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online whistleblower wiki leaks posts a secret cia report on perceptions of the u.s. as an exporter of terrorism. cheap adrenalin rush turning to a new extreme sports ministry. and the lives of others in danger for kicks. and cost numbers the growing number of young couples in india facing their families and communities choosing to marry outside the traditional cost system. i know you're watching our live from moscow welcome to the program the record high temperatures that gripped russia the summer have triggered the spread of
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a tropical disease uncommon in this part of the world skeeters have carried the deadly west nile virus to the south of the country where five people died and dozens have been infected. reports. a steady stream of patients has been arriving at this hospital near volgograd all with the same diagnosis west nile fever five are dead more than one hundred are seriously ill and five of the real number of those affected might be several times higher a lot of people are being treated at home without knowing what's wrong with them and don't ask for help until it is too late west nile fever affects different people in different ways for those who are young it might pass without symptoms others might suffer a mild form of flu or something like that but for those most seriously affected for those who are vulnerable for all the people it can be critical it starts off with headaches vomiting diarrhea and then progresses to damage the central nervous system eventually leading to death i was allowed to see some of the patients myself
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many are still too ill to speak others can but are still suffering the severe aftereffects of what they have been through many don't remember how they fell ill they don't even remember where they live or how old they are they're simply full of terror that their mental faculties will never recover from this ordeal outside their relatives who aren't twenty four hour watch they're begging to be left inside outside of visiting hours west nile fever is as exotic as it sounds it's much more typical for countries around the mediterranean it was never discovered until eleven years ago then just as the summer it was a period of particularly hot weather and this allows the mosquitoes to spread the disease the mosquitoes the inspectors that they buy the humans and then the humans get infected now here doctors are issuing warnings to everybody to keep their clothes with long sleeves to spray themselves mosquitoes spray and so on but they're saying that people are refusing to follow these instructions and that they the threat quite seriously enough but they're saying that the threat will remain
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until october when the weather is expected to become cooler. the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is back in the headlines of the publishing an internal cia report on the internet the documents classified as secret focuses on the perception of the united states as an exporter of terrorism or to learn this to experience. it's a very short memo from the central intelligence agency that in essence is and now is this that has been done many times over by journalists and analysts here in the united states already it talks about the impression basically the reputation the u.s. may have abroad with foreigners as acts supporting terrorism and it talks about cases that are that have been well documented all over the media of five pakistani american young men who traveled from northern virginia overseas to allegedly join the pakistani taliban and it talks about as well the case of david healy who is
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a u.s. citizen who was believed to be involved in surveillance for the terror attacks in india so these are well documented cases and their impression that they've made on the international community has been analyzed many times over also in this cia document it talks about the u.s. policy on rendition is seen as too one sided that could hinder the u.s. is getting cooperation from foreign governments which i don't think is news to anybody a lot of people questioning more and more what the motives are of wiki leaks especially with the wiki leaks the man behind the website julian saunders who has seen increased criticism for being kind of a publicity monger himself and acting with immense. and really seeking promotion with these releases you'll recall after the seventy five thousand classified documents on the afghan war were released soon after that on the website they
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published a insurance document that was encrypted but many people that we spoke to sources said that the u.s. government could easily decrypt this document so so what really was the point of putting that up was it just for publicity there was immense speculation on that and also criticism over julianna songe the man behind this web site for acting real. irresponsibly even people that supported his release of afghan war documents said he may have been not careful enough and redacting names that possibly could have gotten people hurt so there have been increasing questions i really what is motivating a sign is it publicity is it who brace is it his own intention to sell. well this time wiki leaks won't get the same reaction as they did a month ago when the web site published secret afghan war ports that's according to investigative journalist wayne munson the food truth about the cia is that seventy's has yet to emerge if we were going to see something really
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earthshaking leak from the cia how about some something that has to do with the cia involvement with what's known as state sponsored terrorism for example the united states during the vietnam war targeted people in vietnam for assassination it was operation phoenix and we also had the shock and all in iraq where civilians were indiscriminately killed we've seen the same thing in afghanistan and where do we see these revelations this this classified document released by wiki leaks is only talking about some americans who went overseas to join terrorist groups talks about the british agents assassinating supposin nazi agents in the united states before the second with the us got into the second world war so as i say there's there's nothing here that should. anyone in the cia and i think this really is just another case where wiki leaks select that this document looking for
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a big publicity run but i don't think they have this got the same reaction they have received in the past. live from the russian capital here you know with art still to come for you this what live event conducted that appetising the rest of the world takes a look at the health of a nation. a great way to get your kicks or an irresponsible act that puts lives in danger train things the latest extreme activity that's gaining popularity among trending hundred teenagers in moscow. taken greaves to some of those willing to risk everything for a thrill. some would find these acts to put even crazy for those who take part of what's become internationally known as tres surfing is about the adrenaline rush the great involves riding on top or at the side of fast moving trains clear with their hands or the aid of
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a belt the danger involved this is for many a major attraction but authorities are worried that those taking part are fully aware of the risks running along these cables above me of three thousand volts of electricity if you touch one you most likely be killed and that's just one of the dangers. reuters also risks falling from the train and being crushed but that hasn't deterred these guys they took up the hobby at an early age claiming it gave them an unbridled escape from reality. you know any we mostly just ride the trains not pulling any crazy stunts this is just a hobby that gets our adrenaline up. and as if that wasn't there enough maybe even taking to riding the metro just to get their daily kicks to these young men is also become a form of expression and they don't see why this it street sport is being seen differently to other widely practiced pastimes of people skydive or climb mountains
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we ride trains on the outside certainly there's a risk but we plan all our steps we know trains very well where different things you can hold on to are we have certain safety guidelines. they and other adrenaline junkies like them have set up a list of rules to avoid injury and even the likes of andrei mit the activity has had tragic consequences for some but. have not been any tragic accidents in our group things like that do happen just recently a teenage boy tried to climb into the driver's car from the roof and fell down he got severely injured. regardless of the dangers this crater swept across moscow with the web swirling with uploaded videos this practice has even attracted the attention of more widely known extreme sports stars voivode in has been base jumping for six years is no stranger to danger even this there will feel train surfing is
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a step too far but not because of the risks to themselves. well it's hooliganism because they risk hurting not only themselves but other people too in my sport base jumping if i jump from a building or a cliff and fall down i won't harm anyone. does however sympathize that extreme sports are costly and that some maybe force the trains. it's search of a cheap thrill and it's also russia it's unlikely to cost them much in terms of jail time. with only a no win no fee in place for those caught meaning people like andre is likely to keep turning to the checks for the next buzz regardless of the price they might pay jake agrees. u.s. joint forces command is one of the few defense departments which should be left without budget cuts that's according to an independent candidate coming us elections retired navy pilots kenny golden who thinks of his own way of fixing the
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economy and budget deficit. let's take a look at your forces command as part of all of the department of defense and decide where we can make cuts what i have said and what's probably going to happen and what should happen is those unique things that are unique to joint forces command should be preserved we just willy nilly said let's kill join forces karl excuse me but why not do reductions in all of the commands why not particularly start at the biggest bloaters bureaucracy in the world the office of secretary of defense and make some cuts there because what's happened is you know that you've heard the expression to tail the animal that's the beauty to the tail teeth over here the fighting part and. we've got a big tail. and i can watch the full interview in less than twenty minutes. now with the growth of
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globalization that features of the american way of life have spread to other countries and it's not just movies and pop culture it's also food along with hamburgers and coca-cola one of america's major health problems obesity has been exported may find some images in this report disturbing. among all developed countries americans are the fattest in the world that's according to the world health organization where over sixty percent of the general population in the u.s. is obese was even more disturbing the u.s. is the only country in the developed world to label obesity as a prime national security health risks. it's all part of a growing epidemic in america supersizing questions like why are americans so fat and what brought the fast food nation to rely heavily on foods most developed countries banned decades ago there's a lot of innovation that's going on in the united states at all levels whether be
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organic or genetically engineered activity we begin with monsanto the former manufacturer of killer herbicide agent orange that's the chemical spray to the jungles of vietnam during the war with the united states agent orange eventually produced symptoms like these decades later monsanto is now responsible for more than half of the country's food and produce supply i believe that food is medicine and that genetically modifying. the food that we eat is going to have a great health impact on it the united states also holds the record for the largest production of genetically modified products in the world according to g.m.o. compass ninety five percent of american corn and eighty five percent of the soybean industry is genetically modified the ingredients in all processed foods contain g.m. ingredients the grocers many factors of america estimate seventy to seventy five percent of the food we eat every day is genetically engineered this is one of the
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most dangerous massive experiments we've ever conducted all of our planning and the men one nine hundred ninety s. the f.d.a. and the u.s.d.a. allowed genetically modified food products and ingredients to fourche to the american food supply. why in farming industry. when g.m. goes reduced to nine hundred ninety six seven percent of americans had three or more chronic illnesses within our years that went to thirteen percent. doubled in less time food related illnesses doubled between one hundred ninety four and two thousand and one autism is an obesity is a diabetes is a no one is checking to see if the most radical change in the human food supply the introduction of genetically modified foods contributing to these dangerous just ticks however statistics are lower income areas vary according to a report conducted by trust for america's help minority communities in the country
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are more vulnerable and factor to sticks recorded and african-american as banneker native american communities are nearly double the rates of white americans dr carolyn how xander suggests the alarming numbers plaguing minority communities is directly linked to g.m.o. foods i believe that these are certainly at the root cause of a lot of our children's health issues in particular in low income communities because they don't have the access to real food we're feeding the products of an infant science to the entire population so the food is slowly killing us making us unhealthy and fat why is it on our stupid market shelves and even more important why aren't jammed up products labeled johanna office r t washington d c. more than fifty people have been killed in a string of bombings that rocked seven iraqi cities on wednesday the deadliest happened in baghdad where a car bomb exploded near
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a police station killing fifteen iraqi officials claim al qaeda linked forces are behind the blast the attacks came just after the u.s. announced it had withdrawn the last of its combat troops. over fifty thousand troops still maintaining those number of american soldiers in the country since the start. three of the recent bombings raise questions of the iraqi government's ability to sentencing. mactan violence association since the tax rate actually be the iraqi government's arrives three us troop presence. there are a variety of reasons why it should happen and various theories but one of the i think one of the more credible one is that the government is actually involve itself in it in order to prevent the americans from pulling out or at least the troops they believe they must be engaged in military and use of force not just
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training as it was claimed by the americans although people are talking about forming a government whether it's allawi whether it's my leaky and what have you that is really not the situation iraq has been dismantled there is no government there is no you. thought a t. in iraq the prime minister cannot leave the green zone there is no military or police in iraq because they are all militias who have been recruited to wear the same uniform but there are legions is not a national one but their allegiance either to their faction or to their group or to their tribe. despite casts discrimination being illegal in india and the face harassment and hostility on a daily basis because of their social status those choosing to tie the knot with a member of a different cast can find themselves be jetted by both their community and family as artie's charan singh reports more and more young people are trying to break with tradition. prakash have upset their families were all in two different
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castes they were expected to marry one of their own but they have broken what is considered a who and intercourse marriage is considered as sin here and our society wants to continue its traditions that people have been following for centuries the family has a much higher cost the nine this hurt the ego the bridegroom is low in status. the couple have enlisted the help of outsiders the ngo the unite humanity movement often beings within marriages that have been more than one thousand two hundred such unions in the last decade in the be hard state. we want to discussed but a society based mindset and caste based discrimination a society can only be brought about by inter-caste marriages and to religious marriage yes the birth and she cautioned him are a lot then either not chickens father filed
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a case of kidnapping against her husband and still refuses to talk to the couple. my family allowed me to visit them only after seven years but not with my husband and even now if i do visit my father doesn't speak to me he is still angry with me . the police in bihar adim crazing me dealing with i did families and young couples in love a kidnapping case has been filed against twenty two year old. formatting teenager a new comedy. we are seeing many cases such as these with both a boy and girl wanting to get married if a girl is above eighteen years of age the law recognizes her decision to marry the person of her choice but if she is younger than eighteen then she has to behave according to her parents' wishes like. a divide is growing between urban and rural india in the cities gas divisions are now less important while in rural india many refused to let go of their traditions. anybody marrying outside is cast as
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boycotted by us no one in the village gives the couple any water or food or even talks that if we find a marriage really offensive then we kick them out of the village cost is just a creation of one's mindset there's no real hierarchy between people and situation the ration who considers caste and even if we do the next generation. definitely not even think that discrimination on the basis of cost is illegal in india but in large parts of the country drew means the overriding factor when choosing a life the sooner this changes the sooner we'll divisions will cost lose their relevance here got unseeing r g india. now let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the world in mexico police have found seventy two bodies out of a military close to the u.s. border room didn't man had told marion's that's a drug that was killing migrants attempting to cross over into america soldiers.
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came involved in a shootout at the ranch which had one arena and three suspected gang members died with bodies within piled up in a single discovery of mexico's increasingly bloody drug war. hong kong has held a memorial service for the victims of monday's bus hijacking in the philippines flags were lowered to half monsters the city observed to three minutes on its eight citizens. hijacked by gunmen in a peanut and there's been strong criticism of the way security forces humble the incident for the police are defending their actions saying officers that meant. biologists a humpback whale stranded on the beach in brazil it's not because of the government twenty five. sun times but days activists are trying to coax it back.
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to. joins us with the business news and ukraine has sparked a new gas round. of claims is suffering despite getting a big this earlier this year we'll have the details in the program but first russia's biggest bank has reports. a ten fold rise in first off earnings just under two point one billion dollars the figures a slightly below analyst full cost provisions for bad loans fell nearly fifty percent compared to the first half of two thousand and nine when the state run company was feeling the full force of the financial crisis but net profit in the second quarter was nearly fifty percent below the first three months of the year. went to below. earnings for the quarter which is why small. landfall for the first quarter and that's why the sharp decline from at first
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glance but actually the reasons for the decline were mainly expected by us and by the market and so i think that all the another moment a large rally are priced in at the moment so we should not expect any significant pressure on this burbank share price and the. russian plans to sell federal bones with a ten month expiry dates it will be the shortest term that the government has issued in seven years from its ministries optioning roughly one billion dollars is turning to short to maturity as investors have demoted or yields to count of the risk of rising inflation the worst drought for fifty years if you speak significant prices for the rest of the year. russia's been tipped to drive the auto industry out of the economic downturn on the first day of the international motor show here in moscow i spoke yesterday with the heads of some of the world's largest car makers. have been several will permit is here at the most going to national mode to
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show after this pushing a new competitor to the globally dominant g.p.s. sat nav system is cool blown us has been in development in russia for decades and. will now put it in his calls from next year but the key focus is luxury mosco ready has more luxury cars than anywhere else and jaguar hopes a new almost jag will tickle the locals find see i remember two years ago the head of b.m.w. here showing me my brand new bullet proof beam on this follows in that tradition there's also world slike the new landrover and the most powerful ever caution on one one. the show was counseled last year as the months long but i sense that i have the same balls but there was two years ago until sales in russia call sales have jumped almost fifty percent last month on july two thousand and nine the company with one of the most ambitious strategies these guys is trying to revamp
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its entire range russia's number to call maker says the sales hope back on the rise between now and the end of the year told to go sales sales would be around seventy five thousand think we can finish roughly twenty five percent higher in sales for this year versus last year and if that keeps the more important thing for all those trucks then we've got to be up fifty percent european call john closer citron has just started production in russia with the citron c four but the head of pars show total today that that's just the beginning but we don't as such i'm on the phone they have just one guy and then we start to see a channel and then we will go to. the pool. seven and then we hop all the ideas on securing the market and we believe that the bucket is going to be called for the next the next step and i wouldn't put jackson we believe that up you know. for value it's
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a target that we should be reaching for in the future. that brings the first day of the twelve to an end here at the most going to the national mall to show the world call joints really hoping this show will relaunch the fortunes of the car industry which of course have been down in the doldrums for the last two years. quick check on the stock markets now most asian stocks are higher on thursday inspired by more gains on wall street the day before japanese high tech exporters rose on the weakening of the yen but the market fell to maintain its opening games hong kong shares are trading flat positive it's our. own ways. to the lowest since july twentieth investors didn't like banks results sending it down almost two percent on the mind six confidence in other lenders was hit even worse with the t.v. fully almost three percent. now ukraine has complained about the price he pays for russian gas prime minister nicolas of told his cabinet despite receiving
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a thirty percent discount back in april the first formula is too high and is hurting the economy added he will press moscow to revise the contract. russia second largest airline trans or increased passenger traffic by more than a third for the seven months to july compared to the same period last year called go turnover also job helping with eight hundred million dollars net profit increased five times over twenty six million russian accounting standards. the price of oil has dropped for the less than seventy two dollars a barrel for more and how that's hurting russia's biggest corporations johnson fifty.
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