myung lee. he is jumping back there. does anybody here want to be a lawyer? oh, come on, parents. this is so special, we brought the general counsel, the big lawyer in the district. his name is don davis, and he is over there. and then our director of communications is a factor as well. -- back there as well. why do i introduce the people to you? because we are so proud of harvey milk civil-rights academy, we all wanted to be here on the first day of school. this is not the last time you will see us. we want to come back to read in the classrooms. i understand you do a school dance. maybe we get invited to do that. we want you to have a great school year. q want to thank all of you parents for all that you do. we cannot do this without you. let's have a great year. yay! [applause] >> thank you. we have traditions here at harvey milk. one of the traditions is a dance that we do. boys and girls, what do you do? tell us what we do. >> the cuban shuffle. >> come to the middle if you are going to do the cuban shuffle. this is a dance that we do. parents, teachers, come on up. ♪ >> hell

and he accused south korean president lee myung-bak of causing inter-korean relations to hit rock bottom>>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster. but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes on "the road ahead," every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> japanese researchers are using an unmanned helicopter to measure radiation around the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. no detailed studies have been conduct sod far as aircraft aren't allowed to fly within three kilometers of the facility. the survey started in futenma town about two kilometers from the plant. the helicopter can cover a one-kilometer-square area in two hours. it can fly over mountains and forests, which are difficult to access. the drone flies at an altitude of between 30 to 100 meters so it has the advantage of accurately determining the locations of so-called radiation hotspots. data is transmitted to a computer and plotted on a color-coded map showing radiati

. >>> south korean president lee myung-bak is over more scrutiny in critical cases involving members of his family. his son appeared before a special council to face allegations he attempted to misuse taxpayer money to build his father's retirement residence. prosecutors believe lee used his own name and not his father's when he tried to buy land for the home. that's against south korea's real estate laws. the cost of the land would have been split with the government because the residence would need facilities for security personnel. lee is accused of trying to misappropriate taxpayer funds by fixing the deal so the government paid more for its share of the property and he paid less for his. president lee's brother is also suspected of being involved. the transaction has since been scrapped. the president's other brother has been tangled up in a separate case and has been indicted on bribery charges. these legal matters are expected to have an impact on south korea's presidential elections in december. lee's term is up, but analysts say the controversy could harm the image of his ru

that's been on hold since august when south korean president lee myung-bak visited an island in the sea of japan. south korea controls the territory. japan claims it. >>> a chinese novelist who has written about his country's rich past and the complex issues it faces in the present has joined an exclusive club. mo yan is the winner of this year's nobel prize in literature. members of the swedish academy made the announcement on thursday. >> the nobel prize in literature for 2012 is awarded to the chinese writer mo yan. >> mo is 57 years old. he shot to fame after publishing "red sorghum" in 1986. the novel vividly portrays the lives of chinese peasants in the 1930s. it became a film. both the novel and movie won international acclaim. mo's 2009 book "frog" focuses on a character who promotes the chinese government's one-child policy. the female doctor provides abortions in a maternity clinic. members of the swedish academy says mo uses a hallucinatory realism to merge folk tales, history, and the contemporary. >>> turkish authorities have forced a syrian passenger plane to land in ankar