as league was officially founded in january by a group of journalists and bloggers activists artists writers and other public figures and statements made in tedious like t.v. host and now activist but one of the ladies. or the head of a charity fund and blogger he does the idea that bianca also known as dr lisa. or other school martha ordinator of the blue buckets movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone. our league is an opportunity to gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening the more people with a similar position there are the better the league's main goal is to ensure fair elections is published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be a part of public discussions and online votes are the key instruments and letters have been sent to all presidential candidates asking them to cooperate with the league and even though the project is less than

a month old everyone has so far agreed including pledging little to another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with the leak you have to go i'm willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers we've also arranged to put together a unified database to keep the check and the election points because according to its founders around ten thousand observers are needed to ensure a fair election in moscow alone. it's great that the civil society wants to be more active but it's critically important not to cross the line and observers not on their position it is serious so if the mutations not to take sides in the political process. it is the least founders say they'll shut the organisation down if it ever starts turning into a political movement claiming they are keen to work with all candidates equally there's no doubt society has changed more people want to have more influence on russia's political life perhaps that's why. less than one month for the voters

league to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promise from candidates the league just may secure enough access to a fact that we monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality is going off moscow how can president hamid karzai he's nato of killing a children in an ass trike and one state officials launch an investigation later claiming foreign forces wrongly targeted civilians after receiving an incorrect report that all men were preparing an attack in the area they bowing came just a week after the united states announced might stop combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected but the strike could stoke already strained relations between karzai and his western backers of a mounting death toll documentary filmmaker clay things that despite the condemnation civilian casualties in the country will continue. he has to put on

certain pretenses to have any viability is a legitimate see as an afghan woman or something like this happens but he is basically a tool of the american occupation there so we can expect any real demand change from here this kind of thing obviously doesn't win hearts and minds this happens in the same area we're asking the saudis killed french troops working i think because the u.s. is playing a pull out of the movie next day for him because of the injured are moving their troops out we can expect more airstrikes and more civilian casualties in afghanistan you are a start two thousand and eight. two thousand and ten in terms of civilian casualties i'm afraid we're going to see that trend continue in two thousand and twelve precisely because they know that they have to pull out safely because they know that again this. the u.s.

army private bradley manning accused of passing secret documents and evidence of war crimes to weaken leagues has been nominated for the nobel peace prize has been put forward by peace with such certainty in the u.s. and an icelandic parliamentary group the twenty four year old is awaiting a court martial in the u.s. and faces life in prison and m.p. brigade your son daughter who lives the icelandic nomination us as exposing crimes shouldn't be regarded as one bradley manning this honor because the. criminal most who are long whistle on war crimes it is not a criminal act to blow the whistle on war crimes or to blow the whistle on any crime and we feel that. these leaks for example the mediocre low moan or. the wall. people who have. put their made to war in afghanistan and iraq through their governments need to now

we're going to going on there and by knowing what was going on there and we see this in can apply more pressure on our governments to be accountable for the crimes that have been put in our names we do not. let the bradley manning care is be the person who's in just treatment be you course of silencing of people the courageous people who want to do their civic duty by reporting on crimes who are roots. or military. some other international news a brief for you this hour israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip have left one civilian dead and for those injured they've been killed was a guard at a farm israeli army co-founder steve bombings saying they were aimed at finds belonging to terror groups and were a response to short range rocket attacks from gaza. rescuers have pulled

a five year old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that scope ten people in the southern coast of our official say she was found buried under ten meters of snow after officers had her voice and a mobile phone ringing the avalanche had be but their job reset itself and saturday destroying several houses rescue efforts continue suppressing. the grammy awards pay tribute to pope legend and actress whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight she was found in a room at the beverly hilton hotel on the eve of the ceremony shows top talent in los angeles despite massive global success for over three decades her career was marred by a turbulent marriage and drug abuse an autopsy has been performed but no information

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can vouch for the wiki here on all she the headline in. the greek parliament gave the green light a new set of harshest heretick not demanded by the e.u. and they are met because they will be harmed by one hundred and thirty billion euro bailout that despite mass protests in the center of athens which saw dozens lot of clashes with police as rioters torched buildings and looted shops. also the arab league is calling on the do want to create a joint peacekeeping foods for syria and the group reins to mount pressure on

president assad. underground promises to reveal major advances in its nuclear program which it insists is for peaceful and the truth of this is despite the long based on what sanctions imposed against text. right now if you'd like to enjoy the gentle experience of being lighter than air while getting a bird's eye view of the world there's nothing quite like a hotel had been wound up next we'll take a ride in the oldest type of aircraft. people couldn't fly for a long time i don't think because they didn't think it was possible we can learn how to do that without machines anywhere if we want to. destroy your arm while people here are remand ticks but they have generous souls like sunni's is something out of this world enchanting experience zoos in the skies

would brings these people together so they come here from all over russia and the world are. always people stick together because of both the love of ballooning and that none of them will be able to do it singlehanded each person is a zone of responsibility those on the ground are responsible for the ones in the sky together they are a close knit team. it all started in the late eighteenth century a balloon with two passengers in the basket was launched from a paris suburb one pm and fifty four minutes on november the twenty first seventeen eighty three was piloted by collateral. and marquis de long after flying across the french capital they landed safely in another suburb twenty minutes later the king of france for stowed them the title of count being the first humans to fly in the air and granted them the right to hand it down to successive generations of

blueness. since then anyone going up in a balloon for the first time has to pass an initiation ritual to be awarded the title of count by the pilots. that she was killed which elements do you know count using really earth water to fire. what else. the air. was gone through all of them to. earth and flew in the air. and in the air and if taken off without trying. fire is the main driving force of any hot air balloons the first timers have their hair ends burnt as a sign of respect for fire champagne then comes into play as

a symbol of water that is used to extinguish the flaming has finally the initiated have their heads sprinkled with earth as a good luck charm for future flights. the first balloon launch in russia came exactly twenty years after the french debut in eighteen zero three a balloonist from paris flew a russian balloon passenger over moscow according to one theory emperor alexander the first but ordered the launch he wanted to know what such aircraft cruising those designed for warfare were capable of doing in the mid twentieth century ballooning was no longer popular in russia almost no military balloons have been in use after world war two yet ballooning today remains

a recreational activity for hundreds of thousands of people around the world. p.s.e. gorse russia's oldest spa resort today it is popular among both russian and foreign balloonists a you find both mountains and lowlands the city is just over one thousand five hundred kilometers south of moscow mt elbrus europe's highest point is only seventy kilometers away the mountain stands nearly five thousand five hundred meters above sea level. the first ballooning competitions in the caucasus were held here russia's southernmost region that was in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. a pilot had to be a professional to stay. balloon and keep it at the right altitude you can never tell how the air currents are going to behave. only nine pilots turned up for the inaugural event thirteen years ago nowadays it is an international festival that

attracts both russian and foreign balloonists the aim is to restore the to former glory. vitale. is a former air force pilot on the first balloonist in the caucasus the crew holds him in high respect he was the first russian take the risk of launching a balloon in the antarctic. were made a sectional bosco's and a balloon that featured the colors of the russian flag for most k. we went to paris. from there on to santiago. finally reached oldest nation preparedness in chile with the world's southernmost city with. the usual pollution the sun the cellphones host a number of stations belonging to the united states but very many people in high places outside our country from the presence of russian blueness they're extremely

objectionable we paid up before we arrived in chile most of us were able to fly to king george island but only after two failed attempts. to get in the end with winds of eighty meters a second we did manage to launch a balloon but not before everything that could be broken was broken. and all i do know about. as far as i know only four men in the world including myself have ever launched balloons in the antarctic. vitaly was trained by alex of one of the first balloonists in the former soviet union he has been chief referee at every blue moon competition in russia found he. and to the country's first balloon on a factoring company russia has a total of forty professional balloonists that make frequent flights.

that are jewels each exercise is performed within a radius of two hundred fifty meters other balloon star trailing behind the hair a minute later. before each launch the referee tells contestants what they're supposed to do just like with passenger aircraft balloons a check for any technical folks project taking off alexander's wife vera shares his passion for flying she was six years old when she first saw a balloon since then her cherished dream has been to pilot one. addressing the scene come on everyone can bridge is the pay as you go to get it we can no matter how old you are our stories are and how welcome to come here with children very many men bring their wives along they don't come here is simply to look around and go for right now they help a lot. now they are a to learn of a moneths is the building in competitions she recalls them a new verse wind speeds and alternative flight paths and schools them accordingly.

the admission the first balloon to go up for stubber pole it is a heads as soon as it touches down the pilot will allow to cross on the ground the job of other pilots is to hit the mark as precisely as possible. the first building to go up is called the heading blueness lingo it is piloted by the judge then ease the other contestants need to mimic kids maneuvers by approaching it all moving away. only few pilots can cope with such difficult competition the professionalism of the talan also has earned the couple the title of aero good. of russia but alone us founded russia's first company manufactures balloons aleksandr to learn off made his first balloon in the late one nine hundred eighty s. it's lining born inscription saying the first soviet made mungo feel.

possible. ballooning has gained enormous popularity in russia in the past two years this can be seen from the growing number of orders for balloons placed with our company. and so i don't think the shape of balloons or even the wicker baskets is going to change the balloons of the future will offer a more comfort to inflate pilots. things like better navigation smoother knobs and delicate thin cords instead of course ropes tools void getting entangled . knots that sensors will give way to radio signals reporting temperatures inside the envelope with dust and all that will be mainly intended for the spectators at the balloons are most likely to look like the ones built by the brothers montgolfier for a long time to come. all i had was a basket and

a burner. one tank costs full two minutes after that it should be changed i mean you believe it should be two tanks at all times one of them an active duty and the other as a backup. to just meet up with us that will much of this right here is where the baskets are born these tubs are filled with water in them i believe the liquid is used to soak willow. canes are here. but we are using rattan pam to make of this particular basket today on the bundle and dream used to give school

children physical education classes he was a teacher by calling and dre even held a scientific degree for fun one day he decided to weave a small with a basket today he's head of a company which makes much larger baskets. in the old days we used to make balloon baskets in russia today the firm stalks of the tropical rattan poly used it's more popular because it's more practical it's imported from europe and southeast asia. because soaking process takes three or four hours the material is not put to any particular test to see whether it is ready for processing but then i don't need any i just bend it to see whether breaks or not if. it's a simple as that doesn't if you've just ok your let's get down to work with a work is a handy craft with a long history it was all the rage

a nineteenth century russia well it was used to make all sorts of things from furniture prams and suitcases to hand bags and toys the traditional craft somewhat faded in the twentieth century but it is being revived today although this is a slow process only a few workshops can handle major deals involving wickerwork. family but a human nowadays basket wickerwork barely differs from its french origins yes the same technique has been used for hundreds of years i have seen how they do it in the czech republic and in germany which their methods are very much alike. and gracious his team's motto there is no place for an important things in aviation bus gets a made in strict conformity with blueprints the job takes three days on average every small detail that is important from the ropes to the framework few women and found in this trade men's hands

a stronger. internationally our products retain the warmth of our hands. the mo i'm sure but if you are in a good mood while waving a basket the result is a good product of us all but. the . resistance is not our politics but our culture. is could test. on its own.

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the envelope is the most important part of a balloon the safety of all those on board depends on its quality. designers make a computer model of the believe numbered once the blueprint is finished they use it to cut out a pocket of material these are used to make parts to believe. elaine a company over there is a seamstress by trade twenty years ago she worked as a tailors making dresses and overcoats when ballooning got a new lease of life she switched to the ambitious task of making balloon envelopes elaine has ballooned several times including flights aboard balloons of her own making. zenith all those lost balloons during a festival in an off year it was a very long time ago i even flew over the kremlin and it was so much fun will do no such fine some band but back in one thousand nine hundred one or one thousand nine

hundred two. it was amazing. the fellow. if that's a nice piece of material and so easy to handle glenn lewis the qualities of primary importance in our business is what you think of intentionally messed it up so you'll fall out of the sky that never absolutely no not so great job was very well done religiously and. the company repairs the existing believes as well as making new ones it receives several damaged envelopes a month this part of the balloon is subjected to wear and tear more often than others after the envelope is repaired and the new one is ready to test start. because i own i don't know if is the main believing tester of the to low enough factory none of them.