words years ago or just country. this was. one of the. which began the journey. where did it turn. out here and here are today's top stories under review of the week georgia claims that three photographers including president saakashvili it's possible to stop the russian spies they're now in custody awaiting a hearing in september but skeptics say the whole case is an attempt to rattle moscow. egypt's interim government it is the suspension of policemen accused of killing protesters during fibrous uprisings they says cairo's tahrir square is once again stormed by thousands of demonstrators demanding reforms. also britain's best

selling newspaper the news of the world says goodbye to its two million readers as it turns the last page of its one hundred sixty eighty he's treated the shutdown comes in the wake of phone hacking allegations and arrests. and germany has agreed to supply nato forces in libya with munitions for continuing our strikes but many say the ship from its original position on the campaign is a result of pressure from other alliance members. as the headline is now the syrian government is holding talks on reforms but the opposition and acts of it boycotting the national dialogue they say they will not participate as long as they were continues to crack down on protesters up next to syrian politike politician rather shares he's used on whether a solution can be found. i would like to talk about what has been going on in syria for the last three months

can you please come in under this bill for. i want to know what. syria has seen complicated events in these three months when religious extremists started to destabilize the country's peace and security and undermines debility in syria of course the mass media have also done their bit to present syria in an unfavorable light as a country that is hostile towards its own people and never in the history of modern syria as the country been attacked the way these armed bands of extremists are doing it syria is in need of reforms and we have had peaceful demonstrations in favor of reforms the syrian government and president bashar al assad responded to the demands of the people but as you may recall every time the government is about to introduce reforms violence surged in the country i witnessed these acts in daraa and other syrian provinces like many other citizens did the incumbent president of syria is committed to reforms and in two thousand he proposed

a major program reforms but events in the region that followed affected the implementation of the reforms that were gravely ill the u.s. invasion of iraq and the potential threat of the aggression would sweep over syria after the american government made some tensions clear the turmoil in lebanon and the assassination of the lebanese leader rafik hariri the situation in the region changed in the state of syria is threatened the reforms were shifted to the back burner and defense of the country was made the priority task but it has been the most important thing ever since today however the government is considering the implementation of the reform plan their predecessors have logged but not finished president bashar al assad has lifted the stick to the emergency and signed a decree that allows holding peaceful demonstrations in the country by doing this the president actually enforce. one of the basic civil rights besides the draft law and parties was submitted for discussion the text can be found on the internet previously we had

a law that limited be allowed number of parties in syria to ten the new law stipulates that people may create new parties if they wish to their number is no more limited and whether the newly established party will be in opposition or not doesn't matter either a lot of attention is also paid to the new normal mass media which is a central part of the national dialogue as a law on parties want to elections on local authority of solar powered soviet remark and after that also look up or else you mentioned the national dialogue as part of this framework the syrian government called a consultant meeting on the national convention schedule for tenth of july what was their position what is he doing this convention and what was their answer to the invitation. to have him but that's true we were having consultations with members of various public groups and the opposition is not only official public figures on the first round of preparations for the national convention it is going to take place on july the tenth some of its main objective is to set the framework for

a national dialogue and make it work with everyone will be able to join the dialogue and help tackle the problems we face peacefully and for the benefit of the country and its people wish to marry was the position that has immigrated from the country we also want it to join the meeting. we won't draw a line between the internal and foreign opposition we are concerned about their ties to the external powers it is important that their opposition activities should pursue the interests of syria and stay within russia limits you know janet story yet there was a lot of protesters and security service officials are still being killed in syria when is it going to end all and are part of the verse of all i object to using the word kill in relation to protesters no one is killing protesters. these are all rumors spread by the mass media the facts are falsified to manipulate t.v. viewers tales about protesters being killed in syria amir lies and fortifications

who actually is being killed in syria a policeman security service officials and innocent people of course there are sporadic civilian deaths no one is going to deny this but there is no denying either there are armed bandits who kill soldiers and fight against the security forces take the city of jews at all sure with the security forces were kept isolated for three days when the militants failed to defeat the security forces they tried to get revenge on them by cutting off heads and throwing the bodies are common graves. yeah unwalkable observers think that the relations between syria and turkey have deteriorated after the syrian troops came close to the syrian turkish border and were deployed in several regions and soon to be channels which he called biased recently reported civil deaths is it sure that syrian turkish relations are threatened whom out of genuine there are two aspects to syrian turkish relations first we think the turkish government fully realizes that good neighborly relations in syria would benefit both the turkish and the syrian people and syria is also

well aware that friendly relations with a neighboring country that has a common border with syria of approximately eight hundred fifty kilometers should by no means be sacrificed to any extent that of another aspect is that deployment of syrian military forces in this region is not directed against turkey not at all there are people on the syrian side of the border who have tried to take power by use of force and by killing innocent civilians therefore it is only natural that syrian military forces will move there in order to restore order stability and security in that region and it should not be misinterpreted as an attempt to provoke the other side or is a sign of decline and security between the two countries it was directed against the armed groups of people who try to oppress the citizens on the syrian side of the border and forced many of them to flee their mother and with the help of our team we would like to address everyone who left our country and we would like to say that we encourage them to come back and by the way many have already returned

but on the turkish side there are groupings of armed people who are standing in the way of our citizens who wish to return we informed our people that we are ready to provide them with all necessities for everyday life as well as free transportation home by syrian national bus service great to provide them with everything from a quality life food supplies medication and medical aid and what's most important in my opinion we should welcome them back home without any repercussions as that or that the. are you expecting a western military intervention in syria the way it happened in libya or leave me. be and i'd like to say that the situation in libya is completely different from that in syria it's serious position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military forces syria has so even if the west is thinking of intervening we would advise not moreover syria has friends and allies who will stand by and oppose any kind of intervention in syria's domestic affairs syria is

the key to the balance in the least with any meddling with this in terms of fellows who drive this region from the disaster western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular because of our political stand on the arab israeli conflict and because of our achievements of success and our progress on the reforms track under the leadership of president bashar al assad. what is your assessment of russia's position and records events in syria. i would be i believe that russia has a very commendable position the russian federation performs as tasks of a permanent member of the un security council in a most responsible way supported by our friends in moscow who would like to make a statement of the situation in syria poses no threat to global security and peace and therefore should not be discussed by the un security or human rights council and truth external intervention and injection of considerable funds by certain circles have infringed our rights the rights of syrian citizen as many protesters

were in fact bribed and we even have the details of the amounts paid and arms purchased we also are aware of the conspiracies against syria i mentioned some common interests and would like to say that syria is truly the main line of resistance keeps extremism in check preventing it from spreading all over the region and russia is not that far from our region and quite often not to deal with religious extremism just like syria only stand up for ourselves while russia protects its principles and standpoints. why does protect not only both our countries but also china and all those countries threatened by extremism or not charges are laid at iran's door that it's been intervening in the syrian crisis is that shoot and what would you want to say in response to such allegations that the iranian most of us in any syrian relations are not hostile to any third party either in the region or on the global scale their main objective is to counter israeli occupation of the overtaken arab territories and establish security peace

and stability in the region we strive to achieve understanding between iran and arab countries while the west is trying to set a rant against our countries persuaded to stop supporting arabs the west is trying to bend arabs to their will and strippers of a true ally ram they want to run to withdraw from our common stand against israel and to become a strain both from us and all the arab countries around. what is your assessment of the arab countries. in syria and that. we never rejected supports arabs and so did everything to secure their support for syria i believe the doubs must be united in their statements about a hard time i saw what happened in syria for the expected to spread like an epidemic across other arab countries in order to weaken and now israel and the west can pose their civilization supremacy and values that mindset on us i very carefully follow the signals west wants from us especially in view of the recent

events and i must say that in truth they do not wish us well the main blow is now directed at syria as an arm state purposes to enforce a new reality on syria in the interests of the west to force syria into giving up its current position and getting it removed from involvement in the arab israeli conflict couldn't otherwise why would anyone but looking wanting an official calls . to to her

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the wake of phone hacking allegations and to read. that germany has agreed to supply nato forces and the bit with munitions will be continuing and strikes but many say the shift from its original position on the campaign is a result of pressure from other alliance members. are right up next as nations from the world of sports was not up for that so it looks like it's been a good day for the jury andrei i guess they all know for him right hello you live that's to have an amazing career with ups and downs but eventually he won eight singles major titles and topped the rankings and now he's a hall of fame i'll bring you the details in my school something coming up right now on our team. welcome to the sports news in r t coming to live from moscow the top stories this hour american football defining champions president as the second joy against

barack why while venezuela defeat includes all to go top of the group standings. formula one and red bull's mark webber holds to secure pole for sunday's british grand prix at silverstone ahead of teammate and championship leaders of our stand to tell. from this day forward it is hall of famer. and the most charismatic tennis player of the ninety's as joy and the hall of fame . transfers last had seen their way copa america defending champions brazil where helgi it's now the draw by pair of why this time around a time when it's opened thirty eight minutes three jetson whose long range shot found the back of the net a pair of wire works hard in the beginning of the second half and found themselves in front of the scoring twice within twelve minutes mysel as to gary be a crossing for much the city striker up to santa cruz there from the left to help him that he's twenty fifth international gold then in the sixty sixth minute of the

same man crews set up substitute nelson ball this in the box and made sure that that lucky deflection off personal keeper julio says are well tried back into them that so it was two one but i still managed to equalise later on substance use striker fred made it to all in the last minute to salvage a jewel for the defending champions. it's clear that we didn't play well and we're conscious of that so i think we had some good moments in the game when we created scoring opportunities but we must look for consistency during the nazi minutes of the match and we're looking at this once again conscious that a moment's was below what is expected from. before. brazil's draw means venezuela now take control of group b. that's because they base it was all one nail in the other match on saturday that so goal coming in the sixty second minute proces are going solaces longest and shot turned out to be an unsolvable task for the goalkeeper that was meant as well as

the top american victory ever since they burst upon to the competition in one nine hundred sixty seven. staying with the most capped player has called it a day after two decades on the big stage thought bill cannot borrow announcing his retirement from for blabby age of thirty seven due to linger a knee injury the defender played in for well captaining it's leeson title five years ago here master total of one hundred and thirty six caps before retiring from the national sport last year kind of are was also named a fee for world player back in two thousand and six becoming the only defendant to ever be awarded that cho feat he played for a total of sixteen years during his club korea including two stints with you panthers and three seasons with real madrid where he want to let me go twice and a lot of finishing his playing career with all the du bois a way he will now take over as the club's technical points. now are a bullish showing no signs of letting go of their former the want of

a nation overall leader sébastien to tell second only to team mate mark webber british grand prix qualifying amid some inclement weather on senses a well one here last season and edged out that cell this time around to put himself into crime position to repeat that achievement the australian seemingly in sync with the silverstone circuit as he also dominated practice the day before a pair of ferrari's kept things tied though with two champion fernando alonso and leave them also right on the heels of the red bull gio jenson button who trails battell by seventy seven points to be able standings will start from fear of the mclaren while russia's the time it came on the fourteenth the race begins in just over one hour. now cycling's most prestigious event meanwhile has answered the mountains for the first time alberta course of portugal descending to the punished line ahead of the failed on stage eight of the two de france the twenty four year old showing his

climbing prowess and his movie star team their first ever stage win all the race all round the village will bear one of the few to break from a group in the final two kilometer climbs and second spot while that effort also profiled the belgians of first in the points classification evens was on saturday while garvin surveille o's there who showed him finished sixty you retains the jersey had of the evens and frank schleck. across most of your member i do know that a good day also for all to out there and. never get outside is hang on hang on hang on and. just incredible. in goal steve stricker has bowled ahead of the jays john deere classic the two time going out with a two stroke lead before the final round overnight play the chairs reveal sleep down to thirty he was tied with st at one stage but this six the line is six three

strokes off the pace the covers brandon the yagis and second held by a bit is including this one on the final hole while carving just one well american stricker have been lying joined second with steve marino but an eight under par around of sixty three allowed him to finish the day l.o.l. at the top. back to football now in one thousand nine hundred one says carr want to solve the league trophies but they never got the chance to defend those titles as just a few months later the u.s.s.r. collapsed to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the old says can't suit all their cross-town rivals to nobble and sounds as a result was there. ninety ninety one days to prove to be a fantastic. here in the history of serious car moscow the club managed to win a league cup double thanks very attractive football and what proved to be visibly unions final football season. which are going to play football for the fans while they were thoughts about getting a move to europe where we could earn much more money we were always trying to play

at our best to impress clubs abroad and try and get a move there this was very prestigious just like playing for your national team cisco would never get the chance to attend the trophies as almost immediately after the season and finished the soviet union broke out nevertheless some of the players would now be open to completely new opportunities which a few years ago would have been unthinkable one thousand perestroika in full flow a trickle of players such as the science of joints appear in one nine hundred eighty eight hundred decided to quiet their trade abroad however with the collapse of the soviet union players and free on master go to western europe and potentially lucrative contracts with some of europe's top clubs one of those players was eagle cleavon of who would join four g. or in one thousand nine hundred one he sought the salary of just a couple of hundred dollars a week playing in a soviet union for a pay package of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in italy form an enormous striker said it was

a great experience to play abroad. i was happy to move there was no point in staying in russia after the breakup of the soviet union because as a footballer i wouldn't have progressed and would have stayed at the same level i managed to learn a lot from my time in italy. in the early nineties be italian league was without time the strongest championship in the world our local advantage of said the soviet leader he'd been playing in for the last few years was almost a strong. left to join for deer in one thousand nine hundred one but i didn't think there was a massive difference between the italian and soviet leeks at that time we had very good scientists like to nominate here for. the league. it was a very high standard and there were some very good players twenty years on dinar more of a clock live on of left lives weekly can see this can become a very very armaments league and cup double many of the players who battled back in ninety ninety one the president including alliance of alexander but argue and said

it could be a core of the light colored van of that enjoyed successful careers of ruled after making moves in the early ninety's before because of food killer coffee showed that he hadn't lost any of his scoring touch as he backed the first half hard trick but says concho the same brazilians could have made them so successful twenty years ago was grateful bank to claim a formal draw. it's always good to meet up with old friends were still in charge but it was nice to get back on the pitch with old teammates as well as squarely against opponents who are came up against some decades ago it was a shame for serious car that they never got to the pen barely cup double twenty years ago i weathered the opportunities for football as were given following a breakup of the soviet union was priceless and a lot of delights of college one of them got a joke to become household names in italy and germany richard i'm paul klee dancey moscow. and finally andrei agassi has been inducted into the hall of fame the eighth time grandsire went out and nine hundred ninety six olympic champion joys

his wife steffi graf became a hall of famer seven years ago agassi is known for being the bad boy of tennis in their early ninety's but he then turned his life and career around becoming the oldest player to help the standings at thirty three in two thousand and three since retiring in september two thousand and six agassi has been busy fundraising for kids well acknowledging that in his speech. at the beginning of my journey my friend gil said to me. i'm very you have dreams and i have strong shoulders to stand on my shoulders and reach to my children to all of our children. stand on our shoulders reach higher than we could reach for your dreams because today standing here receiving this honor i am living proof that no dream no journey is impossible

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