led bombings of serbian targets michigan have exposed to me as a balkans political expert he thinks the serbian government and people are loads in their goals for their country we have to make some distinction between the government in belgrade to which was brought to power after all were put. just over ten years ago in which nato powers definitely took sides so it's a very nato friendly government if you want but when you come down to people i think they have completely different fields especially on nature i don't think anyone wants to go into nato i mean the question is to resave who are they going to be friendly friendly to against the soviet union no longer exists there is no warsaw pact i don't feel that russia has any interest of conducting military operations in the balkans. so i think nato is very unpopular there when it comes to either one tends to think of economic and political and cultural cultural considerations and that in a way makes sense but the sort of conditions the e.u. and the us are making does indicate that this is not an economic and cultural situation but one o

balkans political expert talked about earlier on in the program. 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 and left deep scars in a country that is paul asli has been meeting afghan children who sacrificed everything to help their family survive. for a few hours each friday these street kids get to remember they still just children of. their kind flying is more than just a pastime it's a sport of skill all who master it all equal 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 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 goodbye. goodbye my brother. on the first born this is a typical poor kabul neighborhood children with runny noses dirty feet a

and that was made a political expert on the balkans. their only young boys but a years of war have forced them to become the brave or the breadwinners of their families decades of conflict in afghanistan have left an entire generation fatherless and the country's card elsie's policy there has been amazing at going to children who have no choice but to take charge of their families. for a few hours each find and these three kids get to remember they still just children up. there kite flying is more than just a pastime it's a sport of skill or who lost or taught acro and for a few brief moments forget that their. 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 my brothers and sisters and my mother went to sleep hungry was there he's only thirteen years old but as the man of the house his responsibilities start early at six in the morning. my sister goodbye. goodbye my brother. from the first born this is a typical poor kabul neighborhood

membership the visits part of clinton's tour of the balkans and follows a previous stop to bosnia there she also tried to put pressure on the country's serbian minority to embrace the form which will eventually stripped of their autonomy most serbs scattered around the territory of the former yugoslavia still remember that nato sided with the muslims during the ninety's ethnic conflict and can't forgive us led bombings of serbian targets to or about this tonight with that we should get rid of a cheater balkans political expert thanks for being on the line with us tonight's pre-show what is the u.s. trying to achieve in the region do you think what is their interest there and some would say they're interfering. oh indeed they're going to figured right from the early one nine hundred ninety s. and as you correctly said they conducted a war where the first award. led by a known european power against a european country i'm talking of course about the nato bombing of one thousand nine hundred nine but they've also blown the republicans subscribing bosnia so they've clearly taken sides in wh

concessions in exchange for nato membership talk to experts about hillary clinton's visit to the balkans. and hasta la vista moscow california governor. wraps up his visit to the russian capital with a pledge to try and terminate global climate change. this

--www.ncicapap.org-- >> hello, and welcome to " european journal." 15 years after the end of the balkan war, thousands in bosnia-herzogovina are living in refugee camps. why spaniards are forced to share their homes with s trangers. how climate change is effecting french wine. and the secret behind finland' educational success. more the the state-run children's homes in bulgaria. allegations say taht thousands of children have died from lack of oxygen or drowning and accidents. the standard of care was much better. this location. >> in remote places in bulgaria, you'll encounter, is for children and the disabled. -- you'll encounter homes for children and the disabled. they are looked after far from the nearest town. we are not allowed to show their faces. some of them are allowed to attend the local school. but this may have little to offer them. although the institution is said to be one of the better ones. these children were handed over by their parents to the authorities. this was already the case u uer communist rule. this is the only director who will give us can interview. he wa

secretary of state hillary clinton during her visit to the balkans many balls and muslims in croats want a strong central government but serves living in the country fear this will rob them of their autonomy serbs also believe the u.s. keeps putting pressure on them and resentment lingers over the nato forces joining the ninety's ethnic conflict on the side of a muslim population and bombing the capital sarajevo before more of clinton's visit to the balkans we're now joined from washington by. thank you for being with us this hour why do serbs oppose integration so much. well it's the issue of the war was fought over in the first place back in one thousand nine hundred two it was the attempt by the muslim leadership to create a strong central government it was the muslims who are not an outright majority in the country would be dominant and this is the issue that the war was fought over the inability of the three communities to actually have some sort of power sharing arrangement that they could trust each other each other and the muslims had pushed through the independence proposal unil

that was balkans expert in the show governor. weld war torn afghanistan is seeing a boom in child labor as many men are either fighting on the front line or being killed in action for a large number of young afghans school is a luxury they can't afford as they have families to feed artie's policy reports from kabul. for a few hours each friday these street kids get to remember they still just children . there kite flying is more than just a pastime it's a sport of skill or who monster truck will and for a few brief moments to get better live in abject poverty was one name is what's he doing in the form of. i'll never forget one day there was no job i came home and there was no food and my brothers and sisters and my mother they went to sleep hungry madam that god is only thirteen years old but as the man of the house his responsibility started early at six in the morning. my sister could. get on my brother. on the first. this is a typical poor kabul neighborhood children with runny noses dirty feet and crawling stomachs every day

. >> i might, i might add, ralph, that the balkans is another case example, case study of this. and we still have military forces committed to the balkans, not just the united states, but the europeans do, uh, to insure that the peace does not break down while the peace building is, is on, on the way to growth. but it's a very problematic, uh, enterprise to undertake. >> you know, i want to ask, it's good that you mention the former yugoslavia also, but in iraq, do you think the american people will be interested in the peace building phase of the operation after u.s. troops are essentially withdrawn and we're down to a few, uh, tens of thousands advisors in iraq, and is public support in the united states essential for the peace building phase? maybe it isn't. what do you think? >> i think that the american people, number one, are going to lose focus on iraq because our national characteristic is, we don't have patience for these sorts of enterprises. we want a quick solution. we get in and we get out and that's it. um, but the need to remain focused on iraq, because iraq will

secretary of state hillary clinton during her visit to the balkans many bosnian muslims want a strong central government but serbs living in the country fear this will rob them of their autonomy so they also believe the u.s. keeps putting pressure on them and resentment lingers over the nato forces during the ninety's ethnic conflict on the side of the muslim population and bombing the capital so he wasn't in the story and no bullshit mileage thinks that the us has been stirring things up since clinton's first visit to bosnia in one thousand nine hundred six which she later described as quote being under sniper fire. by the time she landed in one thousand nine hundred six there were no had been no hostilities for months so everybody is well aware that her story was just entirely fake in the united states government has been keeping the tension simmering because of this constant repetitive insistence on creating a strong central government back in one thousand nine hundred two it was the attempt by the muslim leadership to create a strong central government it was the muslims who are n

european union membership that's one of the carrots that she appears to be dangling as part of her balkan talk mrs clinton was in belgrade to follow her trip to bosnia where she tried to put pressure on the country's minority to embrace political reform which will eventually strip them of their autonomy that many serbs scattered around the former yugoslavia remember nato as their enemy something i would side with out ponens during the one nine hundred ninety s. ethnic conflict and bombing them in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and michigan relive it shabaka as political expert things the southern government and people aren't always in their goals for their country. we have to make some distinction between the government in belgrade too which was brought to power after all reports. just over ten years ago in which nato powers definitely took sides so. it's a very nato friendly government if you want but when you come down to people i think they have completely different feelings especially on nature i don't think anyone wants to go into nato i mean the question as to resave. going t

secretary of state hillary clinton wrapped up a three nation tour of the balkans on wednesday while in the region she urged leaders in serbia and kosovo to open reconciliation talks washington is encouraging belgrade to accept the breakaway territories independence and obstacle of the country's better join european union many serbs in the former yugoslavia store a member of nato as the enemy that bombed that one thousand nine hundred nine expert michigan releve edge believes the u.s. is trying to gain influence in the region in order to control its resources. conducted a war with the first toward a lead by a normal european power against a european country i'm talking of course about the nato bombing of one thousand nine hundred nine but they've also blown the republicans so obscure in boston and so they've clearly taken sides in what has been a civil war and an ethnic conflict so they're not seen as some so far as benevolent power that but what the u.s. wants is to control the region and its resources they would build the largest military base in europe in the occupied province of cou

down in the southeastern corner looking a little bit wet for turkey and also parts of the balkans, you'llaling with heavy downpours as well as thunderstorms at times. 21 degrees in athens. a little bit cooler than average today. 13 degrees in moscow. so milder than yesterday, with sunny spells. sunny spells in kiev as well. much milder, though, in paris. 22 degrees. and 18 in london. here's the extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. gene otani is up next at the top of the next hour. hope to see you then.

her family fled the balkans to a new life in switzerland. >> she learned about being an outsider at a young age. so does the book's author. she was born to a hungarian- speaking family in serbia, but they moved to zurich when she was 4. >> i could not speak any german when i arrived in switzerland. that is one of my earliest and strongest memories, being speechless, not being able to express myself. >> the family that features in her novel open a restaurant in switzerland. they work hard to blend in. but to locals there remain "those foreigners with their odd habits." the yugoslav war breaks out. >> my cousin will shoot dragon air -- dragoner's cousin, or maybe there will be blown up in no-man's land. >> she brings together the personal and the political to discuss displacement and the search for identity. >> in gulf, europe has won the ryder cup, beating the titleholder united states. after days of rain in wales, the sun was out for the decisive event. the europe team captain clenched the competition for 0.5 to 13.5 to regain -- 4.5 to 13.5 to regain the cup. the soccer coach will ha

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also this low moving now into the southern end of the balkans will continue to produce a couple thundershowers mainly across areas like greece and in towards turkey. new system is going to move in off the north sea as well so it is going to get wiet for wester and central sections of europe in toward the weekend. 5 in stockholm and 3 degrees only for moscow. rain/snow mix expected. 12 degrees in vienna. a little warmer in rome today. that's a look for your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

instance visit to the balkan. fellows are teachers to after one am here in moscow thanks for being with the. top story and we begin with our special coverage of russia's latest expedition to the arctic. scientists are spending a year on the ice investigating the natural resources of the oceans there russia is one of five countries who are dividing up what could be billions of dollars worth of oil and gas reserves hidden deep under the ice a country groucho vors with the expedition as it looks for a home among the polar ice flows. have to run aggressive march through the arctic there sci's breaker slows down to a crawl explorers are on a delicate mission to find a suitable i still to pull the arctic twenty turns.

concessions in exchange for nato membership talk to experts about hillary clinton's visit to the balkans. and hasta la vista moscow california governor. wraps up his visit to the russian capital with a pledge to try and terminate global climate change. this is r t it's eleven pm tuesday night thanks for being with us son kevin the top story and we begin with our special coverage of russia's latest expedition to the arctic scientists is spending a year on the ice investigating the natural resources the oceans there russia is one of five countries who are dividing up what could be billions of dollars worth of oil and gas reserves hidden deep beneath the ice at his country is with the expedition as it looks for a home among the polar ice flows.

winds, rain, as well as thunderstorms will impact the areas along the balkan peninsula and all the way in toward eastern spain. the northern areas, too, here, scandinavian peninsula and down through western russia still looking at windy and wet weather. temperatures are dropping here so that rain could easily turn into sleet or snow ove the evening hours. stockholm high on wednesday at 8 degrees and then we're looking at only 3 for moscow, possibly some sleet for you in the mix. all right. now here is your three-day outlook. >>> our top story this hour, final preparations are under way to rescue 33 chilean miners trapped at 700 meters under ground for more than two months. chilean mine minister lawrence golborne said the operation will start within two hours. the chilean president said the rescue work that demanded many sacrifices is about to end happily and families will be able to hug their loved ones before the sunrise. the miners will be brought to the surface one by one in a specially made capsule. only 54 centimeters wide, about the width of their shoulders. the device includes a

weather impacting those of you along the mediterranean from eastern spain, across italy and towards the balkaneninsula. continental europe for the most part remainder w wl see clear, dry skies but up towards the north, too, wet and windy picture for those of you from the scandinavian peninsula towards western russia, showery picture for parts of forway as well as rewestern russia. 6 in moscow, remaining at 8 degrees in stockholm. all right, here is your three-way outlook. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do join us again at the top

that system will be heading into the balkans as well. quite stormy up towards norway. windy conditions and that rain is likely to linger over the next few days and the british isles, too, contending with wet and windy weather but hopefully that heavy rain will start to weaken off on tuesday although the winds will stay rather on the strong side. 18 degrees in london with light rain. light rain also for paris, looking quite mild in berlin. 17 degrees for your daytime high. now here is your extended forecast. >>> taking a look at our top story once again. naoto kan and wen jiabao have agreed to mend bilateral ties that deteriorated after a collision between a chinese trawler and japanese patrol vessels in the east china sea. kan told reporters that he had a half hour talk with wen on the sidelines of the asem summit in brussels on monday. >> kan said he stated that the senkaku islands are an integral part of japan and that no territorial issue is present in the east china sea. wen reiterated his position. the two leaders agree ha the current situation is not favorable an

the launch of the qe ii, which would sell 6 million miles and transport 6000 troops to the balkans conflict. this ocean giant took shape in an italian doctor. britain has not built a passenger vessel of this size since the 1970's. but today's sendoff was british through and through. >> i name this ship queen elizabeth. may god bless her and all who sail in her. >> memories of that first ceremony in 1938, and a changed world. cunard have no more ships in order for their u.k. operation. this one may be the last of her kind. bbc news, southampton. >> pavarotti said she had the voice of the century. dame joan sutherland said many fans would not disagree. the opera soprano and died in switzerland at 83. we look back on her life. [singing] >> joan sutherland singing "lucia di lamamour." the performance had a 19-minute standing ovation. she had grown up in sydney, where her mother encouraged her to sing. she thought she would be a wagnerian soprano. >> i would sing duets and trios and so on. i was not trained by my mother. she said she never taught me. but she was a great singer herself and i list

in fact, that widespread rain will really continue to persist over the balkans, over western turkey where there has been some flooding problems. you do need to watch out for those heavy downpours. 23 degrees in athens today. 22 in rome. over towards the northeast, it is going to be pretty cold out here, 3 degrees in moscow. cold rain and snow on the cards. here is your extended forecast. thamplts con. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in a half-hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

in fact, that widespread rain will really continue to persist over the balkans, over western turkey where there has been some flooding problems. you do need to watch out for those heavy downpours. 23 degrees in athens today. 22 in rome. over towards the northeast, it is going to be pretty cold out here, 3 degrees in moscow. cold rain and snow on the cards. here is your extended forecast. thamplts con. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in a half-hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world. no. well, it's just past there. first house in the right after the cottage on the l don't panic. brazen it out. me? - no. - right. here goes. yippee!

. >> something that -- well, almost because there's still the balkans, there's still ukraine. but still, never before in european history has so many european countries been liberal democracies in the same economic, political and security community. i mean i always say to my british euro skeptic friends this is the worst possible europe apart from all the other europes that have been tried from time to time. so there is a great achievement there. and the single currency. and now we're playinging defense. now we're on the defensive in all sorts of way. the single currency is under threat. the social model is under threat. the integration of muslims is a huge issue. and there is the great emerging pog we ares. >> so does europe need a strong leader? >> that's not how it's going to be. the old henry kissinger line, you say europe which number should i call, it's always going to be --. >> rose: henry today says he knows the number to call. somewhere in brussels. >> it is somewhere in brussels and it is a very nice english lady caed cathy ashton but you know the joke is that when y

it's going to look a whole lot better for the balkan area as those storms pull away.to the north, scandinavian peninsula will see more showers and windy weather, especially heavier downpours are going to beossible across southeastern sections of norway tonight. here's a look at highs. 7 for stockholm and 3 degrees nor moscow. 10 in warsaw. pretty cool conditions. london getting up to 14. and 16 expected in paris. getting up to 20 degrees, meanwhile, in madrid. all right. that's a look at your weather for now, and i will leave you with your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> just taking a look at our top stories once again, "the new york times" has reported that china resumed its rare earth metal exports to japan, the united states, and europe. the newspaper reported this in its online edition on thursday, quoting several industry sources in china. it says the chinese government ended its unannounced export ban to these countries without explanation. china had been blocking shipments of rare earth metals to japan since mid september and to the u.s. and europe since october

finally, getting a look at europe, and in the balkans as well as for turkey you're going to continuesee those thundershowers and some gusty weather develop. otherwise, it should be a fairly settled and calm picture for continental europe. high pressure really in place here. that's really pushing the rain up to the north. so areas like the british isles, scandinavian peninsula, and then baltic states will see that rain ride through. also, winds are going to be accompanying all of that wet weather. however, temperatures remaining on the mild side. london coming in at 17. 16 for paris. 11 degrees in berlin. and getting up to 10 in stockholm. all right. that's a look at your weather for now. and here's is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> the 51st annual secondhand book fair has opened in tokyo's kanda district, which has long been known as an academic neighborhood. about 160 local booksellers have lined the sidewalks, offering more than 1 million technical and literary volumes for sale. the open-air market is a popular feature of the week-long book fair. collections of works by japanese a

system will continue to make its way across the mediterranean, really affecting southern italy and the balkans with heavy rain and lots of thunderstorms today and it will be moving fairly slowly so it looks like greece will continue to be very unsettled over the next couple of days. let's take a look at your temperatures then. 8 degrees in moscow today with good spells of sunshine. 10 in kiev. while it will be quite warm down in the southwest for places like madrid. here is the extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story once again leaders from 46 asian a european natis have ended their two-day summit in brussels by promising greater cooperation and economic integration of their regions. to close the asia europe meeting or asem on tuesday the leaders adopted the chair's statement and a declaration on the global economy. >> we need to find common ground and agree on coordinated action between our two continents in order to tackle the pressing issues. >> european leaders were particularly concerned about the recent row over the collision of a chinese trawler and japanese patrol boa

know other countries as well and the for instance we are opening intense classes in serbia for all balkan states i can mention a driving school in rwanda even though it was in the heart of africa on september the first that there was a long line of young man who wanted to lay down their guns and learn to do it peaceful job mode rescuers. were training is a mutual proceso sometimes we'll learn and take tests and sometimes we teach others or take fire fighters for instance which is the most far fighter is sold the c.e.o.'s and other nearby countries such as the pole dick states in eastern europe had to learn far fighting tactics in the soviet union. and today they were saying to those step to really worry about the. foreign colleagues receive any practical training and the emergency ministry teams in russia. would come home and find. extinguishing a fire place. well first of all it's not that scary i have to say companies that are. i know it isn't but people may get surprised. and secondly. born in exercises together moreover we participate together in search and rescue and fire extinguishi

spartak five one in thursday's moscow darby dinara opened in the first minute three of blood in the balkan all of. this is did level matches midway through the first period yaroslav should converting. from the blue line i tend to be very happy moment for their following is the home side netted four more unanswered goals by one to five the normal maintaining their second place in the table. while it is still making a mighty pool who lead the way following a shootout win a. free spending scar also needed penalties to overcome bottom side the chance live city after edging god on the road atlanta equalized twice but still lost. three. in a few days time it is the start of the new basketball season in russia we're going to is predicting a successful start for the newly formed leak professional basketball league is the successor to the now defunct simply none of the former teams will compete this season along with one rookie side nizhny novgorod the chairman of the new league's council on the river contin and sports. we're optimistic about the future so just. be aware it's the first league in ru

goes to ways by choice fifteen russians and balkan a year long journey of complete isolation a bold afflicting chunk of all things. that would mourn their stores and other developments in us and fifteen minutes from now in the meantime. next with the sports news there are. worries in dublin for russian fans hi bill yes it's just two hours until kick off in dublin where russia taking on island in the euro two thousand and twelve qualifier we preview the action and have the latest from the formula one in japan that's next. and i welcome to the sports news into the headlines. we must not lose russia coach dick advocaat spells out what's needed in friday's crucial european qualifier against ireland. while a dream come true caroline wozniacki is on top of the world after securing the number one ranking in women's tennis. advantage red bull vettel and weathertop the time sheets but hamilton crashes out in practice with a japanese well trained. we start with football and russia coach dick advocaat says his team can't afford to lose against ireland in friday night's crucial euro twenty twelve qualifie

basically we wanted to exported to turkey but the crisis has changed our plans we may exported to the balkans its elite and asia the arab countries in the persian gulf where huge construction projects are underway and where zinc plated polymers are needed in syria and iran are also very close to me so it metallica and them can also owns an iron ore felt and during the financial downturn the development of the self was postponed so what are your plans now. we have an investment program this year we have opened this a small scale might have but we are now enriching or that so we have an opportunity to increase in bahrain where production to fifty percent plus we want to buy call mine in or extracting some more from there today we need thirty percent of the overall demand in real materials and in the next three or four years we are planning to meet the internal demand for iron ore by fifty percent so. when do you think you can return to pre-crisis annual production levels where you are going up but i thought we are planning to produce ten million tons of rolled metal this year we're going to inc

and has a huge drop in afghan opium output sends its value soaring in the balkans devastating to drugs across all sections of society in the country. for next the interview it's been two years since the credit crunch struck many americans are still picking up the pieces and take a closer look now that you cannot mix situation in the us with a woman and analyst. our team is sitting down with the author of needed capitalism one of the top five most visited financial log on the web eve smith thank you very much for joining us and i was here thank you so much for having me here i'd like to start off by throwing some numbers out there recently we've marked two years since the peak of the financial meltdown and in these last couple of weeks we've been seeing some pretty shocking numbers we're hearing about one in seven americans are living below the poverty line one in five children are living in a state of poverty in the united states where are these numbers coming from and do you think people especially over in washington d.c. are realizing that there are real people behind these numbers t