the problem here and it being god is that some reporters became not only part of the story but its main driving force of. our responsibility as covers time journalists there are throwing oil on the fire stoking the conflict just to get striking headlines. as could obvious foreign cash goes under a lot and he experts warn of the legacy of using frozen assets as a long term political tool. and young people in italy you love to inject fresh blood into the country's leadership but some fear it could mean leaning to the nationalistic far right.

at one pm in moscow you are watching r t with me wearing a joshie findings intensified in several key cities in libya as procrit of the forces strive to regain control reports say dozens of people have been killed in numerous attacks on rebel held areas anti-government forces say they need to regroup and bring in artillery for their plan advance on tripoli meanwhile reports suggest people in. the east are fleeing the town fearing new attacks from progress regiment's international media say in a country on the brink of civil war all the number of victims is heading into the thousands but as artie's son a boy who reports the majority of journalists have been exaggerating their reality their. 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. the tanks the desire to be captured laughing in the face of danger is even stronger in the journalists and the conflict in libya is providing a perfect setting for a moment of 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 e.-c. into areas held by his opponents on t.v. screens he may look like the center of the rebel resistance but in reality it's more like a seaside resort then a conflict zone or to 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 sent from ghazi refer to this the tree sion is to read as war another conflict zone where rebels are engaged in sporadic and oscillated battles

with procrit our forces but an all out war now i don't have any theory life is going on as usual it's ok you know i was one of the first reporters to arrive in ghazi 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 and her crew a focal point of her report and there is 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 use channels know that gunfire and explosions make for strong t.v. but they also can help to blow things out of proportion and with the journalist unable to report freely from tripoli and all the gadhafi controlled parts of libya son can find themselves sucked in by the rebel side of the story their rules 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 rebels to. here in the opposition's press center in ghazi internet access isn't restricted because here bailable twenty four hours the message is on the wall and sometimes finds its way into reports gadhafi put a prize in each village in the stead so we're really in the. mood because we don't trust the driver so we have to be within the horsemeat circle so you as a human being you to leave could you be objective and here is human rights with rebels professing their ragin is to fight gadhafi is regime to the bitter end no wonder news reports a caring predictions of imminent civil war yet as the rebels inability to mount a fully fledged offensive becomes more apparent so is the imbalance nature of the cover each media may call good after delusional but in their assessment of the

events and lead they don't show a full grasp of the street either. many people think that being a book or respond to takes 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 of hearing and being god 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 could get her there almost calling for it sounded like artsy gazi. in a pan a journalist he's harman snow says global media reports from libya lack one fundamental thing that's evidence of an all embracing conflict usually. the government forces need these forces. in many of these and one of these cities the weapons depot had already been taken over by the rebels and it was

a government to begin to get over. when get out of it then of course he was the enemy and he received the dictator and he's a terrorist if a canadian forces marched into washington d.c. and took over the pentagon and we responded nobody would call the american government a terrorist government for protecting our own interests but that's what we're seeing here with duffy and some of these so-called bombings it's very interesting because very little in the presence of pictures actually you know but it's another theme in the reporting that i read today was this idea that people in washington are. conversing with governments in europe about what to do about this rogue state media and that and the need for humanitarian aid instead of military intervention well the military intervention has already occurred but again i mean special forces have been on the ground in libya before february twenty sixth laying the ground for what's going on there you know they're all over the place there's navy seals coming

in from the nature and the special forces coming in from the here on the other side where the u.s. has special forces training openly advertised in american military journals. world affairs aspart steven cohen says what's happening in libya won't necessarily bring about democracy here are some of what we'll hear in the next hour when the new york academic talks or teen. united states is going to be militarily and so many countries are going to harm very were. american intervention discredits your alternative to tyranny been overthrown i was appears the pirate was overthrown. and the forces are very regressed. we sing. in addition to what we're witnessing. here. it's not true these are pro-democracy movements here these are. responding because

they want to get rid. getting rid of a dictator as we do with the country doesn't look good sure it could but more recently that's. believe me and government is reportedly running out of money with the accounts of colonel gadhafi and his inner circle being frozen around the world the un security council has unanimously ordered a travel and assets ban on the libyan leader's regime artie's lauren lyster looks at how those resources abroad 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 their asses as.

the weapons here the foreign assets of either libya the country or could off in his family that some estimate to be almost one hundred billion dollars it's believed to be spread across the globe or you all 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 marbella being developed into homes and a 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. you have to go forward. whatever the u.s. ports is trying to accomplish. and that he thinks it's all a belt control and profit. and empire 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 same sions 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 at 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 i did seventy nine has still you know not been returned to the iranians so it's pretty sickly time for a ponder play 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 they didn't live up to their 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 reach for libyan oil is now is uncertain is the divided country it came from lauren lyster r.t. new york still had on a program the name of the night a moscow nightclub throws

a party titled after russia's prime minister but a lot of reporters not exactly flattered at being the face of the event also. resort to moscow's rooftop to see what one of the city's highest flying women is up to. it looks like it all is this is a make or is a need to watch their backs with more italian shifting their support to find new people to kick start their country but that could mean a worrying a 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 more of a fresh scandals engulfing prime minister berlusconi now being reported on a daily basis cheering 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 neofascists ones this is italy's cause a pound our plan to take everything this is this we know quarter 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 sense the headquarters of it is most prominent the fast growing radical right. concept. named after us 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 pound support has grown alongside the unemployment rate a staggering twenty nine percent of his hand in youth but currently without a job he was young well italy is

a country of all people it is hard for the young to find a job or make their voices heard we're not only a generation deprived the right future but also of our present. because the bounds present with its brand of revamped third millennium fascism as its members shamelessly put it is one of rapid growth in direct contrast to the country's economy. through its intense agenda of discussion forums is splitting rock concerts and squat actions the movement is on the up and not a recent membership campaign gathered over two thousand five hundred paying supporters on just its first date. 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 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 but 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. because of pounds is a dangerous phenomenon i received threats over the phone when i opposed public financing to a concert they organized here in rome they sang 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 left us politicians are misrepresenting the disconnect between lawmakers in the electorate in italy is growing with an opposition virtually dominated 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 all our stories that are t dot com we've plenty lined up for you on why the tasty and traditional way of saying goodbye to

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mind. when it comes to branding an inventor drawing crowds of young people politicians names don't usually top the list however a moscow nightclub has hosted a successful coaching party but the prime minister's office is less than happy about it even though the club's owners say it was the customer's choice of tribute artist surfer of wines along. that they take. the bike. is exactly this type of.

illegal. 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 proper sense. he himself is favoring the cases where his name is used for the promotion of a healthier way of living for promotion let's say aid to children for promoting whatever useful but certainly i mean using his name for promoting a party in a private club in my opinion is. the theme of the party was. the name of the prime minister was chosen by the public surpassing the names of children bruce willis. 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 found.

the nightclub is nothing new the premise to promote a really good idea. i think if you go back to washington. having a. tension. making a lot of money but they. think a lot of. strong. countries a handful. of the great. the peace of god the i will of the private is. appropriate when i talk to the closer. look at myself this was really a little bit sad sad. well some more of the world's main news this

hour now lava is once again spewing from one of the world's most active volcanoes mount killer why hawaii has fire of molten rock ninety meters into the air scientists say heightened activity was spotted shortly after a crater floor collapsed no homes are under threat 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 although no injuries are being reported the epicenter was are in a rural area near the border with peru and emergency crews say damage is minimal the areas endured frequent grammars the country's also still recovering from twenty tans massive earthquake that killed well over five hundred people. 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. as the season for one group of people to head up high and get there ready for the chimney sweeps of moscow it's a busy time what's more you can forget the stereotypes about only being manned with the grooms on the city's skyline and some are the reports it's not just guys doing the dirty work. it's snowy and cold up on this moscow roof but this teen aren't here to remove snow they're interested in the chimney sort rather primary this is a very old building we don't even know if it's possible to install fireplaces here sometimes dead beds clog up the chimneys. apart from the love of moves 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 couple's lot including some rather special ones reared of what. we want to inside the kremlin similar

mansions in all chechens i love my profession because i get to see very interesting places others don't get to see a whole mil stuff make covers for two reports and consult the lean on some of moscow's especially complicated flues they say they're full of respect for their boss. use model for going to she does a great job managing the team and dealing with our heavy workload especially 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 manicured at the hard 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 found once and i managed and very puzzled she had no fireplace or chimney she just wanted to see and touch a real chimney sweep for good luck for some what really nobody is beneath them to others it goes right over her head for her when she's up here is on top of the world from martin are three months ago. well we are up to date let's see what's happening in business going to joins us now and kareen we're hearing that one thing sometimes gets happening whether a war here is getting stronger over in a well that's right and the russian currency has jumped almost eight percent to the dollar and roughly five percent of the euro. all that largely due to rising oil prices more on that in a moment but first to our top story hello and welcome to business the unrest in oil producing nations have let prices feeling the heat over the past few weeks brant crude has hit two year highs and is currently trading at around one hundred seventy

dollars a barrel while the w t o is it over one hundred six dollars per barrel but investment bankers say that's far ahead of production costs for marketers are in many ways a perfect mortice markets on the long term for most of the time the normal or the long term margin production which will come first the middle on the beach there was a battle and part of the world prices much higher for the it is something came in better than the old pros from the paragraph there is a lot of really for the stability around the world not fundamentally there in the souls that serve to build the metals about the rise of the muslim particles in the world and that's the sort of where with respect for them to be floating around the world. during two thousand and ten six international banks announced 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 pulling out while spain sometime there has left the retail market sector but i'd say the russian banking

industry is becoming more competitive for international players. state controlled banks have become more aggressive and. more competitive for a much more competitive market branch of scale matter so what. do you make of. steel so. decided to be for that reason what. does not mean the russian market became an attractive stuber attractive but it's more competitive. and let's take a look at the markets now european stock markets again in yuki's footsie recovered from earlier losses helped by strong results run into their group while satellites communications for inmarsat dropped sharply after reporting its two thousand and ten results now mining stocks are mostly low in london including eight percent drop air for rio tinto and one point two percent for for vendetta resources here in

russia the markets are closed for public holidays stocks finished their last trading session in the black most of the blue chips were higher last week with spare bank and d.t.b. up more than one point five percent. continued growth in oil prices and the strengthening ruble look to being the main drivers for russian markets in the coming week brian business from uni credit security says the ruble is giving room to the russian retail sector as well. the ruble continues to strengthen obviously that's going to prove very supportive for a lot of the russian consumer names and we're getting more optimistic about making need x five going forward we will benefit indirectly from the strengthening ruble still likes we're break right now but of course i would expect for some of the steel producers to come under pressure being that they have to pay the majority of their fees locally here in rubles and a half there for any of the importing prices will be would be dollar denominated.

now that possibly through has strengthened largely due to rising oil prices the russian currency has jumped almost eight percent to the dollar and roughly five percent to the euro since the beginning of the year equal i pod goes a from b. to b. capital predicts there will could strengthen further in the coming months. prices spike due to all these risks and who also should take into consideration their every ten bucks the increase in oil translates into forty billion dollars. from the current advance so the first quarter likely to be bullish for their own i think there will. at least until the end of march and probably through through april as well. which is gas from has become one of the world's ten best position companies to gain from

the recent oil price boost citigroup has calculated that every ten dollar rise of crude price results in a ten percent increase in the gas pumps and things pushchair the rating is stopped by the canadian natural resource corp which sends it earnings john by one third. so for now i'll be back with more in less than one hour thanks for watching.

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