center stage i'll have that and more in twenty minutes time. so you're watching r t will straight to our top story now the ballots are in for kurdistan's historic parliamentary poll which international observers have praised as being fair and free but opposition politicians and election watchers say there were violations which could overshadow next government's attempts to digital mars itself in a moment article piskun off brings us the developments in the troubled southern city of wash first time novack over reports from the capital bishkek. some members of the opposition claim that they believe this election was unfair they say that they have seen people here voters here being dragged around town from one polling station to another and being forced to vote several times one of the opposition

leaders school has also said that at least three cases have been filed on the matter of violations that have taken place during the elections and russian parliamentary delegation of observers has said that the legitimacy of this election is something that still needs some deeper digging to do before claiming that the election was fair that despite the fact that according to preliminary reports by the international observers here there lection has gone smoothly but russian observers have found far away shows that should be looked into. their impact on the selection for example there has been an unusual splash of activity among voters here in kyrgyzstan one hour before the ball has ended and washing observers have found that suspicious so for none of the record number of twenty nine political parties registered for this election appear to be natural leaders and that is because most of those parties have rather similar political agendas that very. few

people hear or rather think he's that which party to vote for now only five or six of them can make it to the parliament but see if the votes are equally divided between the parties that might perhaps weakness a similar parliamentary stalemate here in kyrgyzstan as we have seen. in the country's parliament couldn't form a government coalition. ok well let's turn to the southern city of osh which witnessed horrific ethnic violence in the summer. for us that was the situation there as the people. where we are now is. just city and it's also water being moved on the street will resume because you know it's the voting was held in calling for action. not a lot of people were on the streets on sunday and dean was relatively calm as well although i did speak to some of the representatives of the it was very good wish and since this violence was basically caused by the fact that the sea is divided

into the. and they had these ethnic clashes between each other and the local was vexed for me that allegedly many of them were to vote came to the polling stations and couldn't find the means on the electoral lists so the very issue still has to be cleared because. your years and why it was making nationals and in july there were massive ethnic clashes between the two on gangs walked around the city destroying businesses and destroying homes and the violence lasted for several days until the interim government was finally able to take control of the situation mobilizing the army but unfortunately by that time hundreds of people were killed and that's according to the most modest figures and thousands of others were injured and thousands more have to leave their homes and at the moment most of the quarters of the city still remain in ruins and are just beginning to recover now and that's why the situation is still quite unstable and anything is possible

concerning the local reaction on the outcome of the lot and you mckenty a former european security observing kurdistan says it's now a question of whether they'll be a fair transition. somehow in the political culture it's felt that while the power is being taken away from the presidency towards the parliament to get into the parliament nevertheless the prize is the presidency so that's a curious situation the question is will there be a real cultural shift politically and in the way that government is run will it be open government will be good governance in the sense of transparency so that any potential corruption is a stunt. or will it be the usual that for example a majority government will be the new regime which has just taken over the transition government and they were marginalized completely those who supported by who was an associate on dawson and but. leaving some instability there these are

questions which really have to be to be answered maybe in a week or two is time and you can see there now you're with r.t.i. still ahead for you we report from india's city of. life is not easy for weirdos on the fringes of hindu society yet there are organizations working to overcome centuries of prejudice to give weirdoes a chance to live with dignity. using their husbands and abandoned by their families where there is little refuge for these women. around half of children up for adoption in america are black their chances of finding a family are remarkably slim compared to white children part of the blame is being put on white couples who would rather spend thousands of dollars to find a caucasian child and accept a black orphan into their home he's going to church again explains. people like to emulate their showbiz idols but they don't seem to be following the stars when it comes to adopting children many still see things in black and white color was not

an issue with this family when they adopted it in line we were much more interested in having you know getting a child we're just very that was our primary focus we really weren't interested too much in what the child looked like a. little you know why is one of very few black children in america adopted by a white family a study carried out by a group of economists suggest that african-american babies are five times less likely to be adopted then children have any other race some say one reason for this is misrepresentation of the black community in the media when you see things on television and you often see our children portrayed in a very negative way well that has a connotation for individuals that may be interested in adopting and while we have come a long ways in this country racism is still prevalent sanders says families need to be prepared before they decide to adopt a child of color and once a child goes into african-american child goes into a family that is caucasian that family is no longer caucasian that family becomes

a family of color at that point ok so the whole family dynamic changes it seems not a whole lot of adoptive parents in the u.s. are willing to change their family dynamics most want their adopted children to look more like them and the majority of parents willing to adopt in the united states are caucasian but almost half of the children available for adoption are black a report here says parents were willing to pay thirty thousand dollars more for and now an african-american baby colored wasn't even if you look around your table and your guests are all of the same color then you shouldn't be adopting a child of a different color but race doesn't seem to be an issue for thousands of americans who go to china or india to adopt. but when it comes to domestic adoption color makes a difference while there are still signs of prejudice in the american adoption field there is no prejudice in this home seventeen months old queen was adopted by two

moms we've had to face the challenges that straight people down when just they were little more. up for the job they chose to raise their two adopted children in a very ass nikolay diverse neighborhood racist and they are here too but i think in other parts of the country it's worse so here people don't even bat an eye. or a black boy you know whatever obviously. parents they came to the adoption agency put their second child also african american by and large our family is largely irish english german descent french canadian you know it's so smart usually a lot of white people and we need i would prefer a little more color in our family. going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . well that's no your thoughts on the issues raised in that store you can do that

now it tightens up com and while you're there take a look at our other reports analysis putting exclusive files on their russian gun running want to give us the documents provided by the wife also. russian scientists continue to get additional to collect evidence from countries claims that russia has some breakthrough discoveries already in the bag. when it comes to top level talks it seems that twitter is the place to do business personal advantage of and almost what's in it are exchanged a few words online using the microblog. site after california governor landed in moscow for us and then also posted pictures of his first impressions of the russian capital including enjoying a trip on moscow metro the man in charge of the world's eight largest economies not

just sightseeing he's joined by high tech executives who are sizing up russia's silicon valley with a view to investing there's more in our business update later this hour. now president obama is losing another key figure with the resignation of his national security adviser general james jones the military veteran of forty years has been pivotal in decision making over the war in afghanistan but is thought to be angry at not being involved at a high enough level artie's military contributor believes this signals deep problems within the obama administration. there washington d.c. right now he's under the heavy assault from the water box in the white house also known as the politburo referring to the civilian advisers to us president obama according to bob woodward a bomb as wars allegedly it was because of these words attribute it to general

james jones he was pushed out preliminary from his position as a national security adviser however i don't buy this semi a fish show excuse for his departure from the inner circle of the decision makers in the white house regarding the aft back straight edge in fact such it thought the decision to push out general james jones only refer to it regarding the af back strategy in general and his embattled strategic are not regarding the u.s. commitment to afghanistan and pakistan that's number one political challenge for the white house the current u.s. president is too much concerned about the inside political wheeling and dealing and not about the challenge posed to us policy in afghanistan and pakistan. let's update you on some other world news this hour now. sillies trapped miners are inching closer and closer to rescue which is expected on wednesday escape has been

completed and they're being given right out of the drinks and medication to prepare them to be who six hundred twenty meters to the surface they can be stuck on the ground since the mine that some months ago. police in belgrade have clashed with right wing relatives trying to disrupt a pride much of one hundred people have been injured and the softness is there to hold back the end to gain protest and the rocks and also through homemade explosives as well as damaging buildings to serbia's sanctions. which is divided many in the country. the burst reservoir containing toxic sludge in greece is now on the verge of complete collapse of the earth is a warning of another deluge just days after ways of very several towns killing seven and injuring one hundred residents back away after growing cracks were spotted in the remaining or storage pool in effect.

becoming a with spain for enough but in india it's just the start of the problems they face centuries of male dominated culture is leaving them cast aside by their own families as karen singer reports that pushing some of india's most vulnerable women on the edge of society. lies on the streets over in there are only in northern india but no one stopping the dead woman was a group to court to get the bad luck even in death in traditional hindu wisdom when a woman's husband dies she is considered to be a liability for the family remarriage is legally possible but. it's a patriarchal society and man wanted. to frame it in such a way that everything is to his advantage which has been coming to that he could remarry you could do what he wants and he did pray woman from those things. balance

feels she has nothing left to live for as a widow she was deserted by her extended family so she traveled to the holy city of darvon and spends her time reading the hindu scriptures. i have to conclude my life. that's fine if not that's also fine. shunned by society sixteen thousand widows day in this city because it's associated with the hindu god krishna the love of god whom they believe they are now married to they can be found on the streets with many forced to beg for scraps of food. look and sound and my husband died of cancer they used up all o.c. vincent pain for his treatment once he died no one would look after me so i came to bring. the social service organization of service runs to homes for windows in the city here one hundred eighty even in the house and fed it's been

a long journey for one woman who came here two years ago that most people come to bring down because they are helpless in the beginning i felt alone and would cry all the time but slowly every time i just did to my new life here life is not easy for readers on the fringes of hindu society yet there are organizations working to all become centuries of prejudice to give readers a chance to live with dignity the bigger challenge will be convincing families across the years downs and religious not to abandon them in the first place god and seeing hearty new delhi but at the very arty reports on the lethal dangerous some of us on the subject ourselves to every day we look at why the food we choose can be the killer in the kitchen. forty two thousand americans die each year from car accidents syria thousand. seven hundred thousand people are there and thirty two thousand will kill themselves cancer in all its forms kills five hundred sixty thousand of us here part disease is even more devastating it kills over eight

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real life stories from world war two closer. to true nineteen forty five don't auntie dot com. and the business news is next i was stephanie money. hello and welcome to the business then attend the governor of california arnold schwarzenegger is in moscow to visit silicon valley's russian namesake and skolkovo he's part of a delegation of venture capitalists and investors taking part in the global innovation partnership forum which starts on monday the event aims to find and of original business model for the russian high tech sector without imitating the silicon valley. and joining me now live from more on the forum is r.t. correspondent daniel bushell hi daniel so what can we expect from the in front. of us in the film red heat no snide well this was negative plays a russian policeman really portraying the country is still g.

and some will but it will ease but in most go now as california governor and he's really trying to do the opposite to make russia send the world innovation he's brought a delegation of startups and venture capitalists to the capital and they're going to try from the silicon valley to bring some of that merge to russia russia is building its own silicon valley all the outskirts of the capital and they have to bring a voice inverse moment and practical suggestions he's just been speaking in the ritz carlton hotel behind me he's being saying that the b.p. oil spill on the hungary and dissolves the industrial environmental disaster shows the need for countries to move away from their dependence on the the result is russia's economy of course very dependent for the most part on oil gas and metals he also called russia a gold moyen oh put unity with the human infrastructure and all the result is

always spoke earlier to one of those venture capitalists business fall of fall into nashville and he really repeated those a vote. just that russia has to offer. well sure we'll be going with the delegation old to skolkovo which is only else goes of mosco the silicon valley the rusher is building a little later on this afternoon so stay with us for updates on that. thank you very much daniel i will be joining daniel for more on the innovation forum and throughout the day. investors believe russia can boost its high tech sector if it focuses on the business model not blind imitation all the countries in

the world would like at some point to replicate silicon valley i've personally done thing that silicon valley can the replicated the other elements which work on these elements are good education science centers entrepreneurs of course investors and venture capital is something which puts it all together and would imagine the. if these elements are replicated it should work and in place in the world obviously in russia with this huge talent and this is the man in charge at the scope of the project why russia needs a new center for innovation when it already has a so many universities and science institutes. the main task of school cool is to bring technology into the market into the russian economy and our own free will be focused on this and that's why nobody should think that this project is an alternative to existing research centers or is just

a logical development of existing univision projects. let's take a look at how the markets are performing the nikkei is close for a public holiday on monday but in hong kong the hang seng has rallied for a thick straight session. left the gains on expectations of further u.s. money actually sitting on the r.t.s. has just opened high here in moscow to my sex will start trading in a few minutes close low on friday as crude and metals prices fell are cynical and overall calley were among the make this is shedding more than two percent. but the start of reporting season and this week is set to be an important one for investors stephen just ship ski now explains the key events that will be looking forward to doing this week will be the earnings season in the united states the major u.s. companies intel general electric j.p. morgan will be announcing their third quarter earnings which will likely will be the final kind of guideline for investors as to the state. of finances at major

u.s. companies at the state of their financial health and usually companies when releasing their results they also comment on their outlook and saw to a large degree the overall picture of how two thousand and ten has shaped up for major u.s. companies is going to become clear in the next couple of weeks this week will see as they said the reports from such major companies as general the intel j.p. morgan and these these earnings coming out of major companies will definitely said that before the week not only in the u.s. but globally as well. financial leaders from all over the world gathered in washington d.c. of the weekend for the annual international monetary fund and world bank meetings boosting the global economy was the main focus and speaking exclusively with r.t. the president of the t.v. bank andrey kostin explained the rubles position in the current currency was. russia is not that in the war in this kind of conflict so you know russian exchange

rate is based on the completely market principles and i think the important conclusion from the thread be that russia should develop who will at the national current for more and more particularly trade with this country or trade with. emerging market economies i think the thought that russia should do i think that's what we started to do but we should speed up this process russia topped europe's charts in september for the largest amount of retail construction underway but even though it's a past turkey and france we tell a save the size location the number of shops remains an adequate i tell you reports . with dozens of shopping centers constructed in the past decade you might think russia as well start with retail outlets but you'd be wrong big retail chains are poorly represented across the country and small retailers what americans call mom

and pop stores struggled to find shop space so. the share of big players in various sectors of retail is not all the about six percent this market is far from consolidation obviously the regions are more inclined to develop local brands but large retailers have more power for buying and promotion so i think up to seventy percent of all trade will be in the hands of big companies within the next seven years because the. property specialists say russia needs to build more shopping space for large chains and crack down on disorganised outlets and down door markets but that didn't come from management development group says russia is wrong to copy europe. the situation in russia is ridiculous by building endless morals we're not meeting demand because our country is fundamentally different we have a large distances and lack of trading space and residue. areas but nobody seems to

care about that building molds and hypermarkets is more profitable and it's easier but we need a diversified retail market with street outlets and individual merchants only then will small business be able to thrive. as a. third of russia's g.d.p. passes across the shop counter last year the country's trade turnover approached five hundred billion dollars half of that is spent on food and other arguments for local shops for now out of town shopping centers dominate retail construction in russia and it's likely to remain at the top of europe's construction league not going to come up business sauti. and that's all the business news for this hour but of course you can always find the stories on our website at www dot com slash that's.

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