The Beijing HourEvening EditionIt's Paul James with you here on this Sunday, October 11, 2015.

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on the program this evening...

National mourning has begun in Turkey following a deadly attack in Ankara yesterday which has left close to a hundred dead.

The Chinese government is lauding a move by UNESCO to add the Nanjing Massacre to one of its lists.

Ways of dealing with crop burning are being discussed in the wake of the bad pollution in northern China during the Naitonal Day holiday.

In the 2nd half of the hour, we'll be bringing you a recap of the latest from the world of science and technology.

In sports... this year's China Open coming to an end this evening with Novak taking on Rafa.

In entertainment... we'll take you through who scored big in the Chinese box office over the holiday.

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Top NewsTurkey in mourning a day after twin blast kill 97;injure 246Anchor:

A memorial services have taken place in Turkey's capital after close to 100 people were killed and nearly 250 others hurt in a pair of suspected suicide bombings this weekend.

CRI's Poornima Weerasekara reportsReporter:

AS part of 3-days of official national mourning, thousands have gathered in the city centre in Ankara to pay a silent tribute to those who died in the bombings on Saturday morning.

Tahsin Ayaz, a 44-year-old from Ankara, says she's devastated by the rising violence in the country.

"Yesterday I sat down and cried. I really cried while watching the news. It's so sad. No humanity, no emotion, just brutality. We are not different from Iraq and Syria anymore. It has become the same."The twin blasts took place on Saturday morning near the central train station in Ankara as people gathered for a "peace march" organized by the country's major trade unions.

The rally itself was meant to demand an end to the violence between Kurdish militants and the Turkish government.

Tensions between the two-sides have escalated in recent months after peace talks broke down in July.

This has led to a number of similar insurgent attacks in Turkey.

But none of them reached the devastating scale of the latest bombings, which has left 97 people dead and 246 injured.

Around 50 of the injured are still in critical condition.

Turkish police says one of the bombers had been identified as a male between the ages of 25 and 30.

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, following a meeting of his security officials, says they've narrowed the list of possible suspects to the Islamic State, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party and two other local "leftist" organizations.

So far no group has claimed responsibility.

The deadly attack has come just a couple of weeks before people across Turkey prepare to vote in the national election on November 1st.

This has led to speculation the bombing could be politically motivated, as the rally was being organized by the left-wing opponents of the current administration.

However, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been quick to try to shoot down that theory.

"This attack does not target a single group or our citizens that attended the rally or a single political party. Let me be clear. This attack was carried out against our country and against all people. This attack was carried out against democracy."The pro-Kurdish HDP party was among the groups attending the rally.

Its leader, Selahettin Demirtas, is calling on Kurdish supporters to remain calm.

"As those who are in favor of peace, we will win this. You can remain calm. We are in great pain and in great anger but we have the strength and the courage to bring them into account. All of them will be brought into account within the legal frame. We are facing a brazen massacre, not a covert one. This is the sequel of the attacks in Diyarbakir and Suruc. We will rise above these days together, hand in hand."The HDP party has already decided to cancel all of its election rallies ahead of the November 1st vote.

The PKK has also declared a temporary ceasefire leading up to the election.

For CRI I'm Poornima WeerasekaraChina welcomes UNESCO listing of Nanjing massacre filesAnchor:

The Chinese government is throwing is support behind a decision by UNESCO to inscribe documents connected to the Nanjing Massacre on its Memory of the World Register.

CRI's Li Jianhua has more.

Reporter:

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying says that the inscription gives the Nanjing Massacre recognition across the international community.

The files show the atrocities of Japanese troops in the killing of 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers from December 13, 1937 to January of 1938.

The spokeswoman adds that China will ensure these valuable documents are protected and circulated, and make them play a positive role in remembering history and cherishing peace.

Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, led the preparation of the documents.

He says the inscription marks the Nanjing Massacre as a worldwide warning against holocaust.

"The success in listing the Nanjing Massacre files has made the memory of the city of Nanjing the memory of the world and let more people in the world know the significance as a worldwide warning against holocaust so that they will draw lessons from history and commit to memory that part of history and cherish world peace."Ma Zhendu, vice-curator of the Second Historical Archives of China, says the success of the listing will remind people of the history, and help them draw lessons from it.

"The files are the true records of history. We want to tell that part of history through the files so as to make history serve as a mirror to provide a reference for building a better future."After learning the news of the UNESCO listing, many people made a special trip to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in the eastern Chinese city.

"We can not forget history as time goes on. To show the history to the public is to let people learn about history more profoundly. This is absolutely necessary."The Memory of the World Register is the list of documentary heritage set up by UNESCO in 1992 and was created to preserve significant and endangered documents.

The latest list was revealed after a two-year process as part of the 2014-2015 nomination cycle, during which 88 submissions from 61 countries were examined.

The final result includes 47 nominations.

For CRI, I'm Li Jianhua.

China regulator mulls drafting rules on ride-hailing servicesAnchor:

It appears ride-hailing services that compete with taxis are poised to be officially sanctified here in China.

The country's transport regulator has released two first-of-their-kind draft regulations which will permit these companies to operate legally.

CRI's Niu Honglin has more.

Reporter:

The two draft regulations cover reforms in the traditional taxi industry, and online taxi reservation service management respectively.

They're released amid escalating competition between traditional taxi companies and new operators relying on Internet-based ride-hailing apps.

Xu Yahua, an inspector with the Ministry of Transport, explains what the new regulations will cover.

"We are planning to provide differentiated management and services to the taxis cruising streets for customers and taxis serving reservation orders. The first kind can pick up customers on roads, or wait for them at taxis stops. They can also provide reservation services. The second kind can only provide reservation services. "However, the new drafts state that online ride-booking services can only be offered by taxis registered as online ride-booking service providers.

Private cars are banned from providing such services.

Wu Dong, deputy director of regulations and legislation at the ministry, details the criteria.

"The vehicles must have obtained operating qualifications, which is a clear standard. But the detailed requirements need to be decided by the local governments in accordance with their realities."The drafts also call for the reform of the traditional taxi industry.

Xu Yahua says the industry need to form sound and fair standards on contracts and fees.

"Contract operation aims to motivate drivers and improve efficiency. So it is rational in reality. The contract fees are closely related with taxi drivers' interests and development of taxi companies. We should coordinate the drivers, companies and industry association to reach sound and fair contract fees."Public opinions are now being solicited on the drafts, and opinions will be collected over the next month.

The drafts come two days after ride-hailing industry leader Didi Kuaidi secured a municipal license in Shanghai for private-car booking services.

The company says it is also working with transportation regulators in other cities in China to replicate the licensing model.

Stats show that as of the end of last year, China had 1.4 million taxis nationwide and over 2.6 million people were engaged in the taxi industry.

For CRI, this is Niu Honglin.

Woman arrested for offering fake rides on car-hailing appAuthorities in Beijing have ordered the arrest of a local woman who allegedly swindled car-hailing service Didi-Kuaidi out of some 30-thousand yuan through the service through fake rides.

The woman pretended to be both a driver and a passenger through the software.

She would then pay for the on-demand service through cupons Didi offers customers.

Then, acting as the driver, she would submit the coupons to Didi for a refund.

A date for her fraud trial hasn't been set.

China Faces Dilemma in Banning Crop Straw BurningAnchor:

The recent blast of pollution which shrowded much of northern China during part of the now-concluded National Day holiday has once-again sparked debate about what authorities are doing to try to reduce straw-burning in China.

CRI's Luo Wen explains.

Reporter:

Heavy smog again blanketed northern China during this past week's National Day holiday, with straw burning mostly blamed.

The state environmental protection bureau says they identified some 400 burning sites in nine different provinces in the north of China during the period, up over 16 percent from the same period last year.

Taikang County in the province of Henan is one area where straw burning has created major pollution problems.

Chen Huijuan with the local environmental protection bureau has been patroling four different townships from 9:00am to 11:00pm every day over the past few weeks.

"My daily work now is to check whether township officials responsible for implementing the straw burning ban will go out to farmlands every day like they're supposed to."This year, the county has allocated some 10-million yuan, as well as set up a special office, to try to reduce straw burning.

However, its an uphill battle.

Farmers in northern China traditionally burn the leftover straw after the autumn harvest, then plough their land, believing the ash will work as a natural fertilizer.

But with China's problems with pollution, authorities decided steps had to be taken to bring the tradition to an end, implementing burning bans a few years ago.

At the same time, steps are also being made to convince local farmers to use otherways to dispose of the leftover straw in their fields.

One of the ways being touted is through the shredding of the straw, rather than burning it.

Li Yinghuai, head of Taikang County's Agriculture Bureau, says straw can be an excellent fertilizer if it's shredded and buried deep.

"It's a natural treasure for farm land, as it can greatly help increase the amount of organic matter in the soil to make farmland fertile. This will create higher yields."But Zhang Baohua with the Taikang County straw burning control office says the high costs associated with shredding straw is just too much at this point.

"We estimate it will cost around 150 million yuan, or around one-sixth of our total annual revenues, if we were to adopt a straw-shredding program across the county."Other applications for left-over straw include its use as feed for animals, as well as for generating power through biomass.

Ning Xiaofeng is with the Henan provincial straw burning control office.

"81 percent of crop straw across the province was disposed of in ways rather than being burned last year. The percentage is expected to rise to 85 percent this year. However, many farmers still don't have a better way to deal with the leftover straw, so many are still burning it."Taikang County was fined 20 million yuan by the provincial government for failing to prevent straw burning during the National Day holiday.

For CRI, I'm Luo Wen.

China-built Natural Gas Plant Completed in TanzaniaA ceremony has taken place in Tanzania to mark the completion of a Chinese-built natural gas processing facility in the country.

The two plants at the site will process natural gas pumped into them through some 535-kilometers of pipelines, which were also built by Chinese engineers.

Ngosi Mwihava with Tanzania's Ministry of Energy and Minerals says the project is a symbol of the ties which have been developed between China and Tanzania through the years.

"We appreciate China's support. As you know we have got a long history of working with China. And now we are cooperating in building a very important and very strategic infrastructure. We can also exploit the natural resources that we have using Chinese technology and Chinese people. And I think through this cooperation, we can have a better friendship and a better future of working together."The massive project has been funded, in part, by a 1.2-billion US dollar loan from China.

Construction on the plants and the pipeline in Tanzania began in 2012.

Its expected to save the East African country some 800-million US dollars a year by allowing Tanzania to reduce its heavy oil imports.

Chinese navy fleet touring in PolandAnchor:

A 5-day stop-over by a group of Chinese naval vessels in Poland is coming to an end this Sunday.

CRI's Wang Mengzhen has more.

Reporter:

The flotilla of three Chinese naval vessels arrived at the Port of Gdynia on Wednesday to help mark the 66th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Poland.

A number of events have taken place since then, including a friendly football match, as well as rowing events.

But the big highlight was Saturday, when the Chinese navy opened up its destroyer, its frigate and its supply ship to the public.

"As overseas Chinese staying in Poland, we are very excited and proud of this show of our nation's strength. As such, we have organized special welcome and farewell events for the fleet's visit. We also hope the visit will allow the Polish people to get a better understanding of the Chinese navy and China's development.""We are college students staying in Poland. We have followed the news stories about these ships, which conducted anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden before coming here. We think this visit will help China establish a very good image worldwide and also have positive influence on overseas Chinese."Wang Jianxun, Commander of the destroyer "Jinan 152," says this stop in Poland is just one of many missions the Chinese navy has been conducting.

"In recent years, the Chinese navy has conducted several escort missions overseas with the support of our embassies. This includes the evacuation of Chinese citizens, as well as numerous emergency rescues. The Chinese navy has turned into a powerful force to protect world peace and stability."Poland is the Chinese floatila's 6th stop in its current 5-month world tour.

It's also made Ports-of-Call in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, as well as in Sudan and Egypt in Africa.

For CRI, I am Wang Mengzhen.

Shanghai Masters Kicks OffAnchor:

Even though the China Open isn't quite yet finished here in Beijing, some of the biggest names in men's tennis are already in Shanghai for the start of this year's Shanghai Masters event.

CRI's Sophie Williams has more from Shanghai.

Reporter:

All of the top twenty big names in men's tennis will compete at the tournament including former champions Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

The winner of the Shanghai Masters will gain 1000 points to add to their ranking totals, which are used to determine who will compete in the season-ending ATP Finals in London.

The 8-player season-ending tournament is one of the richest prizes in tennis.

The draw for Shanghai was set on Saturday with Roger Federer facing the toughest route to the finals. If he is to make it through, he may have to face the likes of young Australian Nick Kyrgios, France's Jo Wilfred-Tsonga or Japan's Kei Nishikori.

Still, the veteran Federer doesn't seem to be too phased by it.

"I'm ready to play anyone here. I wasn't aware of what the draw was going to be like until I took the flight. You look at these 1000 draws and this one in particular, everything just seems tough, you know, there's never an easy draw. I love looking at the draw and trying who to understand who is going to come through.

Federer has already qualified for the ATP Finals in London.

But one of the stars who hasn't yet is Rafael Nadal.

However, Federer notes Nadal has been moving up the points rankings quickly since coming back from injury.

"Rafa seems like he's doing well and I expect him to have a good end to this season unlike last year when he couldn't really play. I'm happy to see that he's doing better again."Rafael Nadal is going to gain ground in the race for London, given his appearance in the final of the China Open.

Meanwhile, Andy Murray is also in Shanghai for this week's event.

Murray decided to sit-out Beijing, taking a break for a while after competing in Davis Cup action.

"I wanted to make sure I was as fresh as possible for the remaining tournaments that I play. I thought that was the best thing to do. I didn't hit any tennis balls for a week, I didn' t go to the gym for nine days. I didn't do any physical work and I started training again 10 days after the Davis Cup and I got here fairly early to try and get ready for this event."Andy Murray currently sits 3rd in the rankings, well clear of 4th place Stan Wawrinka.

However, a solid showing this week in Shanghai could put him into closer contention for a shot at surpassing Roger Federer on the rankings list ahead of the final few tournaments before the ATP finals in London in mid-November.

Czech Tomas Berdych will also be looking for a better showing this week in Shanghai.

After winning the Shenzhen Open just a day before arriving in Beijing, Berdych bowed out in the first round at the China Open.

That cost him a chance to secure his ticket to London, which the number-5 on the points list can do this week in Shanghai with a better showing.

This year's Shanghai Masters, the 7th edition of the tournament, will run all week, with the final set for this coming Sunday.

For CRI, I'm Sophie Williams in Shanghai.

U.S., Russia hold talks on safe flight operations over SyriaDefense officials from the US and Russia have taken part in a video conference to discuss protocols connected to bombing campaigns in Syria.

Both sides have been conducting air strikes against targets in different parts of Syria.

However, the Russian and US sides are not coordinating their campaigns.

Igor Konashenkov with the Russian Defense Ministry says the Russian side wants to ensure the two sides don't run into problems as part of their respective bombing campaigns.

"The Defense ministry of Russia has prepared a joint draft interagency document on measures of prevention of possible incidents in Syria's airspace between military planes of Russia and the US led coalition. The draft was speedily forwarded by the established channels of communication to America. Our experts are ready for discussion with the Pentagon representatives."The Pentagon has released a statement, calling the discussions "professional."US officials say the talks were "focused narrowly on the implementation of specific safety procedures."Russian air forces have been bombing targets in Syria with the support of the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, with the Russian side saying that its been focusing its strikes on "jihadists."The US-led coalition has been specifically targeting known Islamic State targets, and has been accusing the Russian side of launching strikes against non-Islamic State targets which have been fighting to try to overthrow the Assad government.

Bolivia Proposes a "Climate Justice Tribunal" to Deal With Climate ChangeBolivia's President is proposing a new mechanism to try to put pressure on the industrialized world to live-up to its commitments on climate change.

Addressing an international climate summit currently taking place in his country, Evo Morales is calling for the creation of a tribunal system to call countries to account if they don't meet their climate change commitments.

"In many conferences, industrialized nations have reached accords. But some industrialized countries haven't ratified the many accords and agreements they have on climate change. They never enforce them. Who is going to make them enforce them? For that, we have to create a 'Climate Justice Tribunal', which must be approved in Paris which will force those countries who to fulfill their promises."Morales call for the creation of a climate tribunal has been made at a 3-day summit in Bolivia meant to prepare for the forthcoming UN Climate Change talks in Paris in December.

Bolivia is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, as the land-locked country consistently deals with water shortages.

Weather station to track the impact of El Nino in Peruvian AndesAnchor:

A group of US university researchers are now in the Peruvian Andes to track the impact the current El Nino cycle might have on the region's ice caps.

CRI's Luo Bin has more.

Reporter:

On top of the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru, a station has been set up since 2003 to closely monitor weather conditions, including air temperature and humidity, radiation and wind speeds.

Researcher Douglas Hardy and his colleagues make a yearly trip to the Quelccaya Ice Cap to dig the weather station out of the snow at an altitude of almost 6,000 meters above sea level.

This year, Hardy and his team are looking at the readings very closely, as the current El Nino cycle in the Pacific is expected to peak by the end of this year.

"El Nino is driven by Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures, which we know are very closely correlated or related to temperatures through out the Andes, through Bolivia up through Peru, and typically when the Pacific sea surface temperatures are very warm, as they are during an El Nino, we have warm conditions on the mountains in the Andes as well as less precipitation."Hardy and his research team are also interested to see what effect the peak of the current El Nino cycle may have on the ice caps in the Andes.

"Here we can make continues measurements at that same elevation halfway through the atmosphere and we can used that to correct and calibrate the satellite record, we can use that to relate to the (weather) balloon record, and then of course we can look at trends and see whether we have got warming at that particular elevation or cooling, just what kind of thing is going on with temperature and with humidity."Forecasters in Peru and elsewhere along the tropics in South America are still waiting to see what impact the current El Nino cycle may have on the region.

Juan Carlos Bazo with Peru's national weather service says their best guess is the area may end up getting more rain.

"According to predictions from international agencies, the El Nino event will manifest a peak in the month of December. If so, and current conditions persist by years-end, the main consequences could be heavy rain mainly in the north of Peru."Its been suggested the effects of El Nino cycles may speed up the loss of tropical ice caps, such as the one being studied in Peru.

A World Bank report issued in 2009 suggests the global climate change is already threatening to melt off the tropical glaciers in the Andes in the next 20-years.

The Andes mountain range in South America is already one of the driest places on earth.

For CRI, I am Luo Bin.

Polls Open in Presidential Election in BelarusVoting for the presidential elections in Belarus is underway.

"Voting in an election is a civic responsibility and I, as a citizen, came here to fulfill this duty. Our destiny, life and well-being depends on decisions we are making now."A total of four people are contesting the election.

However, incumbent Alexander Lukashenko is widely expected to win.

Polling has him holding around 75-percent support going into the vote.

Lukashenko has been the President of Belarus since 1994.

WeatherBeijing will be clear tonight with a low of 8 degrees. Tomorrow will see sunshine with a high of 23.

Shanghai will be clear overnight with a low of 13. It will be sunny tomorrow with a high of 23.

Chongqing will be cloudy with a low of 17. Tomorrow, cloudy, high of 27.

Lhasa will be cloudy tonight with a low of 4, cloudy tomorrow with a high of 18.

Elsewhere in Asia,Islamabad will be cloudy tomorrow with a high of 32.

Kabul, cloudy, 24.

In the Southern Hemisphere.

Sydney will be cloudy with a high of 30.

Brisbane, sunny, high of 26.

Perth, cloudy, 33.

And finally Auckland will be cloudy with a high of 17 degrees Celsius.

Headline News14 students dead in E. China snack bar blastThe owner of a local snack shop in the city of Wuhu in Anhui is being held for questioning after an explosion blew apart his restaurant, leaving 17 dead.

The 38-year old owner was injured in the blast, which was set off after a gas cylinder caught fire and exploded.

Authorities say the man and his wife had just opened the noodle shop a couple of months ago, and were running it without a license.

Among the dead are 14 secondary school students who had arrived at the shop for lunch from their nearby school when the explosion hit.

Chinese corruption fugitive repatriated from MalaysiaA Chinese corruption suspect who fled to Malaysia in 2012 has been repatriated to China.

Zhan Zaisheng is on the list of the 100 most-wanted Chinese fugitives living abroad.

It’s been revealed he was captured by Chinese police in Malaysia and transferred back to China during the National Day holiday.

53 year-old Zhan Zaisheng, a former banking official, is accused of profiting from illegally raised funds involving more than 680-million yuan.

400-strong DPRK delegation attends expo in NE ChinaA 400-person strong delegation from North Korea is scheduled to attend a China-DPRK expo next week in northeastern China.

The Economic, Trade, Cultural and Tourism Expo will be held from Thursday to Sunday in the city of Dandong.

More than 100 different companies from North Korea will be putting on exhibits.

Chinese and North Korean officials are also due to discuss the launch of new tourism projects in North Korea.

Firms from a number of other countries and regions are also due to take part in the event.

Suicide car bombing targets foreign forces in Kabul, injuring 3Three people have been hurt in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul this Sunday.

The bombing targeted a NATO convoy in the central part of Kabul.

However, no military personnel were injured in the attack.

Those injured were civilians standing nearby.

None of their injuries are considered life-threatening.

So far there's been no claim of responsibility, though the Taliban often claims credit for these types of attacks.

U.S. to pay condolence payments to victims of airstrikes on Afghan hospitalThe Pentagon has authorized "condolence payments" to the victims of a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan last week.

The US government also says its going to pay to have the hospital rebuilt.

Official figures on how much the US is going to pay out haven't been revealed.

A US airstrike on October 3rd hit a hospital run by international aid organization Doctors Without Borders.

The attack left 22 dead.

US authorities are promising a full investigation.

However, Doctors Without Borders is calling for an outside, international investigation.

Sci-tech ReportAnchor:

It's time to check in with some of the stories making headlines from the world of science and technology this past week in our Weekly Sci-Tech feature.

This week has seen Toyota achieving a milestone in the development of self-driving vehicles, and Microsoft rolling out a new set of toys.

For more, here's CRI's Wenjie.

Reporter:

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has been testing its automated self-driving car in real highway traffic in Tokyo.

Called the "highway teammate", the car can safely enter the motorway and change lanes without any human intervention.

The prototype car is a modified Lexus GS and features equipment such as cameras, multiple sensors and highly accurate road map data.

Moritaka Yoshida, Toyota's Senior Managing Officer says the auto maker aims to commercialize the project by 2020.

"This car can handle almost every action a driver has to do on a highway without human intervention. We would like to aim for the commercialization of this technology by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics in 2020."The Japanese carmaker has been testing its prototype for several years but this is the first time the car has entered a motorway from a slip road and exited again without any human involvement.

Before Toyota some companies like internet Tycoon Google had tested their self-drive cars.

==Microsoft is doubling down on its Surface devices business, unveiling a new laptop Tuesday alongside an updated tablet.

Even as Microsoft has positioned the Surface as a laptop replacement, it's making a separate Surface laptop model, the Surface Book.

Microsoft says it's for scientists, engineers and gamers who need a lot more performance than a tablet.

Panos Panay, Microsoft Vice President for Surface Computing:

"This is the ultimate laptop. It's the first laptop ever built by Microsoft and it redefines everything about what you expect in a laptop."The laptop starts at $1,499, compared with $899 for the new Surface Pro 4 tablet.

Microsoft also unveiled two new phones and a fitness tracker as it continues efforts to reduce its dependence on personal computers and traditional software.

==Indonesians are using a new mobile app to give their government a wake-up call, demanding immediate fixes for poor public services in the capital of the world's fourth-most populous country.

The app "Qlue", which has won backing from Jakarta city authorities, let residents post online photographs of problems ranging from potholes in roads to broken traffic lights, in an effort to spur action.

It has managed to garner 80-thousand users since it was launched eight months ago.

Irawan Endro Prasetyo is one of them.

"If we want to report something, we need to go through a process, either through the local government in the neighborhood or the community or other (departments). And we do not know when the report is going to be received. Through this application, we can immediately get in touch with respective municipal agencies or officials, for example, the chief of the municipal government. It is very fast."Jakarta this year has topped a list of 78 cities with the world's worst traffic.

The city of 10 million also suffers annual flooding and levels of pollution that are among the worst in Southeast Asia.

The company that created the app said they were inspired by the fact that there has been no channel for the citizens to file their complaints.

==Scientists have sequenced the genome of a 4,500-year-old man in Africa for the first time, a difficult achievement since the hot climate has made DNA difficult to recover from old remains.

The breakthrough was made using the skull of a man buried face down in a cave in the southern Ethiopian highlands.

Researchers say DNA extracted from the skull supports the theory that a wave of Eurasian farmers migrated back into Africa some 3,000 years ago.

These farmers' DNA reached far into the continent, spreading groups previously considered to be isolated.

Previously, scientists had only been able to sequence DNA from samples found in northern and Arctic regions, because the climate there allows genetic material to survive for longer.

==The Islamic State group has shifted its propaganda distribution to the secure mobile messaging app Telegram from Twitter, where its accounts have been repeatedly shut down over the past year.

IS and other jihadist groups appear to be exploiting new functionality introduced by the app last month, which allows users to broadcast their messages to an unlimited number of users via their own Telegram "channel".

On 26 September, just four days after Telegram trumpeted the launch of its new "Channels" tool, IS media operatives on Twitter started advertising the group's own channel dubbed Nashir, which translates as "Distributor" in English.

It has already amassed more than 4,500 subscribers.

==A new technology is on trial to help Australian farmers analyze pastures by using "optical sensors".

The machine takes photos of paddocks and feeds in other satellite data to determine how many stock can graze in a paddock and how long they can stay there without damaging the pasture.

This has been touted as a game changer for the industry.

Dr Matthew McDonagh with Meat and Livestock Australia, a research institute for the Australian red meat and livestock industry.

"This pasture optical sensor will allow farmers to understand how much pasture they've got on offer for their sheep and cattle and out of that, they can better plan how to manage those stock."The technology is being trialed at five research sites across Australia over the next three years.

It's hoped it'll then be rolled out on a commercial scale.

==Facebook's trademark "like" button is set to get more expressive as the social network is launching a pilot test of "Reactions".

The new buttons will allow users to express their sympathy, anger or sadness.

"Dislike," however, is not one of the options.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Thursday that users have been requesting ways other than like to respond to posts, such as when someone posts about the death of a loved one or a tragic news story.

Users have also pressed the world's leading online social network for years for a "dislike" button to complement the existing thumbs up one.

==Over 200 new species have been found in the Eastern Himalayas in recent years, including a noseless sneezing monkey and a fanged "Dracula fish."A report on wildlife in Nepal, Bhutan, the far north of Burma, southern Tibet and north-eastern India has revealed discoveries in the past five years including 133 plants, 26 species of fish, 10 new amphibians, one reptile, one bird and one mammal.

The report also warns of the threats facing the newly-discovered species, with just a quarter of the original habitats in the region still intact and hundreds of plants and animals living in the Eastern Himalayas considered to be globally threatened.

Climate change is the most serious threat to the region, while population growth, deforestation, poaching, mining, overgrazing, the wildlife trade, pollution and development of hydroelectric dams are all putting pressure on nature in the Eastern Himalayas.

==It has been reported that a Martian crater now being explored by the Nasa rover Curiosity once contained lakes that remained for up to 10-thousand years at a time.

According to the Curiosity team, this is potentially long enough for primitive life to establish itself in the crater.

Rock formations photographed by the rover suggest that long ago a transient water system of deltas and lakes dominated the landscape of Gale Crater.

The images show evidence of sediments transported southward by shallow streams to the boundary of an ancient lake.

Scientists estimated that over time individual lakes at this location may have persisted for between 100 and 10-thousand-year-long periods.

======And that brings us to the end of this edition of our weekly science and technology feature.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy the show.

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SportsNovak Djokovic meets Rafael Nadal tonight in the final of China OpenThis year's China Open is drawing to a close.

The men's final is just set to get underway.

It has top-seeded Novak Djokovic up against 3rd seeded Rafael Nadal.

While Djokovic is the defending champion here in Beijing, he notes Rafa has been playing with conviction all week long.

"Every time I get to play against him it is another challenge - he's the player I played against the most in my career so he hasn't been playing maybe on the level this year that he is was playing on the last ten years. But he is a champion, he knows how to play big matches, he deserves to be in the final and it is going to be a good one."In earlier action at the National Tennis Center, it was Spain's Garbine Muguruza winning her first-ever China Open.

She got past Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky earlier this afternoon in straight-sets, 7-5, 6-4.

Muguruza has been having a breakout season, losing in the finals at Wimbledon earlier this year.

She'll now move up to 4th in the world rankings.

Despite the loss, Bacsinszky will move into the top-10 in the world rankings for the first time.

Earlier today, it was Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock beating Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the men's doubles final.

The US wins the Presidents Cup for the ninth timeIn golf,The United States has won this year's Presidents Cup, despite a despirate comeback by the International team.

It all came down to the last match of the day, with local hopes at the tournament in Incheon, South Korea riding on Bae Sang-moon.

However, Bae couldn't pull it out, with American Bill Haas winning their match at 2-up to give the US team the 15.5 to 14.5-win.

After 10 years of comfortable U.S. wins, the one-point margin of victory is the narrowest since the Americans won 16.5 to 15.5 in Virginia in 1996.

Chinese golfers dot top of leaderboard at Malaysia LPGA eventIn golf,A solid finish for a number of Chinese women at the LPGA's Malaysia stop.

Feng Shanshan, the tournament's defending champion, finished tied for 2nd after carding a 5-under-66 this Sunday to wrap up the tournament at minus-14.

However, Feng's solid play wasn't nearly enough to catch American Jessica Korda.

The 22-year old came in with a 2-stroke lead this morning, and knocked down a 6-under-65 to take a 4-stroke victory at minus-18.

Taiwan's Tseng Yani had a solid tournament, finishing alone in 5th at minus-13.

And Guangzhou native Lin Xiyu also had a strong showing in Kuala Lumpur, finishing tied for 7th at minus-11.

The tournament is the first of 5-stops the LPGA is making here in Asia.

Next week the tour heads to South Korea.

From there, its off to Taiwan before the 2-million US dollar Blue Bay LPGA tournament in Hainan.

That tournament gets underway on October 29th.

The final LPGA stop will be in Japan the following week.

Charlotte Hornets beat the LA Clippers 106-94 in their first NBA preseason gamesIn basketball,Fans in Shenzhen were given a dual treat last night as the NBA came to town.

Chinese fans were able to see Chinese-American Jermey Lin in action, in-person.

Lin, who joined the Charlotte Hornets in the off-season, had 16 points and 4 assists to lead the Hornets over the LA Clippers 106-94.

The other treat for fans in Shenzhen was the appearance of NBA great Michael Jordan, who has decided to put his legal dispute with a Chinese footwear maker aside to travel to China to support the Hornets.

"As we have seen lately, China has become one of the fastest growing basketball fans in the world. I would never thought in 1990, it will be grown this fast or this big. But we are very fortunate the game has spread that much and is loved by many here. I think it is going to continue to grow, and I think the players enjoy coming over and relating with the fans here in China, and it was fun even when I play and it got much bigger now and I think it is good for the game."Michael Jordan is part owner of the Charlotte Hornets.

He's been in a legal battle with Chinese shoe manufacturer Qiaodan, which he has accused of infringing on both his name and IPR to sell their products.

A court in Beijing ruled against Jordan's latest appeal in July.

Meanwhile, Charlotte and the LA Clippers are now in Shanghai, where they'll play their final exhibition game in China on Wednesday.

England thrashes Uruguay 60-3 in Rugby World CupIn action from the Rugby World Cup,It was Scotland securing its place in the quarter-finals of the tournament after a tight, 36-33 victory over Samoa last night.

The victory assures Scotland makes it into the knock-out round in the 2nd slot in its group, and also puts an end to Japan's hopes of making it through.

In other action,It was the hosts England finally securing a victory at the tournament, thumping Uruguay 60-3 last night.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster says his side has a lot of soul-searching to do.

"It's been a tough week because I've had, obviously, the defeat to deal with with the players, get the players in the right mindset for this game and a lot of things to organize, there was a lot of things going on this week so I really haven't had time to sit back and chat to anyone about anything really so...there's a bit more space in the diary next week."And Australia has remained perfect at the tournament, getting past Wales 15-6 last night to secure the top spot in their pool.

Wales, despite the loss, is through to the quarter-finals.

--Scotland's victory last night takes a lot of the drama out of this evening's final set of matches in the group stages.

If Scotland would have lost last night, Japan would have had a shot at the knock-out stages, provided they beat the United States tonight.

However, that match, the last before the quarter-finals starts, is now inconsequential, as Samoa's loss last night secures Japan 3rd place in their group, meaning an automatic ticket to the next Rugby World Cup.

In other action tonight, its Argentina against Namibia.

Argentina is already through, while Namibia hasn't won a match at the tournament.

That will be followed by Italy taking on Romania.

This match does have ramifications, as the winner will be granted an automatic slot at the next World Cup.

Then it will be France taking on Ireland, with the winner taking the top slot out of their group.

The loser will still advance.

England thrashes Uruguay 60-3 in Rugby World CupIn action from the Rugby World Cup,It was Scotland securing its place in the quarter-finals of the tournament after a tight, 36-33 victory over Samoa last night.

The victory assures Scotland makes it into the knock-out round in the 2nd slot in its group, and also puts an end to Japan's hopes of making it through.

In other action,It was the hosts England finally securing a victory at the tournament, thumping Uruguay 60-3 last night.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster says his side has a lot of soul-searching to do.

"It's been a tough week because I've had, obviously, the defeat to deal with with the players, get the players in the right mindset for this game and a lot of things to organize, there was a lot of things going on this week so I really haven't had time to sit back and chat to anyone about anything really so...there's a bit more space in the diary next week."And Australia has remained perfect at the tournament, getting past Wales 15-6 last night to secure the top spot in their pool.

Wales, despite the loss, is through to the quarter-finals.

--Scotland's victory last night takes a lot of the drama out of this evening's final set of matches in the group stages.

If Scotland would have lost last night, Japan would have had a shot at the knock-out stages, provided they beat the United States tonight.

However, that match, the last before the quarter-finals starts, is now inconsequential, as Samoa's loss last night secures Japan 3rd place in their group, meaning an automatic ticket to the next Rugby World Cup.

In other action tonight, its Argentina against Namibia.

Argentina is already through, while Namibia hasn't won a match at the tournament.

That will be followed by Italy taking on Romania.

This match does have ramifications, as the winner will be granted an automatic slot at the next World Cup.

Then it will be France taking on Ireland, with the winner taking the top slot out of their group.

The loser will still advance.

Wales qualifies for EURO 2016 despite losing to BosniaIn European football,Wales has qualified for the Euro 2016, despite its 2-nil loss to Bosnia last night.

Wales has made it through after Israel lost to Cyprus 2-1 at home.

This has allowed Wales to secure the second slot in its Group.

Welsh head coach Chris Coleman says making it into the Euro tournament for just the 2nd time since 1958 is a major milestone.

"I can't honestly describe to you because it probably won't sink in for a few days. Waited so long. I don't just mean as a manager or a player but even as a kid. As a Welsh boy waiting for us to qualify and we missed out, and missed out. I was a part of it as a player and we missed out. For us to finally do it, I can't describe. There is a lot of emotion involved (and) I can't describe the feeling.

In other Euro qualifying from last night.

Italy has secured its slot in the tournament after downing Azerbaijan 3-1.

Turkey has kept its shot at the tournament in-check after blanking the Czech Republic 2-nil away.

This keeps the Turks in 2nd place in their group.

The Netherlands had briefly moved into that spot with their 2-1 win earlier in the night over Kazakhstan.

The Dutch, who haven't missed the tournament since 1984, will need to beat the Czech's in their final match, but also need Turkey to lose to group-leading Iceland to make it in.

Iceland drew 2-2 with Latvia last night.

In other action,It was Norway blanking Malta 2-nil.

Belgium thumped Andorra 4-nil.

And it was Croatia over Bulgaria 3-nil.

This leaves Croatia a chance to secure an automatic qualifying spot in its last match, provided Norway goes down to Italy in its last match.

David Luiz to miss Brazil World Cup qualifierIn other action,There were 3-matches last night in World Cup qualifying in Africa.

It was Madagascar opening up the first leg of its match-up with the Central African Republic with a 3-nil home victory.

Botswana blanked Eritrea 2-nil at home.

And it was Chad upsetting Sierra Leone at home 1-nil.

--In Olympic qualifying action in the North and Central American, and Caribbean region,Honduras has punched its ticket to Rio, downing the United States in the semi-final 2-nil and putting the US team in jeopardy of missing next year's Olympics.

Honduras will meet Mexico in the final, after the Mexicans got past Canada 2-nil as well.

So for the US football team to make it to Rio, they will have to beat Canada for 3rd place in the qualifying tournament.

The winner of that match will then have a home-and-away series in March against South American side Columbia for a shot at the Olympics.

--Saturday wasn't a good day for USA Soccer.

The US went down to Mexico 3-2 in the final of the CONCACAF Cup.

The victory gives Mexico the automatic ticket into the 2017 Confederations Cup.

--In off pitch-news...

Brazilian defender David Luiz has been ruled out of Brazil's next World Cup qualifier against Venezuela on Tuesday.

The 28-year old was injured during Brazil's opening World Cup qualifying match on Thursday, which they lost to Chile 2-nil.

Entertainment"Mr. Loser" wins big at the Chinese box office on National Day holidayChinese comedy film "Goodbye Mr. Loser" is the surprise winner of this year's seven-day National Day holiday box office, narrowly beating "Lost in Hong Kong" and big-budget fantasy "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe".

The fantasy comedy is about a middle-aged loser who gets a chance to relive his high school experiences.

Mr. Loser earned just over 86 million US dollars over the holiday period. Including early previews, the film has made 93 million US dollars.

With strong word-of-mouth from previews, it was the only holiday film to see its revenue consistently rise during the period.

Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong" came in at a close second, earning almost 87 million US dollars over the holiday.

The comedy – now the highest grossing 2-D film of all time – has made over 230 million US dollars in total.

LU Chuan's "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" is in third place, earning just over 73 million US dollars over the holiday.

Don Cheadle closes New York Film Festival with his Miles Davis biopicDon Cheadle's "Miles Ahead" closed the 53rd New York Film Festival on Saturday night.

"Miles Ahead" is Cheadle's directorial debut. The screening marks the film's world premiere.

The title of the film is taken from the 1957 album featuring iconic trumpet player Miles Davis in his first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans.

The film is set in New York in 1979, when Davis was ending a five-year "silent period" and teaming with a Rolling Stone reporter to start a career revival.

Miles Davis died in 1991 at the age of 65.

"Miles Ahead" will hit US cinemas early next year.

GOT7 Top Billboard World Albums Chart For 2nd Week With 'MAD' EPKorean pop band GOT7's EP MAD is topping the Billboard World Albums chart. For the second weekMAD was released on Sept. 29 and quickly topped domestic real time music charts in South Korea and iTunes charts in Asia.

GOT7 is currently promoting their lead single "If You Do" on all major Korean network music shows.

GOT7 is not the only K-pop act to appear on the Billboard chart this week.

YG Entertainment's newest boy band iKON are number three on the World Albums chart with their debut EP "Welcome Back".

Barack Obama Offers Advice To Kanye West About Being PresidentBarack Obama has offered a few words of wisdom to rapper Kanye West, in case the latter ever launched a presidential bid.

Speaking at a fundraising event, Obama said it was important to "stay cool" and deal with strange characters who behave like they are on a reality TV show.

West announced that he intended to run for President of the United States in 2020 at the MTV Video Music awards back in August.

Katy Perry to Rally for Hillary ClintonKaty Perry is headed to Des Moines on October 24 to rally Hillary Clinton supporters before the Iowa Democratic Party's Jackson-Jefferson Dinner.

Last year Perry posted a photo on her Instagram account with Clinton – when Clinton was on her book tour for "Hard Choices" - saying she would "write her a 'theme' song if she needs it."The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, an essential stop for Democratic candidates seeking to win the Iowa caucuses.

'The Walking Dead' Hosts Huge Premiere of New Season in New YorkA big premiere for season six of AMC's "The Walking Dead" is being held in New York's Madison Square Garden.

The event, which awards fans with tickets via giveaways and sweepstakes, screened the season six premiere and held a panel with 18 cast members.

It is one of the most-watched shows on television and has a global fan base.

WeatherBeijing will be clear tonight with a low of 8 degrees. Tomorrow will see sunshine with a high of 23.

Shanghai will be clear overnight with a low of 13. It will be sunny tomorrow with a high of 23.

Chongqing will be cloudy with a low of 17. Tomorrow, cloudy, high of 27.

Lhasa will be cloudy tonight with a low of 4, cloudy tomorrow with a high of 18.

Elsewhere in Asia,Islamabad will be cloudy tomorrow with a high of 32.

Kabul, cloudy, 24.

In the Southern Hemisphere.

Sydney will be cloudy with a high of 30.

Brisbane, sunny, high of 26.

Perth, cloudy, 33.

And finally Auckland will be cloudy with a high of 17 degrees Celsius.

That's it for this weekend edition of the Beijing Hour.

A quick look at the headlines before we go...

National mourning has begun in Turkey following a deadly attack in Ankara yesterday which has left close to a hundred dead.

On behalf of the Beijing Hour staffers, this is Paul James in Beijing hoping you'll join us for the next edition of the Beijing Hour, and open a window to the world together.