:00:03. > :00:12.a marketing director. He has headed up the music division for the last
:00:13. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:28.four years. Now it is time for This week we look at allegations
:00:28. > :00:38.that Greek riot police abused protesters who were arrested in
:00:38. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:49.Athens. Could Palestinians do more to encourage economic growth? And
:00:49. > :00:53.the joys of indoor fishing in Taiwan. -- shrimp fishing. Welcome
:00:53. > :00:59.to Reporters. Human rights groups have are urged Greece's government
:00:59. > :01:03.to investigate allegations of abuse by Greek police officers. The
:01:03. > :01:08.claims of mistreatment were made by protesters who took part in a
:01:08. > :01:13.recent anti-fascist demonstration. They say they were physically and
:01:13. > :01:20.verbally attacked by officers whilst under arrest. The Greek
:01:20. > :01:25.police force denied the allegations but a group is planning action
:01:25. > :01:30.against the opposite. The wins are still healing and the scars remain.
:01:30. > :01:34.The memories will take long to fade. Out of the shadows comes serious
:01:34. > :01:38.allegations that a recent protest that they lead against a neo- Nazi
:01:38. > :01:43.party ended with extreme violence by the police. He tells me that
:01:43. > :01:48.they were beaten in custody and burned by cigarette lighters.
:01:48. > :01:52.Officers forced us to strip and bend over to see our genitals. They
:01:52. > :01:59.slapped us and used foul language. The groups say the police are on
:01:59. > :02:08.the side of the neon dances. -- Neil and Aziz. I was restrained.
:02:08. > :02:14.They kept torturing us. Maybe the European Union, I expected
:02:14. > :02:19.something better than that. police HQ, a denial. A medical
:02:19. > :02:23.report talks of grievous bodily harm with a sharp implement. A
:02:23. > :02:30.spokesman said no abuse in custody occurred. Maybe they were small
:02:30. > :02:35.injuries between protesters, he says, but police this Betjeman
:02:35. > :02:41.rights and never used violence. Footage of another incident gives
:02:41. > :02:46.another impression. -- human rights. This is not acceptable, he admits,
:02:46. > :02:52.but it is not representative. On the whole, we respect human rights.
:02:52. > :02:57.He even compares Greek police to angels. Hostility between police
:02:57. > :03:02.and Siddons has often proved explosive. The killing of a boy
:03:02. > :03:06.between two offices sparked the worst rioting in Greece's history.
:03:06. > :03:11.There was an outpouring of rage against the police, scene of
:03:11. > :03:17.violent and corrupt. Trust between the two site has never completely
:03:17. > :03:25.recovered. Police must regularly deal with violent protesters. The
:03:25. > :03:32.response is often seen as heavy- handed. The police in the state is
:03:32. > :03:39.a tool. A government that allows this tool to use violence. It is
:03:39. > :03:44.worrying. It is very worrying. It shows that the state is not feeling
:03:44. > :03:49.very safe. Greeks are losing belief in authority and its symbols. The
:03:49. > :03:56.crisis has killed a sense of safety. The police will be hard pressed to
:03:56. > :04:00.restore it. The anger and protest that often
:04:00. > :04:05.erupts inside the Palestinian territories is not always directed
:04:05. > :04:09.it is real. Recent protests on the West Bank, triggered by rising fuel
:04:09. > :04:13.and food prices, have sometimes turn violent and many people there
:04:13. > :04:17.blamed their own leadership. I went to the West Bank recently to find
:04:17. > :04:22.it with the Palestinians could be doing more to boost their own
:04:22. > :04:28.economy and create jobs. Economic hardship is not exactly what
:04:28. > :04:31.springs to mind at this lavish wedding in Nablus. It is one of the
:04:31. > :04:35.highlights of the social calendar for the elite of the city. As this
:04:35. > :04:45.young couple begin married life, they tell me they are optimistic
:04:45. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:52.about their future. We think we will be well and have a nice life.
:04:52. > :04:57.Life of cause goes on. Many Palestinians, like -- unlike the
:04:57. > :05:01.guests here, many Palestinians have little to celebrate. In early
:05:01. > :05:05.September, several thousand people demonstrated across the West Bank
:05:05. > :05:10.about the high cost of living and unemployment. Palestinians under
:05:10. > :05:16.the age of 30 make up two-thirds of the population. The jobless rate
:05:16. > :05:22.can be as high as 40 %. The traditional agricultural sector,
:05:22. > :05:28.like these all of gross, accounts for 12 % of jobs. Dashed olive
:05:28. > :05:33.groves. This is not the kind off employment that young people want
:05:33. > :05:40.these days. Muhammad is in his 70s. He told me that he understands
:05:40. > :05:44.these useful frustrations. -- youthful. After the war, so many
:05:44. > :05:51.young people left because of lack of job opportunities. I had to
:05:51. > :05:56.leave and work in Kuwait for ten years. Olives like these may be
:05:56. > :06:02.picked by methods that have changed little down the centuries. But,
:06:02. > :06:07.after pressing, olives are brought for bottling in modern plants like
:06:07. > :06:11.this one. The olive business provides a livelihood for 100,000
:06:11. > :06:17.Palestinian families according to this man. He would like to expand
:06:17. > :06:23.his business but faces obstacles. We do not have any control over the
:06:23. > :06:28.borders, whether it comes from the port, the crossing from Jordan, it
:06:28. > :06:34.is handled by Israelis and they have control over every movement
:06:34. > :06:39.that we make. Some Palestinians are trying to become more self-
:06:39. > :06:43.sufficient. This man is passionate about sheep. Does this woman. She
:06:43. > :06:52.runs her own sheep farm in applause with the help of family members.
:06:52. > :06:57.She is seeking support. -- N McNab was. My objective is to establish a
:06:57. > :07:04.competitive business based on bringing fully organic sheep to
:07:04. > :07:08.lead a fully economic business. More investment is yet to come her
:07:08. > :07:13.way. The Palestinian authority allocates less than 1% of its
:07:13. > :07:18.budget to agriculture. So Palestinians are trying to boost
:07:18. > :07:22.their own economy but they need more backing from their own leaders
:07:22. > :07:28.and also fewer restrictions on economic activities by the Israeli
:07:28. > :07:34.authorities. An American citizen who was jailed
:07:34. > :07:38.for insulting the King of Thailand has told the BBC the law that he
:07:38. > :07:45.violated is obsolete and needs changing. Joe Gordon had posted
:07:45. > :07:52.online links to a biography of the King and when he visited Thailand
:07:52. > :07:57.he was arrested and spent more than six months in prison. It is time
:07:57. > :08:01.for Jo Gordon to go home. His trip to Thailand, the country of his
:08:01. > :08:09.birth, was supposed to be for medical treatment and to get over
:08:09. > :08:13.the death of his wife. It turned into a holiday from hell. For the
:08:14. > :08:20.last 30 years, Mr Gordon has lived in the United States. He has become
:08:20. > :08:26.an American citizen. Five years ago people siblings on an Internet site
:08:26. > :08:30.which showed Thai readers where to find extracts of a biography which
:08:30. > :08:34.was critical to their king. The world's longest serving monarch,
:08:34. > :08:41.the King of Thailand has been on the throne for 66 years and is seen
:08:41. > :08:44.by many Thais as semi- divine. Anyone who insults him or his
:08:44. > :08:51.family can be prosecuted under controversial laws which carried
:08:51. > :08:55.the penalty of up to 15 years in jail. -- which carry. Much to Mr
:08:55. > :09:02.Gordon's surprise, his online activity was monitored. He was
:09:02. > :09:06.arrested in Bangkok. He pleaded guilty in court to get a reduced
:09:06. > :09:10.sentence of 2.5 years. After seven months of feuding a prison cell
:09:10. > :09:15.with but the inmates, some doing time for rape and murder, Mr Gordon
:09:15. > :09:20.was granted a royal pardon and released. He was still fuming at
:09:20. > :09:25.the lop which sent him there. an obsolete lot. We live in the
:09:25. > :09:31.20th century. Using 18th century laws, this law is French, they do
:09:31. > :09:35.not use it in France any more. There had been some expectation
:09:35. > :09:39.that the current government would try to change this war.
:09:39. > :09:44.Particularly as many of her supporters have been prosecuted
:09:44. > :09:49.under it. In the last year, cases have been pursued with increased
:09:49. > :09:53.vigour with particular focus on internet users. Supporters of the
:09:53. > :10:00.lossy it is needed to preserve the special relationship between the
:10:00. > :10:04.Thai monarchy and the state. TRANSLATION: The monarchy and the
:10:04. > :10:09.nation are linked so if you say something that insults the King,
:10:09. > :10:14.that is the same as Hamann the nation. The law is similar to
:10:14. > :10:18.counter-terrorism laws in the duet estates. -- harming the nation.
:10:18. > :10:27.Angry and disillusioned, Jo Gordon is returning to America to try and
:10:27. > :10:31.rebuild his life. He has no plans to return to Thailand.
:10:31. > :10:35.The Three Gorges Dam is one of the most impressive civil engineering
:10:36. > :10:40.projects in the world. For China, it has become a symbol of
:10:40. > :10:44.development. It controls flooding on the river and produces vast
:10:44. > :10:48.amounts of Hydro-Electric power. There has also be huge
:10:48. > :10:53.environmental and human cost. More than one million people have been
:10:54. > :11:02.displaced. Our correspondent travel to the dam to meet some of the
:11:02. > :11:07.people who found themselves in the It is one of the biggest dance ever
:11:07. > :11:11.built, stretching for two kilometres and costing over $30
:11:11. > :11:16.billion, the Three Gorges Dam was built to contain the mighty Yangtze
:11:16. > :11:21.River. With a project on this scale, no-one was allowed to get in the
:11:21. > :11:26.way. When it was completed, the station and were told to leave but
:11:26. > :11:30.they say it is the only job they know. -- these fisherman.
:11:30. > :11:35.TRANSLATION: You cannot make a living if you cannot fish. We have
:11:35. > :11:40.appealed to the government but no- one is listening. This stands as a
:11:40. > :11:45.symbol of China's development. Over the last decade, the scale and pace
:11:45. > :11:50.of change has been unprecedented but the way in which millions of
:11:50. > :11:53.people have been pushed aside by the Communist Party has generated
:11:53. > :12:00.enormous fridge and went. This was one of the one million people
:12:00. > :12:05.forced to relocate because of the dam -- has generated enormous
:12:05. > :12:10.resentment. He was never given the compensation he was entitled to.
:12:10. > :12:14.When he complained to local officials, he said he was beaten up
:12:14. > :12:18.and left paralysed. TRANSLATION: If ordinary people can defend their
:12:18. > :12:23.own right so and if government officials follow the law, this
:12:23. > :12:29.country will change for the better. Much of China's wealth is slowing
:12:29. > :12:34.down the Yangtze River. Might in other cities, the people here are
:12:34. > :12:40.becoming used to being better off. -- just like in other cities. Many
:12:40. > :12:44.are not prepared to be pushed around like in the past. For time's
:12:44. > :12:50.new leaders, that means ruling a population less likely to follow
:12:50. > :12:55.the party line -- for China's the leaders.
:12:55. > :13:05.A remarkable friendship between a US Stealth fighter pilot and the
:13:05. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:11.man who shot him down has been celebrated in Serbia. The
:13:11. > :13:15.relationship has been recorded in a documentary. The two men who put
:13:15. > :13:22.their story will promote peace and tolerance.
:13:22. > :13:27.In Belgrade, the memories are still fresh. 13 years ago, NATO air
:13:27. > :13:32.strikes rocked the city. Operation Allied Force lasted for almost
:13:32. > :13:36.three months and Belgrade are still bears the scars. The forces of the
:13:36. > :13:45.former Yugoslavia also made their mark, shooting down the biggest
:13:45. > :13:49.prize of all, a US Air Force F 117, a supposedly invisible still
:13:49. > :13:56.fighter. Now the main protagonists in that incident are reliving it
:13:56. > :14:01.for the premiere of the second meeting, a film that brought them
:14:01. > :14:06.together. Dale was is still fighter's pilot. The wreckage of
:14:06. > :14:11.his plane is in a museum next to Belgrade airport. But he is far
:14:11. > :14:16.from bitter about the incident. Well, there you go. The hostilities
:14:17. > :14:19.are now history and Dale has come to express his friendship to the
:14:20. > :14:27.man who shot him down. He is explaining to his own children
:14:27. > :14:32.exactly what happened on that night in 1999. The Serbian finds it easy
:14:32. > :14:36.to laugh with a man who once came to bomb his country and to the
:14:36. > :14:40.relationship has flourished off screen with a strong bonds formed
:14:40. > :14:45.between the Serbian and American families. TRANSLATION: We are
:14:45. > :14:50.already talking about visiting him next year and we are setting the
:14:50. > :14:57.date. My wife is learning English now so she can communicate with his
:14:57. > :15:01.better. And we are already thinking about the future. Now the former
:15:02. > :15:06.foes are not just breaking bread together but making it, or in this
:15:06. > :15:12.case, Apple strudel. The Sultan has become a thinker since retiring
:15:12. > :15:18.from the military, much to the happiness of Dale's children -- and
:15:18. > :15:23.the Serbian has become a baker. The hope is that getting to know the
:15:23. > :15:33.enemy might become a lot better than bombing them.
:15:33. > :15:43.He was called the Real Slumdog Millionaire after he wants to Be a
:15:43. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:49.Millionaire. In this story that mirrored the Oscar-winning movie,
:15:49. > :15:57.one man in India finally won the competition. How has the money
:15:57. > :16:03.changed him? This was the million dollar moment. But what happens
:16:04. > :16:12.next? 12 months on, Kumar still shares the same rented house with
:16:12. > :16:15.his family. How has he spent his money? This is a generator. It cost
:16:15. > :16:21.$500. The generator means he no longer has to put up with the daily
:16:21. > :16:25.power cuts. But his biggest buyer has been this plot of land next
:16:26. > :16:33.door. He is building a large house for himself, his parents, of his
:16:33. > :16:37.wife, his brothers and their families. TRANSLATION: After I won
:16:38. > :16:43.the competition, I started getting letters asking for money to pay for
:16:43. > :16:49.operations, land and weddings. But in our society, if you help one
:16:49. > :16:54.person, thousands start to come. We help people close to us but one
:16:54. > :16:59.million is a lot. If I help everyone, I will lose it all in one
:16:59. > :17:04.day. Mr Kumar now spends his days at home with his family. He has
:17:04. > :17:08.bought his first ever computer and dreams of becoming a psychology
:17:08. > :17:14.lecturer. For his parents, it is the little things that matter most.
:17:14. > :17:19.TRANSLATION: Before, we could only by a half a litre of milk. Now we
:17:19. > :17:25.can afford three litres. We can afford expensive vegetables as well.
:17:25. > :17:29.This is a reflection of the new and changing India, when more people
:17:29. > :17:35.are coming into wealth. But just outside, we can see the other India,
:17:35. > :17:42.one of immense poverty, where 95% of the population lives on less
:17:42. > :17:46.than $10,000 per year. One year ago, Mr Kumar was making less than that.
:17:46. > :17:53.Now he is rubbing shoulders with some of India's best known stars
:17:53. > :17:58.and is a celebrity himself. He was even invited on to this programme,
:17:58. > :18:02.the Indian version of Dancing with the Stars. TRANSLATION: Overnight,
:18:02. > :18:08.I became known across the country and many of my problems will
:18:08. > :18:13.automatically solved. I feel this is miraculous. I never wanted to
:18:14. > :18:17.become a millionaire but God may to be one. His new priority is
:18:18. > :18:22.fatherhood. His wife will give birth very soon. His prize money
:18:22. > :18:29.has secured a comfortable future for the couple and offers a very
:18:29. > :18:34.different life for their child. Taiwan has historic strong ties to
:18:35. > :18:38.fishing but instead of going out to sea on votes or sitting along the
:18:38. > :18:45.river edge like their ancestors may have done, many city dwellers now
:18:46. > :18:50.to their fishing indoors. Fishing has been a big part of life in
:18:50. > :18:55.Taiwan for centuries and is still an important part of culture. What
:18:55. > :19:01.can they do about it? They come to places like this, and there are
:19:01. > :19:06.hundreds of them all over Taiwan. Fishing has moved indoors. As you
:19:06. > :19:10.can see, there are several large paws and in them, the owners of
:19:10. > :19:15.this place have put an untold number of shrimp. People pay by the
:19:15. > :19:20.hour to catch them through the afternoon. Families with small
:19:20. > :19:27.children tried to catch their lunch. Couples out on dates. And several
:19:27. > :19:32.groups of friends who are here to relax, chit-chat and enjoy fresh.
:19:32. > :19:37.It is the same price, no matter how many shrimper you catch. The
:19:37. > :19:47.businesses give you the rot and the late, which consists of chicken
:19:47. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:53.liver and tiny dried it should. -- dried shrimp. They are going to
:19:53. > :19:58.show me how it is done. He says that the trick is to only put a
:19:58. > :20:03.small piece of Bates on the hook so that it can get inside the show's
:20:03. > :20:07.now. Professionals prefer to bring their own fishing rods and the
:20:07. > :20:17.eight. He also says it is really important to stay focused so you
:20:17. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:28.know when you have a bite. My first one and it took only ten minutes.
:20:28. > :20:34.TRANSLATION: We come here because the children like it. This can
:20:34. > :20:40.train them to be patient because they have to sit here and wait.
:20:40. > :20:48.TRANSLATION: It is cheaper to do it this way. If you were to rent a
:20:48. > :20:53.vote it -- a go two to go fishing, it is expensive and risky. We all
:20:53. > :21:02.come out with our friends and we laugh and Al why scream because
:21:02. > :21:07.they should move on the end of the line. -- and our partners laugh and
:21:07. > :21:11.screen because it moves on the end of the line. Customers get to cook
:21:11. > :21:16.their seafood and savour the rewards of their patience and hard