>> the day before the conference, they suffered from the worst storm in years. authorities say at least five people were killed. . >> the storm has caused land slides and mud into the houses. residents in eastern durban were hit hard. they were trying to remove the mud from inside. transtran i'm traumatized. i don't know where to start. i don't know where i'm going to sleep. >> translator: i never have experienced this. i have seen it in other places,

but not here. >> the latest disasters say climate change can lead to extreme weather conditions such as heat waves and severe rainfall. they speed up negotiations in durban. >> to make the climate safe and avoid from spinning out of control, this meeting needs to take the next steps in a global response to climate change. >> the opening day, there is deep division between developing nations and what to do with the protocol. can they come up with an agreement in two weeks to prevent further global warm something one thing is clear. climate change won't wait for negotiations to finish and the stakes are getting higher. nhk world, durban. >> japan is looking for

indicators of better economic times ahead. tracking business for us, the jobs data came out and what are the numbers showing us? the rate worsened for the first time in three months. the internal affairs ministry said the adjusted jobless ready stood at 4.5%, up 0.4 percentage points from september. the number of unemployed was 2.88 million while people with jobs stood at 62.64 million. separately they said job availability in october was unchanged from the previous month. there were 67 positions available for every 100 job seekers. the labor ministry said the overall job market remains on a recovery track, but calls for caution over the impact of the

strong end and flooding in thailand. the organization for economic cooperation and development has tempered economic outlook for japan. analysts say the country's economy grows by 2% next year. spending on reconstruction work following the march 11th disaster is driving the growth. the analysts say japan's gross domestic product is likely to contract by 0.3% in 2011, but increase by 2% in 2012 and by 1.6% in 2013. they say the economy was forced to reduce the output after the disaster. the rebuilding has reversed the trend. analysts say growth may be hampered by europe's credit crisis. they are concerned the government needs funds for reconstruction and may not bible to reduce public spending. the oecd recommends that the government aim for a primary

surplus by march 2021. the goals should be achieved by increasing revenue including consumption tax. meanwhile for the euro zone economy, the oecd expects negative growth for two quarters through march and know indicator that it could be entering a recession. the organization said on monday gdp for the 17 you'ro zone countries will likely shrink by 1% during the three months for december and 4/10 of 1% by march. government austerity measures like tax hikes and payroll for government workers are dampening spending and employment. the oecd urged boosting of a bailout fund to prevent the crisis from spreading saying the euro area crisis remains a risk to the world economy. and taking a look at markets,

tokyo stocks are extending the games following an overnight really in new york. the nikkei is currently at 8,373, up about 1% or 88 points from the previous session. wall street's nearly 300 point rise is boosting sentiment and europe's credit worries are easing as well after speculation that international support for italy may pick up speed. monday's option of bonds is also prompting by orders. here are the tokyo foreign exchange. the dollar is gaining ground, reaching the 78 yen level for the first time in three weeks. investors are selling the yen against the euro. this was against the dollar. the greenback is trading against the jab these yen and the euro stands between 103.98 to 104.02

again. investors are buying back the euro hoping that the finance minsters will make progress in tackling the debt crisis in a meeting later tuesday. this is the yield of the japanese government bond. a politician in india is trying to tackle poverty is there through the use of a small high tech device. that story and others later, but for now, back to catherine. >> voters in egypt are throwing off history and embracing democracy. they turned out in record numbers on the first day of elections with no reports of violence. they are pushing their country into a new era following three decades of autocratic rule under the former president. the turn out led to long lines at polling stations in cairo.

i have been waiting for 3 1/2 hours. how long do i have to wait? >> translator: i and other people here came here for the first time. i am very happy. >> there is a military rule they're spread across the country. thousands occupied tahrir square and demanded that the military hand over power immediately. >> i will not move from here and will not vote until the military gives up power. >> voting will be held in three stages until january. the first ends on tuesday. the focus is on how many seats the muslim brotherhood will win. the group was outlawed under the former government.

the syrian government reacted sharply to economic sanctions against the country. the arab league imposed sanctions on sunday and the move was to step up pressure on the president to end his suppression of anti-government protests. the sanctions include transactions with syria's central bank and prohibiting the officials from visiting arab nations. syrian foreign minster said on monday the arab league declared economic war by announcing the sanctions. the television showed nationwide rallies protesting the sanctions. participants said the sanctions target the people rather than the government and said they would not back down. the government is expected to continue cracking down on protesters while maintaining power by fanning public anger against the sanctions.

>> thousands have been working trying to control the plant and get it ready for cold shut down. thousands of others will be needed to clean up the mess the accident created. they will take decades. they are not just relying on their own expert, but trying to learn from other who is have gone through similar crisis. people gathered at the university of tokyo. japanese researchers were joined by american experts who studied the nuclear accident soon after it happened.

>> processing the war and reading all federal state limits at the same time that took a long time of about 15 years to get completed. >> experts say the task of cleaning out of accident will be even more difficult. radiation levels are high on site and surrounding areas. >> he would take it very carefully. they need to make sure there is 100% certainty of excellence in the actions taken and then schedule is secondary. >> people in fukushima are trying to move the process forward by getting informed. a group from the prefecture visit visited chernobyl. the mayor went a long. >> the roof and wall collapsed and fell. radiation is leaking even now. the chimney is install for that reason.

this is about the same distance from fukushima. this device is installed at the village school. it measures radiation levels in food. people bring in samples and stake their own readings. residents still need to take steps to protect themselves from radiation exposure. the situation shocked the mayor. despite the challenges people living there face, the village's population returned to what it was before the 1986 accident. >> translator: local residents and 15 babies have been born in the village in the past nine months and the population is increasing.

>> the mayor hopes it is decontamination of his village will encourage his citizens to come home. >> people have been living in their village for 25 years and they raised children there as well. we need to take action for the villagers to return. i am so determined to put into practice what we learned here. >> he already informed his citizens of what he had hoping together they will find solutions to their village's problems. >> in the aftermath of the march 11th disaster, survivors were in need of the food, shelter, and basic splice. months later they still require health, but the needs have changed. they ever working to refocus aid.

>> a photo shoot looks like awe. the smiling couples are all disaster survivors. the wedding cake was eaten sometime ago. in all, 24 couples turned up to reenact the key day in their lives and replace precious photographs lost in the disaster. the photo session was organized by a nonprofit group that mainly supports children in foster homes. this is the project leader. in the wake of the tsunami, her group joined in the emergency relief effort. it provided food and helped clear away debris. slowly but surely the survivors got back on their feet, but noticed that each time she visited the disaster area, people were smiling less and less. >> the most important thing now is the mental health and i

stted. >> a common cause of depression was the loss of family pictures. her npo thought a professional photo shoot may bring cheer to people's lives. the group spent four months look for businesses willing to offer services for free. 30 answered the call including hairdressers and wedding dresses. they brought in a consultant to teach them how to smile for the cameras. one of those helping out is a survivor herself. she worked as a seem stress. >> i would like to help in whatever way i can. >> she lives with her family of in temporary housing.

the tsunami took away her home, belongings, and all her treasured photos. she and her husband decided to join the wedding shoot. >> you know, what's gone is gone. we have to might have forward. the new pictures will be our new memories. >> the day has arrived. it's time to turn back the clock. a professional hair and up team spend an hour preparing the brides. the women are transformed. >> she hasn't been to a hair salon since the disaster. details are important. she has chosen a pink dress like the one at her wedding. . >> translator: i'm lost for words. >> it has quite an effect on her husband who hasn't seen her like

this since the day they exchanged vows 22 years ago. >> you look very beautiful. >> translator: we hardly recognize each other. he's like a different person. >> the couple can't wait to get their photo. they plan to hang it up on the wall as soon as they move into their new home. >> translator: it was a really fun experience. i feel like we are starting a new chapter in our lives. . >> a moment of happiness. refrozen in time. >> translator: every day there different needs to be met. even if we only make a small contribution, we would like to continue providing support. >> very nice. the renewly weds have more waiting to do.

the pictures will be delivered next month after framing. . >> welcome back to business news amount of group of indian companies and a canadian firm have won the contract to mine iron ore in afghanistan. the afghan government said on monday an indian consortium led by the steel authority of india will receive mining rights to three of the four iron ore blocks. the remaining block was awarded to a canadian firm. the mine holds an estimated 1.8 billion tons of iron ore. the afghan government said the development will bring several billion in investment to create thousands of jobs. construction of rail way lines and power plants are also expected. in the country's natural resources sector, china and

india are major players. a chinese firm is developing a copper mine south of kabul. in northern afghanistan, another state-run firm has been awarded rights to explore oil fields. now we turn to our special series, india. the second edition, we meet a man with a dream. he wants to give children access to technology through an ultra low cost computer. >> india has two conflicting spaces. one as a nation and the other as a developing country. we asked the indian people what the true face of the country is. >> this is the minster of resource development. he said the key to ending impr

education. >> we are moving away from the clone cal system of learning which is what we inherited from the british. moving towards more creative processes of learning for children. there we will have to use technology in a big way. that's one thing that happened. we are now thinking in terms of and moving forward to the national knowledge network to connect about 600 or 800 universities in the years to come and 31,000 colleges and let information and educational information flow throughout the university system. that's going to change the way we learn and the change the way we teach. >> the project has been the development and a tablet computer that anyone can use.

how will this computer raise the level of education among india's poorest children? >> that's the new transformation that will take place. to transformation in terms of skill development and in terms of how you learn and over the number of that. we know that in the ultimate analysis it's high quality research which is producing the solutions that we in india want, not just for india, but the rest of the world. an example of that is the tablet. we have been able to launch it and it will be available for $35. like the private sector launched the nano. so what the nano is to the automobile sector this is to the ip sector. this is the question that people asked us when we tried to develop it. will india ever be able to

develop it? is it possible to produce a tablet for $35? we produced it in five years. let the doubting toms doubt. we do what we have to do. >> i want to develop to all the children. >> this is going to be the effort. i can't say we will be able to do it to every child, but the aim is yes, every child will have one. >> that's it for this edition of an india's india. we will find out what the chairman of the one of the oldest and largest conglomerates. here is a recap of the latest market figures.

>> we're will have more business in the next hour. for now back to katherine. >> thanks very much. it's a warm tuesday morning. let's see what's in the forecast for japan and other countries. >> we start off in east asia and japan. quite a bit of cloud cover off of the pacific, but we are not talking about too much rainfall. a lot of the rain is out over the waters and the coastline here. a couple of areas may pick up scattered showers, but dry although overcast today. for northern sections of japan, we have the low that has been bringing precipitation that will continue throughout the morning.

as for other areas, china looking at the southwest sections and central areas, that will start moving into the korean peninsula in southeast asia. scattered showers and thunderstorms across the philippines and for the northern end of vietnam to still looking on the unsettled side. over towards india as well, southern sections as well as sri lanka will see another round of shares. in the sea, we have this system that will be a deep depression that is showing signs of strengthening and heading in towards the coast in the next couple of days. it is due to be a cyclonic storm shortly. we will keep an eye on this as well. >> 17 expected in tokyo so mild. 25 degrees in taipai. into europe and the weather pattern has been the gusty conditions impacting much of europe's northern sections and

the east too, we have been hearing of strong winds and you can seat lines face very closing to and shows how windy the weather is. the pattern has not changed a lot the last couple of days and it will stay that way on monday as we heard of strong gales reported across the wide area reaching 80 kilometers per hour. even in the balcan peninsula too. gusty and almost hurricane force winds. it has caused quite a bit of damage and we hear reports that will look at the footage we have coming in and it is starting to look destructive here. you can see the home lost the roof and the wall too has been pulled away by the strong winds. this will be in poland and belarus. it is crushed beneath a fallen tree. a lot of signs being torn down. it has been a messy picture across a lot of europe.

we are still talking about the gusty winds and we will continue to be on the watch for that if you are in the area. now precipitation has been following the winds. especially the british aisles and scandinavian peninsula with a lot of cold precipitation. icy and snowy conditions feeling the snow as well. fairly dry for continental europe. here's a look at the temperatures. 7 in berlin and highs at 2. chilly here and 5 degrees in kiev. that's a look at the weather for now. here is your three-day outlook.

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