security cooperation at the recent lisbon summit with the russian president medvedev there he with nato and russia both agreeing to work together on a new strategic security partnership suddenly the issue though of the european missile defense shield came up that is something that nato is very very adamant to get into place across europe a so-called missile defense shield. saying that it must involve russia it cannot be a unilateral security agreement and he said that if indeed a security plan is put into place without russia then russia would have to compensate to measure up and amend imbalance he said the regional and global security now are pressing issues at hand and today and this weekend the annual munich security conference decisions must be made more details on that on r.t. dot com of course that being our web site now the business news with with sharona is next to stay with us.

welcome to our business program. emerging markets will be the driver of global growth over the next two years that's the opinion of joseph stiglitz who spoke exclusively to business starts there in an economist also says western countries will continue to struggle with the consequences of the financial crisis. it's very clear. who are in the next many years. europe and america are going to be facing problems that we aren't going to be able to solve those problems we may be able to grow but growth will be so when you make that we won't be able to get our unemployment rate down. and it won't be the kind of robust growth that would be an engine for global growth of course high commodity prices are good for russia but bad for the united states a slowing down economic growth is the solution the problem of global imbalance is

that we save too little. before the crisis household savings rate in the united states. was zero some quarters negative it's obviously not sustainable. since the crisis is coming up. but still not enough to moscow also savings have gone up. five percent. public saving cisco hand-out national deficit better risk a deficit of around ten percent so in terms of the overall savings rate of the economy we haven't improved we just shifted from one side to the other is there a risk that we will see a double dip i don't think in the united states there's miss much of a risk of a double dip but only a certain. of a decline in growth rate winnable said innocent player. and we've gotten a little bit of a boost because of the payroll tax cut that was just a nap it shows that payroll tax cut is and. makes

a artificial support a good thing to do but it was on from one year and that means that into the year it's not renewed the negative forces the constraints on steaks and localities the continuing. problems over leveraged. on the whole is continuing problems financial state governments the negatives will become predominant. only surely growth will slow. and let's take a look at the markets russian markets closed in the black on friday having time for a third day energy majors where the top gainers with oil trading about one hundred dollars a barrel in london amid political unrest and north africa and the middle east. bank both close trading down on the day rosneft however added close to two percent

on both forces after the oil giant stated that its fourth quarter net income saw a nineteen percent jump over the previous three months. and with this week's trading mostly affected by tensions in the middle east and mounting oil prices. bank explains why gas paul was among the top gainers there were some people still with the soulful quite good performance and but people are desperate and. will. cry out every year for just because gas prices oil prices. but the taxation for gas from the middle to the old companies that's promiscuous have been the future of credit would priced under the negative for employer we saw in that with the best service growth from the minister of finance excluded from the sale of event the stake in that the web by the street this year and this creates the potential market will have filled with the best.

and that's all the business news for now but you can always find more stories on our website that's artsy dot com slash business thanks for watching. right where you are with our live from returning to our to our top story the one that dominates the world news at the moment are the deadline set by the protesters in egypt for the country's president to step down has passed but there's been no word from the man himself more than one million people gathered in cairo's central square on friday to demand hosni mubarak's resignation. has the latest from cairo. well it really has turned into a waiting game between what some have dubbed the forces of democracy and the presidency of course the mubarak thousands of protesters remain out on the streets

the focal point as we enter now the twelfth day of demonstrations the focal point being the toughest square in downtown cairo but some will ten years demonstrations are taking place in in alexandria and in the official word from the government is that eleven people have been killed in nearly two weeks of violence but human rights groups aid agencies and foreign journalists put their figure at a much closer to three hundred now the first journalist has been killed he succumbed to his injuries a reporter for the egyptian daily newspaper we are hearing reports although they haven't been independently verified that there has been an assassination attempt on the life of the vice president almost to a man we do understand from the reports that two of his bodyguards were killed so women is widely being told as the man who will replace hosni mubarak but he did invoke a lot of foreign and foreign same time and when he went on state television and blamed foreign elements for inciting the violence of the past few days now earlier this morning at around ten thirty time there was an explosion on

a natural gas pipe gas pipe provides israel with forty percent of its natural gas not egypt and state television is reporting that the part of the pike that supplies years ago was targeted by foreign elements but we are hearing from israeli radio that that part of the pipe was not attacked the part of the pipe that was attacked was the part that supplies jordan either way it is standing alarm bells out into the community particularly in this region as we all fear is that if israel that if egypt cannot control its own internal security situation this will head to the political ramifications for the rest of the region at the same time there are concerns being raised in terms of the perceived enormousness in the sinai these raids fearing that they will be the. smuggled into gaza at this moment that will eventually be fired on and being used against israeli citizens the latest word coming from the egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik is that there will be no

cancellation of the september elections that according to the legislation in this country the president needs to stay in power if any changes to the constitution are to take place he says that there will be no early exit for mubarak and that's what we can widely expected that the vice president almost a man who will take over but only after those september elections now today saturday they all do and there are discussions that opposition groups will be meeting with particularly with particular people in the government the muslim brotherhood which is the largest opposition group here in egypt it's also officially banned has there that they will not be party to those talks they are insisting that mubarak step down first but indeed we are noticing a shift both within the opposition group and within the government in terms of wanting to meet each other and wanting to resolve this conflict as soon as possible because of course in nearly two weeks of the standoff the economy here has drained people's lives have been put on standby and as i'm talking to you from downtown

cairo i continue that the shops the homes the people remain barricaded inside their homes and apartments despite the protests the protesters have found a way to square. there reporting from karl let's let's cross now live and get some live pictures from cairo central square here where protesters are still holding their positions that demanding the immediate resignation of president hosni mubarak we apologize for the quality of those pictures that bit of a freeze up but we'll get some more to you as soon as we possibly can again ossie live from moscow where it's now are just about twenty minutes to three o'clock in the afternoon i just want to once again to remind you of our top story there are still hundreds of thousands of people holding their position in the central square in cairo calling for the for the egyptian president the president of thirty years to step down and we have already received condemnation from all around the world specifically western powers in western europe of course in america

a couple hill washington leaders there calling for a peaceful transition of power as we look at these live pictures now coming from the central square in cairo what it would compared to yesterday it would seem it's still a large large crowd but it seems like the more calm as it was compared to yesterday i know yesterday we had numbers from the united nations saying three thousand people were injured. several hundred guy this only appears to be more of a peaceful demonstration but yesterday's numbers were a million in attendance will to try and get our heads around how many people are now attending this here we've had stories of various journalists from various networks around the world of being attacked and being face to bear the brunt of the violence among these protesters of course we will bring you more details here from our team as they become available to us and more updates to come here so do do stay with us.

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whose friends totty dot com. headlines on odds he and the world to hold it's a breath of what's to follow in egypt after mass protests failed to make old president. given to his people's demands and leave office demonstrations have now entered the twelfth day since they started over three hundred people have reportedly been killed. russia will have to retaliate if nato as a missile defense violates its interests the country's foreign minister said the security conference ongoing in munich he reassured those present that russians are ready to build a joint security system but won't put up with ultimatums at the same conference the historic nuclear treaty with the us is about to come into force. in the political correctness overdose a survey shows how

a growing number of americans are getting tired of. one recent case to have the american public pushed the censorship of a classic novel by mark twain. time now for the sports. hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. to wrap up the proposed to make her fed cup debut against france. pakistan cricket is here to play in a british court charged with not fixing. and it's super cold for the super bowl green bay in pittsburgh shelter from more snow ahead of sunday's clash. but first maria sharapova is making her home fed cup debut on saturday she's playing in the evening singles for russia's time with france the world number thirteen taking on

many others than i was in the other match that monica's this over goes up against alleys corn a rich poor friend has more it's taken some time but finally maria sharapova will make her long awaited home debut for russia the twenty three year old has been hampered by shoulder injuries over the last couple of years but take on the genie resign or the two players will know each other very well having met in the second round of last month's australian open up about one in straight sets meanwhile the world number thirteen is just happy to finally play for a country again it's such a different feel of everything we're used to playing an individual sport and you know and this gives us an opportunity to play as a team and you know to really support our country even though we support our daily basis we really get together as a team and you know support each other go out there and try to beat the other team the second my chances for atlanta because it sort of taken my lazy called me the pyramid only once for years ago in rome where i'm out of sorts because it's over

was defeated in straight sets and the russian expects a tough encounter on saturday so i have a great team you were very excited to progress each other in the team and very excited to play in moscow so all come forward to this time i believe our best friends will start to be underdogs against the russian side but contains two. number one's insaf and i'm sure. it's all been publishing a move in handy with the racquets french tennis is in a period of transition for the retirements of emily raise money re pierce look at me the french have a chance and will be treating the time as a cup final even when they don't play on this deal they're really good then of course in the paper we're less than them. you know we never know what can happen in fed cup and if we're trial there to feed play our best and of course we can win the undertaker and they are really really good team and it's kind of a final for us like if we win against russia it's going to be easier then it's been a while since the two teams last met back in two thousand and five when russia beat

the french at roland garros to win the trophy however before van they'd met six times in a row the french will have full memories of playing a villain big stadium as baby russia here in two thousand and three on their way to sealing their last fed cup title but the odds are stacked against the fridge this time around but over the next couple of days they'll be looking to reproduce some of those heroic space should eight years ago richard don't see moscow now in other news three pakistan cricket is have been charged with corruption by the british crown prosecution service pakistan captain sam won but along with muhammad in mohammed s. safe will appear in court on march seventeenth along with that agent. he's accused of accepting money from a third party to arrange for plays the ball no balls against england during the lord's test last summer and then deny wrongdoing findings of a separate investigation by the i.c.c. will be revealed on saturday. chelsea's new strike if and i do torres says he left liverpool because they could not give him a success he's after the spaniard signed for the blues for eighteen million dollars

and says liverpool were doing the right things to compete at the top level but added it will take time and i didn't have time torres will face his former club on sunday when chelsea host liverpool and is now down his reading i have been this should do is only for one of the same for liverpool big money because the show is not nothing new for me. more than ready for the trial and. new life in this new theater up in front of me so. brutal start now on saturday league leaders manchester united travel to bottom side walls with alex ferguson hoping his strikeout wayne rooney is about to embark on a goal scoring spree he got last week ending a recent trend and hopefully there's a. school in the canuck goals are scored. for school built you know most. schools will wait for those who are going to see with windows get forty five to get

to playing games if you've got games left you could be. good a good average goal school machine or. in other games on saturday second place are so who are five points off the top go to newcastle man city who are third entertain west brom and bolton everton take on blackpool when in his press conference talking boss david moyes was still talking about the incident involving passport count and said fabregas boy said the spaniard accused the wrath of taking a bribe after not to telling evidence go off side and began his team one victory midway through and said there was an unwritten rule you know you don't see things which are in the tunnel. well his player was the one who brought the on that in rule because what he did is a question evan football club that we maybe piano for shows. but in doing so then question the officials they may be in total ticket money so mt who walks in this

country will tell you that we really still want it we support the referees the cell we want you know all you say and i've got to say cess never swore once was very very calculated it wasn't a run it was a review of the law people saying it was straight to the point. i felt it was old enough feel to deserve to be sent off meanwhile faith has rejected the appeals to two former member suspended after allegations of corruption ominous adamu on rhino tomorrow he will have been enjoying the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cup beating rice is nigerian nice to have a three year ban that he sent to monte suspension for twelve months. in states that just talking about the super bowl but it could be a bit of a nippy one with freezing temperatures forcing green bay pittsburgh to try and indoors for a second day running of their r. and c. going to be like camp which is in dallas and pittsburgh under the roof again is

trying to wind me an f l championship for a seventh time and up the helm for two of their previous speakers was quarterback ben roethlisberger crucial again this i find that gangplank. for us. we perceive it would have been talladega that we were going to arrive here in dallas ready to play we are pros last week as if we were going to play on this past sunday and we're simply retooling evaluating. to a fine edge if you will our plan with our guys that's the approach that we take this approach that we took last time. and so from that standpoint we're comfortable with it i mean wafa green bay. again in thirteen years wide receiver donald driver has been with them for the last twelve and says it's his chance to win an n.f.l. championship before tiring. well you know that it'll mean everything that if you go to your career exactly which is why you know to be mentioned in the same breath all

the great players that play for the green bay packers have been part of those championship teams so that's one a that's been a goal for not just me but everybody on the street funny there's no ice hockey in the k h l to talk about because of the all-star game taking place in st petersburg at the weekend a perfect time to look back at the highlights from week nineteen. i've

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worldwide news this is. the deadline set by the protesters in egypt for the country's president to step down. but there is no word from the man himself more than one million people gathered in cairo's central square on friday to demand the resignation of hosni mubarak. well it really has turned into a waiting game between what some have dubbed the forces of democracy and the presidency of course the mubarak thousands of protesters remain out on the streets the focal point as we enter now the twelfth day of demonstrations the focal point being the toughest square in downtown cairo but some will take me as demonstrations are taking place in in alexandria and in the official word from the government is that eleven people have been killed in nearly two weeks of violence but human rights groups aid agencies and foreign journalists put their figure at much closer to three hundred.