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pipelines if you're a curb in ukraine status says an irreplaceable middleman which it used to using to negotiate discounts for its own supply. to the delivery and now where the rebels have reportedly reached a deal to enter one of the remaining gadhafi strongholds without violence more insight into what's happening in libya than with a leading middle east analyst in artie's interview. you know. you i'm joined by rosemary hollis the professor of middle east policy studies at city university in london rosemary thanks for speaking to r.t. so how well has the international community handled the libyan crisis will you make a distinction between the nato members some of whom are extremely proud of what's been achieved so far in libya and the broader international community who are adjusting to developments in libya and deciding to be on the side of the future

though not every government around the world has yet recognized and accepted the national transitional council as the government so did they do the right thing to begin with i think the u.n. responded to an emergency the arab league made a plea for some sort of intervention to save the citizens of benghazi from massacre . but only over the last several months have we all realized the extent to which britain and france in particular nato in general basically entered the war determined to get off the side when there seems to be an assumption that the new government of libya will be automatically pro-west and the old contracts will just be renewed is that really going to be the case do you think i'm not so sure that. the new libyan government will be pro-west there are three or four signals so far that they are very firmly nationalist for example is that they're not extraditing

any libyan including have told us that i'm a garhi who was convicted of the lockerbie bombing and the americans wanted. he's now close to death and living in tripoli and the national transitional council says that's very space the other signals are that they're talking about yes it would be nice to have u.n. help. caring for elections but no we don't want international observers there drawing a line where they think it should be drawn between what's their business and what international help is useful for this is a good thing i think it's essential for the survival of the next new libyan government that they seem to be more libyan than a tool of the west to the west realize that you think it in it how dangerous is this kind of scramble for influence it's a good question how do western players realize that they are a kind of liability i think only with difficulty they realize this they assume

they've got the best interests of not only themselves but libyans to heart and it can be an amicable mutually beneficial understanding reached what yeah they talk about democracy in a way that suggests they can only see the western version the british government certainly has been very keen to stress that this will not be another iraq and they've learned those lessons but do you think that's really the case and they really knows less and it seems that every political generation every generation of politicians thinks that they can achieve things that the previous one didn't until they try. they won't say any different so cameron and sarkozy took a massive gamble that they could pull something off in libya that would contrast with the disaster that was the intervention in iraq and you know have president sarkozy talking as though this is a template for future interventions. maybe but the cost in

resources in manpower in struggle that is to come i mean there will have to be massive support in humanitarian terms in the near term there will be more fighting it is taking casualties and there's a lot of rebuilding to do and reconciliation between the. actions and therefore it's not over and done with in terms of commitment of western. time energy and resources how much potential is there for this to turn into another iraq is it on the right course now of course it's a cliche to say it but you know the comparisons can only be taken so far with iraq libya is a very different place and some calculations had to do with the fact that it seemed simpler to intervene in libya it was a smaller population spread out mostly along the coast with long exposed

roads in between the main towns and cities that presented targets that nato aerial intervention looked capable of exploiting to good effect on the ground. up to say. what we hear about. various people from the m i six type sector but certainly special forces s.a.'s and so on operating on the ground. this is very much. a kind of proxy war which must be extremely exciting and exhilarating that some level to be involved so it's more likely it seems to me that in that sense the appetite for further interventions will exist as opposed to this is the template for. the triumph of humanitarianism over. warfare what about the national transitional

council they've promised that within eighteen months they'll have a new constitution and elections is that possible well the lesson from the other revolutions in the region and egypt is that there is good reasons to delay elections if you think you can organize sensible coherent and different contra. competing political parties if you have more time so it rather depends were the people are going to vote as they did in iraq in the initial elections on name recognition or on sectarian loyalties in this case possibly in libya on tribal loyalties all rural urban divide. name recognition rather than choosing between different party platforms but an inclusive assembly to devise and choose and approve a constitution may not be such

a bad thing the u.k. government is already sending assets that they've done for a reason but it's not a little bit naive given what happened in iraq with a lot of money going missing i think it's essential if you've invested in the national transitional council you certainly have to hand over the money to them you can't then say but we don't trust you to spend it correctly because then you are verging on doing what the americans did in iraq which you're saying we could do we can organize iraq better than the iraqis do you trust and you think you can make a point of doing it i think there's going to be retribution i think there's going to be continued conflict in neighborhoods in. out lying regions of the country i think it's going to take a long time for the libyans to find their way to a completely different path look at duffy invented was a very peculiar system it was supposed to be democracy for the masses with grassroots assemblies making the decisions it was nothing of the kind it was

a dictatorship and those around the colonel operated out of fear as much as greed trying to suck up to him lots of people were implicated where do you draw the line who was too bad to be forgiven who needs prosecuting and really. does justice or will it be kind of like an animist justice that is about inclusiveness and building together now the libyans need to work all that out in the meantime they've got to pay salaries to get the basic tasks of life including policing and the court system operating if during that period they are challenge to sign contracts with international companies and have to make decisions which end up reinforcing the role of the state in the commercial sector in the economy and include

inducements from those companies to secure the contracts against the competition then we're back into the danger zone that this will not be a wholly transparent and bun corrupt regime. the jury's out western leaders have stressed to the rebels the need to avoid revenge attacks and the need for tolerance yet they've also said that nato airstrikes will continue for as long as give af is a threat. messages well i know from my experience of. conversations with arabs in different parts of the arab world over many years that they never take the statements of the west at face value they always assume there's a hidden agenda and they positively expect. double standards so on this particular occasion it suits the rebels as well as the nato

powers to fudge the truth about who's on the side of right and who's doing all the killing and what the consequences are but will this lead to revenge attacks already within the rebels rounding up sub-saharan black africans accusing them of being most nights that is appalling and there will be questions fall the future of the economy how much i turn around labor do they need. even the egyptians who were working for the libyans before the revolution have had rough treatment and have gone home planet us people from east asia who've been in the same pine and you're seeing a version of racism and prejudice coming out against anybody who supply on suspicions that gadhafi recruited mercenaries from sub-saharan africa but. the truth is a mixture of things yes some mercenaries how witting how understanding they were of

what they got involved in one doesn't know but there are a lot of innocents are getting caught up in this absolutely but that is the nature of war and so despite what sarkozy and cameron and anybody else may wish to do to dress this up as a glorious rescue of the ordinary people against a vicious dictator in fact it's war and bad things happen in war thank you.

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watching r.t. international. hello there welcome to the sports update here or not it is good to be company with us again in the sports. irish tests russia are still in action against republican violence here in moscow in the all important to your advantage well qualified. call dates i say public change of advances and i only have second grand slam put final cyrano williams is up next for the russian in new york. and it's causing a splash russia's claims to high school in competition history on the way to winning the final world series playtime event of the season. but let's start with football where russia are taking on islands in the euro trying to talk qualifying

campaign here in the russian capital it's late in the match russia dominated the opening half figure sim shelf got close to breaking the deadlock in the twenty first minutes keep it short was saved by irish to push a given and the same man denied another cent for strike that's a free minutes in pinpoint pass from yuri luzhkov. shaaban also had a few chances to score a state alex on the nickel after the break but it stays snail mail meanwhile victory for the home side would go a long way to ensuring russia qualify for their third straight european championships. in group piece of our could could move the top of the table if they'd be in jail in a minute themselves haven't given up on the fruits while mr. zorra. not tennis where this year's us open will set russians qualifying in the quarter

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trunk of a side one six zero conference just possible in the last sixteen the russian losing to be telling better and in the previous three grand slam meetings but the twenty year old putting the writer on a five seven six three six four school i was not over and over now this russian ladies with a chance to take the top at flushing meadows. poach into the next hurdle serena williams is looking in top form an event which unable to stay in the game against the table losing six three six for the twenty nine year old. in three sets in their one previous career. no joke of it and the other tips are a which have made grand slam history by seeing by setting up a clash with each other it's the first time in the open era that will face off in the quarterfinals of a major tournament which briefly caught off guard in the opening set of the last sixteen and counting against alexandra de paul of the world number one good and

knowledge to recover seven six six six two charts ended up a twenty four year old told that two zero lead over upcoming opponent. had to. go to federal will be sleeping this morning after his match with only started at midnights new york times that express dominated the origin time six one six two six love. needed. a long time. i was more than usual not eight. but it's true. i was four started the morning call may be right. it is quite crazy how or. it will change all the time offenders prudery make sure it's really difficult for your game every single day. there were threats and gunmen while halted surging local favorite modification and five sets it's twenty six year old

seizing the initiative alone by saving three breakpoints in the open a fish took the next two sets before the frenchmen seal the decided six to. now the cliff diving season has ended with the red bull world series grand finale in ukraine russia are tonsil to include wrapping up his campaign in style i see claimed his sole stage which of the year with the highest score ever in the sport's history is robert jordan. ever see this world's billings that's why the sport's most prestigious competition the red world series keeps traveling gold for the planet to discover new locations to host their risk taking events for the final stage of the season thirteen high players made their way to the swallows nest castle one of the queen's main places

of interest in the premium short of the black sea. in the polling there englishman barry bonds who entered the band as the newly crowned champion for stage wins in a row seeing the briton retain his world title two weeks ago in boston and the men who see the second standings russia still be over their doom siege and looking to claim their first event when. the two believe up to the first three rounds of the condition. execution putting diversion ahead of puns and then to the ones the top six now left to do battle in the shadow of the castle brilliant retirement once again wishing he's facing the back of the so-called triple quad. still to show at sunday's events demonstrating one of the hardest dives the sport

has ever seen epic on stand with blank entry the russian entering the water with his head held high the outcome clear before the judge just had he was showing their scores at first took place finish of the season but twenty seven year old and course of his career i ever it turns out to be more than just the wind suit claiming the highest score he can petition has ever seen. his place. it's not my first win but it's patiently the most precious one for me i'm second in the overall standings but here i proved to be the backstage it's a very happy moment for me while i was. preparing for my dives it was kind of strange knowing that the pressure of the series was off everyone else is fighting for places and and i was just taken as an indoor vidual competition after winning the first two stages this year ninety nine with champion really

understood here was forced to leave the good position due to injury but he's now recovered leading the twenty twelve season he's gearing up to be one of the newest really in the record. the world cleat diving series twenty eleven have just come to announce with all the best efforts of the sport having taken their owners but the point is that each of those who take part in this mystical rising competition can be safely called an outstanding sportsman. party crane. fund whatever goes up must come down and these guys make a living out of it the russian passion masters recently told the natives of the your pain free fall style and ikarus lending championships and. looks at the trials and tribulations faced by those high flying and fast planes in combat stress. ascending to cruising altitude of one thousand meters is followed by

a swift freefall back down with virtually no margin of error the computer is expected to land on a dime with a dead center sweet spot only two centimeters in diameter and while such consistent precision landings may seem far fetched to the uninitiated they are considered to be the fundamentals of the sport. every athlete must always learn the basics of their school before going any further calculating a jump is the most fundamental aspect of parachute schools and safety that's why i believe we youngsters should start with the classic parachuting discipline we've got kids coming in at sixteen years old some of you know it's become junior world champions by twenty. the individual acrobatics program meanwhile requires one to twist and turn in the air at an alarming rate and simply executing flashing criss movements is not enough either. the judges getting the opposite of bird's eye view for this event to see if participants can keep

a straight of the trajectories possible while they perform the flips and like in every sport be a successful high flying daredevil requires a specific skill set and personality. undersize being brave i believe anyone participating in the school must be physically confederates and have coordination wolf it will definitely help for insurance while playing billiards will help one make more precise landing calculations russian women proving to be the bravest in serbia taking the overall honors in dominating fashion the czechs showed just a little bit more savvy than the russians in the men's event going to win gold frenchwoman deborah planned for zero meanwhile said the world record for her lending persuasion six consecutive landings just one centimeter off putting her exactly where she wanted to be every time a total of seventeen countries taking to the skies but are. his main parachuting their hopes for more local support getting high proves. we humans have always had

dreams of reaching for the skies implying we created planes and rockets in the sport that we have today is another manifestation of that desire to fly hopefully our government will notice and help our efforts allowing us to raise our level of performance. and well the more grounded sward seem to get more exposure these daredevils are hoping this competition continues to take off in russia and worldwide uganda gorski our team. and all the latest from the russian capital russia drew with island nail nail in the euro twenty twelve qualifying campaign that sold the sport for the moment more in tossed on handouts a thanks for the trust but. my. dream you the latest in science and technology from the ground. we've got the future covered.