i know. had it with us on this edition of nice line it's a state that their twenty s and casting comanche and telltale the presidency of the ukraine says he and opposition leaders have agreed to the troops. viktor yanukovich made the announcement after the worst violence in three months of protests twenty six people were killed in fighting between police and protesters on tuesday. more than six hundred where hurts they said he did studied as a student opposition leaders and further bloodshed. so

does his face hit the streets an event that i agree that the president backed away from a trade agreement with the european union in favor of closer ties with russia protesters in tsr for the good ground when they had into meltdown rest in independence square. someone to keep up with the demonstrations have been demanding that the president to resign. opposition protesters in the thai capital bangkok are regrouping after violence that five people were killed on tuesday in a fight with police and protesters had been occupying me to an infection since last month. i didn't see much of a lot has been working out of the defence ministry compound this is a hair bow that carbon credits and tax them too much wields too much influence and a wonder to this guy. they carry that message to her temporary office. waratah. by the message queues the people don't want to english using

this building. it was to put taxpayers' money. and it will be used as her office her hiding place any longer she rightfully slid in on tuesday to place the contents is out for demonstrators and one of the civil suit in the fight back from its. twin suicide bombings occurred near the iranian cultural center in beirut eleven on an al qaeda linked group claimed responsibility. the blast killed at least three people officials with the announcement on save more than one hundred and twenty people were wounded cj thirty seconds and then vehicles packed with explosives were used in attacks. and somebody said it carried out the attacks the group said it i'd be giving in inches the senate in retaliation for the country's involvement in this union civil war alongside the government of syrian president assad asset

it is also claimed responsibility for similar attacks due to getting in and this seemed a bit last year the japanese diet is setting records but not the kind there after trade officials as seeing another month in the rats iag that joins us now from ibiza says good morning i saw honey months has it be now. kathmandu has been nineteen months in a row that our imports had exceeded exports are here in japan but that's not all actually japan posted the biggest trade deficit ever. last month and to put that into perspective that since comparable data were compiled from nineteen seventy nine. officials at the finance ministry say the deficit in january came to about twenty seven point four billion dollars exports surged more than nine point five percent from the year earlier in yen terms automakers saw strong demand for cars in the us europe and china. but japan spent about twenty five percent more on imports. but by liquefied

natural gas and crude oil the weaker yen is making fuel imports more expensive increasing japan's domestic demand ahead of the sales tax hike in april also contributed to the search the minutes of the latest us federal reserve meeting show most policy makers agreed they should continue their gradual reduction in bond purchases. fed officials decided at the meeting in january to scale back purchases by another ten billion dollars. ms follow their initial decision in december to start tapering the supply of money to the markets. most members of the policy board judged that incoming information about the economy was probably in line with their expectations they agree it's better for their mana stepped down in the pace of purchases was appropriate. the minute show several participants insisted it should be clear to the markets that the fed will reduce the pace of purchases by ten billion dollars each time. prior to

the meeting the currencies of emerging countries weekend pasta makers judge that this was having only a limited effect on us financial markets. but they agreed that emerging markets should be watched carefully. yeah stock prices fell on wednesday as investors digested the fed's decision to pare back its stimulus program and the dow jones lost a bit more than half a percent and at sixteen thousand and forty the nasdaq also declined by eight tenths of a percent snapping its eight game winning streak from on the impact of the doubt on the japanese markets the study released about the token stock exchange elaine good morning how are the markets opening here the morning. i've been looking at the market is tight at the moment. now here at the operating level for sixteen february three years he's down to zero point four four percent at fourteen thousand seven hundred and that's after it found half a percent on wednesday on

profit taking and the broader topix is the owner by zero point three eight percent. so at the moment investors continuing to sell shares after a week and he found the us and as you mentioned ellie and i defended this point january confirmed that a very obvious monetary stimulus program and many analysts say to my kids on the effect of that in lebanon is also revealed the fact is the vital that at least in the streets. so see how the markets in japan and other parts of asia fully digest the news from the us i mean the minutes of the recent fed meeting are providing support to the dollar by night the scene teens are quite limited. i press this computer at home gradually he is treating you right now. dolly and is now at one hundred and two point three nine to fall one. what typically is cautious about the dollar as the eye. also he seemed to some reference

to us economic data overnight new home building in january fell to their lowest level in almost three years. so son and that is saved and no signs of inflationary pressure in the us economy the euro yen and smell. here he is now at the one hundred and forty point five seven two six seven and later today even received a preliminary heat as bc purchasing managers index for china in february and we'll see how that an amicus trade lookout for cheap and you mentioned earlier i play into my kits around the asia pacific region. i see it. ideally this allow for that update mimi found that at the stock exchange said on this lo is from us on the business then scott this hour i'll leave you with the attack on some other markets. it is. we warn

investors who do due to age the tokyo market leads to win. he wanted to rule the world this is a quick change the course of the economy. the rate of christmas. there's more to do in our bike stolen from a brown one. oh but wait it's because he's continued to eat

it with a heater on youtube i am i. the prize to the real figure skating fans around the world with the artistry and grace the south koreans be a shared episode till intake she's determined to defend the gold she won four years ago in thank you for. hill added a sequence in the bookshelves to take the lead after the short program at the top three stated so i separated by less than half points. i've been a mess of the call of russia is in second and catalina costner of italy is impaired many were looking for big things from a fifteen year old russian sensation but beauty and it knits kayak fell on a triple jump and wild outfits. ma said that japan made several mistakes and finished sixteenth. as i headed for a thrilling finale there on thursday in the face gates. the competition was slightly marred my good foot snowboarders competing in the parallel giant slalom they were on and share all the way down the coolest and something that is to stay on their feet pictured said the lack of switzerland

cruised to victory. to look at the qt of japan has participated in every winter games in salt lake city in two thousand to. she said she felt like it was her date with black she got the silver and became the first japanese snowboarder to win a medal in this poet's take the edge said she was happy to win the medal. though she wanted to come out on top the uh too many people and the green goo. that's been made in the distance this was that great and i respect her for her. i don't know is the vice dean of the ranch and got the bronze the net where twisting their way down the course to the wild of snowboarding in the us but his wife is russian and when he won the gold he did so far russia. while age down and then gallery me of

switzerland to take this pill that can crochet of starving and got the browns. alpine ski and ten that lady who lived up to the race expectations in the giant slalom. he skied away with the gold in the first time an american has won the event stephen italy and france came away with silver and other friends here makes each row got the bronze. cross country skis from germany sweden and rush out were favored in the team sprint classic but the chairman found near the and and a team from finland's pulled off an upset racing to build the match and ended up with this so that and the suites at the bride's on the inside but didn't think that this ill that they finished just behind the norwegians and this leads to another bronze athletes competed in yet another new competion at still achieve t m ay a uwn regions grabbed anotherold in the vicas parcularly significant for one member of the team. on a high an i'm

your gal and one is at thirteen to lead the battle making him the most decorated athlete in the history of the winter games. the teams of the czech republic got the silver by athletes from italy. the brightest the chicken speed skaters have won a pile of meadows in sochi and they won a few more in the women's five thousand meter. the goal went in nineteen as some might call not of and the czech republic in the midst of the netherlands added a silver to her collection and another dad stayed a carry and i'd like to take home the bronze. maybe in the bobsled is when to sow a seed to defend the gold the one in vancouver. indeed that's kiwi kiwi humphries and heather once managed to do just that. dd down two teams of americans. elena on the ears and lauren williams slid to the silver and our saddens and jamie noble the bronze. so after the big day that no meetings have taken over the lead in the medal standings they now have nine goals and twenty

veterans of iraq that just ahead of the germans who had won eight golds. among the fifteen medals in afghanistan seven golds and the most medals overall twenty three. such tight at that time and will have updates right into the end of the games. you and i. in other news daily gets turned around and the six royal palace and trying to narrow their differences on tehran's nuclear program. on the second day at the latest round of times. the delegates i've tried to reach a comprehensive agreement until the end and nuclear developments on the first day of representatives discuss the agenda and timetable for the times. cia officials from the united states senate and also held separate times united states and five out there. well palin said pressing tehran to for the activities they can enable the country to quickly develop nuclear weapons. in one country to halt construction of the heavy water reactor that could

produce plutonium. we need officials are insisting on their rights to pursue new key developments both sides reach an interim deal in november. iranian leaders agreed to limit the country's nuclear program. return of foreign powers easing sound economic sanctions. one of the first is sunny iranian women appointed to the country's parliament says she's determined to extend its e mail writes in and out comedy spoke to nhk on wednesday during his stay in japan. now how much he is among thirty min and sworn into the advisory council in january last year. that plan and scheme and a growing international criticism over women's rights in the country sunny every day is governed by conservative islamic principles. it's the only country in the world that bans women from driving. that is unless you wanted to be achieved to the challenge ahead is to dare to be optimistic. until we were due to high. what has triggered a

flood of criticism but al ahmadi said more and more people now approve of female council members she said the country needs to carry out reforms while listening to opinion. the biggest challenge right now is that it is women in you and alignment. eighty percent unemployment rate among women it's because of lack of jobs to integrate a flair for women and added that this society norms and traditions but the element of fun with presenting construction owner in factories. i love the dea says she's determined to promote women's social advancement while protecting the country's traditions and culture. prosecutors have raided the telltale causes of drug maker novartis pharma and a japanese university the suspect the local arm of the swiss based company exaggerated claims about one of their drives and broke the law. officials with japan's health ministry cnmi

has finite used manipulated data in their advertising and violated the country's pharmaceutical affairs ma they found a criminal complaint last month. he seemed like it is promoted and blood pressure dr diane done. as a way to prevent strokes and angina. this is at five universities conducted studies on the drug's effectiveness. a former company employee was involved in several clinical tests. prosecutors said the kyoto prefecture university of medicine three institutions including the medical school have said their results. think about they haven't determined to make the data or not. midas i might use the studies from the sales of the junk that has topped eleven billion dollars company officials claimed they were not aware of any manipulation in research papers. a two hundred and seventy thousand japanese are still living in temporary housing three years

after the earthquake and tsunami. the stress of being uprooted has caused some of them to become were trying to put it past especially mad volunteers are doing what they can to help more from nhk loves cars and kiki ah ma these temporary housing units in the city of me and call us to present share our home to about one hundred evacuees. i recently had volunteered to organize a series of massage sessions and one of the communal areas the idea was to give all the residents a chance to interact. however the only participants were women the community director and announced that he called me and would also attend the event. but the men here don't leave their units months and none showed up other events have been organized. so just in air support carol evenings. but none have attacked the man

true most of the new hope you can tune in the masses event sometime. or did you create. i'd rather just relax at home and its old women at these events it and being the only man. i have nothing to talk to them amounted to war. it's at a recent seminar one researcher reported that twenty six percent of women in factories say they use their stress like chatting with others. but only five percent of them into. she also found that male evacuees who have lost their jobs are the most withdrawn preferring to stay inside doing nothing. for one of actually in tokyo an apple it has come through. me to watch the oprah used run of toddy shop in the town of tsunami aid to push in the prefecture she has no white dna we will ever be able to go back to his store. with no work or purposely open i really left his room. he just then his

days folding paper cranes out of candy wrappers. drinking to forget his sadness. we will miss my own. the spirit to grab more than anything else you could the unit that offers a new team and not be able to go home and making the greens. helps me forget it was volunteer worker cake was soft on each week series opener to start going out more from israel. we've included in the course of our conversations with open a spot anywhere in debt before the disaster. he'd been a keen gardener now. i am constantly talking about how she wanted to grow something the ticket discounts in the ground with a view to become wrapped up in

something the local social welfare council had an empty plot of land near open as temporary housing. chinese team came up with the idea of having opened out and of a factory's cultivate the land to grow vegetables. it took some tiny six months but finally she persuaded opener to get involved. he has become the roots before you want to go. now he's become the leader of the project it's standstill crew of the garden has been a success opi has even started delivering the vegetables to grow with two other evacuees it's been a slow process but now some of the mill evacuees are starting my new meaning in their lives growing hole along with their prizes. as a lackey to

rama. nhk world tokyo the week has passed since the record snow blanketed the pacific institute at the salon has left many communities in accessible to more than one thousand households and thirty municipalities renamed cannot rescue that has helped evacuate in an utterly humbled by helicopter the couple had been trapped in a mountainous area near tokyo. twenty five recipe yes i'm still in need. don't even try to transfer to the field runs and other supplies to residents. some schools have been unable to be open. tj is an elementary schooling in yemen that she'd be saying

can't have what i can do this now they've got a big job ahead of them. brown sitting fee is for traffic but many side locks are not the paths to schools can be dangerous for children. dr is a having a hard time seeing what's coming around the quarter because of all the snow the disaster management minister a k g twenty and then with emergency officials to assess the situation the sound and how much fuel and food is needed by residents and by hospitals she said. we have to take care my residency in small isolated areas. i warn you to do everything you can prevent these little jewels. yet also urged relevant agencies to look into when roads to isolated areas are likely to reopen. plus the people just inject had no working with all that snow people in northeastern areas of the united states are also digging out of hand the snow i'm sure she gives us

the latest. an aerial interest i was having surrounding the north east in the first prophet start off with this video coming out from the massachusetts today how fallacious from cars and foreigners to collapse in framingham massachusetts on wednesday about half a meter of snow is on the roof top two pounds in the bound by a recount that no people were injured. emergency crews worked to rescue the animals somehow was recovered by ninety assembly hypothermia this goes on has ended and the temperatures the movie and the rising tends to show people i'm around the eastern areas where that came forward for this one is up to buy double and says its leader strategic these on your friday and sixty degrees in dc where that is usually an around the high single digits so on with a break from the icy cold freezing temperatures but this means that some recent snow melts and also will be causing these kinds of results falling ice. by the icicle is could it become a flying back this is gonna be the strong

winds and roof collapsed. it could also soon be a possibility so these are for something to be unaware of that yet again. now across it in this area. we still have that low pressure system in the ring no brainer ease of traveling into canada as it intensifies stoke boss of coastal heavy rain with the addition of rain on top of that snow tends to collapse. i would be heightened at risk. we'll be having on the way in bringing snowfall across eastern canada. more snow from this low pressure system which is sickening but this one's going to be intensifying is a potent storm system with an associated cold front and as many action means battle zone of the real savior whether the site is going to be an early spring steinway the isolated twenty was awesome all the way from indiana down into men. this national bolivia on these big cities will be higher than that of some of this on severity. heavy snow will be unbounded great lakes region of traveling to eastern canada on display freezing

raining yet again. whoa make it traveling very treacherous across in the united states and canada tempest or just keeping up like this he was in twenty seven degree is driving up to high twenties now and in the center as the grace of sunshine that at twenty six degrees. instead of thirty euro. it's quite a messianic and framed engulfing the british trials this new man takes a stand which has been ingrained very breezy conditions as well as with the heavy rain especially in northern on a land for the flooding will be at very high risk it's uncanny. lots of rain each year causing it to me as well as on the alps see a lot of that snow fall and to thirty centimeters with the likely in austria. then taken to get temperatures it's spring like weather across the central of reasons in this continent everett is not a sound while we've seen it snow so here cost had speedy pounds up paying more in the thousand households are still left to isolate it. about thirty

centimeters of the additional stuff up to be possible in north western flank of the pan. maybe some snow flurries the cause of the sun for the sins of dependence well but really not actually clearing trying find in temperatures reaching nine degrees in shanghai sixteen degrees and touching on the cooler side yet again in hong kong and in taipei cleaning up a sign of protest ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay in. the i know. i was

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