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Reality Check: Rockets and Internet, Intercepted

Japan and North Korea square off, Myanmar gets ready to vote, will Saturday be an Internet-free day?, the European far-right, and MSF takes us to Chad.

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Japan vs North Korea

The undated handout photograph you see above, was released by the Japan Self Defense Forceson on the 26th of March 2012. It show Japan's Air Self Defense Forces patriot missile launching and missile interception systems.
Japan’s defense minister ordered missile units to intercept a rocket expected to be launched by North Korea next month if it flies over Japan. There are concerns that a failed launch, or a falling stage of the rocket, could endanger Japanese lives or property. FM4 military strategy expert Paul Rogers gives us more insight into this developing story...

Election in Myanmar

Myanmar's special election Sunday is for a small portion of parliament seats, but it has taken on immense symbolic importance. It may very well see pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi win er first term in office.Whether the military allows a victory by Suu Kyi and her supporters in that vote -- or squashes the result, as it did in 1990 -- will be the true test of its commitment to democracy. FM4 Asia Correspondent Tony Cheng reports...

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An Internet Black-Out?

Hackers have threatened to shut down the Internet on Saturday! Anonymous is allegedly organizing "Operation Global Blackout," in retaliation to recent arrests of hackers and the threat of Internet legislation through SOPA. The operation would target Domain Name Service (DNS) by attacking root servers, disabling access to any and all websites. There have been Twitter denials by Anonymous but Anonymous is hard to pin down for comment... Prof. Alan Woodward is more accessible and he gave us his take on the possibility of an internet black-out...

Far-Right Meets in Denmark

Far-right groups from across Europe are meeting in Denmark on Saturday to try to form a pan-European anti-Islamist alliance. The plan is to coordinate a project that will build support from fears about immigration and militant Islamists.
Planning to attend are far-right enthusiasts from Nordic countries, Britain, and Poland. Chris Cummins reports...

Chad in Crisis

The United Nations World Food Programme has organised an airlift to provide high-nutrient Plumpy’doz, a ready-to-eat specialized supplementary nutrition product, to thousands of children at risk of malnutrition in drought-stricken Chad. Two flights arrived in the capital city of Chad, Ndjamena, this week and today trucks will begin to carry almost two hundred metric tons of the urgently needed food to areas affected by the drought. An estimated 36,000 children under two years of age in the regions of Wadi-Fira and Sila in eastern Chad, will receive the assistance. Medecins Sans Frontiere's Marcus Bachmann has first-hand knowledge of coordinating a relief mission like this.