- australian -- afghanistan partnership. we hope to be in a position to sign the agreement when we meet at the chicago summit in may. this will set out australias enduring partnership with us can stand in development. along with security, trade, and investment as well as cultural, and people to people links. the government of japan will host an important ministerial conference in tokyo in july. the focus will be on the coordination of international assistance through to 2014 and beyond. on the afghan government strategy to sustainable development. in chicago, it is vital that the nations of the coalition restate our commitment to this cause. i will use that opportunity, the opportunity the chicago some it creates, to announce the details of the increased australian development assistance to afghanistan through 2015-2016 and our commitment to maintain that contribution in subsequent years. at chicago, and in tokyo, the international community will meet in a spirit of mutual commitment, so these are opportunities for the gover

they're trying to ensure that the united states makes as much of a commitment to australian defense into australian security they can and so they i think they're talking about this it's one of the most grandiose terms because when they talk about grandiose terms the radically it will commit us to do do things that is in their favor but i mean let's be frank it's about china i mean it's mostly about china it's also about the tremendous amount of world trade they construe the area maritime trade that goes through the area increasing importance india and indonesia and so forth but the military aspects of it are mostly about china what about the thing that we heard from the prime minister this week when she said that the us and also i are currently in discussions for maybe having drones on australian soil as well. i think that's a really interesting. i mean i hadn't you noticed that but i do think that it's very interesting in terms of how those drones would play out in a. in a sort of militarized scenario between china and the united states i mean everybody expects the drones are going to p

talking about it well yeah let's give let's give the viewers an example right so first we have australian defense minister minister stephen smith and he said we see this very much as responding and reflecting the fact of the world is moving into our parts of the world the world is moving to asia pacific and the indian ocean we need to respond to that. then we have the u.s. ambassador to australia jeffrey place who said there's this kind of sexy fun narrative that hear from pundits and others trying to suggest this is about china but it's not so i was so that's kind of interesting right why do you think that's going on we have the us trying to downplay it and then australia and i guess they're just enjoying the time you know in the limelight or saying you know are important everyone's coming this way well i think that they're trying to ensure that the united states makes as much of a commitment to australia to transfer to australian security has been treated so that i think that they are talking about that it's. in sort of most grandiose terms because when they talk about grandiose terms r

british-american tobacco, dolores, and others are the ones taking on the australian government. they say they are legal companies making legal products. the packaging damages their brand and intellectual property rights. many other countries are watching the case to see if the australian government's legal argument is airtight. it is being depicted as a fight between health and choice. both sides believed in the law will see it their way. >> one of the most -- the philippine capital is taking in new approach to improving air quality. a local company has come up with a special type of paint which can purify the air around it. >> the most polluted road in one of the most polluted cities in the world. this is the main highway in manila. 2.5 vehicles travel down here every day. it is a surprising place to find people creating artwork. the aim is not just to brighten up the daily commute. these artists are using special paint, which cleans the air. they are making these murals along the road to. the paint is made here in a factory. this is part of the process for the special ingredie

but tonight, we begin overseas where australian rupert murdoch, known as yahoo, finds himself still in a spot of trouble in great britain, simply because several of his newspapers hacked the phones of celebrityes, politicians, a 13-year-old murder victim and the relatives of some killed in action british soldiers and allegedly bribed scotland yard detectives to help with the cover-up. i could go on but i know many of you are probably eating in the next 24 hours. ( laughter ) but, of course, mr. murdoch has already answered for those crimes against decency last july. >> you said that ultimately you are responsible for the whole fiasco. >> no. >> jon: okay! well, that's a wrap, people! clear the chamber the house of common. i said good day. come on, murdoch! if you're not responsible, who is responsible? >> you have rnot responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted. >> jon: my god! ( laughter ) this scandal goes all the way to the bottom. ( laughter ) ( applause ) the buck stops-- ( laughter ) but now parliament has opened

i'm like the australian mr. magoo. i'm like a kanga-goo, if you will. completely hands-off guy. just ask my staff at that paper i bought a while ago, oh, what's the name of that? the "wall street journal." >> you have been busy meeting with a lot of dow jones folks, journal folkes, barrons folkes, editors, the printing press in east brunswick, new jersey. you knew the details-- the minute details of the operation. >> jon: i gotta give it up for rupert. he's a guy with total influence, and he's all self-deprecation. he's deflecting with vin the chin-type. contrast that with donald trump. as it happens the donald was also testifying in the u.k. this week. here's his testimony before the british parliament of a wind turbine being built off the coast of a goal resort he bought. >> the golf resort only went ahead because he was assured there would be no nearby wind development, and he claimed alex soon had given him similar, private assurances. >> alex salmon told me-- he scoffed at the idea at a dinner we are in new york. we were in new york at a dinner. ( laughter ) >> jon: you see

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over 1,500 australians are serving in afghanistan, including teams of special forces, and 30 australian soldiers have died with hundreds more wounded. franklin kennedy has this report from sidney. >> central is the biggest -- sydney >> australia is the biggest. 32 soldiers have did doo in the conflict. now, julia gillard says security has could leave by the end of next year. >> one started, this should take 12-18 months. and when this is complete, australia's commitment to afghanistan will look very different to that which we have today. australia has an enduring national interest in ensuring that afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for terrors. >> the prime minister said everything depended on conditions on the ground, but it still means australian forces could be out up to a year, ahead of most british or american forces. but some comment taters says the attack in cabo which left 50 people did -- cab beautiful which left 50 people did -- >> i would caution we don't pull our troops out. we thought the iraqi local forces were capable. we transitioned and we pulled a long way

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to the australian federal police for investigation now in response to this max. this is what rupert murdoch tweeted enemies many different agendas but worst all tall some right wingers who still want last century status quo with their of monopoly with. rupert murdoch. will do so. no. just look last it was. exactly does sound like he's a little bit senile because of course he is responsible more than anybody else of moving especially the american political scene very far well beyond right wing they've jumped the right wing shark he's out of mind blames the right wingers and he's like oh you created america's ultra right cycle path like fox news or sean hannity nightmare or he's blaming the fairy thing he created to the mirror. clukey . what max recently he did receive american citizenship and we have always pointed out that america suffers from a norman bates syndrome you know norman bates himself was dressed as his mother murdering people and then claiming it was his mother doing it and here's rupert murdoch looking into the mirror. you know in his paranoid world

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the acronym that stands for the australian and new zealand army col.he soldiers were known as anzac's. it remains one of the most important occasions. the two countries sharing the same remembrance day and making reference to both countries in its name. these are live pictures of the anzac commemorations in turkey. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> our man headlines. violence continues across syria. kofi annan has called for a stronger presence. >> an inquiry in london has shed new light on the close relations between the british government and the murdoch media empire. chefs met ineading singapore this week to take part in the 16th annual world war may summit. an event that attracts food lovers from -- annual world gourmet summit. an event that attracts food lovers from around the region. one of those just joins me now in our studio. mr. white, thank you for joining us. you are a celebrity chef. a television personality, even the godfather of modern cooking. >> i am not that bothered. >> you just like to be called a chef? >> that is what i am. >> how

she's made television appearances including australians got talent.s video might take her to superstar dom. she gives a shout out to them. they will be touring in her homeland of australia. for more information, go to the website. >>> here is a side of pakistan that you've probably never seen. this is in the valley in pakistan. their version of extreme snow hockey. >> in the dead of winter, subzero temperatures, village from all over the area come together. over 100 players involved. they call it snow hockey. to me it looks like snow golf. >> you said their version of snow hockey. i'm thinking it may be the only version of snow hockey. >> that's not even an even surface. >> no. this match dates back centuries. the captain of the winning team is crowned prince for three days. >> only three days. >> only three days. >> and the villagers have to do what the prince says. >> if i was the prince for three days, i would just ask to be the prince forever. so that would have to happen. >> that's interesting. >> fixing the world's drug problems was simply rolle

besides, if you want to replace the easter bunny, you already have a native australian egg-laying mammal, the duck billed platypus. children will love the easter platypus. if they're good they get chocolate. and if they're bad he'll stab them in their neck with his venomous heel spike, just like santa. now folks, it's going to catch on. folks, it's officially the unofficial start of the 2012 general election. after a bruising republican primary season, the foreplay is over and like all republican foreplay, there was expensive, vindictive and ended with something pretty predictable. but now that mitt romney has the nomination pretty much nailed down, there's one question everyone's asking. who will romney pick as his running mate. for months names like marth martha-- marco rubbio and paul ryan have swirled through the rumor mill. unfortunately, bain capital bought the mill and laid off all the rumor [bleep] (laughter) keep on going. well, keep going. well that's to the going to stop me from speculating wildly. which brings me to my new segment searching for mr. right. it is crucial that r

clark to the rescue out australians found the going -- as australians found the going tough. darvish struggles on his debut but the rangers still win. that is sports in 30 minutes. joining me then. >> we brought you news of a press conference between russian and foreign -- russian and syrian foreign ministers. let's hear more from the syrian foreign minister and what he was saying during his visit to moscow. he said his government has withdrawn from some areas and release a number of detainees. >> despite all of these positive messages, we have noticed in our databases, the escalation of operations by the armed terrorists operating in other provinces. it is in the interest of the syrian government to achieve final hostilities from either side, whatever they are. >> the european court of human rights has dismissed an attempt by five terrorism suspects to block their extradition from britain to the united states. the court sanction the extradition and ruled there would be no violation of human rights to those facing life and solitary confinement in prison. judges would consider

australian market 0.8% higher. we had australian rising, miners rising. but the up side was break much capped. a lot of talk that we could get a 25, 50 basis point, but some sort of a rate cut from the central bank there. and the sensex raid to go the up side 0.6% over in india. so overall, pretty good session here in asia for a monday. >> in europe, we're weighted to the down side. just hit the session low. advances being outpaceded by decliners around the ratio of 6:3 at the moment. a little bit less than that. as far as the ftse 100 is concerned, pretty flat on the day. down a quarter of a percent now. and we're down six points on the month. xetra dax up 8 points at the moment. mib down 7.5% for the month. flat today. the cac down 5%. so there you can see they're sort of outperformers on the down side, as well. we keep our eyes on the bond markets. bund yields this morning just below the 1.7% mark. spain capped at the moment below 6%. italy just coming back from the high levels that we reached on friday, we keep our eyes on treasury. slightly disappoin

crew member are aboard a western australian yacht and about the efforts to bring the sailors to shore. >> reporter: heather, we're live in front of a cutter that is similar to the one sent out to that troubled yacht and this is what we know at this hour. this is what we have learned from the coast guard. we want to show you video of the geraldton off the top. this is the yacht in question, which has had its steering mounting knocked out by huge waves. this video was captured a month ago as the geraldton was leaving china. the coast guard tells us that there may been additional person among the three that include a 50-year-old british doctor and 62-year-old australian farmer and 28-year- old croatian software engineer and they may have suffered back, rib and pelvic injuries. the chopper hasn't been able to launch because of weather conditions and finally the geraldton is about 260 miles away from the san francisco shore, due to dock sometime tomorrow afternoon. now we want to show you video of the u.s. coast guard dropping supplies to the 70' geraldton western australia, one of the cli

while second seed samantha stosur is the day's marathon woman the australian winning hurling suspended third round match against a waiver before disposing of visually. gratefully twenty eight year old between matches this crisis showed little to no exhaustion by beating the older williams sisters six three four six six three three williams is that explosive. meanwhile in the davis cup spain are one win away from booking their place in the final for a doubles win over austria on saturday will see the defending champions through to the semifinals the other three quarter final ties are perfectly poised one each after friday's singles. now finding suitable once more on russia's second to sides of a three one one zero p. . in the wake of another point then as they never suppress cops seek to make it back to the front of the squad managed by former liverpool coach alex miller the first british man in russian football cause a tabletop or fans along to find out just why he settled for siberia. while on g. make the transfer headlines in the premier league see deer surprised everyone in the firs

why australians are pushing a different easter animal.e'll tell you about it coming up. >>> we're looking at a drive through the caldecott, smooth so far heading through the bridge. got a note for you guys coming up. do i look like someone who is at risk for heart disease ? well, guess what ? i am. heart disease took my dad's life, but it doesn't have to take mine, because 80% of cardiac events in women may be prevented if we make the right choices. 80%. you may not know you're at risk, but one woman dies every minute from this largely preventable disease. help bring a voice to this silent killer. speak up to save lives at goredforwomen.org. >>> welcome back, everybody. we give you a live look at the shark tank. the home team was out on the road last night with a lot of good vibrations there right now because things are feeling good heading to the playoffs. yes, this one was pretty much a make or break game for the san jose sharks last night. and guess what? it's all good. they made it. third period, game tied up at four, martin scoring w

genworth was going to use some of the money from the australian i.p.o. to buy back shares here in the u.s., but analysts think that will be on hold. american express turned in better than expected results after the closing bell tonight. earnings were seven cents better than estimates amex carholdercontue spendi more moy. shares were down a fraction during the regular session. but they are up 26% over the past year as fewer customers have been late with their payments, and more card use generally means more fees from stores. we continue to see companies buy each other in the business of providing prescription drug benefits. the latest: sxc health solutions will buy catalyst health solutions as this industry continues seeing fewer and bigger competitors. here are the details on the deal. sxc will pay catalyst $4.1 billion. it's a cash and stock deal, making the combined company the fourth biggest pharmacy benefits manager. the market likes the deal. the buyer, sxc, saw its shares rally more than 11%. the target of the buyout, catalyst, certainly had a cata

and australian leaders have stressed it isn't an attempt to contain china. let's get more now from duncan kennedy. >> fox company is only putting 200 extra pairs of boots on the ground. their footsteps can be heard all the way to beijing. in military terms, this is a modest deployment, politically and strategically, it represents a major shift for washington. the troop numbers will rise to 2,500 over four years. it's not the size, it's the symbolism that matters, especially for china. >> it is not just the rise of china, it is the rise of china, the rise of india, the rise of the economies combined, the emergence of indonesia, not just as a regional influence, but a global influence. and as the world moves in our direction, australia, our region, these communities have to adjust and accommodate to that. >> american and australian forces have trained together for decades. now president obama is committing forces permanently to this new part of the pacific. the president says this is not about isolating china, but his ambassador says it's imperative to enhance

the australian market up 1.1%. a hello sthi production report coming up from bhp bulletin and they're continuing gains if there yesterday. of course, remember, the rbi, the central bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points all in an effort to boost a sag domestic intoian economy. that's it from me. eibel back tomorrow with the new, moving markets here in asia. >> thanks so much for that, christine. way to kick it off on o a positive note in asia. we'll see you tomorrow. one story we're high lightning the u.s. fiedser reportedly interested in selling its infant nutrition to nestle. the sale could be announced next week. pfizer has been looking at its options for infant nutrition and animal health business for quite sock time. taking a look at pfizer and nestle right now seeing pfizer trading by 0.3%. nestle is lower by 0.1%. meanwhile we drill down on oil services, no pun as halliburton kicks off. we're going to preview the numbers coming up next. >>> welcome back. you're watching "worldwide exchange." you are seei

australian market up 0.2%.x hot money in-flows up, still trading mind you the market still moving. en a the hang seng up to the up side. we had the real estate developers getting hammered recently. realis say the developers moving back up because of the strong contract sales. taiwan weighted index different picture slumping on news that the government is allowing fuel prices to rise also on comments that the government actually is considering putting in place a capital gains tax or stocks. that is weighing on sentiment. that 1.3% was part of on earlier. closed at 5:00 p.m. pretty much flat. so overall a mixed picture here in asia. that's it for me. i'll be back tomorrow with news making headlines here in asia. >>> air france has signaled drastic cost cuts will be key if it's to maintain its short to medium haul operations. says it needs to cut costs by 20% and costs are also going up elsewhere. >> that's right. airline fees are flying high in 2012. it will start charming passenger as $35 fee to store bagses in

the speculation is less australian coal going to chinese steel makers could help u.s. coal miners. while google was one of those in focus after the closing bell, so was coinstar, the company behind the red-box d.v.d. rental kiosks. after closing weaker by 3% in the regular session, the stock shot up 13.5% after the closing bell. that wld take the stock to a w all-time. the company preliminary first quarter results were stronger than expected. the company also raised its full year profit forecast. it was another busy session for new stocks. one seeing lots of trading. forum energy technologies makes products for oil and natural gas exploration. almost 12 million shares traded, making it one of the most actively traded stocks on the new york stock exchange. it's initial price was $20 per share. by the closing bell, it was up almost 9%, finishing its first day just below $23 a share. the reception for fellow energy parts supplier mrc global was more tame. shares up just a fraction from their initial price. and investment oak-tree capital lost more than 1% on its debut. and that's toni

you were accompanied by someone from the australian queen's counsel? >> he was chairman of the company at this time, my lifelong friend. >> you told mr. biffen, in paragraph two, "mr. murdoch said that his report that his bid would be lapse. he climbed when he said that that he was merely responding to the thomson deadline. he assumed it would be difficult to negotiate extended deadline with the unions. if they manage to do this, he was prepared to cooperate with the mmc negotiation. he did point out that a reference would create problems as the uncertainty it would cause a loss of advertising revenue which would make their overall losses even greater." the fare interpretation of that is that you're not placing any obstacles in the reference to the mmc but your point the at the commercial disadvantages of such a reference. would you agree? >> if that note is right, then you are correct. >> the secretary of state's position at this meeting was that he was minded to refer to themmc for political reasons, if i can be forgiven for putting it in those terms

who finally knows what it is like to win is burned these burger the australian claimed his maiden title on the european tour with a five shot victory at the ballantine championship in south korea after the twenty six year old held off a late challenge from scotland's richie ramsay. i had the free best rounds of my life the last three days and you can just. relax and go out there and i tried not to make it pretty rosy was also. now over in the u.s. chicago bulls star player derrick rose is out of the n.b.a. playoffs after picking up a knee injury and his side's postseason opening victory of the philadelphia when the bulls run out one hundred three points to ninety one victories over the seventy six is in game one of their eastern covens meeting in chicago and last season's m.v.p. rose was the top story up for you twenty three points and nine assists who slipped through a point to open up a twenty point lead in the fourth quarter and then with about a minute left in the game fell to the ground tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee which will rule him out for the rest of

delaying ipo of australian mortgage insurance. >> no. not that. australian mortgage insurance. >> you tease. 20% to the downside today. taking a bit of a hit. >> that will do it for the australian edition of "power lunch." >> "street signs" begins right now. >>> and welcome to "street signs." i'm brian sullivan. ibm and intel throwing cold water on our recent rally. forget the big cap techs, we have two five-star fund managers coming up with off the radar stocks they love. coal and gold both prices tumbli tumbling. is that about to turn and turn into a profit for you? we'll mine the data. and why facebook's mark zuckerberg has some explaining to do. and much more on the continued delicious baconization of our nation, kelly. >> thanks, brian. mandy still out. we hope she'll be back soon. the dow is lower for the first time in three sessions. it's about 1.5% gain for the week. the s&p 500 is also falling today. and it's in danger of posting its eighth losing day in 11 sessions. the nasdaq is the only major average -- try to mount a rally attempt for

he is a scrappy australian as i said in the first place. he doesn't -- he doesn't like toughs. he doesn't like the establishment but he became the establishment in all of this. he became enormously powerful. he became divorced from his own, the roots of his own empire, and as we have seen throughout history, and goodness knows this was a lesson that the founding fathers of the united states clearly understood, if you allow power to be concentrated things will go bad and ultimately they will go very bad. and i think that that is what has happened here and that is likely to be the principal conclusion in my view of the judicial inquiry. >> rose: we continue with eric liu and nick hanauer, their book is called the garden of democracy, a new american story of citizenship, the economy, and the role of government. >> americans rightly refer by two to one margin prosperity over fairness. but it turns out that the problem with inequality isn't that it is mean, although it is, the problem with inequality is that it destroys growth, because if the average person doesn't have any money to