tv [untitled] August 27, 2011 1:00pm-1:30pm EDT
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but. come to. germany. so bring the illegal. moscow. libyan rebels are ready to storm his hometown under a nato air field in a desperate effort to find the fugitive colonel that's as european governments start their own fight for oil deals in. the world war two veteran is leading a campaign to expose british courts is losing this battle for another little gas a six month jail sentence is this mess. in the eye of the storm a new york braces itself for the past. and i mean that sort of public transportation and funds out of the state of emergency declared. and the republic of causing a list of its newly elected president to rebuild the nation's economy rising
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throughout south three years of struggling to maintain habits. it's not a pm here in the russian capital you're watching our t.v. now fierce fighting reported in parts of libya as more mortgage off he remains at large despite nato support of the rebels and the cops for the fugitive colonel now coalition forces have launched at the top of his last remaining stronghold out to get off his hometown of sirte to pave the way for a full scale ground offensive by the rebels are is in libya ashley greene says this report on the humanitarian side of the conflict. the holy bible of the khadafi regime is not. a new libya these people
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look at be killable to see the. people may not know for sure what the future. will bring it they know that the past will never return. everything that might remind people of our decades of dictatorship has been overthrown this is only for doing it brings no only for doing things fees fighting has continued since rebel forces and to tripoli during the week and much of the city bears the scars of war on top of months of relentless bombing by nato new evidence of the bloodshed emerged when hundreds of bodies were found in a hospital abandoned by stuff in the arrival of rebel forces with no one clear control many residents now live in fear of anarchy and of armed men from both sides of the conflict. these men proudly shows as
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a trophy one while he took part in the override of conduct his residence covered his ear when we entered we saw many weapons and. there is no gadhafi anymore the at the man says he would love to have another prize khadafi has had. was great and of this was because of him to shoulder such a with a leader the bible said that she was my. son was not a kind that's. still at large these bible is not yet over there is no. tripoli. christopher killer who writes for the blog moats from a medina told r.t. that if the libyan rebels fail to restore peace it could be embarrassing for one of their main supporters a u.s. president. clearly there will still be gadhafi loyalists after the country is under
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control of the t.n.c. what matters is if the t.n.c. is able to provide the sort of security and policing required to prevent any sort of insurgency in the coming months obviously we've seen the u.s. this far into the conflict in libya and this is becoming president obama's war and this is something that he cannot afford to lose. likewise if. he is to fall into chaos into an insurgency of some sort after the fall of gadhafi and this would reflect poorly on obama so while i don't believe that he has made a. major goal so far there are a lot of risks for obama. and while the u.n. is calling for a halt to violence in libya nato allies are already eyeing up their country's vast oil reserves all countries have worked together to break it off israel are now racing against each other to secure lucrative energy contracts as furthur ports
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it's led to fears a new regime in libya could easily slide into corruption. half a billion dollars from italy now what can one point five billion from the u.n. that's into three hundred million dollars from turkey this is questions abound about the future of the paste it back here it's the money that's been talking the loudest governments have a strong interest in. newtown the world's. opening up business and. everybody is reason for it leads foreign minister has the night there's a race on with france to be the first on the ground to restart business in libya but the italians have me clear their eagerness to maintain the extremely case trade ties they enjoyed and they got the regime but as the money begins to flow to help the national transitional council as it takes power the big question mark rein
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saver exactly he these fast funds belong to indeed good daffy's states which is coming to an end the borderline between the wealthy the problem well for the good of its family members of the state were not very clear so it's hard to see how much of this money was a direct emanation of gadhafi as well of wealth and how much of it was actually. could be categorized as libyan assets because that the family were often accused of easing libya's riches as their own personal pocket money and now there are concerns that the unfreezing of libyan assets without effective monitoring key to aid in the floodgates to new corruption lead is now a land of opportunity for everybody trying to. you know it's sort of. trying to exploit this war as the best of everybody lucrative
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oil gas and infrastructure projects to follow as the war torn country rebuilds everyone it seems. well it's a slice of the action in a war is not what is indispensable for the western economy it's worser interest to leave. you destroy your view it's very european it's like a vicious circle it's not just italy that have been trying to keep the national transitional council on sites like you know not many western countries to libya i mean big business there. and coming up in the program in the eye of the storm new york is bracing itself for the arrival of european i really as parts of the city are evacuated and public transport has been shut down. and russia has introduced a draft resolution at the u.n. security council designed to push the warring sides in syria towards peaceful
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dialogue i'm also says it's proposal is based on a similar statement you know that was the passed by the security council earlier this month but the draft could face stiff opposition from western countries who are calling for a change of power in syria are. reports. it looks like we're going to see a barrel of two different versions of resolutions on syria the u.n. security council russia is putting forward its draft resolution which will be an alternative to the resolution that the u.s. and european representatives are putting together the letter has already been dubbed as sanctions resolution the u.s. and european leaders want to put more pressure on the syrian government whereas the russian version of the resolution makes two very important points first of all it cost to the syrian government to expedite the implementation of the reforms that president assad has announced in order to effectively address to legitimize aspirations and concerns of the syrian people and second it urges the syrian opposition to engage in political dialogue with the syrian authorities about what
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reforms to carry out in the country the syrian opposition definitely could be more forthcoming in that direction so a very important difference there the russian draft resolution does not put pressure on just one side possible dialogue it cost for restraint on both sides and here is more on that from russia's ambassador to the united nations who spoke with us earlier if there are some constructive ideas from our colleagues. of course simply you know marrying the two. different species from two different planets so what we've seen from colleagues u.k. and others it's completely biased and that our concern is that it's going to push for the more extreme the more destructive elements of the syrian opposition towards strong efforts in order to topple the syrian government so that's why we don't like all. the problems of trying to achieve by that the resolution and i propose an alternative to keep the security council of the world but looking over to the world
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that a positive way for months russia has been pointing at the problem with the attitude the west of the west towards the dramatic developments in syria and moscow says that attitude has been exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties lamely. the syrian government and president are sucked which effectively sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they remain insistent the situation could get in critical the west will come to help them you know the way it happened in libya the russian resolution calls on the syrian authorities to allow unhindered access to international humanitarian agencies and to fully cooperate with the un commissioner for human rights now as for how the resolution how far the resolution can go both russia and the u.s. have veto power as we know along with china the u.k. and france and that means whatever resolution comes out at the end of the day it has to be acceptable for at least all of the five permanent members of the u.n.
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security council if they don't agree there is going to be no resolution. british man who challenge the judiciary system in the u.k. to expose corruption within the courts is losing his battle roman scarf an outspoken world war two veteran has lost an appeal against a six month jail sentence for recording a court hearing without permission but artie's laura reports being a five year old is determined to fight on with his campaign for transparency. british prisons are full to bursting the courts are working overtime sending young people to jail for their role in the recent riots in england where it's less said to lead to prison be languishing alongside eighty five year old norman scar he plight the arctic sea cheering the second world war so in his country taking essential supplies to the soviet union on the most dangerous journey in the world and now he's serving six months in prison on that with
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a british judge his crime reporting a court hearing he said he did it because he's hard of hearing but the judge didn't accept that it was a very harsh sentence and i believe he was because she is uncovering the corruption in the judiciary. you see them frown upon a scar is no stranger to the legal system he won a case in the european court of human rights banning secret hearings yet still some cases in england or heard behind closed doors and recording and taking photographs is forbidden unlike in other e.u. countries scarth attends demonstrations where he shouts about corruption in the police and judiciary saying lawyers police and the courts are in cahoots and regularly persecution gag those who disagree with them that's why m.p. john hemming suspects the judge was trying to shut him up we have in theory in this country something called free will expression of history to speak out about what
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they see as wrong as long as they're telling the truth and i'm very worried this is an attempt to gag an elderly gentleman who may not always be right but he has a watch here luckily for scott he has friends with knowledge of the law and they're acting for him normally the court of the for his case here to the royal courts of justice but they don't feel justice is being served to heaven meanwhile claims he's being denied it and chill medication in prison according to reports conditions in leeds prison are at the war veteran can't get any exercise because he's unable to walk for the entire hour allocators scott also says he's being denied access to a lawyer by his jailers royal every day and every quarter in the slot in the region . norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he
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fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it r.t. london. all major cities along the eastern seaboard of the u.s. including new york are bracing themselves for the wrath of here again irene also expected to flood parts of lore about her as of part. transport including the subway has been a shutdown the spite it weakening to a category one storm forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous and president obama has warned it could be historic archy's medina has more now from new york. public transportation in new york city including the metro and buses have come to a halt as new york city prepares for this dangerous and possibly destructive hurricane parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw officials evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed extremely dangerous for the first time in history the new york city mayor ordered
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mandatory evacuation of what he called the low rise areas these are areas all throughout new york are very close to the water and it is estimated that more than two hundred thousand new yorkers will have to have that kuwait their homes and goats as shelters close to seventy shelters have been set up in new york city in preparation for this hurricane hurricane i read it's also been recommended to anyone that lives of more to a vacuum wait from their building this storm is expected to hit the city by nine pm with winds gusting anywhere between forty and eighty miles per hour u.s. president barack obama has issued a state of emergency for new york meaning that new york will receive three federal funding obama did his vacation short and headed back to the white house on friday
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he said that this is a historic storm and everyone in its path should prepare for the worst some engineers believe that the infrastructure of new york city because it is so old may not be able to withstand the powers of the wind that there may be flooding in tunnels of new york city some airports may be flooded homes possibly even flooded and or destroyed so at this point everybody is preparing for the worst bracing themselves hoping it's not going to be as bad as forecasted but if it is it is not clear what will be of new york come monday. oh closely following the developments in the u.s. on our web site where the potentially historic here again is approaching where you can log onto our to dot com or we have the latest images from the east coast right now you're actually looking at live pictures from a new york which is being pounded by a wave of extreme weather on the eastern coast of the u.s. you can go online r.t.
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dot com to see and learn more. about the pentagon's issued a report warning that china is on track to becoming a leading military power by twenty twenty that beijing has called the document distorted it claims the country's expanding military capabilities could potentially destabilize the balance of power in asia over the past year china has developed a new stealth fighter aircraft carrier and has made a record number of space launchers however beijing says it's the normal progression of its technology and it's not targeting any supposedly enemy an expert of asian military affairs conn hallinan says the u.s. is nursing its own interests in making a fuss around china. there's a lot of hype going on right now in the united states and some of it is because they want to raise the chinese up to the really danger that we can keep a large military footprint in asia but it also has to do with internal matters too
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it's a push to cut the military budget the arms companies the name and you know it curiouser digging in their heels and shoulders trowing up this kind of chinese bugaboo aircraft carriers this missile which can sink your graph here it's not even to keep in mind that while your carrier which is one half the charge of american aircraft carriers you know militants have chan nimitz class aircraft carrier so even if they build one or two or even three or aircraft carriers they're nowhere near the level they would need to challenge the united states. well let's take a brief look at some other news from around the world hundreds of afghan militants have swept across the border into pakistan and attacked several security checkpoints killing up to twenty six troops continue to seize other areas for growing further clashes with security forces meanwhile
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a twin suicide bomb attack has killed at least four people and wounded twenty in southern afghanistan police officers and civilians were among those injured by the explosions the taliban has claimed responsibility. to algeria now where a suicide attack on a military academy has killed at least eighteen most of them extremely officers after twenty others were injured and it happened in the city of a church reports say up to two bomber set off their explosives as soldiers were breaking their ramadan fast although no one's going responsibilities similar assaults have been blamed on the regional arm of al qaida. a prominent indian activist likened to gandhi has agreed to end his twelve day hunger strike which he was a during a campaign for anti graft legislation it comes after the country's parliament express non-binding support for a series about the corruption proposals are now has out it was supporting however
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the legislation is likely to take some time to come into force thousands gather to celebrate the success of the seventy four year old and his role in helping india take a huge step forward towards a historic move of. yemen is experiencing a sharp rise in the number of famine hit somali refugees flooding into the country thousands are choosing to cross the gulf of aden on overcrowded roads instead of seeking shelter in neighboring countries now can you be the largest host country and also suffering for a famine has already received nearly half a million somalis a drought has put about twelve million people at risk across it. kenya and somalia . it's a big day for the former georgia republic of cassio which has elected a new leader following the death of its president in a way that the victor a soft to other candidates to the top seat which will now occupy for the next five
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years as are reports there are some big business to be taken care of in the little country former vice president alexander wagner is now the president of the caucasus republic of our cars here the central election commission announced that he took fifty five percent of the one hundred two votes cast and they put voter turnout at a high seventy two percent all of this was made necessary by the death of the previous presidents. on the twenty ninth of may he died suddenly leaving power vacuum in his place there because you people are going to expect a lot from mr primarily building up cars use ruined infrastructure after a long struggle for independence from georgia three years ago russia recognize the independence of our cars here after a war away to the east in south of here and fears that the georgia may attack cause here as well but that was just the end of
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a long struggle for independence which started after the collapse of the soviet union and left a lot of the young republics infrastructure in ruins primarily the famous ones famous soviet holiday resorts along the coast here that will need to be built and also the agriculture and fruit growing industries also very famous here but now very weak and if mr can build up both of those things he'll help this young republic to stand on its own two feet again. now let's join our closer team and their travels across the world's largest country that's of course russia exploring it's a story regions and a thousand year old traditions. today we continue exploring russia's kirov region some one thousand kilometers from moscow all the area isn't just known for its folk art and there's
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a lot of museums and theaters here family comes first and locals try to help all orphaned kids find a home and. never ports even children with physical mental and psychological disabilities don't feel about. being a personal tragedy and it's difficult to overcome being an orphan there's also a social problem in russia there are thousands of thousands of orphans but in fact most of them either parents all relatives outside of the orphanage but these people simply do not want to look after them all caliber trusted to do so so this is something that needs to be solved on a social level where the general social problems the calls these children to be taken away how can they be tackled so as not necessarily something that either an individual orphanage or an individual part of russia can provide but then the so-called health care region that drawing there saying ok we're being dealt with all these orphans we're receiving all these people but at least all we can do is
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provide all of them a new home and that's what they're trying to do as you can see more of course. in russia it's hard enough to find a new family for healthy old friends it's even harder for children like these eight of them going to serious physical and mental all psychological disabilities. but here the care of a finnish number one they manage it well in russia there are currently hundred fifty thousand children who haven't been adopted here. ninety eight percent of all orphans find a new family before the six. trailers many orphanages exist by themselves in isolation we are reaching out to the potential parents and the authorities and working with them the first course of action is to try and place the children back with her biological parents who often give them up scared off by the diagnoses often and show that with the right care these children can lead normal lives the
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parents have to prove their attitude has changed for other potential adopters their educational courses and ongoing medical support all basics in the west but hardly universal in russia staff say these are the main reasons for their success. but it doesn't matter how good the facilities are here or what care the children receive we are all of the staff here still know that an orphanage is no substitute for a family a quick straw poll shows as much. of our young people there are three of us here me and my two sisters we really want to be adopted by the same family but not everyone wants three kids often ages track record is anything to go by they'll soon find a family. of five new problems but these children are commendable but others only so much but often it can do a thought the problem of adoption that cost them not only adopted four children from orphanage number one but also sits on an adoptive parents committee yes can
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you be i think the problem is the social attitudes towards the youth children it's not a case of money where an average family all this did support is really there you just have to love the children themselves. i learned whose fourteen says she was betrayed by her parents and those who promised to adopt her and never did then she finally found a home. in the home you're always just a part of the group but here in the family you are needed by someone there is more tenderness more love i'm happy. with alaska. so often it does make an effort to connect with the world outside and adoption becomes more widespread and society will be more happy endings like this one eager ordinary artsy kirori. you're watching our team and i will be back with our headlines in just a moment. to
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