we begin with this item from btv in bangladesh. the bangladesh government is stepping up efforts to boost law enforcement by purchasing new equipment and training personnel. the country's elite rapid action battalion or rab will require two u.s. made helicopters next year. the self especially sea choppers have a speed of 250 kilometers per hour and are already used in 50 countries. >> it will enhance our overall capability. >> the rabs also are acquiring other vehicles and high tech equipment to modernize the country's police force. >>> indonesian president has lifted a two year ban on sending domestic workers to mal asia. the ban was imposed in june of 2009 after alleged cases of abuse. he made the decision after meeting with their prime minister in jakarta. he called on employers not to abuse maids physically or psychologically. they will benefit from a minimum wage set by the government as well as weekly day off. >>> hong kong authorities have earmarked 64 million u.s. dollars to set up an international cuisine training institut

. >>> bangladesh's national carrier added a new boeing 777-300 aircraft to its fleet on wednesday. the bangladesh airlines will acquire nine more of the aircraft between now and 2019 at a total cost of $1.2 billion. the prime minister unveiled the aircraft at the international airport in dhaka. the twin-engine jetliner is equipped to carry 365 passengers. a senior airline official said the aircraft, which is capable of flying up to 16 hours at a stretch, will begin long-haul flights to europe and western asia. >>> mai shoji is up next with weather. >> hi there and welcome back. let's take a look at your weather conditions. starting off with asia, we've got a trail of high pressure system that will be predominant in much of the eastern continental asia. as you can see, a few showers here in northeastern china. the korean peninsula looking very dry and sunny and dry conditions will prevail in japan. a little bit of showers here in the western, southwestern islands, so to say and southern japan. but nothing too significant here. we will see some showers here in southern and southweste

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'

however, in india, in indonesia, in bangladesh they are still recognized as muslims. in pakistan they're not. in the outer world they do not exist that i could find in my research in large enough communities to be visible, but they do exist in south asia, southeast asia. they claim to be in the millions, it's hard to know. they have a presence here in the u.s. historically among african-americans and among current day immigrants. there are places of worship, and as i said, you know, they are the most aboundly pacifist sect possible. the reason that they become controversial is that, as i said, he declared himself to be the second coming of christ which made them heretical in the eyes of a lot of muslims. but i have dealt with them in a couple of pages because i think it's important for people to know about them whether or not you agree or disagree with their doctrine. now, my south asian friends ask this question, this is only open to people not from south asia. how many people of these four can you recognize? my south asian friends, even they may or may not be able t

in my film, we look at banglade bangladesh, tanzania.hind 49 other countries. it's absolutely shocking. >> what are the top one or two reasons why women are dying in childbirth? >> post par tum hemorrhaging is the main cause of that and they will bleed to death. oftentimes they live far away from a facility and from a doctor who can perform a surgery or an intervention that is necessary. another one is obstructed labor. that's when a mother is maybe a young girl and she's not quite developed enough to deliver her own child and the child will die in her. and then she may die herself and experience a fistula. it's a horrific type of outcome to have. all childbirth related. another is unsafe abortion which continues to represent about 13% of all maternal deaths. >> places in india and china, there's a reference to have boys over girls, there's such a demand for abortions. >> there are. in most countries where it's not legal, it's still happening. it doesn't change the outcome or numbers of deaths or abortions. it just makes it less safe for

>> i spend six years in bangladesh. i didn't talk to people dealing specifically with climate mitigation. i talked to climate scientists and state officials in insurgency at a more local level. my impression is the political class in india has recently begun to take this seriously because there are so many other pressing issues and some of them are taking this seriously and getting up to speed on this. and think about how to deal with this and participating in the international discussions of coming up with a successor agreement. but the political class until recently thought this was a rich person's problem. the environment is for people in the west to think about and we have a crisis of poverty we need to develop but now they are seeing the agenda of development might be scuttled by climate change so they're taking it seriously increasingly. >> i have a question. why is it the scientists involved with global warming don't seem to be accepting the fact that nothing really is going to be done until one of these tipping

. >>> they think the hindu god is in the biggest festival in bangladesh. the five day event represents the victory of good over evil. they sing hymns and praise god. last day of the event. thousands joined a procession through the capital. it ended with imergs of them into rivers, ponds and other bodies of water. >>> cambodian government urged phones to be moved underground. the change designed to improve quality of services and make cities more beautiful. a senior government official made the comment during a seminar thursday. the official said the present day cable is fragile. they hope putting it would provide service that's safe, secure, sustainable. >>> here is the extended weather forecas >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm shery ahn. i'm shery ahn. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> a divorce notification. just file this sheet of paper and a husband and wife can go their separate ways. but -- some people unsatisfied with just a scrap of paper. they need closure in a ceremony. this is a divorce ceremony. f

this is a developing system that's going to be spreading heavy rain in across western myanmar and bangladesh. it doesn't look like it's going to be coming in across thailand, actually and neither does this system. but we're still seeing heavy rain across cambodia, too, which is dealing with just a crippling flooding situation at the moment. some of the good news is that towards the north of thailand, things are looking a lot drier into the next few days, we still see scattered showers across the area and some heavier rain down towards the south. but it is going to take some time for these floodwaters to run off eventually. anyway we'll bring you more weather news later in the show. >> thanks, rachel. >>> tonight, nuclear authorities in japan say they're ahead of schedule in their work to control fukushima daiichi. they say the damaged reactors will be in cold shutdown by the end of the year. that's a month ahead of schedule. cold shutdowneans the mperaturesf the reacto stays below 100 degrees celsius and of course, stays stable. the details are included in their revised timetable for contain

and a separate system will continue to dump heavy rain adross bangladesh. as well as northeastern india and northern myanmar for the next couple of days. as for japan, it's mostly dry but the pacific side will see more cloud cover as the day goes on. temperatures looking like this. we're expecting 19 degrees in tokyo. and the same in seoul. taipei is expected to be 26 degrees. and 28 in hong kong. heading over to the americas, it's mostly dry in the west, but very stormy in the east. a couple of low pressure systems are dropping heavy rain across much of the southeastern corner of the u.s. as well as the region. the risk of thunderstorms, large hail, and damaging winds will continue throughout tonight here. we've had tornado watches in effect across the southern part of the florida peninsula. the stormy conditions will move northward and reach the northeastern states in the next 24 hours. meanwhile, light showers are lingering across ontario and quebec. that should ease on wednesday. it's mostly dry across the central and western parts of the u.s. and canad

across the southern indochina peninsula and a separate system will continue to dump heavy rain on bangladeshnortheastern china as well as northeastern india and northern myanmar the next couple of days. as for japan, it is mostly dry, but the pacific side will see more cloud cover as the day goes on. temperatures looking like this. we are expecting 19 degrees in tokyo and the same in seoul. 28 in hong kong. heading to the americas, it is mostly dry in the west, but very stormy in the east. a couple of low pressure systems are dropping heavy rain across much of the southeastern corner of the u.s. as well as the mid-atlantic region. risks of severe thunderstorms, large hail and damaging winds will continue throughout tonight here. we had toerpd watches in effect across the southern parts of the florida peninsula. the stormy conditions move northward and reach the northeast states in the next 24 hours. meanwhile, light showers are lingering across ontario and quebec but that should ease wednesday. it is mostly dry and settled in the central and western parts of the u.s. and canada. british colu

. >>> bangladesh's buddhists celebrated a major festival on tuesday. it marks the end of a three-month period of spiritual training involving meditation, fasting and prayers. >> i'm praying, i'm blessing for all the human beings in the world. peace and happiness. >> thousands of devotee from the southeastern district of chittagong gathered a in a temple to greet the monks, they treated the monks to a feast. they said about 50 monks participated in the three-month spiritual training. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> now here's more news from around the world. the european commission, the eu's executive body announced on wednesday that serbia has satisfied the economic and political conditions for recognition as a candidate for membership. hunting down fugitives wanted for crimes committed during the wars with bosnia in 1990s had been one of the eu's main demands. in may of this year, serbia captured former bosnian serb military commander and handed him over to the military tribunal in the hague. >>> canada begegypt began regis candidates. the

. >>> rspping e hindu goddess, durga puja has evolved into a large festival in bangladesh. it symbolizes the hard-fought victory the of good over evil. devotees erected about 28,000 temporary worship pavilions to sing hymns and praise the goddesses. on thursday, the last day of the event, thousands of devotees joined the procession through the capital, daka, the festival ended with the faithful immer immersiimmers immersing images of the goddess in waters. >>> the government has urged telecom firms to move their aerial networks underground. designed to improve the quality of services and enhance the beauty of cities. a senior government official made the announcement in phnom penh. he said the cable network in cambodia is fragile and messy the. and expressed hope that the relocation of the network underground would help improve service that is safe, secure and sustainable. >>> now, more news in brief around the world. russian prime minister, vladimir putin, insists he is the person who can stabilize domestic politics. speaking ahead of his round for the presidency next marc

we begin tonight with this item sent by btv, bangladesh. the bangladhi governmt is stepping up efforts to boost law enforcement by purchasing new equipment and training persnel. the country's elite rapid action battalion or rab will acqui two u.s.-made helicopters next year. the seven-seat choppers have speed of 250 kilometers per hour. and are already used in 50 countries. >> once the two helicopters are inducted and in operation, it will certainly enhance our overall capability. >> the r.a.b.s are also acquiring other vehicles and high-tech equipment to modernize the country's police force. >>> hong kong authorities have earmarked $64 million u.s. to set up an international cuisine training institute. besides developing professional chefs, the school aims to promote catering, tourism and wine training. chief executive donald sang said he wants to develop the territory into what he called the ultimate food paradise. under the plan, 12,000-square-kilometer facility will accommodate some 2,000 students, including some overseas applicants. th

it has been producing a lot of rain across bangladesh, niche i northeastern india as well as northernnmar. the system will move inland and spread rain to china. a lot of heavy rain across the southern parts including central thailand that has been contending with the serious flooding situation. meanwhile, it's largely dry across much of eastern china, the korean peninsula, and much of japan. but the region will continue to see cloudy skies throughout the day. and rain is going to continue to affect southern japan as well as the southern korean peninsula on friday. temperatures are as follows. we expect 20 degrees in tokyo and 20 in seoul. taipei is coming in at 28 degrees and 32 in manila. and in bangkok 33 degrees with thundershowers, but the rain will let up on friday. so that's good news. heading over to the americas, a powerful low pressure system is impacting much of the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as eastern canada, isolated heavy rain, large hail, and gusty winds will likely continue into thursday. and strong winds could create high waves along the east coast. out t

that was the subject of steve sapienza's report in march from dhaka bangladesh. >> if you want to see the human toll exacted by unsafe water and poor sanitation in dhaka, you come here. this is the overflow tent at the short-stay unit at dhaka's main cholera and diarrhea hospital. this man arrived at the hospital with no vital signs. after 15 minutes of trying to revive him, his wife is given the news. the staff reports cholera as the cause of death. >> sreenivasan: but while the overall number continues to rise, in places like brazil, family sizes are shrinking. in august, fred de sam lazaro outlined some of the forces changing fertility rates there. >> 80% of women of child-bearing age use contraception. at the same time, a robust economy has needed their labor. today, women make up 40% of the country's work force up and down the economic ladder. the majority of college graduates in brazil are women. >> sreenivasan: to see many more images you can download the national geographic seven billion app for the ipad. for more now on what a seven billion person world might mean, we are joi

so bangladesh as well as myanmar seeing some very significant rafall toueadoom flooding issues we're also seeing continued rn acssieam and into cambodia, southern portions o thailand as well ilits t heavy as it has been certainly in recent weeks, it gngbe a littleit hvi i some places. northern portions of thailand certainly looking dryer. so that is very good news. as we head into our temperature chart, i can tell you that we're going to be in the low 20s in seoul, tokyo and beijing as well. shanghai and chongqing, cooler towards the north in ulan batur at 9 degrees and still in the 30s in bangkok. into north america we go. out west we're looking fine here. we have a couple of showers moving along a cold front. you can just see pushing in across bc. that's not going to be too much to worry about either. but as you can see, this very well developed low sitting over the east and that is going to be bringing some significantly heavy rain, maybe we'll see some flooding problems with this as well. anything from about 50 to 100 millimeters of rain in the next 24 hours could be coupled cert

i have built them from india to bangladesh to can yet to uganda to rwanda to tanzania to united states. every time you build a network there is interference. now, last week, we found a device that helps solve the problem for agricultural devices, surveying and construction devices. so, we can now live harmonious lee with our neighbors and gps, and have both networks up. ultimately, the goal and the objective is, how does the american consumer, how do you, how do why, how do our friends and family gains lightsquared from the -- gain from the lightsquared network? if you put a technical challenge to americans, they can confidently saw the. i confidently believe that -- solved it. i confidently believe that. here is the proof that it can be done. now let's work harmoniously. let's work into the plan to replace or reset the devices that are out there, because farmers are asking. a farmer says yes, i need a precision navigational device, but i also want broadband. i want my children to do their homework while they're connected to the internet. they do not say, give me this or that. they say

. >>> in bangladesh, new technology has been introduced to modernize the port of chitagong in the northeast of the country. on sunday trials began on a container management system to improve efficiency in the port. containers unloaded off to ships from singapore became first cargo to be trackedsing the new technology. thsyems exptedooo efficicy in the port by about 50%. >>> the 12th asi ouwechina's ongqing mucipalities on moay. nely3,000 fmor an 3 countriesnd regions are showcasing their skills in various fields, including dancing, drama and fashion during the ten-day event. the festival aims to promote understanding and harmony on the continent. the event coincides with the commemoration of 20 years of dialogue between china and the association of southeast asian nations. >>> on a lighter note, here are some pictures of giant panda cubs from sichuan province in china. the cubs were all born in the last few months at this research center. this is their first public appearance outside. the 12 cubs are all strong and of course, healthy. >>> what a sight for so eyes. and here are the latest ma

i built them from india to bangladesh to kenya to uganda to rwanda to tanzania to united states -- every time you build a network, there's interference, and the way you resolve interference is through -- [inaudible] last time, i said this is a challenge, and we'll resolve that, and now last week what we announced was a device that helps solve the problem for agriculture devices, surveying, and construction devices. we can now live harmoniously with our neighbors and gps and have both networks up. the goal and objective is how does american consumer, how do you, how do i, how do our friends, our family gain from the lightsquared network? it is not about one or the other. it's about both living harmoniously. if you put a technical challenge to american engineer, they can solve it. i've confidently believed that, and i believe it today because we have demonstrated it, that they can solve these engineering challenges. now we're in a situation that it's approved that it can be done, now let's work harmoniously, work into that plan to replace or refit these devices that are out there so that t

artist born in bangladesh couldn't have imagined that his life would be forever changed by the nine eleven terrorist attacks in two thousand and two he was detained to detroit airport and told that he was suspected of helping terrorists. it all started with an f.b.i. investigation where i was erroneously reported as a terrorist suspect there was a report that an arab mad had fled on september twelfth was hoarding explosives. now never mind i'm not arab nevermind there was no explosives there but in the fear they decided well that guy looks a little different so he must be arab and if he's arab then he must have explosives . later it transpired that her son had been put on the list of suspects by mistake nevertheless the f.b.i. continued to track the artist he feared that sooner or later he might end up in prison at guantanamo bay that was when his son decided to make life easier for the special services he set up a site called tracking transience where he posts every single bit of personal information about himself in real time. so you're seeing here you can see that there's a red arrow wi

i built one from india to bangladesh to kenya to uganda to rwanda, tanzania, to united states. every time we build a network there is interference, and the way you resolve interference is through internally. and last thing, i said this is an integral challenge and we resolved that. and now last week what we announced was a device that helps solve the problem for agricultural devices, surveying and construction devices. so we can now live harmoniously with our neighbors in gps, and have fourth networks because ultimately the goal is and the objective is how does the american consumer, how do you, how do i, how do our friends, our family came from the lightsquared network? it is not about one or the other. it is about both living harmoniously. and if you put a technical challenge to american consumer, they can solve it. i confidently believe that, and i believe it today because we have demonstrated it that they can solve these internal challenges. so now we're in a situation that here is the proof it can be done. now let's work harmoniously. let's work to that plan to replace or

. >> is anybody here worried about what is going on for example in bangladesh where so far 25 million people have migrated from the coast to dhaka, which is inland, because it is now under water, where they were living. the reason for that is rising sea levels and the reason for rising sea levels is climate change, which is driven by human overpopulation. >> again, let me just say this, there is a statistic that says if you double the standard of living of those in china, you triple the world's energy needs. so we have to be thoughtful about what that actually means. if our energy needs are only going up, as our standard of living goes up, then it's not necessarily the case that just reducing the number of people are going to make everything okay. >> and i think you know, when you begin to divert your resources to things that -- to things like population control, which things like that can't result in -- when you're talking about controlling populations -- >> nobody is talking about that outside of china. >> but it definitely -- this is what the campaign begins. the campaign begins ta