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in the russian capital you're watching are to. come to the program civilian casualties of raise serious misgivings about nato intervention in libya even among the supporters of a young going aerial campaign and while the international community is taking sides in the conflict it's a levy on people who suffer the most are these maria financial reports. this family hasn't had a war quiet and peaceful like this one for months they've escaped from the libyan rebel stronghold of benghazi to hide in this refugee camp in the west of the country after a life in their native town became a nightmare. it's not safe there anymore it's become dangerous and it's not only because of explosions and gunshots one day people from the government and been you

call them rebels we call them terrorists came to me and told me we have to arrest your daughter because we know that she supports gadhafi. these kids has been long and hard for they were in their family when i'm. with it when i had to hide for some time from them as they've been searching for me then we knew there was a bus coming from benghazi to near zero the bus with the rebels for their purposes we took that bus with our faces covered and everybody was against gadhafi on it we told them that we were also against him and they let us assume we kept silent until we went to egypt and from there we were sent here to get them. son was brother doctors his surgeon has also fled the city he says they've made three attempts on his life but he only finally left when he saw a killing. taken with from or from from your killing him in front of you around. the world because the doctor says people from the national transitional council

were behind it this is the rebels' official political body that are part of the revolution in libya started in the mid february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the only legitimate representatives of libya but . i got there. so. there you are again it's. about freedom democracy there is no freedom or democracy there is just all. the refugees here see the now finally feel safe. well it's not that safe from the side of the frontline either. but these people have gathered in the west of tripoli to bury those killed in one thousand airstrike accordant and even government officials a bomb landed on a private compound and flattened they would kill in fifteen people including three kids we have been calling for peace and negotiation for months and no one wants to

listen to us and now we have to pay a very heavy price of. casualties civilian casualties and also military casualties i think the time has come for the world to understand that this conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to happen any time soon and you know dug around in this cemetery still fresh while major has already claimed that the operation to protect civilians must go on. and all show r.t. . investigative journalist michelle carr who was in libya just a few days ago believes the actions of an alliance are only motivated by money. they killed more civilians that the losses from the initials problems there are few small civilians glued to bombings so the real idea is not protect civilians to rio de east to achieve the economical strategical interest off there of the west us in

europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya remind us see is a bankrupt country and also preventing that caffie would be a sort of paternal used to do i.m.f. some buying for african development the old idea is to make the probably international opinion accept the idea that nato is the cup of the world over that nato has the right to make wars where they want to revisit the people in hospitals and we saw victims in the civilian population is a fact that must be very clear it has nothing to do with immunity or and war the number of civilian casualties in libya falling native on garments has led italy to press for an immediate halt to still unease from strikes while the alliance expresses regret over the deaths its bombs still fall on those it's said to protect

our kids are going to go to school reports on whether nato has trapped itself in a conflict can no longer escape. civilian deaths in libya are last making news on western news networks they say has acknowledged that a number of civilians may have been killed in an air strike last night says it regrets the loss of innocent lives and admits the weapons now function they have caused civilian deaths and acknowledged one of its gripes with of course last night in tripoli and maybe to blame for civilian casualties the operation has been going on for three months and according to libyan officials hundreds of civilians held really been killed by nato bombs so why has it taken so long for the major t.v. networks and newspapers to report on the carnage because the big problem with our media our mass media nowadays is not that they're left wing right and it's just a they go along with whomever is in power and they're all idea of critical reporting is gone and it's not just media noticing that something's going wrong

with the involvement in libya it's only a nato member has already lost faith in the operation in facts wrong has called for an end to all military activity and to allow aid in france and britain have however dismissed the calls for a station in need to his room and this pounding of libya need to do is acting under a u.n. resolution to protect civilians from many believe the alliances main aim has always been to oust colonel gadhafi some european politicians from countries back in the campaign say that's not the job for nato but food even people to decide the british public don't really understand why we've been taken inside these walls and yes indeed while we probably are now colonel gadhafi is a murderous vicious dictator in the world and libya will be better off without him but is it our business to go in there and out of office if the libyans want to have a revolution and get rid of him then good luck to them for others believe the

longer the attacks in libya continue the more difficulties for nato and put it. backers the only exit option of what's to say we would leave when it is good if you would agree that if given the three. if going they're going to be allowed to leave the ball well and he's own ok for me to do with an option to do is it's but it's not the board to. do exists result achieving nothing which the full and specially for london for chorus it would be pretty good he does it through need his admission of killing civilians in recent days may have made the headlines back home but the expressions of regret have not been felt on the ground in libya unlike the western bombs and missiles which continue to fall but killing those airline says it's there to protect in brussels. our team. here's a quick look at what's so ahead for you in the program here on our team. why

experts say the greek financial crisis could be another a lehman brothers moment plus. bellerose police crackdown on protesters taking part in an anti-government demonstration being called the silent revolution. russian aviation experts have begun to develop a picture of what may have caused the fatal air tragedy in the country's northwest they have confirmed a passenger jet hit trees broke up before crashing into a highway relatives of victims and locals were paying their last respects near the scene forty four people on board the tube left one hundred thirty four were killed eight were rushed to hospitals with severe injuries a ten year old boy later died raising the number of victims to forty five experts consider several versions of the accident quoting a human factor bad weather conditions and technical failures. the

u.s. has vowed to change its mission in afghanistan from a roll of combat to one of support president obama has confirmed his decision to pull out a third of ground troops currently deployed in the country by next summer but his gun education reports the american leaders decision doesn't have the complete support of his military this that was numbers there are around one hundred thousand american troops deployed in afghanistan right now thirty thousand of them were added part president obama two years ago now he says by the end of next year the question of who out there was thirty thousand troops the drawdown will start this year with penn thousand troops expected to be withdrawn by december many analysts say it's not a groundbreaking move from the strategic point of view after all to use a polling out what he added at the beginning of his presidency put ahead of presidential elections coming up next year it might be a face saving week he promised that withdrawals will start this year and he had to believe or the bigger question is what results has his leadership brought so far

take a listen we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength. is under more pressure than at any time since nine eleven. together with the pakistanis we have taken more than half of all kinds of leadership and thanks to your intelligence professionals and special forces we killed osama bin laden the only leader that al-qaeda has ever known here in the us the pressure president obama faces with regards to afghanistan mostly has to do with the enormous war spending and the number of casualties among american troops president obama was elected as a war and ended up waging more wars and spending more of taxpayers billions on inconclusive battles overseas that's what a lot of americans are frustrated about what doesn't get enough spotlight here it is actually the results on the ground if you listen to american military officials they are constantly talking about progress is fragile progress is they put it put various reports on the ground say insurgency is growing among the afghans the

systematic killing of civilians by nato strikes doesn't help experts say many of those now fighting against the allied forces in afghanistan are not a car that they are not terrorists they are fighting against who they see as invaders after one of the recent strides that killed a significant number of civilians including children even the u.s. backed afghan president karzai had to make a harsh face saving statement warning nato that if they continue killing civilians the whole of the afghan population will treat them as occupiers we have to understand that the image of karzai is of a pop it doesn't get him it doesn't get again him any popularity at home so he has to take a stand here is what he said a few days ago people can no longer. can actually do. in that one do. you need action industry got word from find worrying is that i mean these upcoming troop withdrawals the u.s. has actually stepped up air strikes including growing strikes in afghanistan is

thought to be part of this twenty first century intelligent war strategy you know when you have no troops on the ground no. deaths of your soldiers to justify at home so we becomes possible to wage a war without having to face all these accountability issues so many afghans are worried that less troops those and necessarily mean less bombs on their homes it's a common thing in the us media for example when they talk about war losses they just need a loss is very rarely do they mention the number of afghan civilians killed and that number is so many times higher experts say apart from civilians killed another thing that contributes to growing insurgency in afghanistan is that they were to happen we deal with the drug issue the invasion in two thousand and one drug production there has increased enormously and it's known that some of that vast drug trade income goes to carries so many see america's war on terror as a double edged sword when it's fighting and provoking care at the same time got it

she can reporting there from washington and while attention in the u.s. is focused on there was drug plan from the number of contractors in the country has been steadily increasing the fans analysts anyone says it's possible some soldiers will simply be replaced by private security firms which are hard to monitor and regulate. well i think the american public is fed up with the war sixty four percent of the american public and a recent poll said that they want the u.s. forces to be begin pulling out but of course the real challenge is to hold the territory when the u.s. leaves and that would fall to the afghan forces but the afghan forces are incompetent and corrupt and they just don't seem to be better much better after ten years of training so there's one hundred thousand contractors in private contractors in iraq which equals the number of u.s. forces there what happens with those are off the public radar we concentrate on the

people in uniform and that's what this speech was about and certainly the troops are coming out for political reasons so that it's not out of the realm of possibility that they're kind of doing a shell game and replacing the of the forces the military forces with contractors the fans hours time anyone given his take on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. the greek prime minister is pushing for even more cuts as he presses parliament to pass a crucial bill needed to secure a second to hand out the assyria proposal spark mass protest in the country where thousands voicing anger on the streets of athens blogger of michael snyder warrants that economic troubles in greece could trigger a new wave in the rubble financial crisis. and the greek crisis has been seems to be another lehman brothers moment because what you have in greece is a situation where they're just kicking the can down the route if greece defaults

it's not going to look just like greece is going to thirty all your. banks all over europe or very much exposed to greece. very highly leveraged for example when the lehman brothers collapse they were leveraged thirty one to one which was absolutely horrible you know german banks actually hold a lot of greek debt and there are leveraged thirty two to one at this point so greece goes don't it's going to ripple effects across the entire world and there are experts all throughout the financial industry got a warning this gets out of the military goes in a crisis and in time more views and personal experiences on what's happening in greece now on our website it's r t dot com here's what else is a line at the moment european commission what's in a hand to washington's move to gain access to personal data on passenger list flying between europe and the u.s. saying the proposed anti terror plan is illegal. and russia is set to lift its ban on. imports imposed after the deadly outbreak so go through

r t the hard to find out when europeans of interest will be back on russian tables . belarus police have reportedly detained up to four hundred fifty people during a series of anti-government rallies called the silent revolution them astray sions a gas president and his policies took place in the capital minsk and other cities across the country posts on social networking sites including facebook and twitter have been calling on the russians to rally every wednesday the country is currently facing its worst financial crisis in years after its currency was significantly devalued a few weeks ago police say the protests were not authorized just disturb the public order. syria has lashed out of further east sanctions against it saying it will ignore europe's presence on the world map the e.u. made its move in response to the young going violent crackdown on anti-government

protesters former british ambassador to syria basle eastwood says people in the country are divided over president or os of but that a strong desire for a political process exists. there were great hopes that he would lead to a better future he still retains some of that popularity particularly with the urban populations in damascus and aleppo the second big city which has done relatively well out of his economic liberalization of us. but in the countryside and amongst the intelligentsia i think there are now no hopes that he can bring about reforms but at the moment he sees himself in a battle with the forces dark forces of evil as he would see them and probably regards himself as having no other option. but one has to hope that he can be

persuaded to see that has to be another way rolls in the way he is following up the moment with every day that passes with every drop of blood that is shared it gets more difficult because there is a long tradition in that part of the world of vengeance but the so far the opposition activists are starting to talk about the need for. a political process what they said at a conference in turkey two weeks ago was that the president should step down and that the vice president should hold the ring pending new elections on the basis of a revised constitution. that is the start of of a political discussion if anybody wanted to take it up but there is obviously no sign whatever of anybody in the regime wanting to take up that sort of idea at the moment. you're watching aren't you also take

a look at some other stories from around the world and the trial of far right dutch politician here reaches its and with the judge set to announce a verdict later on thursday after describing his long as a fascist religion that allows terrorism and calling for the koran to be banned he stands accused of inciting hatred and discrimination welder's insisted his comments were directed at islam and not of muslim believers it is expected that the dutch man will be acquitted on all the charges. the trial a far right dutch politician will there is to reach this it's and with the judge said to know it's a bird it's a layered thursday apologies for this mix up now three the federal reserve has cut its forecast for us economic growth it says to me that the economy should grow up to two point nine percent this year lower than earlier predicted the central bank also warned of high unemployment in a while ben bernanke claimed soaring prices have been sparked by shortages

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producers will have to fully certify the health of the vegetables russia has been under pressure from europe to lift the ban saying it had to end protectionist measures passed part of its ambition to join the world trade organization. i think that we have to close the chapter here really should be there should be the basis for much deeper corporation and collaboration between russia and the youth who will be in union in these type of the seven three and five percent three issues which is very important. for the movement of russia and the bubble you to see russia and iran may jointly develop energy and resource rich bolivia says around petroleum industry and cooperation could help significantly increase russia's presence in south america bolivia have the second largest gas reserves in the region and quite significant world reserves russia's gazprom is already there and is takes part in the project to develop the two new newly discovered deposits in the south of the

country. so you the markets now start with commodities oil prices are trading with of light sweet and bread losing more than one dollar a correction comes after overnight gains which followed a u.s. government report richard replying in the country's crude supplies last week. asian markets are in the red after a downbeat us outlook from fed chief ben bernanke you hear exporters among the main losers with a limp us down two point six percent and two percent bread however nissan rose one point seven percent of the company's c.e.o. said production was almost back to normal in the wake of the march quake and on. hang seng is mainly dragged down by banks china construction bank two point four percent in the red. baron russia trading will begin. as the out the s. and m i six actually managed some gains at the end of wednesday's trade the graph was mainly driven by stronger energy and knighting stocks. the us

federal reserve held rates steady on wednesday mark rubenstein i have seen metra probably statement by fed chairman bernanke he could help lift russian markets in the short. as mr bernanke you see on the market that their exit from the q.e. two is going to be gradual and that the fed is kristan you ready to do whatever it takes to move this job market in this economy. so the market can read into dad and it can i contemplate there a q e three or some sort of q e three so i think this is this is going to move the markets higher i think not much higher but slightly higher a particular year in the fact that the volumes are a lot more during this time of the year but again i think the value investors are going to come in and there's the multi-billion dollar dog fight taking place at the paris. russia is pinning its hopes on

a range of defense aircraft and civil aviation on the new sukhoi superjet they're going to build from invesco faces great potential for russians newest contestant in the median home. oh indeed we have seen over six hundred aircraft ordered from super jet and this apparent success is largely due to the to the reputation of. the head at the time head of corp but out of those over six hundred red-cross only two have actually been supplied so maybe time before the modifications that can stand the competition from international major is such as bombardier and brazil's embroiderer who also manufacture aircraft of similar specifications. will be back next with an upgrade.