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Tensions Rising As 17-year-Old Palestinian Kidnapped, Murdered; Belgium Edges USA In Extra Time; Tens of Thousands Of Hong Kong Residents March For Democracy; Water ATMs Changing Distribution In India; Japan Considers Easing Sanctions To North Korea

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AMARA WALKER, HOST: I'm Amara Walker at CNN Center. Welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Tension in Jerusalem after what reports say may have been a revenge killing of a Palestinian teen.

Belgium finally find their way past the heroics of U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard to reach the World Cup quarterfinals.

And we'll show you how a new invention is helping to bring water to those in India who need it the most.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the apparent kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian teenager a despicable murder. And

he's urging all sides not to take the law into their own hands.

Now clashes broke out between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Jerusalem today after police said a boy's body was discovered in the

city.

Palestinian media report it's a 17-year-old Palestinian who was abducted in Jerusalem earlier. Police are investigating whether he was

killed in a revenge attack over the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers.

Now tensions have been high in the region since the three Israeli teens disappeared on June 12. They were buried yesterday, one day after

they were found dead.

Senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman joining me now from Jerusalem. So, Ben, what more are we learning about this 17-year-old

Palestinian boy who was apparently abducted and killed?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, this is Mohammed Abu Khedair whose house actually is just down the street behind me. We

spoke to his cousin who said that they caught on closed circuit television the moment of his abduction, which is about 4:00 in the morning, picked up

sort of -- accosted by several occupants of an Israeli plated vehicle.

Now according to police his body was found later in a forest in West Jerusalem, appeared to have been burned, the body.

Now those clashes are ongoing. Jerusalem is very tense at the moment.

Last night I was in downtown Jerusalem in Jaffa Road (ph) where I saw hundreds of Israelis marching down this street chanting death to the Arabs.

And I spoke to one of the people, one of the men in that crowd. And he said that as soon as the sun went down they were going to attack.

Now I'm just going to step out of the way so you can get a better idea of what's going on here. This is the Palestinian neighborhood of Sharfat

(ph) just north of the center. A fairly solidly middle class part of town, which is normally quick calm and quiet -- not at the moment however.

These clashes have been going on for hours. What you're seeing is some Palestinian youth firing fireworks in the direction of Israeli

security forces and throwing rocks as well.

There doesn't seem to be much movement in terms of what's going on up there other than rock throwing and Israelis firing tear gas and rubber

bullets in the opposite direction -- Amara.

WALKER: As we see the scenes there behind you, Ben, there is obviously this concern that the people on both sides may take the law into

their own hands. Have you had any indication as to what the next steps might be by the Israeli and the Palestinian government.

WEDEMAN: Well, we know that the Israeli security cabinet was meeting late into the night, into the wee hours of the morning. They're discussing

what the next moves will be. We sit here, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that they're going to pursue the kidnappers and

killers of the three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were discovered the day before yesterday. He's going to crackdown on the infrastructure of Hamas

in the West Bank and they're going to operate against Gaza in the -- operate against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Sorry this noise is somewhat distracting.

As far as the Palestinians are concerned, they've called upon the Israeli government to investigate this killing of Mohammad Abu Khedair this

morning. They've called for the killers to be brought to justice as well - - Amara.

WALKER: So as we heard from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he is vowing to avenge for the deaths of these three Israeli teens. But there's

also this seething anger on the Palestinian side when it comes to Israelis' initial response to the abductions of these teenagers with the raids and

the arrests. Tell us more about that.

WEDEMAN: Yeah, since the 12th of June, at least six Palestinians have been killed in clashes with the Israelis, one a 15-year-old boy.

In addition to that, two elderly Palestinians died of a heart attack - - died of heart attacks when Israeli soldiers raided their homes.

So, more than 400 Palestinians remain detained by Israeli forces since the search for the kidnapping. And of course now dead Israeli teenagers

took place and thousands -- or rather, more than 1,000 homes were searched as well. So there's deep resentment among the Palestinians. And of course

only deepened by the news that Mohammad Abu Khedair, this 16-year-old boy or 17-year-old boy, according to different accounts, has been killed

perhaps in a revenge killing as well.

And in fact, some Palestinians are saying just as the Israelis partially destroyed the homes of the two suspects in the kidnappings, they

are saying that the killers of this young man should also have their homes destroyed as well -- Amara.

WALKER: All right, Ben Wedeman watching this very tense seen for us there in Jerusalem. Ben, thank you for that.

And in Hong Kong, peaceful pro-democracy rallies ended with the arrest of more than 500 demonstrators. Police say many have now been released,

but 129 are still being detained. Activists staging sit-ins were cleared from the city's business district and outside government offices. They are

protesting against China's interference in Hong Kong's affairs and demanding the right to free elections.

Amnesty International said the arrests set a disturbing precedent and called for all peaceful demonstrators to be released.

Monita Rajpal has more on Tuesday's big protests and the growing discontent in Hong Kong.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MONITA RAJPAL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Shouts and shoves as police try to clear pro-democracy protesters in the early morning in Hong

Kong. One after another, police arrested demonstrators, sending more than 500 to the police training academy, the only place large enough to hold

them all.

FERNANDO CHEUNG, HONG KONG LABOUR PARTY: The whole demonstration was peaceful. They were ready to leave by morning time. And yet the police

chose to remove them by force.

RAJPAL: Supporters gathered outside voiced their displeasure with the police actions as demonstrators were released throughout the day Wednesday.

Jackie Hung was let out with a warning.

JACKIE HUNG, HONG KONG PROTESTER: Because last night was really a peaceful demonstrations. And we didn't do anything violent.

RAJPAL: The activists staged an overnight sit-in following the city's largest public march in a decade. University of Hong Kong's statisticians

estimate between 154,000 and 172,000 turned out on the street demanding the right to directly nominate and elect candidates for the city's highest

office without interference from the central government in Beijing.

July 1 is a day of annual protests in Hong Kong, the anniversary of the city's transition from British colony back to Chinese territory. The

city enjoys a degree of autonomy from China, including freedom of speech and the press, but there is growing friction over just how much democracy

China will tolerate in the city.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I want the Hong Kong government to listen to the people and not to follow the Communist Party's

instructions. It's supposed to be one country, two systems. Now it seems that Beijing is controlling how much freedom we have.

RAJPAL: Hong Kong police say those detained occupied the road and blocked the traffic, endangering public safety and public order as well as

disregarding their own safety and the safety of other people

Protest leaders say their act of civil disobedience was just a first step. If their demands are not met, they intend to occupy the city's

financial district, suggesting Hong Kong is destined for more scenes like this in the long road to 2017, the date of the next major election.

Monita Rajpal, CNN, Hong Kong.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WALKER: OK. So what's next for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement? Well, as we heard just now activists are not backing down. The annual July

1 rally comes amid increased tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China.

Now the Occupy Central movement is spearheading the push for democratic reform in Hong Kong and the right to elect a leader without

Beijing's interference.

Earlier this week, organizer Benny Tai talked to CNN and he told our Michael Holmes that if demands for direct elections are not met, the

campaign would resort to civil disobedience and occupy Hong Kong's central business district.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BENNY TAI, OCCUPY CENTRAL ORGANIZER: Now we are still doing all the things are legal, but the Occupy Central as is so called, their final act

that we plan to do if the -- our demands cannot be satisfied, that we'll organize a civil disobedience direct action hoping that there will be at

least 10,000 people sitting in the main street in the central district of Hong Kong and to demonstrate our determination.

We are not going to resist the arrest, but we just sit there and wait for the arrests by the police in order to demonstrate our determination.

Yes, it may not change the situation, but I think Hong Kong people are now up to to this point that we really want to show to China, to the whole

world that strong determination of our desire for true democracy.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALKER: Ahead on News Stream, high drama in the round of 16. U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard did everything he could to keep Belgium from scoring

and it all came down to extra time.

Plus, a stunning upset at Wimbledon, this teenager is in the quarterfinals. But find out which top ranked player he beat to get there.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WALKER: All right, so there are only eight teams left at the world Cup. And despite the efforts of goalkeeper Tim Howard, the U.S. is out.

Howard made a string of stunning saves against Belgium Tuesday. Belgium battered the U.S., but Howard's heroics sent the match to extra

time. And that's when Belgium finally found the breakthrough. Kevin De Bruyne fired past Howard after just three minutes in the extra period.

The Belgians did not settle. They continued to attack the American defense and Belgians doubled their lead through this strike from Romelu

Lukaku.

It looked like it was all over, but the U.S. struck back when Julian Green volleyed home to cut the deficit 2-1.

It set up a frantic finale as the U.S. came to life and Belgium struggled to hold on.

The U.S. had a fantastic chance to equalize through this well worked free kick, but Clint Dempsey's shot was saved.

Belgium survive and move on now to the quarterfinals. They'll face Argentina who beat Switzerland with a goal from Angel di Maria, which with

just a couple of minutes to go in extra time.

Now the United States' World Cup dreams may have come to an end, but goalkeeper Tim Howard's saves turned him into a national hero. He spoke to

CNN earlier today about the team's roller coaster last match.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TIM HOWARD, U.S. GOALKEEPER: The margins are so fine, you know, when you play in the big games against top teams. And Belgium is a scary team.

They're so talented. You know, a little bit of quality at the end. When you play against top players, sometimes you can play your utmost and you

still get beat, you know, but at the end of the game we created two incredible opportunities and we were right there. We were right in it.

And we could be talking about a whole different scenario this morning. But it wasn't to be.

CUOMO: I agree. I've been saying, hey, don't make it sound like the U.S. was lucky to be there. They should be hanging their heads. They had

opportunities.

But the reason you stayed in the match was because of you, whether you like to have it on your shoulders or not. Did you feel that you were having a

special game?

HOWARD: You know what? I think sometimes as a goalkeeper you just feel in rhythm, and that was -- that was -- I felt like that for most of this

season and certainly in the last couple of weeks, I've felt good. The game slowed down for me, and I'm seeing things much earlier.

My reaction have been quick, so, yes, it felt like that but I'm almost very weary in those moments knowing when the big bad wolf is knocking at

the door and at any time could enter. So, I was worried the levy could break and so, trying to organize as much as I could, which is why my voice

is gone and make the saves that I was capable of making.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALKER: Yeah, 16 saves. Great for him.

Well, day eight at Wimbledon brought plenty of drama to the court. Top players were knocked out while a 19-year-old Australian teen stole the

show. For more on the gripping day of tennis at the tournament, Christina MacFarlane joining us live from London.

What happened to Rafa?

CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Amara, it was an astonishing day on court yesterday. Nick Kyrgios, 19 year old teenager,

defeating the world number one Rafa Nadal in four sets at the All England Club. I don't think the spectators could believe what they were watching.

This is a teenager who came into the competition as a wild card, ranked 144 in the world. Previous to knocking out Nadal, the highest seed

he'd ever defeated was the world number 52. And he said in his post match press conference last night that he actually credited his mother with

helping him to win yesterday. He said he'd watched an interview that his mom did with the Australian press ahead of yesterday's game. And she said

that she didn't think her son could defeat Rafa Nadal. And that actually gave him more impetus going into that match to win.

And my goodness, didn't he take the match to Nadal? He knocked the world number one all over the court. He hit 70 winners, 37 aces in total,

a combination of inventiveness and creativity and at times playfulness from this young teenager that was just a joy to watch.

And he becomes the first teenager, incidentally, to knock out the world number one since Rafa Nadal himself put our Roger Federer in 2005.

And many people here at Wimbledon now beginning to compare him to the mighty Boris Becker, who you will remember, won Wimbledon as a teenager at

just 17 years of age.

But he wasn't the only seed to fall yesterday, Amara, also we saw Maria Sharapova go out on the women's side. She was defeated by Angelique

Kerber of Germany. So now with Maria Sharapova out and Serena Williams and Li Na, the top two seeds, the women's draw has really opened up here at

Wimbledon. It's pretty exciting.

WALKER: Yeah, that really does put things in perspective if his own mother wasn't expecting him to be Rafael Nadal.

Well, yeah, a day of a lot of upsets. What are we expecting to see at Wimbledon today?

MACFARLANE: Well, it's a big day today. It's quarterfinal day. And Nick Kyrgios is up again on court today. But so, too, is the seven time

champion, Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. He'll be taking part in an all-Swiss affair. He'll be going up against his countryman Stan Wawrinka.

But first up on court, we've got the defending champion Andy Murray who is up against Gregor Dmitrov of Bulgaria. It's going to be a really --

perhaps the first tough -- toughest match that Murray has seen here at Wimbledon, because Dmitrov is really a rising star in the men's ranks.

Also on court at the same time, we'll have the number one seed Novak Djokovic against Marin Cilic of Croatia. Djokovic has really been

gathering pace throughout this competition. And he's beaten his opponent he'll face today nine times in the past.

So, if Djokovic and Murray advance, they'll be facing each other in the semifinals of Wimbledon, which I think we'll all agree is a tantalizing

prospect.

WALKER: Yes. So much excitement at Wimbledon, World Cup, you know, what to watch. Christina MacFarlane, thank you so much from London.

Appreciate it.

All right, still to come, could increasing concerns about Iraq mean increasing U.S. involvement. We'll bring you the latest details from the

Pentagon just after the break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WALKER: Welcome back.

Iraq's prime minister is offering an olive branch to some of the fighters opposing his government. Nuri al-Maliki just declared that

amnesty will be granted for tribes who have fought against the government in recent weeks. The one exception, though, those involved in the killing

of Iraqi forces.

Mr. al-Maliki also said he hopes that members of parliament will be able to choose a new president and prime minister in next week's session.

Now this comes after representatives walked out on yesterday's meeting after a failed attempt at finding a way to stop the ISIS insurgency.

Now, the Sunni militant group is not showing any signs of backing down or loosening its grip on the areas it now controls. And as the United

States commits even more troops to Iraq, there's word that additional deployments could be a possibility.

Barbara Starr joins us live from the Pentagon with the very latest -- Barbara.

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Amara, you know at the Pentagon they insist it is not mission creep, it is not escalation of

forces, but there are many who worry it is just that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

STARR (voice-over): The Pentagon now admitting the number of U.S. troops in Iraq could rise again depending on what President Obama decides.

Is there a grand total?

REAR ADM. JOHN KIRBY, PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY: No. But, I mean, in terms of the grand total rank, I mean, he is the commander in-chief. He

makes these decisions.

STARR: Sunni-backed militants are now at the northwestern edges of Baghdad.

KIRBY: That hasn't led up. It's difficult to tell what their intent is.

STARR: Leading the U.S. to escalate its involvement for one crucial reason, Baghdad international airport. U.S. military officials believe the

airport must be protected from attack. It's the only way to evacuate thousands of Americans out of Baghdad if the embassy or the city itself

comes under fire.

Hundreds of additional U.S. military personnel are going to the airport with armed helicopters and drones. If needed, they will fly

overhead between the embassy and the airport looking for signs of ISIS on the move.

Northwest Baghdad where the airport is located, very much in the militants' crosshairs. It's the third escalation of U.S. force in two

weeks. At the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, there have been up to 200 troops working there for the last several years. But then on June 16th, 275

additional troops were ordered to beef up security. Three days later, President Obama announced up to 300 military advisers would be sent in

after several Iraqi divisions collapsed in the face of an ISIS advance.

Then on Monday, 200 more troops were sent to Baghdad to provide security at the embassy, the airport and key roads. The Pentagon insists

there is no mission creep. Not everyone buys that.

LT. COL. RICK FRANCONA (RET), FRM. U.S. AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER: We haven't defined what our mission is. So how do we know when

we've accomplished it. Is the mission to prop up the Iraqi government? Is the mission to evacuate Americans and get out of there? Is the mission to

resupply the Iraqi army on the ground?

I don't think we've heard a clear explanation from the president or the secretary of defense exactly what we're doing there. I know we're

there to advise and assist, but where does that end?

(END VIDEOTAPE)

STARR: And, you know, now the real bottom line question may be the Iraqi forces. If Baghdad were to come under attack, would they stand and

fight. Back to you.

WALKER: Yeah, that is a big question mark. Barbara Starr at the Pentagon. Barbara, thank you.

And stay with us here on News Stream. Coming up, just 22 years old when she was kidnapped and forced to train North Korean spies. Why the

family of this missing woman hopes to get some answers at last.

And far too many people in India do not have reliable access to clean water. We look at one smart solution to a widespread long-term problem.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WALKER: I'm Amara Walker at CNN Center. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinians in Jerusalem after the body of a boy is found in the city. Palestinian media report a Palestinian teen

was kidnapped and killed. Police are investigating whether it's a revenge killing for the murders of three Israeli teens.

129 people are still in custody in Hong Kong after police arrested more than 500 protesters for taking part in a pro-democracy sit-in. It

followed a large march in the city on Tuesday held on the 17th anniversary of the day Britain handed Hong Kong back to China.

Doctors say Oscar Pistorius is a suicide risk and suffers from post- traumatic stress disorder and oppression. The athlete is on trial for murder, accused of deliberately shooting and killing his girlfriend last

year. He says it was an accident. He was ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment as a part of the trial.

And Belgium finally found a way past U.S. keeper Tim Howard in extra time to reach the World Cup's quarterfinals after a 2-1 win. They'll face

Argentina who beat Switzerland 1-0 after this late goal from Angel di Maria.

Well, reports say Japan may move to ease sanctions against North Korea. That, after Japanese and North Korean envoys held talks on the fate

of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago.

Now the family of one missing Japanese woman hopes they will finally be reunited. CNN's Will Ripley joins us now from Tokyo.

So this family believes this woman is still alive after all these years, Will?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And they really are caught in the middle, Amara, of this diplomatic game that's being played right now

between North Korea and Japan. The carrot that Japan holds is the easing up of these sanctions on trade and travel. And what North Korea has to

offer is answers, answers about a string of unsolved abductions that have one family right here in Tokyo waiting.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RIPLEY: Tokyo's Cabaret Hollywood is a picture of the past, just like the photos of iconic stars lining its walls. Little has changed since 1978

when Yaeko Taguchi worked here as a hostess. It was an easy job for the 22-year-old single mom. But sitting at these tables, alongside typical

salary men, were others with a secret mission.

Was there ever any talk that people from North Korea came here?

"I didn't know about it," says this general manager and 50 year employee.

He didn't know North Korean undercover agents were canvassing the cabaret, searching for someone just like Taguchi.

"When she disappeared," he says, "we thought she just quit and left."

Taguchi vanished on June 12, 1978.

She finished her shift right around midnight, walked through these doors and out into this busy Tokyo night club district, but 36 years lager

her family still has no clue what happened next.

Years went by, the case went cold, until the crash of a Korea airliner in 1987 revealed the truth, a North Korean spy, Kim Hyun-hee (ph) was

arrested. She confessed to planting a bomb on the plane. She also revealed the biggest clue yet in Taguchi's disappearance.

"The bomer testified she was trained by a Japanese woman," Taguchi's brother says. "Police thoroughly investigated and found her teacher was my

sister."

Turns out, North Korean agents kidnapped Taguchi and at least 16 others in the late 70s and early 80s, forcing them to work at North Korean

spy schools, teaching secret agents Japanese and how to blend in, in Japan.

In 2002, North Korea admitted to the kidnappings and apologized. Five abductees were set free. As they walked off the plane, Taguchi's brother

waited for a sister who would never appear.

"I feel anger and hate I can't put into words," he says.

CNN contacted North Korean embassies and missions in nine countries, but never got a single response to our questions.

Former abductees told Taguchi's brother and son she's still alive. They say she begged to go home, often weeping for her children.

Do you believe your mother is still alive?

A 37-year-old man with only a few pictures of his mom, no memories of a woman he may not even recognize in the street.

He's hopeful renewed talks between Japan and North Korea could bring answers about his mother. But he fears the North Koreans won't be truthful

and won't allow his mother to leave, because she knows too much.

"I just want her to come home to Japan as soon as possible," he says. "I haven't seen her since I was born. I only have an image in my head."

An image frozen in time of a single mother working nights at the cabaret until someone took her away.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

RIPLEY: The official story right now from North Korea is that Taguchi died in a car accident in 1986, but the nation never provided any

substantive proof. And Amara, witnesses say they have seen her alive. So the question is, is North Korea willing to reveal the truth in many of

these unsolved abductions for the sake of possibly eased sanctions by Japan.

WALKER; It's just a fascinating story, Will. And the fact that the family does not believe this narrative that she was killed in a car

accident, so they firmly believe that she is alive. What are we hearing from the five abductees have been released, do they believe she is still

alive? And what do they say about what their lives were like as they were held captive?

RIPLEY: Well, you know, it's been more than a decade now since they returned back to Japan. And they've spoken very little. They are very

much protected. Reporters -- obviously they get a lot of requests for interviews. So they speak very infrequently. But the sense we get from

all of them is they were forced to train spies at these schools, teach them Japanese, teach them about Japanese culture.

And then later on when that whole plane to create spies sort of fell apart, they were basically integrated into North Korean society, isolated.

They married. They had families. They raised children during the hunger crisis of the 90s. They had to worry about poverty and malnutrition. And

it's obviously quite an adjustment.

But there are some who have said that they saw Taguchi alive at one point. Whether she is and where she is today, that is still the big

question that this family very much hopes will be answered in the near future.

WALKER: Yeah, an extraordinary story. And I'm sure the family of Taguchi is waiting and hoping that something comes out of these talks.

Will Ripley live for us there in Tokyo. Will, thank you for that very fascinating story.

Well, for nearly a decade Hong Kong based photographer Jo Farrell has made it her mission to document China's final generation of women with bond

feet. It's an archaic tradition that once implied beauty and social status, but it was banned more than 100 years ago because of the sheer

brutality of the practice.

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout spoke with Jo Farrell about her work.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JO FARRELL, PHOTOGRAPHER: I've been in and out of Asia for the last 20 years, so decided that I wanted to look at something that was in China.

First came to mind was women with bound feet. And I asked a good friend of mine whether she knew of anybody that was still alive. And everyone just

said no. And then her driver actually turned around and said that his grandmother, Jiang Jang Ying (ph), had bound feet. She was the first woman

I photographed.

And when I went to her village, I found that there were three other women there who had bound feet.

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And what did these women have to endure?

FARRELL; When the foot binding was actually done to the young girl, the small feet would actually go underneath the sole of the foot. And the

large toe would point. It would then be bound in two directions so that the heel came close to the toes, creating kind of triangle arch that made

the rest of the -- the middle of the foot go upwards within the -- towards the ankle within the heel.

LU STOUT: Now foot binding was banned in China over 100 years ago, so how is it that these women, now in their 80s or 90s, had to endure this

practice?

FARRELL: So it continued on after the 1911 ban, more in rural areas than it did in cities. Generally, they met their husbands through a

matchmaker. And it would be the mother-in-laws who insisted that they also had bound feet.

A woman with bound feet would be considered a good wife, because she would be subservient and she would also not complain as shown by having her

feet bound and then surviving, or living a life with bound feet.

LU STOUT: You documented and photographed in total 50 women. How did you get them to open up to you, to share their stories and also to take off

their tiny shows and who you their lotus feet?

FARRELL: It has progressed, this project, over the last eight years. The first women, as I mentioned, Jiang Yong Ying (ph) was more than happy

to show me her feet, but her neighbors did not want her.

I then had a book published in 2006. When I went back to the village, the lady said I want to be in the next book.

So they were persuaded in a way that they realized I wasn't being like a typical tourist or westerner coming in trying to exploit them, that I was

trying to celebrate their lives and show people what they actually had gone through and what their lives were, the last women with bound feet.

LU STOUT: And a final question for you, when I look at these photographs I see that they are beautifully composed. They're stunning.

But at the end of the day, they're portraits of women who as young girls were forced to mutilate themselves for social status. What's your personal

feeling when you look at these photographs?

FARRELL: I think they're rather beautiful. I think -- I hope that that is what I project in them, that these women have been through a lot,

they've been through famine, they've been through the cultural revolution. They've been through foot binding. And they're not rich, they are poor,

peasant farmers. I want to show another side of them. I want to be able to celebrate them and generations to come to actually look beyond the feet

and see these women.

The majority of the books that are about bound feet are on beautifully embroidered shoes or the academic side, the erotica of foot finding. I

want to show the human side.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WALKER; Just extraordinary images there, really tell the story of that generation.

That was photographer Joe Farrell speaking on her living history project. You can find more of her photos on some of the last remaining

women in China with bound feet on her website JoeFarrell.com. Incredible.

Well, water is perhaps the world's most precious resource, but finding clean sources is a struggle for many in India. Up next, we take a look at

an innovative solution bringing fresh water to the people.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WALKER: In India, a unique solution has been found to deal with a worsening crisis. Far too many people do not have access to clean water.

Sumnima Udas reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Chaos -- water is a hot commodity in India. With no laid pipelines in unplanned neighborhoods

like this, people depend on tanker trucks, which in this New Delhi community come once a week.

"It's a major problem. We only get water once a week. And each time we have to fight for it," they say.

Every household is allowed four jerry cans, some even locking their most precious elements.

"With so little water, we don't know if we should drink it, cook with it, or bathe," she says.

Difficult choices hundreds of millions of Indians are forced to make every day, but that may change soon thanks to these so-called water ATMs.

Instead of cash, they dispense water.

So this is how it works, customers can buy these rechargeable smart cards, scan the card, press the button and for just one cent they can draw

up to four liters of water.

That's cheap even by Indian standards. Ground water is purified at localized plants and distributed to solar powered ATMs, which are open

24/7.

The simple, but high tech solution set up by local social enterprise (inaudible).

"Before these water ATMs, our whole day would revolve around the water tanker's schedule. Now there's no stress," she says.

No stress and fewer chances of falling ill from contaminated water.

But India's poor have yet to realize that paying for clean water can save much more in health care costs later.

AMIT MISHRA, SARVAJAL GENERAL MANAGER: The biggest selling for us has been to change the mindset where everybody (inaudible) the free water

supply. We need to educate them. We show them you know the difference between the water we are providing and the water they are consuming until

now.

UDAS: With India's ever increasing thirst for clean water, and when every drop counts, this may just be the solution even if you have to pay

for it.

Sumnima Udas, CNN, New Delhi.

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WALKER: So there is this profound need for clean water. And I'm sure India's punishing heat is not really helping the cause.

Samantha Moore at the world weather center with more on that hot, hot weather -- Sam.

SAMANTHA MOORE, CNN WEATHER CORRESOPNDENT: Yes. Amara, blistering heat in the month of June. Now we're into July. And temperatures slightly

trending downward, and ever so slightly. It is still incredibly hot here. And it is a heat that actually sets up that monsoonal pattern. It takes

that big ridge of high pressure and heat to really draw in the moisture like a vacuum almost.

So notice temperatures slightly trending downward here. The further south you go, of course, more moisture is moving in there, because that's

where the monsoon arrives first. And that's why those temperatures are starting to ease ever so slightly.

But it is still hot, especially here on the northern end of things. Temperatures still above average in Jacobabad and New Delhi, those

temperatures getting down a little big below average at least for part of the week into Thursday and Friday and then heading back upwards again as we

head into the weekend.

We get that ebb and flow of moisture and heat. The moisture, of course, putting a temporary end to the heat for at least a little while.

So here's where the activity lies right now, slowly moving to the north and to the west. So we'll start to see some improvement as time goes on.

The latest rainfall amounts, of course, in the south and in the east here in Kolkata some 41 millimeters of rain fell in the last 24 hours. So

it's starting to move in oh so slowly and then in Gorakhpur we had 67 millimeters. And we're waiting to see this line move further to the north.

It did make a bit of a northern journey yesterday, in fact. It's been the first time it's really made any advancement since June 19. So we were

well behind as far as in terms of the onset of the monsoon and that's why many people had been praying for rain, including these Hindu Brahmans

appeasing their rain god in this ceremony trying to get that rain to head their way and to bring instant relief.

But as we all know, we are well behind. In the areas that you see where we have the red here, we are definitely in a rainfall deficit and

waiting for that moisture to move on in.

So this is the fourth driest June that we have seen since 1901, so looking back at that last month, the last 30 day period. And we're going

to take a closer look at these first two years, 1926 and 2009 just to show you how from year to year it can really differ and we can have a very dry

June like we did in 1926 and then end up actually above average because that year we saw incredibly wet August and September rainfall. We had an

abundance of rain. And so we actually ended up above average in 1926.

Compare that to the second driest June on record. And we ended that monsoon season almost 22 percent behind. That was incredibly arid year.

It was the third lowest monsoon total rainfall since 1901. And unfortunately we are in an El Nino pattern right now and that generally

tends to inhibit the recovery of rainfall, so we're not likely to catch up on our rainfall.

And as you can see, Amara, we are almost 44 percent below average. Only four days in the past 30 did we see above average rainfall, or average

even. So we definitely need that monsoon to move on in.

But as we said with El Nino, it's not as likely as it would be in a neutral year. So unfortunately we're going to have a lot of catching up to

do.

WALKER: Yeah. Those images of the prayers extraordinary. Hopefully those prayers are heard.

MOORE: I hope so.

WALKER: Yeah, Samantha Moore, thank you very much.

MOORE: Certainly.

WALKER: We can't stop talking about it, from 32 teams we are down just to eight. Belgium were the final team to move on in the World Cup.

And we'll look ahead to the quarterfinals coming up next.

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WALKER: The last eight teams are set at the World Cup. And there's a mix of familiar names like Brazil, Argentina and Germany, but the

quarterfinals also feature Colombia and Costa Rica.

Let's go to Rio to look ahead to the next round. Isa Soares joining me live from Rio de Janeiro.

So, Isa, even though we've got plenty of these big teams in the quarterfinals, they're really not looking that strong are they? What is

going on?

ISA SOARES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Amara.

Yes, it's quite a mix isn't it? I mean, we've got -- gone from 32 to eight. We've got a traditional, like you said, traditional powerhouse in

terms of football. We've got Germany. We've got Argentina. We're got Brazil. Then we have a surprise packages in Costa Rica and Colombia. And

then in between a country such as Belgium who has cruised through their group and who actually have very top players in their team who play in the

top European leagues.

But we've been discussing that right here, because haven't watched Argentina's match yesterday against Switzerland I was really thinking, you

know, is it their performance that hasn't been so great, or is it the small teams? And I think the kind of consensus is that it's not so much that

Brazil, Argentina not meeting expectations, because in many ways they are winning the games, but it's the fact these smaller teams have actually

outperforming, they've actually practiced harder, they're more organized, they're more ferocious, they've got more hunger going for these matches.

You know, and we have top players, such players like James Rodriguez in Colombia, they're really, really going for a surprise player.

And then on top of all of this, you know, there is no expectations. You know, we heard earlier sweep from Brian Ruiz who is one of the top

strikers for Costa Rica. And he is indeed the captain. And he was saying we know we're a small team. We know we're not the favorites to win, but

that means that's probably an advantage for us, because it means we have nothing to lose.

So it's not a question of whether Argentina and Brazil are not performing, because clearly they are. They've got those three strikers who

can make such a huge difference in the last few minutes. But it's these small teams have really managed to better themselves and to improve

outrunning many of their opponents. They're training harder, three hours every day, and that for many is the huge surprise, Amara.

WALKER: Yeah, and it's these surprises that are really making the World Cup so exciting and intriguing to watch.

I have to ask you, Isa, because as you mentioned, you know, the traditionally strong football countries, they did -- some of them did not

make the cut. A lot of the matches going down to the very last minute into the penalty shootouts. I mean, are some people telling you that this is

the best World Cup that they've seen yet?

SOARES: Yes. It is. I think it's because there's been so much drama, so much suspense, so much shock. I think like you've said Spain,

the reigning world champions, they were out very early on. England, Italy both World Cup champions before, they are out. So some naughty surprises

for some.

And at the same time, you know, in terms of social media we have so many tweets. We've had so many incredible goals you know from Tim Cahill's

left foot volley to Van Persie's header to pretty much every single shot from James Rodriguez, 22-year-old from Colombia playing against Uruguay.

There have been some incredible goals.

I mean, in terms of goals -- we were just doing the math earlier -- 154 goals, Amara, scored in this World Cup. The last time they got close

to that was 171 in 1998.

So the goals are being pretty impressive. Standout performance. But it's also, there's no such thing as a star team that we're seeing right

now. You know, we're not saying that Argentina is a star team, or a Brazil is a star team. There are star players, but no star team

Interestingly enough, though, this competition seems to be a lot about the fantastic goalkeeper that, you know, Tim Cahill, Ochoa -- pardon me,

Tim Howard, Ochoa and then Julio Cesar for Brazil. There have been the saviors for many people and the star performers for this World Cup -- the

goalkeepers, that is.

WALKER: Yeah, these goalkeepers' performances just have been so incredible.

And it's really fun to watch these matches on Twitter and what people are saying. It really keeps the excitement going.

Isa Soares from Rio, yeah, thank you so much.

Well, you know, since the U.S. track and field championships last week, one runner has been getting a lot of attention. She placed last in

her event, so it's not for winning. It's because she chose to compete at eight months pregnant.

Sara Sidner reports it set off a debate even outside the running world.

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SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A photo finish worth 1,000 comments - - that is Alysia Monteno, eight months pregnant and running in an 800 meter competitive race. She came in last, but the audience applauded her

athleticism.

As the image made its way around the world, not everybody is clapping.

REBECCA SALINAS, MOTHER: I've read books and I've been told by my doctor you know not to be running. To me, I thought that was pretty risky

for the baby.

JUAN SALINAS, FATHER: That was a little crazy. I mean, if it was my wife I don't think I would have let her do it. But, yeah, it doesn't seem

like it's really good for the baby.

SIDNER: On Twitter one person writes, "is that even safe?"

Another is far more harsh, saying, "child abuse by a woman."

Montano has heard that and worse.

ALYSIA MONTANO, PREGNANT OLYMPIAN: You're going to kill the baby. You're being selfish. I am a mom and you're thinking about, wow, I would

never do anything to hurt my baby and that's really, really harsh words for somebody to say.

SIDNER: Especially since Monteno's own doctor says it is perfectly healthy for her. Monteno is an Olympian who has run throughout her entire

pregnancy and that is the key, doctors say.

DR. FRANCIS CHANG, OBGYN, GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL: As long as she has excellent exercise tolerance, meaning that she maintained her exercise

regiment during the first trimester, second trimester, and the infant is growing well.

SIDNER: The same goes for most fit moms with normal pregnancies.

SARA FINNERY, 37 WEEKS PREGNANT: When I first read about that I thought that was awesome. I was like wow good for her. I can't run, but I

was very impressed.

SIDNER: So Monteno is ignoring the naysayers and listening to her doctor and fans instead.

MONTENO: I really wanted for people to understand that this body, this female body is, one, it's a very, very strong body. We're not

fragile, you know, we're not going to fall apart. And second, pregnancy is not a disease, it's not an ailment.

SIDNER: Just like any late stage pregnancy, she admits she needs a little help to get ready.

Who ties your shoes?

MONTENO: My husband.

SIDNER: All tied up, I challenged her to a very short race. She blew me away. But the winning time goes to baby Monteno who is clearly the

winner.

Sara Sidner, CNN, Los Angeles.

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WALKER: She is just in fantastic shape.

That is News Stream, but the news continues at CNN. World Business Today is next.

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