the very name, burma, refers actually to only one of these groups. however, is a thanaka, a face paint and sun block made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. it is you bigtous here. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. yangon's gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times terrifyingly so. >> if this thing is going to be derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday? on this one train? so truly it's about being in the right car, the one that keeps its wheels. >> derailments or rail splits as they've referred to more is more benign sounding than rolling off into the rice paddies, which are not uncommon. one can't help wondering what the engineer and conductor are thinking as the train speeds heedlessly on faster and faster. >> all right. it must be like 40, 50 miles per hour at this point. >> i wonder if anyone has ever flown out of their seat out the window. you don't want to be holding a lap dog. >> or baby or anything. >> ye

the very name, burma, refers actually to only one of these groups. however, is a thanaka, a sunscreen from tree bark that masks many of their faces. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. yangon's gravitational pull broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times terrifyingly so. >> if this thing is going to be derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday? on this one train? so truly it's about being in the right car, the one that keeps its wheels. >> derailments or rail splits as they've referred to more is more benign sounding than rolling off into the rice paddies, which are not uncommon. one can't help wondering what the engineer and conductor are thinking as the train speeds heedlessly on faster and faster. >> all right. it must be like 40, 50 miles per hour at this point. >> i wonder if anyone has ever flown out of their seat out the window. you don't want to be holding a lab dog. >> or baby or anything. >> yeah, try -- in the bathroom and find yourself

a harmonious way. >> closed off to the west and other military dictatorship until three years ago, burmain the midst of political and economic transition. the exhibition puts together some 160 pieces of the ancient asian art, including some from thailand, vietnam, and cambodia. >> kiev launches what it calls program to -- t any signs of force in the region could tip ukraine into civil war. oscar pistorius takes the stand for a second day. and a crushing defeat for the main separatist party in quÉbec, and their hopes for independence. the liberals in favor of canadian unity when the legislative elections. time to take a look at what is grabbing headlines around the world. a lot of the papers are focusing on the elections in india, dubbed the biggest election ever , that started yesterday. >> that is the front page of the hindu times. approximately five hundred 43 -- the number of seats in the lower house of parliament that candidates are battling for, and you can see this epic chase begins. a lot of the international papers are focusing on this as well. it is on the front page of the inde

on sunday she is the figurehead of the opposition movement india also known as burma. although current legislation prevents her from running in the twenty fifteen presidential election. she spent almost fifteen years under house arrest on the orders of the uni's military rulers. with entities the un. i'm extremely happy the suns who she is decided to play such a prominent role in the politics of the country on the fifth off to shape the political future than the discipline despite the difficulties he faces when all we seek to be stipend. sounds to his reception in berlin was almost like the kind reserved for heads of state on friday she will receive the international been the bronze award for promoting democracy and human rights. it was not sung gumbo concert with these few words before the giving the boat invisible own song to cheat the significance to me that the germans also supports an important role of the baby and if you choke me a mom this means nothing less than putting pressure on the government of myanmar to saint felix ago. now it is billed as the largest se

that has certainly been the case in myanmar, burma. it is a challenge and you're right. quite often, buddhism and hinduism are given gentle treatment. i remember reporting a lot on induism that gives a different face to it than the one we often see in america, in boulder. it is an ongoing challenge and i think it is right that some religions are possibly treated more gently than others. of course, it also depends on where you're coming from and which media you're talking about. it isn't purely religion, but in america it seems that israel is given more positive treatment in the press and it is quite the opposite in europe. that is an ongoing issue about that and the bbc often has to find itself answering to arguments and reports on whether it is reporting on conflict in the middle east and the sick terry and religious overtones are fair and balanced and that is an ongoing issue. >> do you have the last question? >> thank you for a lovely resentation. i just want to ask you from a practitioner's perspective because i work as an assistant roducer. i find it a bit hard to b

. >> ifill: now, part two of jeffrey brown's look at myanmar, the country formerly known as burma. after years of turmoil, the military government is moving toward political reform. but as the country begins to open up to the outside world, there's a new concern: how development could overshadow its architectural and archaeological past. that's the subject of jeff's report tonight, which also marks the beginning of a new series, one we call "culture at risk". we'll explore the impact of war, climate change, neglect and more, on cultural artifacts around the world. >> brown: the afternoon rush hour in yangon: workers board water taxis for the commute home. on the streets, food vendors serve tea and noodles. buddhist monks in their maroon robes are everywhere. and the ancient schwedegon pagoda, hundreds of temples, statues and stupas, remains the country's most important shrine. yangon, the city once known as rangoon, is often said to be frozen in time, the result of a military regime that kept his country largely isolated from the modern world for more than 50 years. but that's chan

in 2010, burma held their first general election. he decided to opt out and called it fundamentally flawed. he asked the voters to boycott it. he was at the forefront of the campaign. we're asking them not to vote. >> he suffered recurring health problems. always pictured wearing his prison shirt. protest because other political prisoners are being held behind bars. he died at age 85. katerina. bbc news. >> tomorrow, president obama leaves for an eight-day trip to asia. he was looking for a nice break from the tension of the ukraine. he will be disappointed. the trip comes as two of the biggest powers are under pressure. a chinese court ordered the seizure of a japanese cargo ship over unpaid debts that go back to world war ii. in tokyo, there are signs of rising nationalism that has alarmed people at home and abroad. we have this report. the young navy cadets are about to take each other on in a ruling exercise. it is military tradition here since the 1980's -- 1930's. this place is called the japanese imperial naval academy. today,

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i believe it is exactly what the people of cuba, iran, burma, belarus, north korea, and other authoritarianations need to help them communicate with each other. to help them achieve the usaid's stated mission of a "free, peaceful, and self-reliant society with an effective, legitimate government." so i commend you for helping people have a less control platform to talk to each other, helping them find a way to connect and share their views. global internet freedom programs, u.s. international broadcasting, and support for human rights activists are all fundamental components of our country's long-standing efforts to remote democracy overseas. for more than 50 years, the united states has had an unwavering commitment to promote freedom of information in the world. our work in cuba is no different than our efforts to promote freedom of expression and uncensored access to information in the ukraine, russia, belarus, iran, china, or north korea. it should be noticed that in the bill there is $76 billion set aside to promote global internet freedom and democracy in closed societies like cuba, wh

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also coming up for you over the next hour, we will tell you about the life of one of the founders of burma'sro-democracy opposition. he has passed away at age 84 after decades battling military rulers. and the life of pope john paul ii set to music. we have three -- there are three theater shows running in the italian capital prior to the catheterization -- caninitization. biden visits the ukraine as ukraineavrov says the is in violation of the geneva accord. tensions remain high after an attack on a pro-moderate -- a checkpoint that left three dead. president has asked for support from russian troops. alex turnbull has more. >> a couple of speeches on a card announce a new curfew following the attack on the checkpoints, slovyansk is called a city under siege and they begged for help. >> we ask for help. if you can't send the army as peacekeepers, please send food supplies or weapons or anything else that you can. >> on sunday, local residents came to lay flowers at the side of the shooting outside of slo vyansk, and they describe the attacker to place her in the early hours of easter sunday

done with other countries in asia, with their relationship with japan, south korea, opening up to burma, and reestablishing military base, agreement to allow troops to be based in the philippines, australia, you have a strong alliance network in asia, whereas if you look at china's alliances, maybe north korea, maybe pakistan, maybe rush if you're stretching it. in terms of this bipolar struggle, we see the united states in a much stronger footing in asia than china. >> is it clear what you're countering when you decide to counter china? >> that verb in that sentence, counter, contain, manage, i think it's basically trying to figure out a way to deal with china that in all likeliness within five years, ten years 15 years we'll have an economy the same size as the united states with a military budget the same as the united states. how do you deal with a country that has a very ideology than the united states without as every other time in history, without u.s. and china going to work and having a declining power and rising power. >> we'll take a break an then talk about the post cold war

encounter a true story of reconciliation between one daughter and niece during world war two that kind of burma railway was constructed by the imperial japanese army using forced labor including many prisoners of war. still many people die from college that death railway. one of those who stood by the thumb tip of the film opening this month in tokyo. nhk with new teacher calling for points it's the beginning of the tortilla. and british accent. he's taken prisoner by the japanese tommy and forced him to compete in the time independently with the red light. he's due to hunting is gorgeous and she repeated that line. easter passion. to the coast extending team in. key to any kind to his experience has appealed to u s and h g men with guns. he supposed to take steps to slow down. he seemed great idea since all you can picture her tormenting him. which is why i choose to support. in the crease old students to appreciate them. this painting for this team is trying to overcome his dark eyes. even though they're awesome doc scenes in the film. there also that the film is ultimately a lot it's about s

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. >> it has the distinction of surprisingly, it was the capital of burma during the war days. >> youttle village up on the hill connected to the rest of the world by a narrow mountain path and a rule, approximately a fifth of the human race for eight months every year. in today's context it would almost seem bizarre. >> mulligitawny soup. a classic example of what we think of as indian food in the west but not at all. this was originally a soup made by indian chefs to accommodate british tastes, is that correct? >> it was something what you would call halfway between a soup and a broth. basically, meat cooked in its own fat. it's a misnomer. this meat is not actually mutton. >> here, back before the rail line, it would be a difficult trip. >> yes. >> but once they were up and running, there were many servants to look after your every need. you had a fireplace, a hearth in every room. >> and people on the regular payroll whose only job was to shoo monkeys off the grounds. >> wow. cigars in the sitting room. as one does, or once did. >> very much, really wonderful. a lot of history in

unique distinction of having been the summer capital of india, and surprisingly it was the capital of burmave this tiny little village up on the hill connected to the rest of the world by narrow mountain path and the rule, approximately the fifth of the human race for eight months of the year. in today's context it would almost seem bizarre. >> classic example of what we think of as indian food in the west but not at all. this was originally a soup made by indian chefs to accommodate the british tastes? >> it was half way between a lentil which you would eat and a broth. basically meat cooked in its own fat. this meat is not actually mutton. >> here, back before the rail line it would be a difficult trip. >> yes. >> but once they were up and running there were many servants to look after your every need. you had a fireplace. >> they had people whose only jobs would be to shoo monkeys off the grounds. >> this man would go stamping his staff, normally they were not even supposed to look in the direction. it was bad manners. >> it was not easy for the people who worked. it was india that paid

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with the reelection of it all burma's prime minister it seems hungry will continue its somewhat unorthodox relationship with the eu. not just sounds boring blog brussels is achieved the thrall of a coffee budapest hungary the chairman of the euro skeptic bruges group think tank says that the secret of baldwin's popular appeal is not increase eighteen games continue to fight in protecting his own nation's interests. the european union you know that she can eat like him because he believes the national study to legislate to be you should have got to choose what to call them come to this i see it while they're being told what to do by the opinion also taken into one of the country has to be in the year i will take to the year our beaches kind of luck unless there is one of the easing of the devaluation of the comments the other was just has no hope it will cause more harm than one a c section so we see how that day situations flow control the country's markets and increase despite hungry has been kept down. it has its own economic policy which could succumb to the national interest. thus the

into burma to meet you with this filipina can spot treat and a banking analyst is to know. beijing our role was not the comfort of our goal was to contain china. our goal is to make sure that the international rules and norms are respected and that includes a theory of maritime disputes. china and the new staging joint naval exercises last week the shuffling had this with what many see as in you to take this with you especially the south china sea where they came to a large horseshoe shaped its way to tear it and thought to be reaching minerals and energy resources the philippines now the country's eastern china's claim. manila has asked an international court to rule on who should control it entertaining. many of the content in your school attended the speech. during the week. the bomber also offered his backing to japan in a similar standoff with the islands claimed by china he was saying in the region was our next story police used water cannon to break up an anti nuclear demonstration in taiwan. the protesters demanding the government scrapped plans to start a new react

to introduce a scholarship of local students i think ill be useful for us to know you shouldn't do burmawhich he did yesterday templates to welcome a delegation from the coast and in autumn this year it was seven point five magnitude earthquake in mexico the epicenter of the disaster was in the western state of guerrero any of the village of that bond. this is the accent in line at the depth of thirty nine kilometers. no casualties were reported at present local officials are estimating the possible damage caused to the instructions. incumbent president abdel aziz would deplete the one the first rounds of elections gaining more than eighty one point five percent of the vote. as with the clique of governing the country since nineteen ninety nine was re elected for the fourth term. his main rival opposition candidate on the bench was dean only twelve percent of the vote is already declared that the results are not reliable however the politician abstained from specific allegations as it is known six people five against the high office in algeria denominations were approved by the country's

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places like lieutenant burma. people are interested and excited. desert.he gobi you want to go to the gobi desert? you told me earlier that i get to see it because you brought it up. something called bikini boot camp. instructorw a yoga and at the same place they did something called the bikini boot camp. i was on my yoga retreat, there were a bunch of folks and it was about getting yourself bikini-ready. there is core exercises and running on the beach, they are doing yoga. then they are eating healthier diet. you do this for a week or so and then you take that home with you so that you can continue it. there is things like the sweat lodge. a what? >> the sweat lodge. >> this is the ancient mayan ritual and how they get rid of illness and that is something i did. you are in this kind of a glue and you are sweating it out. clay and you with are covering yourself. >> how off the beaten track are these kinds of experiences? you talk about the culture but if you're doing classes and eating well and focused on that particular location, does that leave time to

we're finding this in burma where we have been working.w that i'm elected to parliament, what committee would you like to be an? i would like the committee called the rule of law committee of the burmese myanmar province. and in other places, too. what is holding things back? these judges are just not qualified in burma and also simply don't understand the words independence. they will hold in favor on the government. traction, we of are finding, in places where we go all over the world and in the united kingdom. the book came out on the rule of law that said two things. it was important. first of all, it is a universal concept. the qualities we're just they apply to everybody. they may bite in different ways, but they apply. they are also quite specific. you can challenge your government and you must have law that people have access to. your rightsablish whether their rights to contract or human rights, and you must do so through a fair trial and the judiciary that gets you a long way. >> so with two administrative law professors and two

the very name burma refers actually to only one of these groups, but they all seem to have in common,a. a fate paint and sun block made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. it's ubiquitous here. at first jarring to see, it quickly becomes something you get used to and take for granted. >> the gravitational pull bro n broken, and with darkness falling, the train picks up speed. at times, terrifyingly so. >> this thing is going to derail at some point. they have lost how many wheels yesterday on this one train. so truly, it's about being in the right car. the one that keeps its bheel. wheel. >> derailments, or rail slips, as they are referred to here, a somewhat more benign sounding occurrence than say rolling off the tracks into a rice patty, are not uncommon. one can't help wondering what the engineer and conductor are thinking as the train speeds heedlessly on faster and faster. >> it must be 50 miles an hour at this point. >> i wonder if anyone has flown right out of their seat into the window. you don't want to be, like, holding a lap dog. >> or a baby or anything. >> try

he was forced to work on the thai-burma railway known as the "death railway." japanese interpretor made lomax's life miserable. more than 50 years later, he returned to thailand to meet the man. in 1995, he wrote "the railway man." the autobiography has been turned into a movie starring jeremy irvine and colin firth. here is the trailer for the film. >> i have a small problem which i suspect this gathering might find interesting. i've fallen in love. >> he's a wonderful man. i've seen it, but he's a mess. >> you couldn't possibly imagine what he's been through. >> i want to know what happened to eric. >> war leaves a mark. >> this is the bbc. allied forces in singapore have surrendered to the japanese. >> when we surrendered, the japs said we weren't men. real men would die of shame. >> you have no honor. >> you are here to help us. >> to build a railway. >> if you help, you will have a good war. >> but we said no. we'll live to fight you. we'll live for revenge. >> he's alive? >> he's alive and i know where he is. >> he won't have a clue you are coming. >> thi

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yes, fortunately, we have that incident in burma state, 121 students were abducted. 129 were abducted, but 121 were rescued by the military, and other security personnel that operated in that area. eight are still missing, but the government is doing everything possible to make sure that the remaining eight girls are rescued and also brought back. this is confirmed by the governor of the state, and we are working with the state, the governor is working the government is working through the military to make sure other -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt you, just to clarify. you say 121 school girls have been rescued by the military, but the school principal said the vast majority of the girls are still missing, their parents say that many of them are still missing. you know, with no civil rights organization or media allowed to report in that area, it's very difficult to go by just what the nigeria military is saying. >> you see, as the government and as people, we are supposed to have confidence in the people that are on the field. they have reported to us that the military, that they have

i once in burma had three guys, 2 of them 22 years in prison, and they came out and they said, thankou, senator mccain, you spoke up for us while we were in prison. these are guys with 22 years in prison? and it meant a lot to them. they had the radios. by the way, vladimir putin and russia -- this is very important, charlie -- right now they have a total corner on the market a propaganda into eastern ukraine and other parts of ukraine. and they are literally removing any television stations that might have a different viewpoint. it is a wash with russian propaganda. we have to get into the business of radio free europe and use new technologies that we have, twitter, facebook all of these. right now, putin is doing a good job of brainwashing these people in eastern ukraine. >> this is what michael gordon wrote. "the abilities of the russian military's has displayed is not only important to the drama in ukraine, they also have huge implications for the security of moldova, georgia and the central european nations that are members of nato." michael gordon of "the new york times." >> he

if you went any farther, you'd be in myanmar or burma. we've been monitoring polling there. the record turnout, i wonder what voting has been like where you are today. >> reporter: john, i'm at a polling station which has been set up inside a primary school here in nagaland. you can just look at very typically the scene behind me. it's been about 45 minutes since the polls closed. the officials have just been gathering all the paperwork. sealing the ballot boxes. in this case electronic voting machines. ready to take them away. and we have these fantastic -- to take all the officials and also all the armed policemen and soldiers. you can just see them over here. they've been standing guard all day. this is, after all, a somewhat sensitive area. you've already talked about the fact that we are very close to myanmar. they've been on duty all day. not having much to do, really. because it was a fairly sedate day when it came to voting here. now, i was saying to you a couple of days ago from asam, the neighboring state, where i witnessed massive turnouts. really enthusiastic cro

at this hour with burma michaela starts now. >>> the search area shrinks, the urgency grows. crews desperate to find flight 370 hear nothing. no new pings that might lead them to the plane. >>> memories prove too much. oscar pistorius overcome and breaks down on the stand as he tells the court about the night he shot and killed his girlfriend. >>> and president obama this hour signs two executive orders aimed at shrinking the pay gap between men and women. the president's actions coming on equal pay day. but is this really about pay or politics or both? great to see you. >> we won't talk about how much each of you makes. d it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. the search for flight 370. search crews once again coming up empty. they failed to relocate the pinging sounds they had hoped would lead them to flight 370's black boxes deep in the indian ocean. this certainly seen as a setback as the search enters a second month. >> right now the search zone is drastically scaled back, reduced to 30,000 square miles. one expert is he instesays inst size of texas, now searching the size of hou