in berlin alone, millions watched germany against in the tournament. the events passed without incident. the location was key, surrounded by the park. there was a safety buffer all around it. people could easily escape and emergency services had easy access. safety precautions were missing at the love parade. panic has been avoided at many other mass gatherings. in 2005, 1 million people took part in world youth day, a catholic festival held that year. lessons from panic research work followed in planning the event, helping to what problems, especially in the narrow lanes of cologne's old town. crowds were sent through one-way areas to make sure they cannot co-lead -- they could not collide. millions of pilgrims converged on the saudi city every year. on many occasions, many lives have lost. the major disaster was in 2006 when more than 350 people died and many more were injured. the saudi authorities responded by seeking advice from the german researcher who had been consulted for the world youth day in cologne. it was an enormous challenge for the ex

>> welcome to the journal on dw- tv in berlin. the headlines at this hour -- the ceo of bp will step down with a replacement promising to change companies attitude toward safety. -- to change the company's attitude toward safety. and it extreme heat and smog it leaves russians gasping for air. the new man chosen to head the oil giant bp says his top priority will be to seal the ruptured oil well in the gulf of mexico. the american bob dubberly will take over for tony hayward on october 1. -- bob dubberly will take over for tony hayward on october 1. >> and tony hayward has become -- come under increasing criticism. now he is under attack from investors. ?in the last quarter, bp lost about 13 billion euros, one of the biggest losses in corporate history. >> the new ceo has a gigantic job ahead of him. bp's first american boss takes a heavy rains. -- takes a hold of the reins. >> i will look at what we're doing of the gulf coast and our relationships in washington. >> bp will also be busy cleaning up the company's image, which has b

this is at the national gary in berlin. this is a project jenny did for the table arts convention center in pittsburgh. she used three novels by pittsburgh writers who were also writing about pittsburgh. she wanted people to really get a sense of the place to make something that was beautiful, that was lasting, that people could identify with, who might pass this by daily, but also with the text there's so much language, never would be something where you would see the same thing if you walked by. this is important for jenny's proposal. this is an installation in san diego. jenny wanted to reflect languages that are there. so this artwork has both spanish and english. this is a project jenny did in collaboration with jamie carpenter, who's here. this is one of the first buildings built after the events of september 11, and she used as an office building. jenny wanted to do was incorporate text that spoke to the joy of new york city. this was access to believe the visitors that would walk by, but she wanted to make something

and so it was done in berlin in german on a double bill with beckett's krapp's last tape. and i think that fact, which got picked up by the new york times, you know-- "young american playwright has to go to germany to have his first work done, and not even in english"-- i think that instantly made the play producible in new york city, because six months later, it was done off-broadway in english on the same double bill and ran for four years. so i quit my job delivering telegrams for western union-- [laughter] and settled in to be a playwright. now, do you speak or write german? no. no. it's a very strange language. do you speak it? no. no. you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-- or disadvantage-- not being able to say, "you're butchering my dialogue." you didn't have a clue, did you? well,

quedará en alemania >>> pese a la solicitud de españa que a su llevado a español >>> el ceu elía de berlíneligro >>> son 5 millones. bueno. y que tal si vamos a un resumen de la república deportivo >>> vamos a ver que nos tienen prepara preparado hola me habla maría eugenia payán y estos son las noticias de república >>> por gala visión vimos a morelia enfrentando a chicago fire >>> y se abrió el día tres la cuenta para mexicano >>> 5 minutos más tarde sba marcó el tercer para monarca. y apena uno minutos más tarde y en el 24 el segundo tiempo. por si fuera poco apareció de skwez jimy lozano para poner la cereza el pastel y morelia día un paliza a chicago fire 5- 1 >>> en el minuto 18 marcos cobró un tiro de esquina y apareció >>> es suficiente para pla victoria el revolución >>> y henri fue presentado por red bulls de nueva york en mls >>> llegó diciendo que su meta es ganar varios títulos con red bulls >>> el que está con sonrisa de oreja a oreja es humberto suazo que regresó a monterrey >>> paso a los el fútbol de europa >>> la juve está interesado para forlan y según dicen malas lengua

berlin, 23, much more comfortable, vienna is a lot better as well, staying hot in moscow, 36 and 33 in kiev. here is your extended forecast. >>> friday was the hottest day of the year in japan. city dwellers tried to beat the heat in a century-old manner. about 150 people splashed water on to the scorching pavement. the water splashing ritual is said to date back to the period that began in the 17th century. the effort paid off, if only by a little, as the temperature dropped in 15 minutes by 0.3 degrees from an alarming 39.1 degrees celsius. the modern campaign was launched by citizen groups that have been calling on urban residents to use rain water or left over bath water to tame the summer heat. this campaign will continue through late august in various cities. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." we'll be back in 30 minutes. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

quedará en alemania >>> pese a la solicitud de españa que a su llevado a español >>> el ceu elía de berlínue tal si vamos a un resumen de la república deportivo >>> vamos a ver que nos tienen prepara preparado hola me habla maría eugenia payán y estos son las noticias de república >>> por gala visión vimos a morelia enfrentando a chicago fire >>> y se abrió el día tres la cuenta para mexicano >>> 5 minutos más tarde sba marcó el tercer para monarca. y apena uno minutos más tarde y en el 24 el segundo tiempo. por si fuera poco apareció de skwez jimy lozano para poner la cereza el pastel y morelia día un paliza a chicago fire 5- 1 >>> en el minuto 18 marcos cobró un tiro de esquina y apareció >>> es suficiente para pla victoria el revolución >>> y henri fue presentado por red bulls de nueva york en mls >>> llegó diciendo que su meta es ganar varios títulos con red bulls >>> el que está con sonrisa de oreja a oreja es humberto suazo que regresó a monterrey >>> paso a los el fútbol de europa >>> la juve está interesado para forlan y según dicen malas lenguas juve soltaría unos 20 millones de e

berlin is 28, so it's cooler than all week. good news for you. 33 in vienna and clearly hot across eastern europe 36 in kiev and in the 30s for moscow. be careful outside, keep well hydrated and in the shade. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's it for this hour on "newsline." the torrential rain since wednesday in japan, eight people are confirmed dead and five are missing. three women in their 70s died in hiroshima. one was swept away by floodwaters while the other two were caught in landslides on wednesday. a mudslide destroyed a house on thursday night in gifu. two men and one woman died. in another city, cars are reported to be stuck and drifting in floodwaters. three people are unaccounted for. in a shimane prefecture a landslide appeared before dawn on monday. a mother and her two children were trapped. police and firefighters rescued a girl who had suffered a broken leg. the mother and her son were found unconscious but later died. >>> and that's it for this hour on "newsline." on behalf of our team, thank you

. >> hardly anyone expected this in berlin it to turn out to be so popular. it just opened and is already full. this person carefully checks the ropes once more before his students had out for an adventure. he is planning to expand the 1.5 kilometer course next season and thinks a new trend is in the making. >> it is a group activity, a way to have fun outdoors. after all, green space has shrunk in recent years. perhaps people have become more aware of nature and the environment in general. >> the trend started in france, which has about 700 rope courses. germany offers about 200. next stop, central germany. this company has constructed some tother climbing facilities throughout the country. at a youth center and is popular vacation destination, employees are building the 20- meter concrete climbing tree. lairs of concrete are carefully sprayed on to make the form. the boss turned his hobby into a business, though he was not certain if he would succeed. >> it is quite difficult from what we expect it. we are swamped with work. last year was our best year, bar

. >> my name is berlin, but. -- [unintelligible] the quality of journalism, we feel that all of the people working in poverty, those people are always excluded. especially where corporate mainstream media is concerned. we do this in so many ways and so many forms. the real quality of journalism is the people. even though we are grass roots, always hanging by a thread, we never failed to be heard. i believe that the mayor of oakland said this, for one the government is pretty much run by large media corporations. when you are out there speaking the truth that they do not want to hear, just to make your media -- especially if you are pointing out your expos -- that you are exposed. we also believe that in media there should come education. the word minority is a derogatory term. believe it or not. thank you. >> we have a little bit of time left. i want to make sure all of the audience members are heard. >> my name is bruce grimes. i am an independent writer and producer of television, going back to "rolling stone." my question will relate to the comment about quality from dr. abraham. specif

after arriving from berlin she wanted to give her greetings in this letter. dear friends i'm delighted to extend my support for the 07 neighborhood empowerment summit in san francisco. this will foster communication and solutions to the over hundred neighborhoods in san francisco. through the collaborative efforts of city agencies, local nonprofits and community leaders all of the san francisco's unique communities are empowered to share their experiences and collected ideas. with the goal of building stronger, safer, cleaner communities through cooperation and civic engagement today's summit will exceed our expectations. today's summit will serve as a model for other cities across america. thank you for this opportunity, mr. newsom and latoya cantrell to congratulate daniel homsey of the neighborhood services for leading today's great event and for launching of the neighborhood empowerment net work website empower sf. org. the best of luck, speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. [applause]. >> just amazing that young lady started as an intern in our office 3 ye

will be the first involving all three since both world record run in the world championship final in berlin last summer three also poised to go head to head with a chronology in brussels on the twenty seventh. another news the newly crowned tour de france champion alberto contador has decided to leave his cycling team a star now are because they stand based outfit did offer to extend his deal but contador turn and then adding now examines options as to where to continue his illustrious career in three seasons with the stan are the twenty seven year old as one to three little titles as well as your right to tell you in spanish well two titles at this time it is the only the fifth rider in history to win all three grand tours of right cycling. but we know new foreign sides in the kontinental hockey league this season are the boss. has failed to honor their differences with the federation and. from entering the k h l however the official statement says this a viking side will be able to join next year provided they follow the regulations of a k h l has been striving to embrace european clubs s

however, berlin still going to be pretty hot on thursday. 32 for your high. then 34 degrees still in vienna. paris still looking nice and much cooler. much, much hotter picture toward the east, meanwhile. 35 in kiev, and 33 degrees for moscow. so heating up yet again. it's been a pretty hot past couple of days, and it is starting to cause all sorts of problems. here's a look at some of the latest footage. strong storms erupted across moscow on tuesday night. they toppled trees, also damaging some buildings as well. the heat is also starting to warm up waters, and it's making jellyfish rather active. they're really enjoying the warmth. but on the other hand, it's proven deadly for trout, which are starting to die in large numbers due to all the warm temperatures. and here's a look at conditions on thursday. 29 in st. petersburg. 36 in samarra. and the heat's not expected to subside anytime soon. we're looking at even warmer temperatures for the rest of the week. so definitely take precautions if you are going to be out and about. and i'll leave you with your t

. >> berlin once moderate members of the taliban to be drawn into afghan politics. the 600-million euro program is to offer incentives for concerts and to lay down weapons. critics say corruption must also be tackled. >> if nothing happened -- those things in the international community in half and a vermont was permitted to do it, so they are a lot playing with each other, they are cheating with each other -- >> improving the economy is also a growing prepared which more aid focused on building prospects for the afghan people after foign troops have lt thcountry. >>ere in germany a court has handed down jail terms to two men for supporting al qaeda. the court in the western city of koblenz sentenced a 32-year-old turkish citizens to six years in prison for being a member of the terror network, undertaken training and a militant camp and providing financial and logistical support. now, a co-defendant, a german citizen receive a sentence of 2.5 years for supplying money and military assistance. staying in germany, chancellor ange meel praised t mayor of hamburg for l

whole see opinion of cornelius option he's an eastern europe expert at the bertelsmann foundation in berlin. at the moment russia and germany. clause especially in political context as we could see in the last two days economic cooperation is good but could be improved. i think that current development of the relations here is very positive and see. good german russian cooperation could be transferred. to ration thoughts to former k.g.b. officers saying it's the developing friendship between moscow and washington which allowed the recent spy scandal to be dealt with quickly now just to let you know the full interview with the league is coming up in an hour's time but here's a quick preview. because if we take the broader any such small office chances for war me either way we can see it i believe as a first step to have rapid development and if you have to solution and i'm happy ending for both countries relations even if you're going to compromise for good to solution it was unbelievably quickly at these events are the top level of intelligence won't you during the cold war it used to take

the first involving all three since both world record breaking run in world championship final and berlin last over the three year old side poised to go head to head in the diamond league phenolic. before he started from brussels an orchestra twenty seven. now a third qualifying round of the champions league is proving to be a bit tricky for the big names off there's a need for streit did in remaining on changed at celtic i.x. and finn about jay all struggled last night i have been crying european champions four times but they could only get a one one draw against a greek side pots along the eight amsterdam suarez had given the home side delayed after fifteen minutes but scrappy until the moment of cost that but just before ha ha done to me even the season the lions he wasn't sleeping you. can see the other half i'm finished off very poor but no matter how much i kind of limit my place i can see that makes good on taking johnson a buncha had similar problems a teaching tool for them against the side game boys thanks mostly behind the budgies bellies open in the atmosphere then that but an

general patton's third army from normandy to berlin as a signal corps officer, a cherokee code talker. she is also descended from one of the first cherokee presbyterian circuit ministers and from a man who led on the trail of tears. mary jean is on the community relations council and she is working very hard to get a cherokee nation counselor office officially recognized by the u.s. state department here in the san francisco bay area to promote not only trade and travel, but also to promote the cherokee artists, writers, craftsmen, and products in our bay area. in the area days of the california arts council, mary jean received two of its artist in schools and communities grants. she was an oral historian for the american indian arts workshop in the 1970's and she and another historian advised and costumed the native american themed play "the loon's rays." what a wonderful background. we were so happy for you, mary jean, and now i would like to introduce you to a former kqed community advisory panel member and also an american indian local hero recipient himself and he would like to s

and way above average in berlin. 36 degrees as well. now, the heat wave conditions can turn deadly.n major cities the air quality can become quite poor as well. due to the stack's atmospheric conditions. the heat wave just tends to trap the pollutants in major cities. so do be careful if you are in any of these areas. a big storm system moving across the british isles is going to be bringing sharp showers again to areas here. the low countries france as well as scandinavia as well throughout friday. that's what's going on right now. here is your extended forecast. ♪ >>> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will visit south korea and vietnam next week to coordinate with u.s. allies over the sinking of a south korean warship blamed on north korea. assistant secretary of state kurt campbell told reporters that clinton will leave on monday and visit the two countries after attending an aid conference in afghanistan. in announcing clinton's tour, campbell urged north korea to take concrete action toward abandoning its nuclear program. >> the united states and south korea have always m

first involving all three since both world record breaking run in the world championship final and berlin last august with three are also poised to go head to head in the diamond league finale which will be staged in brussels and twenty seven. football now some paid just kind of frustrating time and remaining on cheese tonight eighteen other sides were in action on wednesday in the third qualifying round of the champions league and there were some big upsets swiss side young boys hoping to run from the back to their two two two draw ballparks only keep got a late equaliser against i.x. in amsterdam celtic with some three nil away to portuguese side sporting braga while basel russian bald and part of some belgrade won their respective ties the return legs of all the ties you see here will be play next week. another football nice day america on a says he feels betrayed after his contract is argentina coach was not renewed maradona claiming the argentina football association president hugo graham had lied to him about his future alleging after the world cup quarter final defeat to germany gr

right at the battlefront foundation in berlin. at the moment russia and germany. clause especially in political context as we could see in the last two days economic cooperation is good the parts could be improved. i think that current development of the relations very positive and. good german russian cooperation could be transferred. let's move on now the u.s. has handed over the last of iraq's prisons to the country's government authorities will take control of around one thousand six hundred detainees at camp cropper close to the capital baghdad america is loaded with joran from iraq with a final deadline set for december next year the u.s. will continue to hold two hundred detainees some which were members of saddam hussein's last government though the majority have not been identified and their my colleague kevin owen spoke to andrew gilligan a journalist from dailies telegraph who worked as a reporter in baghdad when the u.s. led invasion was launched in two thousand and three and he says the remaining prisoners are the laws of gaps in the u.s. occupation.

their balance sheets and when we talk about commercial banks in this case on i suspect there's a berlin bank so what i think has probably occurred is that the commercial bank has just been the facilitator for the swap i could go so far as to say that it's some new type of swap agreement it could be some tripe party agreement whereby the gold is affectively. transacted through a swap via the commercial bank to the bay i.r.s. what would actually occur is that when transference of gold and the gold remain within on the central bank book and it is accounted in that in that manner whereas at the same time the bias would hold it but hold it within and unlike how it gets account at the bullion bank so there's a form of double accounting going on there why would they want to do that i don't think it's a liquidity provision fourteen billion is not relevant possibly when the crisis first brewed with greece we were talking about thirty billion euros maybe that would have gone some way to helping maybe it was nice to be swap i don't think about this case i think it signifies something more about th

our is to the ground for more developments on this story political analyst christoph costello from berlin thank you. well robert fisk the middle east correspondent for the british daily the independent says the internet stepping on the toes of newspaper and television journalism we've got all these expensive newspapers with huge investigative staffs watching the new york times in london in france and yet we didn't get this story it was the internet that got it this is the most important proof so far that in many ways newspaper journalism is retreating and going along with authority please can i be embedded i mean i'm not imbedded but please can i be embedded can i go with the tenth mountain division can i be with the british army and these reporters are not getting the story and these people this weekend leaks organisation which i have some serious concerns they have managed to do it on a mass bulk scale that we've never seen recently in modern newspaper journalism or television journalism this i think is one of the lessons for us journalists. still to come for you this hour here on r.t.

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will be the first involving a three bolt world record breaking run in the world championship final berlin last august the three are also poised to go head to head in the diamond league snow like it would be stationed brussels august twenty seventh. football now and was in its in petersburg had a frustrating time remaining on tuesday night eighteen other sides are an option on wednesday in the third qualifying round of the champions late. here i am still here you kick offs every side pots a meal deal with kipen hagen and a towboat from kazakstan top i'll tell you before nell currently playing sheriff patrolling want one which the man i saw grabbed the scent of a slide one old with young boys have fun. i want to threats and the rest of the games so far goalless draw guy this is celtic short and. me one on tuesdays and it had a one man advantage for the best possible now seeing as frank science couldn't make the breakthrough was how it finished elsewhere belgian champions and that blank screen wanted welshman signed the new saints they were all selling it and i guess it's a process prog cypr

was a whole that's the opinion of him and eastern europe expert at the bertelsmann foundation in berlin. at the moment russia and germany. clause especially in political context as we could see in the last two days economic cooperation is good the parts could be improved. i think that current development of the relations very positive and see. good german russian cooperation could be transferred to e.u. or russia cooperation. new day's top stories the u.s. has handed over the last of iraq's prisoners to the country's government authorities will take control of around one thousand six hundred detainees at camp close to the capital baghdad america's slowly withdrawing from iraq with a final deadline set for december next year the u.s. will continue to hold two hundred detainees though some of which were members of saddam hussein's last government though the majority haven't been identified to talk about that they are supposed to andrew gilligan a journalist from britain's daily telegraph newspaper who incidentally worked as a reporter in baghdad when the u.s. led invasion was launched bac

and cooperation between moscow and berlin has received a boost following chancellor angela merkel's talks with president medvedev in russia both leaders took the opportunity to reiterate the unique relationship shared between their two countries. let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have long time relations which have not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany's relations with other countries it's not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature it's a transatlantic problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist to the same degree with president obama as a does between us but the u.s. relationship is still very important and i think president made a video also would like to read to read that this conference is no way should signalize about relationship with president obama. well we have two options either through thi

the 70's and 80's at the national level, but it became a global problem after the collapse of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war. the cold war had divided the world into blocks. as the blocks disappeared and globalization took over and became a form of creating revenue, creating prosperity and trade, the world was also taking advantage of organized crime. so it become truly globalized. >> crime and international crime have always existed. what globalization has done, and by that i mean the combination of revolutions in technology and politics and governing and business, what that has done is diluted the ability of governments to monitor and control their borders. so as borders become, ah, easier to trespass and, ah, distance becomes less of an issue, these traders, which are essentially for profit entrepreneurs that are the boldest and more innovative ones, ah, have expanded the frontiers of globalization. they are the first that have discovered, ah, how to make, ah, money by moving people, ah, products illicitly around the world and across oceans. >> this is not an issue which

allowed to access online porn you know this is a huge day in history for china it's kind of like the berlin wall falling or the tumbling of the saddam hussein statue in baghdad let freedom ring. perhaps is not that important but keep in mind china has been blocking the country's four hundred and twenty million internet users from accessing many news and politically charged sites for years along with most porn sites and in recent days many web porn friendly surfers began discovering that they actually could access their beloved smut online an interesting way enough china's ministry of industry and information technology had no comment about those sites being a blocked. i'm wondering if the chinese government has decided that maybe maybe if they allow their citizens to watch porn they won't pay attention to political or social issues and you know there have been several cases in china recently where a man walked into schools and violently killed students then killed themselves so maybe the government's realizing that they're tight control over the citizens has them all ready to snap and surfi

we have also held 100 conferences around the world, berlin, chancellor merkel was with us. we did it new york city, boston, across the u.s. when youook at the ambion, division, the innovation that is driving china -- the vision, the innovation that is driving china and the other emerging markets, it is breathtaking. the investments built out of the infrastructure, the modernization of society and economy, expanding like to quote grids, wireless technology, transportation and more, is attracting people. businesses and capital flows is a formal force in the world. it is no longer a low-cost manufacturing capita of the world. if you assume it is, that is a mistake. i know this is not news to you, but i would like you to ink about it from a personal stanoint. in all thoseeers nations are doing, with those leaders of the provinces, cities, states, whenever jurisdictional definition you select, what are they thinking about? this came from a conversation we had over there. what is the agenda? what choices are being made today? as i said to the mayors, what is your value propositio

. >> i was present the morning those big bombers were gonna take off for berlin the first time.couldn't make it, 'cause they got measles, and they were confined to their quarters way across the yard there. the only available unit were the black tuskegee fliers. those white fliers from texas and georgia--"uh-uh, we ain't letting no niggers fly with us." hap arnold had to send word from washington d.c., "take 'em." all ben davis said to those black fliers that morning was, "men, this is it." they flew that mission, and boy, oh, boy, did they fly it. >> narrator: this, plus the mounting public pressure of the courier's double-v campaign led president harry truman to desegregate the armed forces. >> in my opinion, the double-victory campaign was the most important campaign the courier ever conducted, unless we also want to include the fight to desegregate the armed services. after that, things fell into place so that, in fact, when the civil rights movement of the '60s began, there was a well-laid foundation, and that was the work of the pittsburgh courier. >> pittsburgh courier was

joining me now is michael schlakmin, formerly cairo bureau chief of "the new york times" now in berlinhe has a front page piece from the people level. joining me is mort zuckerman, editor in chief of "u.s. news & world report" and knows well the israeli leadership. here is shifting sands, new economy, the new issue of "the economist" saying change is coming the west arab allies and michael's piece, written by the jurors correspondent or israeli bureau chief. "two elements have conspired to turn a difficult life into the gaza strip into new torment. a blockade that has locked them in a small enclave and crushed what there was of a formal local economy, and two, the bitter rivalry between palestinian factions which has undermined identity and purpose, divided families and caused a severe short-yardage of electricity in the middle of the summer." how -- a shortage of electricity in the middle of the summer." how are they going to change the reality of life on the ground in the gaza strip? >> we didn't come away from this story with a good deal of optimism -- the two circumstances you read

and the soviet union exchanged spies on a bridge, separating what was then east and west berlin. for more on what's afoot between the u.s. and russia on a possible swap and how these deals have been organized before. we go to "newsweek" investigative correspondent mark hosenball and former cia general counsel jeffrey smith. he's now a lawyer in washington. gentlemen, good to you have back. mark, you have been on this story today and yesterday, bring us up to the minute on what's happening. >> well, what happened today was that these ten people who had been picked up by the fbi late last month, about ten days ago, went into court in new york in front of district court in manhattan and they all pled guilty to charges of, i believe, failing to register at foreign agents. they didn't actually plead guilty to espionage charges. and then they agreed to allow themselves to be deported from the united states. and that deportation is in-- we don't know exactly where they are. they are probably still in the u.s. but about to be flown out presumably to russia and the russians reached an agr