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elections analogy to be held in libya within eight months followed by the formation of a new government in the drafting of a constitution that for the post gadhafi future looks uncertain as ethnic and tribal divisions emerge among to be once united in revolution and then there's nato which is winding down its military intervention on its members rushed to secure lucrative oil deals with the new libyan authorities in the finale is in tripoli with more. not so long ago it with handshakes and hugs now it's his head. and his family have a lot of tales to tell about just foreign involvements and fact that though he was always portrayed as a great guy who also played a lot of footsie and banking with western powers. graphic gruesome footage of gadhafi went viral as news of his death spread after months of being number one nato hit list under the banner humanitarian mission. we came we
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saw he died there. have anything to do with your visit. libya's n.t.s.c. claims he was killed in crossfire but edited video begs to differ that show here clearly wiping one from his head then nearly dead took a look at those movies of the footage shown on t.v. proves that he was captured alive and wounded and after that he was killed. well the pressure is growing for an investigation for find out if gadhafi died as clinton put it or was executed the u.n. human rights organization should all push not only for investigation of the death of gadhafi and certainly the. many other libyan members of the. that support the gadhafi but also the bombings that they've inflicted in libya the droid so many of libya's infrastructure. and also so many religions civilians who
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died in the us who were killed in the first three alliance officials claim the mission in libya is coming to remand the no fly zone will be reviewed at the u.n. security council but many believe this is only the end of gadhafi and the beginning of a new era of crisis libya is in for a period of horrendous chaos after the nato bombing that it's brought parts of libya back to the stone age some say the race for the country's oil has kicked off france is already demanding thirty five percent of libya's gross national gross oil production and i suspect that the people of libya will be furious and outraged that they are paying france for having bought the infrastructure having destroyed the schools the hospitals the the water supply and a country united in hatred for gadhafi might not stand together now that he's gone
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all these these different groups that were held together but one thing and that was a group of coffee and now that's gone away they can redirect their anger at each other and i think. chaos ensues and political instability there's a lot of people looking back on libya. and syria and change and we're back where now and that is not a great celebrations continue throughout the week crossing the country and it seems few people here are really thinking about the future to libya without gadhafi it really means for them a country with no leader a lot of weapons and even more oil reporting from tripoli and he's now a r.t. and he says keeping us updated with the latest from tripoli online just had to twitter stream to keep track of account of the events in post gadhafi libya and jordan based professor who told me a little earlier that he thinks that libyans have nothing to celebrate because the in top rising against gadhafi has been hijacked by nato and its mercenaries. it was
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not a revolution i mean they claimed it was a revolution i have studied the revolutions. not only in this part of the world but but in history you know historically speaking this cannot be described as a revolution it was some sort of a coup d'etat where you have the military coup de tat back by nato and actually the nato. nato actually under the pretext of helping civilians or protecting civilians waged a war against libya both the infrastructure of this state the institutions and the ordinary civilians reports say that tens of thousands of libyans were killed now that cannot be described as a revolution it's an occupation and the gangs the armed gangs we've seen what they've done with gadhafi these armed gangs are not revolution i think they're mercenaries. over in syria the death of colonel gadhafi sparked a fresh wave of anti-government protests calling for president bashar assad to step
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down dozens more people were reportedly shot dead as troops loyal to damascus cracked down on the demonstrators of a three thousand are said to have been killed in the country since march but reports from syria both sides of the conflict have plenty of blood on their hands. this is the office of the trader it's one of the messages on the wall israel and the u.s. were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like . he had been a vocal critic and had spent fourteen years in jail a very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for because the lesion under the current environment. because troops must be withdrawn their backs clear voice is a regime that i know. is listening to people. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces
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but he acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. and. this killing civilians but we have some civilians killing. soldiers they are son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledge that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people see that on groups didn't exist . these civilians and army members like my son you don't mean members other members this is impossible the media that says it's plain lying. and variant lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on in the organization. taken by each side and used to defend their position so if you're hearing the arguments. made this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the
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push for reforms continues what's the enduring that informs this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria by the guns but we cannot absolutely put the blame on the government as i mean some circles of trying to propagate voices from both sides are calling for dialogue to sit down and talk to the syrians themselves agree that if this crisis is to be resolved the foundation of trust should be first laid down but with each direct order syria has spawned a rising already widening political gap. does or so you are damascus. coming your way this class devouring the u.s. . as dozens
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of people arrested across america peaceful demonstrations anger towards the so-called one percent keeps on growing. that story start a company while european leaders have been holding crucial talks in brussels and resolving the region's debt crisis and keeping another recession at bay they're pushing on banks to accept that the greek debt will never be paid in full and instead they should raise new capital to deal with the losses he's done a bushel as more. the national debts of greece will reach one hundred eighty one percent of g.d.p. next year and of course that's completely unsustainable so they're not charities so they're obviously resisting these moves they say that if. the loan is just like that then the world lending market will simply draw up that's why you leaders knew there wouldn't be an agreement crisis meeting and already before this summit took place was saying that there will be an extra extraordinary summit by wednesday and
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according to a leak that we've received leaders have agreed to create a european economic government with regular eurozone summits to enforce it is to control countries like italy there's been a blazing row here between prime minister silvio berlusconi who reportedly refused any more national measures also the public realm between france and germany is worrying investors france wants a bigger bailout port it's already it's hundreds of billions of euros but it wants more to rescue any potential any potential failures in the eurozone. they could be more countries next whereas germany germany's angela angela merkel is well aware that the german taxpayers will have to pay for any such bailouts and the german officials here are saying this whole eurozone project is starting to look like a single one way flow of cash from berlin to southern europe ordinary greeks see differently of course they are having to put up with very difficult cuts in public
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services in greece enforced by athens enforced in brussels as our correspondent sara first reports from athens. because they're right there. behind these things. see what that means to the people here in the west bank in that way it's a fire out and it may stay on top of that. the cantons the public spending unemployment here in the country is cripplingly high and we've seen the emergence of a new generation of homeless these measures seem to have affected everyone here in great oh i can. hear. that good. and. it's enough oh sorry five one of the nice one of the people who will fight peacefully because we want our lives.
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the young and the people from all walks of life to end the today protest and largest cleese's seen since the crisis began one of the nice violent preferred place very far it's it wasn't to be the anger once again boiling eva with fights breaking out not just with the police but in the us the protesters themselves greek society is facing a social disaster for the past two years we've received austerity package after austerity package people are beyond third breaking point they cannot stand it anymore. and it's not just a phrase has is with an appetite to change the debate was passed and top government officials did it plays on a position then the saying he thinks that the business struggling with his clinicians he's not the only one speaking to police major after the protests at the start of the month tell me if the pressure today for the riot police involved in
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these events you know the school or the system of the 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 the government has to take me sometimes it is really hard for them to take part in these protests as working people but once more they had to take to the streets to protest this even days he wanted to make their point p. . the rest of europe and the i need going to be watching this very closely because this isn't just a problem that affects great it is a situation that affects the entire usa you can see what the people in the country right now willing to go to a friend to have their voices. the people here are going to have to wait a while longer see if anyone's now be ready to listen. and these one hundred protesters were arrested by police during the occupy chicago
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demonstration for refusing to leave a city park this comes two days after dozens of protesters were arrested in new york activists say police responded to their peaceful rallies with unnecessary force a month since the protests against corporate greed erupted in the u.s. and saudis got a check on explains the expanding gap between rich and the poor could have consequences for the country. a class war seemed impossible in a country where being wealthy is part of the national dream but a spouse and 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 we're getting richer while the middle class is collapsing class war is being waged in america today fortunately the wrong side is winning the so-called one percent of winners are the nation's top corporations which this year the
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economy's very slow growth of non the less made record profits the things to various loopholes many of these corporations pay little or nothing in 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 sea. oh of the company said they 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 the economy same erika's largest corporations are sitting on more than three trillion dollars and not investing in the economy unemployment in the us remains over nine percent where we live in a nation where corporations could profit off
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a child dying at the same time with their parents into bankruptcy because they're trying to pay for these kids medical bills. what does that say about our country the wall street answer to people's rage and if you kill all three will be nobody held three jobs but as one of the protesters tried to put a word of objection call an old on hold on it's not your show monkey i'm talking to these people hold on i'm not talking to you look you can. talk to you personal success and money have always being 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 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 our reporting from washington our team. still ahead
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in the program this hour naughtie report on the white nato do anything to get enough to get ethnic serbs to remove the barricades next to the disputed kosovo i wouldn't. for that let's update you on other international news making the headlines this hour in our world update a seven point three magnitude quake has struck the city in eastern turkey close to the border with iran authorities claim at least eighty five have been killed and one hundred fifty injured after some eighty. buildings collapse. several hotels and a student dormitory reports of power loss disruption to telephone lines and even a prison break out in the quake hit region treatment two planes have taken off from the capital ankara for van carrying aid and supplies with the red cross at the scene the aftershocks are also felt in iran armenia and georgia the turkish prime minister is on his way to the affected region. afghan president hamid karzai has said his country would back pakistan if it ever went to war with the us a statement that contrasts pretty harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor
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during the u.s. states recent visit to kabul with hillary clinton and karzai have accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups attacks in afghanistan. to colombia now where at least ten soldiers have been killed in an ambush by rebels in the country's northeast it comes just before a nationwide election is planned for next week last thursday another attack on colombia's border with neck couldn't left ten soldiers dead after their vehicles hit roadside bombs both incidents are being blamed on active left wing rebels despite the group being the focus of a recent army offensive. millions of two museums have cast their ballots in the country's first election since the toppling of president ben ali in january the first results are expected on monday with islamist party in arda poised to claim a lion's share of the vote let's cross live now to the tunisian capital and speak with local journalists sara thanks very much indeed for being with us i understand
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i'm just reading at the moment something like seventy percent of voters have turned out for these elections was that sort of number expected. well according to the hind dependant elections committee they were actually optimistic that today they were expecting a high turnout but when i went and interviewed local people in downtown tunis before yesterday they were actually kind of pessimistic because there was a lot of defamation and a lot of like negative press online by bloggers and other activists who thought that the elections wouldn't actually the turnout of the elections today or the polling stations would be very low but actually on the contrary seventy percent is a great number and i don't think the people here in tunisia have ever been so happy it is a celebration right now in the city you were a freelance journalist just how does the media affected the campaign running up to these elections. well basically behind the pennant committee for elections also known as the i.s.i. which is actually co-chaired by mr b.
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who is actually the chair of the committee and the president at the same time he actually stated in several press conferences this month that major restrictions were quite high they were afraid that international media would intervene with regards to propaganda or basically publicizing or overly publicizing a particular political party that's why every single journalist international and local has to take credit their paper work if they were going to cover the voting stations or the voting polls today in two in tunis and outside of tunis as well in the rule areas if you are caught overly. basically reporting a political party you will be fined and i heard rumors i don't know if i can actually i don't have a specific source but we heard rumors that not only will you pay a fine as a journalist they will revoke you of your journalistic license well as we're talking several we're seeing pictures of two museums going to the polls costing the votes but of course they were faced with choosing from something like over sixty polls these thousands of candidates so sixty six ok sixty six sixty six policies
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that got us short is pretty confusing for someone who's never actually voted to before. indeed people here were actually quite troubled at the voting polls today that i witnessed myself they were actually delaying their choice behind the booth because you know you're not allowed to accompany tunisia in while they are casting their vote at the local international journalists were filming outside of the voting booth could tell that there was a lot of hesitation people were asking the same questions again i'm i'm confused i don't know there's just too much information so i do feel that there was a lot of information being digressed today but i think people just went with their gut feeling and voted for the political party that just basically had the best economic plan terms of business productive eighty and of course unemployment which is a big issue here in that party at the moment seems to be the islamist party that's
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being tipped as the favorite tell us what we know about this group and if islamists do come to power in tunisia what does that say for the future. basically i've been covering a few features and stories with a nod i wasn't allowed as a journalist accredited by the high independent committee for elections to interview the head or leader of another group which is also mr rashid there's a new she or actually even interview political candidates because that would be a violation of the journalistic code set by the committee but what i could gather from logistic members other voters from what i understood even from the brochures and leaflets that i read that they do have a concise plan which is a long term plan which i believe is from two thousand and twelve to two thousand and sixteen where they do promise about generating nine hundred fifty thousand jobs here in tunisia if they were to win the majority just briefly though those who want to be a secular society are concerned that all religions should be treated equally do you
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think they have something to fear. well they sure did they retreated online bloggers and all their facebook pages they've actually contributed a very negative facebook page saying also meaning leave and go away nada and other political parties have been slamming and negatively publicizing a lot of. propaganda negative propaganda against another group but when another in response answered said this is quite normal during any public sphere that there is always going to be positive and negative press but they have assured the people that there is nothing to fear with regards to women and males working side by side and they actually think it's quite comical because they do have female candidates running for the for the seats in the constitution assembly from another and one of them is not even veiled her name is the side of the him and she is unveiled as well so that is also
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a liberal woman who actually works quite closely with another group. thanks so much for your thoughts sir that's all we have time for thanks very much indeed for joining us live thank you for having thank you. think. of the news now in nato that peacekeepers trying to remove roadblocks in northern kosovo have been prevented by serbians who sat on the roads guarding the disputed because of a border crossing so set up the barricades in july to stop kosovo from extending its control over the part of the country populated mostly by ethnic serbians refreshing reports on the continuing standoff. as months of tension between serbs and nicole bennett of course was continue roads in northern course they remain closed for some serbs are fortifying their barricades and see themselves again as victims of history these cartoon reads we defeated your grandad we defeated your father's will win again local serbs compare the nature led peacekeeping force in
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kosovo ok for the fascist occupiers of the past they will then why do they think that they can come and take our land serbia is our home we don't want to live in albania look how they are meant that we have nothing but flag and faith in god some two hundred meters away they took a four soldiers keep watching i would prefer a peaceful solution by talks by an agreement which i did all is in the last week but if that is not to be reached i have to be on my own i have to do fall back on my own needs. some of them are. going to be no surprise the generals only means a military ones the status quo northern kosovo remains the standoff between k. four soldiers and local serbs civilians is no closer to resolution it's people from both sides of the barricades glad to avoid any further violence but away from media
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glare hostility is common place this twenty three year old syrian man was with his father when he was shot just three weeks ago visiting an old ben village in courses south western ribs a minority living in tiny and claves i was waiting for him in a car and i saw him coming out of the all being in cafeteria when i heard two gunshots and my dad fall down i rushed to him but i was worried he died immediately i didn't even say good bye to him. w. bush shows us his wounds he was shocked when his father's killers try to live. the only witness i will never return to their place they'll chase me i'm worrying about my family and myself in a separate incident just last week another unarmed serb who was killed in a confrontation with a local these two men together with their friend mir drug the father the big family went to see what used to be serb land now owned by ethnic albanians since serbs
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fled after nature's nine hundred ninety nine bombing of yugoslavia they were stopped by the new occupier we talked for five minutes then he said he needed to come back to his car to take in some form but came back instead with a kalashnikov do you want your mom back he shouted and started firing out on drug was killed at the scene the men who just lost their friends say there is only one reason he was killed but it's just because we are serbs period eleven years after the end of major conflict here and despite the presence of international peacekeepers violence seems to be still part of everyday life for some in this troubled breakaway province and there is little sign that's like change or if nationality kosovo. that brings up the big moment i'll be back with the main stories of some of the main stories after a short break stay with us here tonight in the.
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