and russia including the prime minister's own visit to russia later in this year so this welcome visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office and as a working practical relationship bilateral issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly on an improving trend so circular i was very welcome here today and i will ask him to speak so i see but thank you very much first of all i would like to thank my colleague mr william hague for the invitation to visit london. so goes the diplomatic life meaning that yes yes although i have repeatedly been before to the british capital acting in my professional capacity as multiple events this is my first visit as a guest of the british government when it was to get them where this afternoon. the ships as you know i mean just meeting with prime minister david cameron was scheduled to go and i'm going to hand teamed with the russian president dmitry medvedev message but of course when you were just in the vehicle she too will confirm that invitation to dead

last month, russia's foreign minister visited etorofu island. he's in charge of issuing equipment to troops living on the islands. also in january, russia's minister for regional development visited kunashiri and etorofu islands. the head of the delegation of about 20 senior officials from the finance, energy and other ministries. the visitors inspected progress in infrastructure development on the islands, touring facilities such as an airport, a seaport and a kindergarten. he's in charge of a program to invest more than $600 million by 2015 on infrastructure on the islands. russia defense minister visited kunashiri and etorofu islands last week. he inspected an air force base, artillery unit and other military facilities. russia's military plans to boost defense capability in the northern pacific region, including the four islands claimed by japan. the series of visits by high-ranking officials is intended to confirm russia's position that the islands are an integral part of the territory as a result of world war ii and a strategic military re

steven was able to see sydney for a few visits. he sometimes invited jennifer to come along as they did to pick pumpkins in october, 2008. because despite all that had happened, his family says steven was still hoping he could show jennifer how good life could be with the four of them together as a family. his efforts were in vain, though, far more often than not, jennifer and family denied steven visits with their family. once saying sydney was sick. one time steven called a police officer to the skinner home to help him but the family still said no. steven was becoming more and more frustrated. one evening in late november, 2008, the whole situation exploded. >> 911, where's your emergency? >> my grandmother needs help. my husband came to pick up my child because we're getting a divorce and he come after her and then tried to come after the babe baby and i -- >> jennifer was calling for her grand mother, but it was steven who needed help. >> looked like somebody decided to shoot him in the back choices: some are minor; others lif

for locations and times, visit peopleinplazas.org. to learn more about the central market revitalization initiative, visit sfartcommission.org. thank you for watching "culture wire." >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's needs and therapeutic goals. artists were commissioned to create 100 original works of art. as was for the gardens and courtyard areas.

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, visit sfartscommisis >> welcome to "culture wire."oday we're headed to smpling f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working in photographer, video, and digital media. the latest exhibition lists clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities that it is behind the sphere of dominant gay and lesbian culture. the curator fills us in on the process of creating this thoughtful exhibition. and what she would like you to take away from it. >> i co-cureated with danny, a chicago-based writer and curator. the conceptual framework is what it means to be clear and radical for our generation. clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities, not necessarily related to institutions of gender and swam formativity. danny and i wanted the show to feel funky and to have a really tangible quality to it. so part of that was incorporated handmade objects and installations and beautifully printed photographs and videos. there is also a lot of opportunities to participate and to take postcards or to get the photo taken or s

, visit sfartscommisis >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire."or this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are

for locations and times, visit peopleinplazas.org.o learn more about the central market revitalization initiative, visit sfartcommission.org. thank you for watching "culture wire." what this is all about is your right to freedom of speech. what made america great is an independent, vigorous press. if a jerk burns a flag, america is not threatened. political speech is the heart of the first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free expression and america. i'm ken paulson. today we'll look at the history of comic book censorship. our guests today include wendy pini of elfquest, joe quesada of marvel comics, and carmine infantino, the former publisher and president of d.c. comics. welcome to you all. (man) thank you. [applause] well, what a great lineup, and we've got folks with every possible perspective on comic book

his visit will only last an evening. he will depart to oregon. >>> and some of the people he will meet with is steve jobs, chairman and ceo of apple. aaron smith chairman and ceo of google, and the youngest of the group mark zuckerberg president and ceo of facebook. air force one scheduled to land at 5:40. >>> unemployment back on the rise again after showing signs of improvement. after a drop in such claims, the number is on the rise. 4,500 people filed claims last week. that's up 25,000 from a week before when applications fell. the lowest levels since july of 2008. government economists say that drop was due to bad weather in many parts of the country which likely kept people from applying for those benefits. >>> the number of households that are behind on their mortgages went down in the fourth quarter of 2010 to the lowest level in two years. still the number of loans in foreclosure is at its highest level since the mortgage crisis began. just under 12.9% of home loans were 30 days or more past due or in foreclosure

for locations and times, visit peopleinplazas.org.learn more about the central market revitalization initiative, visit sfartcommission.org. thank you for watching "culture wire." >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore buildin

it's a religious affair in rome to me to me paid a visit to the vatican we have all the details on his meeting with the pope and how it could change the relationship between the countries church. plus still to come russia's wealthiest woman finds herself in the middle of a multimillion dollar theft scandal to get all the details a little later here on r.t. . the first u.s. congressmen and pentagon officials are debating help best to trim the country's fifty five trillion dollar debt prison barack obama has already proposed cutting the massive defense budget by seventy eight billion that's over the next five years the pentagon is making sure the cut doesn't come at the expense of america's ability to wage war while non-essential programs are being slashed the proposed budget would actually see the pentagon spending growth this year what is obvious christine for all reports or americans a pain the price of living in a war mongering country. times are tough for many on main street but most in government agree before assisting people like this it's more important to assist people like this

was beside nikita during his foreign visits he was the one who had to tell. us no to each time when flew into a rage. his most memorable escapade was during an address to the un general assembly in october nine hundred sixty. raised by the coolness of the debate. protested by pounding on the desk it was so fierce that he ended up snapping the bracelet on his watch he suddenly looked at his watch and found that it had stopped because he banged it on the table saw that it broken it. so that he said made me furious and i'm quoting him now so i reached down and picked up my shoe and started banging on the table with my shoe. cat. which. was critical of the. economic progress. and. to be the first crucial. america. came. there was a popular. soon . made a public pledge to produce three. compared to what the region was supposed to according to the. man with large strong hands something. planned. before but how were you supposed to go about it. year to grow up. to keep the. collective. when that didn't help the local authorities fete official papers to overstate the

medvedev visited one of the four disputed islands kunashiri last november. japanese prime minister naoto kan described the visit as an unforgivable outrage, which sparked criticism from russia. foreign munster seiji maehara is scheduled to arrive in russia on thursday where he plans to again make clear that the four islands are an integral part of japan. but maehara also wants to stress the importance of bilateral relations. he'll discuss broadening cooperation in economic and other areas, including the development of natural resources in russia. >>> bout-fixing allegations continue to rock the world of japan's traditional sport. sumo stables have avoided parties in the wake of the scandals. stable masters from about 50 stables met in tokyo wednesday to discuss their course of action now that next month's tournament in osaka has been called off. they decided to withhold parties. they agreed wrestlers should remain in their own stables for training. wrestlers will be encouraged to contribute to society by visiting welfare facilities and doing volunteer work.

, visit sfartscommis >> so it's a tremendous honor to be here today. we've got a tremendous program for you. this is our annual black history month kickoff. it was started many, many years ago. dr. carter g. woodson had participated in the founding of black history month. he was involved in the group known as the oh, -- association for the study of african-american life and history. the local chapter of that group is what is now known as the african-american cultural and historical society. so it's an honor. we've been doing this for many, many years and it's great to see so many faces out here today. right now what i'd like to do is thank our partners and acknowledge them for their participateation. the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn't do it without the good folks in the mayor's office of neighborhood services. what i'd like to do now is strue -- shall truce -- intro duce tanish hollins from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. >> good amp, family. happy black history month. could we hear i

when you have ever visited amsterdam, see all of these people cycle and who think what would happen if all of these trips would have to be made by car, then there would be no more amsterdam economy because no one would be able to move about. there would be one giant traffic jam all day. so the bike is the grease in the amsterdam economy. you have to build less highways, you have to build less parking garage. you put the bike -- use very little space. where you have to build parking garage, they're very expensive. there are recent surveys that companies pay up to 30,000 euros, that's $50,000 per year per person to have them traffic by car to work, where as a bike costs only 250 euros so there are large benefits at stake. also, there is lots of surveys that show that people who live in towns where there is more cycling, people like to live there better than in towns where there is less cycling. there are an overwhelming lot of advantages on cycling and i'm going to put some -- and then this is what oakland should do as few of them -- recommendations that are put together oakland also cou

with i mean the embassy we're studying preparing this visit so the. texture of the political contacts a very important but i would like to see what is. it's even more important that you know of course the. as you said the. the connections between the people and the russian culture is the probably this is the test for that and we know that a lot of events going on in london a lot of people are coming russians feel comfortable in london with thousands of them who doing business who just simply leave here and what is very important that the economic relations are going very well and the recent deal between the b.p. and the rusty after was just one of the examples but if you look at the in the broader sense what's going on the to the business this the good indicator is the level of the trade but the last meeting of the international committee of trade and investment just showed that we had six day mentions directions of the corporations and we are planning to cook rate in different areas like for example. the brits will help us to make the international f

documentaries to highlight his hunting expeditions as much as his state visits. the films were edited in such a way to show that each shot hit its target. however in one hundred sixty four crucial for himself had become a target his closest associates were hatching a plot behind his back. i warned my father about the blot to topple him from power a month before it actually happened six a man from the k.g.b. had told me biology. soon afterwards my father went to see resort without examining urgent information. left the situation to take care of itself but it was easier way of seeing to his rivals do as you please but. the conspirators stripped of his powers and pension him off. became the new general secretary of the central committee of the soviet communist party. everyone except for close relatives cold shouldered who shelf in the first days of the his resignation. is true that he surrendered without putting up a find some mustard. realized he had no chance of winning the battle for power only the scene which was a great new tragedy for him because he's close as

a flying visit by president in bed reveals major security lapses at a moscow railway station. so the new accidents christians in of rock fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority group. that sent you guys politicians famous for the blue because they make with advising the world on democracy things that american people are being turned into the object of ridicule . or russia under around the world this is our she was meeting their ship of our thanks for joining it's egyptian president hosni mubarak voz to remain in office until september and a televised national address has said he will not step down and out of foreign pressure he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar suni mubarak pointed out that the demands of the protesters were just and legitimate the address was not well received by hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square erupted into angry chance against him it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of vi

for locations and times, visit peopleinplazas.org. to learn more about the central market revitalization initiative, visit sfartcommission.org. thank you for watching "culture wire." >> welcome to "culturewire." for the past year, the arts commission has been participating in the city's effort to revitalize the central market street corridor. in addition to the thursday arts market and are in store front, the art commission recently launched the artery project. for the next year, the artery project will bring energy and excitement to market street, recalling the st.'s heyday as san francisco's vibrant and bustling theater district. >> un.n plaza during business hours seize hundreds of passing office workers and students, but the activity winds down at 5:00 every day. theater productions bring some but traffic, but central market is more of a thoroughfare than a destination after the sun goes down. on december 9, the artery project's launch brought a party atmosphere to market street, led by mayor gavin newsom, city officials flipped t

a surprise visit by the president renews concerns over transport security in russia. u.s. politicians famous for the. democracy. object. with more on those stories in fifteen minutes. with. thanks indeed for joining us this is sports that they are i would like. the zero from one to russia loose to run in their first match of twenty eleven. presume for france a superb record against brazil continues our live blue dog in the samba boys and another of whedon's tonight's friendly. and sick note three time grand slam champion maria sharapova of the policy. that's been a less than stellar start to the new football year for russia dick advocates men losing in their opening game of twenty eleven against iran but as richard from port fate reports the result wasn't the only news where the story of the night. this could be seen as the start of a new era for russian football it's the first time a national team has played a friendly match of a neutral venue a dummy has been very well received by dick of the cats and the rest of the russian national football team obscenities here are ab

first leader to have visited cairo since mubarak was toppled so that is the stated aim of his visit but it has then emerged that in fact he's not going on his own he's not going just with his entourage he's in fact visiting with eight of the u.k.'s leading defense manufacturers now this is a tour which was planned well ahead of time and in fact coincides with the arms in abu dhabi which there are a further ninety three u.k. companies trading defense companies they are companies that manufacture and sell goods such as rubber bullets and the c.s. gas for crowd control to name just a couple that kind of thing small i mean mission and of course as you say it is the timing of this visit that has brought it under so much fire we've seen this is a huge amount of chaos in the middle east across these countries libya bahrain yemen before that egypt and tunisia and the police cracking down on these protests in certain countries and in fact there's a former foreign office minister here in the u.k. a member of the labor party denis macshane who has called the prime minister's visit with defense

visit to london the invitation of the government. relations based on partnership and economic cooperation between our countries on the. greens on. the british prime minister. it's an important element of our communications that's meant to take a. little she. talked about how important u.k. was it's part. of the e.u. i don't partnership but it hasn't dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let him. see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time giant leaps it is a very measured steps this welcome visit an important steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working practical relationship. issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly one of them being trained but it does seem that in the past every attempt has been made to put this relationship back on track it's been deemed railed in some way in the latest example of that is new carting t

all the sites that it wanted to visit where we are just in the process of waiting a new report fromthe international atomic agency which will see what it says i cannot in advance. say anything about a report from this international organization that will be certainly very important in determining the position of the members of the security council but just the fact that iran says that it's satisfying the international atomic energy condition is not sufficient it has to do so as for negotiations with the best of my knowledge and again i'm only in the business of sanctions i'm not in the other party there are two sides to the same boat in the negotiations we all have heard i guess the same thing that in istanbul and nothing was achieved a because the iranian did come with a very closed position and didn't really any possibility for negotiations that doesn't mean that the road towards a negotiation is closed clearly sanctions are here for as long as they are needed negotiations are a possibility for as long as soon as the iranian authorities are ready so lonely you have the russian for

relations has been pressed and appears to be working to visit to the u.k. may not be an easy one however slowly progress is being made in particular with person expressing interest in resuming cooperation with russia on securing. the fight against terrorism that's expected to be officially voice during last visit. egypt has been gripped by fresh strikes with thousands of workers demanding better pay and conditions and it comes as the new opposition is trying to build bridges with the supreme military council which is an interim control following the departure of president mubarak well the military which has dissolved parliament says it ordered a new draft constitution which will be put to a referendum within two months the army is calling for an end to protest by threatening to impose an outright ban on gatherings strikes but while the general seem to be moving to set the country on the path to civilian rule in the east expert all over a mile says the military is plans for egypt are still unclear. we know from bitter experience that revolutions can go terri

this is the first visit over russian president putin vatican city after russia and vatican establish diplomatic relations back in two thousand and nine president dmitry medvedev and both been addict the sixteenth touched upon a number of global issues as well as cooperation has been russia and italy within various international organizations but they also talked about the cross concessional dialogue between the russian orthodox and the roman catholic church as members of the russian delegation have been saying that literal ations between the churches have been improving recently and that right now a possibility of a meeting of the leader of the russian orthodox church patriarch cureall and the had all the roman catholic church who benedict the sixteenth is now much more possible than it was several years ago so in that respect this visit has been very symbolic also during president invidious visit to rome a number of energy deals have been signed russia and it's a we have agreed to jointly invest in two major infrastructure and energy projects in north africa also it was decided that

a visit putting the past behind and starting over russia's foreign minister is in the u.k. after years of diplomatic tension between the two countries. foreign ministers. troubled northern caucasus region security at the forefront of national concerns as the government looks for more efficient ways to tackle child. migrants from egypt seeking a refuge in europe some countries fear the e.u. is in danger of losing control of its border adding fuel to a fierce debate over multiculturalism on the continent. and business is looking at potentially one of the biggest deals in russia's banking sector that's the acquiring the bank of moscow the russian capital chances of becoming a global financial center find out in twenty minutes time. worldwide news live from moscow this is art well both sides hope to cement the trend towards more positive relations as a foreign minister sort of visits the british capital this is the first high level visit since ties deteriorated following the killing of former federal security service agent alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six.

it's the first high level visit since ties deteriorated following the death of former federal security service agent alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six the british foreign secretary said disagreements between moscow and london should not stop them from working together artie's has more now from london. we have seen a series of meetings today which have really focused on the positive points in what has become a rocky relationship between russia and the u.k. and because of that a lot of what was talked about were economic ties and trade ties or trade russian the u.k. around seventeen billion dollars and russia is one of the u.k.'s most important trading partners foreign minister lavrov outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nanotech sector energy efficiency of course one of these big projects coming up for us here is the in impacts so cooperating on olympic infrastructure strengthening the small and medium business in russia and also improving the business environment in general they

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting the u.k. at a difficult time for the two countries relations earlier this month the guardian correspondent lu causing was expelled from russia he maintains it was because of his work with wiki leaks russia maintained he breached accreditation requirements is now back in moscow after what's widely seen here in britain as a climb down by the russian authorities but that's just the latest affair and what hasn't been an easy relationship for some years most notably the murder of former russian security officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six disrupted relations in a way that hasn't been overcome yet the u.k.'s chief suspect in the case is russian parliament deputy and that i lugovoy and the two countries can't see eye to eye on that's the u.k.'s also bringing people who are wanted criminals in russia tycoon buddies but is still ski and chechen akhmed zakayev person so far refused to extradite them despite repeated requests despite difficulties they russia remains one of brit

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has been very symbolic also during president that if the visit to rome a number of energy deals have been signed russia and it's really have agreed to jointly invest into major infrastructure and energy projects in north africa also it was decided that glossaries going to be involved in developing the elephant oil fields in levy it together with its elite and at korea it's really is russia second largest trade partner in the european union are to germany and according to preliminary asked amidst the trade to volumes have increased between the two countries by nearly two hundred percent since two thousand and nine. u.s. congressmen and pentagon officials are debating how best to trim the country's fifty five trillion dollar debt president barack obama has already proposed cutting the massive defense budget by seventy eight billion that's over the next five years where the pentagon is making sure the cut doesn't come at the expense of america's ability to wage war while non-essential programs of being slashed the proposed budget would actually see the pentagon spending growing this yea

like visit by president medvedev reveals major security lapses at a moscow railway station. the new accident christians in iraq fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority. international news life for most this is r.t. with me above all and thanks for joining us egyptian president hosni mubarak vials to remain in office until september in a televised national address is said he will not step down and bow to foreign pressure and he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar suleiman mubarak pointed out that the demands of the protesters were just and illegitimate that dress was not well received by hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square her erupted into angry chance against him and it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters after the speech one of the main opposition leaders mohamed el baradei said that the country will explode and ask the our meeting to

a couple of moments here on r t it's a religious affair in rome russian president dmitri medvedev visits the vatican and we have all the details of his meeting with the pope and how it could change the relationship between the country's church and. also still the wealthiest woman finds herself in the middle of a multimillion dollar theft scandal you get all the details later here on r.t. . but first u.s. congressmen and pentagon officials are debating how best to trim the country's fourteen trillion dollars national debt president barack obama has already proposed cutting the massive defense budget by seventy eight billion over the next five years well the pentagon is making sure the cut doesn't come at the expense of america's ability to wage war all non-essential programs are being slashed the proposed budget will actually see the pentagon spending grow this year we cannot cross live to the u.s. capitol and talk to me she's from the national security center for american progress thanks very much indeed for joining us here on our team the defense secretary robert gates is asking for nea

it mentions a figure of 130,000 visits. i have this here but this lady does not have it. i am representing members of our district. i am representing my experience so that people at home can hear. what is happening here is our federal taxpayer money is being wasted. if, in the last five years, you look at the mayor's office of economic development, there was just a handful. now they have a budget of close to $18 million. i do not know if our attorneys and those that we trust to do a good job audit the mayor's office of economic development, but as far as i am concerned, my partners -- we do business in canada, china, south america. we know all about green. the acts that come from the office of the mayor's office of economic development and workforce are not right. we should have had a lot of other people here instead of this lady. it is the first time i have seen her. supervisor chu: thank you. >> this is very shameful. supervisor chu: next please? seeing none, public comment is closed. one of the things, if i could request -- i think there is an interest from the perspec

also reporting this hour surprise visit by the president produced concerns over transport security in russia committing it personally discovered major one of moscow's main train stations. and with some u.s. politicians famous for the bloopers they make one of the guys in the world of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule . live from our studios here in central moscow this is our team with you twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak is currently addressing the nation and we can now see that live address some of the egyptian president and earlier the egyptian military announced they are siding with the anti government protesters and that the president would meet their demands it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and government protesters. the author william engdahl says the u.s. has long been planning to get rid of mubarak for his opposition to some of washington's policies in the middle east. mubarak's government reali