. >>> a landslide triggered by heavy rain at a hill resort in the central malaysia state left two people dead and more injured on sunday. at least 100 personnel spent eight hours working to pull victims from debris and evacuated 60 families who lived near the site. initial reports say three houses built near a water passage were buried in mud. located more than 1800 meters above sea level, a tea plantation region and a popular tourist destination among locals and foreigners. >>> one of sri lanka's most important religious festivals is underway in the central city of kandi. the event has a worship of buddhist rel lick. the parade begins from the most famous monument and includes dancers, fire acrobats, drummers, and a decorated elephant. the festival began as a ritual to pray for rainfall. the procession became part of the event when the truth relic came to sri lanka. >>> with the rapid expansion of the internet in china, a new social problem has emerged. net addiction. now, experts on the issue say unhealthy web habits are breeding social problems from truancy to suicides. >> reporter: a

. >>> a landslide triggered by heavy rain at a hill resort in the central malaysia state left two people dead and more injured on sunday. at least 100 personnel spent eight hours working to pull victims from debris and evacuated 60 families who lived near the site. initial reports say three houses built near a water passage were buried in mud. located more than 1800 meters above sea level, a tea plantation region and a popular tourist destination among locals and foreigners. >>> one of sri lanka's most important religious festivals is underway in the central city of kandi. the event has a worship of buddhist rel lick. the parade begins from the most famous monument and includes dancers, fire acrobats, drummers, and a decorated elephant. the festival began as a ritual to pray for rainfall. the procession became part of the event when the truth relic came to sri lanka. >>> with the rapid expansion of the internet in china, a new social problem has emerged. net addiction. now, experts on the issue say unhealthy web habits are breeding social problems from truancy to suicides. >> reporter: a

under the deal, marine forces of malaysia's southern state will conduct joint patrols with their counterparts from the indonesian province of the neau islands. a marine commander said on wednesday that the forces will also assist each other in dealing with natural disasters and other accidents. he added that senior officers from both sides will hold monthly meetings to exchange information. >>> in thailand, the death toll from floods since last month has risen to 46. the flooding triggered by torrential rains has affected almost a million households in 32 provinces. on thursday, authorities issues flash flood warnings for residents in low-lying areas, including those among the mekong river. flash floods were triggered, forcing many schools to close. thousands of people have also been suffering from the flooding. many highways in the province are still inundated. >>> despite the price of gold staging its biggest weekly gain in 2 1/2 years, people in china haven't stopped buying the precious metal. more and more investors feel it's safer to put their money in gold. jewelry is also a favorite as

you have ships from diverse countries of china, malaysia, russia, united states, obviously, britain,ll converging on the indian ocean in the gulf of aden for essentially the same purpose. so you have every country thinking the same way. you have a very, very high level of corporation amongst the different countries and the different fleets but ultimately it's just not economically... economically it doesn't make sense what they're doing. >> suarez: "the pirates of somalia: inside their hidden world." jay bahadur, thanks a lot. >> it's my pleasure. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: president obama wound up his midwestern bus trip, trying to reassure americans that recovery is coming. and mass protests built across india as a leading anti- he says he does not expect a new recession. and mass protests built across india as a leading anti- corruption campaigner fasted in jail. you can find more online about egypt's uprising and the wealth gap in the u.s. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: there's a link to charles sennott's reporting for "frontline" an

singapore's minister for environment and water resources said the return of the plants to malaysia today will not affect the state's water supply. >>> the governor a cambodian province visited a thailand province on tuesday to ease border tension between the neighbors. both countries claim sovereignty over the temple on their border. the governor welcomed the cambodian delegation. the cambodian official said the prove -- he urged the thai province to hold an exhibition in cambodia. the thai official says his providence plans to market its local products in cambodia. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> hi there. welcome back. time now to check out the weather. let's talk about this typhoon right over here. you can see the big eye that is approaching steadily towards japan pacific coast. it will hit konsai overnight friday and steadily move over land of japan towards northern japan and in towards hokkaido. it is a very slow moving system as of now, but as its makes landfall, it will then pick up its speed. so by monday next week, looks like the eye of this typhoon will be way off from japan. but this one is b

malaysia with his family. >>> how much is it costing san jose state to put up overflow students at a hotel? >>> we're watching more clouds spilling back into the bay area at this hour. we have the low clouds. 58 degrees, and the low clouds will see drizzle for tomorrow morning. what's in store for the afternoon? look at that forecast coming up. >>> bart leaders plan to hold a public meeting this wednesday to discuss how to handle protests and cell phone blackouts in the future. the move comes as a result of this protest last month, where people rallied against bart after several shootings involving bart police. last week bart decided to cut wireless service at some san francisco stations to help head off another planned protest. that decision angered many people who cut cell phone service during a protest earlier this year. it also brought protests from anonymous. that group broke into bart's website twice this month and called for another protest coming this monday. >>> tonight we can pass along word that a local student is safe in malaysia. jacob boone finally called his mom from a phone

. >>> malaysia's efforts to conserve turtles have started bearing fruit with an increase inhe population the species. an east coast state has established a nesting facility for sea turtles and other rare species. it accounts for 80% of turtle eggs in the country. the authorities also conducted measures to stop people from collecting the eggs which are considered a delicacy. poaching has been singled out at the main factor behind the decline of the turtle population. >>> muslims in an eastern turkish province are performing a candle dance to awaken people for predawn meals during the holy month of ramadan. the or gins of this dance date back to an ancient legend. two lovers living on the opposite sides of a lake used to me at night with the girl lighting a candle to indicate where she was. one day her father discovered the affair and put out the light. her lover lost his way and drowned and she jumped into the since then, the villagers have carried on the tdi candle dance. >>> hi there and welcome back. here's your weather update. start about talking about this typhoon, this is a very strong typhoon, moving in a northwes

malaysia and indonesia agreed to hold joint marine patrols to combat international crimes such as human trafficking. under the deal, regional marine forces of malaysian's southern state will conduct joint patrols from their counterpart. the forces will assist each other in dealing with natural disasters and other accidents. he added that senior officers from both sides will hold monthly meetings to exchange information. >>> in thailand, the death toll from floods late last month has risen to 46. the flooding affected almost a million households in 32 provinces. on thursday, authorities issued flash flood and mudslide warnings for residents in low-lying areas including those along the maycong river. in may they triggered flash floods causing many schools to close. thousands of people have been suffering from the flooding. the highways in the province are still inundated. >>> despite the pricef gd staging s bigst weekly gain 2/2 years, people in china haven't stopped buying the precious metal. more and more investors feel it's safer to put their money in gold. jewelry is a favorite as a family gift. statics show retail sales of gold jewelry in china have shown the bigg

i have always said that arab states should be looking to compete with each other, but they want to become the next south korea or the next chile or malaysia. how were they robbed of their entrepreneurial spirits so they could take responsibility for their own lives? what the united states is trying to do is the right thing. until we basically have rid ourselves of our interests in the region, which i don't see happening, the united states has a good model to offer these people, a trade reform, economic development, entrepreneurial spirit, that would give these people hope. they could have got to al qaeda and embraced extremism. what we are witnessing is something different, a secular uprising for economic opportunity. the united states the after bank roll this, but we can be inspirational in it. -- the united states does not have to bankroll this, but we can be inspirational in this. host: headline in "usa today." "the washington times" headline .ues as as our guest talked about social media and other electronic aspects, there are pieces about the methods of the rebels'. the "washington post" talks about a detailed plan for transition. "a

states in his homeland. he faced a problem. basic plans for the attack had been formed at a meeting of his key operatives that took place in malaysia in january of 2000, and the two men who came in through los angeles had that meeting -- had been at that meeting. he realized that if he was going to carry out an attack of the complexity that 9/11 became, that his operatives were going to be very vulnerable for a long period of time. of the 19, only one or two spoke any english. of the 19, only one or two had any previous experience and the united states. the 19 people were largely strangers to each other. with those constraints, those 19 people were expected to complete the final planning, to practice and then to execute an extremely sophisticated and complex operation. bin laden was aware that this was going to be very difficult to achieve. and so, he sought out an infrastructure, a support unit that would assist his 19 in carrying out their commitments and also being able to maintain anonymity while they were in the united states. bin laden was aware of the fact that, after the persian gulf war, saudi arabia had become very concer