also descends down in towards parts of southern china, even hong kong going down to 15, 14 degrees in the next couple of days. while things dry in the southeast of china, we are going to see shower s blossoming in england, getting heavier into friday. the eastern flank and down in towards the south as well, cambod cambodia, most of vietnam, you're going to be seeing showers and more heavy rain for the philippines, this, of course, could be problematic because it has been ongoing for the past several days, if not weeks. particularly are going to be at risk for floods and landslides. last but not least, japan, starting to dry out today, but there is going to be another system on the way, bringing yet more rounds of heavy snow, parts of nigata could see more than 40 centimeters of fresh snow, strong winds accompanying that as well and that's going to be bringing in cold air from the arctic, bringing our temperature in tokyo to 6 degrees for the high today. that's about seven below what it was yesterday. we're also going to be feeling those bitter temperatures in seoul, back into beijing as well, shanghai cooling down 7 on thursday and 19 in hong

but southeast china you're going to be looking at some lingering showers that could become heavier and towards the end of the week. things are not going to be clear here in the philippines either. scatred showers, chaes of thunderstorms, these a all going to be continuing for the next couple of days. coastal heavy rain could be targeting and triggering some further landslides there as well. manila 33 degrees temperaturewise. hong kong i know that's very chilly for you at 14 degrees with some rainshowers. in seoul 8 degrees. shanghai and tokyo at 7 degrees for the high. that's going to be improving in towards the end of the week. on thursday tokyo we're going to be seeing temperatures reaching up to about 12 degrees for the high. okinforwd tohat e. let's head over to the americas. this storm system that's developing as it moves towards the east. it's tracking from the rockies in towards the central plains and that's going to bring us some severe conditions as well. gusts could reach up to 72 kilometres per hour. northern nevada, northern iowa you may see some snow. that combined with th

now we've got a very long stretching front that is from southeast china all the way to the pacific side of japan that's going to be bringing us wet weather including tokyo for the next couple of days. that's going to be bringing some warm air, but then again drop with a cold wave coming in towards the end of the week. it's going to be a little obit of a break here in southeastern area of china with some wet weather. but another round of wet weather to come for you. it's going to be clear and fine here in the china peninsula. but a different story in the philippines. active low pressure system just lingering over now that will be traveling all the way over. pretty much most of the country will be looking at thundershowers and some heavy -- locally heavy rain to come. manila temperaturewise 30 degrees. hong kong 22 with some misty conditions especially many the early morning hours. seoul at 7. that's going to be dropping down as well with that cold wave as i mentioned before. tokyo at 9 degrees for the tuesday high. that's going to be recovered to 13 degrees perhaps on wednesday. then aga

but southeast china you're going to be looking at some lingering showers that could become heavier and towards the end of the week. things are not going to be clear here in the philippines either. scattered showers, chances of thunderstorms, these are all going to be continuing for the next couple of days. coastal heavy rain could be targeting and triggering some further landslides there as well. manila 33 degrees temperaturewise. hong kong i know that's very chilly for you at 14 degrees with some rainshowers. in seoul 8 degrees. shanghai and tokyo at 7 degrees for the high. that's going to be improving in towards the end of the week. on thursday tokyo we're going to be seeing temperatures reaching up to about 12 degrees for the high. looking forward to that one. let's head over to the americas. this storm system that's developing as it moves towards the east. it's tracking from the rockies in towards the central plains and that's going to bring us some severe conditions as well. gusts could reach up to 72 kilometres per hour. northern nevada, northern iowa you may see some snow. that

we've got continuing showers for the southeast of china, and in fact we could get a little bit heavy in places. a few spots of snow are going to be popping up north of shanghai. we also have snow spreading in from southwestern china into central locations. the same system is going to be dipping down towards mayanmar in northeastern india but falling as rain with warmer temperatures. we'll also see thunderstorm activity there, too. 18 degrees in hong kong. that's much better for you. it's been a little bit chilly for the last couple of days. 8 degrees in beijing, unseasonal warm. it will be 4 degrees for you on your thursday. meanwhile seoul's going to get a nice run of some warmer temperatures for the next several days. all right. into north america we go. there's a very large storm system just doing its thing right in the middle of the u.s. at the moment. here it is. it's going to be bringing snow towards the north. welso have some freezing rain just before it turns over to rain and thunderstorms down towards the gulf. it's just about here at the moment in kansas and nebraska we act

and is coming in from the southeast of china.in fact, we have a long rain band stretching from northern indochina, right up into towards western japan. this is going to get a little intense as well. a few showers scattered across the philippines. mostly light. 14 degrees in taipei and hong kong. a little chilean wet. you can see the green descending to the south of china. 4 degrees in seoul. expect temperatures to rise by middle of the week, up to 9 degrees, 10 on thursday, 8 in tokyo, and staying dry. all right as we head into north america, out towards the west things are settled. we have a low pressure system on the u.s., canada border, bringing significant snowfall, about 20 centimeters in parts of southern ontario. and also going to be bringing reduced visibility with the snow. the good news, it weakens as it heads to eastern canada and northern new england. we have thunderstorms down here across parts of florida and the southeast. some of these could get intense. fine for central locations. this is the low i want to draw yo

the southeastern corner of china will see rain in the next 24 hours. towards southeast asia, a tropical depression over the south china sea. bringing on and off showers in vietnam and strong winds as well. as for the philippines, it is largely wet and thundershowers develop. today's highs still looking like this. getting up to 17 degrees in taipei. seoul, 5 degrees, 9 degrees in tokyo with plenty of sunshine. moving to the americas. a new pacific storm moving to british columbia and pacific northwest, bringing coastal rain and mountains on monday. then we have an active low pressure system sitting over the central rockies as it moves eastward. snow will change over to a wintry mix monday. and that will impact the central plains. we also have thundershowers and also mountain snow in the southeastern corner of the u.s. that will move out to sea monday. temperatures are looking like this. we're expecting 14 degrees in atlanta, 9 degrees in washington, d.c. and across the great lakes region, temperatures are on the warmer side. 7 degrees expected in chicago, and 4 degrees i

china is especially interested in a train network to southeast asia. there are many options for a singapore-china connection, says the australian project leader. one of them is through cambodia, from thailand to hanoi, vietnam. kunming in china. sunday morning, a train carrying cement rolls out of phnom phen. ticket inspector sovanaphuong tang accompanies us. again the train makes its way through the slum. people living there aren't used to it, but that's changing. as yet, there are no safety gates at the railway crossings. a worker disembarks to stop traffic. the railway connection to thailand is expected to be completed by 2013. a new one to vietnam is planned, paid for by china. china is a driving force in south east asia's railway boom. beijing plans to build additional railway lines for its neighbors in the south to increase economic cooperation. the conductor is excited about the progress. before, he says, he could only drive 3 or 4 kilometers per hour; 20 at the most. now he's going 30. possible some day to take the train all the way from singapo

still, people from china and southeast asia are returning. the south korean government hopes the new office will contribute to reconstruction of tohoku. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post-march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examines japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead" on "newsline." >>> investors in asia have traded tentatively over the last few days. let's see where tokyo stocks are at this morning. ai uchida joins me for that. >> about the only boost we saw was right after the euro zone finalized the bailout package for greece, but that was temporary. on wednesday morning trading here in tokyo, stocks are little changed in mixed trading. the nikkei opened in the negative but is now up just about 3 points at 9465. pretty flat moves on the topix as well currently tr

china. down toward southeast asia, a tropical depression has brought a lot of rain in south vietnam, but it looks like it would get drier here. getting up to 20 degrees in hong kong with light showers and heating -- and drop to 9 degrees in tokyo. heading over to the americas it is mostly dry and settled across much of the southern u.s., but there are a few storms to the north, slow-moving low pressure system is moving into british columbia and the pacific northwest and northern rockies bringing windy and snowy conditions. mountain areas could be seeing a huge amount of snow, but the exception is western washington where we're looking at flooding rain, rather than snow. that could lead to avalanches. as i said, it is a very slow moving system, so the stormy conditions will continue into wednesday night. then we've got another system moving across the great lakes that will produce a wintry mix in quebec and new england wednesday. down towards the south, showers will develop in the appalachians and tennessee valley wednesday. the exceptional warmth will continue in many locations, getting up

behind it, a light snow in the northern korean peninsula and northeastern china will gradually diminish today. down toward southeast asia, it's going to be a dry day for you in the indochina peninsula. as for the philippines, the northern sections including manila are experiencing dry conditions, but it looks like we'll continue to see rain throughout today. today's high looking like this. 31 degrees in manila. 22 in hong kong. a cold wave is blanketing mongolia and china lowering temperatures. winds are going to pick up in eastern china. moving on to the americas, it's mostly dry, but there are a few spots that have been dealing with wet weather. the southern tip of the florida peninsula will continue to see heavy thundershowers throughout monday. and up toward the north, heavy snow in much of quebec are gradually easing, but by then, about 15 centimeters of snow are possible. meanwhile, we can see another area of snow in the four corners region. and across the west, it's mostly dry in western canada as well as the western u.s., but a system will move in and that will produce heavy rain in california starting mond

reassertion of american determination, that it is going to have its allies protected in the south china seas and southeast navigation is something they will protect. >> and the chinese you think will respect that. >> the chinese don't want a conflict. the last thing they want is a war because then everything is up for grabs. so i don't think they're going to challenge. >> on that note, gordon chang, roderick, james, thank you so much. fascinating conversation. up next, the last look, how switzerland is taking cleanliness to otherworldly levels. stay with us. t day for us. t day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with

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but if it doesn't, there's a certain momentum in the countries in china and india and southeast asia which will help to carry us forward. what worries us in singapore is not that the world will not prosper, but in the ups and downs of the world, a small boat like singapore with not very much room to maneuver, can you make sure that every time you catch a wave head on and you are not flipped over. because once we are flipped over, that's it. >> as captain of the good ship singapore, the prime minister did something virtually unheard amongst world leaders. he took a pay cut, shaving off more than one-third of his salary. why? we'll talk about that and much more when we come back. >>> singapore is one of the least corrupt nations in the world. why? well, many say one of the chief asthat the nation's political and bureaucratic leaders are paid salaries commensurate with similar work in the private sector. last year, for example, prime minister lee made around $2.5 million. he just took a pay cut. and this year he'll make around $1.75 million. that's about four times what president obama

china. police in a southeast province say they have arrested 8 gang members who robbed a woman in an atm boothy video beating her. cops say the gang had stolen nearly $24,000 in similar crimes. half the gang staying outside as lookouts while the others took the cash. argentina. former soldiers protesting in buenas aries. they are demanding the same benefits as combat veterans. even though these soldiers saw no fighting. riot police broke up the demonstration with water canons and tear gas. cambodia. a two ton anchor now an object of worship. we're told fisherman discovered it at the bottom of a river. some cambodians say the thing has healing powers. some villagers claim they won the lottery after praying at the anchor and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. the last of the trailers the government provided for hurricane katrina has left new orleans. that's the word today from the federal emergency management agency. it reports crews removed the trailer on sunday after the woman who lived inside moved into her now rebuilt home just last week. according to fema, there

if it doesn't, well, there's a certain momentum in the countries in china and india and southeast asiall help to carry us forward. what worries us in singapore is not that the world will not prosper, but in the ups and downs of the world, a small boat like singapore with not very much room to maneuver, can you make sure that every time you catch a wave head on and you are not flipped over because once you are flipped over, that's it. >> as captain of the good ship singapore, prime minister lee did something virtually unheard amongst world leaders wresh took a pay cut shaving off more than one-third of his salary. why? we'll talk about that and much more when we come back. hat we w. hat we w. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. man on tv: ...rbis and 36 homers. swings at the first pitch and fouls it deep back into the stands. [ding] [fans whirring] announcer: chill raw and prepared foods promptly. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. >>

slowing down, but still growing faster than the rest of the world, so, you know, china, india still growing nicely. southeast asia starting to emerge. we did see asia as a whole as a high-growth market. >> also kind of cyclicalities with the ibm, and companies -- in a big downturn, because it can save them costs and preserve margins. you can see expanded extending on ibm's offerings on a downturn spurred by that downturn? >> i would definitely agree with in a. that's one of the reasons tech spending has held up. it brings down costs. increases efficiency. also improves service for customers. ibm is one of the few companies that really understands that for the enterprise stage. >> shaw, thank you so much. so you would buy ibm here? >> i've been long ibm for two years. would you add to it here? >> cortes? >> i do think ibm is trading much better than oracle. >>> patty edwards? >> it's not revenue driven earnings. i've got a problem with that. i'd much rather by in something like qualcomm. >> i don't know about that. >> patty edwards, picky, picky. >> very. >> picky patty. >>> take a look at mastercard on the r

partnership with china and in the end let's we the west block russia and china from being closely related to the middle east and southeast asia this is the big picture so what are we going to see from now want is a radicalization and that's already happening. so this means. the rebels in syria the free syrian army will keep being armed and weaponized by not only qatar and saudi arabia which is already happening for months not but specially by the united states and in terms of intelligence as well and in terms of the maple base that it's in southern turkey near the border with syria a command and cultural center of need to be much more important any germs of weapons being smuggled through the lebanese border as well everybody knows these things in the middle east maybe people in the american mainstream media don't know what that they are in the middle one is that we were just a second because here you said a lot of interesting things and i want to just touch upon a few of them. you were talking about the relationship between russia and syria the relationship between china and syria i know one of the popular analyses given

china and taiwan. those rainy conditions will continue into your weekend. down towards southeast asia, we are looking at some showers popping up. today's highs are looking like this. getting up to 21 degrees in hong kong with some light showers. warming up to 25 in taipei. in seoul, still warmer than average with 8. tokyo coming in at 8 degrees. as i said, dry weather will come back from late this afternoon. now heading over to the americas, winter storm conditions are continuing across the northwestern u.s. and western canada. we have a lot of wind advisories and warnings in place. as those systems move towards the east, the southern great lakes region will start to see blowing snow conditions on thursday. as much as 20 centimeters of snow is possible. then we have an area of active weather in the southeastern corner of the u.s. lots of heavy rain and thunderstorms. and on thursday, we are expecting severe weather from the gulf coast into the ohio valley. we're talking about damaging winds, large hail, and even isolated tornadoes. the precipitation will be mostly rain rather tha

the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but may be in contacts with the philippines singapore and thailand specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this and that country depends on its into. it's there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with china america may find itself hostage those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington are the. u.s. presidential contender ron paul has warned that his country is slipping into a fascist system with a broken government ruled by big business peeking to supporters in kansas city the republican candidate said america's individual liberties were being stripped away and it's now talk to an issue of ali he's an author based in houston texas so ron paul says the u.s. is slipping into fascism do you agree with that i do agree that something i've been talking about january two thousand and one. is the only candidate republican side talking about this the loss of

southeast asia. but the world's most populist country is missing. and that's china. that's because beijing continues to censor social networking websites. in their place are services similar to them, with chinese characteristics. for example, in place of youtube, the video-sharing site, there's youku. and instead of twitter, we have sina. there's no facebook. but there's renren, which means everyone in chinese. now, even without facebook in china, the social network's impending ipo is having a halo effect on the country's tech stocks. it's boosting their share prices. for example, since last thursday's close in the u.s., renren, listed on the new york stock exchange, jumped 51% through the early part of this week. and sina, listed on the nasdaq stock exchange, its shares are up about 18.5% through today. now, the belief here, a rising tide floats all boats. and with expectations of a successful facebook ipo, there's more speculation on other industry players even halfway around the world. >> fascinating, isn't it? sort of has a bit of bubble written all over it when

cellcept in the china sea military zation the starting in north in australia but maybe in contacts with the philippines singapore and thailand specially very close allies of the us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this and they see in circle minds they don't want to be lecture about the you want for instance they have a mechanism inside the bank of china which is organizing a slew devaluation of your word for the next few years until two thousand and fifteen two thousand and sixty but it's their old piece they won't be lectured they won't be lectured on human rights and other saying it's ok you can't talk to them about why don't you try to deal especially with your ethnic minorities in a more civilized way like look what's happening it's a bet that the moment they close down to back to specify a base to foreigners now was there a lot of monks setting themselves on fire in sabbat nowadays sorry to interrupt you there i understand that you know there's a lot of controversial issues like that i don't think that there's going to be a chance for these two leaders to touch upon issues such as the one that you just mentioned how successful do you think this meeting wil

china, and those conditions will continue into your weekend. down towards the south, some showers are popping up in southeast asia, but it's not on the severe side. temperatures are looking like this, getting up to 21 degrees in hong kong with some light showers, warming up to 25 in taipei and still warmer than average in seoul with 8 degrees and tokyo slightly cooler than average with 8 degrees. now moving on to the americas, winter storm conditions are still continuing in the northwestern corner of the u.s. and western canada, and very strong winds are blowing here. as those systems move towards the east, the southern great lakes region will start to see blowing snow conditions on thursday, as much as 20 centimeters of snow is possible, and then we've got another area of active weather in the southeastern corner of the u.s. lots of heavy rain and thunderstorms, and on thursday, we're expecting severe weather from the gulf coast into the ohio valley. we are talking about damaging winds, large hail, and even isolated tornados. and most of the precipitation will be rain rather than snow because we've got nice southerly winds coming in from the gu

china, we will see some dry conditions also here. however, there will be lingering showers in the southeast for the next couple of days. looking fairly calm across the philippines, some scattered thunderstorms, but nothing of the very heavy rain that we were seeing the beginning of the week. and in the last couple of weeks preceding that. hong kong you're looking for 21 degrees. probably morning fog and rainy patches. ten degrees in shanghai. a hot day in taipei at 25. rain all day in tokyo. and eight degrees in seoul. you should be a bit dryer across the korean peninsula. okay. as we head on into north america we've got a couple of low pressures along the front here in the west. this is bringing winter weather for you in the intermountain west and canadian rockies and near whiteout conditions in the mountain passes. it is going to start to improve from the west. we've got high pressure moving in from behind the system. that will help to clear things out for you on your thursday. wednesday is still going to be a little bit windy and wet. with that snow moving in towards the northern plains here, scattering of it here.

is struggling to find guys was oil in southeast asia under pressure from western sanctions islamic republic has been pinning its hopes on increased sells to china despite securing a substantial discount beijing is still cutting purchases. that china is negotiation tactics and has the rest of the well over a barrel over it used to be when nations wanted to trade they had to go to washington but that trend is changing china is now at the facto economic superpower and put this is tremendous negotiating strength meaning the likes of the role of falling over themselves to do a deal but it drives a hard bargain it keeps political rivals out of business and trades in the national interest showing who's in charge china's turned away several times from tehran to saudi arabia for supply the same with russia with beijing repeatedly on the playing a diva refusing to pay for oil received toiling pressure almost go to lower prices china has a different approach to doing business from the united states but it's showing every sign of success and that's all the business and i'll be back about fifty five minutes say without it headlines up next and carol. becaus

southeast asia in the mideast. but the competition is already heating up. european, u.s., and south korean auto makers are dominant in china and other emerging markets. an expect says foreign rivals can turn their country's relatively weak currencies into a competitive advantage. >> japanese seem to be losing market share to the germans in. the mid size section japanese are losing market share to recovering u.s. big three and then in the compact vehicle or small cars japanese are now losing market share to the koreans. so all three competitors are gaining some market share at the expense of the japanese partly because of the strong yen. >> reporter: with the yen continuing to trade at historic highs, the value of the japanese currency could remain toyota's biggest hurdle in 2012. >> japan's economy is sending upbeat signals. the government says the impact of thailand's floods is largely gone and pushing up key economic indicators. the cabinet office said on tuesday that the index of the economy climbed 2.9 points in december from the previous month to 93.2. that's the first rise in two months and the second largest gain on

disappearing for the southeastern edge of china, but as you can see, they reapair pretty quickly coming in there. very short break then more wet weather for the southeast. as we head inland towards the mountainous regions in the southwest, of course, that precipitation will be snow. as for the philippines scattered thunderstorms and heavier rain for you in mindanao. in hong kong, a little chilly. you can see those greens spilling down towards southern china. we have 8 degrees in seoul but warmer air will help those temperatures to build getting 10 degrees for the high in seoul on wednesday which is 6 above average. 7 in tokyo, we also have 7 forecast for shanghai today. all right. on into north america. now we are going to be seeing a big storm affecting many of you today. this is the low that's just going to be spreading right across in towards central plains. i'm going to show you that setup in just a second. out towards the east we're looking fine. the low is weakening off and moving away from new england and southeastern canada. showers are settling down for you also in the florida peninsula, but it's really this system that's going to be taking sh

the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but maybe in contacts with shelly beans singapore and thailand specially very close allies of the us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with the you know america may find itself hostage to those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington our to. our web site r t v dot com as a place to find all the latest news and analysis let's see what else we've got lined up for you there right now. question language silenced in la belle isles the majority. the of voters in the baltic states reject a proposal to give official status of the language used by a third of its population also. it's been a week since pop icon whitney houston passed away but some use it companies have already made a fortune from the singer's death find out more on our t.v. dot com. some of today's news making headlines around the glob

the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but may be in contacts with the philippines singapore and thailand specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with marina america may find itself on station of those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington martin. and now some of today's news making headlines around the globe the sour eighteen people have been killed in baghdad after an explosion struck a crowd of recruits outside a police academy over a dozen were wounded in the blast a source at the scene said several of them by cars were set ablaze by the explosion and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing. tens of thousands of people are marching in madrid angry at the government's labor reforms spanish trade unions have organized rallies and fifty seven cities across the country crowd chanted sl

in the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but maybe in contacts with surely p.m.'s singapore in thailand specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this and they see encircled washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with the arena america may find itself hostage to those employees in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from loss of heart. in the via fireworks to replace gunshots on friday when the country marked a year since the start of the uprising that toppled market dopy but post-revolutionary instability is still making life very difficult hundreds of armed militias are roaming the country and the ruling national transitional council appears on a boat to. there's also evidence of torture and maybe you know supporters maybe as leaders say they are willing to integrate them into the security services by jim brown from stop the war from the winds for now those are just empty words. of th

the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but maybe in contacts with shelly beans singapore and thailand specially very close allies of the us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with all you know america may find itself hostage to those employees in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling americans fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington our. lady of the interim government has promised to compensate the families of rebel fighters missing or killed in the uprising against moammar gadhafi and they'll receive around one thousand five hundred dollars each and unemployed former rebels will be paid to its part of the authorities struggle to. impose order as the country celebrates a year since the revolution began hundreds of armed militias are roaming the country and the ruling national transitional council appears unable to control them but there's also evidence of the torture and abuse of the remaini

china and the largest trade partner, the e.u. next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >>> indonesia is steadily establishing itself as an economic power house in southeast asia. the 6.5% raise of gdp growth in 201 is was 0.4 a percentage point faster than indonesia recorded a year earlier. the statistic bureau said strong domestic command offset the fall out from the dwloebl economic slowdown and european debt crisis. indonesia has a population of 240 million people whose average income is rising year after year. the bureau said foreign direct investment increased 20% in 2011 from a year earlier hitting a record high of nearly $20 billion. the government expects the economy to accelerate further reaching 6.7% in the current year. the bureau's acting chief says spreading wealth beyond the economic heartland is a priority. >> translator: regions outside java island have not yet been developed. if we can develop those areas, things will get better. >> even so, there are clouds on the horizon. one of those is growing awareness among workers of their labor rights. rallies calling for pay increases have become more frequent. and how that influences the willin

in the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but maybe in contacts with surely p.m.'s singapore and thailand specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with the you know america may find itself off the list of those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington are. well some of the day's news now making headlines around the world this hour a very nearly twenty twenty people being killed in baghdad after an explosion struck a crowd of recruits outside a police academy no group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which also saw at least twenty eight others wounded iraq's police are considered to be the weakest element of the country's security forces were. the target of bombings and shootings almost daily. a prison riot in northern mexico is leaf left at least twenty people dead the unrest started in the ci

china. thailand is a popular tourist destination for leisure travelers. it represents great travel value. and parts of southeast asia, that typically were not heavily traveled by people in europe and people in the united states, are now wide open. with the internet it's very easy to plan out a vacation to indonesia or vietnam for that matter, and really get an understanding of what you'll find when you get there. and it's made those markets much more accessible. south america also very popular. >> south america, and certainly latin america. we're hearing lots of positives about it. thank you so much. good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> jeffery boyd, ceo of priceline. >>> should you buy apple stock ahead of the ipad3 debut. more on that on the "closing bell." >>> welcome back. i'm sharon epperson. oil prices extending their losses in electronic trading. oil prices just above the $106 mark. keep in mind that even though we've seen consumer conferred at a one-year high, the high prices for oil, for gasoline, are certainly taking their toll on demand. gasoline demand has dropped 7 #% in the last week,

in the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse in australia but maybe in contacts with surely p.m.'s singapore in thailand specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interests there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with marina america may find itself hostage to those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington our. grace approved a new austerity bill on sunday in return for a second e.u. bailout the cuts were designed to prevent the country from defaulting on its debt although angry greeks worried about their pensions and jobs responded with more protests on the streets of athens jacob graves reports. the system on the seach m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed within a short passing game another round of them popular cards. the results proved incendiary . that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and the kids c

southeast asia's largest property developer has posted a 20% drop in fourth quarter net profit but the company remains upbeat about its investments in china. our very own christine tan spoke with president and ceo young in a first on cnbc interview about the company's challenges ahead. >> affects one of the results this year simply because last year a lot of backup profit. so i would say probably 50% depending on which country. in countries like singapore where in the past we registered profit, that's a big amount. in china it's not so bad. >> give us guidance for 2012. what do you see this year? >> someone said what is forec t forecast, i'm not so pessimistic about that. i think china, to me, the market will come back again. i'm not necessarily pessimistic. our shopping malls are doing very well. sales in china and some of the rest of the region 30%. so our shopping mall would be doing very well which means our property is much, much more. our affordable housing, what we call value housing, will be launched so there will be another sector for our being out in china. >> when you say you expect china to launch more property easing measures

you talk about the emerging market and a southeast asia and with respect to jobs and if the euro can benefit from reaching out to the emerging markets. would it china play a role separately from the wto and imf and would that create any concerns? >> i did not get the questions. >> let's start on a competitiveness. and whether that can be achieved. >> i do not think that ec be is open to that solution. i think they are committed to the inflation target and they're not going to want to increase it to facilitate freight adjustment. they think it should be done with open eyes and can be done no matter what the inflation rate this. i think that's a forecast and i don't think the european central bank will do anything to help. the problem with competitiveness, there is no question. i have the sense it is sufficiently bad in a number of countries that can only be solved by a social pact in which there is agreement on nominal wage cuts with the understanding the should be reflected in the price of non tradable. that european central bank will be helpful on that front. the question many countries face is that they agree it would be better to consolidate mor