a loss to the czech republic in a shoot out for three to put up a force against us. sweden guaranteed themselves a channel one cup for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eight have to beating the russian team on saturday while the hosts face the czech republic in a battle for second place and the visitors needed only thirty one seconds to put their noses in front a misplaced pass in the zone and the mantra of income made the most of his chance netting to go however russia kept attacking the goal was in the air and equaliser was just a matter of time. there for rifle decisive makes lead shot in the top corner on a powerplay a minute and a half into the second period and the red machine took the lead. deny it alexander peters jorgensen wrist shot from the blueline but i think i was alone in front of the empty net on the rebound two one to the delights of a back to fourteen thousand capacity mega sports arena but the czech republic made it all square in nine minutes s.k. trails are one guard forward scored his second of the ninth converting however the russi

free russia are still on top of europe after two stages with twelve points sweden have nine the czech republic eight while finland seven. have won the club world cup that baiting brazilian outfit center in the final question you can hammer japan it finished fourth in favor of those men the game advertised as messi versus paid to be against centers goalkeeper rough catalyst dominated the game all the way through opening coming from seventeen minutes and. soon after that of a double the length for the european champions for the precise strike from inside the box. girl killed the rest of the intrigue at the end of the first half because the score there after the break messi made it through wanted to pass the second club what cup title. i i. on penalties in the third place match. in the meantime fifa president sepp blatter held a news conference to talk for a third that many mistakes him made in the past year but he called on colleagues to continue with a positive attitude the fifa boss also expressed hope that brazil would properly complete its preparations for the twenty fourteen world cup despi

to one to the delight itself went back to fourteen thousand capacity mega sports arena but the czech republic made it all square in nine minutes s.k. trails are one guard forward to the anchor scored his second of the ninth converting however the russians restored their one goal lead as alex on that spawn the round and it back up to his backhand a ricochet at a bus the goaltender into the third period where the czechs levelled mather's once again nick was the quickest on the rebound as russia's mikail deflected the shot in front of him three all in the game went into overtime which ended goalless in the shootout turned out to be a between being the goal and the idol of where the czech forward netted old three exams while twenty five year old or a dual of only managed twice and the czech republic climbing from behind to quality in their zero four three victory in the shootout. at podiums binik years ago is our best trip and a few thousand actually on he heard his skills at training and it's very hard for me to deflect the shots and it seems like the duke of was unhappy to see you to go three t

stage russia's men were perfect shooting and fast on the track they'd beat their closest rivals czech republic by twenty seven seconds who won silver in france came home with drawn. over to the ice now where russia failed to finish their home stage of the euro hockey on a high note they suffered their second straight defeat at the china one cup since it was meant a loss to the czech republic in a shoot out for three because they did but up of what's the game for us. sweden guaranteed themselves the channel one cup for the first time since one thousand menteith have to meeting the russian team on saturday while the host face the czech republic in a battle for second place and the visitors needed only thirty one seconds to put their noses in front a misplaced pass in the zone and then i'm sure to be income made the most of his chance netting to go however russia kept attacking the goal was in the air and then equaliser was just a matter of time. to defend rifle decisive makes lead shot in the top corner on a powerplay a minute and a half into the second period and the red machine to the lead. de

rush to fail to finish a hunk stage of the euro hockey two on a high note as they lose to the czech republic in the shootouts. best of the best football giants possible in the russian centers in the final big problems caused. home advantage chinese calculates dominate to play badminton super serious twenty eleven on home soil. but let's start with biathlon where team russia has won the combined relay race at the third stage of the world cup in whole foods. the mixed quarter at all given who cannot see both of and. left their rivals with no chance to look and i had some problems with shooting but teammate sites of a graduate put russia among the latest by the end of the second stage of russia's men were shooting and lost on the track that beat their closest rivals czech republic by twenty seven seconds who won silver in france. with brawn. over to the ice now where russia failed to finish their home stage of the euro hockey to on a high note they suffered their second straight defeat at the china one cup since the dinner was meant to the czech republic in a shoot out for three because i did p

travelled czech republic want to buy twenty. seven seconds in france came with bronze. football now where barcelona have won very cloudy world cup after beating brazilian outfit santas in the final question in japan finished fourth nail in favor of pep guardiola his men the game build versus name was more like against sanchez goalkeeper. kaplan's dominated the game all the way through with the open mic coming from lionel messi seventeen minutes in soon after that harvey doubled the lead for the european champions with a precise strike from inside the box. and the remaining intrigue and progress that is poor there after the break messi made it fall into their second title three years. but points adrift of domestic rivals real madrid in spain after last good luck to close one on saturday while on sunday thirty cities valencia ensured the primera liga isn't a two horse race as yet with victory over malaga the first goal straight from the how to score. finishing beautifully nine minutes from the break. things went from two to better for the house just to mark. plus one defe

westinghouse company's pursuit of a $27 billion contract to construct nuclear reactors in the czech republic. and that would mean thousands of jobs here in the united states. the chamber of commerce has called him one of the most effective ambassadors to hold this post. he has assisted the czech government with its plans to develop the center for nuclear safety in prague. he has been an eloquent advocate of urging prague to retain the 600 soldiers that they have sent from the czech republic to afghanistan, making it one of our most supportive nato allies. he has supported the czech government's efforts to pool defense resources with neighbors. and he has supported and enhanced the czech efforts to establish a nato center of excellence for helicopters. finally, mr. president, he has enthusiastically supported the czech leadership's efforts to promote the stabilization and democratization of six states between the e.u. and russia, ukraine, georgia, belarus, armenia, monthly dole have -- moldova, and azerbaijan. i think in every respect ambassador eisen earned the respect of the senate. he unde

off by winning the first mix really event of the season on sunday the quartet run close by the czech republic early on but after a perfect display on the austrian shooting ranges victory was inside the blistering pace on the track seeing rush eventually come home a full twenty seven seconds in front of the czech team france they were third one of the four. earlier in the weekend in individual. let's move to the n.f.l. reaming champions green bay have stumbled on their quest to make history the op undone kansas city chiefs ending the packers' chance on an undefeated season with a major upset r.-o. stadium jackie buffel showing plenty of fighting spirit for resilient chiefs squad who have already fired their head coach after an inconsistent year the short run here made that nine hundred seventy five the packers' high octane. punch of the night really until quarterback are in rogers decided to keep knowledge in his own home cutting the lead to fine points brain be aware of or drew a penalty while trying to recover the on side kick the chiefs then unable to run out the rest of the clock nineteen

running close by the czech republic early on but after a perfect display on the shooting ranges victory was in sight coming on a full twenty seven seconds in front of the czech packed with france taking probably one of russia's four winners. had secured two goals earlier in the weekend an individual this. team fronts are celebrating across the board following the sole snowboard cross world cup of end of the season the country's men and women earning top podium spots in the team event in colorado. ruth holding off on favorite nick baumgartner and jonathan cheever in the men's section italian kept the pressure up early for his country as well but crushed it later norway taking third spot behind france on the u.s. open the ladies action debbie. funny i also watched american and canadian writers before launching an effort to win it for the french come visit mile record not second but the states again finishing in third place. lee westwood has time to second in the world golf rankings the englishman getting there by winning the first ever thailand championship in bangkok westwood starting th

the first mix really event of the season in austria on sunday the quartet running close by the czech republic early on after a perfect display on the shooting ranges victory was inside russia eventually coming home a full twenty seven seconds in front of the czech but from taking. in individual. team france are celebrating across the board following the sole snowboard cross world cup event of the season the country's men and women earning top podium spots. in the team event in colorado p r forty eight a dealer room holding off home favorites nick carter jonathan cheever in the men's section italian. kept the pressure up early first country as well but crushed out later norway taking third spot behind fronts on the u.s. over in the ladies' action deborah only all swatch the american canadian riders before launching an effort to minutes for the french. l record not second with the states again finishing in third place. lee westwood has time to second in the world golf rankings the englishman getting there by winning the first ever thailand championship in bangkok westwood starting the day with

the problem for countries like hungry in the czech republic is this small a huge load on the european union they need to be there so they can't be seen as too peripheral they can't be seen as blocking what the majority want to do or voting on the currency now do you think this new agreement will actually be enough to save the year. i think it's a little bit trying to redesign the titanic as it's hitting the iceberg it's the wrong time you know you really wouldn't want to be starting from here they have huge amounts to do all of those negotiations just in brussels really didn't make much substantial change to the structure of how they're going to rescue the euro they've set themselves up with a process to do so not everybody is going to go along with it but it's still going to work out all the details who's going to do what the deficit is going to be how you're going to correct the structural problems in europe and it remains to be seen whether they can do that and that is what will save the euro because one of the details that these new agreements allow brussels to weild of the measur

shooting and fast on the track closest rivals czech republic twenty seven seconds finishing second team france and . barcelona have won the club world cup that starts a bit same brazilian outfit santos in the final clash in your karma japan it finished ever have got all those men double and girls from an under protest made the game for the catalans so it was second in three years there. qatar a club at home side to show were on penalties in the third place match. in the mean time i think the president held a news conference in talk re-elected for a third. admitted many mistakes he made in the past year but he called on colleagues to continue with a positive attitude if if a boss also expressed hope that brazil properly complete its preparations for the twenty fourteen world cup despite their slow progress of construction but the executive committee is very. good we are not so much very devoted to construction because in all the world cups everybody said they will not be ready but they will be ready finally. i will myself now take up this work up also on a presidential level and then the

president oversaw his country's transition to democracy as well as the peaceful breakup between the czech republic and slovakia have all died at home on after a long illness. a mammoth rescue operation is now underway in the southern philippines after floods tore through the area killing over six hundred and moving . hundreds missing that's how i feel heard on friday night causing a month's worth of rain to fall in twelve hours tens of thousands of were forced from their homes by the deluge the rescues currently being humbled by widespread power cuts the floods grades. the follow us troops have officially withdrawn from iraq and nine years after the invasion that analyst as you say the soldiers crossed into the brink kuwait during the night many now feel a surge in terror attacks following america's military departure the conflict saw around one hundred thousand iraqi civilians killed and cost the united states almost a trillion dollars. next we head to one of russia's most volatile waiters and the battle to stop the young falling prey to terrorists.

his influence is much wider than simply here in the czech republic. politicians, human rights organizations around the world credit him with really leading that sort of -- that idealistic human rights movement and bringing it into the real world of politics. he was that rare combination as being able to make idealism a reality. >> all right. atika, thank you very much. we will bring you more on the funeral of vaclav havel coming up on "world one" here on cnn. those are the top stories. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. >>> hello and a happy festive friday for you from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and hello from cnn hong kong, i'm pauline chiou. this is "world business today." the top stories on this friday, december 23rd. less merriment for an economy this holiday season. >>> we'll tell you what lawmakers are giving millions of american workers this year. >>> and last-minute christmas shopping interrupted in new zealand. christchurch is shaken again by a series of earthquakes. >>> first up, on the last trading day befo

on the scoreboard for russia the game of the day the czech republic are up against reigning world champ and surveillance of the clash starts in about an hour's time. way in the english premier league top of the table manchester city prepared to take on arsenal despite sitting face in the standings and then this man beats in eight matches winning seven of them and if they claim all three points on sunday city and lose that top sport to main rivals manchester united we had one turn you probably do you know who were interested in security because you're not on the way before. and the second biggest years who way from home for us. it's a must if just. we know. would you want to be a dubious but. we are prepared and ready to give between two to three new game. but are very close to winning yet another title through to the club what card final in japan and now they need to beat the south american champions santos remember massa thresh asian champs in the same is for sale but despite an easy route to the pep guardiola and his mates say that their favorites and on paper it's fabregas believes t

cup russia thing to finish the home stage a bigger hole gets on a high note as they lose to the czech republic in a shootout. best still the best football giants possible of great scientists in the final to leave the. home with fancy chinese athletes dominate the government to super serious threats eleven on home soil. so i saw the first why russia have suffered the second defeat at the channel one cup into law believed in his men lost to the czech republic in a shootout four three the czechs produced a sensational start to the game needing only thirty one seconds to take the lead. on the score for the visitors russia respond that seven minutes later when the collective made the most of the play. at the beginning of the second period alexei to put russia in front of people you have to play i mean i could stick by nick provisions a long way but to russia it was the first of the great bout easy heat that it is to restore power to midway through the game as chairman added his second of the not converting a powerplay thirteen minutes into that period of gave russia a three suit lead the pack rebou

and then the czech republic from 1993 to 2003.ally, a russian rocket has blasted off with a new crew for the international space station. the rocket did off from the space center in fox 10 on wednesday afternoon. the three astronauts are due to dock with the iss on friday. it will spend the next six months caring of experiments and resurging of the human body comes with being in a weightless environment. the astronauts on board are from the u.s., russia, and the netherlands. they will be in orbit until may. wouldn't we like to experiment with weightlessness? >> speak for yourself. >> stay tuned for "in depth." we will have more on syria after the break. do not go away. ♪ ♪ >> you like to study in germany, and you still have lots of questions? all you need to know about studying in germany is here. information on courses, admission requirements, qualifications, cost, and much more. www.dw-world.de study in germ any. for anyone interested in studying in germany. >> the international community, including the u.s. and france, has ex

russia will be eager to finish the home tournament on a winning note as they face the czech republic on sunday because i am about out of our team. game of the day the czech republic defeated finland five one the victory means the swedes claim the channel one come pretty close of the result of the final game of the competition against the reigning world champions. football now where in the english premier league top of the table mention city prepared to take on arsenal despite sitting fifth in the standings are serving as men are unbeaten in eight matches winning seven of them claim off for a point on sunday city may lose their top spot to men rivals united. we had one turning point do you know who were interested in. the could be two of us who work for us. we know. would you want to be a dubious but. we are prepared and ready to give between two to read again. the head of the club world cup final fifa president has said the news conference in talk reelected for a further term had knitted many mistakes which he made in the past year but he called on colleagues to continue it with a po

russia will be eager to finish the home tournament on a winning note as they face the czech republic on sunday because i am about out of our team you. know the other game. the day the czech republic defeated finland five one the victory means the swedes claim the channel one cup without loss of the result of a final game of the competition against the reigning world champions. it's a football now where in the english premier league top of the table mentioned the city prepared to take an arsenal despite sitting face in the standings are serving as men are unbeaten in eight matches winning seven of them and if they claim off for a point on sunday city in may lose their top sportsman rivals manchester united we had one turn you probably do know who it is to do in. the second biggest years who work from home for us it's a massive. we know of course would you want to be a dubious but. mentally prepared and ready to give between two to renew going. ahead of the club world cup final fifa president sepp blatter has said the news conference in talk reelected for a further term had method many

in the days of their class the czech republic went to town on the world champions finland beating the nordic side five one the czechs now take on russia in the final game of the competition and a couple of times. it's been a hot topic with two football legends pele and maradona another world is about to find out if some toss striker neymar is indeed a more complete player barcelona's lee and el messi just like pele claimed the team is meeting today in the final of the club world cup in japan the catholic giants have been peppered with questions about how they're going to stop brazilian young guns nineteen year old name or twenty two year old attacker paulo henrik again so true to form barcelona manager pep guardiola was keen to play down his team status as hot favorites despite going for their second global title in just three years they'll be up against a team who could only militate tenth place finish this season domestically despite that sometimes his star man is relishing the chance to go up against the best. but she's the. soap i mean i think it's going to be a story game not onl

moment it's katie with the business for now the world update here on our let's start with the czech republic it's where world leaders have gathered in prague to attend the funeral of former president. who died on sunday age seventy five the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton former president bill clinton and a number of european heads of state among those in attendance the one time dissident right politician led the czech republic transition to democracy and overstored split from slovakia thousands of people turned out on thursday to pay their last respects during a state funeral procession. chinese riot police fired tear gas to break up the mast protests in a small town in southern china is the fourth day of rallies against the construction of a new power station after its also say an existing coal fired power plant has contributed to a recent rise in cancer cases as well as heavy police to see the crowd demanding authorities release a number of demonstrators was locked in a standoff with police at this point five people have been detained. in the city of christchurch in new zealand wh