certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with the united states and that is especially true of the military conservative elements of society helping out a number of also been conservative elements in the social democratic party who have been very pro-u.s. very pro-military especially those. unions that are involved in the arms industry but a really major turning point was entry into the european union. and european union as you probably know is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence. and a subordinate to wing of the united states really nato is completely infiltrated you know so as soon as the social democrats announced that they were going to lead the country into the european union you started to see very clear signs that. sweden was adopting its foreign policy to the needs of nato the interest of the you

wouldn't even say it's over for. how does this all play into julian assange arms and the sax and spy probes and the push alternately for his extradition it's a hot potato as you can understand for the government here and now that they have been exposed through various wiki the leaks. as having you know. colluded with the united states in ways that they had never before admitted over it was often suspected. there it's an especially delicate time for them to go out and openly cooperate with an extradition process and reinfeld as i understand the prime minister has apparently declared that this is not a political issue we haven't completely through the judiciary and so on and so forth i think he is not entirely became good there. do you think that

a staunch if extradited to sweden will receive a fair trial. well the trial is one thing if he's tried it will be because of these accusations of sexual misbehavior. then extradition is a completely separate process as you understand that. whatever happens as a result of the trial the united states will probably request that he be extradited for these crimes that they're trying to invent you know just in the united states and that will be a separate process and it will be reviewed by haven't got all the details yet actually and when i called the justice department to try and get clarity on this matter the people there weren't too sure about how it would work either but next the process usually is first processed by the immigration department. and as i understand it then it can be appealed to

a court of law and then the government can get involved it's stated right there in the legal procedure so there is room for political decision making in this matter. and then of course there are also many informal ways for the government to limit its interest to you know the people underneath. what do you think of claims by an american blogger that america's most notorious right wing strategist karl rove could be involved somehow in the push for a song just extradition i'm very skeptical about that for a couple of reasons for in the first place it was bush that he got into the white house not obama and he is anathema democrats because he is famous for. extreme dirty tricks some of that's one thing. the second point is you don't need karl rove to get the united states interested in extradition they're interested in that anyway and they have their normal channels quiet invisible channels for

arranging these things for the last thing they want is a high profile political figure rove to get involved in this and draw attention to it and do you think that he will be extradited to sweden. i can only tell you what . his response is british lawyers have said to me about the british case in terms of the law they have a very strong case and if it were only. a question of the law then they figure that they have a seventy five to eighty percent chance of rejecting the sweetest request for extradition to sweden then the question is how much how much politics can be put so they say carefully that they have a fifty fifty chance something like that. then if he comes to sweden. most. the legal people that i know here in sweden when they look at what is known so far about the charges against the sons think that there are absurd he won't be

convicted on the failed evidence so if he is convicted of something here it will most likely be something very minor like then he will be you there in jail for a while or released having suffered enough so to say and then it will be up to us to issue its request for extradition. and then i feel that will be largely a question public opinion if they are indifferent and if the media here succeed in their apparent efforts to give. a son a bad name to give them a bad reputation then the government will have a lot of political freedom to. submit to the us request sweden is regarded as a neutral and independent country do you agree with that you can say.

with some accuracy that when sweden joined the e.u. it ceased to be an independent nation. so it's a simple course politicians in order to justify. the entry claim just the opposite but i've documented the way he said the membership. has affected. sweden's independence and essentially eradicated or. else we didn't is not an official member of nato but there are anti nato movements that are growing here in sweden in finland why is that well there's always been actually there's always been in sweden and finland which are the two remaining nordic countries that are not in nato there's been a strong opinion against nato membership. but essentially now all through part of the so-called partnership for peace sweden has become a de facto member. made through official for said sweden is better

equipped and performs better. in cooperation with us through. partnership for peace than many of our formal members do and that's true. and already in your two thousand and five i believe it was an official of the defense ministry here said. we are already so deeply involved in nato and participate in so many nato activities that the only thing that's missing to become a former member is the signature on a paper why does the political elite want to be in nato what's in it for sweden well i think that the. closer sense of affinity with the united states government than they do with their own people that's the short answer and do you think that sweden will eventually join the alliance i think it's quite possible . it is it is again it's largely a public opinion question. because. one of the key factors here is what symbols

your feeling goes into nato then that will create a lot of pressure here and then number two if the u.s. can somehow manage to conceal all of the terrible things this story around the world and we don't become so this ability more is there now or. have been in iraq and afghanistan and that they can do more things that look like peacekeeping and the press here has actually helped to disseminate that right rather successfully for them out of the large i think the majority of us i mean the swedish or population thinks that the afghanistan where the afghanistan war is a peacekeeping operation i've seen you referred to as an x. or a former american citizen why is that yes i was the u.s. that is and i moved here in ninety eight and that was because i was. very much

i admire very much the swedish society as to the gist of it at that time and that started to deteriorate almost as soon as. the so in a way is came out of a historically interesting time because it's interesting that previous generations built up this wonderful society with this wonderful general welfare system and very wise foreign policy. which was the. inspiration for much of the world you know it could be many people in the old soviet union who when they thought about what we do next they look to sweden as an example to go to trial for the. well that's free from has just been allowed to disappear through vitiate and to be gradually dismantled.

the more people we killed the happier our officers were it got to be like a game like to see who could kill the most people and the different ways you could prove to me keep peace killed with me i tell you no here's someone serious you know where have the most fears they will get the most fierce in-tray you should be reversed overnight you women children and five men around the circle open up on full automatic whether i'm sixty. two same outraged by six or seven people in front of family. the most of those. well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemical slim's whether it's

a sonic boom six factoring in mammals or it's the burning oil field syria and iraq or destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that. is he. it's.

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or new ballance in the streets of cairo hundreds of thousands of pro out of town see government protesters clashed in egypt further stood out while western calls for an immediate transition of power. in the u.k. protests provoked by the turmoil in egypt to be used by an islamic organization now it would in many nations and covets promote its own course that. investigators tell russia's president the identity of the suicide bomber who killed the person they have lost at most days the busiest definitely last month but to be the redhead it says there's still work to do to find the bathtub. morny in about fifteen minutes time right now though all the latest sports for the country.

either you're watching the sport and this is what is coming up. in front of you god closing in make a child's regular season championship. liverpool new boy spot as talks about life in the english premiership after scoring on his debut. on a test run sochi prepares for its first major ski race. with jordan. we start with the shell they were haven't got have taken a huge step towards winning the regular season title or a trick win over more putting them five points clear at the top with just three games to play the side came from all sides playing from behind to win three one putting daylight between themselves and second place your life also. produced a sensational comeback to be told they were down for they all but eventually won the match six four elsewhere skull moved into the second spot in the western conference after rushing to see this guy for nailed. in football take out the car

says he's likely to opt for a tried and trusted from russia's friendly against iran next week have me ask you. a set to get the not headed to make you do weekend from side other than hard advocate which is that despite the weekend's top form that the public can play in the top european leagues by striking showing the sequel in the season to the top respectively. meanwhile liverpool's new striker luis suarez says life in the english premiership is how he expected it to be the year of quine scoring in his debut and the reds to know when i was stuck on wednesday night he was officially unveiled in front of the media at anfield on thursday along with liverpool's other new attacker andy carroll suarez saying he will have to adapt to the style of play in england while carroll was happy he could. live up to its fifty six million dollar price tag. it's exactly what i managed it would be like it's what i expected

from watching the games back in the netherlands which and they gave streaming and on television it's a tough strong league it's hard to grade a big unit is in chances of gold but i think i'll learn to adapt it's a type of game i am looking forward to doing my best to adapt. it was a lot of money for. you when you could prove that. the money was worth it really. chances for the team and the flow from the. well lit up or travel to fourth place chelsea at the weekend that was safe and torres make his debut for the blues against his former club reds boss kenny dalglish says he was sad to see the spaniard leave the club but will not do well on the parts of the football club knows that everything he possibly could. there was an a b. c. he moved on. the screen for someone else like so it's something we all love with.

the most important thing for those are the two people have come in and do quantity on and i think that's enough. to us well also this weekend league leaders manchester united are way bottom side walls while second place arsenal who are five points off the top travel to newcastle with gunners boss austin venga believing the premiership title it's still within reach. i believe it's quite open that stone to all performances and. consistency. control and that we have a good chance because you have quality we have time to do what nobody denies but we have his words prove that you would. great to get the news you could conceive of to a new play with something special you know with team but coming old from game to game and that's why i believe you know what changes now in tennis maria sharapova will play for her country for the first time in three years this weekend she is

part of the russian team that will face france in the first round of the fed cup in moscow the free time major winner is currently training in the capital with nets over and to see a public and in our stuff and they're hoping to win the world crown for russia for a fifth time under their favorites on paper for the tykerb sitting third in the world standings while france and nine in the rankings are rushing to combos to place in the top twenty rather than public chunk of a caucus this over twenty one of the french team are in the top fifty. let's move to winter sports where such is preparing for its first real test in alpine skiing ahead of the winter olympics in two thousand and fourteen it will stage the russian cup on february the eight and a week later the european cup more than two hundred twenty skiers will participate in the first big alpine ski event in russia it is finally snowing in sochi so the slope will be laid out with both artificial and natural snow and the official say

that everything is ready. ready to host this event at the highest level the european comparability first international event down we've asked my eyes on us and slopes to do in big games i hope everyone who visits the competition or see that we're heading in the right direction to the best winter olympics ever. meanwhile this weekend the cross country world cup comes to russia there's only one venue in the country which can stage such an event in the historic course in yaroslavl is enjoying something of a revival with more is constantine but top off. winter snow is never hard to find in russia so one thing in time i deal please for cross-country skiing however it's actually not that easy to find an ideal landscape not to mention facilities for all the demands of an international standard competition this sports center in germany is the only course in the world's biggest country able to host a stage of the cross-country skiing most prestigious around the next one is on friday. we got the license for holding the world cup as we did serve to all the

demands apart from the track there's a big list of facilities this year it'll be the fifth time we hosted well and we'll keep on improving everything here. the history of the center study more than thirty five years ago skiers use this place for many years but that petered out in the late eighties and the venue was eventually reckon structed in two thousand and one hosting its first world cup six years later although that the man turned out to be a real challenge for going eyes of which on the. letter require that winter there was an abnormal war in several stages in europe were canceled and here it was seven degrees above the are there january and we didn't have snow machines in their time because it was hard to imagine winter without snow here nevertheless we decided to use our eyes from. will laid out the ice on the course and that was

a success that event made our way of famous around the globe. however that's not the only obstacle organizers have faced through the years it took just six seconds for four hurricane to destroy ninety five percent of trees here in. the sports center quickly recover it and build the biggest deck off ward in the world. it might look strange but the towering structure has made it into the guinness book of world records and has become a famous landmark on the course located on the ball game not far from rubin's one of the oldest cities on the river this sports center is surrounded by a charming countryside they all know it's left no experience spirit then you not only for athletes but all suspected shooter's they can watch races unfold in the seven thousand seater stereo and on the track up to twenty five thousand people can witness the action or that was easy to watch races on our tracks because they're all very calm speak these are just laugh to be close to the course in see all the

action themselves and their every year lots of bands beg their way new release weekend flowers and fans will be treated to now the world cup stages demeanor every area which is undergoing plenty of freddy will of man with a new biathlon shooting range in the five blind hopefully guaranteeing this venue will be on this for many years to come because they are yaroslavl region. and preparations are underway to for the biggest sporting event in america super bowl forty five although rare subzero temperatures in texas according to green bay and pittsburgh some problems green bay taking up residence the local high school in arlington as the snow storms ranged side the packers into sunday's clash as favorites but haven't raised a lot of the vince lombardi trophy since one thousand nine hundred ninety seven and whether or not they light up the cowboys stadium will depend a lot on this man a make at a rogers. everybody i've talked to this week this is

a former player it's pointless games talked about. the brats and getting over the first few plays of observable. i'm hopeful that. there will be an issue with me but i'm sure they'll be a lot of excitement and. a little bit nervous maybe starting to get training next door to them at the university ground of the sport's most successful team the pittsburgh steelers. the record six super bowl was quarterback ben roethlisberger has been in startling form recently with a third super bowl ring very much within these sights while coach mike tomlin led them to the latest title. and he's hungry for more i'm very conscious of the legacy that is the pittsburgh steelers i simply want to add to it. you know that drives me on a daily basis. i got course big respect for the men that had this job before me and all i want to do is do the job in terms of bold understand it is the pittsburgh steelers funny the weather is also been affecting go through

a pain to retief goosen the only man to break seventy during a blustery day at the cats. african managing a round of sixty nine which was three and not puts him a shot ahead of defending champion robert callus and richard finch. so that is all the sport we've got more excited about.

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new developments in the streets of cairo hundreds of thousands of pro and out government protesters clashed in egypt that's what's been called for a lot of media transition. in the u.k. protests provoked by the turmoil in egypt seems by an islamic school in the day should outlawed in many nations as cover to promote its own goals it. and investigators tell russia's president the identity of suicide bomber who killed thirty six that blast at moscow's busiest airport last month but to me primitive says there's still work to do to find the monster by.

the very warm welcome see this is our see live from moscow with me alice habits egypt's vice president has addressed the nation as clashes and heavy gunfire continued in another day of our people he says a roadmap for political reform is being put together and presidential elections could take place as early as august where there's been an ongoing wave of violence between opponents and supporters of president hosni mubarak five people were reportedly shot dead in cairo's tahrir square before things day the total number killed in over a week of riots is estimated at around three hundred thousand for the egyptian army which is that previously not intervened in the clashes has made some attempts to divide demonstrators assays paul is clear is keeping across develop some kind of. the anger the frustration the defiance continues to intensify in terms.