street with the palm of your. very welcome if you just joined us in thirty minutes. a look at the headlines. they've been rebels are gaining on colonel gadhafi as they had phones west closer to the capital tripoli allied airstrikes helped them recapture several key oil town and while nations agreed to take over command of operations in the country which will go beyond enforcing the no fly zone. the mosco says the boring intervention is the result of gadhafi as crimes against his own citizens but warns that ordinary people shouldn't stop the strikes russia's forces have been too

reckless and their actions as reports of more civilian deaths come. and in the news this week two hundred arrested in london after serious rioting following a huge protests of up to half a million people against bridges government plans to slash public spending by eight . but demonstrations also agreed with citizens angry at austerity cuts while cash flows into banks and police. and. management has apologized for wrongly reporting that radiation levels had ten million times the norm the mistake brought the media to the creation of emergency teams at the site. next we discussed the rise of islamophobia in the us with award winning journalist. who says it's a reaction to fear. tarty

sitting down with award winning writer and journalist ian buruma named one of the top one hundred global thinkers by foreign policy magazine mr bruma is a professor of democracy human rights and journalism at bard college in new york sir thank you so much for joining us today thank you know your latest book is taming the gods of religion and democracy on three continents so i want to start our discussion by asking you about the role of islam in the modern world how significant is it and do you see a certain level of. a phobia in the united states nowadays do you think it's just there is certainly a level of islamophobia or just the all over the western world it's difficult to talk about the role of islam because it's not one thing to millions and millions of people it's a faith but inside the world of islam there's also

a violent revolutionary movement which is a minority of muslims who take part in it we can sympathize with it but it's there and that causes problems and to the extent that people are worried about violence coming from those groups that worried that worry is justified is that is a long war with no that would be a very mistaken and dangerous notion are you seeing a certain level of phobia when it comes to. well yes you do occasionally beat people who have bigoted opinions on it. i think it's one of the last forms of bigotry that is more or less respectable i mean you can't be ninety seven nights and be respectable but you can say that you can't stand muslims and you can still get invited to dinner is that an acceptable double standard no not in my view but

it's it's part of the modern world from some of the things that have been coming out of the media really seems like that is a sentiment they're trying to fuel i don't think. i wouldn't blame the mainstream media for that at all. i think what it really is is that because of globalization. because of financial insecurity. fast moving developments in the modern world in which some people feel that they're being left behind and so on there's a lot of anxiety and it's always useful in times of anxiety when people have an enemy to focus on immigrants in general but muslims in particular are singled out as an object to fear. but. to come back to your question i don't think that the mainstream media been. the worst culprits in this who have been the worst culprits i think some of them in europe some of the populist politicians who have used this

. in the united states. on radio cable t.v. and so on who. use this issue to stir up. or to exploit resentment now in one of your articles about china there's a place where you see nationalism is often fed by a sense of impotence and i wanted to ask you about this do you think that is a saying that could also be relevant to modern day united states yes but it. comes back to that same issue that people who feel they're not represented they don't have a voice that are not listened to they don't have a grip on public affairs. very vulnerable to leaders who promise the earth as it were if you feel you're a lonely individual who has no influence on anybody and nobody cares about it feels good to be in a crowd shouting usa usa or. in the case of america could be

in china it could be anywhere in china what i meant by. chinese nationalism being a form often the expression form of importance i didn't mean that in the sense of the chinese government but where people have no political voice china's after all not a democracy. there nationalism can play the same role that religion plays in other parts of the world it becomes a kind of. substitute for political. participation the united states is a democracy do you think people have a political voice here certainly more than in china. but the huge role played by money for example has destroy. the process somewhat i mean it is a democracy but like all democracies it has great flaws and one of the flaws i think in this country is that you have two parties and people who get elected only

can can only get elected if there are huge amounts of money involved and that leaves a lot of the population sort of out of the equation who do you think is the real power in the united states who really leads the country at this point is it corporations you know still wall street is it really washington d.c. or is it the tea party is the media it's course not one thing and the fact that it's not a dictatorship means that there is no center of power but if you do corporations for example do you think they have a bit more control than they should in making some i think they probably have more control than they should but that's not to say that corporations run america be too simple they certainly have a huge influence as does wall street as does the pentagon as does. congress as do. various voices in the media i mean they all have an influence some . of these groups institutions have perhaps more influence than

water and that's because of the enormous role played by money i want to talk to you about china now. we talked a little bit about some of the fear mongering in the media do you think china is really a threat to the united states why is it seen as a threat by so many people and. is there a basis to that doing to consider wreck threat to the united states certainly not a military threat they're competing and they have a comparative advantage of having a huge population that can make things much more cheaply than people kind of the united states i don't think it's a huge threat it's perceived again because the rise of china. as a serious power. with the economic clout is has been is recent and has been very fast people are fearful for many different reasons and it's helps them to be able to focus on something in the united states it's usually an external enemy well why

is it such so often external and it could be part of a lack of knowledge what is what well i think it's a big what's probably the history of the u.s. it's sort of refuge from the dangerous outside world one way to make people feel that they have something in common with each other that it creates a kind of cohesiveness of society because of course this idea that here we are in the united states and we will have to defend ourselves against this dangerous world out there is that the united states powerful enough to just stop worrying about you know rationally you would have thought so but these things are not always rational and if there isn't an external enemy people often vent in the domestic one that's not just in america it's all over the place you mentioned japan having been seen as a threat to western economies decades ago where does it stand now where you think

anybody seized upon as a threat anymore very soon after people were making a tremendous fuss about japan buying up the world there was a big recession and japan is now seen as a more or less normal capitalist country with it is a lot. japanese to be fearful and they're very anxious about trying to want to ask you about bric bloc that is made up of brazil russia india and china some experts are saying that this block is going to really become a leader in. the world economic arena do you think that's the case or is china way ahead of everyone else china is certainly bigger than most other places and all these countries have a long way to grow and very dynamic for that. reason because they come from a lower. base. tend to be industrious and ambitious and sold in a way that perhaps is less true in. a continent like your which has been prosperous

for a long time do you think they could become stronger than the united states in europe in terms of their. combined possibly but what a stronger me in today's economies when. corporations very very often they have will have their headquarters in one country but most of the factories in other countries and consumers all over the place and. it's become such an international economy that it's difficult it's very difficult to talk in terms of national strength the chinese talk in that way and it's a it's a nineteenth century. rather german way of looking. thinking about in a column e. . the american system of course is different if you are an american corporation. is not to make the united states into

a stronger nation state to make a lot of money and make sure that the shareholders are happy how do you measure power in north korea economically is a complete backwater it's a little slow out there that nobody would pay any attention to accept for the fact that they have nuclear weapons and that makes it into a power that has to be taken into account. it's a pleasure. first tree removal hold a clear cut. it's. still early in the. heard the remains.

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believin rebels are gaining on colonel gadhafi as they advance west pulls closer to the capital tripoli after allied airstrikes help them bring captured several peak oil towns meanwhile nature has agreed to take over from mandelbrot troops and become free which will go beyond enforcing the no fly zone. moscow says the foreign intervention is a result of good off his crimes against his own citizens but warns that ordinary people shouldn't suffer during strikes and rockets us boring air forces so been too reckless in their actions as reports of more civilian deaths came from. and in other news this week over two hundred arrested in london after serious rioting following a huge protest of up to half

a million people against british government plans to slash public spending by eighty billion pounds but demonstrations also group the e.q. with citizens and rattles dirty cards while cash flows into banks and forms to leave here. and in japan the fukushima nuclear facilities management has apologized for wrongly reporting that british and levels had top ten million times the norm a mistake brought the immediate evacuation of emergency teams and the site. and i'll be back with more news in less than fifteen minutes first a look at what's happening in sport with you know. that's what's the big good to have you with us our headlines this hour. the russian

vitaly petrov reaches the full no one podium for the first ever time finishing third at the season opening a stream grand prix. all changed russia say goodbye to the top of their euro twenty twelve qualifying group for now after feeling to break the deadlock against armenia . and i screw up blunt ancel about move closer to the garden cup finals both moving up in the respective series over the weekend. the telly showing he's got what it takes to contest in formula one the russian earning a first ever podium finish at the opening race of the season in melbourne the borgo rocket elite bettered by pull to fly winner with sebastian vettel lewis hamilton patrol for putting aside the nurse. since last year to assert himself as a more than capable replacement for injured teammate. results also the first podium finish for russia as a country that's well no doubt in great spirits to remain champion for

a full twenty two seconds in front of ten checkered. all in all a very good race i think there was a lot of things to learn today and we need to defer to have another look into the race and move forwards from here brings us the football we're being knocked off their perch in european qualifying adik of the kids second in group b. after being held to a goalless draw by armenia on saturday nights and watching not much in your of and for us was richard from port fleet. i reached the halfway point in their quest to try and qualify for euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland and ukraine a bad task is now become a lot harder following their failure to beat armenia what pick up a cat overseas a big setback for him but he was my grandmother's to pay tribute to way armenia played today. in the game because. we had four away games we were winning three one . is good but seeing this game we played against

a very aggressive team. but still we had the opportunity to win. i think the organization from the team was the final finishing touch you need a little bit luck or russia would dominate possession for long periods of the game but i broke out with a point in a match in the second half of the first half when really russia had many chances to score but unfortunately they were unable to find a net of the stand i play really for the russians annoyed he said here it was crucial the key point of the match is that we didn't score that we scored we would have gone. from the team dominating controlling and creating chances as a coach. but shooting in the goal they have. won fortunately andrea shaaban was once again not at his best former russian national side as they are small midfielder really was on the periphery of everything the russians tried to create and certainly didn't show the same sorts of energy for the likes of. showed him his

form of study is a worry for advocates of a moment it's been a long time since he has put in a decent performance and also russia gone afraid a half manches managing to find the back of the net. i think the whole team worked very hard and you have always. brings his best form we also have seen that some players did not bring their best form but in the organisation they did the job one of the last was a fantastic point for armenia they didn't create much going forward but they managed to restrict russia's attacks by playing a very good defensive game a mess at least. in contention for us plays euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland and ukraine i think that not many teams have considered. being up there you know fighting for the final four points fighting for qualification but you know what i think that we have a very good team and i think that you know many people many teams should really. be serious when their players are russia's next year in two thousand and twelve qualifiable being around for a month's time when they're all again played the armenians and recover catamount

time has plenty to think about most notably about how to try and get his team scoring again as bellamy to free from in the back of a negative way want to break those euro two thousand and twelve finals. to r.t. . ok that result means slovakia rise to the summit in group b. up with a soft during a solitary go wild robbie keane struck proved to be the winner on twenty two minutes in dublin at the republic of ireland security two on win over macedonia so all very close in that group with slovakia russia and ireland all on ten points but it is the slovaks who would currently take the automatic qualifying spot on points difference or maybe it while they're also still in with a shark line just two points i did fourth where we finished second will go into a playoff for the ukraine all in find. surprising results stateside meanwhile were argentina were unable to clinch victory over the u.s. in new york some russian interests in this one as well with spartak moscow defender

marcus were all given a full ninety minutes to impress in the friendly rotation has been the key word for sure too but recently the argentina manager constantly changing his squad with two interim n. s. but also how he is a net impact in the fold demetria was one player roy ensuring maradona is rainbow that tucker coming close after the huff our mark di maria also pivotal in opening the scoring to this very intricate player ventry allowing the firehole. time argentina did. their superiority complex in the second period though and paid the price fifty nine minutes in i can tell oh the full advantage of a mistake by argentina keeper and you are one of the finest. and stalin met in london meanwhile and some liberal still dominating from the off but only managing to reach the scots cooling three minutes from the break rising star neymar finishing some perv no wonder the nineteen year old's attracting

interest from all across europe real madrid believed to be at the top of the queue from on his brazil second fifteen minutes time neymar earning and confirming the penalty for two nil brazil simply plus. let's talk ice hockey where semifinal surprise package kneeled on a commanding three zero lead in their series with lockyer motif the most original if it going real thing off after the first period. goal they made a three zero in the second third slot well they didn't have a consolation in the final period slovak couple to me try giving the visiting found some hope but atlanta were to let their guard slip to the extent of three are in the best of seven western conference the touching distance of the first k.-tel final. meanwhile have seized control in their eastern semifinal series with. two nothing up overall following saturday's

win sell about taking a tour zero with goaltender earth birds and sparking for the winner's shock she needs to thank you to the. drug be in new zealand fans will be hoping the hong kong sevens title they want on sunday won't be the only world they lift this year well the term and is the fifth of eight in the i.r.b. sevens calendar but it's far and away the most prestigious title last went to the northern hemisphere in two thousand and six england. winning another occasion on the were hungry for more navigating tough passage to the side or gnarly sing off. in the playoffs but it was new zealand to establish the lead that would never lose the physicality of the men and block out the break in the deciding factor bench to take the twenty nine seventeen. it's been a hugely entertaining cricket world cup to date three in

a row champions australia exiting at the quarter final stage arland shocking england sound south africa being dumped by new zealand of course the latter occur and seeing the i phone proteas coach offer an apology for his side's elimination. explain. always to the team. is that. and it's going to. and so people who'll say things to us the highlights of the martial arts here for some bowlers happened over the weekend in school the world cup taking place in the country where the sport came into existence some seventy five years ago more than two hundred fifty athletes from twenty six countries taking to the in the couple the majority of putting in place is going to russian practitioners both in the men's and women's offense despite such noodles us feud or

. putin being experts in a combat sport no less some moves popularity remains somewhat stunted worldwide however action movie star alec tech tara who is also a former ultimate fight champion promised to help bring in what he says. very similar to. a general said to have jacket. i think the transition is going to. come but some was not so popular just last year or so. start. putting together fires like this i hope. for a future for our fighters and last i have a great relationship with you you see me and i'll do my best there is no more to be all the fun in gym membership and in russia ultimately and do my best to get the russians to come out some of the others involved in the sport. for

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