well, over the areas of south asia, which it ruled, it did not rule exactly as a sovereign. it control that area both as a vassal of the move will emperor who had rights to collect taxes, but also as a subject of the british crown. the east india company had this dual nature where it recognized both the sovereignty of the british crown and also the suzerainty of the emperor. it was charged with the ruling over great swathes of south asia in the name of both these monarchs at the same time. now, the area where it had formal control actually rather than, as it were, coloring all of the map red, was splotches of concentration. for instance, cut, where its main trading port was. there was a strong, established presence, but when you get into the countryside up until the 20th century there were a number of indian peasants that had never seen a white man. and so the control over the countryside was boccie, at best, which, in part, explains its downfall in 1857. >> host: in your book, "the making of modern afghanistan," what is its role in afghanistan? what was its rule? >> guest:

the government claims that once complete, the port will be one of the biggest in south asia with capacity for 33 vessels including some of the world's largest ships. it's situated at the midpoint of a crucial sea lane that connects the persian lane with a strait. it's an attributive position for a maritime hub. >> translator: located in the middle of a sea lane, we are well placed to offer shipping and fuel services. it's a good opportunity for sri lanka to develop. the port is being built by chinese companies and almost all the workers are chinese. the massive project is already a popular tourist attraction. >> translator: we're really grateful to china. it's thanks to them that we can build such a port. >> reporter: the chinese activities in the town aren't limited to the sea port. this international airport has a 3.5 kilometer runway and is due to open this year. here, too, china is paying for some of the construction. the main contractor is also chinese. massive amounts of chinese aid are transforming this once normal town into a transport center for the entire region. some observers

originally native to the middle east and parts of south asia, they're now restricted to just two protected areas of iran. their color changes depending on the season. they're reddish in the summer and turn yellowish in the winter. growing economies home to large numbers of young consumers with money to spend, southeast asia is an attractive market, subcultures from japan like animation are already popular. now japanese talent agencies are turning their skills to creating pop culture. nhk world's mark ho files this report from singapore. >> this japanese all-girl pop group performs in singapore. japanese groups like are poe increasingly drawn to the potentially lucrative market in asia. a sister group was spawned in the indonesian cpa capital, gentlemjakart jakarta. it shows how far the influence is spreading. sea-a, is another group being promoted right now with four members from singapore and malaysia. their name comes from the initials of southeast asia, plus animae. >> the group is the invention of a major japanese talent agency, it plans to turn them into opinion-asian superstars. the

the government claims that once complete, the port will be one of the biggest in south asia with capacity for 33 vessels including some of the world's largest ships. hambantota is situated as the midpoint of a crucial sea lane. it's an attributive position for a maritime hub. >> translator: located in the middle of a sea lane, we are well placed to offer shipping and fuel services. it's a good opportunity for sri lanka to develop. >> reporter: the port is being built by chinese companies and almost all the workers are chinese. the massive project is already a popular tourist attraction. >> translator: we're really grateful to china. it's thanks to them that we can build such a port. >> reporter: but chinese activities in the town aren't limited to the sea port. this international airport has 3.5 kilometer runway and is due to open this year. here too, china is paying for some of the construction. the main contractor is also chinese. massive amounts of chinese aid are transforming this once normal town into a transport center for the entire region. some observers are concerned. they fear c

denuclearization of the korean peninsula, iran's nuclear development and issues in the middle east and south asia. the two nations while stabilizing nations in the worl >> xi was speaking in beijing before his visit to the united states. he's widely seen as the country's next leader. xi stressed that the two nations should stress not to worsen ties even if they have differences of opinions. beijing was recently angered by washington's decision to sell weapons to taiwan. >>> rescue crews off the coast of italy fear an ocean liner that ran aground could slip into deeper waters. the ship's owners say the captain was steering an unauthorized, unapproved course. the "costa concordia" hit a sand bar off the coast of tuscany on friday then capsized. six people have been confirmed dead. 16 passengers and crew remain missing.rescuers suspended thei on monday due to bad weather. the italian company held a news conference in genoa on monday. it says an inspection last year revealed no safety or technical problems. the company added that the vessel ran aground even though the route was preprogrammed to ensur

originally native to the middle east and parts of south asia, they are now restricted to just two protectedas of iran. the color changes depending on the season. they are reddish brown during the summer and turn yellowish brown in the winter. >>> thai customs officials intercepted four tiger skins and bones smuggled into the country, and were apparently bound for china. the contraband goods are believed to have medicinal qualities. they were found in parcels. customs official says the tiger skins have an estimated market value of $16,000. the customs department also showed the media other smug he willed items worth about a million dollars. thailand's industry minister says about 150 flood hit factories in seven industrial parks resumed operations. he said about 80% of the suspended plants would restart manufacturing in the first quarter. the government helped the factories with financial aid, investment incentives and tax breaks. the minister added a fund worth $1.6 billion may be set up to guarantee insurance coverage for manufacturing plants. >>> despite snowy conditions in northern japan

. >> for many muslims and certainly in south asia as the movement was developing, extraordinarily controversial, rejected. it was seen as the equivalent of heresy. >> and that view persists. today there are millions, some say tens of millions, of ahmadi muslims spread across 195 countries. in many parts of asia and the middle east, they face severe persecution. in pakistan, ahmadis are even officially declared nonmuslim. they are legally forbidden to call themselves muslims or their houses of worship mosques. and they are frequent targets of violence. >> i go with this fear that during the night i might get a phone call that some of my very close loved ones have been kidnapped or killed or, or their properties have been looted and this kind of fear is going on and nobody can do anything. >> mahdi says it's painful, but his faith forbids any kind of retaliation. >> islam promotes peace and islam does not need any kind of blood shedding in the name of islam. >> according to esposito, despite the persecution, ahmadis have a strong missionary tradition. >> ahmadiyya in general are very concerned ab

a lot of numbers a number of secrecy is in charge in south. asia because the diversion of the stuff arab league observers except to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community or the you are your stories to where you are into your position you have to put in your point that you have to work with the other side working with the other side uses their look. starting with thousands killed bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for. damascus syria. time to head over to our web site r t dot com to find the latest developments on the political crisis all in the arab world including a look at how the israel palestine standoff impacts the lives of ordinary people risking death to provide a lifeline the story of a palestinian tunnel digger whose work help support his family and the flow of vital supplies into gaza of course all of this in defiance of the israeli blockade . the leader of the libya's national transitional

rapidly expanding sea to this year they excrete to ten million tons of stuff almost exclusively south asia. but we've noticed there's a cool. consumption worldwide has increased so these ports covers almost all of asia. the cold comes from some of russia's largest pulls it's five hundred meters in. the joints the oil flowing out of the reed. and in ever greater quantities tugboats maneuver the ships into place through storms and the winter cold and even the most modern tankers once on their way to helped along by a much older technology own down this vast new ship internals a springing up to supply overseas markets will all see very foundations presented by this light house which long before makes a russia's gateway to the pacific hundreds of lighthouses dot the coast all the way from the border with north korea up to the arctic. victor has been marrying his lighthouse for over thirty years but he's glad he's not too far out into the wilderness. we're close enough to the nearest town look at it other lighthouse keepers are stuck out in the tiger without even roads sometimes a ship or helic

a lot of numbers but a number of secrecy you have who's in charge in south. asia the division the diversion of the stuff arab league observers look set to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community although you are you do your stories to where you are into your position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side is there a look. first with thousands killed bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for. damascus syria. the e.u. has reportedly imposed a new set of sanctions against syria targeting officials from the assad government but some of critics say with abuses from both the syrian regime and the opposition now acknowledged to the arab league it's the best time to turn to dialogue rather than embark us. the opposition or what this so-called syrian free army or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been u

attack about the shift to asia, it is not simply reapportion enforcers from the middle east and south asia asia per se. it is also about diversifying our engagements in asia more generally. we have a number of bases and facilities in northeast asia. are looking to do more in southeast asia. the president announced that he was in australia and parts and determination to have marines trained and stationed in northern australia. it is also the case in terms of operational concepts, the linkage between the indian ocean and pacific and how to design strategies, operations and training routine that reflect these new strategic realities is really the challenge of the next phase of american strategic thinking. >> interesting. and that same region of course, one country -- one oteri with the we've had almost no contact with burma and extraordinary developments have occurred with the sushi and being released from house arrest, forming a party, sort of the democratization process. she herself was asked whether the power behind the leader, the military still running things. i guess i would ask for you

christine has a very good handle on the affairs of south asia. the haqqani case, i think she has it more than anybody else. and the case in the judiciary and when he was the chief minister of pun grab and he was -- punjab and he was approaching different parties -- [inaudible] haqqani together, they were best friends and adviser to chief minister of punjab at that time and then he was secret adviser to sharif who have the prime minister. who was the prime minister. so i think the case is in the judiciary, and if somebody wants to help haqqani, i think one needs to hire a good attorney who knows the international law as the constitution of pakistan. and i think that would be helpful for him. if that can be done, certainly there -- [inaudible] but one thing i assure you, there's not one single individual on whom the future the democracy of pakistan lies. thank you. >> thank you. do you want to answer, or -- [inaudible] >> if there's another question for dr. fair, i'll take it. right there in the third row. >> professor christine fair, i would like

to the south, southeast asia, areas like central southern sections of the philippines will be looking again at chances of heavier downpours so watch out for that. highs on tuesday look like this. 9 in tokyo. seasonal. 1 in seoul. 9 in shanghai and 20 degrees in taipei. getting over into the americas, it is going to be a picture for the gulf coast. trio of lows here and continue to bring in more moisture, trigger some stronger storms in texas. looks like we'll continue to see some stormy weather for the lower mississippi valley as well as in towards texas and oklahoma. now towards the north a lot of this precipitation is going to be falling as snow. heavier snow expected to spread in the northern rockies and really central, eastern sections of canada looking at a little bit more snowfall for the course of tuesday. highs across the board look like this. 8 in new york. wild on the aseaboard. 11 in chicago. 9 one denver and seasonal 6 degrees in seattle. lastly getting into europe and here the alpine region has been dealing with quite a bit of snow since the weekend. plenty of heavy snows

cold war in terms of what happened with hillary clinton's trip to central asia about a month and a half ago obama's trip to south seas australian southeast asia months and a half ago more or less and this deployment of marines to darwin in northern australia and the progressive in the minds of washington of course encircled of china in the south china sea and the intersection between the indian ocean and the south china sea. this is completely crazy because what is stead of america proposing a project for celsius. for the countries in the cells trying to see or a vision for the future it's another military drive and the chinese of course because the chinese diasporas they are extremely powerful know this solves this station so when there is something to be negotiated in the south china sea will be on the table between china and the philippines china and vietnam china and indonesia and not with american military interference so it sounds and it looks like a desperate ploy from a decline in empire once again so we keep repeating the same scenario over and over again you know now i want to shift a little bit to a c

military focus from europe, africa and south america to asia. >>> breaking news this morning out of iraq. a series of coordinated attacks in baghdad killed at least 27 people. it started with a motorcycle bomb, exploded near a bus stop with day laborers gather. then a roadside bomb exploded and two hours later, there were two more blasts. iraqi leaders have warned that there could be an increase of violence since u.s. combat troops left iraq in december. >>> 6:06 is your time now. ahead, the candid shots of president obama. >>> also, what one man did with his ipad that has some questioning our border security. >>> and a winter warm ♪ when life gets busy... there are days where you want to give your immune system some support. try airborne. each serving contains 14 vitamins, minerals and herbs including zinc, echinacea, ginger, and a blast of vitamin c. it's the easy, great-tasting way to help support your immune system. try airborne. in fast-acting effervescent formula, and new super-convenient chewable tablets! >>> the wizards are the nba's only lowinless team. the wizards will look. th

do it all by ourselves all the time, particularly in the last decade when we were so occupied in south asia and the middle east. with regard to israel, we remain a staunch ally of the state of israel. we have a vital national interest in ensuring their security and their existence long-term. we have an extremely close relationship and dialogue with them. that dialogue is very conference. it is very candid. so we talk frankly about peace process. we talk frankly about the dimensions, the security dimensions in the region, the trends and events and so forth. and there's a lot that we agree on and where we disagree, we have very frank dialogue with them. but the u.s. commitment to israel has been something that has been sustained across many administrations, republican and democrat alike since the country's data, and that is no different today. i am running out of your lives. north korea was the next one? >> korea, iran. >> i mean, obviously with regard to north korea, our principal concern has been the potential, has been the proliferation of nuclear weapons to that country, and the potential

well, there's a fantastic coffee, it's a coffee from certain tropical countries in indonesia and south east asiay rodent animals eats the coffee fruit when they're still barrys -- berries and dejects it and poops out the bean. once the bean is cleaned and roasted, you have to do that any way. the animals do the job of roasting it for them. in, at first, i thought it would be a way to create the product. it's absolutely amazing coffee. it'scalledd kopi luwak. we'll send you some, you would love it. >> well, you've sent us some interesting things, by the way. chocolate covered insects. any takers here in the studio. worm snacks. >> i sent those for a reason. our show isn't like a fear factor thing. we're about exploring culture through food. chocolate dipped inseconds says more about the american's lack of an appetite for alternative proteins and also, we don't take anything unfamiliar and dip it in chocolate to market it. it says a lot about the society we live in. i like wok cooked insects. i don't like them chocolate covered. i've always done this. i was doing this before the travel channel cam

confrontation against south korea for instance an ally with russia china or with countries in south america and central asia for that matter and have elso want to talk more about china where you say the u.s. is in a new cold war what do you mean by that. well it is called war in terms of what happened with hillary clinton's trip to central asia about a month and a half ago obama's trip to south australian sas this month and a half ago more or less and this deployment of marines to darwin in the north in australia and the progressive in the minds of washington of course encircled meant of china in this china sea and the intersection between the indian ocean and the south china sea. this is completely crazy because what is stead of america proposing a project for celsius. for the countries in the cells trying to see or a vision for the future it's another. dr and the chinese of course because the chinese the aspirants they are extremely powerful in all this solves. so when there is something to be negotiated in the south china sea will be on the table between china and the philippines china and vietnam china

but places like north and south korea and southeast asia that we need it because of our positions in e world. >> why? why can't they defend themselves . >> some of them are like the south korea because of what happened in north korea. we are involved. we don't want to have to deploy over there because of north korea so belergerent. >> scouth korea can defend themselves. there is a treaty. treaties can be end. south korea president when bush was in office asked if we could end the war. >> they have more arstillly in the north korea and within 32 of 40 million people. >> true. true. but we help our friends. whether it is smaller, sure. the problem is i have cut them and bring them all home. >> cut foreign aid . cut to egypt and israel and everyone. >> first of the all israel wouldn't exist. >> it would. >> we have -- the dollars and helping them stay. >> three billion a year and one and half percent of the cogross domestic product. that is essential to the israelis . paul would say stop it. >> also stop it egypt and jordan. >> governor paul or congressman paul wants everything stopped a

in every corner of the globe, from north america to europe, from south america to asia, sales of general motors cars and trucks are up. more than $7 billion in profits. final figures are expected to rise. 640,000 more cars and trucks sold last year than the year before. ♪ see the usa in your chevrolet ♪ >> reporter: it was hardly the journey dinah shore once dreamed of. a grueling road back after gm's 2009 bankruptcy and taxpayer rescue. gm has now paid back nearly half of that. >> it's clearly a comeback story. and one of the notable aspects of it is that they've been able to achieve this sales success not using the incentives that they might have used in years past. >> reporter: without those incentives or rebates, he adds, gm had to win with quality. and tonight, brand-new signs of ford's turnaround, too. ♪ have you driven a ford lately ♪ >> reporter: the answer to that, for many americans, is yes. sales, up 11% in the last year. and tonight, ford is now planning to give raises to 20,000 employees. contributing more to their 401(k)s. union workers, under a new, four-year contract, got

confrontation against south korea for instance an ally with russia china or with countries in south america or central asia for that matter. the editor of the colbert report current affairs website says further pressure by the u.s. and its allies on iran pushed the region to the edge. i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that era tiran is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it it's quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be an absolute last measure resort for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things through the very straits that they would be a sensible sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than they felt that the entire existence of their country was under

but places like north and south korea and southeast asia that we need it because of our positions in e world. >> why? why can't they defend themselves . >> some of them are like the south korea because of what happened in north korea. we are involved. we don't want to have to deploy over there because of north korea so belergerent. >> scouth korea can defend themselves. there is a treaty. treaties can be end. south korea president when bush was in office asked if we could end the war. >> they have more arstillly in the north korea and within 32 of 40 million people. >> true. true. but we help our friends. whether it is smaller, sure. the problem is i have cut them and bring them all home. >> cut foreign aid . cut to egypt and israel and everyone. >> first of the all israel wouldn't exist. >> it would. >> we have -- the dollars and helping them stay. >> three billion a year and one and half percent of the cogross domestic product. that is essential to the israelis . paul would say stop it. >> also stop it egypt and jordan. >> governor paul or congressman paul wants everything stopped a

. >> in every corner of the globe north america, europe, south america to asia sales of gm are top. 7 billion dollars in profit. final figure expected to go higher. 6 40,000 more cars and truck sold last year than the year before. grueling road back after gm 2009 bank situation and taxpayer rescue. gn now paid back nearly half of that. clearly a comeback stor story. one of the notable aspect of it is that they have been able to achieve this the sales success not using the incentive they might have used in year past. >>reporter: without the incentive or rebate he says gm win with quality. tonight brand new signs of ford turn around too. answer to that question for many americans is yes. sales up 11 percent last year. tonight ford now planning to give raises to 2 20,000 employees contributing more to the 401(k). union workers under new 4 year contract signing bonus and profit share. giant change of fortune. ford was 30 billion in the re. they have had 4 generation who worked ford assembly line. there have been prayers at the dinner table about the auto maker future. >> we were very clos

south asia and eastern europe. what do we find that ties those two together? what ties them together is 2.5 million women who are being trafficked as sex slaves. i am not exaggerating here. this is reality. women are being kidnapped. they are being deceived by people who promise them legitimate employment. they are being sold by boyfriends and even family to brothels and two men who use them for sex. cm this is a horror that could not go down without actual collaboration from government officials in different parts of the world. again, horror is woven into the fabric of capitalist. we could spin that globe again and come down to the u.s., the so-called best of all possible societies. this is the place where women are told they have achieved their equality yet for millions of women, life is replete with being battered, with facing rape, with facing being treated as if they are nothing but sex objects available for any man who wants to talk about them or even worse. we can see even more here. we could look at people being demonized by right-wing politicians and

it all starts next month but it's only on flights between the united states, europe, asia and some south american countries. customers asked for complimentary beer and wine and american airlines listened. >>> 4:46. coming up a hollywood homicide takes a rather bizarre turn. police a history buff to the rescue one man's pledge to fix the damaged washington monument. >>> $10,000 for one ticket. >> it is the hottest ticket in town, in fact in the nation. the unusual items people are willing to give up to see the 9ers host the giants this weekend. lawrence. >>> starting to see some clouds around the bay area. what about a little rain and will this open the door to more storms? we'll talk about that coming up. body parts. >>> cadaver dogs are expected back in the hollywood hills today to search for more body parts. a gruesome story. two feet, two hands found yesterday not far from where hikers found a human head in a plastic bag that happened on tuesday. police think the victim was killed elsewhere recently and the body then dumped in a park near the hollywood sign. >>> washington monument wi

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taxed in the united states that oil will never make it to your car it's going to go to south america or europe or asia on proof did you know that gasoline just became the number one export of the united states that's right we're already shipping more gasoline around the world than anything else that we make or do in the united states so if we don't really need more oil well what about the need for jobs that's the second sales pitch they argue that the x.l. pipeline will stimulate our economy and create tens of thousands of jobs turns out that's also a lie pipeline will only create a few thousand jobs anywhere between fifteen hundred four thousand and those jobs will be temporary lasting just two years plus more jobs may be lost than gained as a result of the pipeline. since this dirty tar sands oil is going to be moved into export oriented refineries demand for oil in the us will actually go up and prices will go up too according to an independent analysis gas prices in the midwest would increase by twenty cents a gallon as a result of that pipeline reaching the export ships in the gulf of mexico and

starting february 1st passengers flying to europe and asia as well as south america had get a free glass of beer or wine. american's parent company filed for bankruptcy protension text. >>> eastman kodak filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month. the 130-year-old photography icon is now appointed a chief restructuring officer seeking to secure the financing to stay afloat in the digital age. >>> new at&t customers will pay more. they announced they will roll out new data plans for the smart phone and tablet users. beginning next week, the plans will allow for more data down loads per month and things will come with a $5 price hike. users are now going to be charged $30 for three gigabytes of data service. that goes against the previous plan that was 25 dollars for twogigs of service for new customers only. >>> how would you like to see a proticket design sold to wal- mart. they are holding a contest called get on the shelf. enter a product in any category as they have clothing, electronics and household goods. all three finalists will be sold on the wal-mart.com but t

i've never been to south america or africa or asia.'m really pretty much, north america and europe, and new zealand, once, i shot there. i'm interested in just, you know, hanging out a little bit, too. going on hikes with my dog. i love being in nature. a lot of girlfriends, catching up with girlfriends. my son is 21 and he's working on csi now. >> wow! >> yeah, he's my lifeline to the show. >> you'll always be connected. >> i always say, who's directing and how's this episode going. >> well, it's just been a month since i stopped. >> i've seen you get emotional at the wrap party. i've seen you getting emotional when talking about leaving. does the character get emotional tonight? >> the character -- in tonight's episode. the finale finale is next week. kathryn gets emotional, but it's at a highier intensity. it's like, because she's infuriated. anything else about next week or do we have to wait and see? >> well, tonight's episode is very action packed. and next week's episode is a little less so. it's more kind of a journey that take

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they rotate around five region of the world and cycle systematically for north america, south america, europe, asia and africa. policy was developed and when the board approved this program in june of last year it was decided that the launch date would be two days from today, january 12th. twelve:0 one to be precise which is equal to 7:01 tomorrow evening in d.c.. this new program will -- when we talk about the internet we think about the internet and its governance in the context of this solution within it. we usually refer to the internet as the internet. why do we call it the internet? that suggests one the thing. we think of it as one of thing. we refer to it as one thing. but if you think about what comprises the internet is actually millions of private networks and billions of privately-owned devices sometimes and by governments as well light cellphone, ipads or tablets and pcs. we have approximately two billion users of the internet today and that is growing rapidly particularly with the advent and acceleration of smart phones and tablets and likely to use several billion users to that in th