most of the cool new the latest in science and technology from the ground force are. we going to the future or covered. sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched the street fight. to fly in from the colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. camilo mejia sergeant of the us army. tried to become an american by getting pardon the. franks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together once they disobey the .

pain i knew years the bitter cold didn't stop russians revellers from seeing in twenty eleven across all its times and. there were also celebrations in space as a crew over to scepticism a message to those thousands of kilometers but that. fought for the standards that some on the new europe as the country becomes the latest to sign up to the currency amid fears it will force costs up try the living standards down.

and a happy new year to you know watching on t.v. the new year is rolling out around the world with russia blocking nine times twenty seven began and that he was stuck on the pacific coast eventually reaching the baltic city of kaliningrad as ever when to chills didn't stop millions of russians from celebrating parties at his habits was among moscow's revelers. moscow is a city that reading no news houses throw a new year's backlash. and seeing in twenty eleven was no exception nearly one and a half million revelers descended on the russian capital downtown area turning it into a giant street policy. that's not my wish is it my children are happy and successful that's the most important thing that i mean it's not that i wish them and everyone health and happiness let them stay and fly and have you know enemies. boys and

girls everywhere a very happy new year. my warmest congratulations for the new year be healthy everyone and support our sochi winter olympics. on red square itself numbers were limited to twenty five thousand those who braved the elements to claim their spots early on when not disappointed on the stroke of midnight the kremlin's clock tower rang out. marking the beginning of the night's main celebrations. by the music only stopped for policy goes to listen to president nevada's new year address shown on big screens across the capital. but i was. with this we see the old year out we remember it's joyful and sound. and hope that next year will be good and successful

for all of us and for our country we will build a modern russia together that is a strong open and friendly country. the evening's christian day was a fabulous firework display over the mosque forever a burst of color setting the scene for the capital's fun holiday this. good luck sticks to the. weather we're not. here. to welcome a. russian style. over a thousand kilometers south of the capital but still in russia people. took place on the palm trees to the stand christmas for tea parties.

i love. her russian when. the people. with all the. people and it's not a wonder that. the twenty fourth. celebrations in russia's resort city of sochi while most one moment.

there's a group of people who get to do it many times on board the international space station the most unique start. with a. took about a prime seat but. not just one city or even the country celebrates its new year. they get to watch the whole planet spin into its next all but little sun here in mission control in moscow on a live link up i asked them just how they feel about it hello my name's tom barton from russia today television my christmas and happy new year then pick you up and then pick billion of us down here what's your message to the world new year. happy new year we wish everyone good health love happiness success in all their new beginnings and plenty of rewarding achievement in the upcoming year it was also

a chance for others to send a cosmic congratulations for the frost was here greeting the cosmonauts children and praising their orbiting relatives but as much as the kids wanted to see the joy right now on their warmest words were saved the loved ones in space. that's followed daddy i love you still months you are the best dad in the world happy new year. the crew the s.s. the only ones to spend new year and spend in isolation in moscow those participating in the simulated trip to mars and back over the five hundred days have already been in the modules for seven months. we would like to have everybody to shake hands even the kids some people if they ask you but it won't be soon because we have a year of hard work ahead of the i s s crew especially in new year and about the most exotic location possible and they also have the unique advantage of being able to share the strikes of midnight repeatedly on up a sense we have

a chance to celebrate the new year several times we send our wishes to different control centers we start in the east and finish with houston we can celebrate all day but after the party is over they'll still be watching over the planet because the s.s. will remain in space for quite a while after the new year suffice to say that today's little chat provided a human touch to an otherwise very technical life. that a few minutes we investigate how some revelers are literally playing with fire in night sometimes bang it across russia as we head later for quality fireworks content parties into tragedies. also nationalists all foreigners are left with a nasty taste in it allows. any props. fakes of the market. and fall of frost's magic kingdom a fairy tale village near boston brings joy to visiting children and raise concerns

whether it's worth the money spent on it. this ten year it's starting twenty seven with bank machines dishing out a new currency as the baltic state becomes the seventeenth member of the usa. has been discovering that while officials all celebrating the historic switch the students themselves poor living standards are about to get worse. chatting about the bad and the worse these two france italy sions apart irina and her native the store near here are learned but they have one concern on their minds how to make it in this tough economic times march according to rena the definitions of hardship couldn't be more different than you if irish people had a chance to experience what life is like here in the stony athan i think there would have been no rallies in dublin they simply don't appreciate what they have to take my friend for example she gets an employment pay out each month and with this

money she is able to support her child to study and say for air tickets to visit her parents here in a stone here if you are on welfare when a stone you simply can't make ends meet. the gap in living standards within the european union is huge but it may get even bigger slated to join the euro zone from january first dystonia now has to contribute eight hundred million euros to the e.u. solidarity fund it will be partially used to mundine arlen's lavish social programs analysts say the arrangement will keep reach countries reacher and their poor neighbors poorer. tourists. to. this. because. sixty three percent of. you know.

something one hundred twenty or even more want to stormy and join the european union in two thousand and four most of its residents some of the membership as their ticket to perspire itchy the country drastically cut social spending to three the ear requirements a move that provoked little public discontent historians just tighten their belts and according to the country's finance minister they're ready to do it again this time to lead the irish continue wearing their cloth loose. you can avoid obligation if you're. taken to the club if your summary fleer and inviting smile this girl has become a poster child for stoney's inclusion into the euro zone but the reality of this move is proving far less alluring the average unemployment benefit in our line is eight hundred that's what a jobless this would get the new year and about policy makers are trying to portray

this issue as a matter of solidarity in the european union summit story and see it as a sign of discord in living standards of inequality in. the work of art. it's tony. of course we are twenty four hours a day and online let's give you a taste of what we've got lined up for you just a click away at our dot com fiesta from russian capital that opens its international christmas festival this dedicates no time to spain. found and not so merry surprise for all the frost as the action center gets the following why don't.

fireworks are a must for any new year celebration spectacular but also highly dangerous both by the time for russia's biggest party of the year but never explains too many lethal substandard used refit consequences. two decades after consumer for work through first important to russia they have become an essential part of the first of tradition this holiday season russian. it will be setting off nearly one hundred million dollars worth of fireworks in their backyards and many of them will end up here in the burns unit. a huge problem is that many of these fireworks do not work as advertised for example a firework doesn't quite ignite when it's meant to people pick it up and then it explodes burns i damaged blown off fingers we've got it all here authorities say there isn't enough control over the quality of the fireworks which can be sold

anywhere but anyone most don't find out they've bought a defective firework until it's too late the point out that some of the fireworks on sale really aren't. the pavers that the popular moscow store. with their colorful packaging these chinese made imports are aimed at the casual part technics enthusiastic prices are dirt cheap less than ten dollars for an entire display i buy a few for testing by professionals. most of the do not comply with the russian legislation for example look at this parachute forward it's meant to go up street. it might seem trivial but. in the wrong direction in here soon. authorities admit drug imports do get through but then says that it's up to people to it least try to buy from licensed suppliers still although some of the injuries will be from misuse of defective fireworks hospitals in moscow alone expect to receive around one

hundred patients these holidays but all hope to avoid large scale mishaps emerge the firework induced fire in the lame horse nightclub just over a year ago that killed more than one hundred fifty people. well i've created a new worst warning slow death yeah i'm enjoying the press the third with probably with some good quality if i were you got a raw nerve at the last go. and that is one city missionaries how to party it's moscow. shows us the best places. moscow team visited in twenty ten. years even though it's now in siberia pretty good five plus one to land the greens and new year's eve all the old school boys. anyway will be on the moscow our team were killed in some incredible places you know for instance and let's take a look at some of the favorite.

pharmacy in indian kashmir. better than the world's closeness spice saffron is much prized but explains his damaging. saffron is a spice not a must with meat costing four thousand u.s. dollars a kilogram this price being greedy and is used in medicine and south asian cuisine it turns out yes but the saffron farmers in poor unhappy lot with their yield half what it was a decade ago they blamed a dozen cement factories that have been set up nearby. these factories do not use pollution control devices you can see them spewing out dust twenty four hours a day we are working hard to keep or fields for to increase their heels but the government doesn't take any action against the cement plant. the fallout is that

every year sees less snow fall than the last affecting the crop many farmers see there even thinking of selling their land the biggest problem is the adulteration of cheap big brands of saffron sell briskly here on the streets or srinagar and it is virtually impossible for you or me to distinguish between these and the real thing this has been to the image and resulted in a drop in price the availability of cheaper saffron from iran and spain has added to the problem with credibility. d. at stake traders like. now refused to stock saffron. w. when one cannot be sure the quality of a stock at. whether it's genuine so there isn't much demand for more if the government is ready with your thank you kate. i will start. but there are all those who still swear by saffron houseboat. has saffron every morning

especially in winter. from to milk in rust issues because it's very good for one's health in this cold weather it helps reduce chest congestion in my back it also goes away that will bring some cheer to the saffron farmers who face a second year of plummeting prices the government had pledged eighty million dollars six months ago to improve facilities but the farmers like yet to see any action do they do this cash crop could well continue its slow decline got and sing r g bump or. some other stories making world nice and stale twenty left. a bomb has exploded in front of a christian church as worshippers would leaving his mass at least ten people were killed and twenty four wounded last night to classes as a pension from the church then stand by there was a bit of

a sponsor but it's time for the attack which comes amid rising sectarian tensions. a series of. america's midwest at least six people thousands one way as we. went through. the storms also brought down power lines plunging. towns and cities down. because defeated leaders were. and that things will get worse if he's forced out the one that supporters said to me plotting an assault on i tell where his rival is holed up with the un peacekeepers incumbent president refuses to quit his opponent was recognized as winning last month's elections about it which followed has killed at least one hundred seventy three people so far. north korea's new message calls for better health. says it's willing to overcome tensions for its

shelling of the south korean island of. people but it's bound to crease its military capabilities and training and it's going global concern its new traditions . now moscow district has built a winter wonderland for children to visit all the frost the russian santa claus meets them bringing the excitement they expect at this time of the but not everyone is smiling sean thomas discovered. a good model since needed which got the snow maiden are truly icons of the rushing me here spreading love into joy throughout the home of the fees and while there are crucial addresses in the leaking of the full grown region they have a seasonal state of your home in the outskirts of moscow as well i believe that this place is of great importance for all parents and children and they can feel their real fairytale here at the moscow site kids can play around the new year's

tree recorded hard to talk to the main characters and even send a letter to yet most of the village post office through it all the children here can become a part of good liberals this magical world. i like which is why you went to his bedroom and his dining hall and his guest room about that aside from the fantasy of it all there was also a practice i did a village. good matters as helpers are part of the special college interns program some of the state though we've got it's all about the smile you know it's a joy to see a child smile because we also learned how to me. children believe our tale it is said that the land of the buildings in all of these decorations cost around thirty three and a half million dollars but it's not just for show the organizers say it's so that the people here to know the true meaning of the new year. high hopes hopes that we will accomplish more next year than we did this year hope that we do more and correct the mistakes not of people make politicians parents don't. have to correct

the mistakes they make. but life in the village isn't one long fairy tale there are some rumblings the magic kingdom is costing too much and the money could have been better spent helping children directly despite that the city of moscow is pressing forward with plans to expand a project further in the coming years a move that is sure to continue to make the children who come here smile no matter what the now has a holiday when children's wishes come true it's a very fun holiday children get presents which are not to but from the cross is that it was magical i really did not did when we joined hands in a circle inside the house and made our wishes and then bubbles fell on us right now the legal route you wish with a face that the new year will be brighter for all. sean thomas archie moscow. well that's today we're off to one of russia's golden ring cities to discover more about folk and the ancient ways of doing things still the

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a shell that was fired it is out there. but i welcome to this special business program here at all it's a looking at some of the highlights of two thousand and ten. russia is to become the top european tourist long within the next ten years that's according to your second largest tour operator thomas cook glaucus expected to grow by double digit percentage as the wealth of russia's one hundred forty two million population increases dana question of the reports turkey agent anti-lynching these are the main destinations for russian tourists who go in search of the sun at the first sign of freezing weather back home about two million russians visit turkey one point six million go to egypt and over half a million go to thailand that picture changed in twenty ten with greece making a splash as the euro crisis presents its russians with a chance of

a cheap khalid. and greece could get a further boost in twenty eleven with operators in turkey and egypt already raising their prices greece attracted fifteen million visitors in two thousand and nine and ranging in the top twenty global destinations and is expected to strengthen that position as it hopes on booming markets such as china and russia we do have this next year we believe the tourist sales will definitely grow and customers will have more spending power and there's still a trend which even the crisis failed to affect russians do not cut costs on family holidays which we expect this to be the fastest growing sector in twenty women and greek holiday operators aren't the only ones eyeing the russian traveler europe second largest to operator thomas cook has teamed up with russia's to buner will interest travel agency thomas cook will invest up to forty five million dollars to meet russian demand for beach and family holidays with

a. purpose market place we cannot go into tours just. because of the circuit because we're going to be the same russia so clearly we want to be either going to war or number two in the russian markets operate is a bad thing and more than rising numbers of holidaymakers analysts believe as disposable incomes rise russians will be looking for more destinations and new services. business r.t. in two thousand and ten merger and acquisition duos were among the top market drivers in the consumer goods sector that was ahead of the trend u.s. based drinks giant pepsi co signed a deal to buy sixty six percent stake in russia's leading dairy producers down three point eight billion dollars the chorus tied effectively doubles the value of the russian company which funds it down on sold its stake in so much that it will

bring pepsico into the leading position on the russian food and beverage market adding twenty largest friends in the country to the company's port phone. shops like this all but you can always find most stories on our website called.

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