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with anti-government rallies raging throughout egypt protesters are trying to do figure acts to the international atomic want to talk more about. the gun is actually a center piece of american history. but with more people dying and shooting sprees on america's streets many are raising debate over the need for tougher gun control . also this hour the mystery of the missing mayor ukrainians are searching for their capitals top official who hasn't been seen in public for six months.
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and coming up in our business program the growing instability in egypt means all prices are on the rise again i'll have more on that in twenty minutes time. for welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is archie with me and nice in that way it's four pm here in the russian capital three pm in cairo and the egyptian opposition has come together as a united force after six days of bloody anti-government riots the ex chief of the international atomic agency mohamed el baradei is now negotiating on behalf of opposition groups and internationally popular candidate he's viewed as the man who could oust president hosni mubarak well for more on this let's cross live to our g.'s paul if we are in a row paula what made it jobson's choose mohamed el baradei is the man to challenge
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hosni mubarak's position. well the appointment of mohamed el baradei as the opposition leader here is an interesting choice because most egyptians really don't know him he has his fame much more on the international stage now what is remarkable is that he's managed to bring together very opposing views here in egypt particularly referring here to the muslim brotherhood which has been outlawed in egypt for its extremist views now but today is a secular man and he will be a choice that very much will be supported by the united states and by other western powers he has in the past avoided direct confrontation with the egyptian government and at the same time he has been criticized by some for simply not being a good enough leader what is interesting though is that he is calling for regime change but he himself has not been in egypt for the past three decades he was the head of the international atomic energy agency for some eleven years and then he
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was criticized for the way he dealt with the iranian nuclear issue he was also criticized by some of his colleagues for being self-righteous and every good and. now it's been a week of op rising the situation obviously remains tense in the country what's happening now. well a few minutes ago the curfew went into effect to build like we saw yesterday and in previous days the simply does not make any difference to protesters out on the streets and they've been arriving by the thousands at the here we square in downtown cairo now they are calling for a general strike they're also calling for a million man march to begin tomorrow choose day and if they get the figures that they're going to supposing they rule get the numbers that will turn up more be more than what we saw last friday on the streets of cairo during that day of rage now some analysts fear that this could lead to violence and that the protests could escalate tomorrow having said that though the army here is still very much in control the police are no way to be seen and the army for their side has been
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racing protesters in and out of here we square that we have been hearing reports of they've set up barricades on the outskirts of the city to stop traffic from entering and leaving cairo we're also hearing reports of people despite the trying to find supermarkets where they can stock up on goods that those businesses if not all businesses are closed here in downtown cairo those businesses that have opened have been sold out within minutes we're hearing that people have gone to a.t.m.'s to withdraw cash and that all the items that they've tried to access are simply out of money. paul that the whole world is watching as the political future of egypt remains unclear what do people in the country expect to happen max. well in the last few hours the egyptian president hosni mubarak appointed a new interior minister now he is a retired army general and he has very much the backing the background and the support of mubarak as have the other two appointments the that of the vice president and that of the prime minister in recent days so egypt are not really in
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any way satisfied with what is being made on a government level also announcing his new cabinet his new government and most of the ministers there all the same so with this kind of standoff showing neither side actually prepared to meet halfway. people here really are saying that it can only result in violence it can only escalate in the coming hours and the coming days. first he sent in his army then he reshuffled the government next came the air force . people's voices here are loud but they're being drowned out by f. sixteen that make twenty one is flying overhead mubarak is not going down without a fight. sank you or mr obama this is your friend as opposed to barak this is your friend and the american involvement reminiscent of earlier revolutions in eastern europe no question about it what happened in georgia with the orange
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revolution or rather the rose revolution and join ukraine with the orange revolution two thousand and three two thousand and four was part of the long term strategy orchestrated by the pentagon the state department and various us financed n.g.o.s like freedom house and national endowment for democracy and like those early revolutions people mobilized around a common goal abdel nur came all the way from us wanted to get rid of a dictator it's right to want to beat us with the police he feel it's right or to beat us was army he failed the russians are committed by us is an engineer qualified and jobless but he says he can't find work because of corruption we can't find jobs he paid two one is inside the company sixty thousand egyptian bones so you can walk is a company and as a result europe because most people want to go to italy want to go to greece want to go to england so people in egypt want to leave this country because they are
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very frustrated and they are looking for better life for a better future and for us that means mass immigration and the problems that come with it may cost lives abroad but got caught up in the violence on a trip back home. i don't think that this that there's enough momentum at the moment that people will just continue to just go out and protest until something is done i think people are just fed up the casualties keep climbing young faces victims of an aging regime. mohammed el see by was with his cousin when he was shot did took a bullet. in his head. the last words he said before. may god protect for ever but whether they're protecting will be with or without president mubarak is still unclear in the next two to three hours it will get dark
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here in cairo and with time comes the fear the uncertainty the enormous miss as a result ordinary citizens have been forming neighborhood watches to keep guard of their buildings their apartments and to protect them against gangs that are armed and that are patrolling the streets of cairo right paul so we are live from cairo she of course will continue to monitor the situation for us in the jackson camp. now following the recent shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords americans are torn over their right to bear arms once again critics say although part of the constitution gun ownership has become an obsession in a country with almost as many private weapons as people are to use more lester reports. unlike many other countries in the united states guns can be found everywhere from retail stores this particular want to six hundred
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dollars springfield x d forty five two rallies it's a river ten twenty two it's easy to air use of the hands of politicians running for office commodore john mcmillan because he gives a rip about alabama and auburn not care to new codes or criminals the. many readily cite the country's second amendment that allows for this right to bear arms the vast majority of level headed americans realize it is a constitutional right and as such they probably don't have a problem with it. but with a population of three hundred seven million people and roughly three hundred million firearms owned by civilians in the united states with a constitutional right it is now feared by some sixty to become an obsession in the twenty first century. thing that people do in the urban areas the machine guns and forty seven and so on is preposterous an obsession that can't be ignored considering the recent acts of gun violence and the ease of access to firearms so
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in the united states for the average citizen like myself to purchase a gun i need to go through a background check with the federal government looking for anything from criminal history to mental illness and if i pass that you get anything from a handgun like you see here to a semiautomatic weapon which these are over here and even an automatic weapon like a machine gun for their. semiautomatic weapons like those you see here in the catskill mountains of new york. were jewish americans argued their firing off their second amendment rights to guard against the threat of terrorism we need to express those rights we need to own weapons we need to protect ourselves handguns like you see on the hips of store owners from just near the nation's. capital. to move to a southern town where gun ownership is actually mandatory in the south a gun is just part of the household just like
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a hammer is in the tool box. a tool a sporting good a means of self-defense or murder however you describe it gun owners say it's more than a firearm it's a symbol central to american culture and identity coming from the minutemen stemming from our revolution. to cowboys to any of that kind of thing i mean the gun is actually a centerpiece of american history. a piece of history that critics say continues to warn the country what is the percentage of people who are shy they were which way is there but there is a go maybe five to ten percent but if five of ten percent is able to arm. be very dangerous for the social peace of the nation i guess lauren mr r.t. and chamber another washington d.c. . there with artsy live from moscow coming up later in the program afghanistan's battle daladier as president karzai convenes
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a new parliament will look at what needs to be done to form a legitimate political power base in the country. and when this native american man moved to a remote russian village because quite a stir among the locals find out what lord when thousands of miles away from the u.s. that's coming up in just a few moments. but first concern is growing among ukrainians over the missing mayor of the capital kiev we had each of the vets known for his eccentricity has failed to appear in public for months but is set to continue to rule the city even the prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts are these alexy or subsidy investigates the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the city chief. many if agree that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a better place to live but locals are bewildered as to who should take the credit as the man in charge of the city has gone missing. the mayor i am definitely.
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in five years as city's top dog and each and maybe a ski has been a journalist delight from singing at a press conference. taking a dive in front of cameras to prove he was mentally sane the eccentricity of kiev smellier earned him the nickname spaceman and when locals yes i am a spaceman absolutely true if he had gone to space it might at least explain the mystery of where he actually is that's because the last time should not be askew was seen in public was almost six months ago it is troubling not just ordinary citizens but those at the very top as well just like you would like the authorities to find two novitsky in tell him that the people of kiev miss him and want him to return to work. after an avalanche of criticism was dumped and gives mayor
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following a devastating winter in two thousand and nine the city's snow clearing gear was overhauled by the government. kept he's supposed but the real man running affairs is thought to be the city hall of ministration boss alexander pop off he's giving nothing away about the mystery man. villa looks deserted only his mother in law was captured by our camera security guards say they have not seen its principal resident for quite a while. i saw him last year six months ago even his. post. this whether it is from a look at the jury. resort in france or italy or somewhere else the location of where exactly and you should maybe it's queue runs the city from remains unclear but with the prime minister inquiring for his whereabouts the long vacation could soon be cut short for gives mayor looks your share of ski r.t.
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reporting from key of ukraine. free speech activists in on trial i should say in denmark over critical remarks he made about islam hedegaard the president of the danish free press society faces up to two years in prison if found guilty had a guard was prosecuted after his comments about domestic violence with an islamic family culture although he later admitted his claims were aimed at the entire muslim population of so far he has refused to drop the case out of the trial r.t. managed to speak to lars had a guard who told us the problems created by multicultural as culturalism in europe can only be solved by speaking openly about. it it seems to be that anyone who stands up against. the ruling ideology. chocolate which. it stands to be dragged in front of. the policies fail and fail. i'm afraid
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speech because i don't have the solutions. to this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing the correct procedure for even be able to solve the problems is that we mean change free speech because without free speech there is not a challenge and could ever sold any problems in the country. more on what lars hedegaard has to say in fifteen minutes here on r t well afghanistan's president has convened a new parliament as he attempts to stop the fight over a new legit star legislator but the man who has hunted karzai as backing to become the new speaker has stirred controversy. has been accused of war crimes and numerous human rights violations the legitimacy of the parliament itself is under question for september's elections were carried out amid allegations of rampant
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fraud in a country ripe with corruption and graft by war the u.s. led campaign has so far failed to make a breakthrough against the taliban or to its military contributors says it's time for washington to change its strategy in afghanistan. the former u.s. ambassador to india robert blake will. came out last year we have a very creative and innovative idea that is to partition afghanistan his proposition were some merrily dismissed all across the board by afghan pakistani and american analysts as totally on the rally stick and harmful goals to the afghan and american interests in that area however this year robert black will repair his proposition and publish in foreign affairs as plan b. for afghanistan and this time i believe it stands a good chance to be taken seriously because though it talks about the effect of
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separation gana state in reality it implies how to separate the united states from afghanistan and to minimize the afghan exposure to the us foreign policy well it's another issue where the white house will accept this idea but for the time being the reason no other better option or solution under the current circumstances for the u.s. policymakers in afghanistan. well there's always more news views and blogs on our website our two dot com here's some of what's waiting for you right now the davos economic forum has wrapped up in switzerland and you can get a detailed analysis of all the outcomes online plus. a russian space freighter successfully delivers its cargo to the international space station with
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a special message for earth check out our website to find out what it is. it's coming up to nineteen minutes past the hour let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the world a man who served as second in command to pol pot and two other communal rouge leaders are appearing in court in cambodia the older of the defendants lawyers call for their immediate release as they've been held in pretrial detention by the un back court since two thousand and seven the three men and another senior figure faced charges of genocide for their role in the deaths of around two million cambodians between one nine hundred seventy five and seventy nine. a senior police official and three others have been killed in a suicide bombing attack in northwestern pakistan local officials say a teenager blew himself up beside a police van carrying the deputy police superintendent ten others were also wounded
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by the blast the attack happened in the paschal more province close to the border with afghanistan no group has so far claimed responsibility. so has reportedly rejected pyongyang's proposal to move peace talks forward according to south korean news agencies north korea had called for defense talks with the south to be held on tuesday two weeks earlier than planned last week so agreed to take part in negotiations and a step towards easing tension on the peninsula relations between the two countries are at their lowest for decades following a skirmish between the neighbors and the south hosting war games near the maritime border. why clone hit australia's flood ravaged state of queensland on monday morning but cost only minor damage the storm up rooted trees and knocked down power lines were no injuries were reported the country's bureau of meteorology registered winds reaching one hundred thirty kilometers per hour attention has now shifted to
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a larger cycle and gathering strength in the pacific that forecasters expect to hit australia on thursday. number one native american man high unemployment and glick prospects were a fact of life in his u.s. hometown but a chance encounter with the woman of his dreams saw him last on his feet in a remote russian village he may have to draw water from a well but he says life has never been so good argy stacy bivins has more. welcome to slaps of a population we're not so populated like in many small russian towns it's two one leg as young people head for opportunities in bigger cities so imagine the surprise of locals when just an earl in left his home on the lakota indian reservation in south dakota and the us to begin a new life here in their quiet in tranquil village a more the country kind of person considering my culture and our background and our
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ancestral ways this is connecting with nature for me like slice of life on the code a reservation is not easy economically blighted despite stimulus package funds the unemployment rate is among america's highest with a quarter living at or below the poverty line justin had resigned himself to struggling there indefinitely until he met an italian but are not just a lot of the women who come around and try and see me if they like and don't happen so. i got the woman of my dreams and i'm going to him not to. interest in native american culture sparked a friendship between the two on an online forum justin was there debating the lakota future while natalia was hoping to learn more about traditions hugely different from hers their friendship grew and six months later justin invited natalia to volunteer on a project in the us they were raising is that at first i hesitated but then decided
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that once in my lifetime i could do what they really wanted most of their lives people are affected by convention so i decided to bring the convention and blanched indian adventure. for me tahlia single mom at the time the adventure led to love marriage and a second child and for just it it inspired him to pack up his bags and as he put it follow the great spirit but it's more the love of a woman that keeps him here now you can tell the village is picturesque with its wooden houses covered in snow but as you could also imagine village life can be difficult people still draw water from a well or child would in order to stay warm but justin says what the community lacks in conveniences it makes up for in warmth. people who actually care about each other actually help each other and think about other people before themselves once locals got over the initial surprise of
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a distant newcomer among them they quickly accepted this interracial and to cultural family. i'm very happy for this young couple i communicate with them i'm always glad to see them at my place and i'm trying to help them with what i can. just in hopes that life on the reservation in south dakota will improve so he might return one day with his family but for now there was no place my kids knew stacy didn't r.t. . well that wraps up our main news bulletin boards and i should say our exclusive interview with dane is free danish free speech activist lawrence had a guard is on its way in less than five minutes first though sharon is here with the latest business. hello welcome to our business program i'm sure on a qian and to our top story it has just been reported that k.b.p.s. russian shareholders have decided not to approve
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a one point eight billion dollar dividend for the fourth quarter of two thousand and ten this comes after an extraordinary board meeting of the a r consortium which owns half of the joint venture with b.p. r g correspondent sara firth has the details. the business would go to b.p. and they were hoping to use some of that money because during the gulf spill now this is the latest twist in the between the russian shareholders and b.p. they claim that b.p. breached the times of their contract with a b.p. the right to both refusal and the very contrary any new activities that b.p. has to be run three russian shareholders and despite that that wasn't b.p. signed that it would not know we know the consumer to move. to the high court and the decision is going to be made tomorrow whether they'll be able to get an injunction to block that they are going ahead. now let's take a look at the markets stocks in new york in europe have slumped investors are still
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nervous about the growing unrest in egypt financial firms airlines and conmen closure posting some of the biggest losses but energy shares are mostly reluctant to respond to the news as the b.g. group is posting gains of more than two and a half percent topping the footsie two miners losses. and the unrest in egypt is starting to unsettle markets in the wider sphere as russia is also showing signs of strain the r.t.s. and my sax are seeing a significant global losses. and rising oil prices are not pushing russian energy shares any higher oil and gas companies are still leading the drop on the my sex gas company you know the track is down close to one percent this hour and making shares are also in the red spare bank in d.c. b. are each falling over one percent and all cynical is also inching lower. brant crude has surged to a twenty eight month peak on worries of growing instability in egypt it's now close to one hundred dollars
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a barrel egypt's economy is relatively small but it's home to the suez canal and he shipping route for oil over the weekend a dusk to dawn curfew across the country brought on warnings of potential delays to shippers in the canal however so far traffic has continued unhindered despite the protests analysts say if the violence in egypt spreads to its oil producing neighbors could all prices will likely top one hundred dollars a barrel but rising prices will not guarantee growth for all russian oil sector stocks. because we are in the crisis like you still are pros goes up. with that in mind you might think that you should buy a russian oil companies but in fact they are correct in with the rest of the market today and if you are believing the whole person probably better off buying consumers who are banks actually oil companies pursue this they will come to the still struggling with high taxation and the lack of growth against the best exposure to. russia would be if you want to play those oilfield services
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meanwhile russia central bank has decided to leave the countries refinancing rate unchanged at seven point seven five percent market watchers were expecting an increase in the rate to restrain inflation which was eight point eight percent last year and seen as the likely rise the bank however claimed that if this issue was aimed at maintaining capital inflow into russia as world oil prices have risen. well that's all the business news for this hour but you can always find more stories on our web site that's dot com slash business stay with us.
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