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old way even if it's an example so it's the millstone who to some of the country house full of day is the blue mountains the river the creamy the choose to feel the most acute in the world the rubens hotel. three months on from the fukushima nuclear catastrophe in japan public anger at the concealment of the true size of the disaster spills out to the streets as people demand action to end the ongoing crisis. the government is not providing proper information the people young and old want to know the truth. powerful dangerous and possibly illegal that's the view of activists protesting the secretive meeting of some of the world's most influential political and financial leaders at the annual builder bird conference. r.t. looks of the large scale modernization the russian city of sochi is undergoing to make the twenty four thousand paralympic games easily accessible for participants
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and spectators alike. three i'm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on our t.v. it's three months since a huge earthquake hit japan triggering a devastating tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people and also caused the worst nuclear disaster in decades at the fukushima reactors to mark the day a mass demonstrations been held in tokyo protesting against the use of nuclear power and the concealment by authorities the real scale of the accident or he's sean thomas reports from the japanese capital. this is three months after they got a standing break in tsunami which rocked 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
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is a very interesting day at the tepco headquarters in central tokyo thousands of people have gathered some in support of your power believer and thousands more who are walking the streets in organized protests carrying signs and banners and shouting out slogans through loudspeakers against nuclear power saying that there needs to be alternative sources of energy of all this of course and for the tepco headquarters the company responsible for the guy three power plant one of the reasons why this is important is that within the past week a 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 tried to downplay the situation saying that the radiation levels were not as bad that there could possibly be a meltdown and then of course this past week it was revealed the. couple's numbers are in half in fact. the government is not providing proper information and people young and old want to know the truth of the. situation with the radioactive
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emissions has not changed in the last three months nothing has changed since the very beginning the communities devastated people have no homes there's no place to walk everything is destroyed also coming to life is the nuclear fuel not only melted down but possibly melted ruby in a containment vessel and into the outer skin are still linings which is a much much more serious problem 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 the more rain that radioactive water will then still out in flooding the area causing more contamination also people are very angry about the children there are schools which are contaminated as. well right now kids are exposed to higher levels of radiation that they ever have been in the past and they have to stay inside in sealed buildings without the ability to play outside it's also very hot and the possible good and just like your average office about one person from the prime minister's cabinet has actually been saying that he
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would not subject his on trial to this is a conic knows this is a with even a search which will run children to themselves for these higher levels of radiation of course our goal is in our key crews to go into the super she was on and we're going to go in with some cleanup crews in see how that process is going right now but from tokyo sean thomas r.c. . sean bernie an independent nuclear energy consultant based in the u.k. says recovery from the current nuclear disaster at the fukushima atomic plant is going to be a long and painful. the explosions that took place in the first days they released a large amount of radioactivity perhaps ninety percent of it ended and entered the pacific because the prevailing winds ten percent landed or more landed on the mainland of japan which is why you've got contamination tens and tens of kilometers away from the site the problem is that as a result of these explosions and as
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a result of the core melt in these reactors contaminated water the water that was cooled by used by to cool to cool the reactors has no built up on site we know that maybe five to ten thousand tons has been released into the pacific but there's an additional one hundred thousand tons of highly contaminated water sitting inside the reactor buildings inside the turbine halls radiation depending on the type of radiation can be seen in a relatively short period of time to could retire early cancers in children but more long term clissold hundreds is over several decades. several u.s. congressmen have gotten letters apparently written by libyan leader colonel moammar gadhafi if the state has statesmen who had been critical of president obama for u.s. involvement in nato military intervention the authenticity of the note has not been confirmed meanwhile alliance forces keep reading out airstrikes near the country's capital allegedly wounding a senior get out a earlier of the u.s.
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and its closest allies britain and france called on other alliance nations to commit themselves more deeply into the task germany spain and turkey the main targets of the appeal referred to are for more peaceful solutions with turkey's prime minister offering the libyan leader a safe exit according to radio host and author stephen leatherman the person most interested in ending the conflict is cut off the cell phone. he wanted conflict in the first place he didn't mean we had it he responded to it when washington and nato. could does the risk of course he wants it in he wants to cease fire he doesn't want any of this little war on the west. he wants it. he wants it need a conflict washington and nato absolutely do not want to hear independent observers on the ground including four u.s. congresswoman green party presidential candidates and irrigating. conferring.
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a rebel force and nato bombing casualties killings mass casualties mess destruction is you recently this mysterious i was here in. your reporting began the message loose the hiding the truth. and i website r t dot com we want to know what you think think libya's deadlock can be resolved so far two thirds of respondents think nato should withdraw and admit that gadhafi has won fifteen percent think things should continue as they're on top the conflict resolves eleven per cent faith only ground forces will resolve the situation the same around feel the un should send in peacekeepers and split libya in two. still ahead i would tease the resident streets of the big apple for opinion on the recent cyber attacks on sony and master card. it was became day already arose because they
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console. everything they are they our approach to all of his security systems. but as well as a few less positive spins on the hackers in just a few minutes also a city unlike any other. there are a lot of different lachance and myths around this area and the constant locals try to avoid going to descend down they say anyone who dares to get in will never get a life. braves the city of the dead to bring you were a port from the mystical and mountainous south of the country. but first it's an annual gathering of political and financial elite and its veil of secrecy is enforced by an army of security these years builder bird conference is being held in switzerland and taxpayers are footing the bill even as europe is tightening its belt and forcing through tough austerity cuts attendees range from royalty to top c.e.o.'s and it's under a traditional news blackout archy's or emmet reports. as this build
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a meeting has progressed here in summer it's in switzerland more and more processors have turned out to say they don't want it to happen here they're camping out outside the hotel showing up in numbers really from all over the world there are swiss people obviously but i will say many germans austrians swedes and even americans who come all the way here either to report on what's going on all just to protest here with their feet on the ground in person some of the people behind me say that they have been subject to great harassment by the swiss police threats of deportation things of that nature they have varying degrees of suspicion about the builder heard group some say that they are scheming behind closed doors to introduce a new world order but some just want to point out that in many countries it's illegal for elected officials to meet in secret in these kinds of surroundings let's hear what some of the protesters told me swedish and these the politicians
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are according to swedish law committing to promote the treason and if they were sentenced if they were judged and sentenced they would be imprisoned for ten years to life according to the people think it's a conspiracy theory but in fact is just the ignorance of the people we've known for a long time pretty much what's been going on there. and it's definitely not good for him and any not good for the planet and you know i don't want my kid growing up to be a slave in the new world order to be honest this is not the only protest a about kilometer away down in the town or it the young swiss socialists have turned out again to process in fact they dismiss the people behind me they say a lot of the these people are essentially a crackpot conspiracy theorists but what they're here to say is this meeting goes against everything that they perceive to be switzerland that neutrality the
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transparency that they want to promote here. switzerland just isn't evident in the dealings of the build group the economic crisis is a resource to the policy of the conference and global leaders we see more crew see. this year's meeting in switzerland does look like a difference of fare from last year since it just in spain there are more processes here there's also more media attention a lot of alternative media journalists have turned up to try to report on what's going on although r.t. is the only international news station that's represented here so we are seeing more protests we are seeing better organized protests than we saw last year better organized media facilities so it does look like if this momentum can be carried on the building be comfortable meeting in secret like this very much longer earlier in my colleague bill dion spoke with investigative journalist tony guzzling he believes the media blackout of the conferences are acceptable given the far
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reaching decisions made by the attendees. it is pretty obvious to me that this is a complete most convenient way to distract attention to say the sort of mix up this very important meeting with other silly kind of spirits conspiracy theories and i can tell you my blood is boiling at the lack of coverage in the western world if you had all of the leaders of the main banks in the west all of these royalty all the chief executives as well as people like george osborne with his treasury team there i mean we're talking about an incredibly important meeting even if one of these groups were to meet up together it would be on our headlines but since they're all in the same place you would expect more coverage i mean even in the gaza and you look down there. isn't that the choice of the group they want a media blackout so they can discuss openly and honestly amongst themselves without being reported erroneously or whatever they don't want the media to be there is that right. well they don't want the media that's because i think what they're what they're up to in there is it absolutely is no good we have to look at what nato is
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up to and it is very important to understand the very close links between ninety and the building that was set up around about the same time as nato just after the second world war by the cia and the council on foreign relations who've been talking about this during and after world war two and the idea that this organization is not important not important enough for us to know about this country is just ridiculous around the western world because what's happening here is we are spending our years voting in local and general elections and this arrogant bunch are choosing our party leaders so it almost doesn't matter which way we vote we still find that this secret artificial consensus which is cooked up at these build a good meetings spreads out around the world and it's not just me saying that this is will happen actually went to one of these meetings when he was still the editor of the observer newspaper here in britain. for more on all the stories that we're covering you can always check out our website if that's online for you right now at our cheetah come working in tandem russia's president and prime minister take
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a bike ride discussing social and economic issues plus. some of new york's ultra orthodox jews joining the palestinian struggle for the dismantling of these are real and. tit for tat war of provocation was the murder of your own of the russian colonel said predict killing of a chechen teen aimed at stirring up ethnic tension or just prevent all this much more. calm. and indomitable spirit a man with physical disabilities makes an eleven thousand kilometer trip from russia's far east to moscow on electronic mobility scooter xander cash and began his epic journey from the pacific city of lot about stock in the middle of april
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since then he's great several injuries and fever but remained on course towards the capital despite hardships alexander says he's happy to have made new friends while raising awareness for the disability he's also that's also the goal set by the paralympic games said to be held in sochi in twenty four teams which are he says watsky reports the city started preparing a welcome for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy for a man in the 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 paralympic champion to inspect newly built airports. but most of the length of this place is one of the few airports in russia that he lived a device that helps to see cheers to the plane throughout the city however there is . issues that require attention but i'm sure they'll go. all newly built ice rink steady and keep lists and are equipped in accordance with strict paralympic
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standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still a lot has to be done to comply sochi 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 harpy and alpine skiing will be held far from the city center thanks to the games will be more accessible for people with disabilities living a lasting legacy for locals and visitors alike russia's paralympic squad top to over all standings at the vancouver two thousand and ten winter games with thirty eight medals twelve gold silver and sixteen bronze with russia's clear olympic champion. as he was preparing for the three week training in sochi with the first of russia will be hosting the paralympics it's good games are being held at home. it's a great responsibility just cute moves. the first paralympic test events and all
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play 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 paralympic team in action. r t sochi. spanish police have arrested three men believed to be involved in caring outside for attacks on governments and companies including sony and master card so i spoke to had been identified as members of the worldwide hacking group anonymous this week on line show host or her finest also known as the resident takes to the streets of new york to gauge people's attitude towards hackers. so many intend out even the f.b.i. it seems like no one is safe from hackers these days are these cyberpunk heroes or
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belittle this week let's talk about that. they are heroes because. everything they are they are. 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 who goes in and hacks into a site they're not supposed to be on their heart which are fighting for some kind of points and because we're just doing illegal activities. i think you can just make. sure it's done really to 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 eves essentially with making that kind of a judgment call. these that's
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a strong word well they're going to take in people's i'm information for the good or bad if you're if you're going in in your absolute taking a lot of credit card numbers and credit card accounts and doing that type of thing and 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 actually yeah yeah and i felt. so violated and trying to control the information and it's just. it's awful feeling oh i think it's 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 the warnings from here. they're the next generation so heavy have you caught them putting stuff out there you like don't put them out there and dances and cell phone numbers yeah right do you think hackers are villains or heroes the bottom line is if you have information it
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database someplace in fifty years down time so tired can. remember some other stories making headlines across the globe spanish police have dispersed a rally outside city hall in the dritte is the mayor takes office there for a third term almost a thousand people turned out in protest over corruption and authorities failure to handle the financial crisis demonstration follows a wave of protests across the country triggered by growing unemployment and economic hardship. in pakistan more than thirty people were killed more than one hundred injured in two bomb blasts in the northwestern city of peshawar according to police the first blast went off just after midnight in an area home to newspaper offices and army housing a more powerful blast set off by remote control hit the same area minutes later the attack happened as afghan president hamid karzai and cia director leon panetta were
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in the capital islamabad for reconciliation efforts with the taliban. refugees from syria have been pouring into turkey after the syrian government stepped up efforts against the rebel city of jews are all sugar more residents have reportedly abandoned the area activists say more than thirty people were killed in clashes between government troops and protesters turkey has vowed to keep its border open to flee refugees. off the libyan coast or group environmentalist are disrupting the work of tuna fisherman a ship from the sea shepherd conservation society used fire hoses and stink to hamper a fishing fisherman responded by laying a rope in front of the activists vessel conservation is claim they're trying to find out if the boats are fishing illegally. well gary says it would welcome being part of nato as a european missile defense system something russia sees as a threat to its national security and about ten minutes i'll go and i will speak with i'll be with military as foreign minister about how this move could affect
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bilateral relations is a preview. when you have such a sense of which allows for the nato missile defense system in the russian missile defense system to exchange information and to develop in coordination and you back that up with the political will which was very clear from lisbon summit. to work together then slowly but surely will develop that cooperation in the trust that is vital so i don't think anyone in russia should feel threatened by the system on the contrary it provides was a wonderful and very practical. jointly work together against a common sort of. close up team to the mysterious and beautiful russian republic of north
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a set yet to discover some of its best kept secrets. churches arbor culture and a magnificent ancient necropolis known as the city of the dead today we look into one of the most mysterious sites in southern russia the village of god or gods but it's not here is dark legacy that's driving locals away as art is being a coach and over reports. we continue our exploration of the north as such in a republic and this time will visit a unique historical area the village of dar golfs or as the locals call it here the city of towns the cemetery has almost one hundred asian stone cripps where people that lived in this area buried their loved ones along with their belongings and now this valley stretches for over sixteen kilometers and is the real open air museum for his stance against they say this land helps them imagine life down here four
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hundred years ago meanwhile day to day life continues in this area alone sighs this images of the past now watch our report to find out more three hours drive through a dangerous snaking road here in the mountains and tough troops but it's worth it there are a lot of different legends and myths around this area in the past locals try to avoid going to the city of dance 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 him rather than any death curse. in the times of the pleat many people was no one left to breed them would come to the groups and wait for the demands of the first mountain about the city of the dance of the beginning of the fourteenth century the ancestors of insanity and sons
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will 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 have been treated both professionals and local amateurs these days the surrounding area may once again be a lawyer with agriculture and competent but is being deserted by people in search of a different lifestyle. for local ascension our share of the odyssey and this is a devastating fact he has built his own hydro power plants that provides him and his family with tricity but he doesn't know who will inherit his legacy. of a beef with the idea was born over 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
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left in less than ten years. so our beliefs of the only thing that can reverse the situation is the creation of the necessary infrastructure and new roads and new jobs and new opportunities to stop people leaving young people may be attracted to the bright lights of the c.t.'s that the locals say they are leaving behind a truly unique corridor fresh up the land up north as crappy as if they're rounded by mt korean ferry health and while driving along with no help one family run into a turret or if wal-mart thing into the theory father good luck his second life to live hand says that this monastery the highest situated in russia connects the past and the present the church was only build some six years ago but it stands near ta word the dates back to the sixteenth century to work during the if it is
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a liberation is over ten thousand people come here for local christians this place is unique. maybe because of its location nobody knows after spending several hours han't it really feels like in some mountainous area mary's and past with the presents and if you listen hard enough you can almost chant the few fathers of the society at st jean there are songs by the find my dinner question what russia close up the republic of the north the sunset. the back of the reader over top stories in a few minutes stay with us here at r.t. .
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on r t. twenty years ago it gained its first president. in the midst of colossal change. setting a new direction for a new country. something the state unless it's a. commission free accreditation free comes for a child.

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