the nn -- they become in the -- vienna became the first place for many years. 390 cities, vienna alwayss number one. they are followed by paris. >> paris number two, of course. >> and berlin and my drink -- madrid, barcelona, singapore. >> number six. >> only non-european city in the top six. >> oh, ok. >> they did a very good job. >> of course. where does taipei range? >> somewhere around 10. not bad. >> what is the use in terms of making the ranking? the degree of nationalization of the city, what are some of the things that they consider? >> when we are talking about the ranking, they only focus on international organizations -- association market appeared when we are talking about the market, we say there are three segments. one is corporate meeting, and the other one is association meeting. the other one is government meetings. when we're talking about the ranking, they are only talking about association meetings. of course, when we are talking also, they have a kind of very clear definition about what is so-called international meetings. for example, at least you have people comin

and vienna going up to 29 degrees. warsaw, it was 24 yesterday but going back to the teens on tuesday. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of nhk. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thank you very much for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> i see some repeaters in the audience. this is the fourth event of five that we are hosting to celebrate the centennial of woodrow wilson's inauguration as president in 1913. we had a dinner last night at wilson house, which included an interview with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, ed royce.

eastbound 66 also at speed leaving vienna headed inbound towards the beltway.ight traffic volume leaving 28 headed inbound. southbound along 270. picking up the usual suspects starting to slow continuing to 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> i found her on the floor of her room by the crib. >> insidious chapter 2 creeps past the family to take numberue one at the box office. the horror sequel brought in $41 million and that's the highest september opening day ever.ver. robert deniro's crime comedy the family came in second place witi vin diesel's riddick taking third place with $7 million. top honor for one of toughest pop stars. not top but pop. >> billboard named punk the woman of the year.ear she will receive the honor in december. past recipients include beyonce, katy perry and taylor swit. she's on the international the truth about love tour. pink. she's great i like her.ike >> very nice.e. yeah. >> coming up next fantasy football. people love to my it of course but some may be taking it too seriously perhaps. >> we have heard about that

thirty miles east of vienna lies a nation that is barely beyond its first decade of existence.he slovak republic-- or slovakia-- only came into being on january 1, 1993, with the breakup of the old czechoslovakian federation. french geographer ewa kulesza is exploring how boundary issues have affected the people of this young east central european country. located only three miles from the austrian border, slovakia's capital, bratislava, already possesses a long frontier history which starts with the danube. it was the northern limit of the roman empire. then, having fallen under hungarian domination during the ninth century, bratislava, then named pozsony, lay at the limits of the territory. later, pozsony became pressburg and marked the border of the two halves of the austro-hungarian empire. finally, pressburg became bratislava when, in 1918, the first czechoslovakian state was forged. but one war and a few years later, the old castle still saw another frontier pass at its feet-- the iron curtain. then, in its turn, this last empire fell in 1989. ( man speaking slovak ) tran

in vienna, iran and the international atomic energy agency help talks and made plans to meet again. >> we had construct a discussion on a variety of issues, a range of issues, and we agreed to continue substantive talks. >> the assessment of the vienna meeting is seen as a sign that iran's new president is serious about reducing nuclear tensions. >> all right, we want to talk a little bit more about relations between iran and the u.s. and the west, and to do that, i'm joined by our middle east analyst, a familiar face here on dw. the world, the u.s., the west -- we are not sneak -- used to seeing an iranian president smiling, talking about peace, talking about a new era in relations. how much of this is more than just a charm offensive? >> rouhani indeed is a very charming personality, but at the same time, he is an expression of different policy making. the iranians understand they have put themselves in a difficult addition due to their aggressive language under his predecessor, and now they are really trying to turn around, mainly as a result of the sanctions that have hurt the ira

at a store opening near vienna, virginia - he insisted lower-paid jobs lead to successful careers like marty. >> what was your starting wage? >> $8. >> $8 an hour. congratulations. again, it's not just a marty story. there are so many stories like marty's out there. we need to make sure that folks understand when we come to a community like vienna or lives. >> why target walmart when others pay similar wages and fast-food chains less. because, critics say, with wall marts size comes -- walmart's size comes influence. >> walmart as 1.4 million employees and has a huge impact on the economy, the retail economy specifically. right now that economy is not creating jobs and opportunities for people working in retail. we want to change that. >> today ms green was back, protesting walmart's wages, along with former workers and supporters around the country. her hope is future employees can benefit from the sacrifice she made by speaking out. >> that report came from correspondent chris burey. >> the fight for a living wage goes behind the walls of walmart. bill joins us from the retail justic

scooped up almost a quarter of the vote in sunday's general election and now joining us live from vienna more details on this story here morning to you peter so many already calling this a huge success for the right wing in austria. well what we've seen is that the freedom party of pick took quite a few more points than they had in the last election they campaigned this time on a not just an immigration policy but also on a. policy on a very much a euro skeptic campaign and that seen them draw in the voters from by the by the stock fall not just those though also the euro skeptic parties will be in the in the parliament here in austria what we saw from from the freedom party is them them change their time a little bit and not go as heavy on the sea immigration as they had done previously they ran on a campaign slogan of love your neighbor it's a catholic country here in austria something it's day it's the people's hearts what was the underlying message that we were hearing from political scientists is that was pretty much love your neighbor as long as there austria in the party house com

own sovereignty has given the right didn't seem broad to beat them with peace or all of it auntie vienna. and up next we continue our look at how guantanamo bay indelibly changes lives coming right up. recently the ministry of internal affairs of russia declared that they're going to address to increase operations in and around the moscow subway system with a major emphasis on illegal immigration there is an odd paradox when people talk about dealing with illegal immigration in terms of what the police should do people want the police to deal with it but any means of trying to actually do anything or generally taboo any form of asking people to see ideas viewed as an invasion of privacy or racial profiling well i don't know how exactly anyone can prove they are or aren't a citizen without id and if you're looking for people who are forward and thus different then how can you go about looking for illegals without looking for people who are different profiling if you were looking for a criminal of slavic origin in uganda when the police be wrong to stop me do the standing out from the crow

i'm particularly well scooping up more than a quarter of the overall vote peter all of us live in vienna. what it shows is that the social democrats on the people's party who went into these elections as the coalition government well it looks likely that they'll come out of these elections as the coalition government they've picked up around fifty percent of the vote there over the coming days we should probably hear that they will continue their coalition what is most interesting about these elections is that over one quarter of austrians have voted for parties that want to do away with bailouts for eurozone countries and see in see real changes to the structure of the single currency now to talk a bit more about this and what it means i'm joined by barbara cole who's the director of the austrian economics center barbara thanks very much for talking to me why have austrians voted in this way and why are they upset with the current eurozone system well there and trust the politicians in brussels any more they don't trust our austrian the decision makers what day do there they don't belie

westbound through vienna and fairfax city, all lanes are truckow and there is a finally clear day while ago. that's the way it looks. back to you. why the district department of motor vehicles has canceled hundreds of driving test. >> i think it needs to be a member of the community. >> a very special young lady just a few years out of college in helping keep college kids school. in helping keep college kids school. >> i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's important for virginia that we elect terry mcauliffe as our governor. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. >> a young woman adding used to the college process and helping them keep their focus on school. this dedication is what makes her this week's ha

. - my family manufactured fine furniture in vienna.e been told that albert speer drafted his plans for the olympic stadium on this desk. [phone ringing] - really? your grandfather built this for him? - it saved his life. my father's too. they survived the camps together. - thanks. airport police just arrested ted stoddard at the private charter terminal at jfk. - well, if i can be of any help... - thanks. hmm. - the timer was ticking away and, uh... i was terrified and... i began screaming. and then i heard a shot. and, uh, my eyes were closed, but i--but i knew... i knew, because i was alive and i wished that i could die. [crying] you don't believe me. you don't believe me. - we just need to hear everything. - i loved linda. we were, uh... we were adopting a child. - the little girl. we know. - after the shot was fired, what happened next? - he just-- he walked over to the-- the video cameras and he just-- he turned them off. - he videotaped everything? - i think so. there was, uh, the red light. it stopped blinking. and there were--

if you know anyone coming in from vienna using that stretch through fairfax, arlington, you might want to give them a heads-up that they can expect residual delays. 270 moving right along but starting to build in volume. 43 miles per hour as you come through urbana. we actually have a live shot that shows you starting to get that volume, starting to get thick arounds that curve as you approach 109. 109. send it back over to you. >> thank you, amanda. 56 degrees, 5:41 this monday morning. a controversy in the commonwealth. why a confederate flag is now flying along the highway. >> 'skins fans singing hail victory this morning. the question now what kind of performa >> we're back at 5:44. if there's a government shutdown federal courts plan to stay open for at least 10 days of business. they would use fees and other funds to be able to operate. but then after that only essential work would continue. federal jury trials would continue as necessary and stop performing essential works at federal courts would report to work without getting paid. they would be paid when appropriations are res

all lanes are open. 66 in here in vienna. light traffic volume. southbound along 270.sy commute coming from montrose road to the split. no problems to report along 5. leaving the prince william parkway. continuing northbound. the mainline and express lanes heading northbound. all lanes open inbound of 50 headed for new york avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 ono time traffic. >> hollywood came together to commemorate the 65th annual primetime enemy awards. fox's julie cheng hit the red carp tote check out the fashion trends. oh, my god i'm going to the em mys. >> downtown l.a. was a glow as a start as the team hit up the red carpet. overwhelming and surreal and fun.. just the kind of thing it's hard to digest. >> it's skying. you get to see people you don't normally see and fun.nd >> if there were an air conditioner, it would be a great place to hobnob. >> every year i'm excited to get on the red carpet. c >> i made the carpet. i said you need help sometime ie the union. >> the men kept it classic while the women wowed without showing much skin. >> i wasn't like shop

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if you say you are going to take vienna, take vienna.rk by the secretary of state about how bashar al assad must give up his chemical weapons by that wylie old fox, sergey lakrov. now we are where we are. one aspect we know already, theres's been no punishment. no punishment. in other words, bashar assad crossed the red line, gassed up 1400 people, 400 of them children. there has been no retaliation. maybe some will say getting ahold of his chemical weapons stock is retaliation. i'm not sure. they are taking the appropriate lesson in tehran and in israel and in pyongyang and all over the world. one of the leading middle east rulers, one of the most influential ones just made plans for a visit to moscow. and of course now we hear vladimir putin is going to tehran to be the peacemaker there. this has really turned into an orwellian experience. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, former secretary of state condoleezza rice saying her dream job would be nfl commissioner. is her dream about to come true? find out next. [ female

in 2011 at the duyong new see um which some of you may have seen was drawn from the collection in vienna and i brought an essay including saint sabastian and there is a detail in the clouds where you have a rider in the clouds. and art historians have not been able to agree on exactly what this figure is it a king, is it someone from mythology, but in any case, he has taken that childhood pass time of trying to see the shapes in the clouds and has created the shapes in the clouds of this painting. >> and some of you may have also seen our current exhibition with the girl with the pearl ear ring, there are not any clouds in this composition and i could not fabricate them and so i wanted to speak about this painting that is also in the collection of the maritz house it actually has three competitions and this was probably the most famous in the works in the collection up until the publication of the novel girl with the pearl ear ring and i will be doing a conversation with her next thursday, the 28th and that will be live google plus streamed. all sorts of fun technology. but before the pu

it is 70 kilometers west of vienna. three police officers were shot by the suspect as he made his getaway by car. they have yet to find their man. there is direct this agreement between france and russia over the source of the chemical weapons attack in syria on august 21. the atrocity killed over 1400 people. russia blames the rebels. the two men openly disagreed at a news conference in moscow ahead of the un security council meeting. >> despite the smiles for his russian opposite number, he failed to make moscow shifted stance on syria. on monday, a report by you inspectors confirmed the use of chemical weapons in a deadly attack on a damascus suburb last month. jill, there is no consensus on whether bashar al-assad or syrian rebels were to blame for the strike. >> the report shows that the syrian regime was responsible for the chemical massacre. >> we want the events of the 21st of august to be impartially, objectively professionally investigated. we have serious grounds to believe it was a provocation. >> china also

it happened at the residence inn on westward center drive in vienna near tyson's corner. it happened around 2 a.m. this morning and one man is dead. they're not releasing information about a possible motive or a suspect. >> howard county police in maryland are asking for help in fighting the person who torched a speed camera outside a high school early saturday morning. arson investigators who responded to the scene say the fire was intentionally set. >> this concrete pad covered with burnt ashes is where one of howard camera's portable speed cameras used to sit outside a high school. a contractor heading to work snapped these pictures of the torched box with a gaping hole burned right through it. >> i guess getting speeding tickets makes people mad. >> he lived across the school for 13 years. he said speeding on burnt wood road is common. >> it can be pretty bad. some of the students drive like nuts, especially when school lets out. >> this road is nicknamed the burnt wood speedway. getting out of his driveway has been challenging. >> you get out a few feet and somebody

leaving 286 toward vienna. that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> julie, thank you very much. >>> we begin thank with the latn that hostage situation? kenya. more than 62 people are dead and hundreds more injured. >>> this morning, a maryland county company who was at the mall when the attack started describes the chaos.aos. melanie alnwick joins us with more on that. usre mel. >> reporter: it'sat. so difficult here, hearing that th number of dead may be going up,p most recently we know that that kenyan officials had told the ap, that the employees have been told stone standby for many more bodies this morning. we arebo learning that americant were among the terrifiederrifi shoppers and possibly the attackers. this morning the smoke is no longer billowing. there's also conflicting information as to who is in control. sounds of fresh gunfire were happening really just a little more than an hour ago. attackers tweeted early this morning that they are stillill holding hostages inside, but the kenyan military

but vienna going up to 29 degrees. warsaw it was 24 yesterday and go back to the teens on tuesday. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobiyashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. >> ifill: on television and on capitol hill, president obama launches a wide-ranging campaign to win public and congressional support for his plan to strike syria. >> the president made his case. >> my intentions throughout this process has been to ensure that the blatant use of chemical weapons that we sought doesn't happen again. if, in fact, there's aay

n berlin and 26 in vienna. here's your extended forecast. >>> researchers have discovered a new species of shark off waters of indonesia. it's sparked excitement not only because another type has been identified, but also the way it travels. video footage from the conservation international group shows the shark walking across the seabed using its fins. it's the sixth species of walking shark confirmed in indonesian waters. the group says the fish was found off the remote island in eastern indonesia. researchers say it is a species of long-tailed carpet shark. it measures about 80 centimeters long. researchers say the shark eats small fish, shrimp and crabs but poses no threat to humans. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. have a great day wherever you are. ♪ >>> kazakhstan, a country of the central asian steps. huge changes are now sweeping this nation. the capital astana is a planned

think god just spoke to me and he said that these are his children and he'd give me whatever i need vienna said calm down god will keep his word and it rolled over and fell asleep and three days later something incredible happened. oh i bless this food and the hands that prepared it. i didn't know where to get one hundred dollars. but in three days someone led me into the office of the most successful businessman in ukraine. as i told him about the children how they used to live in city basements and then came to live in my rundown house. the guy just smiled shook my hand and said go past or do your good work. in just four months they built a completely new house out of the ruins. what do we go ahead and so. there used to be an iron grid on cinder blocks over there where the kids we rescued used to sleep. we try to give them new clothes to wash them. and to get the lice out of their hair. right here the republic of pilgrims began. hiatt where nod to how you're feeling ok if you want to keep living like this. that's the condition those kids are in when we rescue them from the basements. hea

think god just spoke to me and he said that these are his children and he'd give me whatever i need vienna said calm down god will keep his word when it rolled over and fell asleep and three days later something incredible happened. all on i bless this food and the hands that prepared it. i didn't know a way to get a hundred dollars. but in three days someone led me into the office of the most successful businessman in ukraine me yet as i told him about the children i have used to live in city basements and then came. live in my rundown house. the guy just smiled shook my hand and said go past do your good work. in just four months they built a completely new house out of the ruins. what do we go ahead and so. there used to be an iron gray dawn cinder blocks over there where the kids we rescued used to sleep. we try to give the new clothes to wash them. and to get the lice out of the hair. right here the republic of pilgrims began. when i finished had. a. little journey hiatt where nodded how you feeling ok if you want to keep living like this. but that's the condition those kids are in wh

. >> he made the remark on thursday at the regular board meeting of the aiea in vienna and the envoy stressed that iran's new government is ready to faithfully engage with the international community and remove any ambiguity about nuclear activities. he also said officials from the agency and iran should discuss their differences frankly and directly at the takes, to be held late in september. he added iran hopes the differences can be resolved. western nations are displaying a certain degree of optimism for iran's change in attitude. however, he reiterated that iran's nuclear development is designed for peaceful purposes. observers say tehran has not significantly shifted its stance and say finding a consensus will be difficult in the upcoming talks. >>> u.s. researchers say a north korean nuclear reactor that had been shut down for years may be back up and running. the researchers say the facility is capable of creating weapons' grade plu totoniuplutonium. it shows the reactor north of the capital pyongyang and the reactor generates power but the scientists can use the spent fuel t

the head of iran's nuclear body spoke in vienna at the iaea's annual meeting. >> i've come here with the message of my newly elected president to further enhance and expand our ongoing cooperation with the agency. and with the aim to put an end to the so-called iranian nuclear firm. >> iran's president has pledged to smooth ties with world powers. officials hope to ease sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program. but said iran would never compromise its right to peaceful nuclear development. u.s. energy secretary said words have to be followed by concrete action. representatives from iran and the iaea are scheduled to hold talks on friday next week. >>> populous, prosperous, pushing ahead. china's rise, wealth, power and problems. an income gap divides its people. pollution threatens their health and disputed seas strain relations with its neighbors. find out about the challenges china faces. on "newsline." >>> the dispute over the senkaku islands has brought relations between china and japan to the lowest points since 1972. the political tensions have had an impact on

in the distance, the left- leaning capital, vienna, a scene that reflects austria's political landscape where conservatives rule social democrats. the mayor is a member of the conservative people's party. the election campaign is shaking things up, even in small towns like this one. opinion polls suggest voters could desert the big parties for smaller ones. the grand coalition might not survive the election. >> i think it is because people realize that many things can no longer be dealt with or decided on solely at a national level. we look to berlin, brussels, and washington. >> complexity, so the argument goes. that is aiding extreme fringe parties. the election campaign is delivering plenty of material for comedians. they follow the small parties on the campaign trail and laugh in the face of the right wing populist. but the far right freedom party is no laughing matter. "love your neighbor" reads the slogan, a barely disguised message against anyone deemed foreign. then, there are the newcomers. a party set up by the austrian canadian billionaire, owner of car parts giant magna inte

think god just spoke to me and he said that these are his children and he'd give me whatever i need vienna said calm down god will keep his word when it rolled over and fell asleep and three days later something incredible happened. all i bless this food and the hands that prepared it. i didn't know a way to get a hundred dollars. but in three days someone led me into the office of the most successful businessman in ukraine me yet as i told him about the children i have used to live in sin. the basement and then came to live in my rundown house and. the guy just smiled shook my hand and said go past do your good work. in just four months they built a completely new house out of the ruins. what do we go ahead and so. there used to be an iron gray dawn cinder blocks over there where the kids we rescued used to sleep. we tried to give them new clothes to wash them. and to get the lice out of their hair. right here the republic of pilgrims began. when i finished had. a. little turn hiatt where nodded how you feeling ok if you want to keep living like this. that's the condition those kids are i

think god just spoke to me and he said that these are his children and he'd give me whatever i need vienna said calm down god will keep his word when it rolled over and fell asleep and three days later something incredible happened. oh lord bless this food and the hands that prepared it. i didn't know where to get one hundred dollars. but in three days someone led me into the office of the most successful businessman in ukraine. i told him about the children how they used to live in city basements and then came to live in my rundown house and. the guy just smiled shook my hand and said go past or do your good work. in just four months they built a completely new house out of the ruins. what do we got here then so. there used to be an iron gray dawn cinder blocks over there where the kids we rescued used to sleep. we try to give them new clothes to wash them. and to get the lice out of their hair. right here the republic of pilgrims began. when i finished had. little turn to hide where nod how you feeling ok if you want to keep living like this. that's the condition those kids are in when w

cumberland, low 80s in culpeper, warrenton, manassas, around 80 in leesburg, probably 80 or 81 in fairfax, vienna and mclean, 80 downtown, gaithersburg and frederick, 77 by the water, but great day to be on the water, no small craft advisories tomorrow or for the foreseeable future really. we've had this nice stretch of warm weather with very little wind. upper. >>> ifs upper 50s to -- upper 50s to near 60 at 5:00, mid-60s at 9, low 70s by 11:00 and upper 70s around lunchtime. wednesday partly cloudy, warmer near 85 and then nice on thursday, a few clouds come in late, keep it dry, temperatures still rebounding to the low 80s. the next seven days we got low to mid-80s friday, stray shower possible, saturday mid-80s. sunday and monday we're still in the low 80s, a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm on sunday and a much better chance monday. so again we're okay for the year on the water table, but for the month of september 2 1/2 inches below average is very dry. >>> redskins won. >> that's true. >> it can't be too exciting about this win, right? >> oh, no. it's one win. thankfully they did

and began earlier in the day, when police tactical units sealed off an area 70 kilometers west of vienna. >> and has been a mammoth operation for austrian police, a vast area was cordoned off among the farmhouse where the man has been hiding out. special forces are on the scene. the killings began when the suspect tried to break through a roadblock. he allegedly shot dead two policeman and a paramedic before escaping and stolen patrol car to a farm near the town. the body of a third officer was found near the farm. the roadblock was set up to find a poacher who had recently struck several times in the region, shooting stags from a car, then cutting off their heads and leaving behind their carcasses. police have not said if that poacher is the man responsible for the killings, but a spokesman said he believed him to be a poacher, saying he was armed and dangerous. police called on the army for assistance in ending the standoff. >> to the united states now, where authorities say they do not suspect any terrorist linked to the man who shot dead 12 people on a naval base in the capital. 34-y

and began earlier in the day, when police tactical units sealed off an area 70 kilometers west of vienna. >> and has been a mammoth operation for austrian police, a vast area was cordoned off among the farmhouse where the man has been hiding out. special forces are on the scene. the killings began when the suspect tried to break through a roadblock. he allegedly shot dead two policeman and a paramedic before escaping and stolen patrol car to a farm near the town. the body of a third officer was found near the farm. the roadblock was set up to find a poacher who had recently struck several times in the region, shooting stags from a car, then cutting off their heads and leaving behind their carcasses. police have not said if that poacher is the man responsible for the killings, but a spokesman said he believed him to be a poacher, saying he was armed and dangerous. police called on the army for assistance in ending the standoff. >> to the united states now, where authorities say they do not suspect any terrorist linked to the man who shot dead 12 people on a naval base in the capital. 34-y

paramedic early in truth in the gunmen then fled in a stolen police car to a farm building to the west of vienna taking another officer hostage then barricaded himself in the basement building that officer was later found dead near the farm. christianity's a central place in british culture is looking increasingly under threat with church attendance numbers in constant decline meanwhile the nation's second largest religion islam is growing faster than ever with some studies suggesting it's on the way to becoming the dominant faith artie's polly boyko has a story. i half of brits say they're christians but you wouldn't know it glancing at this london service. the. world. over new figures show that the u.k.'s official religion is declining faster than was previously thought worshippers a raging on for the first time ever fewer than half under the age of twenty five described themselves as christian the decline of churches in the u.k. is a long term it just happens to be now approaching really rock bottom so ninety five percent of people don't attend church on an average sunday while the church of