the locals turned their land into its numbers target. should close up on our gene. here without seeing a recap of the stories that shaped this week heavy gunfire and explosions are heard in the libyan capital was rebels claimed they even though launched an attack on tripoli with colonel gadhafi and his full cost approaching but some are of all suggest the loud bangs were celibates henri fireworks off the government forces to repel the advance or. so the violence in the middle east with fears of a deadly exchange of fire between israel and gaza might lead to the jewish state launching a new ground attack meanwhile israelis protesting against a social injustice say the government could use the conflict to die but the tension

from problems at home. and prison fights back against recent riots with harsh sentences handed to those who only thought about taking time out of their concerns the government's excessive response will simply fuel public. hungary's new media law has created quite a stir in the e.u. with the setting up of a new government controlled authority. with the country's foreign affairs committee vice chairman to talk about the controversial initiative and the impact it might have on the freedom of press. it's not being long since hungry handed. the presidency to poland and president mr o'brien has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee of the parliament helen hungry thank you very much for joining us now press freedom is

a fundamental principle. do you think that hungary some even further away from the values the stand with this new deal where there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you know using standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't think maybe you has an almighty right to determine where ly be boundaries of such principles we never really heard there critically a definition of what exactly these values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details like the other boundaries of these so it is always a contentious issue i mean every country every nation state which the e.u. consists of has its own media law and has its own institutions that safeguard the freedom of speech or the freedom of press so even in the e.u. the opinions of the area media law have been very diverse it has received

criticisms and it has also been defended by some politicians in the e.u. of course to their agreement the liberal european parliament has been very hysterical about it. i can understand some of their criticisms but on the other hand in this country we have a long history of when people from outside try to tell us what to do for a long time it was for moscow for fifty years now we have people coming around from brussels from washington rating freedom of press freedom of speech and. trying to tell us what kind of rules are the best for hungary and we've had in this country in the past twenty years during the history of hearing democracy so to speak previous media law which was very far from perfect. and there were a lot of instances where freedom of speech has been very seriously

attacked on the the on the the umbrella of this media law that we never heard anybody say anything in europe or outside of europe criticizing this media law so i think that we have to be very careful when we when we judge this of course we have our ballot criticisms against this law. to say about the ways in which the law was introduced some people saying that it was done with a lot of secrecy and it seems to be a little bit. tell us about that i think it is very unfortunate when a two thirds majority what the government has in hungary at the moment is used to push through a law very quickly and without very careful consideration first of all i know that there is a huge enticement to do things very quickly and pushing through law. valid they even have a majority to change the constitution. but i think that the danger is that the

law is going to be imperfect this law is imperfect from the point of view that for instance the delegates to this media thora t. are purely it's very one sided it's not a balance forward only for the members are being delegated into this authority. the leader of this authority is appointed for nine years which is the norm it's in the public office that's a long long time you know i mean during nine years more than two elections go past you know and i think it's it's very unfortunate some people are kind of. stuck to their position you know for nine years but delegates are appointed by the prime minister which is very unusual. the minimum would be that the parliament appoints them and there is some kind of proportionality within this authority and some delegates. of the opposition can also be there because we think that is that

would bring. the kind of balanced or for a few war supervision of this authority how much of a threat i'll be in those i think that's great and i don't think it is going to impact that much on press freedom press freedom in this country has been it has a long history to say the least in this country we used to have for fifty years. media that was completely centralized and run by the party the communist party of hungary following this we had a very very liberal media law the previous the pretty censor of this video was extremely liberal we had in hungary in journalism newspapers televisions radios the majority of people who used to work in the previous era we used to work in a dictatorship and i don't know if somebody coming from the west. to comprehend this situation here i believe just to draw

a parallel this is as if in. second world war germany you would have journalists that have written articles in the shared mailbox there before the end of the second world war you see it's a very obscure situation and the problem is that we have a lot of in the past twenty years we had a lot of accumulated grief. emanating from the media though in this country we have a very very one sided very one sided liberal and left wing type of journalism which needs to be balanced out and there's no question about it but i think now the pendulum. somehow struck me to the other direction. so i understand the reaction but i think it has gone too far on the other end so needless described this is the government taking a loan to the media there's been a lot of layoffs are the government just trying to cut their own people in positions of power is that tree i'm not

a media expert but. i think there are very few people in this country including the socialists who are the loudest about this about this situation there are very few people in this country including them. save hungary and national media as i'm not oversized in terms of employment i mean. some kind of rationalisation. was long overdue everybody has been always talking about it so should this have been talking about it when they were in government. this government has not only talking or been talking about how they have laid people off because they saw that it is unsustainable. so i think. this debate has become very politicized it's more about politics than about profession o'connor see i mean something is unsustainable you have to cut costs and if if something is over bureaucratized. you know you're going to have people laid off so.

based on this new media law i think the whole media needs a bit of rethinking including the national media and that is going to be. what is going to hurt some people that's that's the unfortunate consequence of such a situation why did he. say they clear on this particular a shame when as he said it's ignored other very important issues that have been happening here in the country why do you think that he. can't save a clear about it was an ideological and political. attack now we have a right wing government. right and government is always attacked by the left wing liberals in the european parliament this is our past experience. how this works we can only guess we have a socialist party in this country which has extremely good connections in the european parliament. and in the european media and this government the old man

government and i'm seeing this being in opposition so i think this somehow add some value to what i say. in the. in between ninety eight and two thousand and two this bang government already had one and it was very interesting to see. the volume. and. extensiveness of this criticism that this government has received from outside of hungary and you can expect exactly identify who those people are where the sick criticism comes from and what is the direction of the criticism it is it has something to do with with the fear of for a dictatorship being introduced to hungary you know things are and i mean nothing like that happened exactly. when the socialist government ran this country for eight years nobody said a single word in the european parliament and in the e.u.

although we know this was admitted that the hungary and government the socialist government forced the five economic statistics that were submitted to the european parliament which is criminal you had the two thousand and six issues when the people were struck out on the streets who went on the streets to demonstrate against the prime minister who made the speech the speech was leaked where he admitted to have lied day and night about the economic and other situation in the country and he won the elections through lies and this is this speech was leaked out and there was huge uproar in this country. nobody else seems to care in the whole world in the democratic world that usually are worried about democratic values or the values of the european union whatever they might be. how they are being respected in this country so i think that there is an extremely strong double standard against this country. which also manifests itself in the criticism that

this may be a law has received thanks very much for joining us thank you very much. the be.

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unit is out now. perhaps it's not the best of times for new zealand to start losing rugby matches it has to agree with our timmy tree yet for any all black to lose to south africa it's not a good day but to do so with the world cup just around the corner particularly not all right all the rest were coming up in just a moment. pretty happy with is this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including. staying put c.s.k. moscow remain the team to catch in the russian from your league following a comprehensive three zero win over siberian i thought. since not be sure. qualifies to me in a yankee bitch in the western and southern open decider. on food for

thought favorites for the fast approaching really world cup new zealand get schooled by south africa in the finals should. one not coming out of football first moscow have blown spark in the russian premier league they army men had been in danger of losing their leading spot following three games without a win but they put that right on saturday evening units these charges retaining their two point advantage at the summit following victory over seats on a brilliant move finished by c due to be out getting things started five minutes after the break to city hall knew it would then double the home side his lead with what's fast becoming an international signature a pinpoint for take. this was the icing on the cake judea again believes top scorer netting number twelve of the season three males yes got the finals. second seeded sinitta are sitting out on the heels of the leaders robeson petersburg side rushing for yet salviati summer the game effectively down by half

time with each other spell letty's men finding the net four times while conceding just once dummy were montreux cough nicholas long berths on victor physician all getting on the school board or it isn't true cough would also not his brace of those in minutes from time well probably because you have had schools for through. true the final score leaving is a neat within a couple of points. there sure spoil in some release to all their fixtures routine will have left the city of perm disappointed talking feel to take all three points off struggling omkara while look sean on chart grozny a late goal from opponents for a soft meeting in chechnya would end up. at the top of the english premier league currently aston villa. chelsea and liverpool looking down on the rest after wins yesterday arsenal have fun and that's just one so far this

season but for them unfortunately it was an own goal which contributed to the gunners to the laws against liverpool on sunday chelsea meanwhile were forced to come from behind against west brom in the days late kick off. the winner in the two one victory newcastle q.p.r. secured one goal and way victories over at sunderland on everton songs and wigan out of a point tally holding i'd go with each other while aston villa all their three four with scorn a three one win over block for. the start tennis for maria sharapova has shown her pedigree to make the cincinatti masters decider the russian sing off compact real world number two euro zone or e over in the semifinals last year up in ohio gunned in the first set. dictating the play to secure the rest. of this approach thomas homestead seemed to refigure it truck about however afterwards brilliant shot choice from the siberian

native leaving it on a real for running over the course before it dropped effort finished this point for the same in the third set such as ferocious to her is just too powerful for her opponents allowing stratify to wrap up the sky two six six three sixty s d. it's up next for the fourth seed to serve taking care of germany from great petrovich and suffered all their semifinal former world number one yankovic's needing the help of a typewriter and the first four let's sing for you just one opponent in the seven six six one was. in the men's side of action world number one novak djokovic remains well in the hunt for his tenth singles title of the year the twenty four year old progressing into the cincinnati decider after opponents almost burdick retired with shoulder problems joke which had just taken the first set when the czechs ailments. being back from three five giants st seven five gunshots when

burdick felt i felt the twenty five year old saying service crippled the rest by the injury and so there was no continuing joke which has only lost once in fifty eight much as the season there be another piece of silverware in the bag if he keeps on strickland later today. andy murray the man standing in his way that surging scott watching marty fish in the semi's very taking the first set six three with the american feeling the pressure of committing almost twice as many unforced errors in six three seven six would end their twenty four year old djokovic for the title here in two thousand and eight but lost to the three time grand slam champion in the final of this year's australian open on the semifinals of the room. a thirteen point loss is perhaps not the best way for new zealand to build confidence with a group the world cup under a month away but that's what happened when they met south africa in the tri nations

on soph and no love lost between the sides you should try a nation's title since two thousand and one rival a lot cocky both ensemble whitelock squaring up to each other if in a first ten minutes the resulting penalty from mourning a stain would put the whole six nil all staying very much on for him with the boot sitting over another couple of penalties. this dropkick to make it fifteen nothing said africa just i would like influential purring former world peers of the original caught on archer new zealand's were finding a good time with this trying was vintage all black. hooey the non driving over for series really entry changes however that was as good as it would get for the reigning champion steyn firing over his fifth penalty all finites and leave the final score eight hundred five to the world cup. finally the fourth constantia hockey league season tix to the ice in just over

a fortnight's time clubs from five countries will take part this year but we start our build up series by taking a look at a side a little closer to home early title favorites themselves scots and petersburg. i as success on any team begins and ends with a head coach this is somewhat of a sore point for the army men from russia's northern capsule of st petersburg into one hundred ten alone scots star studded squad was led by three had coaches despite those revamping efforts by the team's board throughout the season the armaments still lost in the conference semifinals against auckland from the most the region by the way it's a glance had those militias you got was it now at the helm of scott st petersburg on a thursday go which is what's going to have previously played very well if we see using getting told spokesmen on thing is most unbelievable and then some problems emerges

acquittal or we work on it state by state going to very similar to get stressed in every game we'll play was announced to pick column even periods in the regular campaign shift of the mark when i was pacing the drum for claiming that we are number one more an honor to me we will simply. scovell start the new season without star players like alex a yosh and the other child yannick he again a bark up and moxie fissions gate however and their presence will hardly be missed as the ecos has attracted their guard cup winners patrick taurus and and carol consult them on other quite capable players with a major playoff experience i'm also their silent partner playoffs last year along with the final is a great experience oh it's a it's very loud and they have good crossers i really enjoy playing the last something that you work for every year scott began their preparation in the czech republic where the squad concentrated mainly on gaining strength and that's then it was followed by a brief training camp and it seems home base in st petersburg where the head coach

has laid down strategy and tactics for the remainder of the pre-season has been a tough training camp so far but he's working on getting in shape and. you know i'm good seems there's always something to work on that i don't have right now it's cause first spend a match and think it is virtue that this side is ready to reach new heights and make a gel and that sentiment echoed with the fans as well as that scene delighted supporters with a three two win over another occasional side third pedal from the team milburn mind you the match was partly announced in the media and was held on the practice area however it was still packed to the rafters focus of the christmas new study thank you yeah it's a pity that some of the stars of left the club and on the other hand i'm glad i'm not big on coasters like patrick tours defense is not a pleasant surprise we don't report was and is from english writing in our new coach is a controversial figure one i hope you will bring the result scott st petersburg

help always been one of the top sides during the cage shell's a regular season however once the playoffs dawned it seems efforts deflated and soon it was out of contention for the governing cop some diehard fans and pundits who are inclined towards mysticism even said that the team is under some kind of a playoff spell the realist though believe it's all about those involved sell the army man from the banks of the five or more commonly known as the scott think it is very we'll be looking to break that play of hacks in the upcoming season then you have coach miller said as a guy who already has that necessary postseason experience has built quite a capable side and it's helped that they knew a position will be playing and scott's favor ron cos rep for our team in st petersburg. not wraps up the sport for this hour the weather is next and the new trees here with all the news at the top of the hour.

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