if you do this earlier which. you all should not she's great to have you with this group called the week's top stories the libyan rebels have rejected an offer by them on the gadhafi to negotiate a transfer of power as that monster holds they panels the last remaining stronghold . north korean leader kim jong il travels across a part of russia by train for a summit with president medvedev announcing that pyongyang is ready to resume talks on its nuclear program. a major shake out of the russian space agency is a lot of vibrant minister vladimir putin offered a crocodile the unmanned spacecraft program after blasting off on bridge to deliver food and water supplies to the international space station. hurricane irene has

killed at least twenty after sweeping out of the u.s. east coast within their decisions including new york faced with severe flooding a massive atrocity cards are affecting millions. of those the headlines up next to central asia where we explore how small was soviet republic up to treat its time it's very interesting here is after the fall of the us itself. tenchi just on a former soviet republic became independent in one 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 independent central asian country meaning one and a half million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic just on a 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. ensuring a camel appears on this road running through the hills drive is paused to sign 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 dance capital to 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 do the mentor in the vines and women do the washing and bake bread while the kids work in the vegetable garden. images of scattered cotton still 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 and firewood.

carried out get on with it. like i have to cut him many times the peasants live below the quality line. some don't have jobs at all others barely scrape by. 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 fertile breeding ground for crime an increasing number of people have fallen prey to drug dealers they use them to traffic narcotics across the border with afghanistan through the so-called northern route.

from afghanistan heroin find its way to educate stan and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten to law enforcement bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. closely need to serve criminals who are different members have a particular rule to plea they include masterminds traffickers go betweens pins and consumers. the whole network is a will world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin to 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 consignments laborde free staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. in the these reasons were soaked in water before hand to the seeds 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 it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as beck is done 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 amounting to 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 mostly the results of a civil war which lasted from one nine hundred ninety two to ninety ninety seven. the 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 but it was. 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. and more. one of the biggest problems interjected stan is a shortage of drinking water. according to international humanitarian agencies only half of the country's population has no access to fresh water. each day members of abdu kellems family have to bring it from a nearby village and even then it's only fifty drinking after it has been boiled.

at the water is turned kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel sometimes they get the donkey to do the hauling it makes the job easier like the. locals in the village of can do chey intelligent 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. and do you come here for whatever. yes. how often. each morning. people fill up their pails and cans while animals use the reservoir as the watering hole. there is so 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 for godless. as you can see animals roam around the place leaving their waste behind people use filthy vessels for water the reservoirs not covered by anything and the water is not this infected with the risk is enormous here people may be taken ill with diarrhea typhoid ever taters and other water borne diseases.

several million tangy come in 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. from. the need to feed my family seven people all in all of course there's a household to maintain back home cowen a vegetable garden i'm going to be marrying off my daughter soon we also need to finish my house and shorts i need money. they get out we're almost in moscow. from. 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 the sum is equal to half of tragic is dan's g.d.p. . conditioned by express has arrived in moscow. migrants will begin looking for new jobs the very next day. nearly a billion people in the world for going hungry every day. in the united states even our trash cans are food the food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly

good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just thrown away right and cheese from the german oh here we really like. a profile. in the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill a cake made from one dozen. egg white. delicious breakfast for the family ate some toast for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of meat. observe nature and discover is abusing.

communicate with the wild and learn. test yourself and become free to. see what nature can give you. their conduced childhood was a rich shadowed by this tragedy. they still feel the fear they faced. and remember every second of this nightmare. it will remain in their memories when hearts forever. and you sing so. innocent. little angels on our cheek. yes.

it is but 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. among them. was hi this is radio to cheeky stand where they are for you every day and every hour. after breakfast the workers sits about plastering the walls while on the job conversation sounds that subject is gone and the haunch if they went through bank 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 on. a bus out of my

chicago of another worker from tajikistan 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 tragic village are 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 new to her so that she can buy what she chooses with. up to one hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony intelligent 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.

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 the country south the opening ceremony in two thousand and nine was attended by the presidents of russia and teche it is done. russian companies owned the bulk of the power plants shares. after the plant went online electricity shortages dropped by fifteen percent. the 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 massive energy shortages.

the same to the power plants also significantly boost in the job market the local specialists. hello. generators student three are on generator for ease and standby mode all actual parameters on the normal. hydro power plants has also given small enterprises a chance to develop. this factory in dition bay make souvenirs from semiprecious stones and for a while how about of design it to revive this ancient tangy can be graphed several

years ago onyx amethyst lapis lazuli and cords become something more than just rocks and his hands each month the factory process is two tons of roll materials. needed but. we make such bowls vases candlesticks each item has a name. this bowl for example is called a high yama. we feel this is a good way of promoting our products all sorts of crystal bowls currently in vogue we focus on luck has lousy life it's regarded as a national story. 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. i think. that.

was. the bride and groom in the village of sort of fall into educate stands north have just been showered with gifts that. the biggest surprise is the appearance of passer by should call off the father of the bride. he's just arrived from moscow . as her by is back welcome home as. they are largely happiness. oh just look at my daughter and. tangy wedding ceremonies have very old traditions for instance the male and female guests each p.l.l. and separate rooms this is always followed by

a prayer and this may allah bring happiness to the bright lay should be a wonderful housekeeper be happy to get it but i doubt it and when everybody starts to dance the bride supposed to put her head down and sulk. but the wedding wouldn't have taken place as president by she could of the master of the house had prolonged his stay in moscow. and we're going to take the brighter the bra. i granted the everything is as a tree would be they have been waiting for me because i am the boss here there will be no weddings without me around everybody think we are 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

party continues well past dusk and ends at ten pm shop. around. the town of junked entergy stands north it's home to sell ton 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 town son is in the workshop. all three of us make knives. as well as our father. way older brother has a workshop in the city. he works there with our younger brother.

the old master stays at home most of the time he looks of the his grandson he recalls that he has made several thousand nine sin his lifetime his creations are used by people all over the world when they looked at the. series on it and also was the country can't exist without cheney craftsmen. myth like that any craft is a nation's culture and its face. but in life we work hard all always plenty. but if we are lazy chances are we will live in poverty even in paradise he's there editor a blacksmith sells his knives there's an old market in the town of who giant. much like his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. i was proud of my soviet

citizenship if there are courage to 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 tangent 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 had tickets 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 seize the weapons and ammunition and personnel of the command center are present and correct. theory which tracks objects in outer space is situated in the foothills of the permian range at an 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 sensor the eyes of russian space force. the station is unique in the during the night it can spot space objects as 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 all dust electro optical reconnaissance center is said to be russia's most valuable military installation in the republic of turkey stan there are similar senses 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.

under a government look came to the space tracking station after finishing a vocational school he enjoys working at a place with such a unique geographical position many russian military men dream of being stationed here so i work twenty four hours and then have three days off i spend this time with my family. when we go hiking picnic by the river and visit historical and cultural places interest. locals living near the garrison want to work here is wealthy. another secret building is situated a few kilometers from a telescope array here to educate stan's president. has built a villa for himself but only a handful of people are aware of the existence of his mountain abode.

now that his daughter's wedding is behind him as a bicycle of is 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 it industries but even if you does he has no time to waste anything to feed his family here and now. you will be clients a while before the tragic worker sees his family again. commit

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