and has supplied about forty five percent of the marine simulators installed around the globe. as well as twenty five percent of coastal systems. transact specialists have supplied over ninety systems to ports in fifty countries around the world and. here in the ship's bridge all the technology onboard will be combined turns us as navigation tools will be linked up with information coming in from the scientific equipment that will enable the captain to maneuver the ship in such a way that maximize the collection of experimental data from the collaboration on board and pick the co-operative aims of the overall antarctic expedition. so just right now this is an international territory with everyone doing their own research as a part of the international program who knows maybe in the future when the antarctic treaty expires it may lead to a scramble for antarctica in any case this continent will continue to attract great interest because it's enormous christine and rich in natural resources including biological resources and mineral deposits which have yet to be explored. becomin

still quoteg from the globe here. but after a reporter submitted written questions to a campaign aide, his spokesman said mr. romney would not be responding, because, quote, he values his privacy and his wife's privacy. what "the boston globe" was trying to get to there ten years ago was whether or not mitt romney was qualified to be the governor of massachusetts. not in some abstract political sense but literally qualified. whether he met the written qualifications you have to meet in order to be allowed to run for governor of massachusetts. massachusetts has the oldest functioning written constitution in the entire world. and dating back to the colonial era, the law in massachusetts says that you have to be a continuous inhabitant of massachusetts for the sen years immediately prior to you running for governor or you cannot run for governor. in 2002, when mitt romney moved back to massachusetts from utah, to run for governor in massachusetts, that residency requirement was a really big problem for him. he maintained

and the verdict sparked any media age stormy international reaction with protests held across the globe and the u.s. even calling a review of the case. given asylum but still trapped a bridge in the unmoved by at the doors acceptance of julian assange and of the political refugee saying the whistleblower is still subject to arrest and won't be allowed to leave the country. and a row the u.s. hacker group claims is behind an attack on the power of your website and of attempts to silence coverage of julian assange. there watching r.t. live from moscow with me to bomb would say our top story today a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to two years in jail for their protest on to russia's main cathedral the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred meanwhile police have detained sixty people outside the court who'd been writing both in support and against the group archies jacob grieve joins us live now from the scene now jacob i've been reading some of your tweets you said that people like this all day blasting away

with scott hellman, of a newdu biography of mitt romney.chael along with reporters from then, boston globe, four years ofll reporting into this profile ofap the presidential contender. let me ask you, of the big question about mitt romney, what is it that informs his desireisl for public office?s >> well, i great question, andit in the book we reaeslly try to explain a little h bit about the family history and about his relationship with his father who, of course, was governor of michigan, tried to run for president and drop out before the first primary in new his hampshire when he had problems.o and it is really very easy torei see a straight line there wereot he is trying to fill where hisrw father failed, not just there, o but because the shares, of -- some of the same ambitions.ll we he has a calli hng for public fl service as he sees it, but he has been thinking about thisecah from a very early age.so ..ame ambitions. he has a calling for public service as he sees it. he's been thinking about this from an early age, as a teenager, he was following his father around when his father was

why do the holes in the ozone layer not move around the globe as the wind moves? dumb question, but why does it remain static over one piece of the earth. >> that's not a dumb question. that's a very good question. the localization over the arctic the antarctic is created by avowry text that creates a chemical booker sitting over beaker and sits more or less over the northbound in the northern hemisphere winter. it's controlled dynamically. what we're talking about here is more a question of fraying the fabric of you ultra violet protection. so there are two very different dynamical problems, but the chemistry is very similar between the two. it's not a matter--in fact, australia was a very good example. when the ozone hole begins to come apart during the summer, it stays intact and circumnavigates the globe and causing a huge public health problem. in the northern hem hemisphere it's more diffused and weaken fabric and we believe that is the problem here. >> eliot: thank you so much for your insight your research. i'm going to go back to my chemistry books from h

asked by the boston globe when he was running for governor of m massachusetts, why he listed himself as a utah resident and not a massachusetts utah, he told the globe ten years ago like he told abc this wike, he would look into it, he would find out what is in his taxes and he would get back to them on it. quoting from the globe, asked whether he received any advantages in utah by filing as a full-time resident there in 1999 and 2000, he said he was not sure but would respond to specific questions in writing. if you want to say was there any tax benefit anywhere, you ought to help me understand what that would mean and i would be happy to look at it, mr. romney said. i would get precisely the answer you like and i'll make sure i get that for you. still quoting, but after a reporter submitted written questions to a campaign aide, his spokesman said he would not be responding because, quote, he values his privacy and his wife's privacy. what the boston globe was trying to get to there ten years ago was whether or not mitt romney was qualified to be the governor of massachusetts. not i

and the verdict was an immediate stormy international reaction with protests held across the globe and the u.s. even calling a review of the case. given asylum but still trapped a bridges on be moved by what was acceptance of julian assange as a political with you saying the whistleblower is still subject to arrest and won't be allowed to leave the country. and they wrote the u.s. hacker group claims it's behind an attack on the r t website in an attempt to silence coverage of julian assange on. oh twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. first a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to two years in jail following their protest stunt in russia's main cathedral the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred meanwhile police have detained sixty people outside the court who'd been running both in support and against the group jacob greaser joins us now live from the scene and good to see you again the jacob so we understand it's been a tense atmosphere outside the court today as the case cause the deep d

new york there's been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of eve are among the cities where demonstrators gathered to denounce the trial and the two year sentencing those that are in support of these three women and members of the pussy riot say that the decision that was made by moscow's court was emblematic of russia's intolerance of dissent on a more political front the u.s. embassy in russia has called the verdict unfair hershon it there was also reaction coming from amnesty international which said that the decision was a bitter blow to freedom of expression in russia also political figures in europe have begun to weigh in on this developing story we heard from the high representative of the european union catherine ashton who has said she is deeply disappointed by this verdict calling it disproportionate us. similar sentiment has also been echoed by germany's foreign minister so clearl

and the voting bloc the only meetings told me international responds with protests held across the globe and the u.s. even calling a review of the case. given asylum but still trapped britons are moved by accident that's really the sands of the political refugee saying the whistleblower is still subject to arrest and won't be allowed to leave the country . and erode the u.s. hacker group claims it's behind an attack on the argentine website in an attempt to silence coverage job julian assange. you're watching r t live from moscow with me to bomb would say our top story a russian court has sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to two years in jail following their protest stunt in russia's main cathedral the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred meanwhile police have detained sixty people outside the court who had been rallying both in support and against the group artie's jacob grieves has been following developments at the scene. ever since that news was announced the verdict was given received a motion the charge seen outside th

. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was a bruising day for the british bank standard chartered, with its shares plummeting after accusations from u.s. regulators that it laundered money for iran. the uk's fifth largest bank denies it hit over $250 billion of secret transactions, but american authorities say it violated its embargo. our business correspondent reports. >> can a bank really stand for something? can it balance its ambition with its conscience? >> this is how standard chartered sells itself -- a bank with operations across the world, doing good. but tonight, executives here at its london headquarters will be reeling from accusations that it schemed with the iranian government, deliberately hiding up to 60,000 alleged transactions which have said to laundered up to $250 billion or 160 billion pounds. but how could this happen? say an iranian company with a french bank account wants to sell oil to a german firm. oil is traded in dollars and the money has to go through the u.s. but iran is subject to u.s. ec

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research sites on the globe. can start doing that it has to pass all requisite checks and tests but only recently returned from its first trial there were a few kinks here and there to work out but that's what these tests are for anyways but getting this far has been a long time in the making the very first work on this antarctic work course takes us back nearly a decade where it all began with a series of tenders. to design bureau affiliated with st petersburg shipbuilding research institute was responsible for the entirety of the planning process from beginning to end the naval architects here at. the bureau was called were tanned in hand with the scientists will be utilizing the vessel to come up with the very. bureau dates back to nine hundred twenty five and has come up with around one hundred seventy designs that have given birth to more than two thousand six hundred ships and they likely needed all of that experience to tackle a beast like the research ship at hand. to rear the academic is one hundred thir

. >>> and a magical quest, we take you to the farthest reaches of the globe for one of the most elusive creatures on earth. ron, have you ever seen a unicorn of the sea? >> yes, i have. as a matter of fact. i never told you that? >> no, you didn't. >> more on this story coming up. >> we can't authenticate the v r veracity of ron's comments this morning. >>> we're going to start here with tropical storm isaac, check out the map. the storm churning off the coast right now. heading up into the hot waters of the gulf where it will gather more steam. that thunder noise means it's time for our extreme team is stretched across the danger zone. we'll start with ginger zee. but, first, though, let's go to matt gutman in key west where they're already feeling it. matt, good morning to you.

now to some other stories making headlines around the globe police in norway could have done more to reduce the number of people killed by others but i have it last year that's according to the official report which blames officers for taking too long to retreat or a very big admitted killing seventy seven people in twin attacks a verdict is due to be delivered next week the decision will determine whether he is sent to prison or in a psychiatric facility. occupy hong kong protesters have been ordered to leave. their camp set up near the headquarters of h.s.b.c. bank the high court ruling which gives them two weeks to get out says the anti-capitalism protesters are misusing public space this came amid criticism that the tent town attracted vagrants and the homeless inspired by the popular occupy wall street movement hong kong's protesters took to the streets last october and at their height had hundreds of activists living near the bank. almost a thousand people were evacuated by ferry from of the canary islands overnight where firefighters were battling huge forest fires they threat

welcome to our viewers around the globe. syrian president suffered a major political blow today when his prime minister defected. he denounced the government as a terror regime. this comes as the rebel troops prepare for their assault on damascus. our correspondent has been with rebel forces on the outskirts of the capital. >> we are in the backyard. damascus is little more than 3 miles away. but here you find freedom fighters, not government troops. the rebels cannot be expected to hold this ground. they are only here because the government forces are not. but the rebels are adamant that they will try again. for the time being, they wait. someone is helmut those barracks. fresh recruits arrive every day. so many, there is hardly room. this man's parents think that he is studying computer science. he joins in to the address of the president's mother. such words would once have been a death sentence. a small taste of the freedom they are fighting for. many do not know the first thing about weapons and will soon be thrown into

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