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a lot is at stake for the new head of state as a country still recovering from its long and violent struggle for independence from georgia. next hour in moscow our team takes you on a tour of the spectacular fountain displays in the russian capital. right. oh the part of i miss the south where we're going to cool down since i'm drinking water safe for political or cultural line logs where they used a simple meeting place is all viewed as an artistic one this must go as high as the dozens of such interesting walls pieces and we start up here just next to the

kremlin at the well known world found. as the main gem of the underground shopping mall of how to react to glass structure of the fountain slowly rotates and every twenty four hours makes a full resolution you can imagine or seven if you're looking to determine the time of the five minutes in the mideast cities of the world's. first town to moscow was located on through the night square dispense the ministry several other fountains with them built along the lake lanier a river up the street because that's the most the fountains and mr ones provided drinking water to muscovites and now timothy decorate many of the city squares and parks the trustee plans and here is the only one remaining of those built before the revolution immersion built in eighteen thirty five it's still a list original location in seriousness well i mean but to think some of the thief on canvas is just interesting our functional found sense has changed over the

centuries before the revolution downton mosco were generally not easy but they were necessity something like today's petrol stations at the time because of our new engine thirty five going to scotland's minister reconstruction plan and to rebuild the city and make. an impressive many new found along the streets and alleys were constructed if you want to forget. the eight hundred and fifty hundred version of moscow a number of old fountains were rebuilt and are still. issues. because of the cold climate out to fountains only operates in moscow during the warm season usually from a small charge but. at the beginning of spring they really believe long back into the city and are a welcome addition to several cold winter months. the main fountain as a whole theory as is the beautiful says you can see here the full seasons. to

create a tsunami surge alley the ground try to appeal to provides hours of house way to tame and just be wet as she will can but. one cold windy days it's best to stay away. in the among these young people love this town to many of us who come away soaking wet . little town scene is very beautiful and also those closer to red square and amazing thing create an atmosphere ossama enjoy it's just fantastic i like to. be absolutely nothing content and bad. and i think most of the complex. the found in the museum in the neighborhood are having day and indeed it is important to north the fountains come

from lies god move and the whole i'm beyond this exit are the desires they are genius i think. that such designs they are fascinating they keep to their history you feel that. they became the traditions and a history of the us. on this occasion is the department store that was built next to red square in a.z. ninety three not all fountains are outsized. one nine hundred seventeen this into a space contain more than one thousand two hundred shops and the centerpiece of the most impressive shopping mall in the city in which this next feature. respect is found it is also a popular meeting place for came in right in the heart of the american in my series six unless one has a battle it's opening day it was still responding why brilliance of the past one hundred years it can become reconstructions in my fifty six it's

a visceral psychic desire was replaced with the courage of adult based a more recently i mean scholarship program a system for the water tax was added to the promissory moscow is one of the most glamorous and expensive in russia and the exclusivity of its main fountain can only match now if only the spoken one british recruit could be accomplished something. so much of a move to display stands out to the u.s.s.r. people's friendship council also known as the friendship of nations trounce in is one of the most might be broken by symbols of soviet mr sterling proud in the heart of the russian exhibition center of its impressive gilded structure was created in the nineteenth fifties if he she is sixteen different statues of maisie's each representing a republic of the soviet union for nine hundred fifty six. well

enjoying the views of central moscow you certainly not miss on the structure of the most of the river not far from the kremlin the bronze monument this is almost one hundred mrs high to keating and from peter the great on a ship to monument was erected to celebrate the three hundred anniversary of the russian fleet the fountain and landmark is surrounded in controversy many mosques might still like to stretch out but love or hate it exactly makes the area stands out joy and sadness. fountains are not only the perfect place to relax in the in the warm summer sun but also at night many of them become illuminated landmarks various shows featuring musical performances and light installations are often organized of the city's most prominent fountains consistency and singing attractions are popular with muscovites ex-pats and visitors and ideal and cooling outdoor entertainment show. place so we've arrived at the city center museum and reserve this ace's been known

since the late sixties century and it belonged to a reader sister of zapata school of in seven hundred seventy five when he said it was bought by empress catherine the great it received its present name which means thirteen is increase in english. park is located approximately fifteen kilometers from the center of moscow. it takes around half an hour to get there by car to telling on traffic. and you can also take an underground train from the city center to the city center metro stop. press and press the crown from is likely to have a very in a row and if they let the largest miss the fell through today and the rest of the fifty five it is wide with nine hundred and fifteen was a jet it was completely renovated own. a few years ago about

a major truth attraction in moscow. comfortably isolated on an island in the middle of a pond to bridges link it with the mainland. each pumps how to make the jets reach up to fifteen metres in the music can be heard from every point of the phones bank. at times is something to be desired. it is easy enough to you via the stars of an eight catherine the great was not a fan of fountains she didn't like what she called there to officially streaming water but what i think that every state should have an attraction such as a fountain because our guests when coming here as christian what someone there should have a chance to enjoy the uplifting was rough the fountains and the flight without fountain use it is also involved it creates

a special festive mood and makes people feel that. many suggest the grand fountains here and that it's a symbol of that strength and power. i think the sound of russian moves and strange yet often creates a sense of inability history and peacefulness. is just something of a fountain a fuse good for the soul. today there are now of the five hundred dances in the capital they join the friends of museums squares and talks and send products to shopping centers and theaters they used to on it to the jews or events recreation and for entertainment many alignments in their own right and indeed just at the fountains at night here many of the countless fountains act not just as tourist spots but the symbols of new mosque or knowledge crowd and resilience erected to make a variety of social political and cultural. statements unfortunately that's all it's

how we have on this week's program about the various crowd scenes here the russian capital i'll see you again on the same side may speak for more adventures arouse the moscow open so that for me i rest the theme from a trip out here i'll buy it out. because you know song was sixteen years old when he committed these murders that's not inside the song so it should not be punished for his crimes sean is. no rational person can deny that john has been punished is been punished and will be punished. by sours must be executed for the group committed this is a punch and this is not. a mention.

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stunts on t.v. don't succumb. to. the u.n. calls for restraint on levy amid reports of abuses and alleged summary killings by both rebels and gadhafi forces there is also concern the country's chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands in the bloody civil war. france struggles to balance the books stagnating growth and surging debt bring about government cuts there are fears public outrage could soon spill out into the streets. bama caucuses republican because he is electing a new leader in a vote triggered by the death of its president a lot is at stake for the new head of state and the country still recovering from its long and violent struggle for independence from georgia. time now for a sports update here as you know with us in the studio and baseball's bragging

rights lie firmly in new york today and what more can he say they certainly do yeah the likes of boston the texas the simply off the. new york three in warm march that's what we're talking about we're going to have a look at the plus the rest of the sports in just a second. having a company this is sports today petty head and clearing the stories i'm very. happy to be here about is the message from some you xo as the four time african clear of the year speaks for the first time since his move from interim to anji. the big leagues russian side to meet and c.s.k. out of the store for their fates of the champions league group stage draw was made on thursday. the new york state of mind the yankees become the first team in m l b

history to hit three grand slams in a single. couple first though where some of the lead so has said he's hockey to be in russia the cameroon striker holding his first media conference since his thirty million dollars move from in true to. this week the thirty year old signing off for three years with the darkest downside it's all earned fifteen million dollars there or thereabouts per season a salary very much in contrast with the relative poverty of the southern russian region the fourth time african player of the year is widely regarded as the best foreign footballer to appear in the russian premier league he's also the third big name to be signed by angie this season along with brazil legend roberta carlos of russia when your teacher cough and so is said to make his li d. if you rust off on saturday they're a limp the vast stadium certainly not the sun ciro but neither that nor criticism over the forwards pay seems to be downplaying the foreign parser reality. and you

know so money is not that important to me so i never talk about it money is just part of the game i moved from cameroon to play football and my main goal is to be happy and to make others wrong. what is important to me is the speed project which is on she and i want to help the people behind it. verdict seems to be could have been much worse for his representatives in thursday's champions league draw domestic title holders in its current league leaders both found it possible for alls for the upcoming groups they need to find themselves in the us alongside portuguese champions shock third and it's from ukraine well. that these men should be confident of taking one of the two propositions off. c.s.k. join three time winners interim french champions league turkish from a shop want to replace the. c s his previous pressures old in the champions league wasn't twenty ten when they reached the quarter final let's. take

a look at the rest of the group script it's a tough one to call with champions league deputy none chester city drawn against german giants. last season's finalists manchester united on group c. and really they could not have asked for much more of a favorable draw deal slug it out with benfica while newcomers at a little gala time in the real madrid to have won the tournament a record nine times fierce competition from frenchmen lille let's jump in and croats. group d. . chelsea were assigned to a group not the worse the place is the kind themselves either as they seek a first ever european cup buyer leverkusen on belgian side yank their immediate of poland's arsenal who qualified by their p.r. victory over you naisi will face more say greek outfit olympia german champions parisienne dortmund include f. . finally current polish barcelona are in group h.

alongside seven european champions milan belarus inside a very soft making their second appearance in the competition group stage dedekind pleasant from the czech republic they are the club seeming to cause an upset. two year of second big club competition where an injury time goal source. technical crush out of the europa league playoffs the red and whites going down to lady a warsaw five for an aggregate couple of sparks parts of intuiting the lead up to luzhniki but hold a march back level in the first part before goal headed home the winner in stops elsewhere luck motif with the only russian side to make it through on the night's reading slovaks protect the turnout at three one and i griffiths while second tier side alone yeah well they made a list of things with us but that is the trick to move through the three to zero for all his weapons which we were losing at the beginning of the match because spartak was clearly in control of the game but fortunately we were able to stay

disciplined and were now in the next round of the europa league. it's hard to comment after such a match my team play for the first thirty minutes and then they quit that's all i have to see in other football news appears strike has finally been resolved in spain's primarily the new season due to kick off on sunday after a week's delay clears on league officials finally reaching an agreement this week that the scent disrupting the start of the season in the top two divisions the league has now agreed to cover the on paid wages of more than two hundred players out reportedly in excess of fifty million euro the deal also allows players to end their contracts if they do not receive their salaries and. brings us all into the diamond where the yankees have yet another addition to their history books new york becoming the first team in major league baseball to hit three grand slams in one game as near blew out the visiting oakland athletics home

team though were booed by the locals was the visitors rules was drawn from two kamal's first grand slam of the day of his second of the season got the yankees back on track for another of those four run homers was hit by russell martin in the next inning new york ten seven off by this stage the bronx bombers fans could then put their feet up on. them enjoy the historic icing which would on for all granderson missing a twenty one eight with a third from islam in the twenty two mind i'm not sick finals. with a final grand slam of the tennis season just around the corner of the u.s. open players are busy warming up on the american hard courts including in connecticut where three time defending champion caroline wozniacki has made it to the new haven open semifinals a further step in the russian unless the c.f. public could much exceeded. rattle castle which an easily not you'll know how to

concede in three sets scoring dying in the first set six for the twenty year old then the second six three two are written break now within dictate the pace of the game in the decisive said taking it sixty petra chikarovski outweight in the last four. the wild world of war and crime wasn't happy face the american christian mikhail who was playing second quarter final on the top two or seven five six three in the score meaning the danish time to see no i mean sprint just despicable me in the seventies aiming for a fourth new haven title you know. let's talk all for a horse and fraser has plenty to look forward to despite gloomy weather forecasts that barclays the first event of the fed ex cup playoffs interrupted by rain but the american benefited from an early start to finish leader after run just over

a half hour to dispense finishing the day fraser among them therefore you are all thinking a birdie on the sixteenth before ending on seven on her for the lead wm mcgirt. much that score but we've yet to wrap up the run time for jonathan byrd on the fifteenth he did make it. tied for second big to g.n.p. just seeing also finished a run in six hundred he would set himself up for birdie on the seventeenth with this. things are getting serious on the for a long track with eight races left to go this year reeling champion sebastian vettel is still the man to catch some eighty five points clear of second place team at mark webber with the mclaren pair of lewis hamilton and jenson button third and fifth respectively danish men even to drive on from their recent great run of form . two and three are. really the show of strength to go through in the championship has only won one race out of those four which is which is great and i think we're

going to continue like that keep putting the pressure. because we're performing very well you know a victory and i've had two victories in the last five going to make it more and more of the next three races the circus and should really suit i think you look at the calendar and you want to take off you want to win at least every see you want to win every circuit in some place some circuits so you know we can circuits and some so it's and spar is what i've been quite competitive for the past couple years let's move to n.f.l. preseason with the ravens heralded defense steve up over thirty points but baltimore still managed to see off neighbors washington the home side benefiting from solid quarterback play while the redskins continue to be in on the side on their starting signal caller ravens q.b. jewel flacco getting evans here to make a fourteen piece before buffalo bills start doing what he's best known for running straight. rex grossman on john better popping it out for the redskins starting

quarterback joe back in his case for the past in terms of austin hunting with a ten twenty eight lead. the pack up tie rod taylor then connected with brandon jones with twenty two seconds to go in the fourth play reversed by the officials netting the ravens a tie thirty four thirty one. g.p. riders meanwhile went from the storming grid to the grid iron ahead of sunday's indianapolis grand prix after a few spins around the track the contestants visited the home of the two thousand and six super bowl winners the indianapolis colts for some american all tips kentucky kid nicky hayden looking somewhat more fluid than the others out there. overall leader casey stoner has a thirty two point question in the currently with. his new wrist rivals. and that's a wrap that's your sport for this much more ahead in two hours time but now it's the weather i'll see you shortly.

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