all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

>> southeast asia has a real grip on me.m the first time i went there it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies. i was a professional cook for 28 years and only 10 years ago i was still standing in a kitchen next to the deep fryer. after "kitchen confidential" i found myself in a position to travel. when i was in vietnam's living the dream and it exceeded the reality, that was love at first sight. as many places as i have been, southeast asia has a real grip. tavis: i mentioned how successful "kitchen confidential" is and how it changed the genre of these books. what made it so successful? >> i think it's that i was not the other guy. when i am writing -- i did not think anyone would read this. all i hope was that people in the restaurant business in new york city would read it. i tried to stick with that model of not thinking about who might like it or why. and move forward from there. i would guess and have been told that people like the show because i am not the other guy. i don't have a reputation to protect. i made

and then also our links with southeast asia through the china agreements with the ftas with southeast asia and through the renminbi links is going to increase. and also as some of the manufacturers relocate their part of the facility to service asia, our network is going to increase too. >> that was alex fong, ceo of the hong kong general chamber of commerce. >>> next is an update of the latest market figures. ♪ >>> and that's all for now in biz news. >>> nearly 50,000 students dropped out of college or junior college during the fiscal year ending in 2009. that figure comes from japan's ministry of education. next we see what one university is doing to prevent students from cutting their education short. >> reporter: ysuke okawa studies at a university in yokohama city near tokyo. two years ago he dropped out of a different university. okawa says compared to high school universities give students a lot of freedom. he adds that he couldn't adapt. >> translator: when you are given total freedom, you have no idea what to do. >> reporter: typically, more than 100 university students atten

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it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asiae pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable government.

it is more widespread now we can fire and the terrorist training grounds in some countries of southeast asia. they are also quite active in central asia in the former soviet union so it is spreading if as financing. weapons are there. and courses for terrorism are created. almost daily by in zero killing people for example there are killing civilians in afghanistan by the international coalition cause more people joining joined into terrorist forces unfortunately i think this is something of that thing there were in smaller scale happens in the northern caucasus you know where the federal. or local authorities operations. sometimes increase resistance you know the. women who were blowing up themselves in most schools where they were the widows of the. terrorist activists killed in the northern caucasus so. it's not that easy that's wanted the case of the russian arms dealer detained in thailand now the u.s. has ordered his extradition and moscow says that this act this decision has is a result of external pressure from the us it's illegal and that it's politically motivated so do you think t

. >> imevans says the make head fish, native of southeast asia and africa has been the focus of intenserban legend right here. first, that they can live out of water. >> first of all, it's a fish and so it cannot live out of water. it would die. but in places where there is a lot of rain, maybe a lot of moisture in the air, they can live out of the air from three to four days. >> there have been videos of snake heads wiggling through mud, prompting another misconception that they can walk. >> it would be more of a digging in and doing the flop with a tail kind of helping their low could motion, right? >> reporter: he says they have been known to grow more than four feet long weighing more than 60 pounds. the real fear is they will take hold here in the u.s. >> that is certainly an animal that with teeth if you were to pick it up or would certainly is going to inflict some damage on you. >> reporter: i need your good questions. send them to me at cbs5.com. >>> the giants loose 7-3. jamarcus russell makes a very surprising statement. next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, jamarcus russell told espn that

vw is looking to capitalize on the growing market in southeast asia. the company will work in cooperation with a malaysian autumn a group. as germany's economy picks up speed, the country's largest [unintelligie] is following suit. the company has posted profits of over 410 million euros. that is its best result in seven quarters. it benefited from a rise in demand from the auto industry. the company has raised its outlook for the fiscal year ending in september. it expects earnings to be markedly higher compared with last year. in the shipping and logistics industries, there were hard hit by the global recession. now the international business is picking up again. container transport is growing again. the company that operates the port of hamburg said it handles 9% more containers of this year than in the same time last year. hhla has forecast higher volumes for the next quarter, as well as strong full-year growth. >> thanks. germany's defense minister is thinking about eliminating compulsory military service, according to media reports. in the face o

was held at yutenji temple on tuesday for people from the korean peninsula who died in japan, southeast asia and china as servicemen and civilian employees of the japanese military. the temple keeps the remains of 702 koreans that have not been returned to their homeland in the 65 years since the war. the remains include those who died on a japanese transport ship that sank off maizuru, kyoto prefecture, shortly after the war. >>> on the tokyo stock exchange, the nikkei index closed below 9000 for the first time in 16 months due to the yen's strength. the key average ended at 8995, down 121 points from monday. the index last finished below the 9000 level on may 1st last year. the broader topix index of all first section issues slid seven points to close at 817, renewing its year-to-date low. investors dumped a wide range of issues, mainly export-related shares. investors are worried that the yen's strength may erode the revenues of japan's export-dependent companies. >> noda said the prime minister will meet the bank of japan governor when necessary, but declined to say whether the governmen

. >> the area in southeast asia and known as the coral triangle is under threat.from thailand to the philippines, temperatures have soared since spring, taking a toll on the region's corot, bleaching them. eventually turns to dust. researchers say it is the worst death in decades. they fear irreversible consequences. >> the reefs are home to plants, corals, and fish, and if the coral dies, the remaining life will also disappear. we want to fight that with our artificial coral reef. >> now, the tanks will act as the coral. they hope that fish will settle permanently here. >> stay tuned. i am coming right back with our >> welcomeback. the misery connues for the peop of pakistanrain still falling, ground and we helicopters and compounding the suffering of the nearly 2 million people lost their homes. mudslides on the mountainsides are isolated settlements still further, and the u.n. says the devastating impact is as bad as the 2004 tsunami and the earthquakes all rolled into one. just a terrible freak event, or a harbinger of a coming trend? some say this corresponds

history and ask what were american and vietnamese soldiers dying for thirty five years ago in southeast asia. southern vietnam province klavan forte was a u.s. marine in the one nine hundred sixty s. against vietnamese communist guerrillas today for mob boss or is recall the time when they could only look at one another through the cross as we got better and better at it but still never as good as the be at the meads that camouflage about hiding. using the jungle for their advantage the course of the war shifted when the soviet union sent anti-aircraft missile systems and military specialists to vietnam in his first action targeting us aircraft nicholai kolesnik brought down for obama's. first treats the told was an exploded then the second and the third i can still picture these glowing skies that many of the local fighters trained by soviet missile specialists later rose to the highest ranks of the vietnamese army we were so good at disguising soviet missiles with tree branches that american pilots could see nothing but thick forest that one did fifty eight thousand u.s. army servicemen an

it grows all over southeast asia. >> reporter: it is grown widely in the tropics. it's a food staple in many places. after its processed for food, the waste product is a pulpy fiber. it can be purchased very cheaply. this is the new material made from the pulp. tests show it is absorbent and suitable for diapers. however, production costs can be reduced the a fraction of what they are now. on this day, this man visited kyushu university. he's president of the bank which finances bangladesh low income business people. kyushu university has joined forces with the group. soon it will set up a new organization to create socially oriented businesses in developing countries. the doctor introduces his project and says his goal is to provide biodegradable diapers at low cost. >> how much? >> i want to decrease the price. 6 taka. >> 6 taka? >> yes. >> tremendous health impact because today we don't use diapers for the poor people. so they spread diseases, it's dirty and spread from one, if it touches the hand. so lots of problems. once it is successful, then we can bring it

. >> reporter: jim evans, a scientist says that the snake head fish, a native of southeast asia and africa has been the focus of intense urban legend right here, first that it can live out of water. >> first of all it is a fish so it can't live out of water. so it would die. but in places where there are monsoons, a lot of rain maybe even a lot of moisture in the air they can live out of the water from three to four days. >> reporter: there have been video of the snake heads going through the mud, prompting another misconception. that they can walk. >> there would be more of digging in and doing the flop, you know? with a tail, kind of helping their movement, right? >> reporter: evan says that snake heads have been known to grow more than four feet long, weighing more than 60 pounds. the real fear he says is that they will take hold here in the u.s. >> that is certainly an animal that with teeth if you were to pick it up or -- you know would certainly put damage on you. >> reporter: i need your good questions. send them to me at cbs5.com. >>> and the raiders kicking off their preseason on

it is more widespread now we can fly and the terrorist training grounds in some countries of southeast asia. there are also quite active in central asia in the former soviet union so it is spreading as financing. weapons are there. courses for terrorism or created. almost daily. and you can hear more of what which is love making off has to say the full interview in around twenty minutes time. now it's a big day for germans who are marking twenty years since they were formally reenacted into a single nation the grand celebration will be held in berlin on tuesday chancellor angela merkel who hails from oh g.-d. will make a speech to mark the anniversary the capital and the country was split in half after world war two of the four. paved the way for my to. the first of august one thousand nine hundred treaty sealed easter break up the integration into your first twenty years on many germans in the east who are second class citizens forming twice as high as the west of wages almost a third higher local said east germans hardly reached the standards of living promised twenty years ago. now russi

during both and sites and complains in chechnya is when i was doing the recently georgia celts in southeast asia and like you said they were formed eighty years ago the unit was formed eighty years ago and nineteen in the one nine hundred thirty one for the first time during war games outside moscow twelve people jumped out of the plane giving a start to the most. units in the world and to set a red army was the first one to implement the airborne units. and that's where the news looks this hour here in our two charlotte joins us next with a life business update. hello and welcome to the business program hey on oxy russian tycoon pascoe's offered to buy rival vladimir proton in out of mining giant nickel off to accusing him of bad management so he could make the world's largest nickel produce the significantly more profitable through good leadership. style of bhutan is into roles carly owned locking stakes in the couch rich minor. u.k. is warning that russia's drought could cause a double digit rise in food prices before christmas russia is a major food exporter a record temperatures this summer

at that time two years ago georgia opened fire in southeast asia so everyone here vividly remembers that day and that's our here on central square of thousands of people have gathered for their requiem that lasted until six o'clock in the morning they stayed here for hours holding candles and remembering the victims and other topics president addressed his people trying to reassure them and give them some hope that their if the situation will never be repeated it's simply similar ceremonies are held throughout the republic another big one is held in the village of that suffered the most from georgian aggression that was nearly completely destroyed there today and museum of thirty souls is opened to remember all the victims a lot of people wearing black in south the city it's a very sad atmosphere here indeed but not to forget that in just about two weeks time here people will be slightly more optimistic as they will be celebrating the independence of their republic that is on the twenty sixth of august. all right thanks for bringing us the mood in the city a bit we will return to a later

and the 18th- century began to seek people migrating to southeast asia. from the 17th century, and 18th- century we had acted thinkers across southeast asia. now you begin to seek cuban trafficking in north america. this is the one case of historical cultural practice. the other example i want to say is -- >> questions are not statements. -- questions, not statements. >> my question is primarily directed for dr. waahn. you said in your statement the an pearman for civil society organizations such as illegal sex trade was not supportive. i think those were your words. i remember in the opening remarks it was mentioned the government recognizes all of these things as problems in china. i am wondering why with the government not welcome the help in dealing with these sorts of problems? when is the reason for lack of support? thank you. >> from our perspective we mostly work on the health issue. we keep good relations with we had difficulties of exploiting human trafficking and sex industry, because otherwise we have a conflict. the managers may not come to w

guantanamo territory and cuba it's a small territory perhaps a small as the territories of uprising in southeast asia naturally belongs to cuba an independent cuban state while in this case we're talking about the independence of two small nations that have their own national identity and history and who have risen to fight for their independence many times therefore what it within has a duty to recognize the independence of those two i do you think that your decision to recognize the independence of a positive south a century i was right every day i'm becoming more convinced that the decision we made was right of course it was great in what it is about to have washington's staying neutral when the events occurred in those two republics because it came under direct attack from the georgian troops in this connection many interpretive nicaragua's position is an expression of solidarity with russia what can you say about that so. yes it is necessary to take into account. and russia had developed their relations long before the events in south and applies here historically we still have very warm relatio

and europe, but southeast asia, over time, africa. and to do that, you have to invest in productive capacity. >> when g-8, ah, made their commitment in gleneagles in 2005, they pledged to provide fifty billion dollars by 2010, next year. but half of them has not yet been delivered. therefore, i would sincerely hope that the leaders of the industrialized countries, they should, ah, keep their promise. we must hit the target by 2015. >> to me, actually what it boils down to is that in those countries who actually seriously believe and have the political will to stick to their millennium commitments, they will do that through thick and thin. so, you know, because some of these countries will never keep their promise, even when they are in good times, and now saying they're not gonna be able to keep their commitments. in reality, they won't keep their commitments. but frankly, they never kept their commitments even during the time when they were in a boom period. so, a little bit of hypocrisy there, i think, about what really happened. >>

non was you know the domino theory we didn't stop them in vietnam pretty soon they take all of southeast asia and then boom you know they'd be in hawaii and california the the situation in iraq and iran and afghanistan and pakistan that that whole region we need to remember that for four years we supported both saddam hussein and iran in a war against each other supporting both sides somewhat differently to get in there was essentially a shia sunni war and the shias are the minority around the world among the muslims of a significantly small minority and iran is a mostly shia state that the sunni is are the people who assuming that all the stories of nine eleven you know for a moment was just assume that the official line is accurate it was sunni arabs it was you know it was the bin laden's it was the saudis it was the egyptians and and having a shia state with considerable influence over iraqis majority shia population even though it's going to. well so far doesn't any government at all that theoretically a mixed government. i think is a really important thing to have frankly as an ally and