jeffrey kaufmann in norway tonight. >> reporter: this is the sound of winter.he chimes, the size so isophone, a wintry relative to the xylophone, a handful and footful of other intriguing instruments and sounds. an orchestra crafted from ice. ♪ >> reporter: that is taria, a composer, musician and creator of ice music. ♪ >> i work mainly on pure water like this. i search for the soul of the ice. or the ice pieces that actually can sing. >> reporter: it begins on a frozen lake in the wilderness, crystal clear ice, without air bubbles. we don't think of this as a living thing but it is, the sound that comes out of it changes as the temperatures rise and fall. as the sun sets and the full moon rises, the audience assembles for norway's annual ice music festival in a spectacular outdoor auditorium crafted from snow and ice. sitting on -- what else? reindeer skin. the chills here aren't just from the cold. they also come from seeing something so utterly original and unlikely. jeffrey kaufmann, abc news, norway. >> so beautiful to look at and listen to. that is "world

it is the most visited tourist attraction in norway.was designed to be a showstopper in daylight and at night. ♪ back in 2007, the contract went to the belgian-danish architect julien de smedt. his office was still new. designing a ski jump is not just any old commission. >> the aim of the project was to find out how we could take all the elements that are part of the architecture and program. you have requirements for the ski jumpers and the judges. you have the royal family there. thousands of people will gather for the championship. there are a lot of set programs present. we wanted to find a way to combine all the elements into one. that was the biggest challenge design lies. >> the first ski jumping hill on the holmenkollen opened in 1892. the ski jump has been rebuilt 18 times. this is what it used to look like. ♪ the headquarters of julien de smedt are in copenhagen. there are also offices in oslo and brussels. this is where the new ski jump was designed. it was a considerable challenge for the young team. it was a foray into tra

norway has gone the furthest in demanding that women share the boardroom with men.in 2006, a law went into effect that mandates that at least four out of 10 positions be filled with women on coorate advisory boards. if they do not comply, they face heavy fines, even closure. it has transformed the face of business in norway. >> in oslo, this looks very different five years ago. but then, not one woman was on the supervisory board. but after 2007, quota meant two men had to vacate their chairs for women -- the quota meant that. >> at first, we were skeptical. but they bring with them many new points of view that we men have not seen before. that benefits the company and our product line. >> there are special courses to show up-and-coming female board members the ropes, how to display self-confidence and network, and attract investors. more than 1000 women had profited from the program. this woman develops products for a norwegian company. she is a successful married mother of four children. her case is typical where much has been done for gender equality. >> i am ver

winds will be strong from norway all the way in to western russia and along with those winds we will be seeing snow that there trek across norway and affecting parts of finland and the baltic states, too. they are looking on the snow wayside. for the mediterranean, the south here has been really unsettled the past few days with italy getting the brunt of all of that stormy weather. we have been talking about snow and there's been a lot of rain as well and those rains are said to trigger a lot of flooding. there's been a lot of problems here. let's look at some of the scenes coming out of the country. heavy flooding, very high water levels here due to all of the rain. cars and homes are under muddy waters. the adriatic coastline has been particularly hard hit with all the rain. there's been mudslides and landslides as well and conditions are turning deadly and dangerous and we are looking at the chance of more rain today. thundershowers are possible in the south of italy and then toward north it will be turning in to snow. and in to inland areas of spain and the balkan peninsula, too,

have again shown their stage jumping pedigree in slovenia the squad taking the world cup win with norway a distant second on the host nation in third place austria with all of the jumpers in their world top ten. with the nations cup already in the sports leading country leds heading into the final series of leaks with norway and poland playing. the only chain. coming in the final podium place for robert crumb yet speed using a jump of two hundred twelve point five meters to me it's the third but it is dominant austrian further strengthen their pull of the world i think. a result of basketball on the pick of friday night's auction in the n.b.a. centered on phoenix ending their four game losing streak with victory over golden state channing frye returning from a shoulder injury and he was in for mounting seventeen points nine re points for the suns including one from behind me our second quarter making forty eight thirty six phoenix run till and steve nash also had seventeen nash playing a wide open three pointer from the top of the key to extend the lead the seventy nine sixty two late in

cup already in the by the sports lead in country led heading into the final series of leaks with norway and pool and playing catch up the only change to that list coming in the final podium place that robert credits using a jump of two hundred twelve point five meters to use the fenian to third but it is dominant austria who further tighten their grasp at the top of the world cup ranking. young basketball fans got a treat in moscow on friday as a limp a champion and former soviet star bonus made a trip to one of the city's economies this year's european championships richard was there for us. it's the thirty first of august will be a proud moment for this man out of it as suborn is as his native a few ania while host european basketball championships for the first time since nine hundred thirty nine hundred four much younger star says it will be a great honor for. lithuania is a country where basketball is the number one sport we managed to sell fifty thousand tickets in just two hours and there are none left it's a great honor for us to hold this is and we will try to put on a great sh

austria began showing their ski jumping pedigree in slovenia the score taking the world cup win with norway a distant second on the host nation in third place austria with all of their jumpers in the world top ten arrived and with the nations cup already in the discourse leading country lead heading into the final series of leaks with norway and pool and playing catch up the only change to that list coming in the final podium place for robert crowley it's just the jump of two hundred twelve point five meters in the east of the third but it is dominant austria who further tighten their grasp at the top of the world cup right. now young basketball fans got a treat in moscow on friday as a limp it jumping on former soviet star bonus made a trip to one of the city's academies most of this year's european championships richard pump or fleet was there for us. it's the thirty first of august will be a proud moment for this man out of the subform is as his natively freeway near most european basketball championships for the first time since nine hundred thirty nine hundred four much younger star sa

nation's couple ready in the sport's leading country lead heading into the final series of leaks with norway and poland playing catch up the only change to that list coming in the final podium place robert klein the it's decent a jump of two and twelve point five metres to move the venue up to third but it's going to austria who. hold up the top of the world cup. but brings us all into basketball on the pick of friday night's action in the n.b.a. centered on phoenix ending their four game losing streak but for three or golden state channing frye returning from a shoulder injury seventeen point nine republicans for the suns including one from behind they are. in the second quarter which made it forty eight thirty six phoenix grant hill and steve nash the all boys also had seventeen each now sharing a wide open three pointer from the top of the key extending only to seventy nine sixty two in the third but leave enough for the suns to stroll to the final one await ninety seven scoreline despite sitting eleventh in the west pulled into games of memphis for the one time. and finally young basketb

arctic dispute a new stage of economic relations between the countries started last year when russia norway ended a forty year debate over their maritime borders and agreed to export oil and gas in the arctic region in the region minister of trade and industry says a strategic know how and expertise can greatly help future cooperation in the energy sector. we have a lot of. strong companies have started of course. biggest operating company we have supplier companies technology all kind of civil services and goods for those sector and i think also we have security and environmental standards and procedures and technologies that will be fairly important in the arctic area where the consequences will and will spill over accidents can be even more severe them in order. to get out of the markets now it starts with europe and european shares lower on wednesday as investors continue to fret over the unrest in middle east and north africa focusing on the dax are down around half a percent this out concerns that rising oil prices put the canonical coppery prompt investors to sell stocks in ads again

russia norway are stepping up corporation after the two sites finally came under a grim and over the arctic dispute a new stage of economic relations between the countries started last year when russia and more we entered a forty year debate over their maritime borders and agreed to explore oil and gas in the arctic region in the region minister of trade and industry serves their strategic know how and expertise can greatly help future cooperation in the energy sector. we have a lot of the. strong companies we have stuff and of course there's a good reason because for the who are operating your company you have supplier companies with technologies some all kinds of those services are good for those secure but i think also we have a security and environmental standards and the procedures some people would use that would be really important in the arctic area where the consequences of an oil spill or accidents can be even more severe than in other areas but let's have a look at the markets now european shares a low on wednesday as investors continue to fret i'll be unrest in the middle

but i think that the chart suggests norway -- if you believe norway and mexico are larger than the united states, that would actually be a factor. or if we only had 2% of the world's oil reserves. is that is actually what i wanted to ask a number of questions on and first of all, mr. whitney specifically let me start with the president's statement last week was even if we tap every single resource available to us we can't the state the facts according to the president we only control 2% of the leal but we consume over a quarter. some people are talking about kunkel versus actually what are the reserves. so i want to clarify that the crs did come out with a report and the 2% figure is 19 billion barrels of oil; correct? >> [inaudible] about 21 or 22 billion barrels -- >> and the number that i shall hear from the crs report actually is 140 -- 145.5 billion barrels? >> again, that number has been updated. i don't know the latest number is that it's near that, yes. >> i mean, there's a difference. we are saying that 2% is less than 20 billion but we actually believe there's over 145 billion -

it was to improve our relationship with norway, our bilateral relationship with norway, a very key energy partner for the u.k. but a country where the british prime minister was there and provide a better vehicle for sweden and norway for the security apparatus of the region to give reassurance to the baltic states and so on. that didn't cost us more than the price of the airline tickets to the meeting. but it did increase our influence in an area where we had been absent for too long. and i think that there is an undervaluing of the incredible influence you can get simply by having the right personal chemistry and investing the time in getting those relationships going. there were no records of a defense and foreign secretary ever being in australia together. on the page of british visitors and below my latest signature were george younger, prince philip and montgomery. that was the sort of historic scale of the frequency of the visits. and we do need to better understand the -- how frequency of contact and influence can be brought to bear in ways other than hard power. that's not an imp

today they were joined aircrews from spain, norway and italy. the persian gulf is also sending fighter jets. libyan government officials took foreign reporters on a tour of the wreckage of the naval base near tripoli. dutch radio hobbyists recorded this transmission from an american aircraft. the air assaults has failed to stop the government from trying to crush the month-long uprising. the battleground city said the rebel forces there are on the verge of collapse. >> this is the fifth day at slain and destruction. we already have 77 deaths. we have a countless number of injuries. almost the entire city is unfazed. >>catherine: a commander in the center said the coalition is considering all options to deal with that continued fighting but not getting any details. stay with us more news after the break.

norway has gone the furthest in demanding that women share the boardroom with men. in 2006, a law went into effect that mandates that at least four out of 10 positions be filled with women on corporate advisory boards. if they do not comply, they face heavy fines, even closure. it has transformed the face of business in norway. >> in oslo, this looks very different five years ago. but then, not one woman was on the supervisory board. but after 2007, quota meant two men had to vacate their chairs for women -- the quota meant that. >> at first, we were skeptical. but they bring with them many new points of view that we men have not seen before. that benefits the company and our product line. >> there are special courses to show up-and-coming female board members the ropes, how to display self-confidence and network, and attract investors. more than 1000 women had profited from the program. this woman develops products for a norwegian company. she is a successful married mother of four children. her case is typical where much has been done for gender equality. >> i am

when norway implemented an opt out option, only 7% opted out. i think it is disingenuous to serve just hot, because they are asking for a self regulation -- to serve just that, because they are asking for self region -- to suggest that, because they are asking for self-regulation. i want to thank you for trying to sift through the facts. this is not a ban. we are trying to prevent 1.6 million phonebooks from being dropped on our streets. >> if i could ask someone from the yellowpages a question. we are here to support small business, and we take this seriously. we try our best to assess the consequences. as you can tell from this testimony, which is probably a fair reflection, most of you are going to say, i'll have my yellowpages. i used mine to find a plumber, and before that, i used the internet because i happened to be by a computer. could you do anything to get rid of the part that is offensive to everybody, which is all this waste, not just the paper, but the effort to clean it up. could you come up with a solution that could prevent the n

looking wet and windy across the british isles today and again for norway. we will be contending with heavy, blowing snow. winds will remain pretty strong across much of skand knave ya as well. but across continental europe for the most part it will stay dry. the southwestern corner, looking at the stagnant low pressure center, the center is off shore but it will be triggering showers and strong thunderstorms in isolated areas. not much change for the eastern mediterranean. looking gusty again across this region. a lot of cold air aloft producing plenty of inland snow for turkey. athens is going to be five degrees, rather chilly with snow flurries to start off the day. one degree in moscow. 11 in berling and looking mild toll the west again. here's the extended forecast now. >>> an earthquake has shaken northern trp jp. the tremor occurred 11:45 a.m. on wednesday. it had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 and was centered off the coast of -- in northern japan. the depth of the quake was estimated at 10 kilometers. japan's meteorological agency issued an advisory

he travels to norway for three days of training and then five days of trucking on a trip organized by a british charity. the group includes four soldiers who were seriously wounded while on duty including 2:00 a.m. few tees. charity hopes to raise more than $3 million. >> eric: mike is happy because people are saying nice things to him -- the sun is out. >> everything is a lot quieter weather-wise and it will be for a while. watch for things to bloom now that the sun is out and so much moisture. did i also mention we have the possibility of record high temperatures the next few days. that is big weather headline also. let's talk about what we see here from mount tam this morning a little haze and few high clouds from the storm system to our north. as we look eastbound, look how calm the bay is. >> let's talk temperatures, running to the mid to upper 50s just about everywhere. let's head down further to the south, 50 in salinas. everyone around the monterey bay mid to upper 50s. highlights, partially cloudy and north bay there may be a few sprinkles but no organized rain. near record w

i was in the netherlands a couple months ago and norway in fact, and norway closed down all of their prisons because they didn't have enough criminals to fill them. i think that we should aspire to that rather than privatizing prisons where each needs x amount of dollars because when you stop talking about dollars, justice and truth and goodness go out the window but now we are talking about money. >> host: don't you think there's a large criminal class in our country? >> guest: i think those people consider to be criminals have been -- no, i don't think that is the large criminal crime in our society. i think that is a large class of people who have been done wrong in our society but people are not basically criminals. people are basically decent. if you treat people decently they will act decently. >> host: people come from broken homes, people who dropped out of school, disproportionate number in jail actually do come from single-parent families have a history of violence and their families interaction and oftentimes get involved in criminal activity. >> guest: that's true but tha

to be contending with strong winds again, especially across scandinavia, with heavy snow impacting norwayss the uk for the most part of the day we'll be holding on to that dry weather, but showers coming in from scotland. and own over toward the southeastern corner winds still very, very strong across italy and the balkans, and that slow-moving system still with us, bringing unsettled weather torch of turkey. there is going to be plenty of snow to contend with because of the cold air aloft. looking at snow for athens today with strong winds. 4 degrees in warsaw today. 9 in berlin. and it turns much milder out toward the west into double figures for london and paris with sunshine. all right. here's your extended forecast now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. a

italy and norway are preparing to join the operations.he question over who will take leadership over from the u.s. is open. some are urging for is to be tranerred to nato. >> rejoined mr. you buy a middle east analyst. this is beginning to look messy. -- we are joined in the studio by in middle east analyst. >> it was not well thought through but was necessary. there would have been a bloodbath without it. no one in europee, the non is states, for the arab league have the desire to continue making business with gaddafi. it was necessary. we see the chaos theory in the king there is aos on e ground we have no idea how the opposition movement is being set up and to assess what with in the movement. on the western side within nato, we have no idea who is in command of the whole business. is it the frenchk ericans? who is it? >> gaddafi still seems to be enjoying a lot of support back home. >> we have to be careful. there are people loyal to him. there e tribes gratef to him becae he ha financed them over 42 years. this is some gratitude. we'

jeffrey kofman is in norway for a frosty festival that is bring something music to our ears. >> reporteris is the sound of winter. the guitar. the chimes. the icicles. a wintry relative of the xylopho xylophone. and a handful and footful of écécécécécécécécécécécécécécécé >> that's what's making news in amerer

our united kingdom, france, canada, denmark, norway, italy, spain, turkey, greece. all of whom have been fought by our side for decades. and our arab partners the united arab emirates with chosen to meet their responsibility to defend the libyan people. and in just one month the united states has work with our international partners to immobilize coalition, secure in international mandate to protect civilians, stop advancing army preventing a massacre had established a no fly its own with our allies and partners. to lend some perspective on how rapidly this timmcame together, when people were getting brutalized and bosnia in the 1990's it with the international community over one year to intervene with their powers. moreover, we have accomplished these objectives with the pledge that made to the american people. it only took us 31 days--and i said that the american role to be limited and would not put ground gtroops into libya and our capabilities would be on the front end of the operation in transform responsibility to our allies/partners. tonight we are fulfilling

an attempt to break another world record prompted a man in norway to dive 36 feet into a kiddy pool withst 12 inches of freezing water. he's earned the nickname professor splash for accomplishing the feat 12 times before. his winning strategy? the belly flop. we repeat, do not try this at home. >> that's worth seeing again. we should just keep putting that on a loop. >> we will for the rest of the show, how about that? we only have a few more minutes. >> the monkeys were pretty cute, too. >> it was a toss up for what we should talk to you about. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc.ç the perjury trial against barry bonds begins in san francisco. he's accused of making false statements before a federal grand jury about his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. bonds denies the charges. >>> today is international day for the elimination of racial discrimination. observed by the u.n., the annual event ames to remind us of our collective responsibility for promoting the ideal that all humans are born free and equal in dignit

the winds will be strong across the skand knavian peninsula and norway could see snow. three in stockholm and three in warsaw. cold but not the frigid temperatures we have been seeing the past few days. that's a look at the weather conditions for now and i will leave you with your three-day outlook. here's one of our lead stories this hour. new zealand's government says it will end rescue operations in the earthquake hit city of christchurch, the country's ministry of civil defense and emergency management informed reporters on this on thursday. it said the hopes of rescuing anyone else alive from the rubble are gone and the focus is now on recovery. authorities say they have so far recovered the bodies of 161 people. they say the final death toll could reach 240. >>> and we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo . this is rainwater .. collected from the roof and sent through underground pipes into this 1500 gallon tank rainwater collected from the roof flows through the gutters and into the underground pipes. then these hoses. carry water from

but then you have countries saying they are willing to contribute to this operationing like norway, like italy saying they want to see nato in charge, saying they want a clear chain of command. so it's a confused picture. the countries involved in this action, the ones leading it, the british, the french, the americans, they don't want it to look like it's war by committee, with nobody quite knowing who's in charge. >> thank you very much for that. we will be returning to the situation in libya, speaking to the former u.s. assistant secretary of state in around about five or 10 minutes time. there is much more on the situation in libya on the bbc website, pages of analysis about what's going on and a live page, which will keep you right up to date with breaking stories, twitter feeds, and video, the most of the recent developments. just click the "bbc world news" website and that live button. the british parliament has overwhelmingly endorsed the commitment of british forces to the international military action in libya. 557 n.p.'s voted in favor with 13 against. join the debate to the -

i was in the netherlands a couple months ago, norway, in fact, and norway closed down all of their prisons 'cause they didn't have enough criminals to fill them. i think that we should aspire to that rather than privatizing prisons where each prisoner means "x" number of dollars because when you start talking about dollars now, justice and truth and goodness go out the window 'cause now we're talking about money. we're talking about success. >> host: well, don't you think there's a large criminal class in our country? >> guest: i think those people who are considered to be criminals have been -- no, i don't think there's a large criminal class in our society. i think there's a large class of people who have been done wrong in our society, people are not basically criminals. people are basically decent. if you treat people decently, people will act decently. >> host: right, but what about people who haven't been treated decently. people come from broken homes. people who have dropped out of school. a disproportionate number come from single parent schools and didn't complete school, have a

i was in the netherlands a couple of months ago, in norway, in fact. and norway closed down all of their prisons because it didn't have enough criminals to fill them. i'd think that we should aspire to that rather than privatizing prisons where each prisoner needs x amount of dollars. when you start talking about dollars, justice and truth and goodness goes out window. because now we're talking about success. >> don't you think there is a large criminal class in your country? >> i think those people who are considered to be criminals have been -- no, i don't think there's a large criminal class in many our society. in our society. i think there's a large class of people who have been done ill, who have been done wrong in our society. but people basically decent. if you treat people decently, people will act decently. >> host: right, but what about people who haven't been treated decently, people who have dropped out of school, disproportionate number of people in jails, in fact, do come from single-parent families, didn't complete school, have a histor

shell intends to rely a on spill response plans that were written before the bp oil spill and the norwayill for the arctic operations. and that seems a little ridiculous looking at operations that they plan to take to be preventive, but based upon not the most recent things that took place which were much more tragic and much more damaging and dangerous. and i think that they should be at least upgraded in the context of what the present set of circumstances knowingly are. so in addition to all we have learned since those two incidents, shell's spill response plans for the arctic can completely, seemingly, inadequate. and in some cases not at all based on the reel set of -- real set of circumstances that they're going to have to deal with there. shell's plans assume it will remove upwards of 90% of an oil spill in the open water, a number which has never come close to being achieved in practice anytime. offshore mechanical containment and recovery rates for the deepwater horizon spill were 3% and somewhere between 8 and 9% for the exxon valdez spill. shell's plan even fails to consider a

it's why norway has mandated that corporate boards be 40% female. of course for women in america it's not all rosy. a new projection shows women won't make the same salaries as men until the year 2056. still, things are changing. privi sees a clear path for her 5-year-old daughter. >> my mother was a full-time pediatrician. i'm a full-time working mom. i have no doubt that she will be brilliant in whatever she does and that she will be a working woman. >> reporter: and eventually all those little girls who grow up to work in a more equitable job environment will tip the scales even further, joining the generations of women who are already an engine for this new economy. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >>> and you're about to see the most typical human face on earth. national geographic has compiled a video after doing research that shows the most typical person in the world, meaning the face that there are more of than any other, is that of a 28-year-old han chinese male. there are nine million similar faces in our global population. they say within

snow will spread across norway today.therwise a pretty calm and quiet picture for northern europe. in the south, though, mediterranean still looking at showers. then we'll be talking about snow for the alpine region as well as the inland areas of the balkan peninsula. 12 is your high in rome today. 10 expected in athens. minus 3 in kiev. then 1 for warsaw. cold in moscow, minus 7 degrees. all right, that's a look at your weather for now. i will leave you with your three-day outlook. >>> taking a look at our lead stories. as worries grow over under rest in the middle east, crude oil futures have hit $100 a barrel in new york. buy orders increased on tuesday as market players became more concerned about future oil supplies on news that iran security forces clamped down on anti-government protesters. iran is the second largest oil producer among opec member countries. the crude futures topped $100 a barrel in after hours trading for the first time since last wednesday. looking at the new york stock exchange, share prices plu

this one is going to be pretty gusty and then lots more snow for you in norway as well as through the baltic states and into northern russia. temperature wise things are getting cooler. 2 degrees in moscow, 4 in warsaw, 2 in kiev. into sunday, expect those to dip down a little more. meanwhile, 9 in vienna, fairly moderate here. 12 in rome, 14 in athens, 6 in london, a little cooler for you, 10 in paris and 9 in madrid. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >> and that wraps up for now on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thanks for watching. bye-bye.

if a nice country like norway or apologies, canada gets a huge slug of oil, what happens? it already has a democracy. it already has a reasonably broad-based economy, it just gets richer. it doesn't become a dictatorship. already probably a dictatorship state. second thing we have problems with oil on, security terms, is the fact lawrence wright in the looming tower, which is i think the best book on 9/ and al qaeda, it says that with -- between one and two percent of the world's muslims saudis control % of the world's islamic institutions including schools. why is that important? i knew slightly had dinner with him, a marvelous man, the former late president of indesia. marvelous advocate of religious liberty. going back generations in his family. after he left office as president formed an organization called le for all, religious liberty for all, got together with indonesia's leading young rock star who also was a strong supporter of this indonesian tradition, and they went around the country putting on rock concerts as soccer stadiums, the rock star would write songs a

leaders norway take on denmark heroes two thousand and four champions greece go to malta the republic of ireland second to russia in quick face macedonia. and on friday night david very became spain's all time leading goalscorer after the european champions came back to beat the czech republic two one in granada the barcelona strike and netted a brace against the visitors and i. think that's not partial but to the second half strikes in school when it's done spain victory. is the first. of the second coming from the penalty spot then this time in this country the forty six goals to better the road space to one hundred percent record at the top of the group are. also with a one hundred percent record all the other wins despite the injury that last second baseman was formerly good at best tom ford rough of on the open after eight minutes and i felt like i did a second mistake the fourth time has made it three no earlier in the second half robin van persie rounded off a victory. just off to the outside for now to the dutch born at six point two one very interesting. but it was also a goo

norway, maritime canada, under and fire -- other environments have an approach that is very risk-based. the international association drilling contractors started calling their model the safety case with the testified before congress, so that was adapted. the key is to look at whatever the activity is. if it is exploratory drilling in an area that is pretty well- known, the shallow water gulf, well-defined, there is a risk profile associated with it. if it is the far reaches of all tread deepwater, an exploratory well, that's different. adding onto what karen said, you cannot just have one size fits all for everything. there is a danger with prescriptive regulations. that is one of the reasons why after the terrible experiences in the north sea in norway, the u.k., maritime canada, they had terrible fatalities and accidents that occurred in the 1980's. they went from a prescriptive- primarily approach to one that required baseline regulations. they know you need to do this because i learned from experience how to prevent fires and explosions. then you have to go beyond that. the thing

this includes our closest allies, nations like the united kingdom, france, canada, denmark, norway, italy, spain, greece, and turkey. all of whom have fought by our sides for decades. and it includes arab partners like qatar and the united arab emirates who have chosen to meet their responsibilities to defend the libyan people. to summarize then, in just one month, the united states has worked with our international partners to mobilize a broad coalition, secure an international mandate to protect civilians, stop an advance army, prevent a massacre, and establish a no fly zone with our allies and partners. to lend some perspective on how rapidly this military and diplomatic response came together. when people were being brutalize in bosnia in the 1990s, it took the international community more than a year to intervene with air power to protect civilians. it took us 31 days. moreover, we've accomplished these objectives consistent with the pledge that i made to the american people at the outset of our military operations. i said that america's role would be limited and that we would not pu

and best man prince harry is on top of the world right now in norway, heading to the north pole on aion with wounded war vets. for a moment, he said, putting aside worries about his wedding toast. >> writing the speech while i'm stuck in a tent at minus 40. if there's time, i might give it some thought, but i think pens and papers are probably going to be safe somewhere back home. i'm here for these guys and for these guys alone. >> not exactly a speech you just wing, i think. our bob woodruff, by the way, is along for the adventure at the pole and he'll have reports for us on what happens later this week. >>> coming up next, babies you have to hear to believe. the secret language of twins. sg and my itchy eyes took refuge from the dust in here and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lily and i are back on the road again. where we belong. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real ho

shown is still got plenty left in the tank the thirty six year old swiss winning sunday's about to norway rising to the top of the overall standings in the process with only one world cup stage still to go the decree to share has brought the overall title every year or so and two thousand and seven no surprise really when you witness him in action he shed building around the olympic thought in course in just over a minute and thirty three seconds to all strands were giving chase pale and your him full now had to settle for the waratahs on the podium we shall have a chance to take the overall crown next week in his native switzerland. now thousands of spectators following the signs as they gather to a town the twenty ninth annual us open snowboarding championships and those trials in vermont got to witness reigning world champion because of heroic a group will defend his title the japanese pulling out and a ray of tricks including a difficult to perform pass town eighteen mile and grab the overall effort now for the twenty two year old to retain these prowess. and that's all the latest in

movements the volcanic eruptions are also in that and in fact they might even be easier to detect in norway. and of course there's a there's a whole different issue associated with volcanic eruptions as we've seen recently in iceland where. civil aircraft has been has been affected so once again what kind of. timeframes do you give it we would we would look for launching about twenty fifteen would be been we would expect a launch and the mission as a three year mission so by the end of. twenty eighteen we should be in a position to get to know where to go why have you chosen russia as a partner we had some russian scientists visiting us in the u.k. and they were talking about a single satellite mission that they had in mind and we had in the u.k. . some ideas for a small satellite which would follow a larger satellite around the sky and bring the two together looked like a really good mission and we've built on that's absolutely true that russia has a huge heritage spray sector so that counts a lot because you're working with people who is within their it's their culture their way of life a

will you get me it was to go back see mark seymour and yvonne cherry's of losing thirteen seconds to norwaythis cruise to the top of the podium well ukraine surprised the odds by peeping swiftly into tools and taking the bronze. and saying with winter action but moving to the venue for the snow boarding well the stage needs to wait for australian nathan johnston one that would not some of the season three mean world champion with a full three expansion well ahead of the drawn both the need was fellow frenchmen all too long settled for bronze. meanwhile another all the holy crawford to the top honors in the ladies' home by the twenty seven year old edging out european rivals euro belt of their point enough france and he good. will and finish second and third respectively call for closing the gap and overall leave the car with women now to be decided at the final world stage in spain. and that brings us to martial arts and we continue our look at various world styles our latest feature focuses on kyoko sheen a relative newcomer to the karata stable but one which is gaining popularity in spade

mueller each quarter braces group claiming this germany thrashed calyx down four nil and finally norway a true one one with denmark in group h. . while on friday night david there became spain's all time leading goalscorer after the european champions came back to beat the czech republic two one in granada the boss about to strike out netted a brace against the visitors would open the coffin of the soft clash ill thoughts to second task rights in four minutes takes a victory. and i can place. the second results in the penalty spot us vs tyson his concerts in forty six goals to better. spend one hundred percent record at the top this group i. found also with a one hundred percent record all the other ones who despite being injury fit sashed second place hungry for nearly budapest to afford rougher than the autopen left eight minutes. for light to the second in the strike the half time caps made it three nil and in the second half and robin van persie rounded off a victory just after the side's four nil to the dutch are now six point three zero am very groupie. it was also a good night fo

western powers and we're also seeing other nations coming out and saying they support this for example norway netherlands here in belgium in canada saying it's fine it's just already in the region and ready to be deployed within two days they just need to sit there and western leaders e.u. leaders say they do support this campaign david cameron of the u.k. also anglo merkel of germany despite germany's abstention of the u.n. vote for a no fly zone she says she does back military intervention now they just won't be sending forces themselves germany won't be sending forces but it does support this . several british members of parliament are skeptical about why their country is being dragged into a conflict opposition and. being very selective in choosing where it is necessary. i think it's hard to guess he was to call a ceasefire in order to hope for one hope to bring about a peaceful resolution to this conflict but it was beginning to look as though he was just trying to buy time for himself i must say i absolutely regret the lack of the seas for and i regret what is happening at the moment a

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on norway denmark. ok let's leave football behind and talk semifinal surprise package can take a commanding three zero lead in their series with luck motif a little later the mosque originally branching out of the box and you think couple of games to continue their vast improvement since the regular season is the opposite story for the. play from early in the action gets underway in game three in around ten minutes. you live meanwhile have seized control in their western semifinal series with. all following saturday's win tickets for zero with earth bird and sporting for the winners and once again action news team likely to force on be. moving to the greens where a warm up action is continuing in florida head of the masters martin lowered the man leading the arnold palmer invitational. three days the founding masters champion phil mickelson well he looks out of the reckoning in orlando lefty carving a seventy on saturday which leaves him in two on par tiger woods meanwhile he lies further behind ten sho

russia norway are stepping up corporation after the two sites finally came on to agreement over the arctic dispute the new stage of economic relations between the countries started last year when russia nor we ended a forty year debate over their maritime borders and agreed to explore for oil and gas in the arctic region and the region minister of trade and industry says their strategic no hard and expertise can greatly help future corp in the energy sector. we have a lot of. strong companies we have started of course. movies from biggest operating company. supplier companies the technology all courtesy of the services and goods for those sector and i think also we have security and environmental standards and procedures and good use that will be pretty important in the arctic area where the consequences of an oil spill or accidents can be even more severe in other areas. plus how look at how the stocks are doing now as you pronounce nikkei was poised just snapped up three times winning streak pushed down by concerns that rising oil prices will heart the global economic recovery the price