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paid player in russia. back also western states call for tougher sanctions against the syrian regime but journalists on the ground say i'm going to put it used as evidence of a government crackdown it's hard to verify. the update if we listen fifteen minutes from now but in the meantime syria's not the only country caught up in the web of media misinformation conflicting reports have been coming from libya as to what's actually going on there and next r.t. hears from a member of a western fact finding mission who recently returned that's an hour special interview next on r.t. stay with us for that. it's been described as the file chapter think it's our fate that was the end to the war in libya same as saying the the realisation now setting in that still remains a little tough battle ahead we're joined now by yvonne de vito he has just come
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back from libya where you work and piling an independent dossier on what was happening on the ground this a thank you very much for joining us there you've been saying that it's because certainly here in italy the news reports about what was happening in libya were very confusing a lot of conflicting information sickly tell us what you saw what you found was that you were there someone that went to libya on the twentieth of july and we came back on the seventh of august and we found a totally different situation because nato was bombarding civilians the bombings were not only carried out to military targets but they also hit houses hospitals schools television centers and this was totally against the humanitarian reasons they said they were there for i believe they were doing this to bring panic in the city that's why they were bombing the things that people use daily like places with food and essential utilities like hospital was that this was a very difficult period for muslim because of ramadan and that is why in the daytime they're in their houses and went to tripoli and to the town and we saw huge
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protests with thousands of proca dopy supporters turning out against nato and all of these demonstrations were not shown in italy also visited to endure and since we were there and found a lot of women that were screaming at us asking why you would tun in a bombing us what did we do to you why are you killing our children that was the main question which does it on the same day they bombed the highlands and then this house two children were killed we tried to show the pictures of these children that were dead but apart from us no one else did the same except the things that we saw with our own eyes visiting these places that were born and we have so much money to . the press officers and journalists from libya gave two hours as destiny to all the data from the nato bombing this after all the things that i do still we have one question where is this a humanitarian war are they really helping the civilians that's because i believe that all this is because of economic reason or at least there are other reasons why this war happened. also visited libya before and what we found was
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a normal situation where people were finally differently from other countries that went through a revolution us live is considered to be the switzerland of the african continent and is very rich and schools are free for the people are hospitals are free for the people and the conditions for women are much better than in other arab countries that have a person that gadhafi is self in a number of occasions what you think post-war and post gadhafi libya is going to look like you're going to if all television stations are showing people fighting and demonstrating against gadhafi i personally saw many people demonstrating for khadafy i don't know why so many journalists are not sharing this because they're manipulating the situation with independent media show these videos on the internet because there is more freedom than what we saw personally when we were in libya and from the documents we quote we saw the rebels as disorganized groups others other
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fizzles the people that the rebels coming to power will prefer a continuation of the volatile situation a bit queer i believe that the rebels will not be able to do a good job after gadhafi among them there are many groups islamists tunisian people that i don't know why they are there al-qaeda rebels from libya the just want to change but there is too much disorganization to make a good job it is the people we interviewed were very afraid to imagine that the rebels could take power because they think that they are not able to govern the country or to take control in a proper way the chiefs of these groups of rebels are ex politicians. former politicians that before while with gadhafi and then they completely changed their fate they went with the wind as they say in italy where there are concerns of the monks the rebels now well there are many expletives chanst of the city taking off their uniforms joining the rebels and living to fight another day and i think you have corrupt politician as well and this was also demonstrated as the chief of the
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rebels was killed at the order of the leader of the rebels we've seen many times that these rebels are making criminal acts for example they've taken we've been soldiers and killed them by cutting their heads off and they take their hearts out and show them to people and so our question is i was making a noise of these people talk committing criminal acts and can these people really govern a country when we talk of the nato mission for humanitarian reasons do you think that justification for the war in libya stands up to scrutiny. and i believe it's not a valid justification because most of the targets were civilian ones and many people say the people were targets on purpose to create panic on the ground how much of the discrepancy did you see on the ground between what later was saying or you're saying that they read many many discrepancies every day the first day that nato bombed a civilian target i apologized to people saying it was a mistake but the day after they kept bombing civilian targets and when the libyan
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government was asking why are you bombing civilians need to we're denying it saying it was gadhafi propaganda that wasn't true we saw it this is being described by years a war of dissent the nation how much of that the g.c. on the ground who can see still how much the media are manipulating the situation when they say that gadhafi fans have been arrested was this turns out to be untrue the reports that all of tripoli have been taken over by the robbers and this also cruzan true a friend of ours who is a businesswoman who lives in tripoli and almost a created a commission to make an investigation and. the facts of what happened in libya she told me she found some journalists who were making false reports saying that the rebels were behind them when in fact the city behind them was empty we saw pictures of green square that is completely full of rebels but if you compare those pictures to other pictures of green square it's completely different it seems like a set was created on purpose to make the public think that all of tripoli was taken
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over by the rebels and all the gadhafi family was dead was saying this is a major tactic because they want people to think that rebels have taken power and i believe they're doing this because nato has an hari to show this before the start of the vocalist because they don't want to have to provide further financing for the rule other theories of the people that the rebels coming to power will prefer a continuation of the volatile situation this was not a popular demonstration but a huge military action against gadhafi i think after gadhafi it will be very difficult and may to one leave the national transitional council to govern as they have put a lot of money into the schools so probably they want some of that power and to be in charge there was just an excuse or justification that they want to help the people they will continue to take control of the city you're talking about the tribes in libya just think that western countries understood exactly
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what it's going to take. to bring democracy to live you before it was difficult to maintain the government in libya because it's made of many tribes it's a society made of tribes that have conflict with each other so it was difficult before and i imagine now it will be even more sorry things going to happen in me and many other people that are watching libya are afraid that this may become another of ghana's stanny a country that's devastated by wars that last for years it's a society completely different from ours and our idea of democracy they don't approve it. their idea of government is based on groups and choices that have their own chief than those chiefs together form a national council they believe that this is the only way to represent all social groups for example they don't like all form of democracy because that sixty percent of the country votes for one president and the remaining forty don't agree with the president they believe this is not
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a form of democracy this is the first time that the country was attacked even though they offer a commission to go into the country and to investigate and find facts that didn't happen they just attacked this was started with fools picked it sent by al jazeera through the media other media to these pictures and confirms the most true and the will was gone the most important thing is that the governments that it was open to negotiations at nato didn't want that. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy
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rebels claim they've surrounded a mama gadhafi made his. spokesman insists that. such a recovery operation is under way in siberia. for an unmanned resupply craft that never reach the international space station the russian space agency faces a major overhaul after the progress vessel broke into pieces five minutes after launch on wednesday. western states call for tougher sanctions against the syrian regime but journalists on the ground there say that amateur footage uses evidence of the government crackdown is hard to verify. and superstar striker samuel eto has arrived in russia to join north caucasus club. the cameroonian has agreed a reported salary of ten million euros per season and will become easily the highest paid player in russia. more news for in just under an hour from now let's stay in the world of sport now with kate she's next.
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well welcome to the thursday night sports roundup on a big day for russian football and a big night for the teams in the european competitions where the headlines. a happy man some relaxing holds his press conference in russia following his thirty million dollar move from him to milan. while the big draw russian scientists need to test out avoid the line to fossilize realm hundred ninety nine to chelsea in the draw for the champions league group stage. and guard heartbreak spot at last i can see a late late goal crashing out of the europa league playoffs have like yourself. first to our top story and samuel eto says he's happy to be in russia the cameroon striker has held his first press conference after arriving in moscow this thursday
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afternoon following his much publicized thirty million dollar move from him to milan to angie the thirty year old has signed for three years of the dagestan club with reports saying he'll receive around a quarter of a million dollars a week the african star is the third big name to be signed by angie this season and joins brazil legend roberto carlos and worshipped by make that gulf club spokesman alexander said that so didn't want to come to russia at first but was swayed by the ambitions of the club's billionaire owner dagestan native suliman cut him off he wants champions league football. and you know that's it money is not that important to me so i never talk about it money is just part of the game i move to cameroon to play football and my main goal is to be happy and to make others around me happy to what is important to me is this big project which is a machine and i want to help the people behind it. well as if sets to make his debut in the russian premier league at the last off on saturday with pundits in
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russia predicting the right i need you that right here will just be surreal i mean he's thirty years old is at its peak his first home game i think is them against the volga nizhny novgorod which is just when you see him what he's done to the fences such as manchester united real madrid stopper talian so it's a terrifying in football terms it's a real coup for us and for boards to bring like first time they've really had a top star who's still in his prime come to russia and choose not to go to another european team. well meanwhile russian champions in petersburg and currently greatest tesco have both been handed relatively comfortable draws for the group stage of the champions league well let's have a look at those groups in order in which the top two teams will go through in a tough group a champions league day return to manchester city have been drawn against german giant y. and unit spanish to do the layout and experience italian luckily. waltz a scot joining three time winner into milan french champions league. runners up
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clubs on sport who replaced the van and then it all shakes from last season's finest manchester united are in group c. which is arguably the z. is for them along with ten feet tall and remain in view calmest pottle galati. while real madrid who won the tournament a record nine times face competition from french side leo champions i axed an amazon from croatia in the group d. and in the meantime chelsea were assigned to group b. with violated cusanus and belgian side gang. had also qualified via their playoff victory over it in a.z. will face marse a brief olympiacos german champions versus dortmund in group that. needs are in group g. along with the portuguese side cotton shantytowns events in ukraine and all nicosia cyprus and finally four time winners and current holders boss alone are in group h. along with seven time european champions ac milan generations i bought the results
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making their second appearance in the competition and group stage debbie since we truly appreciate your from the czech republic. and after the draw was concluded you a fan named lee and messi is europe's best footballer the twenty four year old argentina striker who also being crowned world player of the year in twenty ten barcelona teammate jobby along with his opposite number after models well madrid christiane are now though to the prestigious award. spartak moscow really to injury time goal to lose three two at home to leggy a warsaw go crashing out of the playoffs with a five four aggregate defeat the gamble of twins a spot spot like into a two no lead kill opened the scoring ten minutes into the game a condition a key arena for me to convert a penalty we're going through the first half but like you have pulled the match back level before the break and gold headed home the winner a leg yet in stoppage time while the kick off was delayed for
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a second to align your posting of the sheikh taj after torrential rain to let me tell a lie and yet need to overturn a single deficit from the first leg not want to travel to slovakia with a two goal advantage from their first game against sparta another. moscow rain and lost opportunity. we were losing at the beginning of the match because sports rock was clearly in control of the game but fortunately we were able to stay disciplined and were now in the next round of the europa league. it's hard to comment after such a match my team played for the first thirty minutes and then it quit i have nothing else to say. well all together there are thirty seven europa league matches taking place across the continent among those p.s.v. eindhoven with five past austria has just read after setting the goal a store in the first leg charcoal to overturn a two known deficit against helsinki for them and athletico could afford to lose on
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the road birmingham host nasional from portugal drove our goal down after the first leg at seven bratislava paris on your clock both enjoy the luxury of multiple away goals and serbia they want to know when all bets are i guess hunger well ahead of those clashes tottenham manager harry redknapp was happy to say midfielder luka moggridge is staying put despite being heavily linked with a move to chelsea the twenty five year old croatia star was in the provisional squad for the hearts game and is also hopeful for sunday. domestic magic time to manchester city is recovering from a hamstring injury coach redknapp also revealed his interest in liverpool winger joe cole but it was keeping moderate was making him smile. we love him with a great player. and so on leading back playing if you know the germans made it clear is not going to go so he has to crack on then get on with it and i'm sure he will i'm sure that. he'll be a great player again this year we're talking with has been for the last couple of
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years or pena. found in other football news the players' strike has finally been resolved in spain is illegal with the new season juicer kick off on saturday after a week's delay the players and league officials finally reached an agreement that put an end to the strike which has disrupted the start of the season in the top two divisions talks between the sides reconvene on wednesday and dragged on a late into the nice eventually the league agreed to pay the unpaid wages of more than two hundred players reportedly in excess of fifty million euros also now allow players to end their contracts if they don't receive their salaries from their clubs in future. now with just two days to go before the start of the athletics world championships in south korea the showpiece event has lost one of its biggest attractions for what world record holder assaf of power has pulled out of the one hundred metres due to a growing injury but one zero jamaican had been racing against time to get fit for the big events but has just failed to do so however his agent said he could be fit
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in time for the four by one hundred metres relay later in the tour and how holds the season best time of nine point seven eight seconds but has yet to claim an individual gold at either the olympics for the world championships. meanwhile you say involves other arch rival from the big sprint created american tyson gay is already out with a hip injury powells we. did called blanche to retain the one hundred and two hundred metres titles he won two years ago however up ultimates wasn't quite in the same top four we enjoyed at those bowling world championships are still sets to go full steam and make history. the worlds are. going to be your first in the door to be. the first before you to do the second one. so i really focus on. i'm going to do with the main focus. to tennis now in the draw has been announced for the final grand slam of the
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year the u.s. open and third seeking maria sharapova is in line for a quarter final clash with patrick that's a in what could be a reprieve of the wimbledon decider well novak djokovic could play roger federer in the semifinals well before all that djokovic and cheer up of a met each other off the court sharapova has introduced a sponsored event already you're actually welcome before looking a little bit shorter stockier than usual in fact the blog was actually men's number one novak djokovic having a bit of a joke of his expense the serbian is renowned for his impersonators on the tour and then though he came face to face with the russian who saw the funny side however it should be more serious next week in the u.s. i just get underway is a good fall off the winning in cincinnati last week on talk of which says the shoulder injury he picked out there isn't serious. and i just personally it was a big step for me. in a really good direction because i hadn't gone far. in
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a couple of years and within this whole year. my game has improved. it's been a long journey back since my shoulder surgery so it's it's been a nice year so far thank you so going into the last grand slam of the year this is kind of for all the efforts go into. think everyone's going to fight for that last result shoulders ok. before and. just just a couple of days' rest and that's all i needed there was. major issues no diagnosis no torn muscle no nothing you know it's just just minor information that i have because of too many matches that i've played and that's all that's all the sports news for this evening by.
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before the war in libya rebels claim they've surrounded by gadhafi made his compound in tripoli pretty spokesman insists the colonel is still fighting on the front line. days new polls coming on the back of the announcement today from prime minister but it's. called a billion dollar a phrase in libyan assets we'll have the latest information on that story coming up in the. western states call for tougher sanctions against the syrian regime but journalists say i'm going to push you to use as evidence of a government crackdown is hard to verify. the search and recovery operation is underway in siberia for an unmanned space resupply craft that never reach the international space station. the russian space agency set for a major overhaul following the latest in a string of launch failures join me in a few moments for all the latest.
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