like many tourist zones, tallinn's is a commercial gauntlet. there's a hokey torture museum, strolling russian dolls, medieval theme restaurants complete with touts, and enthusiastic hawkers of ye olde taste treats. woman: [ laughs ] steves: but just a couple blocks away is, for me, the real attraction of tallinn -- workaday locals enjoying real freedom and better economic times. still-ramshackle courtyards host inviting cafés. bistros serve organic cuisine in a chic patina of old-world-meets new. and just outside the walls, it seems there's no tourism at all. under towering ramparts, the former moat is now a park, perfect for a warm afternoon stroll. >>> glad to have you with us on this edition of "newsline." it's tuesday, december 9th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. officials at the u.n. say conflicts and disasters are leaving people worldwide in need of humanitarian aid. officials say people's needs are outpacing the u.n.'s capps toy respond. the u.n. has told donors next career, it needs more than $16 billion in funds ch officials plan t

the government in tallinn is beginning to ease its stance towards its russian minority. >> northern irelandas been through a lot over the past generations, 20 by civil war and hit hard by the financial crisis -- torn apart by civil war in the 20th century and hit hard by the financial crisis in the 21st. one village has decided to put a brave face on things -- or, rather, give a new face to the abandoned shops. >> welcome to bush mills, a thriving village full of friendly young people and colorful, old-fashioned shops and pubs serving old irish a place where a goose could come waddling through the doorway of the local emporium. it takes a sharp eye to see that none of it is true. >> they may look fake, but they are telling a story. if you look at them, there is a story there. that was a farmers market, so that really was a farmers market. >> bart and roy had the idea. it's their solution to a local problem -- how to draw tourists to a hamlet that is now little more than an intersection. >> we had people stopping intentionally to look and all these windows. >> i firmly believe in that. you m