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family. would use around the world this is r.t. in moscow for the millions of immigrants that dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a land of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky. to reports. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. entering for a chance to win for a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and

a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when meet one of them. and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration the jackpot coming out residency the prizes not cash but green cards and this startling experience was we had to start from scratch from zero once we got here two years of struggling with joblessness after finding their education in nepal doesn't count in the u.s. setbacks they never expected. we didn't know people used to say you're educated it will be easy america is a big country with

a lot of facilities life will be better but in reality it was getting the food and . yes to i mean by experts who work on immigration issues a lottery winners really are given no resources from the government that invited them here and the struggles of jimena and her family are not unique for most people we have encountered it's been very difficult they reflect a group of immigrants who come to the u.s. not because of a job lined up or a family sponsoring them but for many because of the vision of what they can achieve they really have that american dream of coming to the u.s. they know that they've invested in their education and they. i think that the united states is the place to put that skills those degrees and that ambition to work with the greatest possible. when many find is maybe something no year of an ethnic neighborhood like this one that has southeast asian music restaurants and

fashion that many struggle with is finding economic opportunities that are any better than what they had in their home country or even finding jobs that allow them to survive here we're seeing a lot of downward mobility of immigrants and often very highly qualified and. finding foreign degrees an experience don't count for many u.s. employers these immigrants end up taking anything it means engineers and business managers and up his cab drivers and cashiers according to a study two out of five ford educated immigrants are either in this situation or unemployed all together it's an american dream they want to wake up from if you got if we had known this we wouldn't have come life was much easier in my country people who see their plight firsthand argue the government should help more i do think it's the state department's responsibility and i think that the united states is going to lose out relative to other countries taking that step possibly losing out to countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure of winning the

lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our new york. sting in new york of alleged russian arms dealer vic to boot says she and her children were detained and questioned on arrival in the u.s. to travel to new york where he's being held in custody while he awaits trial his pretrial hearings have been postponed until the end of the month and the reports now from the city. the family of victor boot arrived to new york for the first time since his extradition from thailand took place two months ago and we did speak exclusively with his wife all aboot outside the airport after they were held inside the airport for over two and a half hours and she did really seem quite traumatized by the experience she was telling us how her self her teenage daughter and victor boots mother who is over seventy years old were held by u.s. officials and al a boot was questioned they were scooped up by officials as soon as they stepped off the airplane and really asked calculus questions including whether or not all of

two things and knows that her husband is a terrorist take a listen to how she described this situation to us. we had to spend two hours in some strange room turned our luggage upside down and took personal things from my bag they told me to switch off my cell phone and didn't allow me to get in touch with the russian consul until the interrogation or questioning was over one person introduced himself as a special and he said he wanted to talk to me about the purpose of my visit an immigration officer and i think also asked me whether i knew my husband was a terrorist and why he had been arrested i said i didn't know why my husband was being kept in new york because no one has proven he was a terrorist or linked to terrorism the russian vice consul was present at the airport to greet all aboot and her family members and try to reach her on her cell phone several times but she did not pick up the phone she later told us that she was told by u.s. officials at the airport that she was not allowed to speak to the russian vice

consul even though this of course did raise questions since a russian citizen should be entitled to have the members of the consulate present especially when they're working with this particular family specifically on this case was extradited to the united states two months ago and was initially arrested upon the request of the united states and thailand back in two thousand and eight and for those two years the united states was demanding that he. the extradited type courts did refuse twice to do this however the extradition did eventually take place in november and this extradition has been raising a lot of questions in terms of how exactly was conducted among them is the fact that viktor boots case continues to remain in a thai court of appeals which technically means that he is still his case is still being considered in thailand and he should be there for that but he's here in the u.s. victor boot himself has always denied all of these allegations that are being made against him and his wife told us last night that she believes that what is her

family's dealing with is a propaganda war and doesn't count on the trial here in new york to be fair. we came here to fight for victor's freedom and i hope common sense will prevail in court because it's very hard with all the propaganda against victor and the american media. and professionalism in court on a difficult fight with the kind of image of victor that has been created here and i doubt the court will be unbiased told us that she intends to remain in the united states in new york until she gets a meeting with her husband something that really doesn't seem like possible at the moment since he's in solitary confinement and needs to be moved to another cell for that to happen for now he's only meeting with members of his defense team as well as members of the russian consulate. this is coming july from the russian capital still ahead for you this hour on the scrapheap we follow the plight of the poorest iraqis stuck at the bottom of the pile.

in the last christmas day probably feeling like in the memory already looking telling you what. is the day of the rest of celebrate the. story still to come but first one of the three vessel stuck in ice off the russia's far eastern coast is now free but the two others are still awaiting rescue the icebreaker i've been on the cut off is returning to the second ship to tow it to safe waters and a more powerful icebreaker is on its way to help rescue the third vessel which needs a bigger poff through the ice to get out three hundred people on board the ships that are still stranded but officials say they're not in danger and have enough supply these rescues being hampered by extreme weather conditions and xander from the federal fishing agency says the mission is far from plain sailing. the weather has gotten worse is be chilling snowstorm is settled in with winds of up to twenty meters per second the temperatures well below minus twenty degrees celsius

visibility is low it's difficult to see how long the admirable car of will take to get back to the remaining two ships the path forged by the ice breaker through the ice closes back up quickly and this makes the risky operation even more difficult. in iraq now millions are living below the poverty line despite america's billion dollar rebuilding program that they often have to turn to the garbage dump as a means to survive as. reports for some of those driven from their homes by sectarian violence life is literally rubbish. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that miss family is too poor to send her to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroad for recycling it's a reward for carting forty pounds of trash around two dollars and fifty cents

behind me six acres of back that's trash to many this is just waste but for the families here this is not only their livelihood but also their home over two thousand people live on baghdad's landfill. making their homes out of the garbage that the rest of the city throws away there's no running water or electricity and certainly no access to medical treatment if someone gets sick they have to be taken to hospital the same way they get drinking water by donkey cart can you believe it's an iraqi would live in a shock commute from garbage people who threw the chain so we could see if it's iraq is still a wonderful place least by god the old regime is gone and we have a new government but the situation much reliving and shocks america is spending fifty three billion dollars on the reconstruction effort in iraq but the residents of our jet haven't seen a dime of it what they have seen is the sectarian violence that drove them from

their home five years ago. we used to live in abu ghraib you know then america came the war increased in iraq people started killing each other and so we fled because we were freed in two thousand and five names family moved to the landfill and has been living there ever since too afraid and too poor to return home and not only are we going to be patient turned iraq into a battlefield as well as showing the seeds of political corruption how can americans stand back and watch without intervening in this situation everybody knows about the failure of the iraq economy this is having a terrible impact on the ground. socially and economically what experts worry about the children who grow up too poor to go to school without an education they're easily preyed on by criminal gangs and terrorist organizations lure them with money and promises of a brighter future surely hope all know how to fulfill a dream when they leave in fear i can't accomplish anything nothing but security

just really want to go back. there is no work we only need security that's correct remains a very dangerous place where kidnappings and murders a part of daily right for the shia families living out attraction is still better than living with sunni neighbors back. but until that is possible until american reconstruction dollars reach the quarter of a wrecked population that lives in poverty children like patrick will continue to collect trash in order to survive sebastian mire r t in baghdad. well there's plenty more news for you views and analysis on our website it's all online all the time here's some of what you'll find that right now. twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear disaster could food growth is the radioactive site really end up on your opinion dinner tables and. last ounce you may have suffered his first defeat to find out when the russian

fighter dubbed the last emperor to step back in the ring. and now some other news in brief for you this hour pakistan's government looks to have avoided collapse off to a major possibly to join the ruling coalition any q.m. party will turn on sunday and protest the fuel price increase and other reforms but the m.q.m. leader said he now wanted to show solidarity in the face of growing extremism a country still trying to recover from devastating floods in the summer was hit by the assassination of a key regional government three days ago. in germany about five thousand farms have been closed following a scare over dioxin contamination scientists found a toxic chemical in eggs produced in the northwest of the country ducks and skin has led to a ban on deliveries to any businesses involved in the production of animal feed there are fears the contamination will spread as the exact crude remains unclear.

a suicide bombers killed at least seventeen people and injured more than twenty others in southern afghanistan the blast happened in a crowded public baths house where people were getting ready for prayers officials say the attacker was targeting a police commander who was inside the building the taliban has claimed responsibility. britain's security alert has been raised to its second highest level across the country more police will be stationed at airports and public transport hubs officials say the move is a precaution and doesn't mean an attack is imminent. orthodox christians are celebrating christmas here in russia the holy day is marked with levels church ceremonies and family feasts across the country and also sarah firth is in central moscow to see exactly how people there are celebrating. well it's happy christmas from us and russia thirteen days after it's celebrated in the west and it's january the seventh the christmas day is mark now in the center of moscow

a out a christmas and you can see the lovely colored stones that people have been coming to visit we've also had an ice flight that the children have been able to play all day they've been having a lot of fun we got the kids a full ice sculptures that you can see here that are such a traditional part of the when the son of rationed the really beautiful my actually they would say this is my favorite one head. absolutely lovely ever also having a good time we've also had a concert going on in the background where lots of people have turned out so they've been enjoying up but of course christmas in russia is much more of a traditionally religious celebration say last night they had the midnight mass the christ the savior cathedral where he's number of people and today they'll be lots of people attending the church and getting together with the family for the big traditional christmas there it does vary greatly from the way that the west celebrate christmas and my colleague catching a quick traver went to take

a closer look at the history of christmas in russia. the. days really tell the difference in dates is because russian christmas is on the seventh of january googling the julian calendar but it wasn't always this way so he's parents celebrated christmas in much the same way as the rest of the world on december the twenty feet but the revolution changed it. simply moved the christmas tree on to new year's day move the gifts on to new year's they moved santa claus to new year's and they banned christmas suki's a child of the soviet you. which slapped a ban not only on freedom of speech and freedom if leapt to its only after its collapse in one thousand nine hundred ninety one that christmas was a dancer liberated publicly i do really know what we could learn their shows on

christmas eve go to church and never decorate a for a tree for new year it took a while to explain to our child that a christmas tree is decorated on christmas only pro god and not for santa. their family has traveled a lot lived in canada and in brazil but no where they say screw is most recognized so solemnly as it is back home definitely less capitalistic because christmas in the west today i believe is essentially buying gifts having a good time while in russia. and it's becoming more and more it's spiritual thing russians believe you can start your quest to do the food the first stark appears in the night sky marking the birth of christ a strict diet cruelty days no animal produced preparing yourself physically for the

special people. on christmas night vigils are held in thousands of churches across russia but the main service takes place here at christ the savior cathedral which is symbolic because just like christmas itself it saw a rebirth only after the collapse of the soviet union religion is the opium of the people the communist leaders declared and leveled to the ground the country's main cathedral for many years there was a swimming pool on the side thousands of other churches felt a similar fleet today this child of any race is happy to be back in a country which has returned to its roots in the west churches are causing down. they don't know or what. they do their buildings they cannot grade them they cannot maintain them they are selling them their town or hurting them into apartments this could backs here it's the other way around it is integration of the silly communion

almost twenty thousand churches have opened up. this around three churches and dealing with the country's new scene in this. christian tradition. exceeded ritual aren't. russian christmas. and. holiday pay is here. the holiday runs. through january the time people had already and the holiday and enjoying this occasion mocking christmas with the festivities. that's sara reporting there from the heart of the christmas holidays here in the russian capital also i mean it's sales time and a little later we go bargain hunting in the best boutiques the russian capital has to offer.

hello and welcome to the show that was millions around the world are recovering after the recent festivities most russians are celebrating the orthodox christmas this weekend but soon it's back to work for everyone in the colder weather is on its way to moscow but it's not all doom and gloom as january is the best time to go shopping. and most go out is coming your way in ten minutes from now here on our team but first it's all the business news now with. well welcome to our business program armstrong qian the stockmen gas field is home

to one of the world's largest natural gas deposits in the world and was discovered twenty years ago but production has yet to start despite numerous attempts by various companies there are signs however that things could change for the better in two thousand and eleven our chief correspondent tim has more. one of the biggest discovered natural gas fields in the world the stockmen fields hidden deep in the bering sea lion estimated three point nine trillion cubic meters of natural gas despite being discovered two decades ago the gas still remains untouched these combine these two factors that it is number one it is arctic and number two it is offshore makes us. globally unique i don't think there is. there is of toyota with such a tough weather such a tough environment conditions stop one but it does have its advantages the field is located significantly closer to its main consumer europe russia's gas giant

gazprom pardon of french to tao and norwegian stat oil in two thousand and eight to have a go at developing the fields various attempts have been made since the ninety's by both russian and foreign companies but no significant progress was made however analysts say this time gas from has what it takes for has. enough power to. propose and to push with the development plan that gazprom considers to be the right one but it is more about actual demand and. the returns of this project the stockmen project is heavily tied to the global oil prices low prices in two thousand and ten were one of the reasons that the project was virtually put on hold due to low profitability however by the end of the year all prices went back up gas from start now to consider stalk

one as its next priority project as the next priority forceable project again. but at the same time on our hand just a month ago gas from has caught up its program by more than one hundred billion rubles for two thousand and eleven another major issue. logistics there's an ongoing dispute between the partners about how to transport the gas and what type of pipeline to use but in the midst of all these control over seas ahead of stockmen development bubbles of confidence. by two thousand and sixteen we plan to start producing gas there are no problems with the schedule which has been determined by the shareholders. analysts say those hopes are inflated and most expect only a modest pick up in demand over the next five years and little reason to accelerate the pace of development in a few cross business r.t. mosco. and seventy percent of the first line of the north stream gas pipeline

which will connect russia and germany across the baltic sea bed has been laid that's according to gaylord no walk north stream major project manager for germany eight hundred fifty kilometers of pipes have already been laid out of a total length of twelve hundred kilometers the plan for the offshore pipeline is to build two parallel legs each was capacity of twenty seven and a half billion cubic metres per year with the first gas delivery scheduled for late two thousand and eleven when finished it will be the longest subsidy pipeline in the world. and global car production has journalists in a rebound from the recent economic downturn this excel writing growth however should see some historical changes on the global as well as russian auto market within a culture that has the story. just ten years ago the production in the developing countries accounted for just twenty percent of global output twenty eleven is

expected to reach parity russia is one of the principal drivers in that trend is projected to supply six percent of the global market in the coming twelve months another factor for the growth in the domestic sector was due to the government's cash for clunkers program that last the way for increased consumer spending however for the first time the majority of vehicles produced will not be as domestic brands as just radisson vulgus instead russians will be making renos full time gangs and fought back that the growth of the economy as a whole drives the market the further development of bank loan programs and the recent car utilization campaign run by the state have been the factors for increased consumer spending. world khari sales have accelerated an impressive nineteen percent in two thousand and ten rebounding strongly from the financial crisis the growth was driven mainly by the bric countries brazil russia india and china analysts believe china will take over the global center of car production and

the next five years we're predicting ridiculous amounts of growth in china it really is going to take over the century co-production in the world but also india brazil and russia will also play the part of growth with predicting that during the next five years over the next five years all the growth in production come from the bric countries and six percent coming from russia manufacturers continue to view russia as a particularly attractive market call want to ship a still relatively low compared to the developed markets in the west but the market has quickly been playing catch up and is now the second largest in europe and with its population advantage is slated to capture the top spot from germany within few years might in the question of business on. balance are busy.