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a week in review on the. resound president and three from addendum calls for the team work to be drug trafficking and terrorism as he leaves the central asian can't . deal with those local russian engineers load up its nuclear power plant on the strict supervision of the un's atomic watched on. extradition as is done still the time when says it will review the case of the suspected a russian arms dealer along to a local appeals court ruled in favor of funding him over to the u.s.
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. long gold rush announced as are inspired by the bill to pay for that country on home to its feet for inspectors look at the country's bid to host the world cup and eight or twelve years. a very warm welcome see this is coming to you live from moscow with me alice have it now drug trafficking and terrorism and poverty in central asia with the focus of a summit this week in russia's resort city of president medvedev hosted the leaders of afghanistan. it's outline a set of actions to combat common threats. for the lonely bridge yes. good bridge for the well yes and they weren't just talking
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weather terrorism poverty and one other burning topic took a front seat as russia hosted its three central asian neighbors in sochi. medical group we focused on the drug threat because it is a common problem and should face up to it together. with afghanistan russia can shoulder the problem and there are no option problem and it was no queen siddons president medvedev singled out these two countries again a stand is the world's largest opium producer russia the world's largest consumer what costs one country thirty thousand human lives a year is a profitable business for the other makes fifty two percent of the of going to g.d.p. now and in the hairy market i think i'm going to. record as ninety four and ninety percent of the whole market so we whole economy is based on drugs there is even a term that afghanistan is a drug based economy and again heroin kills more russians in six months than the
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whole ten year long some of its military complain killed soldiers that's why russia is keen to take the lead in fighting the threat every third person who dies of opium abuse is in russia and the paul just fuels and other world wide evil terrorists and this is what also really touches russia's role. russia may not be directly involved in the war in afghanistan but it is sensitive to the instability the conflict is causing in the region and many believe the two main security threats drug trafficking and islamic radicalism will not be defeated while made those afghan war rages on their current meeting is very important you know as americans and european allies have failed in solving the problem i think russia now can contribute very much and rushed. the president has taken to the prudent approach he tries to solve the problem in complex he tried to tell directly to the
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leaders of all those consciousness volved so russia seeks political solutions we should be very reassured his knee flips alongside the police who will then come financial support to the russians already written really last portion of against instant the final chunk of twelve billion dollars and more how to come in the form of helicopters and other military hardware securing tourist boarders seems from the outside a mission impossible but by bringing the cool neighbors of this troubled region together russia's scheme to show it is a new move to give up the plight he didn't much of our team from sochi. in fact save the middle east towards a first nuclear power plant switched on and iran. the riyadh to build by russia house found operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog. to report north that took place decided and the national concerns
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a bitter around nuclear ambitions more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the bush era nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and the one for which iran has spared no expense the chaparral have always been more than just an education are ready to sell it for all it's a symbol of the country's social progress and growth but it's more in time for our part on critics the embodiment of be comic republic's ideological backwardness remember the example of the building bridge or a diplomatic bargaining chip for years the station have to finally come closer to fulfilling its practical purpose but the first batch of nuclear fuel just loaded into the reactor the station is expected to start producing electricity by the end of this year but iran's top nuclear officials says it's already selling for celebration we are. grateful to the people for russia to the government of pressure
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to our great friends in russia that were. instrumental in making course witnessing today. had not been the assistance of the russians certainly would not have been witnessing such a great day with temperatures well over forty degrees centigrade the plant is a vivid example of why iran needs to produce more. even with air conditioning running at full tilt the heat is still too much to bear for years russia's top nuclear fishel sergei kerry younker has been working up a sweat to defend moscow's cooperation with iran it when you go it's a unique venture because it's very difficult to build new equipment to get into the equipment that was there from starting in the bush plan is an international project over ten countries supply the equipments of european countries as well as asia pacific countries while some countries remain concerned about iran's use of russian nuclear fuel people of pushchair also have reasons to be fearful valeri and there
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have been working at the station for three years only the sas initially she was a pretty hands of about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns over here knowing that we just saw reports online claiming israel's planning to bomb it's scary when they do like training here and shooting in airplanes or frying you never know if it's real or not maybe they're preparing for something. to many here is a real threat to bomb the station painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge the causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials are confident history won't repeat itself. we are not too soon because we know this is a game so international rules attempting to meet new curiously. sure. these are all these are good these. are these. it's the
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psychological war we do not take it serious or do we are in there we are vigilant but this does not mean there will be or see that it's the suv used russia's role in supplying fuel and technology to iran may unsettle some but it could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to phrase enrichment for peace purposes. are to see. iran. souza come in the program a bad day a walk find out how will fall ten to the supposed to be taking a day off ended up in the middle of the terrorist attack all the details coming up . the government of time and says it will make the final decision on whether the suspected russian arms deal of it to boot will be extradited to the u.s. on friday
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a thai appeals court ordered that we be handed over to washington to face charges of terrorism and links to all the critics in latin america lost their houses strongly condemned the ruling saying it's in the sickly motivated food was arrested in bangkok a two and a half years ago in a sting operation bag us law and forces and has been kept behind balls at the same company as out of a half mile to think. how the woods lord of war there are over five hundred fifty million firearms in world wide circulation. that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his allegedly real life prototype russian businessman victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied all accusations of arms selling and laughed off pals. over resulting from miccolis cage when the to play this out a lot for this very silly and i feel pity for all it's been over all his statement
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never changed even when he came from behind bars in the infamous bangkok helton but that did not stop the thai appeals court from ordering his extradition to the united states despite the fact that the country's criminal court earlier refused to do just that the ruling has outraged not only his family but his native country as well so the war was started at a time i appeal court has made this political decision but according to the information we have this ruling was made under very strong outside pressure and this is upsetting as for the interests of this russian citizen we've been assisting him for all these months we've been in touch with his lawyers in this family and will continue to do our best to get him returned to his homeland and now the question everyone is asking is what does victor boot know to make the americans want him this badly victor board is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and because but now it's too much he is
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more dangerous than we kill weeks for the u s smuggling role in weapons in not only in africa and latin america but all over the world but now many people are willing to give both the type of credit given to him by the u.s. he's possibly a merchant of some death but he certainly isn't the man the u.s. made you would call them merchant of death i mean around quite a large a lot of operation and you know and i would think that ninety five percent of his flaws. were ordinary commercial goods. washing powder all sorts of things so we're only talking about five percent of the cargoes possibly being. legal in a long and drawn out extradition hearing that took over two years the united states changed added and modify their charges against mr boot to include violating international treaty laws as well as arms trafficking his family believes at some
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point it became a process for the process instead of a process for justice but with this decision. fuel has demonstrated that the work of the criminal court has no. evidence gathering the questioning of my witness he's always worked with me to realize victor's extradition. has been thrown away the courts of appeal is controlled by the tiny government directly. pressure from the us this trial may be over but his tribulations are far from it he faces years in prison and have to find all possible scenarios the only one bankable is a hollywood one. the sequel to hollywood florida boy is already rumored to be in the making but it's there who may have to wait a lot longer than ordinary moviegoers to see the really. shattered our art moscow. a suspected organizer of the deadly bombings have been killed by russian security
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forces during a shootout. for alleged militants were also killed. documents revealing the funding source says a terror attack plans found at the sides. of a minister. for over two. security officials believed strong ties the to suicide. one of the two female attackers who blew themselves up. in march forty people killed under over one hundred wounded by the twin blasts. and this week's or another terror attack on russia is a volatile move call because this region on tuesday thirty people wounded when a massive car bomb exploded outside a cafe in the city of people of course all the search continues for responsible.
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went to meet some of the victims. mika makes his leave and makes in cocktails he's the barman at one of the particles cafes on the street the locals call broadway as a favor to a colleague he agreed to smoke shifts and it just after four in the afternoon last tuesday he and a student what the change actually meant this is just like a corollary and i wore the normally frankly i didn't want to go to work that day so i was glad when it rained heavy rain i thought it would be cooler outside unless people in the cafe just said if the weather didn't change in the next hour we could all go home ten minutes later i was sitting here under the rubble of the cafe. happened quickly as if something really big moving at high speed found from the sky a car stocked with explosives parked near the cafe blew up leaving many people injured and a huge hole where because cafe one student there was the form of no i don't have to
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know i was on the phone that's one my left ear is ok and i started shouting because my is what i didn't have any thoughts until i got up and saw the current pieces then i turned back and saw no one where there should be people so as a phone call to pilots i went to help them out do not sit there if i had to return to the scene later to shut off the gas to prevent another explosion media has just left hospital and returned to the scene he's reluctant to be alone and wants someone close to him while talking this area still sealed by police has become a meeting point for the survivors see i've got bruises here and then you're right i'll tell you i say ok i was sitting with my back to the chair going along at one dreadful moment of my mind there was a guy the last one on the block and they gave him a cloth be covered his face and then he wanted to look at the cloth he couldn't and
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panicked with the stories are stored in their memories for good lucky to be alive. to friends a retelling after we detail the day. i saw me kind of three to four minutes after the explosion he was a laurie one time i saw him from behind and he didn't know how badly he was injured i went to the hospital and understood that the bruises are worse than. no mika's trying to mend his life and understand who was behind the explosion but like many others encounter groups he can't find any excuse for targeting the innocent then rain it's all a chance to prove these were the small things but after the explosion gave a new meaning to the people of course and as mike i mean support his friends give thanks to god for keeping him alive his biggest wish now is to leave the city so he can live a full life thanks to what he thinks was divine intervention. are keen.
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on the way drug companies are often criticized for the use of animal testing but now in the. late programs and people love the game paid by trying out new medicines without. is just four years until russia has the winter olympics and it could be just a did into the stages and not a major sporting event football's world cup or fifa inspectors are assessing the country's readiness to hold the tournament in the the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two and as i have a bet it reports that prospects already inspiring russia's football sales of tomorrow to trade haunt us today. for these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of the nation resting on their shoulders pressure that would make
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others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire and more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf there you saw him or is the most trying to be honest i really want russia to host the twenty eight year old cap is my life's purpose if we keep working hard we have a good chance making the team by the trainings no walk in the park before they can even touch the ball they must enjoy a punishing nonstop fitness routine for the first hour the coaches know the boys have talent but it's their hunger that's the key this man is no stranger to that he knows what it takes to play in a world cup. with a defender for the u.s.s.r. in the one nine hundred seventy championships bags approach it was real but i was gripped by a burning desire to see the world but how could i do that in those days so i told myself that i would be
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a football player but i pledged that never in my life would i smoke a cigarette or drink a gram of wine or beer you know he never had the chance to play in a world cup at home but he knows it's something not to be missed a disaster playing in front of your own fans hearing the whole country support behind you is something you can't beat as a footballer you want nothing else i never got the chance but if these boys do it'll change their lives god who pulls a matter of national pride in russia this is how the country reacted when the team reached the semifinals of the two thousand and eight european championship the. hope this support will swing fief is vote. some of the formal you made some on some one of the most important thing is that football is a national sport which is loved in every city and village in this country with. the found support here is unconditional they just want more to cheer about you know winning this seat will help it's got to be over i see it that with the ball in the
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world cup at home would give the youth coaches an added impetus so that by two thousand and eight she won the race several talented young players to defend on are fresh and forget all the emblems of pressure on their chest still not just on it's the only thing these boys a dream. i've been it's a musket. international pharmaceutical companies are under fire for allegedly testing new drugs on people in india without that consent on around two million people are estimates been taking pausing clinical trials in the country but even those who do sign up all told the full story about potentially dangerous side effects. india government run hospitals provide low cost treatment to the poor but there are increasing claims that being made guinea pigs in drug trials for western pharma companies without their knowledge here at the. front of our hospital in indoor the north has been taking pills for the last six months on the advice was
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struck to the suspects these being experimented upon let me get your meaning i had a pain in my abdomen they did all sorts of tests and gave me all sorts of pills to have in the morning of the noon and night but i haven't got any back story i'm only a true rational account they can test any medication they like on the. allegations have surfaced in the media that the hospital conducts illegal drug trials on patients police are investigating the complaint the hospital official say any trials are being conducted in accordance with government guidelines india is fast becoming a global hot spot for testing new drugs with two million people estimated to be taking part in clinical trials routes all without their consent caught in this kind of year drug trials are increasing here because they cost just one sixth of what they do in the west the regulatory system here is comparatively corrupt pharma
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companies can easily register patients to get introduced to giving informed consent to be part of an experiment is the golden rule of all clinical trials but many patients here sign on the dotted line without understanding the nature and the consequences of what's being administered and americans are americans are treated. patients being used to trolls are really true. they don't even new details of the drug that it is a drug trial this is unethical. patients sometimes sign up out of desperation to them experiment for help is better than none at all but has agreed to let her child be treated with a new drug which she has been told will bring his fever down out of the cheek ministry sound happy when. there are regulations in place to monitor drug trials including setting up takes committees and hospitals to ensure patient safety but
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these are often used by doctors to simply rubber stamp trials so here it's a very ad hoc system that is misused for instance a medical institute and for women by use permission for a drug trial in cities like indoor popal and how can you use permission from an ethical committee of another institute in another city just to find drug trials in institute here with over one thousand three hundred drug trials going to have been conducted in india this industry's already said to be worth over one billion dollars yet it's clear that the laws against unethical trials are not working and the government will have to come up with other ways to stop the country's poor from being enticed into medical experiments that could potentially have serious side effects got unseeing r.t. india. and some of states and knees in pretty feel now and australia and the prime minister today has held a national told with the pending times that is to try to form a government down to the fact today's election but most of the vote counted the
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country's facing its fuss hold column it in seventeen is a pass he's likely to win the seventy six rules needed for an outright majority kill and will remain as the choice to go to school and a process that could take over when. the pathologist who performed an autopsy on bush government sign. it is david kelly has told the media that the cause of death was a textbook case of food side is that no evidence was found to the prove murder theories while the sun does cause a political scandal seventy years ago when he. claims that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. kennie's a body was found near woods close to his death in schools a worldwide controversy. billie's the brazilian gunman responsible for saturday's attack hates how the old man held him or the people whole sit at the internet continental in riyadh one person was killed and four
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police officers room did during the siege police believe the gunman how the drug dealing connections ten people have been arrested dozens of the attack is managed to escape. and. this week all teams been to the region of the hunger west russia on the case of the whites the land of the more people over generations communities and sale is fishermen and cooperatives have thrived from the area's not to resources. has been to explore. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters fisherman with. not so many fish as off season now salmond is a northern fish and comes to our rivers for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the
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norse have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries. my grandfather used to build one. spates he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone in my family is connected to the sea they were the sailors the captains. work of is a native of but to keep the island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we travelled to put it a four hour boat journey to an island only accessible during the summer months today it's inhabited by about four hundred to moore's descendants of the very first settlers here we discovered that the so-called traditional more way of life is certainly not just something out of a history book. constructing wooden boats using old techniques a lot of novel this is a car bus a coastal kind of boat it's very stable on the scene it rises and falls smoothly with the waves. making their own fish nets. braving the
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ropes used for making those fish nets or catching their own fish but i been fishing for a long time now this year i caught a big fish this big and living in beneath me houses the houses in this village are very well preserved dating back a few hundred years now this house in particular is three hundred years old and the unique feature of these old houses is this fireplace here they cook and they bake but it also has another use on top of it is a bed which they use during winter so they can have a warm bed during the harsh conditions. for the few more adapting to whatever mother nature throws at them has become second nature this bridge for example is down every winter and rebuilt every spring. yes who is also what has kept their cultural life throughout the centuries share. the glee
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sharing a heritage they're proud to call their own. me. for a vision thing in my who life my mother's side of things as we collect old realto them and songs and revive them is just nuances to my grandmother when i put on this dress i feel very good and have been desired to sing old songs feel a desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson. tesser celia r.t. on hungus region. saying with her recap of the week story from what's causing traffic weather changes and some punk simple one.
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