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young recruits. in training. from russia and around the world this is. good to have you with us this millions of sudanese are preparing to vote in a referendum the could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nations split into two countries in the vote on sunday the christian dominated widely expected to choose independence from. being held as part of a peace deal which decades of civil war in two thousand and five but ten. remains in the region with just on saturday nine people killed in an attack on cell sudanese soldiers the civil conflict claimed two million lives and displaced four

million people thousands of those sought refuge in israel a place considered an enemy state by the sudanese government bodies paul asli i met some of the refugees to ask about their hopes for the upcoming historic vote. for the road to freedom is long and its role wasn't their first choice egypt was but as the thousands of refugees fleeing sudan found themselves under assault in cairo by a police force trying to clean up the streets the decision to cross over into israel seemed a logical one israel is near from here and israel is. and they do. christiane but the journey was long sometimes on foot sometimes paying bedouins to drive them you have to cross the border and coming to the israeli border without measure of the sort of not busy otherwise you would be something short and made to actually

three years ago with his wife and four children he watched friends and family die along the way some were shot some died of hunger. and then. who have were born and with this but israel doesn't really know what to do with these refugees last year alone eighteen thousand arrived just from sudan and eritrea is all this party to the convention on the status of refugees which means it constantly fiji's back home if this would risk their lives but keeping them here is becoming more and more difficult. benjamin korean works as a cleaner in a hotel and struggles to make ends meet my life. how can i walking. or. i didn't go to my money to clean my room. and thousands of sudanese share his story poor homes no jobs little money and it's

too dangerous to go back to sudan so the government is again this. is really. a putin and i mean. if you are going to northern sudan you will be killed and sudanese leaders have said as much if the authorities were to reassert the northern government of sudan finds out that the person has sought asylum in israel this person would be in in serious risk of persecution southern sudan is holding a referendum on whether to separate from the north and become an independent state if the final state is a peace agreement that ended up twenty two years of law many of them have has spurred from being in israel for such a long time with no rights whatsoever people realize that they don't really have a future here and people are also all homesick and me and benjamin moore not sure

what to do home beckons despite the risks if those southern sudan is predawn i will decide to go back to my own. policy or r.t. southern israel. when thousands of turtle doves fell from the sky in italy and became one of the latest examples of a series of unexplained mass animal deaths across the globe some of the more outlandish speculation as suggested it could be the first signs of the end of the world what is country as our takes a look now to see if there really is something fishy going on or if it's just media hype. sing a song of suspense one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds fell out of the sky and when the birds were found the news began to sing the end of days conspiracy does have a catchy ring. at first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then louisiana followed suit and your feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden

experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks for flew into trees and cars because of bad weather and we know is that fireworks or weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have a liquefied insides that's what the fish and wildlife veterinarian sad they've never seen anything like it now we're seeing the same polarization of the insides of black birds they are dad when they hit the ground they are dying in the night while they're roosting in trees but then one hundred thousand dead fish. that seem to have opened the floodgates i think the media by and large not a portion are actually under us me you know sirius is so i believe. basically. that the entire planet is an uproar that we have a toxic release of gases and changes in the oceanic currents that the entire well

current system is no destructive for those not very impressed with the scientific explanation there's always the religious one fanatic bloggers have once again started flooding the world wide web with end of days posts and the international media storm for news during the slow post christmas month of january is having a field day and you are asked to call sooner rather than later context. for you cannot even get down the road without running over hundreds it was that that was more and more mr. deaths around the world brazil australia and new zealand crams in the u.k. the frenzy is growing and the headlines scream a clock over. these fishy stories looks set to continue stealing the media spotlight at least until scientists have had a chance to examine the dead animals or you know the world comes to an end whichever of course happens first. catherine as our r.t.

moscow. vet. told me that these types of events have happened before and the investigation is needed. it's impossible to say for sure what's happened to the birds from the fish until proper interest occasions are held in fact i don't believe that these events are interlinked fold one after another and that's attracted universally. it's not the first trend in the world is observing such phenomena it's happens in other countries too of the moment the investigation in arkansas claims an autopsy has revealed the bird suffered from internal bleeding but the research is yet to be completed we could also be dealing with some new virus so usually it is another possible explanation so we must i repeat that flew in for extradition is needed to establish the cause of what's happening and find a scientific explanation for it. still ahead this hour in r.t.

communist bogeyman get a new lease of life partners of socialism attract you with more of the financial crisis hit america also. we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces i think that's what they have to go through in a few minutes from now. but first more than three hundred people stranded on board a ship in the icy waters of russia's far eastern coast are still awaiting rescue as the last of three vessels that became stuck more than a week ago extreme weather conditions have been hampering the operation officials say the people on board are no immediate danger and have enough supplies more powerful icebreaker is expected to arrive within several hours to help with the rescue of the still stranded ship which need to bigger path through the ice to get out the second vessel is currently being towed to safety by the icebreaker admiral mcconnell. the u.s. is said to increase military intelligence and financial support to pakistan to

stabilize the troubled region the washington post is reporting that's despite ongoing frustration that pakistani authorities aren't doing enough to combat insurgency washington's also sending fourteen hundred more soldiers to support nato forces in afghanistan is military contributor says what matters is how this fresh batch of troops is used. the way to stack tickle shift that is supposed to happen in afghanistan it's an additional beef up of u.s. marines in the southern part of the country going to the latest data the u.s. marine corps is expected to beef up its deployment but the question is who cares whether it's going to be just the same static twenty thousand or just another one thousand marines the kershner difference is to with purpose released additional marines serve the key issue here is that helmand province is a u.s. marines sanctuary and it could make or break they new military campaign in southern

afghanistan and define the future of afghanistan itself and the future of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines really gann be used and abused in fluid cordons we have the policy of safeguarding the drug lords and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers of the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in hell manned and beyond. now some other international news in brief for you a congresswoman to be shot in the u.s. state of arizona by an unknown gunman democratic giffords is now reportedly in

surgery after being hit in the head there were other reports suggest she may have died she was fired upon point blank range during a public appearance at a store in the city of tucson six other people are reported to have been killed with around twelve others wounded i describe. u.s. authorities of all of the messaging web site twitter to hand over personal details of people linked to wiki leaks the district court in virginia wants all account information including user names phone numbers addresses and payment details we can leaks founder julian assange and an icelandic m.p. are among them in the u.s. a criminal investigation is looking at the sun just involvement in the leaking of thousands of classified documents. a cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel common enemies of iraq during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear him urge the objection of what he called the u.s. occupation soldiers a term for me comes a month after his movement thirty nine seats in the parliament again widespread

popularity among shares after the two thousand and three u.s. and. the young says it wants to reopen to a talk to a soldier soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula the north offered to start negotiations without preconditions this month it's the second such proposal from. the self this was the first one is insincere relations between the two koreas and probably deteriorated after the shelling of a south korean island in november that therefore people each side blames the other for foreign first. in times of rising unemployment and poverty in the united states the idea of social equality is beginning to seem appealing to some so much so that the work of marx engels and even lenin is going through a mind that resurgence. went to meet a few of america's socialists. the very first sentence of the congress manifesto in . a specter hangs over europe the specter of communism like. in modern day us

the specter of communism hangs over the bottom floor of a brick building on the west side of downtown new york city the right form started out actually as the new york marxist school in one nine hundred seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and it's poster a philosopher so to speak is revered. and i wanted to be around other marxists and it's just a talk with all the marxists in the us that may sound a little taboo even unpatriotic to the average joe but these days amid rising poverty and inequality in the country more and more people are joining in the discussion certainly since the kind of the economic crisis where the financial crisis kind of hit home and a lot of people realized you know there are some systemic problems we saw a huge increase in influx of traffic here people opening their eyes to a different view here people's histories poster project wherever you look you can

see a chapter of events not found in history books they don't realize that haiti was the first free black republic in the western hemisphere you know and historically they've been punished because of it. choose a door and behind it you may find any number of leftist social movements left out of mainstream news here again. these carolers are urging a boycott of israel because of its policies towards palestine and the building of illegal settlements in the west bank oh please forge not only this great nation sure it. was a hero i think that was behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges and it was just an amazing world of knowledge that i had never been exposed to. people also just sleep with the side of political analysis you don't hear on cable the whole struggle. you know the

immigration story everything this is caused by capra stranglehold. though we're at the marxist school the people we've spoken to here are calling for any kind of proletariat revolution no violent political uprising but everywhere you look the history in the philosophy of communism is here you can see all of the works of marx engels over here is lenin even here the writings of joseph stalin and the version of monopoly that they play is called class struggle to prepare for life in capitalist america where the object is to win the revolution of workers when it's socialism and capitalism when it's barbarism talking to people around the breck forum it seems many are trying to implement the change they're studying without uttering their ass or c. isn't communism word now it's come more positive to say progressive or less

whatever you want to call it they are actively trying to solve the problems and inequality they see in the country which is an attempt to make change but maybe right now it's not in terms of a revolution but a working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not the tree arctic or in mr aren't t. new york. check out all too dot com for more news and analysis for you right now europe sees a spike in the number of arrested terrorist suspects raising questions for the poor black church someone to blame also. find out about your mystical messages between humans and spirits. shamanism lives on in some remote parts of russia from your head. down to you for sure. your i pod touch from the.

video. feed now with the palm of your. question. russian special forces are on the front line of protecting their country from terrorism home and abroad only the fittest the strongest and the best on the right to wear the spetsnaz crimson bearing out is more of a national went to meet the latest recruits hoping to receive that honor i may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the special forces are very real. these young soldiers part of the country's internal forces are preparing to meet and it's france their country may face the history of special units all sprits not in the russian army goes back centuries but tactics and techniques have evolved dependent on the key challenges of the time but these guys have always been the lead and in the twenty

first century they are on the front line of the fight against terror a siege hostage taking for these youngsters these are life like scenarios from training. none have yet taken part in a real operation. day by day they learn how to act effectively face to face with an enemy that is exhausting both physically and mentally but for many facing their own fears remains the hardest thing. for him said to belong to the elite but of course i am a human and i do like fears to cope with them is every soldier's number one most challenging. left turn in colonels and drake or i if he's here to help the young boys deal with that and you know the order of courage with serious thing. and crimson very top space on a similar turn erika's greenberry he knows how to take control of human nature was

aboard many sportsmen come to us and fails only twenty percent managed to prove they deserve it as a true spitz not soldier it is a fusion of physical insurance and what may be even more important emotional maturity. countering terrorism is pat's not spatiality that they could be sent to any kind of emergency its freshness the country's security in mid december when the russian capital was hit by a wave of violent nationalist riots spetznaz soldiers were on standby close by. some may say that's no joke the special forces the police we don't agree with them there is the order and we have to carry it out as well as we can that's it. in your eye all of these young soldiers a conscript still in your taste. many say they will stay for longer sign

a contract and continue as professionals in the. very notion r t. well if you're thinking of hitting the winter sales in moscow let our t.v. show you how to get the latest must have trends for less in the russian capital. that although the stores in game are generally expensive january is the best time to come shopping here to fight a record bargains during the sales and western design is such as paul smith cans out on monday for example amazing clothes discounted prices. a moscow art is here in an hour from now on r.t. well in ten minutes from now we'll be discussing how politics is taking control of the world's energy supplies that's in the spotlight but first though sharona joins

us with the business news. well welcome to our business program i'm sure ana qian. a high tech country needs to make high tech products the government is putting its political and financial capital behind modernizing the economy but it also needs to find innovative goods the rest of the world might want to buy that tell you how close reports. the gigantic ultramodern building of called innovation center these days it's attracting a lot of interest from those who in the near future could change the face of both russian science and its economy speaking at the forum the presidential aide even went as far as saying that russia may become the world leader in innovation within the next five years but for that to happen talent needs to be nurtured and harnessed such as that belonging to this fifteen year old muscovite was in the us

this model is built with a leg and construction cage it's intended for people with limited hand movement it is constructed on the principle of human biomechanics and fully replicates the hands function i'm currently expanding my project and i hope it will soon help even those who are paralyzed but it was that they had a ruslana was more cautious and preferred not to unveil details of their breakthrough projects but assured that there were at least three that could change the world and it was the sense of exciting potential that was attracting a new wave of private capital to come to russia a number of. other what you got this is what this is about eleven billion dollars yeah what is the border for me yeah we. are investing eleven below less than fifty percent. more. topics from the road to the top five sectors prioritize to drive russia's modernization our energy

efficiency nuclear in space technology medicine telecommunications and aunty but some of the most interesting projects have universal appeal and cut across all area . of the economy and society this is what the library of the future should look like in the eyes of some young russian inventors they believe it could be a real money spinner in just the last year more than one hundred thousand people have paid to join their start up service booth scientists and businessmen agree that finding talent in russia is not the major problem the skunk of a research group has already found many exciting and innovative candidates the trick will be to harness that into primary or energy to produce goods that will make the whole world sit up and take notice and then get out its wallet. r t moscow. two thousand and eleven will see more changes in the banking system with some players leaving the market and the rules getting stricter speaking exclusively

to r.t. deputy general director of russia's deposit insurance agency under miller cough spoke about the upcoming reforms. there is the post the only changes we think we should make is to create procedures so that the assets and deposits of a bank or bank are given to a healthy one that's the situation we see in the states at the moment in the us in ninety five percent of cases this mechanism is being implemented the clients of the bankrupt banks are given access to their deposits quicker also the agency together with the state doesn't have to spend a lot of money and the liquidation process is faster so now we think this mechanism could be used in our country we have already tried it several times and found that it works we think it is possible and this will also give us more but unities to save capital reserves the central bank plans to raise the minimum capital

requirement for retail banks do you think this will force a more banks into liquidation start score sector or. this move lies in the overall strategy to develop the banking sector last year the minimum level was three million dollars the next step is six million dollars until the end of two thousand and eleven for all banks to fulfill this obligation the system needs capital reserves of some three hundred million dollars i don't think this is a crucial figure so i believe the russian banking system will see another minimal level increase and this will prompt further reduction in the number of banks present in the market next year i expect this to for some ten to twelve banks to leave the sector but this will not be critical for the whole system. do you see more consolidation in the banking market next year and i think on the every year around fifty banks leave the market next year our forecast is that some thirty banks will have to be shut down but you can never really say exactly how many banks

our country needs the main aim is for all of these banks to function properly currently we have around one thousand banks in the market and they cooperate quite well with each other. and russian companies enjoyed a successful rebound from the crisis in two thousand and ten as investors increasingly turn to emerging markets but a select group emerged as big winners and potential gainers in two thousand and eleven float ended the year well as it was linked to a rebound in consumer demand and a recovering economy mark rubenstein from metropole explains why russian carrier will continue to interest investors in two thousand and eleven. on the stocks that basically. used to play there fast recovery consumer demand in russia which is fast recovery in india.