[ti:Kenya Answers al-Shabab Attack with Airstrikes]
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[00:00.00]Kenyan warplanes attacked al-Shabab targets in southern Somalia on Sunday. 
[00:08.71]The attacks were in answer to the killings of 148 people 
[00:14.65]by al-Shabab terrorists at a college in Kenya days earlier.
[00:20.45]Two training areas in the Gedo area of Somalia were hit. 
[00:26.24]There have been no reports about damage or injuries in the camps.
[00:32.68]A three-day-long period of mourning for those killed 
[00:38.10]in the attack on the college began Sunday.
[00:41.83]President Barack Obama says the agreement 
[00:47.24]to limit Iran's nuclear program is the best way 
[00:51.61]to keep the country from building a nuclear weapon. 
[00:55.81]The agreement reached last week would end economic restrictions -- 
[01:02.30]or sanctions -- that Western powers placed on Iran. 
[01:07.50]In return, Iran would stop what the U.S. 
[01:12.11]and others believe are efforts to build a nuclear weapon.
[01:16.21]Mr. Obama's interview appeared on The New York Times website Sunday.
[01:22.54]He told the New York Times that keeping the sanctions in place 
[01:28.04]would keep the world from knowing about Iran's nuclear program. 
[01:32.44]And he said attacks on Iran's nuclear sites 
[01:37.25]would almost certainly cause the country 
[01:41.59]to work hard to make a nuclear bomb.
[01:44.84]Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NBC News on Sunday 
[01:52.20]that the agreement permits Iran to keep in place 
[01:56.38]large operations that would let it build nuclear weapons.
[02:01.16]Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammas Asif 
[02:08.28]says Saudia Arabia has asked for help fighting rebels in Yemen. 
[02:13.89]He said Saudi Arabia has asked for troops, airplanes and warships.
[02:20.72]He spoke Monday at the beginning of discussions in Parliament 
[02:27.19]on whether to join the coalition led by Saudi Arabia to fight the Houthi rebels. 
[02:34.55]Efforts to stop the rebels began two weeks ago 
[02:39.71]with airstrikes in support of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. 
[02:46.11]He fled Yemen last month and is now in Saudi Arabia.
[02:51.96]Pakistan has promised to support the fight against the rebels 
[02:57.86]but has not said exactly what kind of support it would give.
[03:02.73]A Houthi leader said Sunday that the rebels are willing to talk about 
[03:09.27]stopping their attacks if the airstrikes are ended.
[03:13.38]Malaysian officials arrested 17 people Sunday 
[03:19.98]for reportedly planning terror attacks in the capital Kuala Lumpur. 
[03:25.66]Two of those arrested had recently returned from Syria.
[03:31.07]Last week, officials said they want to put in place two new anti-terrorism laws. 
[03:38.96]The laws would permit those suspected of supporting terrorism 
[03:44.57]to be detained for any period without trial. 
[03:48.39]The laws would also permit officials to seize the passports 
[03:53.86]of anyone suspected of supporting terror acts.
[03:58.02]Critics say the laws restart disputed security laws 
[04:03.65]that were cancelled in 2012. 
[04:06.28]They warn the new laws would severely limit civil rights.
[04:11.44]And, Italian navy and coast guard ships rescued about 1,500 migrants 
[04:20.45]from ships on Saturday and Sunday. 
[04:23.28]Three ships in the Mediterranean Sea 
[04:27.25]near the coast of Libya had called for help. 
[04:30.68]As the Italian ships answered those calls, 
[04:34.56]they found two other boats filled with migrants.
[04:38.36]The migrants were taken to the islands of Sicily or Lampedusa.
[04:45.17]Italian officials say the number of migrants 
[04:49.61]trying to make the dangerous crossing is much higher 
[04:53.55]in the first three months of this year than during the same time last year.
[04:59.40]Most of the migrants are from North Africa, 
[05:03.71]sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. 
[05:08.07]They are trying to escape war, poverty and terrorism.
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