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Δευτέρα 27 Ιανουαρίου 2014

Zuhair Murad Spring/Summer 2014 Full Show | Paris Haute Couture Fashion ...

PARIS - FashionTV checks out the Zuhair Murad Spring/Summer 2014 show at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. Everyone here at FashionTV is still talking about the fabulous wedding gown Anna Martynova wore at the end of the fashion show. It was made up of 25,000 floral appliques. The rest of the collection was just as impressive and contained a multitude of delicate flowers: camellias, roses, peonies, and more that shimmered and shined gowns, jumpsuits and cocktail dresses.

Appearances: Devon Windsor, Anna Martynova, Josephine Le Tutour, Katya Riabinkina, Maud Welzen




Epic Whale Rescue In New Zealand



An epic whale rescue by dedicated volunteers in New Zealand has saved over 40 whales stranded on a beach.

Full story:
Dozens of pilot whales that have been stranded at Puponga Beach in New Zealand are being refloated.
Volunteers are pouring water over the whales, and clearing their airways so they can breathe.

[Haley Baxter, Project Noah]:
"I'm just draining, digging a channel, so we can drain all the water away from his face, so that it's not around his blow hole, so that he can breathe. Otherwise he will drown."

The volunteers say it is difficult to push the mammals back to sea. 

But the tail-end of a cyclone is forecast to pass through Golden Bay, and this could be the last opportunity to refloat them.

[Project Noah Volunteer]:
"At the moment, they want to go back to the beach. They are pretty determined to go there. So, it's a bit of a handful trying to keep them going the right way out to sea, really."

Dozens of whales have already died and some had been euthanized from the 70 that were initially stranded. 

But local media says 46 whales have been saved and are now swimming in deeper water.

The area of Farewell Spit is a classic whale trap, due to a large tidal flat, and hundreds of whales have died getting stranded in the past decade.




Syria's Christians In Deadly Battle With Islamist Persecution

Christian's Fight Back: Christians make up 10% of Syrians. They've been caught in the crossfire of the civil war, but now they're fighting back. This is an extract of a longer film - watch the full film free on Journeyman: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=66646&a...

As Syria's civil war rages, Christians, who make up one-tenth of the population, are being driven out. But in the Northeast, hand-in-hand with the Kurds, one group are beating back the Islamists' advance.

"They said they'd chop our heads off if we stayed. They said we were supporting the regime and they burnt one of my cousins." Mohammed Jelloud, a local Arab man, says of the oppression of rebel groups with ties to Al Qaeda. But now the Kurds have taken this region, which is split between Christians, Muslims and Kurds. For the Christians, the most vulnerable group, it is a godsend. Elsewhere in the country an estimated 450,000 have been displaced. "The extremists said the Christians and the Kurds were infidels and had to be killed!" Mahjoub, an elderly Christian, explains as he reveals the devastation wrought on an Orthodox church. This fanaticism is why so many Christians oppose the revolution, fearing it is controlled by radical and foreign interests. Now under Kurdish leadership, a fragile but tolerant haven has opened up here. Fadi, a young Christian, has thrown his lot in with the Kurdish police, because they offer a freedom that no one else can. "I have come to work with them because they are working to secure my lifestyle. I just want to have freedom."






Pope's peace doves attacked by crow and seagull

Two children joined Pope Francis for his weekly prayer from the papal apartments. The pontiff used the service to call for peace and reconciliation in Ukraine and to symbolise this the children released two white doves into the air. As they took off one was attacked by a passing seagull, while the other was repeatedly pecked by a crow. It is not known what happened to the doves after the incident. Report by Sarah Johnston.



A Year of Weather 2013



The visualisation, comprised of imagery from the geostationary satellites of EUMETSAT, NOAA and the JMA, shows an entire year of weather across the globe during 2013, with commentary from Mark Higgins, Training Officer at EUMETSAT.

The satellite data layer is superimposed over NASA's 'Blue Marble Next Generation' ground maps, which change with the seasons.