he wrote a book called the poverty curve and jeffery sacks wrote the end of poverty in bangladesh a great example, they introduced 35 years ago to do a campaign to get all women and men or boys literate. it was 22% and today it's more than 75 percent if you look at a demographic curve with the population, you can see it's just starting to reach an apex in bangladesh. they're way ahead of india, and pakistan. it's an impact to stabilize the population there. also, um... excuse me. you know having hard cover thing fighting terrorism with education i've learned from islamic scholars. in the koran it's implicitly stated in the holy koran when a young mangos on jiha d and this is a spiritual endeavor to seek knowledge. it could also mean he's going into a group. but he has to get blessings from his mother first and if he doesn't do that it's shameful and disgraceful. after 911 the taliban had a high desertion rate and they were trying to get recruit groups to fight against intervention and coalition and they went in literally impoverished societies because educated women refused to allow they'

bangladesh doubled the minimum wage for workers in the garment industry. take-home pay will increase to $40 a month. there have been a violent clashes in recent months with workers complaining of poor conditions. the garment industry produces 80% of the country's exports. american and south korean forces are taking part in joint military exercises. they have been taking place at sea and in the air. they involved the dozens of ships and thousands of personnel. a south african judge found four former students guilty of humiliating a group of black domestic [unintelligible] it was recorded on video and placed on the internet. ourselves african correspondent has been at the court. >> guilty of criminal behavior, humiliating their victims. four former students -- shame after what was a racially charged attack, they admitted their guilt but claimed it was an innocence that. it was this video that shows a black staff and a mocked initiation ceremony displaying their athletic skills and forced to eat food that had been urinated on. students say they never intended

russia, bangladesh. do you? >> radical web sites supporting puppets. >> let's address diversity. a thank-you. he mentioned, i guess, paraphrasing, there's not much diversity in the local media. sandy, what would you like to say about -- maybe i should ask one of the professors. our people caller coming into journalism as frequently as you would like to see? >> we do a census every year, the association of news editors , and pretty much what they have found is that the numbers of minorities is still flat. even with a large exodus of people out of the business, there has not been much growth, about 12%. by no means is that there and i think even in my own experiences in this room, it can be very difficult to change the culture of thinking about stories that involve minorities. >> jeanne? did you want to add anything? >> there is a study put out every year by ball state university from the news directors association. the 2009 numbers for minorities in the news were much more encouraging for television than they were in radio. so, we are seeing more people of color in television, for

bangladesh is doubling the wages for those in the garment industry. they are among the poorest in south asia even though the garment industry is 80% of the country's imports. there have been more than more violent clashes as workers complain of a peace and poor conditions. a 14-year-old dutch girl has won a legal battle and she can attempt to become the youngest person to go around the world in a poke -- boat. the prime minister of britain has described gaza as a prison camp and the raid on the flotilla as unacceptable. he has urged turkey and israel to work together. he put a britain behind the bid for the turkish membership in the eu. >> a moment of the symbolism for the british prime minister at the mausoleum of ataturk. britain was an early ally of the young turkish republic, david cameron came to refresh that relationship and to press for turkish membership in the eu. >> i will remain your strongest advocate for do you membership and at the top table of the candidacy. this is something that i feel very strongly about. bible helped to pave the roa

the data will help improve the accuracy of flood monitoring in bangladesh and determine the best sites for building embankments and dams in indonesia, just two proposed uses. >>> an armed group attacked a hydroelectric power station in russia's north caucasus on wednesday, killing two security guards and blowing up generators. russian authorities suspect the attack was carried out by an islamic militant group from the southern region of the country. the attackers broke into the baksanskaya power station in the kabardino-balkaria republic, shot two security guards to death, and wounded two others at the plant. they then blew up generators and transformers. the authorities say they have fires caused by the explosions under control and that major water pipes for power generation are safe. the plant operator says power supplies in the area are being supplied by other plants. islamic extremists in the north caucasus, including the kabardino-balkaria republic have been attacking police checkpoints, railroads, and other infrastructure facilities. >>> toyota motor will cut output in japan by a

world this is the mighty brahmaputra river originating in a bit it enters india and flows on into bangladesh it's the peak of the rainy season and here in the state of a savvy north east india health care arrives by boat for those living in remote villages it can take three or four days to reach some of the islands. many villages we can go only in the rainy season it's more difficult to get to them during the dry season we have to work five to seven kilometers this could take two hours we can't carry all our medical equipment social distance one hundred thousand people live in the district of nobody but there is only one functioning medical center no wonder then that the arrival of the boat clinic is a big event here the entire village turns out to meet the staff. sixteen year old is pregnant and feels this free check up is a far better option than travelling to the nearest town the book clinic is run by the center for northeast studies and is funded by the indian government and unicef its main focus is the immunization of children while locals were initially hesitant to get their babies vac

years ago when i was doing public health work in bangladesh. very painful.behind the eyes, pain in inful.nes. maket can be very difficult to nosis.he diagnosis. aren'tors aren't ordering the hey're gois, they're going to it.s this infection. >> but again, they don't bite at night, and they don't bite on the beach? right.orter: that's right. out aroundo hang out around where people live, where water accuulates. so, the beach is safe and it's so, the bea really during the day you have haverry. >> all right, dr. richard richard and there's more on this online and or anyone that wants to check. to and coming up next here, grizzlies at a campground. how detectives used hair and dna to see if they caught the right bear. [ michael hall ] we are only as good as the things we make today. and today we're making 5,400 welds, in the body of the new jeep grand cherokee. ♪ that might seem like a lot, if you're building a car. but not if you're building a company. ♪ the new jeep grand cherokee. ♪ caltrate delivers 1200 mg # of calcium plus vitamin d to help reduce your ris

millions of these refugees live in neighboring countries like bangladesh. the regime uses rape as a weapon of war against innocent burmese women. over 2,000 innocent civilians remain locked behind bars as political prisoners. and it's important to note that many of these abuses are not just human rights abuses, these are crimes against humanity. that is why the united nations investigator on human rights in burma called for an international investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in burma. this is something i have been calling for myself for a very, very long time. it is long overdue that the world acknowledges the regime, the junta, is guilty of many heinous crimes and we must lead the effort to hold it accountable. as a first step i hope the united states will go on record in acknowledging that the burmese regime has continued crimes against humanity. at the same time a healthy -- i hope the administration fully implements all the provisions of the burmese jade act we passed in 2008, including the tough banking sanctions integrated into

i was working in bangladesh about 20 years ago and got dengue fever.able illnesses i've ever had. the symptoms aren't that different from a lot of viral illnesses but the headache, the fever, very high. the pain in your bones and your muscles can be quite severe and you can get a rash. very uncomfortable, it's often referred to as break bone fever because of that pain you can have. >> it's very painful, very uncomfortable. how serious is it, how dangerous is it? >> the fires time you have it, not very but if you get it a second time, you can get dengue hemorrhagic fever. it's sometimes fatal but it's very rare. >> we haven't seen it in the u.s. since 1934 they're saying. what's the reason for it being back? >> not exactly clear. it may be due to the increased travel around the world and the increase of this disease in the caribbean. there are about 350 types of mosquitos. the type of mosquito that can transmit dengue is found around the gulf of mexico and texas. >> the piece we saw in key west, there are reports that we've seen a few cases in central f

it is clear that we have a very contentious situation in the region, pakistan, india, bangladesh -- another 30 seconds. >> i yield 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: a contentious relationship there, but i have great hope as the co-chair of the pakistan caucus that working with pakistani americans, building on the core of hue man tarianism that we are working with the pakistan-american foundation that has been developed that we can overcome the image that the pakistan people have that we are there to fight against taliban, al qaeda and osama bin laden and put them forward trained and equipped to be able to work on behalf of the pakistan people. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i would inquire how much time do the respective debaters have. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio has 8 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from new york has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentlewoman from florida has one minute. mr. kucinich: i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kucinich: in resp

it is clear that we have a very contentious situation in the region, pakistan, india, bangladesh -- another 30 seconds. >> i yield 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: a contentious relationship there, but i have great hope as the co-chair of the pakistan caucus that working with pakistani americans, building on the core of hue man tarianism that we are working with the pakistan-american foundation that has been developed that we can overcome the image that the pakistan people have that we are there to fight against taliban, al qaeda and osama bin laden and put them forward trained and equipped to be able to work on behalf of the pakistan people. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: i would inquire how much time do the respective debaters have. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio has 8 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from new york has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentlewoman from florida has one minute. mr. kucinich: i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kucinich: in resp

for example, here's, 2008, there was $105 million given to bangladesh they voted against the u.s.position, 82.4% of the time in 2008 and 80% of the time in 2009. we gave millions to belarus. former state in the soviet union. and they voted against us in 2008 84.6% of the time and this past year voted 75% of the time against the u.s. interest and position. you've got bolivia, down in south america. we've given them over $100 million. that was in 2008. as i understand, it's a great deal more than that, 2009. they were our great ally, they were voting against us 82.5% of the time in 2008 and got a little bet for the 2009, only 70% of the time they voted against the country that provided them over $100 million in aid. we're paying them to hate us. brazil. of course we heard recently about the $2 billion that we are loaning to brazil to develop their deep water -- deepwater territory, deepwater offshore drilling program. lo and behold, it turns out, apparently that's george soro s's biggest personal investment is in the company that does that drilling. we provided $2 billion to help ou