firefighters put out a blaze on a nuclear submarine in northern russia after a scaffolding surrounding it went up in flames during the. now arguably the best place to turn to for insight about the events making headlines this year is the un's most powerful group the security council just yesterday talked to russia's envoy to the body vitaly churkin who shared a lot of his thoughts about tackling the world's divisive troubles here's some of that interview now. the un security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from nato strikes in libya one of members avoiding it or is it simply a case that ongoing conflicts are now more important. well you know first of all it was not rejected the fact of the matter is that a number of security council delegations including the russian delegation raise the need to have some clarity about civilian casualties as

a result of nato bombings because for months we've heard from made from nato that they are adopting all those measures in order to make sure that there can not possibly be any civilian casualties and then we had on december eighteenth of this a disturbing investigation published by the new york times which showed that there were dozens at least civilian casualties so it makes sense to us and seems to be a pretty obvious thing that they have this matter investigated in an impartial. and it's a political but also humanitarian case if there are people who became victims of those strikes maybe injured people or their relatives were killed then they should be given some assistance without waiting for a prolonged period of other ongoing investigations like the investigation by the human rights council or i.c.c. international criminal court which should deal with a whole range of possible. crimes transgressions which took place in libya in

the course of the military campaign but i don't see anything and i in this after all nato is a partner of the united nations after all nato has been acting on the basis of a security council mandate so the security council we believe should play an active role also in having this matter clarified but also i think if you put too much emphasis on this issue you will forget that the security council is working quite harmoniously on a range of issues pertaining to the conflict situation in libya the u.n. mission is there supported by the security council the security council is working on the the resolution which was adopted by at. russia's initiative on looking into the dangers which are there in terms of spreading weapons out of libya which were left of them that in the course of of the conflict. helping the libyans to rebuild

their political and economic structures so a lot of harmonious work is going on in the in the security council of the united nations on libya even though we continue to have some ideological and political difficult is as to whether it is a loose in nine hundred seventy three was properly implemented bus you touched on it just i wanted to pick up the. aussie rules of post conflict libya how they being made secure how is the u.n. stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. while they may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we're told. the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been that they're to the outside of libya so we hope that this concerted effort of the international community together with the libyan authorities can be successful in

the containing the danger of spread of weapons from out of that country something else i'd like to ask you said libyan militants known to operate in syria what does that say about the nature of the syrian unrest that we've seen so far and why indeed does it appear that the u.n. members seem to be holding back from denouncing that what's happening there two weeks ago the russian delegation introduced a draft the security council resolution to the council trying to encourage the political process encourage the league of arab states money during mission which is being deployed now in syria but. we have basing. our new draft resolution on the presidential statement which was adopted by consensus in by the security council in august street which called on everybody to the white house of syria and which stated that the only solution to the syrian crisis could be found through a syrian led all inclusive political process had all the members of the security

council had all the influential members of the international community been guided by the principles of that presidential statement i believe the conflict would have been over in the months ago but what we see is that there are some who are trying to stir up trouble and as things would usually happen when there is a crisis here you go source of extremist terrorist elements to show up for instance several days ago there was a horrible terrorist attack in damascus and the day before that the minister of defense of lebanon said that they detected some al qaeda group. moving into syria from from lebanon so i wouldn't be surprised that you know some terrorist elements from libya or other places found their way into syria in order to not to stir up trouble and to try to fan some kind of a neko or religious conflict there this is what the terrorists are all about about

starting conflict but we believe that they're all of the international community in a crisis situation like where we find in syria should be of do to help the people of that country to find a peaceful political solution to the crisis that has been the line of the russian federation all along and that has been our guiding principle in the security council as well so with everything you've just said in mind how much more leeway would you like to see the syrian government given to sort out this from within. well we don't give any leeway to anybody we believe that the syrian government should be extremely prudent and should refrain from excessive use of force we believe that there has been there are been some extremely troubling reports coming out of syria about excessive use of force by those or it is we urge the syrian government to cooperate to face fully with the when it ordering mission of the arab league but also telling that the everybody must put pressure on. the destructive

elements of the of the opposition or various destructive elements which may have found their way into syria that they are a while and acts are not going to be condoned by the international community and this is this is key to finding a peaceful way out of the situation there and this is one of the discussions we're having. we talk with all colleagues in the security council about all draft resolution i'm talking about the on groups outing to the problems within syria is it difficult for the u.n. members to put sanctions on to syria because of the previous broken promises about non implemented reforms to now scale back it'll. well you cannot really talk about broken promises because some reforms were announced. some of them we are pretty far reaching like changing the constitution and getting rid of the political monopoly of one party but of course to expect that those real reforms can be implemented it

is situation when the the crisis is sort of teetering on the brink of civil war even under normal circumstances in any country the forms of such magnitude on all these if we implement but i mean the point i'm trying to make is that the sooner the crisis is the military clashes stop in a better position the international community will be to demand the syrian authorities move along the reform track as quickly as possible towards forming the constitution doors conducting democratic open elections but all that in a situation when there is an armed conflict being encouraged from various quarters when we see weapons being moved. illegally into syria all that of course becomes a separate conversation bussard like to broaden this out next and focus in about what might be ahead in two thousand and twelve more generally in the region islamist parties have made inroads in the countries these governments were

overthrown in twenty eleven what additional risks does it bring to the middle east and north africa or indeed what action do you think that will require from the u.n. into twenty two let me say that i believe that the greatest. danger in terms of this debilitation in the next year if i make my if i may make that prediction might come from the very disturbing growing confrontation between the west and iran this is a very dangerous scenario russia has been working very hard in order to prevent the scenario from playing out but we do believe that a peaceful solution can still get the upper hand that we do believe that iran can stop. talks with the international atomic energy agency on those unanswered questions about their alleged former military activity in the in the military programs in the nuclear field with do believe that there is still

a possibility on the basis of these and russians russian initiatives to restart the talks between iran and the group of the six of which russia is a member so i think that the the great focus of those who don't want to see a very dramatic escalation of tensions and conflict in that whole area would be to make sure the. peaceful track the negotiating track in relations with with iran prevails in two thousand and twelve to be clear the u.s. and israel most notably the people that are worried about iran are any of their fears justified in your view. well there are concerns which are certain the shia concerns about the possibility of iran developing a nuclear weapon and that's why we have been working so hard in the format of the six and in the security council that's why away a vote to oh not for sanctions resolution resolutions in the security council

target the iranian nuclear and missile programs the but we also do not accept the proposition that the best way to prevent the war is to stop the war and certainly any military move against iran on this at this point or if it in any in any kind of scenario i could possibly imagine would have a dramatic consequences which would in no way improve the security of the region which will in no way improve in the long term the security of israel and which could really have very tragic consequences metallic chuckin russia's ambassador to the u.n. seasonal greetings to wish you all the best for twenty twelve and thank you for being on out all the best all the best to you want to thank you.

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hello welcome to the sport and these other head. back for more world number one novak djokovic wins his open ice in abu dhabi exhibition event having an illustrious year on the a.t.p. tour. while i was up at celtic beat rangers one heads to win the old. bet on travels at the top of the scottish premier league. last up and down argentina legendary go maradona faces a fine for insulting a fellow coach in the arab emirates and still wants to manage the national team. but start with tennis where this year's star novak djokovic has kickstarted his preparations for the fast approaching new season the top ranked serbian outmuscled france's feast at a year ending exhibition event in abu dhabi talk of asia seem to have put behind him any fatigue and open proceedings with a trademark back comes down the line well some of the rallies did look more like

entertainment than competition but the match turned into a pitched battle with djokovic eventually gaining the upper hand next up for the world number one is third ranked roger federer who had received by into the semifinals djokovic spearheads the six strong star studded lineup in abu dhabi is the twenty four year old aims to emulate this year's outstanding season so if you capture three grand slam titles and the record five masters tripes. before that it came from behind to knock out another frenchman jungle freed tsonga the world number six was head and shoulders above the fifth ranked spine of the open air france has taken the distance in the second set and lost it on a tie break. but from then on the momentum was with farah and the twenty nine year old didn't fail to deliver wrapping up the decider six two and patrick and defending champion rafael nadal is waiting in the semifinal after receiving a bike yabba dabba event doesn't offer any ranking points to those taking part the

winner takes a check of two hundred fifty thousand dollars is that state. football now and back in russia moscow's prolific striker say do dubious has been voted the premier league player of the year but the country sports journalists the twenty three year old is the top flight's leading scorer going into the winter break after netting an impressive twenty four goals in thirty games for the arguments so far and the in-form ivorian has also starred in the champions league adding another five in as many appearances as this that booked a place in the last sixteen. in a moscow captain and three that all men came second in the journalist poll he's netted eleven goals as well as not gin up a leading twelve assists and was named also ukraine's player of the year last week while the meets alexander cocksure golf completes the top three the russia star has scored sixteen goals for the defending champions this campaign including

a memorable hat trick against rick is present in august. call me when i get a fall will miss striker luis suarez for friday's premier league game at home sleeve fassel the first of six days of top flight action the iroquois star was banned for one match after giving an obscene hand gesture to follow fans earlier this month suarez has scored five goals this campaign while record signing andy carroll has netted three times the low scoring reds aren't beaten as home in the league so far they've drawn six of those nine games on the council last only twice on the right. that we were the ones that award for the for the sick play that of just different. but he goes because i'm so looking ten year pursue that. i'm sure next year we will be better for this being said before the she was a strange fairly calm program you know everybody drew our selves and sort of my new

one so that's very helpful for us. now we're going to two tough going and we're looking forward to the new going to those going to the brass spirit conference about yourselves and we're looking forward to going to have a field so this is how the table looks with six big days of football to come manchester city are still top on goal difference over manchester united tottenham are thirty seven points behind the leaders for the game in hand chelsea a fourth and liverpool sixty one place about friday's opponents newcastle while at the bottom wolves are two points clear of the drop zone that we can off in its two points ahead of bolton the battle of five points adrift with manager steve king under mounting pressure with bravest set to face the daunting task of a trip to majesty united on saturday. when chester united done you know seventy eight games ago you know they went back to being showered and you know really hard to beat know the became

a little bit more expansive again so we know that the strengths that we have within the squad i think we can take a lot of confidence when we went to anfield you know when you look at what you know kenny put on the pitch on the bench as well and you know a fit with stuck to our task where we defensive i saw you know that's going to be key because normally we score when we play we from hole. hanging timing things native scotland celtic have leap frogged arch rivals rangers at the top of the s.p.l. following a tight one though a victory in the old dog at parkhead chances came and went begging for both sides in the first half before joe ledley finally but the deadlock soon after the restart charlie mulgrew blasted in a corner and ledley to head home to be the winner celtic hung on for the ninth straight round to rangers by two points which is in stark contrast to early november a trial by fifty other for two games in hand. argentina legends diego maradona

is again facing the consequences of his hot temper. outspoken former midfielder has been fined just under two and a half thousand dollars so certainly abusing a rival coach who a top flight the fifty one year old owl was manager has been engaged in a feud with one of his opposite numbers since losing don't have that match last month. a carton it table while he says he would love to stay on at the helm or even also take up the job as national coach of their merits. i think if i was given the opportunity to coach the u.a.e. national team i would accept with pleasure i'm very proud of what has been mentioned and what i've heard but first of all i was give my time to old boss so i have a mission here and i want to complete this mission and who knows maybe one day i will coach both teams. basketball and dwyane wade nailed a late shots to hands the miami heat's their third straight win since the start of

the season the n.b.a. dream team fighting back to edge the charlotte bobcats on the road by a single point well the cats went out of their way to place their record home that maybe twenty thousand people breaking away right from the off slip on cruise control for most of the match dustin and gerald henderson connecting for forty one points between them but the bron james also ran wild for the heat poignant and game high thirty five points chris bosh added another twenty five then with less than three seconds to go wade what looked like a tough shot. where people bad for gusting missed a buzzer beaters for a point out that would save the day for charlotte ninety six ninety five to miami is how it finished. and we finish with well basketball rushes to a famous goal was instrumental in the denver nuggets victory at home to the utah jazz on wednesday but speed for the season finally started and on the revis at home

in the summer the center talked to our own lancaster with. despite it's not quite making it to the top of the bill just yet to my famous golf had already managed to make the headlines in north america he became part of a blockbuster multiplayer trade i saw him move to denver nuggets and carmella to the new york knicks well mozzies new team were knocked out of the first playoff round in the n.b.a. giving him an opportunity to visit home and prepare for the upcoming european championship in lithuania winning the continental trophy in twenty eleven automatic qualification for the london olympics hearing shouldn't sure why can't make any promises in regards to the euro basket but i can say that i'm sure the guys will perform at their best and no one will cut corners and i think the foundry cure lanka. joins us will have better chances because of his experience to be a great help despite leaving russia still has

a large fan base at his previous club called mozzie keeps in touch with them through his online blog and those lucky enough may even catch one of his master classes in the russian capital but where are the fans most dedicated in russia or the united states. when i played for khimki i saw the same people at all the games it was a group of fans who form the majority of the audience and even followed the team to other cities in regards to the n.b.a. well they might have something similar though i personally never came across such a thing you just get a full audience of people who come to support the team but i never saw such a thing in the us when an organized group of fans would take up a large share of the audience and root for their team but your fan support is not the only difference between the russian basketball league and the n.b.a. the american schedule is more intense with the regular season games sometimes held four times a week so the studying of the opponent shot practice or simply warm up takes center

stage during practice providing plenty of room for individual skills. it is team play no one negates that but compared to europe it is somehow more individualized i would say the game is based on single players who play one on one and win it they may score a goal just make a pass european basketball not to mention russia is slightly different people try to find other solutions to the difficulties that arise during the game. the russians will be hoping to qualify for the london olympics by winning the european championship in september it's hope that both russian and be a stars and langkow and two more famous golf will be available to help the team in lithuania quired individual skills from the united states and the home bred team play is expected to be the winning formula. moscow.

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