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this is r t now our top story the greek prime minister will keep his job at least for now after securing a crucial confidence vote from parliament it comes after george papandreou horrified the country's european partners and root international have arc on the markets by calling a referendum on the e.u. bailout plan for greece a move later canceled let's cross like the greek capital now to get the latest from our correspondent sara further. survived the confidence vote the political situation in greece it still seems very far from certain what's the next step now for the government and how long do you think the country can hold out without more money money. prime minister. has just finished meeting with the president of the republic. that he. plans the coalition government. still waiting really the details about what exactly is going to happen there's a lot of confusion about what that coalition government is going to look like we saw. in his government. in parliament in the early hours of the morning it
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was very very close it was always going to be. decisions but no changes really everyone still waiting to see what the details of this will be and as we said before the devil really is in the details so a lot of uncertainty still remains about what's going to happen now moving forward guidance a bit to this political quagmire i'm joined by. professor of economics and university. it's very uncertain what's going to happen now can you tell us a bit more about what the politicians are doing and we've got a lot of people saying they're playing political games can they afford to do that it's such a critical point the big picture is not what happened it's what happened yes the g twenty. not agreeing on anything. the only policy coming out of the euro. the pressure. of the center left and center
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right because of the stereotype measures is that the leader of the right wing party wants quick elections so he could do well and not be implicated in any of your stereotypical just we've had so far up and drove a leader of the center left party doesn't want quick elections because he's deeply implicated in these policies and wants a national government a government of national unity so that the responsibility for the austerity package is shared but if you will only say or there is one missing out truth and that is the people of greece who have been demonstrating for the last six months from the street and really i see no solution that doesn't at least meet some of their demands for. a recession more austerity measures vicious cycle being removed somehow being dented and political leaders actually addressing the social
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needs of the mass of people in this country and indeed of european people thank you very much for doing us that really is a very valid point what a lot of people are talking about here today is that is the missing ingredient that public opinion here very very disappointed at the end out yesterday at the what we seeing playing out in the last week really as he said that message of uncertainty at a time when what everyone was hoping for was a unified front for some decisive action and that's not what we're saying it's all and of course moving forward the situation looking on an increasingly unstable ground. for that's our furthur for that update live from athens. well coming up later in the program the fighting the corporate. flood economy has done little more than deepen the gap between the rich and poor making some resort to drastic measures. now there are widespread concerns the u.s. police are becoming increasingly heavy handed in breaking up the. corporate occupy
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protests that have gripped the country for nearly two months now officers use force to disperse a demo in the u.s. capitol and take down tents three activists were struck by a car but the driver wasn't charged and the california city of oakland police tear gas of protesters and arrested more than one hundred several people were seriously injured including a u.s. army veteran it's a second incident of police brutality the city has seen two weeks meanwhile in new york where the occupy movement began protesters camped out at the coffee park are bracing themselves for a showdown artie's muddy the fort myer want to find out what authorities in the big apple have been store for. the occupy wall street movement has cemented its presence here in zuccotti park for nearly eight weeks but now many believe that the city will try to evacuate demonstrators under the pretext of crime new york city mayor michael bloomberg is now accusing these activists i mean danger in the entire
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community saying they are failing to report crimes that are taking place here the activists here say that they try to police minor infractions but when it comes to very serious crime or violence these activists say they do take reports to the police some media outlets have also reported that it is actually new york city police officers some at least that have encouraged criminals and homeless people to come down to zuccotti park in an effort to stir up some trouble the n.y.p.d. has denied those accusations we did speak with a few of the hundreds of activists that are down here and here's what they had to say my experience has been that i'm safe here and i feel safe here but i think. you know the mayor is this thing being screwed crimes that are having been reported what are those crimes do you think the mayor is probably gearing up to make another attempt to. from the park simply because someone walks into the park doesn't mean
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that they're part of the moving a lot of these out with it even critical of us to characterize anyone who is within you know a mile radius of this place as a protester and therefore reflective of our movement but as you can see anyone can come in here and that's fine you know we want to welcome people in but certainly because someone's destructive doesn't mean they reflect what we're doing or that we promote what they're doing princeton professor and activist dr cornell west who has been a huge supporter of the occupation movement was down here in zuccotti park r.t. had a chance to catch up with him to get his thoughts on what mayor bloomberg has recently said just think you're own mother and your own david trying to come up with a rationalization without a convincing reason do you think there's anything criminal about you know dangerous about this thing can't even get it right i think every section of new york city has a de minimis. what it is they have a human community every human community has something still supporting them no my god yes one hundred twenty was it overall though all the activists that we have
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spoken with today say they feel as safe today as they have felt since day one of these occupy wall street movement they say the momentum is growing bigger it's growing louder it's growing larger and they are here to stay reporting from wall street marina r.t. . our correspondent lucy casanova's also covering the occupy protesters had to archie's twitter stream for more well lucy was out the scene as police a way then to break up the latest protest in washington too long gone to her twitter feed for full coverage of the incident including photos and video. and one of the of the bass driving the occupy movement is of increased tax on the rich that could help bolster the west project a little later this hour we find out what some new yorkers as you can get will fear a higher percentage of the think they have enough until it passes certain point words as you get even wealthier and one even more harmful mistakes of history. the
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it should close up on our. welcome back this is r.t. now in russia a massive election campaign is now in full swing with seven parties competing for seats in the duma the country's a lower house of parliament all candidates have until december third to boo voters with all their debates and enticing advertising on t.v. and in the print media r.t.c. got that integrates reports on the race. for the next thirty days old t.v. sets in russia will be talking politics politics and politics in other words but on another way where the rule of the people and socialism at the freedom of solidarity and justice our free sanctuary some of the most story going on is a party which stands for the poor and for russian national motto is on our banners
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future is with. banners agitating for the top political parties ahead of the december vote have been out for a while but the most cherished cake free t.v. and radio air has just been sliced seven parties are in the running for the duma seats and while the country's main political force the united russia party is only concerned by how big a majority they'll be getting this time many are there is that desperate to just make it into the parliament and the race is on a staunch communists are appealing to soften a style chair fall of communist haven't lied a single time in one hundred years we save the country from fascism in world war two we twice save the country from collapsing we were the first in space with. liberal democrats are yet again appealing to nationalism but. the russian president
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should be the sole ruler in the caucuses we have to eliminate the clan culture in this region and introduce curfews in some areas video surveillance is a must. yes while just russia comes up with a robin hood plan to help the poor with the money of the reach for reform number one is fighting poverty and introducing tax on luxury business and country should brief really all about the what the log there had been another runner in this race lobbying for both small and big businesses billionaire me how prokhorov hopes were high he would create a powerful. lobby for western minded liberals in parliament probably of himself was even considering running for president for the complain field or it field because of crossroads personality he thought that to run a party is a seems to run a business this is a strategic mistake he considered other party members who'd been with the right cause much longer than him not as teammates but as his subordinates and they
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responded to him with the right cause will take part in the vote but it's listed among outsiders one month ahead of the actions paul suggest united russia will gain at least forty three percent of the votes coming second hour communists with fourteen percent the liberal democrats will secure at least nine percent for the other four parties it will be largely about how they perform in t.v. debates and to secure at least one seat in the duma they will have to overcome a five percent threshold to mention it very for has the united russia party his list has even put his political future on the table saying his possible post as the country's prime minister could depend on how well the point who performs at the election booths prime minister putin is also backing united russia and has even become somewhat of a trademark of the party over the years it sure isn't december's douma elections will each receive as sparking new t.v.
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set a welcome gift from the government the specifics of the order are exacting the subtle be made from white porcelain each with a gold trim each cup must hold a certain amount of t. interesting new though not all sets are of the same size two hundred for our tea and coffee sets for twelve persons while the remaining four hundred fifty are just scaled down six person sets and while it's not clear which devotees will win which set some joke the discrepancy means they're not at russia party has on create plans for a tea party of its own following the december vote by were. at least two hundred four seats if you go to our. now to other news from around the world and we start with nigeria where series of bomb and gun attacks is left at least sixty three people killed and more than one hundred injured the assault on the town of lasted more than our targets including the local police precinct and
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several churches well so far there have been no claims of responsibility for the attack this follows a military headquarters in neighboring borno state being rocked by a triple suicide bombing that was blamed on the islamist group boko haram. in the colombia troops have killed the top four rebel commander delivering another severe blow to latin america's longest running guerrilla insurgency alfonso cano died during a military air and ground assault a reward of nearly four million dollars was offered for information leading to his capture the sixty three year old took over leadership of the rebels in two thousand and eight after the death of its co-founder. and one of the top u.s. commanders in afghanistan has been sacked for making disparaging comments about the afghan political leadership general peter fuller said president karzai and his staff were quote isolated from reality washington's been quick to dismiss the statement as a personal opinion that doesn't reflect u.s. afghan relations b.s.
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event comes as foreign troops are gradually rejoicing from the country they control over to afghan forces. as the u.s. led coalition prepares to leave afghanistan by two thousand and fifteen it so far failed to root out the country's notorious drug problem the u.n. says opium production there is set to increase by sixty two percent this year artie's military contributor thinks the us is too distracted by issues by other issues elsewhere. according to the evan opium survey. the harvest has jumped from thirty six to fifty eight hundred metric tons just in one year because the main competition mince all of. this in the last five years has been the manhunt and decrement of victor boot to become true justice against the united states is the latest symptom of the systemic
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failure of the u.s. intelligence and law enforcement community until law enforcement and intel community remains hostage to political expediency until then the justice will be just hypocrisy carver in the united states and any american or for an individual stands a pretty fair chance to get a fair trial and hearing in the united states of america. and in india a massive rescue operation is underway for fifteen construction workers kidnapped by maoist rebels is the latest attack by insurgents who want to establish communism in the country well they say they're fighting for the rural poor who have been left out of india's big city economic boom artie's pretty shooter has the story. these are the images people recognize when they think of india as maoist rebels for almost twenty five years the group has attempted to overthrow the government violence and intimidation to turn india into
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a communist society in their eyes the government is not taking any interest in the indigenous people of rural india the government has called the maoists the single biggest security threat to india and it's held them responsible for displacing and killing thousands of civilians but far from the jungles of india a new maoist revolution is brewing like the movement in the rural areas this one is also anti-establishment but is largely focused on overthrowing multinational companies and development the maoist argue that the arrival of multinational companies here is actually causing further divide between rich and poor they want to stay in india without the presence of quote unquote dominating was thirty companies where everyone has access to basic right meet vorovoro the brains behind the uprising the highly educated man is in most senses the opposite of his counterparts in the jungle armed with a pen and paper and sitting in his relatively modern flat in hyderabad rao is seen
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as the intellectual leader of the maoists and a voice for a growing group of indians against globalization if the investment is from the. indian goldman has become a big real estate agent. in hyderabad as a symbol for many indians of the country's booming economy and presence on the global stage the city has the biggest microsoft research and development office outside the united states and for many in the city the presence of foreign firms is welcome yeah providing us the opportunity and we had a good idea to large afghan india to get into is being used by the m.n.c. by. different applications for me like a small market says. while most indians aren't convinced that communism is the answer many agree that india needs to find
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a way to improve on its own ideas of their peers think that india has such rich who do the sorts of minerals walked out of the land all of whom on science and technology has called different human resources that we can produce and while they watch the uprisings around the arab world they believe it's the sub continent turn to demand change preassure either r.t. hyderabad india don't forget you can access any of our news at any time by visiting our website r.t.e. dot com here's what's on line for you right now in the glorious hacker group anonymous is reportedly valid today to take down major websites like facebook and pocks network americans are marking a national move your money day and also online for you. in the fruits of labor are russian baby the world's seven billion seven billion citizen is centered on the oranges from south africa as a rather juicy reward to get
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a taste of that story for our team dot com. now is the occupy protest movements group the u.s. for a second opinions are divided over some of its aims or one of them is a tax hike for rich americans who of demonstrators are blaming for the economic downturn laurie harshness has been on the streets of new york to ask whether people there agree. the general public has been vilifying the very rich lately so what does the public consider too much money this week let's talk about that more than a million too much money yeah if someone has more than a million should they pay more in taxes yes they absolutely should yes but i want
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too much money so i'm not going to answer. those ten million in two months to emerge for it to merge one when the limit when millions enough to have it would say if people make more than a million dollars and they have bet on their bank account should they be forced to give back a moral there are a moral and outs and general interestingly i saw once that the to answer the question do you have enough money to curve goes like this as your wealth increases so people who don't have a lot feel that they don't have enough as they as people get wealthier a higher percentage of the think they have enough until they pass certain point whereas as you get even wealthier you want even more so if you made ten million dollars i would give some of it away it's too much money are people that don't give it away and have that much in the wrong i guess it's a personal decision i just think that if you make that much money you could share it with someone that doesn't have so much should they be forced to through taxes
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like they do in scandinavia maybe so because sometimes if you don't force someone to do something they're not going to do it no matter how much wealth you consider to be obscene the bottom line is when it comes to money it's hard for anyone to not want just a little bit more. a rush a simulator a round trip to mars to successfully concluded after an eighteen month long test to see how workroom i coped with a long space flight with a massive experiment was carried out without ever leaving moscow artist peter all over and tom barr and watched the mission and met the volunteers who spent over five hundred days in isolation. after five hundred. twenty days of immersion in this trip around. we are proud to there to to prove that humanity can go to mass this is experiment to see basically the psychological effects
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a trip to mars would have on the crew and how they would work together inside such a facility now those that took part in this are looking to be part of future martian missions this whole operation was an international cooperative mission the russian space agency working with the european space agency to put this experiment into into practice now the crew itself was made up from people from all around the world three of them were russian there was representatives from china as well as from france and central america who find out a little bit what it's like on the scene where the mars five hundred module is we can across to tom who is there tom what's going on where you are well peter i remember on june the third last year watching this door behind me sealed and that was the start of the five hundred twenty days which ended when i watched them the door open at last after all that time and the crew emerged little bit white faced
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a little bit bleary eyed into work and to a cheering crowd after all that time they all stood together in front of microphones and they said how glad they were to work with their other crew members and to have got through what is really quite a feat of an juror really to be in relation and with a very strict routine day in day out for all that time i remember seeing that some bookmakers have put eight to one of on that one of the crew going insane as a result of this experiment that hasn't materialized and i think they can now look forward to the deep brief period free of all those tensions. are coming your way next martin and his explorers. the russian capital is becoming more tourist and wallet friendly for those looking for a bunch of bad for them that's offer an update on this hour's top stories do stay with us.
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welcome back you're watching r t moscow here's a recap of all the main stories we're covering today the greek prime minister survives a confidence vote in parliament opera reagan drama that's the e.u. one said markets to determine the prime minister is now holding talks of form a temporary governing coalition and promise to step down if necessary. u.s. police weigh in with the tongs and tear gas supply down the empty corporate occupied movement activists say they're determined to stand their ground against the odds washington and oakland have become the latest scenes of police and several casualties and more than one hundred arrests. political as the borders are appearing all across russia as the campaign kicks off to win seats in the country's lower house of parliament seven major parties will be competing in the summer for elections.

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