the grand imperial. you can. sit down to go and. read this in the kennel was such a treat. human rights activists way into washington's track record claiming its people protection . and fails millions of americans suffering. cost aside for costing the self-proclaimed republic a possible set for sunday's election minorities hold up little hope of gaining equality. and with a harsh winter ahead for the homeless we follow the volunteers on the bus going to see boats bringing much needed. people on the streets.

welcome to the program events across america to mark human rights day were designed to underline the country's perception of itself as a leading light on protecting freedom but some of the countries activists are not convinced and recent u.n. criticism is leaving washington battling to restore its reputation writes. a story . what speaks louder. actions or words we recognize the inherent dignity and rights of every individual a promise by the u.s. president and a requirement outlined in the universal declaration of human rights thirty articles outlining basic standards of life inalienable rights for all people. article three everyone has the right to life liberty and security of person with every

drone attack with every. invasion and occupation of a foreign country with every overthrow of a foreign government that the united states happens not to like or happens not to agree with every one of those is a violation of that one article political commentator nima shirazi accuses the us of falling short of a feeling several of the principles it helped create article five no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment with every detainee kidnapped and rendition and. you know tortured in guantanamo or in bog or elsewhere. that's yet another violation here at home the land of liberty is also the land of the incarcerated with the world's largest prison population with. two point three million people behind bars more than three thousand languish on death row. article twenty five

everyone has the right to a standard of living including food clothing housing and medical care at the dawn of the new millennium. we set concrete goals to for our fellow men women and children from the injustice of extreme poverty us figures indicate nearly forty four million americans are living in poverty even more people lack access to affordable health care. and fifteen million are officially unemployed. meanwhile an estimated one million u.s. families are set to lose their homes this year alone as president made it clear that the united states will do our part last month the u.n. human rights commission made clear in two hundred and twenty eight recommendations by how the u.s. can improve its human rights record of the movie being memphis being eighty congo beauty is not just happening there one city one state is that you know

a lot more american. society stars and stripes stained with accusations of police brutality racial profiling of minorities the government no obligation. and islamophobia. already the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina portnoy r.t. new york. america's human rights focus is currently set to fall from its own shores calling for china to free the new nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the award being given to jail dissidents describing it as a political force and insults to its judicial system you can see there was

a standing ovation when. friday was represented to chair. so that when the sentence was. trying these on florence's also banned his wife from attending the riots was awarded for his work on human rights and political reforms the u.s. is among the nation's scorn for the news release raising questions about standards and rights run beca from the coalition says the nobel peace prize is purely political china is right to be wary of. the united states as used human rights of the mantle of human rights as a way to deal with it in my eyes the governments it wants to overthrow that that was certainly the case in the old former soviet union it's been the case in cuba it's the in the case of china today i think the united states wants to overthrow the government of china even while it's doing business with it there's an organic tendency by the united states to overthrow or try to overthrow every regime that follows an independent path the nobel peace prize is up is

a political prize there's only been one chinese person in the history of this prize has ever gotten this award and it happens to be the man who's championing crusading against the existing government in china and he's embraced by all the western powers that's not an accident that's a political act so the u.s. is using human rights as a political football to demonize those who it wants to overthrow it wants to era gave to itself the idea that it can be the champion of human rights compiled the list of who are the human rights advocates and who are there are assailants of course the americans just on the basis of being the seven hundred pound gorilla sitting wherever they want to work thinking that they can try to irrigate to themselves this kind of authority but think i. most of the world has seen through it right now in fact says the united states for what it is. here with r.t. and coming up on the program no homes but at least some hope. and control around the city with these nighttime heroes. going down.

nearly three years after course of a split from serbia the self-proclaimed state is holding its first parliamentary election but the serb minority say they feel like outcasts among the ethnic albanian dominated population. firth reports they have little hope that their vote will bridge the divide began and her family live in a small serbian enclave in cos of a it's a fairly so that she existence here largely cut off from the wider albanian community and this will change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and the generation this will have built at the height of the cost of the war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and it remains today the solid reminder of the continuing ethnic conflicts. national bed

i remember the wall being built after a neighbor was shot by us he worked on the land near the road we still live in fear here it's harder for the children living such a separate existence they begin to think that is just how things are the elections are the first poll since the breakaway province declared independence from serbia in february two thousand and eight belgrade has made it clear that although they went penalised for taking part they do not recognize those organizing the elections in a week turnout would significantly undermine the votes credibility. i'm not going to vote because for us now it's not the time for elections when we don't lead a normal life. begun as per the shows of the families two cars when with cars vin number plates and one with serbian. driving on the routes with serbian number of police here in cause would be too dangerous. it was an accurate

warning we visited drainers a town that's been at the heart of many cars of a albanian nationalist movement of filming was interrupted by the police they spotted us serbian fixes number plates we were detained and questioned before being tailed out of town by locals also unhappy with our presence there the message was clear serbians are not welcome here it was also a stark insight into the divisions of power and fractured governance that remains in kosovo we don't have checks and balances between. power. we don't have just is functioning because it's the size very controlled just in order for themselves to have free hands to do whatever they want the previous ruling coalition party is a tip just favorites to win power again despite controversies including. collaborating with organized crime groups one issue dominates the campaign the main

the main point the main goal is integration within the european union it's a familiar catchphrase and one the holds an ace way with the opposition even though it's pure propaganda in their mouth these kind of you know euro atlantic integration the goal of e.u. integration isn't likely to be realized until the cost of a is able to get its own house in order and address the very serious barriers which is still dividing its people surf a city closer. as the freezing grip of the russian winter sets in life for moscow's homeless is becoming increasingly precarious with temperatures plunging the risk of death is rising making the services of a group of volunteers all the more vital tom barton reports on attempts to bring help to the needy. that's night the homeless gather there waiting for salvation

but it comes in the form of a bus a bus run by the orthodox church charity mercy their boys that are all alonzo ish good health to all crew of this mercy bus they always take care of us although if it is a hard to come by it's estimated there are around a hundred thousand homeless people in moscow this faithful and its crew travel around the main railway stations every night trying to help them stave off the worst of the winter's cold we follow that patrol while they get medical attention and let them take me tablets and will god and see the doctor in the morning. help to keep the weakest warm. hearted on the move mission and try to help some of moscow's most helpless residents just because he's got the balls and i do this work because i can't help but do it i just can't live my life peacefully when someone else is freezing to death in the streets. when we reach one of moscow's biggest

stations the team has to turn away many hopefully if you can move on he's only thirty two and he's not allowed to go on a bus but he's going round bugging us to decide enough to make way for those in the worst condition and remove the cheap alcohol that does such damage to. this man would never have reached the bus if they hadn't found it funny this year is that among all the homeless people we come across we can only choose thirty or thirty five of the most needy ones at most and each time i'm afraid of making those choices each of these people has a tragic tale of how they ended up in the many though it's russia's nightmarish bureaucracy has prevented them from working to get you to give them i spent thirteen years in many prisons i had no idea whatsoever of are the ones on the streets state help is believed to be scams certainly but those that social. was is just don't have the budgets and so they only deal with muscovites our organization

is public and lives off donations that's why we help everybody who needs us irrespective of their age gender faith nationality or citizenship i think is almost on the buses nearly full now the team will let these people sleep here until morning then give them a hot meal and a shower but then there's no other place for them except back on the streets night after night this bus and its crew provides a lifeline for the homeless people around the city's train stations but as the winter gets colder they're going to come to need it more and more tom watson r.t. moscow. well there's plenty more to come this hour and just ahead hitting the high notes. little league. find out more proof that the in the boot into the stage singing in english and showing off his skills on the piano in front of a star studded the audience. 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. both supply ships cultures it's a closer civilization still we want to go back to nature a century islamic long or do we want to enjoy the blessings of liberty liberty. really christianity is one of the only religion i think the only one that actually respects the rights of people who don't really. get it is taking place. on the station. ready let's. wait for your moment one of the time and exclaim why.

god bless you. he is easy to. see. now to some other international news this hour delegates at the u.n. climate summit in through here put forward to draw off the court in the hope of reaching an agreement as the meeting comes to an end it proposes to make deep cuts in carbon emissions to contain global warming to no more than two degrees celsius

for all countries but some officials say it will be hard to reach a concrete agreement because of divisions between nations how to make the cuts that it gets from them hundred ninety nations and. a massive road accident involving a bus a van and the truck to try to new york has left at least five people injured bus was empty at the time of the crash when it plowed into a minivan pushing it into the path of an oncoming eighteen wheeler truck amazingly despite the apparent scene of college none of the injuries are considered serious. the suspected leader of a mexican drug cartel is among eleven dead following two days of fierce clashes between security forces and gang members mexican official saying i'm sorry moreno named the craziest one was gunned down in a shootout with police in the west of the country province began on wednesday gang

members began attacking federal police and cause. the city of. an eight month old baby was also killed in the a turks. iranian television has broadcast a film in which a woman sentenced her to death apparently real next the murder of her husband in the movie shot in her home in a rush to jani gives a detailed account of the doctor's role in the alleged murder she was convicted of adultery only crime punishable by stoning under iran's islamic sharia more the sentence that has drawn worldwide condemnation and led to an international campaign against it. the u.s. defense secretary has praised the afghan president on his need to respond to criticism against him and in the latest polls robert gates met with hamid karzai all three visited several american military bases in the country he also said he's convinced washington strategy in afghanistan is working with our military

contributor says america's actions there have little to do with political reality. despite the polls trini its efforts in mud and treasure the united states has failed to control the situation in afghanistan during the obama surprise visit deliberately not he failed to meet with honey because i think symbolically it says a lot about american all nato control at ghana's stand after the nine plus years of american led occupation of that country because of the u.s. commander in chief failed to connect personally the economy to god as i after this embarrassing week a week revelations he dispatched robert gates to meet with time you've got to so he could conduct a damage assessment and to minimize the political collateral damage which it is altered from their way to leaks have gone files and robert gates has successfully

accomplished his mission to males better than anybody else that despite the best efforts by american ambassadors and generals it still doesn't matter for washington decision makers far as afghan strategy review is concerned because of what really drives that american policymakers behind the scene has nothing to do we have the political realities reach at the end of the day we will be just and now the extension of the junior bush afghan policy to do more of the same and to pray and hope for the better whether it's in afghanistan pakistan or elsewhere. all that you contribute is blog is also online dot com to have the there there's also more of

the day's news and analysis on a look at web site corporate america back in the land of luxury reports on the wall street while it's rushing around the question is. beyond facial millions of americans reasonable. people around spending hours trapped monsters toys traffic is not necessary and waste of time with motorists learning new skills and staying stuck in a jam it's. called. he's used to taking to the stage but it's speeches rather than songs that are normally his speciality not this time they're having their routine made his audience sit up and take notes as he sang at the charity fundraiser. loose. fitting the high notes in english routine let us call studded sing along sharon

stone and you know the good you were among the celebrities gathered in st petersburg. to raise money for childhood cancer charities russian prime minister also a few ivory's as he showed off his skills on the planet. when in ten minutes time our program on the money with people of el looks at russia is open for business but before that has the financial news update stay with us. i want to welcome to our business program with mcqueen americana good to have you with us russian businessman alexander limited has confirmed he's planning to sell around four percent of their float shares the deal is estimated to be worth up to one hundred ten million dollars as negative sells the forty four million shares in russia's national air carrier the shares are to be sold through a private placement organized by u.b.s.

i don't believe the main reason for the sale is to generate finances for negatives troubled national reserve bank which is seen capital flows through a number of state inspections. russian prime minister to approach and has met his finnish counterpart in st petersburg economic issues on the agenda as russia is still the prime trade partner for finland bilateral trade has recovered close to its pre-crisis level passing eleven billion dollars during the first nine months of two thousand and ten that's almost a quarter of the year both sides have sealed several agreements including a shipbuilding venture which would help russia to embrace state of the art ship manufacturing technology. the russian markets ended mixed on friday with the r.t.s. gaining and the mindsets pointing downwards north may kill the biggest where on the r.t.s. over one and a half percent bucking the trend was look or all that said point six percent ross telecom and rossi have finished one point seven percent higher airflow chairs have

dropped four point three percent the news of a stake sale. now russian markets began the week strongly after last friday's rally on the back of the successful world cup bed but slowed by mid week mainly due to a profit taking john hazel from citibank russia recaps that week. the mice exchange for the most part this week is flat index because i think the incredible enthusiasm we saw last friday last friday's trading after the after russia won the world cup bid for twenty eight team a lot of died out throughout the week there's profit taking cetera so the only real good one of the main events this week was with x five finally announcing the acquisition of paper that acquisition looked to be done a pretty much. your average market valuations it doesn't look like they got in a bidding war with wal-mart that was good for x five but as a whole the market was basically flat on the week the u.s. regulators have frozen the assets of unnamed investors who bought shares in russian

jews group we'll done just before pepsico announced its takeover bed one of them use a swiss bank account to buy four hundred thousand american depository receipts which are a proxy for with the down shares on the new york stock exchange it's illegal in most developed markets to use inside information to profit from moves in share prices last july russia adopted a law against insider trading the regulators are still working out how to enforce that when bill down eighty oz jumped twenty eight percent in new york last week and would have earned the unnamed investors a profit of about two point seven million dollars. but if you look good it would seems to happen according to the news it is a perilous action in peril orf who prosecution confiscation of innocence in the bruising to prove which means that no the pujas of the securities has to prove that here actually had good reason except when it's alludes to do what he did. look or

list planning to so one a half billion dollars of convertible bonds due in two thousand and fifteen is the russian oil giant's first sale of such that in almost a decade the unsecured bonds will have a coupon of two and a half to three percent and will be convertible into locals eighty r.'s listed in london a spokesman for the company declined to comment on the reason for the sale. wall demand will be higher than expected next year and will stay high until two thousand and fifteen that's according to the international energy agency brant crude traded over ninety one dollars this week ahead of the opec meeting on saturday but analysts are split on the longer term outlook for the oil price but in a panic over reports. in contrast with many traders russia's finance minister. has a green projection for oil prices sixty dollars per barrel within three years among those who agree with him future rating agency says it's

a fair price justified by fundamentals and stripped off speculation it is our view that a lot of producing countries are quite comfortable with the level of between sixty to seventy because it helps them balance their budgets but also think the price of between sixty to seventy companies can actually conduct and carry out some of the higher costs of projects for instance or all signs in canada church believes the current level reflects the supply demand balance however there resists route to that long term make believe room which suggests if china is middle class follows american patterns and moves to the suburbs the number of cars could skyrocket as well as need for gasoline in five years chinese demand could grow to the limit and a half million barrels a day from the current nine the international energy agency predict global oil demand could exceed the pre-crisis peak of two thousand and seven already next year

and with average eighty eight point eight million barrels a day analysts suggest okereke may come under pressure to increase supplies in the new year at present member states i keep hearing about five and a half million barrels a day off the market that's generally called the business our team. that's all the businesses we have for you by. you can always find more stories if you log on to our web site that's r t dot com that's. a little bit over.

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