members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the only legitimate representatives of libya there is no other or being new and very new there will be new so they will just be with them where you are again as. they talk about freedom and democracy there is no freedom or democracy they just want to bear all the refugees here say they now finally feel safe but it's not that safe from the side of the frontline either. these people have gathered in the west of tripoli to bury those killed in the air strike in coded to leave and government officials a bomb landed on the private compound and flattened it killing fifteen people including three kids but we have been calling for peace and negotiation for months and no one wants to listen to us 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 then you are dug around in the symmetry still frash while nato has already claimed that the operation to protect civilians must go on more if notional r.t. . investigative journalist michelle collins who was in libya just a few days ago believes the actions of the alliance are only motivated by money. they killed the mall civilians that the losses from the initials problems their fuse most of ins the live two bombings so the real id is not protect civilians the rio de these to achieve the economic and strategic interests off there of the west us in europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya i

remind the us is a bankrupt country and all slow preventing that kind of fear would be a sort of turn to to do i.m.f. some buying for african development the old idea is to make the public international opinion accept the idea that nato is a cup of the world know that that nato has the right to make walls where they want to revisit the code in hospitals and we saw victims and indeed this image in the population is attacked that must be very clear it has nothing to do with him in a chair and will the number of civilian casualties in libya following native on barman's has led italy to press for an immediate halt to the still unease from the strikes while the alliance expresses regret over the deaths it's bombs still fall on those it's said to protect. reports on whether nato has trapped itself in a conflict can no longer escape. civilian deaths in libya are at 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 malfunction may have caused civilian deaths in tripoli acknowledged one of its of course last night in tripoli and may be to blame for civilian casualties the operation has been going on for three months and according to libyan officials hundreds of civilians have 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 media mass media nowadays is not that they're left wing right wing it's just that they go along with whomever is in power and the whole idea of critical reporting is gone and it's not just media noticing that something is 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 his decision in need to his relentless pounding of libya need to do is acting under a u.n. resolution to protect civilians but many believe the alliances main aim has always been to oust colonel gadhafi some european politicians from countries backing the campaign say that's not the job for nato but who even people to decide the british public don't really understand why we've been taken into these wars and yes indeed while we bomb them now colonel gadhafi is i murderous vicious dictator in the world and libya would be better off without him but it is our business to go in there of office if the libyans want to have a revolution and get rid of him then good luck to them all others believe the longer the texan libya continue the more difficulties for nato and its political backer. the only exit option of what's to say we would leave when they're going to

give up he would do that if given the feat. if they're going to be. on his own. they will. go to exits but if not the point is there were two exits achieving nothing which be full. before. it would be going to. need his admission of killing civilians in recent days and 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 those lion says it's there to protect in brussels. here's a quick look at what's still ahead for you in the program here on our team. why experts say the greek financial crisis and the other lehman brothers moment plus.

valorous police crackdown on protesters taking part in an anti-government demonstration being called a silent revolution. russian aviation experts have begun to develop a picture of what may have caused a 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 tupolev 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 of 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 let that was numbers there around one hundred thousand american troops deployed in afghanistan right now thirty thousand of them were added by president obama two years ago now he says by the end of next year the way he's going to pull out those thirty thousand troops the drawdown will start this year with some ten thousand troops expected to be withdrawn by december many analysts say it's not a groundbreaking move from this particular point of view after all he is pulling out what he added at the beginning of his presidency but ahead of presidential elections coming up next year it might be a face saving way he promised the withdrawals to start this year and he had to deliver 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 our intelligence professionals and special forces we killed osama bin laden the only leader that al qaeda had 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 is actually the results on the ground if you listen to american military officials they are cautiously talking about progress fragile progress is they put it but 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 high that they are not terrorists they are fighting against who they see as

invaders after one of the recent strike 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 tolerate that tension there. in that one do that. unilateral action in disregard what some find worrying is that these upcoming troop withdrawals the u.s. has actually stepped up airstrikes 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 it becomes possible to wage a war without having to face all these accountability issues so many afghans are worried that less troops doesn't necessarily mean less bombs on their homes it's a common thing in the us media for example when they talk about moral 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 the feeling or to the fact that we deal with the drug issue since 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 terrorists so many see america's war on terror as a double edged sword when it's fighting and provoking terror at the same time. that if she can reporting there from washington and while attention in the u.s. is focused on the withdrawal plan for afghanistan the number of contractors in the country has been steadily increasing the sad sound of 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 in 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 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 forces the military forces with contractors the fans our list of 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 hand out this area proposal sparked mass protest in the country with thousands voicing anger on the streets of athens blogger michael snyder warns that economic troubles in greece which could trigger a new wave in the global financial crisis. the greek crisis has the chance to be another lehmann brothers moment because what you have been greece is a situation where they're just kicking the can down the road if greece defaults it's not going to just a thank you reese is going to affect all of your. banks all over europe are very much exposed to greece and banks in europe are very highly leveraged for example

when lehman brothers collapsed they were leveraged thirty one to one which was absolutely horrible now german banks actually hold a lot of greek debt and there are leverage thirty two to one at this point so greece goes down it's going to ripple effects across the entire world and there are experts all throughout the financial industry that are warning that this could set off another two thousand and eight style crisis. and if i'm more views and personal experiences on what's happening in greece now on our website that's r.t. dot com and here's what else is in line at the moment european commission puts an end to washington's move to gain access to personal data on passengers flying between europe and the u.s. saying the proposed anti terror plan is illegal. and russia said to lift its ban on vegetable imports imposed after the deadly outbreak so go to our dot com to find out when you repeat if you converse we'll be back on russian tables. valorous bullies have reportedly detained up to

four hundred fifty people during a series of anti-government rallies called the silent revolution demonstrations against president bush 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 bell 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 sanctions against it saying it will ignore europe's presence on the world map the e.u. made its move in response to the ongoing violent crackdown on anti-government protesters former british ambassador to syria basle eastwood says people in the country are divided over president a law 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 have done relatively well out of his economic liberalization. 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 at 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 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 now 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 watching aren't us now take a look at some other stories from around the world at the trial a far right dutch politician here reaches its and with the judge set to announce a verdict later on thursday after describing as 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 here will there is reaches its and with the judge said to announce a verdict layard thursday apologies for this makes up now three the federal reserve has cut its forecast for us economic growth it's estimated 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 he claimed soaring prices have been sparked by shortages following the japanese earthquake. three people have been killed in the sand for all peruvian city after student clashes with police another twenty two were injured

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after overnight gains which followed a u.s. government report showed that klein in the country's crude supplies last week. asian markets in the red after downbeat u.s. outlook from fed chief ben bernanke in exporters are among the main losers with a limp us down two point six percent and two percent red 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. and. hang seng is mainly dragged down by banks china construction bank two point four percent in the red. baron russian trading will begin two hours time and the my six actually managed some gains at the end of wednesday's trade the graph was mainly driven by strong energy and mining stocks. the us federal reserve held the rates steady on wednesday mark rubenstein i have seen metropole

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book about for years join us this is r t live from moscow a look at the top stories colonel gadhafi has accused nato forces of murder following the death of civilians in a strike on a residential area in tripoli their lines of bombing in the country showing no sign of subsiding. president obama confirms his decision to withdraw a third of ground troops currently deployed in afghanistan by next summer but his own military advisers believe the pull out is premature. and the greek prime minister is pushing for even more cuts as he presses parliament to pass a crucial bill needed to secure second hand down its tyranny proposal sparked massive

protests in the country thousands of voicing anger on the streets of athens. next our team has gained a rare access to one of the most courageous women in afghanistan is a former m.p. an activist who braves daily death threats and assess a nation attempts to tell the truth about what's happening in her country she says people in afghanistan are trapped between corrupt local politicians and the deadly u.s. military campaign. well a joy thank you for taking the time to be with us thank you times but until recently returned from a trip to the u.s. the didn't start world you were denied entry visa the decision was later reverse to but why do you think this happened especially after the fact you visited the u.s. several times about the problem because each time in the past also when i went to u.s. and also to some countries exposed to our own policies of us in that way in afghanistan

who are occupying our country and did about it on formal rights human rights and democracy and also imposed on our people at the border are set in the drug laws who are put a copy of the taliban and they waste taxpayer money and billions of dollars as now this operation in afghanistan this criminal wall become open secret for good people around the fort and us and also that it opened cantonese that's why white house couldn't be out to hear the truth and they want to block my wife same fear so call us here. and post ban on my travel abroad by a freedom loving just a slapping and two. guys ation and actor waist and us and them even democratic minded publication they put pressure on take our men ten.