tv [untitled] June 11, 2011 4:00am-4:30am PDT
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massive and two nuclear protests in the japanese capital marks three months since the deadly earthquake crippled the fukushima nuclear power plant well there are still no one's inside of the country's radioactive crisis. activists trying to draw media attention to a secretive meeting of from the world's most influential figures demanding the builder group be opened up to public scrutiny. in the next winter games host russia city of sochi is getting a major facelift to make sure its infrastructure and sports facilities are fifty paralympic athletes and spectators with disabilities.
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it's three pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live how many so now with our top story this hour is exactly three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit japan causing widespread destruction and leaving some fifteen thousand people dead the nuclear crisis that followed shows no signs of abating as radiation continues to leak forcing tens of thousands of evacuees into crowded shelters our correspondent sean thomas is in tokyo where anger over the situation is spilling onto the streets. of course it is a three months after they got a standing earthquake and tsunami which rocks japan and devastated the fukushima region of course creating the nuclear disaster at the tepco daiichi power plant where we now know that three reactors have melted down and possibly melted throughout today is a very interesting day at the temple headquarters in central tokyo thousands of
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people have gathered some in support of your queer power believe it or not and thousands more who are walking the streets in organized protests carrying signs and banners and shouting out slogans loudspeakers against nuclear power saying that there needs to be alternative sources of energy of all this of course in front of the tepco headquarters the company responsible for the daiichi power plant one of the reasons why this is important is that within the past week new information has come out saying that tepco at the initial phases of the disaster lied about the amount of radiation that was coming in and trying to downplay the situation saying that the radiation levels were not as bad that there could possibly be a meltdown then of course this past week it was revealed that they cut those numbers in half in fact and that the amounts of the radiation was much much larger than all. of the situation with the radioactive emissions has not changed in the last three months nothing has changed since the very beginning the communities
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devastated that people have no homes there is no place to walk everything is destroyed one thing that people are worried about is the amount of radioactive water that is in the area this is the beginning of the rainy season and people are worried that with more rain that radioactive water will then spill out and flooding the area causing a lot examination also people are very angry about the children their schools which are contaminated as well right now kids are supposed to higher levels of radiation that we ever have been in the past and they have to stay inside in sealed buildings without the ability to play outside and it's also very hard at every possible i guess. but i suspect one purse. and from the prime minister sharon has actually replied saying that he will not subject is the trials of s.c.h. it is a kind of goes this is a with even essential to run children to protect themselves from these higher levels of radiation of course our ball is in our key crews to go into the fukushima zone and we're going to go in with some clean up crews in see how that process is
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going right now but from tokyo john thomas archie. still ahead for you this hour hackers seen as heroes or criminals they can sort. everything they are they are the approach approach all the security systems. we ask people in the figure out how they feel about cyber attacks becoming more and more frequent. plus when our close our team on a journey to one of the most beautiful locations in the system the seriously name city and. some members of the u.s. congress have reportedly received a letter from colonel gadhafi saying he is ready to negotiate a cease fire and authenticity of the letter has not been confirmed meanwhile nato airstrikes continue to rock tripoli it comes as gadhafi his daughter filed a lawsuit against french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family in april's military strike earlier an unnamed official
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confirmed that the alliance does consider colonel gadhafi a legitimate target nato has long insisted that regime change is not the military the military operations objective lecture in modern history at oxford university press for more common says it that's his position it's not as weak as the west might want to present. it was the only pressure he's calm horse nature but he also. looked into us chris resolution was critical i will watch president obama. and so i think there is a vision in washington in the west in general inside nato it's very difficult for the u.s. and its major allies are going to promise to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that any such welcome you all who is leaving office moving car or the other hand i think that we have signs that in fact there are channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders
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who were in discussions with the future leaders. of so they also told. sharman still. have a. lot of common ground and. today on our website are two dark card we're asking how you think box should be resolved not so far more than sixty percent think nato should withdraw admitting back into the house one fewer people for the stance thinks you continue as they are until the conflict venturi and one percent think ground forces all resolve the situation so none of our viewers suggest to you when she said and peacekeepers and split libya into let us know what you think proper so why are we. shrouded in secrecy an invite only meeting of the world's political and financial read is
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underway in switzerland the annual gathering of the builder group has attracted strong opposition protesters don't want the fate of the world to be decided behind closed doors arches laura has been following the meeting. opposition to the build up or group meeting here in switzerland has brought together parties and special interest groups from across the spectrum of political beliefs and it's not just the swiss people who come from further afield germany austria the u.k. and even the u.s. to try to report on just two objects in person to this group of powerful people meeting in secret we've also heard reports of alternative media journalists being threatened with deportation by police and other low level harassment among the protestors switzerland's youngest member of parliament for the people's party he came up here to fight for transparency here's what he told me people for rights to know what's happening in. the group are meeting people wants to know what
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their. plans for the future. for more transparency hear terms of the building remained secret until long after the meetings over part build occurred watches make an educated guess about what's being discussed this year it's saving the euro a builder bogan pension deciding the new head of the international monetary fund to replace that infamous colleague dominique strauss kahn and of course the events of the arab spring which notable build about what she's accused the group of exactly basing into a bloody war to try and hike up the oil prices some accuse the builder berger's of masterminding the financial crisis and given the dire economic fate of the us to build it work host countries greece and spain some fear for the future of independence nor the best switzerland's and we think there is a danger because they are meeting in switzerland they want to get rid of the last
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stumbling block in this whole european union you know it's like an island which is . you know that we have direct democracy but we are not in the union but we're not in the euro and maybe we are afraid that they are trying to destroy the pressure is mounting on the build a boat group on saturday as the swiss people's party the young socialists and other activists descend on the resort town to try and draw the world's attention to what they see as nefarious undemocratic meddling in the face of the world's institutions . laura emmett will continue to keep us updated on that builder bird meeting on our twitter we are she tweets but so far our crew is the only international news channel and some more of the mainstream media seems to be ignoring began more follow up for our underscore column stay on top of elements of this year's building from. the conflict between israelis and
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palestinians in the middle east still shows little sign of a peaceful resolution but in new york there's a group of ultra orthodox jews were devoted to the palestinian struggle. to discover they believe in them to the state of israel is the only solution. every rally. every demonstration. every opportunity to voice opposition. a particular course of orthodox jews joins forces with the loud choir of palestinian supporters. the collective voice is otherwise known as new tory carter for traditional jews who religiously opposed to the creation and existence of israel it is likely lost it is that it has lapsed itself
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into also terrible painful movement of zionism which is the ideology behind the state of israel and it is hard to wrap the story restorable david according to rabbi dovid weiss jews were exiled from the land of israel because of their sins carto worshippers believe restoration of the land should only happen with the coming of the messiah until then and we all remember jews who have any sovereignty . of the land according to natori carter israel and zionism are in direct conflict with the torah the campaign for israel to be dismantled and the holy land returned to arabs who originally occupied it which can best be understood within the confines of east williamsburg brooklyn which comprises the largest community of antis sinus for the docs jews in the us and inclusive neighborhood dressed in traditional modest clothing defined by large families of up to twelve kids hear you
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speak yiddish a kosher pray three times a day and display no flag of support for israel rabbi dovid feldman says activism plays a strong role in the religious life of new tory courted jews and this includes meeting with leaders of muslim countries. i mean. when she was composed she was with respect. to have a serious problem with occupation which we happen to agree with. an agreement that has raised eyebrows members of natori courts i have spoken several times with the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad who they call a peace loving leader who worked for the publicly praised turkish officials and even traveled to the country last year visiting injured activists following that is really great on the gaza flotilla. that very often overseas demonstrations
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against israel have turned violent from london and montreal to the middle east a bloody and bridging backlash has transpired critics have classified jews as extremists and israel supporters deem them as traitors even here in new york city. it's not like your. rabbi weiss is familiar with the dangers that surround natori carcass ready to go live through this it is very it's not easy life devoted to their faith even if it means facing contempt every step of the way. archie new york. well a strong pro israeli lobby in the u.s. is making some critics to say washington is not a fair broker in the mideast peace process more on that you can check out mcallen faction on our website our american contributor name not found rice about why some
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do you have some others are openly opposing president obama's latest call for three states which. but a german wheelchair user making an epic crossing from russia's east to west has reached its final destination here in moscow alexander caution began his journey from the lens of our store in the middle of april so then you braved around eleven thousand kilometers by hitchhiking with his electric powered wheelchair despite the hardships which included falling into a ditch alexander says he's happy to have made new friends while raising awareness about disability issues that's also the goal set by the paralympic games to be held in twenty fourteen in sochi. but once he reports the city has begun preparing for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy
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for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aides as the city's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics he asked russia's clear olympic champion to inspect newly built airport. i actually like this place is one of the few airports in russia that has lived a device that helps the civil passengers can board the plane through the city however there is user required attention and i'm sure the. whole newly built ice rink steady and ski pistons are equipped in accordance with strict paralympic standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still the lot has to be done to comply so she sidewalks shops and restaurants are also undergoing massive construction to comply with strict standards so that nowhere is off limits and even though competitions such as iceland hockey and skiing will be healthy far
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from the city center thanks to the games will be more accessible for people with disabilities living in less than legacy for locals and visitors alike russia's paralympic squad topped the overall standings at the vancouver two thousand and ten winter games with thirty eight medals twelve gold silver and sixteen bronze we spoke with russia's paralympic champion. as he was preparing for the three week training in sochi. russia will be hosting the paralympics it's good when the games are being held at home but on the other hand it's a great responsibility we just can't move. the first paralympics. in skiing and biathlon will be held as early as next year drawing unprecedented international attention to the small russian town so for most people here it's a chance to show their hospitality to the special guests creating a comfortable barrier free environment the first of its kind in russia and also a great opportunity to see the russian their olympic team in action. r t sochi.
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all the stories we're covering are always available for you online or to dot com as well as blogs video clips and expert analysis here's what's there for you right now the disgraced former boss a military officer and nationalist icon was shot dead in the moscow. mandell to smash luxury cars and f.b.i. people are parked in moscow using metal bars and made explosives not prefer starts rampant in the capital find out more are dot com. the. spanish police say they have arrested three suspected hackers believed to be part of an international network behind cyber attacks on corporate and government
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websites around the world sony playstation has allegedly fall victim to one of their recent attacks that led to personal data loss for millions of subscribers the resident show has taken to the streets of new york to ask the public about being potential victims of hackers. intend even the f.b.i. it seems like no one is safe from hackers these days i do you ever punks heroes or belittle this week let's talk about that technically speaking they are heroes because they console. everything they are they are from a front all of the security systems so what if a robber a bank robber is technically. proficient enough to get into a bank does that make him a hero to. the police department goes into certain things and the government goes into certain things probably i would put that on the same level as i would someone
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who goes in and hacks into a site they're not supposed to be on their heart has which are five things. because we're just doing illegal activities. i think just a mix. done really open the lens to things that should be i don't have that much of a problem is that it's so subjective though why are we entrusting thieves essentially with making that kind of a judgment call. thieves that's a strong word well they're going to take in people's him information good or bad for the good or bad will if you're if you're going to end in your taking a lot of credit card numbers and credit card accounts and doing that type of thing . you're using that information again her private citizens and i don't think that's a good thing have you ever had your personal information had i have actually yeah yeah and i felt. so violated and trying to control the information that's something that it's just. it's an awful feeling oh i think it's
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going to get worse much worse because i have five daughters ranging from twenty three down to twelve years old and they're you know they don't think anything's ever going to happen to them and they're out there with all of it in even though with the warnings from parents they're the next generation so if you caught them putting stuff out there and you're like don't put that out there address is cell phone numbers yeah whether you think hackers are villains or heroes the bottom line is if you have information in a database someplace consider yourself a potential target. but look now at some world news in brief for you this hour at least twenty one people have been killed in a string of bombings in afghanistan in the eastern province of course a suicide bomber attacked a police station killing three officers and civilians sixteen people including eight children died when a minibus was blown up in kandahar province in another incident
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a suicide bomber reportedly seen pushing an ice cream cart one child and wounded another three in the central province of crime scene. all kind of corruption in chile is now threatening air travel in new zealand as the ass is reported to have reached the country's airspace the volcano has already caused widespread flight cancellations across south america air travel in argentina and uruguay in brazil that's been affected since the eruption started last week. time now for our russia close up series where this time the team travels to north. christian churches agricultural prosperity and a magnificent ancient acropolis known as the city of baghdad today we look into one
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of the most mysterious sights in southern russia the village of darkness but it's not the sights dogleg can see but drives the locals way. discoverers. we continue our access to the north associate republic and this time with visit a unique historical area the village of guard offs or ask the local school of hand the city also does the cemetery has almost one hundred patients don't cripps people that used to live have varied their loved ones along with their belongings this valley stretches for over seventeen kilometers and there's a real open air museum for such chance they say that this place how does them imagine live down here in this area four hundred years ago meanwhile day to day life continues along sighs just images of the past. three hours drive through a dangerous sneaking road up in the mountains and talk a trip but it's worth it there are a lot of different bludgeons and mess around this area in the past locals try to
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avoid going to the city of doubts as they say anyone who dares to get in will never get out alive and even now there are hardly any tourists around this place which might be more to the difficulty of getting here rather than any death curse. in good times of the plague many people with no one love to worry of them would concha the crypt and wait for their demands first mansion about the city of the dad of the beginning of the fourteenth century the ancestors of the sangean sensel down on the five mountain ridges but the land was so expansive they were forced to choose the windiest and most unserviceable place to build a cemetery these days the area now provides a huge opportunity for archaeologists items found out the cemetery had been treat both professionals and local onagers for example few people knew that the bodies
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were buried in actual bullets why considering none of the rivers here were navigable well now it's believed as such in order to get to haven't a soul of the departed had to cross a river these days the surrounding area may once again be a lawyer with agriculture and opportunity but it's been deserted by people in search of a different lifestyle. for a local ascension volodya this is a devastating fact he has to build his own hydro power plant that provides him and his family with an interesting but he doesn't know who will inherit his legacy movie for them the idea was born i did ten years ago and it took me several years to build it from scratch i used everything i could possibly find i call my bench in a freeflow wheel but what i see now is that people are leaving half of our village left in less than ten years. believes that the only thing that can reverse this
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situation is the creation of the necessary infrastructure new roads new jobs and new opportunities to start believing the young people may be attracted to the bright lights of the c.t.'s but the locals see they're leaving behind a truly unique corridor flusher the land up north of crap here if they're rounded by mountains and nails and while driving along with no job it helps one can family run into a church or a small market go out and bring into the theory father do you want to let his take real life to live hand says that this monastery the highest situated in russia connects the past and the present the truth was only build some six years ago but it stands nieto where the dates back to the sixteenth century actually were during the if it is celebrations of a ten thousand people come here for local christians this place is unique maybe because of its location nobody knows after spending several hours hand it really
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feels like this mountainous area marries the past with thousands and if you listen hard enough you can almost handle for fathers of the such singing their songs by the fire has all come on be historical importance of this area for us as he is now joined by someone thought to be a be out of the guidance you find this is the here you know with this as yet thank you very much. rejoining us so why do you think locals still consider this place as a special area well. a village located high up in the mountain the sun the border just value what it is is a set of. it's known for it's probably a source see over there this record and what it is is a sort of proof where people use jews golborne in case they were contaminated was with something fixtures disease like placards birth rules and you know their
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relatives would bring them food and you can still see you will small plates there and actually there are boards of the dead dressed in medieval rolls and how some of these signs important diminished for the people well i can't speak for everyone else here but every time i visit there i get a lot of feelings and. one of the main feeling is this that. i i really have to keep myself in check so to speak and not bring down the values that i carry on to the left. of those values the dignity on the street modesty all those other. good qualities over to be all right thank you very much was that seymour sabia he had all of the variance you fund which is based here in the north or south sudan and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the
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