the 840 meter high mountain in western germany -- thousands of skiers, snow boarders, and sledders are hitting the slopes every day, thanks to persistent winter weather. >> this is our first time in a ski area. i like sledding best. all the snow is great. >> it is hard to believe the resort had to use artificial snow in recent years. this year, the snow is courtesy of the winter weather. for visitors, it is much more affordable than alpine resorts. >> we are an exclusively family ski area. families with children up to 15 or 16 years old. some are able to ski really well after learning here. then they go to the big ski resorts. >> the region is home to more than 50 ski areas, with over 140 lips. it is one of the biggest winter sport regions north of the alps, and just an hour and a half journey by car from the river valley. even more skiers could be hitting the slopes here. meteorologist are forecasting more snow. >> once you are home after the dangerous driving conditions on the road, or after an invigorating winter holiday, it is a pleasure to arrive at a warm and cozy place of your o

he has created it for the ruhr region in western germany that has been a capital of culture this yearstatue was unveiled on friday evening as a fitting finale to the year. ♪ >> it is the colossal work of aluminum and steel. it is the valley's own hercules. >> i like it better now that i see how it looks up there. >> it is rather impressive up there. >> phenomenal, overwhelming. fantastic. >> he and his 15 assistance worked on the statue for about a year-and-a-half. in his modethe model is in his n berlin. it is the largest sculpture he has ever made. >> art is always trying to achieve the impossible. the impossible remains impossible. the closer you get, the more satisfying it can be. >> he is one of the most significant german artists of his time. his sculptures and works have earned him high praise and sharp criticism. the controversy has only added to his fame. he was the foreman german chancellor's favorite artist. -- the former german chancellor's favorite artist. his works increase the chancellory -- even grace the chancellery. hercules was cast in duesseldorf. several tons of a

the 840 meter high mountain in western germany -- thousands of skiers, snow boarders, and sledders are hitting the slopes every day, thanks to persistent winter weather. >> this is our first time in a ski area. i like sledding best. all the snow is great. >> it is hard to believe the resort had to use artificial snow in recent years. this year, the snow is courtesy of the winter weather. for visitors, it is much more affordable than alpine resorts. >> we are an exclusively family ski area. families with children up to 15 or 16 years old. some are able to ski really well after learning here. then they go to the big ski resorts. >> the region is home to more than 50 ski areas, with over 140 lips. it is one of the biggest winter sport regions north of the alps, and just an hour and a half journey by car from the river valley. even more skiers could be hitting the slopes here. meteorologist are forecasting more snow. >> once you are home after the dangerous driving conditions on the road, or after an invigorating winter holiday, it is a pleasure to arrive at a warm and cozy place of your o

that they've paid a very big bill since ninety ninety to reintegrate eastern germany back into western germany they're now being asked to pay a bill many times the size of that to buy you know countries like greece and ireland and portugal and who knows who else there is no question that had the german people been asked did they want to give up the deutsche mark and take the euro that would have been overwhelming though but in germany as around the rest of europe we have a political class that has attempted to impose its own worldview on people without ever asking their opinion i was in germany a couple of months ago in berlin i spoke at a meeting of people who want to do it smart back and i was impressed there were lawyers university professors hedge fund managers some very serious people in the room saying we want to get the hell out of the euro we want with george mark back now angela merkel is playing a clever game because she was the first person to suggest that perhaps the private holders of bonds in ireland and greece may not get the full of face value of their bonds back when it comes

was negotiating on behalf of the six powers -- the u.s., russia, china, britain, france, and germany. western countries suspect iran of trying to build a nuclear bomb but tehran says that they are merely using the technology for civilian services. the german president was in warsaw today marking an important ceremony for german- polish relationships. he laid a wreath at a monument to the vic warsaw ghetto. on the same day, 40 years ago, the german chancellor famously dropped to his knees as a gesture of contrition for not see crimes. although he was appointed to the end of the war, the german president -- although he was born at the end of the war, the german president feels responsible for the war atrocities. we will now look at how the visit was received. >> in a very relaxed way, this is very interesting to compare this with the russian president's came here. i talked to people about the german president's visit. they said, all, he is here again. he has only been the president for six months and he has met the polish president and no more than four times. that shows how very routine and cl

with katharine ashton is negotiating on behalf of the united states, britain, france, germany, russia, and china. western countries believe iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb, but tehran insists it is pursuing a civilian program. our correspondent frank hoffman has been observing those talks and gave us this assessment of the significance of the negotiations. >> the best expectation is that the talks will continue. the rumors were heard from brussels, they do not want to do anything that could give tehran a chance to step back away from these talks. the chief negotiator from iran arrived here in geneva saying it is only the other side of the security council members and the european union that could do something so negotiations would be stopped. those rumors were put into the dia from the iranian side, saying that the iranians also put one crucial issue on the table, talking about the nuclear researcher that has been killed most recently. >> at least 40 people have been killed and 100 wounded in a double suicide attempt -- attack in northwestern pakistan. it was in 8 semiautonomous tribal region. loc

a little of this precipitation you'll find is going to be snow for germany, poland, all the way into western russia. some areas in the northern balkans picking up snow flurries, too. around the black sea we'll find lots of heavy showers especially for turkey. lots of thunderstorms and stormy conditions. then out towards the west it will stay mild and calm for places like spain and portugal. central mediterranean picking up a bit of rain for italy but nothing on the severe side. the british isles looking good today, dry and settled. some light showers touching the eastern side here. london coming in at 5 degrees. paris still struggling to rise. 10 for the daytime high. minus 1 in berlin and lots of subzero figures as we head into central and eastern europe. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story once again, japanese prime minister naoto kan has instructed his cabinet ministers to reduce the corporate tax rate by 5 percentage points for the next fiscal year starting in april 2011. the country's corporate tax stands at 40%. that's right, 40%, the highe

places like germany and po land, the ukraine and into western russia.he cold air is spreading down into the balkans and has been affecting much of turkey as well. here's it's stormy and wintry for the past few days. we've got footage coming out of the area, the middle east. this was taken in lebanon. getting the first snowfall of the season up in the mountains. roads became blocked. workers got busy trying to clear roads of all the snow. strong winds impacting coastal areas with rusty conditions. the wind said to have do you understand a tree, killing one woman. in turkey, dealing with heavy snowfall as well. it looks like some people did enjoy the wintry scene. of course, in the middle east, it has been dealing with lots of stormy weather in the area with sound storms as well in parts of egypt. flooding rains reported in beruit over the weekend. we have lots of snow forecast for it turkey as well as heavy rain towards the southern tier of the country. some of the rain making its way into lebanon. it looks like this is going to be the weather pattern th

western russia. more snow is expected in parts of germany.d as much as 10, 15 centimeters is going to be possible. southern portion of germany could be looking at some strong winds in addition to that snow. blowing snow could cause quite a travel hazard as well. it does stay cold out east. 0 in warsaw as well as moscow. and minus 2 for those of you in stockholm. that's a look at your weather right now. and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> that's it for this edition of "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour with the latest news and weather. thanks for joining us on nhk world. +wgpyy

had a surplus of young people and they left to serve families in germany, factories in germany, or elsewhere in western europe. but then around 2000 its profile changed dramatically. it went from having virtually no immigration into the country, very few foreign-born people, to a period in which its age demographic started tipping and started getting older and older, and any young people to fill in the workforce. south spain in very short order became a receiving country for immigrants from south america and from north africa. sometimes these changes are so dramatic that they changed the demographics of the country that people were sent from. here we are in new york. new york is a sin for ecuadorians to move. there's two places in the world were ecuadorians move. they move between the ages of 18 and 35, and generally they have two places where they go. one is new york and the other happens to be the area around barcelona. new york and barcelona both have around a half a million ecuadorians. they have come rather recently but had come suddenly, and right now at google is the country that had the most pe

with katharine ashton is negotiating on behalf of the united states, britain, france, germany, russia, and china. western countries believe iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb, but tehran insists it is pursuing a civilian program. our correspondent frank hoffman has been observing those talks and gave us this assessment of the significance of the negotiations. >> the best expectation is that the talks will continue. the rumors were heard from brussels, they do not want to do anything that could give tehran a chance to step back away from these talks. the chief negotiator from iran arrived here in geneva saying it is only the other side of the security council members and the european union that could do something so negotiations would be stopped. those rumors were put into the media from the iranian side, saying that the iranians also put one crucial issue on the table, talking about the nuclear researcher that has been killed most recently. >> at least 40 people have been killed and 100 wounded in a double suicide attempt -- attack in northwestern pakistan. it was in 8 semiautonomous tribal region. l

funding and bailing out all and we've now got a position here in western europe of course when even the german people and the population of germany are saying we don't want to but i anybody else portugal is going to go next it looks like spain margo's well on the iberian peninsula that just isn't enough money in the porch in the to keep bailing out these countries which is why i say let's have a referendum and let's get out of it and i think the i think the euro will collapse as a currency all go into a two to currency perhaps which one should if you're right for countries like germany maybe even france for their reading in the papers this morning they've got their own problems as well and that another you know right for the mediterranean countries was told i did write i want to know what you want to talk about race i want to talk a little bit later but we're going to go to a break right now after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the euro state. and. wealthy british society it's time. for. the. markets. scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on our team takes place to this is

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germany. the bulk of the precipitation is from belarus into the baltic states and western russia and further south for turkey lots of heavy rain in the days to come so flooding is going to be a big concern here, still very cold out towards the east and turning even colder for central areas, minus 3 in vienna and minus 12 in berlin, which leads to very frigid conditions but out toward the west looking much more pleasant indeed. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story once again -- >>> south africa is to join the four-member group of fast growing emerging economies known as brics. a summit of leaders from brazil, russia, india and china is to be held in china next year. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson jiang yu said on tuesday that south africa will attend next year's summit. >> translator: south africa's participation would be useful and enhance cooperation among emerging countries. >> she also said china's president, hu jintao, has already contacted south african president jacob zuma on the issue. the first summit meeting of bric countries was held in

and bailing out ireland we've now got a position here in western europe of course where even the german people who and the population of germany are saying we don't want to anybody else portugal is going to go next it looks like spain like goes well and there are beer and potential there just isn't enough money in the porch in the you to keep bailing out these countries which is why i say let's have a referendum and let's get out of it and i think the i think your road will collapse as a currency or go into a two to currency perhaps with one sort of euro for countries like germany maybe even france for their reading in the papers this morning they've got their own problems as well and then another euro for the mediterranean countries was whole idea and we want to caution i want to get out of a little bit later but we're going to go to a break right now after a short. we'll continue our discussion on the state of our. lives just. the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. no holds barred global financial headlines kaiser reports. the for. brighton. song from feinstein. who's cruised on tat

and bailing out ireland we've now got a position here in western europe of course where even the german people who and the population of germany are saying we don't want to anybody else portugal is going to go next it looks like spain like goes well and there are beer and potential there just isn't enough money in the porch in the you to keep bailing out these countries which is why i say let's have a referendum and let's get out of it and i think the i think the euro will collapse as a currency or go into a two to currency perhaps with one sort of euro for countries like germany maybe even france where they're really in the papers this morning they've got their own problems as well and then another euro for the mediterranean countries was whole idea. which was i want to have a little bit later but we're going to go to a break right now after a short. continue our discussion. are. live . live. live. just live. from a live. if you. want to. welcome sometimes your life will remind you we're talking about the prospects for the e.u. and the euro. but before let's see what currency russians prefer to save their money and two decade

germany as there is here? >> yeah. and i should say that, you know, rick mentioned that i was from the midwest. the midwest, as a mid westerner i'm especially fascinated by germany because it's not just that we're the rust belt out there, but we're the part of america that ought to be selling abroad, and we're not. and so what is it about the german corporation that makes it attractive? i'm not sure that it's -- you know, i used to belief the long-term thing -- believe the long-term thing, and i still think there's a lot to that, and it's probably a cultural thing as much as thing else. i mean, we're america, we believe in the fast buck. but the bigger problem right now is not that our executives think in the short term, it's that they loot the companies, and they aren't accountable to anybody, and they are constantly, you know, at war with their own work force. i think that's a bigger problem. and so many corporations that i've seen in my career as a union lawyer, so many corporations shut down in chicago, they move away from the $26 an hour jobs down to the south. it's not globalization, it's the nationalization of the econ

comes to human rights in germany has said that such a verdict will be a step back for russia when it comes to modernization while the russian foreign ministry has called western partners not to interfere saying that this is just another case when. you were asked to answer for the offenses that he's conducted in front of the law the defense of course does not agree with the verdict they say that it actually repeats word by word what the prosecution has been saying the defense is also saying that they're ready to appeal the verdict in russia and if they're not going to succeed here they're ready to take this case to the european court and they're also planning to make a public appeal to the president of russia when the final sentence is announced meanwhile the judge saying that the prosecution has provided more than enough evidence and that everything was done by the book on of course will be following everything that is going on in that courtroom on tuesday and will continue reporting as the day goes on. the court for us thanks. to a mosque largest airports are working hard to send people on their way after thousands were stranded by bad weather frustrated pas

western europe, 2000 passengers evacuated from the main airport in paris because of too much snow on the roof of the main terminal building. icy conditions and disrupting flights and belgium with severe delays reported in germany. >> christmas 2010 at charles de gaulle airport. once again, stranded passengers. >> we have been asked to arrange basic accommodation for people stop at the airport tonight. many do not have the telegrams or relatives close by. >> 35 flights were closed this afternoon. this is caused by the continued bad weather to add to their problems, passengers were also asked to leave the terminal earlier. it was a precautionary measure, because and in 2004, a section of the roof collapsed. >> i am very tired and worried, especially for the baby, because he has not slept well. >> air france's head of operations has apologized to customers and staff >> i must say how sorry i into our passengers and stuff for all the problems the snow has created. i can assure you i have not seen anything like this and in the past 10 years, but we are doing everything we can to get things moving. >> at brussels airport, there was a similar mood of frustration. heavy snow fell overnight caused numerous delays and c

western europe, for example. that's what has set up the boundaries of our nations across the globe. if you speak russian, you lived in russia, if you spoke german, you lived in germany. not if you speak austrian -- no one speaks austrian, but speak german in austria, chances are you are home. french in france. spanish in spain. it's not too complicated, but why do we have the nation states? because people with common interests banded together, protected their interests and defended their borders and made sure they took care of each other. excuse me. and they built their nation states, england, speak english, united kingdom, spread english. they believed in their culture. wherever the english language went, freedom accompanied the language. no nation has been founded upon these principles of liberty and freedom like the united states of america. and you can say that we had a continent that needed to be settled and you could argue it was the quirk of history that brought this about, but, mr. speaker, it is far more unique than that. if we look around and we can think south america was a continent to be cementled and so is central america. what is the difference? and t