indonesia punishes australia over spying allegations. >> welcome to the program. iraq's capital has been hit by eight car bombs in a something hour. most of the explosions targeted shia neighbourhoods in the capital baghdad. >> a series of car bombs - what can you tell us? >> the number of attacks has gone up to 9 in abu graib, another neighbour hood. there was an improvised explosive device killing at least one, bring the death toll up to 30 people killed, and something like 75 people injured. we are hearing that there was an assassination on a government state employee, an employee of the electricity company in baghdad in the last 20 or so minutes as well. what the baghdad operations command told us, and these are the people responsible for securing baghdad is in the last hour there was an attempted suicide bomber who tried to detonate his explosives at a checkpoint. he was shot and killed. what is interesting is the baghdad operation command says that this man was a pakistani national. if that is true, that's the first time we heard of someone that far afield c

and a lot of it is coming from here in indonesia. they've converted the lowlands already. and now the palm oil plantations are moving up and up the slopes, to here, leuser rainforest. we've gotta go. >> leuser isn't the only place experiencing deforestation. since 1985, more than 50% of the forests in sumatra have been cleared, not just for palm oil plantations, but also for paper, wood, mines, and road infrastructure. what took thousands of years to grow is coming down at an alarming rate. >> look at that. we traveled for over an hour, deep into this palm oil plantation, till we've got here, the front line of the expansion. this expansion here is illegal under indonesian law, and it's all happening for palm oil. this timber will be shipped off to market, and in its place, in a matter of days, young palm oil seedlings will be planted. >> palm oil is one of the most widespread vegetable oils throughout the world. within indonesia itself and also china and india, the 3 of them account for far more than half of the, uh, the world's consumption of palm oil. but the u.s. and eu

indonesia for the future. he's never mentioned anything about that. we see the practical measures. to become a president, he needs more than that. >> the governor himself leaves it up to others to decide if he should leave indonesia, he says he has enough on his plate solving problems in jakarta, whilst also trying to enjoy his favourite music. >> check out the music of the the mayor is known to love loud rock music and owns a base guitar signed by heavy metal band mettalica >> a comet thought to have been scorched may be out there. astronomers thought comet isom had disintegrated. it may have survived after all. earth lings can catch a glimpse next month. i'm morgan radford. thank you for watching al jazeera america. see you again in a few short hours, at 4am eastern. reta dot com.comis the eses in the house. we'll talk about entrepreneur ship and social media. ♪ o lisa fletcher is away. omar what is our on-line community saying they'rjazzed about alexus being here. we have all kinds of people that want to

and indonesia said it's reviewing this and it's a disaster for the government here. >> brian, thank you. in a moment joe will have all the sport including nba, the king reign supreme and more on that. ♪ ♪ welcome back, now environmentalists in india estimate half of the cities there have critical levels of air pollution. green groups are concerned about the long-term effects after the world health organization learned lung cancer with poor air quality and we report from new deli where pollution has reached toxic levels. >> members of a cycling club pedal through the new deli thick smog and the idea is exercise and fresh air but with pollution hitting dangerous levels this time of year the health benefits are questionable. >> it does worry you for your own self and the next generation. the pollution that is in the air. not only impact you but impact the generations to come. >> reporter: studies show that the air in new deli is think with pollution known as particulate matter and include toxic heavy metals like nickel and lead and this is so severe it reaches 20 times the levels c

tony abbott says the most important relationship that australia has with indonesia. andrew thomas, al jazeera. >>> the search and rescue mission of a collapsed shopping mall in south africa has now been called off. one person died and 29 others were injured after a shopping mall under construction caved in. the contractors are being investigated. tanya paige has more. >> reporter: about half of the construction site has come down. about 5:00 on tuesday, it started to look shaky and witnesses reported hearing a loud bang before they say the third floor collapsed in on the other floors. they said they heard workman screaming and running for their lives before they were ungulfed in a huge cloud of dust. rescuers worked through the night believing that up to 50 people could have been trapped inside. but on wednesday the vast majority were accounted for, but there are still up to 29 people hospital. incidents like this are very unusual in south africa. but it's also come to light that construction of this mall went ahead without planning permission. and when the council f

indonesia's foreign minister said his country was deeply concerned over the allegations, coming from information leaked by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. australia prime minister said that his government had not broken any laws. >> four palestine fighters in gaza have been killed by israeli troops. violence broke out after several israelis tanks crossed the boarder into the gaza strip. it's the latest of a series of incursions into the area. >> thailand is one step closer to passing amnesty laws that could allow the return of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. thousands have been protesting against the draft bill and more rallies are banned. thaksin shinawatra has been in exile following corruption allegations. >> in the early morning hours of friday the thai house passed pa blankets amnesty bill,ing it the opposition party have been against. there has been protests since this was introduced back in august. the last couple of days the opposition party in front of their headquarters in bangkok called in protesters. the numbers expected to be about 10,000, and that cou

wright president of indonesia. he's denying very good friend to stride yet. allegations stuff this last week that australian intelligence tried to tap in the bathrooms of indonesian president to see about getting him there is wide open senior government officials the report course outbreaks of the union jack in the urine of recorders ambassador to austria and suspended intelligence and the cooperation he wrote attitude to mind a fuller explanation. you do you know on tuesday held a special news conference he said to have extra money to get dinged is a commitment that australia would not do anything to this in context or just ahead of any share with each act. the owner says the practice and a special envoy to australia to drop a code of conduct to cop an intelligence gathering between the two countries the president's plans drew praise from his australian counterparts. one is either going. will commence type and it was a very warm stipend it was a stipend that was very positive about astride it was a stipend which was adapted building a strong relationship bet

. >>> australia has been listening in on the indonesia president's phone calls. his wife and several other government officials were also reportedly targeted. but australia's prime minister said it's all nothing to worry about. >> all governments information, and all governments know that every other government gathers information. the australian government never comments on specific intelligence matters. this has been a long tradition of governments of political per aggravationpersuasions and i doo change that today. the australian government uses all of its resources at its disposal including information to help our friends and our allies. not to harm them. >> let's hear from brian johnson a journalist based in canberra. >> reporter: we know australia has used amnesty for use for some time but it tried to listen in on a specific phone call made to the indonesian president is new. they tried also to listen in on the phone calls to try to track down his wife's phone as well as members of the elite. this is new and this has sent relations with indonesia into a tai

. >>> indonesia president suspended bilateral cooperation with australia. he said he's taking the allegations that australia tapped his phone very seriously. >> once again i demand a formal separation, an explanation to indonesia, what steps will be taken by australia related to this wiretapping case. we have a coordinated military operation, a coordinated operation. this has temporarily been suspended. >> now they plan to stop all military cooperation with australia as of next year. australia has assured indonesia it won't spy on its leaders in the future and they'll do everything they can to repair relations. >> my intention is to do everything i reasonbly can to help build and strengthen the relationship with indonesia, which is so important for both our countries. >> the number of h.i.v. infections and a.i.d.s.-related deaths have fallen dramatically. that's according to an u.n. report. it said the world is closing in on its millennium to reverse the aids. the number of new h.i.v. infections has fallen by a third. among children the drop has been steepe

this is in indonesia. the guy flying this plane goes by indo-pilot. he's just landed in this air strip. you see villagers behind this plane. he's actually picking some of them up. this is where it gets epic. he reves up and before you know it, they're airborne and 73 seconds later they're back on the ground. >> that's the flight? >> that's the flight. just over one nautical mile away. >> so somewhere they can't go by foot? >> these twoville ands is separated by a deep valley that would take them forever to get to. so they use this plane between these two air strips. you fly, 73 seconds you're there. >> i would like to suggest a zip line. just stretch a zip line. that's it, right? >> though if you want to follow matt and his journey flying between one village and another, he does have a blog where he shares all his experiences. he does share he had a 9-to-5 job in new england, an i.t. guy and then decided one day i'm going to go fly planes in indonesia and he did it. >> it's the holiday season. why not celebrate with a little music. ♪ >> you might re

low point in relations between indonesia and australia over alleged spying. indonesia has frozen all intelligence cooperation following reports australia tried to eavesdrop on phone conversations apparently with the indonesian president's wife. there has been no comment from australia so far. it willed states says not apologize to afghanistan for "mistakes made during the 12- year war." that contradicts earlier reports that a mea culpa was being -- asd as hard of talks part of talks. deal or no deal, last-minute efforts to finalize the security pact between the united states and afghanistan appear to hinge on whether president barack obama agrees to write a letter acknowledging the u.s. made mistakes during the 12-year war. a move that has been demanded by the afghan president but ruled out by washington. no need for the united states to apologize to afghanistan. quite the contrary. we have sacrificed and supported them in their democratic progress and in tackling the insurgency and al qaeda. >> the ongoing debate comes as afghanistan prepares to host a gathe

rebecca told me about indonesia, the tsunami. yes. oh my god. how was it? was it fun or devastating? when a question like that about one of the most publicized natural disasters in the world came from a graduate of yale law school wasn't sure what to say. these were mostly private school educated women, wealthy women who ate at fancy restaurants, went to art openings and belongs to book club so these conversations caught me off-guard and i didn't know how to respond to her question. we opened gifts, gasps of delight for calgary and crockery, lingerie. after lunch we ordered coffee and cappuccino and nibbled on caramel drizzled brownie sundae is. julie, another classmate, looked over at me, i hadn't eaten anything this casey in months. how do you stay so thin, she asked? gen answered for me. she lives in ethiopia. i laughed politely. i didn't bother telling them i had never visited ethiopia. and this last one from when i was in haiti. haiti obviously is in the backyard of the u.s. so there were tons of well-intentioned people who came down to help out after

it reminds me very much of indonesia, the soon army that hit indonesia in sumatra in 2004. along the coast, the levels of destruction are very similar. that is because it was not just very powerful winds. there was a huge storm surge that came in to the coast and a swathe of land perhaps half a mile wide. it was completely devastated by the water. it was the water that caused most of the damage and most of the deaths here. much for yourery reporting. still to come on tonight program, finding beauty in guantÁnamo bay. tonight, we introduce you to the workt who has -- whose cast the detention facility in a different light. how can you tell if someone is close to having a heart attack e scientists in the u.k. believe they have created an early warning system. it involves a scanning technique already widely used. experts say it would allow view the arteries and high resolution. it could make a massive difference for patients. atthis is a heart attack, if -- a fatty deposit has blocked an artery, starving the heart of oxygen. they have -- scientists believe they have discovered

president ofer the indonesia and fomented a civil war there. they went after the elected prime minister of the congo in 1960. their last monster was fidel castro who also survived in their attempts to depose him. >> where were they born? >> the dulles brothers were born and grew up in watertown, new york. foster dulles was born in because theeally mother came here to live with her father for a few months. watertown, new york on the shores of lake ontario was kind of a playground for the new york rich. a politicalas not rat. he was a clergyman. the family was extraordinary. in a two brothers grew up religious environment. they said their prayers everyday. in the morning, they would take a cold shower, the only kind their father would allow. they would say their prayers, ns and few hands -- hym then they were free to run down to the shores of lake ontario where relatives were taking them out fishing. were bothtives secretaries of state. their grandfather, john watson foster had been secretary of state in the 1890 past -- 1890's. he was the first

. >> we don't know what his vision is for indonesia and its future. he never mentioned that. we doan know what is going on inside his head. we see the political measures. but to become president he needs more than that. >> the governor leaves it up to others to decide if he should leave indonesia. he says he has enough on his plate solving problems in jakarta, and trying to enjoy his favourite music. >> still to come here on al jazeera - pakistan's prime minister goes to afghanistan in an effort to kick start peace talks with the taliban. >> access all areas - not exactly. why the white house press corp is not happy. welcome back, let's remind you of the headlines here at al jazeera - thousands of syrian refugees face the misery of another freezing winter. in a refugee camp in jordan trailers are arriving. many have lived in tents for a year. >> it protesters in thailand have been called on to intensify. government forces are rallying as well. >> north korea's video of an elderly u.s. citizens admitting to crimes no the korean war in the 1950s. >> the pakistani prime minister

they fomented a major civil war in indonesia in the mid-1950's. it failed but it created tensions that exploded during the 1960's and led to a horrific massacre in which about one million indonesians were killed. another neutralist who emerged in the world during this. and the congo, this was a brand- new country. they elected is very interesting but quite militant neutral list figure. it was a very undeveloped political culture. there were no lawyers, doctors, and he experience in government. you have to understand that, how underdeveloped belgium had left the congo. the belgians and the americans were terrified because he was so popular. not just in the congo but throughout the third world. they organized a plot in which he was overthrown and assassinated even before he had completed six months in office. their final target was fidel castro. allen dulles organized the bay of pigs invasion. in my chapter about this, i take that from a somewhat different perspective. i noticed as i was reading through these private documents, something that i don'

lowest close in five weeks, indonesia central bank lifted its key rate, bank indonesia is trying to gain strength on the news. moving on to currencies, the dollar is keeping its upward momentum against the yen. dollar/yen right now>> get all news and insight every day here on "newsline." >>> britain's foreign secretary says he's optimistic about reaching a deal on iran's nuclear program. negotiators from iran and six world powers have been trying to find common ground. william hague says only minor differences separate the two sides. hague delivered an update in the house of commons. he briefed members on talks in geneva that ended over the weekend. >> an agreement has to be clear and detailed, cover all aspects of iran's program and give assurance to the whole world that the threat of nuclear proliferation in iran is fully addressed. such a deal is on the table, and there's no doubt in my mind that it can be reached. >> negotiators discussed an interim deal to limit the iranians' program of uranium enrichment, but they failed to reach a deal. u.s. secretary treasury jack lew has also sp

. >> causing evacuations and flight restrictions in indonesia. power of the people until we restore >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. recapping today's top stories 37 we have been reporting throughout the day much of the midwest still cleaning up after violent storms ripped through the region. six people are dead. hundreds of buildings damaged or destroyed. for the latest we want to turn back to ash-hars in central illinois. one of the areas hardest hit. he was in washington where there is one storm-related death. ash-har what is th the latest? >> we're coming up on 24 hours since those storms ripped through washington, illinois. we're getting alley assessments of damage, 500 homes may have been damaged or destroyed from these storms. we're hearing that governor pat quinn has declared state emergency areas which gives them more supplies and resources from the state to help with clean up and search and rescue efforts. we hear that the governor is visiting some of these affected areas, and we're told that he's going to be visi

in indonesia, the main index closed down by 1.7%, standing at 4,432. sentiment was dampened by data that shows indonesia's trade balance swung to a deficit in september and the country's inflation rate remained high at more than 8% in october. >>> as the china pmi figures suggests, many manufacturing in the country is picking up. members of china's ruling communist party are preparing for the third plenary session of the committee next week. leaders have promised to use the key meeting for laying out unprecedented reforms. to get some insight, we spoke in hong kong to head of investment strategy at shk private. >> the pmi report this morning is another piece of evidence that's telling you china has a solid economic foundation to carry out the structural reform. what we need to achieve in china, we need to create a high value added, sustainable model. to do that, we'll need to see policies to promote innovation and develop human capital. and in terms of promoting innovation, new leaders will need to introduce more policies to introduce more private capi

hurricane katrina in 2005, and the indonesia tsunami in 2014. in that disaster americans donated $1.6 billion. the philippine crisis is in its early days but cash is rolling in to relief organizations. the salvation army says it now has received more than $1 million. another reports it has received $1.5 million from just over 10,000 individual donors. although aid is on its way, widespread infrastructure damage continues to hamper the relief efforts. >> we're not able to move, and residents of tacloban has not reached much so far. it's not anyone's fault. it's just the complexitier access. so aid is on its way. >> there is some process. many roads have been cleared, cellphones are beginning to work again, but aid workers struggle with the 4,000 dead. victims being buried in mass graves before families could even identify them. experts warn now is the peak period of danger for infectious diseases to spread. >> joining us now to discuss the aid and the huge task ahead in the philippines, bob, let me start with you. the fact that there is an organi

india, china, indonesia, brazil, and to some extend south africa. that is about three-quarters of the world in terms of the population. doesn't cover saudi arabia, which has money crawling out of itser ears. they have a different problem if you can call at it problem. so, the issue is, how do you get at the poor? and that was my first job in india, actually. from the early 1960s. so the idea was that since you could not redistribute or have special spending like schools and education, eastern guaranteed employment, which is what they're trying now, then what would we do? so the idea is we would have to go to -- one way is to pull people up into gainful employment, and people at the very bottom levels do use opportunity. pretty well-established. they just want to be able to degree their way into the mainstream economy. and then the other thing, it will. draw revenues, and revenues can be -- wanted to do some social spending to be able to do it. god is asleep up there. doesn't have any money so we have to grow our own. >> let me interrupt for a second

are increasingly one read as a new volcano continues to threaten parts of the breast indonesia night and more than one thousand six hundred residents are taking refuge in temporary shelter is an unarmed that is expected to rise. he erupted on tuesday about twenty minutes took any cash to three thousand meters into the sky. everyone living nearby had effectively taken in casualties were reported to authorities and her three kittens evacuation previous pondering the idea of options on sunday. we didn't concentrate room is full of low frequency chemistry volcanic activity shows that activity is still high. cnn will continue to steal action wednesday the volcano flashing signs of activity in september up one and fourteen thousand people were forced evacuation at that time indonesia straddles the pacific ring of fire is known to frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes most people can eke eruption in recent years was in twenty ten when mounted on being in central java killed more than three hundred and fifty people. and then the nations that make up the ice and milk i aiming high for t

will we build even strong relationships of trust why one must write it to be indonesia's trusted partner. it just is. are you warm. in the nation to the al trusted pot. the south korean pa ministry has denied that have helped the us and the stride yet tapped phones in asia along with singapore the controversy erupted on the story this week in the sydney morning herald the newspaper reported on in uni published a top secret documents leaked by former us intelligence and facts to bed with sudden about tapping on the same telecommunications links across asia. south korea's foreign ministry was one of my theology is not good with a jazz bar ministry summoned but the south korean and singaporean ambassadors for that. on tuesday. on the first day of the second china central and eastern european leaders summit chinese premier league coach john made a six point proposal to guide cooperation between kind and paolo with a joint agreement on expanding investment and boosting collaboration on infrastructure projects. john ely has more on what ambitions. the countries have in mind. on tuesday chinese

norway in indonesia agreed to enter into a partnership to support indonesia's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and pea plants. norway will contribute one billion us dollars over the next few years for this effort i guess i just demonstrated the need to be. it uses and ask their trip to create two d three d items and start to its smallest fifty nine the meat is added greatly reduced cost and complexity. his tackling technique. these new prospects. the cake in an unsigned electronics and objects in fields ranging from pizza to techno to t o tectonics cement sand and not science it's nice out this fall. scientists from idea to me sections unique experience of taking the weekend. was it that way when you go. we had to give a reason. also it is the most. he gets that. what we are approaching to get this straight. the view is that it did but the quakers for a lot of fun there was a statement and for it the best bits. this is likely to be precise a body called top the team great seats to what nots will and distinctly deepak. using different campuses or ma

tens of thousands of laborers across indonesia are on the second day of a nationwide strike people are demanding more benefits of higher pay thousands of police have been deployed to safeguard the capital and surrounding areas the cost of living in indonesia has dramatically increased following soaring inflation and a weekend local currency. up next an r t it's hard to talk which they consider whether the u.s. drone strikes in pakistan can be justified. wealthy british soil the sun. spot on the. markets. why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm like. no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say. secure a car is on the docket no god. no more weasel words when you fade a direct question be prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a. critical stage and little down the freedom to cost. is a. hello and welc

businesses to three to five diaries from highs of over three months the row was heating up between indonesia and is finally out of the spying allegations into the gym presents a pseudo than buying new the ana says he's suspending some cooperation of the reported eavesdropping on seeing an invitation read is fun. the bottom of the time we have one week low according to ministry operations according to a toll on the seat to overcome the key to smuggling as be a problem cleaning easier now austria for a long time. is as temporary been suspended and was again among the four explanation explanations are in an easy not to austria vs general . and what steps will be taken by austria which it to the smart ap takes aim to destroy him prime minister tony abbott told parliament to do everything he reasonably can to repair relations with indonesia the city would not apologize or explain its radiance espionage activities. you see i have criticized the for not expressing remorse over the alleged wiretapping of his father. he said cooperation agreements would be reviewed. the indonesian ambassador of lefti

indonesia has recalled its ambassador to australia in an angry response to alleged spying it stems from leaks by edward snowden revealing that australia had been listening in to the indonesian president's phone calls it's not the fast and spanish tension between them indonesia had summoned australia's ambassador over reports that its embassy in jakarta was used as part of a u.s. led surveillance network in asia. the digital currency reached a record high this weekend of five hundred dollars each it's having our roller coaster ride with its value and reputation because its frequently it links to into not a black market transactions despite it too rapidly becoming the twenty first century money spinner washington still not sure it can be trusted as that she can reports there's around one point two trillion dollars circulating in u.s. currency compared to around three billion dollars in bitcoin so big corn is still a very small phenomenon but it's growing and very rapidly the value of a bit coin has increased ten fold since early two thousand and thirteen bitcoin bypasses government curren

the chair hundreds of thousands of chinese tourists visiting indonesia. tamworth is that the damage through fishy meds i eat cheaply of top lines continues for a myriad nuclear fuel rods from a spent fuel pool inside the reactor building. and it's the beginning of the commissioning the pot the damaged building houses the number for nuclear reactor units that are geometry power company which runs the pond. some of the work on monday morning until pork is over three hours to remove just for the wrongs. if you're on the assembly is awful nieces along their tombs containing pellets of uranium fuel tesco says it would take almost two days for a mere twenty three rollins and that's the maximum number that contain a ten pounds more than fifteen hundred roadside in the number four units. the process should be completed by the end of twenty fourteen by japanese media says the full de commissioning of the pond is expected to tighten for decades. so i go over just how intense curry is attempting to remove the nuclear fuel rods the company first of the massive steel

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indonesia has recalled its ambassador to australia in an angry response to alleged spying it stems from league spot edward snowden revealing that australia had been listening in to the indonesian president's phone calls it's not the fast as spanish tension between them indonesia had summoned a straight as ambassador over reports that its embassy in jakarta was used as part of a u.s. led surveillance network in asia and will back with more news in half an hour next though kate partridge has the sports rhonda. so we may be. pushing your. body there is an. issue is that no one is asking with the gas that you deserve answers from. pick your country iraq afghanistan libya saudi arabia israel egypt syria turkey and even iran and then each washington finds itself either the odd man out leaving alone or leading from behind in a muddled path is the us simply out of touch or is history in the region merely being on. we speak your language as i think about the war another day in. the music programs in documentaries and spanish more matters to you. a little eternity of angola's stories. here. try t

a former indonesia spy chief dismissed phone tapping by australia saying they are normal and that indonesia is overreacting and there have been reports that they had been listening to the calls of the president. the issue has soured relations and caused anger and people in indonesia have been protesting and want australia to apologize. >> translator: this is not enough just to apologize in parliament because they are tapping the mobile phones of important people such as the president and ministers. >> translator: spying is a usual thing and the government should find out where the leak is and hold them responsible. >> reporter: venezuela used his newly-granted powers to rule by decree to make two laws, he capped retailers profits and reorganization distribution of foreign currency. >> translator: i'm talking about the decree with the i'm the importance of the law and for the protection of the venezuela people. >> reporter: shop owners in venezuela fear they will have their profits cut with the new decree powers and stores have been seized and hundreds of business owners arrested and we have

i am a new low point in relations between indonesia and australia. so for alleged spying. indonesia says it has frozen all military and intelligence cooperation following reports on stretchy and tried to eavesdrop on mobile phone conversations some apparently with the indonesian president's white. speaking on tv wednesday the president again demanded an official explanation from the australian government has been no comment from australia we exit the guests at the aba american bank jp morgan has agreed to pay more than thirteen billion dollars to settle claims for mortgage practices husband kept delano d'souza has more on supplements that stance from accusations jpmorgan misled investors in the run up to the financial costs it's the largest settlement between the government and a single corporation in us history. jpmorgan chase the country's largest bank will have to be up to thirteen billion dollars flowing in concrete into the bank's sale of mortgage backed securities. the bank also acknowledged it misled investors on the quality of its securities. i'm proud to join our

and it's becoming so popular at plantations in indonesia have actually expanded eight times their size in order to accommodate for consumer demands one of the biggest buyers is the u.s. which doubled imports between two thousand and six and two thousand and eight to over one million metric tons per year. but before you get your hopes up thinking your donuts peanut butter in frozen pizza are safe keep in mind palm oil is still a saturated fat and can lead to heart disease now because this oil is becoming more valuable growers are being accused of clearing native forests destroying the habitat of endangered species and violating the rights of forest dwellers a problem that's only likely to grow when the f.d.a. bans trans fats for good meanwhile protesters gathered in front of the kellogg company's headquarters on wednesday to push for an end to the company's alleged ties to rainforest destruction kellogg's as the company behind frosted flakes pop tarts chips ahoy and fruit loops among other products and environmentalist handed officials a petition with thousands of signatures demanding t

i spent eight years in indonesia and i spent three months in haiti. without cynicism and personal observations talk about countries that have crossed my heart as a delight. it's very interesting to mix important information with delightful personal observations [inaudible] [laughter] if not now, maybe in your future. congratulations. >> thank you. >> i think that you are to be commended for the effort you've put in. but more than a decade of experience, if you wave a magic wand and make something in that industry different what would that be? >> i think there would be two things. one of them i touched on with a question about putting affected people at the heart of the response and if i could do it -- if you could redo humanitarian aid from scratch, making effective people post local governments, local society, the ones who have fallen onto the response, and not a top-down western or northern, you know, response where we know the solutions and we are coming in to help you. so, i would do it that way. and we are getting better after that. and i think i

and malaysia is becoming so popular that plantations in indonesia have expanded to eight times their size in order to accommodate for growing soon consumer demands one of the biggest buyers is the u.s. which doubled imports between two thousand and six and two thousand and eight to over one million metric tons per year but before you go getting your. thinking your donuts peanut butter and frozen pizza are safe keep in mind palm oil is still a saturated fat that can lead to heart disease now because the soil is becoming more valuable growers are being accused of clearing native forests destroying the habitat of endangered species and violating the rights of forest weller's a problem that is only likely to grow when the f.d.a. does ban trans fats for good meanwhile protesters gathered in front of the kellogg company's headquarters on wednesday to push for an end to the company's alleged ties to rain forest destruction kellogg's is the company behind frosted flakes pop tarts chips ahoy and fruit loops among other products environmentalist's handed officials a petition with thousands of

in any way they can which is great but it's not always helpful disaster struck areas like haiti and indonesia have seen boxes upon boxes of everything from teddy bears to shoes for really well most of the victims need is food clean water and medical care sending money to reputable agencies that can get these lifesaving goods and services to the victims is the best way to help and that brings us to the next step which is. to support local efforts when disaster strikes time is of the essence that's home the philippines is around twenty five hundred but many more are expected to die of starvation the hydration and disease if they don't get the help they need these people need help now so resources should be directed to organizations that are on the ground to get aid directly to the victims organizations like the philippine red cross community and family services international and citizens disaster response center. third we can learn from past disasters like haiti for example since the earthquake in two thousand and ten over ten billion dollars in aid has been sent to the country but years later

india, china, indonesia, brazil, and to some extend south africa. that is about three-quarters of the world in terms of the population. doesn't cover saudi arabia, which has money crawling out of itser ears. they have a different problem if you can call at it problem. so, the issue is, how do you get at the poor? and that was my first job in india, actually. from the early 1960s. so the idea was that since you could not redistribute or have special spending like schools and education, eastern guaranteed employment, which is what they're trying now, then what would we do? so the idea is we would have to go to -- one way is to pull people up into gainful employment, and people at the very bottom levels do use opportunity. pretty well-established. they just want to be able to degree their way into the mainstream economy. and then the other thing, it will. draw revenues, and revenues can be -- wanted to do some social spending to be able to do it. god is asleep up there. doesn't have any money so we have to grow our own. >> let me interrupt for a second

what country is the next most populous, brazil, russia, united states or indonesia? >> indonesia. >> no, no, no. >> so sad. >> it's a wonderful thing. >> the correct answer, united states. >> united states. of course, 317 million people. it's been that way for a while. you know what? coming up fast is nigeria. by the middle of this century, by 2050, we might see nigeria actually surpass the united states. for now, 317 million united states is number three. >> that's amazing. back across to kath. >> lady from boston. what's the largest national park in america, yellowstone national park, gates of the arctic, denali national park or wrangell st. elias national park? >> i am going to say yellowstone. >> but that would be wrong. but it would be excellent. >> the correct answer, i'm ashamed to say, i don't even know what this is, the rangel st. elias national park. where is that? >> it's massive. it's in central alaska. 13 million acres. it's bigger than the entire country of switzerland. everybody would have said yellowstone. it's the oldest but the eighth largest. wrang

if you're caught and convicted in indonesia, the sentence is death. this woman testified that a man named joe forced her to smuggle in three pounds of crystal meth that police found in her underwear. yes her underwear. prosecutors are not buying her story of being threatened, and are now threatening her with the death penalty. the sentencing phase could come in two weeks. >> this is crazy. we were talking about a story earlier, how does the mind work? it got us to breaking bad, didn't it? >> we were talking about this incredible show on tv that glamorized a crystal meth dealer. and then the next series of breaking bad maybe walt goes to indonesia and figures out a way to get out of the death penalty. >> this is where the mind takes you sometimes. thanksgiving, appreciate it, sir. sports is up next, and can you imagine a world cup without mexico? and saudi arabia's first female filmmaker. rates this stuff get complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it

. >>> attention all drug smugglers if you're caught and convicted in indonesia, the penalty is death. this british woman just made a court appearance on drug trafficking charges. she testified that a man named joe forced her to smuggle in three pounds of crystal meth. indonesia prosecutors are not buying her story of being threatened of not carrying the load, and now they're threatening her with the death penalty. >>> and in spain the word of the day is smelly. why? look at all this barge tha garbs piling up. some of the food scraps have been on the streets for nine days and we know that they love their meat and fish. negotiation versus stalles haved now residents are asking for the mayor to resign because they think the mayor stinks. if they are the tourists are chased away because of the rotting fish in the streets. >> those are pretty bad, the obama administration has until next spring to get that 7 million. he has to make up over the next couple of months what they didn't do in the first month. >> another one for the record books. how much this piece of art sold for at auction. an

in indonesia, in gamelan music, you have a kind of harmony because you have notes that are tuned together that are being sounded simultaneously. [ensemble plays gamelan music] in zimbabwean mbira music, there is a kind of harmony, although africans don't have words for chord and don't have a word for harmony. ♪ i wonder wheryou are, my darling. ♪ in a general sense, harmony means being in agreement. you can say that some people are working in harmony. they're working in agreement with each other toward a common goal. in music, it's similar. musical notes-- musical pitches can be in agreement with each other. ♪ ...my heart. what constitutes agreement is the key question. in eastern europe, there are some sounds that they think are in agreement that most people who are not from eastern europe will think are very, very much in disagreement in the style of music called ganga. [singing ganga music] [shrill yell] in gangan music, they sound notes at the same time that are very, very close together. and in bosnia, that sound is of the essence of music. what constituteseing in agreement or

they are coming in from all over the world - australia, indonesia, france - the british are here, the swiss are here. truly it's a united effort. all the aid is coming in to this point and is taken to tacloban, which is the epicentre of where the disaster happened. it's pouring in. it's hitting high gear now. we are seeing the aid relief is turning the corner, particularly in getting the aid to the remote areas. it's been a massive task. 13 million have been affected by the typhoon. 4 million are without homes. part of the effort has not only been taking the relief down, but bringing them back to cebu and giving them shelter and medical attention, badly needed medical attention. now doctors are seeing on the ground in leyte province, the worst affected areas, incidents of cholera and typhoid becoming a problem to tackle. >> speaking of medical issues, i understand there are almost 25,000 pregnant women due to give birth each month within the disaster area. are they getting the support and hep they need? >> well, it's been very difficult on the ground in tacloban for them to get the su

. >> she also says companies with significant exposure to india and indonesia are still concerned about the slowdown in those economies. here's a look at your latest market figures. >>> here's a check of your weather. all week we've been keeping a look at a typhoon in southeast asia. what can we expect up ahead. >>> good morning, it's the beginning of not have and we're talking about a 250i foon here in southeastern asia. it's made landfall over the philippines. and it is now traveling over the south china sea. it looks like it will be intensifying further into a stronger typhoon status but as of now, we're speak speaking object this area here, which is cambodian and the gusty winds are up to 180 kilometers per hour moving at the speed of 20 kilometers per hour so it's a fast-moving system and it won't dump too much heavy rain but we're very much concerned with the very rough sea conditions across much of the sour rounding countries and the high waves can cause coastal flooding in the low-lying area so a lot of potential for secondary disasters here. and out toward taiwan to the easterl