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giving america's g.p.s. and run for its money. in business the clock is ticking louder for european leaders to find a solution on the bailout program so vessels are sitting on the sidelines selling shares the obvious is down two point three percent the most searched one point three percent at the opening of. hello and welcome to all t twenty following news life from moscow mannings you have our timing story now greece is forty eight hours paralysis has entered its second day and has already seen street violence over the government's efforts to stave off bankruptcy the anger of tens of thousands of protesters wasn't enough to deter lawmakers from giving initial backing to even more tough cuts to desperately turn the economy around. reports now from athens. the protesters are expected to once
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again turn out in front of the parliament building we can actually already have some of the protesters making announcements over the loudspeakers we've got a lot of them off the streets of syntagma square where they'll be marching down later and they plan we've had to surround the parliament building as the very very for the next round of austerity measures that gaining initial approval yesterday now then we saw the protests this and into very chaotic scenes indeed of filing clashes broke out between the police and the protesters we saw some of the buildings around here and some type of catching fire the head was filled with smoke and take gas and it really was very disturbing indeed to watch a reflection of cools the deep public anger at these continuing austerity measures and you as any as i'm sure watching very very closely on sunday at the eastern is going to be very very question now expecting something at least to be announced
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because whether or not to be anything to come of that the repercussions certainly on the financial markets would be extremely severe the problem here is well is the amongst the public the feeling is certainly that the government in greece the u.s. leaders are face to face in lots of meetings with loans of the financial markets and the people here feel that they still despite the fact that they're the ones who now have to pay for the crisis is what the government here is that they're trying to push three more starts measures more job cuts more pension cuts mo tax hikes are they trying to get the approval of that eight billion euro next tranche cash injection of the bailout fund we've got the discussions about the additional rescue fund as well all this money a lot of people saying us throwing good money after bad but they do need the money is not to get it then greece is going to very quickly run out of cash greece will essentially not be able to pay any of its bills a very tough situation indeed. although greece is the epicenter of the euro zone's
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troubles for some of europe's water is the problems along the deep and those governments admits the euro currency was a mistake. what needs to be recognized is the greece is of course passed as we know and we need they need to have a default they need to stop paying all the money that they're paying to various financial institutions and start trying to invest in ever call me to try and get the economy moving again and of course leave the euro and that needs to be done that is inevitable they do hold true should happen very soon whether it will or not is another matter because the politicians are so wedded to the idea of trying to protect to the euro but that is a freak mistake is becoming a ticking time bomb the longer they leave it the more problems will be more whites on the streets of athens will be more pain felt by the greek people that's what happens when you take away people's democracy and centralized power to a relatively small clique of people dragging down the whole of the european union
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as long as they stick with the euro the euro is it is a step too far in terms of political integration it's a political measure that doesn't make economic sense we can see that they need to wake up and recognize it as well. things that are better over in america where thousands of people are digging in with their corporate protests it's week five of the occupy wall street rallying call against bloated banks and washington's weakness and doing something about it and the growing gap between rich and poor is something which could cause the government here is going to check on. a class war seemed impossible in a country where being wealthy east part of the national dream. thousands march on wall street and in other parts of america protesting against the system that they claim works only for the benefit of the few super rich individuals and corporations many ask whether america is facing a class war that at a time when the rich are getting richer while the middle class is class a class war is being waged in america today unfortunately the wrong side is
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winning the so-called one percent of winners are the nation's top corporations which this year amid the economy's very slow growth of non the less made record profits but thanks to various loopholes many of these corporations pay little or nothing in parts of the corporations say they need the tax breaks to be able to invest more in to hire more america's second largest energy producers chevron is now lobbying not to let the government tax them more and to my question how many americans has chevron hired since the tax breaks were introduced in two thousand and four the c.e.o. of the company said there were up slightly a few thousand in our upstream business over the years but not significantly not significantly on our chevron payroll a few thousand jobs for the billions of dollars in tax stimulus that the government gave that economy same erika's largest corporations are sitting on more than three
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trillion dollars and not investing in the economy unemployment in the us remains over nine percent when we live in a nation where corporations can profit off a child dying at the same time with their parents into bankruptcy because they're trying to pay for this kid's medical bills. with it what does that say about our country the wall street answer to people's rage if you kill wall street will be nobody held a job but as one of the protesters tried to put a word of objection was all all in. on hold on it's not your show monkey i'm talking to these people hold on i'm not talking to you you can. talk personal success and money have always been part of the american dream when you reach the aspiration to become rich is deeply ingrained in american society and widely promoted by pop culture but those who took to the streets have made it clear that the situation when the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer is
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not their idea of the american dream in fact it could be the end of it and the beginning of a class war i'm going to check on reporting from washington our team and among the occupy wall street protesters biggest grievances is the huge influence that america's big business has on washington political and social and this general cemented says they too the next trick of winning. bailing out the too big to fail as the rich bankers the federal reserve dumping trillions of dollars worldwide that it's in the capital it's been a takeover it's one big corporate takeover named the industry there's a handful of people running it agriculture communications you go down the list whether it's retail whether it's the military so yes wall street is in washington in washington is wall street we used to be the most egalitarian nation on earth until the republicans and democrats started regulating the laws that made us put
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all the play in the power of the big things you want to start a business bob if you're going to create several hundred jobs we'll give you tax breaks guarantees you know even if you structure but if you're an entrepreneur and want to start a business why they got the state agencies the local agencies they have everybody down on your back getting licenses and making sure you abide by the letter of the law how about deregulating about deregulating the average person out there. and on the way later this hour as fierce fighting continues between form of rebels and gadhafi loyalists for the last remaining stronghold we have now i witnessed the scene of fast turns the humanitarian desperation being suffered by civilians trapped in the besieged city of stories coming out. of history's lessons lithuania declared twenty eleven to give remembrance what of course victims but it's not too late time to sing survivors of the mosque genocide tell you why.
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they to let peacekeepers have reportedly fired tear gas at protesters at a disputed border in northern kosovo beginning to remove barricades set out by ethnic said it failed to do so themselves. in kosovo now maria can you hear us hopefully you can so could you tell us more about what exactly happened . well you're in charge we know dozens of soldiers killed came for the nation that peacekeeping food chain call says i. and peachtree hundred of wild child have been running to the very take maybe the dogs need to remove roadblocks erected early a day by sisters in egypt egypt will just fall sick we are there and the moment allowed one hundred fifteen stooped over to gather to prevent the peacekeepers to do that to me they expected capel to comment that morning to try to contribute for and to alleviate blockade because only when the leaders will be called to the
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troops i did beating me just for they failed and. so the shooting too didn't go in. to logan cold because people go crazy when he can actually pull teeth pulled to calm and. this is what and it was pushing and shouting between the two groups of people and the peace keeper if you use loudspeakers to call them the crowd seeks to disperse or or should be used against cracking people search that that small that. have been calling those the full to the streets is to remain peaceful and calm. the people came to see too many drugs could be seen flying overhead with that golden and then that the even troops fired t.j. has dispersed three chances but as far as we judge people just down the road and dickie moved those actually what we see as a judge other separate incidents involving who called and told the
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odds against temporal be so strong and them dozens of soldiers will keep for instance to try to remove blockades but the tall hundred need to be full when the old people gathered in the week as far as we know on the game. because. you know. the summary of finish line from northern corso marriott thank you very much indeed and we're bringing. our viewers for their bad connection . remember you can follow various twitter stream for the very latest developments on the troubled so there course of our northern border. this interim leaders are warning the country could descend into further chaos unless the when soon it's now
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two months since they took tripoli and fierce battles continue between their fighters and gadhafi loyalists in the colonel's hometown of sirte with thousands of people caught in the violence and. recently returned from sirte and he says the humanitarian situation is dire there is no water. there is no. medication even oxygen in the hospital they don't have the situation in syria. because i've seen that i can assure you. if you. do the city it's it's disaster it's a catastrophe i mean the international law. or the national community came to the resolution one nine seven three came to protect civilians but. this is not happening at the moment they don't want gadhafi that's
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a political issue most of the libyans i would say would rather live peacefully than having to all get off we don't want to get there if you will that we don't want to for example if the solution was new to. us but of our life was better traveled to libya any time or knew that he was involved but now account of a. moving on now a story it's not supposed to launch takes place late on thursday which will see the first russian rockets abit to do it from the western nation and so hughes will take over from french guiana carrying european navigation equipment which will compete with america's g.p.s. . reports now from the south american country. drivers find g.p.s. navigator as can often be inaccurate and actually cartel to built up zones but the new e.u. competitor called galileo promises me to point precision even in open areas where buildings currently mosque g.p.s. coverage the man in charge of the launch says it's for superior to the us system
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just here that to be a majority of the way to go but it should be galileo's first satellites and lifting off from french guiana on thursday the earth rotates faster here by the equates to giving an ideal catapult effect on takeoff i think you around the clear skies and you have the perfect conditions for launching into space to send the satellites into orbit europe's chosen the soyuz launcher with its own rival track record by far the most valuable laundry from in the world. and i miss that. we we are glad to have so used to hear from treasury e.u. space chief say it shows you don't need to be complicated to succeed rational system very simple and effective it's a very good way of designing the politicians think it will launch a new partnership between europe and russia in what used are currently actively contributes to industrial scientific and technical corporation for example in the
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airspace field it is important stamp on the way to reason the level of quality of our business ties and diversification of its structures you know we have been launching to use displaced launching side of cool and overachieved some results in which particle implementation over two hundred russian specialists are working there right now america's g.p.s. has enjoyed a monopoly on the world sat nav market till now with so use also behind buses on such a g.p.s. known as gluing us competition in the sky is about to get just a little more crowded than your bushel french guiana. he will bring the biggest story so use launch so make sure you hear follow coverage from french guyana at around ten and. then you'll hear a russian european space partnership. the future of the european satellite navigation system. on board the world's most reliable space vehicle. soyuz
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rocket is gearing up for the first ever blastoff from a foreign base. the landmark launch. life. romania's to allow america to place poles of its european defenses of its soil the countries in on just one point of entry agreement away from becoming the next link in the u.s. missile shield training in europe washington and the designs to counter possible attacks from countries like iran and north korea but russia sees the brunt of the direct threats to security and the perry counter measures nato rejected russia's proposal to build a joint shield and stead the u.s. has offered a written assurances to moscow but the kremlin says that's not enough. when we talk about written guarantees and not insurances we don't just mean paper but a concrete legally binding agreement which has to be bilaterally signed up between the u.s. and russia the treaty has to be ratified in the corresponding chambers of parliament but it must not only contain words like our anti missile defense system is not
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against you or our anti missile defense system is not for you either what it must be a serious documents which has to assume the extent of trust and verification all the rest is useless scrap paper like a proposal to russia to send specialists to monitor missile defense test flights but that's just a holiday what's not serious cooperation. is when you declare this year's one of remembrance for the country's holocaust victims but that doesn't include focusing on the brutality the people endured under the nazis as policy reporters trying to see the survivors instead. who wants to be known as a nation of of killers this waning is the only language which is even a special word coined that melancholy the shooters of jewels and in world war two those shooters wiped out ninety six percent of lithuanian jewelry among the highest rates in europe but despite heavy pressure the country's gotten a weight without punishing a single person responsible they didn't fund because you don't want to for if they
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would have won too far they were very easy to find joseph melamed found a lost eleven years ago he published the names of thousands of lithuania implicated in the killing of jews at the time he sent the list to the lithuanian authorities asking them to investigate as many witnesses were still alive the prosecutors have only now unsaid him and they want him to come to lithuania dickering and we do not consider mr melamed a suspect they're only summon him to give testimony to either confirm or deny the statements he made statements among others detail in lithuanian court victories of the concourse who allegedly. capitated a rabbi and put his head on a window so everyone could see a man could loose go who reportedly imprisoned some sixty jews in a gallery beaten with quo bars and forced fire hoses down their throats water was then turned on so they stomachs exploded all of this captured by german
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photographers the source of the claims i witness says who survived the wall very competent and written in their home wrecker. they would. be needed in english this is not the first time lithuanian prosecutors have summoned holocaust survivors who also took part in the resistance to give testimony critics complain it's a way for us to avoid dealing with its holocaust history this is a campaign of defamation against holocaust survivors who are alive because they escaped the ghetto to join the soviet partisans the only people fighting hitler in this part of the world it is part of a campaign to revise history in the direction of double genocide the very far right model that posits that communism and not just them are equal lithuania officially recognizes the crimes committed by the soviet union and nazi regimes are
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equal and other european states to do the same the nazi crimes should not be excused merely because if you want there were some crimes from the other story there in comparatively worse they were genocide. they were trying to wipe out a whole people and so instead of focusing on an eighty six year old holocaust survivor many say lithuanian authorities should rather at least be opening an investigation and doesn't really made faces willing to participate in an investigation for the reasons you believe and the lithuanians are trying to run from one if they really are going. we. will bring you everything will be. and in the long run that seems the last thing the country would want. r.t. television. and video reports streaming live around the clock at home. lining up to right now the fiery shootout in the small town of ohio around fifteen
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lions cheaters and tigers are killed by police after being let loose on the streets so we'll tell you more in line. and the new law is the light of early gains in russian blind pilots as they try to land that plane is filled with passengers base ten games jail details at all. and other news in brief this hour residents in several parts of boeing kolka preparing to evacuate the thai capital warnings that the devastating flooding will once and despite government efforts to hold bondable to the deluge has claimed over three hundred lives in the east at the start of the nation's seven seven public says i still want to go to parties on the trees are thousands of acres of farmland and damage costing time and an estimated three billion dollars expected to write. a peaceful march for educational reform chile's council ended in a clash with i mean it's nearly ten one hundred thousand protesters gathered in
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santiago with students demanding high quality public education in place of monuments privatized system of violent protests as opposed to the police with rocks and stones while officers responded with water cannon and tear gas chambers education rallies have been ongoing for several months. i was only in believe it is opposing a new highway thirty have marched to the capital employed test a thousand protesters worked for sixty three days to highlight how the road will slice through vital rain forest at various stages along the way riot police used bottles and tear gas against the protesters causing a national outcry the highways on hold ahead of a referendum on whether they should continue. the council's first couple now have their foes pulled off to a kind of dreamy gave birth to a daughter in a paris clinic president sarkozy has been with his wife but missed the actual bath because they had to go to the euro debt crisis meeting in frankfurt is that first
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child together of five to a very old previous marriages which are three year old former model the only seven french first lady to come and live. soon max and stacy look at the corporate culture is the deal in distraction said bacon its share of their debt and expected and expecting public funds to go their salaries for. russian investment group capital and abroad of world trading giant vitol have one attended to build an oil terminal in rotterdam in the netherlands the fifty five hector facility in the largest port in europe is expected to take on a significant share of the global oil trade total investment in the joint project may reach one billion dollars earlier this year some of capital and russian pipeline operator trans nafta purchased
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a port in the black sea to create russia's leading crude export operator and russia's biggest oil trader gooden voyage is turning to other lucrative black stuff it's taking a first three percent stake in u.s. coal miner signal peak for four hundred million dollars the american firm expects the corporation will help it get into new markets and increase production going for which is registered in switzerland says it wants to diversify from oil trading and into coal expecting demand to grow faster than crude in the next twenty years. brings us nicely to the oil it is down continuing decline from wednesday on fears demand may falter in europe and the us france president nicolas sarkozy says talks with germany to boost the buying power of the european financial stability facility which is the region's bailout fund have stalled and therefore european stocks opened down versus assessing these efforts to fix the region's debt problems and
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preferred to move into cash a sea of red all across the board with financials weighing. when you factor in companies among the top losers in. frankfurt in asia pretty much the same picture chinese resource firms are taking another hits without a penny in producer chalco down six point two percent overnight a drop in the nasdaq stateside is weighing on tech blue chips in japan with sony being one of the biggest losers. and this is what russia looks like when the half hours into the trading day investors are also moving into the sidelines anticipating a possible worsening of greece's economic situation indeed it is in the spotlight this week if we look at the main movers on the my sax as burbank is among the main losers investors have started pricing in wednesday's report saying that lenders postpone a secondary public offering however on the day the news broke the stock was one of
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the strongest performance and to rouse on the rise up to report of the nine fold increase in net profit for the first half of the year and bank of moscow is in negative territory its net profit has dropped by seventeen times in january to june year on year. dutch electronics conglomerate philips is counting on the russian market after a significant decline of global profits is looking to continue expansion in the country including acquisitions we very much look at growth opportunities both in organic as well as in organic when it comes to inorganic growth we mainly look at health care and lighting. in russia i believe that the opportunities we see in providing energy efficient lighting solutions but also in providing locally relevant health care solutions will require partnerships but those partnerships can take different shapes and form they don't necessarily need to be related to an
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also you stop stories and greases into the second day of its biggest generals try can get as much as it readies seen violence and clashes with riot police and there right now we're bringing you live pictures from central athens where protesters out volume to turn out in full so again live pictures from. police are getting out in the center where parliament's taking the final vote and more punitive cuts to try and set its record debt. also in the u.s. and to cap this protest turns out the winning of a close one as their wealth gap grows why did the occupy wall street rallies out into the fifth week slamming banks in washington for sharing the money and leaving people to fund for themselves and. also we'll see at the.
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