the ocean. which rises if you move the song from feinstein it's. still totty dot com. considering the pull some confusion coming from libya with the public unsure of what is happening meanwhile dozens of people have been killed in fresh fighting and hundreds more injured join me for an update in a few moments on the chin is the end of the libyan border and. egypt adjusts to life after revolution officials say the shadow cast by the unrest is costing the country millions every month in lost poorest dollar. dictator or revered leader fifty eight years after his death josef stalin is still divides

opinion archie takes a look at one of history's most controversial figures. in broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. we're glad to have you with us in libya opposition forces are locked in a battle with government forces in zawiya a strategic city close to the capital tripoli reports say at least seventy people have been killed and around three hundred wounded in colonel gadhafi is attempt to regain control of the rebel stronghold but he's powerless lir filed this report. on saturday the libyan leader moammar gadhafi launched a fresh military offensive he's trying to retake some of the towns he's lost in the past eighteen days of fighting there were some seventy people killed those are the latest reports we're receiving and more than three hundred people injured with

reports of it strikes and live ammunition and growing fears that libya is the same going into civil war most of the fighting is in the key towns of libya such as the weir which is some fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli and the oil rich port of rust in the north of the latest reports there suggest that rebel leaders are in control slowly making their way towards the capital city of tripoli in the where itself at drawn the gadhafi forces launched an attack they fired mortar shells they used machine guns and throughout most of saturday heavy fighting happened to their villages where we have from the rebel leaders themselves as that they remain in control inside of the town and we're hearing from government forces that they're in control around the perimeter now this is an important town because it is so close to the capital and if the rebels are able to maintain a presence there they will have a better chance of attacking tripoli it is interesting though that some of the pictures we're showing you here on our t.v. have actually been distributed by the gadhafi regime it's really trying hard to

present its version of events it's using these pictures as proof that its forces are in control in most of these towns in the east it's very difficult to tell from these pictures and who is in control on the ground but it certainly is indicative that in addition to the fighting on the ground this certainly is a fight in the media and information war in terms of who is in control of what now many of the media in europe and in the united states has been supporting the rebels there have been editorials in major american and european newspapers actually calling on the west to support the rebels and attack gadhafi the latest word we hearing is that the western media is trying to portray gadhafi is. forces as a losing and the opposition forces as winning but as you can see from these pictures it certainly is not clear who has the upper hand there are also analysts who are putting forward the opinion of the western media is so anti gadhafi because he has taken such a strong stand in the past against western interference in developing countries

relations words on the british government is that it is confirming that it is considering and is on standby to deploy its forces within twenty four hours it says of these forces will be used for humanitarian and evacuation purposes and not for any kind of military intervention the latest word we have from the u.s. is that it's to rule ships have a lift creased and according to a statement they issue they are part of the military buildup around libya and we also know that two american planes have landed in tunisia they are reportedly here for humanitarian efforts we also know their fans to the united kingdom are putting pressure on the united nations security council to make a decision on a no fly zone that certainly is something that libyans here do not support as i found out when i spoke to people around the border this is the road out of libya but it's also the road that lines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel into newsier for ten times the price they paid back. the libyan

leader for your work. in libya long. let him stay in power for life. and as much as some may support other libyans despise the united states. well the moment of course the u.s. will not enter libya what rights they are they don't cover to get the government is libyan for days he's been trying to get to the canadian side of the border to check up on his family who are on the other side you know some of them have been injured the answer he says is not the foreign intervention where people live if they don't there was. another. but really i mean like so much in the right in libya with the foreign nations seem to be giving a little concerned to what libyans themselves actually want to debate for no fly zone is continuing and u.s. warships are sailing not far from the libyan coast i really just come help libya

not so really be a base help libya for the roads for god's world this is probably. if the u.s. russia and other countries case involved i don't know this time it seems like this i used just by beijing the people here are against foreign involvement they know well the price that is often paid for so-called humanitarian assistance history has shown that military and aid in any war zone is more often than not only disguised military aid during the war in bosnia it was discovered that u.n. trucks delivering aid were in fact transporting military equipment in afghanistan the very weapons america gave to the taliban in the early eighty's came back to haunt the u.s. army following its two thousand and one afghan invasion so it's no wonder libyans whether they support gadhafi or not are united on one issue they want the world and american particular to stay out of the with his policy r.t.

. on the chin is in the libyan border. as the threat of u.s. intervention in libya looms closer some experts believe for an action is now virtually imminent where the host stephen london things washington is directing the crisis with so-called quote unquote rebels. position for students i believe these are individuals groups whatever they listed by america enlisted written and listed maybe by france or the western nations primarily do you wear this secondarily written to post one desperate to put another one in his place and the libyan people i must say i wrote a lot more savvy than americans because they know what you wished and inch and meaningless they know what humanitarian means when america says we need to do this for you it has nothing to do with humanitarian aid nothing to do with democracy and

nothing to do with hoping that people just to colonize them exploit them steal your resources brutalized the people call interested country by one means or and know that even if you regard to pay should iraqis afghans know or. call our set up a puppet government you controls and call aggressively our way but it's two weeks late libya if you're interested in knowing more on the crisis gripping libya and the entire region stay tuned for some opinions from the streets of the big apple that's coming your way in just a few minutes. i. was going to. be this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were. things change people wanted change people were hurt people hurt we moved to action people were avery they moved to action i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it

is about real democracy. meanwhile in egypt crowds are calling for the death penalty to be handed to their former interior minister as he stands trial for corruption in cairo the country one of the first to erupt in popular protest is still reeling from the uprising after president hosni mubarak was forced to step down in february and is archie's on a boycott reports night for many egyptians maybe even harder than before. loading of freedom after decades of protest abstinence egyptians are tasting their newly found liberties still unable to get enough of it. given the resignation of hosni mubarak's close associate as prime minister one of the key demands of the opposition didn't take the steam out of to reach the prayers rally in fact the number of tent city of residents seems to be getting even higher nasa

has been camping on the square for three weeks for hardly a special needs educator chick with her job to be here and so far has no intention of looking for a new one we're going to stay here until all the demands are been met the demands are being met one by one but it's slow the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not to get over but it's already becoming a brown street vendors who paddled mubarak's portraits just two months ago have now switched to the revolution in more a billion. a lot of people love revolution everyone wants to be a part of the largest selling world. means liberation in arabic a fitting me four square has become a focal point in anding mubarak's autocratic rule yet a few profiteering vendors notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at a high cost per square is packed with protesters again only now instead of resignation demands they're chanting celebrators slogans the piece of revolutionary

intoxication about churchill in that show is costing injured millions of dollars every day branded as a symbol of free egypt square stands in stark contrast to another egyptian attraction the slave built pyramids the rolling crowds have scared away visitors with lost revenues already exceeding one billion dollars usually it is busy repaid before is a problem is. business after is a prop. many people here don't believe that cairo protests will significantly alter their life prospects for their own freedom costs with their ability to feed their families but for now it remains far from certain the business is growing let us know at the moment we have a mess like five four seven percent of the clients and most of them are coming from middle east none coming from europe it's not that they don't support their

revolution they're just the first to discover it's bittersweet taste and to realize that revolutionary intoxication is almost always followed by a headache. artsy cairo. as the wave of anti-government revolts rocks the arab world it's unclear how and when the uprisings will end across the ocean our own resident in new york got a snapshot of opinion on the ongoing protests. in all the insurrections revolutions and uprisings in the middle east catch you off guard this week let's talk about that are you surprised i'm not surprised. and. i was seven weeks ago and by the way. i reported. that the political situation in the middle east was very very unstable. one week

after the whole same color in tunisia egypt you know change was coming we all knew cheese was going to come. off this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know things change people wanted change people were hurt people hurt we moved to action the people were avery they moved to action do you think that the world leaders are caught off guard by this. i think they're caught off guard in knowing what how to react because they i believe they know the world is going to be more unstable but they have to support the idea of freedom so it's a mix a mixed blessing so you think all these are going to lead to more and raster more instability yes i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy well i think it's you know does the time make the leader does the leader make the time so that's always like an ongoing question

when it comes to stuff like this and i think we have to wait and see if this is going to be a good test for everyone in power right now to see how they come out yes what do you think the effect is going to be around the world what i think it's really not going to make much difference what i hope is that when different people come into power that they'll say you know they'll start treating our people right and everybody in this world we will have the united states will have to be a police country anymore all the social networking that's going on they can no longer hold their people and feed them the propaganda that they used to do you think this is something that could happen here or in europe or in other places definitely that's scary you know. so you're prepared for it but i think. it's a little scary to know that people anyone can have so much influence now i don't want a leader giving me probably get it but it's a little unnerving to know that anyone with a computer can have that kind of. power there you have to respond enough to know

what to listen to and what to ignore whether or not you think anyone has any idea of what's to come next the bottom line is that there's no denying it at the time of shades. and a little later in the program argues close of team shows you a different side one of the all the cities in russia. to find out how people spice things up in the winter and how sports put jaroslav on the map as one of the top tourist destinations in the country we have all the details in a few minutes. fifty eight years after his death soviet leader joseph stalin remains one of the most controversial political figures in history adored and idolized by some years despised and scorned by others stalin led the country to victory in world war two but through the heroes who helped him to do it into labor camps i think of

a report on his legacy and of hitler and the need a mussolini joseph stalin some of history's most notorious dictators who for years were adored by the people of their countries the cult of personality phenomenon has intrigued historians and psychologists alike but the simple sounding question of how one person exact such influence over millions still does not have a simple answer is something that remind me of the stock call syndrome in the work where. after you have been in the process of by some good person you start loving. the law true love but it's a way to save yourself. to keep your balance ok

the so-called people's father ruled the country with an iron fist and despite the terrors persecutions and executions he was almost worshipped. by the term the soviet union entered the second world war stalin's personality cult was at an all time high and men and women all across the country or willing to lay down their lives for me believing that bravery and ultimately victory would guarantee them stalin's approval and you haven't yet there was twenty three when he returned home from the battlefields having survived dozens of attacks partisan missions and months in captivity he was proud to be coming back alive proud to have accomplished what comrade stalin had asked of him. i remember being more through a small lottery into the local women were all standing on the street throwing things that are spinning and shouting stalin's bandits that's what they called words isms and i remember feeling then a sort of prime because being a leader is then that somehow we were as close to him and we all wanted that but i

had that feeling for a long time until i set things straight. in one thousand forty eight if there was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to twenty five years in a labor camp the charge was simple he survived it to the witch to stand mind when he had sold out his country for his life no proof was necessary after three months of torture left yet i was ready to sign any document whatsoever. with him i refused to sign a so-called confession even after all the torture they put me through but then they said if you don't sign will bring your parents here and i couldn't let them go for this so i read a few months later i was on my way to the polar region in the real labor camp. eight years later you have returned home and the new secretary general of the soviet union denounced style and personality called the man who had twice been named time magazine's person of the year had all his carefully sculpted glory taken

away to this day stalin evokes mixed emotions with his actions still being debated ensuring in some respect his personality cult still survives. catherine as our of our t.v. moscow now let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the globe. israeli soldiers have you tear gas and smoke unaids against female palestinian protesters in an attempt to disperse them dozens of women along with international activists demonstrated in northern jerusalem calling for an end to the israeli occupation of the west bank the activists say they were inspired by calls for democracy that toppled autocratic leaders in egypt and tunisia. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is back on trial facing charges prosecutors claim that mr berlusconi's media empire purchased television rights using offshore companies as part of

a tax dodge is one of the four trials that the italian leader is currently linked to including allegations he paid an under age girl for sex and abuse of power he denies of course all of the allegations. a shocking amateur video has emerged showing the brutality of the continuing political standoff in the ivory coast seven women were shot dead while many others were wounded on thursday pro-government forces opened fire at a rally against the incumbent president laurent gbagbo who is refusing to step down after november's election results the u.n. says at least three hundred sixty five people have died since november. members of the main and a backup cruiser to the international space station have been cleared for the next orbital mission six space men have excelled in their final exams at russia's conason cosmonauts training center and starts lady next scheduled to blast off from the baikonur launch pad in transit stunned at the end of march the mission will be devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the first man in space your gun crew will

spend one hundred seventy days on the i assess and will meet two u.s. shuttles and three russian cargo ships a spacewalk is also planned during their missions are sure the latest in our special series of travels across russia is heading your way next and this time the focus is the historic city of jaroslav. r. g.'s a close up team a journey that some three hundred kilometers northeast of moscow to the millennium old city of solve all it's day three of our exploration there we've already seen it's historic architecture and culture but one thing we didn't talk about is its fascination with sports when the friends want to check out how the region's landscapes are not just great to look at but to ride on as well i

everyone's going crazy for sports in the yaroslavl region of russia just ask the roster of professional athletes speeding through the international ski federation's cross country world cup at germany a center of winter sporting leisure situated on their steam banks of the volga river poland's olympic gold medalist just snuck past the other women the first day of the races i know this is. the conditional is very difficult for the classic but i feel spoke with the next was the men's brains valentino cherished over herself the first female astronaut was blocking the finish. in the kenya it's a great event of course i want the women steam to be even better than a tease but they did perform well we have a very glad for russia with over four hundred children enrolled here terminal offers the average middle class russian a chance to realize their dreams as a sportsman and offers the foreigner a chance to see this place for what it really is. locals want it to be the

new winter destination one that will fill the surrounding restaurants and hotels business booking the school this is a front desk of the city thousands of people come and spend their time here every year and we're short we expand opportunities because this will inevitably affect the number of people who go into sports in general and to be in for winter sports in particular. not far away in the historic merchant's city of new pledge festivities are just getting underway to celebrate the winter during a season when most cities are pretty quiet these people are making a party of it but as a venue at the better or you know i've been i swimming for thirty years i love it there is no need for any of the home food habits that are widespread nowadays. the massive down on the volga river powered moscow was led tricity throughout world war two a collection of churches greet tourist spots on their first stop from moscow from

the church of john the baptist to the church of prince dimitri on blood else in commemoration of young prince dimitris gruesome death in fifty ninety one the place is steeped in tradition but it has a way of breaking out of it shout back at them and now between the skiing and the snowmobiling which they were kind enough to teach me they're waiting for a good burn at the end of the world cup races a frightful wind storm the summer of two thousand and ten knocked down ninety percent of the surrounding forest locals retaliated by stacking the fallen wood twenty two meters high then registering it in the guinness book of world records they'll burn it into a massive bonfire after the final race now that is competitive sports and ship in the jaroslav the region lindsey france r.t. you can always find more of our stories online here's a taste of what's there for you right now.

find out what drove one american to sing at the russian anthem in russian. and if you want to sing in russian to or want to learn more about the country make sure you visit our troops will be a page at r.g.p. dot com. a nato service member has been killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan it now brings the total number of alliance personnel killed since january to seventy bogged down in a grueling war with the taliban the coalition is losing more and more troops each year and as afghanistan's drug production spirals out of control the u.s. is also feeling the impact on home soil the american naval academy has been hit hard by a drug abuse scandal over eight cadets expelled as part of an ongoing investigation artie's military contributor thinks the u.s. could be secretly cashing in on the afghan drug trade. it's been almost

a year since their high seas has a totally new connotation for the u.s. navy in march two thousand and ten it was the beginning of the corruption of the u.s. naval academy and so now i was vice a deadly drugs since then dozens of that maybe chipman has been separated or expelled from daycare and unfortunately it was not an exception and neither for the u.s. navy north for other branches of the us armed forces so in a way the latest drug abuse investigation is only in the tip of the iceberg of the per nation is and negative influence of the american involvement in afghanistan indeed what could motivate future u.s. navy leaders to buy and to resale the drugs among their peers there it could be several reasons for such a reckless and criminal action the most of this is that the us navy are jealous of

the us. marines who are enjoying the poppy fields in helmand and kandahar and as a result they just fall back on the artificial substitution of the organic murray who want to however it did legitimize all kinds of criminal activity it also legitimized the culture of impunity and profiteering and that is probably if they didn't agenda all the u.s. open ended commitment to afghanistan. coming soon martin andrews delves into the history of jewelry in russia and finds the diamonds are always a girl's best friend but first i'll be back with a recap of our top stories. this

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