it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable governme

now colombia is trying to attract more foreign investment, especially from asia. nhk world's sakai tells us more. >> and this year, we became the number one country, latin america, in business climate. we're number one in latin america, number 37 in the world. so we need to continue going that direction. >> reporter: when colombia's former trade minister visited tokyo in july to woo japanese investors, he declared his country one of the world's most ideal investment destinations. but it's not all hype. 50 japanese companies took part in a seminar promoting colombia. they say the country has more business opportunities than ever before. >> translator: we were worried about investing in colombia because of lack of security. it's great to hear security is no longer a problem. >> translator: colombia has become attractive as a market as well as a base for exports. >> reporter: 46 million people live in colombia, making the size of its population second only to brazil's. this shopping mall in bogota is the most popular among young generation. as you can see, thousands

se of the news received from broadcasting stations across asia. we beg with this item sent by cctv china. typhoonseft least 55 people dead, more than 40 missing. the typhoon made landfall earlier this week. it destroyed more than 4,000 and 48,000 acres of cropland. total economic losses are estimated at $300 lln. local authorities have dispatched tons of relief supplies including tene ining t clothes and food to the disaster-hit areas. it is the 11th typhoon to hit the country so far this year. >> malaysia's national carmaker has announced plans to introduce a new turbo charged engine into eop official says it will be e model to have such an engine. the firm will launch another mol claboration with mitsubishi motors. the company has also started developing hybrid and electric vehicles. they expect to top3000 units this year due to growing interest in aan countries. >>> a group pplerilled by elephants in india last year. thailand suffered a similar issue years ago when he will fantastic strayed into village and dtred cps and property but thailand r

they also do it in asia and australia. that makes them interesting for acs. 85% of the spanish firm resides in the eu. they would overtake french rival for the no. 1 spot. so far, they contend that they do not want a full takeover. rather, the spaniards are aiming for a controlling majority of just over 50%. >> they were among two the's most active today. our correspondent has more. >> a construction company is the star of the day. the takeover bid was too low. it shot right back up. people here in the market are convinced that they will have to improve on the offer in order to gain control. they are an attractive takeover candidate. the dax not doing much this thursday despite better than expected labour market data in the united states. they are busy positioning themselves for friday's trading. businesses are coming to a close. >> looking at several market indexes, we stayed in frankfurt, where we see the blue chip dax index clsoose lower. this finished 0.3% in negative territory. the dow industrials ended the session up

standing in europe asia i think a war in the region will spread and of all the america whoever starts it and i think that's not in america's interest i don't think it's in the region's interest i don't think it's in the interest of the international community dr brzezinski thank you so much thank you i greatly appreciate it nice to talk to you if the talk to you as well. this history still keeps it secret but now it's time to reveal that the soviet father's house on the embankment and. mine. would be soo much brighter if you knew about songs from phone stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. islamophobia becomes a leading issue maybe election campaign in austria as right wing politicians boost their votes with a controversial ad to muslim computer day some fear nationalist and racist campaign tactics are becoming increasingly popular in europe. world leaders debate ways to fulfill their goal of housing global poverty and hunger in talks of the summit in new york the meeting is looking at the top brass said whether the recession is having efforts to meet the twenty fifteen target. the rain had

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>> well, as you say, english is here to stay in asia. we have adopted it and posted it for our own international and national purposes. so english here is blended with local languages and cultures. let me show you some examples over there. >> sure. "you spend me drink, can or not?" so you say the can can be eliminated? >> can can be taken away from a sentence and become an independent word. like can. cannot. and the use of particle "the" there. >> an affirmation, you agree, don't you? >> exactly. >> mm-hmm. >> philippine english, open, close is often used for switch on, switch off. and in korean there's no f, v sounds. so some people pronounce philosophy as "pilosophy." in japan as you know many people say "i sink" instead of "i think." >> yes. >> but let me hasten to add here that those features of english are not taught in schools in those countries. but if you are compelled to, expected to speak english, you are -- it's quite natural that you should do so in the way best fit for your own purposes. >> when in rome, do as the romans do.

the world's largest element in producer russo wants to increase its sales in asia by fifty percent by the end of the year as a first step the russian company signed a letter of intent with china's industries corporation or norinco to acquire stake in its sales and marketing subsidiary now under a long term contract will develop deliver up to two million metric tons of other medium is a year worth more than four billion dollars to asia from the company's siberian smelters rink also plans to invest in production of aluminum casting a lowes in siberia to increase the volume of hi tech element in production sales in the chinese market. quality guaranteed by god may become a new slogan for several products and southern russia the idea comes from the region's archbishop who proposes writing the phrase on locally produced mineral water he says the healing power of local springs from god the greatest counter of quality now the head of stadol polito has asked the local government to discuss patenting it. and that's all i have for you this hour other back with more in about forty minutes from.

the world's largest element in producer russo wants to increase its sales in asia by fifty percent by the end of the year as a first step the russian companies signed a letter of intent with china's not industry corporation or norinco to acquire a stake in its sales and marketing subsidiary under a long term contract will deliver up to two million metric tons of all the medium hours a year worth more than four billion dollars to asia from the company's siberian smelters the wrinkle will invest in new cells of the medium production in siberia in a bid to increase the volume of high tech alanine production sales in the chinese market . quality guaranteed by god may become a new slogan for several products in southern russia the idea came from the region's archbishop who proposed writing the phrase on locally produced mineral water he says the healing power of locals brings a gift from god the greatest guarantee of quality now the head of state of a polar region has asked the local government to discuss patenting. that's all the outfit i have for you at the moment but you can always find

concern ov china's growing strength in east asia has been on the rides for sometime now. back in 1999, a philippine military patrol boat collided with a chinese fishing boat it was chasing. the fishing boat sank. last year, chinese vessels surrounded a u.s. navy research ship and blocked its way to the south china sea. the you state decided to become even more vial janet. vial intelligent. it dispacted an aircraft carrier to vietnam, the first political contact between the two countries since the vietnam war. it deployed an unmanned surveillance aircraft in guam. the high-tech drone can cover the whole china sea. >> americans realize that to have an enduring strategy for a peaceful and prosperous asia, you you need to have a strong relationship with asean. and that does have to do with china. >> china is boosting its military presence in the east asian seas. both the united states and asean are keen to contain any possible threat as for the fight over the senkaku islands, the focus of public attention has now shifted to what the japanese government will do next. >>> forei

american role on the huge continent of europe asia it's much more benign it involves alliances with some key countries it involves improvement in relations with some previous antagonists so it should not be confused with the operation in afghanistan which has a very specific historical motive and a very specific objective now i want to ask in an interview with a french magazine in one thousand nine hundred eight you called the covert funding of the mujahedeen prior to the former soviet union's invasion an excellent idea according to their analysis of what you said the dismantling of the soviet union was to a degree more important than quote some stared at muslims and that you don't regret it do you stand by that statement now yes although that version of so-called interview was not really an interview the interview was an extensive interview which was supposed to be translated and sent to me is never was and then excerpts from a to a sort of amalgamated and published but basically the facts that are correct the united states decided to provide sort of covertly funding to the i've got a r

>>hogan: probably asked the same question about asia in the nineteen seventies when you saw the asia hubs being created with cathay, with singapore, with malaysia next door to singapore. >>clark: there will never be a question of capacity outstripping demand for emirates. in truth withwhat we have ordered and will order we are still short of capacity even when all these airplanes are in place. 15 seconds >>reporter: when talking about the gulf there are no certainties but as the centre of economic gravity shifts further eastwards there are for example 2 billion people within 4 hours flying time of the uae it seems that the new breed of carrier is now cleared for takeoff. >>abirached: burkina faso is one of the world's poorest countries, with a gdp per capita of only 1200 dollars. the country is landlocked and relies heavily on agriculture which employs the vast majority of the population. but an agricultural initiative, with heavyweight backers, is using new technology to maximise efficiency and help lift people out of poverty. >>reporter: michel bougma is a farmer in the village of

the world's largest out of many and produce a wants to increase its sales in asia by fifty percent by the end of the year as a first step russian companies signed a letter of intent with china's industries corporation or norinco to acquire a stake in its sales and marketing subsidiary other a long time contract will deliver to asia up to two million metric tons of all a million dollars a year worth over four billion dollars a new wrinkle intel we're investing will solve production in siberia you know it's increased the volume of high tech alamy and production sales in the chinese market. and that's all the news i have for you at the moment but you can always buy more stories on our website join me in fifteen minutes from now from our. wealthy british science done. time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. on june thirtieth england and france try to. reason was. a. trade and a safety net for them so. the whole of europe isn't in war efforts to e

follows a very big night on the upside in asia, across asia after japan's government stepping in to help the yen, the very strong yen. dow jones down just about 12 points right now. >> all right, remember jennifer lopez? we have been talking about her -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- help discover the next american idol. >> and we will have the high- tech news everybody is -- [ inaudible ] >>> it is 6:56. let's go to tori to see what is coming up on mornings on 2. good morning. >> good morning. in minutes we are getting new details on the investigation into the san bruno explosion, including the search into whether reports of a gas smell were made in the days and weeks before the tragedy. >>> cal graduate sarah shourd is enjoying her first day of freedom after over a year of captivity. find out the challenge the u.s. state department is issuing to iran via twitter about her two companions. >>> tea party candidates score big primary wins but many republicans are not happy. we will find out why in the live report from washington, dc. >>> and the new study out this morning show

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the situation in asia has calmed there are no conflicts here any conflicts that exist or in western iraq and not here the people in okinawa think that the strategic value of these bases as the minister for the u.s. . but with china growing stronger as a geo political force in the region and the instability of north korea still a concern it is likely that the united states won't be leaving okinawa anytime soon john thomas r.t. okinawa japan. so that this is not the recount main story shortly stay with us. thank you. but i again this is all said and this is the breaking news the song at least seventeen people have been killed in a car bombing at a mall because the russians of all the time golf courses returned well than a hundred others were injured in that time in the republic of north ossetia or an official day of mourning has begun the injured are being treated in hospital and those needing specialist treatment have been lifted to moscow three suspects have since been detained while security has been tightened across the region. and according to politico on this which is lawful need cou

the world's largest albanian producer wants to increase its sales in asia by fifty percent by the end of the year as a first step the russian companies signed a letter of intent with china's industries corporation or norinco to acquire a stake in its sales and marketing subsidiary under a long term contract will deliver to asia up to two million metric tons about living in a year worth more than four billion dollars no raincoat will invest in production in siberia in order to increase the volume of hi tech element in production sales in the chinese market. that's all for now i'll be back in less than one hour is next calling. wealthy british. headlines. here's a look at the top stories made in china never used to be common but now with its high tech industries the country. to. russia. has been given the sack after nearly two decades and. side of the loss of confidence in the mayor as a reason for his dismissal. could aliens have control over the world's nuclear weapons. they've given sworn affidavits claiming that strange events. wes can be explained by a looking to the stars. wild ru

and abolishing those individuals through exhibition -- and acknowledging those individuals throughout asia. joining me is janet bishop, the curator. i understand you have been with the museum quite a number of years. you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the j

governor schwarzenegger is due back from asia today. he is expected to meet with republican and democratic leaders. the two sides are still arguing over whether tax increases or bulge et cuts should be used to balance the budget. >> some bay area parents say they are caught in the middle of the budget stalemate because the state funded child development center in oakland will close in the next two weeks unless there is a budget miracle in sacramento. >> we have not had any money since june and so we are at our last. we have no funds. >> the center has been providing free or low cost child care to low income families for the past 37 years and it has never had to close because of finances. parents we talked to voiced frustration with the legislature and the governor. this year is on track to be the longest the state has ever gone without a budget. >>> well, former president bill clinton has now thrown his support behind fellow democrat jerry brown for governor. just two days ago brown apologized for medicationing a joke about the monica l

the governor is hoping to expand trade in asia. the founders of the company are hoping to continue relationships. the governor had a recent trade mission. >> they lifted the ban on spinach and our sales went up 800%. >> why is this important to silicon valley? as we expand, that increases and expands our competitiveness in silicon valley and in the state. >> reporter: he says 40% of all jobs in silicon valley are directly or indirectly the result of trade. since california represents 5% of the world's economy, that means 95% of the markets e outside of the state. as he talked about traveling to south korea and china, the lawyers were in court trying to convince state workers to live with state money. >> one single tax dollar is being used for the trade mission. >> as the silicon valley has silicon chips and we have chips in san joaquin valley, the movies are a key part of our economy in the los angeles area. >> reporter: about 100 business leaders throughout the state will be traveling with the governor on the trip. the governor is

. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we also celebrate what we call the asian-pacific islanders as well, in terms of culture, experience, and multidisciplinary arts. >> the festival is actually very wide-ranging. you have 16 venues, and how many different performing arts centers? >> we have over 85 artists participating, 16 venues, 21 events. there are over 15 groups that are performing. >> there recently kicked off at the beginning of may and will continue through june 13? correct? >> that is correct. unlike in the past years, we have had to expand the festival because there has been so much activity and so many people want to be part of the celebration. we're very honored and pleased to have the festival going all the way into june. >> we're kind of coming in on one of the groups. >> francis is one of the pioneers of the asian ameri

all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

in eastern asia, keeping a close eye on what was a typhoon. it's drivening southern china right now. due to wake landfall in taiwan over the weekend as a typhoon. we'll start off with footage taken on monday. this will be southern taiwan. you can see streets heavily inundated. over 100 people said to be injured from the toppled buildings and signs as well. the army had to be brought in to rescue the residents out of flooded buildings. the cleanup efforts have started and it is now -- the storm system is now affecting southern china. just in the last 24 hours, again, heavy amounts of rain recorded in coastal areas. some areas picked up more than 300 millimeters. still quite a serious situation here. the tropical depression will affect mainly this province over the next 24 hours. heavy rain, as much as 250 millimeters anticipated. heavy winds and showers moving through northeastern china. that will be sweeping across the korean peninsula. northern japan too dealing with hefty showers. as that rain subsides around noon, you can see a new system a

prime minister naoto kan said he plans to do the same when he attends the asia-europe meeting in brussels next week. >> japan last week released the captain of the chinese fishing boat that collided with japanese patrol vessels near japan's senkaku islands. china also claims the islands. however, relations have since shown little sign of improvement. chief cabinet secretary yoshito sengoku said on tuesday that the ball is now in china's court. but a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said japan should first take concrete actions to mend ties. >>> the latest quarterly survey of business sentiment in japan has been released. ines matsuyama from our business desk has the details. ines? >> thank you very much, catherine. >>> the bank of japan says business sentiment among major manufacturers has improved for six straight quarters. but the strong yen is weighing down on their outlook for the future. the central bank released its quarterly tankan survey of short-term business confidence on wednesday, covering over 11,000 firms on various sizes. the closely watched index for large manufacture

the court did not explain its decision. >>> governor schwarzenegger is taking off for asia tomorrow but first he made a stop here in the bay area. >> that's why i ran for governor, to promise the people in california that i will be the salesman in chief. >> that's exactly what the governor said he will be doing while he's on his trade mission. he will be at the design center in shanghai. he says the goal of the state is to strengthen the ties with asia, drum up investments and promote collaboration and economic growth. >> trade creates one out of seven jobs here in southern california. we export 1.5 billion goods every -- every year to 200 markets worldwide. >> when asked how he can go on a trade mission, given our state's trouble, he said not a single tax dollar would go for the trip. meanwhile, the ordered fewer rows are not the only thing in the budget goes -- bucket going on today. here's more from ken pritchett. >> reporter: we hear at long last there's progress being made which is why some lawmakers are questioning the timing of the governor's trip to asia. >> this morning, democr

bonds all of us a lot of you will put your money gold asia and some other commodities ok. i think what we have to look at is a global picture and the magnet for industrial dynamism and for. structure investment in the world right now all the countries of your asia i've said that repeatedly on this show but it's a fact that you have not only china china can't do it alone you have russia which has huge infrastructure deficits from the from the soviet era and the financial crises that the i.m.f. and friends george soros and others helped along with in the ninety's and early part of this decade but russia still has considerable resources and they have huge resources of hydrocarbons that are in deficit in china you have the former the stands in between russia and china the shanghai cooperation countries plus you have the middle east oil rich middle east and africa so i think what's going on is a dynamic there with turkey playing a much more interesting role in all of this dynamic there that the european economies are beginning european industries beginning to orient to and look

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others are it's been affected by the rise of asia and particularly the rise of china so if you think back to one hundred years ago europe was the center of the world now of course it's not and it's much much weaker than it was and partly it has no unity there's a european union but there's no european government and till they get european government they're not going to play or be able to play a major part in the world the world of. the collapse of the greek economy has impacted the whole of the european union. does this mean that the e.u. is vulnerable as a groupie well of course it is because it was based on the idea that everyone is progresses at the same rate well if there are some weaknesses. in some parts of it it affects the whole lot because it means that the exchange rate is weaken and it also means that some countries like germany have to bail out other countries so if anything goes wrong in one part of the union it's the responsibility of other countries and they didn't think they were going to have to assume those responsibilities so i think the greek the greek crisis has

meanwhile, still plenty of rain already to deal with across east asia, taiwan. the east coast of china has been seeing ongoing showers. that's looking to continue today. also, a new low is going to be moving into northeastern china, really bringing some heavy amounts of rainfall today. so that really ups the risk of flooding and landslides. for japan northern areas are starting to see the rain strengthen, and it will be quite strong throughout the day before it pulls away in the evening hours. 31 for your high in chongqing. 23 degrees in ulan bator, and it is going to be quite hot for tokyo again. 35 for your high today. in the atlantic we've been keeping an eye on hurricane earl. it is now getting very close to the outer banks of north carolina coastline. it remains a very strong hurricane. it's now at a category 2 strength. so showing some signs of weakening but packing very strong winds nonetheless. also, the core of the storm is getting very close to shore. this should remain offshore. but we'll be bringing plenty of strong winds, high waves, as well as the

what's going on in east asia. we're continuing to see tropical storm now a depression bring gusty conditions across eastern parts of china and we're also going to see that rainfall heavy as well. take a look at the next 48 hours. the depression will bring more rain not only for the eastern coastal areas but all the way down towards the south and into taiwan as well. but not only that, this rain, this moisture's going to be in hang sing, a system over the korean peninsula. intense downpours, maybe flooding rains and the rain will push into japan as we head into the weekend. high pressure to the south of that, we're going to be dry for the rest of ja. . high pressure in charge for northern areas of china and into mongolia. you can see across the indicating where bands, blues the heaviest rains, a lot of them are month tosoon rains. bangkok, you'll have 34 degrees to your high saturday. 34 in taipei. even tokyo, still warm. 25 with showers in seoul. 31 in beijing. along we go into north america. texas is quieted on d

standing in europe asia i think a war in the region will spread and of all the america whoever starts it and i think that's not in america's interest i don't think it's in the region's interest i don't think it's in the interest of the international community dr brzezinski thank you so much thank you very greatly appreciate it nice to talk to you nice to talk to you as well. so. you. turned. this history still keeps secrets but now it's time to reveal. the soviet funds house on the embankment and on. our. stuff we are going to. play all. the rally we'll sell lots of beer low wrong wrong they will wear uniforms that will damage is in the black and them moving but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problem are already. russia has decided not to sell its defense missile systems to iran the chief of staff of the russian armed forces says the plan was shelved due to the latest u.n. sanctions on the islamic republic. moscow plays host to scientific top of that model for the arctic's the riches the countries involved to get their. there of what is considered to be a q