part of the the the region in and i think the countries of the region are taking many more decisions into their own he n yes i think the united states is backing away somewhat i think also though with a condom ia fifteen trillion dollars which is four times the economy of all of latin america put together u.s. markets u.s. investment u.s. technology remittances are still tremendously in poor. certainly for. mexico and central america and the caribbean and if you look at the economies of south america less important but nonetheless very very critical so yes the u.s. has a lowered political profile but it's still tremendously important economically ok oscar if i can ask you i mean peter let me. go ahead. yeah i'm not sure the puter understood me i do not think that the social progress suspend being made is because there's a consensus between these countries much of the social progress that i'm referring to in venice well in brazil has to do with specific social programs that are actually not contemplated or fully supported by the world bank and other international financial institution

welcome to the road region russia close up. fifty. five.it's a very welcome this is all from top stories now fifteen adventure as a piece of ice that's the beginning of a year long russian mission in the north pole explores the arctic is melting natural treasures of. new york new records the number of homeless people america's most populous city reaches its highest point in half a century despite u.s. government claims the economy is back on track and the figures are set to keep growing threatening to surpass those during the great depression. and also. by side with the world's best showcasing the latest. fashion week. and. from the fascist of the flashy to classics of a bygone era the most revs up the. next here and. a list program will be delving into the subjects of cars from the horse room carriages a piece of the great to soviet largest in the west in the course of today used as a status symbol not just as a trials course it's easy to.

is it to the region or is it to the world? if it wasn't that iran had a president, ahmadinejad, who talks in apocalyptic terms. i think it would be easier to look at that threat. but most experts believe that iran is really interested mainly in being able to produce a weapon, but not actually to produce it, because that would cause consequences for iran that could be very dangerous, that it wants to have that capacity so that nobody will attack it. and that is an important issue, as trita parsi brought up. can you prevent it from breakout? and the second issue is uh, would they ever really use having a weapon if they broke out? the iranians, i do not believe are crazy. this is a country with a long history. they would be annihilated if they used a weapon. they certainly would never use one against the united states. so mischief making, yes, they meddle in the region. but at the end of the day, iran is a shiite country. the middle east is mainly sunni. iran cannot dominate the region. it can make trouble. and i think we have to

regional habitat restoration. we will come back to you another time to present the impact avoidance measures and how we accomplished that process. the environmental construction management program -- ok. the environmental construction management program was prepared and is managed by our environmental construction management manager. she has been doing this for 20 years, many utilities programs for both water, electrical, and natural gas programs. we brought her in in june of 2008. we're very proud of it as it is unique for the city and for public utilities in california. she works closely with the manager of the construction management bureau. without further ado, i will call on carrie. >> i'm carrie o'neal. all successful environmental compliance programs include features that combine to ensure a proactive approach of the environmental complaints during construction. the structure is necessary to define the roles and responsibilities of variants -- various positions. at the program regional and project levels. s

art see good region. walk around the capitol with moscow out seem is for you just to come shortly but first though it's the we can business with kareena. welcome to tell we can business program california's governor arnold schwarzenegger led a group of billionaires to russia this week in search of innovative business ideas but one of them said russia's rich must take a few risks with their money before foreigners will follow. there's a lot of rich people here who are not that i know of investing in venture capital they built their own companies they've got a lot of money foreigners would love to see at least some of that money going into russian venture for private money i think that's a that's an obstacle there's a perception about corruption and difficulty of doing business in an honest way but also markets have to believe that russia is not a huge country it's a nice size country not growing particularly but you have to be able to believe that russia can exploit that means that the technologies and the

these are hospitals with regional scope. i don't have a problem wit and should be paid for without existing funding and maybe from the public health department. and certainly not passed on to those being evaluated by those and we would like to see that. and as far as the individual aspects of it, i do agree with the staff recommendation and the pipeline and i don't know if you can do that kind of business and a lot of times it's many projects and if we made a recommendation that the placed be located there and the project sponsors know there and this is what we like to see. i think we have excellent health in san francisco and from the place i come from, i do not plan to be served there. and we have a lot of hospitals and a small geographic area and not that we couldn't improve that but we have to remember that the larger scope of the health care problem and real hospitals and different entities and while we have total control over the former, the needs of the latter have other concerns other than just our public health need

that is possible on the regional trains. there are some rooms in the trains, which is space for the bicycles, even during rush hour.

only russia is a currently returning to the region to regions where the u.s.s.r. was quite active ones. in south africa and so on. doesn't mean that russia is about to return as intensively in the southeast asia and my second question is how do you see our relations with the situation. will consist only of weapons and energy or will there be something else you can guess my question to the vietnamese president benefits to you think the region is going to receive from ash from russia's increased presence in the russian. speaking of southeast asia. which. i think the situation here is quite more obvious than in south africa on the lights in america and i think we have actually never left the region to go for that we have friendly answers as you have our question relations with most other countries here so we have basically nothing to restore here which is need to. get those relations up to a higher level we have always been friends with the socialist republic of vietnam in those relations have now been instructed to think that this is the way to go in the future but

we established a region sister russia shed with the region of catalonia. i want to thank the group freinds of gaspart. the president of the organization could not be here but they have been trying to foster relationships, not just between san francisco and barcelona, but the entire region. the mere talk about the commonalities, the economic ties. there are many other ties. there are works between the museums in barcelona and the de jong. there are talks about the universities in barcelona with ours. sharing production with the our pride in barcelona. there are many examples of that nature. but something that is special to me, as a gay man, and i see my partner in the audience -- is the commitment to civil rights and the very special committee that that barcelona has played to the lgbt community. those of you who watched the movie "milk" remember the same how there was a protest in barcelona in the days of franco inspiring activists like harvey milk to say that we will be treated equally. that connection has been in place for decades. when i visited barcelo

know come with us as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia it's time to get. in today's episode we continue our tour of the ancient city of god in the north god region and created five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow the site with its rich historical past attracts thousands of tourists every year these days however the region is being forced to adjust to the harsh economic realities with whole villages struggling to make ends meet you're going to rip small unlike the larger metropolitan areas around the lower good housing being able to attract the same amount of investment from big businesses over the last few years this big business is essential it brings the jobs added brings in money for the local authorities as well but because it is just one such large factory which has been built by their old cadre and provides hundreds of jobs for people here but for the rest of the area it's still suffering from the aftermath of the economic crisis. for one hundred years the plywood mill has supplied most people in the town of part of jobs unfortunately it's als

public is according to polls carried out by americans in the region much more popular than the american president and he is apparently one of the most popular individuals among or our among our people so i think that that is true and i do think that western countries underestimate iran's strength in the region iran has very close relations with turkey with iraq as you mentioned. with a tatar pakistan and afghan it government which is closely aligned to the united states so in that sense i think that western countries are miscalculating and misreading the map robert fisk and beautifying who do you do you think. a great powerful western leader could go to beirut to get the same kind of reception that the iranian president got. well no i mean obviously as we all know the sheer muslims of lebanon are the largest single community in the country they're not the majority of the largest single community and just as when president mohammad hatami came to a less enjoyable welcome from the hezbollah militia god it's inevitable that when an iranian president comes to lebanon he will receive a very

regional authorities provided a bailout than tax relief i'm certain are there to work without the one thousand six hundred employees only a third. and the plant is still officially bankrupt the plywood has been saved but it continues to be on life support it's still not turning a profit in order to survive it needs to modernize its emblematic of the region as a whole no good region has a population of less than seven hundred thousand with few strategic industrial objects and a small consumer market that has to find creative ways to generate wealth the authorities have adopted a three prong strategy firstly tourism and the public then said they have no good. heritage site that there were the same as everywhere else in russia we have to bring the infrastructure up to the same level as the attractions themselves. secondly foreign investment. in previous times a difficult relationship with a local administration has prevented a good investment climate from forming now we have swung our doors open. and developing industry competitive not just in russia but the brule. medium sized promises

this is more region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of this you. can tell ya he has completed the i.c. parco has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech data center ferber's with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir putin the federal government is planning to allocate sizable funding for the parks construction investors will be given benefits such as property tax exemption low land rental prices and other preferences but it is the samoa region government is open to mutually beneficial cooperation we invite investors to. payton existing projects and we are ready to give a hand of fulfilling your projects and growing your business in this small region. five thirty pm in the russian capital this is to your headlines now and time runs out for politi

and then he was born in siberia he's previously served as a governor of one of russia's all rich regions and was also the head of russia's presidential administration dimitri paul the colonel from the united russia party explain to our see why he thinks and has been chosen. i think it's not a matter of control of politics and money flows it's a matter of. fate of importance moscow is a special seat here and it is supposed to be the in the vanguard of modernization and actually the federal government has a lot from the plans of how to create a financial center in moscow i think. enormous experience call for work in the gallant he is known as an efficient professional he has managed to create active system within the government staff he was quite successful as a governor of one of the richest regions in russia so he has enough experience to do so and besides i think it's also a matter of personal trust because he's well known by the president and by the prime minister and they trust him as a person and as a professional that was to be true from the united russia party. all eleven people ha

at the program regional and project levels. strong procedures are important to ensure that there is a consistent approach on various projects during construction. effective training is necessary to insure that all project personnel are aware of the environment a commitment. and lastly, timely review project modifications is key to minimizing schedule delays. the construction management plan defines the overall approach to managing the water system improvement programs. the plan defines the organizational structure and the role of the responsibility of the various environmental compliance positions. clear definition of the positions is key. as you are well aware, and there is a blend of construction management consultant and city staff on the environmental and construction compliance team. the san francisco public utilities commission environmental construction compliance team is located at the bureau of environmental management. the environmental construction compliance manager is assisted by four environmental construction com

policy is i happen to believe that the fundamental problem in the region is not us policies there's a fundamental issue within the region itself and this pertains both to pakistan and afghanistan and then we're talking about the arabic speaking middle east and you mention the policies of israel really the policies of israel of anything to do with the issues in pakistan and afghanistan they have nothing to do i think. a lot of people in the region would say so if there is a real connection or not but a lot of people would say that don't you think why do the people why do the why do the people in the region say the people in the region would say so because it's driven by the regime's right it would be driven by the pakistani security services will be driven by a whole bunch of different actors pakistan and afghanistan have nothing to do with israel with the arab israeli conflict nothing at all what we're talking about is the bigger problems that we're talking about in the region we're talking about exactly we're talking about larger issues but i would say bin ladin i would say israel is

take over the region as a whole no good region has a population of less than seven hundred thousand with few strategic industrial objects and a small consumer market that has to find creative ways to generate wealth the authorities have adopted a three pronged strategy firstly tourism and public. heritage site the. same as everywhere else in russia we have to bring the infrastructure up to the same level as the attractions themselves. secondly foreign investment. in previous times a difficult relationship with a local administration has prevented a good investment climate from forming now we have swung our doors open. and developing industry did not competitive not just in russia but the brule. promises to be a breakthrough. on this several times cheaper than foreign equivalent. mines are the same as our competitors and. these ambitious plans have yet to bring substantial cash into the government. just to keep them in the region continues to fund the project. into the twenty first century. who's. going to graduate. i'm on the last year of my studies and i am working. and so my profession

first though flash floods have raged through russia's southern krasnodar region killing at least ten people three are still missing a state of emergency has been declared in the worst affected areas where more than twenty villages have been swamped around fifteen hundred people were caught in the day luge and so far several hundred have had to be evacuated from their homes the flooding is the result of several days of heavy rain that have caused local rivers to overflow their banks a downpour also brought about mudslides and mountains blocking several sections of the north park asian railroad the rain stopped for now but forecasters warn there could be more in the future. that story and a whole lot more just a click away at our team dot com here's a quick look at what's on our web site right now. find out how the web pile. being allowed to continue sailing all with the help of the internet providers. plus find a recipe for a so-called terminator cocktail that will raise word strength as well as your spirits it's all in the mix at r.t. dot com. the fashionistas are flocking to moscow

network al qaeda itself there has been a terrorist attempt a terrorist crackdown going on in the region and since the beginning of this year for it to say three hundred suspected terrorists have been killed and another four hundred fifty arrested. now sees tom barton there reporting on the investigation into september's market blast and the russian republic of not. setia. this is all here still ahead for you forced to fend for their families. i will never forget one day there was no job i came home and there was no food my brothers and sisters and my mother went to sleep hungry because there are conflicts and a lack of education means it's up to children and their families keep a look at the struggle for survival. as the credits roll out and i guess moscow visit will bring you the best things from the government's rational capital adventure. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has been in belgrade trying to persuade serbia to recognize its breakaway territory of kosovo as an independent nation is one of several facing so as the former yugoslav nations seeks european union membership

in serbia loserville believe in that region see they are going to. be. there watching r t let's not have a look at our top stories for this hour more strikes more chaos the french continue to protest song and mass despite warnings from president sarkozy that they are harming the economy there was against the plan mention reform saying it's banks and big corporations who should suffer lawful ordinary people. and drugs officials from russia tried to work with the new western white afghan herald production but the two countries don't see eye to eye on how to do it as america only wants to focus on taliban control the poppy fields. and russia is counting every watt north south east west and its second senses since the collapse of the soviet union and the nationwide q. and a session reaches all around to get adopted a portrait of the country's people and needs. well those are the headlines on our t.v. now peter lavelle and his guests discuss iran's influence in the middle east and whether its popularity is underestimated by some members of the international c

for the people and for the region and an interesting look at these very important factor that are very important in any state. thought third of michigan of relevant shape balkans political expert speaking to me here on r.t. . now there are young boys but they are forced to become the men of the house years of war in afghanistan of robbed an entire generation of their fathers left deep scars on the country artist paula sleaze been meeting afghan children who sacrifice everything to help their family survive. for a few hours each friday these street kids get to remember they still just children talk. to them kind flying is more than just a pastime it's a sport of skill all who master it all in call and for a few brief moments forget that they live in abject poverty. my name is once a dream i'm the father of the house i will never forget one day there was no job i came home and there was no food and my brothers and sisters and my mother went to sleep hungry it was there is only thirteen years old but as the man of the house his responsibility started early at six in the morning. my sister

during that same time in our region, outside of san francisco, we have added 2.5 million jobs. again, i said this is something you know. why do you care about it? that growth happening outside of the urban core has implications. for everyone% expansion of the metropolitan footprint, the area that our beloved bay area occupies in terms of its land footprint, we have a 1.25% increase in vehicle miles traveled. even though we might think we are filled up, when we let growth in our region have been at its outer boundaries, those people and we'd drive farther every year, bringing us more and more traffic, and with it, a degradation in the quality of life that is central to why most of us live in the bay area. one of the members of our treasure island team introduced me to this "new yorker" cartoon, and in the showroom, the salesman says "it runs on a conventional gasoline powered engine until its senses guilt, at which point it switches over to battery power." we have been incredibly good as a region and community in adopting in little ways sustainable practices. many of us have cut

can you tell us why you say why is the southeast asia region so attractive for russia. while the region is a very attractive one primarily because it has a lot of growing economically growing countries china of course is one of russia's main partners and is of course a part of bric brazil russia india and china says some experts say one of the strongest emerging economies in the world today in those poised to deal with the effects of the global financial crisis a lot better than the so-called economic giants like the united kingdom the united states and the european union so a lot of economic potential for russia to be involved with this region of course globalization has also meant that there are a lot of other interests with countries separately that make up the asia pacific region not just the a c. on or. as a whole and specifically of course russia and vietnam have a very long history together as the russian president said in an article published in the local newspaper the russian stood by the vietnamese as they fought for their independence and they will continue t

welcome to the no good region in russia close up. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and i want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for technology update on our g. fifty. fifth fifty. five. the news today volunteers once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. welcome back you're with you live from moscow here's a look at the top stories fifteen polls were explorers are set to drift on an ice floe in the arctic to prove russia's claims and regions. they will spend the next year tearing out dozens of experiments and collecting evidence in the subzero temperatures. more than forty million americans are currently living in poverty on the highest number in decades there are fears figure will only go up with more people becoming homeless. and nato is granting safe passage for top taliban leaders to hold talks with the afghan government that comes as recent u

flash floods have raged through russia's southern cross nadar region killing at least ten people while three are still missing a state of emergency has been declared in the worst affected areas where more than twenty villages have been swarmed around fifteen hundred people have been caught in the daily and so far several hundred have had to be evacuated from their homes the flooding is the result of several days of heavy rain falls local has to burst their banks downpour also brought about mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north occasion railroad the rain has stopped for now but forecasters warn there could still be. followers of fashion are flocking to moscow as russian fashion week has kicked off the event open with designers from around the world showcasing their latest styles and trends on the capital's catwalks well earlier i spoke to artist. he's got a front row seat there. russian fashion week in the british elite under way at the most mothers as models sasha is the latest collection designers for russia from the former soviet union and this is a twenty

oil rich regions will be put to good use in the. next we take a closer look at the soviet period. which ended with the collapse of the u.s.s.r. stay with us. it was a time when the eyes of the entire world were on the soviet union the old guard was losing its grip on power and a new regime was taking shape what exactly that would look like nobody could say suddenly the whole world could speak a few words of russian the most important perestroika. because it was there all the torturous process that people are just learning about now the world's me.