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a number of drug test deaths increasing in india human rights activists accused companies of using the country's citizens as guinea pigs for illegal experiments. documents. in the us media. is fifty two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel history paving the way for future exploration. for inspectors to visit to examine its bid to host one of the next. fans and officials alike optimistic about the country's chance. terrorists and stemming the flow of drugs that's what the leaders of afghanistan and pakistan together with russia agreed upon at a summit in sochi. kings college in london thinks it's significant that central asian countries discuss stability without the region's main. the u.s.

. but perhaps the most interesting aspect of it is the development of a regional diplomacy which does not depend on the united states i think it's time that we began to look forward to a day when the united states will not in fact be present on the ground in afghanistan and countries in the region will have to make their own arrangements to deal with whatever comes after the american presence three other countries are absolutely essential namely china india of course and iran and the problem is that sort of deep distrust between pakistan and india and to a lesser extent between india and china makes return of the great arrangements over afghanistan extremely difficult in the past and to a degree even today these countries have often played proxy wars against each other including in afghanistan over the past thirty years or so there has been only one

force only one force in afghanistan which has ever been able to control the heroin trade and that is the taliban for their own reasons in the long run that if we are going to control heroin production at least in the pashtoon areas we will need to do a deal with the taliban because they are the only people as for a generation now who've been able to control the pashtun countryside and therefore the production of heroin the former white house drug policy spokesman robert believes the u.s. has failed in afghanistan due to a tactical and policy mistake he says the u.s. military should have made wiping out drugs in the region a priority. the u.s. military regrettably has determined that a policy should be had of not interdicting and not eradicating the drugs in afghanistan because it would destabilize afghanistan what a mistake of a policy and it's a policy mistake both by the military by general petraeus by ambassador holbrooke

because it's the drugs that that fund al qaeda which is the reason that the united states went into afghanistan in the first place what are we doing making happy farmers in afghanistan or is our job to secure afghanistan stop the drug trafficking create alternative economies and then stop the killing that goes around the world both by the terrorists and by the drugs themselves have killed millions throughout asia and europe because of coming from afghanistan and pakistan which translates thirty percent of afghanistan's drugs we're creating crime we're creating addiction we are creating terror but it is a mission that can be achieved it's not going to create happy afghanistan farmers at first until they had to develop alternative economies but do they really want an economy that's a narco state do they really want an economy that's building dramatically the

addiction in their own country and around the rest of the world is that the mission that we want or do we want to achieve an economically successful afghanistan pakistan and at the same time stock the drugs that create the terror the crime in the addiction that should be the mission that should be far more important than happy farmers in afghanistan and the soviet war veteran who fought in afghanistan in the eighty's says the u.s. is failing in its campaign because even if the million is it still doesn't understand the country or its people but spoke to the to nova. but first mr kraft well thank you for joining us today sochi has hosted this summit the second of its kind after the july session last year and. this is me russia is

strengthening its position in the region where it's always been present and is opening up new opportunities for cooperation primarily with afghanistan and pakistan things than the it because. you're doing much better if you have three minutes of course. i think that russia is trying to strengthen its position russia is trying to reserve its position in the settlement process in afghanistan via this quartet to achieve this goal which is really important for both afghanistan and for the region as a whole as well as for russia these regular events take place pakistan has one view on the afghan crisis stan has another view russia may have yet another position but as for russia entergy christan it's obvious that they want to settle the situation in the country as soon as possible they are concerned with terrorism and with drug production and trafficking that's where pakistan has been playing a double game over the past forty years virtually express the willingness to fight terrorism but in fact and everyone knows that everything that is now going on in afghanistan has pakistani origin pakistani influence and impact if it was not for

the external power played by pakistan terrorism would still exist but it would be of a minor character a minor insurgent character nothing more in this respect it is important that russia is more active in discussing the afghan issue with the countries of the region. i'm open probably a lot at that i have for you mention the drug trafficking issue the statistics say that about thirty thousand people in russia imminently died because of drugs coming from afghanistan how can the american presence in afghanistan help resolve this problem and can russia solve it on and so much of the problem with us congress. beautiful thought of committal the shield the point is the status of the international forces the u.n. mandate stipulates their participation in anti-drug measures from time to time they take part in such operations but it's sporadic and aimed at small producers and small smugglers carrying out anti-terrorist operations they come across some drug

caravans destroy them of course but nothing more than at a recent international conference in moscow nato refused to state that nato troops must fight narcotics they fear that it will only pose a greater threat to them and aggravate their position what is terrorism afghan terrorism nobody has given a precise and understandable definition yet even the highest ranking american generals who have been leading nato troops over there. president obama plans to begin pulling out troops from afghanistan next summer how realistic is this will the afghan authorities be capable of controlling the situation by themselves. over the past nine months the position of the american authorities has changed considerably on the one hand american congress the house of representatives and most importantly the democratic party categorically insist on a considerable pullout of american troops from afghanistan starting july first two

thousand and one otherwise they would face a great challenge at the upcoming two thousand and eleven elections on the other hand the u.s. military commander especially after the start of david petraeus his term as commander has been looking for excuses to delay president obama's decision or to postpone it you must remember that the larger part of the u.s. military serves interests of the republican party and so does the u.s. defense minister. i get frequent calls from the u.s. journalists asking what the u.s. should do in the current situation and whether they should withdraw their troops next july you know what i usually respond with a question of my own but is there an alternative there is not there is no alternative to the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops some of the longer the forces him u.s. and nato forces stay in afghanistan until the more they will destabilize the region it's evident that the presence of any foreign troops nato u.s. or soviet troops will only inspired terrorism in afghanistan you cannot depict the

country as a den of terrorism or its people as terrorists by default this is not true there's a faction of people within the rebel movement that use terror methods some of these people do indeed have links to al-qaeda in no way does this mean that any afghan or any armed afghan is a terrorist the us is facing a philosophical problem if they spent nine years there by december two thousand and ten the length of their military presence will match that of the soviet contingent now over this period they have failed to understand the afghans outlook on life they do not understand afghanistan barack obama is now facing the gorbachev dilemma of whether to withdraw u.s. forces if you pulls them out it will be bad if he doesn't it will go from bad to worse i'm deeply convinced that barack obama should do the same thing that me did with afghanistan there is no other way you could. we have received information about the taliban making

a proposition to nato to jointly investigate civilian deaths in afghanistan just how realistic and serious is that. no i don't think it's serious i mean i'd like to say that the taliban movement is quite formal a structure it is basically a successor to the mujahideen movement that was active during the soviet military presence in afghanistan it has not changed much since then the way propaganda is spread hasn't changed either and i would regard this as part of a propaganda war the taliban is obviously winning it by the way it's obviously being the us as for the offer itself even if the u.s. or nato was to agree to it i don't think the taliban would play an active role in the investigation of these unpleasant and difficult incidents the first couldn't have been you stanley because sap than in afghanistan or pakistan is affecting other countries including russia but could russia. secure regina in this region going. no single stakeholder in the region will be able to do anything on their own

the us tried to do so but failed they brought in the nato contingent and failed again i can say that countries in the region with their different stances and viewpoints will never come to consensus on the afghan crisis in order to find ways to settle the conflict outside of the region we will certainly have to draw neighboring countries into the peace process iran pakistan. and definitely pakistan as well as russia and kazakhstan russia's afghanistan's historical partner and vice versa if the u.s. and nato states have never been afghanistan's partners they don't understand the fundamentals of the region the only country that can provide for a reproach me between iran back to stand pakistan until she can stand as russia this i think is one of the major goals of the sochi summit.

the united states of america is waging war within its own army. advantage is on no one side. and human losses are quite significant. is it possible to win the war against sexual assault in the us armed forces sex in the army on our. side to kill in the military because i thought that it was my duty and it was something that i could do to help my country. my government that it is necessary for america to feel. there was a lot of. the us a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of. them to go out. before the war i always

thought i wanted to. have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they don't mean anything.

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spikey in india human rights activists accuse pharmaceutical companies of using the country's citizens as guinea pigs for illegal experiments. documents about income but israel's codeword attempts at shaping the u.s. media agenda and policies in the middle east. it's fifty five years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel making history and paving the way for future exploration. for inspectors depart russia after a visit to examine its bridge to one of the next world cup sleeping fans and officials alike optimistic about the country's chance. all those stories to come at the top of the now but first here's kate for spears and kate a big night for russian and european football teams yes premier league struck the syria grabbed a last gasp victory against p.s.v. now it's moscow's turn at home to separate sides and also says. all the details

that's next. hello and welcome to the sports news here on thank you for joining me and here are the headlines european dream is to be a snatch in injury time winner take a first leg lead against p.s.p. in the red in the playoffs. along european quest moscow size taste and locomotive are also in action in their respective first like times. finding for russia. to reach is the third round of the cincinnati losses. i would start with football where severe. who are bottom of the russian premier league grab a stoppage time one zero win a time to dutch league leaders p.s.v. eindhoven in the first leg of the europa league play off alexandra field off five home went out to minutes into injury time after post signs were reduced to ten men late in the first half meanwhile where

a quarter of an hour into the first half at the hume carried our task on moscow taking on separate sides and offices found a step school that is currently one nil test back in the late one nil and later on thursday another russian side is in action as walking out of moscow to switch sides their side. and there are no fewer than seventy teams in action in the europa league playoffs on thursday evening and one of the favorites managed to city are in romania they take on timisoara in the first leg and city will be without resigning james milner he completed his move from aston villa on wednesday for nearly forty million dollars but despite city's wealth of talent coach about a month cheney says it will still be a tricky task i don't know if you mean. for every team that they do what they said before i think that in the first game is always difficult. and you watch their game. very well at all and i think that if you want me in

tomorrow we must play a game and liverpool who are due to go to manchester city in the premier league on monday also in action taking on turkish side transport and failed fernando torres could start for the reds after recovering from a groin injury but despite being just two games away from the group stage manager roy hodgson says he'll still give priority to the domestic league games but i think if you had a toilet choice you would have to leave. the euro believe you'd like to do both but if one was forced to say well you can only choose one to two or two as. the premier league and the moiety even go for teams that are playing plus really germany lol you literally mean while italian johnson eventis are in austria for the first leg of their tie against don't get out in the audience wants and i guess stadium however the hosts reckon they can show that muscle against a serious side given half a chance. if you let the past and if many things match up meaning if the

parent underestimates the smaller team benefits smaller teams players at their maximum it's always possible to succeed in that special day over a bigger team that's where i see our chance and that's why i believe it's possible to stand our ground against juventus which is going you witnessed while in the champions league playoffs vertebrae men didn't appear to be missing me as it does all too much despite selling their star midfielder to rail madrid they beat some doria in their first league match three one was the final score on wednesday night elsewhere f.c. ball put themselves on course to reach the champions league group stage for a third time after a one zero win over f.c. sheriff braga also had a narrow win against underside severe in other games parties and belgrade thank you to all draw against and liked in serbia television on three to read. while over in south america brazilian side into last year now have on the copper liberty dora's for second time they beat quite

a lot of us from mexico straight to in the second leg of the final two in five three an aggregate international families packed the barrios stadium having seen their side win the first like two one in mexico was every hope they could claim that in america's most important competition but it was cheered us who scored first . with an overhead kick two minutes before half time but the hosts were patient and equalized with half an hour to go. nothing from close range that could cause a nasa now in control it was soon to warm leandro with a breakaway and a clinical fish. and things got worse for t.v.'s they were sent off for this other challenge. with the final whistle beckoning into that they all made them an advantage count with another go giuliano skipping his way through. the bus there was time for

a consolation golf achieve as by taste is free kick i think it's three two on the lights. but it wasn't enough internationality recalled by labor to doris for a second time in their history with a five story aggregate when. staying with football and fee for official say they've been impressed following their tour of russia to assess its chances of hosting the twenty eighteen world cup the delegation which heard on the news bulletins has now left moscow i don't think russia's big committee had answered every question asked how fee for decide who will host the tournament understudy me a good it also played his part saying fans won't need a visa to enter russia a similar way for the baltic and one moscow host of the champions league final two years ago then found just think show them match ticket at passport control however at the stiff competition as the lights of england and the united states also want to host the world cup people will announce their decision on december the second about russia to get down to work at once i would like to emphasize spending because

if you fake secretive committee and besides in december that they work out we'll go for the first time in for good history through russia would need to start immediately to guarantee that everything will be in place in the right time. tennis now in sixty danko is through to the third round of the cincinnati masters after surviving a rugby ginepri scaring the russia's top man stepped up in the second set was able to finally win the match in three sets. of farah this seeded tenth. la world number one rafael adults and his thirty fifth victory in thirty seven matches is the sort of american taylor dent in the second round the spaniard germinated the first set taking it six two dollars right in the second set right back to him at seventy five to be corralled into eighty three. and the biggest casualty so far is the eight seats and on david asco the spaniard lost his second round match to nordic two sets were supposed to tie breaks. and immigrants games that lawmakers

that's over his book took place in the third round of the rogers. scott in montreal the russian defeated team a at the back of switzerland to straight sets elena dimentia but also advanced into the next round it and products like of all over the czech republic there are saffron that needed all three sets to become patrick nadia petrova and he said they bought over pasta or italian flavio and that are in straight sets. while one woman has not competing is just in and then the belgian will miss the rest of the season due to an elbow injury she picked up at wimbledon that means the twenty eight year old won't feature at the u.s. open which gets under way on the thirtieth of august however the former world number one is currently ranked fourteenth extrusion line training in october. in motor sport citron drivers dani sordo and pay to solve have set the joint fastest times at the prevent shakedown test ahead of the rally of germany the two clocks best times of three minutes thirty nine point four seconds which is one point three

seconds faster than six time defending champion sebastian but it's still the informed frenchman who goes into the weekend as the man to beat he finished third in a previous outing in finland but he's searching for a record eighth straight title at the you don't. have to get forty eight point lead in the standings had a compact with sebastian as yet there are just five more hours to go this season including this week dress in germany. meanwhile american football legend brett farve has held his first training session with the minnesota vikings ahead of the quarterbacks twentieth and final season in the n.f.l. the most successful regular season quarterback into history took to the field for the first time since january and the vikings lost to new orleans in the n.f.c. championship game far turns forty one in october is still a force to be reckoned with after throwing thirty three touchdowns and only seven interceptions last season farve is the only player to have won three straight most valuable player titles and is a one time super bowl champion but whatever the result this time out of reconfirmed

his determination to retire at the end of the season. every employee. loved it there should help is a cool. game she a sure indication. and to a lot of people yes. the kids understand. what you're. getting. and finally heavyweight boxing champion vitaly klitschko has finally announced his next opponent the w.b.c. title holder is to face american shannon briggs on october the sixteenth in hamburg for the ukrainian it will be a fifth title defense since beating samuel peter two years ago to regain the w.b.c. crowd and temporarily retired in two thousand and four to go hard wanted to face russian giant oracle value we are next and that fell through however he says his next right will be a stern test rigs has

a fifty one and five record with one draw to go has won forty of his professional fights and lost just twice. and a quick check on the score at the team he stadium is a winning to know. their tune. and we now have twenty six minutes into the first half. hour at some sports news for now join us again for another update in just under two hours see them. because every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for technology update on r g. signed up to fill in the military because i thought that it was my duty that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government i thought that it was necessary

for americans to vietnam there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of good stories. to go out and buy. these tools of war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and to have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything. that importance. i don't i don't i never kept the medal.

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