08/01/2012 Reporters

Unilever says its offer is generous. In his parents' footsteps, we look

at the next generation of India's political dynasty are set off on

the road to power. Voices of beer and a finance. The

accounts of Syrian exiles who say that Arab League managers have

failed to stop the violence. And the effect of a Korean pop

culture that is now all the rage in Japan -- Japan.

Welcome to Reporters. 2011 was a difficult year for India's

governing Congress Party. It was under pressure over corruption

scandals, rising prices and an ageing readership. The focus is

shifting to the young Rahul Gandhi, a member of the country's Nehru-

Gandhi dynasty on him that many arresting their hopes of a revival

in the party's fortune. We joined him as he campaigned in Uttar

Pradesh, India's most politically influential state.

They came in their thousands. All eyes on one young man. Rahul Gandhi.

The heir to one of the world's most powerful political dynasties. The

Congress government has always worked for your interests.

TRANSLATION: Farmers, labourers and the poorest of the poor. This

massive public rally is just one of several that Rahul Gandhi has

addressed. The people had turned out in great numbers as he pushes

on with his a campaign to revive his party's fortunes. There are

many within the Congress and outside to want to expand it and

take on a more active role in national politics. As he heads off

to the next rally they surge towards him before being pushed

back by his security. In India, the family is political loyalties to

the urge to get up close is irresistible. He obliges. He stops

for a cup of tea and a chat with the locals. It is this iconic

status that has always delivered. Congress wants to cash in on it.

is a brand they recognise. There are few political families today in

that position. All these things give the family an advantage. This

is still a feudal country. Three generations of the family have

governed India. This is also a family touched by tragedy. One

member was assassinated. Rahul Gandhi lost his father at 21. He

now faces his stiffest test, winning over an India that is more

politically complex and with a widening economic disparities. This

rice farmer attended the latest rally. It is the support of people

like him that the young reader is banking on. TRANSLATION: We're

hoping he can make our lives better. Otherwise we will hope for someone

else. Some believe that a dynasty of in -- is incompatible with

modern democracy. Others see his rise to the top job as inevitable.

India may be prepared to embrace him but the question is is he ready

for it? The Syrian Government has told the

United States to stop meddling and Arab League affairs after

Washington said it was past time for the UN Security Council to act

as torture and murder continues in Syria. Reports and activists tell

of grim conditions on the ground and the country. The injured are

often too scared to go to government hospital so they are

smuggled into 11 on for treatment. Our correspondent recently met some

of those who made it to Tripoli in modern mother none. -- more than 11

They are being smuggled across the border. This man was shot by a

government sniper, they said. He was hit twice and his chances of

survival are only 50%. For those who make it there is treatment in a

Lebanese hospital. No-one shows the face. Not even a six-year-old boy.

That could mean a knock on the door for relatives back home. This man

says he was shot as he tried to flee the latest fighting. This man

was also shot, but at a demonstration. He tells me he does

not believe government promises to the Arab leader will allow peaceful

protest. Recent pictures show that people are still being killed in

the street. TRANSLATION: I was hit in the Leader. People tried to help.

One stood up and was shot in the head. He died instantly. Another

one dragging me away was hit as well. Syrian rebels are smuggling

people out for treatment. They say that protesters had been murdered

in hospital. One former nurse told us he witnessed for patients being

killed. They shouted, come see this spy and they beat him. They stabbed

him to death with needles. The people doing this for doctors and

nurses. The chances of a peaceful end to this are dwindling. We met a

soldier injured in one of these fire fights. He told me he had

witnessed summary executions of soldiers refusing to shoot

protesters. TRANSLATION: Some of us shot in the air. One of us just

refused to shoot at all. He laid his gun on the ground. A security

officer killed him. We cannot be independently verified his

allegations. It would go a long way to explain why the Syrian army has

not been split. If that happened, everything would change. For the

time there remains a stalemate on the streets.

Malaria is one of the world's biggest killers. In parts of Africa

a child dies from the disease every minute. A report out this month

from the World Health Organisation shows that significant progress is

being made against malaria thanks to the insecticide treated bednets.

In some countries, like the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

the problem will not go away. A scramble, not for food, but from

that. Cheap, simple mosquito nets. They have emerged as the key weapon

in a giant, global campaign to eradicate malaria. In the

Democratic Republic of Congo the disease remains the number one

killer. At the nets making a difference? The main problem is

getting enough next to enough people and teaching them to use

them properly. In some places they use them for fishing instead. There

is no doubt that they do work. A big distribution in this

neighbourhood or reported a cases dropping by a third. But that alone

will not kill off the disease. That is because Congo is a hard place to

help. For decades it has been tormented by conflict and chaos.

The overall number of malaria cases does not seem to be dropping.

Malaria kills more than 2,000 children a day. The global mosquito

net campaign has gathered huge momentum. Critics say there is too

much focus on the nets and not enough on a poverty and security.

It is not the only answer. It will help. Is there too much focus on

bednets? Sometimes. Malaria has already killed a one over this

lady's babies. But for the first time in her life she has been given

a net to sleep under. I have lost one child, she says, but that 12 of

us in the house and we only have one that. The Congo badly needs

more. But that will not be enough There have been protests in

Pakistan and Afghanistan about civilian deaths caused by unmanned

drones. This technology is big business in the US. Southern

California has become a hub for building and developing these

devices. They could soon be used inside the US as well. Wars fought

with groans in a futuristic world is how the American Air Force is

advertising for new recruits. Thousands of Trans are already in

use and every year the US government is spending billions on

new ones. In California the race is on to develop the latest and

biggest, or small as -- smallest. In a few weeks the US aviation

regulator it is bringing in new rules so local authorities can use

them as well. Runs come in all sorts of sizes. This is the wasp,

one of the smallest. The one overhead was launched by hand and

you can see how good the picture in his. This is the Nano hummingbird,

it weighs less than a battery and it is designed to blend in. It has

a spy camera on board. New grants designed specifically for the

police are being heavily marketed by private companies. they can go

we cannot send a manned aircraft, such as into a hostile environment,

chemical fires. You can put it in the trunk of a car. His predecessor

came up with the idea after said been in Iraq. We did not use them

in the field, only once. The FAA asked us to stop. That is set to

change with the new regulations, allowing more eyes in the sky

watching people's backyards. We are accustomed to a world where we are

not being observed from a pub, but that world is vanishing. -- above.

But it raises privacy concerns. I'll the debate continues about the

military use abroad, it may seem become a big issue closer to home.

BBC News. Live in Libya is slowly getting back to normal after the

revolution, but for Tripoli is to the battle is not have yet. Staff

say that money to feed the animals is running out. It is not certain

whether the new government will foot the bill. Our correspondent

reports. Group taking it easy in Libya's hectic capital. And a

morning paddle, some gentle exercise. They are the residents of

Tripoli you may not have expected to see. 800 animals in the zoo,

which hopes to reopen in a few months. It faces a funding crisis.

TRANSLATION: We have not got enough money to feed the animals are we

depend on charity. We hope the new government will help us so we did

not have to close. The zoo is really important. The worst

fighting was just a stone's throw away it but the only damage was

when part of a need to rocket crashed into beekeeper enclosure.

They were not harmed. The animals are art in a remarkably healthy

state and their appetite is back. Recovering from the psychological

trauma, beating their way through the limited resources of this move.

TRANSLATION: The lines changed during the revolution. They became

nervous and did not eaten as much. I was very worried they would be

wounded. The sinister relics of the dead at -- Gaddafi era. He didn't

doors leading down to observation rooms. Colonel Gaddafi and his men

were climbing beneath the zoo into this network of underground tunnels.

It is another sign of her secret gig and -- secretive and eccentric

the regime was. The remnants of old intelligence equipment. He knows

what secrets were found you. Eight release GM that would help the new

media stand on its than four feet. The creatures and the country

waiting to open up to the outside world. BBC News. A remote corner of

Mexico could soon become a multi- million dollar holiday resort,

bringing many jobs to do an area in the far south of Baja California.

Many feel that building the complex will damage the fragile ecosystem

in the nearby a reef. We report on the challenge of managing to reason

in the area surrounding the Sea of Cortes. Exploring one of Mexico's

best but secrets. Less than 20 years ago it would have been

impossible to imagine this amount of fish. But a decision to suspend

industrial fishing has made this section of the Sea of courtiers one

of the world's richest marine reserves. The number of creatures

were once described as Jacques Cousteau as the world's aquarium.

Locals say the area is becoming a tourist Magnus and those who can't

relish the stunning underwater experience. Everyone agrees that

this is a unique place in the world. The question is how to manage the

increasing numbers of tourists. Does the future lie in major

development? In a couple of decades a massive project planned for this

area will accommodate more than 20,000 people. Developers pledge

they will protect the area up despite years that they will ruin

its echoes system. Out the first interest will be in protecting the

weak. We are willing to invest money, studies, anything within our

reach to protect the reef. locals are not convinced and argue

the area can any sustained small- scale tourism. When we talk about

the reef, it is a little town, very quiet. We want to consider it like

this. -- considered it. the natural beauty of the reef is at the

crossroads. The debate is about the access of outsiders to what some

call Paradise. The outcome of that debate will determine a crowd and

these waters will be in the years to come. BBC News. The relationship

between Japan and Korea has been tense mainly due to the legacy of

Japanese colonisation in the first half of the 20th century. Old

attitudes are challenged by the growing popularity of Korean pop

music. Our correspondent reports. Saturday night in Tokyo and a huge

crowd has gathered to see some of the country's biggest stars. These

days the most successful bands are not Japanese, they are from Korea.

K-pop has taken over the chars. This is the latest actor to make it

be. Four goals from -- girls from Seoul with ambition. Why is K-pop

so popular? I think it is the whole culture. A lot of K-pop singers are

in Japan right now. I think it is the whole culture. The trend has

turned it Tokyo's Korean on clay it into a bend town. -- enclave in to

aid them town. Restaurants have opened up to cater to the growing

demand for Korean third. Jet -- Japan's enthusiasm for Korean

culture is unexpected. Before the war, the Korean peninsula was a

Japanese colony. The Korean minority have long complained about

discrimination. Being accepted in Japanese society was not easier for

this family. When her grandparents arrived Koreans were brought to

Japan as forced labour. Her parents insisted she grow up using a

Japanese name to hide her ancestry, but now being Korean his call.

TRANSLATION: I think some people, especially those interested in K-

pop, asked me to take them to Korea. Some even say they want to become

Korean-Japanese like me. But added not think they understand what it

is really like to be Korean in Japan. Life for the K-pop Seniors

is not all glamour. This one performs five times a day to wait