while rushing the danes in copenhagen with a two no win as countries have for the european championships. but not least the panic and i call it still night the quarter finals of ask you both here in the. first ice hockey playoffs have got underway and anonymous go have claimed first but against now in the men's with a two one overtime win this the first game in their best in seven series in the western conference call the finals play to put hearts the opened the scoring for me there are two good alexander who called but it wasn't long before the sides were level from you know back here with the equalizer in our moscow to send it going to have a time where we are broke or got the winner of the series continues in moscow on thursday night. another game scarred the iscar moscow for one instant pages there was a goal first nation you've got ads where talk paydays thrashed in armorica seventy three a moscow region side got the better of the style by a single goal to nail. that switch to football where russia's preparations for the european championships are going smoothly they got to know whe

>> copenhagen. >> copenhagen is correct. >> john fahey, the president of national geographic, says his organization's mission is to "inspire people to care about the planet." he hopes the bee will "foster a life long passion for learning about other cultures." here's how it works. the competition starts in schools. students compete against their classmates, and the winner then advances to the statewide competition. one winner from each state gets a ticket to washington, d.c., to compete at a national level. in all, four million students participated in the bee this year. >> i got interested in geography because i've traveled to many places around the world, like france, germany, singapore, australia. >> that's aadith moorthy, a grand champion. he says it wasn't easy to get to the top. >> well, there was a lot of hard work. i prepared 20 facts a day for 4 months, and i studied those facts. i learned that there are a lot of things in geography that i don't know. >> so, he developed a system for remembering some of the hardest facts. >> i think the most challenging thing is learning place

while russia tame the danes in copenhagen with a two no when this country's prepare for the european championships. but not really suzanne lose the kind of the night cos this still made the quarter finals of basketball sure. but first i saw players have got under way and in our moscow have playing first blood against the now and i mean screw the two one overtime win this the first game in their best of seven series in the western conference quarter final thing to put hard ski in the school and for many staff the good work alexander crew called but it wasn't long before the teams were level from you know back there with the equaliser with the normal moscow to send the game into overtime and good of course the winner of the series continues in moscow on thursday night. while another game scarred me tears gone moscow for one instant pages there was a goal first unleashing of cora's death but all played out thrashed an armory good seventh rate last year region side got the better service style by singles go to nail. that such the thoughtful way russians preparations for the european cham

copenhagen. well also playing for denmark was forward nicklas bendtner a twenty four year old who is currently on loan at in your premier league side sunderland has reportedly been eyeing a possible move from arsenal to russia in the summer and is full of praise for the capital. i thought the played really well we already knew that because they have played together for such a long time and they did really well in midfield and. as i said we'll be disappointed with the chances that it's gone but they did play quite well in areas of the game. so with the european championships last hundred days away a host of other friendlies were played on wednesday night with france's impressive two one win over germany in brave and one of the stand that games following their disastrous world cup campaign they have gone undefeated since september two thousand and ten. saif took the game kill the germans from the first whistle in the twenty first minute through. chelsea for floor milou that netted proved to be the

we have a meeting of finance ministers in copenhagen, we'll have plenty more on that, but also one of those key eurozone countries that people are worried about these days, spain, they will present their budget and there's been a lot of strikes ahead of that we'll have to see what's on the cards amid concerns that this country is having too much trouble reining in that deficit. >>> asian markets have wrapped up the week over here. another quarter goes by as well and positive data out of japan on friday, but still that cautious loss on the markets there. consumer prices in japan are up and unemployment is down. that's eased, so those were some figures that needed to be applauded. household spending was up more as well, good news for japan. but most chinese banks were reporting healthy profits. you know, you are just looking at this board, and you might be thinking she seems enthusiastic about how the markets have been doing, they have seesawed in and out of positive territory, but the feeling is they have done quite well. a marked improvement. here in hong kong, one of the pressu press

copenhagen also playing in that game with denmark forward nicholas but now he has been reportedly eyeing a possible move to russia in the summer and was full of praise for. i thought the pearly world together we already knew that all because they have played together for such a long time and they did really well in midfield and the rest will be disappointed with the chance of the. play quite well and in imperious of the game. it's russia well the only ones getting ready for the european championships where charley less than one hundred days away has to friendly's were played on wednesday night with france's impressive two one win over germany and bremen one of the stand games laurent blanc side whose last defeat came back in september trade to ten took the game to begin from the whistle in schools who live in the twenty first minute and then chelsea forward from the latest cemented france's advantage in the six tonight with the second goal making stoppage time strike carol nearly a consolation. i also in action on wednesday night were russia's proof opponents for your age twenty twelve p

that's the late breast copenhagen. how is thissing for to play out in german parliament some whatever is agreed, patricia, has to be rat pid. so the key issue what actually do the german opposition parties want to happen? >> earlier on you asked does it matter the size. and i venture to say, yes, it does matter for a couple of reasons. a, the size matters simply because it will show you the chances each individual government will be able to get that number ratified. eventually really put into place. so 800 billion it seems to be something that the german government can perhaps justify in front of the opposition parties. they have been pressing a lot lately saying austerity is not enough in order to answer these questions with regards to the crisis, but you need to look at growth eventually, as well. and if you don't, then we just might pull our votes. angela merkel can only get it with the opposition and they've been very vocal as of late saying you need us, so why don't you listen to us. you just can't go austerity, a

our correspondent is in copenhagen. she joins us from there. the imf, the u.s.ted to see a one trillion euro european stability mechanism. is 800 billion euros enough to stop the debt contagion? >> well, that is what the ministers of finance hope. it is already a good sign that they found an end to the endless debate on how high the fire wall should be, and everyone presented himself as a winner. wolfgang scheuble said because he could avoid the fire wall, it should be boosted to one trillion euros. the others present themselves as a winner because not as much money than originally intended. also those who wanted one trillion euros are winners because the ministers of finance stressed that 800 billion euros means more than one trillion dollars. everyone is a winner, but it is still unclear how the markets will react to that message. >> what about his proposal for a financial transaction tax? >> well, it seems like a tax on financial transactions does not work, not even the eurozone members who intentionally said they can move forward as a eurozone are now too fo

so in 2009 in copenhagen, 25 countries agreed upon these measures.now remains to be done is to get the details sorted. i hope that in 2015, which is what everyone is now aiming at, that there will be a legally binding agreement among nations. i also do feel that the u.n. process which is asking countries to limit carbon would also think about asking countries to invest a certain amount of money. renewable energies as much as asking people to cap carbon. they would ask countries to also invest in renewable energy. >> renewable energy? part of your effort also is, of course, to get the world's attention. the island president, the document trilt is clearly going to do that. it is getting a lot of attention. you were on david letterman the other day. let's watch a little bit of that interview. >> as i was watching the film, i thought to myself, maybe folks shouldn't have built homes on these islands. but when you tell me that the population has been there 5,000 years, well it clearly wasn't a bad idea to build there. >> no, it's actually best for birds.

i wasn't talking about copenhagen when i brought you up. i was talking about uganda and your contacts with ugandan legislators and influential people in uganda who claim their relationship with american conservatives such as yourself, fellowship, is how they came up with the kill the gays bill. that's why i'm asking you. >> i don't know anything about it and the individuals you're talking about, i don't know -- i do know doug, and i can't think of a greater injustice being done to any great person than what's been done to him. >> i'd be happy to talk to him if he returns my calls. we've tried to contact him a number of times on this issue and he won't talk. >> that sounds good. >> let's ask you one question so we can agree on something. >> did you like the chapter about the igloo my daughter wrote? >> it was a funny anecdote. the fact your family calls you pop eye. >> i remember when my granddaughter came over to the country, i think this might be in the book, said, popeye, why don't you understand global warming? i went back and checked. s

here we have euro-zone leaders meeting in copenhagen.e spanish budget very, very closely. they are gathering today to talk about increasing this euro-zone fire wall.ç let's remember the organization of economic cooperation and development earlier this week that said euro-zone needs the mother of all fire walls.ç i'm talking about the rescue part if you really want to break it down. that will more than likely be $850 billionç euros. but before they start talking, investors are saying it might not be enough. it might be enough to handle a hic crfl up inç spain. it is not likely to handle further problems in the likes of italy. the o.a.c. said that pot needs to sit atç one trillion euros. >> an apple? >> we have an independent report came out late last night. the investigationç is the largt ever conducted of the u.s. company's operations abroad. about working practices you can see;hjz the screen. fox conn a big supplier for aqple. they point to things like unpaid overtime. some workers working 60 hours a week, seven days a week. lots

. >>> finance minister of the eurozone countriesetn copenhagen and discussed measures to prevent thepread of credit anxiety. eurozone members have been using a temporary fund capped at 500 billion euros tel gecend other countries weather debt crisis. they're about to launch in july a permanent fund called eurean stily mechanism. its rule will be to reinforce the eurozone's ability to fend off another crisis. the finance ministers agreed on inbothnds, capped at 700 billion euros or about $934 billion. the gus cle200 billion euros to rescuing greece, portugal and ireland. investors may question whether the funds willenoho hp bigger troubled economies like spain or italy. >>> japan's self-defense forces have been ordered to shoot down any part of a rocket that enters japanese territory. north korean leaderses say they'll fire off a rocket next month to put a satellite into space. officials from japan, south korea and elsewhere say the launch is a cover to test technology for a ballistic missile. nhworld repos. >> reporter: japan's defense minister naoki tanaka issued the order on friday

the expansion plan is to be discussed in copenhagen this friday. >>> a swiss insurance company estimated natural disasters created $370 billion in global economic losses. they said in a report wednesday tharks the march 11th earthquake and tsunami accounted for $210 billion, roughly 57% of the total. flooding in thailand causes losses of $30 billion while a quake on the south island of new zealand cost $15 billion. the insurance firm said global losses for 2011 exceeded those for 2008 which totalled $281 billion. a significant part of those costs came from a massive earthquake in china. the insurance bill from japan's disaster is currentliest mated at $35 billion. that's the largest for any earthquake to date. now, here in japan, tokyo electric power company is in a money crunch and turning to the public for help. tepco will help compensate the victims of the accident at the fukushima daiichi power plant. they will file the request on thursday. >>> tepco is planning to ask for a capital injection of $12 billion and about $10 billion to boost the reserves for compensation. the capital inf

i'd like to call on the principal of burton high school, bill copenhagen. come on up. [applause] >> so with only an honor do i have the opportunity to present an assistant principal at burton high school who joined the administrative ranks four years ago. tired of that, she was a mass department chair with a small stint as the instructional form facilitator. previous to that she was a math teacher. she came to burton high school from the philippines to join a special program and has never left burton. she's truly committed. i do want to say a few things about marline. she is one of the administrators that ensures the program to all students no matter what their background is. and she will keep that rigorous program of study no matter what pressure she comes across and she truly believes that students have the ability to achieve knowing that fundamentally students have to work hard and she holds them to that and with that hard work, she demonstrates that hard work. with that, i would like to present to you all, marline lakeside. [applause] >> thank you so much. the than

. >> the secretary was in copenhagen and try to provide that clarification. >> we had to make a decision very quickly. to go ahead with this operation, we had very limited time. that constrain how much we were able to consult others. we were able to as the operation got under way, but not to do more than that. >> why did it all happened so quickly? the nigerians confirmed the hostages' locations after arresting a suspect two days ago. the kidnappers were alerted to a possible rescue. this left the hostages in imminent danger of being moved or killed. under pressure, the prime minister authorized the raid and informed the italians. the british special boat service went in first in a daylight raid, killing one gunmen as they entered. they found the hostages had are the been murdered by the time to reach them. -- by the time they reached them. >> it was a fleeting opportunity to protect people's lives. some outstanding intelligence work identified their location and the opportunity had to be grabbed it then and there. >> today, his former colleagues paid tribute to the 28-year-old from oldh

. >> britain's foreign secretary was in copenhagen today and tried to provide that clarification. >> we had to make a decision very quickly to go ahead with this operation. very limited time. that constrain how much we were able to consult with others. we were able to inform the italian government as the operation got under way, but not to do more than that. >> why did it all happened so quickly? the nigerians confirmed the hostages location after arresting a suspect two days ago. the kidnappers had been alerted to a possible rescue. this left the hostages in imminent danger of being moved or killed. under pressure, the prime minister authorize the raid yesterday morning and then informed the italians. the british special boat service went in first in a daylight raid, killing one gun and a standard. they found the hostages had already -- killing one gunmen as they entered. they found the hostages had already been killed. >> it was increasingly risky to try to rescue two people whose lives were already at risk anyway. we had been tracking this since may of last year. some outstanding

finance ministers are meeting in copenhagen today to increase the money to 800 billion euros. 300 billion of those euros is already being spent on bailout. we are left with a pot with a fresh 500 billion euros. here's the problem. earlier this week, we heard from the oecd, which said the eurozone needs of the mother of all fireballs. what they meant was one trillion euros needs to be in the pot. markets and investors will breathe a sigh of relief. let's not kid ourselves. it will not last for long. at the end of the day, what's in that popped right now is still not enough money. having listened to this. >> this will protect one additional country, a large one, spain. this is small enough to fit into this, if necessary. it will also show that germany continues to back the european rescue operations, which is also a positive sign. in the past, german politicians resigned over europe. germany would continue to support the euro area. that's a positive. the rescue fund will not be enough, for instance, to protect italy. >> and there is the problem. not enough to rescue italy. the markets will

their meeting in copenhagen. they will reject calls for foreign military action. >> i think we have three goals. the first goal is to stop the violence. the second is humanitarian support for the people. third is a peaceful transition. this is what we want to reach. >> the envoy kofi annan will arrive for talks on saturday. he is called for a political settlement to the crisis. he warns that further militarization will only make the situation worse. bbc news. >> for more on the diplomatic mission to broker an end to the budget, i enjoyed by andrew, a fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. thanks for joining us. kofi annan is due to meet president assad tomorrow. why would he listen to him when he has not listened to anybody else? >> it is a good question, especially in terms of ending what the regime calls the security solution throughout the country, which includes shelling their third-largest city, as well as other attacks. kofi annan is someone who does have international weight, but it is ha

we soon hired some architects out of copenhagen, denmark, who really gave us context.counted every human being, and during the summer months, and we found some very surprising numbers. jefferson peaks at about 65,000 pedestrians per day. that is a huge number. we have done similar numbers the rock the city, and on the market street and one pier have more. it is very crowded. there is a high level of pedestrians. there is a safety issue and enjoy ability issue that extends not just for pedestrians but four cyclists. this is the largest gap in the bay trail remaining. in this area alone, there are about one-quarter of 1 million bicycles rented every year, and there is an important connection between downtown and the connections to the west. and the circulation is really geared to the automobile. most of the street is given over to the automobile even though by far the largest user is the pedestrian. this turns this relationship on its head and does more for the pedestrian while accommodating the automobile where and when necessary, so the goal that we worked with with th

enjoying the squad after scoring russia second in wednesday's cino friendly win against denmark in copenhagen last saturday's result could go some way to deciding the russian premier league title leader only six points clear of tears and i think leaves are shouting could shine once again in the familiar something to. the three of us and i said to all from my point of view is returning here and here are three situations and tasks that are more complicated and are simply should be because we want to win and that's what arsenal we don't know what they wanted. well ahead of the third part of this transitional eighteen month season of the league was split into two of the top eight sides competing for the title and european places well thought of moscow are six but only six points off a champions league spot that has drawn on saturday meanwhile the other eight sides are fighting to avoid relegation to the last two going down second bottom spot played. with a chance of moving on to the drop zone all based on the size of the tall traveled sea-tac. ones also eighty saturday in england called base also

enjoying the squad after scoring russia seconding wednesday's two no friendly win against obama in copenhagen on saturday's result could go some way to deciding the russian primary title so i think the six points clear of taste and lets you believe i could show you once again in the familiar petersburg environment. the. and i said to all from my point of view i'm green is returning here and here he meets situation and tasks that are more complicated and are simply because we want to remain and as for ourselves we don't know what they wanted. well ahead of the third part of this transitional eighteen month season the league was split into two with the top eight sides competing for the title and european places well thought of moscow are six of them but only six points off a champions league spot has come on on saturday for me while the other eight sides are fighting to avoid relegation the last two going down second bottom spot technology to take on volga the chance of moving out of the drop zone while i swim side tom travel to target. what was also a busy saturday in england asked on travel t

. >> on friday, eurozone finance ministers meet in copenhagen to decide on increasing the size of thecue fund. however, there are only expected to raise it to 700 billion euros from the current 500 billion euros. >> pope benedict has arrived in the cuban capital of on that. >> day two of his tour of the communist island. he was greeted at the airport by singing crowds. the pontiff was given an official welcome to the capital by local roman catholic leaders, include -- including the cuban archbishop. benedictus is due to meet with president castro later, and there's speculation he might meet the president's brother and predecessor, fidel castro. >> for more coming as it joined in the studio by our religious affairs correspondent. john, this has been a fine line for the pope to tread and cuba, between religion and politics. he insists the it is not about politics, yet he has been praying for those deprived of freedom and so on. how well is he navigating this line? >> absolutely, it is very fine line. an even finer line between his support for the reforms that raul castro has introduced

count on saturday well arshad enjoying the squad after helping russia wind chill against denmark in copenhagen in wednesday's friendly and could be straight into the thick of the action against the all event the result could go some way to deciding the russian premier league title so major only six points clear if they've got so it's a crucial time for shouting for joy and coach but actually believes his new signing could shine in his not so new environment. and i said to all from my point of view i'm green is returning here and here he means situation and tasks that are more complicated at arsenal of course we want to win and that's what arsenal we don't know what they wanted. well in this transitional eighteen month season the league has been split into two with the top aides competing for the title and european places among men are looking at their six but i mean six points of the champions league spot on saturday well the other right sides are fighting to avoid relegation the last to go down second bottom spot to take on culture with a chance of getting out of the drop zone basement sideto

little bit elevated off the road or just below the level of the sidewalk, traditionally used in copenhagen and amsterdam and european and asian cities, as well, where they have the facilities where you are literally separated from the streets. in the u.s., they're called cycle tracks. i think it's the term of art being used right now. commissioner borden: i guess it's surprising how costly it is to do -- out of curiosity, $53 million to do folsom and howard. it seems like a lot of money. what takes up so much of the cost, i just wonder. >> concrete, asphalt. >> it's sewage. >> it's utilities. >> a lot of it is utility relocation and storm water relocation. there's things, for example, signals cost -- signals cost $150,000 each and an intersection can easily cost $500,000, especially because they're so big. doing the curb cut-outs and those sort of things can cost a couple of hundred thousand dollars. valencia was four to six blocks and that was $10 million. they're expensive. redesigning streets are expensive. if we had done this in the 1930's, it would have been really cheap but to do it