to draw a line under the cap in case work is still underway to find more places where polish prisoners of war a buried as some died while in transit to the prison camps there also continued efforts to gather information about the victims of stalin's reign of terror to a buried in mass graves together with the poles if the bells were to on every single person buried at midnight and canton they would have to toll continuously for many days.

recapping the stories that shaped the week russia's republic of north though said he warned the seventeen victims of thursday's terror attack that hit its capital market. as the u.s.

marks nine years since the deadliest terror attack the world has ever seen we look at how the ground zero tragedy has led to zero tolerance towards islam by some people in the u.s. . plus top minds gathered to discuss hope formula for better he said democracy is the global policy forum in jaroslav a russian city which is marking its millennium year. and the pilots who became heroes courage under pressure as they managed to crash land a crippled passenger jet in the remote russian forest saving everyone on board. twelve midnight in moscow i met très a good to have you with us on our team as we wrap up the week's news our top story russia's republic of north has said he is reeling from the deadliest terror attack on its capital in a decade

a car bomb exploded in the central market of lot of cars thursday morning killing seventeen injuring more than one hundred sixty artie's axon a leak which over reports now on how people there are still coming to terms with what happened. cries louder than sirens but no fear just the time eleven twenty four on the watches of those who perished in the central market in logic of class it was a thursday when a suicide bomber drove his silver car to its entrance gates he was said to be home during a routine check of the car but reluctant to open the trunk but a security guard muslim big player insisted. he put the key in the trunk lock turned it maybe once or twice the key broken his hand as long big had the man turned around and moved away from the crowded entrance a minute later a powerful explosion shook the area icelandic heard the cries and rushed to the scene. i saw a lot of cars blown to pieces and

a lot of bodies i had no real fear i just felt sorry for the people who died or got injured especially a young mother with a child i saw them just before the explosion a young girl was coming in with a kid a little kid as soon as she got inside the blast happened. little went to the market that day with his entire family it said he was quarreling with his brother dog riding their bike so his grandmother promised to buy him a new one but a moment later they were killed by the blast so. i went inside but they stayed at the entrance suddenly there was an explosion i lost one of my children and my mother my wife and another kid are in hospital there were many people there it was scary no we'll know and his grandmother yes i'm on lie side by side the government's closed the hearts of the survivors stricken by the loss. this is a father and his one and a half year old son who died and this is his wife she was injured legs and hands

and this is the one. candles commemorate the day in which he got because people here are mourning their loved ones and have been given blood to help the injured for tania who has arrived in the form of a new born son but before the birth she too had to leave through the tragedy no slight. to the market and the brooch in the entrance a powerful explosion went off my ears were down right away honestly i didn't understand it was an act of terror or anything like that and then i lived down there so people covered by blonde and they run right away i was afraid of a second blast. too scared for the last hope you get to be born son to t.n. i didn't notice that she herself was injured and it was not the piece of metal in her knee that was on her mind. was afraid there's nothing.

to sometime leave his talented moving when i was at the rate it home the one taken care of and baby sleeping beside her the general now is occupied will begin a name for the little one as with logic of course itself she still needs some time to get back to normal life this penetrating logic of causes far deeper than this shell hole left by that deadly car blast as days parcival slowly start mending their lives for sun like that newborn baby it could be a bridge to life but for many this horrible attack will be engraved on their hearts forever. are what got us. the bombing in north has been followed by a string of anti terror campaigns in the caucasus region ten militants have been killed in two separate incidents in another volatile russian republic dagestan eight gunmen were besieged in a house on the republican. they refused to surrender and opened fire on police and elsewhere two militants were killed in another diet and village but before they

were killed they shot a top local official who was acting as a negotiator. many experts say militants in the north north caucasus are part of an international terror network political scientist dr weil and farah says the bombing in north has said here is no different from other suicide bombings elsewhere in the world. this attack suicide attack in the northern caucuses is not just a local attack by local terrorists we've seen this before it has a history at tax by movement linked to al qaida worldwide inside russia in dagestan in chechnya in this part of the caucasus as we see around the world whatever you have suicide bombers you see also threats against international democracy and freedom and also is there from political scientist dr walid far as. this weekend marks nine years since the deadliest terror attack in history almost

three thousand people were killed on september eleventh two thousand and one in new york and mistrust of islam spread among many in the u.s. but despite that tens of thousands of americans decided to become muslims since the tragedy. went to find out why. it's the call to prayer and it's answered by more than a billion muslims all over the world including caitlin billings a twenty two year old american who was raised christian converted last year my mother she was crying a lot. that i was betraying her by changing my religion back tracked almost a decade ago to nine eleven today our fellow citizens our way of life. our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks president bush waged a war on terror targeting extremists muslims who were labeled as terrorists you

know i was fourteen when september eleventh happened so i didn't really know what was going on if it really was you know people thought it was so i believe just like everybody else but as villains got older she decided to find out for herself and her investigation led her to the mistah office center a mosque just outside of washington d.c. that has become a haven for many americans like billings who have found allah a new poll found that almost forty percent of americans believe that muslims should carry identification cards despite that twenty thousand americans every year decide to convert to islam be a convert say they don't regret their decision at all around the world since nine eleven muslims have battled bands of their religious clothing profiling in airports and discrimination in their everyday lives after joining us last to learn more about islam carl dodge also decided to become a muslim one of the big jokes that i've always made is before i actually set down the class and open my career on everything i knew about islam i had learned from

c.n.n. and when it comes to the mainstream media the depiction of converts can be somewhat extreme that pakistani officials have arrested adam gadahn this is the american born spokesman for al qaida fox is the first there was john walker lindh the californian who converted joined the taliban and ended up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane the blond haired blue eyed convert who allegedly recruited people to wage violent jihad and for many american muslims like dodge and billings the portrayal of converts is disturbing if those upset me a little bit because there's a lot of preconceptions people have been until i actually took the time to open up going around and see what was written you know that was my only impression of islam as a. what i had seen on t.v. and in the united states they say a culture of islamophobia just doesn't make sense it's a rights of proper religion that's what this country was founded on no matter what

unfolds around her billing says she's proud to be a muslim if no one in the world wants to talk to me and my friend i saw. a happiness that might not make sense to those around her little over there r.t. annandale virginia. growing anti muslim sentiment came to the fore on the anniversary of the september eleventh attacks and set fire to pages of the koran near ground zero two similar incidents are said to have happened in the state of tennessee this follows a threat by a florida pastor to burn his lawns holy book on the nine eleven anniversary although that was later called off there were also fresh protests against plans to build a mosque close to the site of the tragedy while supporters of the project also rallied nearby muslim american activist regina o'day ramadan says that since nine eleven islam has been misconstrued in the us. really with this shows in the most disturbing part about this debate if it's become an us against them that is the

most troubling aspect because we are all americans we're signing collective guilt on the one billion muslims on the acts of nineteen villains that basically defiled this law and practiced a perverted version of islam for a political agenda and now to assign blame on all muslims is completely incorrect and inaccurate but i think the great majority here islam because they don't understand it. here's a quick preview of what's coming up later here on r t as the u.s. military presence on the japanese island of okinawa is extended the campaign against it gets stronger we find out what's behind both. but first a gathering of some of the finest minds from around the world has put the russian city of firmly on the map this week it played host to the global policy forum a brainstorming session bringing together statesmen and strategists investors and innovators and artie's a catarina graduate of

a followed it all. it's an image of the young and what you are in effect solver and democracy as it turns out is different things to different state was the title of the series for many years sloppy stand at some time ocracy and efficiency made it sound a little rain even for the crimea to talk. some of them the chance to hit the president we're all having around. us and i strongly disagree with those who say there's no democracy in russia and that there's authoritarian tendencies here it's not true that russia is a democracy beyond any doubt it's young it's immature it's still not perfect and experience but it's a democracy nonetheless there's a way to go but we're ready to work on it in some countries democracy is being imposed but it doesn't work that way video we've seen many examples of that but then you talk of democracy in russia is a moot point you get the country doesn't want denies it's the message that the president just sent in his speech another major topic was security russia's been

voting and new vision for european security architecture. that it says is vital to launching military conflicts similar to that in the south caucasus in two thousand and eight. the what we need to create an institution that will bring together nato and non nato members and other structures where u.s. counterpart president barack obama never avoids discussing this issue he does not say that is harmful or unnecessary but i would suggest that among our american partners a certain jealousy exists with regard to this idea however it is necessary to rise over this josee and try to look the truth in the eye without the creation of the system for the world will not be able to survive we can help each other here is one of the first posts of course of the idea of the new european security treaty was the talent premier. corny but before he could make his point he had to find his words i like to see that i was not very well informed about the topics to be

discussed in this forum. the section of my administration which has prepared the speech has prepared the room laughing that's why i am passing this tax to the moderator of this portion of the plenary meeting this presentation doesn't correspond to the discussion here many of that evening criticize that it was corny for taking more stage time than the host but michonne it that it didn't seem to mind these helen prime ministers the vote i see a more definite despise me put forth a formal session to them over to the uk for two days this study and turned into a lib or a tree where some of the world's best minds attempted to find a formula balancing three elements democracy modernization and officials see did they come up with a single formula of course they didn't but what they agreed upon is no matter what the proportion if a country wants to move forward it needs all three elements in the mix if the democrats are to from. although in no european security framework will take years

of discussion reforming the current structure is vital according to a new york university professor craig calhoun. i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement and a new framework up so dean analysis from professor craig home with new york university speaking at the global policy forum. turning now to one of the week's other major stories faulty plane fearless pilots there was a miraculous escape this week for

a packed russian passenger jet way crash landed in the middle of a forest in the country's northwest all eighty one people aboard survived after a midair electrical failure artie's tom barton has the details of. the heroes of the tiger these are the men that managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest not injure so passengers thankful to be in line we see it in a full length anthony estimates and any doubt this includes emergency crews right to try to wait everything was done has to be better understood this to the fleet people if not for the professionalism of through the show you would not be standing here. that you could have one fine for what was flying at ten thousand me says on its way to moscow from russia's far east and it was a massive electrical failure plane most intimate navigation and communication its fuel supply wing flaps were crippled meeting or had to run quickly and it fired the normal speeds even the lights in the cabin in place when tapped by site to load the

pilots from the. i'm going there straight in the depths of the forest and managed to land in a good attempt dozens not by plane was designed to land on a concrete airstrip first we chose a rough strip and decided to land there but during the maneuver by a miracle we caught a glimpse of a concrete strip and all the shorter it would be much safer going to get them despite overshooting and plowing through two hundred metres of woodland before stopping all eighty one people on board were evacuated to safety rather be a good skin is a former pilot and actually trained the heroes in question he says he's very proud of his former protestants grown up in the clothes they couldn't even tell their how to cheat or where they were he only had enough fuel for ten minutes of flight in managing to land that plane he practically did the impossible as with the plane itself investigators are poring over interviews with the crew and witnesses black

box recordings and evidence at the site that question what caused such a massive electrical failure providing that w one fifty four is not quite the brand new aircraft and i'm sure that that car was manufactured probably at least twenty years ago when you were more. i believe there is a chance that the gui point was just warning of. a russell airlines which owns the plane says it wasn't aware of any issues before takeoff but added it would never fly again investigators are focusing on mechanical failure rather than pilot error or weather conditions but everyone is expecting the playlets to receive medals there chief. in time the technical details of his plane's malfunction will join all of the others maybe nation history but one thing will always stand out courage and resourcefulness of the two men who brought it safely to tamasin aussie hospital you can find more on that amazing escape and plenty other stories we're covering on

our website our team dot com here's a peek at what's online right now. the true cost of luxury see how searching for one of the world's most precious foods have you all up pushing the sturgeon species to the brink of extinction. russian inventors are found a way to keep drivers from falling asleep at the wheel find out what it is and how it works. a former u.s. soldier has found himself at the center of a scandal after posting a controversial video on you tube sergeant dunson was discharged after planting grenades in the cars of iraq he's at checkpoints then filming the driver's reactions it was also it was all supposed to be a prank but as paul asli reports most iraqis aren't laughing. manning

a checkpoint all day musket or wing which is perhaps why sergeant. they passed the time and playing jokes on unsuspecting drivers in the posting dunson describes how they planted a grenade in a new recommends calm a few seconds of confusion always explained and to play but very would be to drive it seemed on his way. to you know cause. or hour it was just one of those things where you know it happened. on a guy like that. but for most iraqis this is not fun and life here is very far from being a joke. i think it's only for them to laugh through us it's not funny but very scary . we're used to far beyond such feelings as the search is happening every day but if someone did this to me i would be so it's here. as would most people in

a country where a checkpoint often the difference between life and death it's not uncommon to have your heart shaped at least a dozen times a day if you're found to have illegal weapons what you will see will see a grenade you'll be arrested on the soft and hard with terrorism. and some american military personnel are not seeing the funny side of sergeant dunces antics i would not tolerate that in my organization. i don't think that's conducive to gaining. you know into the partnership with with the federal police or certainly entrusting their confidence in us or the people for that matter and trusting the. trusting in the federal police but i want to be a local t.v. stations now picked up on the idea. that it takes well known local celebrities to iraqi checkpoints and plays pranks on them in much the same way as dunson and his

colleagues would use i'm not sure i will buy i says it's a way to lighten the situation. in libya we're not making fun of the iraqi forces they're very brave and fight and we wanted to resent them and i mean you can defend wig on that we also wanted to present the evidence is something people can laugh about even if. there's mixed reaction to the iraqi shows but still iraqis making fun of iraqis is very different according to most people here to americans get on the internet and with people still being killed in iraq every day it was a constant reminder that terrorism is no laughing matter. r.t. back to. this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence at the united nations. under pressure from the european union validated finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which called on the succession of the session of kosovo to be denounced by consensus resolution was

unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade doesn't recognize kosovo's independence has away with it sure has the right to talk with a host of ours on all i don't resolve matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia is wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer diana johnston this is serbia has caved into the e.u. . the president takes that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this is not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for years the serbia is you know really very much in the position of france. it's not quite an occupied country but it's surrounded and it's sort of

occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interests is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they have look we have and desires to have push today it's a which the united states to use in order to get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still interested in his country's welfare he's been branded as an extreme nationalist and sidelined. on the way a few in the next hour a potential claim to fame young told story of how a village in russia's far in this might have been the birthplace of north korean leader kim jong il. this week japan has approved a defense document outlining the need for the continued presence of u.s. troops at a military base on the island of okinawa locals they are highly critical of the u.s. forces and over piddly called for the facility to be moved our teams sean thomas

visited the island to investigate. since the end of world war two the united states has had a military presence in japan which some people living in okinawa are finding a nuisance i don't hate people but sometimes we have a. because. for . america. there was a huge problem. around eighteen percent of okinawa's main island is occupied by u.s. military forces weeding some to believe that in order to provide a more stable future there needs to be less reliance on the bases. and the direction and the make more. we need to be independent.

stations do need to market represents okinawa in japan's house of representatives and is looking to bring about change. it has been sixty years since world war two seventy percent of u.s. bases in japan are now. know that there are security measures and programs and gleason asian countries we want the u.s. to reduce their bases games aside from noise pollution and space concerns that one of the arguments against u.s. military bases on okinawa is a crime according to the treaty american citizens attached. to the base can't be tried under japanese law now most of the crimes about ninety percent involve drinking and driving or traffic related but there are a few high profile crimes which include rape and murder which have put a strain on japanese u.s. relations. the u.s. military declined an interview with r.t. but did give us this statement. whereas a small group of people in okinawa vocalized that they are not happy with the bases many people there and on mainland japan fully support u.s.

forces in okinawa and to japan the realize the vital role the play in the defense of japan and for regional stability and security but getting the u.s. out isn't as easy as a vote by the people japan's surrender at the end of the war limits the country to having only a security defense force as part of the treaty the united states officially acts as japan's military in case a conflict should arise that affects the country but now there is a small but vocal movement suggesting that it is time to review old policies that just aren't needed anymore. the situation in asia has calmed there are no conflicts here in the conflicts that exist or in western iraq and not here the people in okinawa think that the strategic value of these bases has diminished but the u.s. . but with china growing stronger as a geo political force in the region and the instability of north koreas.