as the number of u.s. troops in iraq but comes the low resistance to the war. where he returned home pay they've been left on the scrap heap by the very company they forced. just fell just some came back i don't think all of the pain itself will never ever leave me when the ins runs out the kids in the u.k. sound vietnamese of the old fourteenth stake here to stop the going to see female circumcision also. according to the agreements between kiev and moscow the russian black sea fleet ships will stay in ukraine's crimea until twenty forty two but some in the black sea resort area are now willing to sink the new look into how all the russian warships could save the would be condo a world of the blind see. a

very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me alice had but the top u.s. general in iraq says there are now fewer than fifty thousand troops in the country that's the lowest number since the start of the war but once those troops around the conflict zone and back in the u.s. many are finding themselves in the midst of a deadly new struggle linda sent us this report. f. by the government but still more treason you know and that's me i don't think they they they show enough respect to the local bad things bryan little as a u.s. navy veteran who has been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome since his discharge he was unable to find work after leaving the military and hasn't been able to get the proper treatment for his condition little has been suicidal at times his pleas for help have been ignored it's

a common theme at stand down an annual nonprofit event that helps homeless vets get off the streets volunteers are helping these veterans become better adjusted to civilian life something the military isn't doing enough of a lot of people really don't know exactly what to expect or where to go to get the help that they need pamela brisson served in afghanistan and has been homeless for two years the largest growing population of homeless women in san diego is veterans returning from current combat according to catholic charities which operate shelters around the city while on the street britain has been taking care of her nine year old son chris he's been able to maintain straight a's even while they bounced around from shelter to shelter or slept on a sidewalk. i'm not. like. many veterans want help but prison admits it's easy to get discouraged when the government doesn't want to help it only takes one or two people to say i don't know or know we

can't help you for them to walk away and think that there's no hope for them. you know drugs alcohol. and they just they're not aware to take advantage of the programs that are made available to the last couple years i think the number of persian gulf veterans has increased greatly outnumbering the vietnam veterans dr john not just in is very familiar with san diego's homeless population he started stand down twenty three years ago because he saw a huge number of homeless veterans that no one was talking about the problem will likely get worse for current service members who are dealing with extended and frequent defines. still in this crowd patriotism is very much alive. you know what actually i really would go back despite her troubles pamela brisson says she would still go back and buy for the country that has led her down a sentiment echoed by many of these veterans who still have an undying loyalty to

the military and country when america was great as a whole who started it you know it was a bunch of politically correct people living in you know wherever you know high high society you know it was bunch of people who still want to pay tax anymore. and that's going to happen again in san diego ramon galindo r t. well the u.s. federal government vollies the constitution on such a regular basis that states have to work for themselves to up hold the rule of law while so you says i was in a chair for. the full interviews coming your way in less than half an hour but here's a quick preview. when i was a rookie cop i made a huge mistake i actually read the constitution and specifically the bill of rights and i saw on one hand what the constitution says i saw on the other hand what the

government is actually doing the only solution that we have left is state sovereignty local control the sheriff of this country getting together with county commissioners county attorneys and standin fighting and he wrecked in the barriers against the encroachments of the national government the federal government. now an alleged russian by the west the merchant of death may be extradited to the us within our was think to be lawyer says a special plane has arrived to bangkok where he's currently being held it comes all to washington else thailand to discard fresh charges force against him his extradition to america for alleged dealings approved last week but before the decision was announced the u.s. pulled new challenges of money laundry and food against him the law now requires him to stay in toilet until the fresh proceedings rose up he was arrested in

bangkok two and a half years ago in a sting operation by u.s. born forces and has been in prison ever since daniel estulin author and investigative journalist says the whole process has been orchestrated to disguise american involvement. i spent quite a bit of time in thailand researching the entire terrible story and interviewing bits of wood extensively over sixty times for hundreds of hours in the president long i also had access to. intelligence and time teligent officers a very high level told me that in fact the whole thing was already done before it started in the sense that you know the court of course instance was going to rule in favor so it looked actually the book was going to win the case and the appeals court was going to rule in boots against the world so that nobody could say that it was askew decision that nobody could say that the americans paid the ties and when you could say it was one for blood what it would for the americans except that the the appeals court decision was the final decision because unfortunately in thailand there was no appeals to the supreme court as far as the four has

a concern the war against borders basically a war against russia if you can destroy the board and you can prove that he's a merchant of death and obviously he has to get his arms from somewhere and that someone has to be rational so you destroy russia's credibility in the international community i think is chance of winning the case the united states is zero point zero united states states have spent fifteen years trying a legend they tried to catch an alleged gun runner but it was it true they spent two and half years trying to win the extradition case and it looked a bit actually said to the united states to think that he can win in the united states against america on their home turf when everything is against them so that in the end if you walks and goes home america will all become a laughing stock of the entire world not to mention that whatever little credibility they have as a nation will definitely be ruined. well we've got plenty more ahead for you this hour so stay with us to find out just what the russians did in one of the world's biggest rock stars hopping common. religious disbelief in russian rehab

centers using divine guidance to be walk addiction are accused of posing a bigger threat than the drugs themselves. now in the u.k. medical officials say the number of women being subjected to jettison mutilation is on the wrongs although the practice is illegal in the country no one's ever been convicted of the crime and felsenstein to be considered risky each year now you may find some of the images and more and it's report. school holidays for some golden afternoons in the park but for others a horrific ordeal aged fifteen u.k. born jay kumar is mother took her home to sierra leone for an initiation ceremony jay had big ideas of evenings around the fire cooking and gossiping with female relatives she had no idea that during the celebration of her womanhood her gender tavia would be cut i was laid down the floor lots of hands lots of like celebration

resolve like chairs etc and then my mouth was covered so thing to muffle and then my legs would spread and then i just felt just some pain that i don't think all of the pain itself will never ever leave me because i've had to but it's like i mean i can understand how people feel when they lose an arm or a leg where they have found some kind of pain all the time and that's the kind of pain which i personally have to live with on a day to day basis i've heard that some people just really quick but i felt like it was been saw women's rights organization forward estimate six and a half thousand girls in the u.k. are at risk of female genital mutilation every year the most common age for girls to have the procedure is between six and eight. the summer holidays are a prime time because there's an opportunity for a long visit back to the family's country of origin and although it's illegal in the u.k. there's evidence that it is being done in this country female genital mutilation is

performed for cultural reasons and justified as a religious requirement or rights of passage to womanhood much like male circumcision it's supposed to ensure cleanliness and better marriage prospects however it often has serious and long lasting physical complications and sometimes its hospital in london is one of the senses that deals with. some girls die they bleed to death or develop techniques infections when dirty instruments are used midwife comfort more more seasoned osting effects of which include cysts on the vagina and sterility the removed everything. for the past. little. and so on and expects the will mean to have sex. if g.m. is thought to be so prevalent in the u.k.

local authorities have set up tossed forces to identify when children are risk but this is a practice that's gone on for centuries in some african and arabic countries and it's entrenched in families. communities and this has been. some females. procedure done to them but you will consider. that procedure was done to their own daughters and this is a. matter of education as well. legal despite being an illegal act there's never been a single conviction against someone who's arranged or performed female genital mutilation in the u.k. . a victim j. kumara says that's got a lot to do with the terminology used for me personally i hate even the term mutilation because i don't i'm not mutilated i've been caught. and i think the

whole mutilation term is very very negative and i think it just causes a lot of survivors to go underground because no one. the term of the head with legislation proving ineffective it's a culture that the british authorities have so far failed to eradicate leaving thousands of its citizens at risk every year and it. was a streamlined we've got lots more on our website for you on the team dot com do you log on to check and hold down the result of your school cartoons or just simply follow us on twitter for a look now at some of the stories that we might just can't try online at the minute as the miracle of life infertile couples flock to siberia to see the wisdom of god this is the picture that is read how many women then became pregnant. so you've read writing for they kept hazing pensioner who threw it casey in the bin but all the four year olds hobbies fail safe it's the one that is at risk of to

receiving death threats. president medvedev is renowned for his love of rock music so it's no surprise he found time to meet the from the end of the irish band do you see to talk about music. you know i come here to cross great divide between me. you. know very. well into. that. part i met the rivera ahead of a concert in moscow on wednesday it will be a first ever performance in russia that three hundred sixty degree show is the world's most expensive today and is expected to attract more than eighty thousand

people in ukraine wants to think russia's black sea fleet but all in the name of conservation a request been made for decommissioned ships to be scuttled to create artificial reefs in the crimea alexia share that he tells. professional diver alexei has been exploring the depths of the black sea in ukraine's crimea for more than three decades he says the underwater world here is absolutely unique from a scientific point of view but he is concerned about the danger that every year is getting worse pete season brings large scale pollution too young to play on the water fails to clean itself every year we see fewer fish caught in this part of the black sea i believe you all to please ecosystem is in grave danger alexey has considered many different solutions to the problem but his friend a deputy in the city council came up with a simple yet hopefully highly effective idea so

a lot of good. we will ask the russian black sea fleet stationed here to give us their all ships we will sink them and create an artificial reef which will greatly improve the base ecosystem this is nothing new many countries do the same. as the idea came to him after what was seen as a major policy shift in kiev the presidents of russia and ukraine signed an agreement to prolong the stay of the russian black sea fleet in the crimea until twenty forty. to where the previous administration and key of these ships of the russian black sea fleet were unwanted guests in ukraine's crimea and were to leave the area by the year twenty seventeen but after the heart of agreement was signed local authorities here are saying they're trying to do everything they can so that these ships remain here for years to come straight after the route if you get a shot of the back to russia needed me to remediate have said the fleet needed serious modernization and now the crimea is ready to help more school with that the

head of several stoppers administration says the russian naval presence here brings in massive investment for the city's infrastructure and calls for a fitting of the ships may create jobs for the locals here suppose the focus is that we have an excellent shipyard in the crimea which has been abandoned for almost two decades if moscow decides to repair its fleet here we're ready to offer our facilities and specialists this would be much cheaper for the russians and we revive our factory which was one of the best in a country just several decades ago april's harkov agreement sparked mass opposition protests in kiev they described it as a sellout of the country in crimea the mood is very much the opposite the russian black sea fleet command is yet to respond to the divers and officials proposals for an artificial reef but there will be glad to see few here can imagine life without these ships anchored on the surface in several stoppers docks. ski on sea reporting from ukraine's crimea. i can is going to check now on some other international news

this hour and fourteen people have reportedly been rescued the airliner crash landed in northwest china ninety one the procedures are finally said to be on board the head man and lines flight the plane overshot the runway during a night landing and burst into flames more than twenty people have been taken to hospital. pakistani officials are trying to coordinate. relief efforts as floodwaters affecting millions continue to rise many are fleeing their homes the government new warnings make matters worse the millions that escape before the flood swept water borne diseases president will take at least two years and tens of billions of dollars to recover from the damage. at least thirty two people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu police say

a gunman stormed the building opened fire and then a breather sells up six members of the country's parliament reported to be among the dead i managed group with links to al qaida has claimed responsibility for their time. russia's anti drugs agency is planning to increase the number of state controlled centers it says currently most truck outings get help from non-governmental facilities. do help backlit diction others in the round their patients in deeper trouble. in support. how do you through the my spread of drug and alcohol addiction took me nearly a decade these twenty nine year olds on a collision course with find and with that diagnosed with hepatitis b. and c. we can now says god saved and changed his life. when i came near a large share for the first time in eight years i realized their grass was green

birds were singing and everything was beautiful i used to take drugs and pills and alcohol at the same time i was literally a verge to understanding what was going on around. here is a rehab center run by cornerstone church days include group chores me to teach responsibility and bible and prayer sessions with prayer is a fellowship and we are more likely to become like those we communicate with if someone talks to fishermen he's likely to become one one to. someone talks to god what a prayer is he becomes a believer and his life changes not on the schedule here is time with a trained professional the belief is that the spirit is what needs mending and that this only comes through god drug use is on the rise in russia the official numbers indicate that there are six hundred thousand addicts but the federal agency charged with combat in this problem puts it at millions more but there is also an increase in the number of religious rehab centers like this one that are offering

nontraditional treatments but some are referring to them as little more than recruiting centers for religious sex the pentecostal community in russia is small but run several of the nation's growing number of religious rehabs critics insist those who seek treatment through these are simply trading one crutch for another. we're losing people now not because of drugs but because of destructive cults chemical addiction to drugs or alcohol is substituted by group psychological addiction instead this kind of addiction is stronger and much more serious some experts claim recovering addicts become able to function outside of the church and sequester themselves later elected to spread the message to others in new centers and he doesn't believe he's part of a cult of. the contrary i realized i had been brainwashed all my previous life and people around me had a consumer attitude but here i have pure feelings i mean your version and the

desire to run a clinic of his own someday didn't r.t. . the business on the way now went downhill break. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. of this business russia's post service may be transformed into

a joint stock company at the beginning of twenty twelve this would be the first step in turning the service into a public pool in the wrist must put its value at one to one point six billion dollars but if the company goes public the capitalization is projected to grow to more than eight billion by twenty twenty russian post owns forty two thousand branches across the country and three point one billion dollars last year. russian energy giant gazprom may build a gas pipeline from russia to china as early as twenty fifteen russia first agreed to build the pipeline to china in two thousand and two but failed to agree on gas prices with beijing but some experts doubt the new problem will be a priority for china as it's already investing heavily in the two biggest energy supplies in central asia turkmenistan kazakstan. back to russia now on corporate profits sold sixty three percent in the first half of twenty ten year on year combined pretax profits of big and mid sized enterprises reached ninety billion

dollars the biggest growth was reported by property companies whiners were not far behind fifty six percent the number of businesses reporting a loss filter just the. sounds of a look at the stock markets here are mosco they fell further in the last hour of trade top producer rose neff shed some two percent as the price of light sweet slipped near a seventy two dollars a barrel. of the second largest food retailer magnate reported an eleven point three percent increase in first half profits to one hundred thirty one million dollars the company adds capital spending for this year may reach one point three billion as it opens thirty hypermarkets and some six hundred fifty convenience stores. poland's biggest fourth co-produce the stock spirits is looking to buy a seventy five percent stake in ukrainian distil in the mirror of according to commerce daily the polish company has gained exclusive rights to acquire the shares and will make a final decision in a month the mirror of the system it is to be worth three hundred seventy million

dollars there is another possible buy for the fake russian standard which previously expressed interest in the us it says it's still considering a bid. russia's biggest modern orals nickel is currently the subject of a fierce fight for control tycoons all of their past patani in both oil and twenty five percent of the group each wants to buy the other out of the know the walls to sell what's at stake in this battle of the billionaires our correspondent literature clover visits the town of the real school. the world's richest nickel copper lariam sediments deposited here in the rural area the production facilities of the rust nickel stretch out in the mountains dominating the town and provide the much of the local employment like many other commodity producers norilsk was hit by the financial crisis. how about this richard suffer a few cuts for all. of the punters overcome the crisis quite successfully it was a constant demand for oil production on the global market that's why we didn't

decrease volume of production juvie the hard times not all nor nickels factories was so fortunate last year the company reported twenty seven percent drop in revenue to ten point two billion dollars still the group retains its leadership on the world market accounting for more than twenty percent of global nickel output more than ten percent of cobalt production at three percent of. my of my. the c.e.o. of neurochemical is keen to modernize and just promising to spend nearly half a billion dollars next year on cleaning up operations but. he's worried about how

the shareholder battle for control of the company will impact capital expenditure. battles the situation is quite difficult as you know there are several ways shareholders and managers view it as something that you should take now without thinking of the company's future or the shareholders who are in for the long term think that such a policy would slow down the company's development and would have pushed negative impact in the future i believe of face a negative impact if. i support the idea of adequate actions the dividends should be paid but in adequate volumes and not impede the company's further development allocations of mismanagement of the company as somewhat hard to substantiate as production costs and profitability are comparable and. national competitors but does face a challenging future its resource base is shrinking and the price of extraction rising the chief of the rules wants the company to focus on what he calls

investment into the mountain however that so unlikely to happen until the conflict between the owners is resolved not that this is our team. that's the latest here or mosco you can always find more stories on our website dot com slash business.

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