sure. someone said so during the st. paul grill so i go in hotel kerrville hotels sheraton hotel and hotels in the leaves thirty's available in the resort and spa. conflicting reports and confusion coming from libya with the public i'm sure is happening meanwhile dozens of people have been killed in face fighting and hundreds more injured join me for an update in a few moments from the china sea and a libyan border. with. egypt adjusts to life after revolution officials say the shadow cast by the unrest is costing the country millions every month in lost tourist. is he a dictator or a revered leader fifty eight years after his death joseph stalin still divides

opinion party takes a look at one of history's most controversial figures. broadcasting live from our studios in some from also this is r.t. we're glad to have you with us in libya opposition forces are locked in 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 and colonel gadhafi is attempts to regain control of the rebel stronghold palace lior 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

a port of it strikes and live ammunition and growing fears that libya is descending into civil war most of the fighting is in the key towns of libya such as zawiya which is some fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli and the oil rich port of ras north now in rosslyn of the latest reports there suggest that rebel leaders are in control slowly making their way towards the capital city of tripoli in zawiya itself at drawn in the gadhafi forces launched an attack they fired mortar shells they used machine guns and throughout most of saturday if you fighting happened to their villages where we have from the rebel leaders themselves are there they remain in control inside of the town and we're hearing from government forces are very 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 in fact who is in control on the ground but it certainly is indicative that in addition to the fighting on the ground there 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 it's haq gadhafi the latest word we hearing is that the western media is trying to portray gadhafi is. forces as losing and the opposition forces is winning but as you can see from these pictures it certainly is not clear who has the upper hand there also analysts who are pushing forward in the opinion that the western media is so anti gadhafi because he has taken such a strong stand in the past against western interference in developing countries the

latest word from the british government is that it is confirming that it is considering and is on standby to deploy its forces within twenty four hours and says that 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 its two warships have a lift crease and according to a statement they issued they are part of the military buildup around libya and we also know that two american planes have landed in china's here they are reportedly here for humanitarian efforts we also know that france and the united kingdom are putting pressure on the united nations security council to make a decision on a no fly zone this 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 of it lines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel engine is year fourteen times the price they paid back.

libyan gadhafi or one or more and libya long live gadhafi let him stay in power for life. and as much as some may support gadhafi other libyans despise the united states or the world of article the u.s. will not enter libya what writers they are they don't have a good. afternoon as libyan for days he's been trying to get through the chain is inside of the border to check up on his family who on the other side you know some of them have been injured the answer he says is not with foreign intervention. maybe if they don't. another thing i agree but i mean like so much in libya the foreign nations seem to be giving little concern to what libyans themselves actually want a debate for a no fly zone is continuing and u.s. warships are sailing not far from the libyan coast they're ready to come help

believe you are not full review based help libya throw was over this is probably if the u.s. russia and other countries case involved it was time that scenes like this are used i think we should keep watch out for against foreign involvement they know well the price is often paid for so-called humanitarian assistance history has shown that humanitarian aid in any war zone is more often than not thinly 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 khadafi or not are united on one issue they want the world and american particular to stay out of the roof is policy r.t.

. on the chin is in libyan border. as the threat of u.s. intervention in libya looms closer some experts believe foreign action is now virtually imminent radio host stephen leatherman thinks washington is directing the crisis so-called quote unquote rebels. position for soldiers about lee these are individuals groups wherever they listed by america and listed by listed maybe by france and other western nations primarily the u.s. secondarily britain to host one desperate to put another one in this place and believe me in people i must say i wrote a lot more savvy than americans because they know what you wished intervention meaning us they know what humanitarian means when america says we need to do this for you it is nothing to do with humanitarian aid and nothing to do with democracy

nothing to do with people and it's to call and i so exploited steal your resources brutalized people call it i said country by one means or another even to direct us to pay should. ask. for or set up a puppet government you controls and call it that is a better way to exploit libya. for more on the crisis gripping libya and the entire region stay tuned for some options from the streets of the big apple coming your way in just a few minutes. we'll be cheese was going to remove market off with this guy. it was just a matter of time before these dictators who are you know things change people want change and people were hurt and people hurt we moved to action and people were avery they moved to action i believe it's more about power and the unfair

distribution of power then 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 as artie's oksana boyko reports life for many egyptians may be even harder than before. loading on freedom after decades of protest afternoons egyptians are tasting their newly found liberties still unable to get enough of with. even 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 their reach squares rally in fact the number of ten c. to residents seems to be getting even higher now he has been camping on the square

for three weeks formerly a special needs educator she quit 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 have been met the demands are being met one by one but it's still the process is taking longer than expected the revolution is not yet over but it's already becoming a brand street vendors who peddle mubarak's portraits just two months ago have now switched to the revolution a more a billionaire. a lot of people love revolution everyone wants to be a part of plugs are selling world. means liberation in arabic a fitting the four square has become a focal point in anding mubarak's autocratic rule you have a few profiteering vendors notwithstanding the egyptian revolution comes at a high cost per square is patrick protesters again only now instead of as a nation demands they're chanting celebrators slogans the piece of revolutionary

intoxication rock totally natural is costing injured millions of dollars every day branded as a symbol of egypt square stands in a stark contrast to another egyptian attraction the slave built pyramids the rowing crowds have secured their way visitors with lost revenues already exceeding one billion dollars usually it is because you are really repaid before is a problem is good business after. probably. many people here don't believe that cairo protests will significantly alter their life prospects for them freedom concert of their village to feed their families that for now remains far from certain the business is growing very slow at the moment we have almost like five. seven percent of the clients and most of them are coming from middle east. 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 sort of like an artsy cairo as the wave of anti-government revolt rocks in the arab world it's unclear how and when the uprisings will end across the ocean in our own residential new york got a snapshot of opinion on the ongoing protests. did 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. i'm coming ramallah i was seven weeks ago and by who. i reported bore the political situation in the middle east was very very unstable unstable

one week after the whole saying in tunisia and egypt you know change was coming we all knew change was going to come. off with this guy it was just a matter of time before these dictators were you know things change people want change and people were hurt and people hurt we moved to action and 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 for you think all these are going to lead to more on raster more instability yes i believe it's more about power and the unfair distribution of power than it is about real democracy oh i think it's you know does the time make the leader or does the leader make the times that's always like an ongoing question

when it comes to separate this and i think we have to wait and see 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 there are. people right and everybody in this world we will have the united states want to be a police country anymore all the social networking that's. going on they can no longer hold their people and even the propaganda that they used to did you think this is something that could happen here or in europe or in other places the thought that's scary you. know. so you're prepared for it but i think it'll definitely happen it's a little scary to know that anyone can have so much influence now i don't want a leader giving me problems and i but it's a little unnerving to know that anyone with a computer can have that kind of. power and so 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 this is a time of change. a little later in the program argues course of jeanne moos shows you a different side to one of the oldest cities in russia. 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 coming up in just a few minutes. now fifty eight years after his death soviet leader joseph stalin remains one of the most controversial political figures in history adored idolized by some he's despised and scorned by others stalin led the country to victory in world war two but through the heroes who helped him do it into labor camps. a

report on his legacy and of hitler 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. the simple sounding question of how one person exact situ influence over millions still does not have a simple answer is something that you remind me of the stockholm syndrome in a way where. after you have been kidnapped processes by some bad person you start loving the law reasonable through law 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 stars personnel cult was at an all time high men and women all across the country were willing to lay down their lives for only believing that bravery and ultimately victory would guarantee them stalin's approval. 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 marched through a small last winter the local women were all standing on the street throwing things that are spitting and shouting stalin's bandits that's what they called the court isms and i remember feeling them a sort of prime because being all leaders bend it somehow close to him and we all

wanted that i had that feeling for a long time until i set things straight. a nine hundred forty eight live near there was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to twenty five years in a labor camp the charge was simple he survived captivity which to stan's mind meant he had sold out his country for his life no proof was necessary after three months of torture there was ready to sign any documents whatsoever with him i refused to sign this so-called confessions 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 can plug them go for this so i agreed a few months later i was on my way to the polar region to the real school labor camp. eight years later you have returned home and the new secretary general of the soviet union denounced alan's 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 style and evokes mixed emotions with his actions still being debated ensuring and some respect his personality cult still survives. catching as our r.t. moscow. now it's time for other news making headlines around the globe. at least twenty five people have died and twenty injured when a tour bus and a lumber truck collided head on in the southern brazilian the state of santa catalina according to officials the truck driver lost control of his recent vehicle on a bend and slammed into the box which was carry forty seven passengers twenty seven people died in similar accidents on the same stretch of road in two thousand and seven. israeli soldiers have used tear gas and a smoke grenades against female palestinian protesters hester's or in an attempt to disperse them dozens of women along with international activists demonstrated in northern drusilla calling for an end to the israeli occupation of the west bank the

activists say they were inspired by calls for democracy to topple the autocratic leaders in egypt and tunisia. in time prime minister silvio berlusconi is back on trial phase in question charges prosecutors claim that mr berlusconi's media empire purchased television rights using offshore companies as part of a tax dodge this is one of the four trials that the italian leader is currently links to including allegations he paid an underage girl for sex and abuse of power he denies all of the others. an 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's 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 backup crews 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 carson arts training center in star city their next scheduled to blast off from the baikonur launch pad. the sun at the end of march the mission will be devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the first man in space yuri gagarin a crew will spend one hundred seventy days on the sas and will meet two u.s. shuttles and three russian cargo ships a spacewalk is also planned during a mission. 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. archies close up team journeyed to some three hundred kilometers northeast of

moscow to the millennium old city of last longer it's day three of our exploration there and we have already seen its historic architecture and culture but one thing we didn't talk about yet is its fascination with sports on the france went there to check out how the region's landscapes are not just great to look at but right on as well. i everyone's going crazy for sports in the jaroslav or region of russia just ask the roster of professional athletes speeding through the international ski federation's cross country world cup at germany now a center of winter sport and leisure situated on the pristine banks of the volga river poland's olympic gold medalist just smoked past the other women the first day of the races oh this is where the race. conditionals the feel for the classic but if you split what's next was the men's race where valentino over herself the first

female cosmonaut was blocking the finish. it gave you it's a great event of course i wanted women steam to be even better than a tease but they did perform well we have very glad for russia but over four hundred children in the world here there were no 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 what it really is. one corps wanted to be the new winter destination one that will fill the surrounding restaurants and hotels this particular school this is a front desk of the city fair as of people come and spend their time here every year and we're sure to expand opportunities because this will inevitably affect the number of people who go in for sports in general and even for winter sports in particular. not far away in the historic march and city of 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 not divine yet the girl yes i've been i swimming for thirty years i love it there is no need for any of the home feel how bits that are widespread nowadays. and massive down on the volga river powered moscow with what tricity throughout world war two until. action of churches greet tourist boats on their first stop from moscow from the church of john the baptist to the church of prince dimitri on blood built 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 that shell back at terminal between the skiing and the snowmobiling which they were kind enough to teach me there 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 and 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 sportsmanship in the jaroslav the region lindsey france r.t. . and you know always find out more about our stories online here's a taste of what we have there for you right now. morals or money washington debates which of course will effectively secure american interests abroad. god find out what drove one american to sing the russian anthem in russian. and if you want to sing russian to or want to learn more about the country make sure you visit our recipient page at.

the nato service member has been killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan it brings the total number of lines 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 drug abuse and scandal with eight cadets expelled as part of an ongoing investigation artie's military contributor thinks the u.s. could be secretly cashing in on u.s. and drug trade well it's been almost a year since their high seas has acquired a totally new connotation for the u.s. navy in march two thousand and ten it was that beginning of the corruption of the u.s. naval academy at annapolis by synthetic drugs since then dozens of the navy an achievement

has been separated or expelled from the academy unfortunately it was not an exception neither for the u.s. navy north for other branches of the u.s. armed forces so in a way the latest drug abuse investigation is only an attempt of the iceberg of the kearney's shifts and negative influence of the american involvement in afghanistan indeed what could motivate future u.s. navy a 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 their poppy fields in helmand and kandahar and as a result they just fall back on the artificial stuff situation of the organic

murray who want to however it did legitimize all kinds of criminal activity it also legitimize the cult of impunity and profiteering and that is probably the hidden agenda one of the us open ended commitment to afghanistan. and coming soon our special report on how corporations control over world food supplies leads to thousands of people starving to death but first i'll be back with a recap of our top stories. that has become normal and gloom is to keep the creation of the do the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to

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