rights groups are accusing 17 police officers of using a torture wheel at a detention center near manilaofficers spun the wheel to detect how detainees were abused. punishments were a bat position where people were hung upside down or continuously punched for 20 seconds. philippine police say a number of officers are in custody. >> a director with amnesty international philippines believes that the police don't just torture for information, but do it for fun. >> it is despicable that until now, torture for punishment or extract information is continued here in the country. in fact, the recent cases discovered in laguna province even include entertainment for the police. they do it for fun, not just to instigate pain and injury. since 2001 to 2013, torture continues, and they have more than 600 victims of torture. we have an anti-torture law passed in 2009. and more than 300 people have been tortured since then, according to the commission on human rights. yet no one has been punished for torture in our country yet. >> the philippine government announced an economic growth rate of 6.8% fo

our quest began in the capital city of manila a metropolis with a population of twelve million. do the people of the philippines want this kind of product have all the respect identified or are people afraid of unforeseen side effects that might occur when store shelves are filled with a genetically modified version of their most important basic food stuffs. were stuck in our hotel for weeks we've been in touch with the authorities but now that we're here they don't want to see us why not are they afraid we'll ask unpleasant questions. the erie also stops communicating with us while we're still in switzerland we had arranged to film the next harvest of the golden rice but one month before the appointed time our request was rejected they hear e won't tell us why where perplexed. the inventor of this miracle rice ingle put trying to use has lived and worked in switzerland for many years he is dedicated to the idea of harnessing unpopular genetic technology and using it to help people so i had to do this ever since i first started working i've tried to ensure that my work benefits

. >> human rights lawyer joins me from manila. the police chief says it's not institutionalized, it's isolated. do you believe him when he says that? >> well, i disagree. i'm prosecuting an entire police station for torture, and this torture was broadcast on al jazeera. until today the chief of police station, the police colonel has not been caught. what we are dealing in manila is a culture of where the police torture for pleasure. >> what is done about him? >> well, i think what is important is to prosecute the individuals and punish them. it does not help that the anti-torturing law is new, and there's only one ongoing prosecution, which is the case i'm handling. i'm hoping the second instance will be prosecuted, and that the police men will be behind bars. that's the only way to send a message that when they break the law they'll end up in gaol. >> you have to take a look at a culture. you have to examine the reasons why it was allowed. he was saying it's a few bad apples, why were they allowed to do it in the first place. any

and mccow, after manila, maybe we'll do one with the city of dreams in mckau. a great thing to do. but we'll see. >> do you think that's going to happen pretty soon? >> we don't know yet, but maybe you can ask james pack and lawrence hote. >> that was a time when i spoke to james about doing one in mccow, but in the beginning it was a little early. now it becomes more of a food destination, not just gambling. so it's like what vegas many years ago was just gambling and now it's also a place where you can have good food. >> how did you come one the concept of turning it into a boutique hotel? >> over the years what i would notice, these hotels would be asking noble restaurants to be put in them. and i was -- i said, to give them a certain cache and credibility, so i said, why are we not just trying to do a noble hotel ourselves? why do we have to -- we got resistance, stay where you are. it will be nice to have a little restaurant there. and i kept saying, no, there's no reason we shouldn't try this. everyone starts somewhere and let's see where it goes. >> robe

joining us from manila. thank you. >> a chinese man has been ordered to pay $230,000 or spend seven years behind bars for trying to struggle ivory out of kenya. the first time since a new law has been put in place. >> this man was arrested on saturday. he had with him a suitcase full of ivory. he pleaded guilty and the conviction is swift. he was sentenced under a new law. anyone caught trying to smuggle is liable to a fine of less than $230,000, life imprisonment or both. >> there i 14 days right of appeal. >> the sentence comes at a time when there's a major drive through the continent. with a market for ivory in the far east poaching intensified. not only does kenya serve as a danger point, the elephants are in danger. wildlife service officials hope that more of these sentences will scare away the dealers. >> we welcome the sentence. we are sure that this will pass a message out to ensure we can save the indigenous species. >> a second chinese ivory smuggler was arrested on monday. >> jo is here to talk

>> first off, the manila nithe unemployment. when they're able to get a job they have to focus on saving. they lived through the last couple of decades and day realized what was going on with the stock market and real estate. that did everything this bed and that is always been bad. they look debt issues with bank loans, fraud and there just turned off. at the same time they need to do is study of the stock market and see that they were preceded by bad times. >> one of the best that we had was in the '80s to the year 2000. prior to that you had really high inflation. there was a release of the stock market. the best time to invest is when people are fearful of your friends think that there's nobody to trust on wall street. you have to invest. take the time to learn. >> this is the age where they are will tech savvy. i have clients where their children do not call, they text or they send e-mail. with that being said, it is so easy. when i got into business over 20 years ago it was at one%. now, you can go to t d a mere trade and

police in the philippines have cleared a tent city near manila and 50 families were forcibly removed.he settlers say the government has removed them from without notice. the philippine army launched mayor offensive against rebels in the south and happening in the region and targeting the freedom fighters known as the biff. now who are they? the group broke away from the islamic front in 2008. the government has been battling the milf since the 1970s and it wants to create an aton mouse state in the southern philippines. more than 120,000 people are estimated to have died in the confli conflict. the biff offshoot rejects any dialog and jimmy has more front manila. >> fighting broke out in the philippine military and islamic freedom fighters. hundreds of residents are believed to have fled the villages that have been effected by this fighting. this comes days after the philippine military has announced it has found an agreement with the more islamic freedom fighters and expected the final peace agreement between the former break away group will be assigned in the next coming weeks. the

handing manila envelopes containing the speech to the vice president and the speaker of the house thatce they can read the teleprompter from where they sit. the ups and downs in the audiences at applause line, a total of 40 standing o's on this night. it was all there. so what was new? besides five years of more gray hair for president obama? and one of the duck dynasty stars in the audience, snagged the attention of political satirist brett urlich. >> the president should go duck hunting with willie and then we can really start to end the partisan divide in america. >> reporter: this was president obama, the go it alone terminator, mindful he has only three years left. >> america did not stand still and neither will i. so wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that's what i'm going to do. >> not too much applause from the republicans on that line and evenless when obama told congress he plans on signing nearly a dozen executive action from minimum wage to internet for virtually all of america's schools. the presiden

we have more from manila. >> what we know is this: fighting broke out between the military and the islam yik freedom fighters. hundreds of residents are believed to have fled the villages that have been affected by the fighting. this comes days after the philippine military founded an agreement with the islamic liberation front fighters. it's expected that the agreement between the former break away group is expected to be signed in the next coming weeks. they broke away from the more islamic freedom fighters in 2008. it is opposing peace talks. the top philippine military officials was quoted as having said it has a van load that will issue and serve, in fact, two members of the biff. it's not known exactly whether this may have been the reason as to why fighting has broken out this morning. it is also that maybe the mlif has given the philippine military a green light to go out with the members. what we know is this, that the peace agreement may be signed in the coming weeks. this intend to end a rebellon before what was signed last saturday aims to decommission. several groups are sti

. >> i met him in an undisclosed location, and had a manila envelope with $50,000, and here i am. ♪ i'm ♪ come on baby >> how good of a sketch comedienne is she? >> she is one of the best i have ever seen. >> and there was a period of time if you watch "saturday night live" you would say, it is the amy poehler show. >> and i promise you, darling, there are no ghosts around here, so you are safe. >> that is good, because i hate ghosts. they are spooky. >> sorry, amber, are you farting? >> yeah, i farted. are you jealous? >> her range expands from 2004 to include co-anchoring weekend update alongside, you know who. >> i'm amy poehler. >> and tonight's top stories. >> their update pairing lasts two years before tina moved on. >> i'm tina fey and i'm hosting "saturday night live" tonight. >> and then they reteam for one night. >> and what bothers me the most is that people say that hillary is a bitch and let me say something about that. yeah, she s and so am i, and so is this one. >> yeah, deal with it. >> reminding us all how awesome they are together. >> and bitch is the new black. >> tin

many lie in the poor coastal province of camarines norte, about 200 miles southeast of manila.where some of the country's highest concentrations of the precious mineral can be found. but much of it is trapped in ore underwater. so-called "compressor mining" originated in this region of the philippines as far back as the mid-1990s. the practice was inspired by fishermen, who used the motors to dive deep underwater to catch reef fish. but with the potential for engine breakdowns and tunnel collapses, it's an extremely dangerous venture. and one not limited to adults. pulitzer prize-winning photographer larry c. price traveled to the philippines for the newshour in november. there he spoke to 15-year old elias delima, who began diving when he was just 13. delima told an interpreter that divers get double the take of the other miners, around five dollars a day, and that's incentive enough. >> why do you do this? why do you go into the hole and bring up the dirt? >> to get gold. to help my parents. and to have some money for myself. >> reporter: dindo leche, now 25, said he began di

. >> then i just met lorne in an undisclosed location and i handed him a manila envelope filled with. ♪ >> how good of a sketch comedienne is she? >> i think she's one of the best i've ever seen. >> there was a period of time when if you watched "saturday night live" you'd say, oh, my god. it's the amy poehler show. >> i promise you, darling. there's no ghosts around here so you're safe. >> that's good. because i hate ghosts. they're spooky. [ flatulence noises ] >> i'm sorry. amber, are you farting. >> yeah. i farted. jealous? >> her range expands in 2004 to include co-anchoring "weekend update." alongside -- you know who. >> amy poehler. >> here are tonight's top stories. >> their update pairing lasts two years before tina moves on. >> hi, i'm tina fey. i'm hosting "saturday night live" this week. >> in 2008 they reteam for one night. >> maybe what bothers me the most is that people say that hillary is a bitch. let me say something about that. yeah, she is. yeah. and so am i. and so is this one. >> yeah. deal with it. >> you know what? >> reminding us all, how awesome they are toge

north in norton luzon you're not really getting so much of the rain off here, even including into manila. but what we're talking about is much of it in northern mindanao. some places in mindanao the past week you have saw upwards of 700 to 800 millimeters of rainfall. needless to say we have been seeing severe cases of flooding, numerous landslides. over 20 deaths have been reported at this time, because of a tropical depression. now it's been a low pressure area, tropical depression. don't expect this to become a named storm but i think that's really just all semantics because what we're still going to be seeing and unfortunately i would like to say this is going to dissipate out but it's not, it's going to be bringing more rainfall across much of this region going through the weekend. not just that. we have our low down here while we have the northeast monsoon coming in so gale force winds possibly up to the equivalent of tropical storm strength. sustained winds expected to bring near coastal areas along with five meter high waves and 200 to possibly 250 millimeters of rain fall out he

manila high of 28. bangkok at 34. even off towards the north, tokyo take a look at that, 9 just for your high on tuesday. with that high coming in it is going to bring some chilly temperatures right around the freezing mark for overnight lows. ulan bator typically cold this time of year at minus 22 for your high. we're talking about those high temperatures there in the u.s. over there in mongolia, that's normal for about here in early january. let's see what's going on in europe, though. we have a storm system spinning up there in the mediterranean. nothing too serious with this. you still could see some 60 millimeters of rain showers across southern portions of greece. but that's going to be tapering off going through tuesday. this is what i really want to talk about. it's the severe storm out here, towards europe. and the big factor with this, it's going to be the winds. every time we show the isobars really close together. that's all these lines. we're talking about high winds. and already you've been seeing some r

at twenty four are preset it starts to oversee drift away in clear skies their new forecast manila five twenty nine partly cloudy skies there for you. taipei up to twenty shanghai seventeen sunny skies as well. so start to see that for the locals range ours coming through. only six expected for you. on saturday unless they took over towards the americas was going on here right now. another several low pressure systems we are keeping an eye on both them creating winter weather first. this one downpours the gulf of mexico and well this far south you wouldn't expect fill the gap that has been snowing over the waters hearing even into new orleans even reporting some spill over to houston freezing rain causing on numerous some flight delays and cancellations even reports of power outages out here the good news this will taper off but then as the keepers off this next system in alberta clipper comes in from the norfolk is to bring widespread still fought on some gusty winds across the lakes here and then fall behind that another blast of this artic air they'll be coming in irenaeus and toddle

that and the cost of the keys and women said yesterday the condition the leaking out today that in manila snow is kicking up once again over the north western flank hokkaido may get as much as if the fee centimeters of snow into it tomorrow morning watch out for avalanches but can find a curry and canyons that clear conditions over much of china but hazy conditions once again over the east and south conditions are bad especially in the asian areas and on and he made province is in effect the air quality index are common at the house nestled in one scene the neat places torrential rains are still coming down over the southern areas of the philippines we have a tropical depression continue thing here in the north east lean on so well begun is a witty very well saturated how whenever an additional two hundred or two hundred feet in millen has been a slightly into the next seventy two hours or so. this tropical depression will likely increase the south east coast by marcel framework a heavier when your friday. the ten pictures it will be twenty eight degrees in many a night you'll be speaking

respect and admiration he used his own spinning awesome the comedian has hit back at suggestions that manila is anti semitic moose is due to convince use the canal was at the start of an insult. a little like this i'm not sure how you do in england and france. it's a gesture against the system. just keep posted. early this month a series of utilities shows were canceled across from spot to the interior ministry said his anti semitic jokes and mockery of the holocaust is a risk to order the decision to take the comical the states prompted a month his friends one ticket holder in areas just to prawns and democracy the loom five reported members of the new york mafia family have been arrested and charged with crimes including racketeering murder and the long unsolved nineteen seventy lufthansa heist at jfk international airport the arrested were named as vincent vinny is sorrow and roll style. john bond and trey thomas tommy d d fiore and sean was newer dunno along with the airport i just made famous in the nineteen nineties crime film goodfellas the man from me but now no mafia family also com

they gather them and they don't pilgrimage in the philippines capital manila to pray for the victims of the deadly high and tight fitting which the country november. footage of the procession is avoidable can be in motion section on the auntie call also there with the heat in brazil soaring above the pool tropical levels is a work of defeating the inmates would only seek to seize on the two cold scorpio bit of high school sweet frozen fruits inside baby has a pacifist nation but some awesome japanese society think it's time for the country to shift to the right nationalist groups to court for a harder line to be taken against enemies but the room and the role of cheese makes you get to ski but somehow the trend of late taken through the entire region the eye. it's become a tradition in japan when some foreign officials are subjected to verbal abuse on this particular case and japanese nationalists made their feelings known loud and clear to russia's foreign minister china and south korea hopes of being in their crosshairs one for an island dispute. the other was sending to me labor m

manila, 29 a little bit farther towards the north. partly cloudy skies in your forecast. quickly want to touch in on what's going on in europe. we are still looking at severe weather across italy. heavy rain showers, thunderstorm activity is in place even over towards western portions of the balkans as this continues to linger you're also going to see gusty winds on the northern end of it, though, snow showers in to poland over towards germany, as well. you can see warsaw, minus 5 there for your high. but that snow in your forecast on monday. but that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

the protests in the spanish enclave time in manila in north africa has ten other people most of them police officers were injured demonstrations protesting the lack of jokes in the region and tortured barricades in the streets pupils as they can put up a fun and secure. a security measure to fall when the debate raging in the uk off it was repealed the fingerprinting of students become a usual practice in schools the story schools particular control the steel door with a third of schools collected the bases without consulting parents of the stores because the tetons. a lot of the days when the teeny tiny b l t o fingerprint is if he was suspected of crying. nowadays that's daunting and be on the school to be precise with that saves more than a mini eggs schoolchildren had being fingerprinted and that biometric dates we used to identify credit for things like tax free lump states taking attendance. onions look like the pics that borrowing. it is called to the chalet big brother what she's been taking any weight about schools having access to this information ideas and the cop that a k

miraculous powers of an ancient black crucifix gathered in a long pilgrimage in the philippine capital of manila to pray for the victims of the deadly high on typhoon which part of the country back in november footage of the procession is available in the emotion section. and also the moment of peace in brazil soaring above tropical levels zoo workers are feeding the inmates with delicacies on the menu. and i spoke with frozen fruits inside. the host of the twenty fourteen winter games she has launched the largest security operation in the olympic history tens of thousands of police officers have been drafted in with the sole aim of warding off any threats and keeping locals visit as an athlete safe ripples. the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen i wore that to defeat the search enough i assume is russia's black sea resort was awarded the game seven years ago. as a question the choice of host city such as close proximity to the volatile caucasus region was they argued a cause for concern. and the recent twin terror attacks in volgograd some seven hundred kilometers f

camila -- a flagship casino in manila.hank you for joining us. ,ou said you want to focus more that the growth will come from the ports. but this year, it was the casino that led the drive. >> i think casinos will have stronger growth in 2014 and 2015. growth, get on to the we have to talk about the big players in the casinos. you are saying in asia, it is four times the amount. the whales or vop's -- vip's are bigger in asia than in the u.s. million hong kong per hand. >> when people talk about asian gambling, they talk about macau and singapore. how does the philippines fit into the mix? . we are trying to fit in. most of our revenue comes from chinese highrollers, either from singapore, taiwan and china. that is what drives the market and that is what we cater the business to. we have to grow our infrastructure. we have a competitive facility. other than -- other things did to follow. >> how long will that be? >> another 5-10 years. >> in vegas, they like slots. they like blackjack. do people play differently? is noopin

manila school teacher and siesta time is getting heat when you're excited about reading. she's sleeping a little song and dance about learning. it's where the student had to have to be the best light. our message to the pot. this song comes from the computer access mentorship program. can the government approved him the lessons offered teachers told us that makes cool cool for at risk students. they come from for students like the castillo de desk and these classes are great from a tough life outside the classroom and the rare opportunity to practice in meditation. he sets about away from things in life she helps teachers lake and siesta time. ok it's not just lessons in reading but also lets us through the politically expedient but the comfy to expose the guys to go in its duty to those in the navy to fifth in peace peace in the nineties he points the ending to this thought has gone by ten to nine point four million units joined as an excuse to toss into infinity. she exploded from twenty one touchdowns offenders getting to talk to ms evans said. instead of one point he'

powers an ancient blank christa fakes gathered in a daylong over mention in the philippine capital of manila to pray for the victims of the deadly hate in. typhoon a which battered the country know that the recession is available in the emotion section of r.t. dot com. and blood herbs and coded writing that would be a great find all symbology could be a clue to meeting italian police to one of the most notorious marc beer syndicates add that the details of this story are just a click away for you on our website. a four year old boy has been shot dead by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan the troops opened fire on the toddler mistaking him for an enemy due to poor visibility the latest incident comes amid the for. this training of ties between the u.s. and afghanistan a top american negotiators at a park between the two states is unlikely to be signed before afghanistan's presidential elections and april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after they was troll all foreign force

ancient blood chris affix have gathered in a day long program a candidate philippines capital of manila to pray for the victims of the deadly typhoon which part of the country in retail they procession is available in the emotional section on our set up. and blood oath and coded writing that would be a great. mind for was symbolic could be a clue leading italian police to one of the most notorious my face syndicates ever the details of this story are just a click away for you on our website. a four year old boy has been shot dead by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan the troops opened fire on the toddler mistaken him for an enemy due to poor visibility the latest incident comes amid the father straining of ties between the u.s. and afghanistan a top american near good negotiators a pact between the two states is unlikely to be signed saw afghanistan's presidential elections in april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after there was draw of all foreign forces in twenty f

even in the early part of next week after the bike this the manila via twenty seven abc partly cloudy skies here least on a saturday five of their toys or taipei from rain showers in your forecasting their shanghai with a new low starting bid of tokyo state drive with a high of nine here going to weaken us to go to the americas in an orderly around this week we're talking about the blast of arctic air record low temperatures or conversely going into the weekend. talk of a record warm temperatures in the same areas believe it or not because we look at this big world wages of warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico on ahead of this a low pressure system that can be bringing some rain showers the risk of thunderstorms with this off with a mix precipitation across the western great lakes and still fulfill north of this warm front. but for the most part are to see a significant warm up some rain showers that is if you it's a severe thunderstorms to do wad office especially on saturday along the eastern seaboard you see few super self and gusty winds even corneal possibly coming out of t

the miraculous powers on ancient black crucifix gathered in a day long in the philippine capital of manila to pray for the victims of the deadly typhoon which part of the country in november the procession is available in the emotion section of the dog. and also that i would be hated in brazil soaring about all tropical levels zoo workers are feeding their inmates with icy delicacy is on the menu called good and ice blocks with frozen fruits and sides. a four year old boy has been shot dead by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan the troops opened fire on the toddler mistaking him for an enemy due to poor visibility the latest incidents comes amid the further straining of ties between the u.s. and afghanistan and a top american negotiator said a path between the two states is unlikely to be signed before afghanistan's presidential elections in april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the draw of all its foreign forces in twenty fourteen under the deal the us is demandin

manila or saigon?ut here comes peter with our orders of steaming bowls, our faces shining like lights. inside this booth my mood faces a lantern in the mainstream lengthening, lengthening. here on earth, we are curtained by rain, a subset in the far corners floating toward the center. we are an island in landlocked america. we are thai, filipino and vietnamese feared we are all of us post exotics. [applause] this next poem is about san francisco. it features my sister and in a very difficult light and i apologize to her already in advance for the bad experience. this is called allegory of the laundromat. another emily loring romance, her third in one month. how could she hope that this love would remain steadfast when he learned her shameful secret? it was 1967 in the fun nominal world on the brink of laundry baskets had record snowfall in chicago. astronauts burning and their space capsule showing for -- wole soyinka being hauled to jail on trumped up charges, 82 or rest and a police raid precipitatin

these are live pictures at the area of manila avenue. police do not have guns drawn. an ambulance is nearby. we'll keep you posted. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> we have more deaths to tell but this afternoon. flu continues to sweep across the state. alameda county officials confirmed two more deaths for a total of three. in the bay area, health officials have confirmed 11 people died from flu this season so far. but just seven deaths confirmed state wide because the state has not yet investigated local deaths that number is expected to rise dramatically from the state. another 28 california cases are currently under investigation. this year's flu strain is scary. it's killing a number of young people like this young man. 23-year-old matthew walker thought he had knew moana. he had h1n1. swine flu. the 23-year-old posted these photos from the hospital. sonoma county officials say he had no previous issues. >> i'm concerned and worried. i'm sad for the family. i can't say whether or not this is an indication this is a trend for this particular strain th

the top part men manila outbreak. but back in october.is is at the plant is in sanitize and hopes. >> : it's night at 8 a disturbing video now going viral of the internet but it's with a police unit that's been crist criticized for opposing the deal. >> : the store in the fall of troy. >> : for children or those videos taken in omaha. nothing criminal occurred and the video but there is a concerns. >> : please see in defending its decision to riposte the profanity released to. in one minute 23 second video. the will hear from the police union and mean. >> : >> : profanity being used. >> : the whole point opposing this deal is to show again the depth of the problem. so the people realize that this type of thing diskette happen in omaha nebraska it this is a very serious issue. >> : in that video you heard adults using profanity at a child and then shalt responding in the senate. >> : the dulse initially plus a video on this. >> : it's a local street gang. >> : the video perpetuates stereotypes that needlessly. >> : people are to the page a

second, the city of dreams in manila expanding. diversifying away from the and taking inming macau.i guess they are diversifying a way somehow. >> thanks. >> after the break, we will be looking at the reopening in tokyo. >> a surprise loss for nintendo and shares are tumbling in japan. time for another takeover in the u.s. push for t-mobile. and banking on australia. why relationship lenders are so high. let's get to the latest markets now with zeb eckert. >> this is what we see across the asia-pacific right now. more markets heading into positive territory after the chinese gdp numbers generally exceeded estimates today. you see south korea advancing. taiwan, the philippines, jakarta and bangkok now online. index gaining 7%. let's take a quick check at the time markets. -- at the thai markets. these are consistently the biggest movers and that's because they're the most heavily weighted stocks and bangkok. we know the chinese gdp numbers for last year. the housing data. let's check in on the asian market of shanghai. .4%.arket is lower by can you are seeing some of the sports stock

in an on line chat they talked about how it worked: >> in manila, the government is tressing it is acting against parents and other individuals who subject children to abuse for money. >> even before the publication of this report, the government has committed itself to doing everything that needs to be done through interagency effort, through legislation, and through other administrative measures to stop this trafficking. >> the campaign group say this type of abuse could happen virtually anywhere. all that's needed is demand from wealthy countries and the presence of vulnerable children. >> that includes separation from family or not really losing parents, parents who have migrated or parents who just aren't around living with other relatives or being on their own. it also includes unfortunately children who have been abused before are very vulnerable to this tape of abuse and just the situation in the community, where you have high unemployment, high poverty, social inequality. >> three other investigations are going on, suggesting what's emerged could be a small part of a huge problem

this hour - we report from the philippines where centuries old tradition is attracting millions to manila she feels like i'm a nice guy, i get along with everybody. so i had to explain to her, "are you not playing well? what's going on." >> and why this 2-time n.b.a. all-star faced tough questions from his mum after being traineded. details in sport, coming up. >> welcome back. an international environmental body has named the riacheulo river in argentina as one of the it 10 most polluted sites. those working to clean up the water reacted angry by saying the findings were based on out of date information. the riacheulo is not a massive expanse of water, running 64km from the edge of the capital to the atlantic. we have this report. >> there's no doubt that the real riacheulo is polluted. tonnes of debris is pulled from the water, and decades of dumping chemical waste left it dead. there's no oxygen in the water. few remember the last fish to be caught here. >> translation: there was an accumulation of waste because people along the river threw in rubbish, old cars, fridges and for. there

residents near the filipino capital, manila, fought with riot police after more than 50 families were evicted from a shan'ty town. people threw bottles and rocks. officers responded with tear gas. the area was demolished to make way for a new road. >> manchester united's big money signing speaks for the first time. joe will have the details. flying into the super bowl. we hear from the seahawks as we hope to swoop away with the n.f.l.'s top drovy. -- top trophy. >> people in argentina are allowed to buy up to $2,000 in cash. the government reversed a decision to lower taxes on purchases made by credit card. argentina announced it was relaxing currency controlled restrictions, after the peso suffered its biggest fall in a decade. >> one of mexico's well-known poets died. he was 74. he was considered a leading voice of mid 20th century mexican litter atture. >> half a million miners in indonesia lost their jobs, because many mines closed down due to a ban on the export of raw minerals. we have this report from a baux item mine. >> it looks like soil. this is one of indonesia's main expo

. >> vironica, al jazeera, manila. >> they have all the sport coming up including the master class, inubai, as a former world number one, rediscovered his best form. quebec is to vote on a bill that would legalize euthanasia. the province would become the first in canada to allow assisted suicide. as daniel explains the concept remains troll, among roman catholics and some medical professionals. >> i'm not afraid of dying, i can make that decision tomorrow. >> one of his country's top micro biologists donal low died eight days after this video was shot last sent. it's remarkable plea to allow terminally ill people like him to choose whether to ask their doctors to help them kill themselves. >> in canada, it is illegal, and it will be a long time before we mature to a level where we accept dieing with dignity. >> his wife marie taylor was with him when he died. >> if you are in that situation, you should be allowed to die a peaceful death, of your own time and choosing. and we very much believe that you should be well enough to do this on your own. >> so euthanasia is illegal in canada,

this is the philippines, manila.hinese new year celebration, chinese lyon dancers hit the street as folks light fireworks on the ground. and then, finally in malaysia, quieter scene here, monks going to worship at a temple in kuala lumpur. new year's day on the lunar calendar. celebrations set to take place here in new york city. so whether you live here or just in town for the super bowl, catch the celebrations on sunday at manhattan's chinatown. there are five chinatowns in the five burrows of new york city, and a big one in brooklyn so it's always a good show and fun. >> the teenager who survived half mile fall from a skydive has made great progress in a recovery. that's according to her mother. her daughter is leaving the hospital at the university of oklahoma today a week after the fall. her parents say the 16-year-old will continue her recovery back home in texas at a rehab center near dallas. >> her nose -- she said everytime she comes in there she wants to do something more than she did the first day. >> she