off foreign labor as they are being housed at the border point intense where they were stealing food and medical supplies aid workers who are on the scene are warning that this is reaching crisis point and we're hearing reports of crisis and chaos at these border points as gods struggle to keep the situation under control now the fighting is continuing throughout the country at several times between forces loyal to the leader moammar gadhafi and rebel forces particularly in those areas around the libyan capital tripoli government forces are struggling to retain control and create create and keep in place a buffer zone around what is still the leaders stronghold there are increasing the fears that the situation could deteriorate into civil war in his latest televised address moammar gadhafi warned against international intervention he said that thousands of libyans would die if there was any kind of international forces on his soil he also said that he was simply a symbol that the real power was in the hands of the people and as such he could

not meet their cause to dissolve the government and to implement any kind of constitutional reforms he also vowed in quite a strong statement that he would fight until the last man and the last woman to remain in power now discussions are continuing at the united nations over a proposed no fly zone over libya now and this idea has been suggested by the to prime minister david cameron if indeed he goes ahead and commit some self to it in essence britain will be committing itself to shooting down aircraft now the idea has been rejected by many in the international community including russia they say that it is for libyans to determine their own fate and their own future it is worth noting though that british troops are in the libyan town of bin ghazi they've been there for nearly two weeks and there are also growing concerns that they might take over chemical weapons stockpiles that are in that town and this is because london has indicated that it has fears that gadhafi might use these stockpiles against his own people the official. in the for those british troops being there is

humanitarian reasons it's a little also the official reason that's been given by the united states for warships that it's into the region it says that these were ships might be used or at least are planning to use them in humanitarian efforts but that all options are on the table and this has raised concerns here that they might be behind the scenes some kind of plan for international intervention despite libyans saying that they do not want to have this well as the libyan crisis rages on to some foreign powers are weighing up whether to get involved phyllis bennis director of the washington based the institute for policy studies believes that nato military intervention is unrealistic and its recent posturing is just showing off. this is an old story in washington where humanitarian intervention is the excuse of the day i don't think we're going to see the possibility of troop deployments or even necessarily ship involvement i think this is partly a show of force to intimidate gadhafi and to make nice as it were to the new

leadership that will be rising in libya to create a new government when gadhafi is overthrown there is no doubt that people in washington and london and elsewhere are scurrying around desperate to figure out ways of ensuring that they get in on the ground floor with these new these new governments that are going to be in power that there are oil companies getting in that it chevron and b.p. rather than russian or chinese or other oil companies the people of libya face an even harder challenge than than the people of egypt and tunisia and other countries that have existing governmental institutions in place that they can take over and use as the base in libya there are no such institutions there is no parliament there is no constitution all of this is being created whole cloth it's an incredibly exciting moment for people in libya but they're paying a huge price in blood to make that possible the democratic revolution that is

underway in libya are indigenous home grown revolutionary processes and they don't need us government forces to teach them about democracy they are claiming it on their own and that needs to be respected. well more on the fallout from the unrest in the middle east and north africa in just a moment but first let's take a look at what else is ahead for you this hour more of the hillary clinton calls for reinforcements saying america's battle for hearts and minds is being lost on the globe's t.v. news screens. and step back a whole millennia and follow or. as we tore the rich cultural legacy of get us level. of the ripples caused by the rest of northern africa and across the middle east are now be felt for and why. maps out the situation. let's look at the implications of the ongoing unrest in the northern african region and what it means

for the rest of the world geographically libya tunisia egypt in algeria and these are just some of the countries affected by the civil unrest there just across the sea from europe and this to me that hundred forty thousand people have already fled unrest in libya into neighboring tunisia and egypt but the likelihood will actually stay there is rather slim it's all he has already received as many as thirty thousand refugees who continue to pour into the country france greece and spain may just be next in line even before. the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars night. in real terms it has never been substantial and we have always been below thirty thousand. possible and every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on

the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments that are most affected i mean imagine if in two months time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after something will have to be done if you work on the map of libya in terms of oil production facilities will see that eighty percent of that oil producing territories right now are under rebel control now you're upticks over eighty five percent of libya's crude exports more than thirty percent of libyan oil goes to italy fourteen percent to germany ten percent to china and france and five percent to the united states the unrest has already promoted a spike in oil prices which climbed to over one hundred dollars a barrel the highest point in two years and this some analysts say is just the beginning or prices have a knock on effect. the cost of. most items because of course you need

energy to. to make products and deliver them to shop so. if prices continue to stay say high that will have significant inflation pressures. on europe and the world finally if a civil war breaks out in libya with the country breaking apart geopolitical implications for the region and for the world cannot be underestimated the major peril now is coming is the islamists radical islamists coming into power one all over the region you know these revolutions in egypt in syria in tunisia all of the arab speeds they have been. you can see thirty million radical islamist parties have been suppressed by previous regimes slow muslim brotherhood in egypt for instance. in libya you know al qaeda is there is strong in libya libyan department of al qaida is one of the strongest of the maybe the second strongest

after the perspire new one one of the greatest dangers now is that al qaida. tried to get use of it so they're highly volatile situation in this northern african region really bear significance not just fully being egypt in all but really for the rest of the world. r.t. well in just a few weeks the unrest in tunisia spread throughout the arab world and there are growing fears it could go further still with concerns that islamic radicalism will come to power but a political analyst from islamabad says that the threats are vastly overestimated. i'm one of those people who are very skeptical about for example see i guess estimates on the strength of al qaeda in the afghanistan pakistan region we believe that it is very very dissipated very very weak right now in fact if we count the actual numbers of members of al qaeda suspected ones who might be on the ground in

either of gunstar pakistan currently right now i think that would be of a figure much much less than even a figure like two hundred it is premature to speak really off any religious or any extreme groups of any sort really taking over what is largely a popular discontent about issues such as governance and politics and and the performance of politicians i just suspect that some off the reports that we read in the media particularly in the western media in the in the american media the british media sometimes exaggerate the strength of al qaida and in order to serve their own strategic interests there are extremist groups but we don't see any sign really that any of them really have the capability to seize power in vibrant countries such as egypt or tunisia. well that's little surprise the uprisings in the middle east and north africa are dominating the media around the world later on our national gurus max kaiser and stacy herbert gauge the american reaction to the

rest. here in beirut lebanon watching global media and watching c.n.n. b.b.c. it's amazing because they look at the price of gas and then on one chart and then they have a dead people racking up in various regions in another chart and they're trying to figure out how many dead people it takes to keep the price of gas down a penny and this is how they see the world it's all about dead people versus the price of gas how many dead people per penny and of course if they needed kill more people to keep the price of gas down another penny then they're all for it so they have these you know cheerleaders on c. and b. c. these overly coopt only make a woman kind of bouncing around saying yeah they kill people as long as gas prices are down another penny and people think this is the cage fight of america is that they've created a global cage fight to keep that but going forward stacey the fact is that price of gas is going to continue to go higher for a lot of different reasons so america is going to get into some other business other than the exportation of mayhem and murder i would imagine.

well you can catch a kaiser report in just fifteen minutes time here on our t.v. how america is losing the information war two foreign english language media like al-jazeera china c.c.t.v. and r t well that's the concern of u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who has asked call gross for extra cash to promote the u.s. agenda around the world are. reports from washington. here is what we have learned from hillary clinton's statement we are officially at war information war by we i mean english language non us run media which provide alternative views on world news views which often run in contrast to the coverage of events by the us mainstream media story clinton was defending her department budget in congress she says a major reason the state department needs money is because the u.s. is losing the information war and among those media who are winning that war hillary clinton named r t we are in an information war and we are losing that war

i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive mrs clinton says she's leading an effort to spread u.s. propaganda through new media with twitter feeds in arabic and farsi but on global stage the u.s. trails when it comes to television she basically said the u.s. should stephon propaganda efforts and get back quote and they gave of doing quote what we do best here is more we are engaged in an information war you know during the cold war we did a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok fine enough for that you know we've done it we're done and unfortunately we are

paying a big price for it and our our private media cannot fill that gap in fact our private media particularly cultural programming often works at counter purposes to what we truly are as americans and what our values are i remember having an afghan general tell me that the only thing he thought about americans is that all the men wrestled in the women walked around a bikini's because the only t.v. ever saw was baywatch and worldwide wrestling some five years ago western media outlets including b.b.c. and c.n.n. basically had a monopoly in the coverage of walled news things have changed a lot since then more and more viewers of crossed the walled tune into various foreign media to get a fresh take on the events our t.v. presence on you tube for example is a real hit almost three hundred million views c.n.n. has something like three million artie's cost and growing viewership is already an indication to many that the days of media monopoly are over and people demand multi-polar thinking al-jazeera coverage of the unrest in the middle east and north

africa has outdone the u.s. presentation of the events while many are happy to see this emerging media of the. right he is the head of a u.s. agency that manages the country's government run international broadcasting has basically called those foreign media enemies i'm talking about walter isaacson's last year's infamous page to get more funding for his agency which among other media outlets runs of america later he backtracked on. this statement though and said he was under isaacson statement last year send a pretty hostile message to foreign media trying to trying to provide a fresh perspective on world news but but this once they start to have state hillary clinton basically confirmed it saying that the u.s. is at war at an information war with foreign media for more stories you can visit our website that's r t dot com and there are plenty of analysis and features for you to explore including an american dream for soft or for others the divide in the

u.s. between the haves and the have lots of gold. and pancakes are ready for tossing out of russia as the country gets down to traditional celebrations to mark the end of winter and the start of spring will find out more about the country's oldest holiday at our two dot com. time for a quick look at some other international headlines a man armed with a handgun has attacked a bus carrying u.s. air force troops at frankfurt airport in germany killing two and wounding two others at the attacker was identified as a twenty one year old cos of a who worked at the airport he apparently began shooting following an altar creation ribbon then he boarded the bus and was caught by police while trying to flee the scene. officials in new zealand have stated that they don't expect to pull any more survivors from a collapsed building sprawling deadly earthquake a little over

a week ago the death toll currently sits at one hundred sixty one and most died in multi-story buildings which came crashing down in the city of christchurch authorities who saved. their goal is to recover as many bodies as possible fear that the final count may rise as high as two hundred forty. the u.s. army private believed responsible for supplying a trove of documents to whistle blowing website wiki leaks has said twenty two more charges brought against him well they include aiding the enemy which can carry the death penalty although prosecutors say they won't apply for it intelligence analysts private bradley manning is currently being held at a military jail in virginia he faces a hearing in may or june to determine whether there's enough evidence to try him. well i'll get ready for an adventure as are close of team prepares another exciting trip around russia.

just three hundred kilometers north of moscow lies the millenia old town of yet us level which prides itself on its rich history and breathtaking views well despite its considerable age the tallahassee should preserve many of the original buildings its structures and monasteries now attract the thousands of tourists who want to absorb the spirit of ancient history yet as levels amazing scenery also appeals to the cinema industry as artie's lynsey friends found out. it is said that one thousand years ago at the place where the volga and the coach or so rivers meet prince jaroslav the wise killed a local sacred bear with his battleaxe. and then founded the town of yaroslavl the town and region its name for has been known for drama ever since local filmmaker yuri vacs man gave me a tour to show me why you did lots of work to some fifteen to twenty historical

films was shot right in the area where we are working we even filmed at this location to recreate moscow in nineteen forty one with stalin being driven around in his car from the kremlin to the church of the prophet elijah to the embankment time has stopped in the frame of a camera what makes the arse of a region so attractive to filmmakers is that the sets have been standing for centuries nearly perfectly preserved so in studio send out their location scouts to find a great historical setting ghetto slava is ready for its close up. and so is its talent alexander petrovitch is in the business of setting scenes with paint and a heavy dose of romantic realism. here adapted ernest hemingway's the old man and the sea into an animated film on twenty nine thousand painted plates of glass and snagged the one nine hundred ninety nine academy award for animated short film he showed me how he shot the frames with a custom made motion control imax camera system. i've made several films

here here i've raised my pupils are now participate in the making of my films i hope that soon they're going to have their own ideas and will start working on their own projects so my dream has come true for. other movers and shakers in the industry are generating pupils of their own but in a much more physical way roman kurtz in hollywood and russian movie career has taken his stand schoolyard film to a whole new level the thing to do over the past five years we've been. training people mostly boys and men who want to master this profession they come from all over russia training four or five times a week with complex stunts it's very intensive new talents and real stunt men aboard here on this carpet but there are more ways to jump into the movies than playing with fire and jaroslav all just go get a bite to eat at one of the local cafes one of the most famous of all soviet films was even visited libya changes profession

a spoof on ivan the terrible in at the moscow of the sixteenth century was played by the arabs level town a rough stuff and here at the iran the sale of addressed customers get the full cinematic experience the scenes of the film are set throughout the restaurant but if you'd like to sleep on it the attached hotel is what you'll fall for it caters to the movie minded with its time honored blockbuster themed rooms even under seal of which being the most popular for his part yuri vacs men's recent film hydraulic is packed with blockbuster action but his other local repertoire is not that of the theater you're going to move to a little in the city of yaroslav all is the cradle of russian theatre the finest theatre founded here but short of all course was the first national theatre that opened in russia it reached the heights of creative and professional thought in its time. and that may be but as long as the one thousand year old city of yaroslav all

is internationally protected as a historical site it will forever be known as the silent ingenue gracing the background of thousands of cinema and television screens the world over in jaroslav will win the france r.t. . i'll be back with the headlines shortly but first the business update of your after a short break. hello and

a very warm welcome to the business update our top story at this hour global oil major toto has agreed to buy a twelve percent stake in russia's independent gas producer novato going to increase its share in the company to up to twenty percent in the next three years total has also acquired a one fifth stake in the bushes liquefied natural gas project on the young mall peninsula i'm now joined by extension a czar of senior one and gas analyst at. all who has more on this milestone deal it's on to thank you very much for joining us so what will the two companies gain from this strategic alliance well i would say that the main beneficial that of course is not. nordic now has a stake in its equity of international guest major moreover to tal is one of the leaders one of the corporate leaders in l. and g. global leaders so basically total has in our financial and technology technological

resources to implement to get these sort of courtship really to tell now gets the stepped in one of the two current elegy projects largest songs of projects in russia and you know while being a leader and when she glowed bully to talk historically didn't have anything in russia yet although the company wanted to stop the nortec since two thousand and six it was even pre-i people. two thousand dreams come true only now days. can you tell us a bit more about the specifics of the project how important is it i know it has huge reserves well i would say if you see if you gas fields in russia owned by gazprom are large resources. of course but the point there is not the resources themselves the point is that russia conflict has only one planet and

actually these supposed to be the second one and the largest one. it is planned to be fifty percent more than the current second line. allen ship longer so basically it will be largest russian allen shaquanda more unique in terms of geographical. in terms of geography it will be the northernmost northern elegy applause in the world and i think the transportation logistics o'fallon chief from there would be one of the greatest challenges for the competence ok alexander as our thank you very much for your analysis that was a look sundin as our senior all and gas analyst at all thank you and we still have time to have a quick look at the markets asian stocks are higher many investors are bullish after u.s. waters growth but the turmoil in the middle east and the surge in oil prices continue to temper demand and make a finished point nine percent higher hong kong shares are also on the rise both chinese and global banks advanced after positive u.s.

employment data. about the middle east and unrest and high oil prices keep investors worried the russian markets are continuing their rise tracking asian gains and prices of pushing up energy shares gold companies may also see some gains as surprise for the precious metal gets higher the r.t.s. crossed the psychological benchmark of two thousand points during the first ten minutes of thursday's trade it's now gaining just under point eight percent and the my sense is gaining the same number of points. and that wraps up the business bulletin join me in less than one hours time for more business news here on archie .

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welcome back here's a quick recap of the top stories we're covering on r t the un is warning of a humanitarian crisis as the uprising in libya sees at least one hundred eighty thousand refugees fleeing across the border to tunisia and most of them are foreign neighbors. as colonel gadhafi once again refuses to be cries for power in libya is threatening more violence if u.s. or nato forces leave movie. at america's losing the information war to foreign media like al jazeera trying to c.c.t.v. and are to meet overly rick lenten voice the concern as she asked congress for extra cash the u.s. agenda. back scars are talks about the smell of freedom in north africa and the middle east and how some are seeking to turn gadhafi into

a figure of fun that's coming up next. all right welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser we're here in beirut lebanon to get a taste of freedom as it sweeps the region freedom fighters are everywhere all across north africa the middle east and even madison wisconsin it's a global insurrection against the banker occupation with its own tunes and songs like. this new hit from. gadhafi stacy herbert welcome back to the kaiser report.