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piri truly the torch was. to go. round as the colonel was slow to treat. your sister is a very warm welcome this is coming from the russian capital top stories now in. the u.k. parliament votes in tuition fee hikes for england students protested outrage at having to pay for the mistakes of those holding the purse strings. of unemployment and homelessness in the us a fifty year high banks may pale but help the wall street avoid higher taxes. britain has some sharp words about the arrest of the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks saying the west has no right to preach democracy. fifteen minutes from now in the
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meantime the battle against drugs in afghanistan is intensifying with a new player joining the fight. quartet's been formed in moscow with russia pakistan and pledging support to kabul on the sidelines of the meeting or to talk to the afghan drugs chief and the interview is next. i wanted to have million russians are addicted to gun harrowing afghanistan produces ninety percent of the drug a u.n. resolution describes the flow from this central asian country as a threat to international peace and stability here with me today is the afghan counter anacortes minister mr that ahmed us money thank you very much minister for being with me today. thank you i'm glad to talk to you. today the any a while you might have gone dry says about sixty five billion dollars that's five
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times bigger than the country's national budget who is behind this industry who takes the most benefit from it. we do it. out of the afghanistan itself as a victim of that evil afghanistan as a country with nine hundred sixty thousand drug addicts which is why we say afghanistan as a victim of drugs it's a great evil for our country smugglers make huge profits we can say for certain and prove that international terrorists are active in the part of afghanistan where opium is grown and drugs are manufactured these are the most problematic areas of our country home on provinces one of the olds there is no doubt that afghanistan was responsible for ninety percent of the world's opium production or opium is grown in provinces that lack security they are the most troubled provinces there are international terrorist groups there that are very active we have already managed to cleanse twenty provinces of all they are now ruled by law we don't have
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any problems with those provinces do minister say that the international terrorists mistaken the most benefit from it right that's correct. let us judge fairly afghanistan as a major manufacturer of opium responsible for ninety percent of it on the other hand it's obvious that the poppy is grown in the most restless areas this proves that there is a link to international terrorist organizations on the. studies indicate of the taliban receives one hundred twenty five million dollars from drug exports therefore we can say international terrorists the taliban and organized crime groups are involved those involved can be divided into two categories those inside the country and foreign groups with certain connections with the international terrorists some crime groups encourage opium farming afghanistan only produces opium but you need other terms or precursors to turn it into her own up to thirteen hundred tons afghanistan does not produce them where do they come from obviously
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there is an international network trafficking these precursors that's why we say that the drug problem is not localized in afghanistan it's international when we say that millions of russians die from drugs nine hundred sixty thousand afghans are addicted to. afghanistan's efforts alone will not be enough afghans consumed five percent of the drugs while the other ninety five percent are exported that's why we insist on international cooperation in the struggle against drug trafficking what is your strategy for fighting the up in trade. the drug problem has a domestic and an international side according to the strategy we've developed to fight opium exports we're trying to help our peasants financially so that they don't have to grow opium poppies most afghan peasants eighty percent of them are extremely poor they have very little land so they grow the poppy to make a living the other twenty percent are major landowners who rent out their land plots for opium farming under. out of this group thirteen percent are landowners
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involved in drug production to get poor peasants to give up opium farming the government has devised on a program encouraging them to grow other crops such as wheat but we need international support also important in the strategy is the reduction of demand for drugs we also intend to take measures to increase the efficiency of our law enforcement structures which help fight the scourge. but what concrete steps to take more of them which i think the counter narcotics ministry persists on regional cooperation now joint bilateral operations against drug dealers are carried out in the country along with iran and pakistan what operations were to decus town are also in our plans in the past four years thousands of tons of narcotic drugs have been seized talking about concrete steps and international support russia advocates burning their poppy crop why cannot this be done. before
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i can say specifically that there are certain problems in the areas where the afghan government can do something against the opium poppy it has done so twenty provinces have been cleansed of opium plantations however in a province as war is going on with international coalition forces present the afghan army and the afghan national police force certain problems are there and there are areas where the afghan government is not in control in this respect earlier one hundred ninety seven thousand hectares of land were used to grow opium poppy that figure has been reduced to one hundred twenty three thousand or forty seven percent drop the progress is apparent if we destroy the opium fields this would result in our anger the angry children of those farmers will take revenge and join the taliban these problems did exist are existing and will exist therefore if we manage to cut opium production by forty five percent it's only one aspect as a result of this reduction opium prices have soared by two hundred percent which by itself proves there is
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a huge demand which in turn as an incentive for the farmers to grow poppies destroying opium fields doesn't help it's not the solution at the same time i'm not saying i'm in favor of poor peasants growing opium poppy but it is a problem that our society has to face poor people have the right to live and to earn a living they must be offered an alternative and they must be helped so they could give up growing poppies this way we can solve the problem. afghans themselves never grew poppies before the problem came to the country together with the war it's the result of the impoverishment brought on by drought on the one hand and by war on the other and the poppy has a very short time to harvest that's why they chose that way and you've mentioned terms of agriculture the e.u. and us donate about half a billion dollars to a turns of agriculture in afghanistan each year but many believe this my it disappears into a corrupt political system can you explain how this happens. fighting
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drugs is very complicated done and requires a very comprehensive approach it's obvious that efforts taken so far by the government of afghanistan have brought some results in twenty provinces the poppy has not grown any more also five thousand drug dealers are now in jail has also been provided to poor peasants regional corp has of course been very helpful we see the provinces where the war still rages on where there is no security account for ninety eight percent of all poppy and opium production so this is the huge problem that there is no security in those regions so can the country is donating their money to are going to stand sure that they smarter will go to what it is supposed to go. about what you've mentioned donated money disappearing i should say that of all the money allocated towards fighting drug crimes the afghan government spends twenty to thirty percent with the remaining seventy percent spent by the donors themselves they have their own projects which they fund themselves so if
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you're talking about international cooperation international afros in fighting drugs so who are going to stan's key partners in this war. the biggest donors the usa and also britain how does afghanistan a great deal but still this help is not enough and should be expanded besides i think that the efficiency and. capabilities of our team drug police in afghanistan should be increased the capabilities of grown recently but it's not enough similarly drug police and are having the same problems now and that country needs help too so that joint efforts could bring tangible results yes investment of going to start very claims you are associated with the drug mafia in afghanistan and the t. what support for elimination of eighty fifteen thousand dollars a vote what do you say to these accusations. i have not heard carl icahn very say
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anything about me i'm not sure he may have said anything of this kind because he is very pleased with my work and we have closely cooperated with each other he has always encouraged us and has taken an active part in the fight against narcotics i have always worked in a transparent way clearly and precisely there have been no accusations against me and my work is transparent for the first time in history the russian diplomat as head in the united nations office on drugs and crime what difference do you think will his appointment make to the war on afghan tribes the third of the united nations drugs and crime officers an independent organization within the un it's up to him to lead or to wait and see how efficient his work will be we hope to work together and with good results. u.s. general says that president karzai is the missing link in the war on drugs in afghanistan that has in that action has allowed heroin flourish as his account of the cortex minister what do you have to say to that. president karzai has been
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responsible in fulfilling his duties and the results are there twenty provinces i told you earlier have been cleansed of opium poppy some progress has been made in other areas president karzai attitude to these problems is a very responsible i don't agree with what general mcneill had to say. according to the agreements reached before twenty fourteen. will assume responsibility for security in the country i am sure when they've assumed as one hundred charge of their own country the efficiency of their work will grow at the same time i can assure you of the struggle against international terrorism on narcotic drugs is not a matter of one or two days it's a very long process this fight to continue its international efforts are needed to have bases a brawl destroyed afghanistan will be fighting for the hearts thank you very much minister for your time country and people peace and prosperity in the nearest future thank you very much. the.
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wealthy british. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports. as you watch this tape i can only imagine the fear and the despair that you face for this is being recorded for viewing only after the disappearance of god's people from the earth. oh it's
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bookstores are selling our t. students staged protests in london and after the parliament votes. they have to pay for the mistakes of those holding the purse strings. people who don't implement homelessness in the us of a fifty year high thanks may fail but this is tell me strictly avoided higher taxes. and has some sharp words about the rest of the founder of the whistle blower web site wiki leaks saying it shows the west has no right to reach its version of democracy bloggers. and all those stories will be coming up in about fifteen minutes from now but first it's time for the sports update with kate.
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thank you for joining me for the sports news and here are our top stories and acceptable valarie compensate the hooligans a spot out of the champions league. backing out a pad by forces heavyweight champion to pull out of his latest fight get to zero. point four russian girls are becoming the first ever man to perform a place jump. on the town of. let's start with the champions league in spots like moscow have bowed out of the competition despite a two one win over jelena in slovakia the game was delayed by twenty five minutes after spotting fans through flares and invaded the pitch on a night when the final group games were played off the spotlight manager of a talk and said the authorities need to get tougher with possible makers as the players have to leave the field twice spotted two already failed to reach the
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non-fan stages of pain from going to win three was goals from alex and the muscovite side finished third in group at the top down to the europa league seeded all chelsea top the group despite losing one nil a loss a group. finished as runaway winners are three four nil between as a karim benzema in their contract and ac milan took second spot despite losing t.n.l. at home to my absolute elsewhere in group d. by an basel to finish comfortably top growing back to the point they needed to clinch ensure they also leaks the knockout stages in group h. shock target that's what made the next round for the first time winning the group with victory over braga and also sealed so when they needed the parties on great make sure they went through in seconds it was. almost. never say that you don't glory when you won one but. i think we had the resources
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to do school and virginia last minute twenty minutes they would drop a little beatrice sickly and. so i was always confident that you would qualify but you never know. those moves about people now a task i have maintained their slim chances of reaching the last sixteen of the year only they are the men beat lands here at home in a game like that so win and fitness well that was their. it's a very difficult situation for it's a sky and the euro leak the one just wants in there bears seven games and will laugh whose only mathematical chance is to proceed to the next stage injury meaning convention they needed to beat the landscape the army man showed they were a base major target own says god was showing perhaps their best the face of play this season while in that sag they were lined and beat san to meet a sick ol i place to go every made in the game things to be at
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a club where one of the most talented young players in europe but their mate if you why don't free pointers he would eventually become because corey player of the night was the fifteen points to scott cape for a pseudo jr hold'em had one of these games this season it in seven to c.c. he's fourteen points and these down by john gordon put different side down by nine was doing it for me the globe him to be moved by lynch and then me see decisive shorts and say is gone for the week i don't play great before helping to. contest for sure just quite a lot of them has little. to do with the rail so. i have a serial without their quarrels. that you cannot that they were already in play all of as if this were to be with us there in the service of the seventy three to
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six defray the final score then the for security we would see discussed recently appointed head coach me to sheffield and i of course know everything defense and he's psych now but surely not just told to scholars continue to lead by the midst of a hard to. me my album out in group don't moan post cause of things pilsen a cheerful seventeen both sides were missing the top schools into such a bitch for a phase. and there are structures for men on how about david hawkins was the top scorer for the italian side a twenty four point five assists three rebounds and two steals both teams now four and four but the land before the tech are side by side sports in their great. handles well in group of belgium still have a chance of making the top sixteen after a seventy five sixty one win over grocery basket of germany and sienna became the first team to register seven victories this season of the crushing croatian side
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she's on at eighty two sixty six on the road in group c. . meanwhile heavyweight boxing champion vladimir kitsch co has pulled out of this saturday showdown with derek just or a ukrainian was due to defend his i.b.s. and w b o titles against the briton in mannheim in germany but he has a back problem at all muscle has forced the thirty four year old to counsel to fight or that it's expected he could be back in the ring within six weeks just the right to have a shot at coach coach after improving his record to fourteen in the defeats following a victory over some sex in september stuart that doesn't really champion david haye the touch goes next and. now there are nine months to go until the rugby world cup gets underway in new zealand and russia will be there for the first time which is ample free caught up with one of the game's greats form or black shawl that's patrick who says the new boys have it all to gain. russia's recent results haven't been good last time i had they were fresh by over seventy points by japan they also
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suffered back to back to feats to argentina's second string you know the last former new zealand canton shaun fitzpatrick who is in moscow to promote his country's business interests so the russians could pull off a surprise or two to get to the world cup as one player you know a fantastic effort. they have qualified. so they should enjoy that. and as i said in the press conference i need to go there with the expectations they can when they play america. and they should be tagged. as the. two thousand and seven the portugal's in the georges of the world think of georgia you know what they. believe and now we think george is going to go this world cup and could potentially knock over one of the top five countries in the world on my georgia who have many players playing in the french league none of the russian team ply their trade abroad their local league doesn't offer the same competitive level
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in comparison to the big european championships and fitzpatrick sounds this will need to be the next stand in order to help russia's development obviously the next world cup. in england. we have to qualify but we need to have more experience playing maybe i was playing in europe new zealand or even. just to boost that experience and not getting potentially here first all my months to go to the world cup gets underway there's plenty of work for coaches steve diamond and henry poole who's working with banks to do the russians plan to play a number of practice munches including in-store journey to get themselves ready. to help with their preparations will be going to new zealand where we'll be playing games against canterbury inter an arche following that will return and play a competition with europe's tier two nations including home and away matches with georgia with their home game being played in sochi. russia are going to have their
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work in a tough group which also contains australia ireland italy in the us. their own money to make it for each of an excuse to change the most important thing is a bit of qualified and this experience going up against the world's best will be very beneficial for the future development of rugby in the country richard unbelievably dartrey. over the eyes now a metal my mr gorst have gone top of the continental hockey league in the last three matches which took place on thursday that's just losing to see the c.b.s. in the shootout madness for side are one point clear lake see dinallo in the other games sell about your life sort of rock bottom less like navigation that away by a single goal and more also made it a penalty shoot out your best effort to one when looked at that. one finally to one of the world's most extreme sports base jumping where russian the larry rolls off has become the first ever person to perform a jump from the antarctic of a turn or base or b a s e is an acronym that stands for the four categories
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a fixed object in which one can jump buildings and ten i spans and a theme to fs meanwhile because of along with climbing a cliff xander which gave photographer thomas self needed two weeks of preparation if you base camp before climbing up the mountain with temperatures of that's why was the thirteen degrees celsius yet this was the relatively easy part of ourselves mission the real challenge lay in his descent from the mountain wearing his wing suit orders of took a death defying jump of the three thousand meter now to our seconds before pulling the cord on his parachute and landing safely. and that's all this bulletin but we'll be back with another update in just under two hours time meanwhile the weather on the news headlines are next i think that's .
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