well the united states south korea and others to see the launch as a cover for a ballistic missile test ban young insists it was a satellite launch how could it be verified what it actually was. i'm not a expert in weaponry. but from the. news i can see here in hong kong it really sounds already like. the u.s. side hoping no prove. this launch being released because people rather than the lawn. well some might see the launch as a failure as we can us north korea out there miss out program so is the country really as big or as a threat as it's made out to be. but i don't think so i don't really know so powerful and it's already showing but it is only one a sign of weakness so it is essential for the international community not you all respond or something probably is not so much perceived threats now professor see the north korea went ahead with the launch despite realizing there would be consequences why do you think that is. well north korea has a track record for breaking so this is not completely new we are observing and with this new leadership it needs to establish more slowly ther

the statement criticizes the united states, south korea and japan for violating what the north koreans call their right to use space for peaceful purposes. the united nations security council concluded the launch used ballistic missile technology and contra veened u.n. resolutions. >>> south korea unveiled new cruise missiles that it said could strike any part of north korea. officials say this is a warning to the north. the south's defense ministry showed video of the missile test launch to the media. it showed the missile in flight then hitting a targeted hut hundreds of kilometers away. the ministry did not reveal the exact range or number of missiles deployed but a senior military officer said it can strike anywhere in north korea. he added that his country will retaliate against any provocation. the domestically developmented missile resembles the u.s. tomahawk and has a range of 1,000 kilometers. this is the first time the south formally disclosed its deployment. t details of the missile have come only through media reports. >>> india test ranged a long range ballistic missile ca

south. and later with the united states as well. but at the same time, negotiation is a political tool in their arsenal. but at the same time, they fight while they're negotiating. and this is important to think about dealing with the north vietnamese. they have a particular philosophy when doing this. a quote from a general -- excuse me, a north vietnamese general named vin in 1966. quote, in fighting while negotiating, the side which fights more strongly will compel the adversary to accept its conditions. in other words, you know, and during this war, they're constantly negotiations or negotiations for negotiations. in the north vietnamese mind, the more you're negotiating, the harder you fight. because to them, this indicated seriousness. fighting hard indicated seriousness. so when you're negotiating, you fight harder to put pressure on the enemy, and maybe you get a better deal out of it. so that's the important thing when dealing with them. the military struggle element of this is, of course, very, very critical. and you have

the world cup budget according to russian sports and mr mittal the uk or under similar to the united south africa recently to host the last tournament remaining one hundred million dollars will come from sponsors the funding will be monitored by a special new body called arena twenty eighteen currently thirteen russian cities are bidding for the among the a lot of which will host the matches inspections of those will take place over the next few months. or in april we're getting down to selected all venues and they will all be named in september we are going to be twelve stadiums eleven cities so more like little ritual arenas. and in the meantime with two months to go until the european championships in poland and ukraine russia has announced that for the first time in a decade found zones will be set up in moscow st petersburg and five other cities to show all the games and former russian and further alexis murphy loans will generate countless. families to watch a football march we want to go with friends maybe to a pub of the country or on their team however some i'd recommend supporter

handle michell hicks, principal chief of the eastern band of cherokee indians on behalf of the united south and own tribes. and the honorable robert shepherd, chairman of the sisseton wahpeton oyate tribe on behalf of the great plains tribal chairman's association. welcome to you and thank you, again, for your patience. president sharp will you proceed with your testimony. >> thank you. on behalf of the tribe of northwest indians we're truly proud to be here and thank you for the opportunity. we believe this is another reflection of the new era of the partnership with the united states. not only do we have a relationship with the president but now with the legislature, the congress. and we thank you for that opportunity and your leadership. i would like to begin our remarks by speaking to natural resources issues. the northwest is rich with abundant wildlife, fish, hunting, gathering, and we would like to speak to a couple of issues that relate to, first of all, the b.i.e. rights protection fund. we appreciate the increase, the proposed increase from 28 million to 32 million, but we do reco

the statement criticizes the united states, south korea and japan for what they call their rights to use space for people purposes. >>> south korea has unveiled new cruise mills that missiles that could strike north korea. defense ministry officials showed video of a test of the missile. the video showed the missile in flight and hitting its target a hut, hundreds of kilometers away. officials did not reveal the exact rage or missiles deployed. they said it could strike with precision across north korea. he said the military will retaliate against any provocation. it was developed in south korea and resembles the thome hawk missile used by the u.s. navy. it has a range of 1,000 kilometers. >>> g-20 leaders are coming together to discuss some common challenges. our business desk has more on that. >> reporter: common challenges, indeed. high oil prices taking center stage is the credit crisis over in the euro zone. the group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors began their meeting in washington on thursday. they are discussing steps to contain the european debt crisis. me

we're here to testify on behalf of the united south and eastern tribes which we're one of the founding members alongside of the seminoles of florida and the miccosukee and mississippi choctaw. there's 26 member tribes within the organization. i've worked for many, many years on budget and finance issues. of course was elected in 2003 as principle chief of the eastern band. i've served as budget and finance director. of course, i also served in a capacity as an independent auditor for our tribe for a number of years with a new york-based accounting firm. and i've held my certified public accounting license for 18 years now. and the reason i say that it's not to define myself but i understand how difficult the budgeting process is. the eastern band has adopted a what we call a balanced budget act. the cost of our government does not exceed our daily resources and i know you have to deal with a similar structure. one of the thing that i think we've done a very nice job of is identify through a needs base or critical priorities for government. and of course, you know, remembering what the

an action they spoke about your dream to unite south a city with a north which as we know is a member of the russian federation how do you foresee this happening. it is not just my dream it is the dream of our people we've had this dream for a century today we have an independent state but it's we have a stream for our people to reunite we have been split into two parts one part lives a north of setia the other part lives in south a set here say we held a referendum in ninety ninety two where we asked one question do we want to become part of russia people answered yes to this question over ninety nine percent did so we still have this issue and this problem cannot be solved in a day we will work together with north or setia towards reuniting our people and this is the dream that i shared before. how will the relationship between south osieck in georgia developed they still feel the republic is part of a territory and did not even recognize the legitimacy of the presidential election . it is a mistake on georgia's part not to recognize the political process in south a set as legitimat

south. and after the gulf of tonkin incident and the fact that they couldn't negotiated a settlement, the north decided at this point they really had to start committing regular north vietnamese army units to the south because they're fearful the americans are going to come in. they fear they have to match any escalation that's going to happen in the south. they also try to think, well, if we act quickly enough is what they're thinking, maybe we can push the south vietnamese regime over the top before the americans are able to get enough stuff in here to prop it up. it doesn't work quite the way that they planned. but that's certainly what they're thinking. at the same time, they're trying to balance support from the communist bloc, the soviets and the chinese, because you've had this split. which would be something that the north vietnamese do a very good job of continuing to get stuff from both sides. now, at this point, 1965, you enter the next phase of the war, the american war. as the north vietnamese called it. in 1965, the u.s. starts sending major forces into south vietnam. the soviets at this point heavily commit to supporting the north vietnamese. when the u.s. intervenes, the

and now this goes against the sentiments we're hearing coming out of countries like the united states south korea and japan no those three nations have expressed their concern deep concern not they say this rocket launch in fact saying that it wasn't the rocket trying to put a satellite into space is the north koreans had said but it wasn't part of a cover for a test of a long range intercontinental ballistic missile something which north korea is prohibited from trying to carry out it's expected to close the countries that are mentioned the united states south korea and japan may try and call for further sanctions something that russia of no fucks to. say diplomacy was the only way to try and find a solution we convinced challenges are. purely political and diplomatic means we're calling on all sides strained. and committees of the six party talks. the situation. for a month the u.s. is saying that north korea is have gone back on promises that were made earlier this year they said that they wouldn't test any further rockets and exchange for food aid also reports coming out of south korea

south korea and united states intelligence understand north korea's missile launch failed. that's spokesman for south korea's defense ministry. told reporters in the briefing seoul south korea would make additional announcement after a final confirmation. we have it confirmed now. what happens next? gordon chang on the line with us again. gordon, you would think that the north koreans would have prepared for the possible eventuality that this thing did not go well and that they wouldn't have people, quote, pflum mixed and stumbling at a news conference after they brought the world in to witness it? >> they thought it would be successful. actually, i thought it would be successful. i thought they had made the adjustments after the 2006 and 2009 failures. got to remember that in 1998 north koreans stunned the world with a largely successful test. since then they have gone backwards. i guess i must be pflum mixed as wealthying that i just knew that this one was going to work. >> shepard: is there concern he would do something irrational as a result of this worldwide spectacle o

japanese government will keep urging the united states and other council members to handle the north korean situation properly. japan hopes to work closely with the u.s., south korea, china, russia, and other concerned nations. >> the united states and european nations are expected to condemn the north korean launch. russia is also expected to side with the western nations. the reaction of the remaining permanent council member, china, will be the key to the outcome of the council meeting. >>> china's leaders are calling for calm. the country often acts as a link between the north and the rest of the world. our susumu kojima tells us how the launch is playing out there. >> chinese state-run media has been giving friday's events in north korea front page coverage, quoting u.s., korean, and japanese media. however, some in beijing are still not sure. >> translator: did you hear the news? >> translator: no, not yet. >> translator: they say they failed. >> translator: i'll find out later. >> translator: what do you mean? north korea never fails. >> reporter: a foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters that the government is asking concerned nations to act cal

south africa with a harder suspension. that's to ensure a more stable high-speed drive as highway travel is more popular in the african nation. toyota aims to export 20,000 units to south africa each year. more japanese and south korean automakers with plants in india are positioning the country as their new production platform and increasing exports of cars made there. >> translator: we succeeded in remodeling india-targeted cars for south africa. i look forward to seeing more moves of this kind. >>> chinese researchers in northeastern china have unearthed fossils of an unknown species of large feathered dinosaur. the new discovery could provide clues to studying the evolution of the animals. the researchers say the fossils found in the province of lianing have been identified as a nine-meter long dinosaur species. these resemble the primitive feathers found on smaller dinosaur species. experts say it has been widely believed that large dinosaurs were featherless since they had difficulty controlling their body temperature. the discovery will be published on thursday in the british journal nature. >>> it's a beautiful sunny day in tokyo. sayaka mori joins us

the firm says the cars for south suspension to ensure more stable, high-speed drive, as highway travel is more popular in the african nation. toyota aims to export 20,000 unitsafrica each year. more japanese and south korean automakers are positioning the country as their new production platform and are increasing exports of cars made there. >> translator: we succeeded in remodeling india targeted cars for south africa. i look forward to seeing more moves of this kind. >>> average gasoline prices at the pump in japan rose for the seventh straight week. global crude prices remain high as tension over iran grows. the agency says that as of monday, the retail price of regular gasoline averaged 158.3 yen. that's about $1.90. it's up 1 cents from last week. by region, prices for tokyo and six other prefectures turned lower compared to the previous week. the institute said the increase in the national average was smaller because there hasn't been any surge in crude oil prices recently. >>> nissan unveiled a yellow cab for new york. replacement will start in the fall of next year. the new model unveiled on tuesday was developed jointly with the city. it's based on

>> in oregon, nothing less than 20. >> middle of a nonstop week for the cook county sheriff's south gang uniticago's south suburbs. investigator matt jenna is juggling five cases at once and has many more in the pipeline. >> we've arrested this guy seven times, our department alone has arrested him seven times, ten arrests in his background. >> on average, the sheriff's gang units serve ten search warrants for drugs and guns every month. jenna and his colleagues are focused on places like robbins, harvey and midlothian. the south suburbs represent the single hottest focal point of gang activity outside chicago city limits. >> there is gunfire, have a position to cover that you can move to. >> come on, let's gear up, go outside and rehearse. >> just going to go over and hit it, grab this guy. a lot of crack cocaine and he has yet to see any jail time. so, hopefully, this will beç t nail in the coffin right here. >> all right. >> here we go. >> hands. >> hands up. hands up. pull it down, pull it down. pull it down. get on the ground. get on the ground. i got it. get on the ground. >> police ru

. >> reporter: in the days before the launch, the united states, south korea and japan asked china, as a permanent member of the u.n. security council, to take firm action if the north went ahead with the launch. however, china's position remains unclear on whether the launch was in violation of security council resolutions. chinese officials say they fear that, if the security council starts discussing stepped-up sanctions against north korea, the country may react harshly by conducting another nuclear test. they say this would lead to a further delay in making the korean peninsula nuclear-free. >> that was nhk world's susumu kojima in beijing. for more on this subject, we spoke to an associate professor at the national graduate institute for policy studies or g.r.i.p.s. he's an expert on korean issues. >> north korea has acknowledged that the launch has failed. how will it affect kim jong-un? any negative impact? >> certainly it will have a negative impact on kim jong-un. in the past, north korea has tried to launch a satellite twice in 1998 and 2009. and each time the satellite laun

south of seoul. the movement of units and facilities to areas south the han river improves efficiency, reduces costs, contributes to the political sustainability of our forward presence and enhances forced protection and survivability by placing the majority of personnel and equipment outside the effective range of north korean artillery. thank you. >> thank you. general thurman? >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you for this opportunity to update you on united nations command combined forces command and united states forces korea. it is a great honor to lead the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines serving our country in the republic of korea. and i thank the members of this committee for their support for our warriors. the relationship with south korea is the finest military partnership i've experienced in my 37-year career. together our militaries deter aggression and maintain peace and stability on the korean peninsula. u.s. military presence in the republic of korea supports u.s. national interests in a key ally in northeast asia. since the united states and the republic of korea forged and

the air raid has been condemned by the united nations. the south sudanese say that have seen more aerial bombardment but there has been no ground fighting since sunday. the battle for the oil fields are extremely popular here. this is a front-line town and no one here thinks they have seen the last of the fighting. the cost of the fighting is already high. the south sudan archbishop has warned political leaders could create the war that both countries do not want. leaders on both sides are calling to pull back from the brink, but it does not seem to be working. >> for more on the growing threat of all-out war between the two countries, i am joined by the deputy director of the african center of the atlantic council. thanks very much for coming in. is it clear who is the main aggressor in this case? >> obviously both the north and south -- for the most part, it has seen that the north has been more aggressive than us out, until the south move to capture the oilfield a couple of weeks ago. that was definitely a massive step in terms of escalating the

there are 5 million south asian people in the united states. there is not one that south asian gay bar in the united states. this will be owned by two gentlemen who are clear- identified and saturday night at this bar will be a gay bar. other times, it will be a lounge. there are 75 feet away from the burning man building. their 150 feet away from. if you want to put a high-tech along that corridor, it seems disingenuous to say we want you to come in here, but unlike manhattan or other places, we don't want to have a convenient places where you can come and have a $10 cocktail after-hours. if you look at the pictures, you will see not only does that have amazing community support, but it will be a beautiful lounge. it was a beautiful lounge before. this is the place where future bars, it was their first bar. the license that is on there now is tied up in litigation and that's why we had to bring in a new license. this has been a bar for 40 years. to speak of the high-tech workers, one of the main business people was one of the first engineers at

south korea compared to north korea. >> they were poor and recovering from the ravages of world war 2. that war -- the united states divided the penninsula in the wake of world war 2. the south was a military dictatorship aligned with the united states. the north was aligned with russia. kim il-sung emerged in north korea. he, over several years, he modeled his state after stalin's state. in 1951. it made some real progress. there was a counterattack. the united nation sources. and the same line was returned. north korea remained aligned with russia. it became increasingly isolated and cruel as time went by. kim ill-sung had a grassroots support. when he died in 1984, people wept. his son, the first hereditary dictator in a communist state, kim jong-il, was less popular. but he was shrewd and cruel. the camps became increasingly important. the population grew. there are indications with this third kim family leader, jim jong-un, who is 28, 29 years old, and is about the same age as the hero of my book, he -- it's unclear how popular he will be or if he is in control. >> we will come back to your hero of the

the united nations secretary general banking moon has condemned sudanese warplanes in south said on and called on the government to stop the fighting. omar al-bashir has ruled out negotiations with south sudan. we have been sent this report. >> it is the site that people have come to dread. soldiers and some civilians shot back with the small weapons they had. they were powerless against the modern warplane. at least two places were hit. the primary target was this bridge, which leads to the front line. this time, two of the rockets missed the bridge. nearby, several shops were destroyed by direct hits. at least one man was killed. the state government told the bbc three others were critically wounded and are not expected to survive. more than 75 civilians have been killed in air raids since the beginning of march. >> when our forces were blown, and an airplane coming today -- it killed three people and four shops. now we are suffering a lot. >> the bombing has been condemned by the united nations peacekeeping mission in south sudan. they have always denied carrying out cross border rai

on sensibilities towards cosmetic surgery outside asia, in places like europe or the united states. >> reporter: south korea's cosmetic surgeons aim to attract more patients from home and abroad. with so many people concerned about their appearance, the doctor's prospects look good. anna jong, nhk world, seoul. >>> south korea sees cosmetic surgery as an important part of its strategy to attract medical tourists from abroad. the number of such visitors reached 110,000 in 2011 and the objective is to boost that figure to 300,000 by 2015. and a special agency has been established to arbitrate cases of medical malpractice. >>> a long standing territorial dispute has arisen again in the persian gulf. a visit last week by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has reignited the dispute. >> reporter: the foreign ministers of the six member gulf corporation council met in qatar on tuesday at the request of the uae. they issued a statement condemning by the iranian president as provocative and also said it was in clear violation of the uae sovereignty over the island. iran has controlled the island since 1971,

and south kordofan between the sudanese army and rebel units within the south. big upon within the north who are have been marginalized for many many years. and are fighting the khartoum government to show their dissatisfaction ok i often go to you also on one of your stomach for a war between the two countries right now or is it just among leitz. well no i think the two leaders here in the north. in the south. have actually shown that they lack leadership they're bitter enemies. they have fought a war protect a period of time that the south has now broken away and has actually had its own independence but there are some deep seated issues which are cultural which which which to do with trust issues which are really not resolved not to mention the land issue how it looks like to me that the civil war is still continuing which is see a different form of it and just a took a break well well the other took a break on the thought that they were fighting the war through a pop proxy war through some of the rebel movements that's where existing in both parts of the cou