r.t. shaun thomas has been to meet those bringing mysticism to the modern world on the shores of lake baikal. valentini gets ready for a day's work packing as things indicating his family goodbye but this is no nine to five job. i am a traditional shaman for my people the body at i grew up in a traditional family we lived at a camp where my ancestors lived and even though it was soviet times we still observed our customs and traditions. in siberia along the shores of lake baikal the powers of the sherman who channel and influence the spirits of good and evil are still respected by those who live here. i think they do trust them because many turn for help to shamans have some critical points of their lifes a person always wants to have hope and so they pray regardless of their confession a christian a buddhist i just know that people do go to shamans. it is believed that shamans act as an intermediary between the human and natural and spiritual worlds and shamans healing abilities are said to come from his use of these forces to mend a person's soul so in this modern age what's involved in th

r.t. shaun thomas has more. the city of nagasaki is smaller than the city of hiroshima and so the ceremony was smaller and much more intimate as well but no less important the time of the bombing about two hundred seventy thousand people lived here in the city seventy thousand of those people died at the moment the bombing let me give you a little bit of history he wasn't officially the primary target in fact. the city of kokura japan was supposed to be the target but when scouts realized that there were clouds covering the city they couldn't see the target they moved onto nagasaki which was home of a munitions plant at the time there were clouds over nagasaki as well. there was a break in the clouds they were given the go ahead to drop the bomb and at that time eleven o two the bomb exploded in japan that moment was marked here today with the air raid sirens and bells and a moment of reflection and word prayer as people stood for a minute in silence and then followed by a declaration of peace one of the main me

r.t. shaun thomas reports now ground zero still holds more than just memories of a fateful day. but here she mouthpiece memorial ceremony was a significant and important event with thousands in attendance including foreign and international dignitaries from japan there was a presentation of the register of the names of the people who passed away when the bomb exploded but there were also speeches from dignitaries including the now took on who is the prime minister of japan john roos was in attendance the first time that an official representative of the united states was in attendance at the ceremony which has been going on since the year after the actual bomb exploded all except for one year in one nine hundred fifty when the occupation army disbanded the ceremony also very important is that bond ki-moon who is the secretary general of the u.n. the first time secretary general has participated in this ceremony as well he spoke about nuclear nonproliferation and said as long as that nuclear weapons exist we are under the threat of global terror he also pointed to the united stat

r.t. shaun thomas reports now the effects of the tragedy is still being felt today. sixty five years ago sumi taro taniguchi was enjoying a simple morning bicycle ride when in a tragic instant his life was changed forever. i was thrown to the ground and i didn't even piecing sound i thought i had been killed but i encouraged myself not to die that it was important to go on living. at first terror noticed his bicycle had been twisted and bent out of shape but as he started to move he began to realize the severity of his own condition. and my left arm and shoulder all my skin was dripping off and i had severe burns on my body. eleven year old yoshi kawi was at home with his twin brother just two kilometers from the blast center on that fateful morning. at eleven o two i saw the force of flights and drove to the floor to cover my hand eyes and ears there was a wave in our entire house crashed over us. go and his brothers crawled from the rubble and went into the city to look for their father who worked at the mitsubishi munitions plant close to the heart of the explosio

r.t. shaun thomas reports.it circles the globe about three hundred fifty kilometers from the earth's surface it is the largest construction in space it is a marvel of modern engineering which is approaching a crucial milestone on. the i.s.a.'s is a major contemporary space project and it involves a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries and japan and the station is being used as a big scientific laboratory though it is a prime example of international cooperation now the roots of the station stem from the apollo soyuz program thirty five years ago when two rival space programs of the u.s. and soviet union integrated technology for the first time twenty years later russia and the u.s. expanded on that shared experience with the goal of creating a permanent space presence. we were part of right similes operation of both the station and preparation for the. i remember those years the most interesting period of strenuous work which finally did to this great result t

r.t. shaun thomas has more. officials are telling us that the map how we build up our. has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of the south this time along with four others now and this is important because he is wanted on the federal and international most wanted list more than two years he's also thought to have ties to sharif about one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at the would be on the station shootout with the station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the three metro station now in this operation we're told that firefighters had a building surrounded there was a fire inside that building they realized that this was about pop and they were shot and killed were also told that no policemen were shot and killed or there were no civilian casualties in this operation as well but to give you a little bit of background on the moscow metro bombings the start to be one of the masterminds of the organizers of the muslim bombings on march twenty ninth happened during rush hour on the breadline o