he uses to abandon its territories in the north caucasus he sees western countries as enemies over muslims and have been proved to have links to al qaida last year he also duplessis dance ability with two deadly blasts down most of the underground that's killed forty people left many were injured as well as the explosion new trains are mostly disabused her whole new and event for two thousand and nine inches initials have made no common c it's about this recent video posted it's a misstep site in which still full marks to full responsibility for the terror attacks added there what did the airport in the world for the terror attack was revealed so the obvious loss in the countries the security system has according to the question president meet new people monday held a special meeting with representatives of the police forces pulling out of there or there may be even during the terror attack absolutely unprofessional and acceptable he also signed

a bill that will fundamentally change the leak i'm always forcing agencies operating crunchy and upbring to the situation that will significantly improve the security of israel as a state of motion lawmakers are holding a meeting behind closed doors on the terror attack and the damage to the airport they will be discussing a multi level alarm system which will allow all more interesting agencies working better coordination there is thinking about introducing a similar multiple larger system that's doing things this in the united states. that the founder of wiki leaks would face a secret trial of the flagrant denial of his rights if he's extradited from the u.k. to sweden so says during the soldier's defense team. having evidence on whether he should be handed over to a stalker six krag asians denies any wrongdoing says the accusations are part of a conspiracy to punish him for running his was when. site. to use for in the case.

this is the second day of a two day extradition hearing for today in our songs at the end of which swedish prosecutors will be hoping that they can extradite songs to sweden to face questioning a validations of rape molestation and unlawful coercion made by two swedish women back in august of last year and julian assange himself has always maintained that these allegations are politically motivated he says that there is a directly follow on from wiki leaks release of the us embassy cables which were deeply embarrassing to washington and stay there for the us will do anything to get its hands on him a black box has been applied to my life. and on the outside of the black box has been written the word wrote that book is now going to an open court process being open. and i hope over the next day

we will see that box is in fact. the arguments that the defense will be putting forward are focused around julian assange says human rights they say that his human your rights will be violated if he's extradited to sweden because sweden has in the past extradited people to egypt which is accused of torture they also say that if he goes to sweden there's a risk that the u.s. will seek either his extradition or they will try to apply illegal rendition to him to take him to the u.s. where he may be held in guantanamo bay or a similar detention facility and they also say that he is at risk of being subject to the death penalty if indeed he is extradited on words to america they're also fighting this on the grounds that he hasn't actually been charged with any crime the swedish prosecution wants to question him about these crimes but they haven't charged him yet and they say that the principle of extradition law is that

suspicion of having committed a crime is not grounds for extradition you actually have to charge somebody now the swedish prosecutor's office says that. is protected from transfer eventually to the u.s. by strict e.u. rules they say that even if they do get him to go to sweden sweden can't then do what it likes with us are sweden has to ask the u.k. for permission to extradite him onward to the u.s. and they also maintain that political decisions are not involved in the legal process in sweden so any political pressure applied by washington on stockholm would not float in the lower courts in sweden however many say that sweden has an incredibly close friendship with the u.s. and said there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm you know what this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then it will be able to appeal if the decision

goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. coming up. aaron r.t. so you troll switzerland. but have any of the european countries any swiss are wondering if it's time to finally say. does absence make the heart grow fonder take a look at how america stares into remember former president ronald reagan. egypt's new cabinet is increasing pay and pensions for public sector workers in the attempt to quell two weeks of unrest the protesters are still refusing to back down until president hosni mubarak quits while the country's vice president is leading talk to create a new government has been courted by the u.s. but washington considered questionable mediator as artie's policy reports it's important to support the transition process announced by the egyptian government

actually headed by now vice president. omar suleiman hardly the words of a neutral burka and worse far removed from the people heard ministration claims to be listening to just on him is just a game this time because he is just in water government just. digits in people who have already had three military leaders we want to know more military only civilian leaders now. dr meg di bilawal heads up a human rights organization that teaches each options about democracy he says egyptians don't like solomon for the very reason americans do almost. part of the solution we consider american people american president zuma. want to. let mubarak who was still in.

power in those thirty touted last year by the u.k.'s telegraph as the most powerful spook in the region solomon is suave sophisticated and fluent in english but the former head of egypt's intelligence service worked for years as the cia's man in cairo. are among the solomon is accused of having been personally involved in torturing suspects which is the problem now in egypt is this a struggle between not between mubarak and the people but because between the american cia covert operators of u.s. power around the world and the people are having to try to get mubarak replaced with somebody else it's hard to ignore the fact that the very abuses that drove hundreds of thousands of people into the streets had some assistance from the

united states people have collected almost with pride these empty tear gas cylinders that have the words made in the usa written on them and so so much for regime change so a man was as much made in america as the dictator who appointed him and who is now being thrown out by the egyptian people wiki leaks cables show the u.s. administration was grooming him for years as far back as two thousand and seven it had a really identified him as a possible successor to president mubarak. many of our contacts believe that because of his military background we would at least have to figure in any succession scenario. here. and. all the time perhaps he would leave the transitional period and if it were you successful he would be very happy and so when obama goes on

record and says he gyptian is must choose for themselves it is not the world any other country to determine egypt's leaders only the egyptian people can do that people here lost because you secretary of state is admitting to something different but we have to do is to set a consistent message this morning the orderly transition has the. urging. transparency is very hard but many egyptians are afraid of and think he's more a dictator the mr mubarak which leaves the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's backing him policy r.t. kyra. despite its neutral and peaceful image switzerland has a strong military tradition it has europe's highest per capita rate of gun ownership and every male citizen on the fifty years old is a reserve soldier for many question why a country that hasn't been seriously involved in any military conflict for two

hundred years should have an army. as well. training for combat preparing for war except these soldiers are from neutral switzerland and are unlikely to ever experience wartime combat. more and more the centuries old suicide militia is being challenged in february the longstanding tradition of keeping a government issued weapon at home as part of military obligations will be put to a vote on whether they should go on keeping their guns at home or store them in public arsenals but that's just one of the arguments local activists like to stuff by barry has been pushing for a complete abolition of the armed forces as normal cold war we totally surrounded by the european union which is. militarily speaking totally friendly so we have no war so the army has no reason of being no enemy just a tradition do you think that's what someone should have an army. for.

you know it's a joke guys make fun you know. just play a big word but we don't. we don't need. a nine hundred eighty nine referendum on the issue revealed that more than a third of the swiss are in favor of dissolution a figure significant enough to pressure the government to take some action to rein in military activity the size of the army and its budget while still a substantial four point five billion dollars have been cut and the option of joining the civil service instead was introduced it's not enough there is a political clout which means that the parliament is. rich people and people want an army. because they feel insecure there's still about two hundred thousand army personnel with compulsory military service for swiss males and private gun ownership for all conscripts living up to

a local saying switzerland does not have an army it is an army not a pleasant prospect for young draftees like adrian feller who just don't see the point. to shoot. more. or. in my opinion an army to some kind of false security you say well i saw two army can do. anything against terrorism they can't do anything against social problems and disorder so why should we lose every year about five billion of swiss francs for something that could help us solve the problems we have the arguments are there give the swiss majority still can. not imagine a nation without their men in uniform. only the political left support evolution we're still a minority in this country it's hard to convince the population because it's really

a tradition that is deeply rooted in the swiss psyche of the last there's the rise of populism and demagogy it worries me. many swiss feel that abolishing the armed forces is a kid to letting go of a tradition of losing that sense of security real or imagined so does a neutral country with no enemies really need an army while support for abolition is elusive the question has been asked and the debate is about to continue just are so you are to switzerland well switzerland on e-mail to have an bursaries we have a story online about one source and some players say to bring to justice but u.s. president george w. bush has called off his trip to switzerland to the concerns of the protests. this spring. on thirteen characters competing for talk of the sochi winter olympics moscow has been revealed. about that your favorite to our web

site. on the anniversary of what would have been the former u.s. president one of reagan's one hundredth birthday american media spoken gloomy of his legacy but all the reporting more about the myth than the man christine for zero has this report from washington. it was a celebration fit for a king. and even though the u.s. government never had a monarchy if it did this man just may have been the king we give ourselves a little pat on the back for having made republican a proud word once again. ronald reagan the fortieth president of the united states may be gone but his one hundredth birthday saw the mainstream media elevate him to sainthood he stuck to his principles he was authentic which is i think one of the reasons why he's so admired after all of these years but he knew when he needed to compromise this sunday

a president ronald wilson reagan would have turned one hundred years old the reagan presidential library is i think concerts a giant birthday cake and the opening of a new museum roundtable discussions on his significance from a historical perspective he knew when to hold them he knew wonderful them he was an extraordinary negotiator he had learned all that as the head of the screen actors for. the most significant republican probably since abraham lincoln one of the best things about a president who's dead and gone is it's ok to have a selective memory about what he actually did while in office under reagan the number of employees in the federal government grew from two point eight million to three million national debt grew from seven hundred billion to three trillion during his time in office and he may have lowered taxes but he also raised taxes still here sarah palin for president reagan said you have me for big government big

taxes and big bureaucracy. before the loop guy perhaps that simply because reagan wasn't always for the little guy in one thousand nine hundred one he fired more than eleven thousand air traffic control workers who had gone on strike again what you probably didn't see during the reagan. media love fest if they do not report for work within forty eight hours they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated scenes like this all but forgotten from reagan's pre-presidential days. instead he is remembered as the man who rode in on horseback to rescue america it's an image republicans on the tea party in particular have thought excessively resurrected that the mainstream media has forfeited its responsibility to critically assess his legacy in washington christine r.t. . the russian foreign ministry is looking into claims from a british newspaper reporter who says he was denied entry into russia the

guardian's moscow correspondent luke harding says he was held in a cell for forty five minutes after he arrived at the airport newspaper added that his passport was returned to him boarding a plane back to london the guardian says harding had a valid visa which was an old it follows his report so the release of wiki leaks cables which criticised the russian leadership and officials. brief look at some other world headlines for you that. is former labor government has come under fire after a report revealed they did all they could to secure the lockerbie bomber is reduced . the person convicted of the aircraft explosion wanted to meet that killed two hundred seventy people were sentenced to life in prison were returned to the hearing two thousand and nine on compassionate grounds reports just released by the present government says the commercial interests in the country who drive the speed hundred deal. with the tree offices from the

two koreas have sat down for talks in the months of high tension on the peninsula and so broke contact late last year north responded to or to find their territory showing a south korean island and it's hoped the talks which took place in. interesting lead to higher level dialogue between both countries defense ministers. power fighters battling to bushfires the perth australia as west coast the flames under control the blazes destroyed sixty homes and dozens more damaged officials haven't declared the situation safe at the warning residents to be vigilant meanwhile cities on the country's east coast continue to struggle with flooding prime minister was moved to tears while the tribute in parliament thirty five people died in the floods. sudden sudan is set to become the world's worst

nation often results in a poll to split from the north were confirmed that slide victory ninety nine percent were in favor of the session the result triggered scenes of one sort of rationing the south's main city to the country's president said he would accept their vote just hours before. the results. goats sheep and rabbits make their contribution to modern mitzna more scope. helping pharmaceutical companies produce drugs to treat diabetes and cancer it's a groundbreaking sod's that is transgenic farming surfer discovered just how d.v. milk arriving more importantly why would you want. the genetic a modified ribot's produce a very valuable drug in the milk which is used in treating cancer. here's a scientific research center on the outskirts of musk a these animals are ageing

scientists cutting edge research welcome to the pioneering new wells of farming pharmacy it's a clue. this is where the alamo heads these worms or the rabbits but if we gave three into the next three and you got the transgenic or genetically modified these guys are the proving so vital in the discovery and development of new treatments for diseases. that might sound strange the milk of transgenic animals has already been used to successfully treat patients and it's not just rabbits around the world traditional farming it's now more thing into by a farming from a suitable companies are now turning to other domestic animals in new ways to produce drugs it's a breakthrough in fairness you know we want to get to the point where we can have goals and goals producing the same drug in their milk at the moment this research center doesn't have the funding to produce more than

a few of the genetically modified species but rabbits remain their main source of research regulation bodies in the e.u. and the us slowly starting to allow drugs produced by transgenic animals onto the market but it's slow progress rush especially a lack of guidelines and solid regulation in this area mean it remains a controversial issue. we feel that playing with genes could be dangerous for any ml's when people haven't fully studied all the erected to remake needs from cheap to resource providers as by farming continues to grow these guys produce could see very well end up in your medicine cabinet sarah firth r.t. . out a few minutes max kaiser gives us his take on the world of finance first that's the latest mr craig.

hello and welcome to our business update it's been the worst start to the year for precious metals for two decades but analysts say there's still reasons to book to be bullish a survey by bloomberg of the most accurate forecast for the last two years shows they believe both gold and silver could rise twenty percent this year union bank of sorts all and says industrial demand for silver could be the strongest sense at least the nineteenth the bank also expects hedge funds to continue to hold bullish positions on gold all while central banks and to that point and reserved for third year in a row to mccutcheon a vocal gold says despite a short time decline the price for precious metals. the thing about gold this very

hard to put your thumb on is that it's really not a commodity it's money it's basically a medium a transaction in a way of storing wealth in absolute terms to give you an idea the what's been happening in the past two months china's import over two hundred tons of gold so basically take the entire production in russia china is consumed in two months it's norma's figure it's all private individuals not mentioning you know national banks . so china is bringing in money in the of course is a huge tradition of buyer of gold. basically for the first time in many many years central banks have been buyers of gold in two thousand and ten. so you know it's really all about the marginal buyer and it's right now what we have is gold production is more or less flat or declining it has been declining for the past fifteen years. and so it's really a question of how many people are willing to hold their savings in u.s. treasuries for example or another a fixed income instruments or they want to hold an absolute store of wealth and buy

gold so it's really hard to put a price target on it but i can tell you that it's very unlikely it's going to go down more than go up. now that's how i look at the markets stocks are mostly high on tuesday chaired by wall street's rise on monday that's nikkei is. japanese companies are switching funds from the merging to developed markets saying it's trading lower as property developers and owners name on the selling pressure. here in russia the markets are trading in the red this. start of the trading day on a positive note while the my eyes expel half a percent at the start of the trading session you know is making is setting one of the whole sense. again is. all in all it's been a tough start to the week for russian equity markets fears over inflation undermining sentiment among. the copper a she explains. at the fronts of most investors' minds now is inflation especially

off the resource john reason for nation numbers coming out at the end of last week it's very difficult for the market to believe that inflation is not going to be a big problem this year for russian equities and at the high levels of inflation on one side going to impact the margins of victory of russian miners russia still names. on the other side that the government's reaction to high levels of inflation is going to imply a stronger ruble which is going to impact the earnings of exports as. russian banks saw the value of household deposits grow by a third last year that's according to. data now the total amount of all deposits of boston banks weeks three hundred thirty four billion dollars despite the interest rates in some banks being lower than last year's inflation rate of eight point eight percent most russians prefer to save money in the national cards. and that's that's it for now but joe we have less than one hour from our business news.

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russia's most wanted man kumar takes responsibility moscow airport bombings killed thirty six people with no interest published street missed website. says he sent suicide bomber. sons is no is one that the wiki leaks founder places by a strong and they can do no justice to those with the scrutiny still coming systems of this sex assault. on the u.s. and then is its support for egypt's vice president to take the nation out of crisis

believing that the people fear the press to. see the country the following the. next financial analyst examines how unrest in the middle east could hit food prices closer to home. and this is the kaiser report you probably haven't thought much about eating plastic chickens eating plastic eggs or showing down on some plastic rice we're going to be talking about that shortly but first let's bring in the state you see her over. there hello hey you know what the biggest story of course is revolution sweeping the world revolutions when in egypt of course everybody's looking for the cause inflation and the inflation of food prices is that the rising.