lynus gets the green light to start refiring rare earth in malaysia. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. >>> welcome back to "world business today." >> speaking of commodities there, you saw the price of gold gaining in today's session. but shares of the australian mining company lynas have literally soared almost 20%. and this is on the back of news that the malaysian authorities have granted this company an operating license to run a rare refining plant. it means that the company's proposal to ship rare earth elements from australia to malaysia can proceed. lynas estimates the project will account for a quarter of the world's supply of rare earth, outside of china. this has sparked protests in both countries. this is from environmental and health concerns. among them, that the remining plant could produce harmful waste. and as a

. >>> in malaysia, i think kfc stands for kung-fu chicken. this is at a kfc in malaysia. some of the workers come out the side door and all of a sudden one of them just charges at one of the customers and kicks him. >> what the heck was that about? >> the poster of this video said there are so many people there waiting for their food and all the employees are back chilling, not really giving service, not really making their chicken, frying the chicken. they're just chilling in the back. the customers started yelling stuff at the employees. the employees started yelling stuff back. they got all mad. and what other ways we saw this issue. [ screaming ] >> i have a theory. i'm not a detective. >> no. >> these customers know colonel sanders' secret recipe, and they were going to, you know, send a mass text message to all of their friends. >> everybody knows it's 11 herbs and spices. >> but what 11? >> the combination has to be just right. >> so colonel sanders called in to this kfc in it malaysia, told these employees, you better get out there and stop this. >> you know, i th

reporting for nhk world, malaysia. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin for day. >>> business is drying up for home builders in the city of asahikawa in northern japan, so one contractor is branching out to mongolia. many people there complain their houses don't keep out the winter cold. the japanese builder plans to draw on his firm's technology and experience in building winter-proof homes. >> reporter: about 1.1 million people live in ulan bator, mongolia's capital. the economy is growing rapidly. and the number of residents has increased by 50% in the past decade. as the city population expands, the demand for housing increases. but most homes do not keep their occupants warm during the frigid winter. >> there are gaps around the windows. the walls are thin. and the floor is cold. >> reporter: typical mongolian homes don't have enough insulation. drafts come in from around the windows and they're freezing. almost minus 4 degrees cells suss. but a japanese company is putting up homes that keep out the cold. the builder targets the growing number of wealthy mongolians. he builds house

nhk world, malaysia. >>> slash and burn farming is often blamed for destroying for -- forests. it also creates pollution as many countries in southeast asia are currently experiencing. the skies over northern thailand have been blanketed with a thick hayes for two weeks. visibility was reduced in eight provinces over the weekend. dust particles are rising above safety standards. flights were delayed and locals what were warned to wear masks when they go outside. >>> in indonesia, using fire to clear land has been banned by the government but for the people, slash and burn farming has been passed down through the generations and as nhk world reports, the ban is affecting their traditional way of life. >> reporter: this is a village that for generations -- clearing land with fire was banned as part of efforts to reduce carbon monoxide emissions. the bans have changed the lives of local people. this farmer shows us around an area where 20 families used to grow rice and other vegetables. the fire ban means they can no longer grow. many people have given up farming. some even left t

a third suspect escaped to malaysia.srael's ambassador to thailand said bombs discovered in the bangkok house were similar to those used on other diplomats. there was no comment from officials in tehran. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in florida a brazen robbery happened right in the middle of an airport security line. a woman who had just cleared a tsa checkpoint accidentally left her rollex watch in the tubs. a man spotted the time piece and made his move. by the time the woman realized she had forgotten it the watch and the thief were gone. >>> near pittsburgh it's a site that could scare even alfred hitchcock. thousands of crows have descended on a neighborhood. it's what they're leaving behind that's downright frightening. cars and homes have been drenched in bird droppings. some folks have resorted to putting up a scarecrow to shoo them away. >>> did you fail to impress your sweetheart on valentine's day. here's your solution. you can take the relationship to a whole

this is big news. >>> banned in malaysia.esn't have to leave, but she can't get on stage either. nischelle turner is joining us live from l.a. nischelle, i love erykah badu, what happened? >> me too! i know. this is kind of crazy. neo soul artist, erykah badu, she has been banned from performing in malaysia after pictures circulated with what appeared to be a temporary tattoo of the arab world ahla. they are warned to dress modestly on stage. erykah badu was reportedly already in malaysia for the show when the cancellation was announced. we have reached out to her representatives for a reaction, but have not heard back just yet. >> is anybody suggesting, or is she suggesting maybe she would take that temporary tattoo off or she's going to stick with it? do we know? >> you know, that's a good question. if it's temporary, it seems like maybe she could take it off. but you know erykah badu as well, suzanne. she's kind of one of those stick to your guns kind of girls. so you never know what she's going to decide to do. >> she cer

. >>> malaysia's state-owned oil company has discovered twoaj ga deposits off the eastern state in theouth china sea. it made the finds lt steer and november. the first well was discovered after drilling to a depth of 3,200 meters. it contains about 5 trillion cubic feet of gas. the other well was found about 17 kilometers away at a dthf about 3,800 meters. indications are that it contains about 450 billion cubic feet of gas. theomnyla to conduct drilling 30 more wells in 2012. >>> people across thaildav celebrated valentine's day. a large number of couples flocked to a district office in bangkok to register their marriages. r e rs time, the office also hosted a traditional wedding ceremony. t a northern city held a mass wedding for 14 couples. the ceremony was followed by a parade of the newlyweds. the vice president called on all ties to love each other, not only on valentine's day, but every day. >>> we got a break from the rain in tokyo. the skies are still looking gloomy. rachel ferguson joins us with the world weather forecast. >> hi there, yes. it is certainly very gloomy. i suppose

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a piercing festival in malaysia had devotees attaching religious offerings to their bodies.e pierced cheeks with spear-like needles. others have dozens of hooks latched on to their back. even worse, look at that guy. he pulled a float by the hooks. ouch may be an understatement there. >>> finally, in london, one museum had to go to great heights to switch things up. in order to replace their crystal encrusted minicooper for a hand-knit ferrari, they decided to move the vehicles by lifting them with a crane with the cooper valued at almost $2 million. there was no room for error in this daring effort. luckily, both cars survived the swap without a scratch. lucky for whoever was at the controls there who was sweating that job. >> right? you think car, you just roll it out. that's normally what you do with it. >> why not? >> maybe a knit ferrari is the tricky one? >> maybe get a little bit of attention. >>> now here's a look at the stories we will follow through the day on nbc. janet napolitano together with the transportation security administration will announce the expansion

. >>> malaysia's community has been gearing up for one of the most important days in the hindu calendar. the festival. on the day, they parade through the streets of kuala lumpur. they smashed coconuts, symbolizing the defeat of the ego. flowers and incense was offered. some people climbed the 272 steps to the temple in the caves in the area to fulfill their vows. >>> i had to open up my umbrella this morning and that cold snap we were having in tokyo has given way to a warm spell. sayaka mori has the latest weather picture. >> welcome back to the weather update. let's begin with japan. a lot of clouds are covering much of the nation. underneath them are heavy amounts of precipitation blankets much of japan. particularly right along the pacific side. thunderstorms, gusting winds and high waves will accompany the torrential rain. as for the back side of the nation, the precipitation is rain rather than snow because temperatures are on the rise. from tonight, colder air will flow in. that will bring another round of heavy snow as well as windy conditions. as for the korean peninsula, snow

year old who set a track record as he tested his new honda bike at the international circuit in malaysia he became the first ride ever to complete the circuit in less than two minutes beating valentino rossi his previous best by just under a second rather ominously stoner says there's still time for improvement the head of the new season. you know the way it's been really good to us to get as many laps in as we can still not feeling great but the bike is with me now to make some more progress trying to reduce the chatter a little bit more. just try and you know decide in a few things different small settings in the shop that we haven't tried before. and just a few other things that we had to test on that are now what could be the richest clash in boxing history is off for now the money packie how floyd mayweather jr clash will have to wait after w b a light middleweight champion was announced as mayweather is next opponent pretty boy floyd is just eighty seven days in jail for domestic violence starting on june the first and wanted his arch rival pacquiao before that date american maywea

that led to malaysia depressed sources bangkok was hit by a series of explosions there were no fatalities as the bombers failed to carry out the attacks as planned. bridges in rumania have had to be rescued by emergency services of the heavy snowfall trapped them inside their own homes become trees winter death toll has now reached seventy nine with authorities using helicopters and army trucks to deliver food and medicine since the end of january hundreds have died across eastern europe and tens of thousands of housebound record snow levels in albania infected. with the business now with maria. oh and welcome to business and here i see the latest short term brought russian gas supply to europe spurred discussions on how to secure consumers from possible cuts in the future that of gas forms export branch alexander madrid says one of the ways is to increase storage capacities in the region. food supply. was its way through the program. experienced. between two hundred three hundred million euros for a few years to secure. our list like a look at the markets now with exchange rates the euro

the two suspects are in custody but a third suspect escaped to malaysia. the ambassador to thailand says bombs were similar to those used in other attacks on israeli diplomats. israel accuses iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror. iran denied any role in the bomb blasts in thailand. >>> now the first look at some of the other news going on around america, in florida, a brazen robbery happened in the middle of an airport security line. a woman who had just cleared a tsa check point accidentally left her rolex watch in one of those plastic tubs, that guy then spotted the $6500 timepiece and made his move. by the time the woman realized she forgotten it, the watch and the thief were gone. >>> near pittsburgh, a sight could scare even alfred hitchcauhitc hitchcock. thousands of crows descended on the neighborhood. what they are leaving behind is downright frightening. look at that. can you imagine walking out of your house to that? cars and homes have been completely drenched in bird droppings. some folks have resorted to putting up a scarecrow to s

they say upon international circuit in malaysia he became the first ride ever to complete the circuit in less than two minutes he said valentino rossi his previous best by just under a second and rather ominously stunning the says there's still time for improvement the head of the new season. you know the way has been really good to us we've been out of it to get us as many laps in as we can still not feeling great but the bike is we have with me now to make some more progress try and reduce the chatter a little bit more. and just try and you know decide in a few things couple different settings in the shop that we haven't tried before. and just a few other things that we've had to test on the. two winter sports now opponents you see in our culture counted all pettersen of sweden won the moscow stage of the cross-country skiing world cup to take the overall world cup lead constantine pitot off as the details. despite a great course constructed neal he's standing in central moscow the van was notably missing several top skiers money die a colonial and better not a folk who decided to s

international circuit in malaysia he became the first ride ever to complete the circuit in less than two minutes meeting valentino rossi his previous best by just under a second and rather ominous late stoner says there's still time for improvement the head of the new season. you know the as been really good to us for being out to get us as many laps in as we can still not feeling great but the bike is we have our being out to make some more progress try and average the chatter a little bit more. try and you know decide on a few things couple different small settings and a shot that we haven't tried before. and just a few other things that we've had to test on the bike to winter sports now apologist enoch of all check and take it all patterson of sweden won the moscow stage of the cross-country skiing world cup to take the overall world cup laid. off as the details. despite a great course constructed stereo in central moscow the rand was notably missing several top skiers married beyond colonia and bet that a lot of folk who decided to skip the raise due to the extremely cold weather

malaysia has deported a young saudi blogger who's wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist sparked outrage in the kingdom last week after he tweeted that he would not pray for the prophet mohammed clara's condemned his thoughts as a blasphemous twenty three year old could now face execution. popular actress whitney houston has died at the age of the former was found in a beverly hills hotel room on the eve of the grammy awards in los angeles a career was marred by a turbulent marriage on drug abuse north already as of yet to determine the exact. the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing secret documents and evidence of war crimes to wiki leaks as we nominated for the nobel peace prize he's been put forward by a peace research center in the u.s. and an icelandic parliamentary group the twenty four year old is awaiting a court martial in the u.s. sand faces life in prison. but a johns dettori who leads the icelandic nomination says exposing crimes should not be regarded as one bradley manning. because. women who are long whistle on war crimes he'

according to the new york times, malaysia airlines introduced a similar option through an act last yeard program is still in the early stages of about 200 people have used so far. >>vicki: the option is only available on flights from amsterdam to san francisco, new york in brazil. it may be a while before service becomes available on a widespread basis. the health of nelson mandela is fragile yet he continues to impact of the world. we will show you how when we come back. >>jaqueline: the core of a storm is passing to the west out there right now. we're going to see very cold conditions the west's of the week. more coming up. bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest phones. verizon wireless and xfinity. tv, home phone, internet and wireless together. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exce

just like in japan, x)yxscbrg: on top of that you've got smaller competitions in brazil, qatar, malaysia, kuwait. you've got an important one in the uae which you know was picked for rafael before things went wrong and now it's theoretically open again. >> the joint strike fighter really has been very, very dominant on world markets. has it really delivered a death blow in some respects or is there still enough work out there for the european guys? >> it's obviously been on the market for over a decade. the extraordinary thing is that despite the delays, despite the cost overruns, no one has defected from the list of international partnerships which is a pretty impressive achievement. but, however, it hasn't killed anybody yet. >> right. >> it's still on the market. it hasn't really gone out of its partner nation niche. well, it's recruited japan, but that was always somewhat inevitable. >> let me take you to one last, very quick question, if you look at the lockheed calendar for 2010, it's got a picture of a sixth generation fighter aircraft. are we going to see a new fighter aircraft d

a third iranian escaped to malaysia.claims it is part of a covert terror campaign by iran. >>> the united states is teaming one european current trois slap new sanction ozzie ron. it could drastically cut iran's ability to conduct business around the world. president obama wants to see if iran can be kicked out of a financial clearing house which iran needs to sell oil. the unprecedented punishment could immediately cripple iran's financial life line. >>> president obama welcomes the man who will be the president of china to the white house. there were toasts with vice president joe biden. outside the white house, some tibetan protests called for china to stop its brutal crackdown in tibet. >>> a push to legalize same section marriage in virginia. we'll share more on this and one couple's work on this. ork >>> i'll have the details on the forecast and julie wright has a look at your traffic. we'll do that in just a minute. ♪ [ female announcer ] gross -- i'll tell you what's really gross: used dishcloths. they can have a

current team the twenty seven year old is replacing a veteran and a truly behind the way forward in malaysia british based outfit fee hike of a line it will be petrov's to make this year but is due to take part in the pre-season testing in barcelona next week with the season getting under way with the australian grand prix in melbourne in a month's time trial finished thirteenth overall in his maiden season before improving to tenth place last year you know it was a couple race. it was very difficult to parse for this team so i'm really looking forward to along the way because until belittle this last two years there was a book we could steal from the new teams. who will see it in careful and. it will be good. one of the most eagerly anticipated events at the upcoming summer olympics undoubtedly will be the men's one hundred meters with several months to go before the london games one of the world's fastest sprinters jamaican a south of power says that you said bolt funtastic result of nine point five eight seconds could be broken there. i don't think there's a limit. people can do for us to

doesn't mean there is a fifth column here in thailand or you need to nizo or in the philippines or in malaysia for that matter chinese know but this means that the giselle says stage especially is very closely degraded which china is their problems for instance assaults china sea problems between china philippines china vietnam do sit down discuss it at their old east asian table that's what it this way so interference from the u.s. is a very very tricky matter and if the pentagon wants to militarize the relationship the pivot is going to be more on the military level this is going to be really really tricky with the new aging leadership even with she which is war you know amenable guy compared to which intel but it's going to be hard and as as you just mentioned the worry that the u.s. seems to have is that there is this china is growing china's growing influence in that region and that is why the u.s. as shifting the military strategy away from the middle east to china and with this new military invention i mean how do we expect china to to react to this. look it's clear that let's pick shre

reportedly charged two iranian suspects who were arrested shortly after the blast on the malaysia going to press sources bangkok was hit by a series of explosions and deaths as a bonus for the korea taxes and. pollution remain here have had to be rescued by emergency services of the heavy snow fall. but inside their own homes the country is going to death toll is now seventy four she's using the trucks to deliver. since the end of january hundreds have died across eastern europe tens of thousands of housebound record snow levels. so badly affected. water cannons and tear gas tax return conscripts and argentinian capital protesting for recognition as war veterans regular soldiers who fought in the falklands conflict tonight eighty two are entitled to pensions and health care demonstrators say they should at the same rights despite never being deployed to the audience twenty four people were detained in several injured coming out cross talk program thirty g.m.t. people are valid looks beyond dispute legal status. if all that is found is found around the falkland islands in the area. under

malaysia has deported a young saudi blogger who's wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist sparked outrage in the kingdom after he tweeted about prophet mohammed last week clara's condemned his thoughts as blasphemous the twenty three year old could now face execution. on. this. popular agenda and actress whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight performer was found in a beverly hills hotel room on the eve of the grammy awards in los angeles the career was marred by a turbulent marriage and the use of drugs authorities have yet to determine the exact cause of death. all right on the way here on r t why america's secret war in pakistan is doing more harm than good and we hear from pakistan's foreign minister in just a few minutes but first i'll be back with the headlines in just a moment see you shortly. download the official t. application to your i phone the i pod touch from the i.q. exams to. life on the go. video on demand artie's minefield costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. wealthy british style. markets wein

if you take indonesia and malaysia and singapore, thailand, all those countries that are the tigers of asian, they decided in those areas that we're on the side of the rest, and the americans are fighting. this asian communism is not necessarily the future of our region. maybe freedom and maybe independence are and maybe western oriented societies are. so i think in that sense vietnam was a success in terms of what it demonstrated the united states was willing to do to fight for to prevent the spread of communism. and so i think in that way -- but then as said there's noo argument for going into the war and losing it. >> let's go back to bob. >> i have a couple questions. one from ray and another from chris. >> mr. buchanan, in the past you expressed discontent for neoconservatives and the likes of reagan democrats. would you liken these conservatives to present day establishment in gop members or to tea party members? >> the neoconservatives are a -- are basically -- i would tell you. the neoconservatives were welcomed into the conservative movement and the nixon/reagan coalition. not

have reportedly charged again suspects were arrested shortly after the blast then it is said that malaysia who had to press sources bangkok was hit by a series of explosions there and then fatalities as the bombers failed to carry out the attacks as planned. bridges in rumania have had to be rescued by measure services on. the heavy snowfall trapped them inside their own homes the country's winter death toll has now reached seventy nine in the forty's using helicopters and the trucks to deliver food and medicine since the end of january hundreds have died across eastern europe so thousands of housebound record snow levels in albania infected. with out of the business now with mary. hello and welcome to business and here i see the latest sorts of russian gas supply sport discussions on how to secure consumers from possible cuts in the future that of gas forms export branch alexander madrid says one of the ways is to increase storage capacities in the region. it was a. ruse a program. between three hundred million euros for a few who. are listening to look at the markets now with exchange ra

malaysia has deported a young saudi blogger who's wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist sparked outrage in the kingdom off the he tweeted controversial comments about prophet mohammad last week clerics condemned his thoughts as blasphemous the twenty two year old could now face execution. and popular actress whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight but the former was found in a beverly hills hotel room on the evolve the grammy awards in los angeles a career was a model marriage and drug abuse of authority is have yet to decide to turn on the exact cause of death. in just a few minutes here on see we explore the dark side of the tropical paradise of bali first an update on the main stories in about. what i. strive for thirty and australia you know the new zealand no we're going to see the little monkey. if you want to have sex go and have sex. now five thirty pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. time for your headlines now at the arab league to pay to bring stability back to syria while the free syrian army says it expects official recognit

while trying to fly to san francisco international airport to a stanford sponsored conference in malaysia to present a research paper she was handcuffed and detained for two hours by airport authorities during that time they called everybody from the local police to the department of homeland security to try to get more information and she was eventually allowed to leave with zero explanation but was last too late to present her work so she was also not let back into the country as her visa had been revoked so it would have submitted the form of the t.s.a. to have her name removed from the list so they obliged but they never confirmed that she had originally been on it but she wasn't on there so then she sued the t.s.a. and came up with nothing she then sued the f.b.i. much of that case was thrown out and a court of appeals from the ninth circuit revived the case in two thousand and eight it was quite a long journey but the d.o.j. has argued that by voluntarily leaving the country even him forfeited her right to make constitutional claims under the first and fifth amendment but yesterday

. >> when some did she flee to malaysia. >> and everybody running around from a kardashian.ome tweets to street. is this for real? is rick legit. after santorum's string, his support has doubled. take his support from before and then you multiply it by two. according to that, rick is tied about mitt at 36%. on thursday when asked if he thinks a good idea or bad about rules of women taking front line in combat. >> i do have concerns about women in front line combat. that could be a compromising situation where people naturally may do things that that may not be in the interests of mission because of other types of emotion that are involved. >> what great group behind him. >> he wanted to clarify his remarks. >> we have men and women in combat. i think men have emotions when you see a woman in harm's way. it's natural, it's very much in our culture to be protective. israeli army has a lot of women but they don't allow them to be engaged in combat, to try to be in a position where to try to protect. >> greg: he takes a lot. let's go live to d.j. papa. ♪ ♪ >>> you can be playing

malaysia, the super corridor, russia is doing this right now, trying to build this. and i think that's very difficult to try and replicate. that's the magic, if you will, that we have. and that's why i go, why aren't we doing more of that? we have the brode institute of medical. we can talk about the complexities of getting m.i.t. and harvard to collaborate, which they did. if you're at the m.i.t. campus, it's m.i.t./harvard/brode. but the point is, they are working with business and research and it's a very vibrant place. i think we have many opportunities like that here. we've talked about that before. we have cyber security. it's a very important and fortunately or unfortunately, a huge growth business or area and i think that's something where we could -- how do we put that together? we've talked about fracking. there are ways to build those centers. and by the way, we can get other people's money. not only can we get talent, this may seem strange, china, for example, has a lot of money obviously. they need to develop this for their own development. it's not a pr

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