republican army. the british states refused to help the inquiry. the committee accused brit april of terrorism. >> we had foreign members give evidence. they knew about the involvement of certain people. we saw the evidence of bombs. we saw the evidence of the particular members of the security forces from designing the bomb. >> reporter: you might think it to be important. neither here nor the u.k. does it seem to be. >> some events hold trouble in the memory. the omar bombing by the real ira killing 30. bloody sunday resonates all over the world

. >> for many, the recent arrest of jerry adams suggesting that northern ireland hasn't completely attempt with its troubled past. victims of violence are sending new recommend is as on what they need to do to move forward. their hopes have been dashed before. >> the symbols of northern ireland's historical troubles and residual risk of further violence are plain to see. the peace walls dividing opposing communities and the humor's still demanding justice. as the arrest and detention of the leader jerry adams over a 1972i.r.a. murder revealed, the victims are still hungry for justice, but so far, they've been denied that by political squabble's. victims commissioner catherine stone is about to send new proposals to the first minister and his deputy. >> i think where we are now and the events of the past week shows a momentum is building to the urgency of how we deem with the past here and how unless we deal with the past, it will continue to infect and poison the present and future. we must deliver these things to the victims. >> in the absence of an agreed alternative way for helping the

ireland,  adams is arrested. >>> let's get more on may day celebrations. hundreds of thousands are taking part in rallies to park internationaloxd labor day. in moscow, more than 100,000 taking part in the march in red square by the governing one rmq this is thew.i)Ñ@r first time t held an event here since 1991. in eastern ukraine, thousands were united marching through the capital kiev. this time for the may day rally again organized by the socialist party of ukraine calling for salary and pension increases. there are also celebrations in europe. some countries mark a decade of eu membership. in recent years, the may day rally tended to be a focal point for public sector cuts and complaints about those across the eu. chris morris and matthew price report from warsaw. >> this is a tale of two europes. first elegant, beautiful, old. where even those with jobs like the tram drivers are barely coping. >> we suffer directly of cutbacks of the economy, of the disservice for the people. >> it's tough for everybody. >> for everybody. >> reporter: the crisis al

. >> the commissioner for the victims of the troubles in northern ireland has urged the politicians here at the assembly to essentially get their act together because she says at the moment the needs of the victims are not being met. are some have suggested a truth commission or tribunal to settle historical crimes. >> we do not know how unstable that system is until the police turn up and charge somebody or arrest somebody. that's what happened next week and it can happen again. that's why we need a protest that stops all this and actually lifts the risks for people who are important players in these arrests. >> michael mcconville says he will never give up his quest. al jazeera, belfast. >> leaders urged all sides involved to ensure elections in the country which take place later this month happen without any interference. >> while russia is continuing to intensify the tensions we agree that the peaceful and democratic presidential elections must remain in place. did diplomatic solution to ukrainian can crisis. we ask that all sides follow that route. >> central spain's bella monte can

but there's peace in northern ireland now. it's extraordinary what's happened there. and i must say, when i heard this news, i was shocked that the government was going back to 19 1972, a time of war for a horrific act of murder where i don't think there was any pressing evidence that gerry adams had anything to do with that. it would be like trying to arrest in 1958 for attacks that went on before israel became a state. so set this -- explain this to me. what's going on there? isn't this going to upset the balance that's going on between protestants and catholics? >> it certainly can. and i've known gerry adams for over 30 years. this man has taken enormous risks for peace. you can talk to tony blair, to bill clinton. tony blair says how much he came to admire and respect gerry adams. he's the one person who kept his word throughout this entire process. and he brought about peace at tremendous risk to himself. now, he was saying there's no evidence against him. the only alleged evidence i'm aware of is there's two people both of whom broke with adams because they wer

let's start in northern ireland where political wrangling has blocked victims from justice of past violence. >> the historical troubles and residual risk for further violence to see the peace dividing opposing communities and the murals still demanding justice. as jerry adams over 1972 ira murder revealed the victims are still hungry for justice. but so far they've been denied that by political squabbles. victims commissioner katherine stone is about to send new proposals to you the minister and his deputy. >> where we are and the events of the past week show there is a momentum that is building to the urgency of how we deal with the past here, and how unless we deal with the past it will continue to infect and poison the present and the future. we must deliver these things to victims. >> in the absence of an agreed alternative wave for helping the victims it will be left to the police to pursue individual cases running all the risks of a fresh rupture in the peace as illustrated by jerry adams' detention. before mr. adams' release on accusations she denies, sinn fein and others traded insu

. >>> one of the most prominent figures in northern ireland is under investigation. adams is the leader of the political arm of the irish republic army which fought against the british. he is accused of the killing and kidnapping of a widow and mother of 10. he denies the charges. >>> iraq is undergoing a major test of its democracy. its first election since u.s. troops pulled out three years ago. iraqis are going to the polls in parliamentary elections. the prime minister's political party is expected to win despite complaints of corruption and sectarian violence. in april, 800 people were killed. the final results are expected in 30 days, depending on challenges. >>> san jose sharks fans going home really disappointed tonight. they just watched the sharks lose game 7 in the 1st round of the playoffs. as you probably know, the sharks won the first three games. but then they lost four straight to the l.a. kings. needless to say, fans were disappointed to see them eliminated from the stanley cup playoffs again. >> watched them through bad and the good, and unfortunate

>>> one of northern ireland's most prominent politicians the leader gerry adams spent the night under arrest in connection with a murder that took place more than 40 years ago. mr. adams was detained wednesday after agreeing to go to the police station for questioning. >> the murder of jean mcconville, a widow mother of 10, one of a group of being abducted and murdered by a group of ira, gerry adams denies involvement. last night he gave himself to police for questioning. >> i'm innocent totally for any part of abduction, killing or burial of jean mcconville. >> wrongly accused of passing information to the security forces, her children were left to fend for themselves when she disappeared. despite repeated searches, jean's body lay undetected on a beach more than 30 years. her remains were found in 2003. >> they recently obtained tips secretly recorded by the american university in which some former ira members spoke about their role in the troubles and named names. one man alleged to have given an interview was charged six weeks ago in connection with jean's murder. another man who

. >>> one of the most prominent figures in northern ireland is under investigation. adams is the leader of the political arm of the irish republic army which fought against the british. he is accused of the killing and kidnapping of a widow and mother of 10. he denies the charges. >>> iraq is undergoing a major test of its democracy. its first election since u.s. troops pulled out three years ago. iraqis are going to the polls in parliamentary elections. the prime minister's political party is expected to win despite complaints of corruption and sectarian violence. in april, 800 people were killed. the final results are expected in 30 days, depending on challenges. >>> san jose sharks fans going home really disappointed tonight. they just watched the sharks lose game 7 in the 1st round of the playoffs. as you probably know, the sharks won the first three games. but then they lost four straight to the l.a. kings. needless to say, fans were disappointed to see them eliminated from the stanley cup playoffs again. >> watched them through bad and the good, and unfortunate

a rally is being held in belfast in northern ireland in support of shen certain fein jerry adams being questioned in the murder in one of the most know tore russ her body was marked in an unmarked grave. adams denies any involvement in her murder. >> uruguay set out how marijuana will be produced. people will be able to buy up to 10 grams of marijuana a week. the price will be set at less than a dollar a gram. the president said the rules will work better than in the united states where a number of states have made the drug legal. >> what we have been doing in terms of combatting drugs doesn't work. you cannot try to change by doing the same thing over again. >> dozens of people remain trapped in a gold mine in colombia after an underground explosion on wednesday. search dogs are coming through the -- combing through the rubble. the government says it doesn't know how many workers since the mine was operating illegally. >>> the leader of thailand's main opposition party has called for election scheduled for july to be delayed by six months. abbi says it is allow as the pr minister face

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gary adams used to run the political wing, he now leads an opposition party in northern ireland, he is is expected to having tied to an abduction and murder, taped interviews given to boston college researchers led police to reopen the case then arrest him. adam supporters say the movement is a political tactic ahead of local elections later this month. 60% of the eligible voters turned out for yesterday's election. left completely three years ago, more than 9,000 candidates are competing for 328 seats in the parliament. violence has spiked to the highest in nearly six years. in malaysia a report says it took air traffic controllers 17 minutes to realize that flight 370 was missing. it also shows it took four hours to launch a search and rescue operation. vietnamese air traffic controllers are the ones that let them know. the plane seating plan and the list of it's cargo. in pakistan, a dramatic transferor makes in the swat valley. and the taliban focused on ending girls education, destroying more than 400 schools. five years later students are back. this foos damage, captures the mome

>> in northern ireland, leader jerry adams is suspected of being involved in the 1972 killing of the belfast mother of ten. the irish republican army later admitted to the kidnapping and killing. he said that he turned himself in for questioning, and says he's innocent. in iraq, voters lined up today for a landmark election. it's the first nationwide vote since forces in 2011. security was a top priority, months of rising violence threatened the day, but things were mostly peaceful. today's vote goes back to decisions made in washington a decade ago. lisa stark looks back. >> it began with shock and awe -- the bombardment of baghdad - march 20th - 2003 coalition forces were hunting for saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction they never found any. with that - the rationale for the war shifted. >> it was a dangerous dictatorship. and to put in place a democratic order. >> in less than two months, u.s. troops reached the iraqi capital- saddam's regime fell- president bush was triumphant. >> major combat operations in iraq have ended. >> the celebration was premature sectarian viole

and in northern ireland, police arrested sinn fein leader gerry adams in the abduction and killing of a belfast woman by the irish republican army in 1972. >> ifill: on the newshour online right now, what was once a treasure buried in the basement of saddam hussein's intelligence headquarters, is now in the temporary custody of the u.s.'s national archives. but who really owns the thousands of jewish documents and ancient spiritual texts found in baghdad? it's turned into a battle between iraqi jews around the world, and the nation that they were forced to flee. on our world page, you can read more about it, and see what the archives is doing to preserve them. you can find all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at, how the rate of americans behind bars has quadrupled in the last 40 years. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill, we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night >> major funding for the pbs newshour has

. >>> northern ireland is on edge this morning after the release of sinn fein leader jerry adams. the 64-year-old was arrested last week in the murder of gene mcconville. the case is reopening old wounds and many fear it could jeopardize the power-sharing arrangement established in the 1998 good friday accords. adams denies any role in that murder. >> let me be very clear, i am innocent of any involvement in any conspiracy to abduct, kill or bury mrs. mcconville. i've worked hard with others to have this injustice redressed and for the return of the bodies of others killed during the conflict and secretly buried. i will continue to do so. >> adams is free but not yet in the clear. british prosecutors are revealing potential evidence in the unsolved murder. >>> in oklahoma, it's a race to try and contain a growing wildfire. the latest on this blaze that has turned deadly, coming up next. dad. how i don't know.ere? (speaking in russian) look, look, look... you probably want to get away as much as we do. with priceline express deals, you can get a fabulous hotel without bidding. thin

ireland so i'm wondering -- >> yeah, i did that i got a lot of stuff but it was interesting because we knew that mission went to the ira and it was the biggest gunrunning out of yet states during the whole trouble the we knew that bolger was involved in that he was not charged because the guy that ran it was a confederate. he was a career criminal. spink you said you've known them for years to you mean from writing. [laughter] >> right. after that, in 97 i was over there, living in ireland covering the peace process full-time but those to a lot of trouble going on. i remember there was a guy killed and he was married to the niece of gerry adams, ahead of the political wing of the ira. i went to cover the funeral in west belfast which is a very -- >> what was the year of the ira gun fiasco with whitey? >> he would have been 84. >> now we're going 13 years forward speed and whitey is on the run by this time and different of mind who i knew came up to me and said, will you talk to so-and-so? and as soon as he set a new who it was. the making of this guy, he was the ira command in the a

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this of course is politically explosive, norah, and there are fears it might undermine northern ireland's still very still fragile peace. >> indeed elizabeth. thank you. it's 7:19. ahead we'll look at headlines from around the globe. plus up to 50,000 >>> we are going to see near record-breaking temperatures again around the bay area as high pressure sits over hid. so yeah, a lot of sunshine to start the day. but we'll notice some changes by the afternoon. hazy looking back towards san francisco right now. but that strong dome of high pressure sitting overhead and those offshore winds continuing at least this morning. by the afternoon a little bit of a sea breeze kicking in maybe slightly cooler near the coastline, still 80s and 90s in the bay and 90s in the valleys. much cooler tomorrow and a whole lot cooler for the weekend. >> announcer: this >>> this national weather report sponsored by kohl's. find your yes, kohl's. >>> a massive sinkhole >>> a massive sinkhole swallows cars in a neighborhood full of homes. >> i'm chip reid in baltimore. is it a landslide or sinkhole? whatever it is

. >> reporter: the arrest of gerry adams is reviving old arguments and images from northern ireland's troubled past. a sinn fein rally in front of a mural in west belfast. fellow party leader martin mcguinness is not ruling out withdrawing future cooperation over policing. >> has anybody here thought gerry's arrest at this time is not intended to disrupt that election campaign? >> and it's not just in the north where the arrest is sparking a reaction. just over the border mr adams irish constituency, there are supporters that say he's carrying too much historical baggage, strengthened as police questioned him about the murder of jean mcconville by the ira in 1972. mr adams denies involvement. >> it was here on a beech that mrs. jean mcconville's body eventually was found in 2003. it's part of mr adams's issue constituency. the coincidence and his arrest by police may prove too much for some irish voters. >> local observers believe that the power base is assured for now. >> gerry adams was elected in 2011 with 15,000 votes. i think he'd have to lose 7,000 to be in danger. to lose 50% i