global satellite navigation system has been a decades long struggle to overcome obstacles spotlight yelena demitra has more on this. the goon os program was begun in the mid one nine hundred seventy s. and managed to survive the collapse of the u.s.s.r. but in one thousand nine hundred five all the satellites necessary for the systems functioning were in place however the economic crisis of the one nine hundred ninety s. led to the system's gradual degree day by the beginning of two thousand and one on the six out of the twenty four set lights were operational it took the russian space agency nine years to get coolness back on track and eugénie ration of longer lasting and more sophisticated satellites have been built and it seemed to goodness was only a step from completion to launch of three said the lights failed they didn't to reshuffle at russia's space agency the missing satellites are however not the only problem the system is facing another one is a lack of digital maps for russia there are naval above for big cities producing digital maps for all the provinces and they become the

writer yelena supports the theory that has been rumored for half a century she claims burial was never interrogated and the trial itself was a skillfully executed performance involving a body double. oh they did what he did somebody was indeed taken for questioning in summer where he always wore a cloak and a hat and his face was that he didn't behind a scoffer like this like you but why did they need to do it in summer yes it's clear that officers peepin from day rooms couldn't see that the man was not very it's all. for victims of political persecution various name was synonymous with the repressions that swept everything away in the past in the one nine hundred thirty s. those who survive a tyrannical years cannot forget the horrors that plague them in that period the night time whisper of black vans pulling up to the house tenants are branded without warning charged for spying on the behalf of foreign intelligence services all of them would either face execution or end up in a prison camp. to much such events with and to the courtier if you're in the night i was but it shall bear b

it's yelena yankovic up next for the fourth seed to serve taking care of german companies pick the pitch in saturday's other semifinal former world number one yankovic's needing the help of a tie break in the first four let's sing for you the one opponent in the seven six six one was. in the men's side of action world number one novak djokovic remains well in the hunt for his tenth singles title of the year the twenty four year old progressing into the cincinnati decider after opponent thomas burdick retired with shoulder problems just taken the first set when the czechs ailment. being back from three five diantre seven five bucks when burdick felt i know the twenty five year old saying his service crippled by the injury and so there was no point continuing djokovic has only lost once in fifty eight months as the season would be another piece of silverware in the bag if he keeps on strickland later today. on the murray the man standing in his way that surging scott quartering mardy fish in the semi's taking the first set six three with the american feeling the pressure of committing almo

been another shock at the athletic swell championships in south korea as double olympic champion yelena isinbayeva could only manage sixth place in the women's pole vault twenty nine year old russian holds the world record is the only woman to have ever treated the five metre mark however the best she could do in day was four metres and sixty five centimeters twenty centimeters lower gold winning results for fabiano brazil by over also fails to defend title in berlin two years ago but knows she can deliver the goods. that changed your stamp your. feet so big technical mistake that made you think the six days when you see. the video can be seen this is a real gift. of my life. however there was positive news for russia in the women's heptathlon tatyana chernova beach defending champion jessica ennis to claim gold. another goal pain for russia and the women's three thousand you to steeplechase you are begging the upper hand to go one better than in early two years ago while two thousand and four olympic champion really was of course he took bronze in the men's eight hundred meters was won

understanding america the anatomy of an exceptional nation and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want since you wrote a book on it and i think go to godfrey first in oxford you are quite open out there it's a myth why is that a myth well first. well a myth does not mean that everything about it is untrue it is an idea or a story which is partially true and one of the things i say in terms in the book is that it's not a good thing to believe things which are not wholly true now that basically two parts to my thesis one is that historically. people in the united states exaggerated how different they are and how our side are exceptional to world history and that if the history of the united states and many many important ways has been part of larger movements larger ideas the protestant reformation the enlightenment all kinds of political and legal ideas which came from europe but also such great historical movements as the competition between the british and french and something from the eig

distinguished visiting scholar at city university of hong kong and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk we can jump in anytime you want to jump oh i'd like to go to you you have a new i suppose a language or quasi language that you're introducing to the world and it's called globalists and how is it different from english and if you could for partly could you answer in globish for us oh there is a english is even meant to be very correct english but it is what we call english lite it is a simplified from of english with this words it would six eleven fifteen it's not worth and you're twenty three that's way too much so a negative will station that was fifteen hundred words and the children know those words again but use of those words you can express all you need in the world for business purposes or is it always so it is in english light would steal a car i can recall right will give us an example given is example what it sounds like and what words you like to use go ahead. i mean when you eat it or you are in english this is this is if i d

distinguished visiting scholar at city university of hong kong and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk we can jump in anytime you want and jump oh i'd like to go to you you have a new i suppose a language or policy language that you're introducing to the world and it's called global bush and how is it different from english and if you could for partly could you answer in globish for us oh there is a english isn't even meant to be very correct english but it is a record english like it is a simplified form of english with miss words you would see some of the fifteen thousand words and you thought he surely that's way too much so he made good the most to show that with fifteen hundred words and the children know those words david use of the word you can express all you need in the world for business purposes or as a tourist so it is in english light it's still a great thing but i will give us an example given his example what it sounds like and what words you like to use go ahead. or. i mean when if you were in english this is not only the bi

public policy and political science at duke university and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to take i'd like to go to you first in paris over the last two weeks. were saying events that we've never seen before in the arab world i liken it to the end of the soviet union it is a world history or sturrock moment as we're doing this program events are unfolding extremely almost out of control in egypt so i ask you to take what is america's track record in promoting democracy and expression is hot area right now in north africa and i'd like to name a few places. egypt lebanon jordan where there is democracy that is not recognize hamas hizbullah so it's a mixed game it's democracy is on the march it's not recognized at least by the united states and its allies and then the united states has been a huge impediment to democracy in the arab world since its inception since independence so what is its track record. its track record is very negative as many serious american historians admit to th

have on this album artie he's a libyan political analyst and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right phyllis i'd like to go to you first you know we're both americans and we're used to having presidents having doctrines when it comes to foreign policy and we had harry truman he had a universal policy you know universal doctrine that is if you support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation ok john f. kennedy pay any price bear any burden to assure the survival and success of liberty we all remember that one we should it's a good saying george w. bush had his own to the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in the world now mr obama a few days ago had the following to say let's discuss if this is his doctrine. america should not be expected to police the world particularly when we have so many pressing concerns here at home is that a doctrine should it be a doctrine should it be embrace and is it being acted out through us but i don't think that's a dark and i think it's a statement of lowering expectations i also think that one of the problems with all of thes