georgia is passing some of the dust onto south ossetia. -- some of the gas onto south ossetia. the problem is that president mikheil saakashvili is not welcome in russia. his political dead meat. it is hard to see any political dialogue resuming. >> whenever useyou hear them speak about each other, it is very personal. >> it is very personal. in the russian political narrative, these are basically western backed coups. the russian elite are very keen to see the end to this orange virus, which is what they call it. they would like to see president mikheil saakashvili go more than anyone. one year ago, at least there was a comment legal understanding on both sides. both sides accepted that these were parts of the georgian state. the problem now is russia has recognized these territories as independent. i do not see any way the russians can walk back the recognition. there's really nothing for the two sides to talk about. >> economically, that is bad news for georgia. it really needs russia. >> georgia still receives a high volume of the amadiremittances. a lot of these georgians

we will develop full relations with south ossetia. for us, it is not a matter of opportunism, but a matter of decisions that we have made and we will implement. >> and here, on the outskirts of the capital, we found further evidence of the lack of cementing of relations with russia following the end of the war. these homes and schools are all being built as a present from the mayor of moscow for the population of ossetia. this is so symbolic of how far south ossetia has already become part of russia. not only are russian troops defending the area, but virtually the entire reconstruction effort is being financed by the russians. so tonight, as the ossetians remember those killed, they are also celebrating. they are closer than ever to formally becoming part of the russian federation. bbc news, south ossetia. >> while you're in this part of the world, you may remember the story yesterday about the denial of service attacks that put some web sites out of action, including facebook and twitter. now we learn the real target of the hacking

this is symbolic of how far south ossetia has in the, a part of russia. not only are russian troops defending the territory, but they are responsible for the entire reconstruction from the war. it has been financed by the russian authorities. despite the russian money, the enormous task of reconstruction here has been very slow. for almost a year, people in this family have lived in this tent, with the shed at the end of the garden. he still looks to the russian president for help. >> president medvedev came here and told us it would be ok. we were told the construction of homes would begin at the end of september. i am confident that will all happen. south ossetia is still part of russia. >> out of the ruins here, there is one very clear result -- this impoverished region has been lost from russia -- from georgia for good. bbc news, south ossetia. >> just well we are in this part of the world, you may remember a story about the denial of service attacks for various web sites including facebook and twitter. it now seems the target was of lager from georgi

our correspondent repts from soutrn ossetia. he georgian psident mikhail saakashvi came to honor e deaths of -- at the country's main milary cemetery. mor than 200eorgians, includingivilians, were killed in the brief war. despite leadin his coury into a disarous conflict with ussia, saakashvili has no regrets. >> i have never and will neve fail to emphasize my passion, to tr to prott thisountry from destrtion and from aggression. ultimate, this is e right of every people to fight for. it is the obligationof every government to enable their people to survive. >> but this is what he would faf he wants to win back south ossetia. russian troops now permantly ased in thereakaway region. the russians have billed up their military prence here over the pas year. -- have built up their mitary presence here over th past year. not evethese european union monitors can cross om georgia in south oetia, whichas beco a up no-go zone. it is our russn enclave. >> summit may liket, and some not. we will develop full relations with south ossea. for

th conflict broke out last summer, when georgia launched an the republic of south ossetia. russia responded with a counterattack. pushing deep into the georgia territory. the five-day war killed at least 390 people displaced tens of thousands and left fear that more fighting could erupt. the scars still remain as we hear in this report from deutsche welle. >> reporter: relatives of those killed in the fighting commemorated their loved ones by laying flowers in the georgian capital tbilisi. the hostilities may have only lasted five days but they left behind countless personnel tragedies. >> translator: some call it a minor, pointless war, but it was a major war for us. our children aren't with us anymore. my son was killed on august 8th. >> reporter: there's still no siement of relations between russia and georgia. many in the region fear armed conflict could erupt again. >> translator: we still feel it's dangerous. all my friends and relatives are worried. all we can do is have faith and trust in the international community. >> reporter: the european union have some 200 obs

ssia troops in ossetia have heightened their battle readins.cow blamea serie of provocatn frs georgia. a five-day war bween russia and gegia started a year ago this cing friday. police in the afghan capital say insurgent have fired nine rockets into the city. e missiles landedcross kabul,njuring two people. e landed close to embassies d nate headquarters. auralian police are sayin they foiled a terrorist plo to attack an armyase in sney. four men were arrested. they areaid to have link to a somali militt group, and their atntion is racing concerns that they e not seekintargets elsewhere knick repos from sydney. >> in the quiet streets of melbourne' suburbs, one of the biggest counterterrorism operatns that australia h ever seen. the raids got underway in the middle of the night and involv some 400fficers. four mean were taken into stody, suspects believed to be bind a planned suicide attack against theustralian military. they are all australia nationals in their early to mid 's of lebanese and somali dent. >> the m were plannin to cay out a sui

and what happens to north ossetia? a weird situation anyhow. they both have the name ossetia but, the north owe seegsz are a part of -- ossetians are part of russia now. >> this is a domestic issue for russian federation and will be seeing the russian federation solving the problems and we expect them to withdraw from georgia's territories and respect the territories and sovereignty and while respecting georgia's territorial integrity an sovereignty, george wa will become more strong and stable country and will be even favorable for russia to solve their own domestic problems, and in the endeavor we wish them success. >> that's it. >> a wrap. >> what should americans look to find in georgia... (inaudible) what should we be looking for and if we get georgia out of tbilisi, where should we go as tourists? >> well, there are many places to see in georgia but the best destination is the province, i wish you next time you will be in a tourist to travel to... thank you. >> please sign up if you haven't signed in and thank yo

. >> the russian president, dmitry medvedev, said suicide bombers in ossetia could have been averted. the attack was at a police station. officers were lining on up in the yard. 20 people were killed. three days of mourning has been declared. our correspondent reports from moscow. >> exploded and -- in the english capital. local police officers were killed, and the gathered for their morning roll call. the blast set the main building on fire and gutted official vehicles parked inside the gates. the force of the explosion damaged a nearby apartment block, injuring at local residents. >> i do not remember much. i ran to get the children. it was a strong explosion. everything went up. we went into the back room. this was on the floor. >> the bombing is the latest in a string of attacks in recent months. the damages -- there are damages to the kremlin's claims that the new president is bringing this under control. the president, who himself survived an assassination attempt in june, blames western powers for the attack. he says they will never allow russia to reclaim state is some as a wo

russia is building up permanent military bases in both abkhazia and the other breakaway region, south ossetia. >> thank you ramiya. we will leave it there. it the american secretary of state is having talks in nigeria on the fifth leg of her seven- nation tour of africa. reports saying mrs. clinton is to raise the problems of corruption and insecurity in nigeria and the need for democratic reforms. i am joined on the line by our correspondent who is in the nigerian capital. it does not give bigger than nigeria when it comes to africa, caroline beard what is the central message. is it about corruption? >> that is what we are expecting it to be about. electoral reform and lack of electoral form and corruption are huge issues that tank nigeria's economy. corruption affects virtually every institution, virtually every sector. it certainly touches the lives of every single person. nigerians are certainly wanting this is -- expecting mrs. clinton to strike a tough tone. we are looking at the difference between what she says in public and private. diplomats here feel very, very uneasy about the futu

at least 390 people were killed in the fighting that erupted over south ossetia. two sides blame each other for starting the conflict. germany. a new sea lion pop making its first appearance at the berlin zoo. he was born just seven weeks ago. zookeeper's are pleased the mother is keeping such a close watch on the new baby and making sure other seals do not get too close. that is a rap on this "fox trip around the world in 80 seconds." wanted better idea of how people think president obama is doing? check out his impact on key races. the election effect. discover new seafood creations... inspired from around the country. from the northeast, try our new garlic-roasted maine lobster and crab bake. or from the south, try our new orleans wood-grilled shrimp jambalaya. for a limited time. at red lobster. this is the year you take the trail less traveled. the year you do a little team building with the team that matters most. check out the bass pro shops fall hunting classic. it's 17 days of great deals plus free seminars this friday through sunday. five co-workers are

what happens to north of ossetia ?e as territorial -- from jordan territories, to respect george as territorial -- georgian territories, to respect georgia 's territorial sovereignty. collect any more questions? -- >> any more questions? >> [inaudible] what should we be looking for? and if we go to georgia outside tbilisi, where should we go, as tourists? but there are many places to see in georgia, but the best -- >> there are many places to see in georgia, but the best places to see [unintelligible] >> thank you very much. >> sunday, a contributing editor and columnist for "newsweek" magazine on his series, "against the odds" which profiles of people overcoming obstacles in life. q&a, sunday night on c-span. >> house c-span funded? >> donations. >> federal funds. >> private contributions. >> honestly, i do not know. >> commercials. >> advertisements. >> something from the government. >> house c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a private initiative, no government mandates, no gove

third, in april of 2009 one of the generals in charge of the operation in georgia said that, or south ossetia said information war is a new challenge. we had the head of the communications troops call for the creation of a unified information system for continuous information exchange and common battlefield pictures in order to help decision making and timely troop deployments. in july president medvedev called for supercomputer progress. he pointed out that russia is currently 15th in the world in developing strategic information technology, and he recommended that it's time to start talking with some partners and develop supercomputing in russia. then we had a test of some advanced automated command and control systems which you might expect in july. there was a long series, a couple series of articles on information service restructuring with the press secretaries, some civilians being appointed and replacing some public relations people. another july article, the armed forces has decided to convert to the infrastructure of civilian cellular operators, and finally another russian general s

the only way you could tell the difference between the russian soldiers and the ossetia, the ossetians had a white thing around their arms. it's been complained about. so this is not mismanagement, this is a whole lot of incompetence, corruption. they went through and found, you know, they were no longer a superpower. it's hard for a country to adjust to that, and they talk about it. >> [inaudibde] thank you very much for your personal insigs on the russian military. my question is actually using your experience with russian military, can you tell us why they even bother with this document? because knowing russians and the way they're doing business i really can't see the sense. >> it's, their feeng is that they need to have a doctrine and a national security strategy. first of all, they've been subjected to a lot of international pressure over the years to do it because other governments do it as well. and you need a document like this -- and we do it, you know? we have the qdr that's now being worked on, we have congressionally mandated national defence strategies that every administ