eleven am the russian gavel you're watching r t r marina joshie the arab league has renewed calls for the syrian government to an bloodshed and allow more observers in the country but the group monitoring the implementation of a peace plan stop short of asking the u.n. for help the arab league mission itself has been happily criticized for failing to stop the violence as artists are for us reports many in the country say they're paying too high a price for change. a new year with no resolution and despite the presence in the country of arab league observers and ten months of bloody clashes the violence in syria continues to escalate out of back and that's what's our phone and that's our people's phone it's assumed that our children are dying to send here just ordinary people we simply want to have the man seen here his life took his a battling to save his soldier child the he died i was just twenty five years old.

was found to mourn him and this is just one man one family because syria at the moment there are many more people experiencing exactly the same thing as the country edges ever closer toward civil war hundreds of people from both sides losing their lives every month. on friday another suicide bombing in damascus is yet further evidence of the escalating conflict into this is continued to take place despite the presence of arab league observers on the ground and then have we went to the leading them to help but they didn't want to listen to mars and didn't respond to our complaints exactly he's responsible for what's in the country right now remains far from being clear that the opposition itself is becoming increasingly divided with more and more army deserts is joining the ranks in calling for a violent eva three the government danger is that those soldiers who

moved. from this area have concluded. to the rest of the syrian army if they want to succeed the way they do it you know the league has once again when you think rules for the violence from full sides and nothing that's true of either finding safe. there in syria this vast country and many of its people are fighting extremely hard right now for the right to determine their own future the government here might say that that pushing reform three that many people in the country feel that simply too much has happened and too much blood has been shed for anything other than real change to now be an option sara for. damascus. despite growing discontent with the arab league's mission in syria political analysts say or america as the group has to find

a way out of the crisis and ignore intervention calls coming from the west. the violence is two sided that there are attacks against government troops these realities on the ground need to be reflected by the observers the arab league observers and unless they have time to really see both sides of the story we're not going to know how best to solve this conflict we're not going to know how best dialogue will happen and who to trust and who involved in this process syria also has to be careful to have reliable people come in and not those with political agendas seeking to destabilize or undermine the syrian regime of course there is also violence continuing in this must stop so the arab league needs to find a just way to end this crisis and not listen to the western pressure that's coming from europe and from america to intervene in syria and to get the united nations involved right now let the arab league try to do its job. moscow has been trying to mediate a peaceful solution in syria for months and has thrown its support behind the arab

league monitors and russia's foreign ministries commissioner for human rights says there must be more understanding that some of the violence is being caused by an armed opposition. we do very much support the peace initiative by the league of arab states with your submitted the draft that is critical for the new york the security council would be reduced to see from where the house or whoever can see it because it's reviewed for them to strip the rebels unfortunately wearables has come up with a little bit government forces from the army and police but where the most significant just come from all sorts of. extremist elements. befriend the backs of peaceful peaceful demonstrators.

and you can see the full interview with russia's foreign ministries commissioner for human rights next hour here on r t. afghanistan is demanding the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month and that's after detainees the american run jail outside bagram air base complained of torture medea benjamin co-founder of the anti-war group code pink says the u.s. should speed up its pullout from ghana. this goes all the way back to two thousand and two when the abuses first started coming out in fact there were two deaths of afghan prisoners that led to many stories about abuses and background and we have heard about those kind of stories for the last several years i guess the only thing that is a surprise is that karzai is certainly taking it seriously think there have been terrible relations now for quite a long time and this is just one more in the mission of that i think the u.s. should really speed up the transfer of power in all its ramifications to the afghan

government the obama administration is now having talks with the taliban the taliban want to set up a headquarters and cutter the obama administration after the troops leaving iraq is now talking much more about the troops leaving afghanistan and this has created more tensions but i think the solution for that is the u.s. to hand over the management of the background prison over to the afghan government and to start developing to the afghan authorities in general unfortunately the obama administration is talking about leaving in twenty four team we do here to find the scenes he's negotiating to have quite a significant number of troops stay beyond that date i don't think the american people want to see that and i think that there should be clear signs that he says is ready to leave afghanistan and turn over the background prison would be one of

those signs. so i have three this hour the opportunity of a lifetime or a dead am it's a bumpy road for euro two thousand and twelve host ukraine as a faces questions over whether this is the right time to stage a football tournament that's costing billions of dollars plus. steiner came crimean ited states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then drove down on truck time to put it into the park you know like one day i wasn't there and two weeks later we were open the man who brought the culture of american diet or is to russia reveals the secrets a few success and join him in a few minutes for the latest in our pathfinder series. wealthy british style. that's not on right on. target. with the. market find.

find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two crimes a report on our. soon rich brighton if you only bought some from phones to precious. stones on t.v. don't come. it's a new year all problems for the euro was the region's leaders germany and france going back to work to hammer out a rescue plan. to go sarkozy are meeting in berlin on monday for the first time in

two. well they have three months to implement fiscal discipline rules agreed in december let's not worry that germany above all sees this as an opportunity to increase political clout artie's work is going off reports. billions of euros have been injected into the greek economy while its population has been given shot after shot of austerity measures in most cases that cement wages cut taxes raised my friend the famous composer of. crees. compares it with the time before the fascism and what they are doing is to destroy the democracy greece is that democracy has seen the elected pm swept into the political gutter and replaced by an unelected technocrat who just happened to be a former vice-president of the european central bank. the one and only goal is to

prevent a greece from going under and taking others with it a similar tactic was used on the third largest of the euro zone's economies italy after silvio berlusconi resigned from power and a new prime minister was also appointed switching governments is an old show the government that left had no chance to act to act much different from the one that is installed now people are you know pacified by face meanwhile two key players of the e.u. germany and france meet again looking for ways to world cracks in the euro zone germany's already thrown billions at saving the euro it's no surprise that it wants more control over the rest of the pack which is why berlin in pairs are pushing to build a so-called fiscal compact meant to take the reins over sober and budget but it's an idea that's not going down well on germany streets especially if there is

a threat that germany can gain certain positions and influence in the e.u. and it may not really have any right to be doing this germany over the money or did give the other governments gets more power more power for and i fear this is bad i think that the danger the so-called robin hood tax is another proposed to measure it would charge the e.u.'s financial institutions for every money move the mic with the aim to standardize the markets however with more. gloomy economic news over the euro zone's joblessness and feeling. some analysts warn if introduced the new tax me only makes struggling countries even more dependent on france and germany is money there's no doubt germany. will the skies over the euro zone darkening the signs are this economic strength is no use to why. as wall. or frankfurt germany.

like much of debt laden in europe there are regions of india seeing a mass movement of people seeking work and fortune abroad they are enticed by the promise of prestigious jobs and big money but often. reports. carol india famed for its beautiful beaches and the country's highest health and literacy rates is also known for something else. a darker side for many years despite the state's success unemployment remains high forcing millions of keralites to look further afield for work that's exactly what mohammad. did he's one of two point three million indians who've gone to the gulf for a better life we are interested in going abroad because we don't have enough. benefits to work in india every day our expenses are shooting up and we're doing time enough so we go to the govt in order to earn more and to have

a good life after three and a half years mohamed is back in india to renew his visa he says he can earn almost twice as much money in the gulf as he can at home for mohamed it's been a success and that's why thousands of keralites knock on the doors of agencies like this to go the dream of going to the gulf has become a money making business in kara with people coming here early in the morning to line up to get their passport in the process just on this one block you see several agencies that are helping people get the right paid. work and sometimes they're charging up to three to five thousand dollars to help people go and that's when things can start to go wrong to afford the ticket and high agency charges many would be gulf workers take out loans from their future employer and once they arrive they're given a lower salary than promised but are still in debt experts say it's a common story making people vulnerable to physical and mental exploitation these

poor while. he was. with. the new goals that they. sometimes though the consequences are even worse than that . forty seven years ago she called us in the morning and was crying after that we haven't heard from her she has gone missing and we have no information. when gina and sar hasn't seen her mother since she went to the gulf for what was supposed to be a higher paying shot that was seven years ago many indian workers like regina's mother simply disappear it's thought some are just afraid to come back and admit their dream became a night while others hide to escape abuse from employers and fear being discovered by authorities and deported when their paperwork expires we had a lot of difficulties and still do when she went missing. and that is a lot of responsibility i have two kids as well all of them were really young when

she went missing so they don't have the new memories of. memories that no amount of money from abroad could make up for we can only speculate about this one missing woman's story but hers is not an isolated case although migrant keralite workers send almost seven million dollars back to india every year thousands of others have never been heard from again preassure either. from india. breaking the ice to help a community in danger we report on the lawn. in about a russian town in the future arrive in alaska to deliver fuel to some three and a half thousand people cut off by severe storms. and this woman thought she was jumping for joy by the bungee bungle there was a lucky escape though by the full story and watch this video again at r.t. dot com. this summer ukraine welcomes euro two thousand and

twelve one of the biggest sporting events in the world as co-host with poland it's costing billions of dollars to overhaul roads airports and stadiums to welcome football teams and their supporters organizers believe it will all benefit the country's image but i see as you have found not everyone shares that optimism. the incredible adventures of food bullheads from extreme accommodation to driving through impassable roads this is the scenario some believe awaits fans who will flock to ukraine for the euro twenty twelve tournament gave based journalists organized this photo exhibition trying to voice a rather pessimistic message about the upcoming football coach. we're being told by the government that everything has been built for the fans will face those problems that we ordinary face every day who are straight better issues bribery by the police and terrible medical facilities i'm afraid it could be

a major failure. at first glance such concerns may seem laughable even in the darkest times of financial troubles the euro twenty twelve projects remained top priority when almost all construction projects were halted roads airports and stadiums never stopped being built after a string of stadium opening ceremonies in ukraine you wait for chiefs are now completely sure the country is ready to host the tournament we went through a different periods of the preparation so some of them were not solve successful but in the last two years we made huge progress in terms of infrastructure construction and also in terms of organisation so in principle we are ready but this is just one example of what really worries some in ukraine this broken road is only several hundred metres away from a vital highway and there is

a slim chance it would ever be repaired before or after the tournament kicks off experts believe ukraine simply has no money for that and the euro twenty twelve will not change the situation. of the ukraine is spent fourteen billion dollars on you're a twenty twelve projects but we've. only hope for a billion from the tournament twenty eight times less everyone knew that it's a typical situation especially faced in europe the question is if we could afford such spending in hard times like this. tournament organizers brush all this criticism aside saying regardless of how much money your twenty twelve brings the country is building a bright future for itself for the first time in twenty years history we will get new airports new roads new terminals everything is new we believe that people who is in ukraine they will come again the ways of ukraine so this is our main goal especially you are twenty twelve clock was installed in central kiev to count down

the minutes to juice kickoff and despite some skepticism the majority of ukrainians are relieved to see taking in their capital city not anywhere else with all the airports and stadiums springing up it's hard to believe now that almost a year ago the tournament could have moved to another country by you a far as ukraine was not doing good enough now there is no doubt whatsoever it will be held here but one question still remains whether it would become an opportunity of a lifetime or a luxury this economically his country could not have afforded. see reporting from kiev in ukraine. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world malaysian opposition here anwar boy was greeted by hundreds of supporters after being found guilty of sodomy following a two year trial abraham faced a possible twenty year jail sentence after being accused of having sex with a former male a politician maintained his innocence and said the charges were politically

motivated the verdict is expected to have major consequences on elections expected later this year. following a wave of deadly attacks nigerian president has said there may be sympathizers of terrorists said. that his government. over the weekend sectarian violence targeting christians killed dozens of forced hundreds from their homes a state of emergency has been declared and several regions and at least fifty people have been killed in the last few days by the harami who have warned christians to flee the muslim dominated north. the u.s. prepared to use force against iran if it blocks a key oil route in the persian gulf according to pentagon chief leon panetta iran has been threatening to close the strait of hormuz if its oil exports are blocked because of sanctions the u.s. and europe have targeted the country's financial and oil sectors over its nuclear program a u.s.

general also said washington could wipe out iran's nuclear facilities. in a live address to his supporters from london pakistan's former president pervez musharraf's said he will return to pakistan to run in the forthcoming elections he faces arrest on arrival over accusations he failed to provide protection for prime minister benazir bhutto who was assassinated in two thousand and eight described as baseless elections don't have to be held until twenty thirty but there is speculation the current president zardari called him for this year. in the u.s. robert indiana dates are five votes ahead of tuesday's primaries in new hampshire t.v. debates the policies of foreign massachusetts governor and front runner mitt romney were attacked as timid and pious by fellow contenders opinion polls put romney ahead of congressman ron paul and senator rick santorum the ultimate republican candidate will face democrat barack obama in the van der elections in our daily

pathfinder series here and introduce you to pioneering foreigners to have had business success in russia. despite the long cold war or perhaps because of it russians have always had a thing for hamburgers and milkshake milkshakes it's a yearning paul brined sought to satisfy when he brought the first american diner to the country. i got here in st patrick's day march eleven o'clock at night it was dark there was no neon on the street. of the hotel like going up to my room and i said to myself what i do but i decided i wanted to stay and i met a young russian and i became my partner and is still my partner and. just started to move forward and not look back. to steiner came in the united states and went

on a ship and came to st petersburg and then drove down on trucks and we put it into the park you know one day i wasn't there and two weeks later we were open i think it was the challenge. was really exciting when i opened my first business here. because we were the first we had a lot of people that thought we were crazy to put a diner in the middle of the park despite all the objections there and we didn't we knew it was going to work because i had worked here for two years and the hotel actually got on the stand the culture. and thought process and russian despite everything russians always had a love for america you know and you can't get more american than a diner one of the great things about this diner was modular so when we ordered it from the united states all the pictures are on the walls. all the buddhas are made in the us in the united states but they're red in their classic. furniture

say well we had crises here and ninety eight and by an arcane other than ninety eight the last one and it wasn't so bad because people came down market they were spending less money on roofs and we have a really moderate price category so we our business actually increased a little around the last crisis i think there's still a lot of opportunities here i mean it's just under saturated market like ten million people they could use a lot more restaurants. foreign businessmen really have to understand a lot about the country before they get here and they have to know their own business really well to be able to adapt there's not a my way or the highway situation here it's like the russian way i would say the first thing is they need a russian partner they can trust and then they have the perseverance because it's not going to cut quickly as it would somewhere else that i once said you know and

in that in america you have all the rights but no freedom russia i said you had freedom but no rights to get a little sick. probably the biggest difference is the management style of management is more harsh and more dictatorial i think that's a negative because if you don't challenge them you don't get a second opinion on whether you're doing the right thing or not i would say a developing manager is probably the biggest challenge because they don't have a lot of management experience i think sometimes people look at business and they say i have a business but i think every business has three components ok one is the lead in flow ease the other is the owner who puts up the capital and wants to make a profit and the other one is the customer you know if you don't treat all three of those aspects as being important you're not going to be successful you have to take care of your employees to take care of your customers and put it together where you're going to make money. if you don't put those three those things together

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