and turning up the heat wave of credit rating downgrade pound europe depriving france and also have their top notch grades on mounting concern that the bloc failing to control its debt epidemic. next year in r t the author of dictatorship to democracy jean shards book is this cry by some of the blueprint for nonviolent revolutions and it's you can now asked whether his concept is realistic. i'm sitting down with gene sharp his book from dictatorship to democracy is seen by many as a guide on how to carry out a revolution through nonviolent means it's often referred to as the bible of color revolutions dr sharp looking at how revolutions unfold in the arab world do you see it as transition from dictatorship to democracy. in the.

sense of bringing down the old system the old it's or the system and it doesn't seem to you that people there are trading one form of oppression for another they're often happens. that happens and it's a good set to bring down oppression. this person's so they have to be very careful but it seems the egyptians weren't very careful what they have now is their military brutally cracking down on protesters we hear about all kinds of abuses islamists are gaining power in the country my question is this what kind of democracy could the current state of affairs in egypt possibly create. removes made a mistake if you've never made the bird condition give the power to the army and then i'll resign. because that's it on me as it is being the agent of repression and egypt for decades and they're going to change overnight it's

unclear. as i don't know i don't have the two of their nation what their pricing is and all. that it's a different kind of situation than the freedom to. move well we did start out as a largely nonviolent popular uprising but we see what it turned into could it be that your concept of nonviolent uprisings is kind of forward do you in this day and age i mean look at the arab world it's a bloody mess you get bloody mess is going you get people standing up and saying we want change because. they don't like to be told we don't love you anymore you're going to be your senator go and they will use whatever means of controlling repression and killing and intimidation they can muster and when to not be surprised that so uprisings like that can't be nonviolent in principle they can

if they go to many many more will die. this is not a solution to people dying many people couldn't run with presidents and civil wars and international military intervention. in syria for example when the minute. they go into a civil war for an intervention in syria many many many more will die it's hard to predict the syrian opposition absolutely refuses to talk to the government don't you think it deepens the crisis adds to the violence what they're doing there in refusing to negotiate because negotiations are. the pressure government use to get the resistors not to resist but you go with the ship you have to go through it but that situation basically rules out

nonviolent struggle that you were talking about it provokes while it is causing the regime use what i don't see maybe. so people should be dying in the name of revolution is that what you're saying and you seem to have. something that only a means. to the country or no i just see a bloody mess instead of the idea makes nonviolence surge that you are writing about in the book let me ask you this the us nato have set a precedent with the military intervention in libya could it do you think it creates a situation in syria where radical elements among the syrian opposition are more inclined to provoke these sorties in order to invite an intervention i think you can intervene military intervention is very dangerous and. maybe and

some syrians have been doing that that's very unfortunate because that will not help that we're not being a democracy that will be a victory by the outside forces being assuming you get rid of the old regime and the new. heavily influenced by the powers that intervene us and france or whoever it is so that they will have a major say in her government happens and that's not the power of the syrian people but yours i think should be is that what happened in libya yes in your opinion what's in it for the u.s. when it decides to meddle in foreign revolutions in foreign affairs you know that as well or better than i do you know. i'm not talking about u.s. policy why let's talk about it why opinion is u.s. government should not be intervening in military in the name of democracy because it doesn't work and they can serve other objectives what about nonmilitary means it

seems they're using all kinds of means their means of service should be used by the u.s. government but people of that country to get rid. of a lot of people are getting this. says that washington is more into establishing friendly regimes rather than democracies if we take libya for example people there are afraid to speak up right now i mean we have reporters on the ground and they have to blur people's faces all the time because people are afraid of being seen the leadership there is about to introduce sharia law as the basis for their new laws which is pretty much incompatible with democratic values so you pretty much looks like an example of how instead of a supposed transition to democracy people are getting pretty much the opposite so i think the b. is a different case because that's the case were the. changes in the. foreign forces combined into a civil war were down the gadhafi regime that's an example of the government to no

longer serve or on a slightly different note occupy wall street a very peaceful movement by all standards do you find them effective you know. you know. just people. are annoyed with. your stream limited political control they have. the extreme this distribution of. some the people are making the expression of their opinions. symbolism does not change the distribution of wealth in a country so you're saying no change is possible through that kind of nonviolent action that's. change opinions maybe but this is not sufficient let's get back to the arab world people there seem to be getting more and more convinced that

nonviolence doesn't get them anywhere either do you think change can be brought about only through revolution. but what kind of change exactly i'm glad you brought that out because it seems the way it is now is people take to the streets with genuine aspirations but those who take advantage of those uprisings end up stepping on people's rights as well as they are pretty assessors had change can be from dictatorship to new to. me many years ago. but they. mean it's inevitable but no means the. action that you choose to use to determine what kind of results you get is very clear that recurs extreme. and extreme good judgment and clear thinking and. to prevent that from

happening i see a contradiction between this idealist view of a nonviolent revolution and a reality you know someone said and i don't remember who it was but it goes any revolution is started by id. lists carried out by fanatics and taken advantage of by bastards around the world. but not an evolution similar difference in your work can you outline the steps that would make a revolution happen but what i think was overlooked is life after all ocean and in most cases it is a set tale you why to be concerned about that. i didn't overlook it because in concluding pages because they say. it it warns about that it's a sort of solution to what to do that correctly but it warns about but that warning

of yours is being largely ignored don't you think i believe that it's a problem that's why we've got more work going on thank you very much for the interview but it's been put into. something inappropriate for public they can easily be. ok. i wish she would have never left but if. you know for a t.v. camera becomes unnecessary with their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and the spear companies with such witnesses got it on my site.

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epidemic. up next to an r.t.s. the latest sport with kate. thank you for joining me and here are the latest boys had long. hair it's our turn sir alex ferguson north paul scholes are the better midfielder returns from retirement school lunch elijah taken out the three no went over bolton that said enjoy top. class american dreamz tom brady sean rival tim tivo patriots trashed the broncos while the forty nine ers exercise in the thrill of the n.f.l. playoffs. guns blazing former n.b.a. star and i could like a chance with place down last night the amen when again to extend their lead at the top of the russian professional basketball league. the first to football answer alex ferguson says paul scholes produced the kind of display that has made him a matched united legend after the veteran midfielder returned from retirement to

score the open on his league come back to help you know if you be bolton's renal and go joint top of the english premier league wayne rooney had a first time penalty saved but thirty seven year old scholes popped up to score on the strike the part time and late efforts from values well back to michael carrick secured victory with united level on points that need as much to sit well elsewhere everton three one want to talk to the last ten months but the move down to the relegation zone off the d.c. and full of three one frank lampard early strike gave chelsea a one zero victory over sunderland. trying to one time west brom however top of this the chance to join united and city at the top being held one one is home to wolves but my regret not the least this side is still in the title race. when city men you know what you would look for us to win the league but if we haven't just yet run in the second of what we've had in the first of a decision it could happen it's really difficult to do to achieve that but it's not impossible. for all over in france carlo and chelsea enjoyed

a winning starts to his right. head coach big spending paris and your money is that we give this one three one a time to loose and then i has to be to go out after mother shops the two deflections to open after thirty seven minutes and is ten minutes after the interval reconciling having a full story double fish these made label taken efforts and then grabs a second to see skip past a defender and kick the ball into the corner to make it three no more so yes i did get a consolation goal light on so i stray one is how it's been so fine start from chelsea and p.s.g. remain three points clear at the top. amid all russia's former national coach receiving has turned down a role in mega rich russian side onesie the dutchman has been linked with the club since he resigned as turkey manager in november after failing to take them to the euro twenty twelve finals however hiddink last chance to form a lot of motive coach merely cousin john who was appointed as angie head coach

though the club still wanted the sixty five year old wants their technical director but he was quoted as saying that the m.g. offer contradicted his football philosophy hiddink wants to buy sky new stars and foster home grown talent but was denied access to the club's news team. over to football of the american variety now and they told brady masterclass put new england into the a.f.c. championship game after the patriots cruise past the denver broncos forty five ten while all the talk coming into the game use of the broncos quarterback tim tebow however it was the three time super bowl champion brady who stole the show the quarterback connected with the running got close he made a stunning challenge to get the pats of fourteen l. up and just ahead of the two minute warning at the end of the first half new england moved further ahead by the deal branch with a stunning sixty one once pass as the patriots went into the end with twenty one seven ahead well there was no let up in the second half and the new england quarterback would tie and n.f.l.

postseason record by throwing the six touchdown pass the night to tighten every fernandez in forty five ten is how it finished. meanwhile the forty nine ers are in the n.f.c. championship game after reading new orleans thirty six thirty two in a post anything playoff in san francisco and it was the home side who took a very neat however the site it back in themselves took the lead in an action packed fourth quarter to greece finally darren sproles rushed the forty five yards and twenty four twenty stories ahead. forty nine ers hit back but just thirty seconds later the visitors pension funds once again for easter next week give a great sixty six down touchdown to the saints in sight in the tree but with nine seconds left on the clock alex smith won the game for san francisco forty nine ers quarterback farming fourteen hours past the vernon davis in wednesday to give the home side is thrilling thirty six thirty two victory for the saints. staying in america and to the n.b.a.

where memphis held off a late surge by the new orleans hornets to win one hundred ninety ninety nine and change their second straight victory the grizzlies were cruising as they managed to open up a double digit lead in the second quarter so finally one of them to get the ball in the basket this is a talent and memphis pulled. selves further in front after the break and it's going to seventeen points in front against a struggling morningside however new orleans didn't give up and they managed to cut the deficit to just two points in the fourth this jason smith jumps up and that's a good one to three ninety one but memphis went on a twelve points to four runs series victory out by this great pointer to make ninety nine that score is how it finished. well meanwhile tice gone have extended their lead at the top of the russian professional basketball league after a strong fourth quarter saw them krauts a ninety one seventy nine victory over the spot acceptances backside and the secret up of reports. surprisingly spartak have never wanted to ask us and where you get

to on their first day were old week three against the army man after defeating the country's basketball powerhouse at home in their last three encounters and it was a special match for endacott in ankara who had started his career at the st petersburg side to discuss santa and then of course teach missed the game due to us but alex on that account be formed solid play at both ends of the court as the red and blues made a quick start taking a two digit lead in the opening quarter however the visitors got back into the game in the second and managed to equalise three minutes before the main intermission and they see saw game continue to scout forge ahead but every time spartak levelled matters and even put their noses in front seventy two seventy one eight minutes before the final buzzer however thirty year old carolyn organize the game ending assault sinking several important shots as the army man landed eighteen points to split x. three in the final twelve minutes and this time the visitors couldn't find the

strength to answer them so it says go one by twelve points ninety one seventy nine and kirilenko who's nicknamed a k forty seven was key to that success with a game high twenty three points i am. the reporters here who drinks a magical elixir for the final run i'm kidding with the really matches in mind it was a good chance to show that we are in good shape and can boost ourselves even when we're tired we didn't give up and scored more than fifteen points in the last five minutes against a very strong side they're pretty good to. the players and i play hard and i play to the. i don't think we think played our best basketball he did. start to get a little read a letter and there and see that the league got bigger once we got rid of the victory keeps this guy well on top of the russian best goalie while spartak sleep one place two feet and we main we miss at the red and blues arena because they

about out of our team. tennis now and rafael nadal has lashed out at roger federer a day before the start of the australian eye and spanish second seed blaming his arch rival for being too much of a gentleman leaving others to do the hard work of trying to cut back the packed a.t.p. tour shared tour while the da will open up his quest for a second australian open trophy against american qualifier alex has not solved the two thousand and nine champion has been and spoken critic of the busy a.t.p. calendar claiming the need to play too many tournaments is exhausting and results in injuries but also same federer strong fizzy allows the swiss ball void the bone nation. the one who in the past. talk a lot about gold in the book a lot about. the. brotherhood u.s. open mouthed i'm not going to be the one who keep talking about a lot of things because finally you know if if he would have but the right guys. to fight for us maybe today we don't have that. over on the women's

side of the draw a heated battle is in store for the world number one ranking with wimbledon champion patrick fitted in with a good chance of destroying her life as nancy to date has yet to capture a grand slam checked into the faces of russia's gaited the chevalier in her own says the top billing has never been a top priority and no she needs to work hard to emulate that break the twenty eleven season. find a vast universe was great for me of course i. wanted to ask to have just this year but i know i do really well i just will not be focused. while the final warm up event has come to an end in sydney with finished qualify young county win and claiming only his second title i survived the early parts of the french when shooting beneteau six two seven five in the final the thirty year old claimed any previous trophy six years ago in new zealand has little time to

rest on his laurels he faces former world number three david nalbandian in the first round at melbourne park i just came here i wanted to get to him share everything over on them or i'm going out there ending up winning the tournament showing my second title even though i've been in many final shit so i couldn't imagine a better start. and finally friends and relatives have turned out in their numbers to wish boxing legend mohammed ali a happy seventieth birthday and his museum in kentucky is actually the heavyweight i contend seventeen inches day but the first of five planned parties was held on saturday ali is in the late stages of parkinson's disease but was kind of limp dick champion in his glory days and defeated every top opponent of his era cheering his professional career the birthday star went on to travel the world on humanitarian missions after his retirement back in one nine hundred eighty one and he's equally esteemed for both roles as a pugilist and as a philanthropist i. owe

a great in what he's done outside the ring ring ring. where. the only thing that struck the flies everything was what not only outside the ring well it's truly a great man. and that's all the sports these bison. the

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