flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations. fresh clashes a flare up again in cairo between protesters and security forces with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets russia continues now into a third day. just eight months after its first revolution the country seems on the brink of another as protesters demanding an end to military rule. stoking the fire russia says western calls to syria's opposition not to hold talks with the government are a provocation on an international scale. and billions of dollars are reportedly wasted and stolen during that u.s. military intervention in iraq those responsible are still walking free. and the

russian markets a shot with lower oil prices declined a bit signs of slowing economic growth one business in about twenty minutes. worldwide news twenty four seven this is arts here live from moscow with me sushi in egypt fresh clashes have broken out once again between protesters and security forces with troops firing tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds massing around the infamous to rere square over the weekend the violence claimed at least twenty two lives but protesters are demanding that the military rulers transfer power to an elected civilian government correspondent paula now reports from car. the anger and the numbers continue to mount here into his square i would say that there are

easily several thousand protesters who are now clashing with security forces both the police and the army have been firing tear gas they've been firing rubber bullets and just a short time ago they hit a residential building now the building burst in flames there were at least a dozen ambulances that were brought in and we just hearing figures these are preliminary figures that as at least twenty people have now been killed in the last three days of clashes the sense you get here is that there is going to be continuous violence because the mood is incredibly tense and what people here have been telling me is that they going to remain intact here square until such time that the military that is currently in power it steps down talking to people here they say that this is the reason why they are taking to the streets for the very fact that they feel nothing has changed they criticize the current ruling military regime as being much the same as the mubarak era they say it's a regime that hasn't given a date in terms of when it plans to step down they say that the elections the parliamentary elections that are now being planned for next week monday will not be

free and fair and this is a sentiment i've heard from dozens of people that i've managed to speak to here in town his square so they say that they've lost faith in the military they believe that the military is not going to keep true to its word to to step down and allow a real representative government to come into place and this is why are they taking to the streets they don't want the international community all the egyptian public to be fooled by any kind of promises that are coming from the military and certainly this is raising concerns in the international community many western countries had their hopes on the fact that they would be some kind of new regime here in egypt what we've seen happening is we've struck a muslim brotherhood putting their voice and the strength behind these demonstrations raising concerns that they will be a strong islamised presence as this country moves forward his policy reporting current accounts. details of the situation ongoing in each of us talk to our mark almond a visiting professor of international relations at turkey's

a bilk and university thank you for coming on the program today so the protesters are saying they want the military government to step down because they don't believe that the upcoming parliamentary election will be fair why not. well first of all the people who are. basically. grants from the street different from many many years and. the other. recent months and this means the people who. really find the time to turn pursuit if you nationals you know who have rooted for what people feel could. we were both sons of the military and. to the who perhaps influence from the remaining two sections and given to you this week to now over. the past three days we've seen an escalation in violence and

tension on the famous to where square where the original. revolution went out to get rid of hosni mubarak that was eight months ago now he was all get a situation still unstable unpredictable crime and violence are higher than they've been in years isn't it therefore perhaps the people who are misbehaving and not perhaps the military rulers where does the blame of. will the greenwood's mers directions one problem is new please mr which as you so you can edition two political pros that we've seen we can be some religious ones coptic christians muslims it was a great crime wave to listen to egypt and some of this is true to a great deal of insecurity of people who are means that will regret from flowing around the country from the into the country and some people think the generals who contributed who are still good people we need security we can turn weeks and other people they built in fact it's been stirred up by the groups from to take advantage

of the coast so we need to contribute and we don't need to wait for sions of the elections so some of us are being sure it will be in such words to read and not criticise it will for a long process who really stoats this mission rooms and so on and on for egypt is. now as you are talking here we've been showing images over the past three days of all of the demonstrations in on tahrir square in cairo tear gas being used to riot police being used to disperse what looks like here hundreds of people we know there were thousands there are certain points over the weekend at least twenty two killed over the past three days but there's no strong condemnation from the west so far unlike the situations in syria and libya so what's different why the double standard when it comes to governments killing civilians will i think would press does not worry that egypt is not good for the catholic group for forgiveness from the transition to a government which essentially would do what would warrant people in international relations before it was ruby confront wants to do so want to recruit priests now

those who were it would perhaps not democracy isn't going to change through it was old and some of the democratic countries of the west or a little of how far should we support what we want them for should we accept the people who just want to be consistent when you when you talk when you talk about elaine the theater of democracy there some countries are worried about the influence of the of the muslim brotherhood in egypt what was their role in the recent protests the thing. lou two big groups in the protests apart from muslim brotherhood they are before the biggest reacher there are six people who call themselves liberals who are very suspicious of the journals. but also the road more extreme muslim groups throughout the muslim brotherhood is actually rather soft and so we face the problem that the biggest single muslim group on the streets attention not necessarily the most radical and has been violence we should remember and we concentrate on curious work as a symbol and many people have been killed in fact ensues and we don't we're not

assistance this is a big occasion and perhaps the focus just in cairo and since that is the country itself. i don't control but if i may we are running on time here but i'd like to turn our attention from egypt to that of syria if i just for a moment here there is a lot of well a lot of people are analyzing it and suggesting that we are expecting a libya style intervention into that of syria briefly your thoughts on that well i think the situation does seem to like if the so-called free syrian army can create an inclusive term tree then the british and french governments to sit in the situation would leave you with rubles control that must be a danger that either on the border with turkey or lupin some kind of trying to be certain. it will be the basis for intervention and an intervention in a country which is much more powerful. and also with people who i suspect feel that if they don't fight back they will who would offer you much more quickly many so it was a terrible going to really horrible civil war and situations unpleasant. our market

are visiting professor of international relations at turkey's built and university life and i think there are thank you michael. well i we're always interested in your opinion today we're asking when will the renewed violence in egypt come to an end now you can go to our website and vote in the poll that r.t. dot com bringing up the numbers right now thirty four percent of you say the country will return for peace when the military to science its fed up with protests as currently a tie between those who think the fighting will only when the muslim brotherhood is elected to power and then those who believe the violence will end when unemployment and inflation are curving at a minority say when all of mubarak's cronies are in the dark you have your say and r.t. talk. russia has accused the west of making the situation worse in syria foreign minister sort of offset calls for the overthrow of assad's regime is nothing but a provocation that's what life not about he's proud of all of the tales of well

nothing to like there peter strong words for the international community from laugh wouldn't you say. so what we heard from russian foreign minister sergei lavrov today was him reiterating russia's position on the ongoing conflict in syria now that position is that they want to see negotiations regime change become the final outcome. not conflict now so beloved of today he said this he called what he called the western calls for the. country for assad to step aside and also for the the opposition in syria not to negotiate with his side he called that a provocation saying that that would not bring about peace that would only spur on the opposition to continue the fight which we've seen so far over the last eight months has resulted in three and a half thousand people being killed in that country is the author of saying that this international provocation should not have happened.

in syria we knew seen the situation when the arab league is calling for a whole choose violence. and the beginning of dialogue and western countries and the capitals of some countries of the region and making calls to the country expressly recommending the opposition hold no talks with the assad regime it looks like a political provocation on an international scale yes violence has to be stopped but this demand has to be addressed to the authorities and the only groups in the syrian opposition. now this isn't the first time they said to love has accused the west of meddling in the syrian situation now he also suggested that there was a shadowy hand of western governments behind the arab league's decision to suspend syria from their group last week now. of course the last country to be suspended from the arab league before syria was libya and not the situation in the in libya

the what we saw in libya is something that russia really does not want to see happen in syria also the syrian opposition who are here in moscow last week their leaders also saying they did not want to see a civil outcome is what happened in libya where international intervention took place and that straight intervention straying well beyond the parameters of un resolutions that were laid down this type is something that both russia and the syrians want to avoid happening in that country right arctic circle of life and central moscow. middle eastern affairs for the world socialist web site christopher mast and believes that the arab league wants assad's regime to go and was never interested at all in helping. but i think first of all you have to say that the efforts of the horribly would be designed to fail. basis not a genuine effort of conflict resolution on the part of the arab league because they

are oblique place in the ultimatum before the assad regime in syria they couldn't possibly meet his that they would abandon all military action under conditions in which the free syrian army and the insurgents were carrying out attacks on military targets and even carried out a bombing. attack on the barcode buckley said quarters in damascus well i think ultimately assad is fallen foul of a push by the united states to secure its domination of the middle east which is the same reason why they've pushed for the war against libya and now they're making very bellicose noises together with israel against iran if the issue is that they want a regime which may or may not include sanctions or the army which is more amenable to u.s. foreign policy and thinks this distance from iran now is the date for the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq where questions are raised up of billions of dollars

that have reportedly been wasted or stolen during a military intervention a record number of arrests have been made by individual soldiers making cash on the side the big players behind the losses remain at large our correspondent garniture can explains. not everyone leaves the war zone empty handed the number of people indicted and convicted by the u.s. for bribery fraud and there in iraq and afghanistan has never been so high among those a marine in iraq who sent home forty three thousand dollars in stolen cash by hiding it in a food marker among american flags a soldier who shipped thousands more concealed in a toy store standing will they can go after people to steal forty three thousand dollars all they want necessary ok they should go. but what about on a larger scale in two thousand and six michael o'brien was tasked with helping build the iraqi military he says those who have pocketed nearly is enjoyed complete

impunity they rebuilt an iraqi army base and i'm telling you the condition of the space and this is just one example was so deplorable it was so pathetic and when i asked the american construction project manager well what did this cost how much money went into this i really thought he was going to say three million or five million one hundred sixteen million dollars. the commission on wartime contracting estimated that between thirty one to sixty billion dollars has been lost to waste and fraud in iraq and afghanistan that figures seem even more staggering considering the overall amount the u.s. has committed to rebuilding iraq roughly sixty two billion dollars peter van buren was the head of an iraqi reconstruction team working for the u.s. they department where the squandering of resources accrued all of those files and dollars a couple of thousand dollars here and there and all the way up into hundreds of

millions of dollars were spent on hospitals that never opened or prisons that never took any prisoners in the commission on wartime contracting is out of business now after congress caught its funding. the details of their probe see. until two thousand and thirty one they don't want certain people in high places. to come under scrutiny if the u.s. congress wants to put the bark all over our iraq invasion behind it the scope of the waste and fraud is enormous the u.s. justice system goes after individuals who have stolen a few thousand dollars here and there but not after the big players the big contractors that have really made a killing on the wars i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. is coming to you live from the heart of moscow coming your way shortly protection from prison convicted and not see war criminals living life as a free man in estonia with many wondering why the country is so keen to give them

shelter. such as a few minutes shy of twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow spain's conservative center right party has swept to a landslide victory in parliamentary elections inheriting a sky high unemployment of more than twenty percent from the ruling socialists of the vote comes amid growing concern that spain is next in line to succumb to the e.u. debt crisis contagion and saudis are really going to school reports many spaniards have lost faith that any politicians will be able to turn things around. this is what the spaniards want from the elections but it's very unlikely they'll get it the popular party may have won sunday's polls but it's highly unlikely they are in for an easy term so the reality of the economic crisis in spain means five million people out of work one and a half million households are without a wage earner and if you have that employment rate which has shot up to nearly fifty percent this is state of affairs the winner will have to deal with but will

they really be able to make a difference probably not believe gail allard an economics professor at madrid's i.e. business school we're going to have to cut benefits sharply we may have to differentiate among recipients of benefits we may have to live in a program through this could really be. we may be singing the death of the welfare state but most painters have had enough with budget cuts and empty promises protests by the fifteen m. movement the so-called indignant marches have been spreading throughout spain since march and many people have chosen not to go to the polls on sunday believing politicians will not help the country i think people have been disappointed with the choices they have coming all through throughout this campaign really for the last couple of months at least because i think they feel that there isn't a great deal of difference between the two candidates in terms of what they would do and it seems there is no easy way out of the current economic downturn in fact some of the minorities in the parliament believe spain is in

a vicious circle and. it's all policies are being dictated to brussels the elections will help in creating more jobs it will be the opposite the public expense will go down people's purchasing power will go down but will need fewer investments and that translates into unemployment. and though there may be new faces in the scottish government they will have to deal with the old problems in much the same way meaning nothing is likely to change for spain already tired of the economic catastrophe and the country hitting the. madrid. twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital time for the world update here on r.t. some other headlines around the world are you in brief first in new york it's where police have arrested an alleged al qaeda sympathizer who plotted to bomb returning military personnel from iraq and afghanistan officials identified the suspect as jose pimentel a dominican born a u.s. citizen he's been charged with several terrorism related counts of attempting to build bombs using materials he had recently purchased beyond soldiers whose

intended targets were also thought to be police and post offices the twenty seven year old spent most of his life living in manhattan and has been under surveillance since two thousand and nine. a long awaited trial has begun with three former khmer rouge officials charged with crimes against humanity but if i don't see include the former communist groups ideologist along with its former minister how they compare committed one of the worst genocides of the last century killing almost one third of cambodia's population during its reign in the one nine hundred seventy s. the u.n. backed tribunals expected to last months possibly years. germany has vowed to compensate the families of victims of a neo nazi group believed to be behind at least ten murders the national socialist underground is allegedly responsible for attacks on immigrants throughout the country including a bombing in cologne in two thousand and four and the extremists went unnoticed for nearly

a decade until one member turned herself into police and two others committed suicide . but germany isn't the only country in the spotlight for neo nazi activity sixty five years after many fractious leaders were sentenced to execution or prison estonia is acting as a shelter for several convicted war criminals and with s.s. marches regularly held throughout the state many fear the country's increasingly embracing one of history's darkest chapters of the selection of reports. i mean hail gosh coffee is rated eighth in simon wiesenthal list of most wanted nazi war criminals but when you persist in which he participated in the murder of three thousand jews in baton rouge in the 1940's documents proving its were provided for the u.s. to north origins this way because then you know a story is anti-fascist committee says the proof of god's course atrocities in a bell the russian concentration camp is solid and undoubted but instead of seeing

off his days from behind bars he now lives the life of a free man in this baltic state. they've got to go of was deported from the u.s. and stripped of u.s. citizenship but says a lot doesn't it give him shelter and try to hide him here but then under international pressure the authorities had to initiate an investigation. however the probe brought no results after months of investigation is still only in authorities close the case a well grounded doubt remains that the god squad mentioned in the material is not the me hail core who is at present a citizen of the republican isto me at the case will be closed as it has been impossible for the investigative team to find any additional evidence the decision raised eyebrows in israel at first but then simon wiesenthal center recalled which country they were dealing with they called washington spoke to the people who were here with this prosecution. asked them whether it was any doubt regarding his

a belly and they said no none whatsoever. now this doesn't surprise me personally because for the last fifteen years i've been dealing with historians historians have totally failed in terms of prosecuting nazi war criminals and it's clear that it's absolutely no political will to bring these people to justice and the good school story is not a one off case from sanctioning s.s. veterans marches to glorifying former nazi collaborators this has been tolerance policy for the past decade recently this man made just about every headline in a story are almost on the scale of a national holiday a country martin ninetieth birthday of the only remaining holder of the iron cross one of the highest medals of nazi germany sixty five years ago the new tribunals sentenced the nazi leadership to either executions or prison terms this trial of history was meant to get rid of nazism for good but the s.s.

marches in baltic states and other cases of rehabilitation of fascism nowadays suggest that history lessons have not been fully learned. ski r.t. reporting from tallinn in a story here now exactly three twenty four pm here in the russian capital i can personally. hello and a very warm welcome to the program not a road block has been put in the path of russia's prize ation program this time by the government which constant sure gets a fair price for state assets mice president vice prime minister story interceptions shares in state companies should be sold no longer than their initial list prices a proposal has of reservation approved by prime minister vladimir putin last year the government state analysed a large scale probably says ation but top officials blame turbulence on financial

markets for messing up their plans. that capital outflow from russia in the last ten months of the year has surged to sixty four billion dollars the new figure is almost twice the earlier essential sixty five thirty six billion dollars would leave the country this year a couple of slides is equivalent to nearly five percent of russia's g.d.p. course with from troika dialogue believes this is not domestic stories but global goals that are driving the cash drain. a significant factor in this year's fight has actually been the stronger oil revenues the way the central bank or the way the government accounts for those revenues if the oil companies are either snaw to repatriate their money or keep it of sure because they can't invest it back on for some time that actually counts as capital flight so in other words money earned and not brought back as this thing from when you put in a suitcase and brought them to zurich i think it's partly to do with just

a global situation rather than anything in russia per se people are you nervous of all over the world euro zone debt crisis could result in a global recession. let's have a check on the markets well it's trading near its lowest in seven days and speculation that fuel demand may falter i mean signs of economic slowdown in asia and debt crisis in europe is now trading at nine to six dollars per barrel while branches that one hundred seven dollars per barrel european stocks are getting off to start to the week investors are reaching for the sell button i mean lawmakers may fail to reach an agreement on budget cuts raising fears america may face another credit downgrade. and the russian markets are sharply lower the global weakness in equities is being made worse here by the falls in that well let's have a check on some of the individual show moves in the might so it's all the blue chips a lower decline in the my sense is led by russia's biggest coking coal producer

machel it's down five percent. is also among the top loses under four percent in the red and energy shares are retreating on lower crude prices. under three percent . for investors who insist on playing the market in the current conditions oleksandr rifkin at i've seen metropole believes they should look for technical rally it's rather fundamentals. you can pay attention to some specific stocks which are technically correct some of us of on the rest of the market for example last week we have seen the risk maker a bomb them from five thousand fools. for example we have seen some strange what can worry aggressive movement some transnet. maybe it's time for. take the call reasonable for them all the fundamental ones because from the mental picture remains uncertain and probably is the reason summer for for the stocks which are significantly cheaper than the other symptoms of the climb over the last months.

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