tv [untitled] October 21, 2011 12:00am-12:30am EDT
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coffee's death all lauded around the world but questions are being asked about his execution at the hands of an angry mob and the broadcasting of gruesome images of his body. jaeger of thousands greeks spill onto the streets for more violent clashes with police as lawmakers agree to deeper cuts in an attempt to stave off a debt default. and nato peacekeepers used tear gas and pepper spray against ethnic serbs to remove barricades at a disputed border in northern kosovo. eight am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story libya is turning a new page in its history following the killing of that was to dictator colonel moammar gadhafi he was shot dead during
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a crossfire they're going to sultan his hometown of sirte as it was overrun by forces of the new government but the footage of khadafi he's dead and broken body was so graphic some are wondering why it was broadcast for the public to see artie's eye for bennett takes a look at. these frenzied moment is about as far as it came from a trial that the hate. the death of get down he's now being cheated around the world . even by those who champion democratic justice. here in britain salute your courage and while we are proud of the rule that we pray tell we know this was your revolution from your bravery you sure you don't well you would get rid of any cager you are choose freedom a long way from cameron's insistence that get deathy be put on trial and t.c.
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fighters will even dissuaded from then shoot to kill policy agreeing in august they'll take him alive i don't think it is a god particularly for trial. in any case but i mean nevertheless the war is basically i guess a kind of summary execution of what may well have been a summary execution is a kind of fairly barbaric into what i believe was a very well perry operation from the start and as a say you know this was not you this was never supposed to be about regime change this nato operation but that's that's really what's been the outcome of it the backslapping is being fueled by this gruesome footage of it dampens body splashed across headlines t.v. different world and the people power is not going to be put back here in libya thanks to the u.s. and its nato allies this video shows that there he was still alive when a captured but clearly that didn't last long some suggest an execution and question why this is now being applauded he was assassinated after he was caught when the
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this is a very hania crime against one that man and the other public will see it as such i thought people who dislike of our free or dislike the way he was killed they think this tells you something about the morality of the so-called revolutionaries is these also shared by many on twitter there are several posts here already concerned about the coverage questioning the need for such graphic images and why did they take her or not has been reported with such people. the images have been labeled to refute this tweet says the b.b.c. wouldn't have used the images for anyone else and other suggestions are having a competition sally bercow a prominent activist in the u.k. says she sees where the same wasn't done for bin laden back then obama refused to release the images saying it could incite more violence will be used as propaganda for gadhafi the vultures are to quick other than it's r.t. . nato is now expected to declare an end to its bombing campaign in libya it was
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aimed at protecting civilians but critics say the alliance orchestrated the operation to capture that r.v. and wanted him dead rather than in court many libyans are celebrating the death of a dictator and western leaders hailing a transition to democracy but as our he's going to secure our reports that may not be inevitable. hillary clinton on a surprise visit. a day before the killing of the ousted leader in leader where she was quoted as saying the u.s. hopes to see could our fee killed were captured soon they captured scenario might have put could off in the toppled egyptian leaders troops or those of iraq's saddam hussein but a trial over colonel gadhafi would have no doubt steered even more controversy that there is such that he was very convenient for to meet european powers for the u.s. if you went to the hague you would spill the beans of all that there are two deals
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there are the stuff the real politics between the west in a developing country like libya nobody wanted that libyan transitional government official say colonel gadhafi was cornered in a grain underneath the road in open countryside near the city of sirte police don't shoot was allegedly heard at the site many point out similarities to the capture of saddam hussein he was discovered in a small underground hole concealed next to farm buildings near his own hometown but unlike sadam who was captured alive by u.s. forces colonel qadhafi was reportedly shot dead by lead in transitional authorities not without the help of the u.s. and american defense official claimed a u.s. predator drone along with a french fighter jet hit khadafi his convoy thursday morning as they were trying to escape effectively handing them over to the lead in forces on the ground but there are still unanswered questions about what happened to the front of the battery how was he killed i'll be the guy. clearly i think what
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a lot for external intervention and if you got all of nato. balls i'm going may not have been able for achieve their objective nato's u.n. mandate was to protect libyan civilians but it quickly became to get rid of gadhafi and prop up a government which is now in power only thanks to the support of. light forces and i think we'll see. not a new democracy in libya but a new reorganization of the libyan political and economic institutions for the benefit of those who brought the national transition council to power it will be for the benefit of the united states oil companies for the benefit of the british and the french or perhaps the italian oil companies they're the big winners here in the meantime western leaders are celebrating legace transition to democracy putting a single u.s. service member on the ground we achieved our objective with the us president did
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not mention in his celebrated maurice speech was scores of leading unskilled the needle strikes widespread violations of human rights are reported. there is no water. there is no. medication and even oxygen in the hospital they don't have the situation in syria. because i've seen it i can assure you. if you send. through the city now it's it's disaster it's a catastrophe. libya is now brimming with reference experts sakes premiss of most likely gotten their hands on the vast armories left on tainted eggs for libya's transition to democracy but people who are now in power there have not been chosen by the libyan people and many libyans here and that when the time comes to vote the choice will have already been made for them i'm going to check our reporting from
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washington. international consultant low day bono says the killing of khadafi will only see a change from one dictatorship to another. now the gadhafi i'm very worried first of all about the fate of the libyan people they are now discovering that they change their luke a future for another one a neo liberal and they will that dictatorship i'm worried that libya will now become a bridge for the for the conquest of africa actually the first steps have already been taken obama recently sent some of the advisors so-called advisors to uganda another reason where there's a lot of conflict and also a lot of economic interests i think the plan the plan is there i can understand from an emotional point of view that people are celebrating the noise of the faithful but they will soon find that they've changed for another one these rebels led by by people who are from. were former ministers from gadhafi they have
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interests at stake they already from the so much of the economic assets to other countries to france to the u.s. to germany and other countries and they're not going to get some democracy getting in the way to change those agreements. stay with us here on r.t. still to come a storage launch only hours remain before europe's first ever sat nav system is launched. into space aboard a russian soyuz rockets. and the occupy wall street movement fast becoming a profitable brand are two fives out who's now using financial instability to make a buck. but first greece wakes up this morning to a new age of austerity parliament passed a fresh package of pay cuts and tax hikes attempt to stave off bankruptcy a decision met with a violent owner asked in athens authorities sorrow for reports from the greek
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capital. predecessor become a regular occurrence theory behind the crisis thing the growing public angry because of their story what that means to the people here in the country has been cut that wages are out thirty three percent in may stay stay on top of that fight crime since the public funding i'm finding here in the country is cripplingly high within the americans of a new generation of homeless these nurses really these things have affected everyone here in great. i can. hear. that because i'm. old son five one of the nice one of the people who will fight peacefully because we want our lives come by. the young and the ows people from all walks of quick life to
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institute a protest largest police seen since the crisis began one and they say violent see through four point five yards but it wasn't to be the anger once again boiling a fire with fights breaking out not just with the police but amongst the protesters who sells greek society is facing a social disaster for the past two years we've received austerity package after austerity package in the name of the debt crisis people are beyond third breaking point they cannot stand it anymore. using leaders had announced an agreement an arrestee policy will be decided as nice summit this week and has now been pushed back in its internal disagreements it's no other play to the credibility they continue to search and see if they can provide a solution so work when people are going to becoming poorer and poorer they're
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seeing public sector services cause. hospitals schools universities they are facing i'm extremely ration of their living their living conditions and it's not just the protesters with an appetite to change the debate was eventually passed some top government officials did it plays when a position then to think he'd think that the nature of this mess struggling with conscience he's not the only one speaking to police major after the protest at the start of the month tell me a question for the riot police in these events you know the school of us and it is very hard to describe the feelings of the policemen because they are to a social and professional group who are suffering british comic measures to government institute and sometimes it is really hard for them to pardon these protesters of working people but once more they have to take to the streets to piss back protesters even though he wanted to make their point peacefully the rest of your money i think it's going to be watching this very closely because if you think
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this is a problem that affects great. thank you you can see what the people in the country right now are willing to have. for the people here are going to have to wait a while longer to see if anyone's now be ready to listen. and you can always find more on our web site r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. it's the year of remembrance for holocaust victims in lithuania but the country is accused of hunting down the survivors of nazi atrocities. and how a russian man who said he spent seventeen days on a remote island in icy waters and was hailed as russia's own robinson crusoe turned out to be a fraud we'll tell you what happened. on the disputed serbia kosovo border ethnic serbs protesters clash with nato led peacekeepers were trying to dismantle their barricades k.
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four troops resorted to tear gas and. to disperse the crowd transport vehicles moved into or move the roadblocks dozens are required treatment for gas inhalation and some had other injuries serb set up the roadblocks in july when kosovo customs and police began to install their own border control talks failed to reach an agreement on the removal of the barricades despite a deadline being extended twice serbian political analyst alexander pavlovitch claims the serbs in northern kosovo made concessions to procure a peaceful solution but were still attacked by the peacekeepers. they're not going to stop now that's for sure it's just a matter of who will be more stubborn the serbs who are defending their own grandeur when they go forces sent here from who knows where the serbs have tried to negotiate their even they've even tried to get concessions in the sense that they're willing to let supply convoys pass and supply the nato troops what they're not willing to do is allow albanian so-called custom officials from the
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border between close civil and the rest of serbia and this is something that they're not going to back away from so this is why we can expect more conflict because obviously nato is after as the infantry of the the government increased there isn't going to be any membership that's the biggest issue of all i mean it's does anyone think it's realistic for a place like also to be part of the e.u. i mean two thirds of the heroin coming from ghana standing to europe goes through possible it's the place with the highest crime rate probably in the world and not the capital of arms human smuggling or human organ smuggling in trafficking this place would never get into the e.u. and the e.u. obviously has no plans of including serbia there either so this is just a game it's just the membership is just being used as a means of it for extracting concessions from belgrade not giving the albanians
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normal average albedo has the illusion that they're actually going to get something down the road when they win it would be much easier for them to just come to peace with their serbian neighbors. i'm sure you can find all the latest from our correspondent in kosovo maria the notion of his twitter feed is online and the very latest developments in the troubled region. just a few hours a russian soyuz rocket will block stuff from french guiana carrying europe's first ever sat nav system into space launch was a little initially set for thursday but had to be pushed back twenty four hours because of fueling problems daniel bushell reports on how the high hopes of russia's each of the e.u. lay in russia's hands. engineering change russia's soyuz rocket has taken a monumental step in the country's space program as it comes down to its first launch outside the former soviet territory it marks a new high for russia's space ambitions as well as providing additional funds for the country to invest in the next generation of space travel by far the most
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valuable laundry for me in the world and i miss a. lead twice when you would hear from treasury out so use uses a low cost and extremely efficient model of construction which has successfully put over seventeen hundred rockets into orbit far more than any other launch on european space chief say they've been impressed with the way it's built rational system very simple and effective it's a very good way of design for troy from its sister sites in russia's north and the steps of kazakstan this space and the soyuz have had to be specially adapted to handle the challenges brought by the tropical climate but the benefits are clear the earth rotates for stay here by the equator giving an ideal catapult effect on takeoff and almost doubling the payload that the bucket can lift being
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a superstitious industry packed with quirky traditions some things remain exactly the same a piece of rock has even been taken from the launch pad in boca nor were russia's pioneering cosmonaut yuri gagarin left to become the first man in space and built into the site. the first mission for soyuz is to launch two satellites of galileo a new e.u. satellite navigation project designed to rival the american g.p.s. system politicians also think you can launch a new poll to ship between europe and russia the way you are a country actively contributes to industrial scientific and technical corporation and example in the air space field it is important step on the way to raising the level of quality of our business ties and diversification of the structures russia's been trusted with the world space programs because of its own rival trite record dating back over half a century america's g.p.s. has enjoyed a monopoly on the world sat nav market still now with soyuz also behind russia's
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also to g.p.s. known as global nes competition in the school is about to get just a little more crowded than usual see bridge ayana. remember archie is covering that launch live don't miss it ten thirty g.m.t. see. you here in the russian european space partnership. the future of the european satellite navigation system. on board the world's most reliable space vehicle. soyuz rocket is gearing up for the first ever blast off from a foreign base. the landmark launch. live. ok now to some other stories making headlines across the globe the basque terrorist organization says it has indefinitely ceased its campaign of bombings and shootings spain's leader called the move a victory for democracy law and reason since the group now wants direct open talks with spain and france about independence the separatist group killed eight hundred
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twenty nine people in spain over the last forty years. but as wayland president hugo chavez says his health checks show he's in excellent health and free of the cancerous cells he's fought for a mug shot as address supporters in the venezuelan town of la fria stressing his victory over cancer means there's nothing to keep him from running for reelection next year fifty seven year old is still largely popular at home after twelve years in power but faces criticism from abroad. bangkok is braced for surging floodwaters with people heading for high ground on the news that the thai capital is about to be swapped the prime minister is calling it a national crisis saying measures will be taken for a controlled release of the water that's built up in the north of the city since the start of heavy rains in august more than three hundred people have died and thousands were left homeless across the country. a major turkish military operation under way in northern iraq prompted by an attack by kurdish rebels of the twenty
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four soldiers dead in turkey's hatari province nearly ten thousand soldiers were mobilized for the offensive in retaliation making it the largest operation against insurgents in several years violence has been mounting in recent months as kurds pursue greater autonomy in turkey's southeast. at a time of financial instability making some extra money could be a lifesaver and that's why the occupy movement in the us is seizing the opportunity by becoming a brand artie's on a stasi churkin it takes a look. could the occupy wall street trademark be on its way to becoming a successful business trick companies big and small have been swarming to the encampment like bees to honey there are over three thousand items of occupy wall street merchandise pins t. shirts and even an occupier's hygiene kit starting at twelve bucks a pack of venable for purchase on e bay. some nato sauce floats around and pepperoni and
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occupied meat pizza. a neighborhood special sold a few steps away from where the camp is set. up by me with the money oh my god she's just with her friends in all to high thank you so much regular pies are twenty two dollars occupied pizzas are on sale at fifteen bucks this case a look at mill good but let's find out if they have the true face of the revolution so we have it people here and it's cold and occupied people that. i just don't think i just read a piece like he. appears a little greasy but i can trace the potential of change in its poll revolution witold. there's a guy at the masters it's a slight victory. here is my very serious mike protesters don't seem to mind that businesses are using the occupy wall street name to stir up sales part of the
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reason why this movement is so successful is because people in business people who theoretically profit off the sexploitation are also happy with the way things are working they say everyone is just trying to keep afloat in a terrible economy this is a percent yeah i guess we're going to be trying to make their own minds. i don't really need families i don't know keep your doctor turned out mom and pop shops are using the name of the movement to make sales while yeah people make it a couple of bucks here it is not into compared to the goldman sachs far too few have much too much and so many have so little is exactly why the protesters are out here with a little help from businesses spreading the word just as you churkin our teeth and your. staying with the make it about topic business is up next with dimitri stay with us. thanks matters twenty of our series here in moscow welcome to the business update
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with me to be terminated enco present major event evers called on the e.u. not to impede energy cooperation between russia and europe with internal directives a push came following is talks with dutch prime minister mark in moscow now it's over medvedev said he used third energy package hinders gas link ups the package demands a separation of production transportation and sales of energy it could affect russia's gas giant gazprom which is producing and selling gas meter develop says it's a business considerations that should be guiding decision making in brussels to look it will if you're going to show up in the energy field everything is good will be good you certainly e.u. directives do not interfere with the development of poolesville cooperation we hope that when taking such a decision business will be a priority to brussels. and retailer or shaw is dishing out millions of dollars in new stores and russian companies looking to significantly expand his retail network
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but it's not the only one now the international chains like walmart are also eyeing the market but orszag believes the only competition are local supermarkets. we want to look at the stores in all city with more than five hundred thousand people living we want to look three four months store market. national guard and class of the moment of the six to ten stalls you store every year. with the new one hundred fifty million dollar and two hundred million dollars for the main completely during the rush hour russian retailer x five and magnet are looking very fast and they are improving every year who with the business. we feel that the russian computer we are facing in russia are very professional from a very interesting or threated you know maybe that's why paul saw the international
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computer or really. not saw fast. or as a russian market. right let's move to the markets this oil is struggling for direction ahead of a crucial euro zone meeting crude prices of little impact from the death of libyan leader gadhafi although it could lead to an earlier than expected restoration of libya's oil exports brant blend is trading at one hundred nine and a half dollars per barrel light sweet is adding fifteen cents. in asia stocks are trading in narrow ranges as investors are anxiously waiting for this weekend's summit which is expected to finalize a rescue plan for europe meanwhile financial is on the rise in hong kong after china said it would allow provinces to issue debt industrial commercial bank of china is adding more than one percent trading session in moscow would kickoff in around one off hours the russian markets went south on thursday and this is
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preferred to cash out amid worries of a worsening debt crisis in years. and one thing growing very rapidly in russia is the top managers salaries last year they rose by an average six percent. the highest rates in europe but all the top managers working in russia got bonuses compared to only sixty percent in europe a number of large russian companies have promised to increase salaries this year's burbank is considering adding twenty percent to top managers wages as for europe this is a limited spidering success of a company and by law. and lines are next on a seat with matt. bringing
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