she was born in ghana from her uncle who lives in ghana.en nominated as king of our small fishing village. she was in disbelief. this was around two years ago it happened. they did a ceremony of libati s libations. her name came up. in that moment there was vapor. they did it three times. >> okay. >> much like they nominate the pope. it was decided she would be king, not queen, king meaning head of the village. she said are you sure you don't mean queen mother. they said, no, you are the leader. you have been ordained. >> how did she get nominated in the first place? >> they suggested -- she visited the village. they knew she had great leadership. she became the king. she's done wonderful things. we speak of women and contributions. one of the things is all though they have taps, the wells have dried up. she's had great initiative to bring the wells closer so the children aren't going so far. she's trying to get a high school in ghana and all kind of things to develop the fishing village. >> how is she able to run it in washington? >> she's

state and i'm sure that of ghana stand will be one of the seven to discuss this weekend and lisbon no doubt russia who were there and the reason for me to say so is that yesterday russia's air force commander general alexander is there len said this listen the defense minister today is studying the possibility of using russia's military transport aircraft for nato's afghanistan bad cargo and ground so said their us defense minister is doing his homework while the president is going to lisbon so you also sure that they're going to discuss that well no doubt the issue of expanding and broadening of all corporation on the ghana system will be discussed in lisbon i think that. the new realities are now on the table americans are buying russian made military helicopters to be used in afghanistan we are ready to train pilots and technicians for these helicopters we help working together on combating drug trafficking from of against and in afghanistan we are working hard on provide. not opportunity is for nonmilitary and military transit for our partners. from the alliance and i think that r

he's in washington ghana what is president obama said to the senators then. well there was this that obama said down with senators both democrat and republican to once again explain why the treaty needs to be ratified now is that what's at stake now is the u.s. national security and there is nothing more important for this lame duck session as this senate's time in office is running out the start treaty tensions reached their peak earlier a key republican stark negotiator in the senate jon kyl said that there are very important things to do now in the senate and shouldn't ron rush on the treaty ratification what's on the line now is arguably obama's major foreign policy achievement obama once again made it clear the start treaty is the milestone of the reset in u.s. washable nations there we said which as has been paris lee reminding resulted in critical cooperation from moscow on of ghana's then and iran's take a listen to the new start treaty is also a cornerstone of our relations with russia. and this goes beyond nuclear security russia has been fundamenta

spoke, the first group went to ghana. by any stretch of the imagination of government, that is miraculous. [laughter] we have all had experiences with initiatives that did not launch that fast. we have had 50 years of uninterrupted service in ghana. i had a chance to meet with the leadership in government, the private sector, the nonprofits, and society. every man and woman told me they had had a very positive, seminal experience, a life changing experience, with a peace corps volunteer. this is an incredible testimony for what the peace corps has done and the service america has provided in a country like ghana. everywhere you go, you see remarkable americans dedicated to service, who are patient, who are innovate, who are making a difference at the grass-roots level. they are working in the community, side by side. the peace corps volunteer might be the only american these communities will ever have the opportunity to get to know face to face, the true face of america. it is americans working in these places. the volunt

spoke, the first group went to ghana. by any stretch of the imagination of government, that is miraculous. [laughter] we have all had experiences with initiatives that did not launch that fast. we have had 50 years of uninterrupted service in ghana. i had a chance to meet with the leadership in government, the private sector, the nonprofits, and society. every man and woman told me they had had a very positive, seminal experience, a life changing experience, with a peace corps volunteer. this is an incredible testimony for what the peace corps has done and the service america has provided in a country like ghana. everywhere you go, you see remarkable americans dedicated to service, who are patient, who are innovative, who are making a difference at the grass-roots level. they are working in the community, side by side. the peace corps volunteer might be the only american these communities will ever have the opportunity to get to know face to face, the true face of america. it is americans working in these places. the volu

special representative ghana. and pakistan. i quote the nato summit in lisbon this weekend will mark a turning point in the prosecution of the wording of ghana's time as it lays out a roadmap to end combat operations by twenty fourteen nato in afghanistan and quote do you think the summit will will really. show us the way to annex it out out out of the. well you know twenty four first thing i would say is twenty fourteen it's called from from twenty ten and a lot can happen in four years so. that would be my first comment. but for russia a country that's getting ready to host the olympic games in twenty first time is ready i want to go because. it depends on what you're trying to do when you're trying to build a lot of roads and buildings then maybe it's not very much time but. when you're waking up every morning what new thing might go wrong. very long. and the challenge in afghanistan of course is the very complicated situation. so so we'll see. so you are you are really a well informed optimist but you actually make who you

spoke, the first group went to ghana. by anytretch of the imagination of government, that is mirulous. [laughter] we have all had expiences with initiatives that did n launch that fast. we have had 50 years of uninterrupted service in ghana. i had a chance to meet with the leadership in government, the private sector, the nonprofits, and society. every man and woman told me they had d a very positive, seminal experience, a life changing experience, with a peace corps volunteer. this is an incredible testimony for what the peace corps has done and the service america has provided in a country like ghana. everywhere you go, you see remarkable americans dedicated to service, who are patient, who are innovative, who are making a difference at the grass-roots level. they are working in the community, side by sid the peace corps volunteer might be the only american these communities will ever have the opportunity to get to know face to face, the true face of america. it is americans working in thes places. the volunteers go the

and we'll be discussing the american effort with ghana see as foreign minister the interview is coming your way in just an hour. or two with three issues that this creative tension who would be sure of if you needs be sure of civilian casualties. of the night raids in the house more and more afghan forces will be in charge of to come but listen this would be this kind of problems . to central asia now home of their all see it was once the world's fourth largest lake but it's now one of the worst of the logical disaster areas on the planet due to ambitious soviet air irrigation projects the sea water started receding fifty years ago causing a drastic change to the local climate and killing the majority of marine life and the threats to people's health from the rapidly disappearing waters are still very real as art historians of friends reports. the air all see is a shadow of its former self those in the kazak city are asked once had to see at their doorstep but are now confronted by the haunting sight of abandoned ships the water is twenty kilometers away and from the dried up remains s

i thought this is a steven covey moment, begin with the end in mind and skilled carpenters in ghana.ck one? >> i would like to think of a flower, definitely not a vixen, but i like a flower. or a heart t would be quite sentimental. >> that's better, a heart. very interesting and great picture this is morning. we appreciate it. >> you can tell me yours next week so you can think about it. >> i know it off of the top of my head. quick break. we're right back. [ male announcer ] welcome to that one time of year when we all become doers. when our mittens double as work gloves. and we turn every room into a project. but this year, let's trim the budget. get some help from martha stewart that we can't get anywhere else. and spread our money as far as our cheer. ♪ more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. we're lowering the cost of bright spirits. now get a 100 count light set for $2.28. >>> welcome back to cnn sunday. folks we've been talking about weather. let's show you great pictures, this was from i-reporter jason lynch in nevada. first snowfall of the year. roughly

spoke, the first group went to ghana. by any stretch of the imagination of government, that isiraculous. [laughter] we have all had expiences with initiatives that did not launch that fast. we have had 50 years of uninterrupted service in ghana. i had a chance to meet with the leership in government, the private sector, the nonprofits, and society. every man and woman told me they had had a very positive, seminal experience, a life changing experience, with a peace corps volunteer. this is an incredible testimony for what the peace corps has done and the service america has provided in a country like ghana. everywhere you go, you see remarkable americans dedicated to service, who are patient, who are innovative, who are making a difference at the grass-roots level. they are working in the community, side by side. the peace corps volunteer might be the only american these communities will ever have the opportunity to get to know face to face, the true face of america. it is americans working in these places. the volunteers

each year water samples from to ghana carefully analyzed that this laboratory tests here have shown that the nuclear water is far from sas it's just cesium is want to be fined most of all. we also find strontium and sometimes plutonium they're not in heavy concentrations but it's better to keep away from them. an experiment was set up inch again in the late one nine hundred sixty s. thirty six types of fish including purana were released into the lake over several years only koppen tend to manage to adapt to the new habitat. whenever sort of has the opportunity he goes fishing in the fish river he knows from his own experience what fishing in nuclear lake is all about he worked there in the early one nine hundred eighty s. . there was even a fishing cooperative here they caught fish and took it to court charge of to sell . people were happy to buy the fish according to tests on the whole the radionuclide concentration did not exceed safety levels so people were allowed to eat the fish. sort of game so bolton was a hydrologist of the time. his job was monitoring the amount of incoming wat

to stress we would really like to cooperate with nato in such areas as maintaining security and of ghana stand and central asia drugs illegal migration terrorism and so on well indeed the latest russian nato council meeting has seen a real breakthrough corporation between the former and as many analysts say to make war on the agreements the chief of the lisbon in a report by spotlights. the words from the new strategic concept adopted by the alliance made opposes no threat to russia i considered the major political achievement of the it's been summit. have agreed. they're facing common threats like terrorism drug trafficking and the proof aeration the weapons of mass destruction and pledge to book a new era of cooperation we've worked hard to reset the relations between the united states and russia which has led to concrete benefits for both our nations now we're also resetting the nato russia relationship the most dramatic step forward in russian media ruination is the prospect of a new missile defense shield for europe the us the should was a stumbling block in relations between moscow

all this problem has reached international dimensions we suggest today's global phenomenon of the ghana stand drug trafficking should be legally defined as a threat to global peace and security because up to sixty five billion dollars are illegally made in afghanistan he said of the dollar. the money can be instantly transferred from one point in the world to another through electronic payment machines so they can secondly we proposed making out a canister of land used tuesday grown a kartik plants on it so as to confiscate the land from those owners and pass it on for proper peaceful use voicing what puzzled so several serious measures to make a serious impact as there was just says that it could given all head of the russian federal drug control that spotlight will be back shortly after the break will continue in less than a minute self stay with them the. wealthy british style. market why not. come then. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. close. to the tim

attention ghana stand to ensure washington. cleaned up its act following claims of detainee torture and abuse one of the places in focus is the part of wine detention facility formerly known as drama where two detainees were beaten to death in two thousand and two. and a brutal mass murder that shocked russia sorties arrest a gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region of cross and our investigators suspect the attackers of racketeering a local official has also been taken into question. well i'll be back at the top of the hour with more updates on the story in the meantime we hear from anna farmer. boards so what have you got for us this hour to have an interesting friendly for russia's borders against belgium although i'm not sure friendly is the right would find out why in a mind. how that welcome to the both of these other headlines. by steve friendly russian prepares to face the belgium side he bore down on. wall street this starts as the investigation into alleged corruption among its membe

only asking me in german what was he what was his name and he said hani go and not going any ghana was easy named. after escaping from the. prison came in germany a night devoted valet and then. know what was geo s s and. and then he say. and then. finally the man who organized the mass extermination of people during the second world war face trial in israel. might mean eagerly cooperated with israeli prosecutors and gave a detailed account of the past be true through and detailed charts showing how jews were deported to death camps described how they were killed. for get it the first moment of the trial. came into the courtroom the symbol. whose only object in life had become to destroy people and he stood up to attention for several sovereign states. the importance. of the creation of. security was exceptionally tight throughout the eichmann trial the defendant was protected by bulletproof glass there were serious concerns that some of the holocaust victims or their relatives might attempt to kill eichmann eventually d'accord gave the verdict as expected adolf eichmann received a dea

mr lavrov the latest statement speaks of a joint operation in of ghana stand. against drug trafficking was moving this opens the way. for russia raise go for russian troops to return to afghanistan as part of a counter narcotics operations no this is talks only out of the question if you believe there are some speculations of as i after this operation to destroy a drug. i think those speculations are. made with the provocative purposes i repeat this is totally out of the questions our troops will never return to afghanistan you will. definitely get it and this position of ours cannot be changed the operation you're talking about was trilateral. special troops of the interior ministry over again a stint in american troops in our experts were involved our only participation was that we provided some information that helped locate the drug lab that produced. more fumes and i'm deeply convinced that this kind of cough aeration. with emphasizing the role of the internal affairs ministry of the kenya stand is very important because the threat that comes from afghanis

ghana stand dominate the agenda as nato is change visits moscow and us for a while suite francaise he wants a fresh start in relations with russia as soon as possible. president obama will have to make compromises to pass laws that says democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote house of representatives is now under republican control but many americans fear it's corporate money that's actually running the country. but the iraq struggling to maintain peace in one of its bloodiest weeks for months at least seventy six people have been killed and over two hundred wounded in a series of attacks centered around baghdad shia neighborhoods but it came just two days after al-qaeda militants took a christian congregation hostage resulting firefight left fifty eight dead despite the escalating violence a total u.s. pullout still scheduled for next year with a growing feeling among iraqis that they are being abandoned as forcing some to join the enemy when sunni militia group praised by the u.s. for its help in providing security is now falling back into the hands of local warl

spoke, the first group went to ghana. by any stretch of the imagination of government, that is miraculous. [laughter] we have all had experiences with initiatives that did not launch that fast. we have had 50 years of uninterrupted service in ghana. i had a chance to meet with the leadership in government, the private sector, the nonprofits, and society. every man and woman told me they had had a very positive, seminal experience, a life changing experience, with a peace corps volunteer. this is an incredible testimony for what the peace corps has done and the service america has provided in a country like ghana. everywhere you go, you see remarkable americans dedicated to service, who are patient, who are innovative, who are making a difference at the grass-roots level. they are working in the community, side by side. the peace corps volunteer might be the only american these communities will ever have the opportunity to get to know face to face, the true face of america. it is americans working in these places. the volu

actions in of ghana's stand in iraq they showed civilians killed by by american forces and some experts believe that the state department is no longer able to control the outburst the for information there. are these leaks would never have happened if not for the number of inside just who are ready to leak this information it looks like it's linked to the wars in iraq and afghanistan when offices and they're looking for a not exactly fair business and this moral decay inside the pentagon caused these leaks the main thing this leak has done is break the illusion that the state department has everything under control they have been exposed mechanisms not secret but quite simple and cynical partners of the u.s. will be more careful now it's another sign that the u.s. is no longer dominating the world for the revelations are often so embarrassing for the u.s. that was saturday here called for the state department to include we kill leaks in the list of terrorist organizations and those were all two correspondents going to con from washington d.c. and you could open a can of reporting from m

the reset which as has been paris lee reminding resulted in critical cooperation from moscow on of ghana's stand and iran's the new start treaty is also a cornerstone of our relations with russia. and this goes beyond nuclear security russia has been fundamental to our efforts for strong sanctions in place to put pressure on iran to deal with its nuclear program it's been critical in supporting our troops in afghanistan through the northern distribution network it's been critical in working with us to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world and to enhance european security there's an understanding that further cooperation plans could go south without this treaty this key trading place the start is not just about reducing both country's nuclear arsenals by a third it's seen as a symbol of trust between the two nuclear superpowers many capitol hill observe a save the debate is really not no longer about the content of the treaty but rather about flexing political muscle there is a huge five partisan support for the treaty among experts but not on the hill today we heard the

afghanistan through the russian territory we are fighting together against drug trafficking in of ghana so we have doing a lot and i think it will help democrats and those responsible republicans who are still present in the senate and in the house of representatives to to to move forward in the reset but anyway some people are pretty pessimistic your opposite number in the russian state duma convention kasich off its pretty pretty pessimistic about the start treaty well actually the situation what you're their situation there's an active of the ratification while the situation in the duma is different from the situation in the federation council we in the upper house of the russian parliament do not have political factions we represent the regions. of the lower house the duma is of course much more politicized there is a tough political discussions between the united russia faction and the communist party faction for example on the start really even though one star and the well yes and no because because. colleagues in the duma who represent the communist faction they've always been cr

in this war and hard to get out of it as long as islamist militancy and drunks emanating from of ghana's stand are seen as a threat to its national security rush is likely to remain a force in the region even as the u.s. works out an x. it strategy. faced with bigger war is less reliable maybe the region the united states and nato appear willing to accept growing russian influence at this point they need all the help they can get at the gathering florrie opportunity in afghanistan is a sign. and this time around how does the us cold war anime but as a mordant a ally it still got trouble r.t. . in a few minutes the ethnically diverse iraqi city of kirkuk is a real winner box we take you on a raid to prevent the site from becoming a hotbed for terror attacks. russia and georgia could be entangled in a spy scandal with reports tbilisi detained twenty people on friday for espionage an anonymous source quoted by reuters said those detained are all georgian and are suspected of being part of a spy network gathering information from moscow the georgian interior ministry has so far refused to co

against the taliban is bogging down nearly one hundred thousand american troops with more on the way of ghana stands drug industry still significant supplying over ninety percent of the world's opium artie's military contributors as it's high time for you turn in u.s. strategy. almost all incoming military plus up of the us surge has been concentrated in southern afghanistan however there is a huge discrepancy between the us military deployment in southern afghanistan which is the hub at both of the taliban and the drug production and cultivation and the policy of complete non interference of the you is boots on the ground against the op whom poppy fields general betray us should we take initiative from the u.s. state department and unleash its special operation forces under the guidance of drug enforcement administration to conduct the three new offensive in southern afghanistan to be the main focus on after handing the drug lords who are basically the same landlords. poppy fields second to conduct interdiction campaign against the drug traffickers and third to conduct the special forces rai

believe he had stalked violence in some war torn region by selling weapons to sierra leone i have ghana's there is sudan and so on if convicted he may face life in prison any wrongdoing he says he has only engaged in perfectly legal aircraft sales but before he had arrived he arrived here in the united states went through a very contentious extradition put procedure in thailand his lawyers family members and the russian embassy in thailand said they were saved no proper notification whatsoever on this snap extradition play here is what the mr boots wife had to say yes it's hard for me to talk about but what happened was totally unexpected for both myself and victor's lawyer the thai cabinet held a closed meeting where a political decision was taken to extradite my husband to the us the extradition took place within four hours of the meeting against all the rights and laws of the country the only law that exists in thailand is u.s. influence i guess this decision was paid for. well let me remind you victor book was the tainting thailand two years ago as a result of a sting operation carrie

organization and least one where russia and the alliance are ex have to to broaden the corporation of ghana and closer to home in the region defense minister says his country supports russia's participation in the building all for joint missile defense system in europe nato and most likely this issue will also be touched on foreign minister sergei lavrov who is also expected to take part in the second ministerial meeting called. the northern dimension we saw is no way in russia and also includes iceland and the european union this gathering here. on partnership between the northern countries. in many different areas transportation public health and environment so it looks like this tuesday is going to be very busy day for foreign minister sergey lavrov but also we're hoping that will be very fruitful day as well. and if we get we've got so much more for you on our website r.t. dot com including videos blogs and forums here's a look at what's online right now for you is getting closer to the real russia through classes and everything from drama to traditional cooking find out how you can joi

ghana's stand so it didn't come as a surprise when recently that washington trio the u.s. state department chief the pentagon chief and you as joint chiefs of staff and now the deadline will be postponed for another four years it has been long suspected but now it's official but the credit for the extension of the u.s. forces was drawled to general petraeus the u.s. commander in afghanistan the whole idea about the artificial deadline for the u.s. who cut both ways on the other side it was a good idea to provide the sense of urgency for the aboriginal leadership to clean up their act together and to take full responsibility for the future of the country starting from providing their security all across a van of stone but since there is no leadership you know again it stands regarding the afghan government which is completely paralyzed by the corruption and incompetence while soaked in drug trafficking business no doubt it was a smashing tactical success for general betray us and our families who called the u.s. counter-narcotics offensive in afghanistan as. initiative comi

said track of cooperation will be especially bolstered during the upcoming visit of the president of ghana is down to the rest of the ration next here and therefore virtually. everyone. around the movement has been good and a good in understanding with the nato countries has been achieved we have achieved a lot of their believe over the past year in this area and last thing are a good year two thousand and eleven and further on while it's difficult for me to assess. if these plans are realistic i believe that the current situation in afghanistan let me say far from being. quiet even if the work of the president is going to govern has been quite substantial there is a polarity going society it's quite high the terrorist threat. from his time is also high and therefore whether it's feasible in the forthcoming future i don't know i have some doubts that but at the end of the day these decisions will have to be made by those who have. decided to help afghanistan i would like to see to that . in the wake of for the president's all the corresponding troops going to stand be in position to develo

organization and least one where russia and the alliance are expected to broaden the operation of ghana and closer to home in the region defense minister says his country supports russia's participation in the building of a joint missile defense system in europe with nato and most likely this issue will also be touched on foreign minister sergei lavrov who is also expected to take part in the second ministerial meeting called the. more than time mentioned besides no way in russia it also includes iceland and the european union this is a gathering here too soon for my forces on partnership between the northern countries. in many different areas to trees transportation public health and environment so it looks like this tuesday is going to be very busy day for foreign minister sergey lavrov he knows though but also we are hoping that will be very fruitful day as well. reporting that the women's rights to afghanistan continue to be violated despite international efforts to intervene a shocking number of women face domestic violence and abuse with a growing percentage committing suicide bec

with the russian president made available we're talking about expanding russia nato cooperation of ghana state about the possibility of participating in the european missile the fans for example on the latter issue everyone understand it's difficult to even consider the possibility of such missile defense cooperation without the start trading place oh right r.t. correspondent guy in the truck now reporting there from washington. well now as we've heard the presidents of russia and the u.s. will need to lisbon this weekend the nato summit there will map out missile defense strategy in afghanistan and the entire rule of the alliance russia's envoy to nato says that while moscow and the alliance are moving closer on some issues common ground on nonproliferation and missile defense still nice work and let's get more from diana johnstone in paris she's an author was written about nato is role in the modern world now diana nato recently suggested a russia could be part of a joint missile defense project for europe but nato has reportedly taken plans to remove cold war era nuclear weapons off f

russia and nato have been disagreeing over how the illegal drug trade in the ghana stand should be tackled moscow insists the alliance should start eradicating poppy fields which nato is reluctant to do again vice rector of the russian foreign ministries diplomatic academy says the problem should be dealt with more effectively. some people in the west some militarists to this is they think that many people who are against independent drug production so if you take drugs from them they will go to terrorists and of course russia cannot accept this kind of strategy and we put pressure on the west to fight the drug trade because it's a good evil for us and i think that recently we've had some achievements we had joint operations with nato countries against drug producers difficult work looks right at the drug problem is not only for us it's also for europe with us also for america we have to do something for this person take drugs from them and give them some of the choice or just go watch like it used to be done in burma in thailand with those people who used to rely on drug production later