. >> malaysia has announced it will attract more students. there are many ethnic chinese that would have to study overseas. it is seen as a sign of china's brewing reached in the region. -- growing reached in the region. why is the government undertaking this initiative now? >> this is going to go a long way towards easing ethnic tensions in the country. malaysia has a policy that favors one race over the other, but the ethnic chinese community has long complained of discrimination and that they have no chance to go to public universities, causing them to go abroad to universities in china. many of them ended up staying abroad. now they are trying to attract some of them back, as well as chinese students. these people will be crucial in increasing the rift between china and malaysia. >> jennifer, how does the population in malaysia perceive this move by the government? >> the music itself was not widely reported. it was only in the chinese- language press. the government faces a lot of pressure when it seems to be favoring one race over the o

in the biggest rally malaysia has ever seen. schools of people have come forward to speak to say they were beaten by the police. >> the punch to me. they pushed me on to the floor. -- they punched me. they pushed me to the floor. >> there is little agreement as to what exactly happened at the demonstration on april 28. as the rally came to a close, protesters breached a barricade and tear gas and water cannons were fired. footage posted online showed police attacking demonstrators. and demonstrators on to a police car. what was it? at that brought over 100,000 people on to the normally calm streets of malaysia's capital. an organization jointly run by a lawyer and a poet, who both believed the electoral system is rotten to the core. >> we stand for free and fair elections. we are a civil society movement. our aim is to ensure that there is a level, certainly in the next general election, and we want to see a total reform of the electoral system. >> the turnout at the rally was -- the government claims that it is a front for the

. >> allegations of police brutality after malaysia's everesbiggest ever rally. going under the hammer in new york. >> it is 2:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs america and around the world, this is "newsday". hello and welcome. the u.n. observers were supposed to bring peace to syria but they come under attack themselves. a bomb exploded near their convoy. the attack underscores the weakness of kofi annan's peace plan. we gained access inside syria and filed this report. >> they called the homs the capital of the revolution. much of it is a bridge will ghost town. the syrian government rarely gives the media permission to enter here. we're traveling with a small team of unarmed u.n. monitors trying to maintain a fragile cease-fire. tough job. there is no truce. only a defective division of a destroyed city. notice how slowly we're moving through this neighborhood. the syrian police and military have left us. the un -- left us to you and monitors. in an area controlled by the opposition. not a single person is on the streets. the area completely d

. >>> i'm going to take you to malaysia for footage outside a guard stand at a gated community. the condo complex, it's a high-end condo complex that offers all kinds of amenities including a gate and guard. the guy who posted this individual joe a residevideo is a resident. his wife -- >> is she getting mugged? >> yes, she is. you see two different individuals taking her belongings. this is the guard that comes out of the guardstand. as he sees the commotion happening. watch what the guard does. >> geez, looks like the guard's doing nothing? >> what? >> i see one of the two muggers point a gun, did i see that? >> it looks like he points something in this direction. >> in the middle of date, walking back to your gated community with a security guard in the booth, you wouldn't think this would happen right in front of the place. >> in broad daylight. >> what do you pay your hoe fee for? keep your house straight. proip security then provide security. don't make me paper for it and do nothing. >> hard for urs to say, though. we can't hear what's being said here. we don't nope if th

. >>> malaysia's opposition leader ibrahim is no stranger to the country's justice system. and he found himself in court again on tuesday. here's the details of the new case against anwar. >> reporter: malaysian prosecutors indicted ibrahim on a street rally held last month in kuala lumpur. there's speculation he made his own parliament for a snap election expected in the fall. the charges against anwar drew criticism that the government is trying to suppress the opposition. anwar is a former deputy prime minister. he's accused of inciting demonstrators to enter prohibited areas during a rally. anwar denies the charges. the huge rally calling for political reforms was held in the malaysian capital on april 28th. tens of thousands of people clashed with police leading to more than 500 arrests. malaysia has been ruled by the same national front coalition eever since the country's independence. but they face growing dissatisfaction among the public who are calling for electoral reform. the ruling coalition lost nearly 30% of its seats during the previous election in 2008. anwa

bush, cheney and rumsfeld were found guilty of war crimes in malaysia in kuala lumpur.his to you. the second kuala lumpur war crimes tribune alfound bush, cheney rumsfeld and all of the legal advisors guilty of war crimes. at this point, the trial held in malaysia's capital city featured testimony by people who were tortured and at this point they can go forward to the international criminal court the united nations and the security council. additionally the tribunal has requested the names of bush, cheney and others be added to the commissioner's register of war criminals. >> stephanie: wow. we won't have time for that here because we're too busy with the john edwards trial which is much more paramount. yeah, he's a dirt bag but really? >> campaign finance problems. how about the koch brothers? talking about campaign finance reform. >> stephanie: you were right. that would be better to hear tom brokaw report that. >> falling asleep. >> there were a lot of ls in that paragraph. >> stephanie: tribunal in kuala lumpur in malaysia. >> stephanie: diane in palm springs, you'

of conviction by a bunch of political activists operating out of malaysia i well outside our rules of civil our rules of society and law shouldn't matter a rat shouldn't matter at all but the amusing part of this is will they apply the same rules to the democrats such as president obama when he moves out of office once they do that democrats are going to take this seriously except that he didn't start two wars. i mean it should matter likely nothing will come out of it but i think it is telling that bush really hasn't left the country since he left office i think he's afraid of going. someplace or is not protected from war crimes really those same sex thanks for both of you being released and i thank you. crazy alert no deaths allowed the village of faults no. go italy as a big problem it seems there's no space left in the village to build a cemetery so in a small village where space is hard to come by how do you solve such a pressing problem you've been. people from dying of course that's right mare julio shows are. issued a decree making it illegal for residents to die in the villag

the extensions all right nile bow you joining us from kuala lumpur malaysia thanks for your time. anger and canada's plan college fee hikes has brought tens of thousands out in protest again the mass montreal demonstration marks one hundred days since the rallies started quebec's government passed an emergency law to try and curb the protests making it tougher to organize gatherings and opposing strict punishments but the moves further in a range students leading to violent clashes with police with more than three hundred arrested sunday alone quebec students representative martine david and things the government may be waking things worse. try to understand why is the guy friends going far dispell it actually. restraint a lot of larry if you're pretty you know the expression the manifestation everybody have to have this so it's very difficult and i was this in our i phones now because they know what's where is this bill so they are this new bill that the government passes and i actually didn't step back from all of this demonstration that has been going out of the government tryi

an independent writer and photo journalist in malaysia thanks for coming on r.t. it's. yours. now let's get to some other major news headlines now from around the world time for the r.t. world update and former liberian president charles taylor has been sentenced to fifty years in prison after being convicted of war crimes last month he was charged with eleven counts of helping rebels in sierra leone to slaughter fifty thousand people tell himself has been accused of cannibalism in the past the sentence so is unprecedented with taylor the first acts head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since the second world war. rescue workers in northern italy have removed what's believed to be the last body from the rubble following tuesday's earthquake it brings the number of dead to seventeen a series of strong aftershocks have shaken the region which is now suffered two major earthquakes inside a month almost a fortnight ago seven were killed and. thousands left homeless. the former top media adviser to british prime minister david cameron has been arrested over a

after 9/11, frank was in malaysia at the time and he is talking to his former partner.they knew immediately that it was al qaeda. he wanted to join in the hunt. he was doing counterterrorism work and that he wasn't allowed to pursue, to too joined the specific investigation for khalid sheikh mohammad and even more frustratingly, after ksm was caught he tells his wife, you know they are going to really need me. he was summoned to headquarters in washington and he drives down there, and they did not use him. the interrogation of ksm, they also didn't use them and some of the efforts to mine information they ksm had. we have a scene where is in the basement of the fbi building after khalid sheikh mohammad is god and he is going through xeroxed pieces of paper and pocket letter, what they found in ksm's pockets and e-mails. another agent said frank, what you doing here? you should be out on the frontlines interrogating the sky. i think that speaks volumes. >> he wasn't allowed to interrogate ksm because the fbi wouldn't allow any fb agent to. >> that speaks to the larger pr

partnership and it's a trade agreement between chile australia bernie new zealand peru singapore malaysia vietnam and the united states and what better way to explain it then in a song take a look. now t.p. spokespeople said that it will tear down previous barriers and raise international standards but critics say differently i said it will compromise food safety create multiple listing drug patents which will lead to more expensive medicine allow millions of american jobs to be off shored cause financial deregulation and impede net neutrality more disturbing the other over six hundred corporate advisers on the t.p. the negotiations between corporations and nation states are happening in secret or public and consumer advocates are left out in the dark but activists aren't letting the agreement go down without a fight take a look at this this is t.p. p.t.p. that they installed in the hotel bathroom is where the negotiations are being held a little light reading for the bathroom it's their way of saying that the agreement isn't even worth the paper it's printed on. well let's look at the bi

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from malaysia, he had flown with two of the hijackers, khalid al mihdhar and nawaf al hazmi, to bangkok. from there, mihdhar and hazmi bought tickets and flew to los angeles. >> now we know why quso delivered the money. >> smith: so you're lookin this... >> yeah. >> smith: ...and you're seeing al midhar with khallad, and you're told in the report that al mihdhar was on flight 77... >> yes. >> smith: ...that cras the pentagon. >> yes. >> smith: how did... how did you react? >> i... i basically ran to the bathroom and puked. >> smith: what if that information had been shared? how would it have played out? do you make... >> oh, my god, this is a "if". this is a huge "if". i think the world would different today. i'm convinced. >> smith: no 9/11? >> the world would different. >> smith: you would have put a track on mihdhar, and hazmi? >> i think we could have done many different things. we could have been on those guys like white on rice. >> smith: in fact, the 9/11 commission formed to investigate the 2001 attacks concluded that the failure of the cia to share information with soufan's tea

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. >>> in malaysia, the happiest place on earth is a different kind of theme park. that is because it's filled with chocolate. the cocoa-theme parked opened up the wonderful world of a favorite dessert from all over. the main attraction? chocolate making demos and lessons from raw materials to delivery. >>> is laughter the best medicine? one man tested the theory. the laughing master who gained his title after setting an unofficial record for laughing three hours and six minutes straight holds a class where he teaches how to laugh on cue. his students are down on their luck or suffer from illnesses and he says laughter eases pain and induces positive thinking. i guess that is a good thing honestly watching that video kind of makes you laugh. >> it does. the guy has a special talent. makes my face hurt. >> three hours. >> long time. >> that takes a special kind of method acting i suppose. >>> early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day on msnbc. spacex dragon capsule is due to return home splashing down in the pacific ocean off the southern cali

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most of the world's palm oil is produced in indonesia and malaysia. but in colombia, too, the plantations are a major factor in destroying the rain forest. usually the announcement of a new plantation means the death sentence for the eco system as it was. a project supported by the world wildlife fund for nature shows that this could be different. we visit a plantation in the north of the country where sustainable production is the key to producing better oil and sparing nature. so far this is still the exception, but the people who run the project insist it makes commercial and environmental sense for it to become the rule. >> getting around the tropical grasslands of the orinoco basin in colombia is anything but easy. but that hasn't stopped biologists and agricultural experts from conservation group wwf carrying out their work here. the region's rich ecosystem is increasingly threatened by commercial farming. the wwf experts are documenting biodiversity in areas that they say must be protected. >> we also want to locate carbon sinks and areas with

. >> there are about 300 million muslims in southeast asia, alone, including indonesia and malaysia. the market is believed to have high potential. the company is trying to sell its pork-free dumplings to asian and middle eastern airlines to be served on their flights in a bid to expand business. >>> let's now take a look at the market figures. >>> japanese researchers say the highly pathogenic avian flu virus could mutate into a new strain capable of spreading between mammals including humans. the study sparked a months long debate among u.s. security experts over fears it could be used for terrorist purposes. a research team led by a professor of the university of tokyo artificially created an h5n1 strain of bird flu virus in a u.s. laboratory. they repeatedly infected ferrets with the artificial virus, ferrets are the best animal models of the study of human influenz influenza. the virus was able to spread between ferrets after undergoing four mutations but they also say the ferrets were not seriously affected and could be treated with anti-viral drugs. >> translator: the new find

/private partnerships and sometimes private sector performance, which by the way it turns out in malaysia and others there's a much larger sector of this done by the private sector to help interconnect people. it also talks about the education and having the feedback for the schools what employers are looking for without making it sort of a narrow training. but the bigger issue i think is this. our next world development report, so we've done -- these are sort of the landmark reports we try to do to push the agenda. one we did on food and agriculture and then gender and conflict states. the next one is on jobs. and it's basically so this will come out later this year. and just to give you kind of a short form perspective of this, some of the questions it's asking is, i don't want to reduce this too far, but many of the economics profession would simply say jobs is an unemployment issue and it's simply a derivative of growth. you get certain growth, you create the jobs, okay? we're twisting the prism a little bit and trying to say let's understand the value of jobs from different dimension