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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.
Now peaceful protests turn into another night of unrest. Dozens are arrested despite calls for calm in Ferguson, Missouri.
More fighting is heard near Mosul dam in Iraq.
And the son of action star Jackie Chan is arrested on drug charges.
A call for calm after another violent night on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. The state highway patrol captain has promised to bring
the community back together despite what he says is a small number of people who are hijacking peaceful protests.
Now his words in the early hours follow some of the worst unrest since August 9 when an unarmed African-American teenager was shot dead by a white
police officer.
Tear gas and stun grenades were fired by police after protesters threw Molotov cocktails and rocks.
31 people were arrested overnight. Police say many of them are from outside Missouri.
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CAPT. RON JOHNSON, MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL: For anyone who has been at these protests understands that there is a dangerous dynamic in the
night. It allows a small number of violence agitators to hide in the crowd and then attempt to create chaos. I want to encourage the good people of
this area to come out and protest tomorrow during the daytime hours. Make your voices heard when you can be seen and when you are not the cover for
violence agitators.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Human Rights Watch is accusing the Ferguson police force of using heavy-handed tactics to put down the unrest. And some journalists
have even been arrested while trying to cover the story, among them Getty photographer Scott Olson.
Now police have also been criticized for wearing military style uniforms during the unrest.
Now in their defense, police say the demonstrations have been marred by a handful of violent protesters who are throwing Molotov cocktails and
rocks.
Now many people are finding it just hard to believe how a small town in the heart of America descended into something that looks more like a war
zone. U.S. President Barack Obama says the shock is understandable.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: To a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once
again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other. As Americans
we've got to use this moment to seek out our shared humanity that's been laid bare by this moment.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Brown's family requested their own autopsy. And on Monday, they released the preliminary findings. And this drawing shows the entry
and exit points of the bullets fired at Michael Brown.
Now the independent autopsy found that Brown was shot at least six times, that has prompted his family to demand the arrest of Darren Wilson,
the officer who fatally shot Brown. But there are conflicting reports about what happened on August 9.
Brian Todd has more.
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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the first video we're seeing of Officer Darren Wilson in the moments after the shooting.
Piaget Crenshaw is the eyewitness who shot the video. ??
PIAGET CRENSHAW, EYEWITNESS: He's just looking over the body, just looking baffled and bewildered. So it's like -- like, trying to explain to
the officer, "What have I just done?" And then we get this picture of him pacing back and forth. Just like in disbelief. ??
TODD: And the first account of Officer Wilson's version of events. A source with detailed knowledge of the investigation tells CNN, the account
of a caller to radio station KFTK is accurate and matches what Wilson has told investigators. The caller said Michael Brown punched Officer Wilson in
the face as Wilson tried to get out of his squad car and that Brown tried to grab the officer's gun. That they struggled. Wilson's gun went off.
Brown turned and ran and that when Officer Wilson yelled at Brown to freeze, Brown turned and started taunting the officer. ??
JOSIE (VIA PHONE): Then he said all of a sudden, he just started to bum rush him. He just started coming at him full speed. He just kept
coming. ??
TODD: Friends of Brown say he did not fight for the gun and was shot as he put his hands up. These accounts surface as we get new details on
Officer Darren Wilson.
A friend of Wilson's who didn't want to be named says Wilson went through a divorce last year and has a child. Sources confirm this is a
photo of Wilson first published by Yahoo.com from his father's Facebook page. It references a commendation Wilson got in February. ??
CHIEF THOMAS JACKSON, FERGUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT: He is a gentleman. He's a quiet officer, and he is, he has been an excellent officer for the
police department. ??
TODD: The 28-year-old has spent four years with the Ferguson Police and has a clean record according to officials. Jake Shepard, a longtime
friend, was asked if Wilson had any racist tendencies. ??
JAKE SHEPARD, FRIEND OF WILSON: He never talked about minorities. I mean, he was of the moral virtue where he would -- he would never bring
something like that up. ??
TODD: A friend of Officer Wilson's told us he never made racist comments in public or privately with friends. That friend, who's spoken to
Officer Wilson since the shooting told me Wilson is, quote, "struggling right now." A St. Louis County police official tells us Wilson has
cooperated with the investigation and has been interviewed twice. ??
Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
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LU STOUT: We will get a live update from George Howell in Ferguson, Missouri in just a minute, but first let's look back to the events of last
night.
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GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORREPSONDENT (voice-over): Chaos on the streets of Ferguson yet again. In what was one of the most tense nights yet, police
say some protesters provoked violence throwing Molotov cocktails, starting at least two fires, even firing upon police.??
CAPTAIN RON JOHNSON, MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL: I listened on the radio and heard the screams of those officers who were under gunfire. I went back
to our squad vehicle and saw the gentleman laying in the back who had been shot.??
HOWELL: Officers responding with stun grenades and tear gas. Two people shot, civilians shot by civilians, police say. Both expected to
survive. CNN cameras caught one protester appearing to ignite a building. Flames filling up inside. Police say it was a small number of agitators who
incited the violence and their response.??
JOHNSON: Bottles were thrown from the middle and the back of a large crowd. These criminal acts came from a tiny minority of lawbreakers.??
HOWELL: Our own crews forced to take precautions.??
(on camera): Listen, there's tear gas in the air here, and our crew is being overcome.??(voice-over): Ferguson residents coming to the aid of this
freelance photographer overcome by the smoke. The night had started peacefully and remained that way until around 11:00 p.m. local. Even in the
face of heavy police presence.??
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now why they're doing this I don't know because there is no threat going on here. None.??
HOWELL: But the peaceful protesters unable to stop a small number of troublemakers. Community leaders even forming a human chain walking hand
and hand to block out the agitators.??
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's to my understanding that someone threw a water bottle and it ignited the police. They started acting like we were regular
-- at the end of this we're going to be classed as insurgents. Nobody is out here for war.??
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: And that was CNN's George Howell reporting. Let's get live update from Ferguson now. George Howell joins us live. And, George, we
know what happens next. U.S. Attorney General, he is coming to Ferguson. What has been the reaction there. Are people looking forward to after
night after night of unrest and chaos, are they looking forward to justice as the next step here?
HOWELL: Well, you know -- and I think it's even more complicated than that. I think that people obviously and immediately want some sort of
peace here in the community, but the outrage that you see here, Kristie, here in Ferguson, Missouri, it is representative, many people say, of a
much deeper issues, deeper issues that need to be discussed here in this state, in the country. It is bringing up conversations that people are
having.
So, you get the sense that the outrage, the anger and the demand for certain answers are all taking voice within this particular case around
Michael Brown. People want answers immediately to the case, but it does seem like there is a deeper conversation to be had.
LU STOUT: The people want answers, but first we need to restore calm and order there. We know the National Guard has been deployed to patrol
the community. Is that going to restore calm or is that going to further inflame the situation?
HOWELL: Well, the National Guard -- and quite honestly, we didn't exactly know how the National Guard would fit into the puzzle, but now we
do. The National Guard basically, they took time to secure, to protect the police command center.
The other day, police said that protesters started to encroach upon that command center. Now the National Guard surrounds it. That's really
all the National Guard is doing, very limit scope.
What we see on the streets is what we've seen the other several nights. We've seen police taking the front lines of, you know, clearing
the streets and making sure that order remains there in Ferguson.
So, we do expect the National Guard to remain in play here, but their presence, their role is not directly involved with the protesters.
LU STOUT: Yeah, the police are really at the focus here in terms of restoring law and order to the community and security forces and police
have been criticized for their militarized response for using tear gas, for using stun grenades on protesters. How are they explaining themselves and
their actions?
HOWELL: Well, they're not quite explaining a lot of it. I mean, you saw in our piece, our own Jake Tapper explaining that, you know, he was in
the middle of the street and he said, you know, peaceful protests are happening here. But if you look over there, he said, you know, there are
people in -- police armed in riot gear prepared to move in. To him, it seemed like it was a heavy-handed show of force.
The question is does a show of force like that, does it provoke people or make people edgy? It's a fair question. There are many questions that
are had out here.
And the other issue, Kristie, it's the people inside the crowd, the people who simply showed up to pick a fight. Those people come night after
night. When they throw rocks and bottles, it does get a police reaction.
LU STOUT: CNN's George Howell reporting live from Ferguson, Missouri for us. We thank you for your reporting.
Now you're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, Iraqi and Kurdish forces, they mark a significant victory against ISIS
militants. We'll tell you about Monday's offensive on Mosul dam.
Also next, the clock is ticking down in Gaza. A ceasefire is set to expire again, but Palestinian and Israeli negotiators they are still
struggling to reach an agreement.
Also ahead, stranded for more than 36 hours in the ocean. What started off as an island cruise for these tourists turned into a struggle
to survive. Stay with us for their full story.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back.
Now after a fierce three-day battle with radical ISIS militants, Kurdish and Iraqi forces, under cover of U.S. war planes, have taken back
the strategically important Mosul dam.
Now American airstrikes aided the ground offensive that has been largely spearheaded by pesh merga fighters from northern Iraq.
Now the Pentagon says 35 airstrikes destroyed more than 90 targets, including military vehicles, equipment and fighting positions. And even
though the dam is now clear of ISIS fighters, it appears a new offensive may be underway outside of the facility compounds. We'll have more on that
in a moment.
Now meanwhile, the United Nations has just announced its plan to begin air lifting aid to northern Iraq on Wednesday. Now ousting ISIS was not
only a territorial win, it also succeeded in blocking insurgents from potentially breaching the dam and using it as a weapon of war. Now that's
a scenario that U.S. President Barack Obama says would have been catastrophic.
Now CNN's Nick Paton Walsh takes us to another vantage point near the strategic asset, a Christian community terrified of the ISIS advance.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The fury visible with which this vital part of Iraq's future has changed hands. Kurdish
troops, their advance watched by so many, claimed control of Mosul dam Monday night, but it's a (inaudible) and ISIS rarely back down. Each new
plume of smoke causes locals to brace.
And the slim chance that that dam does break, its waters would flood through this valley. The people have been fleeing here not because of that
eventuality, because instead of the advance of ISIS.
These quiet skies have had new visitors, U.S. war planes their occasional roar. Here, one village is controlled by ISIS, another the
Kurds. This Christian one, a key target for ISIS's fervor to convert, emptied out, moved up here to a monastery that's been sheltering in the
rock for 1,700 years.
ISIS's savagery can seem Medieval. But here, the serenity of time passed and ceremony brings peace, briefly, for some.
Even in walls that have seen it all, ISIS, known as DASH (ph) here, are different.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The fears that I saw it in my life. It's DASH (ph) came and want to kill every people.
WALSH: ISIS told people to pay or convert, he tells me, and marked their doors with the letter N for infidel.
Many fled just in time, now marooned up here.
"We were afraid," she says, "terrified they'd call us infidels. My Muslim friend told me just to leave."
Her husband showing how he remembers his tormentors.
Others, afraid to talk, some believing ISIS would not dare enter this sacred ground, all hoping they'll never have to find out.
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, near Mosul dam.
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LU STOUT: Up until yesterday, the Mosul dam was the front line of a battle in the fight against the radical militant group ISIS.
CNN's Anna Coren is near the dam now where she's been hearing new sounds of fighting in the distance. And for more on what could be another
offensive, she joins us now live. And Anna, what's the state of play there?
ANNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, we have been at the dam for the past several hours. We know move back to the pesh
merga defensive position, but certainly those forces, those Kurdish forces have full control of the dam.
There was fighting, however, very close to where we were standing on that dam wall. There were also jets overhead circling the area. We
believe there were airstrikes whilst we were there. There was certainly a lot of artillery fire.
But ISIS militants were digging in. They were very close to the dam site. They've been staging a real battle, if you like, with pesh merga
forces.
But speaking to the commander at the dam, they are now in full control, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Now Kurdish forces, they tell you that they have full control of the dam there in Mosul. Anna, can they hold on to the site?
Can they keep it away from ISIS?
COREN: Look, they are certainly very optimistic that they can do that. However, we do know that ISIS is regrouping, rearming--
LU STOUT: OK, unfortunately we just lost our connection there with Anna Coren. She was joining us live near the Mosul dam at a pesh merga
defensive position near that very critical piece of infrastructure.
You're watching News Stream. And coming up next on the program, civilians in eastern Ukraine, they are trying to make their way out through
deadly crossfire. We'll bring you more on a deadly incident in Luhansk after the break. Keep it here.
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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.
Now let's take you back to Mosul, northern Iraq. Again, CNN's Anna Coren is at a pesh merga defensive position near the dam, that's where
she's been hearing new sounds of fighting in the distance.
And Anna, you were telling us before the break that Kurdish forces say they now control the dam, but more fighting is underway. So can they hold
on to the site?
COREN: Well, they're certainly trying to flush out those ISIS positions around the dam.
What we need to take into account, Kristie, is that 40 kilometers to the south of that dam is Mosul City, which as we know, came under full
control of ISIS militants back in June.
That is their strategic position, that is where they will be regrouping, rearming, consolidating, and according to the commander of the
pesh merga special forces who I spoke to earlier today, he believes that that is where they will try to wage a counter attack.
He said that ISIS is not done, far from it, but he needs those airstrikes to continue.
Over the past three days, this attack on Mosul dam, the United States military has launched 35 airstrikes, hitting 90 targets, taking out
vehicles, taking out mortar positions, taking out, you know, key positions that have been very important to the way that ISIS have been launching its
own attacks.
So the fact that the United States has really intensified its campaign, that has really changed things on the ground, certainly for the
Kurdish forces and, I might add, for the Iraqi commandos.
We saw evidence of them today on the bridge. They have been part of this effort. And certainly moving forward, that is the way that this
strategy is going to have to play out if they want to defeat ISIS.
LU STOUT: So the Kurdish pesh merga telling you that they are in control of the Mosul dam, but they need more U.S. war planes, more U.S.
airstrikes and more assistance from Iraqi commandos.
Let's talk about the ISIS threat that remains even after the taking back of the Mosul dam. Any gauge of how many ISIS fighters are in and
around that area where you are, around the dam complex?
COREN: Yeah, it's really hard to get a gauge on that intelligence. We certainly know from the pesh merga that they believe 400 ISIS militants
were guarding that facility.
It is an enormous facility. It really covers a lot of land.
And as we were driving in and whilst we were there, we saw the remnants of this fierce battle that took place. We're talking about
massive holes in the road. There were, you know, shells, there was burned out vehicles, it really was a sight of a fierce battle.
And then in the distance, several kilometers from where we were at the dam wall, we could still hear the fighting continue. And whilst we were
there, there was a convoy of pesh merga on their way to where that next battle was taking place.
The plan, as far as the pesh merga are concerned, is to continue to push them back. They need those reinforcements. But as I said before,
Kristie, they also need those very important U.S. airstrikes.
LU STOUT: Yeah, as you're reporting, ISIS, these militants may have been driven from the dam there in Mosul, but the battle, it seems, that it
is not over yet.
Anna Coren joining us live from Mosul, northern Iraq, thank you.
Now let's switch our focus now to the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. Military officials say a caravan of refugees who were trying to flee
fighting in the Luhansk region came under attack on Monday. Will Ripley has the latest from Kiev.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Brand new information coming in right now from the Ukrainian government. They confirm that soldiers found 15
bodies in the area of that civilian convoy that came under attack. However, nearly continuous fighting in that area has forced them to suspend
the search for now, because they do believe that there are more victims, including women and children.
These people were trying to escape the Luhansk region yesterday. They were escorted by the Ukrainian military when the military believes pro-
Russian separatists fired on them with a GRAD rocket launcher, a claim that the rebels deny.
Meanwhile, the fighting continues in and around Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine. Ten battles reported overnight by the Ukrainian military,
but the intensity of the fighting is slowing down a bit as the fight goes to the street level and also soldiers are now having to dismantle mine
fields that have been placed in the area, posing a danger not only for the soldiers, but for all of the civilians who continue to try to live in this
area, continue to try to ride out this conflict.
The humanitarian aid convoy from Russia continues sitting stalled at the border right now as the Red Cross awaits a guarantee that the convoy
will be safe to cross through rebel held territory to the areas where civilians desperately need the help more than two weeks now without
electricity, running water, or communications with food and medical supplies running dangerously low, and hygienic conditions just terrible
right now with sewage and garbage piling up in the streets.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be coming here to Kiev on Saturday, that was just confirmed by her press office. She'll be meeting
with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other top officials here in Kiev. Their goal is to try to find a solution, to try to diffuse this
crisis, because each day that it carries on, more innocent people continue to die.
Will Ripley, CNN, Kiev, Ukraine.
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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream, and still to come this hour, as the people of Gaza use a ceasefire to start picking through the rubble,
the other victims of the conflict are discovered at the local zoo.
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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.
Now 31 people have been arrested in more overnight clashes in Ferguson, Missouri. Now police fired tear gas and stun grenades after
Molotov cocktails and rocks were thrown at them.
Now police say a handful of criminal elements are hijacking peaceful protests against the death of an unarmed African-American teenager.
Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer on August 9.
Now the strategically important Mosul dam is back under the control of Kurdish and Iraqi forces. ISIS militants were pushed out after a three-day
battle with the help of U.S. airstrikes. Now the Kurdish pesh merga and Iraqi commandos are trying to gain more ground nearby. They're not
fighting ISIS on the outskirts of the facility.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa shows no sign of slowing down. The World Health Organization reports 84 deaths and 113 new cases in just the
past few days. That raises the overall death toll to 1,229 since the outbreak began back in March.
Urgent talks are underway right now in Cairo between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators after another extension of the temporary truce is
now due to expire Tuesday midnight local time. But so far, the talks have failed to resolve the conflict that has claimed the lives of more than
2,000 people.
Now the lead Palestinian negotiator says there has been no progress at all. I'll tell you the biggest sticking points in these indirect talks,
Palestinians are calling for an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza and Israel wants the Gaza demilitarized.
Let's get right to Jerusalem now. John Vause is tracking negotiations from there.
And John, officials they have said there's been no progress. So is there any reason for optimism here?
JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Krisite, I guess they're still talking. So that is at least one positive sign. And they have been
talking today for more than four hours so far. But, Hamas has just released a statement. This is coming from a Hamas spokesperson in Gaza
saying if Netanyahu, a reference to the Israeli prime minister, does not understand our message and people's demands in Gaza through political
language, we know a way to make him understand -- clearly a reference that there could be more rocket fire, there could be more attacks on Israelis.
The Palestinians are continuing to blame the Israelis for the fact that these talks have been bogged down and there have been no breakthrough.
They say the Israelis have been stalling and that they essentially do not want a deal.
On the Israeli side, though, nothing but silence -- no official statements. And even off the record, Israeli sources at best are saying to
me they're just repeating their core principles -- non-violence, which means no rocket fire, no tunnel digging, no replenishing Hamas's weapons
stockpile, and in return there will be some easing of the border restrictions.
And last night, there was a lot of talk coming from the Palestinian side that maybe there was this framework, they had an agreement ready to
go, but we heard from the chief Palestinian negotiator there, the head of the delegation, saying that there had been no progress made.
And again an Israeli source telling me as well that there was no agreement.
And I'm also told today, Kristie, that there has not been an Israeli cabinet meeting, and at this stage there are no plans for an Israeli
cabinet meeting. And that means that there is nothing, at least for now, for the Israeli government to sign off on.
LU STOUT: And that Hamas statement you read just then with Hamas threatening the possibility of more rocket fire.
And John, if there is more rocket fire from Gaza, how would Israel respond?
VAUSE: Well, I think the response would be pretty similar to what we saw five days ago when the last ceasefire -- I guess six days ago now --
came into effect. There was rocket fire coming from Gaza. In fact, there were three or four rockets, I believe, that were fired before the ceasefire
came into effect. And up to about nine rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel.
The Israelis let the first one, obviously, go and then there were limited military strikes. They targeted the rocket launching areas, we're
told, as well as the weapons stockpile.
So it's going to be proportional, I think, depending on what the Palestinian militant groups do out of Gaza will determine how Israel
responds. We have been told by the Israelis there will be quiet for quiet.
LU STOUT: John Vause reporting live from Jerusalem for us. Thank you.
Now it is a sobering scene at the Gaza Zoo. As our Frederik Pleitgen reports, dead and traumatized animals are also part of the collateral
damage in the crossfire. And a warning, some viewers might find the images in this report disturbing.
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FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The violence between Israel and Hamas claimed more than 2,000 lives, and it's not only
humans that are suffering.
This is Gaza's zoo. It was hit by several air strikes during the hostilities.
The sole surviving baboon sits in his tiny cage, while the carcasses of his mate and five babies lie decomposing in the August heat.
"Eight to 10 monkeys were killed," says the zoo's chief vet, "also a peacock, a gazelle, a lion and a fox."
The ground around the cages is littered with carcasses.
And the surviving animals seem traumatized. In this cage, a crocodile, a duck and a pelican huddle together.
To make matters worse, the zoo says it can't afford to feed them anymore, and that they're not getting any help.
The vet says the lions especially are close to starving.
"They haven't eaten in 10 to 15 days," he says. "We couldn't get here while the fighting was going on."
The situation is so bad that we decided to buy chicken meat for the lions at a local market. It was clear just how hungry they were when we
fed it to them.
The zoo is part of a larger amusement park operated by Hamas.
This recreation area was built in 2008 and it was supposed to be a tourist attraction for people here in Gaza, but now as you can see most of
the park has been destroyed in the recent fighting.
The Israeli military says it's investigating claims it hit the park. Hamas says this is a civilian area, but we did see charred and mangled
metal cases on the ground that looked like destroyed rocket batteries, which Israeli sources tell CNN may have been targeted in air strikes.
But, no matter the circumstances, the animals here continue to suffer.
Held in inadequate and damaged cages, traumatized by violence, and now facing the prospect of starvation.
Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Debaliya (ph), Gaza.
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LU STOUT: In Indonesia, a vacation getaway turned into a nightmare for a group of tourists. Now their boat sank and they were stranded in the
ocean for more than 36 hours. They had set sail from Lombok on Thursday headed for Labuan Bajo.
But three days into the journey the boat ran into trouble. The vessel began taking on water, forcing the passengers to abandon ship. 23 people
were finally rescued on Sunday, but authorities are still searching for two passengers. One of the survivors shared how they got help.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TONY LAWTON, SURVIVOR: No life rafts, there was coastline visible, a deserted island about five kilometers in rough water. The team's strongest
swimmers decided to swim for (inaudible). I thought, how do you survive it? And luckily we did, but it was very close.
RAFAEL MARTINEZ, SURVIVOR: (inaudible) it doesn't work, you know, and during the middle of the ocean with life jackets. What happened? Nothing.
The most important (inaudible) in the sea, call the rescue team, and to call the radio, GPS, they had nothing. In the morning, the crew, they say
no one is coming to rescue us.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: You just heard from two of the survivors. They are clearly frustrated about their horrifying experience.
The tour operator is rejecting claims that the boat had no radio equipment. Now he acknowledged there was no GPS, but says the boat had two
radio communications devices, which were working.
You're watching News Stream. And still to come, for some in China, this is not a hobby, this is an addition, one that can be fixed with a
somewhat extreme solution. Up next, we'll take you inside one of China's many Internet addiction boot camps.
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LU STOUT: Now in the 1980s Chinese advertisement were often dismissed as mere propaganda, unable to compete with western agencies. But now the
market is one of the most successful in the world. And it was pioneered in part by this week's Leading Woman. Now Shenan Chuang of Oglvy and Mather
Greater China tells me why her biggest career challenge was also a major career highlight.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: In the mad, mad world of advertising, China is the rising star. It is the world's third largest ad market behind the U.S. and Japan
and set to exceed $50 billion in revenues in 2015.
And long leading the charge, Shenan Chuang CEO of Oglvy and Mather Greater China.
She joined the firms Taiwan office in 1983 and moved to Beijing two decades later where she helped revolutionize China's ad industry, making
money and mistakes along the way.
So where people work, meets, discuss, strategize takes place in this very highly creative environment.
In every career, there is always at least one colossal failure. What has been your biggest mistake?
CHUANG: I think in 1995 when I was leading Oglvy Taiwan. My creative director, he decided to leave. He thought our culture has changed and too
much for (inaudible), too much on numbers, so he left. And then he was joined by a group of senior people and they formed their agency.
So it -- in our industry, it's called senior management walkout.
LU STOUT: Yeah, a huge hurdle for you and a huge professional low point. How did you feel?
CHUANG: I was very hurt, because I care a lot about people. I spend a long time. And they're all my friends.
LU STOUT: He tells me the walkout made her weak. And yet she calls it a career highlight. That very same year, her firm won agency of the
year from two trade magazines.
And today in Beijing, Chuang manages a team of 2,000 employees. And her advice for new hires is refreshingly frank.
CHUANG: For young people, right, I always say you need to work very hard and don't believe the notion of you can balance your work and life in
the beginning of your career.
LU STOUT: There's no such thing as work-life balance in the beginning.
CHUANG: No. No. I don't think so.
I think you have to learn a lot, you have to invest yourself and you need to work hard and you need to go for extra miles when you are in the
early stage of your career.
LU STOUT: Shenan Chuang is now in the prime of her career. But after clocking more than 30 years a Ogylvy, what could be next for this Leading
Woman?
In another 10, 20 years at Ogylvy?
CHUANG: Very tricky question.
(LAUGHTER)
CHUANG: If they want me, well, I think it will be a (inaudible) for me. I'm sure I can still do something. If there is a job called shift
culture officer, I think I'm qualified for applying for it.
Message for my boss.
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LU STOUT: And that was Ogylvy's Greater China CEO Shenan Chuang there.
And to meet more Leading Women of our age, go to our website, CNN.com.
You're watching News Stream. And still ahead, teenagers who just can't turn off their computers and desperate parents who are sending them
to web rehab. We'll take you inside one of these so-called internet boot camps.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. You're watching News Stream. And we have another volcano in Iceland that is acting up, no doubt one with an
unpronounceable name.
Let's go straight to Mari Ramos, she joins us from the world weather center with that and more -- Mari.
MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Kristie.
Yeah -- yes, an unpronounceable name that I will not attempt to pronounce. But this one -- we just learned how to say it (inaudible) which
was the last one that erupted a couple of years ago. And that's way down here.
This is -- this volcano right there -- and it has an orange warning, mainly for aviation.
What -- they're saying is that this has the potential, the chance that it could erupt. So there's a lot of things that they're monitoring on this
volcano. And one of the things is the number of swarms, volcanic swarms. In other words, an increased number of tremors are occurring at the summit
of the volcano and near the base of the volcano, that is something that is a red flag and they're saying, look, this could erupt.
So if you're flying over this area, pilots need to be very, very careful because of the amount of ash that could come up into the
atmosphere. Remember, this happened before.
This is an area that depending on which way the wind is blowing, it could have an effect in, you know, many thousands and thousands of people.
Remember what happened last time. There's Iceland right there. This, right here -- that's New Foundland -- this corridor of the North Atlantic
between Europe and North America, this is a live look right now of the planes that are in the air. Think about it this way, there are over maybe
2,000 to 3,000 flights a day that go through this region. So very busy indeed.
And because of the prevailing wind patterns across this area, sometimes it can bring ash across this area, volcanic ash across this area.
And that is the concern that if that volcano does erupt, we could see again some problems for aviation.
Right now, that has not happened, so don't worry about it just yet. Just kind of keep it in the back of your mind, especially if you have
travel plans across this North Atlantic corridor.
So there is Iceland right there. We're going to go ahead and head to Europe now.
And we have a couple of weather systems happening. This one right over here bringing some strong winds across the northwest corner of Europe,
some very cool temperatures coming along here for you across the UK and Ireland and moving into this northwestern corner of Europe. Some of the
coolest air you've had probably all summer long.
And we had some strong storms developing across the western Mediterranean. If you have pictures of that, send them to me. I'd love to
see them.
We're starting to see a little bit more in the way of wet weather moving across the Adriatic and some stronger storms across Poland. There
are the temperatures right now.
Look at London. You almost need a sweater, it's only 16 degrees, and that was your daytime high today. 14, the daytime high in Dublin, 18 in
Paris. Hot, though, as we head down to Madrid. Still pretty warm in Kiev and Bucharest and down to Athens and Instanbul. Those areas cool down just
a little bit.
But high pressure remains in place. Little or no chance of rain for you. So we're going to see those isolated rain showers across the central
portion of the continent.
Very serious flooding continues across parts of China. We've been talking about this for weeks already. And these areas here across the
eastern portion of China again are getting pummeled with heavy rain. And notice how the rain stretches anywhere from the Korean peninsula all the
way down through the coastline even into northern portions of southeast Asia here down over into Myanmar and Thailand.
Bangkok getting some very heavy rain as well associated with this weather system.
And look at that, a lot of wet weather continued across this region. In some cases, in Hong Kong, you've already had about 40 millimeters of
rain since the early morning hours. Another 100 not out of the question, another maybe 30 for Shantou, maybe for Shanghai as well. And all the way
up -- look at Shanghai, 129 millimeters possible as we head through the next 24 hours.
And the monsoon flooding still a huge, huge concern as we head into south Asia. This is a picture from Bangladesh, at least five rivers are
overflowing in this area, five major rivers. And we're still seeing a lot of problems across northern parts of India because of the monsoon floods.
The rain, a little bit less than we had before, Kristie, but the potential for flooding remains, because all of that water still has to drain down to
sea level. So downstream, the potential for flooding remains.
Back to you.
LU STOUT: Yeah, a lot of water in the forecast, especially across the region here in Asia. Mari Ramos there, thank you.
Now like their peers around the world, many teens in China are hooked onto the internet. And some worried parents are sending their kids to so-
called boot camps, which use military style methods to help the teens kick the habit. But as David McKenzie reports, there may be a fine line
between tough tactics and abuse.
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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: At Wangkang, near Jinan, looks like a typical school in China -- big on team spirit and
martial arts displays. So, it may look like fun and games, but parents will commit and force their kids to this facility for four to six months to break their Internet
addiction. Teenagers like Jiang Zhe are the "addicts." He said his mother lied to him when he came here, telling him it was summer camp, then they locked him
away. "When I first came here, I thought about escaping," said Jiang, "but this place is tightly controlled, so there is no escape."
At Wangkang, they use ex-military instructors who focus on drilling and discipline.
No talking is allowed at mealtimes, no cell phones, no phone calls, and no contact with family. They are completely cut off to stop the
temptation. Jiang said his mother unplugged his computer and beat him to get him to stop, but nothing worked. So his mother spent $1,000 -- not a small sum
in China -- to send him here. "Yes, I was truly addicted to the internet. After a while, it was like falling in love."
The love affair started in Internet arcades, where teenagers can spend hours, even days, playing Internet games.
Chinese authorities claim Internet addiction pollutes the mind and causes 70 percent of juvenile crime.
They've even classified it a mental disorder. So hundreds of addiction boot camps have sprung up across China and many of them are brutal.
Earlier this year, state media said a teenage girl was beaten to death because she didn't ask permission to go to the bathroom. A boy was strapped
to a pull-up bar for six hours. At Wangkang, they blame the abuse on illegal facilities and they said using one-on-one therapy is the best way to connect with the teenagers.
Jiang's therapist said that for the first month, they mostly cry. "Before they came here, they were quite happy with the Internet world," she says, "and when they come here, they are bitterly separated
from that world and this dramatic difference is what causes them great pain."
Their aim is to break them down, and once they give up all hope of being let out, she said they start to change.
Like everyone here, Jiang hasn't been told when or even if he will ever leave, but he said he is ready. He says four months locked away in
Internet rehab is enough to kill his habit.
David McKenzie, CNN, Jinan.
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LU STOUT: Questionable approach there.
Now J.C. Chan, a Chinese actor and the son of global Kung Fu star Jackie Chan, has been arrested on drugs charges in Beijing alongside
another actor from Taiwan, Kaiko (ph).
Now police say both men tested positive for marijuana and that Chan possessed more than 100 grams of the drug.
Now this is the latest in a string of arrests in Beijing's anti-drugs campaign.
Now the clamp down, in fact, has ensnared some high profile celebrity offenders recently, including the movie star Jong Mua (ph) and singer Li
Dimua (ph).
But here's the irony, Jackie Chan was named China's anti-drugs ambassador back in 2009, so it seems his message didn't quite sink in with
his son.
Before we go, this news just in, the IDF says three rockets have exploded in southern Israel. They hit open ground near the town of Beir
Shava (ph). Now remember we are in the middle of a ceasefire, a temporary truce that has been extended. We'll see what the reaction will be. And we
will continue to follow the story in the hours ahead. World Business Today is next.
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