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u.k.'s guardian newspaper is accused of redacting secret documents provided by weak you leaks to suit its own political agenda the whistle blowing web site is also threatening to sue the paper over its new book about julian the song. present security services make their first a raster bring the perpetrators of last month's moscow airport attack to justice. the name of the suicide bomber who blew himself up but the idea that has been rebuilt and he says that's accomplices are already in custody all the details are coming up on our t.v. a couple of minutes. and as a different protesters gather for their biggest rally yet against president mubarak the blame for it is an enormous well an abuse of power is shifted to western companies accused of funding him for decades. i'm voicing inflation might be the
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most difficult talk of the russian government this year is it possible to give a two digit values to find out on business all june twenty fifth as we told the chief economist of b. to be able to. form welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is archie with me and he said no way it's four pm here in the russian capital one pm in london where the u.k. is guardian newspaper as locked in a bitter dispute with wiki leaks over redacting secret cables and exposing the whistle blowing web site in the tell all book the site's founder julian assange who is currently in a legal fight against being extradited to sweden has threatened to bring libel action against the british steadily the libel threat relates to a book published by the guardian that claims of songs believe that in. mormons who
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were potentially identified by his leaks quote deserved to be killed the newspaper initially worked together with the whistleblower to publish u.s. embassy cables obtained by wiki leaks there's argues more and that reports the papers accused of editing the documents to suit its own political agenda. they were better than exposing us embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks and the guardian have rapidly fallen out of love and it's turning nasty in the original agreement between wiki leaks and its partner publications the partners were to help publish cables on the whistle blowing web site blocking out names to protect the innocent was allowed but sources close to wiki leaks maintain the guardian went one step further accusing the newspaper of redacting the cables to suit its own political and editorial agenda something the guardian denies one of the alleged missions focuses on iranian dissident politicians and the guardian we.
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live in. they don't want such things to be known to their own deals they will. want to cover the world. view because everything that was good to a ball girl position. in says you were a reader of the guardian and the virtually any that are of the leaks would never know how those people themselves view their only those the guardian reports early have been a is just another political liar an intriguer. but what it leaves out is his why did description of the opposition as lacking organization and facing problems of ultimate direction and leadership specific opposition figures are. stubborn but not charismatic karoubi courageous who do few institutional allies hatami cautious and weak all editing that seems to match the guardian's liberal
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agenda as it suggests the iranian opposition is divided something which doesn't fit western narratives in cables about the activities of western companies in kazakstan the guardian fail to publish details of alleged bribery the actual cable talk of an internal investigation in a western company over five years during which former employees caused the company to pay five point two million to agents within town the disappearance would influence because our professionals to allow the company to obtain business in other words bribing officials to contracts to the companies allegedly involved british gas and any italy's gas giant that this isn't necessarily the story that the guardian wants to tell that the that there are editorial pressures on them but it also could be simply the lawyers at the guardian are getting a bit jumpy and saying well look we can't accuse people of bribes because they're
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incredibly powerful and they're rich and this is one of the problems with a lot of libel and the lawyers at newspapers is that they're actually only afraid of the rich and powerful ordinary people they will say almost anything about them because. these people don't have the means to sue the guardian prince charles who was cocky. verging on rude in kyrgyzstan. although persons prince andrew may have wished the guardian had edited information about his behavior in kyrgyzstan more thoroughly elsewhere some media commentators say the reason for the guardian's alterations was to help simplify the information it's still the way it should be done there's so much material and it is so a lot of the form that easy news is difficult to inaccessible it has to be translated into journalism the people who understand the guardian declined to give us an interview but did send a statement saying they redacted cables for two reasons to protect sources who might be placed at risk or to protect the guardian from legal action on the u.k.
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libel law that being sued is something the guardian might have to get used to wiki leaks founder julian assange is threatening legal action over the newspaper's book which i saw alleges contains malicious labels wiki leaks made a political choice when it decided to publish through the guardian a left leaning newspaper that takes a liberal line but certainly in this case is going to be the wrong one and with the guardian's recent publication of the book portraying the newspaper its dealings with wiki leaks in a deeply under favorable light it's a relationship that's gone truly sour your average r.t. london. at least three suspected terrorists have been charged with involvement in last month's airport bombing in moscow russian security services say the suspects were arrested in the country's southern republic of chechnya well let's get the latest now from r.t. if you know. your country now what further details do we have on this.
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whole by now we know that two of the three accomplices suspected accomplices who are now in custody of relatives of the suicide bomber they're reported to be a brother and a sister of the young man the papa traded the attack at the idea of law tests reveal that they have identical d.n.i. . d.n.a. and also police forces report that to pots of explosives similar to the wands used in the body of the bombing were found in their house they're suspected for having known about the bladder attack but not reporting to the police on time now as well the good man who is now in custody is not a reality paul be vulgar but he's believed to have a company of him on the way from the republican in the shots we have to moscow brocoli every post by the investigative committee we know the bomber was a twenty year old man it was later revealed he was born and raised in the republic of english. as a result of the attack which he carried out on january twenty fourth at moscow's
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busiest air transport hub thirty six people were killed and over one hundred people were injured and now we know that investigators were meeting the top senior senior police officials were meeting with russia's lawmakers on tuesday they reported them the name of the suicide bomber and we also know that they believe a group of people up to seven people have orchestrated the their names of course have not been disclosed as a fake and are investigating. now just yesterday on tuesday russia's most wanted chechen terrorists of claims that he ordered the bombing of douma dam over what are officials saying about. a russian security forces us saying that they're looking into those claims but say. not necessarily who carried out the attack it is just one of the versions which they're now considering well a double lot of indy posted that video message on an extremist web site which is
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just one in a series of similar messages posted by me here. in the last in that massachusetts that he was the mastermind behind january's bombing a local a lot of great responsibility for similar terrorist acts in the past is that that he opens straight to the bombing saw a. between the suicide bombing on the moscow much in twenty and it is also believed that he was behind the bombing of the me ask you express train from moscow december his birth it was two years ago now several security apps but after that video was posted on the to not have been saying. the man is is definitely using these terrorist attack as to talk himself as another blog. with russian investigators are saying that only the facts will tell whether those claims are justified meanwhile security has been seriously tightened all across the country following that might
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be a little boring and we may soon see see risen management's introduced to the existing mandatory terror law in russia to make. to make implementation of security more effective the police force in russia is now undergoing a major reform and it is believed that those changes will help make. up corruption and security lapses i think of the posts. from moscow or to get the following the investigation in to the terror blast that killed thirty six people at moscow still moved out of the airport thanks catherine. let's switch to egypt now which is witnessing the biggest anti-government rallies across the country since the protests began over two weeks ago it comes despite attempts by authorities to introduce constitutional reform to help manage a peaceful transfer of power while human rights watch says almost three hundred people have died as a result of the revolt demonstrators are demanding the immediate resignation of
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president hosni mubarak and are refusing to wait until september when his term but the president is in no hurry to leave office expert on international relations mark almond joins me now live from ankara to discuss the possible reasons behind mubarak stance thanks for being with us now media reports say mubarak's family is among the richest in the world where did this wealth come from. i think the reports exaggerate the world perhaps factor ten none the less by being in power for so long barak and his family have been able to benefit from two billion sources of well there's been an enormous amount of american military aid directly across from the us taxpayer to egypt goes to the ears and also from foreign investors like this one in each case. the aid and the foreign investment goes through the hands of the by his supporters to have a lender work inside egypt so
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a lot of the money sticks to being a minute help why do you think the west has supported mubarek throughout his thirty year rule and many are now from the last calling it a corrupt dictator said how is that possible. well in a way it's not just in egypt but in many places around the world corruption serves two purposes on the one hand the westerners pay to get a was to get business get access in egypt but on the other hand egypt does the west the united states has go to egypt to the big pivotal supporting the peace process israel in a sense providing it's the true shattered back our other arab states north america and the corruption pose no useful role because americans want to buy support but also now when they want to push mubarak to go quickly suddenly we begin to see leaks into the media all aspects he's supposed to have expensive property in california and so on and this all beings that the very people who are prosecuted i cook clients for him to do what they want allow able to embarrass him helped start
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the protests again because corruption is the central issue in more unrest in egypt so you're saying the watch has apparently provided political ground for mubarak to build up such a huge amount of wealth what are they getting in return. well you see. for instance western companies arms companies in particular american ones make huge profits out of. army has the united states gets the geopolitical influence israel would like to have also there so egypt makes peace with israel it also has been a war against the more radical arab states in the past mubarak was very hostile to the same because two thousand and three his troops in the past have been threats to libya the libyans got out alive so there was going to a trade but now most of our it has outlived its usefulness of course to some extent . saying we'd like to go quickly started now by embarrassing him by these
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revelations about. claims assets of his family but of course help of course there are two wars going. on without said you saying that one barak has out used his usefulness do you think i'll last until september are we expecting this crisis to be resolved as you see it. well this is this is a well i think we're going to have this helps to reignite discontent in egypt but on the other hand we have to remember that this vast amount of corruption is not just one man or one crime or the whole network of people who are taking contracts setting up dummy companies to shut down the money they all stand to lose if the regime collapses and so you know what. it's a way of pushing mubarak to go quickly also mubarak people if they do this to me today they do to you tomorrow right mark almond milk at university in ankara joining us via broadband thanks for that. now still ahead for you in the program
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what has to blade steve and flies. reza receives a balance of helicopters code named alligators find out how they earned such a snappy title in just a couple of minutes. a brief look now at some other stories making headlines around the world a series of car bomb explodes in northern iraq have killed at least seven. around eighty others the attacks happened in the northern city of kirkuk two car bombs were aimed at police patrols while a third device exploded outside a building that houses the kurdish security forces no group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks. a south sudanese government minister has been shot dead and his also in what appears to be a personal dispute jimmie's there in the middle of was killed by his brother in law who also services driver in the city of juba the man also killed
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a guard protecting the minister before turning the gun on himself it comes days after a referendum resulted and confirm that south sudan will become africa's newest independent state. military talks aimed at easing tension between north and south korea have broken down officials are meeting reported the failed to reach a consensus on an agenda of my own bible talks going on so. here when the north responded to our totally fire near their territory by shelling a south korean island. prosecutors in italy have filed a request of the trial of prime minister silvio berlusconi on charges of sex crimes and abuse of power is alleged to have paid for sex with a seventeen year old girl and used his influence to secure her release from cross to be theft charges berlusconi straw. only denies any wrongdoing and says prosecutors are trying to destroy his career the italian premier already faces the
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resumption of three trials for corruption and tax fraud in the coming months. u.s. president barack obama seems to be trying to win over wall street by asking them to help tackle corporate tax with his appointment of high profile business leaders to government positions it has many questioning where his loyalties lie and whether what's good for business is really good for americans to arches lauren lyster has more. for two decades jobs and dollars have flown out of the us and across the pacific meanwhile the american people have suffered high unemployment and a diminished standard of living looking for someone to blame politicians point to asian countries on the rise seemingly at america's expense the american people have also borne the brunt of china's mercantile trade policies which promote trade
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surpluses to cheap exports based upon an artificial depreciation of china's currency overlooked in washington is the us corporate jungle it's become the elephant in the room this is not the explain to the american working class into the american middle class d. or both destined to oblivion because of all this is decided by corporate boards inside the us which are now global corporations those who agree say it's right here the problem started that us corporations hijacked american jobs and investment dollars taking them overseas with free rein to boost their bottom line fueled by this mindset so we do localized the ways of the so those are real there's no worker movement you know could have sauce from our maximization of profits and in the us it appears no lawmakers will try to cut them off either president obama. omma after pushing to regulate the business community has taken to embracing it on here in the
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interest of being more neighborly he wants to befriend the u.s. chamber of commerce if we had brought over a fruitcake when i first moved in we would have gotten off to a better start making up for lost time he appointed a j.p. morgan wall street executive to be his chief of staff. and he tapped the c.e.o. of america's fourth largest corporation to head his council on jobs and competitiveness that's jeff immelt of general electric i'm confident that they'll generate good ideas about how we can spur hiring educate our workers to compete in the twenty first century and attract the best jobs and businesses to america rather than seeing them spring up overseas but optimism can overcome reality what's good for a company like g.e. isn't necessarily what's good for america and that goes for any company but staring powerful corporate money and interests in the face you don't hear the president saying that this guy's running for reelection nor the mainstream media beholden to
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their corporate owners the people criticizing corporations it's all about the bottom line find themselves locked out of the conversation like these plant workers fighting their company to keep their medical benefits they argue when it comes to u.s. corporations the priorities are this so it's about profits over people i guess oh yeah definitely definitely profit over people and some economists argue profit comes over america's prosperity to lauren lyster r.t. new york. there's always more news and analysis on our website r.t. dot com here's what's lined up for you right now. trouble in the air find out how over two hundred passengers were forced to spend several panic stricken hours high above ground as their plane circled a stunning beauty an airport. a man looking towards a never ending summer russia cancels daylight saving time learn more about the pros and cons at our dot com.
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person our forces have received a brand new batch of the country's state of the art attack helicopters dozen more k a fifty two choppers code named alligators well enter service within the next year parties are going to is going over was given this close up look at what they can do . around a military air base in central russia and that's these the common fifty two also known as the alligator and with the russian air force receiving the latest batch we ourselves were able to take a good name so that one of those monsters. facing this thirty reeling in a cannon can pierce through armor but obviously that's not the only weapon this
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aircraft can be equipped with a deep tank this else sells bombs all of them installed on the wings here and make this aircraft a real predator in the skies now the cockpit is the grade office nasa was she then we can see one of the main differences of this helicopter from all the other attack choppers in the world the crew which consists of two people they sit side by side just like you'd go to the core of the lake in the apply she would wear the clothes suit what you claim you know this space is much easier to. work together in battle and collaborate for the toilets and of course would you work and attack or do you know that stop. you from we already noticed this unique rotor system officially it's called a coaxial rotor system and it's a trademark camos design bureau and is meant to provide extreme.
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with these armored plates on the sides here and the in the you lower parts of the aircraft this is just really one predator really hard to get you got it was going off forty central russia. here with our team now we're back with the headlines at half past the hour next up it's the business news with to me to stay with us. hello and welcome to the program fighting inflation was the first order of business for president better at a meeting devoted to economic issues on tuesday prices rose nearly ten percent in genuine an annualized basis the central bank has already said it's ready to impose new measures to draw cash out of the economy to prevent it from overheating this includes further raising bank reserve requirements and it appears less keen on raising rates this would have the effect of drawing hot money to russia to take advantage of the high interest rate here compared to the west. russian shareholders
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of ten k.v. deny they are in talks to sell their stake to any one partner in the consortium that owns half of russia's third biggest oil producer says no diggity asians are taking place the partners have objected strongly to b.p.'s proposed asset swap and arctic exploration deal with russia's biggest oil producer ross and yet they say that deal compromises competitiveness goes against the terms of their life there's been speculation was never put by out partners to clear the way for the deal with b.p. . similar to the markets now european stocks are lower this hour slightly and with several companies coming under pressure to reporting results shares of the drug maker some of you have been to spell almost two percent of the company had reported a plunge in fourth quarter earnings and profit of twenty eleven is like the drop from five percent closer citron move down two point six percent following the
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release of its twenty two. russian markets are yet again down after falling sharply the previous session my sex losing more than half a percent this and the majors are the biggest drag look at some of those stocks lukoil is shedding more than half a percent this. one percent is bucking the trend is gazprom it's up almost the same m i six the t.v. is following yet again yesterday's losses and the day before yesterday's losses after investors dropped the stock due to insert. spear of. russian public benefactor a hydraulic machines and systems it's raised three hundred sixty million dollars after cutting the price and size of its i.p.o. in london initially the planned offer was for forty seven million shares but only forty three million was sold and that a fifteen percent discount to be original range of nine to twelve dollars
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a share. mergers and acquisitions raised by a third in russia last year although activity still hasn't returned to pre-crisis levels now david cranfield a partner of corporate law firm c.m.s. russia says he expects the stronger if to continue in twenty. we're expecting there to be more energy in the market than there has been it's certainly been running at about half capacity since the crash but. no huge increase energy natural resources always are always do come across in the surveys the most active sectors now it's no different this year interestingly respondents said that transportation would be a big sector this this year which. which was a surprise will they actually when you look at the market you can you can see that actually there are a number of transactions which are likely to come in that same to the london stock exchange and canada's t.m.'s group which owns the toronto stock exchange are some in an all share deal in your exchange is set to become the largest platform for
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trading mining companies and this is at a time of surging commodity prices with a combined six thousand seven hundred listings it will also be the world's largest exchange by number of companies it's just the latest in a wave of consolidation sweeping the global exchanges here in russia by six an r.t.s. have an hour too much. will be back in one hour's time with plenty more else either .
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nothing stocks are going to come back. we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer low. the faith will wear uniforms that little damage is in the black family but very little damming the white. and they
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are the key to our problem are already. the fire.

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