water. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. in them. while fighting continues around levy reports of heavy gunfire in the capital are dismissed by the government as simply groping about the celebrations. unrest in the oil rich arab world some shock waves through the u.s. economy as the protests see fuel prices soaring also. we are in an information war and we are losing that war hillary clinton throws down the gauntlet to the u.s. media to up its game against other countries international media outlets including our team. many britons are parents of boycott your protein

nationwide census outsourced to a controversial u.s. for over three years all their personal info my and out overseas. watching r t coming to live from moscow it's eleven am here on marina joshing and our top story this week media were heavy gunfire has been heard in tripoli it's unclear whether it has come from rebels trying to gain power or a celebratory gunfire from the supporters of the regime around two thousand program supporters have gathered in the capital where the shoulder of commitments to the ruling leader fifty kilometers outside tripoli clashes between pro and anti-government groups reached the strategic city of zawiya at least seventy people were killed and around three hundred wounded in the fire and it is still unclear of the list now of control or territories claims and counterclaims from both sides are

supposedly are filed this report. on senshi day the libyan leader moammar gadhafi to launch a fresh military offensive he's trying to retake some of the challenge he's lost in the past eighteen days of fine shame. there were some seventy people killed those are the latest reports we're receiving and more than three hundred people injured with reports of 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 we are which is some fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli and the oil rich port of the north now in muslim 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 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 what we have from the rebel leaders themselves is 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 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 attack gadhafi the latest word we

hearing is that the western media is trying to portray gadhafi 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 also analysts who are pushing forward. pinioned of the western media is so and she could afi 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 it 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 left 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 year 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 because they are recording their former intelligence officer for m i five and it's the people in libya who will suffer the moles as the actions of what worley be as allies crossing into becoming a rogue state. we've seen this happen in iraq before now where the insurgents have been supported by special forces since the occupation and invasion and it's just not a good way to go it will create resentment it won't force to the local democratic will and it will give the dictator a pretext to crack down even harder so i think it's definitely a very dangerous path to go down i think for an intervention for the libyan people will be a tragedy because we've seen what happened in bosnia we've seen what happened in iraq where the general population suffer it's not the government which you know sanctions initially imposed against itself it's the general population they're

already in dire straits they're suffering violence they're suffering hunger as well so they will be the ones that have to bear the brunt of any international intervention in terms of what might happen for the west well this is a difficult one it's very much dancing with the devil a dictator who is rogue who has no way to go now because his assets in prison in the west he can't flee he's now wanted potentially in the international criminal court for war crimes so he's got nothing to lose he will fight to the death and even if you were to win even if he cracks down incredibly brutally and crushes the rebels in libya and maintains power yet again then we have a situation where someone who was welcomed back into the international diplomatic fold is going to be very angry and very very cynical about his former allies in the west so once again it will become a rogue state and become a breeding ground for terrorist attackers and things like that it's only a nightmare. risk of our heroes or roving correspondent for the easier time says

that our former allies are what. they'll eventually speak out in the international criminal court. i mean magine it's got that. on a twenty four seven days this collaboration libya took care of the story trio that you know brought back to the international community all the shady deals. older shady financial deals with italy specially aid which has invested actually sixty billion dollars seems interesting levy and that dog your relationships neutrally every european go to not to mention the u.s. an arms dealers from britain. johnnie's from the south the work whole mission says any outside interference and leave years likely to do more harm than good as a people are better at managing the change by himself. they need to keep aren't the record of the western powers of the imperial powers generally in the middle east is

one of. the very the very first lesson that should be learned is that especially given recent events as the people of the middle east are entirely capable of dealing with these they craters on their own terms we really don't need to see the british air force or the british army or the american marine corps the american navy how can these people. pull off ruling themselves in the papers on their own terms of newport border but if you use those who do the liberating the ruling afterwards if the revolutionaries the liberating they get from ruler of country afterwards if the eighty second airborne do it we know what happens when they get them to run the country afterwards and even more on the developing situation in libya on our website as our latest news developments and analysis from our experts.

well the arab uprising sending while prizes to new highs this week it's thought this could be just the start of a very bumpy ride surging fuel costs in the u.s. are threatening to derail the country's economic recovery and as artie's lauren listen reports the political price may also be too high for the obama administration. to new. egypt. the hurricane. algeria. libya protest in countries seeming to fuel one another unrest spreading like wildfire through the middle east and north africa at all raging in all year old rich countries that helped fuel the world's use of more than eighty four million

barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has sent prices soaring i mean a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide now the mideast crisis is hitting home for average americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too have the prices people paper gasoline and now the price americans pay at the pump is threatening to derail the u.s. economic recovery a surge in oil. prices will be the end of the u.s. economy not just an andrew the recovery there's no more bailouts a reality peak oil expert michael c. rupert sees happening it or oil hits one hundred fifty dollars a barrel which he believes is inevitable this year others predict it going to two hundred twenty dollars it's so devastating because oil. fuels more than just cars. it fuels the entire global economy. though there's no doubt that if gas goes to

five dollars a gallon for americans asked some predict there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration's you know gasoline prices go up and march and for a very long period. of your or. your political impact there is no denying the u.s. has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east every time u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation he was calling for an end to the status quo which means a rise in uncertainty and only rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to kind of waiting

back up trying to push their back against an avalanche and i don't think we're going to hear a lot of success and that may not stop the u.s. from trying to take control some observers believe the u.s. may intervene militarily in libya or oil reserves are massive under false pretenses of helping protesting people has nothing to do with interest. it has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations military corporate profits even way analysts say the price of fuel going up will simply fuel public rage and the government is largely helpless the american people are going through a very nasty ride and there's no way out of enough i can tell you the government understands that it's time lauren mr r.t. new york. afghan president hamid karzai says washington isn't doing enough to prevent mounting civilian casualties caused by american and nato military actions

in his country has voiced his criticism in a video conference with president barack obama on thursday. it follows nato's apology a day earlier for killing nine children have ghana stand on preliminary alliance the poor souls the boys all under age of twelve were gathering firewood one day were targeted airstrike overall estimates suggest nato campaign in the country has caused over nine thousand civilian deaths since two thousand and one political activist holden's always says innocent afghans are becoming mere statistics and america's so-called war on terror. it's very difficult to translate these apologies into into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan the civilians are the victims of both the nature of civilian casualties that the terrorists the problem with suicide

bombings and with. targeting of civilians. areas and the people on its own are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or in the hands of. improv but then players and players they need financial community and one player is the afghan government and both players are incompetent and ignorant about the true meaning of hearts and minds the intention of this war was to fight terror but the people. have become a victim of terror the united states and coalition forces have to do much better and they have to also hold the afghan side also at a higher standard in this case both the afghan government and the international community are held responsible in the eyes and and the eyes of the people of about this. and of the next hour here in our seeing as special report a look at the history of the twentieth century weapon of terror all around the

world and claims countless lives every year the car bomb. hillary clinton has said the u.s. is losing an information award to foreign media outlets including r.t. this week the secretary of state ask congress for more cash to step up america's halfords to get its message across parties get action down reports from washington d.c. war declared the u.s. is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often running contrast to the coverage

of events by the us news stream media 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 we are cutting back the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including d.t.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then more and more viewers across the world tuning in to various foreign media to get a fresh take on events clearly the united states feels on the defensive in part because it can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the debate there's other information out

there are other points of view and those points of view are profoundly damaging to a country that believes that its point of view is the only point of view or should be the only point of view r.t. presence on you tube is one example almost three hundred million views as opposed to c.n.n. that has around three million artie's constantly growing audience is already an indication to many that the days of media monopoly are over and people demanded more people are approached the news there is no real commitment to the kind of freedom of diverse speech that we really need if we're going to be a democracy at home and in a you know a community of nations overseas to maybe hillary clinton speech a few weeks ago on freedom of internet seemed contradictory to the treatment that sources like weak elites are getting us legislators are not crafting a lot it would give the administration increased flexibility to go after weiqi leaks and the likes and now the administration is seeking more funding to step up

u.s. propaganda efforts have brought during the cold war we did a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok and enough of that you know we've. we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it last year the head of the agency that manages the us government on international broadcasting asked for more money for his department we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies the list of enemies included russia china iran and venezuela walter isaacson the head of the agency which runs weeks of america among other media outlets later backtracked on this statement isaacson's page for more funding seemed even more unconvincing considering his agency has a budget of seven hundred fifty million dollars and it's way more than the budget of r t iran's press t.v. and venezuela's tell us we're combining probably money alone can't close by global media clouds walter isaacson's speech last year so under hostile message to foreign

media exposing shortcomings in the us mainstream but secretary clinton's statement made it official the u.s. is fighting a global information war and exclusive i'm going to stick our reporting from washington r.t. . as a war of ideas hits our observers say it's washington's own fault for being on the losing end the christopher chambers professor of media studies at georgetown university says real news is on its way out in the us due to the press and t.v. tell ownership by big corporations. the corporatization don't mess to clean of america new has basically thrown out the whole need for news gathering and real reporting in exchange for punditry and entertainment and sensationalism because that going to deliver the demographics to the guys who pay for the commercials what's happening is we've opened up these huge gaps because we're more concerned with reality t.v. and people arguing and people attacking the president than we are with having

people on the ground finding out what the problem the problems are and when you do that you can it produce a product that people here and around the world are going to introspect you know that the amount of money we're talking about she could literally set up an entire. voice for america on steroids a real state run news network she's not that's not what's going to happen they're going to try to go into these countries and probably try to buy news basically be a true propaganda arm rather than a news gathering and reporting which is what archie al-jazeera and the chinese network are going to be yes they're going to have their messages but they're real news networks they're pretty much where c.b.s. a.b.c. n.b.c. were thirty years ago before things fell apart and record. well we're always interested in new york. your thoughts on.

freedom is the basis of russia's future developing a massive playing this week from present to the end of the century forms are now out of several for the country. merely so. we can postpone our freedom should we fear that the free man might use his freedom inadequately some believe that our country's tragic history in the twentieth century was a result of the failed injection of freedom they believe the skeptics who say grand scale reform is unsuitable for the russian people i think differently a country should not be held together with china screws it is obvious that in order that it is excessive restrict the excessive number of controllers does not usually leads to the triumph of good and not give a tree over corruption but rather to degree day should have management therefore

it's extremely important to give the society a chance to organize itself better the president's message came as russia marks one hundred fifty years since the abolition of serfdom by the creator was signed by sorrow xander the second after a long struggle for reform in society the country's modernization and liberal changes have been other for freida president with the end of policies since he came to power. the u.k.'s preparing for a nationwide census which is the start of the end of the month the government says it will help provide the services and resources people need radical action to controversal us to fans corporation means many fear their privacy will be violated where they are personal data falling into the wrong hands are these or end of reports. it's census time in the u.k. where every household in the country is asked to provide detailed information about their lives to the government so they can keep track of what's going on and who

will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s. arms manufacturers lockheed martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds they are no longer of oppressive regimes they also are the us heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan opposed by the majority of people in britain even if supported by the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he makes land mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation at guantanamo bay although it will be the u.k. arm that carries out the survey there's still a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act

which compels personal data held by any company on systems in the us to be made available to government intelligence the office for national statistics which in gauged lockheed martin maintains it's taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. all dancer processing will be carried out in the u.k. no dancer will leave will be held any point outside the u.k. no lockheed martin staff will have access to any personal census data or data is the property of the and only u.k. e.u. owned companies will have any access to personal census data but it's that last point that's raise red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private information collected during the census will be available to practically any organization that requests it i only use it on the any statute. but only use by the security or intelligence services for national security purposes any use

for the pursuit of crime any use in pursuit of an e.u. community obligation so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever the coverage or else is being abolished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secrets terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost the medical records of tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin the involvement of the senses it would be hard for the u.s. authorities to lay their hands on that information if they wanted data in the said says it is used by the government to award grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society the census run by looking martin raises grave concerns in britain about ethics and international security if a lot of people boycott that says it will make it ineffective and

a waste of money with a two hundred forty million dollar contract amounts will go into looking at martins pocket anyway your average r.t. . time now to take a look at some other stories from around the world at least twenty six people have been killed twenty injured. when a passenger bus collided with a lumber truck in the southern brazilian state of santa catarina police report the truck driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the bus which had forty seven passengers on board in two thousand and seven two similar accidents on the same road claimed twenty seven lives. a fire which tore through a bar in central taiwan has left nine dead and twelve injured preliminary investigation suggests the blaze list caused by sparks from an allergy towards being used in a performance several of the victims were found in the staircase between the first and second floors. u.s. air force has launched its second and space plane from cape canaveral the blastoff

of the atlas five rocket carrying the orbital test took place a day later than anticipated to go bad weather the purpose of the rocket has been kept in mystery leading to much speculation that the first spacecraft of this kind was launched last april and landed in california during the two hundred seventy day mission control right down. bobbie back shortly a with a recap of this week's top stories and today's headlines don't go away. in the little.

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