now, what does that leave us in south asia? it leaves us with an under appreciation of the need to rethink our strategy going forward in south asia. almost a year ago i finished a piece and i argue in three areas for the wider region for afghanistan or for pakistan proper understanding of this schism between the taliban and aspirations and al qaeda, make it important for us to adjust the way in which we do moving forward with the quote in game in afghanistan which argued should be an interesting game. here's points i made. i will update you on where think things are adjusted or adapt. first, to point about the wider region. the war in afghanistan used to be reconsidered as it's always been viewed in afghanistan and pakistan the encircles. and that adds as a pakistani supported rebellion in afghanistan against the government is the islamic republic of afghanistan with significantly in new delhi in a run, knowing a slight references inflation -- representation. that point i don't think has yet to resonate in the west and assertin

where does that leave us and south asia? here the latter two-thirds of the piece i discussed in some detail how it leaves us with an under appreciation of the need to rethink our strategy going forward in south asia. almost a year ago i finished this piece and i argued in three areas for the wider region for afghanistan and for pakistan. the proper understanding of the schism between the taliban aspirations and al qaeda's make it important for us to adjust the way in which we view moving forward with a endgame in afghanistan which i argue should be an interim game. here's the point i make and i will update them briefly before i think things are just ever adapted specifically with them last year. the war in afghanistan needs to be reconsidered and has always been viewed and indian circles and that is as a pakistani supported rebellion in afghanistan that tajik uzbek governments with significant blanks in new delhi and tehran and only pashtun representation in the form of president hamid karzai who is mistrusted mpac hamid kar

the group saw a decline in south asia. india fell to 140th place.ournalists were assaulted and threatened during anti-government protests in the country. pakistan took the 159th spot due to the absence of government policy to protect media workers. in pakistan, a reporter was shot dead by islamic militants. the reporters without borders index calls pakistan one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. >>> wildlife officials in malaysia are investigating the mysterious death of endangered elephants. in the past few weeks, they have found ten dead animals in a rainforest. all the carcasses were found in the forest reserve in eastern laysia. in one case, a calf was found apparently trying to wake its dead mother. a wildlife representative said on tuesday that they have likely died from poisoning from something they ate. a department veterinarian said that he suffered from hemorrhages. they live in the rainforest of the island. in 2003, they proved they are distinct species. they are smaller than other species in africa and other parts of asia t

not only in the u.s., but also in south asia. i just actually returned from pakistan about 48 hours ago. i was just joking with a friend that out of my three days in pakistan, about two and a half days were spent on, um, discussing new phenomena, a religious player who had just gone pack to pakistan. and this has become in recent months kind of a new phenomena. many major political leaders holding big rallies, um, with hundreds of thousands of people coming up with new agendas, coming up with new slogans and now with elections coming in three months or so, there's a lot of political activity. but i'll focus in many about the remaining seven minutes that i am given on not this frontier province. and i also wallet to add given -- want to add given my position in a government organization all that i'm saying today are my personal views and not representative of ndu or dud. the landscape, the political landscape in what was called the northwest frontier province, that's what i focused on. this is the settled area of pashtuns. we ofte

>> i think all-around the world and not only south asia. there is a particular dislike for us. it is popular in europe to pretend to be anti-american. but they only hate us because they watch our movies and go to our clubs and listen to our music and ballads of new york city. the hate only goes so far. jay they hate us because they envy us. >> they envy us like gangnam style. >> gangnam style. >> again, i am not urban. >> my three and a half-year-old scooter does a version of the gangnam style dance that is almost spot on. in fact, they wanted him on the show tonight, but i didn't want him to travel out here. what surprised you most about the study? >> i am not that surprised. i am married to a canadian. even people who are right on our border -- >> you married a canadian? >> i married a canadian. what can i say? they don't like us either. it is not surprising that most of these folks are jealous of us. we have the biggest gdp in the world and the biggest economy in the world. our people are the wealthiest of anybody. so we have to rely on the ukraine for somebody who likes us.

now why the persist answer in south asia? i touched on this earlier the british period reinforced and expanded bonded labor in south asia. it was specifically excluded from 1833 in england and that allowed india to be a replacement source of slaves. to provide legitimacy, bonded agreements were used in place of exchange for deeds of sales of human beings. bonded labor became legally enforceable under the workman breach of contract at of 1859. this made it an illegal to breach a contract. you can imagine that offers offering you a bonded contract, i will give you a loan, i will take you to jamaica, we're going to put you to work and once you are there it was servitude. if you break the agreement, the penalty was this, this, and this. so it became legally enforceable. there were broader policies that further expanded that policy. it was in 1873 which was nothing short of dispossessing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of peasants and then immediately putting them in bondage. so the british empire became filled with million

funny what weather across south asia. a high of 31. a high of 31. >> a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera. france is confident the military mission against rebels in northern mali will be complete within one week. the u.n. security council will be meeting in the coming hours will -- where they will approve the intervention of west africa syforces. this video shows the. a stopper it was attacked in don knapp in syria. rebels in myanmar said three civilians have been killed in the latest attack by government soldiers. four other wounded. an explosion have killed seven villagers in afghanistan. they died trying to recover the bodies of four soldiers were killed in a gunbattle with nato troops. they may have been wearing suicide vests, but that has not been confirmed. afghan president hamid karzai says his country will be more secure when international troops leave. speaking to journalists in kabul, karzai says it will take eight-nine months out of a hand over the country to deceit -- to decide they will have community prosecution.

been unable to contain violence and deliver security in many parts of the country i spoke to the south asia adviser by the united states institutes of peace. i asked him to tell us more about a group of has claimed responsibility. >> it is a sectarian groups that has been around for a long time, and it has been closed to outside of. it has operated as an odd kind of franchise, so while they are conducting an -- as an outside the -- al qaeda franchise, so they are conducting violence. today is just one incident in a long list. it was basically gone in and found partners in different countries. they are not just targeting violence. they are linked to they have learned from this, and they have a lot of connections in pakistan and afghanistan and yemen and iraq. more and more you are seeing rhetoric out of these people, and that is one of the biggest problems from pakistan. earlier they would separate these groups and one of the time. -- one at a time. they simply cannot control. >> one of the founding members of the separatist kurdish group has been killed. they were shot dead as turkey's gove

david cameron is accused of south asia and dangerous play as he's e.u. partners united in a chorus of criticism after he promises a british referendum on whether to leave the humean. also still no admission to hillary clinton says the arab spring uprisings box by washington led to that talk on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the conflict on monday. and jordan's parliamentary election fails to convince the people of of no nicky's democratic credentials as the opposition condemns the blood as a rigged smokescreen to conceal a lack of little. here's how russia and around the world this is with me. thanks for joining us. kame dot com the web. is known for his bond found sharing service says he's at the center of a political witch hunt until last year his mega upload site was one of the most popular on the web it allowed millions of users to exchange content freely and if you log on to upload dot com here is what you can see so banned by the u.s. the case has a has already sparks many questions about internet freedom the founder has started a news service

now why the persist answer in -- persist tans in south asia? -- persistence in south asia? i touched on this earlier the british period reinforced and expanded bonded labor in south asia. it was specifically excluded from 1833 in england and that allowed india to be a replacement source of slaves. to provide legitimacy, bonded agreements were used in place of exchange for deeds of sales of human beings. bonded labor became legally enforceable under the workman breach of contract at of 1859. -- act of 1859. this made it an illegal to breach a contract. you can imagine literate colonial officers offering you a debt bondage contract. i will give you a loan, i will take you to jamaica, we're going to put you to work and once you are there it was servitude. if you break the agreement, the penalty was this, this, and this. so it became legally enforceable. in 1859. there were broader policies that further expanded that bondage. it was in 1873 which was nothing short of dispossessing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of peasants and then immediately putting them in bondage. s

ultimate king maker and the property here behind the shuttles and which is not really news for south asia as a whole because by the standards not genuinely democrat nights we had trouble. of course we're keen to hear whether you think what we're seeing now is the arab spring reaching the country so you can head to our to dot com to cast your vote on these options and here we have. no spring yet as this is simply a military plot to seize power also it's a western conspiracy to overthrow and uncool person of regime also have yes because pakistanis have had enough of corrupt dictatorships and finally the next option the protests will die out once the media frenzy calms and let's now take a look at how opinions been divided so far almost one half of those who responded apparently think western powers to remove an unfriendly regime a fifth of the believe the result of pakistanis being fed up with corruption and almost an equal number about fifteen percent of you saying that the country's military is trying to grab the reins of government and the protests will soon give and so do had to come to

world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there's very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. later in the program driving fast and i see winter roads in russia not such a good idea especially if there's a baby on board take a look. at not once the bottom twice i'll give you the story of a one year old girl. before we get to that catalonia has adopted a declaration of sovereignty in the hopes of gaining the legal ground told a referendum on breaking away from spain but the central government remains unswayed saying secession is a matter for spaniards to decide and ark a spokesperson from the european partnership for independence is catalonia leaving might benefit both sides. the south declare a sh

the ultimate kingmaker and the public here behind the shadows and which is not really news for south asia as a whole because if by the standards not genuinely democrat dies we're in trouble. and of course we're eager to hear from you you and i would like to know what whether you're saying that is this our arab spring reaching the country now so you can head to r.t. local to vote on these options and the options are here so there's no spring get it's just a military applaud and also it's a western conspiracy to overthrow an unfriendly regime another option is yes because pakistanis are fed up with corrupt dictatorship and finally the protest will die out once the media frenzy comes and let's now take a look at how opinions been divided so far and almost a half of those who responded currently think western powers are plotting to remove an unfriendly regime of the believe now that mass protests are the result of pakistanis being fed up with corruption and almost equal number about fifteen percent thing that is the country's military striving to grab the reins of the government and the prote

world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. it is exactly this controversial use of drones to target terrorists that has become the focus of a major u.n. investigation human rights activists are highly critical of the use saying it often results in wider civilian deaths and officially acknowledged and aside from the lack of transparency the whole legality of the time to give is now being questioned as aunties and i still see as courts. what we have going on as a group of top notch international law specialist spearheaded by the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism launching this investigation into the drone attacks carried ou

for a very interesting that a comment about gandy you know where my wife is from south asia so i'm very familiar with indian culture and you'll be pushed to find an indian today even more than a billion people who would take that comment by gandy seriously gandy of course was a product of western civilization he was educated in the united kingdom and for a time in south africa and india went through generations of poverty until it actually rejected it spawns the idea of gandy embrace capitalism we think more than two hundred fifty million people have been given good incomes in the past twenty years because of that love is too simplistic to say that any one side or one cause has all the truth but if you want the idea of western values first this is important that doesn't just mean the united states i'm not here to bash america i love the united states but western values and virtues important word is more than just the us i would trace this back i suppose to the ancient greeks to hell in it culture through to the romans to the birth of christianity very important that of course came from

the ultimate king maker and the property here behind the shadows and which is not great news for south asia as a whole because if by the standards not genuinely democratized we're in trouble. high a price tag to overthrow a government the spring revolutions drain the coffers of countries like libya and egypt according to the latest estimates stay with us to find out the bill for changing a regime. that start a company first one of the russian mafia is most infamous figures grandpa has sent has been killed in moscow he was shot in broad daylight in the city center on his and he takes up the story. often referred to in russia as grandpa his son has often been compared to al capone but his demise today is more reminiscent of the death of another american gangster john dillon the one of the biggest crime laws in russia was shot outside his favorite restaurant in central moscow and the law enforcement agencies have already reported that they have found six gun shells at the side believing this was a direct assassination attempt at ground bar he was delivered to a hospital but later died there wi

world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. prime minister for the time they mean the time yahoo's right wing block when it's at the triangle election but he faces a bustle to form a coalition before he pushes through his plans for motors settlements in the disputed west bank home that's coming up. and as president obama officially starts his second term by pledging to promote world peace by supporting democracy there are questions about his ability to keep his promises knowing that. won't leave. out of sight but still on our minds from the still exceeds the norm let's try to live smarter with smartphones you never know what some people are hiding

world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. into the antiwar dot that we go now starting with the police who have launched a pre-dawn raid on a metroid depot in athens to remove transport workers striking against drastic wages the government had issued an emergency order forcing the employees to go back to work a deep wage cuts have been made by the greek government as part of austerity measures aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy. and protesters have come out in belgium as well against plans announced by a steel company to cut around thirteen hundred jobs trade unions according to workers in the southern city of leeds to go on strike unti

world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. prime minister for the third time then you may netanyahu is right wing along with the general election but he faces a bustle to form a coalition before he pushes for his plans for orders settlements in the disputed west find all that's coming up. on deprived of privacy you are so sororities push for greater control in the name of national security of the f.b.i. refuses to reveal how or how many americans it's playing on causing distrust. this week the world's financial and political elite rob top that i knew all joining this way as a result of doubles optimistically predicting the euro will walk out of p

projects in cambodia, haiti, and south africa and helping out in areas just as the tsunami in south east asias coming from the lgbt and friends community. so we work as ambassadors for our community and we help change people's minds and hearts about who we are and what we care about. besides providing humanitarian aid, we try to inspire hope in all of our projects and we have found that hope is really just as important as aid, if not more so. and we have worked with a lot of communities in desperate situations arounded world and we found that providing a little bit of humanitarian aid and a lot of courage and hope it is amazing that people in desperate circumstances can do to improve theirs life. so seven years ago we really have a feeling that in the united states, we really need to increase our hope also. and we decided to do that by creating a global art project, the world, tree of hope. and what you see behind you is a live, 23-foot christmas tree and it is covered with 10,000 pieces of oragami and most of it is white cranes and all of the white cranes

world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which has a good century preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan but what about relations there you are in washington i'm here in moscow is senator kerry has criticised u.s. policy towards russia and russian diplomats have said that the reset proposed by hillary clinton four years ago simply isn't working anymore do you perhaps think it could be a reset of the reset with this new secular state. well i mean of course the possibility of trying to improve relations with russia is always something that the secretary of state is is attempting and that is one of the areas which is perhaps less subject to the logic that i've just talked about because obviously we're not talking

suggested by security ry of state clinton at least a year ago he was being held in some place in south asiae is even talk he might be held in south pakistan or paris. do you know why she thought that? >> the e-mail came from pakistan. that is why we started looking at the possibility but i don't believe he is there. i believe he is still in iran. >> they spoke with secretary clinton about her husband and they said they will do everything they can to help him be home. he has been missing since 2007. >> before you leigh the hou-- ae the house let's get an update on the weather. >> there could be tornadoes in southeastern texas. it is part of the storm system that is producing a flooding concern across eastern texas, louisiana and arkansas because it has a lot of moisture with it and it will be dumping a lot of heavy rain and has been doing so since yesterday across the areas. the good side of the storm is we have an invow across texas and oklahoma and we are seeing much needed rain in some of these areas. stay alert with flooding in your area. we are seeing areas across the great lakes. we wi

the ultimate king maker and the property here behind the shuttles and which is not great news for south asia as a whole because if by the standards not genuinely democrat dies we're in trouble. going u.s. defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and in case a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence here to punish international affairs experts believe that this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. i know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you work and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. a high pric

202 people to be out of work this year and they will be in developing countries with east asia, south asiafrica which is subsequently the hardest hit. >>> some are gaining grounds at this hour. overnight, they have mixed results as well and japan's nikkei fell after the central bank promised to fall after generating some growth. checking in our numbers after the three-day weekend in dr. martin luther king, jr., right now futures indicate pretty mixed opening as you can see it is mixed document jones, we will have a list. >>> coming up, a cat controversy is brewing and why he wants to ban all cats in the country. >>> it is on the rise and the disorder doctors are catching in more and more kids. . >>> welcome back time now 5:23, a man has come up with a way to save native birds and he wants to ban cats. he calls them natural born killers and he is not recommending they euthanize them and he is saying not to replace them when they die. birds like the question we have -- kiwi have bomb endangered. >>> there is also a lot of buzz about what is on this player's arms... >> ouch. his tattoo artist

officials believe that he is held somewhere in south asia, but have not said where. christina levinson said she believes it is in south iran, i spoke to her. why do you choose to release these photos now. >> >> what i want people to know is there is still a hostage in iran, and that is my husband, bob levinson. >> you have no doubt he is held in iran? >> i do not. >> what makes you so sure? >> bob went to the island for a 24-hour visit, and he has not been seen since he left there. >> that is iranian territory. >> that is a month -- >> right. >> and less than a month after that, after he went missing on march 9th, there was an article in an iranian-sanctioned newspaper, "press tv," that said that bob was in custody and he would be released in a couple of days but that has not happened. >> and has the iranian government ever communicated with you? because in a statement yesterday, a spokesperson said "levinson is not in iran, there is no single evidence that he is in iran". >> well, yes, i have talked to them. and there may be no evidence that he is in iran. there is a

towards south america, usually trade winds hold the water masses at bay and push them back towards south-east asiabut every couple of years -- el nino throws this system off balance. put simply, it weakens the trade winds which acted as barriers. now the uncontrolled water mass heads towards the coasts of south america. there, this kind of climate tsunami leads to massive flooding. the people of the piura region on the coast of peru live in constant fear of the el nino. every time this natural disaster strikes, it causes chaos in their lives. >> today there's no trace of the havoc wrought by el niÑo. valentin ruiz's banana plantation is thriving. it will soon be time to harvest. but the peruvian farmer will never forget the day he nearly lost everything. >> the water was up to here. here, where my hand is. this whole land was devastated. today it's fine. we banana producers carried away all the dead earth and planted new banana trees. >> valentÍn ruiz and many other local banana farmers were facing ruin. they survived by joining forces. today, their association numbers 340 banana producers. they e

secretary of state clinton, at least a year ago, maybe almost 2 years ago, that he was being held in south asia. there was a suggestion that he might be held in pakistan, held by terrorists. do you know why she thought that? >> the email came from pakistan. that's why i believe we started looking at the possibility. but i don't believe that he is there. i believe he is still in iran. >> when you say email, you mean the email with those photos, is that right? >> correct. >> i know that an effort was made to try to find the source of the email. did you get any information at all as to who might have sent them to you? >> no. the email address was used one time and one time only. >> was it an email to you directly or to member else? >> it was directly to me. >> so, i mean, i guess that either -- i assume that the email was obtained from your husband, your email address. i assume that's how they got it. was that your assumption? >> i assumed so because he had that on his person when he disappeared -- or was taken. >> all right. so now there has been a shift. now the united states -- the state depart

s office on drugs and crime, south asia has one of the lowest percentages.lowest police officers to civilians in the world. it has among the fewest prosecutors as a percentage of the population. there could be other factors. india has a demographic crisis according to 2011 census, only nine women for every ten men, that's one of the world's worst sex ratios and that doesn't happen naturally, it happens because tens of thousands of indians opt for abortions if they know they are having a daughter. but these conditions are not unique. some of them exist elsewhere too. perhaps most of all, rape happens so often in india, simply because it is allowed to happen. there is a culture of impunity. of the 600 rape cases reported in delhi this year, only one has led to a conviction. that's why the current set of sustained protests are something of a silver lining. people are genuinely upset. the rise of india's middle class has activated a powerful civil society. one that is demanding better government. it did so a year ago regarding corruption and now asking for basic

> yes, i have been following the media reports both in south asia and in the u.s. and u.k.the so-called western world about coverage of this event. i think what i would suggest here is we bring a critique to these events. on the one hand, we see in the western media some reporters taking this moral high ground, pointing fingers and demonizing indian culture as the sexual violence against women is pervasive in only certain parts of the world and somehow reflective of deeply inherent cultural tradition of that part of the world. cars with that obscures' is -- what that obscures' is both rape and domestic violence are pervasive in the united states, and domestic violence in one of the leading causes of injury to women. exceedingly high numbers of rape, in fact, most ago and reported in the u.s. i think embedded in these kinds of reporting is a certain colonial mindsets. there is a long history of that. these kinds of mindset that women are the measure of the progress of a society emerges from colonial practices. these ideas were used to legitimize both colonization and also im