, and south korea right now there are today in south korea 64 pack three systems. hey protect u.s. bases and u.s. troops. so if you're a south korean on the us-based your protected. if you're a south korean in seoul, you're not. south korea factories and sm threes to protect the own population centers and bases and they need to get in with the system and they need to do it right now. >> several questions on the succession process. and issue you raise with her three sons. the questions relate to the north korean armies acceptance of a son as their leader. is there any indication that automatically the north korean army will accept whoever kim jong-il appoints? >> that's a very good question. if you are a general in the north korean army, you drive a mercedes. in the late 1990s, kim jong-il issued a directive that all of his generals, division commander and above will be issued mercedes. why do i bring this up? because major myatt's articulation of the question is very important to these are guys who understand because of the way the system works, because of the way i

korea and south korea it's no good. building a pipeline i think simply leads russia or north korea because the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a. price for gas imports from russia but would we ever pay but the cost of building the pipelines to the point where it has to be extended to south korea to china south korean market. let's take a look at the markets will start with gold this been a rather volatile period for the precious metal it has plunged the most since two thousand and eight after reaching an all time holiday earlier this week this could become one of the battles of worst days are over in terms of the sense of right now it's losing more than three and a half percent and analysts say the sharp decline is a result of profits take it and holds for new badgers to help recovering in the u.s. let's move on to or oil corridors next this hour of us following reports saying stockpiles the klein in the u.s. right now that we as losing thirty cents right to say they had close to one hundred ten dollars per barrel when they last stops are in the fall after investors are weighing a larger than anticipated ri

korea. south korea denied them entry at an airport in seoul. south koreans see dokdo as an matter of interpretation of history. they argued that japan took over the islets during its colonial rule. >>> president lee also spoke about north korea on monday. he stressed the country must take concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament. >> translator: it is important for north korea to take responsible moves in order to build mutual trust. >> the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program have been suspended since 2009. last month the two koreas held denuclearization discussions for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years. that was followed by bilateral talks between north korea and the united states. north korean officials are refusing demands to stop their country's uranium enrichment program. they revealed its existence last year. they say its purpose is to help generate power. >>> the japanese government endorsed a plan to set up a new nuclear watchdog under the environment ministry. the government wants to ensure it doesn't have any ties wi

male suranne worker earned eighty six dollars a year korea have the same the exact same level of income as kenya and their major export korea south korea one hundred sixty one their major export was human hair for wigs and fish and most of the export was done by a fairly large fish company named samsung do you know how to be kill a lot of them powerhouses or. do you know how south korea became the industrial powerhouse of the world. i'm asking for an explanation ok it's really simple chang lays it out in the professor of economics at oxford book bad samaritans what they did was they put high import tariffs in so that nobody could so the foreign goods could not be sold in their country they promoted a you are patriotic if you were to using domestic products so even people who smoke foreign cigarettes were looked down upon they kicked out the u.s. auto manufacturers literally kicked them out they wouldn't let you know they clamped down in one thousand sixty one the park i believe that was his name came into office and then they think he made a heavy industries division of the government and they built as giant steel mill and they built a

korea and the second thing that it would get if you could make this work income from transit revenues or gas that crosses its territory to south korea one has to assume that from a russian point of view the most important market. is going to be south korea and some may think that it's strange that we have russia believes he's. its western exports he's seeking to move away from some transit countries particularly ukraine. and yet he leads to use looking at creating a. north korea as a transit country so there is some i think. dislocation between policy in the policy in the west of us. thank you very much julian lee a senior analyst at the center for global energy is his that's what's your analysis and still have time to have a quick look at the markets gold has rebounded after dropping from an all time high above one thousand nine hundred dollars an ounce and that's because bad things aren't that prices are complicating the global economic slowdown is fueling demand for a store of value. well has slipped from its size clothes for days in new york as you can see as a downgrade of japan's credit rating in forecasts of growing current stock piles of the u.s. east concerns slowing economic growth will reduce demand right now double the case

warn that south korea will have a hard time coming to terms with the independence on the store than towns of parts . i think there will be a a large amount of skepticism to overcome in south korea about allowing themselves to become even partially dependent on supplies of gas that are quite across their northern neighbor you have to have an agreement between all three countries russia north korea and south korea it's no good. building a pipeline i think the simply links russia or north korea because the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a sufficient price for gas imports from russia that would with ever pay that the cost of building the pipelines of the pipeline has to be extended into south korea to tap the south korean market the southwest has been the best month for gold and twelve years it's jones almost seventy percent in the last so weeks on that the uncertainty about economic prospects in europe and america the market is waiting for a teen news conference in the last to hear more about further stimulus measures there or him once a pack a from plot says the current rally in precious metals reflects and that's a perception that a new round of money printing as

korea and south korea it's no good. building a pipeline i think good but it simply means russia or north korea because the north koreans are not going to be a sufficient price for us imports from russia that would win over paper because we'll do point one zero point one has to be extended to south korea so it's not the south korean market. but let's take a look at the markets will start with a goal that's been there a lot of false period for the process not all at this point the most since two thousand and eight after reaching it all side hajar earlier this week analysts say the decline is a result of profit say they have hopes for new measures to help recovery and they who are right now it's losing over four percent as well so far it is setting over six percent so let's move on to oil crude is trading in that flat on record saying stockpiles the client in the u.s. right now the w c i s laid it out around eighty five dollars a person eighty six per barrel while brides is setting out one hundred ten and fifty eight cents over the last stocks are trading mixed after opening on the horses have held investors away and large

about south korea will have the hearts of all incumbents of terms with independence on its organ counterparts. i think there will be a eighty eight large amount of skepticism to overcome in south korea about allowing themselves to become even partially dependent on supplies or of gas that all point across the north america you have to have an agreement between all three countries russia north korea and south korea it's no good. building a pipeline i think simply links rupture in north korea because the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a situation price for gas imports from russia that would ever paid up because the building pipelines of the pipeline has to be extended into south korea to tap the south korean market that's all this has been the best long for gold and twelve yes it's gems almost seventy percent in the last two weeks i'm at the uncertainty about economic prospects in europe and america the market is waiting for i can use confidence in the last to hear more about further stimulus measures there who are going want to pay for plot says the current rally in precious metals reflects and that's a perception that a new round of money transcend as unavoidable. if

this war that south korea will have a hard time coming to terms with the independent on its northern counterparts. i think there will be a large amount of skepticism to overcome in south korea about allowing themselves even partially dependent on supplies or of gasoline or quite across their northern neighbor you have to have an agreement between three countries russia north korea and south korea it's no good. building a pipeline i think simply leaves rupture in north korea because the north koreans are not going to be. a situation price for gasoline for russia that would ever pay back because building pipelines a pipeline has to be extended to south korea to tap the south korean market. this august has been the best month for gold and twelve years it's jumped almost seventeen percent and that last week's summit of course the uncertainty about economic prospects in europe and america the market right now is waiting for a two news conference and a lasting hear more about further stimulus measures there for him once a decade from platt says the current rally in precious metals reflects and that's a perception that a new round of money prints and as a level of the bull. if one

korea and south korea it's no good. they're building a pipeline i think simply let's rupture in north korea because britons are not going to be able to pay a sufficient price for gas imports from russia that would ever pay for because building the pipelines of the pipeline has to be extended to south korea the south korean market. that's all this has been the best month for gold and twelve years has jumped almost seventy percent in the last two weeks that's amid the uncertainty about economic prospects in europe and america the market as waiting for its news conference in the us to hear more about further stimulus measures they're well thought of him on the back of from platt says the current rally in precious metals reflects and that's a perception that a new round of money printing as unavoidable. if one looks at the sequence of events of what the central banks need to do they are in effect draw in terms of new quitters so the only option they have left is to do all the round of quantitative easing you can see that the market is forecasting that quantitative easing so the price of gold seems to be here in georgia two

situation economic situation in north korea is not the best it's improved since one thousand mind north korea needs more aid and aid does not come from south korea any more china provides as much as it can and probably it's time for the balance between relations between china and north korea china. and russia so i think it's a p.r. exercise for john to make sure that people still believe him but next year two thousand and twelve north korea as promised is going to be strong evidence that all of russia is probably very significant he. will talk about the economic and political landscape in the region in more detail a little later before is out there i'd like to ask you a question about the media coverage of this visit i mean because what's interesting though it's very unusual this time it's very publicized we usually see a few pictures photos of after the event and awful media coverage during it so what should we read into this change in approach in your opinion. far there is some change in approach kim jong il was in china just three four months ago probably learned from this chinese who maintain his positive image among his own futile but also

korea and south korea it's no good. building a pipeline i think super league russia or north korea because the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a price for gas from russia but would we overpaid not because of building new pipelines with the pipeline has to be extended to south korea to the south korean market. but let's take a look at the markets will start with gold it's been a rather false period for the process metal it has plunged the most since two thousand and eight after reaching an all side holiday earlier this week analysts say that the quiet as a result of profit sake then hopes for new measures to help recovery and the who last right now it's losing over four percent while silver is setting over six percent so let's move on to oil the crude is trading in that all at one report saying stockpiles the client in the u.s. right now the w c i s trading at around eighty five dollars a probably an eighty six per barrel while brides are setting out one hundred ten and fifty eight cents over the last stocks are trading mixed after opening on the positive notes investors away and larger than anticipated risi

korea. south korea plans to build four more tidal plants but some environmental groups are opposed to the plant arguing it may effect the ecosystem by changing the flow of sea water. the japanese government plans to end early the power cutting requirement imposed on large scale electricity users. power shortages were expected this summer as many power stations were damaged or suspended due to the march 11 disaster. major electricity users were asked to reduce their energy consumption by 15%. in the tokyo electric power company area, they plan to end it two ek woos ahead of schedule. it says the peak summer heat is over and the possibility of a power crisis is low. the government will also end the power-saving requirement in areas damaged by the disaster two weeks earlier than scheduled. however, it's asking companies and households to continue to save power voluntarily. the government will announce the plan on tuesday. >>> libya's national transitional council says it's searching for over 40,000 civilians missing. authorities of gadhafi were holding them in contention. since antigovernment forc

korea. south korea plans to build four more tidal plants but some environmental groups are opposed to the plant arguing it may effect the ecosystem by changing the flow of sea water. the japanese government plans to end early the power cutting requirement imposed on large scale electricity users. power shortages were expected this summer as many power stations were damaged or suspended due to the march 11 disaster. major electricity users were asked to reduce their energy consumption by 15%. in the tokyo electric power company area, they plan to end it two ek woos ahead of schedule. it says the peak summer heat is over and the possibility of a power crisis is low. the government will also end the power-saving requirement in areas damaged by the disaster two weeks earlier than scheduled. however, it's asking companies and households to continue to save power voluntarily. the government will announce the plan on tuesday. >>> libya's national transitional council says it's searching for over 40,000 civilians missing. authorities of gadhafi were holding them in contention. since antigovernment forc

further developments in the plans for a gas pipeline that will go from russia to south korea of course why are north korea we also know that a number of committees have been created and this c.e.o. of russia's gas giant gazprom has been tasked with overseeing the project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources. and kim jong il's trip to russia began on saturday for more oil and would train stops on his journey one. god q all right psycho if you don't call distributed to relax and get the world's deepest lake by karl in the difference was his war website partied to. iran this fall the lawsuit against russia and the international court over its refusal to supply s. three hundred missiles i see you going to is going to brings us more on the story from outside the iranian embassy in moscow. according to the iranian ambassador to iran is suing moscow over a shipment of a badge of russia's past three hundred air defense systems to tehran under a deal which was si

north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources russia's to play a crucial role as mediator soothing tensions between the two koreas says a week's iraq can cause a national campaign to end the korean. bush is in the perfect position to play this role because of their closer relationship with the united states over the past years because of the fact they aren't seen as a lot i did with north korea as china is and because someone has to as a world leader stand up and say this war has gone on for sixty years that there's been a change the cold war has ended folks let's get on to the idea that you only build peace through engagement and relationship you know president vaclav havel once said that we must change our ray of attention from what separates us to what unites us and russia plays a unique role right now to help lead the world in that direction. get the full coverage of kim young males read visit by logging on to ask you dr tom now your client a full thirstier of quarter of his first trip out of north korea a decade. iran has filed a lawsuit against russia the international court of arbitration over its refusal

korea and russia is definitely going to be attention worthy and most likely it will be focused on the six party talks and of course korea withdrew from the six party talks which include north korea south korea russia trying a new u.s. and japan and continued with its nuclear experiments beforehand in its continuation of its nuclear program that of course caused outrage within the six party community but also within the international community so the fact that the russian president is meeting with his north korean counterpart and that visit is being publicized in the media definitely leads many to believe that korea is preparing some sort of statement but of course it's not the only subject matter that is likely to arise during the discussions various economic debates are also balance to make their way on to the table. trilateral agree with russia south and north korea and also bilateral trade relations with north korea exported six million dollars worth of goods to russia in two thousand and eleven alone so definitely a lot of things on the agenda and the very usually secretive north korean leader has a lowered the veil of secrecy for this visit so everyone here is very eager to find

been further developments in the plans for a gas pipeline that will go from russia to south korea of course north korea we also know that a number of committees have been created and this c.e.o. of russia's gas giant gazprom has been tasked with overseeing the project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources. as the civil war in libya rages many say the country could go the way of egypt and and and with the dissolution society impatient for reform but some believe it could be much was. talks to the editor of a london based upon arab newspaper but he's using recent events that's coming up in a moment. i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the london based newspaper al could be he is obviously going to talk to me about libya and he says that there's a huge potential for libya to turn into another afghanistan i missed out on thank you for talking to r.t. today now explain to me what the factors are at play all comparable between libya and afgha

project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources. it is over there and kim jong il's trip to russia began on saturday and for more on where the train stopped on its journey you can log on to our dot com it included a relaxing day at the world's deepest lake baikal and did in its mixes for more on the visit you can check our web site it is dot com. iran has filed a lawsuit against russia in the international court over its refusal to supply s. three hundred missiles going to brings us more now on the story from outside the iranian embassy here in moscow according to the iranian ambassador to iran is suing moscow over a shipment of a badge of russia's past three hundred air defense systems to tehran under a deal which was signed back in two thousand and eight but the shipment never went through because in june two thousand and ten the u.n. the security council slammed a set off sanctions on iran which in force was a wide range of limitations including t

korea and are earning out some of the fine. details of the project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources so this is definitely a financial bonus especially for north korea which is finding itself in very difficult financial times. thanks very much indeed for the details because you know there are reporting from russia's republic of buddha it's you know there for us. are you watching r t let's now switch to other news that we are following for you here on the network investigators say they have new information about who ordered the murder of russian journalist on a public five years ago the statement follows the arrest of a former key witness in the case who is now fallen under suspicion himself for organizing the killing artist peter all over brings us the details. the very latest to come out from the investigators is that they are saying they have information regarding the name of the person who alters the nation of journalist anna politkovskaya now this is the person they've really been looking for the m

further developments in the plans for a gas pipeline that would go from russia to south korea of course the north korea we also know that a number of committees have been created and this c.e.o. of russia's gas giant gazprom has been tasked with overseeing the project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources. turns out of reporting there russia has to play a crucial role as mediator in soothing tensions between the two koreas so says eric a co-founder of the national campaign to end the korean war this is what he told me earlier. is in the perfect position to play this role because of their closer relationship with the united states over the past years because of the fact they aren't seen as a lot i did with north korea as china is and because someone has to as a world leader stand up and say this war has gone on for sixty years there's been a change the cold war has ended let's get on to the idea that you only build peace through engagement and relations

and dimitri medvedev also struck a deal on the transit of russian natural gas through north korea to south korea.

korea to south korea. and up next it's our special report that looks at life in the youthful was soviet republic of the trickiest on the central asia twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . tragically stan a former soviet republic became independent in one nine hundred ninety one. that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this independent central asian country meaning one and a half million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic just on alone they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard trying but then we somehow learned to take things in stride. the situation got even worse following the devastating civil war that broke out during the first years of independence the nation still healing its wounds even a decade on the problems are numerous from drug trafficking from neighboring afghanistan to acute shortages of electricity and drinking water. each morning a camel appears on this road running for the hills drive his paws beside the animal to feed it. now it needs something to eat. locals say the camel's owner deliberately turns the animal out there's no food for it in the man's household. name of and his family live two hundred kilometers south of tragic is dance capital to shine very close to the border with afghanistan he has ten children. this cow provides for us. each member of his family has a particular job to do the men trim the vines and women do the washing and bake bread while the kids work in the vegetable garden. the men gather cotton stalks left in a field after harvesting they use them to heat the oven in order to make flat round cakes the stalks do produce some heat but certainly much less than firewood. carried out get on with it. many tend to peasants live below the poverty line. some don't have jobs at all others barely scrape by. eldest sons are old enough to earn a living they'll be sense of broad to look for a job. my brother has left russia to work there he will be a helping hand from a family we've got very little money. social problems create fertile breeding ground for crime an increasing number of people have fallen prey to drug dealers they use them to traffic narcotics across the border with afghanistan through the so-called northern route. from afghanistan heroin finds its way to stand and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten. foresman bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. groups of criminals who are different from members have a particular role to play they include masterminds traffickers go betweens. and consumers. the whole network is a will machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special a bar a tree here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through in one of the consignments laboratory staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. these reasons were soaked in water before hand so the seeds could be removed and then tiny packets of herion were inserted into a place. the republic of tragic is done is situated in the foothills of the permian range in central asia which is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as beck is done in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes due to its vast distance from the sea mountains cover ninety three percent of the country's terrain stan is regarded as one of the world's poorest countries according to the international monetary fund half of its population subsists on less than two dollars a day the country's difficult economic situation is largely the result of a civil war which lasted from one nine hundred ninety two to ninety ninety seven. the standoff began here on the square. it was called freedom square at the time. we lost our political identity it was a time when we were seen as wild savages fighting one another. for several years after the collapse of the soviet union various political clans intention to stand well locked in a bit of power struggle according to official figures the armed conflict cost one hundred thousand lives the country found itself on the verge of a humanitarian and economic disaster although the civil war ended in one thousand nine hundred seven the country has not yet been able to repair the damage done. one of the biggest problems interjected stan is a shortage of drinking water. according to international humanitarian agencies nearly half of the country's population has no access to fresh water. each day may. embers of abdu curry family have to bring it from a nearby village even then it's only fifteen drinking after it has been boiled. at the water is turned kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel. sometimes or get the donkey to do the hauling it makes the job easier what the. locals in the village of can do chey entergy is down south have built a water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here there's a vision in this country is that the children i want you to supply their households with water. over time do you come here for what eric. yes. each morning. people fill up their pails and cans while animals use the reservoir as a watering hole. there is reason poor condition because too many villagers come here from all over to take water it will have to be fixed again when spring comes around. since independence came twenty years ago the water supply systems have fallen into disrepair today the government funds for the construction of water pipelines local businessmen to have been attempting to build something but the problem still persists regardless. as you can see animals roam around the place leaving their waste behind people use filthy vessels for water the reservoirs are not covered by an affair and the water is not disinfectant the risk is enormous air people might be taken ill with diarrhea typhoid. and other water borne diseases. several million tons of men a separated from their families. a lack of money compels them to look for jobs in other countries most of the migrant workers have to russia. the decision by moscow line is almost always filled to capacity. most of the passengers a young men many of them are likely to get employment in russian cities as street cleaners loaders or construction workers. from the need to feed my family seven people all in all of course there's a household to maintain back home the cow and vegetable garden i'm going to be marrying off my daughter soon i also need to finish my house in short i need money . they get out we're almost in moscow. the muscovites go to europe to earn money because their salaries in moscow are too low for the we'll go to moscow for work. it's profitable for us to work there. if they're lucky enough to find a job these people will be able to send money home in a month's time according to the european bank of reconstruction and development each year migrant workers transfer about two billion u.s. dollars to their relatives the sum is equal to half of tajikistan's g.d.p. . the express has arrived in moscow. migrants will begin looking for new jobs the very next day. as you know was sixteen years old when he committed these murders. that's not to say that song so or should not be punished for his crimes song is being punished no rational person can deny that song has been punished is been punished and will be punished. the souers must be executed for the brutal crime committed this is a punishment this is not the sentence. imagine. that since day. cause you've. been immersed know me whatsoever. how i didn't come here for justice. and heard the first. this congress met. via wife. and my that is now. well the few other of his a small village ten kilometers from moscow workers from countries of the c.i.s. building country houses here. are among them. this is radio to take a stand and we're there for you every day and every hour. after breakfast the workers sit about plastering the walls while on the job a conversation turns to judge of his son and the hardships they went through bank home. if i had enough money i wouldn't have come here i would not have left my kids behind their growing up without a father it was better during the soviet union. my dream is to earn enough money to build a house and buy a car on the. other by chicago of another worker from tajik is stan has already earned enough for a wedding ceremony he wants to marry his daughter of a boy has been building houses in russia for six years now people living in a faraway tajik village looking forward to his homecoming in time for the ceremony . i have decided against buying any particular give to my daughter monies the most precious gift also new to her so that she can buy what she chooses with it. up to a hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony intention to stand a special law forbids anymore from attending in rural areas wedding ceremonies are held in the daytime some locals say this is a long running tradition others maintain that this is because villages are often subjected to power cuts. only in major cities receive uninterrupted elektra's e supplies the situation showed a marked improvement following the commissioning of the russian built sank to the hydroelectric power plant in the country south the opening ceremony in two thousand and nine was attended by the presidents of russia and has done. russian companies own the bulk of the power plants shares. after the plant went online electricity shortages dropped by fifteen percent. the plant has paved the way for economic progress in tajikistan which have been held back by energy shortages as for russia it will be able to enter new markets considering that to take a stand shares a border with afghanistan a country suffering from massive energy shortages. the sank to the power plant also significantly boosted the job market for local specialists. hello. generators two three are on generator florrie's on standby mode all actual parameters on the normal. hydro power plant has also given small enterprises a chance to develop. this factory in duchenne bay make souvenirs from semi precious stones. decided to revive this engine can be graphed several years ago on ics amethyst lapis lazuli and chords become something more than just rocks in his hands each month the factory process is two tonnes of raw materials. needed but datable that we make such bowls vases and candlesticks each item has a name. this ball for example is called a high yama. so we feel this is a good way of promoting our products all sorts of crystal bowls currently in vogue we focus on lepas lousy light that's regarded as our national stone. zeven is made at this factory in many museums around the world many heads of state have items made of touch examine precious stones in a collections. that. was. the bride and groom in the village of sorts for intention to stan's north have just been showered with gifts that. the biggest surprise is the appearance of basil by she called off the father of the bride. he's just arrived from moscow. that they. have a better buy as a back welcome home as a. neo la give you happiness. oh just look at my daughter and. tangy quitting ceremonies have very old traditions for instance the male and female guests each p.l.l. in separate rooms this is always followed by a prayer. may allah bring happiness to the bright lay should be a wonderful housekeeper be happy together. and when everybody starts to dance the bride is supposed to put her head down and sulk. but the wedding wouldn't have taken place he's president by and she could of the master of the house had her long to stay in moscow. we are going to take the bride to deborah. i granted the everything is as a chewed b. they have been waiting for me because i am the boss year there will be no weddings without me around everybody thanked me for coming on time. after lunch everybody goes to the bridegroom's house to continue the celebrations there is not enough room indoors so most of the guests gather in the courtyard the party continues well past dusk and ends at ten pm shop. and. i am. the town of jumped into the stands north it's home to sell tongue normark mother of the country's most celebrated handy craftsman his family makes knives using a technique that goes back at least five hundred years at the moment salt on son is in the workshop. is. also a of us make knives. as well as our father. my elder brother has a workshop in the city. he works there with our younger brother. that's. the old master stays at home most of the time he looks after his grandson he recalls that he has made several thousand nine times his creations are used by people all over the world. no sooner was the country can exist without handicrafts men. any craft is a nation's culture and its face. if we were card. is live in plenty. but if we are lazy chances are we will live in poverty even in paradise he the blacksmith sells his knives as an old market in the town of who junt. much like his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. i was proud of my soviet citizenship if you're occurred to us that want to be we might wake up faced with power cuts or no milk in the shop. an electro optical telescope or a facility was built in the township mountains way back in soviet times the russian space force refers to it simply as the window. after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. this military facility became part of independent tend to get done today military men live in the garrison with their families and is effectively a part of the russian territory. through commanders are to report on where the weapons and personnel are in complete order standard seize the weapons and ammunition and personnel of the command center are present and correct. the a re which tracks objects in outer space is situated in the foothills of the permian range at an altitude of two thousand two hundred meters above sea level. there are unique telescopes in these very cool domes they scan the universe in three dimensions military people call this reconnaissance center the eyes of russian space force. the station is unique in the during the night it can spot space objects at a range of eighteen to thirty five thousand kilometers. it's been built here because visibility in the sky is much better than anywhere else most of the nights are clear with no precipitation all dust. electro optical reconnaissance center is said to be russia's most valuable military installation in the republic of turkey stan there are similar centers monitoring the universe in other countries too but this one is much better suited to observations because of its location a second unit has reached the outpost we are ready for hand over. and over committed. under a go very low came to the space tracking station after finishing vocational school he enjoys working at a place with such a unique geographical position many russian military men dream of being stationed here. i work twenty four hours and then have three days off i spend this time with my family. we go hiking picnic by the river and visit historical and cultural places. locals living near the garrison want to work here is wealthy. another secret building is situated a few kilometers from a telescope array. to educate stance president. has built a villa for himself but only a handful of people are aware of the existence of his mountain abode. now that his daughter's wedding is behind him as a bicycle of is heading to russia again to build more houses. he's unlikely to know anything about reports by the international monetary fund predicting forthcoming growth and sometimes he kinda stres but even if he does he has no time to waste any syfy his family here and now. you will be quantum oil before the transit worker sees his family again. he is committed to the. elite. if you're. going to take three. four children three. three. three. you. leave long live video for your media project see medio dog r t v dot com. also his top stories i don't mind russian space freight of russians in the midst of the country with that but citing engine study is the reason behind the i didn't know was funded by going to cosmodrome in kazakhstan on wednesday morning it was due to don't have the international space page called sunday with the system on. me this rebel government could start this international farms we need as a means to french president of iran is to tool to hold talks on bringing gadhafi has frozen assets to help with the struction effort some sporadic intense fighting continues and despite rebels saying that they control markets to the capital. and north korea is ready to hold a six hundred talks are risky and this is according to the country's leading to finish his red trip to russia on wednesday came to 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japan is behind korea in the push for global trade zones. south korea started in july. a south korea-u.s. free trade agreement was conducted last year. the japanese government is now under heavy pressure from the business community to accelerate its free trades initiative. earlier, we spoke with hiro hiromisa about india. >> first of all, what benefits will the epa bring to japan? >> well, as to the agreement, japan can get a foothold in the management. which double that of ten countries in asean. half of the population is a strong workforce. young india has new middle classes. and the country had an 8.3% growth rate over the past five years. the ruling congress body won the election two years ago. that gave another term in office. you could take this as another sign that an administration wants to encourage economic growth. the epa is going to make it easier for japanese auto companies to export parts and build vehicles in india. japan's automobile makers are using technology to help indian consumers who recently had the means to buy cars. >> what advantages will it have for india?

of the six party talks members like south korea japan the united states they all want the north korean leader to implement the moratorium first and then have north korea return to the six party talks which have been stalled since two thousand and eight the north korean leader still wants to do it his way but still his announcement is a very big deal there were several signed pointing to the possibility of such a breakthrough even when kim jong il began his journey usually the very secretive north korean leader travels completely incognito in the international community finds out about his travels post factum or even not at all this time the entire world knew as soon as kim jong il crossed the russian border on his specially designed armored train and that of course led many to speculate that the meeting also publicized with the russian president dmitri medvedev would bring about some definite breakthrough and we know that there have been further developments in the plans for a gas pipeline that would go from russia to north korea of course south korean territory we also know that a number of committees have been created and this c.e.o. of russia's gas

korea's unilateral action cannot be tolerated. it is clear that all the responsibilities related to this should be borne by the north. >> north korea is apparently trying to shake up south korea with this latest move and at the same time it's working on improving relations with the united states. earlier this month it accepted a u.s. proposal to discuss resuming operation to collect the remains of american soldiers killed during the korean war. >>> u.s. vice president joe biden arrives in japan on monday for a three-day visit. it is his first trip to this country as vice president. biden will hold talks with prime minister naoto kan on tuesday. they're expected to discuss the rebuilding of areas devastated by the march 11th disaster. efforts to deal with the accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant are also on the agenda. biden will convey his country's continued support for the reconstruction work. also on tuesday, he will visit the northeastern prefecture of miyagi to deliver a message to disaster victims at sendai airport. u.s. troops helped remove debris from the airport which was badly damaged by the tsunami. biden has been on an asian tour visiting china an

project so that definitely is still in the works and could be a very lucrative deal for north korea for south korea as well and definitely for russia which is looking to export more of its resources. kareena is not a reporter if you are logged on to r.t. dot com you can find out how the north korean leader has been spending time in russia ahead of the key meeting this includes a relaxing day at the world's deepest lake by car i know taking a dip in its waters more in our website as our team got. all right with our team live from moscow to some other news now say they have new information about who ordered the murder of russian journalist anna politkovskaya five years ago the statement of follows the arrest of a former key witness in the case has now fallen under suspicion himself of organizing a killing. that now has more. the very latest to come out from the investigators is that they are saying they have information regarding the name of the curson who alters the sauce in a sheet of journalist anna politkovskaya now this is the person they've really been looking for the man right at the top of th

the united states and south korea are trying to resume the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. the discussions have been on hold since 2009, but the two countries insist the talks will not resume unless north korea takes concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament and that includes stopping the uranium enrichment program. >>> syria is becoming isolated because of its use against anti-government demonstrators. the rift between the country other nations widened wednesday at the united nations security council on the official talks. >>> oscar fernandez reported about 2,000 have been killed in the violence so far. the you and european countries warned syria could face sanctions if the suppression continues. >> it would be much, much better for the people of syria and syria would be better off without assad. >> germany's u.n. deputy minister demanded syrian forces to stop killing peaceful demonstrators immediately. the syria's ambassador defended his government's actions. >> it is very indicative and informative to hear the prime minister of england describing the riots and rioters i

japan is lagging far behind south korea in the global push for free trade zones. south korea started phasing out tariffs in july. a south korea/u.s. free trade agreement was concluded last year. the japanese government is now under heavy pressure from the business community to accelerate its free trade initiatives. japanese auto, electronics and other makers compete directly with south korean rivals in the global market. >>> earlier, michio kijima spoke with hiromi about the impact of the trade deal for both japan and india. >> so first of all, what benefits will the epa bring to japan? >> well, to the agreement, they can get a foothold in a huge market. there's 1.2 billion people in india which is double that of ten countries in east asean. half of the population is age 15 to 44. they are forming new and middle classes. and the country had an 8.3% growth rate over the last five years. the ruling congress party won the general election two years ago, so that gave prime minister man mohan singh another term in office. since then, the government has invested massive funds in in

korea jumps through several more hoops and north korea has indicated that is not enthusiastic about jumping through those hoops any time soon those hoops would include for instance an apology to south korea for the shelling of young people in the island it would include perhaps some indication that north korea serious about denuclearization at the moment north korea hasn't given any of those indications and the united states to well it's not eager to as they say sell the same horse twice this is something the obama administration is very reluctant to give any indication that it's going to do because of course it's worried that it will be attacked by conservatives both in congress and elsewhere to sort of the prodigal side of this what are the repercussions of these clashes if they do flare up even worse in the wider region. well the upper cautions of course are very serious both north and south korea have tremendous amount of artillery facing one another huge number of soldiers facing one another north korea has nuclear program but it's unlikely that it actually has an effective nuclear weapon nevertheless if a conflict were to escalate it would have serious repr cautions with so many pe

and north korea are discussing infrastructure projects such as the korean real way and the gas pipeline which have been stalled for years because of the position of south korea and north korea is a tough negotiator. also everybody will be surprised if they do not discuss the situation. it will be interesting to see of kim jong il will be emotionally affected by the events in tripoli and by the plight of colonel gaddafi. >> our correspondent in moscow. thank you for an update. three generations of one family are believed to have died in a house fire in australia. 11 people were killed when explosions tore through the home in brisbane. eight of the victims were under 18. the august was three critic could be days before the building is safe and not for crews to recover the body. hurricane irene is approaching the bahamas. it brought torrential rain and wind to the dominican republic and cut supply of power in puerto rico. a new york court has dismissed sexual assault charges against dominique strauss-kahn. prosecutors said they could not disprove his assertion that the encounter with the hotel made was consensual. the ruling means domenik stress, is free. a 5.8 magnitude earth

step down. >>> in exchange of artillery fire between north korea and south korea near a border island. the south says it responded after north korears off yeonpyeong island. no casualties reported. south korean officials accused the north of bombarding the island killing two marines and two civilians. >>> police in aruba investigating the disappearance of an american woman. 35-year-old robyn gardener was last seen on august 2nd. she went to aruba with a 50-year-old man she met on-line. that man now in custody after he tried to leave aruba. officials are only identifying him by his initials "gvg." he reportedly told investigators gardener vanished after going snorkeling. yesterday "gvg's" attorney spoke about his client's relationship with the missing woman. >> they know each other for a couple years already and -- as friends. they met each other on a dating site and after that, they had -- they spoke with each other and saw each other couple times a month and they had good contact with each other through telephone. >> and gardener's disappearance, of course, brings back memories of natalee holloway mystery, she vanished without a

korea has reportedly opened fire in the disputed region with south korea in the yellow sea earlier south korea returned fire after an artillery shell fired by its neighbor felons the borders near their maritime dividing light relations between the two countries are out there lowest in years since last november's deadly artillery exchange killed four people on a south korean island both sides going to each other for opening fire first with pyongyang saying the attack was a response to seoul's provocative military exercises in the area dr rudiger frank from the university of vienna says despite the tense situation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal. it's a little bit surprising in the short term because the group will pull signs of tours in indonesia between north and south korea. so you know a little bit surprised this is happening not only out of school because the mess the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do population eventually we all think it is going to be a big boost current situation is obviously not sustainabl