but if you look at asia pacific. foreign investment from asia pacific to russia tripled during the time of crisis there is a very important development so also in one of your recent interviews you called russia a hero pacific country does russia sate self as one i think russia should consider itself as you are a pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and our trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. eurasia country because most of its territory is in asia and there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration is europe pacific like one more country in the world which is here a pacific and that is the united states so you're pretty much answered my question but if we were as of now to say where do russia's priorities lie can it face to the eas

well, in the asia pacific region, typhoon megi is still our main story here. you can see the intensity and the scale of it from our satellite imagery. still really impacting the northern end of the philippines with strong winds as well as heavy rain. now, here's a look at your projected path. it is showing that it will continue to move very, very slowly over the south china sea, picking up a bit more energy before moving into southeastern china, possibly taiwan as well by the end of the week, making landfall here as early as saturday local time but still early to tell. it could change its course fairly quickly, so it's best to keep updated with your local weather reports and even places like hainan island and vietnam should brace yourselves and keep a very close eye on this storm system. now, of course, this is the area that has been dealing with serious flooding recently. here is a look at the situation in thailand dealing with widespread severe flooding. rescue operations still going on in central and northeastern areas dealing with lots of flooding problems

alliance with japan is the cornerstone of diplomacy in asia. clinton also said the u.s. will promote its cooperative ties with china. >> it is not in anyone's interests for the united states and china to see each other as adversaries. and we do look forward to work closely with china, both bilaterally and through key institutions as it takes on a greater role and at the same time takes on more responsibility in regional and global affairs. >> clinton called on china to address various issues including its currency and trade policies as well as north korea's nuclear development. >>> the leaders of the ten-member association of southeast asian nations, asean, say their countries should adhere to the 2002 china asean declaration designed to ensure peace and stability in the south china sea. >> disputes in the south china sea must be resolved peacefully, must be resolved through diplomacy, and must be resolved in accordance with the applicable international law including the law of the sea. >> asean leaders discussed territorial disputes between china and some of its members

it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable governme

europe and asia and such as. china and japan it will be unified rates as well as no time lost at the border controls. transport from asia to finland takes fifty days. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment the rail cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable. are still too small. just cannot compete if we speak of. the competition between rail and. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. need to be lowered. which is very. expensive. right about going to meet the press is yes so cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers to try and save you in route fill an even sharper thirty percent through coverage this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. . i'm not sold the business years from now but you can always read stories if you look on twelve website at slash. imagine your life big city. crystal clear water. or galaxy. living in harmo

overseas sales were especially strong in asia and north america. for the whole business year endinging next march, honda expects net profit of about $6.2 billion, up 86% from the previous year. the company noted that the strong yen will cut into both sales an profit in the second half. the government terminated its ecocar subsidy car program in september and honda said this will also hurt its performance the rest of the fiscal year. >>> japan's unemployment rate was 5% in september marking a third straight month of improvement. that's 0.1 percentage points better than august and seasonally adjusted terms. the internal afairs ministry said on friday the job else figure totalled 3.4 million, that's down 230,000 from a year earlier. on the other hand, the number of people with jobs stood at just over 63 million. that's up 140,000 from the same month last year. it is the first increase in two months. separately, a report from the labor ministry shows job availability in september improved for a fifth straight month. the ministry says 55 positions were

we see long-term growth in asia. >> so does everyone else. the future of growth is here and it is power rain on word. -- powering onward. >> europeans are usually thinking of huge factories in the asian areas selling low- priced goods, but for one of italian city the chinese challenge is a lot closer to home. >> the color and they cost. it all says an italian. -- it all says an italian. they have some of the top fashion shops are trying out next year's fashions. >> nothing strange about that, until you see this man. he is the chinese owner of this clothing company. battalions are buying their clothes from here. >> -- battalions --italians are buying their clothes from here. there should not be a problem. within the next 50 years china will be an important country. >> the chinese have descended on this town, own it to the italian clothing industry. there could be as many as 5000 chinese factories here. many imagine italian quality, all beating italian prices. this is one of the remaining of italian-owned factories. machines appear busy but clo

policy towards asia, u.s. policy towards the region and the significance given the centrality of the issues of asia to our own security and prosperity and the importance of the dramatic changes that take place in the region for the united states and how we deal with that. i think we need to focus on asia for its global significance. the issues we're dealing with regionally or in microcosm of the big global issues of our time, whether it is energy and climate. but also is a microcosm of those issues. those countries are influential on the global stage on how we address those issues as asia plays a more prominent role and as those institutions adapt to that. the solution to most of the big global challenges require engagement by asian countries. we will not solve climate change without some of the growers and emitter's. so major it is important as a region. i think it is important to stress that the compelling case of u.s. involvement is because of the global significance as well as the regional significance. it

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the reason that growth is so strong in asia right there is because they are buying them. pause centralized economy. says they're bad on that they decided to go market oriented but russia faces stiff competition to the east most so then in western europe as china also. borders the nations of central asia which have considerable gas reserves moreover countries like to have got there first with agreements to build a pipeline and fill it with analysts suggest this has provided the final hurry up to the russian side in their negotiations for fear of losing out altogether mind in the question of business r.t. . russian markets have continued their upward trend for a second week in a row peter weston of the tongue things the dismissal of moscow's spy stopped the performance of domestic equities. we have first of all a very interesting. culminating with the. flavor. if you want russia specific factors in the market but in general it was a good week for the russian market. is very much moving along the lines of what's happening globally russia remains hostage to what we see coming

transport from asia to finland. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment they cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable as. we speak. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. the rate of our enemies of the cross is yes a cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers on the try and save beer in route fill an even sharper thirty percent through coverage this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make russian really a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. which is slow. and that's all the business he has for now but you can always read well stories if you log on to our website at www dot com slash with. little or. moscow out is coming up here on our t.v. first let's check in on the headlines there's palestinian fury as israel appoints a police chief to watch over them is accused of the brutal interrogation all arabs human rights groups fear it could lead to a growing use of torture methods that will go unpunished. and secu

pacific countries were focusing its foreign policy on asia where are the countries that will play the big hit in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe and not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe richest the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia although i'm not sure if russia needs europe. in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations. door until very recently sent like a crazy idea when now reconciliation between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians smart politicians saw this even prime minister donald tusk it was bringing poland closer to russia before the plane crash poland has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that front here it's also

even the us a pacific country is we're focusing its foreign policy on asia where each country is that will play the big roles located in asia and latin america but that's a different question now what's the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest to asia if we view europe as a landmass that reaches the pacific ocean russia and europe and not a whole but if we picture them as an alliance and we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe needs russia. thank you very much thank you. imagine your life big city. crystal clear water. organic food. living in harmony with nature. sounds impossible. some people have already chose. a place in. the future. and. update for you a close call for brazil's two presidential favorites as the race to one of the world's fastest growing economies is forced into a runoff. together money troubles the conference sounds the alarm over a loss of civil rights and a domineering. americans call drop charges against suspected russian. which again storm. special report exploring contrasts between the mass media's coverag

i would like to say that to stress that central asia kurdistan is not afghanistan. has quite a different history also during the time of the soviet union so i think. of all the parties which were registered i don't think in the extreme. it will come out of there is something which one should look at that's the fardon of eylea that's where where the unrest happened. you have also part of the verge on the valley in. the start and that's always hard ones possibly already that despite ongoing efforts the situation in the region remains unstable there are constant fears of further violence but i'm always likely to see more unrest in the country do you think in the near future. i think the major problem all the central asian countries are facing is a power shift we have quite old presidents in. kazakhstan and as we have seen twice now in kurdistan the minute the power shifts it's not only the person who goes it's the whole system which holds the president in power will do everything possibly to avoid that and stay in power and that might be a problem an initiator of unres

russians office in asia about the kind of celebrations. it's good to have a little piece of home there in moscow or so far away from home so it's really great. so it's midnight and unfinished pumpkin and i'm all alone here in the park just. about this time of night for all the ghosts of the spirits to come out. so you might not believe the evil spirits will come out of course you very. long and turbulent history it's hardly surprising that moscow is associated with many myths. from. allegedly holding the kremlin to the sculpture in the city's parks we see maybe it's our imagination and. meanwhile in another part of town arriving. many traditional russians on tap a has no place in the russian calendar some states the how to leave is a demonic celebration others believe the event is a way to express oneself dress up and simply have fun. i think why not i think it's a good way to go to be free to express yourself. streets haunted by the shadows of its traumatic history to the ghosts of so the past leaders exist well used to know . something i

in east asia we have been keeping an eye on this storm system. this tropical storm system remains a very strong typhoon and pack winds of well over 160 kilometers per hour. gusts are hitting 200 and more. very intense storm system that is now getting very close to the southern islands of japan. already bringing in these tropical storm force winds to some of these islands including okinawa. looks like it's going to remain on a north-northeasterly course over the next couple of days. getting very close or possibly making landfall in central sections of japan this weekend. a little early to say just when and where it's going to land but we will be keeping a close eye on its progress. now, for the next 24 hours we're really concerned about the rain and the stormy weather that's going to be impacting okinawa islands as well as amami region in southern japan. already heavy rainfall has been falling. looks like that will intensify over the course of today. and of course there's the strong winds, storm surges, high waves to also watch out for as well. no

transport from asia to finland. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment they cannot charge enough money to meet profitable. are still too small. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. to be lowered. in the rates of our enemies the cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers volumes on the try and save beer in route fill an even sharper thirty percent through coverage this year has been strong but much still needs to be done to make a true breach between east and west isn't a to do a business r.t. . i'm not so for now but you can always. website. slash. england and france trying to reason with hitler germany demands of the land and gets its way. into safety nets for themselves nothing like the whole of europe is in war efforts to establish a system of collective security nine hundred thirty eight failed and it's still on the agenda of. the lessons to be learned from the munich agreement on. wealthy british soil it's time to cut back on. the. market why not not. why. what's

with no sectors anywhere in asia able to match such a return. and a lot of the rise has been thanks to investment from mainland chinese buyers looking for a relatively safe investment and the chance of hong kong residency. >> the recognition of the status. so a lot in china actually do have a lot of excess cash. they tend to spend it in different cities, including hong kong. some would see hong kong also as a risk diversification. they can put some money sort of offshore, and that's attractive. in addition to the fact that some of them also get free passport for the investment in hong kong. >> reporter: and property agents here are reporting mainland buyers are going for high-end properties. >> for certain sectors, especially the primary sector and also the luxury sector, up to 35% of the purchase is from mainlanders. >> reporter: with hong kong's hilly terrain limiting the supply of suitable land for housing, demand always outstrips the supply of new apartments. and with most of the land in the hands of the hong kong government, releasing new p

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and asia and such as. china and japan it will be unified rates as well as time lost at the border controls. transport from asia to finland. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment they cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable. are still too small. just can't speak. for. the competition between rail and. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. to be lowered. rest of our bellies the prices yes the cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers williams on the try and save beer in route fill an even sharper thirty percent through covered this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make russian real we a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. . you. and that's all the business news for now but you can always read well stories if you look on twelve website. slash. wealthy british style it's time to rise. to. market find. find out what's really happening to the global economy

speaking of southeast asia. which. i think the situation here is quite more obvious than in south africa on the lights in america and i think we have actually never left the region to go for that we have friendly answers as you have our question relations with most other countries here so we have basically nothing to restore here which is need to. get those relations up to a higher level we have always been friends with the socialist republic of vietnam in those relations have now been instructed to think that this is the way to go in the future but i know what i'm saying is that we need to seek new approaches it's we can't live on. alone we need to find new projects we need to find a new series of corporation including high technology alternative energy including atomic energy. with them that we have signed an agreement on tomorrow and i think the prospects are very good here in this respect. melissa president agree with me. we. fully agree. with mr medvedev and i would also like to add. that if he had a nominee in th

transport from asia to finland. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment they cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable. are still too small. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. to be lowered. the rest of our families the course is yes a cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers williams on the try and save you in route fill an even sharper thirty percent the recovery of this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make russian real we a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. . and that's all the business news for now but you can always read well stories if you look on twelve website that's r t dot com slash is this. this place makes out. but another is it sparkles and unexplainable introduced. a place where supernatural springs are keeping. the ball if. the so. on all. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations

can you tell us why you say why is the southeast asia region so attractive for russia. while the region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia's main partners and is of course a part of bric brazil russia india and china says some experts say one of the strongest emerging economies in the world today in those poised to deal with the effects of the global financial crisis a lot better than the so-called economic giants like the united kingdom the united states and the european union so a lot of economic potential for russia to be involved with this region of course globalization has also meant that there are a lot of other interests with countries separately that make up the asia pacific region not just the a c. on or. as a whole and specifically of course russia and vietnam have a very long history together as the russian president said in an article published in the local newspaper the russian stood by the vietnamese as they fought for their independence and they will continue t

the older population of asia continues to crime. china has 1.3 billion people. india has 1.2 billion. the combined population of our countries is 600 -- is -- there are 3 billion people living in this region alone, accounting for 45% of the total population of the world. japanese companies must clearly invest actively in this best working population and enormous consumer market. last month, japan and india reached an agreement between our two countries. the vision to launch negotiations in the first place was made at a summit meeting between me and the prime minister of india. in view of the fact that the total value of trade between japan and its partners only accounts for 16.5% of japan's overall trade. japan should change its passive stance and put more energy into increasing the number of partnerships between japan and other countries. the second challenge facing japan is the rise of china. in recent years, statements made by chinese leaders in international forums such as the g-20 have drawn increasing attention. japan is no longer the spokesman for asia. t

and over in asia the shares reversed direction on monday. i mean to know what that says buying slumped on words that come from the point might be heightened well some exporters were a little on the again in stride as david told the bank of japan's policy decision. and here in moscow markets forwarding echoing global trends they also yes it's slipping into the red this hour tightly mixed among the main players the u.s. is not making any big moves to fall growth that is among the biggest losers sliding nearly one percent. moving to the car industry now after over sales rose by more than a third in the first nine months of the year supporting the company's pledge to return to profit in two thousand and ten the russian comic has sold about three hundred seventy thousand calls in the period thirty six percent more over the same time last year because the benefits of success for clunkers program in russia and subsidized loans from the government. finally one of europe's oldest male operators is thriving torture post d.h.l. says online shopping is

from asia to finland. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment they cannot charge enough money to meet profitable. are still too small. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. in the right rest of our families the price is yes a cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers williams on the try and save beer in route fillin even sharper thirty percent through covered this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make russian real we true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. just last week you. and that's all the business news for now but you can always read well stories if you look on twelve website that's called slash business. culture is that so much going to be is going to make you need to get a lot of people a fair enough but new leaders in the world polarize opinions more than venezuelan president hugo chavez is denounced by critics as a dictator what does the future. 1930's england and france try to reason with hitler'

and journalist eliza griswald on muslims and christians in african asia. additional funding by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products that's why we're your retirement company.com. also by the henry louis foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm bob alababernathy. good to have yo we us. >>> as the rescue moved forward. churches across chile held prayer vigils and special services. catholic priests and protestant pastors including baptists, ministers to the families waiting near the mine of what they called camp esperanza, hope. they also provided spiritual support to the trapped miners. sending them rosaries, bibles and mp 3players with sermons and christian music several miners said they believed god was with them throughout the ordeal. pope benedict 16th welcomed 200 catholic bishops to the vatican. the main focus of the conference is the exodus of christians from the area. israeli palestinian conflict and the war in iraq are said to have caused most of the immigration. the bishops a

by saying it out russia is to strengthen ties with the asia pacific region which continues to wow the world with its economic prowess. also this hour on the heels of a landmark joint russia u.s. anti drugs operation in afghanistan the country's foreign minister has hinted more cooperation to come. allegations of a new spy scandal could threaten relations between russia and georgia all of the experts say this is just another p.r. stunt. live from our studios here in central moscow this is. russia's nuclear energy is to vietnam this comes as present video visited a gathering of the so-called asian tigers that the region's rapid economic growth has made it an emerging powerhouse of the world. has more from. this summit has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the summits a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries