tv [untitled] August 25, 2011 1:30pm-2:00pm EDT
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we'll. bring you the latest in science terms technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. like most of us here in central moscow this is our team top stories not. a search and recovery operation is underway in siberia for an unmanned resupply craft that never reached the international space station from the russian space agency faces a major overhaul and after the progress vessel broke into pieces five minutes after launch on wednesday. in the fog of war in libya rebels claim they've surrounded by gadhafi and his compound in tripoli the spokesman insists the colonel is still fighting on the front line. western states call for tougher sanctions against the
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syrian regime could journalists on the ground say i'm going to footage used as evidence of a government crackdown is hard to verify. and super star striker samuel eto was arrived in russia to join the north caucasus club and she perhaps can ruin his agreed a reported summer of ten million euros per season and will become easily the highest paid player in russia. and i'll be back with more development for innocent half an hour from now up next we explore how the former soviet republic of to stand fares twenty years since the fall of the u.s.s.r. a special court. tenshi just on a former soviet republic became independent in nine hundred ninety one. that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this
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independent central asian country meaning one and a half a million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic east on the loan they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard time but then we somehow learned to take things in stride. the situation got even worse following the devastating civil war that broke out during the first years of independence the nation still healing its wounds even a decade on the problems are numerous from drug trafficking from neighboring afghanistan to acute shortages of electricity and drinking water.
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ensuring a camel appears on this road running through the hills drive his paws beside the animal to feed it. now it needs something to eat. local say the camels owner deliberately turns the animal out there's no food for it in the man's household. emoji dove and his family live two hundred kilometers south of dan's capital who shun very close to the border with afghanistan he has ten children. this cow provides for. each member of his family has a particular job to be a mentor in the vines and women do the washing and bake bread while the kids work in the vegetable garden. images of gathered
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cotton stalks left in a field after harvesting they used them to heat the oven in order to make flats round cakes the stalks do produce some heat but certainly much less than firewood does. carried out get on with it. like. many times the peasants live below the poverty line. some don't have jobs at all others barely scrape by. to karim's eldest sons are old enough to earn a living they'll be sense of brought to look for a job. my brother has left for russia to work there he will be a helping hand for my family we've got very little money. social problems create first of all breeding ground for crime an increasing number of people have fallen prey to drug dealers as they use them to traffic narcotics
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across the border with afghanistan through the so-called northern route. from afghanistan heroin finds its way to educate stan and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten as law enforcement bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. door closely need of criminals who are different members have a particular role to play they include masterminds traffickers go betweens resequence and consumers. the whole network is a will world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special of oratory here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through and one of the
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consignments laborde free staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. in these reasons were soaked in water before hand to this seed that could be removed and then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the place. the republic of tragic istana situated in the foothills of the permian range in central asia and is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as biggest on in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes due to its vast distance from the sea. cover ninety three percent of the country's terrain. stone is regarded as one of the world's poorest countries according to the international monetary fund half of its population subsists on less than two dollars a day the country's difficult economic situation is largely the result of the civil war which lasted from one nine hundred ninety two to ninety ninety seven. the
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standoff began here on the square. it was called freedom square at the time. we lost our political identity it was a time when we were seen as wild savages fighting one another. for several years after the collapse of the soviet union various political clans interjected stan were locked in a bitter power struggle according to official figures the armed conflict cost one hundred thousand lives the country found itself on the verge of a humanitarian and economic disaster although the civil war ended in one thousand nine hundred seven the country has not yet been able to repair the damage done. one of the biggest problems intelligence is stan is a shortage of drinking water. according to international humanitarian agencies nearly half of the country's population has no access to fresh water. each
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day members of abdu karim's family have to bring it from a nearby village and even then it's only fit for drinking after it has been boiled . at the water is turned kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel sometimes or get the donkey to do the hauling it makes the job easier. locals in the village of can do chey in thirty is down south of built a water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here there's a vision in this country is that the children i would judy supply the households with water. all that time do you count here for whatever. yes. each morning.
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people fill up their pails and cans while animals use the reservoir as a watering hole. there isa war is in poor condition because too many villagers come here from all over to take water it will have to be fixed again when spring comes around. since independence came twenty years ago the stones water supply systems have fallen into disrepair today the government earmarks funds for the construction of water pipelines local businessmen to have been attempting to build some but the problem still persists regardless. as you can see animals roam around the place leaving their waste behind people use filthy vessels for water the reservoirs not covered by a nothing and the water is not this infected with the risk is enormous air people might be taken ill with diarrhea typhoid ever taters and other water borne diseases
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. several million tantric men a separated from their families. a lack of money compels them to look for jobs in other countries most of the migrant workers have to russia. the decision by moscow line is almost always filled to capacity. most of the passengers a young men many of them are likely to get employment in russian cities as street cleaners loaders or construction workers. i need to feed my family seven people all in all of course there's a household to maintain back home the cow and vegetable garden i'm going to be marrying off my daughter soon i also need to finish my house in short i need money . they get out we're
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almost in moscow. some of. the muscovites go to europe to earn money because their salaries in moscow are too low for the we'll go to moscow for work. it's profitable for us to work there. if they're lucky enough to find a job these people will be able to send money home in a month's time according to the european bank of reconstruction and development each year migrant workers transfer about two billion u.s. dollars to their relatives a sum is equal to half of tragic is dan's g.d.p. . the addition by express has arrived in moscow. migrants will begin looking for new jobs the very next day.
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a few other of as a small village ten kilometers from moscow workers from countries of the c.i.s. a building country houses here. are among them. and i. think. this is really it if you can stand we're there for you every day and every hour. after breakfast the workers sit around plastering the walls while on the job the conversation turns to judge of his son and the hardships they went through back home. if i had enough money i wouldn't have come here i would not have left my kids behind their growing up without a father it was better during the soviet union. my dream is to earn enough money to build a house and buy a car. as otherwise she
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could of another worker from touching his stance has already earned enough for a wedding ceremony he wants to marry his daughter of a boy has been building houses in russia for six years now people living in a faraway tajik village looking forward to his homecoming in time for the ceremony . i have decided against buying any particular gift for my daughter molly's the most precious gift also only to her so that she can buy what she chooses with it. after one hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony intend to stand a special law forbids any more from attending in rural areas wedding ceremonies are held in the daytime some locals say this is a long running tradition others maintain that this is because villages are often subjected to power cuts.
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only major cities receive uninterrupted electricity supplies the situation showed a marked improvement following the commissioning of the russian built sank to the hydroelectric power plant in a country south of the opening ceremony in two thousand and nine was attended by the presidents of russia and educates done. russian companies own the bulk of the power plants shares after the plans went online electricity shortages dropped by fifteen percent. a plant has paved the way for economic progress in tajikistan which have been held back by energy shortages as for russia it will be able to enter new markets considering that to take a stand shares a border with afghanistan a country suffering from
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a massive energy shortages. the sank to the power plant also significantly boosting the job market for local specialists. hello. generators two and three are on generator for ease and standby mode all actual parameters on the normal. the hydro power plant has also given small enterprises a chance to develop. this factory in duchenne bay makes even is from semi precious stones and for a while have out of design it to revive this ancient magic candy graft several
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years ago on ics amethyst lapis lazuli and of course become something more than just rocks and his hands each month the factory process is two tons of roll materials. needed but little that we make such bowls vases and candlesticks each item has a name like. this paul for example is called a high yama. we feel this is a good way of promoting our products also lots of crystal balls currently in vogue we focus on lepas lousy light that's regarded as our national stir. zeven is made at this factory a kitchen many museums around the world many heads of state have items made of touch examine precious stones in a collections. that.
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was. the bride and groom in the village of sort of falls into education stands north have just been showered with gifts. the biggest surprise is the appearance of basil by chicago of the father of the bright. he's just arrived from moscow. i think it. was. better by is back welcome home as i. think. that. may allah give you happiness. oh just look at my daughter that. tantric wedding ceremonies have very old traditions for instance the male and female guests each p.l.l.
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in separate rooms this is always followed by a prayer it's made out to bring happiness to the bright lay should be a wonderful housekeeper be happy together in that time and when everybody starts to dance the bride is supposed to push ahead down and sulk. but the wedding wouldn't have taken place if present by she could of a master of the house have prolonged his stay in moscow. we are going to take the bride to be. i grant today everything is as it should be they have been waiting for me because i am the boss here there will be no weddings without me around everybody thanked me for coming on time. after lunch everybody goes to the bridegroom's house to continue the celebrations there is not enough room indoors so most of the guests gather in the courtyard the
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party continues well past dusk and ends at ten pm shop. and. i doubt it. thanks. the town of who jumped into the stands north it's home to sell tongue normark mother of the country's most celebrated handicrafts when his family makes knives using a technique that goes back at least five hundred years at the moment so fun son is in the workshop. all three of us make knives. as well as our father. way elder brother has a workshop in the city. he works there with our younger brother. as.
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the old master stays at home most of the time he looks after his grandson he recalls that he has made several thousand nine thousand his lifetime his creations are used by people all over the world in the north and the. three zones and also country can exist without any craftsmen. mislike of any craft is a nation's culture and its face. but in life we work card always live in plenty. but if we are lazy chances are we will live in poverty even in paradise he's the blacksmith fills his knives as an old market in the town of who jumped. much like his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. i was proud of my soviet citizenship and there are
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a courage of us that want to be we might wake up faced with power cuts or no milk in the shop. an electro optical telescope or a facility was built in a tragic mountains way back in soviet times the russian space force refers to it simply as the window. after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. this military facility became part of independent entities done today military men live in the garrison with their families and is effectively a part of the russian territory. the commanders are to report on where the weapons and personnel are in complete order standard stays the weapons and ammunition and personnel of the command center are present and correct. the arraign which tracks objects in outer space is situated in the foothills of the permian range at an
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altitude of two thousand two hundred meters above sea level. there are unique telescopes in these very cool domes they scan the universe in three dimensions military people call this reconnaissance center the eyes of russian space force. the station is unique in the during the night it comes but space objects at a range of eighteen to thirty five thousand kilometers. it's been built here because visibility in the sky is much better than anywhere else most of the nights are clear with no precipitation or dust the electro optical reconnaissance center is said to be russia's most valuable military installation in the republic of georgia stan there are similar centers monitoring the universe in other countries too but this one is much better suited to observations because of its location the second unit has reached the outpost we are ready for hand over. and over committed
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. under a government look came to the space tracking station after finishing vocational school he enjoys working at a place with such a unique geographical position many russian military men dream of being stationed here. i work twenty four hours and then have free days off i spend this time with my family. we go hiking picnic by the river and visit historical and cultural places in the sun by. locals living near the garrison want to work here as well. another secret building is situated a few kilometers from a telescope array here that it is dan's president. has built a villa for himself but only a handful of people are aware of the existence of his mansion abode. but it was.
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never his daughter's wedding is behind him as a bicycle of he's heading to russia again to build more houses. he's unlikely to know anything about reports by the international monetary fund predicting forthcoming growth and sometimes you can destroy these but even if he does he has no time to waste any civilities family here and now. you will be quite a while before the transit worker sees his family again. if
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