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the latest news and the week's top stories on r.t. of bloodstain then to an era in libya with allegations colonel gadhafi was executed by the interim government's troops. breaking points this week vali clashes erupting priest as people were hit with more sturdy measures while e.u. leaders up against the clock to try and resolve the debt crisis. battle over barricades nato forces failed to remove roadblocks at the disputed serbia kosovo border as ethnic serbs called the blockade to stop the peacekeepers apart. but a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. the libyan interim government has declared the symbolic liberation of the country from the forty two year rule of colonel gadhafi he was gunned down under suspicious
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circumstances ruffling the city of sirte on thursday incident sparked international calls for an investigation with allegations the ousted libyan leader was lynched by a mob of rebel fighters a little video portrays a man posting that he shot gadhafi twice during his capture claiming the support of post-mortem which he discovered to put holes in the country's body the country's now due to hold elections within the next eight months draft a constitution and form a new government however the post gadhafi future looks uncertain as ethnic and tribal divisions of merge among to be once united in revolution not easily so now he is in tripoli with more. now so long ago it with handshakes and hugs now it's his hat. and his family and a lot of tales to tell about so far and involvements and the fact that though he was always portrayed as a great gal he also played a lot of footsie and hanky panky with the western powers. graph. gruesome footage
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of gadhafi went viral as news of his death spread after months of being number one in nato was hit list under the banner of humanitarian mission. we came we saw how he died. everything to do with. libya's and t.c. claims he was killed in crossfire i didn't video begs to differ show here clearly wiping blood from his head then nearly dead it's a good little. footage shown on t.v. true that he was captured a lawyer. and also that he was killed. well the pressure is growing for an investigation to find out if gadhafi died as clinton put it or was executed the un human rights organization should go all push not only for investigation. and certainly. many of the libyan members will be.
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supported. but also the bombings that inflicted in libya destroyed so many of libya's infrastructure and also so many libyan civilians who died in the u.s. who were killed in these. alliance of prisons claim the mission in libya is coming to enhance 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 once 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. the infrastructure having destroyed the schools
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the hospitals the water supply and if one tree united in hatred for going down feet might not stand together now that he's gone all these these different groups and we were held together but one thing and that was. the way you 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. so you're. changing your back now and that is not a great celebration to continue throughout the week on cross look country and it seems few people here are really thinking about the future 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 party. and he's also keeping us updated with the latest from tripoli online just
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head to r.t. twitter page to keep track of counter developments in post libya and while former rebel celebrate the demise of gadhafi jordan brace professor he told me earlier that he says there's nothing to be cheerful about because the entire uprising has been hijacked by nato and its mercenaries. it was not that evolution i mean they claimed it was an evolution i have studied the revolutions. not only in this part of the world but but in history and study can speaking this cannot be described as an evolution it was some sort of a coup de tat there where you have the military could be backed by nato and they're actually. nato i truly under the pretext of helping civilians are perfect and civilians waged a war against libya both infrastructure history of the institutions and the ordinary civilians and very poor say that tens of thousands of libyans were killed you know that cannot be described as evolution it's an occupation and the gangs the
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armed gangs we've seen what they've done with gadhafi these armed gangs that are not evolution 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 down dozens more people reportedly shot there as troops loyal to crackdown on the demonstrators of a three thousand said to have been killed in the country since march and the artist has a similar reports from syria both sides of the conflict have plenty of blood on their parents'. this is the office of the trader and it's one of the messages on the wall is real and the us were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like abdel aziz al higher 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 reconciliation under the current environment. because
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troops. x. . is in the regime but i know. it's listening to. us he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces and the acknowledge is that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. and service killing civilians some civilians killing. soldiers lay our son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in daughter on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledged that too many of the army national guards who lost their lives so how can some people say that on good state exist. these civilians and only members like my son how did all the members kill other members this is impossible the media that says it is plainly
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lying. and therein lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on information is taken by each side and used to defend their position so if you hear only arguments from one side you'll likely believe i made this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation because for reforms continues what's a lingering very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation. syria and the killing by the groans. we come up optional to put the blame on the government as i mean some circles trying to propagate the voices from both sides are calling for dialogue to sit down and the syrians themselves agree that if this crisis is to be resolved the foundation of trust should be first laid out but with each threat or attack syria will school rise in an already widening political gap.
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r t damascus. we live here in moscow twenty four hours a day coming our way this class. the us. has dozens of people arrested across america the peaceful anti corporate demonstrations anger towards the so-called one percent keeps on growing. european leaders have been holding crucial talks in brussels aimed at resulting the region's debt crisis and keeping another recession at bay and 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 artie's daniel bushell. 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 by its own so they're not charities so they're obviously resisting these moves they say that if. the loan
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is just like that then the market will simply draw up. knew there wouldn't be an agreement these crisis meeting and already before this summit took place was saying that there would be an extra extraordinary summits by wednesday and according to a leak that we've received leaders have agreed to create a european economic government with the euro zone 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 laws there are 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 millions of euros but it wants more to rescue any potential any potential failures in the eurozone and worries that there could be more countries next whereas germany germany's angela angela merkel is well aware that her voters the german taxpayers will have to pay for any such bailouts and the german officials here are saying this whole
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eurozone project is starting to look like a single one way flow of cash from berlin into southern europe. differently of course they are having to put up with very difficult cuts in public services in greece enforced by inforced in brussels as our correspondent there first reports from athens. because they're right there i. think it's a good thing. it's a god the people here and they. think that what it is. because they can't take it on top of that. cantons the public's. unemployment here in the country is cripplingly high within the americans and a new generation of timeless these messages really these things have affected everyone here in great. i can. hear.
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them all some five of them a son of the people who couldn't fight peacefully because we were all our lives. but the young and the people from all walks of quick life joins the t.d. protest largest police is seen since the crisis began one and they say violent true thought precisely for our rights but it wasn't to be the anger once again boiling aver with fights breaking out not just with the police but amongst the protesters themselves the 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 the protesters with an appetite for change they say it's
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cost some top government officials did it pays when a position member saying he's paid for the nature of business struggling with his conscience he's not the only one speaking to a police major after the creators at the start of the month tell me that the pressure today for the riot police involved 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 of course suffering bravely comicon understood the government has to to me sometimes it is really hard for them to take part in these protests as working people but once more they have to take to the streets to kiss back protest is even they see once it's make their points people. really that's did yes and the i think it's going to be watching this very closely because this isn't just a problem that affects a great. thank you you could say what. right now willing to. the people here are going to have to wait
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a while longer to see if anyone can now be ready to listen so if their party. from or not joined by pier collapse he's a professor of political science at paris west university. with very little progress seemingly made during the summit and another one showed jeweled for wednesday do you believe that euro zone leaders can really reach any agreement a toll on this latest crisis well obviously as your previous reports show and they are. cracks. and disagreements within trance and germany but the main thing report from greece shows it's great now europe is insisting on. austerity programs that are not going to be a solution so europe seems to be going from one summit to the next and solving
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nothing all the. discussion big summit it seems the european leaders are edging closer to becoming relisted on some point. program in greece it's impossible really stupid about it sets you mention for action germany those two countries appear to have taken on the the self-appointed mantle of leaders of the e.u. yet here we are those two countries failing to agree on key details themselves now what kind of leadership is this i mean is this not indicative of the fact that the lack of political unity is really at the heart of the e.u. and i'm not just talking between about the the relationship between france and germany all the other politicians to. yeah there it's quite true but mccracken deficit and the same time and the spring current german and you should go to europe which is probably problematic because of the disagreements between the leaders of crimes and leaders of germany and also sometimes their public opinion or not the
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banks are supporting but various governments so all this all the discussions are happening in a kind of flux uncertainty and so on but there's no faith in the european parliament ignore that. solution to not only be all greece out but also have a lot of. siri now to do with this corner monetary policy ok what about the implications of bailing greece out talk of something like fifty percent of their debt being written off but what impact will this have on the banks and could this not really sparked international financial turmoil it's police surely unsustainable it's not. well it's unsustainable really there's osteria to program in greece and italy in spain in portugal everywhere in europe i mean there's we know there's going to be no consumption anywhere and the u.s. and china are pushing europe to words. and pop in
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a solution because they're american banks are also exposed exponents you know european banks insurance in the u.s. and so on so there is the possibility of international crime or because right now are what neo liberals that come up with and the level of europe is more. everyone so they're greeks more financial more than. before a priest now worse situation than it was two years ago ok more austerity for everybody but also this idea that more economic control over the member states it sounds like a good idea but are we really going to see those member countries happy to see brussels controlling the way they tax their people the way they conduct their own public expenditure will they really want to lose that autonomy. it's very unlikely i can see countries saying no we want to be totally dependent upon decisions taken in brussels so there's a time limit on the one hand it would be
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a good thing for a common currency and so on but on the other hand there are seventy other issues and i don't think member states that are powerful enough like france or germany you would accept all this from brussels and even a country by greece which is a small country small economy and so on they don't seem to be ready to accept. all the orders from brussels so great now i think we should listen to people who've been in the us and how kinsey and programs. throughout europe rather than stare at the programs well you know you talked about china a little earlier of course there has been talk of attracting funds from china and other emerging economies to to help grapple with this european recession do you really think though that help could come to europe from asia. but china will not help your of course. there are no free lunches international economics. china.
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is already helping. some proper this so it's helping you know well but it's also you know some aspects. of the greek economy so if things don't think that it's going to help it's also. help they could be very very expensive for europe isn't all in the long term which will ensure only chinese financial get germany in the not so distant future just very briefly and finally you're a professor of political science what are the political ramifications of all of this we're seeing those protests in greece we've seen protests in other european cities and of course these strikes which will obviously be even more damaging to economies what are the political impact political implications particularly on these governments at the moment will we see governments collapsing. well in some countries it's not impossible but greece is a case in point but if the same thing happens in italy the government's terribly
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unpopular. strain the government is also a pillar and you have movements that are not my movements but there are people protesting in the streets and making getting stronger and stronger so they could be political turmoil on top of the financial turmoil yes ok thanks very much for your thoughts as always it's good to chat here till our professor of political science at paris with universities along the ponce thanks a lot of our. well at least one hundred ninety wall street protesters were arrested by police during the occupy chicago 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 it's been over a month since the protests against pak cats and corporate greed erupted in the u.s. as a he's got a check on explains the expanding gap between rich and the poor could have consequences for a country. a class war seemed impossible in
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a country where being wealthy is part of the national green good as thousands march on wall street and in other parts of america protesting against the system that they claim works only for the benefit of a few super rich individuals and corporations many ask whether america is facing a class war better at a time when the rich are getting richer while the little class is collapsing a class war is being waged in america today unfortunately the wrong side is winning the so-called one percent of winners are the nation's top corporations which this year and the economy is very slow growth of non the last may record profits the things to various loopholes but 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
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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 them economies 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 when we live in a nation where corporations can profit off a child dying at the same time with their parents in a bankruptcy can their trying to pay for these kids medical bills. what does that say about our country the wall street answer to people's rage and he killed all three will be nobody held a job but as one of the protesters try to put a word objection when all it all done all done is not your show monkey i'm talking
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to these people hold on i'm not talking to you you can like you know but talk before you personal success and money have always being part of the american dream for free the aspiration to become rich is equally 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 r.t. . more world news in brief for you now in our world updated very nearly twenty four past the hour here and seven point three magnitude earthquake has struck the city of bam in eastern turkey close to the border with iran authorities claim at least eighty five people have been killed and over one hundred fifty injured after some eighty buildings collapsed in the area including several hotels and a student dormitory have been reports of power loss destruction to telephone lines and even a prison break out in the quake hit region three military planes have taken off
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from the capital ankara for a van carrying aid and supplies with the red cross at the scene the aftershocks are also felt in iran and media in georgia the turkish prime minister is on his way to the affected region. but can present hundred karzai said his country would back pakistan if it ever went to war with the us a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor during the u.s. secretary of state's recent visit to kabul with hillary clinton in cars i have accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups launching attacks in afghanistan. nato led peacekeepers trying to remove roadblocks and northern kosovo have been prevented by serbians who sat on the roads guarding the disputed serbia close of a border crossing serbs set up the barricades in july to stop kosovo from extending its control over the part of the country populated mostly by ethnic serbians of his reports on the continuing standoff. as months of tension between serbs and nicole
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bell and of course the worst continue roads in northern cos they remain closed for some serbs of fortifying their barricades and see themselves again as victims of history these cartoon reads we defeated your granddad's we defeated your father's will win again local serbs compare the nature led peacekeeping force in kosovo ok for the fascist occupiers of the past they all then why do they think that they can come and take our land serbia's our home we don't want to live in albania look how they aren't we have nothing but flag and free from god some two hundred meters away they took a four soldiers keep watching i would. buy top line agreement to get it all is in the last week but if that is not to be reached i have to be on my own. on my own needs.
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no surprise the generals only means a military once the status quo northern course of the remains the standoff between pay for soldiers and local serbs are real is no closer to resolution of people from both sides of the barricades of blood to avoid any further violence to wave from media 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 bent village in courses south west serves a minority living in tiny and claves i was waiting for him in a car i saw him coming out of your being cafeteria there are two gunshots and my dad fall down i rushed to him but i was worried he died immediately i didn't even say goodbye to him. w. bush owes us his wounds he was shocked when his father's killers tried to eliminate the only witness but i will never return to their place will treat me i'm worrying
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about my family and myself in a separate incident just last week another an armed service was killed in a cold front with a local these two men together with their friend mere drug they follow the big family went to see what used to be servile and now owned by ethnic albanians since serbs fled after natives 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 heart to take home but came back and started with a kalashnikov do you want your man back in childhood and started firing at us with your drug was killed at the scene the men who just lost their france they there is only one reason he was killed that's just because we are serbs periods 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
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troubled breakaway province and there is little sign that's likely to change or if nationality costs are. friends up there and i mean twenty eight minutes past the hour here in moscow very soon all special report on america's military nuclear program but stay with us for the headlines of some of the main stories in just a moment but in a minute i hope i'm not saying it's not head in the sky. it's
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