japan was once sri lanka's largest partner in the trade. but in recent years, the industry has seen big changes, and a new customer is number one. nhk world reports. >> reporter: sri lankan gemstones such as the blue sapphire fetch eye-watering prices on the world market. this 80-karat blue sapphire has a price tag of about $1.3 million. it was one of many gems on display last month in sri lanka's largest city, colombo, at the annual precious stone trade fair. the 100 sri lanka gem traders taking part in the fair have witnessed a new source of demand flourished in recent years. the venue is teeming with buyers from china. >> it's good. >> all chinese like sapphire very much because the color's very beautiful. >> i think more and more sapphires will be exported to china. i think in the next maybe three, five years, the trade will continue. >> reporter: until the mid 1990s, more than 60% of sri lanka's gems were sent to japan, but japanese demand plummeted while chinese shipments surged. he started a trading company in japan 26 years ago, but

japan, once sri lanka's largest partner in trade. industry has seen big changes and a new customer is number one. nhk world reports. >> reporter: gemstones fetch prices on the world market. this 80 carat safe fire has a price tag of $1.3 million. it was one of many gems on display last month in colombo, at annual precious stone trade fair. the 100 sri lanka gem finders have noticed a demand flourishing in recent years. the venue is teeming with buyers from china. >> translator: the color is very beautiful. >> translator: more and more will be exported to china. i think in the next, maybe, three, five years, it will continue. >> until the mid 1990s. more than 60% of sri lanka's gems were sent to japan. japanese demand plummeted while chinese shipments surged. today, sales have slumped 80% from the boom years. expanding business in china instead. he has four shops in beijing, and plans more in shanghai. this is -- now the chinese people -- also following the japanese. >> china eaese customers purcha jewelry as an investment. they don't

it's got even better since i introduced sri. i can produce as much as farmers with one or two hectares. >> sri is a local invention. it was developed here in the 1980s by henri de laulaniÉ, a french agronomist. it's based on a less-is-more principle. the number of seedlings transplanted with sri is only one-tenth as many as with conventional planting. the rice plants are planted not in clumps, as in other methods, but singly, giving them more room to grow. and rather than flooding their fields, farmers merely keep them moist. they eliminate weeds with a mechanical weeder, called a rotating hoe, which digs up weeds at the same time that it puts more air into the soil for the roots to use, thereby increasing yield. no hybrid seeds, chemical weedkiller or fertilizer are used at any stage. sri increases yield per hectare by 50 to 100%. expertise is handed on from farmer to farmer -- across the country and even beyond it. farmers as far away as china are experimenting with the malagasy example. >> i'm very happy because i have really

thing through to the final of cricket world twenty twenty eight pakistan by sixteen runs in colombo sri lanka won the toss and elected to bat first but they made a slow start and won skipper michael j. water now for forty two sure lanka had made just sixty three in the eleventh over. regularly kumar some good car was at the eighteen in the hopes of ancient finished on one hundred thirty nine for four after the play there and angela matthews the twenty one of the last two was so modest title for pakistan to chase but the turning point playing the is stumped with the score ninety one off fourteen overs and then with the very next ball she'd freebie was bowled for a gold and pakistan couldn't recover from that and we were restricted to one hundred twenty three for seven in the end sri lanka winning by sixteen runs to put their place in the final. i think really proud of the boys we had a great support. you know. shouting at us on the field it was fantastic feeling so i think we're a proud nation proud pretty nation and you know everyone will be behind us. on the pitch like that we we are s

by sixteen runs in colombo sri lanka won the toss and elected to bat first but they made a slow start and won skipper mahela jayawardene was out for forty to ensure lanka had made just sixty three in the eleventh over more wickets fell regularly call missing a car it was at eighteen and the host eventually finished on one hundred thirty nine for four after this area and andrew matheny's twenty one off the last two wives so a modest title for pakistan to chase but the turning point came when the have it for years was stumped with the score ninety one or fourteen overs and then with the very next jade afridi was all for gold and pakistan. and couldn't recover from that and were restricted to one hundred twenty three for seven in the end winning by sixteen runs to book their place in the final. really really proud of the boys we had a great support now they're. shouting at us on the field it was fantastic feeling sure i think we're a proud nation proud pretty nation and you know everyone will be behind us. on the pitch like that we we we actually want to get back but because you know on

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lanka which listen, the law in sri lanka and similar to that in the u.s. and here's what we spoke with prosecutors associated with this case. would you have done it? we would have tried to. we don't holds a lot of possibility here. and their arrested him in an impromptu way. and they arrested him on the spot. he has said one of the reasons -- the rationale is he could have gone to sri lanka. it is still on the lam for two years. 2010 is when he was indicted and has been on the lam ever since. tracy: find him -- that is in the poor. charlie: are you in to that. [talking over each other] charlie: you are inflicting pain. you are [talking over each other] [talking over each other] charlie: closing bell ringing in 29 minutes. liz: we are down 101 points. the session is down 105. netflix streaming movies to twenty-seven million customers. they have shows and smart phones and tablets and everything that is enough money streaming in? stocks saudis and strengthen a last few days. today taking a dive but netflix takes to a ratings rumble. analyst with a buy and one

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it is moving away from sri lanka. but still affecting the land, with gale-force winds. and very heavy rain that goes to this southeastern coast of india, as well. and looks like it may be in and around the region. the rainfall accumulation could be -- could be as much as 200 millimeters and some locations, especially in the eastern seaboard. you can see for the next 72 hours. coastal fldi inflooding from th flooding rain. storm surges and strong winds are going to be hammering the regions. we'll keep a close eye on this system. and, the rest of the eastern continental asia will be looking at this rain band. very closely, it has descended down from southern china, where it battered the coastal region. let me show you a video coming out from south china. after battering the philippines and vietnam, killing at least 30 people. remnants of the typhoon have brought rains to china. 250 millimeters have fallen. sunday into tuesday. and you see the flooding and drenching rain, causing serious flooding and making roads almost -- impassible. we can pull back. and we can show you

the indian ocean tsunami in 2004 killed about 30,000 people in sri lanka. tohoko university professor advised they develop a system that quickly estimates the height of the tsunami and issues warnings to resident. >> you have the firsthand experience in the tsunami and the earthquake, so the first knowledge is pretty much for the future disaster work. >> the professor stressed the importance of gathering information about past tsunamis from ancient documts a geological evidence and said this would prepare them for a massive tsunami that may come once in a few hundred years. >>> two osprey transport aircraft deployed to okinawa on october 1st carried out the first nighttime training exercises. one took off at the u.s. marine corps air station in okinawa at about 7 p.m. local time on tuesday. the other ascended about 20 minutes later. the first one rose vertically like a helicopter, tilted the propellers forward and flew off to the north. the second one took off after running along the runway with the propellers tilted. it appears the infrared devices are bei

well joining sri lanka in the last four will be the west indies they qualified second from the great after beating winless new zealand in dramatic fashion both sides scored exactly one hundred thirty nine meaning a sleep over was needed to separate things when these poor nineteen from six players one more key words. now finally some mixed martial arts well xander yemeni an anchor's rise up the rankings continues the russian man is the grim reaper claiming his fourth win in a row in moscow after one of the most brutal events in m one challenge history bubba daniel has more. on the marriage still one of the best pair of hands in the mixed martial arts had to wait division on sunday night that x. on the remaining cup proved that in style the main event of the and one challenge tournaments held in the russian capital so the thirty one year old face the dangerous striker constantin. blood test world and european kid boxing champ them may be much less at depth in the ground game though you million incl was far from teasing it take down. like the fact that he showed so much heart and courag

well joining sri lanka in the last four will be the west indies they qualified second from the group after beating winners new zealand in dramatic fashion both sides scored exactly one hundred thirty nine meaning a supernova was needed to separate the teams when we scored nineteen from six. one . six. and mixed martial arts finally where alexander i am an anchor as as a sent up the rankings continues the russian known as the grim reaper claiming his fourth win in a row in moscow after one of the most brutal events in m one challenge history of daniel has more say. still one of the best pair of chance in the mixed martial arts heavyweight division. on sunday night. proved that in style the main event of the and one jones tournament held in the russian capital so the thirty one year old face the dangerous striker constantin the. best world and european boxing champ then maybe much less at depth in the ground game. from teasing it take down. like the fact that he showed so much heart and courage at every opportunity he was looking for a big punch and missed it always takes a lot of ener

also reiterated the none of the umpires named in the allegations apparently from sri lanka pakistan and bangladesh were involved in any official games out the t twenty world cup. elsewhere the houston rockets are preparing for their first preseason much ahead of the new n.b.a. campaign the rockets missed the playoffs in the last season finishing ninth in the western conference they've made numerous changes to their roster in the off season including the introduction of superstar jeremy lin who says it's an exciting time for the franchise fee but definitely have a ways to go far beyond myself i think. you know we're learning the principles and it's one thing to learn and it's no really good to go off i want to same page so i'm as expected we're trying to learn and grow with each other and i think defensively right now is somewhere we spent a lot of time working on the transition and things like that elsewhere to the k h l battle between arguably russia's brightest hockey stars pavel datsyuk and look his teams went head to head in moscow and it was culture coup stole the show with a hat t

in defense of the t twenty cricket world cup comes to an end as they move by nineteen runs to host sri lanka. and fighting backs back alexander yaml yang continues his rise back up the mixed martial arts rankings with a dominant display in moscow. but starting with football in sparta moscow have injury concerns ahead of tuesday's champions league clash with celtic at the newsmaking stadium the moscow club are still looking for their first points in this is competition after a three two opening day defeat in barcelona which have empathy for parts. parcel of a strong favorites to win group g. the race is firmly on for second spots of a spot tight they'll be looking to gain all three points in their bid to make the knockout stages tuesday's match will be a private moment for aiden mcgeady in particular he played two hundred fifty one games for celtic before moving to spartanburg and the good news for him is he's overcome a potential injury worry is likely to start against his former club sponsored were unlucky last time out against barcelona where they lost for you to. emery says his team

sri is saying no, this will disappoint. today a big disappointment in earnings. >> over last two years they have been spending a lot on cap-ex. they have been expanding capacity. iron ore from china is way down. that will affect iron ore prices that has been brought down 60%. liz: you're starting to see china put in more orders. that was the news today that iron ore demand is slightly ticking up. they're increasing supply as well as australia. look at both sides of the equation. that is where this will really suffer because they started these projects out two years ago, iron ore prices were much higher. now they're lower. so they will not see profits they're expecting. analysts see that, that's why the smart estimate is lower. david: you have a .800 batter average, which is pretty good for the year. that could change. this will be a tempermental earnings season. with we'll see if you turn out to be right. sri raman. thanks very much. liz: call mimic can i mantle. david: thanks, mick. liz: he is from thomson reuters. after t

. >> reporter: but the infamous tsunami that struck the coast of sri lanka that changed his life foreveron with boyfriend when the wave hit. >> we felt the water surge again and he looked at me and said it's not over. and i felt his hand slip away. a and-sorry. >> reporter: nate reached deep into his psyche to find the heart of a survivor. you lost the love of your life. >> that implies i'll never have another. the term survive means to not only have had that experience but to open yourself, open your heart and mind and moving forward. in the world. and i think that honors his memory. he would not want me to be pining away for him as the only love of my life. >> reporter: what did you learn about yourself in. >> i said if i witnessed something i would be in the corner shaking but i functioned, i was giving medical treatment, helped clean wounds and die off things that really shocked me that i had that in me because i never thought i would be that guy. >> reporter: nate not only survived, he seemed determined to thrive. he was an early supporter of the help and worked to turn it into an o

their total of hundred seven for seven enough to earn them on pakistan the semifinal place alongside srilanka on the west indies. golf fans in america are still reeling from the stunning comeback by europe in the ryder cup the incredible turnaround seeing the europeans fight back from ten six down on the final day to win by a point who is in maria now able to savor that special memory as he makes his exit us captain of the team. what they the was yes the extraordinary period you know if we don't have these wonderful graphic here with us because so for be here a church even meant those twelve men there did on sunday and i know that. most of the whole world didn't believe we would be having these trophy here but they never stop believing and they're fifty four mostly showed you know our son leader said i was just out sunday and clearly today. let's head back to football finally to revisit all of the strikes that find the back of the net in the tenth round of the russian premier league goals galore brings you all two dozen take your pick why don't you. play live. live . live live live pleas

point out that abduction is a criminal offense but kidnappers given sri years in prison by contrast people who still. put behind bars for eleven years. and members of the hall and others even came out and said nice you can need to. get a live in here is for cattle rustling is a complete and utter far as was less and she. mind you they voted in favor of legislation against stealing sheep in the first reading. campaign is from open line take to the streets to tell young women what they should do with abducted not to be afraid of anything and to immediately go to the police. do you know want to do if you're abducted do other goes no. i don't think they do because they stay on in many cases. do you know what is the right thing to do case you were abducted. we want to scream and shout let me go. we've heard a lot of different stories some of the more astounding simply because they are routine and somebody comes in kidnaps them that's the end of it you begin wondering whether such traditions are traditions at all. and his friend aziz have traveled around for two weeks during that time they have

towards the west, a tropical depression has formed east of -- actually deep depression has served each of sri lanka. it's going to intensify into a sigh colonic system and move over india to the northwest. we'll keep updating you on the progress. for the rest of east asia, high pressure system is dominating much of the northern half of china actually. and dry across most of the korean peninsula at this moment. but a system will form east of the korean peninsula. and that's going to be spreading into the west coast of japan into this afternoon. but rain will not affect the opposite side of the nation. so tokyo will remain dry throughout the day. back behind it another system will form west of the korean peninsula. frigid air is coming in from the north. only 0 degrees in ulaanbaatar. temperatures will continue to go down for the next several days. your high is expected to be only 6 degrees in beijing on your sunday. seoul coming in at 12 and tokyo looking at seasonal 19 degrees. all right. let's go to the americas. hurricane sandy has become a low pressure system. but still a powerful storm br

cup we go where england's defense of the title is over following in one thousand run defeat to host srilanka the holders went into the super eight stage much knowing defeat would see them eliminated from the competition cup ensure broad winning the toss and electing to field but in this polish were unable to tame the hell are you leading the way with a thirty eight ball forty two and he was given the able to port by angelo. sora for a tribute fifty four we wean them off the thirty five balls hundred sixty nine for six the score from their twenty first in reply england crumbled the crease finding less in mullingar in little form he finished with career best viewing figures of five from thirty one saying it. is. i'm. and finally let's head back to football revisit all of the strikes that find the back of the net in the tenth round of the russian premier league goals glory brings you all too doesn't take your pick why don't you. live. live live. live play live please play live. live the translate . play golems him to play. live. great strike. i'll see you in just under two hours time with

we're developing a technology here that we can export to other countries -- bhutan, sri lanka and afghanistanin many of their mountainous regions they have no electricity but plenty of water. >> bal krishna und milan shrestha will sleep in the village tonight, and dhan bahadur will remain in his mill. he wants to spend the night there to make sure the power stays on. >> true commitment there, and here at global 3000 we are firmly committed to food, especially the no-fuss snacks people enjoy around the globe. forget global burger chains, we like to jump off into the deep end with our taste buds. and today we head to chile for some empanadas. coquimbo is a port city on the pacific coast. it has one of the most popular fish markets in chile. people come here not only to shop, but more than anything to enjoy the fresh and delicious fast food. fish and seafood are turned into tasty snacks right on the premises. there are small restaurants and snack bars in every corner of the market, like this one run by alejandro fernÁndez. his speciality is a chilean classic -- empanadas de marisco. >> aqui vamo

. >> the group's first deployment was in sri lanka during the civil war where duncan said it wast wast was particularly successful in rescuing child soldiers. >> we certainly could be -- provide effective protection in m myanmar, perhaps in syria as the conflict unfolds. >> nonviolent peace force's annual budget of $7.5 million comes from the u.n. and governments from several developed nations, though not the u.s. duncan says not yet. among its merits could be the price tag. duncan says an unarmed civilian costs about half what the u.n. pays to deploy a typical armed, blue helmeted soldier. >>> finally, this coming week following the high holidays comes the joyous jewish holiday of sikut. families built temporary shelters in which they gather for meals and for some where they sleep as well. our guide to sikut is rabbi james michaels of the hebrew home of greater washington, d.c. >> the book tells us that we should remember that god allowed us to live in temporary shelters, the suka when we lived in the desert for 40 years. we lived in booths knowing we would move from place to place. f

claims pakistani not in gallery and five colleagues from sri lanka and bangladesh were prepared to fix matches at the recent t twenty world cup the international cricket council has launched an investigation but gary claims the accusations are no more than a vendetta. the big appear but it is today i have spoken to p.c.b. officials and told them everything with truth under this conspiracy is a total blackmailing by the indian lobby they just want to do three in pakistan cricket sometimes they blame the players and now they are targeting officials trying to almighty allah there is no other such problem in my ten year career i have remained on the i.c.c. panel for a decade i am satisfied with myself and confident that any decisions will be made in my favor. now to football and spot at moscow's defeat to local rivals car the way you can and did what was an awful week for the red and white so you also saw their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the champions league take a major blow with defeat to celtic which of em portly looks at the problems russia's most decorated club is

the allegations are probably from sri lanka pakistan and bangladesh were involved in any official games at the t twenty world cup. elsewhere the houston rockets are preparing for their first pre-season much ad of the new n.b.a. season the rockets missed the playoffs in the last campaign finishing night in the western conference they've made numerous changes to their roster in the off season including the introduction of superstar jeremy lin who says it's an exciting time for the franchise. but definitely have a ways to go far to be honest with myself i think. you know we're learning the principles and it's one thing to learn and it's no really good and together in the same period so as expected we're we're trying to learn to grow with each other and i think defensively right now is somewhere we spent a lot of time working on the transition and things are. now in tennis russia mikhail youzhny is out of the shanghai masters following their first round defeat at the hands of victor the serb wrapped up a six three two six six four victory meanwhile american john is not through to the third

now the cricket warden has resigned as the t twenty captain of sri lanka following his side's defeat to the west indies in the final of the world cup the windies batted first in colombo and appeared to be on course for really a defeat or an out the halfway stage and there were things they were on just thirty two for two but then marlon samuels singlehandedly turned the innings around having six sixes in his fifty six pool seventy eight eventually they ended on one hundred thirty seven for six from a twenty i was this the biggest hit of the entire tournament the host proceeded to collapse to one hundred one all out handing a thirty six run victory to the windies and with the title twenty world champion. elsewhere a theo pierce a guy could payday has won the chicago marathon in a course record time forty five thousand runners from one hundred fifteen countries lined up to pound the streets of the windy city conditions were near perfect for the elite competitors with temperatures hovering around five degrees celsius last year's winner can use mosley's more so it was missing with an inju

to cricket now and the warden has resigned as the t twenty captain of sri lanka follow his side's defeat to the west indies in the final of the world cup the windies but it first in colombo and appeared to be on course for a mini eighteen defeat when at the halfway stage of their innings they were on just thirty two for two but and marlon samuels singlehandedly turned the innings around hitting six sixes in his fifty six pool seventy eight eventually they ended on one hundred thirty seven for six from their twenty overs this the biggest hit of the entire tournament from samuels the host proceeded to collapse to one hundred one all out handing a thirty six one victory to the windies with the title of t twenty world champions league and jayawardene had to contemplate what might have been. had a chat to the selectors before this tournament started. going to step down from t twenty captaincy after this world cup i personally feel that you know. bring forward i think we need a younger leader i think it's a great opportunity for somebody to start in the t twenty format. elsewhere a guy could b

pakistani gallery and five colleagues from sri lanka and bangladesh were prepared to fix much is that the recent t twenty world cup the international cricket council has launched an investigation but gary claims the accusations are no more than a dent so. they could be year about it today i have spoken to p.c.b. if you shoot and told them everything with proof under this conspiracy it is a total blackmailing by the indian lobby they just want to do three pakistan cricket sometimes they blame the. players and now they are targeting officials trying to almighty allah there is no other such problem in my ten year career becky i have remained on the i.c.c. panel for a decade i am satisfied with myself and confident that any decisions will be made in my favor. meanwhile in the k h l alex ovechkin has led to now moscow to the top of the western conference with a narrow one nil victory over eleven front of around sixteen thousand spectators in prague which is a new k h l record with both teams sitting high in the standings as the russian side that headed into the game in a perfect mate after

party hopes to come to lies however if the numbers hold it will be an unprecedented blow to sign the sri nice party whose dominance has been eroded by a series of corruption and brutality scandals that exceed your shop skinner reports from the capital well the opposition has already been celebrating. then wood has not yet been confirmed but supporters of the georgia opposition started celebrating their victory ever since the exit poll results came out suggesting that the green party could win the parliament elections georgia with fifty one percent of the votes in the favor of thousands have been gathering in the central seat of the central square billy seat with people very jubilant about their possible victory and the first preliminary results which were released by the georgian central by the georgian central election commission suggested that this victory may well be on the right certainly this election is very important for georgia because the party or the alliance the party which wins the majority in parliament will then be able to appoint prime minister and according to the constit

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and five colleagues from sri lanka and bangladesh were prepared to fix matches at the recent t twenty world cup the international cricket council has launched an investigation but he claims the accusations are no more than the van then death or. they could be here. today i have spoken to p.c.b. officials and told them everything with proof and that this conspiracy is a total blackmailing by the indian lobby they just want to do three in pakistan cricket sometimes they blame the players and now they are targeting officials trying to almighty allah there is no other such problem in my ten year career but i have remained on the i.c.c. panel for a decade i am satisfied with myself i'm confident that any decisions will be made in my favor. formula one attention turns to this weekend's currying graham pray for his fernando alonso still lays the driver's championship but has seen his advantage cut to just four points in recent weeks the same time former champion has crashed out in two of the last four races with red bull sebastian vettel now closing in on the lead there are just four races l

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