tv [untitled] August 19, 2011 2:00am-2:30am EDT
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and hyatt regency. in the. a new wave of panic other girls markets as stocks time commit growing fears over the global banking system for economic growth. and. digital revolution it's after social media played a key role in the arab spring the us process its cash to promote freedom online but critics say it's only after a slice of the action. a day of historic importance russia remembers the field clearly twenty years ago but the simple tale of the breakup of the soviet union and i'm sure to a reborn country. jaws' in russia fark with a taste for human blood is waiting for
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a ball to get to the people of the countries east for several times on movements in the region. coming to you live from moscow you're watching our t.v. now to our top story world markets have taken a steep nosedive was a wave of bad growth news prompted a stock's fire sale nearly released u.s. economic data to process traders the most domestic manufacturing fell to its lowest point since two thousand and nine the housing market slumped as well while unemployment spiraling investors have also expressed concern over the eurozone debt crisis this week's summit of german and french leaders where they suggested bringing the nation together under a new economic government failed to call on these some analysts have even suggested it deepened the market jitters as a more active solution was expected meanwhile investment bank morgan stanley put
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a bleak forecast on american and european growth the saying that both were dangerously close to recession patrick meant for an economics professor at the cardiff business school believes that hieron material prices and financial uncertainty is putting the brakes on. those being inflation in the world economy and there's been quite a tightening of monetary policy around the world especially in china and india and some of the other emerging markets and that has led to a fall back in growth in those countries and elsewhere and so the markets are worried about slow growth but really they shouldn't be too surprised because with the situation of raw material prices so high oil prices so high there is a big factor of a slowdown in the world economy because obviously a lot of uncertainty about the eurozone and what will happen the. close of the eurozone summit wasn't very conclusive all helpful in that respect so that's
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a great deal of uncertainty which is worrying the markets about the situation of buying seen europe i don't think that that i think that will be resolved but it may take some time to resolve it that's the problem meanwhile markets are very nervous well asian markets have followed the global selling binge that made a fresh recession warnings and piling debt in the euro zone we're seeing a sea of red across the board with a stall in china's flying growth contributing trader concerns let's not get more from our correspondent up shrewder. korea now this latest long it's not what investors were expecting from asia's strong economic outlook was it. that's very tense that initially when we were talking about the s. and p. downgrade of the u.s. economy there was the markets here in asia were falling and initial reaction to that news but most economists and politicians here really thought that that was only an immediate reaction and that in the long term asian markets would rally
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however this is quite a surprise quite a shock to a lot of people here is when markets did fall friday today tokyo seoul and sydney all caked up on the mountain of what's happening over in the united states and in european countries regarding the euro zone a lot of this has to do with as you mentioned before the news that came from or get the morgan stanley being the united states in the euro zone or the euro could be facing a double dip recession and we're seeing that anxiety sort of ripple over here in addition to that there's been a bunch of bad economic data coming out of the west u.s. jobless claims and a growing doubt that these european countries are really going to be able to handle what's happening with the eurozone you know asia obviously is very interested in what's going on in the us they hold three trillion dollars of united states debt so when things aren't going very well over there they're watching very closely so this isn't the news that obviously the economists here were hoping for but it is indeed
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what's happening at the markets are falling and everyone's going to watch very closely to see what happens next oh marvel thank you very much for that update keeping an eye on that for us our correspondent proofreader. well social networks have played a pivotal role in the revolutions witness so far this year so much so have the u.s. has thrown its weight and dollars behind what it's calling the democratic instruments to improve the world but critics say washington is motivated not by people's freedom but they desire for greater control authority scaling for reports . when a wave of revolution crashed over the middle east this spring. many said and did in the streets began with one hundred forty characters or less on social media like twitter and facebook. thing to harness the power of on line communication the u.s.
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state department is providing two million dollars in grants for a quote internet in a suitcase program it's part of what secretary clinton calls a venture capitalist approach to addressing the wide range of challenges to democracy and human rights activists face in internet repressive environments around the world centralized servers like this one can easily be cut by governments but the internet in a suitcase is the sign to give dissidents a mobile web but most technology that runs their cell phones and other devices making it harder to cut the founder of his own clearing house of confidential documents john young worries that american suitcase servers will serve another purpose the suitcase is meant to give the illusion that you could run people are chronically watches without going through national systems and that may be true but they will not be outside the u.s. system young says the suitcase is just part of so-called liberation technology that has its advantages for the u.s. prosecuted for being empowered. to watch what you're doing and probably influence
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recruiting and it isn't just governments according to the hackers collective anonymous which released seventy thousand classified e-mails from defense contractor h.b. gary federal about the romas coin program. almost caught on surveillance you have. zero rule no national intelligence agency brown says romas claim is partly designed to manipulate social media want to learn more. about the light area. you thought were. and there were other people who were not this software would allow the u.s. military to push their agenda by flooding social media and others say there's a contradiction between support for internet freedom abroad and subpoenas i will bet you wiki leaks collaborators at home including private bradley manning in san francisco police cut cell phone services on the metro during protests those who we
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are francisco city. shirt is a doctor so you can imagine. you think. well you know you look at the united states as a true in following the riots in london there is talk of shutting down social media we are working with the police the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating far these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence disorder and criminality. the u.s. will spend seventy million dollars and internet circumvention technology in two thousand and eleven are brought even as tough questions remain at home. or to our t. washington d.c. and still ahead for you this hour a jaws attack in russia bothers a second swimmer is mauled by a great one shark after a young man lost his forearms in a similar attack that stunned the country. and all eyes around moscow skies with the severest of the city's international air show enjoy the stunning
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tropes of russia experts are to bring to you all the highlights of your. own office the nineteenth twenty years ago muscovites have tanks rolling past the windows as. state of emergency was imposed a group of hardline communist officials attempted to seize power to prevent reforms that eventually led to the breakup of the soviet union. and reports despite the dramatic events unfolding in the capital many were being kept in the dark. if you turned on your t.v. set in moscow on the morning of the nineteenth of all this ninety ninety one this is what you would have seen tchaikovsky's swan lake. why are so many muscovites because on the streets this is what was really. there was confusion and panic even among the tank crews themselves martin with the order to march towards
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moscow i thought i'd figured out when i get there as we weren't given any information as to what was happening with your soviet leader mikhail gorbachev had been shot in his holiday home in the crimea a state committee on the state of emergency declared itself charge that was made up of high ranking communist party officials including the head of the k.g.b. chops vice president and the defense minister they were terrified that gorbachev's democratic reforms and the union treaty due to be signed on the twentieth of august would give so much power away from the center to the soviet republics it would destroy the soviet union. but it was an act of treason on the part of good which often you see in your list circle out right treason they were going to ruin our country. in a press conference later that day they said that called a trough was ill and that they would take over in his absence but their show wasn't
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convincing on the nineteenth of august vice president kennedy and naive on the other members of the emergency committee sat in this very spot in what are since become my offices as he delivered his statement the assembled journalists noticed that his hands were shaking then one twenty four year old journalist blew his official words right out of the water. bottle to tell me do you realize that you've conducted a critical they look pretty up. very convincing. just mad. meanwhile on the streets the russians see creme soviet building the white house at the coming century resistance to the coup boris yeltsin the president of the russian part of u.s.s.r. had convinced some of the tank koreans to switch sides people flocked to join him to play the talks written. yeltsin tells you that both were yeah solving your
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command are traitors and enemies who always will be as night fell on the twentieth of the rest curfew ordered by the kalugin rises raised fears of an assault on the white house when armored vehicles began moving for votes on a night protest as disillusioned with the communist party rose up to defend their hopes of democracy both kamaz son dimitriy was killed it won't work police found out onto the right by his friends led to maturity to drag him away with a modern machine rolled over my sons had and killed lead to marriage while. the coup had failed and what's more it destroyed trust in the communist party which was then back russia and november ninety ninety one by the end of the year the very system they sought to keep alive the soviet union had ceased to exist dumbarton.
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i'll follow those three days in august one thousand nine hundred one a step by step in our special report coming up in just fifteen minutes time meanwhile there's more on the fallout from the attempted coup on our website that starts the dot com well there are those who still feel the fall of the soviet union was a disaster as russia's communist party believes organizers of the light well it's time to save the empire. and others aren't even aware of the u.s.s.r. is gone thinking it's still a threat to the u.s. at least that's what republican presidential candidate michele bachmann believes are not why our team. have a killing machine has avoided russian waters as two men have so far fallen victim to a draws attacking the country's far east africa troubles are sweeping the area on the lookout for the a prehistoric monster while local authorities are promised over three thousand dollars to the person who can catch the creature from the deep artie's done explores the dangers. nothing like this has ever happened before russia
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has never seen a shark attack let alone two in two days this sixteen year old boy was diving a hundred meters off shore when it appeared the young man's wet suit service protection and saved him from best with both his legs was severely wounded if you will not you who cried out and shot. but it was time. to do. your first date. only the area twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple was saved witnesses were shocked at what they saw but i would ask whatever it was really scary a countryman described it the man's hands were chewed off and the boat was full of blood but your marks were all over his body doctors say they'd seen people off the bear and tiger attacks but this is the first time they've dealt with sharks and
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some were present the victim does recall fighting to show he saw a big fish within about two metres long he fought in the sea and says it drags into the ocean floor twice. we attacks happened in the far east and from where you region that shares a border with north korea it is known for its beaches and clear water and swimming here has always been safe dangerous sharks don't usually go that far north in a sea of japan scientists believe the predator was a white shark and manny and are trying to work out what it was doing here. this type of shock really comes to our waters it's a species that lives and tropical and subtropical waters of the ocean but with global warming they're now starting to move more and more of them out of roughly three hundred sixty species of sharks just over thirty are known to be dangerous to humans the rest are either too small only pretty deep but most experts agree that any shark with sharp enough teeth and longer than one point two metres can cause
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serious injuries especially if there's food or blood in the water how ever the majority of shark experts also agree that the danger from sharks is often exaggerated there are even those who defend the predators saying people themselves are to blame for unwanted visits just work humans have fished out the sharks food supply into them in by throwing leftovers overboard but statistics show that fewer than one person a year on average is killed by shark worldwide but in response we humans killed more than one hundred million sharks every year. and while scientists are looking for the reasons for these recent attacks the swimming season in the area is over at least for the time being. r.t. moscow. well now let's have a look at some other world news in brief twin explosions have hit the capital near a compound run by the british government at least three people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated
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a car laden with explosives in kabul gunfire was heard at the scene and witnesses said that smoke was rising from the area officials say the british council was a target of the attacks and the tal about responsibility. that israel's military says five rockets fired by militants from gaza have landed in the south of the country it comes after the jewish state carried out airstrikes over the strip following a series of deadly attacks six gazans reportedly killed including a child while a dozen were said to be looted earlier israeli officials promised a strong response after assaults on vehicles here in egypt border left. brain was pointed at gaza and militants although the hamas government denied their involvement. international pressure continues to mount on the syrian government the u.s. and major new states urging president assad to step down the sets of fresh economic
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sanctions have also been imposed by washington in what is the biggest response so far to the bar that cropped out of anti-government protesters meanwhile a u.n. humanitarian team is due in damascus on saturday to assess the situation on the ground syria claims army operations against protesters have ended. rights groups say more than two thousand people have been killed it since began in march. now a tsunami warning has been issued in japan after a strong earthquake rocked the northeast of the country it was measured at six point nine on the richter scale and struck in the early morning hours of friday morning waves of up to half a meter are expected to hit the fukushima nuclear power plant already crippled by a major quake and tsunami and mark. now the skies around moscow have been even busier than usual this week with a max international air show flying machines before me all kinds of gravity defying
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stunts an r.t.a. is there for you. and your group is going to have is keeping an eye on what's happening at the back side there you go or so at last the public get their chance to get up close to the aviation industry what's in store for today show. well the show is continuing here at the march two thousand and eleven if during the first few days the air show was open primarily to official delegations and businesses inking out those billions on contracts with some big names of civil and military aircraft producers from russia and across the world on friday the doors of the airshow are open for everybody the weather has cooled down compared to the last few days there were some clouds early in the morning but now they're all gone and all skies are all and all eyes are on the skies there is a great show in store and lots of interesting things to see for everybody like the
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latest airbus a three eighty jumbo jet or russia's leader sukhoi superjet one hundred or d t u one sixty s. two g.'s you can bomber also known as the white swan some spectacular stunning performances by aerobatic teams both from russia and from across the world war the scene some really impressive performances abidi a russian knights swifts and falcons we're expecting more from them and of the others there's also quite an impressive exhibition of military and civil helicopters here at the airshow this year as well for those. and their pilots have been showing off their skills flying skills in the skies as well we're also expecting more from them i have to tell you this is not the first machs air show for me personally but it is as impressive every time you watch it as the first time
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you see it this year probably the biggest highlight is a russian silliness top secret stealth fighter jet like he fifty vets also present here at the air show not many people are allowed near it. but archie. found out why his claim is all such strategic importance. many have heard about it until now only a select few had seen it with their own eyes to adhesion fans the t. fifty is known as the city is still being developed so also this technical specifications are top secret in fact as close as we can get to the real thing is this model right here but during the next airshow visitors get it sure we get a chance to see the jets in flight the first ever call the display for god for the jet is being developed by his superior design bureau under the watchful eyes of the
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united aircraft corporation and the entire project is shrouded in mystery in fact were presented gives of the corporation say the project is so secret they can't even talk on camera about it so it will give us the united states and russia are the only two countries in the world to tap the technologically potential to implement a large scale national project for the development of a fifth generation jet fighter the fight of russia is demonstrating two models of this year's max air show is strong evidence that russian navy is in a very good state has the jets will reportedly be able to carry out combat duty in any weather at any time of day will feature a special coating which will make it less noticeable to anti aircraft raiders and will be able to cruise at supersonic speed but most of the guesswork boils down to this when polly develops the russian fifth generation fighter will give the
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american after twenty two and f. thirty five a run for their money in terms of stealth capabilities maneuverability and cost smaller than yours that of this being a new generation fighter it's much more comfortable to fly everything was designed with safety in mind it has thrust vectoring engine noises safely at low near zero. it's safe even with a fly so first the environment in the cockpit is also new the fire provides intelligence support to the pilots all of the jets are supposed to be over to go right in thousand and fifteen it's hoped orders for roughly six hundred jets will follow with one third of that number going to russian air force but until the final touches to the project are made the only chance to see the hope and pride of russian aviation is a max air show in the middle school r.t. she called ski school region. hands or. close on.
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the french. ship future flight. martin takes to the max air show. business update is next with marina. hello and welcome to business here on our top story of course are the global markets which plunged another round of volatility with fears of an underlying double dip the sentiments were spurred by even pay of negative data from europe and the u.s. the dow jones lost three point seven percent of all the nasdaq closed over five percent in the red on thursday. has taken the baton of concern let's take a look at the markets indeed so we'll start with the asian bourses which are meeting heavy losses following a sharp sell off in the do y. s.
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and sweaters are among the worst performers on the lake a with hanon down two point six percent and citizen over four percent in the ride and carmakers are no exception their honda is shedding around three percent this hour meanwhile energy stocks are the ones mean hit the hardest in hong kong with petro china down around four percent here in moscow of the arts u.s. has opened and it's trading in negative territory extending thursday's losses it setting more than two percent this hour my sex will open surely both markets nosedive yesterday with energy and financial stocks suffering the biggest losses let's take a look at oil prices they continue to fall after an almost six percent decline on thursday concerns about global economic recovery are still brain on crude thoughts the weaker dollar is given some supports that with the eye is that around eighty dollars per barrel right blank as trading at one hundred six dollars and
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a quick look at precious metals gold is trading at a new record high level as uncertainty about the global economy is pushing investors back to save havens and small prizes out above one thousand eight hundred forty dollars per ounce and silver is also operates trading just below for you on the almost grounds. now all global indexes consume your margin and so the right investors are looking for any positive information suu kyi changed the sentiments about the need from r.b.c. capital markets says there's still not much to impact the mood. it is august a lot of people are whole day and you know they're do this aren't big events in the calendar where you can see a significant shift we get a little bit of economic data next week we have the p.m.i. is in for four august which will give us a sense as to whether the slowdown will be more protracted into q three or not we also get the jackson hole conference on friday where we could see some voices out of the fed as to whether q e three is going to become
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a reality or not and while fears of a dreaded double dip are once again vising in the markets you're just not listen to let them go it's a bank says russia is in the best position to withstand a recession that wasn't see thousand and. the comparison in favor of today is with regard to core for a balance sheet so the micro level of individual enterprises i think we're seeing better picture and terms of less currency risk a less currency mismatches. less leverage less debt. that is accumulated. especially if we're talking about short term debt. but of the same time if you take the sovereign level if you take bill to country level so to say. we do see that the level of fiscal reserves the level of forest reserves is somewhat lower compared to two thousand and eight. and that's how business looks the sour the headlines on that's what south africa.
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