the problem here and the thing got beat is that some reporters became not only part of the story but its main driving force of. our correspondent in libya discovers how journalist the arab throwing a while on the fire stirring the conflict just gives striking headlines. as could obvious foreign cash goes under along he experts warn of the legacy of using frozen assets as a long term political tool. and young people in italy look to inject fresh blood into the country's leadership but some fear it could mean leading to the nationalistic far right.

party coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program. findings intensified in several key cities in libya as procrit often forces strike to regain control reports say dozens of people have been killed in numerous attacks of rebel held areas and say government forces say they need to regroup and bring in artillery as the intend to advance on tripoli meanwhile and overnight rallies been held in the capital in support of the regime with thousands chanting program off the slogans international media say the country's civil war and the number of victims is heading into the thousands but as artie's it's not a boy who reports foreign journalists are being accused of exaggerating the reality . of war in comprehensible as it sounds it's present in any conflict just days ago these parents feared for their

children's lives today they're taking their pictures in front of the tanks the desire to be captured laughing in the face of danger is even stronger image of journalists and the conflict in libya is providing a perfect setting for a moment gadhafi is striking back there we're hearing reports of warplanes bombing opposition camps in eastern libya forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared to be advancing east into areas held by his opponents on t.v. screens have been ghazi may look like the center of the rebel resistance but in reality it's more like a seaside resort than a conflict zone who told the food book to journalists and residents go about their daily lives here boys are looking for new things to play with toy guns are in ample supply some reports from them ghazi referred to the fig tree sion in eastern libya as war not

a conflict zone where rebels are engaged in sporadic and honestly preacher battles with progress after forces but an all out war no i don't have any fear life is going on as usual it's ok you know it's one of the first trip. orders to arrive in benghazi for several days she's been traveling with the rebels about two hundred kilometers west of the city at some point the pro-government forces opened fire at her crew a focal point of her report and there's a war going on where the real like it or not there is that there is a frontline you know and there are people with guns and there are two sides fighting he's channels know that gunfire and explosions make for strong t.v. but they also can help to blow things out of proportion and with journalist unable to report freely from tripoli and all the gadhafi controlled parts of libya some can find themselves sucked in by the rebel sides of the story parables are just opening up to journalists they just love them and. just whenever they take one city

we go with them and then we go into into the other city but reporters need to gravel's to here in the opposition's press center in ghazi internet access isn't restricted and the coffee available twenty four hours that message is on the wall and sometimes finds its way into reports of the people the cries of each religion the head so we are really in the air. because we don't trust the drivers we have to be within the horse circles so you as a human being you tell me how could you be objective and here is human rights with rebels professing their readiness to fight good after his regime to the bitter end of wonder news reports a caring predictions of in an uncivil war yet as the rebels inability to mount a fully fledged defensive becomes more apparent so is the in balance nature of the coverage media may call good after delusional but in their assessment of the events

in libya they don't show a full grasp of history either. many people think that being a war correspondent takes a lot of courage and hard work but actually all fun. it's much easier and far more enjoyable than routine journalistic assignments especially when they were sitting sideways so accommodating the problem here and it being got to is that some reporters became not only part of the story but in its main driving force and instead of hoping that full blown confrontation and bloodshed good very thing that almost calling for it something like art see in gazi libya american radio host stephen lyman says the white house is using the country's media to put a spin on events in libya. the people question very genuine these people want something different they realize that they have a different situation in egypt. and the out syrians admit to ians they

realize if the worst thing they can happen to them is western intervention if the west gets control of the country and especially america it will be much much worse wise to one hears from america and from the west elite is tremendously good in a very. very surprised some of your viewers believe it is for me it is the new york times and i literally hold the new york times the closest thing in america to an official state ministry of information and probably get it if there's so graceful reports of what he's going on in libya what did people want egypt they don't seem very much you know excluded egypt no and you really your boy the. most you know we've already. world affairs aspart stephen cohen says what's

happening in libya won't necessarily bring about democracy here somewhat well here in about twenty minutes time when the new york academic talks to r.t. . the united states has the regime going to turkey and so many countries in one lifetime very rarely president worked out for the american intervention. discredits your current attorney before being overthrown i was over it appears the pirate was overthrown with the backing of the united states in the force of the favor of domestic democracy we sing we do what we're witnessing. it's not true these are pro democracy movement sure we use or. despotic movements they want to get rid of the dictator. but getting rid of the dictator or going to the country doesn't mean the biggest insurance market research that's.

leaving government is reportedly running out of money with the accounts of current qaddafi and his inner circle being frozen around the world the un security council has unanimously order to travel and ask its ban on the leading leaders regime archies lauren lyster looks at how those resources of broad might be used. but as violence continues in libya the u.s. sends warships and more troops in that direction fueling speculation of a military intervention and meanwhile western countries may have already launched a war against colonel moammar gadhafi as north african regime countries consider. freezing over. those of. the weapons here the foreign assets of either libya the country or khadafi and his family that some estimate to be almost one hundred billion dollars it's believed to

be spread across the globe oriel money invested through the country's sovereign wealth fund everything from a stake in the company that owns the financial times newspaper to land near the spanish resort town of marbury are being developed into homes and i golf course to the oil company of your annex and billions of dollars of cash in banks throughout europe and the u.s. the question now is what happens to all this money especially the thirty billion dollars the united states has frozen the most ever in the history of this country and this type of situation it essentially cuts libya off from the entire u.s. banking system for now it stays put while the situation is still uncertain but what is certain the president of the united states is now in control of this money which gives him a powerful tool book. deal about this money or some of this money. for. whatever the u.s.

or at that point this is trying to accomplish. that he thinks it's all about control and profit. this is an empire it's an empire where the greatest profits come from the military contracts and the oil contracts. they will work overtime those corporations are interest to enact these sanctions the u.s. president declared the situation in libya quote an unusual and extraordinary threat to u.s. national security and foreign policy that's not typical considering there is not a clear aggressive action libya has taken against the u.s. as for libya's financial interests analysts say you could look to the history of countries such as iran their assets were frozen in the wake of the one nine hundred seventy nine hostage crisis their money that was seized from iran back in one nine hundred seventy nine has still you know not been returned to the iranians so it's

basically time for a ponder pull a you know if we can take it away from them we will the money is used most often to pay for the settlements of lawsuits against a leader or a government or to recoup losses khadafi can likely kiss the money goodbye we took their nuclear capacity away made promises didn't live up to them claim that was a great victory for peace and now we're in a situation where it's clear that oil is at stake the future of the massive sums of money removed from libyan oil is now it's uncertain is the divided country it came from lauren lyster r.t. new york. so we got a program the name of an eye and moscow nightclub throws a party titled after russia's prime minister but while the reporting is not exactly flattering of being the face of the event also. we do it for moscow's roof top to see what one of the city's highest flying women is up to. it looks like italy's

decision makers need to watch their backs was wore a tie and shifting their support to find new people to kick start their country but that could mean a worrying lurch to the far right as matthew stevens reports from rome. italy. is turning bitter unemployment's is a near record high. and analysts believe much needed economic growth might still be years away moreover fresh scandals engulfing prime minister berlusconi are being reported on a daily basis fueling italians traditional distrust of politicians bad news yes but not for everyone grassroots political movements rather than parties cashing in on this grim state of affairs among them neofascist ones in africa this is italy's cause a pound our plan to take everything this is this queen of course the multicultural multiethnic parts of the bustling community of asian middle east and north african

residents living side by side but here in this six story building says the headquarters of it is most prominent the fast growing radical right wing council. named after us first as a pound and unwavering supporter of mussolini's fascist regime this building is home to seventy of the movement's members the walls are covered with the names and posters of their heroes including some surprisingly taken from the leftist media such as che guevara because of pan support has grown on side the unemployment rate a staggering twenty nine percent of its hand in youth currently without a job young well of italy is a country of old people it is hard for the young to find a job or make their voices heard we're not only a generation deprived of our future but also of our present. because the balance present with its brand of revamped third millennium fascism as its members shamelessly put it is one of rapid growth and direct contrast to the country's

economy. through its intense agenda of discussion forums here splitting rock concerts and squat actions the movement is on the up and up a recent membership campaign gathered over two thousand five hundred paying supporters on just its first day. no. this is an association of free men and women of every social class and age we believe that fascism was a grand period in italy's past all of cultural and artistic splendor we can't put a label ourselves as fascists we are witnessing the end of the political parties rule movement such as this one will prevail against them. members also claim there are an anti racist anti discrimination movement where they just playing the political correctness game some fear this might be the case. the pound is a dangerous phenomenon i received threats over the phone when i opposed public funding to a concert they organized here in rome they say me some intimidating lyrics of one

of their band songs then hung up the movement's members deny any wrongdoing and came the media and leftist politicians are misrepresenting them the disconnect between lawmakers in the electorate in italy is growing with an opposition virtually john the native by antibalas going to rhetoric and the shattered ruling coalition seemingly more focused on its leaders legal issues but on the country's fate for some here even mussolini a dead dictator seems to be more appealing matthew stevens rome for r.t. . get more on our stories that are t. dot com we play lined up for you online tasty and traditional way of saying goodbye to winter russian style learn about the muslim holy week. and discover the slavic version of the it's a grandmother who works are evil on misbehaving children now the frightening fairy tale is heading for the big screen or even more in the arts section at r.t.

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you're seeing are here live from moscow now when it comes to branding in advance of drawing crowds of young people politicians names don't usually top there was however a moscow nightclub has hosted a successful person party at the prime minister's office is less than happy about it even though the club's owners say it was a customer's choice of archi sarah ferguson went along. i think. by. now with. the by now all that. is exactly this type of. other possibility of legal action. mr prime minister himself and all of us working with him we are trying to be very careful about not letting his name being used in proper and proper sense. he

himself is favoring the cases where his name is used for the promotion of a healthier way of living for promotion. aid to children for promoting whatever useful but certainly i mean using his name for promoting importing and travel in my opinion is. a team of the party with. the name of the prime minister was chosen by the public for passing the names of children to swear words. this is not a commercial about we knew might be controversial but we decided to throw it anyway . because they're only saying that they think that that's. been like nothing to the prime minster oh i think it's a really good idea. i think if you go back to washington.

and i. wrote attention. and i think a lot of. countries i had thought that the guy the great guy. this god that i want the private is. appropriate when they like. those goods really a lot of the time. it's the season for one group of people to head up high and gad they're ready for the chimney sweeps of moscow it's a busy time but the more you can forget of the stereotypes about only the man with the brooms on the city's skyline aston martin record the snow just guys doing the dirty work it's snowy and cold on this moscow roof but this team here to

remove snow they're interested in the chimney sort of the premier this is a very old thing we don't even know if it's possible to install five paces sometimes dead the chimneys. apart from the love of grooves galina is also unusual in being moscow's only female chimney sweep she runs the company the art of the chimney sweep cleaning city stacks all over the capital including some rather special ones rearward. we've worked inside the kremlin some old mansions and all chechens i love my profession because i get to see very interesting places others don't get to see a whole male staff make covers the chimney pots and consult the interim some of moscow's especially complicated flues they say they're full of respect for the bob's. your mother well before going to move she does a great job managing the team and dealing with

a heavy workload especially as this work is usually considered only for men. clearly used to have a male business partner but he didn't like the technical nature of the job and left her years of experience now make her a specialist in her field and with humor more manic at the harsh physical work women are better at ministration and coming up with creative solutions everyone knows our brains work differently for example women can concentrate on many things at once. she's also very proud of her work establishing a guild with other chimney cleaning companies she even tells us some of the folklore surrounding chimney sweeps widely believed to be good luck. cause i thought once a month or ten very pastoral she'd no fireplace or chimney she just wanted to see in touch a real chimney sweep could look for some what going to an adult is beneath them to others it goes right over her head for her when she's up here she's on top of the world for martin are three moscow. some more are the world's main news this hour

love is once again spewing from one of the world's most active volcanoes well kill why and why has fired more than rock nine hundred meters into the air scientists say the high end activity was spotted shortly after a crater. no homes are under threat ok no has been in constant eruption since nine hundred eighty three. northern chile has been struck by a six point two magnitude earthquake sending shock among local residents go no injuries are being reported the epicenter was in a rural area near the border with peru and vergence you say damage is minimal they are using the word frequent tremors the country is also still recovering from twenty tans from massive earthquake that killed well over five hundred people. former french president jacques chirac storages a month long trial today it's over claims he misused public funds as mayor of paris

twenty years ago insists he's innocent and plans to address the judge himself on wednesday perry city hall dropped its complaint last year but the cases still being pursued by france's independent judiciary a prison sentence is unlikely while the trial itself could be short lived as a paris public prosecutor seeks to get the case dropped. the discovery shuttle is about to start her final journey home after almost three decades of space service the crew have said their goodbyes to those aboard the international space station and are now preparing to undock discovery will then orbit the earth for the last time taking a few pictures along the way before landing on wednesday. and also on the way in a few minutes we'll look at what's in store for libya once the turmoil recedes before that corrina account will bring us the latest from the world of business.

and welcome to our business update here in r.t. who has steadily strengthened in the past few weeks largely due to rising oil prices the russian currency has jumped almost eight percent to five dollars and roughly five percent to the euro since the beginning of the year because of from b. to b. capital predicts the ruble could strengthen further the coming months. we have good prices spike due to all these. and we also should take into consideration that every ten bucks an increase in oil translates into forty billion dollars. from the current accounts i saw the first quarter waiting to be bullish for the ruble and think of it. at least until the end of march and probably through. as well. for the how the markets are doing asian stocks were lower on monday weighed by the

stronger world price the nikkei closed over going to help percent higher exporters weight of the index callen lost one point eight percent and sony shed one point three percent the energy development in fact rose one point two percent in hong kong not energy shares a lot because of investors concerned placed. stocks in europe are losing ground in early trading on monday following heavy losses for something asian markets along stocks on the move more hennessy we've dropped one and a half percent in paris after agreeing to buy italy's baldry and inmarsat dropped a twelve percent in london after reporting its two thousand and ten results here in russia the markets are closed because the quality stocks finished their last trading session in the black most of the blue chips were higher last week which bear bank and to the t.v. of more than one point two percent. continued growth in oil prices strengthening over who will look to being the name drivers rushing markets in the coming week

brian this nasty from uni credit security says the ruble is getting route to the russian retail sector as well. so we'll continue to strengthen obviously that's going to prove very supportive for a lot of the russian consumer teams definitely getting more optimistic about making need x. five going forward the banks will benefit indirectly from the strengthening ruble still like super bank right now but of course i would expect for some of the steel producers to come under pressure being in that they have to pay the majority of their fees locally here in rubles and they have to for any of the importing prices will be would be dollar denominated now they have rest in oil producing nations have let prices feeling the heat over the past few weeks brant crude has hit twenty two year highs and is currently trading at about one hundred seventeen dollars per barrel while the w t o is it over one hundred six dollars a barrel but investment bankers say that's far ahead of real production costs for

all marketers and many ways a profit the more the markets on the long some price and some of the moment rather than on some marginal production that's become a first amendment on the details of the battle. of the world price is much on the result it is something came in better than the world price from the fact that there is a lot of with the stability. around the world but fundamentally you know when i was the souls that so the goals have been it was about the rise of the muslim particles in the world and that's the sort of level of respect or to be floating around the world. during two thousand and ten six international banks and else they want to cut back their presence in the russian banking sector morgan stanley sold its russian mortgage business last year buckley says it's putting else while spain suntan there has left the retail market sector but analysts say the russian banking industry is becoming more competitive for international players. state controlled banks have become more aggressive in lending. in these more

competitive for much more competitive market began to shift scale measure so work around. didn't have enough skill and could be seen in the knife skills so they decided to meet for for that reason but that does not mean that the russian market became an attractive for its two were attractive but it's more competitive and it's a lot happier at the moment but we're bringing you the latest update here on business i take it less than one.

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