:00:25. > :00:28.Those are the main stories. It is On full alert in dangerous waters -
:00:28. > :00:35.we report from a merchant tanker dodging pirates off the coast of
:00:35. > :00:38.Somalia. As increasing numbers of abductions and human rights
:00:38. > :00:44.violations take place in Sri Lanka, we asked if the death squads have
:00:44. > :00:47.returned. And politics rocks in South Korea.
:00:47. > :00:57.The report on the middle-aged commentators attracting a pop star
:00:57. > :01:02.following. Welcome to Reporters. NATO naval
:01:02. > :01:06.ships are warning of any increase in pirate activity of Somalia.
:01:06. > :01:11.Recently, several vessels had been attacked. It is hard to understand
:01:11. > :01:16.a cat-and-mouse game being played out. As security correspondent was
:01:16. > :01:20.allowed on board a merchant Tander. He sailed all the way through the
:01:20. > :01:26.piracy high-rise career. It is believed he was the first
:01:26. > :01:29.broadcaster laws to cover this route. He's out from Muskett,
:01:29. > :01:39.witnessing first-hand how an armed security team copes with the threat
:01:39. > :01:46.Leaving Muskett harbour to embark on what for me is a difficult, but
:01:46. > :01:53.important voyage. This 100,000 tonne tanker will be our home for
:01:53. > :01:58.eight days. We are getting on board this tanker and they are loading
:01:58. > :02:01.all the supplies on first. You can see the razor wire up there. They
:02:01. > :02:11.are going to be hardening the ship a bit further on as we enter into
:02:11. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:29.It has an armed protection team on board it to defend against pirates
:02:29. > :02:39.who use small, fast boats. We are currently coming up to here, aren't
:02:39. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:52.One was actually pirated their four days ago. Night and day, the watch
:02:53. > :02:56.officers monitor the radar, the sentries scan the seas. As we
:02:56. > :03:04.entered the dangerous the sea lanes between Yemen and Somalia, a
:03:04. > :03:09.Chinese warships occurs to escort us in convoy. -- appears. After two
:03:10. > :03:17.days, the convoy and that and we are on heroin in the Gulf of Aden.
:03:17. > :03:23.So many Djibouti, a situation develops. -- somewhere near. The
:03:23. > :03:29.officers on what had spotted suspected pirates ahead. Bishop has
:03:29. > :03:38.activated its water cannons to make boarding more difficult. The Quorn
:03:38. > :03:47.is to tell them they had been spotted. Now, the on-board security
:03:48. > :03:53.team is summoned. We have a couple of boats dead ahead. Former Royal
:03:53. > :03:57.Marine commandos, they have a well- rehearsed drill. Opening fire is
:03:57. > :04:02.the last resort. The two boats you can see there are a suspected
:04:02. > :04:07.pirate mother ship and a skiff being towed behind it. We have had
:04:07. > :04:11.a bit of an unknown here because by the ship in front and his ship are
:04:11. > :04:15.pretty convinced that these are pirates checking us out. They could
:04:15. > :04:22.be innocent fisherman, but they have taken no chances. They have
:04:22. > :04:27.shown weapons just to make sure that whoever is in the book boat
:04:27. > :04:30.ahead knows they will have a rough time of. The suspect vessels move
:04:30. > :04:34.off, reported the threatening another vessel soon afterwards.
:04:34. > :04:37.BC's here are full of such craft. Pirates use them to stick upon
:04:37. > :04:45.should such as these, take them over and demand multi-million-
:04:45. > :04:52.dollar run since -- ransoms. One of our crew is still wanted by his
:04:52. > :04:57.experience on a ship that did not have armed guards. Four times they
:04:57. > :05:04.shot rocket-propelled grenades. We now feel relieved because of the
:05:04. > :05:08.armed guards that we have. There is plenty that ships can do to make it
:05:08. > :05:12.harder for pirates to get on board. Razor wire, electric fences and
:05:12. > :05:18.simply speeding up often work. Recently, shipping companies have
:05:18. > :05:22.been turning to more robust measures. Putting armed teams like
:05:22. > :05:27.these on ships is controversial. Recently, a town in guards
:05:27. > :05:31.mistakenly shot and killed in be an innocent -- in his and Indian
:05:31. > :05:34.fishermen. The team leader on our ships a Somali pirates are well-
:05:35. > :05:39.armed and determined. Once we have gone through all the other
:05:39. > :05:43.escalation methods and we have deemed that weapons are the final
:05:43. > :05:49.choice, we were fired several warning shots. The use of lethal
:05:49. > :05:55.force is an extreme and very last resort. Bishop's company policy is
:05:55. > :06:00.to always put armed teams on this road. So far, no armed vessel has
:06:00. > :06:04.ever been attacked. The captain has no doubts. It makes a very big
:06:04. > :06:11.difference. Having the security team is the best solution to
:06:11. > :06:15.protect the ship against piracy. Maritime piracy of Somalia is down
:06:15. > :06:19.from last year's highs, but with such rich pickings still to be had,
:06:19. > :06:24.there is likely to be ever more pressure on companies to consider
:06:24. > :06:27.using armed guards. Day-in, day-out, thousands of seafarers will still
:06:27. > :06:36.be running the gauntlet of some of the world's most dangerous
:06:36. > :06:42.The civil war in Sri Lanka may have ended three years ago, but the
:06:42. > :06:48.repercussions of the conflict still reverberate through the country.
:06:48. > :06:53.There are numerous accounts of human rights abuses. The US has
:06:53. > :06:59.been putting its weight behind a UN human rights resolution, AIS
:06:59. > :07:07.initial bank and government to explain how it intends to ensure
:07:07. > :07:11.justice for its people. -- asking the Sri Lankan government.
:07:11. > :07:15.A prayer for the Hindu date is his almost all she has at the moment.
:07:15. > :07:22.Since this woman, life has become a night there since her husband was
:07:22. > :07:27.matched by eight hard bend at their front door a month ago. Transpac he
:07:27. > :07:32.was screaming, calling for help, hanging on to the gate. There were
:07:32. > :07:36.people in the street, but no-one came to help. They pushed me down,
:07:36. > :07:41.then they dragged into the van and pushed inside. After that, they
:07:41. > :07:45.vanished. The men, 810 more businessmen had already been held
:07:45. > :07:49.by the police for more than two years over alleged association with
:07:50. > :07:53.the Tamil Tigers, which he strongly denied. He said he was severely
:07:53. > :07:59.tortured in detention. Just before his complaint of torture come up in
:07:59. > :08:05.the courts, he was adopted. He is not the only victim. Human rights
:08:05. > :08:12.campaigners say they were dozens of human -- suspected abductions since
:08:12. > :08:22.January. One was here at the Law Courts. Of the 32, only five have
:08:22. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:28.escaped. Seven had been found dead. 20 have just vanished. Then, there
:08:28. > :08:32.were these people. Last year, they organise these protests for people
:08:32. > :08:35.whose loved ones had disappeared at the war's conclusion. In December,
:08:35. > :08:40.in the north, they themselves banished, seemingly abducted as
:08:40. > :08:43.they prepared for another demonstration. Government as
:08:43. > :08:48.security forces deny involvement and say they are trying to solve
:08:48. > :08:53.the various cases. We are conducting investigations into the
:08:54. > :09:00.matter and we will find the perpetrators. Some people would say
:09:00. > :09:04.that you have death squads these days in Jamaica. No, not at all. We
:09:04. > :09:08.totally deny that allegation. days ago, something unusual line
:09:08. > :09:12.happened. One of the notorious white vans, said to be behind so
:09:12. > :09:17.many abductions, was caught on camera after a man said its
:09:17. > :09:20.occupants tried to snatch him. The crowd apprehended the would-be
:09:20. > :09:25.abductors, that turned out to be soldiers. The military denied plans
:09:25. > :09:31.to kidnap anyone and released the men. Meanwhile, the rule of law is
:09:31. > :09:35.being flouted. Disappearances are continuing and distraught families
:09:35. > :09:40.are wondering if they will ever see their loved ones again.
:09:40. > :09:46.In South Africa, almost 20 years after the end of apartheid, the
:09:46. > :09:50.state education system is so poor that 5,000 children, most of them
:09:50. > :09:53.back, are switching to private schools each year. The country has
:09:53. > :09:59.seen a huge rise in low-cost independent schools in response to
:09:59. > :10:09.be failing state sector. At correspondent reports from the
:10:09. > :10:10.
:10:10. > :10:14.Get ahead high, a low-cost private school in the Eastern Cape. This is
:10:14. > :10:18.the new phase of education in South Africa. Most of the children are
:10:18. > :10:21.black and good results and discipline a top priority. Far from
:10:21. > :10:25.being kids of the country's elite, their families are scraping
:10:25. > :10:33.together the thousands of dollars a year in fees, let down by skates --
:10:33. > :10:43.state schools. Meet the 17-year-old and his aunt. His parents dead,
:10:43. > :10:48.Sheen has cares for him. -- she now cares for him. She is among a
:10:48. > :10:58.growing number of adults worried that strikes and insecurity are
:10:58. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:07.undermining state schools. There is no security for the children.
:11:07. > :11:10.Others are carrying weapons at Another day, another class. Five
:11:10. > :11:15.hundreds of thousands youngsters are flocking to schools like this,
:11:15. > :11:19.a dramatic response in a country where half of children leave
:11:19. > :11:25.without a secondary certificate. For our hundred thousand children
:11:25. > :11:32.are making the switch every year. Many of their parents are teachers
:11:32. > :11:36.from state schools -- 500,000. This is the principle of Nonkqubela
:11:36. > :11:41.Secondary. It is home to some of the best minds in the South African
:11:41. > :11:46.history. Despite their best efforts, the head teacher struggles with
:11:46. > :11:51.appalling conditions. It is a typical example of the state we
:11:51. > :11:58.have in this school. What impact does the poor infrastructure have
:11:58. > :12:04.on the school? The poor infrastructure reduces the number
:12:04. > :12:11.of classrooms. The teacher is not so interested in teaching at the
:12:11. > :12:15.school. Absenteeism and stock shortages are faced by many state
:12:15. > :12:25.schools. The government says 80% of them are failing and it promises
:12:25. > :12:31.change. Two decades after the end of apartheid, that it -- poor
:12:31. > :12:34.administration and neglect are turning some classes into an
:12:34. > :12:39.underclass and people are turning to private education.
:12:39. > :12:44.South Korea is in the grip of an unlikely political agitator as it
:12:44. > :12:54.prepares for elections next month. A weekly pot cost of conversations
:12:54. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :13:05.between four political commentators as an irreverent tone and a
:13:05. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:14.fiercely anti-government tone. Its viewers are disaffected voters in
:13:14. > :13:18.their 20s. The last time four men with shaggy
:13:18. > :13:22.hair to produce this kind of reaction they turned out to be the
:13:22. > :13:28.biggest musical celebrities in the world. These guys are not the
:13:28. > :13:33.Beatles. They are not even pop stars. They are political
:13:33. > :13:43.commentators with an apse for anti- government sat up. A pot cast
:13:43. > :13:52.called Yun-Ji. They are willing to say anything. They do not hide.
:13:52. > :13:58.They are honest. They do not try to hide their feelings. This goal has
:13:58. > :14:03.begun protesting, from the wartime sex slaves to the free trade
:14:03. > :14:11.agreement with the US. Today she is joining more than 1,000 after fans
:14:12. > :14:19.on a two-hour journey outside Seoul to a jail where one of the host is
:14:19. > :14:25.serving time for slandering the President. The programme regularly
:14:25. > :14:29.makes serious allegations against the President. It has already been
:14:29. > :14:38.banned by the military and judges have been penalised for using its
:14:38. > :14:43.catchphrases. Is its appeal simply the allure of gossip? That is what
:14:43. > :14:50.our critics always say, that we are spreading false rumours and taking
:14:50. > :14:57.advantage of free speech. Many of the things we say turn out to be
:14:57. > :15:01.correct. People criticise us and they are afraid of what we say.
:15:01. > :15:05.What really makes these unlikely celebrities fries and into the
:15:05. > :15:12.establishments are their fans. Younger voters may hold the key to
:15:12. > :15:16.the upcoming elections this year and this -- through this programme
:15:16. > :15:21.many are discovering politics for the first time.
:15:21. > :15:25.Amongst the crowd are entrepreneurs and even civil servants. Many have
:15:25. > :15:33.not taken part of a process before but this counter-culture has
:15:33. > :15:40.created thousands of new uptakes. 25 years after democracy began in
:15:40. > :15:46.South Korea political debate just got a lot more interesting.
:15:46. > :15:50.Now to the story of folk magic. How do you ward off evil spirits?
:15:50. > :15:56.Researchers in Australia think they have the answer following a six-
:15:56. > :16:00.year study. They found items are more than 100 buildings put there
:16:00. > :16:05.in the early 19th century. The items only came to light during
:16:05. > :16:14.modern-day renovations. We report from Sydney.
:16:14. > :16:21.A world famous bridge, an ancient country house and an old convict
:16:21. > :16:27.prison. What links these three sites? The practice of black magic
:16:27. > :16:32.in 19 century Australia. The story began in role Tasmania. It is where
:16:32. > :16:42.a historian, Ian Evans, was invited to give his opinion on some strange
:16:42. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:50.discoveries. During some third renovations in the attic they came
:16:50. > :16:56.across some remarkable items. Dozens of shoes and clothes dating
:16:56. > :16:59.from the 19th century. For Ian it was the start of a six-year
:16:59. > :17:04.investigation into the practice of hiding items to ward off evil
:17:05. > :17:13.spirits. They offered protection in the form of shoes and other items.
:17:13. > :17:19.It served to decoy in the evil spirits away from the people.
:17:19. > :17:22.fact, researchers working on this project so they have banned items
:17:22. > :17:32.in more than 100 sites across Australia in every conceivable
:17:32. > :17:38.building. Here, it is a different story.
:17:38. > :17:45.Under the famous landmark, workers dug this tunnel. They made another
:17:45. > :17:55.find. Here it is. A show. A fragment of a shoe discovered in
:17:55. > :18:00.1998. It is the issue of a child or a young person. Certainly not one
:18:00. > :18:05.of the workers. He believes it was put here during the construction of
:18:05. > :18:13.the bridge in the 1920s to fight off spirits. At the Sydney convince
:18:13. > :18:19.prison, under these stairs, another revelation -- convex. He is is it.
:18:19. > :18:23.A shirt of a convict. Every kind of item hidden by all kinds of people.
:18:23. > :18:30.The practice was brought by settlers to Australia to protect
:18:30. > :18:37.their families. They did not have available to them at the medical
:18:37. > :18:41.knowledge that is available today, 0 the medication. They lived in
:18:41. > :18:47.fear of illness that would take away their child. Immigrants in a
:18:47. > :18:55.strange land relying on old practices for comfort.
:18:55. > :19:00.Now think of the fresco art mural and your mind has works by the like
:19:00. > :19:04.of Michael Angelo or Leonardo da Vinci. Countless figures in complex
:19:04. > :19:08.stories painted on the walls of sacred places. The fresco it is
:19:08. > :19:13.associated with the glories of the Italian Renaissance. It is not
:19:13. > :19:19.entirely consigned to the past, as our reporter has been finding out.
:19:19. > :19:25.The art form is alive and well in the town of Pisa.
:19:25. > :19:32.Brushstrokes of depression stroke. Characters come to life. -- after a
:19:32. > :19:37.brush stroke. Luca Battini is engaged in a large project. He is
:19:37. > :19:43.working in the best traditions of the Italian Renaissance fresco. It
:19:43. > :19:48.is the story or of Rainerius, taking shape in the Church of San
:19:48. > :19:55.Vito. They say there is nothing of this kind being produced on this
:19:55. > :20:04.scale anywhere else. The pains, the colour and the style are all true
:20:04. > :20:10.to the past. -- paints. As Luca Battini completed the first stages
:20:10. > :20:17.of his fresco, he glimpsed a little of the world of the great of the
:20:17. > :20:23.Renaissance, like Michael Angelo. TRANSLATION: You are tired and cold,
:20:23. > :20:32.fed up with the scaffolding. Your legs hurt and your back hurts. You
:20:32. > :20:36.spend hours and hours bent over, working on small details. I have
:20:36. > :20:41.learnt exactly what the Masters of the 16th century were told. It is
:20:41. > :20:46.not just the techniques that are in keeping with the past. Renaissance
:20:46. > :20:50.fresco artist drew living local citizens into their work and this
:20:50. > :20:57.piece also will feature dozens of people from the surrounding town of
:20:57. > :21:04.Pisa. The Christ figure has the face of a local postman. Also in
:21:04. > :21:10.the first go is Dario Bertocelli. Now he has seen himself in it for
:21:10. > :21:20.the first time. Seeing how he will, in a way, the immortalised for
:21:20. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:31.centuries to come. He says it makes him feel privileged, a citizen in
:21:31. > :21:38.the past and the present. This building was badly bombed during
:21:38. > :21:43.World War II, when a Renaissance fresco was destroyed. There are
:21:43. > :21:48.still dozens of figures to paint and years of work ahead. Eventually