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hello there you're watching r.t. broadcasting live from moscow the number of people infected with hiv in the worst affected countries has plummeted according to a new united nations report several african nations and they are sharing more positive to to stix an ongoing battle against the deadly virus meanwhile and between prove ways of fighting the disease health care officials and government representatives and scientists from around the globe are gathering in vienna ortiz sarah for this following the conference. in just a few days' time the eighteenth international aids conference will begin head in vienna bringing together around twenty five thousand policymakers scientists community work is activists and people living with hiv to discuss the latest developments in the stills but right now there's a two day conference going on looking also tentative definitions and treatments of
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hate hiv and aids when the aids epidemic first hit the headlines in the one nine hundred eighty s. it caused widespread panic for the singer he was one of the first diagnosed it was a terrifying experience the same experience turned sixty rivers just for information was just. right. here. chatroom. so featuring the first heard mr truly became a. christian priest. cigar since the discovery of aids three decades ago it's estimated a twenty five million people have died from the disease with eva sixty million people infected in that time according to the united nations u.s. scientists identified hiv as the cause and developed
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a successful test to detect its presence but this has itself been a subject to scientific disagreement some believe there are different causes of aids not just hiv and cause doubt in the standard aids test which is based on detecting the presence of the hiv virus whilst you might think there are only a small number of scientists who doubt they hate hiv aids they're a hair the conference is a list of around two thousand five hundred names all the scientists who challenge the classic definition some t. have different visas to treatment author and his doctor tentative therapies to conventional aids fighting drugs so strong is his. belief and these are the treatment methods that he's written the twenty three years positive based on his experiences. trying somber deserve an explanation for the strengths and work through further can live for. troops. still want to transfer from so
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far this dissenting from the conventional view that hiv causes a say they can face even hostility from the scientific pit is not occurring with the mainstream hiv theory of aids has even been compared to holocaust denial include a crime against humanity the expression aids denial is really nothing but now completely probably make nobody denies that there exists an acquired immune deficiency syndrome but. the science of this alive has to have the permission to question a certain model of thinking syria thinking you know you don't bring in here a dying patient so that we have to act immediately and give him something we're discussing here we're scientists and medical doctors why should we not be able to discuss i'm very astonished at the reaction is sometimes so aggressive so that the official aids two thousand and ten conference will be one of the most widely
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watched aids events in the world every day some of the topics the likely to be discussed will be access to treatment as well as new technologies and hate hiv and injection druggies now organizers have titled the conference right here right now which they say emphasizes the central importance of protecting and promoting human rights as a prerequisite to successful response to the problem. just a geisha into a small plane crash that killed the polish president those two countries it's a complete mess revealed new evidence that the pilots were under pressure to land despite the probe apparent transparency conspiracy theories testing the nation between. more details in just a few minutes. immigrants in the united states are prepared to do hard labor to survive and often resort to working illegally however one group is angry
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that these foreigners are taking away u.s. jobs claiming they do not pay taxes but these american citizens are not happy to do the work the immigrants do. reports. california. immigrant workers are picking the millions of americans and people around the world . it's a bad job not everyone is fit to do most of these. right in the united states illegally. and many are oblivious to the political firestorm around you know what happened here for labor you're going to leave any time i mean this is about lawful citizens versus illegal invaders if you want to build a fifty foot fence i'm in favor of the fifty. million illegal immigrants in the united states. those could be american jobs those could be tax paying jobs but some industries especially california agriculture businesses don't want americans
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working for them. which translates into workers needed a spanish language sign definitely aimed towards immigrant workers a foreign based workforce that's making sure that. make it to your table there's no need for interviews or long applications undocumented immigrants simply show up at a field and they're hired many people including former president george w. bush i mean immigrant workers do the jobs americans have to do at a farm in oxnard a city just north of los angeles neighbors. the average american could step in their shoes not even for a day. to hire a. white person is too hard. i haven't seen any american here working here in the field said you'll get it all came into this country illegally through the southern california desert he makes a dollar ninety for every box of strawberries she fills in now in an effort to
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employ out of work americans and obviously to prove a point the united farm workers union is embodying american citizens to take the jobs of these farm workers wouldn't be surprised if after a day or two they find themselves appreciating those who are taking the jobs we stop by the unemployment office to find out if people who are out of work would be willing to take the job of an immigrant farm worker if a farmer came up. as a farmer. and now. that. if i had a job that got me out there got me some exercise but no heavy lifting at least eleven dollars and up i would take it but i doubt that it's usually a lot of heavy lifting it doesn't pay too much there farmers and they're willing to pay slave labor of course they have. conservative radio host tony katz is among the growing number of supporters immigration crackdown he thinks the threat to the u.s.
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isn't just financial this is about people who may be coming with diseases we've already eradicated bring them back into the united states america has paid a significant price because of illegal immigration eric spence is the founder of we support arizona dot com he thinks americans will take the job of farm worker because an american will do what it takes to feed their family according to the united farm workers so far only three people have taken up there are for to take immigrant jobs in los angeles. are t. . more than three months after the plane crash that killed poland's president and many of the country's elite some politicians in have been raising questions over investigation into the tragedy they've come up with conspiracy theories that moscow has been hiding some of the probes evidence. reports. the sounds of this crash were heard around the world when the plane carrying polish president lech
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kaczynski came down and smolensk region killing on board russian poland united in warning. moscow showed it was willing to go out of their way to make sure investigation went openly and swiftly but some took the tragedy a lot more personally than others the progress of the investigation is to say the least minimal it is stalled polish investigators have received important documents and was happen for mushy it this situation causes suspicion however specialists in flight safety see no flaw with the conduct of the investigation they didn't have to cut any corners because really the causes for this accident were very straightforward by which i mean that it's the kind of accident which has happened many many times in the history of aviation it is the most common type of fatal accident in aviation history i think possibly. some polish people would have said
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look accident investigations take two years how are they so sure that they have got the answer after only a matter of months those who worked the russian investigation teams say laying the blame on them is not there there was in essence a joint investigation under way which i think was very wise right so i know that there have been an ongoing series of conversations and efforts because we do need to understand what happened to get your point so where does the doubt in the transparency of the investigation and the causes of the crash come from some believe politics could be in play there for people who are fond of believing that it was russian factor and that the second major. major factor is that there is a strong media coverage on this issue. and there is. a political fight between parties using this crash as it often goes but the tragedy that broke
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the ice between two people. brought moscow in warsaw closer than they've been in decades and now that relationship will have to withstand conspiracy theories to you about the scar to moscow. the starts disownment treaty between washington and moscow faces a tough route to get through the u.s. congress senior republican party figures opposing ratification but josh rogin writer for the magazine foreign policy believes opponents with a political agenda will not succeed in blocking the treaties approval there's broad bipartisan consensus that reducing nuclear weapons is a good thing it reduces the risk of nuclear weapons getting into the hands of terrorists and reduces the chances of an accidental launch it proves the relationship and communication between the us and russia which has to be a good thing my take is that the treaty really doesn't impact missile defense at all what we're seeing here is that this is the first arms control debate that the
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senate has had in ten years so the senators want to get maximum concessions so they're bargaining for those concessions those concessions include missile defense it's more of what can we can get before we sign on that's separate from mitt romney and sarah palin and a couple of senators who are just against the whole idea of arms control in their mind russia is evil needs to be combated and arms control in its entire frame has to be rejected there are a minority in the end the treaty will probably get passed with the support of conservative senators who have some concerns but want to get something for their vote and then you will still have going to twenty twelve going to the presidential election leading candidates like mitt romney mitt romney and sarah palin who don't make really analytical arguments they just bash on rush and they bash on the tree because they think that buys them political points. the current heat wave across europe may be good for holiday makers but it can also create a significant fire hazard among the most effective tools for extinguishing the. russian helicopters and the global demand for these choppers is growing rapidly as
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artie's very few national reports it's every year hundreds of thousands of hectares of spanish forest disappear the reason. the combination of the hard drive climate and human negligence often creates an unstoppable force resulting in a national catastrophe. but now it may have medics match. sareen on the front line for many years firefighting helicopters are among the best and spain has welcomed their arrival. we chose the thirty two because we know it for a long time ago and we know that this is the best for fight for. you know fighting is very very important market and. it's the start of the five we have this particular firefighting helicopter the russian k. thirty two is capable of carrying up to five tons of water it takes just ten
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seconds for the crew to feel its huge container haiti's and just fifteen seconds to drop it onto a fire so it's rather quick which is extremely important but this isn't the only feature that makes this russian model stand out. to suit your robot is moving the opposite directions and no tail rotor makes the machine more stable purine more. they stability and accuracy also going to safety for firemen both on the ground and in the air. at least has that even at the if you sent over fire with flames reaching the helicopters q. she always feels safe i know some of the now but it's made in russia but it works perfect here in and it's easy to control easy to maneuver it's not afraid of strong winds when others can't even takeoff it continues to work it's an ideal helicopter to work in emergency situations as they say it's gone through fire and vice versa i didn't like it but now it's my favorite pilots say take
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a thought cities always the last helicopter to leave a missionary or is that it's. historically the thirty two has been made good on the basis of kerry twenty seven multi-purpose boat helicopter designed to work in hard meterological conditions and aggressive climates that's why it's on rivaled in this field for this particular mission. ten russian kafeel cities are already a feature in the skies over spain which to me do join the ranks of the country's army and as the spanish star mine testifies their presence could be of critical importance ration ocean otty alekhine to severe pain. now on this very day in one hundred forty five the leaders of the soviet union the united kingdom and the united states gathered in the german city of potsdam danger up a new map of europe from the end of nazi occupation during world war two leaders from the three allied nations having secured the unconditional surrender of nazi germany
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sat down together in an attempt to establish a post-war order as a result germany was divided into four zones and controlled by the forces the conference which discussed the possibility of soviet forces joining the allied fight in the far east started just weeks before the us dropped the atomic bomb on japan. that is on the director of the world history institute says the conference marked the last time the allies work together before the cold war they also showed how partners can put aside their differences in pursuit of a common goal. to convince a growing with the main purpose of a portsdown conference was to draw a final line on the war was the last time the allies were working together and not engage in the cold war it also showed that as in every day life as long as there is a common target for partners they can close lay eyes on their differences their the
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goal was already reached nonces met was crushed so other problems and interests started to surface that the soviet union did not want eastern europe to turn into cool said time against communism as it was before the war the us wanted to capitalize on economic dominance created by war and europe wanted to recover economically politically and structurally and thirdly during the conference it became known that the americans had tested an atomic bomb hoping to use it to dictate their will to the world but effectively setting off a nuclear arms race. for the cold war could have been avoided at a ton of the pottstown conference that's the opinion of professor michael james. i think there was there was still a real chance at the time of ports to avoid the cold war i think what it required was and it would have been
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a leap of faith in the summer of nine hundred forty five but it required a real understanding of the scale of the suffering that the soviet union had in jewett on a realisation that if we take the story back to nine hundred forty two when the soviet union had been invaded the german forces were stalling it wasn't just being invaded by germany but by a coalition of eastern european countries remaining on this to do can the cool christmas from darien on the scale of christ's troops fighting that styling drive and the perception was of course this was how the journey through the un to that that it was a crusade a european precisely against bolshevism and if we bear that in mind i think we can understand the soviet point of view was that they want they want to do create a buffer and to stop the similar crusade happening in the future. now for some more
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top stories from around the world a massive fire caused by an oil pipeline explosion in northern china has been put out burning for fifteen hours the blast triggered a chain of further explosions on smaller part lines the accident happened after a three hundred thousand ton oil shipped off loaded oil in the harbor environmental protection officials say that the scene is still unsafe because of chemicals in the air and casualties have been reported. b.p. says there are no signs of leakage from its ruptured oil well in the gulf of mexico the last attempt to cap it three valves have been shot stopping the flow for the first time since april however engineers are still searching for other undiscovered leaks america's worst environmental disaster seen around seven hundred million liters of oil spill into the ocean. the psychic octopus paul staying at home after his german turned down
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a transfer paper from spain correct prediction that the spanish team would win the world cup has elevated him to hero status in the country but the spanish zulu offered any animal exchange for him which the german side was so far rejected but knowledge ing correct predictions was of little payment on the title plans a festival in his name. business news is next stay with us. hello and welcome to business good to have you with us russia has passed along the way to the law and sided trading and you rules are intended to define illegal trading and what sort of punishment should be handed out to those who cross the line i do the question all reports. in the film wall street's by oliver stone gordon gekko makes billions by insider trading but the character that told the
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world greed is good gets his comeuppance of the long arm of the little finally gets his hands on the antihero and we presume strips him of his wealth and send him to prison here in russia the gordon gekko's of this world have much less to worry about until now after ten long years of talks it seems a low dedicated to stamping out insider trading is finally ready for presidential approval. for my had of the russian market regulator he says this tap is not only significant for the proper function of the stock market but also have implications for the whole economy which is having a little though is not enough it also needs to be point i look you can believes the russian market regulator is currently too small to take on the tosk and the core system is too complicated but the chairman of am d.m. sees a way out there's an improvement of legal system needs a lot of but because it's
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a serious political test. responsible for. issues connected to the stock market like some special court is much easier is that according to the latest research around fifty five percent of people involved in the securities market admitted to the selective disclosure of information lawyer. says the new law would bring the country a step closer to international norms and willing hans's reputation as a place to do business just another sign a. contract. to be a little bit more civilized than previously the government's ambition to turn moscow into an international financial center has become something of a mantra much of the infrastructure is in play. the new business district believes in scrapes to school i just assume poor investors is the theory money is as safe
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as the next person's and that's the need to protection of the law i do question moscow better than expected financial results from american companies provided much of the driving force for the markets this week underage again head of research of forks club explains the impact they had all russian share prices. news determined to main trend of the wall markets and most of the week mark because today we saw a sort of short correction and we hope that these positive trend will be continuing during the next three and the season of corporate finance results continue to be that the results of the second quarter of the american corporate sector we'll be better than the same results of the second quarter last year russia is suffering from its worst drought in more than a decade in a state of emergency has been declared in sixteen agricultural regions some climate
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scientists believe the heat wave may be just the beginning of many years of hot dry weather. reports this could lead to a radical change in russian farming practices. central russia here over seventy percent of the green hollows has been destroyed by the drought but because russia normally produces a surplus and weather conditions have been more normal in siberia the country wouldn't be green shortage days here however this might not always be the case if this summer heat waves become a more permanent fixture as some climatologists expect some use out of water for that resource or the rules that hold the counting is published a study suggesting that from the late seventy's to two thousand and eight in georgia cool period with plenty of rain now russia is entering a warm dry phase as the last two years prove that it will last until two thousand and twenty six two thousand and thirty. the hottest year in a cycle expected to come over the next five years this could be enough to change
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the face of russian agriculture as farmers are unable to survive on the poor yield from their land over a longer timescale a prolonged period of dry weather is likely to force farmers to change their crops to a new russia from green producer indian culture the green bean and some crops. of cultivated land from greenwich currently stands at fifty percent could drive down to twenty percent indeed disperses is already happening in some regions. of the last year's drought we gave up most of the dry land on the left banks of the river we continue to cultivate the right bank decreasing from one hundred twenty thousand to forty thousand hectares. today's blistering temperatures might become the norm in a few years' time if some climate change scientists who are to be believed new weather conditions will in evitable force change in agriculture with some crops becoming
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non-viable in the previously fertile areas with its vast plains to the south of the country may no longer be the breadbasket of russia instead it might become but he will be even worse. is in a diminutive business r.t. that's all we have for this edition of business r.t. but you can always find most stories on our website r.t. dot com slash best.
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