in winter, the island is almost deserted. only five monks reside in the old monastery. >> our life is prayer. that is how we have always kept it. we have morning prayers with fasting hour. then we pray in the afternoon. finally, for 3/4 of an hour in the evening. >> after breakfast, they make the crossing to the mainland. the monastery needs supplies, and there's paperwork to take care of. the monks have to leave the island almost every day. >> island life is not easy. you need a boat to get anywhere. island residents have to be able to operate a boat. if you do not know how to, then you have to learn. >> the friars' travel to spread the gospel. original teachings instructed monks to move into cities to do the most good for the people, but the monks were also supposed to seek solitude. the island is home to some true treasures like the forest with its ancient oaks. croatia boasts more than 1000 islands, but few are as green and probably no other is as bio diverse. more than 500 species of plant grow on the tiny island, and no

they walk up the hill in the center of the island. 30 minutes they reach an old concrete building. next, its mii's turn. she found it wasn't so hard speaking with strangers. at the end of the tour the visitors are given special presents, little bottles filled with shells and sea glass that the children collected from the beach. >> translator: being shown around by these sweet young guides in this natural environment, it's really given me a fresh energy. >> reporter: for these young tour guides showing visitors around the island they call home is also a great opportunity to grow up. >>> every year at this time scientists race to the antarctic. they use the small window of summer to study the frozen continent. more and more they're documenting changes they believe are linked to global warming. australian researchers have a strong presence at the south pole. they're essentially in their back yard. nhk world's takeo nakajima shows us what they're working on. >> reporter: it's summer in antarctica, and it's a busy time for animals, from pen

off the coast and when the first wave came in, the island was completely flooded. people tried to escape so they can't so they climb into the trees and when the navy get in there just about at the top of the trees. that's what we found. the cost was close to 30 billion u.s. dollars. how we organize, well, we have something similar that you have. we have the national emergency office under the internal affair minister and they have offices in the different counties, in the different places in chile this emergency office request aid directly to the joint chief of staff and joint chief of staff to the army, navy or air force and then we move the pieces to put the aid where they need it. the scenario, the beginning when we face this was the same thing we are talking about in this seminar. the necessity was access because everything was, the delivery was absolutely hampered because of the roads so we have to clean it. water, food, electricity and communications. another need at that time to do that is field hospital generators, housing, sat coms, purifying water systems

and a popular tourist attraction on the island. the design is inspired by japanese castles. examples of japanese architecture can be found in over 100 locations in sakhalin. but not all japanese remnants are familiar to russians. gravestones and statues of buddha are often neglected. left to crumble. this man is breathing new life into relics of japan rule of sakhalin. his interest began as a boy when he found japanese table ware in a field near his home. he started collecting, researching and then collecting some more. he has now amassed 2,000 items from everyday utensils to ritual objects. they reflect all facets of life in a once thriving community. in december his staff organized an exhibit of japanese business from across the island. >> translator: i want russians to be interested in the fact that japanese once lived here. and that remainders of their culture are still to be found today. >> reporter: interest in that history could have economic benefits for sakhalin. officials in the regional government have started promoting japanese relics as a tourist attraction. the

they plan to take up residence on the island. they will be able to move into their new house at the end of the year. directly on the shore, a dream location, and they will not have to fear the river anymore. >> we assume that with the bypass, flooding will not be an issue anymore. that is the goal. i do not think i need to be afraid. >> and we know how to swim. [laughter] emma the city is responding to climate change. more room for the river and an island for the city. >> 1 trillion euros -- that's roughly how much the eu countries lose every year to tax evasion. brussels is not amused, not least because the euro crisis is far from over. now europe is looking for ways to more effectively track down and penalize tax dodgers. in italy, tax collecting is done by the finance police, the guardia de finanza. employees often used dubious methods when chasing down tax defaulters. the tax collectors work on commission. the more people they catch, the better for them. that is putting pressure on ordinary italians, especially small and mediu

but is the embargo the sole reason for the island's pristine state? ggenheim: i think the reasons that explain why we have an environmentally flourishing island here are both, in terms of policies legitimate policies and enforcement by the cuban government, and also partially an accident of history of the way this island developed, which was so different. it is a bit of an accident in that they have been blessed with this very large country relative to their population. it's roughly the size of florida. instead of having 18 or 19 million people, it has 11. and that has been beneficial to a lot of the natural areas in cuba. narrator: in spite of the embargo, tourism in cuba is big business -- and getting bigger every day. in some parts of the country the environment is already paying the price. guggenheim: as americans we often think of cuba as completely devoid of any outside presence. we forget that we're the only ones who have embargoed cuba. and we do see some of that florida-style development from the '60s that you know we would prefer never to see

. >> my reaction is the future of the falkland islands should be determined by the falkland islanders themselves. the people live there. when i have been asked their opinion they want to maintain their current status with the -- they have been asked their opinion, they want to maintain their curr itent status. last year marked -- their current status. this is one of several memorials in britain to accomplis. the president tried and failed to get david cameron to take an envelope. a letter was delivered demanding the islands be handed over in the region to be demilitarized. while it may not be a burning issue, many do support her initiative. it is good they're doing what has to be done. the all-out -- the islands belong to us in their colonized. >> there are a lot of young ones who went to war in vain. i do not think there is a solution. >> the stakes have been raised by oil exploration. argentina has pulled out and more fighting but the referendum is not likely to mark the end of a diplomatic battle. >> they have the right to choose their own future and dismissed argentina's claims th

the document refers to the islands by their names senkaku islands not their chinese name. the article says the document contains descriptions recognizing them as part of what is now okinawa. chinese leaders have referred to the islands by their chinese name. >> translator: we're not aware of the details of the report but i want to emphasize that the islands have long been china's territory. we also have sufficient historical grounds that china has sovereignty over them. >>> japan's chief cabinet secretary says they will pay close attention to the matter. another territorial dispute with south korea-japan is taking the initiative. japanese official say the islands in the waters between the two nations belong to japan but south koreans control them. members of shinzo abe's new administration said they won't let the issue undermine relations. foreign minister fumio kishida said he talked to his counter part by telephone. >> translator: various disputes could occur over specific issues over our relationship as neighbors but we hope we can overcome these challenges and strengthe

cheng said the demand is unacceptable because the islands are chinese territory. but he said he will convey the message to government leaders. >>> japan's new defense chief brought up the senkaku issue when he spoke with his counterpart in the u.s. for the first time. the two agreed to work closely on the matter. the defense minister and u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta spoke by phone. onodera has been in the post since last month, and panetta leaves this month. onodera says he hopes to work closely with the u.s. to strengthen forces and improve deterrence. he says japan is dealing with it in a rational manner and says the government will take appropriate measures in response to provocative acts by china. panetta replied the japan/u.s. alliance is extremely significant and forms the basis of peace in the region. >>> people in china took to the streets for a second day of protests against alleged government censorship. authorities responded by mobilizing police officers to the scene. about 100 people gathered on tuesday at the headquarters of the nanfang zhoum

so we move the army inland, next the navy in the coastal communities and in san feir fernandes island and doing an airlift to the most affected area. sanfernandes island is a very small island, only a thousand people living there, but it was completely destroyed. that's what we found when we arriving there, debris everywhere, and as you can see that was the port and the square before, and that was after. so the change is, it's quite impressive. the same was a local pier and a school. that was a school. nothing. so we put in the navy, the navy put them in there two, three combat ships, type 23's and l ship and transport plus mtaa aircraft transport, aircraft and hell helicopters to try to help people in there. we used the ships to deliver food, clothes and all that stuff without any problem. also we helped in different matters that the navy can do that. for instance here was with divers and with submarine robot to find bodies. getting medical assistance, removing debris, try to rebuild some houses and establish basic services. moving people in and out with the navy ships. that was some

here with our says question in an interview whether britain would fight to keep the falkland islands and prime minister david cameron saying of course he would say he made his position there extremely clear if an attempt was made by argentina to retake the falkland islands that military troops would be the fluid by birth and so absolutely very clear on that very strong rhetoric coming from the prime minister over that issue this comes on the back of argentina is president we making these accusations that the falkland islands were stolen from argentina by britain and i think she called it a nineteenth century colonialism and i think some concern for people here today that you know this is something that is very much focused on in the course of the interview this is some of the strongest statements but of course perhaps a disheartening a little bit some of the other very important issues that are happening on a national level at the moment here in the country we've got the cuts to trial venit that's coming in this week a very it's cheese day that i'll go to the house of commons so as a

to try to see what the defensive like they're trying to put in a fleet around the island the tensions are just getting worse and worse down there the people i talked to are here really is no way around this and nobody knows how we're possibly some of this problem into the thirteen and my my major concern unconventional side is that someone's going to get trigger happy someone's going to get a plane shot down or a boat shot down and then and then we're off to the races i don't i don't see it as played in beyond that next year but long term nobody's clear how this is going to be solved on the currency side japan is absolutely in it death row is on their economy they're spending twice what they take in receipts as you mentioned l.d.p. has just come back into power now they're now their plans of fix the economy after thirty years of keynesian failed policies is going to print more money and they want to pass a new budget despite our spending twice what they take in they want to spend more money they want to print more money it's going to drive that they will get the currency lower like th

these were not printed in the colony of rhode island. but this became an amazingly important book not just in the 17th century where it does show, in fact, roger williams' claim on the land that becomes rhode island. it shows his relationship and the closeness with which he has worked with the native peoples of rhode island such as the narragansett, but it also is used through the 17th, 18th, and into the 20th century as one of the only dictionaries and keys to the language of algonquin-speaking people. so it really is an amazing work that retained its significance well into the 20th century. this book was incredibly well known and well used, and it wasn't a book of much controversy. unlike his next book which we're going to be looking at, which was just one year later, published in 1644, without his name or the name of the printer, gregory dexter, on this book. and this book is in a new binding so we can handle it a bit more gingerly. and it is the famous "bloody tenet of persecution." this is really where we see roger williams talking a

the help of a local guide. after heading back to our island base camp at the concordia island resort and navigating the narrow roadd rental truck it was time to hit one of the top hikes in the park along reef bay trail. what is our plan for the adventure today. the plan for the adventure today is we finally get to hike today and really get our sweat on. oh good, i needed to sweat. i know you did and you probably needed to right when you stepped off the airplane. now did you have, when you heard you were coming to the virgin island did you have vision of hanging out on white sand beach and umbrella drinks and stuff. absolutely several. you don't get to do that. our job is to show as much of the island as we can so people can decide what part of the island they want to go sip umbrella drinks. were here for the people, were a service here. if we do really good can we get a drink at the end of the day? yes. yes you can. now they have a little island drink here, we've had a couple already, don't let us fool you. what was your favorite of beverages. bush wacker. the one with the most alcohol was angies favorite. for the

the islands are inherently japanese territory. he says that's been shown through history and international law. he said the government will continue air and sea surveillance to protect areas around the islands. japan maintains an air defense identification zone over the east china sea just outside the air space. aircraft are required to notify the authorities if they plan to fly inside the zone. defense officials say at least ten chinese military approached the area on thursday. some of the planes entered the zone but they didn't fly into japanese air space. commanders scrambled fighter jets and the chinese planes left the area. >>> south korean president-elect park geun-hye has met with officials in seoul. she met vice foreign minister zhang zhijun on thursday in her office. she wants to improve bilateral relations. a spokesman for park said the president-elect has vowed a stern response to north korean provocations including nuclear and missile development. she added that south korea is open to dialogue with the north, including

look, in -- when sandy hit, the statue of liberty, ellis island, the governor's island, the morris national park, sagamore hill were not spared. the statue of liberty is closed. it is not open to the public. it is in desperate need of repair. . the money is used for the repair of the federal estate. unfortunately in an effort to try and do that, there was loose language even though it tried to put parameters. embedded in the language is the phrase, the secretary of interior may transfer to any other account in the department and may expend such funds in a myriad of ways. unfortunately, we were given or made aware of an unofficial wish list, which would actually have used some of the money designed for the repair of this issue to be used for the purchase of property not currently under the control of the federal government. that is the practice we wish to curtail. if you want to buy more federal land, that's the icing on the cake. that should go through regular order. that is not emergency spending. so, with this particular money, it needs to be used where it is necessary. does not prohibit

chinese patrol boats have entered japanese waters more than 20 times since japan nationalized the islands last september. coast guard officials have called in patrol ships from around the country. they've cut training time for crew members and canceled a new year parade to focus on guarding the area. >>> every year at this time, scientists raced to the antarctic. they use the season of summer to study the continent. they're documenting changes they believe are linked to global warming. researchers have a strong presence at the south pole. it's essentially in their backyard. >> reporter: it's summer in antarctica. it's a busy time for animals from penguins to scientists. experts at australia's four observation bases are hard at work documents climate change. they are also seeing its effects first hand. planes use ice runways to bring in researchers and goods, but those runways haven't been as reliable in recent years. when temperatures rise above minus 5 degrees celsius, the surface begins to melt. that makes landing and taking off risky. 80% of flights planned in 2011 had to be canceled.

escalates as david cameron says he's ready to fight for the islands could there be a repeat of the bloodshed thirty years ago. freedom security and duty ring hollow so suicide epidemic sweeps through the u.s. military more troops and veterans now it's taking their own lives than die in combat. it is now a just after six pm on monday here in moscow this is all it's he lives with me rule re sushi welcome to the program hypocritical and it detached from reality peace plan proposed by syrian president bashar al assad it was described in washington and london of syria's. the overwhelming support of western states has once again called for immediate regime change in iraq t.v. address to the nation president assad offered a political roadmap to ending almost two years of bloody civil conflict and the proposal includes dialogue a constitutional referendum and calls on outside powers to stop funding what he described as terrorism in syria political analyst and market elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any concessions from the government. it's very important to m

prime minister says he is ready to fight to keep control over the four glint islands. and the marking also expressed most and russia and around the world as people come into the churches on the same trolls prospects for celebrating. international news live from moscow this is our see with me. hello and welcome to the program. the syrian opposition and western leaders have rejected a peace plan proposed by president assad and instead they are again demanding that he had to go in a rare t.v. address bashar al assad offered a national dialogue and a constitutional referendum to end the nearly two years civil conflict but he pledged to continue fighting what he calls terrorist violence and urged foreign nations to stop funding his enemies assad's speech was punctuated with loud cheering from his supporters that his opponents dismissed their press as hypocritical political analyst marcus papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that talk continue fighting despite any peace proposal it's very important to make this clear in particular to western a

prime minister says he's ready to fight to keep control over the falkland islands. and marking orthodox christmas in russia and around the world as people packed into churches and cathedrals for special celebration. this is coming to life from moscow hello and welcome to the program the seaward opposition on the western leaders have rejected a peace plan proposed by president assad and instead they are again demanding that hey should go in a rare t.v. address bashar al assad offered a national dialogue and institutional referendum to end the nearly two years civil conflict but he pledged to continue fighting what he called terrorist violence and urged for nations to stop funding his enemies are sad speech was punctuated with cheering from his supporters but his opponents dismiss that dress as hypocritical and political analyst marcos papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any peace proposals. very important to make this clear in particular for western audiences who are unfortunately not fed the full p

armed forces to war over the plans after the argentinean president publicly demanded the return of the islands. and film producer francis he gets a russian passport after a dramatic falling out with his native land over a fierce new attacks on the wealthy. with a look back at the top stories of the last seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly here on our. the syrian leader has outlined his vision on how to end almost two years of continued civil conflict one of the key conditions for peace according to president bashar al assad is for regional and international powers to stop supporting armed groups artie's alexia share of skeet was following what he said. it has certainly been rather interesting quotes coming from the syrian president he in fact called to hold an international reconciliation conference to end of the violence and the military conflict which is going on be going on for almost two years now in syria and this initiative according to assad will lead to a national wide referendum and fair election which is the only way according to the syrian president that the po

cameron says he's ready to fight for the island. of the bloodshed thirty years ago . security. for suicide epidemic sweeps through the u.s. military with more troops and veterans now taking their own lives. just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is life with me welcome to the program. hypocritical detached from reality a peace plan proposed by syrian president bashar al assad was described in washington and london of syria's opposition group which enjoys the overwhelming support of western states once again called for immediate regime change. to the nation president offered a political roadmap to two years of bloody civil conflict the proposal includes a constitutional reform and calls on outside powers to stop funding what he described as terrorism in syria a political analyst. believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any concessions from the cup. it's very important to make this clear in particular for western audiences who are unfortunately not fed the full picture when it comes to syria the free syrian army is a

the japanese government nationalized the senkaku islands in the east china sea. china and taiwan claimed the islands and it pushed consumers to boycott products. here is a recap of markets. >>> five men appeared in in a new delhi court monday. the men have been charged with raping a 23-year-old woman on a bus. they threw her from the vehicle. she died two weeks later in the hospital. the men heard the charges without defense lawyers present. many lawyers are avoiding the case because of the scale of public outrage at the crime. the trial is expected to be closed to public and media. protesters have been demanding harsh punishment for the accused. >>> people in china have taken to the streets and to the internet to speak out about what they consider a classic case of sensorship. the supporting journalists at a newspaper in the south who accused communist party officials for forcing them to change one of their editorials. >> reporter: these demonstrators in guangzhou want the government to stop ordering the media. more than 300 gathered at the headquarters of the n

the islands are controlled by japan but claimed by china and taiwan. he said chinese ships repeatedly violated the waters around the island and the country's plane entered japanese air space last month. he say it's crucial to deal with the issues in accordance to law. she offered her understanding for japan's position. she said thailand will play a constructive role in improving relations with relevant nations. >>> diplomats have agreed to urge the un security council to punish north korea for its latest mission law firm. japan's lead envoy in the six-party talks on north korea's met his south korean counterpart in seoul on thursday. >> thank you so much for waiting. >> we agree that security council on behalf of the entire community must take the appropriate action sooner than later. >> both sides decided to cooperate in rallying support from other countries to urge new sanctions against pyongyang. south korea sits on the security council as a nonpermanent member. he also sought south korea's support for progress in the abduction issue. the japanese go

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is the reason the island supposed to for austerity means that the irish people are not protesting and taking up their white to protest as people in spain and greece have done because we know that austerity at this time point actually work last year in the euro in the single currency it will create more economic problems and that's why we see unemployment across the eurozone rising quite alarming for you so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the e.u. as policy of austerity but actually it's actually the long policy this time. the i.m.f. top economist olivea blanchard admits he was wrong about earlier sorry to forecast admitting failure to see the grave consequences which the financial measures brought on reka e.u. countries such as greece and i.m.f. working paper says the funder significantly underestimated any potential increase in unemployment. your poorly a london based financial advice and wealth manager says regardless of the latest statements the people will end up paying for government's mistakes. the reality is of course the most waste western gove

for us yes the island itself in hot water after choosing not to hold the leaders of the occupy wall street movement to assassinate the. u.k.'s prime minister says he's ready to order the armed forces to war over the four clones after the argentinean president publicly demanded the return of the island's . film i come here our deputy juices to france as he gets a russian passport after a dramatic falling out with his native land over a fierce new tax hike on the wealthy. but they look back at the top stories of the last seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly here. the syrian leader has outlined his vision on how to end almost two years of continued civil conflict one of the key conditions for the peace according to president bashar al assad is for regional and international powers to stop supporting groups r.t. to lexi yoshi have ski was following what he said but it has certainly been rather interesting quotes coming from the syrian president he in fact called to hold an international reconciliation conference to end the violence and the military conflict which is going

as we sit here this morning aboard the uss macon island, in san francisco bay, looking out to the pacific, it is easy to believe that the united states is, in fact, a pacific power and that to keep it that way we will maintain the best damn navy in the world. thank you very much. (applause)speaker .... >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and c

it is not just on the island where people are remembering the disaster. they have organized services in peru, philippines and indonesia. kosta is flying their flags at half mast. people are united in their freef over an accident that never should have happened. i last motor kevin when divers were searching for his body of his brother, russell. he still has hope. >> we have to wait until the ship has been refroted and taken away. maybe then we might find some answers. we may find them under the ship. that is where i think he is. hopefully waiting for a few months, six months, seven months, i don't know how long, but we will wait. >> 10 people are being investigated over the tragedy, including the ship's captain. indictments will be handed out by the end of february, but a trial is still months away. meanwhile, the operation to refloat the ship is under way. it is huge. it's sal advantage the most complex the world has ever seen. 400 divers and experts are working around the clock, but all will put down their tools for a moment of silence at 2045 . >> hundr

could leave many to apply for passports for the first time. >> it makes it easier for them to leave the island and those who want to travel back and forth to other countries to work for study abroad. >> some think many will try to emigrate. he wants missed a chance to tour the united states when authorities delayed his exit visa. >> many cubans do not want to live abroad. many want the freedom to work abroad and come back. now because of this law, people will leave -- will be able to do that without worry. >> including national security clause that summary could lead to government workers being barred from travelling. authorities have already said doctors, some of the most prized professionals, will be treated like everyone else. it is not clear just how many will take advantage of the new rules in the coming days. as they go on to affect, one thing seems clear. a new generation of cubans will be taking part in a world that many of their parents or barred from. >> the last time the hindu festival took place, it said a record for the large number of people ever gathered for one event. millions