the russian leader also praised the progress in resolving the conflict between armenia and neighboring azerbaijan over the disputed mountain region of new gorney a buck i mean and troops gain control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred four after a six year war but the region is still internationally recognized as part of as of asia. electricity supplies have been completely restored in st petersburg after a power blackout that lasted for almost an hour or two cities in the leningrad region remain without power the blackout plunged around forty percent of russia's second largest city into chaos friday evening and knocked out traffic signals causing massive congestion on the roads train stations and metro services were also hit while water supplies are still affected according to reports emergencies ministry says it was all caused by an accident at one of the city's electricity plants but it hasn't given any more details. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causing anti islamic sentiment in the us

moscow's also promised to guarantee armenia security and provide advanced military hardware for its armed forces the russian leader also praised that progress in resolving the conflict between armenia and neighboring azerbaijan of the rooted mountain region of the. i mean troops gain control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred forty six year war but the region is still internationally recognized as part of as a by your own. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causing islamic sentiment in the us post as asking why there have been put up on the buses around the city that is artie's marina portnoy reports it's now a fight between freedom of speech and freedom of faith. here in the u.s. media capital millions of messages. but only one advertisement for new york city is . emotional reaction to. this ad has been slapped on twenty six buses in the big apple on the left a plane crashing into the north tower on nine eleven on the right the proposed mosque slated to rise two blocks from ground zero the red te

of a new cell and russia's military will stay in armenia until the year twenty forty four at least the new deal on the lease of a military base has been signed by prison dimitri medvedev during his visit to the country. is our security cooperation is very important especially protocol number five which prolongs an agreement on the russian military base in armenia disagreement to avoid peace and security in the caucasus region. moscow's also promised to guarantee armenia security and provide advanced military hardware for its armed forces the russian leader also praised the progress in resolving the conflict between armenia and neighboring azerbaijan over the disputed mountain of courteney kind of back i mean in troops gained control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred four after a six year war but the region is still internationally recognized as part of as a by john. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causing anti islamic sentiment in the u.s. post as asking why there have been put up on buses

this person from armenia has lived here three months, with five children and no job. the police are hovering on the edge of the camp, waiting to move in. in fact, they have already called more than once. they came at 6:00 this morning, he said, banging on the door. the families were dragged from their beds and lined up outside their shacks. they all know what is coming and the children are frightened. nicolas sarkozy says 300 camps like this will be cleared in the next three months. this one has been given a temporary reprieve by the courts. 200 people are living here with children. this is a popular policy with the french public. 80% of those surveyed say they are in favor of the government actions. >> our policy is always to not fall roma integration. roma people are full european citizens, with the right to free movement anywhere in the e.u. they can work and study just like anyone else. >> under french law, immigrants from bulgaria and romania have to have a work permit to stay longer than three months. the government says the camps have become breeding grounds fo

russia signed and agreement with armenia to extend the presence of russian troops for 49 years in armenia. the next day, a statement was made. this is very important. because of the instability of what's going in iran and russian presence in armenia will help stabilize the situation. i think you mentioned turkey, and this sort of thing. we're at the crossroads of three major reinsurgent empires here and the reason i bring that out is apart from the fact that i'm also director of a center in georgia where we look at basically having been the crossroads of three empires you have russia and iran and turkey all in this region and we so rarely mention russia and turkey as part of the equation and my question to all three of you is this. is it possible as we sit here focusing on this nuclear weapon and hezbollah and hamas and what may happen here or there or what the israelis may decide or the syrians. this is much bigger than we're even thinking and what's the political consequences if this indeed bigger than anyone's calculation in washington. thank you. >> thank you, very much. well, it's al

for its army its me from invades it also praised the progress made in resolving the conflict between armenia and neighboring iser by sean over the disputed mountain region of knickerbocker. war ended with armenian troops when the control of the territory in one thousand nine hundred ninety four but the region is still internationally recognized as part of. a coming up later in the program for you freedom of speech versus freedom of religion debates rage over new york advert that opposes building a mosque ground zero. and seventy years after a russian revolutionaries that many europeans are finding his ideas still relevant only. let's take a look now at some stories dominating headlines around the world b.p. has rejected claims that it's withholding information needed for the investigation into the gulf of mexico oil spill trans ocean the firm which owns the rig has asked for full disclosure of details about the explosion at the platform which killed eleven workers and started the leak the company is already facing more than three hundred lawsuits for damages caused by the disaster but denies

enjoys a strong partnership with armenia. we have every expectation this will continue. russia is a part of the group, so they are playing a constructive role in that capacity. >> [inaudible] it is one of several times when he mentioned the mosque project. >> was this a recent interview? >> yes. i know he has been advised not to do any explicit fund-raising, but are you concerned the government is [inaudible] >> we have spoken to this issue many times over the last couple of weeks. what is important is he has been counseled on the prohibition against fund raising. he has his own approach to how he will handle the media. there is tremendous amount of media interest in his trip. in terms of the mosque issue, if the races that in the broader discussions about islam and america and tolerance, that is probably a relevant example. >> [unintelligible] people died around the globe from many states. [unintelligible] people of all faiths can come and pray. >> that is a good suggestion for new york. >> [unintelligible] the general elections in burma. [unintelligible] >> on her appe