go to the grand imperial. george west coast coromandel you can go with her tell her to sit down to go and. read this the colonel will search as a retreat. human rights activist way into washington struct record claiming it's people protection policy purposes only on foreign and fails millions of americans suffering and pain. cast aside before casting their vote for a self-proclaimed republican for sunday's election but minority serves hold out little hope of gaining quality. and with a harsh winter ahead for the homeless we follow the volunteers on a mosque and receive us much needed food and medicine and people in the streets.

around the world and around the clock this is out live from moscow welcome now 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 country's activists are not convinced and recent u.n. criticism is leaving washington battling to restore its reputation on rights. 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 of 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 filling 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 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. 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 a new millennium. we set concrete goals to free 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 . how the u.s. can improve its human rights record a with the memphis beat eighty six congo beauty is not just happening there one city one state is that you know i love where we're the sun the stars and stripes

stained with accusations of police brutality racial profiling of minorities. and islamophobia. in robert redmayne the country most vocal in chastising others for what it sees as human rights abuses is now taking heat for violating a declaration it cowrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina porter artsy new york. america's human rights focus is currently set forth on its own shores calling for china to free the nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the war to be given to a jail dissident describing it as a political fuss an insult to its judicial system even so there was

a standing ovation at the same way. writing it was refusing to chair because that in a sentence was a version chinese authorities also banned from attending or it was wanted for his work on human rights. the u.s. is among the nations calling for his release raising questions about double standards in human rights run beca coalition says the nobel peace prize is purely political china is right when. the united states is used human rights of the mantle of human rights as a way to deal with the governments it wants to overthrow bad 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 a 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 air a gate 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 were thinking that they can try to irrigate to themselves this kind of authority but i think most of the world has seen through it right now and in fact see the united states for what it is. no way doughty that coming up on the program no homes but at least some. form control around the city with these nighttime heroes helping moscow's homeless find out how to live on.

nearly three years off the 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 them i think i'll bet any and all native population and sarah firth reports they have little hope that their vote bridge the divide. begun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly so that she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and it'll change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and brutalized a generation the flow of pearl the height of the course 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 but as 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 penalized for taking part they do not recognize those organizing the elections in a week turnout would significantly undermine the vote 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 one with cars the number plates and one with serbian. puppets driving on the rules with number of police here in course would be too dangerous. it was an accurate

warning we visited drainers a town that's been at the heart of many kosovo albanian nationalist movements 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 and 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. political powers here 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 reading coalition party is a tip to favorites to win power again despite controversies including accusations of collaborating with organized crime groups one issue dominates the campaign the

main the main point and the main goal is integration within european union it's a familiar catch phrase and one that holds an ace way with the opposition even though it's pure propaganda in their mouth you know your own thinking to gratian the goal of the integration isn't likely to be realized until the cost of a say would get its own house in order and address the very serious barriers which is still dividing its people surf a r.t. possibly. 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 a group of volunteers all the more vital tom bottom port 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 corps there all alone zoo 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 their patrol while they get medical attention when they take these tablets and who got in see the doctor in the morning. help to keep the weakest warm. her hands on the move and try to help some of moscow's most helpless residents just because it's going to them will 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 hopefuls like you can with he's only thirty two and he's not allowed to go on a bus but he's going round bugging us. to make way for those in the worst condition and remove the cheap alcohol that does such damage to them. this man would never have reached the bus if they hadn't found him. on this 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 this choice each of these people has a tragic tale of how they ended up here for many though it's russia's nightmarish bureaucracy has prevented them from working to get you to give i spent thirty years in many prisons i had no idea whatsoever and once on the streets state help is all too scarce so thoroughly but those that social services 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. the bus is nearly full now the team will let these people sleep here into a 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 thing to come by this hour and just ahead feel hitting the high notes. you. find that you put into the stage singing in. in this sense the skills on the ground

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. well it's a clash of cultures it's a place of civilizations do we want to go back to the eighth century islamic. or do we will enjoy the blessings of liberty. really christianity is one of the only religion i think the only one that actually respects the rights of people who don't think. it should is taking place. any station.

waiting for your moment one of the time and exclaimed. god bless you. now there's some other international news for you this hour the u.n. the summit in cancun is struggling to reach a deal on the crucial measures and climate on the final day of the conference a draw for pows will suggest making deep cuts in carbon emissions to contain global warming to no more than two degrees celsius for all countries but some delegates say it will be hard to reach a concrete agreement because of divisions between nations over how to make the cuts . a massive road accident involving a bus a van and a huge lorry in new york has left at least five people injured the bus was empty

when it plowed into a minivan pushing it into the path of an oncoming eighteen wheel juggernaut amazingly despite the apparent scene of carnage none of the injuries are thought to be serious. the suspected leader of a mexican drug cartel is among eleven dead well in two days of fierce clashes between security forces and gang members in official saying resigning on the train named the craziest one was gunned down in a shootout with police in the west of the country violence began on wednesday when gang members of the group police and cause on a road in the city the. eight month old was also killed in the attacks. iranian television has broadcast a film in which a woman set to be stoned to death apparently reenacts the murder of her husband in the movie shot in her home. gives a detailed account of the doctor's role in that she was convicted of adultery only

one punishable by stoning groans is the natural in the war it's a sentence that has drawn worldwide condemnation and that's an international campaign against it. the u.s. defense secretary has praised the. the afghan president on his muted response to criticism against him revealed in the latest wiki leaks cables robert gates met with hamid karzai often visiting several american military bases in the country he also said he's convinced washington strategy in afghanistan is working but our military contributor says america's actions then have little to do with the 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 he failed to meet with because i will

symbolically it says a lot about american all nato control of afghanistan after the nine plus years of american led occupation of that country because of the as commander in chief failed to connect personally we've got as i after this embarrassing week a leak revelations he dispatched robert gates to meet with time you've got his eye so he could conduct damage assessment and to minimize the political collateral damage and damage which resulted from the way to leaks have been 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 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 another 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. well i'll bet you contributors blog is online that column there's also more of the day's news and analysis on our new look website to take corporate america is back in the land of luxury reports on the wall street wallets splashing out on impressionist and company interest on millions of americans lose their welfare. and why spending hours trapped in moscow is where tourist traffic is not necessarily a waste of time with motorists learning new skills once trained stuck in the jams

details about the dot com. he's used to taking to the stage but it's speeches rather than songs that are normally his speciality not this time there in his audience set up and take note as he sang at a charity fundraiser. hitting the high notes indeed in english to lead a star studded single sharon stone throughout the world on the celebrities gathered in st petersburg for a concert to raise money for child answer terms. to. show don't. they from the r.t. martina injuries takes a look at muscovites transatlantic appetites.

from starbucks much when it comes to american culture most muscovites love anything to do with the good old u.s. of a but it's not just all about food and drink american arts us all fashion design and music it's all very popular here in modern day. it's must go out his hair in ten minutes. time to check out all the business. i want to welcome to our business program with mcqueen americana good to have you with us russian businessman alexander live 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. believe the main reason for the sale is to generate finances for negatives troubled national reserve bank which is seen capital outflows for a number of state inspections. russian prime minister as you put it has met is finished college apart 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. 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 ross may have finished one point seven percent higher airflight shares of drop four point three percent on 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 it but slowed by midweek mainly due to a profit taking job 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 straining 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 the main event this week was with x five finally announcing the acquisition of paper that a coalition looked to be done a pretty much. your average market valuations it doesn't look like they got

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 a 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 i 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 or cruel prosecution and confiscation of innocents in

the bruising the proof which means that no the purchase of the securities has to prove that here truly had good reasons except when so lives to do what he did. look or list planning to sell one a half billion dollars of convertible bonds due in two thousand and fifteen as the russian oil giants first sale of such that in almost a decade unsecured bonds will have a coupon up two and a half to three percent and will be convertible into locals eighty oz 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 prediction for oil prices sixty dollars per barrel within three years among those who agree with him feature 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 of 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 cost of projects for instance or all signs in canada future believes the current level reflects the supply demand balance however is a reason to throw out too that long term make believe room which suggests china's 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 ok may come under pressure to increase supplies in the new year that's present member states i keep think about five and a half million barrels a day off the market that's going to go about business our team. that's all the businesses we have for you but you can always find what stories if you log on to our website that's our t. dot com.

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