in asia thailand has the highest infection rate while in europe ukraine is the worst affected country but our next story takes us to rock out for those infected with hiv can face a very lonely battle against the disease. mariah was diagnosed with hiv the virus that causes aids fourteen years ago. she's receiving health care and psychological counseling and treatment facility in robots and it's run by no calls a paris based in geo. darius is the hardest part of living with aids is a social stigma so i know it when you look great job they will hire you to know there is another the year. knowing me. i don't tell anyone about it. you want to bring the money and it feels good to be afraid yes it's cold. peace is still taboo morocco. the year of the disease is high and many people avoid contact with hiv patients despite campaigns focused on educating people about the infection has a cousin of mine whenever i hear that takes us a call saying we were scared of the illness several listed in the slightly worrying. but despite that i think people are too scared of it the tooth comb and is in the

in asia, thailand has the highest rate and in europe, heat the ukraine is the worst affected country. but our next story takes us to morocco where those infected with hiv could face a very lonely battle against the disease. she was diagnosed with hiv 14 years ago. she's receiving psychological counseling. it is run by a paris taste ngo. the hyatt -- she says the hardest part of living with aids is the social stigma attached. >> when you look for a job, they will not hire you. doctors won't treat you. others ignore you. i don't want to tell anyone about it. there is no reason to be afraid about it. >> it is still taboo in morocco. here, many people avoid contact tryingv patients despite to educate people about the infection. >> when i hear about aids, i think god save me. we are scared of the oldest. >> i find it worrying. despite that, people are too scared of it. >> the eldest is dangerous, just like cancer. >> the african organization against age -- against aids is hoping to raise awareness. there is little public discussion about the risks. the problem is we don't have any sex educ

in asia thailand has the highest infection rate while in europe ukraine is the worst affected country but our next story takes us to rock out for those infected with hiv can face a very lonely battle against the disease. mariah was diagnosed with hiv the virus that causes aids fourteen years ago. she's receiving health care and psychological counseling and treatment facility in robots and it's run by no calls a paris based in geo. darius is the hardest part of living with aids is a social stigma so i know it when you look great job they will hire you to know there is another the year. knowing me. i don't tell anyone about it. you want to bring the money and it feels good to be afraid yes it's cold. peace is still taboo morocco. the year of the disease is high and many people avoid contact with hiv patients despite campaigns focused on educating people about the infection has a cousin of mine whenever i hear that takes us a call saying we were scared of the illness several listed in the slightly worrying. but despite that i think people are too scared of it the tooth comb and is in the

. >> the passing of events in thailand on wednesday may be unique to the kingdom in southeast asia. protesters are continuing their call for prime minister yingluck shinawatra to back down, but have given way to scenes of demonstrators cleaning the streets. the situation has become calm as people around the country get ready to pay their respects to the king. until monday, security forces and protesters had met in violent confrontations. demonstrators threw stones and security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets, but on wednesday, the city looks like a different face. demonstrators are cleaning the streets. the change in atmosphere is due to the king's birthday tomorrow, he celebrates his 86th birthday. >> translator: this is a time for cleaning up before paying respects to our king. >> government officials and protest leaders took a break from hostilities on tuesday ahead of the king's birthday in an about face, security authorities allowed demonstrators to enter the compound of the prime minister's office. the move diffused some of the tension by allowing protesters to gather

this is "asia edge." ♪ a change in tactics in thailand.ves -- elections.cool life's greatest second next. on why it is better this time around. protesters return to the government house. we will check that atmosphere on the streets of bangkok. and it has taken 18 years, but deal.o delivers a make strong gains in india. we will be live in mumbai. all of that and more on this edition of "asia edge." all, you have got the philippines stock down. the feeling in asia comes down to jobs in the u.s. fell.employment rate that is encouraging. you are

southeast asia, bangkok, thailand. what does it mean for north korea, david? >> reporter: hi, bill. demise of uncle of kim jong-un has major ramifications for this communist regime. after all he was number two in the country a few days ago. then kim turned on him. first he was publicly arrested at a politburo meeting. over the last 24 hours he was found guilty by military tribunal and executed. now this number two, he had a lot of control over the country. he was believed to of course the mentor of kim and had a lot of control of the economic levers of the country and you do have to question what is going to happen next. south korea is suggesting that there may be more purges over the next few days. there have been suggestions of defections from the regime already. and of course it is a risky business, bloodletting. this family that controls the country usually does their business in private but this of course is a very public end to the career of this man and it really is the question now, what happens next in this nuclear-armed country. back to you, bill. bill: got it. david piper

asia for stocks led by japan. and the prime minister changes tactics in thailand.he icing on the cake -- a very sweet segment coming up. but first, let's get the latest from the markets with the john dawson. [indiscernible] dissolving parliament calling for special action to dissolve violent protests. the philippines are down. loss.urance announced a heavily down by 21%. can you believe, and one day? -- in one day? , from a hold to a buy. china opened half of one percent higher. vietnam and jakarta and singapore straits of -- really, thailand is the one to watch. dissolution of our lament. >> -- the solution of parliament. >> that is a big story. the wiki end, engine for exporters today. weak yen,k -- that engine for exporters today. >> consumer goods and computer services up by 3.2%, very strong indeed. and we go back to the chart and i can tell you the record yen performance. we go back again to some individual stocks in japan. the week yen driving the -- the weak yen driving exporters. the question is when president of a -- president abe will be releasing the ne

we have done the same thing in thailand and japan and all over asia and pakistan and in iran. so we are generous and helpful in the face of natural disasters. what we have been missing, and i hinted at this earlier is a narrative about what the united states stands for and wants to do that engages the foreign side of policy. we have a foreign policy based on generosity, on creating stunty for countries through development aid, on fostering education for boys and girls and training and conducting leadership and political capacity training in countries so they can select their own stronger governments. we support regional organizations, the u.s. has been active in asean, an asian regional organization which has increasing number of countries. we have a trade policies, major trading agreements with asia and europe. my dream is that one day soon the middle east will not only recognise israel's right to exist and the palestine state, but will be an economic powerhouse. there's enormous natural and intellectual resources in the middle east. wouldn't it be great if the middle east co

. >> 2013, asia's weakest market only slightly worse than thailand. 6.7% down from last year.despite the weak stock performance, the ipo market is gaining traction. the commodities regulator just approved the plan for five companies to sell shares. the market had been frozen while regulators worked to clean up fraud and misconduct. in the offering process, fit the wereny's -- 50 companies deemed ready to sell shares in january. i do not ever get the stories, right? amanda economy. they will put you in jail or shoot you if you do not do what you want -- what they want to do. >> of easley china is a closed market. we cannot go in there and buy shares area -- obviously, china is a closed market area -- a closed market. ,hey are turning to the well debt management securitized products. ?> so to pure lending the old-fashioned way? >> right. they do not want to deal with the stock market. >> one of the interesting things about the shanghai index, it is very heavily rated -- as it moves to a consumer society, you would expect the growth to be in the consumer index. those overall numb

asia. they have stepped up this in thailand. they are driving the prime minister from office. says it will boycott the upcoming elections. let's get the latest from house linda. .here's no sign of an end >> and no end in sight. building one political commentator and founded a note of caution. he said it could be a flashpoint for the civil war. it is essentially a declaration of war by the democrat party. they prompted criticisms of from the prime minister. she called it regretful. she says the aim is political reform. they achieved it without an election. turn it prompted a thousand protesters to surround her home in bangkok. to 70,000ct up protesters at various sites in the capital. they're calling for parliament to be replaced by an unelected council. they want to raise the political influence of the family. oustedther was a premier and the democrats are boycotting the elections. one point to note is this. they have lost every national election over the past few decades. they've been struggling to get support from the rural areas. this is a huge support. >> what happens afte

. >>> moving to asia, a move that has increased the political crisis in thailand. members of that current tree's main opposition party resigned from parliament today. they called the current government illegitimate and are refusing to work with the prime minister. five people have been killed since massive protests began last month. demonstrators want the prime minister to step down. in egypt, police used tear glass to clear a crowd of protesters at as islamic university in cairo. they say students threw rocks at officers and were trying to block traffic at a major thoroughfare. they were supporters of morsi, four senior mineral weluslim br will stand trial tomorrow. >> hformer allies have been engaged in heavy fighting over the past three days. it killed nearly 400 people. france has sent soldiers that for now seem to be stopping the violence. our nazinine has more from the capitol >> reporter: people find refuge in a church in bongee even if it has no protection for french , t is better to sleep here it is sunday but the church bells are silent. they only ring to

asia tonight. as anti-government protesters clash with police in thailand. least four people have been killed there after three straight days of fighting in bangkok. nearly 30,000 people are protesting, determined to topple prime minister sinowat who they claim is heavily influenced by her brother, a former prime minister that was toppled back in 2006. >>> one of the most romantic travel destinations got more romantic day. same-sex marriages officially began in hawaii. ceremonies started after midnight today. hawaii is the 15th state along with the district of columbia to legalize gay marriage. >>> one of the highest profile religious figures in the world had one of the most surprising jobs. pope francis used to work as a bouncer. that's right. kicking troublemakers out of nightclubs. the pope recently told a church group he worked as a bouncer in his college days at a buenas aires nightclub and swept floors at a lab and later taught literature and psychology. that's your "world tonight." >>> new details in the deadly train derailment in new york city. what

in japan last year shrimp farmers across asia have been struggling in recent years as they watch an incurable disease east lame brains to their stocks. in thailand the world's largest exporter of the staples include many small scale farmers are struggling to stay afloat. the world why i'm not going reports the province is one of power it's really funny hops. they move from here. i wanted to do. that's good enough. but it's out break of the deceased had this in the tax system output in recent years only the party syndrome. all e end as he sat bacterial infection that long it's been about three cups and ten. establish in white and mentally to use that so far it does not affect his treatment. i believe that we can infer mission in life than thirty years old. in this infection work is comic piece won in sydney to the opi. doubtful as soon as the disease infected one quickly spread to the opposite of the doctrine of human life that they don't i tried everything to stop the phone that there was nothing i can do that. fall all calls to me don't fall off. i will not steam car so i was about six hundred thousand dollars. his form has to do stays clean. s

let's look at the top stories in asia where antigovernment protests have also been going on in bangkok for the past two months. thailand's minister has dissolved parliament and is calling for elections. mia saini joins me from hong kong with those details. >> hi there, mark. here is the latest. the protesters had increased their involvement. have seized government buildings and the are doing this without much police resistance. the prime minister has asked for calm and peace. they are upset with the current prime minister's view to grant amnesty to her brother. yesterday, she can retreat no further. she offered only an emotional plea. the opposition is calling for an unelected people's counsel and also her quick -- this is what voters are faced with. the third election in some six years after the prime minister dissolved parliament. and her facing yingluck party or the democrat party which hasn't won a national poll in two decades. the opposition could also boycott the poll. that is what they did in 2006. many professors that we are speaking to say that is very likely. one professor of southeast asian this, thailand's cr

asia. some point to what's happening in thailand looking at the weakening bot, political unstability.e late 1990s is it too easy and too glib to draw parallels between the asian crisis then and now? >> to tie up that history lesson. that was the domino that started the asian crisis which led to the russian cries which blew up long-term capital which got the fed involved in everything we're probably talking about today. to take a step back no i don't think you have the same story. if you look at thailand, this is a country where they have $170 billion in reserves zero inflation. very little unemployment. they have a political crisis and that's what's going on. and i think if you look at the current account deficit countries and emerging people are very scared. that's not all of emerging. zach, back to you, i don't think emerging is a blind buy for 2014. but i like mexico. i like korea. i even like russia where i think you have a valuation. >> a couple of good ideas in there. so much is going to come back to the fed, for better or worse, people are starting to look althoughat a world be

asia at the center for strategic and international studies, a u.s. think tank based in washington. >>> monday marks one week since anti-government protesters in thailand began sit-ins at official buildings in bangkok. the demonstrators are calling for prime minister yingluck shinawatra to step down. tension across the country remains high, and the anti-yingluck groups are escalating their protests. we have the story. >> so far it appears there's no sign that the demonstrators will stop any time soon. instead the scope of the activities appears to be expanding. the protesters are calling on government workers across the country to come out on strike to paralyze the administration. demonstrators are continuing their sit-ins in and around a range of government buildings including the finance ministry. they want prime minister yingluck shinawatra to step down immediately. tension is mounting among government house. protesters continue to pelt the compound with rocks. the former prime minister met with yingluck last night, but they failed to make progress. he says he will continue leading the protests and is calling on all government workers across the cou

asia games continued in myanmar on friday. she was there to watch her stallian in action at the equestrian event. the princess of thailandrance. get the latest sport on our website, aljazeera.com/sports. >> all right. thank you very much indeed. stay with us here on al jazeera. another full bulletin is straight ahead. thanks for watching. bye-bye. this is a compromise of the sort that people have been asking for for quite some time. the bottom line here, those conservative objections are getting some traction, but the betting is now this evening that this is going to pass the house of representatives on thursday and go to the senate the next week and end up on the president's desk, joie. >> mike, thanks for being with us. we'll follow up. ahead. the international space station marks 15 years. are we getting enough bang for our buck, or is it just taking up space? get it? have been telling you in the san joaquim river, freeze warnings in effect. never seen too much in terms of rain. los angeles, you are going to be seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy cond

anti-government protests in thailand left three dead and hundreds injured as the crisis deepens in one of the southeast asia'srnment and the current prime minister after accusations of corruption and abuse of power. the un closed its offices in bangkok warning travelers to stay out of the streets. >> from the "los angeles times," afghanistan president karzai is accusing the u.s. of deliberately withholding fuel and other supplies from afghan forces. the latest in the dispute over a post 2014 security deal. karzai said they are with holding the fly? an attempt to sign the 2k3wr5e789. >> from the "los angeles times," officials say speed may have been a factor in the crash that killed actor paul walker and his friend over the weekend. according to police the fast and furious star left a charity event he was hosting as a passenger in a red porsche, witnesses at the event say they heard a loud boom and saw smoke from the accident. walker was in the middle of filming fast and furious 7, the latest in the film's franchise. vin diesel and others paid tribute on twitter and other social media. he leaves behind a 15-ye

thailand, all down by .2%. -- also, newspi zealand is up currently by went one percent. the rest are booking the -- probably up by .1%. the rest are looking up. >> as john was mentioning, asia- pacific markets are being driven by pieces of data. signs of manufacturing slowing. stephen engle is in beijing for us. is there a danger that we read too much into it? mean, we are drawing a lot of conclusions from a slight dip down in the flash number. this is the preliminary number for manufacturing pmi for december from hsbc and economics again. remember, this is a private survey, not the official survey. private companies in the manufacturing space in china, about 400 or so companies, where the official pmi am leslie looks at-- pmi mostly looks manufacturing. but it did sink down to a three- month low with this flash number. if the .5 compared to 50.8 for the final reading we got last month -- 50.5 compared to 50.8 for the final reading we got last month. it rants -- it represents about 80% of the final survey of couple of weeks ahead of the final result that we will get at the beginning of the month this time gender second. tenant -- this time january 2. january 1 is a holiday.

asia since november last year. bodes well for other potential floats in the sector. anti-government demonstrators in thailand are trying to sway those in uniform to their cause. the protest leader is asking military and police to meet him tonight to pick sides. so far, the army has promised only to mediate while staying clear of politics. tensions are running high as the protest leader was indicted on murder charges. >>> and the latest round of sam slung versus apple goes to apple. south korea's court has topped out psalm sung's bid to ban sales of older iphones and ipads in the country. apple career spokesman said the allegations had been ridiculous in the first mace. >>> and in indian court has order nokia to pay a $366 million down payment for disputed back tax bill but has an exchange release froesen assets from the company. what does that mean? joining us is malvika payne. thank you, malvika, for joining us. what does this mean in terms of the size of the bill? >> well, basically, the total tax liability of nokia is still at issue. what the court has said today is -- and it's something that is going to

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thailand heats up as protesters call for investors to step down. we'll be in bangkok for the latest after this. >> announcer: you're >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange." >>> tempers continue to flair in east asiawly declared air defense identification zone. we're here from the anything ni. >> reporter: u.s. president joe biden is set to visit the region. his first stop is japan. he will arrive in tokyo later tonight be and meet with prime minister shinzo abe later today. the two countries have been clear in not acknowledging china's air space claim by continuing military operations over the area. china has said all flights, including military and passenger planes, must submit flight plans in advance for those that pass through the newly declared air zone. so far the u.s. has sent bomber planes without request. also at the meeting biden is expected to call for tokyo's cooperation in wrapping up the trans pacific partnership free trade talks in hopes to reach an agreement. that's all from the nikkea business report. >> thank you for that. >>> chinese investors are hoping to cash in on the abe vinnestment. go to c fl bc and see why wealthy chinese are dipping their toews into japan's economy. >>>