wealthiest states in the world and the gateway to southeast asia.merican comter giant hewlett-packard searched for a base to spearhead its push to asia. man: we basically stock and distribute hewlett-packard products, mainly computer-related products like pcs-- personal computers-- printers, plotters, scanners and all kinds of related peripherals for personal computers. and we distribute throughout the asia-pacific region, and that covers all the way from korea to india, down to australia. narrator: the company needed a centralocation, but that alone wouldoteenough t. a mber of cities could claim toe cad near the center of the thriving asian region. in the end, hewlett-packard chose the tiny island statsingap. soin: one of the main reasons we are in singapore is because of the infrastructure. singapore is very centrally located in asia. in addition, we have very good air, sea, rail and port facilities that allow us to bring things in and take things out very quickly and very efficiently. narrator: singapore has the largest container-handling seaport

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

we begin in laos, southeast asia's only landlocked country. long history of isolation has protected its natural resources and indigenous cultures. laos today is beginning to court the global economy throh e sale of hydroelic pow. wesk ilaosanchieve beginning to csustainable delopment,y generang ec growth of its indigenous tions wd its natural enronment. the mekong river traces an 1,100-mile path through or along the border of laos. the river has also been a barrier between laos and its neighbors. now there is a road, where before there was none. in 1994, the friendship bridge gave laos its first land link with the outside world, through thailand to the west. the bridge may symbolize a connected future, but laos in the here and now remains among the poorest countries in the world. ( rooster crows ) it is the least developed country in the lower mekong basin. life expectancy is low, about 53 years. ( rooster crows % of cn maourished. the potential changes brought by economic development are enormous. the soil here is rich and fertile. laos remai

they think of the country as the last frontier in southeast asia. companies from japan are no exception. dozens of them are taking part in an exhibition of japanese electronics, cosmetics and other products that opened on friday. >> the japan festival brought together exhibitors from 45 firms and affiliates. it's the first exhibition of its kind in myanmar to introduce such a range of japanese products. economic sanctions against the military government prevent many foreign firms from entering myanmar. local visitors enjoy interacting with the electronic appliances they barely handled before. >> translator: japanese products have better quality and last longer than goods from other countries. >> translator: these days myanmar is opening up quite quickly. we are attracted to its growing potential for the future. >> reporter: the event's main sponsor is the japan external trade organization. it says the level of inquiries from firms considering entering myanmar has increased sharply. the total about 300 between april and december last year. about 50%

they think of the country as the last frontier in southeast asia. companies from japan are no exception. dozens of them are taking part in an exhibition of japanese electronics, cosmetics and other products that opened on friday. >> the japan festival brought together exhibitors from 45 firms and affiliates. it's the first exhibition of its kind in myanmar to introduce such a range of japanese products. economic sanctions against the military government prevent many foreign firms from entering myanmar. local visitors enjoy interacting with the electronic appliances they barely handled before. >> translator: japanese products have better quality and last longer than goods from other countries. >> translator: these days myanmar is opening up quite quickly. we are attracted to its growing potential for the future. >> reporter: the event's main sponsor is the japan external trade organization. it says the level of inquiries from firms considering entering myanmar has increased sharply. the total about 300 between april and december last year. about 50%

why did we tolerate the french giving birth to another war in southeast asia? it became the siege of the american involvement in our tragedy. general hon and i, when we met in hanoi we talked for several hours. went to dinner together with some of his officers. and the general, historian, and now his boss who was a brigadier general during the battle. as strange as it may seem, general hon and i became friends. we were together for several days. hotel together, ate together. good interpreter. he was sick with a respiratory infection and i was, too, and i gave him some of my medicine. he got better and i got better. and we resolved after that trip back to the battlefield in 1993 in october of the attempt to get the vietnamese government to erect a obulist on the clearing at mannings zone x-ray which would say "on this field, november, 1965, u.s. army forces and people's army of vietnam, fought the first major battle of the american war. nothing else. not who kicked who whose ass. just the fact that there was a battle. and he was when he died the -- when he died

southeast asia's largest economy produces its own oil but not enough to meet the needs of its rapid growth and to make matters worse, prices are surging in tensions with iran and sanctions against its oil exports. the government has pledged to make the available to try and encourage more road users to make the switch. and that's going to wrap up our bulletin for today. >>> a strong focus on seafood, the trop restaurants in hong kong like to use shark fin and drive be a loan knee. one of the most important sources of japanese abilone was and it knocked out the seafood industry there. producers are working all out so they can resume shipments to this important market. nhk's world kazutosh ireports. >> reporter: this restaurant is famous for its japanese is known for it is taste but also its appearance. because it has a shape. >> translator: abilone produced in japan has a rich flavor. from other countries it never tastes as good. >> reporter: but experts of abilone say that supplies have dropped by a quarter and the price has risen. this has led to more people buying cheap abilone from the m

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of southeast asia and southacific contains the fourth most populous country in the world and the largest islamic country in the world. they are, in fact, one and the same: indonesia. a fragmentary state spread across an archipelago of 13,000 islands, indonesia's motto is "unity in diversity." lately, it does not seem so unified. east timor recently broke away. rebel forces on aceh and irian jaya threaten the same. while most of indonesia is islamic, the island of bali is mostly hindu. is this why radical muslims recently bombed a popular nightclub here? or it is because the tropical paradise was a mecca for western tourists? in the current war against terrorism, we explore the geographical roots of the tourist economy that crashed after the violent attack in 2002; whether the influx of visitors will threaten the local indigenous culture; and how bali's distinct culture fits into the complex diversity of indonesia. these balinese fishermen still use the methods passed down from their grandfathers. but life around

-- how dog lovers in thailand are saving thousands of pets destined for the dinner tables of southeast asia. a review of police pay and conditions in england and wales have recommended far reaching changes including the prospect of officers being dismissed if they fail fitness tests. the new pay structure was needed because the police work has become more complex and specialized. some say that they are being deliberately targeted. >> we have seen leaked documents in which a senior police officer blamed drunk fans. this was received at the days after the tragedy. the nationalist party has elected a new leader. she describes herself as a welsh socialist, a republican, and a supporter of real independence for wales. >> the headlines this hour, another setback for the nato-led mission in afghanistan as the taliban withdraws from peace negotiations with the americans. >> the u.n. is sending its staff to join a humanitarian mission led by the syrian government this weekend. latestet more on the developments in afghanistan. joined by political commentator who joins us from our washington studio. l

arrived in cambodia in phnom penh on wednesday on the second leg of his three nation tour of southeast asia. he has already visited vietnam and leaves for laos on thursday. he's meeting on thursday with cambodian prime minister and aimed at strengthening economic and political ties. analysts say the president's tour of southeast asia sab effort to seek support for the country's democratization process and for the lifting of economic sanctions imposed by the international community. >>> malaysia's economy is expected to grow by 4% to 5% this year, driven by sustained expansion in domestic demand despite global uncertainties. malaysia central bank governor released the bank's annual report in kuala lumpur on thursday. she said domestic demand and investment will continue to prop up the economy. the governor also cautioned that external factors such as the greek debt crisis remain a challenge and can affect malaysia's economic growth. >>> the mongolian parliament passed a tough anti-trafficking law this week that would help prevent mongol from falling victim to prostitution. the new law protec

ending for one lucky dog, but we have a story of misery for many more, as the dinner tables of southeast asia beckon. and how some of london's most famous landmarks are getting a pre-olympic makeover. >> hello. thanks very much for being with us here on "bbc world news." flags are frying at half-mast in belgium as the nation observes a day of mourning for the 28 victims of tuesday's school coach crash in switzerland. after a ceremony held away from the media at the airport in switzerland, two belgian military planes took off with the bodies of many of the victims, all 28 of whom have now been identified. memorials have been created at st. lambertus school in heverlee, where some of them were from. our correspondent, hugh psychofield, is there for us. hugh, another desperately difficult day, and not just for the school, but very much, pointedly, for the whole country over the next few hours. >> indeed, a national day of mourning. in a country like belgium, where national events are so rare given the traditional division, this is an important day, a day of coming together for a whole nation. yo

they want to expand communism in southeast asia. again, south vietnam is only the next stop on the road to that. and a regular warfare, guerrilla warfare is the how, but not all of it. of course, you have a regional war that develops here as well between north vietnam and the united states. and this, of course, spills over and allows cambodia and so on and south vietnam, the fighting in north vietnam as well particularly on the air side of it. a lot of this is conventional. again, it's not all. that's not the whole thing. it's only part of the picture. and you also have to keep in mind that the cold war context of what is going on here, because we don't -- when we think about vietnam, we don't automatically think about this being a coalitional war. we sometimes even overlook the south vietnamese role in it. some of the literature, for example. you almost think there's no south vietnamese army he'ding the book that there's pretty

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a four-block area this is a precaution, it turned out to be a nonhazardous herbal remedy from southeast asia. the incident pull mail delivery behind schedule. >>> a supermarket chain holding what is called a swap meat, willing to swap your ground beef with additive called pink slime and exchange it with beef with no additives. >> for many, big quandry is what to do with ground beef with spimpk lime? you can bring to it any fresh and easy, they'll exchange it for a package of their nonadditive ground beef no matter where you bought it originally. consumer reaction prompted chain supermarkets to announce maiz phasing out the ground beef containing this additive. the official name is lean finely textured beef made from scraps of steaks and roasts. and there is ammonia sometimes used to kill bacteria it doesn't look appetizing. >> safe mart and lucky would not talk to us on camera. it's not known how soon it will sell out. there is a company suspended production. >> this is something they should have been doing a long time ago. >> this shopper at fresh and easy new to the bay area. on wednesday,

the japanese delegation is touring southeast asia through saturday. the vietnamese minister called for japan's assistance, stressing the importance of progress in infrastructure for the nation's economic expansion. he said mutual cooperation was necessary to creating a favorable business environment and to promote continued growth of asian economies. he also called fon vietnam to help japan join the transpacific partnership trade talks. vietnam is one of the nine nations discussing the free trade initiative. the vietnamese minister expressed his support. he declared the two countries are indispensable partners for economic development in the asia pacific region. >>> one of japan's biggest mobile phone carriers is getting into the solar power business. softbank says it will build four solar energy plants as it branches into renewable energy ventures. construction of two plants starts next month. one plant is in kyoto, western japan. the other is gunma, near tokyo. the company aims to start operations in july and then sell the energy to power companies.

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ gentlemen, the voice of the san francisco giants and his radio personality -- kiss radio personality, ranelle brooks moon. >> thank you so much. thank you, everybody. thank you so much. happy valentine's day, and good afternoon, san francisco. [applause] i am so honored and thrilled to be part of today's celebration. we're going to have a great time as we salute a living legend today. it was 50 years ago, high atop noob -- nob hill in the venetian hotel that tony bennett sang a song for the first time, a song that would become a worldwide and the mind for

international confidence is critical for thailand in order to maintain it place as a manufacturing hub of southeast asia. reporting for nhk world, bangkok. >>> turning now to vietnam where terrible traffic is one negative side effect from the booming economy. dangerous driving and chronic delays make getting around a chore. but that hasn't deterred one japanese delivery company from trying it luck. nhk world reports. ♪ >> reporter: sagawa express launched door to door deliveries in vietnam on march 1th. it is one of japan's major transport companies. it's now in the vietnamese capital hanoi and the business hub ho chi minh. it plans to spread further, but it needs to be smart because transportation in vietnam is different than it home market. in vietnam people use motor bikes more often than cars for getting around. so for the delivery service, this kind of motor bike will be it main means of transportation. there are around 33 million motorcycles on the roads of vietnam. about one in every two adults uses them to get around. they use them to transport anything humanly possible. but upgrades to infrastr

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> you know, i spent this morning with a number of department heads, and thanking them for their wonderful contributions for the heart of the city charity contribution this morning, sharing stories about what our contributions are doing in the charity giving for the city. i registered to them the same thing that i will register to our upcoming commissioners who are about to be appointed here today. a huge thank you for you, your families, supporters. you are joining the city family, me, sean elsbernd, department heads are here today, because we love the city. w

the automaker suspended operations last october after its largest production hub in southeast asia was flooded in over two meters of water. the plant has an annual production capacity of 240,000 vehicles. they're sold in thailand and other southeast asian countries where the company is expected at a fast pace. to recover to full capacity next month. here's a recap of the latest market figures. >> and that is the latest in business for this hour. back to catherine now. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> the world's nuclear watch dog says it's concerned about the able of nuclear power plants that a study revealed most are over 20 years old. the agency sent a draft of its annual report to member countries. the final report will be made public at its assembly. the draft said that of the world's nuclear facilities, 80% were more than two decades old at the end of last year. it says 43% are 20 to 29 years old. 32% are 30 to 39 years old. and 5% are older than 40 years. the head of the iaea. >> a major energy resource as long as the safety of facilities is strictly monitored. >> the agency wants co

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.hey decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. good impact afternoon, everyone. it is monday, march 5, this is the land use and economic development committee. our clerk is of the similar period >> please make sure to silence all sell pounds and electronic devices. biodiesel minute to the clerk. these items will appear on the board of supervisors agenda must otherwise stated. supervisor mar: please call item no. 2. >> item number two. ordinance amending the san francisco planning code sectio

he is touring southeast asia through saturday. the vietnamese minister called for assistance, stressing progress in infrastructure for the nation's economic expansion. he said mutual cooperation was necessary to create a favorable business environment and to promote continued growth for asian economies. he also called on vietnam to help japan join the trans-pacific partnership trade talks. vietnam is one of nine nations discussing the free trade initiative. the vietnam minister expressed support and said the two countries are in dispensable partners for economic development in the asia pacific region. >>> one of japan's biggest mobile phone carriers is getting into the solar power business. soft bank says they will build four solar energy plants as it branches into renewable energy ventures. construction of two plants starts next month. one in kyoto, the other near tokyo. the company aims to start operations in july and sell the energy to power companies. soft bank says its station in kyoto will generate enough electricity annuall

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it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.te their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. i'm so excited to be here. you know, we've been doing these summits now for seven years, but this by far is the most exciting summit. i cannot wait to hear the panelists that we have today. we're going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and we're going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, "i do not know what justice is, but i know what it is not." and that is very true when you think about it because

international confidence is critical for thailand in order to maintain its place as manufacturing hub of southeast asia. >> turning now to vietnam where terrible traffic is one negative side effect of the booming economy. dangerous driving and chronic delays make getting around a chore. but that hasn't deterred one japanese delivery company from trying its luck. >> reporter: this company launched door-to-door deliveries in vietnam on march 1st. it's one of japan's major transport companies. it's now operating in hanoi and the business hub. it plans to expand farther. but it needs to be smart because transport in vietnam is different from its home market. in vietnam people use motor bikes more often than cars for getting around. so for the delivery service this kind of motor bike will be its main means of transportation. there are around 33 million motorcycles on the roads of vietnam. about one in every two adults uses them to get around. they use them to transport anything humanly possible. but upgrades to infrastructure aren't keeping up with economic growth. on the roads, many intersections have no t

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.hey decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way

they urged china to stop capturing refugees as they crossed through china to go to southeast asia. they say they face torture, prison or execution when china sends them back to north korea. >> facebook changed it's ipo filing today and the new paperwork includes new details. they acknowledge a patent inringment lawsuit launched by yahoo could are material impact on his business if yahoo wins. they said the amount of sometime users spend on facebook increased by 14% in january. >> the city of oakland's finance committee heard public comment on a measure that could have the city different vesting its money from wells fargo. they would have to look at how the bank is doing to to help people. >> slap in the face of all of us who have suffered to know that they are given the privilege of doing business with the city. >> a councilmember said they hope to work with wells fargo to get the information it needs to decide if wells fargo is still the right bank for the city. >> today we are getting word that most of california's state parks will likely be saved from closing. a parks official s

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant

japan, southeast asia, australia and japan. you will recognize some of the large investors, including calpers, ontario municipal retirement fund, pennsylvania state employees retirement fund and many others. she sits on an number of cities service boards and the foundation that it works on improving the lives of orphans and china. she is on the advisory board for room to read and she, our message, her accomplishments are an inspiration to all of the women who want to be numbers women and to want to take a chance and accept risks and for all of the women who know it's ok to pay the past that has not been paid yet. she is real proof the glass ceiling can really be broken. that she cannot be here today, i would like to thank her for all of her accomplishments and thank you for being here to accept her award. thank you. [applause] >> on behalf of melissa, out we send our deepest condolences she could not be here in person but she is honored and remains deeply committed to san francisco personally and professionally. thank you. [app

it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia.ir deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater techniques. a

leading principle, grand strategy or master plan guiding the administration's policy decisions in southeast asia or the developing world. it was, in other words, not a policy doctrine. a fifth issue maybe is now the most contentious question in some circles. did nixon and kissinger pursue a decent interval policy. decent interval for those of you who don't know, refers to the length of time between the moment of the final departure of u.s. forces from south viet nam and the possible or likely collapse of the saigon ray je r. a few authors who addressed the topic before the documentary declassification of the mid 1990's after, could rely on memoirs, interviews bureaucratic information and surmise, remember nixon and kissinger made the key decisions often in secret. this absent of the evidence for these authors i mentioned unavoidably restricted their understanding of this counter intuitive and highly secret exit option and i don't have time to discuss the misunderstanding. working with an abundant tapes, i argued from late 1970 to 1971 when the nixon-kissinger strategy had clearly failed to force

the southeast asia treaty organization, to counterer aggression in this part of the world. the anzas treaty and the free throwy to provide hemisphere defense. all over the world, our allies are now setting up their own defense bases. with the technical know-how to operate them. this kind of military help by us is not by any means, a one-sided operation. the nations involved contribute as heavily as they can. no less valuable are the morale and friendly relations being generated by servicemen of all participating countries, in joint training programs and demonstrating their respective skills to each other. they cross the language barrier to comradeship. this banding together for nations with a common purpose has produced strength, not only in the military and economic field but in the moral spiritual values as well. at a meeting of the nato atlantic congress in 1989, a statement was adopted which called to the moral unity binding the member nations. this document, recognizes respect for human dignity as the inalienable basis offivization, on the fundamental rights of machine