fr reblic of estonia a that time. but the united states of amerca ansome other untries, they never recognized the ilgal operation free baltic stat. >> reporter: estonians also see a connecti between their long historof occupation and oer nations desire of frdom. you can see the edence of the etermined to honto an iependent identity a around t capital city of tallin. the wall that suounds the ancient city of talent is a remier of just how hard tis untry has sruggled against vasions. in the lt century ale, both germany d the soviet uon have occupied estonia. >> all the people know that freedom notree. we got huge help whe the help was neede for estonia and this our moral duty toelp others. >> reporter: theillingness to fight for freedomeans compulsory milary service for ung men. rvice overseas is alwys vontary. even so, the mission in afghanistan is unpopular. a dense ministry surve in 2007 foundthat more than half of estonians are opposed to sending their soemers out of th country. th survey was taken notong after a de

. -- lithuanian, latvia, and estonia. our correspondent has returned to investigate the legacy of europe's revolution. >> this jail was dark and desolate. 16 were crammed into a space used by 31. it is where those who wanted independence for estonia were brought for interrogation because moscow treated nationalists as criminals. he got four years in jail. >> in that time, i never had the sense i was alone because i was not alone. i knew back then that the majority of the estonian people were with me, and it gave me strength. >> by 1989, inspired by events in poland and hungary, when million people will willing to join her in the cause. they formed a human chain across the three baltic republics. because they were inside the borders of the soviet union, they have a tougher time making their case for independence -- both to moscow and the west. although moscow was ready to let some go, it refused to release a sovereign nations within the soviet union. national feelings that were stirred up or two powerful to be resisted. af

. >> with the wayne yet, latvia, estonia. back in the 1980's, all three were part of the soviet union. now they are part of the european union and nato. we had a report from the late 1980's. our correspondent return to investigate the consequences of the revolution. >> the soviet-arab jail was dark, damp, and -- this soviet- era jail was dark, damp, and crowded. prisoners from estonia were brought here for interrogation because moscow treated it nationalists as criminals. she got four years in jail. >> it never did i feel like i was alone. i knew the majority of the estonian people were with me. >> in 1989, 1 million people were ready to join her in the cause. they formed a chain across the baltic republics. this caused the work inside the borders of the soviet union -- because they were inside the borders of the soviet union, they had a hard time asserting their independence. although moscow was ready to let them go, it refused to let the subject nations go within the soviet union. national feelings have been stirred up and

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officials say those arrested include nationals from estonia, russia, and latvia. we have this report from moscow. >> according to the defense ministry, the arctic sea was seized on july 24 in swedish waters. the boat came alongside the ship, asking for help, but once on board, they threatened the crew with guns. the ship sail towards africa with navigational equipment turned off. the journey began in finland on july 23 carrying a load reported to be worth 1 million pounds. on july 24, the alleged hijackers boarded the vessel. it was not heard from again until she contacted the coast guard in the english channel. the last sighting was off the coast of france. the ship was due to arrive in algeria august 4, but no more was heard until a russian navy vessel discovered the vessel off the coast of west africa. the russian defense ministry says not a shot was fired in the operation and the crew of 15 sailors are alive and well. here in the russian capital, there was relief the 15 sailors were in good health. there are many questions still unanswered. who were the allege

the defense minister says those arrested include nationals from of estonia and latvia. it was discovered on monday of the coast of west africa. russian officials say up to 76 people are feared to have died in an explosion at the country's biggest power station on monday. 64 people are still missing after the explosion. the owner of the plant says it is unlikely any survivors will be found. a judge in texas appears in court on five charges of professional misconduct after refusing to keep her court open to hear a last-minute appeal from a man on death row. sharon keller apparently said the court closed at 5:00 p.m. and the prisoner was executed less than three hours later. pakistani officials say the top spokesman for the taliban has been seized. maulvi omar has become a prominent figure in the taliban. joining me from islamabad is our correspondent. how reliable and how credible is this report of the capture of this man? >> we have still photographs sent to us by the intelligence agencies in pakistan. they clearly show maulvi omar in their custody. they will hold a pres

the defense minister is quoted as saying that those arrested include nationals from russia, estonia, and latvia. we have this report from moscow. >> according to the defense ministry, the arctic sea was seized on the 24th of july in swedish waters. a speedboat went alongside the ship, asking for help. once on board, the hijackers threatened the crew with guns. the ship and sailed to africa with navigational equipment turned off. the journey began in finland, with the ship carrying a cargo of timber reportedly worth more than 1 million pounds. the hijackers boarded the vessel, and it was not heard from again until four days later when they contacted the coast guard in the english channel. the last sighting was july 30, off the coast of france. the ship was due to dock in algeria on august 4, but nothing was heard until a russian navy vessel discovered the ship 300 nautical miles from the cape verde islands. the defense minister says not a shot was fired in the operation and the crew is alive and well. here, in the russian capital, there was relief that the 15 sailors were in good heal

two decades on from the collapse of communism, estonia battles with the fresh challenges of capitalism. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london and 1:00 p.m. in the libyan capital tripoli, where the only man convicted of the bombing of the u.s. passenger jet over lockerbie in scotland 21 years ago is enjoying his forceful day of freedom. arguments are continuing, though, on whether the scottish authorities were right to release abdelbaset al-megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds, suffering from prostate cancer. british foreign secretary david miliband adding his voice. he described it as deeply distressing. 207 people lost their lives when a pan am jumbo jet was ripped apart by an explosion in 1988. many of the victims were american. let us get the latest. >> it was everything many relatives feared -- a convicted terrorist welcomed home as a hero. stepping of colonel khadafy's private jet, abdelbaset al- megrahi was showered and confetti and hugged by the libyan leader's son. he was now wearing a suit surrounded by it -- wearing a suit, surrounded by his countrymen. earl

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widespread defaults in eastern europe and enormous amount of lending like latvia, a czech republic, estonia, poland, for western european banks the big western european banks do not get me started with the u.k.. there is an incredible amount of responsibility that was equal to and not necessarily a result of the u.s. banks forcing them to do with with the liquidity and money rowling grant -- around for people willing to lend enormous sums on the part of mortgages and also corporations and people who want to take companies private and to do so on very, very lax terms. europe is suffering but will continue to suffer and again when i talk to u.s. regulators they are more concerned because they don't feel european banks had been as honest and taking their hits then you have the eastern european component that our own banks don't have for it is very questionable if other european banks that have lent tens of billions of dollars will ultimately be paid back. when we look at the global, it is interesting. europe right now is not coming back at all and you will hear, when i talk to the ceo of a cov

i was just in estonia and talking to people will tl. those partnerships are clearly for the long term in oil supply and for agriculture in south america. they are doing these things and the u.s. and europe really are not. >> i would say that the u.s. is doing it. say for oils. china's building its oil stockpiles and it's now just up to 25 days of supply. the u.s. strategic petroleum reserve down in the u.s. gulf coast has 90 days supply for the u.s. we've got 700 million barrels of oil stornlgz on the u.s. gulf coast. >> that supply would only last us about 30 days i think is the -- if we were full of demand again. it's not really a long-term outlook. i'm saying china is trying to build these long-term strategic partnerships which we don't have. >> because they see themselves as a superpower and they want to get back to their superpower stat sxus they're not going to let any shortfalls get in their way. what does this mean in terms of investing? >> in the commodity space there's going to be opportunity on either side. china's a smart tr

and enormous amount of lending to countries like latvia, estonia, czech republic, poland, was from westerneuropean banks. the big western european banks. don't even get me started with the u.k. the fact is that there is an incredible amount of irresponsibility on the part of many european banks. that was equal to and not necessarily result of the u.s. banks forcing them to do it. it was a global phenomena, this glut of liquidity that we had, money rolling arou on the willingness of people to lend enormous sums to whomever it might have been, both on the part of mortgages and also corporations and to people who wanted to take companies private. and to do so on very, very lacks terms. so europe is suffering and will continue to suffer. you know, again when i talked to some of the u.s. regulators, they are more concerned about europe. in part because they look of the european banks have been as honest as the u.s. banks and taking their hits. and then you have his eastern european component that our own banks don't have. where it's very questionable as to whether any of these western european

certainly, with what we saw in estonia and then in georgia, we know that there are groups of people who are interested in hacking. the came out with some description of loggers. we know that there are -- these were not people from the kremlin. these are just folks who wanted to gain some type of notoriety. there are people who are interested and hiking. if you really want to read, they have their own journals. . . . . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> once the dust settles " -- from the last unsuccessful test, they will decide that they will fix that because we do not have a choice, and eventually russia will fix this. part of the problem is their own exploitation, every time that there's a car they start to give little announcements to the media, about another great victory. as the chief designer of this, they launched one of the missiles, many of them did fly and no one would talk about them. they also, in order to save money and time, they would skip on some of the testing, and they were promising mirac

the prime ministers of latvia, lithuania and estonia are gathering. more than a million people formed a 370 mile long human chain across all through country toes demand their independence from the soviet union. 20 years on, they've been severely hit by the global economic crisis, suffering the deepest recession in the european union. we are joined by martin baccardax to check on life in the seaside resort of lithuania. you're seeing interesting guests already. why don't you wrap things up for us. >> thanks, rebecca. it's been a fascinating job. we spoke with andrus, the prime minister of lithuania, the host country, as well as the new prime minister of latvia, probably the man one of the most difficulty jobs in europe and the youngest prime minister, only 37 years old. the contraction in the baltic economies has been extreme in the second quarter of this year, between 18% and 22%. that has led to massive budget defic deficits. let's hear what the two gentlemen had to say. >> for the time being, we are able to finance our deficit borrowing internally o

a national center for education stats report says that finland, china and estonia are doing better.cience, canada, japan and the czech republic do better. arnie duncan says this will hurt the u.s. as it competes internationally. >>> we are remembering senator ted kennedy. one thing you may not have known about him, he was almost in the nfl. how is that, rafer? >> well, he was a darned good football player, apparently, robin. and he almost became a green bay packer. now, he played football at harvard. now, according to his website, in kennedy's senior year back in 1955, he got a letter from then packer head coach lyle blackburn saying they were interested in possibly signing him, and he politely declined, saying he planned to go to law school and into another contact sport, politics. the senator was also, as you know, a huge red sox fan. he threw out the first pitch many times, including just this past april. that was him, just in april. >>> in other news, the defensive attorney for the man accused of killing a beloved iowa football coach says her client is not confident to go to tra

three nato troops, one from the united states and two from estonia were killed in attacks in southernhanistan. the american service member died in an insurgent attack yesterday. it was the 37th death for the u.s. military in afghanistan since the beginning of august. the attack coming as fraud charges continue to mount from last week's presidential vote. more reaction to the release of a libyan convicted in the lockerbie bombing. correspondent an andrea ya mitchell speaking on msnbc's "morning joe" ♪s that libya's president expects to meet with president obama in his trip. adding that there is a lot of anger and repercussions in terms of diplomatic relation. turning to financial news, investment banks have been repackaging old mortgage securities and offering to sell them as new products, a plan that's nearly identical to the investment packages. the associated press says that would-be solution probably sounds familiar. it's a lot like what got banks in trouble in the first place. finally, aaron williams to be sworn in today as the 18th director of the peace corps. mr. williams, fluen

influence and border regions also steady to weak protect the minority in the georgia and ukraine and estonia possibly even it could have impact because of the situation so i would like your comnts on that because some people to perceive this as an enhanced threat. second the reported russian inte to develop a major military installation in o abkhazia getting back to the discussion about pipelines and of causey and the black sea, norway expressed concerns aut the arctic and i wld like your general comments on that. >> as i stressed in my analysis, i think primarily economic considerations dr. how of rusa increasing looks up the western periphery, and that also drives political considerations that could be tackled potentially tackled by small russian military operation to at least on the surface protect russian minorities to the extent that moscow would use a russian military maneuvering including to build up potential headquarters forrd deployed if you will as you are indicating in the breakaway region such as of abkhazia which most of the world doesn't recognize as an independent from georgi

influence -- reassert its nuance and its ability to protect russian minorities in georgia, in ukraine, in estonia or possibly even could have some impact because of the situation in leningrad. so i'd like to have your comments on that because some people do perceive this as an enhanced threat. and secondly, the reported russian intent to develop a military installation getting back to your discussion of pipelines and energy access and the black sea. norway's expressed some concerns about russia and the arctic. just like your general comments on that. >> as i, as i stressed in my analysis, i think primarily economic considerations drive how russia increasingly looks at its western periphery. and that also drives political considerations that could be tackled, potentially tackled by russian, small russian military operation to at least on the surface protect russian minorities to the extent that moscow would use a russian military maneuvering including to bill up potential headquarters, forward deployed, if you will, as you're indicating in a breakaway region such as abkhazia which most of the worl

estonia, georgia, and others.he wall street journal reported that as you had mentioned, critical infrastructure facilities had been compromised. it is important to note that while people are unaware of the attacks, they are going on all the time, and our industry is reasonably successful at being able to stop some of those attacks before they become public. but the attacks are occurring all the time. on april 12, the dns servers of a major brazilian isp for compromise. -- work compromise. they compromised of major brazilian bank, compromising the types of things that dan had talked about. users of that bank were redirected to a fake website. it took about five hours before the bank in the isp were able to realize that they had been poisoned. approximately 1% of customers were affected by that. but that represents almost 150,000 individuals who could possibly have had their accounts compromise during one of them. this is an ad in one c