myanmar's government is rejecting the international criticism. it argues that several pro-democracy parties are running in the general election. the military rulers say the poll is aimed at establishing civilian rule in the country. >>> researchers in japan have developed a new textile aimed at helping those with skin allergies, that includes mite dirt and allergens. ionic technologies are given a charge and that causes more allergens to stick to the fabric than the person's skin. the fabric can be washed a number of times and still keep the properties. they plan to use the technology to produce underwear and children's clothing for sale this fall. >>> state-of-the-art planetarium is capable of projecting more than 22 million stars. the planet tear yes, ma'am is cutting-edge projector can display stars of different times and places and seasons. visitorses can use binoculars to observe smaller stars, including the milky way. they want to expand children's interest in astron me by showing stars as they appear in outerspace. >>> now let's bring you

the government plans to accept 90 refugees from myanmar. a poll shows that a large percentage of people in both countries see north korea as a security threat. in their first joint survey, the two stations interviewed people 20 years or older from june 26th to july 4th. nearly 200 people responded n japan, 92% of the respondents said that north korea poses a threat. when asked to site political issues with north korea, many people in japan said the abductions of japanese and the nuclear program and separated families due to the north koreay war. regarding ways to address the nuclear issue, 60% called for strong action, including diplomatic pressure. but in south korea, opinions were divided. 47% said that the forceful action was needed while 41% called for a humanitarian and economic aid. here's some of the news received across asia. we begin with this item from china. shanghai expo organizers are scrambling for electric fans and ice as it's 37 degrees celsius. long lines have waiting times up to three hours. the organizers are offering sun

. >>> myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi has suggested that her supporters who want to vote for her party could refrain from voting instead in the general election. now, her party, the national league for democracy, has decided to boycott the polls, scheduled for november 7th. in a statement released on wednesday, aung san suu kyi said the public should show interest in the election. it will be the country's first election in 20 years. she said nld supporters would not have to compromise and vote for another party. the nld has -- or was disbanded earlier this year after the military government introduced a new law. it effectively barred aung san suu kyi from running in the election. other pro-democracy parties intend to run in the election, but the party led by prime minister than sen and fully backed by the military government is likely to win. observers say aung san saw kooe's latest remarks are an attempt to maintain unity among her supporters and prevent her influence on myanmar's politics from declining. >>> israel's shimon peres has defended his country's policy of shu

source locally >>reporter: the zhou family tend a soccer field sized plot some 90 km from yunnan's myanmar border. they switched from growing sugar cane to coffee seven years ago - and in doing so, doubled their income. at today's commodity price, this household of four makes around two and a half thousand us dollars annually. >>erluan: it doesn't take a lot of work - even the children and old folk here do it. and the income, well, it's quite nice. >>reporter: of course, the word nice is relative. but for the 40,000 coffee growing families acrossone of china's poorest provinces, only tending tobacco pays as well. >>yunnan produces 98 percent of china's beans, most of it for export. but its output hardly registers on the world stage. coffee growing covers just 280 sq km, or around one sixtieth the size of beijing. >>reporter: brazil is the world's biggest coffee producer - with over 39 million bags in 2009. this is more than double the combined harvest of latin america's other big players. in africa, the beverage's birthplace, ethiopia and uganda lead the continent. while india and indonesi

in myanmar's announce the date of its first general election in twenty years votes to be held on november the seventh however critics are skeptical about the legitimacy of the election as key opposition figures are barred from standing the national democracy league won the last poll in one thousand nine hundred slide but they weren't allowed into office by the military which is ruled the country since the early sixty's the party says it plans to boycott the coming election. in a crate of scottish whisky that was trapped in antarctic ice for more than a century is finally been opened in new zealand it was found earlier this year beneath the floor of a hut built by explore a sewer and this shackleton during his nineteen zero eight expedition the eleven bottles of mckinley's whiskey were wrapped in paper and stew often texan however the heritage drowned what we tasted as it is in fact being preserved as we expect for posterity. a bit later tonight modern to shows us the highlights of an ancient city one of many and cynically moscow in fact you may have seen some of your sites already on russ