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slighter r t school was hurt in clashes with police in cairo as tens of thousands of egyptians returned to tahrir square demanding the military relinquish its role. in syria fresh clashes erupt despite the end of the deadline set by the arab league for the country's authorities to end the violence russia says the bloodshed will only end if both sides put there are. also the libyan authorities capture of moammar gadhafi son saif al islam and already suggest he could face the death penalty but there are question marks over the fairness of a trial conducted in the view. of.
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the reaction to yet more heavy handed us police against demonstrators as officers pepper spray seated students at a california university who were peacefully protesting against social inequality and she wishes hikes. it's why i'm here in moscow kevin oh and thanks for being with r.t. our top story tear gas and stones have been flying once again in tahrir square as riot police and protesters clashed in cairo state television says over two hundred people have been injured people been taken to the streets protesting against the army rulers who've been in control since president mubarak was toppled in february they're demanding he would draw all of the proposal that declares the military the guardian of constitutional legitimacy to protest was raised by the islamist muslim brotherhood and supported by some secular activists has called pepe escobar is
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a columnist and correspondent for the asia times who says the unrest comes ahead of crucial elections and may lead to another revolution. if they repress this syrian style this is going to get out of hand specially against the muslim brotherhood and if we see let's see only a large group of what's going to really career square with all the factions of the muslim brotherhood close to google generation everybody in this square i guess to military dictatorship tourist see which is something that could happen within the next few few weeks let's put it this way then we're going to have to you square to seeing depends on these parliamentary elections to start in a few days to go on for a few months they're going to elect their constituents assembly and then they go to promulgate the new gustafson of the country in every single writes from that. series facing sanctions from the arab league as its sole to make them against the country's leadership expires within hours now earlier this week the cairo base body
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suspended syria and promised tougher action if president bashar assad fails to end the violence of his middle east correspondent paula slayer says the noose is tightening around the syrian leaders neck. and the arab league did say today saturday as the deadline for the syrian authorities to respond to a peace plan proposal that is on the table now this proposal includes insisting that the syrian military has proof in those areas where there has been and continues to be violence there also freaking sanctions against the syrian president bashar assad if he does not bring this violence under control now the latest word we have from the syrian authorities was an unofficial speaking anonymously he spoke on friday and he said that in principle the syrian regime agreed to the proposal particularly the proposal by the arab league to stay in hundreds of observers to syria to study the situation on the ground other than him we've heard no other word from the syrian regime about this dave nonis will expire any time now at the same
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time it hasn't been any response from the arab league itself now it is important to note that they have been demonstrations both for and against the syrian regime thousands of people taking to the streets so the syrian society certainly is divided over this issue throughout the week there was a lot of of tensions mounting both within syria and internationally over this arab league proposal now the united kingdom has begun its formal talks with the syrian opposition critics here saying that the situation mirrors what we saw happening in libya at the same time france has said that it is too late for the syrian regime she will form at sotheby's today for it to implement any kind of reforms that russia has said that it is never too late and it is called on both sides to lay down arms and says there is an urgent need for the situation should be neutralized with particular point being made against the opposition many of whom defected from the syrian army many of them armed with russia saying that they team need to be
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held responsible and lay down arms so the russian point the situation is complicated it needs balance and of course the international community very much involved and keeping a close eye on what happens when this deadline expires. middle east correspondent libyan state t.v. has released a photograph allegedly showing colonel gadhafi son saif al islam being held captive by the country's authorities the justice ministry says he'll be tried in libya where he could face the death sentence but he himself has said he wants to go to the international criminal court in the hague where he's wanted here it shows a bearded safe for a hospital bed with his right arm bandage which he says was injured in an airstrike a month ago officials say he was captured with three companions as they tried to smuggle him out to neighboring nature air and requote reportedly stormed the plane flew into the libyan city of. allegedly being held now at an army base so to tell if a child were a philosophy professor at philadelphia university jordan told us that he doubts if
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saif al islam will be treated fairly. it's unfortunate that syphilis now has been captured and i think that it's sad because he will not stand. trial in india after what we have seen what the new government have done. what the court. has done with the crowd or previously none the less i don't think that people who are opposing the new regime in libya will put down their weapons and i think that the struggle will continue on for. months to come years to come. so far as spoke to r.t. july this year during our interview he admitted his mistake in opening his arms to outsiders who he says later turned their backs on his family. this is a message to everybody there you have you strong you never trust them and you have
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to be all was. everybody is bleeding me that it's because of you you were nice with everybody and now when you brought all the entries from abroad to libya and this that is a to be honest we were we were super tolerant. i was naive because well you can watch the full interview gadhafi son and i website r t dot com or you tube channel two. you know we are a protest this year the shouting of the chanting for change became a whole mark of the demonstrations for others the calls better made through music especially for we're egyptians whose regime revolutions proved to be a waste of time at his post lia explains why. they came onto the arab street in the millions inspired by the call for change their hopes for a better future struck a chord for all but it didn't take long before disappointment and fear set in the.
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french revolution. but this time around it took even less in egypt the military will that replace mubarak doesn't only come from the old order but has been criticized for changing precious little in the lives of ordinary people and. the food. it's impossible it's too big too complex. to many. political parties. for artistic everywhere it's the music they hope to write plays on is the only reminder of the social changes promised by the protests. music reflects people's grievances and the status quo in the country. was but for now those grievances are far from resolved the son made syrian singer it was him a national hero with his call for syrian president bashar al assad to step down and
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he paid the ultimate price for his protest lyrics. for him was found with his throat slit throat down a river his adam's apple and vocal cord have removed a clear message to those who dared to speak out and those who enthusiastically chanted after him understood the meaning all too well but we are phrasing that. i think it will be about what will happen in syria but what will happen in syria remains uncertain and in libya the story continues to unfold with no clear picture yet of how the story will end you tube is awash with protest songs that have sprung up across the arab world i don't think the protestors kim. the get achieve the impossible it's too difficult. and so while the music plays on the hopes are fading that the revolutions would bring real change and the only harmony to be found is
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confined to the airwaves policy r t tel aviv the latest people to feel the sharp end of the police crackdowns on the occupy protesters california university students had set up tents on their campus police in riot gear use pepper spray at least one woman suffered chemical burns as a result the officers response was because the students refused to move out is going to account options through footage of the police action. student think. we're peaceful we are testing social inequality and tuition hikes and we were surrounded by police and pepper spray before it coming there is is astonishing our police officer pepper spray on students who were peacefully sitting on the walkway and sprayed the flanks and then they went back to spray then once again. only. sixty spaces people who were seen how dressing your fellow protesters were treating other cities like the whole place where they were tear gassed were more
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a better place for injured or your police are stronger has shown such brutality against his will focus there is that you know chuck the whole world a number of journalists were arrested even after they show their credentials michael we can see the final four struck by police but time morning news helicopters were prevented from bringing live coverage of the air our rights and. policed more than four thousand he sort of my space and the rest that nationwide in the last three months more than four hours than any other guy would be internationally recommended for while waiting for whites but ironically it doesn't sink in case for the united states a country there for the expression people are protesting so we just send people doubt me and influence of large corporations the decision making in the country under different pretenses that's already said they can pull prisoners out of there are the patients and business for me. is gonna change you can the
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nuclear watchdog the i.a.e.a. has passed a resolution calling on a round to clear up outstanding questions about its autonomy program russia says it should be used to intensify dialogue but not inflame more tension with iran this comes as the u.n. general assembly adopted a resolution condemning iran over the alleged conspiracy to kill the saudi ambassador to washington the u.s. is also probably through do unilateral sanctions against the country's oil industry . diplomatic pressure on the islamic republic is intensifying with reports that israel's considering a military strike to decide one hundred marandi from university told me sanctions do not have any effect on iran would do expose us weakness on the edge. they impose sanctions. on the rani an oil ministry for years now and the iranians continue to develop oil and gas fields they continue to develop a chemical petrochemical industry and i don't think there's going to be any change
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whatsoever basically what it is doing it is that is that it is showing the american hand and how the americans are really unable to do anything about iran so in general the iranians feel that the americans their strength is weakening and we even see that he'll be in there in the statement issued by the i board he did not contain any of the major elements that the americans were seeking but it does seem that there's a relatively fine in american for a trend in american power power both at the political level as well as. economic its ability to acquire economic pressure. ovid r t dot com tonight moscow say little secret information the arrest warrant from american couple has been found guilty of the death of an adopted russian child and if we give more can see there's an extremely lenient punishment you can make your own mind up on that when you go online tonight interested in one story but also a rocket that will kill you long before you hear it nice washington tests
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a missile six times faster than the speed of sound it could potentially reach every target on the planet within an hour as technology and it's one of our websites night of our t. dot com. please. get fears in the eurozone or spain now is borrowing costs approach alarming levels peeves fourth largest economies preparing itself for sunday's parliamentary elections result is a ridiculous of course none of the candidates are offering an answer to raging unemployment and financial stagnation. there are two main parties contending for the elections at the moment the socialist parties which is which has been an element span right now in the popular party however over the past couple of days that we have been observing especially here in madrid it does not look like any
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party will actually win with a majority vote people seem to have become disillusioned with any of the choices the. political table as a matter of fact the socialists have been in power for the last several years and they have been the people who are essentially being blamed for not noticing the economic downturn for not reacting to the crisis properly and plunging spain for more now just a reminder the country has one of the highest employment rates in europe it's more than twenty four percent and has the highest unemployment rate among young people according to one of the stunt spanish research companies in september alone four thousand people have been losing their jobs in spain every single day more than five million people in the country cannot have a provider for their homes and unfortunately for spain a lot of people believe the situation will get worse before it will get better. looking for a lender to dig them out of the nation's many problems and british journalist and
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political would says the real solution. to the bankers priorities. they all want to guard their old implicitly in place of their own bankers that is to say they come out smiling i'm sure they all agree that this instant there's a need to do something but when it comes down to the concrete proposals of what is to be done of course there's no nosebleeds patrol in fact there's a shark disagreement if greece for example were to leave the common law which is a possibility i think a real possibility what they don't see is the consequence of the quite dramatic i mean you can't do that without provoking a kind of domino reaction we should be followed of course by other countries by ireland by by portugal by spain and things become really good to even france but there is no under threat the markets are picking on the floor and so therefore we may be witnessing the beginning of a process which could lead to the breakup of the of not just of the youth about the base but of the european union itself which for that matter consequences for every
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country in europe including germany but we are also for the right distance from the world economy which is what they're basically terrified of. it is the choice to save its banks at all costs my skies risk placing herbut reveal how some fine and sizes are using their newfound immunity to beef up their balance sheets i sympathize report coming your way this hour. they blame themselves that's was fantastic about having customers when i was working on wall street you lose the money and they blame themselves it's fantastic you just keep still no money and they're keep crying about. help me relieve me of my money in the guilt they're just still money now and that pretty soon they'll still money accompanied by a knock on the head and thrown into prison that's what happens when you are kleptocrats run the system whether it's in greece ireland america the u.k. this is their methodology.
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we're back to the us for the movement against corporate greed is attracting more and more young people money and struggling to pay back student loans and made to make ends meet miniport now caught up with one of those whose qualifications is brought no job but it has brought huge debt. this image of twenty three year old stephanie gray speaks to the widespread debt epidemic among american college graduates desperate to find work right now i can't even get a job cleaning toilets for minimum wage i've tried at a local motel there's nothing i've made dumbed down versions of my resume is just begging for any sort of work walking around applying starbucks mcdonald's or anything like that and i was seventeen and it makes me think well why did i even go to college if this is what it's ending up with armed with a master's degree in geography and one hundred thirty five thousand dollars in student debt great collects two hundred dollars in monthly food stamps and sells
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textbooks on e bay for make extra cash the struggling graduate lost both her parents by the joy of twelve i'm approximately two months behind on my rent i have no idea how to catch up iow i awake at night when we freaking out about this i frightened of being a victim i thought no matter how much she loses she's obligated to keep paying back her private loans to sallie mae america's largest private lender it took out forty thousand dollars in loans i'm already owing sixty five thousand and i just graduated a couple of months ago twenty five thousand dollars in interest came out of nowhere unlike federal loans private loans can adjust interest rates as high as lenders want and don't offer consumer protection income based repayment is not an option with any private loans neither is deferment for the unemployed for example right now i'm desperately looking for work in selling maine wants payments they want me to pay about seven hundred dollars a month greg is one of millions of americans old and haunted by student debt but
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very few have any other option to wash and costs have risen six hundred percent since one nine hundred eighty and most of the top ivy league colleges cost fifty thousand dollars per year steph curry is pioneering occupy student debt a movement calling for u.s. congress to reinstate consumer protection. that would keep private lenders from pushing millions of americans into default it's going to need to be false after the thoughts after the fall and once you defaults that's a black mark on your credit report for life because two months cannot be discharged in bankruptcy there is legislation to take the straight away in two thousand and five that sallie mae lobby for spending millions of millions on lobbyist student debt in the u.s. is nearing one trillion dollars already even for the least costly the nation's credit card debt and today a generation of americans find themselves in sleeves of banks and armed with a diploma that no longer guarantees a job or an up or down r.t.
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. all morning no talk show host laurie hot for the new yorker and trying to find out what legacy the antiwar movement is likely to leave behind. has the occupy wall street movement achieved its goal of creating a shift in the system or is it slowly becoming a blip that history probably won't remember this week let's talk about that i think they've brought some attention to the issues that nobody really wants to talk about so. if it becomes part of the conversation i think they've accomplished something but there's still a lot of work to do i'm hopeful that they'll continue with their efforts and they will get maybe it made people think i won't make a big difference so i think we'll think about it for a while and then go back to the ball. changed to parker's mines put a tent up but i think that's one of the problems no one really knows what their mission is other than because people a lot of problems do you think if they had
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a leader that would help them define what their movement and i think if they were that organize a price of jobs and wouldn't be swinging around in wall street i'll be honest with the other in all of the messages so clearly they haven't communicated bad well not at all so how are they going to get out of history. i don't think that we do much in history and the wrong thing is going to be there is no significant base or feel like it's significant it always just everybody something they feel passionate about significant but so well there's it's not every revolution starts with someone just getting to sort of to say i don't care what happens to me i'm going to make a change and hopefully other people add on to that so what's the next step how do they add on. i don't know i guess you get the middle class that's kind of comfortable that doesn't see that is a real problem because they're comfortable you either get them involved or uncomfortable if you think they're going to go out when it starts now and i hope so because then all i'll feel better about it because the worst conditions they endure
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as we go along i think the more all feel supporting of it that they need to go through a little bit more and then history will have a chance at my don't remember them two months protest. as in doing it well you got to stick it out whether or not you think the acapella while street movement has achieved its goals the bottom line is it will be interesting to see if the protesting continues its know about. so world news in brief the afghan full day national assembly is back calls from the country's president hamid karzai over a long term security pact with the u.s. however a deal would come with conditions including an end to night raids on afghan civilians homes by foreign troops it's a major cause of friction between washington and karbala strategic agreement and keeping for a military forces in afghanistan after twenty forty the u.n. said the number of afghan civilians killed in the first half of this year rose fifteen percent soaring to over one thousand victims fifty two car pileup on the
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german autobahns killed three people and injured many more the crash left dozens of cars in a tangled mess the weather was faulty at the time it's not clear if that's what caused the accident the incident happened in granite which is close to germany's border with another. record rainfall and failed flood control project are being blamed on tight lives for months long floods now the science and technology when it is also attributed the deluge to climate change the monsoon season came weeks earlier than usual it's killed nearly six hundred people since september. kashmir has been bitterly fought over for decades by india and pakistan and it's taking its toll on thousands of hindus who have been forced from their homeland those who stay behind face continued persecution but they say they're determined to stick it out and encourage those who fled to return out is pretty streeter's got the story. on every corner in his neighborhood vickie ganju can see mosques women dressed in his
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jobs and men working at home all butcher shops it's part of the culture of srinagar kashmir ever since one thousand nine hundred nine when an alleged hypocrisy on backed insurgency began in the area today ninety five percent of the people living in kashmir are muslims vicky ganju a hindu from a caste known as pundits is one of the exceptions we face many problems the biggest being the destruction of the house for the post a way to shoulder all the responsibilities of the family is a very tender age ganju says his family's house was burned down during a period of particularly heated communal violence the indian government has said that around two hundred pundits were killed in the ten years since the insurgency began but other organisations say the number of killings could be as high as three thousand as a result ganju witnessed a mass exodus of his people in the past twenty years hundreds of thousands of pundits have migrated from the past where causing the population to shrink frog one
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hundred thousand to around three thousand well many have started to come back most they still face this roman a say despite obtaining a master's degrees and his father's death ganju says he has been unable to hold down a steady job and has been living in a tiny unheated room with his mother and brother because of their tiny numbers in kashmir many pundits like him believe they will always be largely ignored by those in political power there is no hope that if the government comes up with any procedures for us there is some possibility otherwise even the remaining few families will suit me out of kashmir i think i will leave. other pundits however are more optimistic vision a sauce left the kashmir valley more than twenty years ago he's now back and is looking forward to a chance to reconnect to his past. i fight back because this is my right and nobody can deny that whether he's a from my going to be minority i don't want to dismiss this. while sas acknowledges
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the struggle his people have enjoyed he has faith eventually more pundits will decide to return we expect not visibly this is. all going to see in next ten years i'm telling you off one hundred years the question. may not be here but the question to ponder. and i believe that taking pride in their religion and returning to their roots preassure either our t. srinagar india. just little bit later on in the program couple of minutes the kaiser put on the air puts his before that as well i'll be back with a recap of our top stories.
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