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national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- "journal" coming to you. >> coming up, the aftermath in athens. cleaning up after the latest austerity program sparked the worst fighting in decades. >> the foreign minister starts to plan a new arab league to plan for syria. >> adele sweeps the grammys, six awards for the singer who has captured the hearts of the world. >> , much more austerity can
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greece take? that's the question many are asking after a night of buyers in athens. >> protesters went on the rampage last night and lawmakers passed the last package of laws and reforms. >> they were demanded by the eu and i am not as conditions-- and the imf. >> it the u.s. says athens need to come up with another $300 million euro before the bailouts can go out. >> cleanup crews have been busy cleaning up the debris from last night's riots. despite the ferocity of the protests come of it passed the austerity measures by a large majority. many people on the streets feel betrayed and they say that greece can not take any more. >> we should have left nothing standing, not one stone, not parliament. they are traitors.
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tell me one of them who is not a traitor. >> i just want to say greece will never die. it is really sad to see what happened here. this is not the fault of the people. this is the fault of the people in there. >> overnight, the greek capital descended into chaos. protesters set fire to dozens of buildings, and officers responded with tear gas. despite the strength of public anger, many defend their decision to pass the cut saying there's simply no alternative. greece needs another injection of international money so it can continue to serve as a government that. >> the greek people have already made a lot of sacrifices, but these are necessary as well as the structural reforms that have not yet been taken over these past two years as well as the privatization of all of the things that greece needs to do. >> most of the people see the
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vote of this measure and that is why they are reacting, and rightly so, but the reality is that it puts agrees on a new footing to develop their economy again. -- it puts agrees on a new footing. >> this will slash the minimum wage, cut pensions, and cut public sector jobs. this highlights the huge challenge facing the government, which still has to implement the painful cuts. >> what about the second bailout of greece backs will sunday's vote turnout to be enough to get the billions blowing? >> no. the eu's economic chief made clear today in brussels. they said the vote alone was not enough to release the money and we're still waiting on the report from the troicha. they still have to tell the eu
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where they additional take an additional 325 million euro cut. domestic politics in greece continue to trouble the you. -- trouble the eu. they want signatures from all of the coalition partners that no matter who the next prime minister will be, they will stick with it. >> cutting spending will not get the greek economy back on its feet in itself. will the eu do anything to help? >> cutting spending is a necessary condition for the money to be released. reese needs it to pay its debts. without that money, greece will be bankrupt on the 20th of march when the debts are due. the eu is also working to try and get the greek economy back on its own two feet. they have to put together a task force which is, for instance, helping them get the administration back in order but it will take years.
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>> thank you for joining us, nina, from brussels. >> the greek crisis has been a big worry over shattering the financial markets. how did sunday's low down in trading today? >> relief about the greek decision was noticeable in many parts of the financial markets. a messy default of greece has now become less probable again. that is why the euro could gain as well as the stock prices of many european companies. the yields on many of the eurozone government bonds, for instance italy and portugal, will have to pay less interest on their long-term government bonds. m&a speculation also fuelled the market's. reportedly, siemens considering a merger in one of their businesses.
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>> year as a look at some of the market numbers. daxx closing up, 6738. on wall street, the dow jones still trading up by more than 0.5%. euro trading at $1.32. syria is at the top of the agenda of up to the arab league will and tend. >> they're calling for a joint peacekeeping effort with the united nations. they had vetoed the arab league's last plant in a u.n. security vote earlier this month. both countries have been lukewarm about this new process. >> of russia has twice vetoed u.n. resolutions against syria.
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a peacekeeping plan can be implemented only if russia backs it does not stand in the way. after talking with his counterpart from the united arab emirates said moscow would consider. >> we are stuttering this initiative and we count on our boat that friends in the arab league will give us clarification on several fronts. a peacekeeping mission, or a mission to support peace, must have peace to start with in order to support it. >> meanwhile, supporters of the syrian position are skeptical about the arab league's motives. hundreds texas streets in protest. -- hundreds took to the streets. >> they are using delaying tactics. they are suggesting that they know it is useless. >> this poster reads, "we are
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bleeding. save us." . bombardment kept up in several cities with even more casualties. >> coming up, the show must go on. after the death of whitney houston, the music world celebrates a new star. soul singer adele won six awards. we will have more on that and the other highlights in just a few minutes. ♪ you played me to the deep >> israel has blamed iran for the bombing attacks that two of their foreign industries. two were wounded in new delhi. at the same time, they defused a device attached to an embassy vehicle in georgia. >> the supreme court in spain has thrown out a corruption case. they rolled the statutes of
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limitations have passed. he was convicted last week in a separate case over illegalities and has been barred from the bench. >> the pakistan highest court has charge of the prime minister with contempt charge with failing to reopen corruption precedents. he faces at the jail and being barred from office if convicted. >> violence in iberia and flights have been cancelled. -- flights and workers protesting. and now for sports news. cologne and hamburg of both bill dillabaugh to expectations. -- failed to live up to
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expectations. until the last moments of the game. >> giving hamburg a deserved of misery in cologne with the shot that just made it in. -- a deserved victory. :'s did find the net but the goal was ruled all sides. they clearly missed their injured stryker. his teammates came under increasing pressure. he could not find his range. he was thwarted. then at guerrero settle things with this kick. we landed elite lucky punch. the team kept believing in themselves and wanted to win at all costs. they celebrated their fourth away win of the ceiling while
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colonna bemoaned their fate. -- while cologne bemoaned their fate. >> later in the match, they attempted to come close but they were denied by the keeper. ausburg almost broke through. nuremberg needed a little bit of help. the draw did not help either club. >> the space agency has successfully launched their new rocket in 30 years. it launched off from the french guyana. they launched nine scientific satellites into orbit. this completes the family of rockets which includes other russian rockets. it was developed at a cost of
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800 million euro. >> engineers spent three months before the launch making sure. was it that for launch. -- making sure vega was fit. it is the smallest of the fleet. seven countries develop to the rocket with existing technology. it can carry 2.5 trillion ton of tcargo. designs are becoming more sophisticated. this is where the payloads are prepared for a launch. five uplights have already been scheduled exclusively for scientific and earth observation satellites. esa expects it will mostly be used for this kind of cargo. two launches are expected every year. the rocket developers have hailed this a great day for the european space program.
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>> the first launch entered into the market, but there will also be a system of improvements getting closer to the customer's needs. >> among the satellites it carried on its maiden flight was a very special one. it is fitted with laser reflectors that will be used to investigate the world's gravitational field. >> it was an evening of the dimensions in los angeles as two titans dominated the evening at the grammy awards. >> the biggest night in the music industry opened with a somber note with a prayer in honor of whitney houston. if >> the british singer adele to come most of the top honors including record of the year. -- took home the honors. >> the crowning of a new queen
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of poppet. ♪ rolilng in the deep >> g-10 come no pure than six albums including best album and best song for her hit, "row lling in the deep." ♪ >> the foo fighters were the other big winners taking five awards including best rock song and album. ♪ yeah yeah ♪ >> the evening opened with a tribute to whitney houston, who was found dead just one day before the grammys. ♪ i will always love you >> after paying respects, it was back to business as usual as the music industry celebrated itself and the show must go on.
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♪ you can take >> after a short break and we will be back with the berlin film festival. >> dw on the net with a new address. journalistic quality in 30 languages. insightful, the verse, and in multi-media format. -- diverse. dw.de.
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>> we are going straight to the berlin film festival where it has been a star-studded year. >> angelina jolie is brought in a movie showing she's a talented director. her ex-husband clearly does not want to be outdone. >> we are talking about the man before brad pitt. his name is billy bob thornton. has come to berlin with a new film he directed. the films are running in the main competition and tells the story of a clash of cultures and generations in the southern u.s. in 1969 in a time of anti- vietnam war protests.
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he played a leading role as well as directed. at the berlinale, who made the better film, angelina or billy bob? >> yes, the inevitable question that will never one bill be comparing these two films. -- will be comparing. there are two very different films. angelina's film is a war drama set during the bosnian war drama, a very hard and brittle film. she co-wrote he script and shot it in the aboriginal language in bosnian. billy bob's movie is very light, but there are dark moments, but it is almost nostalgic reminding me of films would see in the 1970's. when i can say is that both are excellent.
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if i'm honest committees of the two best i have seen at the berlinale so far. >> a very diplomatic cancer. one of the other movies that has people talking is the big one from china. >> the feliz called "the flowers of war." it stars one of the world's biggest stars, christian bale. this is the first time have seen a huge chinese director and a big american star come together. it is the story about a rape when japanese forces invaded the capital of china and committed this horrible massacre. it is very interesting. i found it a bit slow, but it's interesting for what it is trying to do. it's trying to bring these two cultures together which is sort of what the berlinale is about. >> thanks, scott.
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he will tell you that bill was not only about glamour and entertainment but also big business. >> and we are talking big money. sometimes they seek state funding are other finance partners to fund their movies. >> and berlin provides a platform where a film makers and finance years can get together. >> film producers the king for financing for their latest projects. they are in for a long day. there are looking in the co- production market for distributors, finance years, and producers. >> it to be selected for this co-production market is very distinctive and it's great to make contact with producers from different cultures. >> this has taken on greater
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importance during tougher economic times. they need backing from canada because that is where their film is set. potential candidates meet here for 30 minute appointments. it is not much time to make the pitch, but that's the idea behind the market. this director has already made a film and she is showing at the berlinale which has german and french backing. >> the film is french but the money was more from germany and france -- than in france. it was really hard to find money in france for this project. i do not know why. maybe they did not like the subject. >> her film tells the story of a paris journalist investigating prostitution.
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>> the film was financed with 500,000 euro from the media foundation. in return, the director had to build part of the movie in cologne, these hotels scenes. very few would get produced without help from the states. governments are keen to bolster their local film shooting. it has advantages and disadvantages. >> i'm always finding pleasure in it, but it is complicated. then they would countries each want to say something. for the director, for the producers, for everyone. >> she has a way to go to move their project from studio to screen, raising between $2.40
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dollars million euro. >> there marking in anniversary. >> british and american planes fired bombs in dresden in 1945 and the casualties were huge. >> and they have seen on rust with the neo-nazi groups involved. >> -- they have seen unrest. >> this skyline was devastated by a fire storm 67 years ago. they are expecting thousands to convert your to make a human chain to mark the university. the city of dresden always seek to commemorate the events within an up-to-date political context. it is never just retrospective. it is always being current, too. the 13th of a new area is a special day for dresden. on the night of february 13th, 1945, british and american bombers began a series of raids
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that destroyed the baroque city center and killed an estimated 25,000 people. the date has become a rallying point for members of the neo- nazi movement. far right demonstrators have planned a marched through dresden and police expect major counter-protests and plan to dispatch 4000 officers to prevent a repeat of last year's clashes. >> the thing about piggery 13th is that it involves a political discussion in the mood is always very tense. -- the thing about february 13th is that it is tense. >> church bells tolled at 9:45 p.m. to mark the moment when the bombs start to rain down on dresden. >> the quarter than in has convicted two businessmen for causing the deaths of factory workers. >> the two it were have said to
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fail with safety rules in the handling of asbestos. >> it has been banned, but many are still exposed to asbestos every day. >> outside the courthouse, relatives waited to hear the verdict of the trial in the death of those this irresponsible for their loved ones. >> my brother died of lung cancer due to asbestos 13 years ago. we hope to dissatisfying results from those who did wrong and knowing there were killing people by making harmful product. they must be made an example of. >> the factory brokers -- owners were not in the court. they both received a 16-year prison sentences. the defendants were ordered to pay damages for the deaths of around 3000 people who worked out or lived near the italian plants during the 1970's and
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1980's. it is a global problem. >> this injustice takes place from brazil, france, switzerland, and so on. >> the highly toxic material has been banned only in 40 countries around the world, mostly in developing nations, but it still widely used in other industries. >> the european big freeze continues to exact a heavy tolls. >> it has claimed a number of lives and dozens of people have been present to death, shut down power plants and roads. -- they have been frozen to death. >> the lack of public services mean people are on their own to cope with the arctic conditions plunging down to -40 celsius. clucks the bosnian capital is buried under snow. the students have volunteered to clear a path outside a home for the blind.
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>> we are organizing and using facebook and email. by last friday, we had set up our work schedule for next several days. >> the public services in bosnia-herzegovina and other balkan countries are completely overwhelmed. schools and day care centers will remained closed. during the night, water supplies are cut off. and now, even electricity is becoming scarce. a liberty -- deliveries to factories have been made scarce. >> a lot of people are cut off from the outside world. there is no one taking care of these people. no one is bringing them to norm madison. -- food or medicine. >> this is bringing it back to war during the 1990's. >> we can work together just
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like we're doing here today. cook several people in moscow and herzegovina have frozen to death. -- several people in bosnia- herzegovina have frozen to death. >> these villages are totally cut off at the moment. there is little changed in sight for now. >> thank you for tuning in to "the journal" on the new dw. >> we will have more news for you at the top of the hour.
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