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pharma knew he needed trust a company sales staff had access to their research data anti government protests have again brought central bangkok to a standstill this week and today a bomb injured at least thirty protesters much of a not so long to bangkok has the story. many people have been injected. i called my hand grenade thrown into a crowd of anti government protests as the attack is the root is targeted at the protests this week doing that tend to shut down the thai capital. nhk what strikes you as our son has the story the blast occurred around one pm when an identifiable tanker scrutiny. the crowd marchers local tv aired footage of the injured being taken to hospital and was crouching on the streets. i don't. a truck passed by with protesters following it. and the expression take place on the other side of the day

soon there was to take laxman. protest leaders told to sit on the phone when he calmly said i was watching the slide at the time the explosion was on a farm near mosques while his supporters. is walking distance to shopping mall and hotel area used by foreign tourists. protesters demanded resignation from the stern action watch and postponement of the four way stop and snap election. you want and i'd like to people's pockets or to carry out political reform how to use options in bangkok. bring to a halt man's got the country's election commission could offer toll and said he would go ahead as planned transport comes mainly from the only areas of their

colleagues from happily on the urban middle class. in three weeks similar attacks have targeted the protesters in the house is in opposition against the violence has been so far as the political standoff continues. the sense of frustration among ordinary people could grow. i wish it were. not just democracy what she has a nearly dead by may yet he's a rising economic style with a population of one point two billion people the quantity is full to make the link or less cakey on friday on spits go to the crow gandhi to need its election campaign prime minister mam on scene has announced he will step down after the pool the real well said as his confidence a sydney campaign. he is forty three years old and at the conference iphone headed to the dynasty. the election comes as weak when it snows since friday's production remains rampant across the country. many people they cover the staff who partake

his opposition by tea at ten knots at times he is capitalizing on this discontent to expand its support. the cocky as peaks of random energy as its candidate for finding staff he rendered allied states and is credited with bringing prosperity that pulls put an end the needs of another confident that no one can make money. the mac because he was lured to about a year ago. it has introduced the policy such as tax rate to sixty and the bills. it enjoys having support especially among the initial cost and hot. congress needs to freshen up its inmates by pushing a long time and fronts the question is when it's cold enough to win the upcoming election. the da is struggling to us actually a deeper meaning that displays the un human rights agency wants the government to investigate a violent crackdown on striking comments i actually wept as the agency is also criticized

a brisket and friday. get worn down each country that has little in data management experience peace to negotiate a solution. ok well it's been kind of reports from hilton head. what is it that the deal is on the team that has to find one book. it is continuing said. and he's looking like i and many ontarians were in terror the un has expressed his concern over the breakdown the human rights when it is the government initiated by poll was based on similar forbid the season opened fire at you. i agree that michael the development. quins show that far. good evil and independent investigation just as christ had been

seeking the stats i can talk to her because in many great ideas. well i also prevents the blood and success as by some demonstrators the accents by the thirty eighth in the suffrage and the crowds. can't afford to go badly. mind you what he intends. from the two letters to the mischievous bonus of them are meant to fall in orders. would i been internationally condensed the open seas makes you happy it's racing against me still good friends. six. it makes us tonight. end up with the sensei is because when it's time. sophie activist who decides that beats you couldn't make it more complex and goodies though the diamond industry remains cambodia's a foreign currency earner. and to try to force behind its economy growth and not play because i have kept the country increased

its bid to keep each the chinese on the debate was to put campbell and the primacy of the benefits of becoming the cross. but the zoo with baby so peacefully. take a while as all it's the same product according to the senate cambodia has this on tv except out of county warrant that was a piece of me that's the case of nice assist them with goodies so late the problems in ten. and it's kinda numb pain. that wraps up our christian non christian iraq someone in bangkok. i am. air pollution blowing in from china is causing more problems than neighboring south korea spawn forced airlines to cancel dozens of domestic flights and keen for airport in seoul many international departures were also the way

officials in the capital issued a health warning their concern about tiny particles called pm two point five the environment ministry reported the density of the pollution reached almost four times the international standard. city officials advise senior citizens and people with respiratory problems to stay indoors or wear masks when outside. they closed the skating rink in front of city hall for the day. they lifted the warning by the afternoon but in the garment industry representatives say pollution levels remain high in some parts of the country police in britain the united states and australia have broken up on international pedophile ring that targeted impoverished children in the philippines. the group stream ally of the images around the world of the children and being and sexually abused the british authorities have arrested twenty nine suspects including britons and the filipinos the investigators have been

working on the case since two thousand and fall for reinforce fifteen filipino children between the ages of six in fifteen to perform sexual acts in front of a live camera. the images were then streamed over the internet to paid subscribers. british authorities say more than seven hundred suspects have been identified the philippine government says such human trafficking is a matter of time priority but will remain peace to that the peace that they're mean to stop human trafficking in all its forms and manifestations. when certain option by all concerned government agencies in cooperation with other countries. international children's rights advocates as the online streaming of child sexual abuse is increasing in the philippines the advocate is concerned that it may be taking place in other southeast asian countries as well. ay ay ay ay ay. the japanese affiliate

of the pharmaceutical giant novartis is again facing questions related to clinical drug studies and the role its staff played in hk has learned that novartis pharma sales people had access to the results of tests for a new medication. doctors at twenty two medical institutions are studying the effects of a drug used to fight leukemia. peace institution is required to fax blood test data and survey results to the university of tokyo hospital. but some novartis pharma sales people told doctors they'd deliver the detail in the rebuilt they didn't deliver the data in person that is. hospital officials say the employees handed in nearly half of the two hundred fifty five responses. the leader of the study says he will suspend the research professor menial kochi lie at the university of tokyo hospital says he will hear from doctors and decide whether the results are

reliable experts say the incident raises questions no not it's possible that sale stuff can manipulate data to make it look good for the company. in this sense it is very dangerous. novartis pharma is already under scrutiny over another of its products. doctors use dio and to treat high blood pressure japanese health ministry officials say. novartis pharma employee was involved in research at several universities into how dials and crew to help with other elements they accuse the firm of running ads based on manipulated data that exact rate that drives the facts they filed a criminal complaint against the company last week of artists farmer representatives said in november they would not involve sales staff in clinical studies. nuclear regulators have big on evaluating safety measures and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern japan. the plant's operator japan nuclear fuel

ltd applied for the check earlier this month nuclear regulation authority for an rta officials will investigate whether the plant in no special village comes form the new stringent safety guidelines adopted in december. an official from japan nuclear fuel says it has raised its estimate of the scale of earthquakes that could hit the plant the company plans to install water pumps and spraying equipment to prevent hydrogen explosives enter a commissioner. percy faith that says i like nuclear power plants fuel reprocessing compounds housing several types of facilities he says they are all costs he says they all require different safeguards to get this as the nra will study the facilities characteristics to assess just how repaired it is for a serious accident. the company officials see the hope the show planned as playing a key role in the country's nuclear fuel recycling policy the hope to pass the screening in october. but

it is unknown how long the assessment will take work on the project has already been postponed to twenty one times. transport minister says the government was to improve relations with south korea through dialogue or hasn't been the japan south korea summit since new leaders to cop this in both countries. see this as the administration of prime minister shinzo of it maintains the historical interpretation of previous candidates to see this as japan needs to carefully explain that to south korea kennedy. south korea find it difficult to hold a summit of the early days. we want to build up exchanges through various routes including the foreign minister level the point that little eyes a bit like you. south korean present time the man said earlier this month and it's regrettable said japanese leaders have recently contradicted previous cover my apologies for aggression

and colonial rule in asia fox says there would have to be careful preparations for a summit to take place. bad relations with china have also been rocky its ambassador to the us says the chinese have been conducting a global propaganda campaign against his nation. king ichiro sauce diana wrote an opinion piece for the washington post saying it's not japan but china and most of asia and the international community worry about. the ambassador says china's military buildup and the use of military and mercantile corps were shining feast neighboring states is a matter of concern he adds the most recent example is beijing's unilateral declaration of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea. some say that france prime minister of his visit to yes pretty sure i need something that angered chinese and south korean leaders. the shrine honors japan's war dead. those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after

world war two. investors says on the twenty yesterday to make the pledge for everlasting peace. based on his deep remorse for the past he says japanese people do not visit the shrine to glorify war where honor a small number of class a war criminals. some size as japan regard china as an import neighbor and wants to build better bilateral asians. he says ave is ready for talks with chinese president she's in pain without any preconditions. china is a to the us criticize others visit to yesterday this month in an opinion piece also for the washington post. cet and ties said the door to dialogue has been closed. it looks like it's going to take a look to take a long urged the japanese made transporting aircraft into service. the planes are for the air self defense force's next generation cargo fleet japanese defence ministry officials and in doing final

checks on c2 transport aircraft. they say there was a problem earlier this month during a strength test on the ground a cargo door in parts of the fuselage were damaged when pressure was raised inside the plane to simulate flight conditions the officials say the strength of the planes needs to be increased. that could delay their planned deployment until after march two thousand and fifteen and an air base in western japan scope of the prefecture the ministry began developing the sea to the aircraft just over ten years ago officials originally planned to put the planes into service in two thousand and eleven but they postponed the planned after a series of technical problems. a tibetan artist is attracting attention and selling paintings because of how he's changing a tradition that dates back more than one

thousand years are from the region is huge the deeply spiritual but more and more collectors are snapping up works influenced by han chinese and western culture an eight year old from a toggle reports. this looks like a traditional tibetan buddhist painting. but on closer inspection. there's an outside elements. it's here the artist has added cranes and butterflies. they are auspicious symbols in chinese come culture but not into that. modern two dozen paintings have become collectors' items among certain wealthy chinese these people have previously shown little interest in tibetan culture. but now they're willing to pay over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for some works. the paintings produced and used to seeing higher profits. about two dozen kilometers from teaching

the population of you shoot is mostly stayed to listen this year. she just tibetan buddhist rolling the use of painters. tony o'neill. he specializes in bliss works you want to take those traditions and put them into something new. he has developed a style that features a western touch. by adopting such outside elements. he hopes to reach more people. it was shown by k c is it's going to come find new elements. with traditional techniques is cool because it enriches the contents of the work and to the many people always seem to appreciate what has gone. one reason to join you

in humans paintings have caught on this because he uses a western style. with the emphasis on shady. such deaths is not common in traditional tibetan art. join you in the west to re years to come. two years ago. after an art dealer and eighteen invited him to visit the capital to pay. he is now regarded as a fine artist not just a religious painter the worst one race. that's a relatively high price. would you. joey on you as paintings costs five thousand dollars on average his dealer has sold more than ten paintings into heaters. the artist has become better known. more and more hand people are interested in learning painting from him twice a year. he gives free lessons

in beijing. our tool. it's a pain somehow commerce mates and tibetan buddhist. i'm getting more popular among my friends. you know some of the city on the tibetan buddhist paintings. aren't our trip. this is indeed not just for the firm and carnival cruise tomorrow. i want to spread them broadly from them. i want to keep in exchanges with other ethnic or texts. when it comes to politics. relations between tibetans and chinese focused upon tension but in the world of march ks possible to find between them. a fascinating fusion. rundle titled hq world. the japanese government was trying for years to turn the country into a major tourism nation on friday the age of ten

tourism agencies said the government achieved its goal of attracting ten million foreign visitors a year for the first time in two thousand and thirteen agency officials said about ten million three hundred sixty thousand people visited japan last year more than eight hundred sixty thousand of them in december. they noted that he is here visa requirements pushed up the number of visitors from south east asia the ants decline also helped encouraged by the latest in a prime minister shoes on they instructed relevant cabinet ministers to work out a new action plan if they'd been given the opportunity to host the twenty twenty olympics and paralympics in tokyo this should help promote tourism. we'll try our best to achieve a new goal of twenty million visitors each year by that time the government plans to improve access to downtown took of from narita airport the four sides in four languages and provide better

internet connections. with the new show weather conditions being reported around the world in recent months. your logical officials in japan are also noticing a difference they say the amount of bias in the sea at all costs. in december was the smallest in more than forty years the water in the northern part of the season he begins to freeze the late october by mid january on a slow start to reach the shores of hokkaido carried by a northerly winds. but officials at the meter logical agencies say they observed a monthly average of only sixty seven thousand square kilometers of bias in this scene in december the section and white shows the frozen areas last month while the red line shows that of the average year. that was twenty percent the usual amount and the smallest for december since records and taking began in nineteen seventy one. agency officials say the ice was slow to spread this winter because of pressure patterns the block hole they are flowing in from

the north. the air temperature was also sixty seven degrees celsius higher than usual in december but officials say a cold air mass moved into the area in january and the size of the ice has increased to about sixty percent the usual level. they say they expect the ice flows will reach the shores of hokkaido in mid january as usual or later in the month agency officials say the amount of eyes in the low cost c has been decreasing for more than forty years they say they will continue observations in the area to study the impact of climate change. a wildfire in the southern part of australia is spreading ideological line or neurologist or roberts pena has more robber. fellas off about this here very dry conditions across much of southern australia today and while it is just been making for some absolute atrocious fire weather. we now have a cold front moving through that to bring a little bit of

relief but at the very least on in my etsy fan the fires at some point because of the gusty winds coming out of the few thunderstorms here let's actually start off by a show a new video out of the big story here is the son of mel bourne in this one particular wildfire has been said to have its own weather pattern inside of it just because of the hike while tom's within its beginning some moms like me firing up with him that sometimes happens with these larger fire start to form but also has forced hundreds of people to evacuate one death has been reported that or he really is up being the hardest hit by this the recent heatwave with temperatures early this week we're into the forties like the picture and take a look at this this is moving up towards the sun a lot going on up here was an orphan at the northern part of the satellite picture of a tropical low here in northern australia it does cross its territory. that's drifting towards a soft still bring some heavy rain showers with it. watch out what is the one thing they could be bring in the risk of some flooding but not too much relief as far as

dry weather. five intercourse itself. thankfully the cold front that is going through it is worrying some well cooler temperatures up albeit still pretty warm but it's not the mid forties he saw the last week they're off toward the mel bourne we just saw that video coming out of the outside of mel bourne twenty three free of high end of saturday twenty five by monday as trade around average perth is still staying above the average here in north port city of cool down a cold front comes through dc the temperatures drop oreos and it sails and probable swirls in the satellite picture brother towards the north the one over australia adds to a tropical low started to spit out the wheel of a tropical site clone just north of new caledonia it's pushing itself it's pretty weak actually wins gossip and ninety five km for our beloved and seventy km hr are still a fairly good pace that's good news on four new maid out here's to me moving towards the west of the main city of new caledonia but you still could be seeing some pretty

gusty winds out of this body quiver of a tropical storm if this was father off towards the north of the mentioned the rain that's going to be moving with this as it does drift down the court south boston or full island a part of australia's can be seen from seventy possibly dusting of the hundred kw on the prowl when cell death of racism is in effect the summer the islands but they quickly will be moving farther south and weakening outlets who is going on five it was an ortho across eastern asia high pressure dominates much of china delegate of the sea effects know still don't cross western portions of pan. some areas in the title still can see about thirty to forty seven meters on top when you already have experienced out here even in the tokyo going in the saturday during the overnight hours some snow in summer the higher elevations of western tokyo included in some areas around the comp the plane but the most part the metropolitan area is give you meaning a fairly dry but this is the big topic on tropical depression moved off your towards the west the past seven days well seventeen hundred millimeters of rainfall and unfortunately more rain is in your forecast

over the next every two hours that could make for more flooding and on to landslides that's a look and wet weather. his accent forecasts i am noon. and. i know. this

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