with me to show you first to our breaking news for you this hour a commission in geneva has now cleared all the remaining hurdles for moscow's long awaited membership to the world trade organization laura smith has been following developments for us in geneva we will be crossing a live to her shortly here on r.t. . all right well i while some businesses are celebrating the accession others are preparing for a tough period of transition. as more and what will change in russia's economy once it finally joins the club. the only major market and g. twenty member still outside the world's largest economic club is russia and membership is eagerly anticipated not only by moscow but internationally the four of us doesn't especially those in our case who come from the european union are used to working on a ditto regime for the person on the street w two your membership will not be just something they'll read about in the news but it will mean lower prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices of imported goods drop and domestic companies also broke quicker with for

breaking news on the commission in geneva fully clears the way for russia to finally enter the world trade organization it comes after almost two decades of trying also. student protesters in california unhappy with rising tuition fees i met with the riot police brutally wielding their batons. western powers push for fresh sanctions against iran following the latest report on his alleged nuclear ambitions but russia rejects the idea as counterproductive. and are to use a close up team travels to the black sea coast to discover how the local products are being made and why getting them onto the dinner table is proving so difficult. global news live from moscow city center this is r.t. with me. first to our breaking news for you this hour the commission in geneva has now cleared all the remaining hurdles for moscow's long awaited membership to the world trade organization laura smith has been following developments for us in geneva we will be crossing a life shortly here but. all right while i while some businesses are celebrating the accession others are preparing for a tough period o

. >>> curates have created a somber memorial in geneva. it educate visitors about the bombings on hiroshima and nagasaki. the son of the survivor on attack at nagasaki helped make the exhibition happen. his story is the first of two reports about people try doing rid the world of nuclear weapons. we report from geneva. >> reporter: this exhibition shows the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. it will be seen by representatives of countries all over the world. >> one, two, three. [ applause ] >> more than 20 items convey the horrors of the atomic bomb. a photo of a woman burned in the attack on hiroshima. a damaged statue from a cathedral in nagasaki. this man's parents survived the bombing. those beginnings prompted him to make radiation his vocation. he used to work for the world health organization in geneva. so last year, the mayor of nagasaki asked him to deliver a letter to his former colleagues, requesting a permanent exhibit. >> translator: many people come to visit the u.n. from all over the world. the visitors, including childr

reports from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday was accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva allows the monitoring of all cross border trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company without the lost of george's objections to russia joining the w c o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal realm and swiss analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia's next session could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in december russia's accession will be the biggest step towards liberalizing trade around the world since china joined the w t o around ten years ago the world bank says she could boost the size of russia's economy by more than three percent in the medium term and eleven percent in the long ter

reports from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with the agreement signed here in geneva and laos the monitoring of all cross border trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company with the last of george's objections to russia joining the w c has been dealt with barring any last minute deal relman swiss analysts say are always possible but unlikely the packets of documents on russia's access includes be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in december russia's excess and will be the biggest step towards liberalizing trade around the world since china joined the w t o around ten years ago the world bank says. could boost the size of russia's economy by more than three percent in the medium term and eleven percent in the long term. reporting rig

. >>> curators created a somber memorial in geneva. it educates visitors about the bombings on hiroshima and nagasaki. the survivors helped make the exhibition happen. this story the first of two reports about people trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons. we have this report from geneva. >> reporter: this is the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. it will be seen by representatives from countries from around the world. >> one, two, three. [ applause ] >> reporter: more than 20 items convey the horrors of the atomic bomb. a photo of a woman burned in the attack on hiroshima. a damaged statue from a cathedral in nagasaki. his parents survived that bombing. those beginnings prompted him to make radiation his vocation. he used to work for the world health organization in geneva. so last year, the mayor of nagasaki asked him to deliver a letter to his former colleagues, requested a permanent exodus. >> many people come to visit the u.n. from all over the world. the visitors, including children, are able to learn about hiroshima , na

into the world trade organization is finally is greed after eighteen years in the making for me in geneva in just a moment. the italian economy trembles and groan under the weight of its debt silvio berlusconi's a promise of resignation leaves markets fearful of an important success. and our russia close up series takes you to the shores of the black sea where local producers are struggling to tempt the taste buds of gourmet lovers from all around the world. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me. russia has finally been granted accession to the world trade organization north almost twenty years of thorny because she ations commission in geneva has finalized over the long awaited membership which will happen in december laura smith now joining us live from geneva let's get more details from her oh good to see you laura so joining the ws you know it's been a long and tough task for russia just how significant is today's news for the country. well i mean it is significant even if we only look at the huge amount of time that it's taken for this to happen eighteen ye

with me rima joshie welcome to the program was the end of a long journey for russia a commission in geneva is set to clear all the remaining hurdles for moscow's long awaited membership to the world trade organization it comes after russia and georgia finally reached an agreement on regulating customs on the borders with a breakaway republics of south city and a posse of parties laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva allows the monitoring of all cross borders trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company without the lost of george's objections to russia joining the w t o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal realm and sways analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia's accession could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with members

t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program was the end of a long journey for russia a commission in geneva is set to clear all the remaining hurdles for moscow's a long awaited membership to the world trade organization comes after russia and georgia finally reached an agreement on regulating customs borders with the breakaway republics of south the city and artist laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva allows the monitoring of all cross borders trade between the two countries including the russian pact south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company with that the last of george's objections to russia joining the w c o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal relman to it analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia's extension could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in

marina joshie welcome to the program well as the end of the long journey for russia a commission in geneva is set to clear all the remaining hurdles for moscow's long awaited membership to the world trade organization comes after russia and georgia finally reached an agreement on regulating customs on the borders with the breakaway republics of south the city and artist laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva and allows the monitoring of all cross border trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company with that the last of george's objections to russia joining the w t o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal relman to it analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia's accession could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership for

arena joshua into the program now it's the and of all long journey for russia a commission in geneva is set to clear all the remaining hurdles for abbas goes a long awaited membership to the world trade organization it comes after russia and georgia finally reached an agreement on regulating customs on the borders with the breakaway republics of south the city and a posse laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with july the agreement signed here in geneva and allows the monitoring of old cross border trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company without the last of georgia's objections to russia joining the w t o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal realm and sways analysts say are always possible but unlikely that package of documents on russia's that session could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with mem

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as the working group session in geneva unfolds plus. what is excess into the government here will open new opportunities for business in the country find out about the advantages and disadvantages of during the world trade organization in our business bulletin. of prime minister silvio berlusconi's facing his last few days in office as italy moves closer to the financial drain its bond rates hit emergency levels close to the level which forced greece portugal and ireland to ask for an e.u. bailout and that's part panic in global markets amid fears berlusconi's successor won't be able to prevail on the euro zone's third largest economy from sinking r.t. sara for its reports. really seen this year easing crisis developed at an unprecedented rate and its least being the latest country that this has been sucked into the debt spiral for which there might be no return if the scene is boring calls cause that's been this and that this is an extremely dangerous territory now that's because the market does seven percent is a trigger point at whic

as a working group session in geneva unfolds plus. what is excess into the doubles here will open new opportunities for business in the country find out about the advantages and disadvantages of joining the world trade organization in our business bulletin. prime minister silvio berlusconi's facing his last few days in office as italy moves closer to the financial brink its bond rates hit emergency levels close to the level which forced greece portugal and ireland to ask for an e.u. bailout and that sparked panic in global markets amid fears berlusconi's successor won't be able to prevail on the euro zone's third largest economy from sinking r.t. sara for three ports. we seen this year raising prices developed an unprecedented rate and it's least being the latest country that has been sucked into the debt spiral which then might be. the scene is pouring calls cause that's seven percent. it's an extremely dangerous territory now that's because most of that seven percent is the trigger point at which we saw countries such as ireland por

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our of course will not be heard whose responsibility i mean sort of the israeli but if you can tell me why on whose side do you think the ball is today who is more able mean israel or the palestinians to to get it moving i mean good dialogue the overcoming of the problems in the region i would say the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there is not one ball right i think that we have several that we. have several not and that's true and i think the question is what my sense is when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community will be able and smart enough to bring these people together and trying

you're watching r t on marina joshie now obviously out of all long journey for russia at mission in geneva is set to clear all the remaining hurdles from moscow's long awaited membership to the world trade organization artie's laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva allows the monitoring of all cross borders trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company with that the last of george's objections to russia joining the w c o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal realm and swiss analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia's accession could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in december russia's accession will be the biggest step towards liberalizing trade around the world since china joined the w t o around te

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our of course will not be asking you whose responsibility it is i mean about sort of the israeli but if you can tell me what on whose side do you think the ball is today who is more able i mean israel or the palestinians to to get it moving i mean good. well are they the overcoming of problems in the region i would say the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there is not one ball right i think that we have several that we think we have several not and that's true and i think the question is what my sense is when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community will be able and smart enough to bring th

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also everyday in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our course will not be harassed whose responsibility is i mean about sort of the israeli work if you can tell me. on all sides do you think the ball is today who is more able israel or the protestants to to get it moving i mean the dialogue the overcoming problems in the region i was at the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there's not one ball i think that we have several that we think we are several out of that's true and i think the question is not my senses when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community will be able and smart enough to bring these people together and trying to find solutio

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our of course will not be asking you whose responsibility i mean about sort of the israeli but if you can tell me why on whose side do you think the ball is today who is more able mean israel or the palestinians to to get it moving i mean good. well are they the overcoming problems in the region i would say the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there is not one ball right i think that we have several that we think we have several not and that's true and i think the question is what my senses when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community will be able and smart enough to bring these people tog

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convention apply and in this case the geneva convention yes we do actually consider is of your violation of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our of course will not be asking whose responsibility it is i mean about sort of the israeli but if you can tell me what on whose side do you think the ball is today who is more able i mean israel or the palestinians to to get it moving i mean the dialogue the overcoming of the problems in the region. i would say the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there is not one ball right i think that we have several that we think we really have several nodded that's true and i think the question is what my sense is when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being b

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also everyday in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs well are of course will not be heard whose responsibility is on me and her master of the israeli work if you can tell me why on whose side do you think the boy is today who is more able i mean israel or the pro students to to get it moving and i mean the dialogue the overcoming problems in the region i was at the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem there is not one ball right i think that we have said although we. have several not of that's true and i think the question is not my senses when you see the reason you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community would be able and smart enough to bring these people together and trying to find solut

to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations a commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december laura smith now joining us live from geneva let's get more details from her good to see you laura so joining the dots you know it's been a long and tough task for russia just how significant is today's news for the country. well i mean it is significant even if we only look at the huge amount of time that it's taken for this to happen eighteen years as you say there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but one can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years wh

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our of course will not be asking whose responsibility it is i mean the master of the israeli but if you can tell me what on whose side do you think the ball is today who is more able i mean israel or the palestinians to to get it moving i mean the dialogue the overcoming of the problems in the region. i was it the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there is not one ball right i think that we have several that we think we are several not at that's true and i think the question is what my sense is when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community will be able and smart enough to bring these people

of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palace you know authorities every day we discuss that in a must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of the whole works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are our of course will not be heard whose responsibility i mean sort of the israeli but if you can tell me why on whose side do you think the ball is today who is more able to mean israel or the pros to me and to to get it moving i mean the dialogue the overcoming of the problems in the region i would say the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem is there is not one ball right i think that we have several there is a very real chance we are several not and that's true and i think the question is what my senses when you see for different reasons you see a country or different country being blocked my hope was that the international community will be able and smart enough to bring these peo

access into the world trade organization is finally agreed after eighteen years in the making for me in geneva in just a moment. also this hour an r.t. athens announces the veteran voice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources after the findings of the un's atomic watchdog sparked fresh concern over to iran's nuclear program our top stories this hour. international news uncomment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day so russia has been finally granted accession to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized over all terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december or to your smith was there. there's a document in circulation which is all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time

artie's laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with the agreement signed here in geneva laos the monitoring of all cross border trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company with that the last of georgia's objections to russia joining the w t o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal realm and sways analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia that session could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in december russia's accession will be the biggest step towards liberalizing trade around the world since china joined the w t o around ten years ago analysts say any indication of a deal could boost the russian stock market by five percent providing a base of relief from eurozone uncertainty and the

from moscow's long awaited membership to the world trade organization argues laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva allows the monitoring of all cross border trade between the two countries including the russian south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company with that the last of georgia's objections to russia joining the w t o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal realm and swiss analysts say are always possible but unlikely the packets of documents on russia's next session could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in december russia's accession will be the biggest step towards liberalizing trade around the world since china joined the w t o around ten years ago the world bank says. could boost the size of russia's economy by more than three percent in the medium term and eleven percent in the long term.

into the world trade organization is finally agreed after eighteen years in the making more from me in geneva in just a moment. also this hour athens announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new prime minister sparking fresh indignation on greek streets over the sea of loss of yet more soaring to to the use relentless bureaucratic machine. israel may strike iran by the end of the same birds according to reports citing british intelligence sources are the findings of the un's atomic watchdog sponsored fresh concern over terrans nuclear program the top stories this . international news and cohen live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day russia has been finally granted access to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thought the negotiations and commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december ati's nor smith has been. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages

access into the world trade organization is finally agreed after eighteen years in the making for me in geneva in just a moment. announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new premier squawking indignation on greek streets over the perceived also give more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence services over the findings of the un's atomic watchdog small fresh concern over to iran's nuclear program our top stories this hour. international news in coming live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day russia has been finally granted accession to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will now happen in december artes nor smith has been a. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages and i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i

access into the world trade organization is finally agreed to eighteen years in the making for me in geneva in just a moment. also the athens announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of the summer that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources off of the findings of the un's atomic watchdog stalk fresh concern over to ron's nuclear program our top stories this hour. international news and comment line from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this so russia has been finally granted access to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thought in a go she asians and commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen now in december lottie's norse myths in. there's a document in circulation which is all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pag

into the world trade organization is finally agreed after eighteen years in the make a move for me in geneva in just a moment. or so that athens announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december according to reports citing british intelligence sources on the findings of the un's atomic watchdog sparked fresh concern over to ron's nuclear program our top stories the. international news and comments live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this so russia has been finally granted exception to the world trade organization after almost twenty years for me to go she asians the commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december with spain. there's a document in circulation which is all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read

the borders with the breakaway republics of south the city and a positive laura smith has more from geneva. this could be the end of an eighteen year process the last big hurdle to russia joining the world trade organization has been successfully negotiated on wednesday russia accepted a trade deal with georgia the agreement signed here in geneva allows the monitoring of all cross border trade between the two countries including the russian backed south ossetia and abkhazia by a private company without the last of george's objections to russia joining the w c o has been dealt with barring any last minute deal relman switch analysts say are always possible but unlikely the package of documents on russia's next session could be approved by a working group on thursday or friday with membership formalized in december russia's accession will be the biggest step towards liberalizing trade around the world since china joined the w t o around ten years ago the world bank says. could boost the size of russia's economy by more than three percent in the medium term and eleven percent in the long term

population doesn't mean we have the right to live as they said yes we do consider absolutely if the geneva convention apply and in this case the general mentioned by yes we do actually consider is of your violation of of the geneva convention what we do we don't speak only about about that in the media what we do is we discuss that with the israeli but also with the palestinian authorities every day we discuss that in our must with hamas also every day in terms of their responsibility of how it works in order to make sure that people can have access again to health to water to basic basic needs what are the course will not be heard whose responsibility is on me and the master of the israeli work if you can tell me. on whose side do you think the way who is more able i mean israel or the pros to me and to to get it moving i mean the dialogue the overcoming problems in the region i was at the ball is everywhere that's maybe the problem there is not one ball right i think we have several really believe we are several more of that's true and i think the question is not my senses when you see f

andrea mentioned in geneva when he met gorbachev, before he was going to geneva, we asked him at a news conference, mr. president, are you nervous about meeting a soviet leader? and he said, oh, no, i once starred opposite errol flynn. [laughter] >> he did love movies. i went to the archive and this was a list of all of the movies they saw at camp david in 15 years. they went there just about every weekend, or most weekends. and the selection of movies is very surprising. it is worth checking out. >> i remember going to camp david and watching movies periodically and sitting in the president's cabin and passing around popcorn and you are just focus on the movie as if he were in someone's never met and you were comfortable and focus on the movie. >> those stories are making sure that up to the date, current movies were coming out. and he loved that knowledge of the film industry. >> and invariably he would say on monday morning, when it comes out, you have to go see it. he was a good salesman. [laughter] >> thanks to each of you for the reminiscence. two things i have missed so far, and

nhk world's reporter reports from geneva. >>> another small chapter has been written. vietnam has officially opened. it will help speed up transportation between the economies of the region. the tunnel in ho chi minh was opened to traffic on monday in the official opening ceremony of the weekend, deputy prime minister praised the city's authorities and people for completing the tunnel on schedule. the tunnel is an important step towards the integration of the entire south economic corridor. back in 2007 southeast asia welcomed the completion of the east-west economic corridor running from thailand to laos and vietnam. it has been contributing to the region's economic growth ever since. the south corridor links thailand to southern vietnam through cambodia. the tunnel fully completes the link with the exception of a bridge over the mekong river in cambodia. connecting two massive manufacturing giants, thailand and vietnam, the corridors are expected to lead to more distribution and adjacent developing companies like laos and cambodia will enjoy spillover benefits from t

organizers in geneva just opened a permanent exhibit to commemorate the atomic bombings there and in hiroshima. many visitors stop in front of the burned statue of an angel from the urakami angel. donors hoped it would serve as a symbol of the nuclear tragedy for europeans, many of whom are devout christians. shigame fukahori felt inspired after seeing the angel and finally he decided to share his story. >>> he recounted his experiences to local high school students in geneva. >> translator: as i walked on the bank of a stream near the center of the explosion, i saw many people who had turned black. piled up in the water. each person's voice is small, but if we speak together, our collective voice is loud. so we should gather our voices together, to realize world peace. thank you. [ applause ] >> it's very courageous for him to come here and talk about his story. i guess not everybody would do it. >> translator: i think students are interested in what i told them. if more people paid attention, i believe we could find world peace. >> nhk world's name yamada is in our studio in nagasa

breaking news for you this hour a commission in geneva fully clears the way for russia to finally enter the world trade organization with all remaining hotels now overcome. to get an official invite next month after almost two decades of try. pushing the country to the brink of financial collapse global markets down it's all despite the country's prime minister silvio berlusconi promising to resign as soon as parliament approves the austerity measures demanded by the e.u. . and student protesters in california unhappy with rising tuition fees by riot squads. comes the clashes occurred as police began dismantling the camp of hundreds of berkeley students. those are some of the main headlines here on r.t. for now though the u.n. human rights chief says that syria is very close to becoming like libya for an uprising against a longstanding leader turned into a violent civil war more than three thousand people reported to have died in the anti-government protests that started some eight months ago so we spoke to the country's deputy foreign minister. thanks a lot nick that syria's deputy for

breaking news on the commission in geneva fully clears the way for russia to finally enter the world trade organization it comes after almost two decades of trying. student protesters in california unhappy with rising tuition fees i met with the riot police brutally wielding their batons. western powers push for fresh sanctions against iran following the latest report on his alleged nuclear ambitions but russia rejects the idea as counterproductive. and are to use a close up team travels to the black sea coast to discover how the local products are being made and why getting them onto the dinner table is proving so difficult.

to the world trade organization after nearly twenty years of thorny negotiations a commission in geneva has finally finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which should happen now in december r.t. said laura smith now reports from switzerland. today's really been historic moment we've seen this big working group we walked into the room earlier on today to watch these final negotiations taking place there representatives from all hundred fifty three current members of the world trade organization and it resulted in them bringing down the gavel quite literally on the documents that were approved russia's accession to the world trade organization then chief russia's chief negotiator maxime made was actually quite entertaining speech about what's a long process this is being he talked about the ups and downs the dramas and even the comedies of this process and he said at the end actually russia is not fully satisfied with this deal but his main geneva lesson that he's learnt is that it's no one's really happy with a deal that it means that deal is fair as far as what happens

to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will now happen in december artes nor smith has been there. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place of the gathering of the documents as they call it here he said that it is true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia h

the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thought in negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december artes nor smith has been there. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place of the gathering of the documents as they call it here he said that it's true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuilt i

access to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations a commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december artie's laura smith was there. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place after the gathering of the documents as they call it here he said that it is true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuil

accession to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december ortiz or smith spinners. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place after the gathering of the documents as they call it here he said that it's true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuil

russia after the country was granted accession after eighteen years of thorny talks the commission in geneva finalized terms for a long awaited membership which spells start in december artie's laura smith has more. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maxime made he had to give says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place of the gathering of the documents as they call it he said that it's true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has re

years of thorny negotiations a commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which should now happen in december artie's laura smith's. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place off the gaveling of the documents as they call it here he said that it's true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuilt its economy without the help of the world trade organ

granted access to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of negotiations a commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen now in december ati's laura smith's been there. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock with painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place of the gathering of the documents as they call it here he said that it's true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has reb

russia after the country was granted accession after eighteen years of thorny talks a commission in geneva is finalized terms for the long awaited membership which will begin in december artie's laura smith has been. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place of the gathering of the documents as they call it he said that it is true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuilt its econom

accession to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny goshi actions a commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which should happen in december. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but you can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which are taking place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place after the gaveling of the documents as they call it here he said that it is true that russia first deployed for membership back in one thousand nine hundred three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuilt its economy with

to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations the commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen in december r.t. or smith's been there. there's a document in circulation which is the all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but i can only imagine that it's full chockablock of painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over that all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over the last eighteen years what just what is the point of this and he pointed out during a media conference that took place off the gathering of the documents as they call it he said that it's true that russia first deployed for membership back in one nine hundred ninety three when its economy was in pieces and over that period of time russia has rebuilt it