also, in denmark. ithey have all the facilities ad priorities for bicycles. it turns out that these towns have a lot higher bicycle use than elsewhere. it pays to have good bicycle facilities. >> yes, i have another question. this is more on the cost and maintenance. one thing that plagues american cities is the maintenance budget for maintaining public streets and public right of ways. we know very well that you have very high taxes and you have very high parking fees. could you talk about who and how you maintain your infrastructure and the streets? is that just a given, you decide to build something and somebody maintains it, or is there an agreement with another department to maintain it? >> the authorities in amsterdam, the infrastructure and transport department and municipalities, they financed it, they planned it, they build it, construct it, and they maintain it. i think that is the logical route. and is paid by the community's -- and is paid by the communit ies, and also from the state department. [inaudible] >> in the netherlands, if a road is real

. >> this person is a muslim w supports denmark's democracy. he is integrated and works for the health authorities. freedom of expression, yes, but isn't there also a right to remain silent? he thinks the controversy has made it harder for moslems to integrate into danish society. this businessman agrees. both often feel they are being lumped together. >> the problem is hardly anyone sees the broad mainstream with different opinions but wanting dialogue. >> i have to admit that i am beginning to despair. is it really true? are we really as bad as people say? is the media right? i think people treat7 us unjustly. >> many muslims in denmark feel they are under collective suspicion. the characters have turned the country into a target for terrorists, and that has changed the mood. >> we have become more careful and fearful. >> in the past five years, denmark has become much more racist. you noticed the attitude towards foreigners. >> assassination attempts are exacerbating the mood. a man from chechnya plan to send the letter bombs. the attack fai

independent community in denmark refused to give in to government demands that they join the mainstream society. humans learn more about space travel explore the upcoming mission and how they could make a journey to mars. it's now seven am in washington d.c. three pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. american muslims say they are still suffering from a wave of islamophobia caused by the september the eleventh attacks almost ten years ago now immigrants complain of a daily battle against prejudice saying they remain the number one bogeyman for the f.b.i. . reports on a community doubting whether their chosen a home really is the land of the free. when most american girls turned thirteen they celebrate with a party oh my name is labor and i was. nice. but leila duca isn't like most the teenager spent her birthday speaking about her father her uncles and her frustration with her home country they got arrested mostly because they're muslim and while they have beards so like the f.b.i. just started twisting up the words he was saying was words are all too familiar to the some one hundred i

lars hedegaard the president of the danish free press society well he's currently studying trial in denmark over racism charges for criticizing islam and he faces two years in jail for his comments stay with us for the interview. your organization defends freedom of speech your site details attempts to curtail speech freedoms particularly related to multicultural policies would you prefer there be no immigration to the e.u. . no that's not what we're about we have we have no position on immigration as such. we simply insist on our rights to describe the problems associated with for example immigration so we position on that what message do you think a guilty verdict for your hate speech trial would send to the european press and beyond. so very good question. i don't know i hope it might be a wake up call but i'm not certain what message do you think an acquittal would send i don't know if the press is really up to two job of protecting free speech an acquittal would send a message to the general public that we can speak freely about matches that concern us on the other hand a conviction wi

coming up for you in just a few minutes time we travel to denmark to visit a place unlike any other. welcome to the world's longest existing free society where things get done for the people by the people of r t isn't christian yet a country within a country. find out how rodents are helping russian scientists push the boundaries of space travel close that on mars. well more than seven thousand people are still without electricity in the moscow region due to power cuts which started just before the new year in budget see engineering teams have made a lot of progress but the efforts are being hampered by snowy and icy weather that outages began after a rare freezing rain brought down power lines disrupting supply in entire districts across central russia on sunday or thought it was declared an emergency in the moscow region the icy weather initially left hundreds of thousands of people without energy many were forced to welcome in two thousand and eleven in total and utter darkness while many american muslims claim they're suffering from a wave of islamophobia they accuse or thora to

christine you copenhagen denmark. went out to some other world news the governor of pakistan's poor province has been buried in the city of lahore and tightened security someone to see him was gunned down by his own bodyguard on tuesday the attackers said he was angry to see his opposition to the country's blasphemy law when for his liberal views the governor was a senior member of the ruling pakistan people's party. white house press secretary robert gibbs is announced he will step down by the end of february he plans to set up his own consulting to become an outside political advisor to the president is likely to assist barack obama in his reelection campaign started working with the president six years ago during the leader's bid to become a senator a new press secretary is likely to be named in the coming two weeks to talk about to australia now and severe flooding in the country is cause more damage to the north east and parts water levels in the city of rockhampton are expected to peak as the river there is pred

and also france defend their world handball title in style denying denmark by two points in the final on sunday . let's get started in spain where barcelona have extended their lead to a boreal madrid to seven points in the league after beating mitt table are curious they can lungs open the scoring at the end of the pads or drink is five zero with a powerful strike leaving gokey buff to you know chance that one goal advantage remained until the dying moments of the match before leaving no messy school twice within as many minutes of his past will say so africa in the box doubling parsons late. and right at the death mask they added another one helping barsa to their record tickling fifteenth consecutive. real madrid meanwhile suffered a shock defeat it also soon i was wondering this man going down the side sitting six stands in the spanish standings javier cominius for the only goal of the match and a sixty cents a minute meaning reality main second bottom now seven points behind barcelona. to africa action now and one of the world's richest clubs manchester city in narrowly avoided t

christine you copenhagen denmark. and ferrying astronauts to the international space station all year round russian rockets remain the number one choice for space travel but even before you were a current famous first flight animals from russia became the first living beings to reach orbit and reports more of man's best friends are headed for the stars to help humanity reach new horizons. it's fifty years since the first human went to space it's counted as one of our greatest achievements but as some scientists point out we shouldn't forget the role of first space pioneers for working. shorter lives than humans their metabolism is different so we can extrapolate data from animal experience to the conditions of man's flight into outer space. here are the into to biomedical problems in moscow these rodents are hoping solve space riddles being in orbit can have big effect on our bodies and although man has been space for decades there's still much that we need to know if we want to travel further away from planet earth w

coming up in just a few minutes from now we travel to denmark to visit a place unlike any other. welcome to the world's longest free society where things get done for the people by the people isn't a country within a country. find out how. well more than seven thousand people are still without electricity in the moscow region of power cuts which started just before the new year emergency engineering teams have made a lot of progress but their efforts. began after a freezing rain brought down power lines disrupting supply. across central russia on sunday. and emergency in the moscow region. initially left hundreds of thousands of people without energy many were forced two thousand and eleven in total darkness . many american muslims suffering from a wave of islamophobia they accuse all. prejudiced caused by the september the eleventh attacks they say it has made arab immigrants the number one bogeyman for the f.b.i. . went to meet them. when most american girls turned thirteen they celebrate with a party oh my darling. and i am the daughter. of you but lila duca isn't like most th

lost in the cities today for news this is the most peaceful and welcoming place you could find in denmark possibly in all of europe you want to keep up some of the virtues of the village where people know each other and also dependents and feel a responsibility for each other so what's their secret to peaceful coexistence people actually take responsibility for the area themselves they don't expect. an authority or some sort of guy from the from the city to come and take care of things we would do it ourselves in fact christine he seems to be extremely attractive to most danes a recent newspaper poll found one hundred fifty thousand copenhagen residents would love to up sticks and settle down in this year old utopia that is such a lot of fairy tale atmosphere here and we have also saying you shouldn't know what's around the next corner that should be some kind of surprise unfortunately the biggest surprise right now comes from the city authorities who want to string the acts of her senior and then is owned by the state and the state and the state can't do anything about the land if they w

we travel to denmark to visit a place unlike any other. welcome to the world's longest existing free society where things get done for the people by the people our t.v. isn't christian yet a country within a country. is a little later find out how rodents are helping russian scientists push the boundaries of space travel closer to mars. their story still to come but first many american muslims claim they're suffering from a wave of islamophobia cuse authorities are failing to stamp out prejudice caused by the september eleventh attacks saying it has made arab immigrants the number one target for the f.b.i. . met some of them. when most american girls turned thirteen they celebrate with a party. and i am the daughter you don't need. but what you would do isn't like most the teenager spent her birthday speaking about her father her uncles and her frustration with her home country they got arrested mostly because they're muslim and well they have beards so like the f.b.i. just started it twisting up all the words he was saying was words are a

new york from the image of the american dream at risk to a dream community in denmark facing the threat of being destroyed. we feel how the free thinking of state of christiania is coming under pressure from the danish government that's coming up in just a few minutes right here on our t.v. . when defending its record in the iraq war the u.s. is quick to point to the tens of billions of dollars it spending on reconstruction but between rampant corruption and gross inefficiency poverty stricken iraqis say they see little sign of improvement to their daily lives it means many are forced to do whatever they can to scrape by as sebastian my reports. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that most family is too poor to send or to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroad for recycling a reward for carting forty pounds of trash around two dollars and fifty cents behind me acres of ba

and coming your way in just a few minutes we travel to denmark to visit a place unlike any other. welcome to the world's longest existing free society where things get done for the people by the people our team is interested in the country within the country. and find out how rodents are helping russian scientists push the boundaries of space travel to mars. for militants have been killed in a counter terror operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan three security officers were injured the militants were ambushed as they attempted to flee special forces in the republic's second largest city has a view of when orders are surrender they open fire officials say all four were members of a wanted terrorist group and the operation is said to continue at this point the north caucasus region has been gripped by almost daily violence between authorities and extremist groups many american muslims claim they're suffering from a wave of islamophobia they accuse or authorities of failing to stamp out prejudice caused by the september the eleventh attacks they say it's made arab immig

christine you copenhagen denmark. well sort of come for you here in just a few moments reduced to rubble the georgian capital sister oracle and stylish old town is being torn down to make way for modern buildings under a government renovation project. but first more than four thousand people are still without electricity in the moscow region due to power cuts which started just before the new year emergency engineering teams have made a lot of progress but the efforts a hampered by snowy weather the outages began off to riff freezing rain brought down power lines destruction supply and todd districts across central russia on sunday authorities declared an emergency in the moscow region the icy initially left hundreds of thousands of people without energy many were forced to welcome in two thousand and eleven in darkness. when out of some other news this hour in a world update the. problems of being buried in the city amid tight security someone to say was gunned down by his own bodyguard on tuesday type. said he was a

christine you copenhagen denmark. and russia remains the world's leading space power whether the saudis rockets the number one and only choice for astronauts but even before you were guardians famous first flight animals from russia became the first living beings to reach orbit as the reports more bands best friends are had it for the stars but it's fifty years since the first human went to space it's counted as one of our greatest achievements but as some scientists point out we shouldn't forget the role of first space pioneers for work not just for the truth of all animals sleep shorter lives than humans their metabolism is different so we can extract data from animal experience to the conditions of man's flight into outer space. here with the institute of biomedical problems must do these residents are hoping sold space riddles being in orbit can have big affects on our bodies and a limb space for decades there's still much that we need to know. if you want to travel further away from planet earth. the purpose of a

christine you copenhagen denmark and still to come here on r.t. in just a few moments reduced to rubble the georgian capital city. old town is being torn down to make way for modern buildings under a government renovation project. well more than four thousand people are still without electricity in the moscow region due to power cuts which started just before the new year emergency engineering teams have made a lot of progress but the efforts are being hampered by snowy weather the outages began after a rare freezing rain brought down power lines to destructing supply in entire districts across central russia on sunday after he was declared an emergency in the moscow region the icy weather initially left hundreds of thousands of people without injury and many were forced to welcome in two thousand and eleven in total darkness. and time now for some other world news making headlines at this hour and governor pakistan. has been buried in the city of local amid tightened security. was gunned down by his own security guard on tuesday the attackers sai

christine you copenhagen denmark. when our time to cover some of the world news this hour the governor pakistan's problems are prepared in a city of lahore amid tightened security someone to see it was gunned down by his own bodyguard on tuesday the attackers said resignedly what to see as opposition to the country's blasphemy law into his little piece the government was a senior member of the ruling pakistan people's party. the new congress has been sworn in in the u.s. more seats republicans who seize control of the house of representatives in november midterm elections are in or to derail barack obama's health reform push for spending accounts put up by the opposition to the president in the past month as it stalled the ratification of a key alms reduction treaty with russia the democrats still hold the majority in the senate chamber. to australia now and severe flooding there is cause more damage to the northeastern part of the country and water levels in the city of rockhampton are expected to peak. the river the

christine you copenhagen denmark. more than four thousand people are still without electricity in the moscow region due to power cuts which started just before the new year emergency engineering teams have made a lot of progress but their efforts are hampered by snowy weather you know outages began to read freezing rain brought down power lines disrupting supply and entire districts across central russia on sunday authorities declared an emergency in the moscow region initially left hundreds of thousands of people without energy many were forced to welcome in two thousand and eleven in dollars. when out of some other world news of the governor of pakistan's push up province has been buried in the city of lahore amid tightened security someone to see it was gunned down by young bodyguard on tuesday it has said he was angry to see as opposition to the country's blasphemy little man for his liberal views the governor was a senior member of the ruling pakistan people's party. the new congress is being sworn in in the u.s.

christine you copenhagen denmark. for many palestinians in gaza every day is like a life under siege it's been denied aid supplies and access to the sea by israel for years strangling the life out of the local economy and with unemployment at forty percent many are forced to grasp at anything they can to provide for their families artie's pulis live reports. a group of gaza women are breaking new ground literally. they've signed up to work as ditch diggers to help support their families that have land and the work is very hard but life is even harder these women all the families breadwinners and with two out of three people unemployed in gaza the burden of responsibility on their shoulders is heavier than the shovels and they hands about that only my family has no one to take care of us and we need money and that's why i'm forced to dig. three hundred women have signed up their dig holes for water reservoirs on farms in gaza and the pay little more than fifteen dollars a day hard work for private construction game and

the wants to become as well- known in beijing, rio, and new york, as it is in denmark.that is why it is now spelled with two "a's" instead of a ring above the "a." >> what can i say, times change. >> at this time of year, it tends to be foggy and gray, but the locals are used to that. the vikings christened it the town aros. trade flourished in the middle ages and grew steadily. today, around a quarter of the town's at 250,000 residents are students a. how did the townspeople feel about the name change? >> germans would never change the name of munich just because nobody uses the spelling. >> it costs so much money, changing tterheads, and all the paperwork involved. >> i think it is ok. used to be written with two "a 's." >> the mayor pushed through the map name change. he sees it both as a return to tradition and innovation that will benefit the city internationally. >> by giving up the scandinavian spelling, we're able to communicatmore easilwith the rest of the world and it is easier for everyone to find. >> aarhus is keen to raise its profile and has raised a bid t

it's unlimited immigration is really a good thing for the country it is a good thing for for for denmark to have for example a sizeable minority of muslims in the country we now have a lot of course of reading four to five percent for all four of the population. even though. most of these immigrants muslim immigrants have refused to integrate into our society become part of us. we've constantly been sold that this is an enrichment of the country. problems do not really exist problems only exists to the extent that people say there is a problem. so in other words they want to they want to silence critics because they think or claim at least that if they could shut up some people like me or some of the other people i mentioned or. many others in the country problems would go away it's if you cannot solve the problem then at least you can silence those who say the risible i would say most people most immigrants integrate wonderfully in this country we have no problems with say russians or people from vietnam or from china or from india or from sri lanka. most of these people will. create ab

this is just shortly a slide that shows you what already has been polled, that denmark and the netherlands, they are in fact far ahead of all of the other european countries and belgium is somewhere in-between making an effort but for sure also at this trip, i have been able to learn a lot from my european colleagues in denmark and in the netherlands. brussels is in the heart of europe and i think it's also has been a very good thing that there is european regulations, although at this moment, european regulations are mainly on achieving certain environmental standards. let's say pollution by co2 and particles. but that has helped us as we had too high air pollution in brussels as it was sanctioned by the european union that we really could stress on alternative mobility. we don't wait until european legislation or regulation coming up. we also have no brussels, no belgium, but european towns, towns in europe, trying to find one another and to press, to put pressure on mayors and regional ministers to commit themselves to invest in bicycle policies. so those towns can learn from one anothe

be wary of the spread of islamic extremism with the recent arrests and alleged mass terror plot in denmark adding to the fear. russia's most famous prisoner. will retain his status for six years now is. guilty of. also two years after israel's military offensive on people that are still struggling to get their lives back to normal. economic book a. worldwide welcome for twenty eleven a quick trip around the globe to enjoy the highlights of the new year. disney executive tells us that r t while the entertainment business is booming right now here in russia. right now should gulf was kind of thank you very much for this interview thank you very much for the invitation now more and more russian films take part in an international film festival so sexually mean that movies are becoming a full fledged business in russia all this new company came few years ago to the russian market and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading in the world for a lot of distant movies so i think with a lot of comfort i can say that movies is the reall

denmark adding to the fear. russia's most famous president mikhail khodorkovsky will retain the status for six more years as the court finds the guilty of. two years for israel's military offensive on gaza people are still struggling to get their lives back to normal despite his really insisting it's easing the economic blockade. on the world wide welcome for twenty in less than a quick trip around the globe to enjoy the highlights of the festivities. next to all disney executive tells us about the entertainment business is booming right now here in russia. right now should golf with sky thank you very much for this interview thank you very much for the invitation now more and more russian films take part in an international film festival says actually mean that movies are becoming a full fledged business in russia walt disney company came few years ago to the russian market and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading in the world for a lot of disa

now another global crossing was decided in humbler france taking the honors at the expense of denmark in overtime final the french men were pushed all the way through right to the side or by their opponents allowing the danes to level matters of thirty one piece of fisa his remaining time however the reigning european world on a limp dick champions that up to their billing posting a thirty seven thirty five victory by yet more silverware to their bulging trophy it's. going on finally back to football where the third edition of the legends cup took place here in moscow over the weekend plenty of blasts from the past on show with the tournament ending in from your fashion us constantine to top off reports. russia is the only it will win all diligence come steam had been seeking revenge having lost to the russians in the final of the competition for the previous two years but this time around they failed to reach the decider and have to be content with brooms after seeing off who revealed in the third place play of two gold this season it would be the netherlands who stood in the host wa

five villages lawmaking streamers are arrested in denmark forcing the country's biggest ever terrorism plot and sparking concern the ease not doing enough to beat the threats. two years after its massive offensive against a gulzar israel says it's easing the blockade but locals feel their lives are only . for more oil. to spend more than six or six or more years while behind bars after being convicted of the bezel mint and moneyball during. the worldwide welcome for twenty eleven a bright salt for the new year with fireworks and festivities all round the globe. up next the leading world is the executive tells all team why the entertainment giants got a keen eye. right in the gulf was kind of thank you very much for this interview thank you very much for the invitation now more and more russian films take part in an international film festival so sexually mean that movies are becoming a full fledged business in russia walt disney company came few years ago to the russian market and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading i

christine you copenhagen denmark. or you can check out r.t.dot com for more on the stories we're covering as well as blogs games and a lot more here's what's also online right now rediscovering i see this beauty you see numbers of tourists coming in trunk stranded on trees picturesque landscape sightseers birthplace soldiers from georgia. also how israeli army secrets are house click away troops when they should social network sites. at the time dot com. american census have taken the n word out of the classic novel huckleberry finn well it was deemed offensive to the african-american community but critics say the book is a work of art the product of its time. gauges feelings in new york. a new edition of mark twain's huckleberry finn is being published this time without the n. word has political correctness gone too far this week let's talk about that do you think they should be editing it like that no you don't sound the same doesn't sound the same no no but what if it was a word that was derogatory towards you and maybe what if it were a wo

in denmark a free speech campaigner is on trial over racism charges laurus hedegaard the president of the danish free press society will be handed his verdict later today their guard was prosecuted after drawing attention to the trend of honor killings and sexual abuse in some muslim families while his trial has been criticized by human rights activists who say denmark's authorities are trying to suppress free speech had guard told r.t. that the problems created by multiculturalism in europe can only be solved by speaking openly about them. it seems to me states that anyone who stands up against. the ruling ideology is chalk a ditch and. as it stands to be dragged in front of the of course the policies fail and fail. on the free speech because i don't have the solutions. to see this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing the predict received for even be able to solve the problems is that we are maintaining free speech because without free speech there is not a chance in hell could ever sold any problems in the country. well you can watch that interview in full her