thailand is such an export driven economy. to what extent does the euro crisis might impact thailand's ability to recover? >> frankly, i am really worried. i follow the development in the euro zone closely. my heart goes to people in europe. i hope they can solve the problem. kamel, the emerging markets in asia -- on the whole, the emerging markets in asia is going to be sheltered. the banking system we have in asia is very strong. at the same time, we're going to drive our economy with domestic. this will compensate. the spending to rebuild thailand and to better manage the training system is a blessing in disguise in the face of the head winds coming from europe and even the u.s. >> gradually come up the water has drained away. the rubbish has been removed. it will take a long time and a lot of money before homes and businesses are fully restored. >> there is a new team in charge in spain. >> many people are asking the same questions. it is the hope of the new prime minister, he has announced a cabinet. some of his choices h

we've got the traffickers from thailand as well. and somebody who is sorting out the proceeds and money-laundering as well. >> in order to secure convictions in britain for all of these involved in lilly's case, it's essential she positively identifies her traffickers. for her own safety, lilly is now in the witness protection program in thailand. but in an incredible act of bravery, she agrees to return to the uk to help identify and convict her traffickers. >> i was quite surprised that she actually would agree to come back. she has no reason to support prosecution. but she seems still very determined in the fact that she's going to still support us, which is a very positive thing. >> it is a big day for our inquiry. a big chunk of evidence. the identification evidence. >> so as not to be accused of influencing lilly, officer tomlinson and clement can't be there at the identification process. >> just give us a call. >> the first procedure is for gomart, where she will be shown -- the victim, will be shown a series of images, and a

we're going to begin tonight with this item sent by mcot, thailand. thailand and cambodia have agreed to set up a joint panel to oversee the troop withdrawal from their disputed border, complying with the order of the international court of justice. the decision was reached after the two nations defense ministers met in phnom penh on wednesday. they agreed to allow international observers to supervise the pullout. thailand and cambodia have been involved in skirmishes since a world heritage site was established by unesco. three years ago. >>> malaysian prime minister unveiled the country's new bank notes in kuala lumpur on wednesday. the five denominations have enhanced security features and include elements of malaysia's national treasures, culture and heritage. the 20 ringgit bill is being reintroduced. the central bank is reissuing three special bank notes to mark the occasion. >>> iranians celebrated the longest night of the year on wednesday. on yaoga night family and friends get together to enjoy eating pomegranates, watermelons and nuts, they l

we're going to begin tonight with this item sent by mcot, thailand. thailand and cambodia have agreed to set up a joint panel to oversee the troop withdrawal from their disputed border, complying with the order of the international court of justice. the decision was reached after the two nations defense ministers met in phnom penh on tuesday. they agreed to allow international observers to supervise the pullout. thailand and cambodia have been involved in skirmishes since a world heritage site was established by unesco. >>> prime minister kula lum purr on wednesday. the five denominations have enhanced security features and include elements of malaysia's national treasures, culture and heritage. the 20 ringgit bill is being reintroduced. the central bank is reissuing three seshl bank notes to mark the occasion. >>> iranians celebrated the longest night of the year on wednesday. on yaoga night family and friends get together to enjoy eating pomegranates, watermelons and nuts, they listen to ancient tales and read poems and recite versions of the koran.

intel says a drop in hard drive production in thailand will cut revenue this quarter by $1 billion. now intel predicts revenues of $13.7 billion, but as darren gersh reports, many investors are not as bullish as intel. >> reporter: after appearing to dismiss the impact of flooding in thailand on its business, intel today changed its story. and sanford c. bernstein semiconductor analyst stacy rasgon says investors do not like it when that happens so quickly. >> the perception that people had walking out of recent meetings with management-- again, very recently, even within the last couple of weeks- - was different than the outlook they provided today, and so whenever you are providing communication to the street which is at odds with a result you eventually post, that is always a bad thing. people don't like to see that. >> reporter: intel told analysts today the company expects hard drive production from thailand will pick up by the first half of 2012 and with it demand for intel chips should recover too. morningstar analyst brian colello sees the flood as a timing issue, not an ind

but myanmar close the checkpoint in july, 2010, to protest thailand's move it reinforce the river bank. this caused a serious shortage of goods in areas including their largest city. >> translator: i am glad that we can reassume active business operations with the thai people. >> translator: it's good for both countries. no one benefited from closing the checkpoint for so long. >> myanmar decided to reopen the checkpoint last week after thailand suspended its construction. >> the elections on sunday ensured the first change of power in eight years. and slovenia's first in three years. croatia's election administration committee says that with about 70% of the votes counted, opposition coalitions left by the social democrats had taken 78 seats in the country's 151-seat parliament. slovenia's seats said that they have won 28 seats while the government and social democratic party has won only 10 down from its current 29. since the end of the conflict in the former yugoslavia, croatia and slovania enjoyed sharp economic growth but the economies have weakened in the wake of the european deb

this is just another weather feature that is affecting parts of thailand. again, you can hear those waves crashing. as we go through today, we'll continue to see rough waves as well as tomorrow. as i take you back over, i want to point out to you, looks fairly quiet across parts of thailand. a lot of moisture over towards the east in the south china sea. if you remember early, we showed you a live shot coming out of hong kong. it was beautiful out there. we have this big ridge of high pressure. this is setting up what is triggering these strong waves across parts of thailand. so, again, one more day for bad weather across this region. we also continue to follow parts of the philippines. of course, they're cleaning up. we do know the death toll now is reportedly 1,400 people. let me correct that for you. do know that we just got updated information. looks like it was reduced from 1,453 down to 1,249. this is following that tropical storm washi that made land fall ton the 15th and the 16th down to southern parts of the philippines. see for yourself, a lot of

honda has plants in thailand. there were in the process of restoring this factory before resuming operations. to make sure that none of these cars and make it onto the market they're using a particular serial number and posting it on there website. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at where it is foggy in vallejo. the carquinez bridge. if >>janu: overnight, a lot of cloud cover and a slight chance of sprinkles. phosphor for take a look at the visibility map. less than a quarter of a mile of visibility in fairfield napa and nevada. we have made significant improvements in santa rosa. on top of all the fog box temperatures are not nearly as cold as they were yesterday. he take a look at fairfield hovering below freezing coming in at 31 degrees. upper thirties in the north bay. take a look at those forties south of the golden gate bridge. downtown san francisco at 45 degrees. 45 in mountain view. into the afternoon, plenty of the '50s. some breaks of sunshine. 55 on tap for oak

to thailand last week by japan. the aid is based on last october's agreement amongst asean countries to provide rice to each other in this sort of emergency. >> translator: huge amounts of flood waterway more than normal inundated our land this year. we must make efforts to grow rice in other ways less vulnerable to natural disasters. >> reporter: the worst flood esktsd 1.4 million farmers and agriculture damage about $3.2 billion. rice farmers that provide the staple food were severely effected. this 49-year-old is a farmer. two months ago in a matter of hours, his land was submerged by the floods. it has been underwater ever since. his house was also destroyed. his family and relatives now live together in a makeshift shelter by the paddie fields. most of his farm equipment was also ruined. he repairs his tools, even though there's little prospect of him working again any time so soon. >> translator: all of my farmland was inundated. i have no idea what i should do now after this disaster. >> reporter: after this

on monday, this he reopened a checkpoint on a bridge at the border with thailand. the crossing had been closed for nearly a year and a half. we have the details. >> reporter: after one year and five months, myanmar and thai border bridge just opened today. on monday, representatives from both countries celebrated the opening of the crossing thanking them in myanmar and thailand. home appliances and dairy supplies streamed over the bridge into myanmar. myanmar unilaterally closed the checkpoint last year in protest against the thai government to reinforce bans concerning myanmar. the closure caused a serious shortage of goods in myanmar's largest city. after thailand suspended the project, myanmar decided to reopen the checkpoint last week. >> translator: i am glad that we can reassume active business operations with the thai people. >> it's good for both countries. no one benefited from closing the checkpoint for so long. >> this is a thai border town of meso. the market here, you can feel expectations are high and lead up to the bored opening. immigrants from myan

but interesting enough, in thailand, another story about freedom of speech. a thai-born american has just got 2 1/2 years in thailand for an insault to the monarchy. what he did was he took the illegal -- well, the banned biography of the king of thailand and he translated it into english. this is the unauthorized biography. so what he got when he went back to thailand for doing that, just an unauthorized biography, not totally complimentary to the royal family in thailand -- 2 1/2 years. >> he didn't write it, he actually just translated it? >> he just translated it into english. for doing that, 2 1/2 years. what do these two stories show us? again just how we value freedom of speech here in this country. something we take for granted. so there in saudi arabia, 500 lashes and a year for so-called blasphemy, and then joe gordon in thailand, 2 1/2 years for speaking out against the king who by the way is 84 and the longest reigning monarch in the world. >> can you say anything about anybody in this country almost and get away with it. unfortunately, some peopl

. >> a court in thailand has sentenced two u.s. citizens to prison for life for defaming the royal family. they've posted pictures on line while living in the united states. they raised questions about the efficacy of ty law outside of thailand. >> still to come -- ♪ 70 years on and the united states remembers the attack on pearl harbor that thrust them into world war ii. one of the most wanted mafia leaders and has been captured after spending more than a 15 years on the run. he was found hiding in a concrete bunker beneath a building in naples. police say they only managed to get to them after cutting off his electricity and air and then used a drill to make a hole in the bunkers thick walls. the piece from the very start does contain some flash photography. >> moments after the arrest, police officers delighted by their success. they just captured one of the most wanted men in italy. he was detained after more than 15 years on the run. the security forces have thrown everything into this major operation. dozens of officers pou

as was thailand because japan has no natural resources per se oil, natural gas, are rare earth metals are precious metals that are needed for the peacetime economy this is why the empire expanded out to plunder those resources that they need but the philippines were rich of natural resources and precious metals but govett was clearly targeted as was time and but among the navy men with they really wanted to do was a culture on the part of the japanese so that it is true but they really planted to decapitate the british and military presence in the central and western pacific then have their region all to themselves without any interference from the allied powers. >> you mentioned one character? >> his occupation of postwar japan should have earned him the nobel peace prize. he was able to do it better and especially in berlin cutting the three or four sections which was ludicrous to lead to the division and the most conservative say it is astonishing that churchill was there. not just roosevelts trying to take off eastern europe macarthur would not take any guff from the russians they

he had come to thailand for medical treatment. he pleaded guilty in october. today, his hopes are pinned on a leniency sentence. a high degree and reverence is shown by the thai public for the king. he celebrated his 84th birthday on monday. he has been in the hospital since 2009. he is the world's longest reigning monarch. he has been on the throne for 65 years. gordon is charged with posting excerpts' of unauthorized biography of the king. the majesty lot perfecting -- protecting -- of the law protecting the monarchy are the harshest in the world. the u.s. was unequivocal, gordon's treatment was unfair. >> he is being sentenced for his right to freedom of expression, which is an internationally recognized enormous human rights. >> the authorities have expanded the scope of their pursuit of the targets of the controversial laws. the colorado car salesmen is hoping that he might be granted a parting. -- a pardon. >> this guys were closed, airports were in chaos, airports were cutting the cost. that was the scene last year when a volcanic ash cloud blew over eu

. >>> and a trickle of tourists return as thailand recovers from devastating floods. >>> the timing could hardly have been worse. just as leaders of the euro-zone's biggest economies put on a united front standard & poor's threw a big spanner into the works and put 15 euro-zone nations under review for possible downgrade including germany and france an put the brakes on the rally we've been seeing. >> we'll bring you numbers and detail in a moment. suffice it to say europe apart from the uk is off by 1%. have a look. these are the 17 that all use the euro. greece's credit rating reflects a high rick of default and cyprus which was already under review. as s&p mentioned they placed the remaining on review for gowngrade. that means there is a 50% chance of a downgrade in the next 90 days. the countries under review include these six which have the top rating aaa, austria, fin lapd, france, germany, luxembourg and the internet l netherlands. and as you said, the timing is odd, here we are making progress on the political front an now s&p has dropped this enormous thing into the works. >> abs

on monday they reopened a check point on a bridge at the border with thailand. it had been closed for nearly a year and a half and nhk world has the details. >> after one year, myanmar on the border bridge, they just opened today. >> on monday, representatives from both countries separated by gathering at the crossing linking in myanmar. home appliances and various splice stream over the bridge into myanmar. myanmar closed the check point last year. it was a protest to reinforce the ban. the closure caused the serious shortage of goods in the largest city. after thailand suspended the project, they decided to reopen the check point last week. . >> translator: i'm glad that we can reassume active business operations with the thai people. >> translator: it's good for both countries. no one benefited from closing the check point for so long. >> this is the thai border town. the market here, you can feel expectations are high and lead up to the border reopening. immigrants account for half of the town's population of 200,000. as you would expect, products from myanm

. >>> we will have more of the fight against aids with reports from the ukraine and thailand coming up in just a few minutes. >>> she has been called a literary what this of the 21st century. she has died in berlin. she was 82. she was one of the leading writers in east germany. her life under communism and form her work. some claimed that she was too close to the regime, but her writing earned her plaudits on both sides of the iron curtain bee. >> her life and writing career were dominated by political upheaval. she lived in nazi germany and communist east germany, but it was greek mythology that inspired two of foremost inspired works, recounting aged myths to explore contemporary themes. >> it continues to occupy me how early civilizations and the history of other people's is still visible today. >> christa wolf grew up in the 1930's in what is now western poland. she studied the literature and worked for a publisher before starting to write for herself. her breakthrough came in the 1960's, but her strong subjective writing style was met with increasing criticism. she moved to the c

it says the flooding in thailand has hurt production and caused a worldwide hard drive shortage. that means it will fall well short of its original sales forecast. perhaps not surprising when you see just how closely thailand has been tied into global production, particularly for the chip that is g into these hard drives. that's what the reaction was on the street. the stock down by more than 4% on the nasdaq. that made the chip maker one of the biggest losers. intel now says that it expects that fourth quarter revenues will total about $13.7 billion, well short of its original estimate of $14.7 billion. the problems don't end there, though. intel expects the global hard disk drive shortage to continue in the first quarter of 2012. take a look at this. this is what happened to the asia techs here. the announcement from intel, big knock-off effect as it does from this part of the world. samsung down by more than 3%. tokyo electron down by 1.3. acor and add venn sent down 2.5%. when intel coughs, the rest of the tech sector at least in asia gets a cold, nina. >> indeed, andrew. we

so by going into thailand you could achieve -- achieve two goals. cut the burma road. >> i just thought there was also a greater threat perhaps in indonesia with more having really more natural resources. >> they had put in french indochina over 100,000 troops. it was only really one place to go from there, and that is to go into thailand. .. >> we're going to go to a question over here. >> you, you mentioned that kimmel was a scapegoat -- >> right. >> and you also mentioned admiral stark was a cno in 941, yet admiral king was the cno for most of the war. >> right. >> was there transitions in leadership where heads were cut off because of wrong place, wrong time? >> no, you know, the roosevelt cabinet did not change, george marshall was the secretary of the army for the duration, stitchson and -- stimson and hall were in place all the time. really the only significant change was of kimmel in the pacific. other than that, there was not a lot. as it turns out, roosevelt had patton and mcarthur and anymore mets and others who emerged as heros of world

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the north of thailand, a city that is at the center of this. it what do they hope for from this visit from mrs. clinton? >> i think that they hope that this real engagement by the data stage -- by the united states may produce rewards, the incentives may prove enough to continue this reform process, but there are real doubts, in particular they were about the fact that more political prisoners have not yet been released. we've been talking with people who say there are those in jail whose terms have been extended recently. it is still a case of two steps forward, one step back. there is also the issue of economic minorities. clinton will be meeting with ethnic minority leaders today. the key idea is to have a big conference that would bring together all ethnic leaders and opposition leaders and the burmese government together to try to work out a plan so that everyone can benefit in the new burma, but there is a long way to go before we get to that point. >> the burmese government has made reforms, released political prisoners to try to secure

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other japanese car makers operating in thailand already resumed production in november. >>> now next to myanmar, it's considered one of southeast asia's poorest nations. but new economic opportunities are starting to emerge at last. u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, suggested during her historic visit this month that the united states might consider lifting sanctions, if myanmar continues to move towards democracy. now foreign investors are getting increasingly confident that the reclusive country's fortunes may be about to change. nhk world's jun kobayashi has this report from yangon. >> reporter: the lifestyles of people in myanmar are changing as their country becomes more democrat. ic. >> the price of used cars is dropping, attracting more customers. the previous military regime is said to have raised funds by imposing a tariff of about $13,000 on imported cars. the new administration abolished some of those fees. as a result, prices of some secondhand cars halved over the last three months. >> translator: the models that i couldn't afford to buy before, have now become a

most in indonesia, sri lanka, and thailand. people gathered at memorial sites to remember the victims, including in southern thailand. >> on the island of fui ket, residents and tourists come together to remember the tsunami. people released candle-lit balloons into the sky to honor the dead. on december 26, 2004, a huge earthquake off the coast of sumatra triggered a tsunami which rolled across the indian ocean. the massive waves swept away more than 5,400 people in thailand alone. half of the dead were foreign visitors. on phuket, the bodies that could be recovered were brought here for identification. this wall shielded the makeshift morgue from the public gaze. now it is a memorial, a place to leave flowers in remembrance. >> in orderic countries have been hit by a major storm with winds over 120 kilometers per hour in some places. the storm whipped up high waves off the coast. some ferry services had to be canceled. there was considerable damage to coastal areas. on land, streets and roads were blocked by debris and fallen

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a short of thailand early this morning. giant waves continue on a third day of six southern provinces along the gulf of thailand. the wind and rain has left behind trails of destruction. the big waves are as high as 5 m. there are believed to have caused monsoon search phenomenon that began on sunday. houses and structures along the shoreline have been damaged. this has forced thousands of people to evacuate. and flooding in other parts of thailand is so bad is affecting a neighboring countries livelihood. more than 1000 cars were damaged when the high waters reached a nearby factory run by japanese car maker honda. the company is in the process of restoring its factory to resume operations to ensure the quality of its products, the serial number of all cars that had stood in flood waters for weeks will be put up on honda's website for prospective buyers. this way, customers can make sure that their vehicles that were affected will not go up for sale. that factory is the second- largest in thailand. in the meantime, there i

then joe gordon in thailand, 2 1/2 years simply for speaking out against the king of thailand, who by the way is 84 and the longest reigning monarch in the world. >> you can say anything about anybody in this country almost and get away with. unfortunately, some people don't need to be talking, it seems. still, you have the right to say what you want to say. >> that's what the stories make us realize and appreciate what we have. please don't say anything you feel like, especially not today. >> nadia with the "morning passport." always a pleasure. we'll see you again shortly. >>> a shoplifter confessing and returning the money 30 years after the crime. we asked you to weigh in this morning on some of your confessions. right here, it's a sunday. go head, confess. sharkybradshaw saying, "i'd like to confess that i think i have a little crush on gary tuchman." stay with us. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for ou

joe gourd was born in thailand. he was convicted of translating excerpts of the biography of a king in thailand which is banned in thailand and then posted the excerpts online. >>> 8:16. in russia, prime minister vladimir putin accused hillary clinton of encouraging and supporting election protesters. thousands of demonstrators have filled the streets of moscow, protesting reports of fraud in sunday's parliamentary election. widespread ballot box stuffing and vote count manipulation have been reported. secretary clinton says russian voters deserve a full investigation. >>> this morning fulsom prison guards will continue to search for weapons used in yesterday's riot. the riot involved at least 50 prisons. guards fired pepper spray to get the inmates under control. but it still took them about ten minutes to do that. nine were injured. four of them are out of the hospital and back behind bars. >>> just a couple of minutes ago, former penn state coach jersey sandusky was released from jail. he posted $250,000 bail. he

and so that was, clearly a target as was thailand. but the theory was among a lot of navy men and the japanese had said as much themselves, what they really wanted to do, there was a cultural resentment on the part of the japanese that the british and americans were in the western pacific, so that is to that extent, that was true. what they really wanted to do was to decapitate the british and military presence in the central and western pacific and then have that region all to themselves without any interference from either of the allied powers. >> you've mentioned one character. want to say anything more about general mcarthur in this case? >> he was brilliant. i think that his occupation of post-war japan was, should have earned him the nobel peace prize. he was able to do it better than it was handled by america in europe, especially in berlin, cutting berlin into three sections, four sections was ludicrous. >> right. >> it led to the divisions and, of course, i think what happened at yalta was most conservatives say was astonishi