. >> the earthquake hit in the far east province and the magnitude was about 7.2, which is pretty strong. turkey does have a history of earthquakes and they have engineers who are highly qualified and specialized in designing buildings to resist earthquakes, but it's never really sure quite how close the guidelines are followed. looking at the pictures, you can see there is a high degree of destruction. there are estimates at 40 or 50 buildings are down in this city and there are people trapped beneath the rubble. people are digging through the rubble with their bear bare hands. officials in the area have said there is so much destruction and so many dead, but as yet impossible to put a precise figure on how many have lost their lives. information is still coming in. it is difficult to get accurate figures because the communications, normal challenges of communications have been damaged by this quake. the official call is for blankets, for tents, and rescue teams to come and help in this effort. of course, turkey is crisscrossed with fault lines and is very accustomed to dealing with the

related to this these centers attract people from the republics of the north caucasus siberia and the far east stimulating migration towards big cities this is the first issue and i repeat it is of purely economic nature but the same can also be said of education today the most popular and prestigious higher educational institutions are the universities of moscow and st petersburg therefore it is only natural that young people are eager to enter these universities above all others we should focus on the issue and take all the necessary steps a government level to provide for similar competitive educational facilities in the north caucasus and many other russian cities of so if we want to develop our vast country another really great problem is the unrestrained inflow of cheap labor from the former soviet union this is you. problem today we are getting a cheap and uncontrolled workforce that is not always civilized and cultured and cannot always adopt a living in the capital and other big cities we should concentrate on this problem what it would have to interconnected questions for you the fir

city but also all types of common citizens you can't compare this process to that of siberia or the far east because unlike these regions to cope with it has to do with cultural insulation as a result of internal russian migration it could eventually split the country what can be done to reintegrate its population back into the north caucasus. let's look at this problem from another angle who benefits from the migration of the russian speaking population if you think the republic of pakistan or the chechen republic or any other constituent entity benefits from it you are fundamentally wrong they need a russian speaking population like grade or air because the russian language is the link between various nationalities co-existing in the north caucasus so there is another thing here you know the notion of population mobility and the russian speaking population is far more mobile than the caucasians who are more devoted to their homes and roots their land and traditions and states should deal with this by creating new competitive jobs or we believe that the state development program for the nor

that is the far east and. a lot more activity. that is the buttress operation with both rotators working. one crane each servicing each rotator and the third service crane, all heavy-duty large equipment. some slides of that in a second. in the central and west end of the project are zones three, two, and one. you can see it was just getting started back at the end of august, early september, and now, both rigs are working successfully on the north and south sides of the project. to remind you, on the timeline, we are still at the end of the duchess activities. the cdsm should be complete by early next year with zones 1 and two complete by november. and also, obviously, the pre- trenching complete by the end of the year. nextel will be the start of the excavation, which we anticipate just around the first of the year. a low traffic, the -- a little graphic, cdsm is under way, both on the north and south sides of one and two. pre-trenching is complete in most areas with some left to do it in a coma and down on the west end or the t

there are showers in rappahannock county and as far east as southern maryland and the stretching off eastern shore. the american action in charles county and calvert county and prince george's county not seeing as much of the rain. most of it is in virginia along and west of 95, between 95 and the blue ridge. the showers will probably make through the metro area at 9:00 or 8:00 a.m. the bulk of the steady rain through the morning. going into the afternoon and evening, a few thunderstorms could develop. some storms could become severe later on today. gusty, damaging winds possible. 68 degrees is the high temperature. right now, 61 at reagan national. tomorrow it will be cooler despite sunshine. temperatures will restate low 60's's with gusty winds out of the southwest 15-20, and testing near 30. friday, near 60. same story on the weekend. all-like temperatures friday to the weekend with sunshine. looking good and feeling good. >>> sloppy commute, but not event so as far as interstate travel to the airport. it's opened to richmond and baltimore. there's one issue in virginia. north kin

reflection of our city's commitment to not only the history of the population and growth and ties to the far east, but also honors the diverse art we have in the city. so many museums are looking at how they can contribute to not only the residents here, but what i think the nation is on course to do, something that i know charlotte and i talk a lot about, that is promoting our international status, making sure that we have an art museum that appeals to the kids in the tenderloin, to the kids all over the city, to the families we have in the city, but also to be special to our international visitors. i think, n.j., your honor, creating -- i think, jay, creating this and branding is a great thing. last year, there was a financial challenges that occurred all over the world. worldwide economic challenges. if the old models of how you depended on certain bonds or going to be challenged, well, of course they became a challenge to our museum. we got together with the city, the board of supervisors, with the leadership of david chiu, eric mar, got together with the board of directors and, of course, a

three meters high the yacht could capsize at any moment to see if a hold is the cool to see in the far east if someone falls overboard they could well die of exposure. with one hundred kilometers to cross until the sham toilets there's not a single bay to hoist from the storm. as luck would have it no he has not yet moved far away from their previous stop on the. call of. the seafarers spend several days in the tiny fishing village on a small spit of land. it's useful to sell stuff only we have been waiting for the storm to subside for almost three days since the thirty meters a second wind almost knocks you off your feet local fishermen have given a shelter in. just buying into nearby vessels or about the situation is better than being on the high seas right now it's. the fierce storm is a remnant of a powerful typhoon that originated in china thousands of kilometers away even if the weather gets better it will take the hearty sees several days to calm down complete faith. this is the second day we've been sitting around waiting for the sun to shine before the bombings broken down today wa

fact, the new information in the weather office, the snow line keeps getting farther and farther far east. >> does that mean it is coming our way, sir? >> that's all i'm saying. let's check out doppler. we actually still have showers to roll through. in the southern part of the metro area. once it rolls through the cold air will come through. wet commute down into st. mary's county and calvert county over to the bay but will be out of there in about an hour. 35 wind gusts at manassas. really is going to be the sign of the colder air rolling in to be with us. it will become more like winter. clearing and colding overnight. a chilly friday. need a jacket. need shades in the morning. and the first flakes on saturday. yes, looking more and more likely. on monday we said it is a given it is going to be snow west of cumberland then yesterday we said maybe around hagerstown and frederick now it looks like flakes could fall much closer to the downtown area. by 7 a.m. tomorrow, we are generally clear. late morning and early afternoon high clouds come in ahead of this next system producing some rai

folks in the north bay reported a few sprinkles and even as far east as brim wood this morning.ut the skies have cleared out nicely, and it is setting up for a terrific monday as temperatures were warm as well. that look from the high definition camera. current readings, 64 in san francisco and 69 in oakland. plenty of sunshine in napa right now. 72 degrees there. antioch at 73. livermore is clear and 73 degrees there. san jose right now with sunshine. 72 degrees. here is a look at some of our highlights for the next few days. we will go with patchy coastal fog. warmer day for your monday and then it looks like by tuesday and wednesday things will cool down. we will bring more fog in and the drizzle. here is the satellite-radar composite. this goes back to about 6:00 this morning. you can see a little bit of moisture out there. of course most of this is not even reaching the ground. mainly the higher elevations, but it scooted through with a trough of low pressure that pushed through. and this is the clearing behind it. we will continue to see clear conditions, but we will bring

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this has hit up in the far east in the border with iran and it will be difficult to mobilize teams to these remote areas. as far as we know, the authorities are qucalling for a international response to this disaster. annabelle roberts, nbc news, london. >>> after 42 years of rule under moammar gadhafi, the people of libya say they are finally liberated. people across the country celebrated. but especially in ben ghazi where the uprising first began. the national transitional council announced the formal liberation of libya. misrata has been a bit quiet with concerns about what the next step is for gadhafi's body. the coroner's report found gadhafi did die from a stray bullet wound but the details still remain unclear tonight. >>> and now for national politics, president obama's foreign policy has democrats and republicans battling it out today. nbc's kristen well kker is at t white house with more. >> reporter: making the round on the morning talk shows, secretary of state hillary clinton cast president obama as a leader on foreign policy. >> president obama has passed with flying co

would like to have somebody running for president who is not concerned with the middle east or the far east, but concerned with the middle west of this country. between 2001 and 2010, the trade deficit with china at one from $84 billion to $278 billion. 2.8 million american jobs were either lost or put aside. we just now at the update on nafta, where only 637,000 jobs had been displaced or lost as a consequence of that. it was promised, you recall, prosperity for mexico and increase jobs in places like ohio and michigan and even pennsylvania. the reality is that there is a constituency out there that understands what is going on, but leadership that just absolutely tapes. >> what should the leadership do? >> the leadership should confront china and say that the reality is that we are concerned with american jobs -- >> ok, so we say that you are very unhelpful people. they say, too bad. >> we will impose -- we will impose selective tariffs upon them. we are not the biggest -- >> then you get into a trade war. what will china do? >> because we have the biggest market -- >> then we go back to

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in the far east of the country, politicians have declared another can of it as the first to be going on monday. russia's regions are competing to show how they are trying to boost the country's shrinking population. india has the opposite problem. the u.n. projects that from 2025, its population will overtake china. india also struggles with a skewed sex ratio because of a cultural preference for boys. in the book are pradesh -- uttar pradesh, they are appointing seven girls going on monday to symbolize 7 billion. china is also dogged by a shortage of girls. but the country believes its family planning has boosted the economy. its problem now is not enough young chinese to support a huge elderly population. the u.n. does not want this milestone just to be about total numbers. there is the urgent issue of equality. >> 1 billion people go hungry. lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others. there are huge advances in medicine, while others died every day in china worth -- while mothers die every day in childbirth and children died from drinking dirty water. >> for many