tv [untitled] December 11, 2010 12:00pm-12:30pm EST
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the rally is get out of control in moscow and st petersburg as demonstrators take to the streets in honor of a football fan who'd been killed in a brawl earlier this week. people injured dozens more in the past but both bands bring their aggression to the streets of the capital and continuing with team coverage on that same topic i'm sure thomas at the courthouse where the suspected shooter is being detained or will you have all the details coming up. also told poverty and police brutality the u.s. is taking to the human rights record clashes with its own promise. ethnic tension looms over the first parliamentary elections of the self proclaimed
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republic of kosovo to serve the north he says this vote is pointless as long as people live divided from each other a live report ahead. this is r.t. it's eight pm saturday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined this one. got the top story for you russian special police forces have detained dozens of football fans who turned the commemoration into riots in moscow and st petersburg thousands gathered in the two cities to mark the death of a fan of the football team spartak moscow killed in a brawl on monday he's caterina's out of it was in the heart of moscow when the violence broke out she has the details. as you can see right now everything is back to normal traffic is going down the city center and it's almost hard to imagine that just a few hours ago this place the very heart of moscow muñoz nest where just
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a few steps away from the kremlin was the scene i'll be extreme violence thousands of football fans are gathered here to protest and to commemorate the death of one of their own a football fan i mean what's the diff we was shot and the riots broke out at this and sanctioned meeting where protesters were throwing bottles of fireworks starting fires rocks at riot police who were trying to do their best to tame the violence to prevent it from spreading further we've heard police. to not give in to provocation to not partake in the violence but still many people were injured you saw them covered in blood being taken away by ambulances to get treated a lot of people were detained after they clashed with riot police and. some people have reacted very violently to the death of the sport but i do believe that some of their dissatisfaction is understandable but it is an acceptable one and over
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aggression with for our characters to burst into flames and ordinary people suffer will take all the necessary measures not to look anything like that happen again so that the authorities are not accused if an effective in this in handling the killing of your grocery the police have already arrested those responsible for the killing and the arrest others everyone is equal before door same piers berg was also this was a scene for violence where you get another commemorative rally was underway there the protesters also started throwing ice and bottles at riot police a lot more policemen were immediately deployed to the area over sixty people there detained as while bringing the total number of those detained in the riots today to over a hundred and twenty blocks in the file. insolence instigated by nationalist groups various nationalist groups who are also here in money is no square in the heart of the capital they were here we heard them shouting racist slogans attacking our
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people all. of it miss that different to their own we saw a lot of people on the ground covered in blood being taken away by riot police and assisted into waiting ambulances so it does appear that most of the violence today was not actually lost by football fans who were allegedly here simply for a commemorative rally but most of the violence was in fact instigated by neo nationalist movements such as the movement against illegal immigration and various other nationalist movements they infiltrated this commemorative rally and started provoking people of course as the day grew. well to train azhar of reporting live from moscow meantime up to sean thomas was outside the court where three men will appear in connection with the violence that led to the death of the spotlight moscow football fun he explains where it all started and why. it all started on monday after a match where fans in an incident involving around ten people got involved in
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a brawl in that incident you go to was shot and killed allegedly by. now. there are proceedings against him he has been charged with homicide but initially in the immediate. incident things escalated in fact people took to the streets it is believed it became more than just a dispute between. north caucasus nationals it became more of a race issue in fact russian nationals against the north caucasus in fact. it is from. some of the escalation in this incident but people after that fight going to the streets demanding that this person be arrested he was charged with homicide two other people have been charged with is to getting a fight as well and through the past week things have escalated wednesday there was a match in the champions league between in slovakia and that match fans actually
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rushed the pitch twice in two separate incidents involved in violent behavior also . threw flares onto the pitch forced the players to leave the pitch on two separate occasions now. say that this behavior is completely unacceptable and while this was happening in a champions league event officials say that this could affect. the europa league in fact they say that there will be sanctions of some sort the team decision will take place will happen on december sixteenth and in fact. could be facing expulsion from the europa league in this instance so though the fans themselves are responsible for the behavior it is having an effect on the team because officials say that this behavior just will not be tolerated in sports. journalist fred we're from the newspaper the christian science monitor told us the racist element of the riot shouldn't be overblown and that many involved just want to see just. the
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combination of football and nationalist passions is the one that causes. sometimes the ups and violence all over europe however it seems to mean that. we should also listen to the complaints a lot of these i don't think that all those one thousand people who are in the square today are like racists. they complain that. they don't trust the police to investigate death of their friends and they have specific complaints about the investigation there are huge numbers of people from the caucasus living in moscow it's a very multinational city and there have been potential triggers to wars in church here in cycles of terrorism would have come here in moscow and there been horrific acts there was a war with georgia a couple of years ago there were things that could have set off the tensions in
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this city and did not do so so i think that we shouldn't overblow this you know in leap to the conclusion that you know you know that there is racist violence running amok in moscow i think it's a really complicated but potentially dangerous situation that happened here fred we're told who was there next tonight the u.s. considers promoting human rights worldwide a priority but some critics say america's own track record is far from blameless the un's published a report outlining an extensive list of measures that washington should undertake to protect freedom and rights back home are his main important. 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
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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 bhaag room or elsewhere. that's yet another violation the land of liberty is also the land of the incarcerated with the world's
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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 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
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by how the u.s. can improve its human rights record i'll be busy. because obesity is not just happening there one city one state is that you know where america needs to stop stars and stripes stained with accusations of police brutality racial profiling of minorities. and islamophobia. 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. r.t. new york. the sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote
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comes amid calls for petition by the ethnic minorities furthest been finding out for us many of the kosovo serbs have decided to boycott the polls. the governor and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and little change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided their country and brutalized a generation before with pearl of the height of the cause of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and i remained to day was followed by a mind 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
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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 and 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 with the families two cars one with cars the number plates and one with serbian. driving on the rules with serbian number of police here in course would be to do in truth. it was an accurate warning we visited drainers a town that's been at the heart of many kosovo albanian nationalist movements of
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filming was interrupted by the police they spotted our 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 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 power here we don't have just is functioning because it's the size they control justice in order for themselves to have free hands to do whatever they want the previous ruling coalition parties a tip to the favorites to win power again despite controversies including accusations of collaborating with organized crime groups one issue dominates their campaign the main the main point and the main goal is integration
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within european union it's a familiar catchphrase and one that holds an ace way with the opposition 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 surfing r.t. cause of a. much news on a lighter note now quite literally so predisposed played host to a number of celebrities small around the world but the one that stood out was not an actor or singer it was russia's very own prime minister vladimir putin he though even got a standing ovation this is what it was all for. i am. also showed his range of talents by playing the piano as well although life hearted this
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was a very serious course helping to raise money for children so cancer among the celebrities taking part there were all who would act as sharon stone the golden couple could rust when going on as well as medical. personnel. international news in brief tonight violence in different parts of afghanistan has left more than a dozen dead in helmand province fifteen people in the truck died and many were injured when a roadside bomb went off meantime a neighbor in kandahar a car bomb blast near police headquarters wounded at least six in the north a suicide bomber blew up a stolen police car packed with explosives. more than a dozen were wounded mostly women and children. delegates at the u.n. climate change talks in cannes could mexico have agreed on measures to tackle climate change they include setting up a green climate fund that will raise one hundred billion dollars to help developing nations cut fuel emissions and cope with the effects of global warming over one hundred ninety countries approve the deal with any bolivia rejecting it saying the
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moves don't go far enough but this was overruled. the leader of the forest mexican drug cartel has been killed in a two day shootout between security forces and gang members authorities have confirmed that marino was gunned down by police in the west of the country the violence began on wednesday when gang members attacked federal offices and talked cars to block the road a baby was among the eleven people killed in fighting. with the owner said the winter is bitter cold life is bleak for the homeless here in the russian capital hundreds are expected to freeze to death as temperatures plunge to minus thirty in the coming weeks but that is tom barton reports next a group of dedicated volunteers are working hard to try to offer a helping hand to those in desperate need. 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 boy is better all i want to
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wish 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 fickle and its crew travel around the main railway stations every night trying to help them stave off the worst of the winters cold just because there's risk of the problem of 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 the new he's only thirty two and he's not allowed to go on a bus but he's going round bugging us to say enough to make way for those in the worst condition this man would never have reached the bus if they hadn't found 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
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this choice each of these people has a tragic tale of how they ended up and for many though it's russia's 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 scams certainly 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 the nation and that's why we help everybody who needs us irrespective of their age gender faith nationality or citizenship is alyson the bus is nearly full no the team will let these people sleep or 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.
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moscow. twenty minutes past eight at night this saturday night watching r t let me just remind you about our top story. again they say i dozens of physical signs of being sent off to clashes with police just next to the kremlin here in moscow and see what happened earlier on the south american commemoration march marking the death of fountain into a life as a similar scene as well in st petersburg earlier on thousands gathered in the two cities to much death for ever found on the football team spots are small speakers in the world monday. that's all developing new stories tonight here on r.t. you can now see the key moments from what's been happening in the russian capital i was was was was i was bringing you breaking news as it happens you're watching our team from moscow looking ahead in ten minutes
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time a brand new program for you called all the money with paid lavelle tonight he looks at russia's business opportunities but let's get across the latest we can find out news before that. and i welcome to the business program here on our team with me. tomorrow and for world oil be higher than expected next year it will stay haul into two thousand and fifteen as according to the international energy agency brant crude traded over ninety one dollars this week ahead of the apec meeting on saturday but analysts a split a longer term outlook for the oil price touch out of ports. 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 feature rating agency says it's a fair price justified by fundamentals and stripped off speculation it is our view
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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 cortex for instance or all signs in canada future relives the current level reflects the supply demand balance however is a resistor out 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 the need for gasoline in five years chinese demand could grow to the limit and a half million barrels a day from the car and nine the international energy agency project 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
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a day analysts suggest okereke may come under pressure to increase supplies in the new year at present member states actually paying about five. and a half million barrels a day off the market if you're going to give a business owner to you. lukoil is planning to sell one point five billion dollars of convertible bonds due in two thousand and fifteen is the russian oil giant's first sale of such debt and with a decade in secured bonds we have a coupon of two point five to three percent or we convert a ball into a new close a deal as used in london a spokesman for the company declined to comment on the reason this. time to see how the markets are holding now russian markets ended mixed on friday with the r.t.s. game in the money stakes we do down with nicole was the biggest winner in the r.g.s. over one point five percent bucking the trend with new coil the shared point six percent telecom rose nefesh one point seven percent higher airflow shares the job
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will point three percent on news of the stakes a. russian markets began the week strongly after last friday's rally on the back of a successful world cup bid but slowed by midweek mainly due to profit taking john hazel from citi bank rush recaps the week but my success change for the most part this week is flat excluding 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 the died out throughout the week there's proper ticking cetera so the only real the main events this week was with five final emails in the acquisition of copy that a coalition looked we've 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. russia is to join the world trade organization in two thousand and eleven after seventeen years of negotiations
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at the same time is already a member of a customs union with kazakhstan better wroth yaroslav is of all it head of research at deutsche bank in russia says the union members will not suffer russia's double action it's not necessarily bad for the future of the customs union if anything this will serve to accelerate russia's efforts to. gain membership in the w t o and once russia is in the w t o this should facilitate the efforts of kazakhstan and those to join the w t o so overall this should be a factor that will bring all of the countries of the customs union into the w t o which in turn is again a very important catalyst for the development of this integration group of this customs union. in other news russian businessman alexander liver dave has confirmed he's planning to sell around four percent of air force shares the deal is estimated
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to be worth one hundred ten million dollars as leverage of sells a forty four million shares in russia's national air carrier shows it to be sold for private placement organized by u.b.s. analysts believe the main reason for the sale is to generate finances deliberative troubled national reserve bank which is deemed capital outflows after a number of state inspections. russian prime minister vladimir putin has met his finnish counterpart in st petersburg economic issues were on the agenda as russia is still the prime trade partner for finland bilateral trade has recovered close to its pre-crisis level eleven billion dollars during the first nine months of two thousand and ten as always a quarter on the year both sides have signed several agreements including a ship building venture which would help russia embrace a new ship manufacturing technology. you can always buy more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. but
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