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it's on our team mate so i decide to send a military team to advise libyan rebels for the government to tripoli says the move will only make the situation work. that will prolong the conflict more reactions from me here in london in just a moment. as the world bank warns of a new crisis finance experts say it's time for america to step back from its complement role in the global economy and focus on reducing its own colossal debts . plus with more than half the population below the poverty line many georgians are finding it hard to put food on the table right now claiming government money doesn't reach them. and in business news russia will become one of the top five
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local economies in the next decade he says by mr putin as the outlines the goals of the country's government parliaments what your business bulletin for the details give out to me. this is my name is kevin i would welcome if you just joined us this hour it's not moscow and our top story tonight from says promised to intensify air strikes in libya at the request of the opposition there it comes as nato allies are getting ready to send military officers to the war torn country provides rebels on how to break the stalemate with progress forces tripoli those criticized the plan saying it would for the violence. reports next from london on how the decision is being justified by the alibis. they're saying that these are not on the ground they are
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military advisers they are armed but. not very uniform and they are. using the rebel troops as opposed to training. here in the u.k. saying that they're going to be involved maybe is evidence gathering also in the just sticks and in teaching how to improve communications strategy many people are saying that this is the biggest move yet to wards putting troops on the ground as most of these governments have said that they they don't want to do now i spoke to john baron and he who is one of the only thirteen m.p.'s to a very to do create the intervention in libya against a total of five hundred fifty seven who voted for he has great worries about how this mission is progressing i think the majority of people. who voted for the adventure and i respect the. most about military
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aid or and that if we can support the u.n. resolution and ground troops i think it would be to go on that resolution becoming apparent is that we now have the no fly zone in effect becoming the force of the rebel fighters and i question whether that was within the spirit of the constitution as it was originally to find i should say that when i spoke to john baron he said that there would be huge public outcry if ground troops were deployed in libya but nevertheless there's a lot of worry here in the u.k. government so much so that members of parliament from all parties have requested that parliament be recall from its easter break to discuss what is happening in libya and whether this does constitute mission creep tripoli's very angry about the foreign minister has come out and said that this could indeed worsen the conflict and in fact move a peace deal between the. rebels and the current government further into the future
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he said that it would encourage defiance amongst the rebels if they thought that they were getting an ever increasing amount of support from nato and of course the ultimate worry that this is just the first. along the road to sending in ground troops many say that this situation could turn into a similar situation to the one that you see in afghanistan where of course but his forces have been involved there for ten years and counting one prominent politician seeming campbell went one step further reminding everyone that in fact the sending of military advisers in exactly the situation was what it was the u.s. is when they went into vietnam. correspondent there we want to know what you think about. just as you said military advisers to libya to check facebook opinion poll leave your comments there it was good to hear from you there you also find some video to facebook dot com slash r t.
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in watching r.t. from moscow ahead in the program with me kevin owen we report on the despair of the last hope in the caucasus. and now no job no money and no social support all i can do is to ask the church makes and i can feed my sick child impoverished georgians venting their fury at the government which they claim isn't helping them get by despite promises of a better welfare system. first though global finance minister is demanding urgent action to avert another devastating economic crisis the world bank coming i.m.f.
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driven primarily by the us are usually the first port of call for ailing nations looking for financial support but asked as r.t. is really important i reports next that washington is in no position to advise others or it struggles to cut its own huge deficit. and you will spring gathering about the world economy produced a dreadful financial forecast we are one shot away from a food crisis critics say through the establishment of the international monetary fund and world bank america has positioned itself as an economic dr to the world using the institutions to retain global domination and fulfill the business interests of large corporations craving resources belonging to cash strapped countries what they do they very often pressure governments to what we call prosecco the economy is weak or a recession and they want to cut spending or raise taxes that could be very very
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dangerous could. make a recession worse by tale all too familiar to live in america the middle east. and most recently greece. where tens of thousands storm the streets protesting austerity measures public spending cuts and tax hikes. as the largest financial contributor washington also wields the largest voting power at the i.m.f. the furn of the i.m.f. it is run program by the u.s. treasury department and with some input from the european countries there right there it tells you most of the problem this is supposed to be you know hundred eighty something countries and it's run by just a handful or maybe just one and american has always served as president of the world bank since its creation in one nine hundred forty four but now with its own backyard in disarray america is hardly in a position to hand out financial advice to others in two thousand and eleven
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america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop borrowing binge see the walk over there it's a running ticker of u.s. debt which has surpassed a ceiling of fourteen. three trillion dollars now the u.s. may want to consider investing in a bigger clock with a few more digits and a display of problems so back to the u.s. president can't ignore it and the government can't seem to solve it we have to live within our means we have to reduce our deficit republicans have refused to support measures such as raising taxes on the rich we're cutting defense spending we're approaching arsenal that on a par with the total g.d.p. of the contrary this is very serious because most economic research suggests that countries tend to decelerate in their growth and have more and more severe economic problems once the debt to g.d.p. ratio gets above about ninety percent and we're about to go through that rubble all
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eyes are now on the nation that sets the bar for others to see if it clean up its own bad debts at home forty nine r.t. new york. the u.s. soldier accused of passing thousands of secret government documents to wiki leaks is to be transferred to a new prison bradley manning has been held at a marine base in the u.s. state of virginia for the past ten months and conditions that his supporters claim amount to torture professor lawrence davidson says that washington's trying to make an example of manning to serve as a warning to others. u.s. government probably has already achieved its objectives in this case i mean they treated him so harshly and so severely. denying him his basic rights really legally and in terms of human rights that the warning is out that b. and the message is out that anybody else out there who who wants to do this who's
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a u.s. citizen and wants to to be his kind of informant on it is going to be treated in a most harsh way his and his or her life will be ruined just like manning's life is being ruined they will keep him and they will deal with him very harshly and it will he is an example for others not to do this but the u.s. government is going out there are many of the supporters of wiki leaks both the people who work work with them and also the people who give them money and so it's a general sort of white net that they're throwing you don't see much in the in the media but they're caught they're caught under constant investigation and surveillance a lot of these people and so they're very nervous and many of them many who live in europe are afraid to come back here to the united states. on the way tonight the u.s. looks to improve its economic standing by exploring
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a new energy resource but find out why the extraction and use of shale gas could be risking the health of americans but a report coming up. plus it's nice you say they can find a decent job at home but do they even want to. look at that too just a few minutes time. georgia says it's doing all it can to help people through hard economic times but not everyone is feeling the government's support thousands live below the poverty line struggling even to afford to put food on the table kathleen as out of a report next from tbilisi. the small sunny country of georgia has long been known for its fresh organic raj use recently it seems the fruit of george's economy has been rotting away the people come to the market and they don't buy anything because they can't afford it out of both the goods here only the i knew them potatoes a local everything else is imported from greece and turkey and iran and so
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overpriced was a year anyway because we have to try and sell something so we can eat. it yvonne knows all about having nothing to eat she hasn't even been able to afford apples for handicapped daughter to expensive here at emory and i have no how. you know money and no social support all i can do is sit outside a church and beg and i can feel my sick child the only money we get is my pension around thirty u.s. dollars a month and pensions are together it comes out to about seventy five dollars a month so that react to pay the bills and buy medicine from the area which is impossible but young has cerebral palsy and is in desperate need of surgery it can only be performed in germany her family has no hope of raising the money other me on the work she's already had eight operations and it's five more but i've almost lost hope i even went to a charity t.v.
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show but he turned me down. get one and her family live well below the poverty line and in this they're not alone. you for. who can percent of the pollution to border. and focusing on the poor. for the georgian government has a growing social welfare system that includes cash benefits free or low cost health insurance pensions and souters for daycare the social benefits are aimed at. the poorest of the poor however by two thousand and nine world bank poverty assessment showed that only thirty percent of those citizens actually received cash assistance and it seems qualifications don't help either. it is run as a professional singer and in these tough times. is all she and her daughter have.
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but the only real music to their ears would be an offer of help something neither has much faith they'll hear any time soon. government is claiming that it's doing everything possible in the current financial climate can help its. origin which is claiming there's no money for even the basics like food medicine and living like this it's clear that the poverty line is very evident in the heart of detroit you can. catch it is r r t e c georgian. elsewhere around the world tonight there's renewed violence in yemen in separate incidents in anti-government protests there was killed by a motorbike and then a policeman in clashes comes a day after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the capital sanaa killing at least five victims gun control rooms and nine others are in critical condition meanwhile the u.n. which held the meeting on the crisis in yemen failed to agree of diplomatic response. for the gun fires erupting in the ivory coast capital as forces loyal to
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the new government try to dislodge the militia of the deposed president it's part of attempts to reestablish security following heavy fighting earlier this month. he was arrested last week with the help of u.n. and french forces during a raid on his residence in abidjan. the european union's executive arms asked for a significant increase in the annual budget risking a new route with member states the european commission wants a rise of nearly five percent well above inflation last year the approval of the twentieth of budget so a lengthy stand off between britain and several other member states many countries argued they could not pay more while also imposing a storage cuts at home. and only has modest reserves of natural gas so the united states is peering deeper underground for a new source the extraction of use of shale gas has been given top priority but experts warn health of the environment are not being taken seriously enough really
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picks up the story. it's cheap it's readily available and it's made in the united states washington has hailed shiel gas as the next big change in energy development over the past five years the u.s. has invested billions of dollars into the field bringing cheap energy to consumers still deposits lie deep underground and unlike natural gas cheryl is widely available in the u.s. which means the country doesn't have to pay for imports go out in the form. of shill revolution stems from high gas prices but the main question right now is how will the shale gas industry survive where the gas prices are one hundred two hundred fifty dollars which is four times less than they were say six years ago. this tight that european countries are also looking at potential shale gas resources on their territory albeit with some hesitation rights now it's more
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holds then facts and we have really to think realistically about this source of energy we don't want to say give the terms of cause in russia like america have thought another potential plus of shale of course is stopping countries dependence on russia which that plays most of europe with natural gas many already saying that if shale deposits are found in europe most. of supplying gas to other countries what i mean hundreds of the girls from power those seem to be losing any sleep over this supposedly. fuel here's why. we're watching the situation and we think that local eatery buyable but it will remain a local gas supply for most it's impossible to extract gas will last for long and if you look at the shale gas worse right now you'll see that most of them are losing money. shale gas may be easily available but its development. does
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not come cheap if i was there with what you order to get shale gas you must kill horizontally incessantly and that means the profit margin of the process gets lost very fast with that up and though the a bomb and ministration has hailed shale as an environmentally friendly out for the natural gas a recent study put this on this question several scandals have already broken out in the us because of the fact that shale gas development only environment and people's health care about the borders lots of chill gases extracted by hydro fracking that means special chemicals are added to the water to break up the rock formations the components of these chemicals are kept secret by the companies in the united states who claim it's a commercial secret water laced with chemicals ends up in drinking water so shell gas development pose a serious threat to the environment and health care in the united states may have
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outdone russian gas production two years ago but like any seeming miracle cure shale gas me prove yet another false and dangerous economy. the first russians to hoist the project one hundred being delivered to armenia fresh off the production line plane makes its first commercial flight on wednesday and a date about ten minutes time that of the project tells us about what makes the across stand that. for example if we consider the so-called super jet one hundred project it's a craft control system is capable of warning the pilots of every scene and so does not let actually get into the situation it's essentially an active aviation safety system control system capacities can make up for practically any pilot stake. on the program there's some governmental grooves ahead rather see
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a bit of it here find out what the president dmitri medvedev has to say about this video. i think loose at the discotheque. there tough economic times of two million young italians doing nothing statistics suggests they're not in work or studying even the highly educated are being left at home forced to rely on their parents like these of course has come off reports on a lost generation. for over a year now element has been trying to find a decent job but despite having a degree in linguistics and fluently speaking german french and spanish the only words she's been able to find short term gauge elena says hiring interns is simply cheaper for companies well many of those with a higher education are left behind following in fact. if it doesn't improve it i don't see how it can the only way to find a job is to look for an upright i'm too tired of looking for it here i'm ready to
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leave. but while many can't find a job this guy doesn't even want to start looking for work and then he is twenty five but still lives with his parents who cover all his expenses weekend up after midday then playing his guitar and video games to him illness problems or as unfamiliar as a job application roman finishing year of up ready to get work is boring and neither do i care about politics or the economy this is a free country and everyone can do whatever they want american mr. italy's national statistics agency can't do is that one in five young people in the country is either unemployed or not steady that's over two million people so many are unable to find a long term work and some not wanting a job at all the statistics are quite grim to such an extent today's financially has been dubbed the lost generation something totally incomprehensible to their
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elders. in your daily learn to spend his whole life working at a post office now in retirement he says that back in his day it was much easier to find a job in things the current situation is absurd. like a. is what life is therefore it doesn't matter why they don't want to work what's important is that the government has to do something to provide were. and you make an interesting. novel you know the hero. says that the entire economy is in need of all the major legislative overfull especially since the young it's you know you do get work. less than those during the early eighties and production output is in decline. of the world's biggest industry wisely shoots the last thing it needs is a future generation that's blown during well find a new job with launching out together. or g.
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. next forget his political moves in the kremlin to be forgotten he's been caught showing off his moves on the dance floor a video of russia's president shaking his stuff for the union with university friends last year has become an internet hit as you're about to see. i think it was too bad for bed and could you see the getting down into the russian night he said american boy on twitter using a lesson overwhelmed by the a presidential prowess described his style as quote i'm reading it here dancing like the. russians later said he and his friends were just having a good time though if it is moved maybe a little stock in the bank takes. a less run rooted to a while check that video if you're not done so already you can check it out why you can also check a lot more to it r t the comedy store is going to text me tonight as well it's going to be very special east of christians this saturday night and this year it
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falls on the same day for catholics and orthodox believers follow just how russia is preparing to celebrate on live from us and that the moscow metro aims to become more tourist friendly with every piece of underground tech set to be translated into english all the details from others well just a click away at r t two caught. well it's a light sport just over twenty minutes away here in ca with news of the biggest rivalry in world football right now but i'm scared down to business first with next. thanks kevin lowe and welcome to business prime minister putin has been outlining russia's twelve month economic record of parliament with
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a clear push to boost the country's output from modernization and by attracting foreign money and if he's not i don't know who has been listening to what the prime minister. well it was all about summing up and setting goals during russia's prime minister's annual address to the country's law makers last year prime minister putin has promised that his government is going to do everything it can to speed up that crosses over the recovery of russian economy from other global financial crisis and here's some figures for you on that as russia's g.d.p. a small percent in two thousand and ten that's more than in any order the g eight countries and the forecast for this year's growth is four point two percent of the price for the bulls the prime minister has stepped to the russian government and parliaments was indeed increasing foreign capital into the country up to sixteen seventeen billion u.s. dollars a year prime minister putin stressed the need today versus boy russian economy from oil and gas sector is not so good judging by the figures that he's presented today
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and indeed russia has recovered from the global economic crisis with much lesser losses than many experts have to take its. search of the markets now start with commodities a rally all across the markets actually oil continues to recover from their losses prices dropped sharply at the beginning of rate as a consequence of america's credit rating now with the greater brant crude is over one hundred twenty four dollars per barrel like this week one hundred eleven and this is as stockpiles in the u.s. that unexpectedly crazed gold futures advance to a new all time record topping fifteen hundred dollars a troy ounce silver is trading above forty five dollars a troy ounce and surprise level three decades worldwide inflation and concerns of wall street precious metals which of us has turned to one of the southern cells where thermal caution from a vote in gold says the trend will continue. on the screen you see nominal prices in nominal prices are what we pay in an everyday basis for tomatoes or apples or
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for gold so they're not going to face a gold is going up however the real issue is if you want to preserve the purchasing power of your money today you would make sure that that purchasing power you have the years out ten years out five years or whatever you want to find an absolute store of wealth and that's the traditional function of gold in a course what we're seeing right now is basically gold telling the world that the dollar devalue the dollar is falling. stock markets and soul rose deal with it so u.s. stocks are positive and not beat forecast from intel with high sales results company stock is up six percent also better than expected home sales data is boosting investor confidence. european stocks closed in positive territory up two percent that three percent with minus extract and then to a gassed up thought was that shares in chronic opposer jumped four point seven percent off the record with ten percent rise in first quarter revenue here in russia the market so i can say that second consecutive positive session on
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wednesday on a global positive picture and rising oil prices if you look at some of the shares energy majors are among the main game is rosneft up one point seven percent gazprom two percent precious metals producers were also on the rise on that gold rush dollars gold was gaining four point three percent at the close as it reported output and revenue up sixty percent in the first quarter. these moves was with their rebound from a sharp so long for off the because i would look don't agree to all of the us that for some. and actually can be. seen to continue the continuation of the mostly on the brink of good results so for us the company is slated to be. in call for the full support. for what we in the future of the price of the oil and there should be some short covering the in the russian market was taking place to be the major winos will the world com produce one across there we sure was supported by
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the french and the management will be doing the share buyback it wasn't like the reason but it was a cause for our performance business out see we'll be back next hour with kevin's next with headlines. the. wealthy british style they say is not out.

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