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on sunday and saw a fire of protesters march on the greek parliament in a violent display against. which to secure and. also. the international monetary fund to choose a spread minister christine legarde new chief. of the u.s. russia. making her the clear favorite. program of. the first prosecutors in the hague called on libyans to turn over colonel gaddafi for allegedly killing civilians we report from the coastal city recently raised. bombs.

just after one am in the russian capital you're watching good to have you with us now our top story violent. greece during massive nationwide strikes hundreds of thousands of workers are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on the harshest set of tax hikes and spending cuts riot police have detained eighteen people so far and four policemen have been hospitalized with injuries twenty eight billion euros worth of talks are needed before the e.u. agrees to have another bailout it's considered the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first eurozone nation to default but both the costs and the high interest bailout are deeply unpopular illustrated by the fact that police have once again clashed with protesters and fired tear gas a very good last march on parliament earlier i spoke to financial journalist to be trickle feed us who says that incompetent government has left people with no way out. it's got a pretty bad and i wouldn't say that all these protesters represent anywhere near

the greek population they're much worse than they were on the fifteenth of june and as far as i've seen they're much worse than anything we've seen before the police got a truly violent tear gas all the people in the in the blood of those in the square even people that are in there in the private sector who don't stand to lose specifically the authority measures there are not a fan of these measures because it's not just about cutting the public sector it's also about privatizing liquidating the the nation liquidating the national assets selling off. public companies liquidation prices and collateralize ing national assets national resources so of course i'm not going to stand for theirs it doesn't offer any one of the kind of future here ok well if they're not going to accept it then the government seems to be keen on still pushing for getting a bailout what's the deciding factor here where is it tipping towards at this point . unfortunately the government isn't giving anyone any real options and that's the

problem to measure and popular widely unpopular amongst everyone in this in this country but at the same time they're not good. any real solution that is given the rights you have our v.p. who came out yesterday if he was this bill good morning and you said that. we have a fault the return of the dragon would be chaos we have tanks in the streets and he may be he may be right but that's only because this government isn't providing a real solution so the way i see it as it stands right now default is inevitable option and i think i think that people are fed up with you here in general that's the major the major feeling and they want a return to something some sort of national economy where they can implement a policy that benefits them because right now they understand they're under financial occupation which is what this is and and they're not going to be able to get out of it as long as the e.u. the you see the and the troika are working together to bankrupt this country. well amid the unrest on the streets of the capital a lawmakers in the greek parliament are debating the a sturdy cuts the e.u.

has repeated its warning that there is no plan b. for out this the vote itself is scheduled for wednesday. constantino a columnist for an athens newspaper believes the bailout package is a catastrophic a solution backed only by a desperate leadership. george papandreou has lost legitimacy and agrees and as a prime minister he is a dead man walking at the moment from the european union is tremendous. talk about blackmail i guess the greek government because they say that i'm listening to you for this outrageous. moral enough and there will be no more chaos and greece who will be left before. this is a bluff from european union because if we agree to goes before then we'll have a domino effect i guess the euro that will be a disaster for european union at large but unfortunately our government has not

been. and this is a difficult part of the story because you see the memorandum sent there was very the package is result is the. golden eggs of development and this is unsustainable now the international monetary fund has picked a french finance minister christine lagarde as its new boss well she was backed by europe the u.s. russia and china making her the clear favorite are washington correspondent has more on this. the tradition of having a european in the position of the head of the world's top lender. remains intact at times of crisis for europe having their own chairing the international monetary fund could be as important as the effort although mr guard has stressed that her decisions will not be biased for example as carson is from mexico it was the french finance ministers main competitor for the job said that the appointment could add

on to the perception of the i.m.f. as a biased open ization he pointed out that there could be a conflict of interest with europe now becoming the main borer of the organisation and at the same time dominating the situation the mexican contender for the office also said that he knew he lost to misled guard even before he announced his candidacy he said it was like starting a soccer game with five zero score emerging economies that contributed most of the world's economic growth in recent years have repeatedly criticized the convention that the head of the i.m.f. has to be from europe and supported by the united states convention that back to the founding of the i.m.f. at the end of world war two today the emerging economies are vastly under represented at the organization with the u.s. and europe holding a lion's share of the vote as well as veto power many analysts say the i.m.f.

bias has had negative effect on the world economy they say if you look back at the rescue packages that they handed to different nations it's clear that they acted in the interest of the creditors rather than of the borrowers they were supposed to help it has to do with the policies that the i.m.f. forces onto the borrowing nations in exchange for the loan policies that are often over restrictive and not necessarily in the borrower's national interest latin america is one example when the i.m.f. loans and policies that they came with that further aggravated the situation that they are along with lending money the i.m.f. . has the function of monitoring global economic processes and crisis prevention and here is the credibility of the organization has been shattered by the financial crisis. of the advanced economies while you know which of the i.m.f. has really failed failed to address for example they completely missed the recent financial crisis in the us that had a huge repertoire sions around the globe and on the question why one expert here

told me why would they want to go against their friends on wall street anyway the us and euro found christine lagarde best for the job soviet several emerging economies by the way including china analysts say she faces a difficult pass to either stand out as an independent manager or even further cement perception that the i.m.f. is an organization that exists only for the benefit of the creditors. coming to you live from the russian capital you're watching our t.v. and we've got more news stories coming up this hour activists say it claims that a full tilt heading for gaza carry chemical weapons to use against soldiers are just attempt to undermine the mission plus. they explored democracy for roam the world. trying to suppress the citizens of this country we speak to the residents of one u.s. state as they get some unconstitutional treatment from government.

libya says the international criminal court is just a cover for nato attempts to kill colonel gadhafi and refuses to recognize its legitimacy all this came in response to the issuing of arrest warrants for gadhafi and two of his confidence including his eldest son by the hague tribunal the chief i.c.c. prosecutor has admitted that nato forces have no mandate to arrest and called on his inner circle to assist however many libyans believe may two leaders should also be. help to look out for their actions. the road from the capital tripoli to bragg is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the sea but also home to one of the country's key all of the finer ways the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hate. to say send its holy hate in the targets of

military value well call sybase telecommunications tower so fifteen minutes west of the town of destroyed in a time i doubt this is a safe thing to strikes and they've also accidentally burned two cars and killed two civilians since then there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see phone lot has also been disrupted. there is no water and no. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell what was home now susan familiar. with the b.b.b. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother in such a condition. from the small pool not far from brad even gas used to flow to europe . we used to produce fuel to send it to them you know see they destroy it

all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time. the closer you get to the front line the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on the fence just before the bombs arrive. this runs has as you can see the reason sign here in arabic but nato is here in libya to enforce and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying that nato can attack any place at any time. this any time happened three times over several hours while we were filming. raga labor's major allport is where the front line lies dividing the country into two parts into to swear one side is going to fight one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point as to take the quotation that's in a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy. all

facilities seem to be a rare target that nato bombs. while it looks like the civilian population can hardly skate. they were like my family not just going to the shop to buy some foods and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it and this used to be a restaurant for all companies staff where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues then there was a boom we knew what that was we run we tried to help those who was trapped then the helicopters came to and started to shoot us as if they didn't want us to save our friends. from one street to another the stories are repeated brick and so by our problem i was. in the first lady and i thought there's a madame every day every day when being a big kid our civilians. from this country this is from libya well those voices

become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drowns in. tripoli. droll ruben from the one think tank says the international criminal court indictment may bring the libyan conflict to an even deeper deadlock. in practical matters this does make it a little more difficult in the short run because what we want to see is a peaceful resolution a diplomatic solution where all to merely as the obama administration said they want to see khadafi go i think that that is the recipe for the cause occurring in libya but that will require some negotiation there's been some moves forward some moves backward it appears khadafi is dug in tripoli and he does not want to leave but clearly the way out from this conflict is for gadhafi to leave power and to remove himself the problem of course is that with the i.c.c.

indictment now makes it a little bit more difficult for gadhafi to go this doesn't make it easier to negotiate his departure unless he goes to a country where the i.c.c. will not get him. israel says an international aid flotilla headed to gaza is carrying chemical weapons which could be used on soldiers israeli defense force has been ordered to prevent the ten trips from making it to the palestinian territories the jewish state warned it will. reach its blockade of gaza but has been drawn threats to ban any journalists traveling with a food policy and peace activists as is also says the aim of the full kill is to raise awareness about the blockade. claiming that there is chemical weapons on those ships well in case of invading those ships which is what the israeli army is planning to do and having any people killed it will help the image of israel in saying we thought that there is some chemical weapons but it is really unlikely

specially considering that the greeks have the authority which is where the ships leaving from to go and check those ships and nothing have have been found the people who are against this of little are more about creating awareness of what's happening in gaza and they and israel actually stopping the flotilla helps the mission of this group. it is a humanitarian. thing and there are different people and there are different groups part of it so some of them are there for humanitarian reasons some of them are probably there for provocation and some of them are there to raise awareness of the reality of life in gaza and of the one and a half million people who've been for a few years now and able to receive what they need to be able to live. well for more on this and other stories log on to our website at r t v dot com and here's a little what's on my for you right now a lifting of the russia opens its borders for fruit and vege imports from some e.u. countries but only if they're proven free of the deadly e.

coli bacteria. also japanese authorities struggle to regain public confidence after the fukushima nuclear disaster amid a newly diagnosed cases of radiation sickness all this and much more just one click away. now the u.s. state of michigan is giving up a prize to find a way out of its economic woes it's decided democracy is too expensive unelected financial managers have taken the place of elected officials and given a free had to make decisions on checked. takes a look. the american state known for its greatly has seen the middle class seat and automotive industry crumble in michigan's poorest city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost all of the governor as an unprecedented democratic collapse plays out we believe that it's

illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one person in this country have all that authority to preserve the united states and that here that authority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently democracy by giving the unilateral authority to officials known as emergency financial managers have independent authority to fire elected officials close schools void union contracts public property and privatized assets residents like scott elliott say his city could be the start of a changing landscape in american politics people throw around words like oligarchs and all that sort of thing i mean that's that's what it already is i think the. average citizen is going to have less and less to say about what is done with public assets these decision makers are appointed by the governor to oversee school districts and cities like benton harbor facing financial distress in april benton

harbor z.m. out stripped the elected city council of its democratic power leaving a city of eleven thousand struggling americans under the rule of a man they didn't allow their hypocritic to you know their ex trying to export democracy for around the world but at home they're trying to suppress the citizens of this country at least four other cities including detroit have an emergency manager in the motor city the e.m.f. laid off some six thousand teachers and it's pioneering plans for corporations to privately run schools funded by public tax dollars well dr martin luther king. said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere so it's been to the harbor today but it could be new york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week benton harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the

verge of fiscal collapse and economic desperation that could pave the way for financial martial law to spread throughout the state critics say that would lead to a deepening demise of democratic rights the u.s. has always claimed to stand for. marina port ny r.t. michigan. a booming opium production in afghanistan is due to high international demand and years of war and destruction so says the afghan minister in an interview coming your way in a few moments. if . you. look at. the.

we would like to start of course with the statistics of the their production of poppies and. guess that is always being. at the point of the blame for the community that afghanistan is products at producing a huge amount of drugs and exporting it. to the world but can you just from your point of view what do you think i mean how to tackle these problems there's no doubt that the area of plantation song with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started in afghanistan i believe that the war was the root cause that forced afghan people to turn to poppy growing this is the source of most problems afghanistan faces today the afghan government has pledged to put an

end to all paean production in the country if we study the history of drug production how it spread in afghanistan and what degree it has reached you will learn that about two hundred fifteen hectares of farmland contain poppy crops but thanks to the efforts of the democratic afghan government which i consider to be quite successful we've managed to cut the area to one hundred thirty hacked areas this year the government intends to further reduce the earlier song of poppies so as to fully meet its commitment to destroy poppy cultivation but we will be unable to solve this problem once and for all on our own we will need people support in other words we should not be focused only on the question of poppy cultivation it's an international problem and not just the problem of growing poppies in afghanistan for example we realize the poppies are cultivated in afghanistan but then the question arises in what way about thirteen hundred tons of chemical substances necessary for processing opium and to her own illegally get into afghanistan via

other countries another example is that the world consumes ninety five percent of afghan produced opium. contraband while opium consumption in afghanistan accounts for just five percent this proves that not only afghanistan but the whole world should declare war on these narcotic substances. over the past six years the afghan government has managed to reduce areas of poppy crops to forty three percent in doing that we almost stopped sowing poppies and seven afghan provinces more than twenty other provinces are fighting to destroy them i would also add that we've worked out a plan to put an end to sowing poppies in several provinces this year as part of efforts to implement this plan we intend to further reduce areas of poppy fields it doesn't mean that we don't have difficulty as afghanistan doesn't have enough ability to treat drug addicts we can help only one percent of all drug related patients the total profits from the drugs trade amount to about sixty five billion

dollars a year all of them go to the international drugs mafia local drug smugglers barely get three percent from votes on if you have the expenses for poppy cultivation in afghanistan we see the profits from this trade are miserable the international drug mafia gets the bulk of the profits. there is one concept that connects somehow the prisoners of the international forces in afghanistan with the drug trade. there is a talk that there is a possible with all of the interest at all for afghanistan. ext year. do you think after the withdrawal the situation of drug fighting what improve. if we look at these things objectively will see that the situation after the war has improved however the afghans don't feel a great deal of preparatory work has to be done it's necessary to train the afghan police and army to fight drug trafficking now that we're going to the post war

period but i assume that everything we can do in this area brings positive results every day i can claim that in recent years the anti drugs ministry has achieved concrete positive results we've detained money drug traffickers this year money more than in previous years the professional training of afghan police and army personnel has also improved if things continue this way i'm sure that by twenty fourteen we will be able to control the entire territory of afghanistan foreign aid has turned out to be pernicious for money afghans a considerable part of the country's infrastructure has been destroyed it should be other than a sharp change in the specialization of agriculturist closely linked to foreign factors perhaps you can see it for yourself that drugs production flourished in the period of the most intensive military hostilities which led to serious disruption in security as well as law and order as a result the illegal sowing of poppy crops increased that's why we count on the

cooperation of the world community in the struggle against this evil and we won't lay the blame solely on afghans the afghans are people who want to live in compliance with the law but today they want to use the benefits of peace in the first place we are now facing the most terrible consequences of the war against terror we witnessed the destruction of all some of bin laden that took place near a military base in pakistan all this should be subject to a more profound analysis such issues. shouldn't be tackled superficially. a couple of months back there was a joint operation between the russian forces of cortex and the americans and the. forces of fighting do you think such operations could be multiple or. could be more in future as. joint operations especially from the russian forces. at this moment we're trying to strengthen our law

enforcement primarily be afghan police which is predominantly in charge of destroying poppy crops as i said earlier i assume that we've made great progress in this field but more importantly we exchange reconnaissance information we discussed this question with russia and are ready to build up cooperation with moscow in this field jointly we've worked out several mechanisms and are applying them and cheering special information this information could help us catch smugglers in and outside afghanistan in this we rely on help from countries which have experience in this field and your excellency thank you very much for being with us from russia to be there we wish started the prosperity and peace. talks thank you there always thank you. wealthy british style.

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