eastern cyan is one of siberia's least explored areas. is the geographical center of asia the mountain ridge of eastern cyan stretches for one thousand kilometers from east to west. secluded need the russian mongolian border south siberia's nature remains pristine and untouched by man. for tourists who braving the nature of the plan is to run snowmobiles for hundreds of kilometers to find a valley studded with hot springs civilizations yet to spread as far as the valley . be anything is that it's surrounded by steep rocks dense forests and pokes. that can be reached only in winter riding in the frozen rivers and lakes. it's not the first time the participants of this expedition have travelled together . each person has a track record of thousands of kilometers covered on snowmobiles in many different parts of russia. traveling along frozen rivers and lakes is extremely dangerous. a snowmobile may fall through the ice it any moment. reducing the risk to minimum the tourists travel in a special formation the first snowmobile plows through i

two at the same time as australia after that two thousand and twelve made its way through russia siberia and the cities of cheap. and the countries of papa new guinea and you belong next with a champagne toast with the residents of the russian city who fall in the same time joan zone as japan and the koreas then three hours ago new years came to the cities of crowded out skin concealed along with china singapore malaysia and the philippines as two thousand and twelve continued to march across siberia it reached such cities as homesick and noble cbs its residents celebrating along with thailand and vietnam next midnight reached the cities of yet fifteen of berg and peons just an hour before muscovites celebrated the beginning of two thousand and twelve. and thousands were angry at the results of. russia's a parliamentary election results but this year's new year elections will take place in the race for russia's top job is on let's discuss it now with our karen the current chair hello karen and well happy new year to you first of all and will the new year also brings in new elections to r

jim maceda, nbc news, northeast siberia. >> when we come back it's lights-out this weekend for a household staple. >>> we learned today that a recipient of this nation's highest military honor has died. mike colaulillo was one of 85 living recipients of the medal of honor for actions in germany during world war ii. on april 7, 1945, he risked his own life, leading his company into enemy fire to save a wounded fellow soldier. he passed away this morning in his hometown of duluth, minnesota. he was 86 years old. >>> it's the end of an era for two fixtures of american life. on sunday it's lights out for the world changing invention, the incandescent lightbulb. despite a last ditch effort by some in congress to save it earlier this month, manufacturers will stop making them as they comply with a federal law requiring lightbulbs to be 25% more energy efficient. you will still be able to find them on store shelves for a few months until retailers run out of stock. and starting monday you will no longer be able to buy paper u.s. savings bonds at your neighborhood bank. a tradition that dates back

, central siberia and so on. we are to go out, especially young people and reach to the needy children with a wonderful project as we call it project hope. >> tell us more about project hope, how does project hope help these kids? >> it is when we work together in a wonderful partnership with other countries and provide resources, when they pack those christmas gifts, gifts of hope. russia is not allowed to bring any humanitarian aid from western countries to russia. when they are placing this gift into the hands, they share a story of jesus, of hope. there is hope in the future and somebody out there who cares for them. >> to find out how you can help russian ministries, go to cwnews.org. >>>el's messiah and how it is reaching millions for jesus christ. >> choirs perform handel's messiah all over the world. how much is known about this man and the work behind it. mark martin traveled to find out more about this devout christian composer and his work that transcends time. >> for many, christmas wouldn't be comple

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two at the same time as australia after that two thousand and twelve made its way through russia siberia the cities of. the countries of papa new guinea and next with a champagne toast for the residents of the russian city who fall into say. time jones zone as japan and the koreas then three hours ago new year's came to the cities of clouds and outspend concealed along with china singapore malaysia and the philippines as two thousand and twelve continued to march across siberia it reached such cities as homesick and noble cbs its residents celebrating along with thailand and vietnam next to midnight reached the cities of yet cut fifteen of.

still along with china singapore malaysia the philippines twenty twelve continued to march across siberia and reached cities such as novosibirsk its residents are celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and a little while ago midnight crept even closer to the russian capital it reached the city's if you're caught between a bird and the chelyabinsk russia is that western most point of the baltic city of kaliningrad was the last one to celebrate in this country the rival of the new year and now let's check out a report by and he said now in on the events that shaped twenty. two thousand and eleven could easily go down as the most eventful year in years the killing of bin ladin after a decade long manhunt may be as good to afi after months of nato bombing and the death of north korea's kim jong il don't even begin to illustrate twenty eleven. time jos the protester as person of the year and although there were different slogans signs and demands of solutions twenty eleven will ultimately be remembered as the year people came out onto the streets. the arab spring bloomed into a european s

with china singapore malaysia and philippines and two thousand and twelve continue to march across siberia it reached such cities as novosibirsk its residents celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and just over two hours ago as midnight hour crept closer to the russian capital it reached the city's if you cut city to bergen chelyabinsk russia's westernmost point in the baltic city of when dr was the last one to celebrate the. year just a bit ago. and now to the events that shaped two thousand and eleven and are expected to dominate the new year as well russia saw the your close amid protests with demonstrations over the results of russia's parliamentary elections the people returned to the polls in march to vote for the country's next president parties karen. explains what's behind the protests in russia for two decades. i have been near to everybody very interesting first to say a very fond and very regulated new years here on red square everybody laughing yelling fireworks going off but more importantly with the protests this year in december amidst many many sort of claims of ball

voted to get voted for the lib dems not why they've seen increases in areas of the far east and in siberia now. said that he wanted thirty percent doesn't seem. he's coming to get us we can have a look now at what the lib dems are all about. as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats the party's ever present leader. by far russia's most boisterous and controversial bully politician current campaign slogan we are for russians priorities food housing transport and science biggest success here in ne post third in russia's first presidential election critics cry over racist remarks personal violence and populist slogans. for putting them out britain says poison doll xander litvinenko on the party list and ensuring his parliamentary protection. the liberal democratic party of russia election two thousand and eleven r.t. . over out of michigan office he's often been accused of putting polemic before policies and he was speaking to journalists he certainly didn't pull any punches with his comments over these elections he accused fair russia of being the

those in sydney and melbourne and australia after that twenty twelve made its way through russia's siberia the cities of key time and of the countries of new guinea and quad up next with the champagne toast for the residents of russian cities of their coots who fall in the same time zone as japan and of the koreas then three hours ago he scanned the cities across their skin concealed along with china singapore malaysia the philippines as twenty twelve continued to march across siberia and reached cities such as skin to novosibirsk its residents are celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and a little while ago midnight crept even closer to the russian capital it reached the city's if you're caught between a bird and the chelyabinsk russia is that western most point of the baltic city of kaliningrad was the last one to celebrate in this country the rival of the new year and now let's check out a report by and he said now in on the events that shaped twenty up two thousand and eleven could easily go down as the most eventful year in years the killing of bin ladin after a decade long manh

sydney and melbourne in australia after that two thousand and twelve made its way through russia's siberia the cities of cheetah and yet and the countries of pop and new guinea and blom next with a champagne toast where the residents of the russian city will fall in the same time joan zone as japan and the koreas then three hours ago new year's came to the cities of crowds may all it's going to zele along with china singapore malaysia and philippines as two thousand and twelve continued to march across siberia it reached such cities as the no sibierski its residents are celebrating along with thailand and vietnam and just over two hours ago as midnight hour crept closer to the russian capital it reached the cities of bergen chelyabinsk russia's western most point the baltic city of kaliningrad has celebrated the rival of the new year will at the top of this hour and that's the news for now stay with me for a recap of the headlines and lots more to come and a happy new year to you again from all of us here in moscow. wealthy british scientists on. market. come to. find out what's really hap

prÓspero aÑo de felicidad ♪ ♪ ( aplausos ) >> si no se escucha josÉ feliciano, nos manda de regreso a siberia. si fuera mÁs oscuro el vestido de carolina podrÍan ser la bandera de estados unidos. >> yo veo verde. >> felix no ve nada. si fuera mÁs oscuro a un azul. miren quÉ bonita la corbata con santa claus. usted por lo que veo vino listo para ir al velorio. quÉ bueno que estén acÁ con nosotros, saludos a todos los que nos acompaÑan en este dÍa tan especial, usted que recibiÓ de regalo? >> besos, besos, twitters de todos mis fans. >> carolina? >> este show. >> natalia? >> me aumentaron. >> de peso? >> de dÓlares. >> a usted le dieron un carro fÚnebre. >> una botella de tequilla. >> a mÍ una olla. >> han todos recibido muy buenos regalos. a mÍ me regalaron botellas de champagne. les deseamos a todos feliz navidad, hoy deberÍamos acercarnos, tenemos un show especial, hoy vamos a recordar como siempre decimos recordar es... >> vivir! >> ¿quÉ estÁ pasando la repÚblica? lo mejor de esta repÚblica deportiva porque como le decÍamos mi querido fÉlix es un dÍa de familia, un día de recuerdos, de buen

official records show he was born in siberia. he was in his mid-30's when he was anointed as the successor to his father, but he did not inherit power until his father died in 1994. initially, he continued his father's policy of isolation. he presided over a devastating famine that killed an estimated 2 million people, refusing offers of international aid. later, he made tentative moves toward a fall in relations with the outside world -- thaw in relations with the outside world. in 2000, north and south korean families met for the first time since they were divided in 1953. the leaders of the two koreas also came together. they signed a reconciliation agreement, but it was not last. soon after, the u.s. president george w. bush declared north korea as part of an axis of evil. pyongyang expelled nuclear weapons inspectors. he was a genius of military art and strategy. the culture that has grown around kim jong il is now likely to switch to his son, kim jong- un -- kim jong-un. >> the economy is known to focus on industry. that su

whoever designed this byzantine piece is probably chopping rocks in siberia. ethan, can i access the skylab files from here? ethan: yeah. what the sam hill does that have to do with anything? you're a damn fine politician, bob, but you don't know jack about engineering. this is the guidance system from skylab. that's not possible. well, i mean, maybe there's similarities, but they can't be the same. i'm looking up the designer. aw, hell. don't bother. it was francis d. corvin. is he dead? ha. only if i'm lucky. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] discover the tempting layers of ferrero rocher. a whole hazelnut, smooth chocolaty cream inside a wafer shell, covered in milk chocolate and hazelnut pieces. ♪ ferrero rocher. make your moments golden. every single small kitchen appliance is on sale right now at sears! plus get an extra 10% off with saving pass! all cuisinart is on sale! kitchenaid standmixer just $299.99! kenmore coffeemaker or blender, only $29.99. so go to sears now! that's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city? [ alarm chirps ] [ male

sled dogs are bred by the indigenous to chief of northeastern siberia and the eskimos of alaska the word husky is a distortion of esky which is the word americans used to describe eskimos but huskies a distant relations of the wolf from time immemorial they have lived side by side with humans in the north. the distinguishing features of the husky speed exceptional insurance the ability to cover a long distances without much effort and their devotion to humans their desire to always be on the move is in their blood. you have a good voice game going. the expedition makes its first long stop over in his salmi house the drilling and several out houses are in the midst of a forest. nicholai to the hermit lives here alone without the perks of modern life. the good thing about life here is that you don't have to worry about electricity or heating again cut off i take water from a nice hole in far wood to keep me warm. is a finn by nationality and a russian citizen he is also amount of the forest as he calls himself he became a legendary figure in karelia in finland a long time ago. nikolai turn

russia sent sato to a prison in siberia after the war.esearchers identified his remains using dna analysis. >> translator: i want to hug my father, even if it's only his bones that came back. >> families of many americans in iraq and afghanistan wonder what happened to their bodies. the u.s. air force dumped partial remains of hundreds of serviceman in a landfill. a newspaper reported on it last month but didn't provide numbers. now the post says the air force dumped the remains of at least 274 americans. the serviceman were killed in iraq and afghanistan between 2004 and 2008. the air force first kree mated the remains. workers then added ashes to a load of medical waste. this was burned, then taken to a landfill. more than 6300 u.s. serviceman were killed in iraq and afghanistan. air force spokespersons say it will be difficult to determine which remains were sent to the landfill. >>> in japan, concerns on energy safety since the accident at the fukushima daiichi power plant in march have led to demand for cleaner power. a new law takes