and that brand equity is what indonesia has lacked. >>reporter: gita wirjawan and his team are aiming to fix that. >>from ho chi minh city, wirjawan flew to shanghai to attend a forum and face-to-face talks with chinese business people alongside the leaders of some of indonesia's most dynamic provinces. >>maelzer: indonesia managed to attract some 10 and a half billion dollars of fdi last year despitethe global slowdown. it's aiming to see that amount increase by some 15 per cent this year. and given the amount of foreign direct investment committed so far in 2010 it looks well on track to easily exceed that target. >>reporter: indonesia's economy grew an impressive four and a half per cent last year, driven by the consumer spending of 240 million people ...one of the country's big selling points. >>swiss food giant nestle has spent 100 million dollars to boost production in east java at what is now one of its 10 biggest factories in the world. >>chaudhry: as the population is large, is a growing population, it's a fantastic opportunit

the province only receives five percent of indonesia's seven million visitors each year. yet the banda islands are world-famous for the spice trade, especially nutmeg once worth its weight in gold. >>reporter: the moluccas have also been named indonesia's centre for fisheries encompassing 600 thousand square kilometres of sea. both under-utilised sectors are now being fast-tracked for development. >>hayward: eastern indonesia has vulnerabilities; has vulnerabilities which are both environmental,political, social, economic. it also has great resiliences. because this area has an amazing history of trade with other regions and with maintaining its own environments so it is a question of balancing those two areas. >>soesilo: we are moving forward to make ambon and maluku the gate of east indonesia, ready to invite investment for the coming years, mostly on marine and fisheries sector...the potential of captivefisheries in this area is more than one million tonnes per year. >>reporter: robert tjoanda runs one of the largest tuna processing companies in the moluccas. and busin

an exclusive report from inside indonesia. miracle in indonesi 33 trapped miners found alive at 19 days. it is a direct answer to their prayers. plus millions in pakistanface malnutrion, dehydration and disease. the suffering is worse than anyone can imagine. a growing churchfaces harsh persecution can in indonesia. welcome to this week es addition of christian world news wendy griffith is on aassignment. the ground zero mosq captured the world's attention. it shouldn't be built 2 blocks from a spot where 3,000 people were killed. others say what about freedom of religion? they are findinit more difficult to gather for worship. my colleague gary lane from indonesia. >> the intent is the same, destroy christianity ancreate an islamistate throughout indonesia. >> ten years have passed since the worst of jihad. today believers are still suffering, especially that convert from islam to christianity. also churches are being shut down. the islamic defenders front, they push for the arrest of church officials and evangelist. the fila

rich in natural resources, indonesia has been constructing thermal power stations throughout the country. but it has made little progress in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. the bank says it wants to help raise money for clean energy plants and export japan's technology to indonesia. >>> a survey shows that a number of major japanese firms will increase capital spending overseas to beef up production in china and other emerging economies. the development bank of japan surveyed some 3,300 companies with more than $11.6 million in invested capital. about 70% of the firms responded. about 1,300 of the firms, mainly in the electric machinery, auto, and non-ferrous metals sector, said they plan into crease overseas capital investment by 35% or more. the survey shows that firms will invest over 37% in asia to increase local production in rapidly growing markets such as china. overseas investment in plant and equipment is likely to pick up after it dropped more than 38% in the previous year. meanwhile, domestic capital investment is expected to go up 6.8%. a moderate rise but the first in

en 2009 la policÍa evitÓ un intento de asesinato. >> un volcÁn en indonesia entrÓ en erupciÓn despuÉs de 400 aÑos. la erupciÓn provocó la evacuaciÓn de miles de residentes pero no se han reportado vÍctimas. >> el primer ministro israelÍ, se reuniÓ por Última vez con su gabinete antes de viajar a washington. en la casa blanca a sostendrÁ , sesiones de paz con el presidente palestino. >> el papa benedicto 16 dijo que esta orando constantemente por los mineros atrapados en una mina en chile. les llamÓ a mantener la calma mientras que hacÍan los esfuerzos por rescatar las y les asegurÓ que estÁ orando por una feliz conclusiÓn de su supliocio. >> veremos porque miles de emigrantes estÁn centrando sus metas en otro pais que no es estados unidos. wwww >> cuando en amÉrica latina se habla de ir hacia norteamÉrica ya no se piensa en estados unidos. ir a canadÁ resulta más atractivo para muchos hispanos. >> con un vasto territorio gran parte de su sociedad envejece entre, canadÁ se ha conformado como el segundo destino migratorio. cuando llegÓ hernÁn se ganaba la vida toca

there is a growing christian influence in indonesia. one example is a unique village called blimbing sari. people there call it the promise land. >> reporter: all 250 homes in the blimbing sari village in balias this ball neez cross hanging on their doors to signify their christian faith. they boa it has been 100 percenchristian since 1959 when they were given this land by the dutch government. ketut suyaga ayub is the head of the christian church. >> there will be no more christian movement in the villages. this was a dangerous place because of a lot of mosquito and snake and wild animal. but the christian who came here, there were about 39 families in the beginning, they found themselves as a new exodus to the new promising land. >> pastor ketut suyaga ayub says they taught themselves hard work. every family gets 2 acres of land from the government where they farm and raise cows. even children are encouraged to be productive. >> you get a strong spirit for your life. this is a promising land because of prayer. manytimes this village e

earthquake struck off the eastern coast of indonesia. it >>> today's top stories. a powerful earthquake struck off the eastern coast of indonesia. it had a magnitude of 6.3. no injuries have been record. >>> a.c. transit's directors plan to decide whether to appeal a court ruling against the contract that was imposed on bus drivers. drivers who have been calling in second are expected back at work today. a.c. transit plans to reduce service later this month. >>> and negotiators for the city of san jose and its firefighter union plan to meet tomorrow afternoon. they will discuss the union's latest proposal in hopes getting some laid-off firefighters back to work. 49 lost their jobs last week. >>> in just a few hours, oakland airport will roll out its new body scanners. it has the ability to pinpoint hidden explosives and other contraband. the body scanners will be in terminal one which serves alaska, delta and jetblue among other airlines. passengers who decline the scan will have to submit to a patdown. >>> we are just hearing about a new accident on highway 1. sou

images of underwater creatures off the spectacular new images of underwater creatures off the coast of indonesia. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry and today we begin with five years later. hurricane katrina moved into the gulf of mexico five years ago this week before growing into one of the most devastating hurricanes in u.s. history. nbc's jay gray is in new orleans where the city that was hardest hit is still struggling to recover. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. a testimony to the violent power of the storm, the definitetation that still lingers here. katrina almost as strong as the unbreakable spirit of the survivors here. the storm's been gone for a long time now. the casinos are up and running again in mississippi. the excitement of mardi gras, and the surprise super bowl win of the beloved but beleaguered saints have all been reasons to celebrate along the gulf coast. still, the images and painful emotions from hurricane katrina linger. in

while india and indonesia are serious asia producers. vietnam, with an 18 million bag harvest in 2009, is number two in the world. this dwarfs its neighbour's output - though china is doubling production to 1.5 million bags by 2015, by doubling the area under cultivation. >>reporter: it can do this as yunnan today uses only 10 percent of its territory that's suitable for coffee growing - and the province is keen to utilise much more, with an eye on the rapidly growing domestic market. >>lu: china makes up one-fifth of the world's population. so, its potential share of today's globalcoffee consumption could be a hundred billion dollars. but at present, the chinese consume just around 4 billion dollars of coffee products. so there's good potential. >>reporter: sure, this heady comparison relies on coffee having a widespread appeal - not just among the urban middle class. that said, the big brands are now interested in working with the authorities to help develop the industry. >>lu: this will help the yunnan coffee industry with regard to p

which are not affected by any conflict with the west the whole of north africa turkey saudi arabia indonesia the list goes on these conflicts such as they are are fairly straight forward to diplomatic political and to some extent ideological conflicts largely associated with the middle east and problem so i really don't think that the conflicts that have broken out bear out the civilizational paradigm it should be added by the way that the biggest conflict in world history since the second world war is one that nobody hardly ever mentions and that is the war in the congo which has claimed millions of lives it's a far higher death toll than any of the other conflicts that we usually talk about in these discussions and i'm pretty sure that nobody would want to argue that that was a civilizational conflict either. shereen you want to jump in there real quick. yeah i just wanted to say also another thing that we must also understand that when you look at things and pieces think term even. distinguishes cultural fault lines let's say that the within societies that have historically been christian

a lot of people in indonesia are fleeing from a volcano that's been erupting. here are some of the 30,000 people who have had to leave their homes when that volcano started erupting last week. today the volcano is spewing hot ash and rock. shelters are overcrowded and authorities are worried about disease. like california, indonesia is on the so-called rim of fire, the ark of volcanos and faultlines that trigger earthquakes. >>> these little balls are called sea bombs, they were created by a group of green activi activists in the '70s, they would toss the balls over the fence, it would rain and the flowers would sprout. >> he inherited some gum ball machines. so he said let's take that avocado-sized sea bomb and turn it into something that fits into a gum ball machine. >> one seed bomb contain 500 seeds, costs 50 cents. >> those are the worst-tasting doughnut holes in the world. >> not meant to be eaten. >> we know about bobblehead night at the ballpark, but now they have video camera night. it looks like a baseball. this is a free video camera from flip video

. >> volcano experts are warning there could be more eruptions from a volcano in western indonesia that hasn't been active 400 years. an eruption yesterday spewed sand and ash about a mile into the air. there's lava flow near the volcano's crater. authorities evacuated 10,000 people as a precautionary measure. indonesia tv reports dust and ash has killed one person and hospitalized dozens of others. >> we've seen an explosion of 3-d movies in recent years and now manufacturers are selling 3-d tv's. but little is known about the effects of 3-d vision on our brains. now, researchers at u.c. berkeley are applying cutting edge technology in the drive to discover its impact. richard hart reports. >> avatar is acknowledged to be the best live action 3-d movie yet. a camera like this was used for most of it. >> headaches and discomfort that's caused by the image that your eyes and brain don't expect are now gone when the 3-d 1 produced correctly. >> when it's not produced correctly? >> i know what to look for and once you see the problems they drive you nuts. >> martin is breaking new ground i

. ♪ >> en indonesia el agua llegÓ al techo. los que tenÍan cÁmara a mano no perdieron el tiempo. este es el video de sumatra. las casas quedaron sumergidas. la gente corrÍa. las imagenes hacen estremecer. carros flotando y casas que desaparecÍan. los mas afortunados veÍan desde los techos. ahora solo les queda agradecer que sobrevivieron. las playas que fueron destinos de turismo no escaparon al tsunami. miren como quedaron. imagenes que hay que ver para creer. las olas se estrellaban. ♪ en thailandia un hombre mostrÓ el terror marino. pero por suerte estaba en un edificio alto pero cuando el agua bajo, aparecieron los cuerpos de las personas que no pudieron escuchar los gritos de advertencia. en la calles, hubo gente que camino por las aguas, la gente querÍa un lugar donde refugiarse. aquÍ vemos las olas. en el sudeste asiatico, miles de lugares turisticos fueron borrados. ♪ la india fue otro de los paises azotados. miren bien como el agua se retira. y se levanta una ola y arrastra la costa. lo insolito es que todos se salvaron. en sri lanka la situaciÓn fue asombrosa

. >>> plus more volcanic activity in indonesia. we'll tell you how many people have been forced to evacuate. >>> good morning. 880 traffic looking good in both directions. we'll tell you more about traffic and the bay area weather straight ahead. >>> good morning. low clouds and fog around. but the overnight lows are running about 10 degrees warmer. once that burns off we'll translate that into warmer afternoon highs. mainly inland 80s to 90s. but 6 0z and 70s coast and bay side. >>> welcome back. good morning to you. here's a quick look at some top stories we're following right now at 5:44. the f.a.a. is investigating an overnight air emergency involves a flight out of sfo. from san francisco to sydney, australia, had to turn around over the pacific ocean after losing an engine. the jet had 231 passengers on board. it did land safely back in san francisco a short time later. >>> investigators also want to know if two men arrested in the netherlands were actually conducting a dry run for a potential terrorist attack. those men were

the agency says it was centered in eastern indonesia after the island. it was about 54 miles beneath the ocean floor. that was the epicenter. no immediate reports of injuries or damage or if a tsunami alert has been issued but we'll keep our eye on that. we have a 6.5 moderate earthquake reported in indonesia. >> a water main break in petaluma has shut down one of the main streets. it shorted before 9:00 last night when water was seeping out of the ground on petaluma boulevard and western avenue. there was little flooding but the street has buckled. authorities closed off traffic in both directions so water crews could dig up the streets to repair the break. >> we have the assistance of petaluma police to block off the area. we don't want vehicles and or people through the area due to the potential of any sink holes and what not. >> there is no word how long it's going to take before that section of petaluma boulevard reopens. >> today oakland international becomes the latest bay area airport to offer state of the art security screening. start using adva

in our last 30 minutes a powerful earthquake hit in the waters of indonesia it happened about 530 or so it had a magnitude of 655 is now been downgraded to a 6.3 you can see it here and just off of sullies the island. about 54 mi. of vinny's the ocean for so far no reports of damage. saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free.

one of indonesias most active volcanoes erupted this morning meeting several people badly injured. the mounds spewed lava and hot-hundreds of yards into the release for villagers living on amounts slopes are missing. the volcano's last eruption in july caused nearly 4000 people to be evacuated from five villages indonesias located on so-called pacific ring of fire. will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney huge sale this friday and saturday, you can get huge savings on hot looks for school this year. save huge with night and day doorbusters. get huge savings on $4.99 juniors' arizona favorite tees. and $9.99 guys' and men's shorts. save huge on juniors' shoes: 50% off olsenboye, decree, and arizona. and save huge with $9.99 total girl skinny jeans. it's all saving, no waiting with instant money. 10 bucks back on the spot when you spend 50. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. new look, new year, who knew! jcpenney. you can connect to the internet at blazing fast speeds. wow, look at that! so you can go online and check out the

the rare natural disaster forcing thousands of people to evacuate in indonesia. >>> ktvu has learned that the man accuser of shooting a fremont police officer has now confessed. ktvu's claudine wong is at highland hospital where the officer is still being treated. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes, it looks like it will be a long road ahead for officer todd young. the good news, he's been upgraded from critical condition to serious condition. that came from a nursing supervisor here at highland hospital. we also have witnessed the steady stream of people to visit him. there was a fremont officer here this morning even before the sun came up coming to the hospital. he didn't talk this morning. you have to remember this has been a very difficult time for family, friends and the law enforcement community. officer young has made it through two surgeries. but there's still a long road ahead. the fremont police chief telling the "chronicle" that young has talked to his children and his wife has been at his side. he's been heavily sedated through this process. it'

pasado al club deportivo de españa real madrid , este traspaso seria la 14 movida , las autoridades de indonesia invitaran a la selección de argentina contra brasil que se jugaria en brasil , el cobro es más de 2 millones de dólares por cada país , se viene la fase de grupos en los concacaf >> el club deportivo santos (torreón, coahuila) jugara y además del club deportivo toluca (toluca, estado de mñxico) , el club deportivo seattle sounders tambiñnv , la liga nacional de basquetball, national basquetball asociation (nba) los el equipo de los golden state warriors contra el otro , los equipos de el estado de california podrían mejorar pero parece que no , mael estado de ramireez podría jugar en new york yankees , pasando por los dodgers los Ángeles , así llegamos al final (música) >> en un grupo de jóvenes han perdido la audicion lo que podría traer problemas en la escuela , se pide que bajen el volumen de los audifonos , un joven no podría escuchar ni a su

indonesia jonathan blum kron 4 news. >> another great day across the bay area this afternoon to go look for mount tam cam you can see the sun shining clouds push we have short if we did see another day of sunny skies along the coast a look at our current condition 63 have one day, 62 in san francisco stain on the mild side there but cooler in the spots just 80 degrees there only 77 in antioch. 82 and now, 67 sambar file and '70s to the bay area. temperatures warm back up tomorrow to look attractive forecast coming up a bit. >> grape growers and winemakers in the not the ballot are dealing with the cool season for grape growing the milder temperatures as put the one making a few weeks behind than usual. at napa valley grape growers have been gathering people from the industry they're beginning to talk about the outlook. the harvest to about six weeks away the weather of the next month or so they say will determine the quality of the grapes. they are comparing the season to the seasons of 1999 and 2005 which were good because they say those were particularly good years for flavorful wine.

>> um -- indonesia. >> virginia? i don't know. >> no idea. >> southern state, um, tennessee, georgia? >> not here in the states. >> indonesia? >> texas? >> do you know where barack obama was born? >> um, hawaii? >> i don't know. >> i know. in a cabin. >> jimmy: i think he may be thinking of a different president. well -- we're dumb, what are you going to say? this afternoon, a federal judge overturned proposition 8 which banned gay marriage in california, which came as great news for both gays and wedding planners, though that might be redundant. opponents of same sex marriage will now appeal to the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco, which, good luck there. [ laughter ] you'd have better luck with a show of hands at a lady gaga concert. so, there you go, guillermo. pick out a dress. we're doing this. >> yeah? oh, no. [ applause ] no. >> jimmy: he wants me to get down on the knee and propose and do the whole thing. very traditional, yes, he is. one unlikely supporter of gay marriage is our republican gov

from canada, taiwan, indonesia, china, and hong kong. we have signatures of our neighbors and members of the local chinatown association organization that has a 150-year history in the audience tonight. we have a 97-year-old lady in the audience tonight to see if we improve. >> happy birthday. [applause] >> in the audience tonight are members of the public to support 605 kearny street, and i would like to thank them all and ask them to stand up to be acknowledged. commissioner garcia: maybe we need to see who was against it. it's seems like everybody stood up. >> thank you. san francisco is a great city with great people and a great government. the government believes in protecting our property rights and the rights of our citizens. when the project is finished, we will gladly pay the increased property tax. the business and local sales tax revenue will help the city. we are living in tough economic times. i hope the board will please support the request to proceed with this project. it will be a great addition to chinatown and to san fr

. >> this morning, thousands of refugees from a volcano in indonesia are flooding shelters. today the volcano is spewing hot ash and rock. shelters are overcrowded and authorities are worried about disease. indonesia is on the so-called rim of fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines that trigger earthquakes. it's 5:45 rating now. >> we will check traffic and weather in a moment. first a scare in the air for hundreds of passengers and crew for a qantas airline bound for australia. it had to make an emergency landing in san francisco overnight. bob redell is live from sfo with a look at what happened. >> reporter: the word came across the intercom on qantas flight 74, word that any of us as a passenger would dread to hear. an engine has blown up. and boy, did it every. the still fphotos show the damage. the flight took off about 11:00. about 20 minutes into the flight, passengers say they experienced something very unnerving. the captain said the plane was still safe to fly, and the captain was right. all 220 on board arrived here after midnight. no word on what caused the en

in indonesia. in the ground. the ritz hotel hotel the new millennium hotel in chile you can see. kind of a mission marco result hotel. with. the . riviera hotel in the congo cintra hotel. this used to be somebody's car and this was once a very nice view of the forest fires raged on leaving the charred ruins. the crisis by wildfires are raging across russia shows little sign of easing the forecasters promising no change of wind all falling temperatures this week. the kremlin like the rest of moscow is shrouded in a blanket of talks of small as death rates double and many people flee to cities. plus no news sixty five years after the u.s. dropped a second bomb. survival school for complete global nuclear. and on the business. faces possible closure we look at the future of travel in russia. not small. in just twenty minutes. coming to you live from moscow this is auntie a very warm welcome to. millions of russians living under a suffocating blanket of small hoping for a change in weather conditions but forecasters say it's unlikely to come this week for days now. is caused by fores

. >> india, algeria, and now indonesia say that they what? this, too. for the company that makes them -- say they want to them, too. for the company, that makes it difficult. >> it makes it sound like they do not want the device to be used. >> but barrett -- black birds are now still working. that has -- blackberrys or now still working. that has raised speculation that they have reached a deal. >> scientists are turning to a vast collection of sea creatures in the gulf of mexico to help them understand the impact of the bp oil spill. the smithsonian has collected a massive invertebrates for the last 30 years. it allows them to look at what the ecosystem looked like before this bill. -- before the spill. >> in this huge mayor house -- in this huge warehouse in maryland, there's this secret. >> in order to measure the effects, you have to know how the chrysostom was before the oil spill. we have about 93,000 samples of life. >> he is in charge of the collection which began in earnest 30 years ago. it includes in vertebrates, such as the gigantic casanova

. >> carolyn: a volcano in western indonesia has rerunted for the first anytime 400 years. it has thrown sand and ash up into a mile in the air. experts say there's been some lava flow near the crater as well. 10,000 people have been evacuated. indonesian television reports respiratory complications from dust and ash has killed one burn and hospitalized dozen of others. there has been no major property damage. >> people in the caribbean are bracing for hurricane earl. that storm is forecast to hit the islands later tonight. earl has sustain winds of 75-miles-an-hour. the storm is expected to strengthen as it moves over warmer waters. puerto rico and the virgin islands are also in earl's path, and it could hit the east coast of the u.s. later this week. leigh glaser is tracking earl for us and is here with more. >> leigh: i want to point out the other hurricane we have been focusing on the past couple of days, and this is hurricane danielle. this is moving away from us. so we're saying goodbye to that one. this is hurricane earl, winds have just increased, at 85 miles-per-ho

an earthquake in eastern indonesia magn >>> good morning. it is tuesday, the 3rd of august. just checking the wires here and we are getting word out of jakarta that there's been a 6.5 earthquake that hit eastern indonesia. that's all that's being reported. we'll let you know more. >>> elizabeth wenger has traffic. >> good morning. overall things look pretty good. we have a live picture along the peninsula. this is 101 in palo alto near embarcadero road. those headlights are traffic southbound, taillights northbound. it looks good along the peninsula on 101 and 280 so thank you to our photographer out there. to the maps we have had one accident so far reported this morning against the commute and so far i have been watching not really seeing any big delays eastbound 80 at willow it's been hercules, not really impacting westbound 80 either. bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights, no delay, construction picked up at 5a there was a stall reported on the lower deck but that's gone and mass transit is all running on time. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >>

in indonesia oh jeez available in the ground zero for sure it's a media hutto the ritz carlton hotel a little hotel the film of the millennium hotel in china you can see since hotel mccomb rocks hotel macaron grand lido hotel macau the venetian marco resort hotel resort of the so. when resorts mcconnell's beverly plaza hotel macau riviera hotel because cintra hotel mckown. the toxic smoke that's why it had moscow finally lifts but the record heat wave shows no signs of abating hundreds of wildfires still burning in western and central russia with flames now reaching areas contaminated by the sure.

and it hit on the waters off of indonesia's eastern coast. so far there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. the closest city is 110 miles from that epi doctor. >>> a river outing in louisiana ended horribly when fire officials say six teenagers drowned. they were playing in the red river near shreveport last night when fire officials say they stepped into a drop off of water more than 20 feet. crews were able to rescue a seventh teenager. the teens range in age from 13 to 18 years old and reportedly with adults, but no one in the group could swim. >>> late last night the city council voted against placing a controversial measure on the november ballot that would have effected how the city conducts labor negotiations with its police and fire unions. the measures would have eliminated the city charter provision that allows a legal arbitrator to make the final decision when talks stall between the city and firefighter or police unions. the city council says it needs more time to study that issue. >>> in san jose city officials in the

it hit in the waters off of indonesia's eastern coast. fortunately so far there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage and the closest city is 110 miles from the epi center. >>> a tragic ending to an outing in louisiana when six teenagers drowned. they were playing in the red river when fire officials say they stepped into a drop off into water that was more than 20 feet deep. crews were able to rescue a seventh teenager. those teenagers were between the ages of 13 and 18. they were reportedly with adults but no one in that group was able to swim. officials say the victims are from two families, three brothers brother in one and two brothers and a sister in the other. >>> used by most states across the nation, the state board approved the switch yesterday to help give kids what it calls a stronger more organized approach to math and english and give california a better shot at winning the federal race to the top education grant. california's current curriculum was considered one of the best when it was adopted 13 years ago. the ne

and a volcano in indonesia eruns for the first time in 400 years. join us for those stories at 6:00. the annual emmy awards are getting underway in los angeles. celebrities strutting the red carpet included hidy klum, and musician jewel, who is performing tonight. conan oboundary is up -- o'brien is up for

over the last two years, 455 people have come to japan from indonesia and the philippines in the hopes of becoming full-fledged nurses under economic partnership agreements, but only three of them have passed the national certification examination due to the difficulty of the japanese language. with the advice of experts, the health ministry has decided to replace many of the difficult technical terms on the exam with words that are easier to understand. the ministry also decided to provide pronunciation guides for difficult kanji or chinese characters and to include the english words for japanese names of diseases. those who wish to continue to work as nurses in japan have to pass the examination within three years. the health ministry hopes the new examination will help reduce the difficult challenges facing the nurses. >>> toyota motor has developed a special device that makes its noiseless hybrid vehicles a bit noisier. the aim is to alert pedestrians to the presence of the cars as they approach. because hybrid vehicles make virtually no noise when they are running at low speed, ja

facing increased pressure from several other countries, including the united arab emirates, india, and indonesia, which needs access to data. >> we want to install [unintelligible] >> many business people use the smartphone for e-mails, but many younger people prefer blackberries in countries with strict moral codes. the messaging function cannot be intercepted, giving users freedom to flirt, for instance. >> that is your business update. >> in sports, world record holder a olympic champion usain bolt has been defeated for the first time in two years. he lost to american. at the meeting in stockholm, gay hedged out bolt. bolt took silver. richard thompson came in third. in soccer, the draw is set for the qualifying rounds of the euro bleak. germany will take on a tough opponent in south rea. we will have an easier time of its when we play [unintelligible] on the ukrainian side, stuttgart meets [unintelligible] the rman national squad returns to action on wednesday, when they play a friendly in copenhagen. two new faces will be headed to the danish capital. only eight members of the world cup squ