Page 8 - Soviet Block News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The united states and west wunot the soviet block. they make up the largest voting group and today members visiting countries may get to the military base where they tested explosives. what about the offer to allow the diplomats to visit the nuclear site. iran said it is an important gesture. but hard pressed to find anyone outside of the regime to agree. they point out that the diplomats know nothing about the technicalities of nuclear and they don't know what percentage of uranium are riched in the particular facility is little more than window dressing, listen. >> my guess it is sounding

from bringing home the gold and plenty of chances today. for the women it starts with soccer and then hit the mats for gymnast gymnastics. for the guys, nothing but net and swish. then swimmer michael phelps already a world record holder, but today this is a race like no other. not just going for the gold, he's trying to make history. once again, zain verjee, no pressure for phelps, right? >> no, it's just an easy, breezy thing. just a few hours back there in aquatics centre. a name you'll hear a lot today, she is a former soviet gymnast and she actually holds the world record for th...

To be for the rest of the world until we had the benefit of hindsight two years later. it was 1991 when he looked back at 1989 and said, actually, that wasn't just about germany, that wasn't just about berlin, that was about the entire soviet block. there's so soviet union that unites the arab world the way the soviet union united the soviet block, and indeed, defined it. but egypt is the cornerstone of the arab world. it is its population centering with, 80 million people. it has considered to be this middle eastern stability that we bank on and that israel so uneasily banks on. so to see dra...

It's like nascar on snowboards. they race down the hill, do jumps, knock each other all over the place. it's a great sport. he edged out the canadian favorite at the finish line. won his second goal. he finished like 17th in qualifying, so this is considered a big upset for him. that gives the united states two golds and if we look at the medal board, the united states, eight total medals. germany with five. canada and france with four apiece. winter games, typically not our thing here in the states. we succeed in the summer, but we're doing really well so far. >> willie, where are the west ge...