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noon in moscow i met très a 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 ousted dictator colonel moammar gadhafi authorities will bury him in the next few hours cut off he was reportedly shot dead in a crossfire during an assault on his hometown of sirte but the footage of his dead and broken body was so graphic some are wondering why it was broadcast for the world to see artie's ivory bed it takes a look. these frenzied moment is about as far as it gets from a trial that the hate. for the death of gadhafi is now being cheated around the world . for. by those who champion democratic justice i people in britain salute your
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courage and while we are proud of the role that we played to help we know this was your revolution from your bravery you showed the world you would get rid of any teacher you would choose freedom a long way from cameron's insistence that deathy be put on trial in t.c. fighters were even dissuaded from a shoot to kill policy agreeing you know this bill taking the law i think it got particularly fair trial. in any case but i mean nevertheless the what 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 barbaric operation from the start and as a site you know this was never you this was never supposed to be about regime change this night of operation but that's that's really what's been the outcome of it the backslapping has been fuelled by this gruesome footage of give them these bodies splashed across the headlines pleaded for the world and the people power is
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not going to be put back here in libya thanks to the u.s. and its nato allies this video shows gadhafi was still alive when captured but clearly that didn't last long some suggest an execution and question why this is now being applauded during he was assassinated after he was caught one that this is a very handy else crime against one that man and the other public will see it as such i've talked to people who dislike or dislike the way he was killed they think this tells you something about the mortality of the so-called revolutionaries these fees 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 tater or not is being reported with. the images have been labeled horrific this tweet says the b.b.c. wouldn't have used the images for anyone else another suggestion to having a competition sally bercow a prominent activist in the u.k.
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says she sees why the same wasn't done for bin laden back then a bomber refused to release the images saying it could incite more violence or be used as propaganda but for gadhafi the vultures are too quick on the bennetts. the . nato now expected to declare an end to its bombing campaign in libya it was aimed at protecting civilians but critics say the alliance orchestrated the operation to capture gadhafi and wanted him dead rather than in court many libyans are celebrating the death of a dictator a western leaders hellinger transition to democracy but as artie's got it she reports that outcome may not be inevitable. hillary clinton on a surprise visit to tripoli days before the killing of the ousted libyan leader where she was quoted as saying the u.s. hopes to see khadafi killed or captured soon raise the captured scenario might have put could off in the toppled egyptian leaders true or those of iraq's saddam
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hussein but a trial over confidant you do not doubt feared even more controversy that there still felt that he was very congenial sure to big european partners for the u.s. if you went to the hague you would spill the beans about all that there are two deals there are this stuff for real politic between the west in a developing country like libya nobody wanted that levy and transitional government officials say colonel gadhafi was cornered grain underneath the road in open country site near the city of sirte please 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 pulled concealed next to farm buildings near his own hometown but unlike sadam who was captured. live by u.s. forces colonel qaddafi was reportedly shot dead by a levy in transitional authorities not without the help of the u.s. and american defense official claimed a u.s. predator drone along with
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a french fighter jet hit could alfie's convoy thursday morning as they were trying to escape effectively handing them over to the leader in forces on the ground there are still unanswered questions about what happened to. the how was he killed. clearly i think. for external intervention and all of nato. pump unable to achieve their objective nato's view when 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 the allied forces and i think we'll see. not a new democracy in libya but a new reorganization of the libyan political and economic. institutions to 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
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and the french of perhaps the italian oil companies they're the big winners here in the meantime western leaders are celebrating libya's transition to democracy without putting a single u.s. service member on the ground we achieved our objectives what the u.s. president did not mention in his celebre torrie speech was scores of leave killed the needle strikes widespread violations of human rights are reported in today's lead there was no water. there is no. medication even oxygen in the hospital they don't tell you the situation in syria. because i've seen it i can assure you. if you send. troops to the city you know it's. it's it is the disaster it's a catastrophe. libya is now brimming with weapons experts sakes premiss of most likely gotten their hands on the vast former east left on intended for levy
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a transition to democracy the people who are now in power there have not been chosen by the libyan people and many libyans fear that when the time comes to vote the choice will have already been made for them i'm going to check our reporting from washington our to. irrational consultant lo dave i know says the killing of gadhafi will only see a change from one dictatorship to another now the gadhafi is that i'm very worried first of all about the fate of the libyan people they are now discovering that change their leak a future for number one a neo liberal nato led to 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 for obama recently to send some 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 is the i can understand from an
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emotional point of view that people celebrating the demise of the state of today will soon find out that they've changed for another one these rebels are led by by people. who are former ministers from gadhafi they have interests at stake they already promised 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.c. still ahead this hour a historic launch hours to go before europe's first ever sat nav system launched into space aboard a russian soyuz rocket. and the occupy wall street movement fast becoming a brand in itself he finds out who's using financial instability to make a fast buck. greece awakens this morning to
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a new age of austerity parliament passing a fresh package of pay cuts and tax hikes in attempt to stave off bankruptcy a decision met with a violent unarrest on the streets of athens as reports. processer become a regular occurrence theory behind the fights the sting of growing public angry years of a there's a lot that means that the people here in the country has been cut to their wages by around thirty percent in most cases on top of that cat fight the pension cuts the public spending unemployment here in the country is cripplingly high and we see in the americans of a new generation of homeless these messes really the seams have affected everyone here in grade. i've been. here almost up to that good. and us to our young and. old sort of five one of the nation
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of the people who will fight peacefully because we want our lives calm by. the young and the rose people from all walks of quick life to institute a protest largess cleese's seen since the crisis began one of the nice violent through forward push very far it's that it wasn't to be the anger once again boiling over with fights breaking out not just with the police but amongst the protesters themselves 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 you know the summit this week and that's now being pushed back in its internal disagreements yes now the delay to the
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credibility they continue to search instead they can provide a solution so work when people are going to are becoming poorer and poorer they're seeing public sector services call. hospitals schools universities they're facing an imax dream deterioration of their living their living conditions and it's not just the protesters with an appetite for change they the date was eventually passed and top government officials did it pays when a position then to think he'd think that the nation was meant juggling with functions he's not the only one speaking to police major after the protest at the start of the month told me at the pressure teeth of the rioting in these events you know. it is very hard to describe the feelings of the policeman because there are two a social and a professional group who are suffering by the economic measures to government has to take me sometimes it is really hard for them to take part in these protests as
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working people and once more they had to take to the streets to protest is even though he wanted to make their point the rest of europe and the i think it's going to be watching this very closely because this isn't just a problem that affects great it is situation that affects the entire eurozone you can see what the people in the country right now willing to go through to have everything for the people here are going to have to wait a while longer to see if anyone's now be ready to listen. find more on the stories we're covering a click away at here's what's online for you right now. a year of remember us for holocaust victims of lithuania but the country but he was of hunting down the survivors of. our russian man who says he spent seventeen days on a remote island in icy waters and was hailed as russia's old robinson crusoe now seems to be a fraud how it happened. on the disputed serbia
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kosovo border ethnic serbs protesters clashed with nato led peacekeepers who were trying to dismantle their barricades came for troops resorted to tear gas and pepper spray to. first the crowd well armed transport of vehicles moved in to remove the roadblocks dozens are a cryer treatment for gas inhalation some had other injuries served set up roadblocks in july when coast of our 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 pavitra claims the serbs in northern coast of made concessions to broker a peaceful solution to the crisis but were still attacked by 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 land or the nato forces sent here from who knows where the serbs have tried to negotiate there even though they've even tried to give concessions in the sense that they're
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willing to let supply convoys pass and supplies the nato troops what they're not willing to do is allow albanian so-called custom officials from taking the border between call 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 acting as the infantry of the the government in pristina 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 the understanding to you're opposed to a 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 and trafficking this place would never get into the e.u. and the e.u. obviously has no plans of including serbia there either so you know this is just
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a game it's just the membership is just being used as as a means of it for extracting concessions from belgrade not giving the albanians normal average albanians the illusion that they're actually going to get something . down the road one when i would be much easier for them to just come to peace with their serbian neighbors remember you can follow our correspondent in kosovo marie if an ocean is twitter feed on line with the very latest developments and updates from the troubled region. and just a few hours a russian soyuz rocket will blast off from french guiana carrying europe's first ever sat nav system into space launch was first set for thursday had to be pat pushed back a day because of fueling problems are his daniel bushell reports on how the high hopes of the new lay in russia's hands. engineering change russia's soyuz rockets 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
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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 valuable long play for the new world and i must say that. we we are glad to have so used to hear from treasury so uses a lower cost than the extremely efficient model of construction which is successfully puts over seventeen hundred rockets into orbit for more than any of the launch of european space chiefs say they've been impressed with the way it's built russian system very simple and effective it's a very good way off designing a four croix from it says the 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 up by the tropical climate but the benefits they clear the earth rotates for stay here by the equator giving an ideal catapulted faked on takeoff and almost
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doubling the payload that the rocket can lift being 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 employed can or will russia's pioneering cosmonaut yuri could go in 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 roybal the american g.p.s. system politicians also think it can launch a new poll to ship between europe and russia we may use our country actively contributes to industrial scientific and technical corporation for example in the aerospace field at the present for and stop on the way to raising the level of quality of our business ties and diversification of the structures with russia's being trusted with the world's space programs because of its own roybal track record dating back over a hope a century america's g.p.s.
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has enjoyed a monopoly on the world sat nav market till now with soyuz also behind russia's also to g.p.s. known as blue nes competition in the school is about to get just a little more crowded than you see french guiana. our team is covering a large live don't miss it ten thirty g.m.t. see. you here in 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. life on our. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe basque terrorist group says it's indefinitely halted its campaign of bombings and
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shootings spain's leaders call the move a victory for democracy law and reason since the group of now calls for direct open talks with spain and france about independence the separatist group killed eight hundred twenty nine people in spain over the last forty years. and israel and president hugo chavez claims he's in excellent health and free of the cancer he's battling for months chavez address supporters in the venezuelan town of latonia stressing his victory over cancer means nothing can 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 braced for surging floodwaters with people heading for higher ground on the news the thai capital is about to be swamped the prime minister calls it a national crisis saying measures will only be will be taken for a controlled release of the water which is built up in the north of the city since the start of heavy rains in august more than three hundred have died thousands left homeless across the country. dozens of protesting students who occupied
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a senate meeting in the chilean capital santiago left after getting promises of change students demanded a referendum on ways to revamp chile's education system and opposition lawmakers promised to present a proposal demonstrations continued for several months demanding free public education finally in this news blackout a time of financial instability making some extra cash could be a lifesaver that's why the occupy movement in the u.s. is seizing the opportunity by becoming a brand artie's anastasio takes a look. could the occupy wall street trademark on its way to becoming a successful business trip companies big and small have been swarming to the cameraman like bees to honey there are over three thousand items that occupy wall street merchandise pins t. shirts and even an occupier's hygiene kits. starting at twelve bucks a pack of vailable for purchase on e bay. fresh medo sauce. and pepperoni an
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occupied the pizza. and neighborhood special sold a few steps away from where the camp is set up by me with the money to buy about she's just been friends i think you would much regular pies are twenty two dollars the occupy pizzas are on sale at fifteen bucks this pizza looks good but let's find out if you have the truth state of revolution that we have it for pete's sake and it's cold and of occupied people. i just don't think to i just read on t.v. make sure you can see. a little greasy but i can tell you the potential of change and its pole revolutions are poor. because you got out at the masters it's a slight victory to get here are very serious my 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 you know people who be radically profit off this exploitation are also happy with the way things are working they see everyone is just trying to keep afloat in a terrible economy that's an ampersand yeah i guess we're going to be trying to make their own minds i mean i just over a week and i don't wait i don't know keep your doctor turned on mom and pop shops are using the name of the movement to make sales while yeah people make it a couple of bucks here and they're 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. r t. which is up next with all the latest from the world of business stay with us here on r.t. . we do say you and welcome to business our team president which you meant that it was
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called on the not to impede energy cooperation between russia and europe with internal directives the push came following his talks with dutch prime minister mark in moscow and then of says the e.u. so-called third energy package in this gas link ups the baggage demands of a separation of production transportation and sales of energy it could affect russia's gas giant gazprom which is producing and selling gas meter medvedev says it's a business considerations that should be guiding decision making in brussels to mitigate goodness you're going to show up in the energy field everything is good will be good you certainly you directives do not interfere with the development of full scale cooperation we hope that when taking such a decision business will be a priority to brussels. the russian government aims to invest up to two hundred twenty billion dollars to develop energy in the country's continental shelf come a sound daily says the investment is planned to come within the next twenty years
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with one seventh to be provided for by the federal budget the government is struggling to improve the efficiency of fast but hard to reach deposits hopes annual production from the shelf will make up one sixth of the country's current yearly output and a third of the gas that major russian shelf deposits include satterlee in fields in the pacific and stockmen in the arctic. brings us to the market screwup prices are feeling a little impact from the death of libyan leader moammar gadhafi although it could lead to an early an expected restoration of libya's oil exports we're now seeing light sweet gain forty five cents brant is losing just. european stocks opened modestly positive gains are limited hasn't us. as await more information as to what to expect from the upcoming year of debt summit you guys are cozy and angela merkel after however warns that an agreement may not be reached on
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sunday but rather at a second summit. this is the picture in asia stocks are trading in a narrow range as investors are anxiously waiting for the weekend's summit which we mentioned earlier in the program meanwhile financials in hong kong are up after china said it would allow provinces to issue debt industrial commercial bank of china adding one and a half percent supporting the hang saying. the russian markets are you know you're going up and down they are modestly positive up just a not sure investors however cautious and of this weekend yet again let's take a look at what's moving the mice a novice nickel is losing ground on speculation the governmental commission is going to check whether it's a four and a half billion dollar buyback is in line with the russian legislation polymaths zero is in positive territory today the company's last day in the russian markets moving the listing to london as of next week telecom is among the main gayness is
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the company's considering a buyback of its shares from the market. russians appear more willing to spend the cash despite the economic uncertainty the federal statistics service says retail trade rose now nine percent in september a year on year so far the space since the crisis of two thousand and eight so also much quicker than the growth of salaries in the country consumption was prompted by a slowdown in food inflation higher consumer lending and no unemployment and other factors the weakening ruble and those say internal demand may continue to rise but only until the end of the years inflation is affected to pick up again. so we have time for for now we will be back in our fifty five minutes time with an update stay with us.
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toasts in serbia cultures available in regency. twelve thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines the death of libya's ousted leader colonel gadhafi has been cheered by both libyans and western leaders but questions being asked about his apparent execution at the hands of an angry mob and the broadcasting of the gruesome images of his body. greece entering a new age of austerity after lawmakers approved more taxes and cuts to stave off a debt default and the measures were greeted by violent clashes between angry protesters and riot police. nato peacekeepers used tear gas and pepper spray against ethnic serbs at a disputed border in northern ca.

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