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a vineyard and falls asleep in a room where his father is watching the evening news on the t.v. channel. i was sleeping on that sofa. when the program began my father was sitting here. watching from. i woke up because mother was screaming about the start of the war. father lying on the floor. i can't remember clearly what happened next somebody rushed to the neighbors to ask them for help. my father when they're about ambulance arrived he was already dead. the ambulance came just fifteen minutes after being called the cause of death according to doctors. induced by a program on the t.v. channel. involving georgian political analysts and journalists.
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viewers didn't see the usually scheduled evening news instead they were shown a thirty minute program creating the impression that a war had broken out between russia and georgia the anchor woman on the talk show had announced that the program would be based on a fictional situation only a minute before it started so anybody who tuned into the program after that warning thought they were watching a regular news. limited a few minutes president saakashvili is expected to make a special statement on the situation in the country know if it's going to be recorded all written that it's being reported that the russian troops deployed to be put on combat. descriptives something straight out of a. meanwhile opposition leader. members of the russian government.
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russian agents without mincing words according to the authors of the program. change the. images. of the building housing the television company. it's true that want to change to us why haven't they detained the people featured in the script up still saakashvili has to bear in mind that she must produce concrete facts behind the why is he will demonstrate once again that she is a lion and irresponsible provocator god someone of. russian agents. for those who disagree with the policies of the georgian government that it's any. journalist. came to power
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he was the kind of journalist. questions regardless of who held the country's reins. it. could. discover real facts concerning the georgian. cap. of south the city this is interview with a set in human rights campaigner live at seven. she recounts events of august seventh two thousand and eight nobody seen it besides himself but georgia state
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controlled media didn't need to watch it to declare it a provocation on august the seventh georgia's president mikheil saakashvili spoke of bringing it to talks in any format. but he could he addressed the people of self the same. to say he had all that a unilateral cease fire in the east he said she wouldn't feel to any provocation. and she is sure to said they could go to bed in peace spots but it. was on the night of august the eight large caliber guns fired on scene vall from the georgian side. the military operation second really referred to as the enforcement of constitutional order in the territory of self the set you had begun . yes i will cop to face
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something really terrible at the end there was a deafening noise everything was shaking. and the women in the streets whois ninety minute crying. was as if we had launched into tells after they will cain explosion of. the independent journalist work in a city it was seen by many in georgia as a betrayal of his country. i know of no journalist who wouldn't want to go to ten wall to get the facts but all of the state media summed up my work there as high treason nobody knows what sort of film it will be nobody knows what materials i found but the government's reaction is a kind of attempt at self defense. many facts exist. for them these are exposed by discredited journalist as a traitor. during this work on the film after his return from south.
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for an interview with european human rights activists in geneva. departure there he received hints to the effect that he'd better stay in geneva as long as his large family wanted to stay in georgia who. have problems after my return from. i don't wish to talk about it because whatever i say may hinder the investigation. i can only say that there were. but i won't say what those threats are because they are humiliating. things first investigations appeared on the television channel the channel played a key role in the rose revolution which brought president. to power. georgian people are not. independent. truly independent media outlets. but they reduce revolution in the them but two
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thousand and three. constants to the independent. we couldn't imagine a situation without independent. to made its debut in one thousand nine hundred four as a small studio in a private apartment ten years later it was already a popular modern channel as soon as he came to power he tried to bring its editorial policy under his control. journalists were denied accreditation and there were telephone calls to the channel's executives there were also attempts to buy up stock through figureheads. the media mogul who founded to seed the channel to the president of his own accord. in two thousand and four when the state was taking its first steps it was assumed that the new system of government was still weak. so it was thought the state should be the top priority and the rest
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would take care of itself. but as it turned out the aim was to take control of the channels i'm to blame for giving away so i didn't want to rock the boat but you should become not only. that boat is still on an even keel but freedom of speech is not. really is the editor of a small district newspaper in the town of gori. it carries reports about corruption among members of the district administration one of their more high profile articles reveals instances of misuse of humanitarian aid to refugees. local authorities don't want to accept the existence of an independent newspaper even though its circulation is a mere five hundred copies. dropped into the building of the local administration and yesterday i needed to fishel information on some remittance from gori to tbilisi the guards kicked me downstairs and pushed me against the wall did anyone see that yes indeed later i called the police. that i had fallen to the girl
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and some of the officials there said it serves me right that's what they said in front of ordinary visitors. first met in two thousand and five when the authorities openly threaten the journalist for the first time someone who lives in a small village eight kilometers from board he goes to work by suburban train once he noticed that he was being fall. they chased me in the streets for two days on the third day as i came down the staircase and surrounded me. one who was standing right in front of me it's me on my head on another he almost. fell to the ground and covered my head with my have. they. that's me again and again my face was covered with blood i'm up with and my body was aching to give notice. despite the injuries cited not to give up editorial policy remained unchanged.
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culture is that so much of a definitely a huge decision a bearing on. whether it is culture or powerful than ideology today with the rise of an emerging economies is the world prone to more clashes. every month we give you the future we help you understand how and what to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for knowledge update on our. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. november two thousand and seven thousands of people hold daily rallies in tbilisi
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they protest against the policies of the georgian government and president mikheil saakashvili. on november seventh authorities used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators. then independent t.v. channel miti has closely followed events for the past week. journalists go on air with the latest reports from the most unexpected places in the condom is that just as you can see behind my back up to the right now at this very moment the special forces troops head into the same trinity cathedral i'm going to assume this would be the last day of immunities independence special forces troops broke into a mini studios during a live broadcast. closing the government is violating the constitution this means that this is a dictatorship regime. into the studio i want to say thank you i hear shots in the
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control room. because of problems created by. our t.v. channel had been shut down after all the media has restored broadcasting my friends and i had remained faithful to our decision. together withdraw to get many of the journalists have left the channel some of them came back to the profession later on to the former music t.v. channel maestro for many years there were no politics on this channel just music videos. with a founded maestro in one thousand nine hundred four he would never have imagined that in fifteen years he'd be replacing d.j.'s with political commentators. entertainment was a very high standard. maybe. we
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should do something about. simply couldn't. we wanted a new company to step into to become a news broadcaster. normally a license for so-called political broadcasting is issued within three weeks and they were denied it for nearly six months guests had no right to discuss anything besides films music and theater. the only word for us political talk shows were from the studio but the sound was provided by radio. people wishing to see our talk shows had to switch on the television radio sets at the same time that's it. is the envy of other television stations although the maestro channel is only available in some districts of tbilisi and on the internet its popularity in the country grows with each passing month this media
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sensational films examines the mysterious death of former prime minister. george and he was such that was the person whose political influence kept limits on the real power of president saakashvili. two thousand and five the prime minister died quite unexpectedly under own circumstances have produced. the georgian government said. the film was about inconvenient and suspicious facts that question the official version saying he died of gas poisoning. the case is still relevant the nation has asked questions about the case government has still failed to answer.
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in his film. collected and explained the many discrepancies in the case he set out the facts and ask questions without trying to draw conclusions. of the film's release. the intimidation and continued his investigation. at last the government had forced the journalist to flee the country. swiss authorities to grant him political asylum. says he was among those demonstrating in front of the swiss embassy in tbilisi in support of. holding is a very good illustration of the situation in the country now with the freedom of speech is being ousted from the country as the poster reads freedom of speech is. the independent media depends on advertising for survival if there's no advertising
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there's no revenue in this case of publication either each out its existence or shuts down altogether. advertisers are scared i mean local georgian advertisers and. they will always come under pressure from taxes. if they put up advertisements in defiance of. tax inspectors book sales. and so on and so forth. the holding company to publish is the georgian times weekly. only because of other activities its top executives really was branded as a kremlin agent a long time ago for his attempts to establish a dialogue with the russian intellectual elite. set up is appropriately called the russo georgian commission for dialogue when he was on a visit to russia in two thousand and nine he attempted to invite several well known russian journalists to come to georgia. we didn't go that.
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we realize that but we would have to answer some very tough questions. to at least establish a direct and annoyed daughter log with georgian counterparts. to find some great truth. of the three journalists invited by mouth. only one was allowed to cross the border maxime shift change and his colleague had to stay in the tbilisi airport an hour before their arrival president mikheil saakashvili had sent special forces to the airport with the aim of detaining the two journalists the troops cordoned off the building and took up positions outside the exit to passport control the conflict was resolved by relatively peaceful means the unwelcome journalists were denied visas and sent back to russia as fast as possible. but. i felt very deeply insulted people here
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know that a georgian holds in high esteem by never been so insulted by. the time will come when the people who. will be punished accordingly. ilia the second patriarch of georgia expected to meet with the three russian journalists in his residence on the day of their arrival but he saw only one of them during the meeting the patriarch made it clear that he sincerely regret it the incident. to give gifts. at the airport now. as a move the patriarch of the georgian church is very guarded in his statements he made no public comment on the incident at the airport but when he made showed the shocking program simulating a war between russia and georgia he hardly minced his words and expressing his frustration. we do not welcome such programs this is
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humiliating to individuals and the nation as a whole is no other country matches the immorality spread in georgia we take first place the. part of the army to join the enemy. this is an insult to our army. tremendous guilt people. move. the program should be made with. property is their control. program is one of the signs of that. control intimidation or unemployment. case in point staying in a shelter for refugees in switzerland he's unable to complete his film about the
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georgian conflict. i'm worried not so much for my own sake as for my family georgian government has shown that they can kill. his wife and children to receive visas enjoined from abroad he's warned them not to meet with journalists and to keep off the streets as much as possible he gets most of the news about his family in his country too close friends. to tell who are they take care of their immigration problems. visit. chances are i myself might come back before october if the government changes. the government. will yes why not it's cost. us telling is still working on the script of a new film nobody's seen it yet but he's already scared the georgian government
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first. the death toll from wildfires sweeping across central russia rises to fifty two more than thirty five hundred people have been left homeless smoke from forest and priors the worst this city has ever experienced is choking moscow and disrupting air travel forecasters predict the record breaking heat wave scorching the region is set to continue through next week at least. poland's
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new president bronislaw komorowski sworn in for a five year term he succeeds lech kaczynski who was killed in a tragic plane crash in russia in april comaroff sees poland's fourth democratically elected president since the fall of communism twenty years ago meanwhile protests have broken out over a plan to move morial across dedicated to the former president from the presidential palace grounds. russian president dmitry medvedev calls for further reforms of the country's law enforcement bodies he also suggested the name change since the lead see it known as the believes he has since one thousand nine hundred seventeen he's proposed a turtle return to the use of the term police force according to the president the new legislature easy legislation rather is needed to reflect public demand for a limit on police powers trust in the force has been marred by recent high level corruption cases of rogue officers involved in shooting sprees. up next his guess
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if the world is drifting into a clash of civilizations and whether culture has surpassed ideology as a source of conflict that's all coming up next in cross to stay with us. taking the story. to. the flint. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in one thousand nine hundred six the late samuel huntington suggested that post cold war conflicts would occur because of cultural rather than ideological differences is culture more powerful than ideology today with the rise of china the islamic world and emerging economies is the world prone to more clashes particularly with the west. live. and you can. still live. to discuss of huntington's faeces.
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