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lawmakers to curb illegal downloading and protect copyright but critics say this will lead to censorship of the internet their ground has worked with analysts on various operations before says the latest hacker attacks are just the beginning. the problem is that the track record of the us and all governments. is such that giving them power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of giving them power for many other things so and the way that you know this that this raid on mega upload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place here they are already arresting and resting the owners of megaupload and shutting it down so imagine when some post. in the meantime my group project. operation docky which latest efforts. to ensure that soap is repeated in the those who support sopa are rounded intimidated and otherwise to mature at these things don't happen again and in the
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future and very near future as you'll see there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more more military methods the situation gets worse and they will ask away and sell such point as the notable civil war in the us the kurds. your opinion matters to us so we are asking our to dot com what you think you know on a missile attack will lead to take a look at the site so so far the majority of those who voted believe the u.s. government will crack down on the happed of this twenty six percent saying this won't stop the bills becoming law will just bring weeks of chaos and twenty percent reckon the us congress will now prevent the bills coming into force after the attack others believe the hacking group anonymous is just a bunch of kids unable to bring any change. and cast your vote. coming up in the program after seven thirty am g m d r t's crossed our coast asks his guest
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whether the new legislation may completely change the face of the internet. so the fact is that what we're trying to do is enforce u.s. copyright laws on foreign companies whose copyright laws may be different from orange and what we're saying is if you don't follow us in terms of copyrights then we have the right to shut you down the only part of the problem is affectively that's going through the division of it isn't true if you're objecting to the fact that people are trying to stop sites that are pirating american american intellectual property and it's not always just movies and music it's also physical goods that are counterfeit you know these are counterfeit drugs because there are. also written material that can be and i you know harm infants harm children harm adults there's a serious there are serious consequences where it's one thing and there's the issue of the child that's going to object to these sides but the problem here the problem here is in terms of how you go about remedying the problem if there is
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a problem that should be remedied particularly if you're talking about a remedy that imposes very significant costs on the rest of us why it is the rest of us should suffer all of these very serious consequences in terms of the interruption to the structure of the internet in terms of the censorship of sites. and. members of the arab league are gathering this weekend here a final report of the expired observer mission to syria it's widely expected to condemn president bush who has continued his crackdown on protesters this by promises to stop as and also reports there's little doubt that the findings will be used to bolster calls for military intervention. people taking to the streets may look like a real force of power and indeed be one. but in syria protest
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has apparently failed to prove that months of bloodshed with no sign is going to stop anytime soon. howlett hard jeff from the syrian national council the country's main official opposition body says making the people's voice louder and bring in an end to the violence is what the s. and c. was created for our main goal is to help the syrian people there present them and there to national committee in order to reach this syrian people freedom although it's been run by a paris based exile that hamad ghalioun the asson see has been recognized as the country's legitimate government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some even and nato countries which has made some doubt the council's innocent intentions . with regards to libya the promise that nato made to the national transitional
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council prospective leaders was that they be given a major seat at the table in a new libya so there is power broking going on behind the scenes and i absolutely wager that the same thing is happening with syria they've either been bought off financially or they've been promised a major role in a new syrian regime but that's a call was in there are clear is national transitional council and the syrian national council well it's not just their names they have in common supported and sponsored from abroad i think he likes opposition forces and they're made to go is to overthrow the regime but there is a difference to the absences huts courters are not in damascus but here in istanbul we are not talking about democratic regime if i go to syria now we have. you know we have to be executed there howlett says he spent fifteen years in jail in the one
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nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's just because his father supported the opposition he claims nothing has changed since then and the oppression has to stop but how is another matter. his dictatorial regime cannot be know of without any pressure claiming they're only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is now copywrite in with the free syrian army fighters who have defected from assad's military in was a clear shift from the essences initial entirely known armed peaceful stance to the cows who also sees humanitarian corridors and buffer zones as options to protect civilians in syria even though these might mean foreign troops arriving this is made to istanbul patters operation where there's syria that gas was being used to at us and i just need to ensure that the. they don't want they want you just
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because they want syria to be at least lead. but some continued to believe the group's a positive force a leading turkish newspaper editor says he sees the asson see as offering a clear opportunity for the syrian people to be heard. the opposition no real opposition party was permitted in syria for decades so you have to you have to give the rituals the violence continues and has worsened ten months since the start of the uprising and from the time the s.n.c. came to the fore in august with more and more people being killed from both sides the u.n. estimated over five thousand deaths the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint efforts sooner or later will force president assad out while his determined to stay but the question remains exactly how long should these people have to wait for the bloodshed to stop and how many of them will actually see the end of it. turkey. so i have for you this hour
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the sharp war tactics fighting use at home u.s. spy drone happen years washington's multiple military operations abroad are now keeping a close eye on american citizens too. and israel jumped the gun and even netanyahu called on europe to embargo uranian oil fast without waiting for a way to carve is to find a new supplier. of our scotland sovereignty is heating up in the u.k. was pm david cameron declaring the scots may hold an independence referendum only if london gives its blessing its comments come as a fearful british government ramps up its rhetoric against scottish nationalists with increasing ridicule of the bit but as are these laura smith reports london's grandstanding is ruffling more than just feathers among the scots. britain a three hundred year old union that once ruled the waves and tossed the known world
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but on home soil the country is closer than ever to a messy divorce. this is the man who want scotland to go it alone nationalist party leader alex salmond's promising scots will get a say on being single but london wants to call the shots and get it done and dusted . they don't want to talk about the substance i sometimes feel when i listen to them it's not a referendum they want it's a never ending question the chair of the debate and that's keeping our country together. but why would scotland want to separate itself from a britain that still among the world's richest economies scotland with retained its own distinct national identity and the s.n.p. feels it's almost time to take that one step further i hope yes from the scottish people would mean scotland would gain control over its own north sea oil and gas
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and represent itself on the international stage but it doesn't want to hold a referendum until two thousand and fourteen and that delay is letting london ramp up the scare stories telling scotland it'll have to pay the price such as the billions of pounds british taxpayers spent keeping scottish banks alive that it would have to find its own currency and lose thousands of jobs when the navy heads south not that it seems to bother scots who see their country as having been strangled for long enough i don't think it's any of his business if we present a strong enough case to be independent then i can't see that he can argue against that because if shocked i think is shattered i don't think you should have any say in the fires of. scots have never taken kind. hearing stern words from the mother of all parliaments down in london but for the nationalists it's
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a boost to the lackluster thirty percent support for a split mr cameron feels he had to the initiative but it's completely but. he's actually been the best recruiting sergeant i think is of a certain he says margaret thatcher. in the last seven days with. bush so you know up to now the u.k. and scotland's key players will continue to cross swords at stake but alex salmond is a reputation built on restoring a proud scotland for prime minister cameron is the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart laura smith at him. while the u.k. may be mired in domestic affairs later in the program we report on an international blow for the country as a former senior official admits to spying scandal. and the embarrassment of these revelations is not so much the spying itself but the fact they were caught doing.
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something stone for the modern day james bodies moscow's rock solid evidence forces a key figure to finally come clean. america's controversial use of its drones in asia may have caused overwhelming anger but now it's running to do the same at home washington's key spying weapon in overseas operations is becoming a common tool for us police stirring up privacy concerns among more and more americans are looking into the issue. they are the cornerstone of america's military arsenal dropping bombs on bosnia pakistan afghanistan libya and yemen a manned aerial vehicles known as drones have become the trademark of washington's war missions targeted assassinations and spying operations overseas but today the local police departments using unmanned spy plane said to catch suspects the
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remotely piloted war weapon is flying domestic u.s. local police and federal officials are increasingly using drones under the auspices of keeping citizens safe police departments are using them in the united states or even i think almost two hundred sixty six applications that have been approved for police departments to use drones as aerial surveillance devices drones can be armed with a wide range of surveillance technology including high powered zoom lenses and infrared ultraviolet imaging. as the u.s. government flies prying eyes through the sky lawmakers have neglected to create any privacy protections for american citizens. they're going to be. controlling the. unemployment. and. they're. not just. the big federalized the
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agencies keep using more and more of these to justify their existence so they can say we need this to crack down on drugs we need this because there are a lot of robberies in this neighborhood we need this the united states is not only now a military industrial complex it's a homeland security complex they've merged into one in two thousand six. a drone manufacturer received four point seven million dollars from the u.s. defense department to develop new unmanned aerial vehicles. the newest and smallest invention is hummingbird a palm sized q looking spy plane weighing less than one pound there can be a very lucrative market in the united states for drones with police departments who are already militarized tanks the assault vehicle to assault rifles. the modern
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police look like the military and so now they're going to be using military first lawsuit has been slapped against the u.s. department of transportation for allegedly withholding records pertaining to the domestic use of drones currently the american public cannot find out why drones are being used or who is controlling them every corner there's a closed circuit camera watching what you're telling so now we don't only have a law on the ground we have them from the air this month the federal aviation administration is expected to pose new rules making it easier for law enforcement agencies why drones americans democratic scott more weapons used overseas to keep the u.s. safe now being considered a serious threat to u.s. freedom at home marina port arthur c. new york. well down has
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a to log on to our web site for the latest videos comments and analysis dot com and here are some of what's there for you today. tear gas versus molotov cocktails remain adjoins the club of state seeking the resignation as a country faces its worst protest decades. and the brutal killing of the ousted libyan leader remains without any investigation for two months now we give you one lawyers opinion why so i have to our website our to dot com for more. these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pressuring europe to impose an embargo on iranian oil immediately over the country's nuclear ambitions that you will decide of the sentients in a few days but may delay their effect until july while countries look for
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a new oil supplier iran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz of bile world fuel supply route if the sanctions are a move us as could lead to military action. from the anti-war group and national action center says washington's determined to get its hands on a rainy in a while after losing control. ago. the motivation for the us to continue repressing the iranian people to assassinate nuclear scientists has nothing to do with any love of democracy it has everything to do with the fact that the iranian people rose up in one nine hundred seventy nine and took control of the oil resources and they have never ever forgiven them for that and the us has never wanted to tolerate the fact of the iranian people and not shell oil and not texaco control of the oil resources in iran any threats of wars must be strongly opposed because these kind of wars serve the ruling elite they serve the wall street bankers and they don't serve working class people there are millions and millions of unemployed people in
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this country if they cut the military budget they could put people to work there could be jobs but there's not jobs there's war there's continued threats of war and our enemies are in iran they're here in the united states in the halls of power in congress and on wall street the u.k. secret service has been literally wrong by the admission of one of the country's former top officials who confirmed britain have been spying on russia this comes six years after moscow first presented its elevations after catching agents red handed over bennett has more. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but hidden in this fake stone was a high tech transmitted british spooks used to spy on russia the allegations from moscow have always been dismissed but six years on there is rock solid evidence the u.k. can no longer deny tony blair's former chief of staff come clean admitting british spies were caught red handed the spy rock was embarrassing they had us bang to
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rights clearly they had known about it for some time and had been saving it up for a political purpose. the embarrassing revelations confirmed the findings of a russian television report in two thousand and six it showed this video of a man slowing down and looking at the rock as he passed apparently an agent beaming top secret intelligence from a mobile computer to a digital drop point concealed in the stone another man was filmed picking up the rock and collecting the data. the moment of was the one behind the exposé and left no stone unturned but not your bullet nor at first i had to be dealt i thought it might be a fake story. but we cross checked everything with multiple sources and it turned out to be true and some footage we didn't include in the film was particularly convincing but for example there was a video of a british spy you're a knitting in front of the camera got cameras hidden under a tree in the sewers lying nearby the guy wanted to leave naturally celebrity
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tended to the name needed to take a leak. out in front of the camera before picking up a stone along. but it was his word against theirs britain fiercely denied the allegations with tony blair laughing them off as russian propaganda the truth was buried inside the u.k. secret service headquarters supposedly never to be seen again so after six years of dodging the bullet wide net it now they're very embarrassing but i think that the british government has decided. to have bygones are bygones and say ok we made a mistake. up and we want better relations from now on so i would see this as a first step on the road to improve relations with russia this is the home of britain's spooks m i six the government is a broad their job may not be secret but how they do it is or at least should be so
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the embarrassment of these revelations is not so much the spying itself but the fact they were caught doing it a post. more agreement supposedly forbids britain and russia from spying on each other no doubt will be more careful from now on all of a bit. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a deadly roadside bomb explosion targeting a police car has killed one civilian and southeastern turkey twenty seven more people were one in the attack ordered seven police officers no one has claimed responsibility for the blast yet though kurdish rebels fighting for the region's autonomy for roadside bombs against the military before. chilean students has to have taken to the streets of the country's capital santiago demanding the government provides more funding for public education mass protesters joined the group and clashed with security officers. here gas water cannons to disperse one thousand strong crowd students have been regularly demonstrating over
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cuts to education funding since april twenty. seventh of thousands of protesters took to the streets of yemen's capital sanaa demanding the country's president stands trial ali abdullah saleh remains in office despite citing a power transfer doing political turmoil has been ongoing in yemen for years now over demands the president steps down. and time not see what's happening in the world or business with cave. to the business program russia's a passenger jets have ruled through the skies of the middle east of the ball rain the one hundred seat sukhoi superjet has been the star of the exhibition russia's top officials see the region as a priority market with thank you expected to quote drupal that over the next two decades all right now is already eyeing three to five super jets with
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a final decision likely with in months. this is the middle east they blew off russia's new passenger add problem to ports the bridge at its manufacturer there are a lot of the aircraft operations out there return every one of the priority market for the company they believe the political situation here will soon stabilize and the region or i want it i am a law. i am comfortable secure demobbed for the super duper john mccain obama praised by the way a professional pilot has proffered packs of the plane about a factor of hope his interest will turn to real orders for pro boxer a company is already very here. there's no plane similar to seepage it holds a unique meet between planes like. serious jets like boeing is more comfortable and is up to fifteen percent more efficient and cheaper than its rivals. commercial
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airline traffic in the gulf area is expected to quadruple over the next two decades the wrong war them to add crap producers here competitive to secure for the bottom of the russian part of the group the russian lights closing the show today with a new third segment of aerobatic program and their fellow countrymen here believe that this is just the start of russia's current file bishop middle east airspace but can't recall a bit of our fear from bahrain air show. russia's finance ministry may limit using touch in the country according to finance minister. tells fall quarter of all money in russia that's two and a half times more than in developed countries lawmakers want to see commercial spending as well as salaries converted to normal actions an incentive to reduce the cost economy it was announced by bankers last year but it is
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a person signed by some who say the move could carry security risks cashing the system sees the shadow sector. the economy which in russia still accounts of g.d.p. . ok let's see how the markets are getting on oil on us now into positive territory this hour after trading near one week is now speculation that prices may rise next week because of signs of economic recovery of us with the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits falling to the in almost a full day is let's have a look at which is again. on the rise with exposures and. positive news from the u.s. as i was just saying with you are americans the full cost finding those jobless claims as having a great effect it appears on parts of the regions however. limited you can see chinese manufacturing out to construction so that. one hour ahead of
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there in moscow the russian action is finished on the polls and vote on a full day in a row ended nearly a percent in the black in the my sense was nearly point seven percent in the bride others say friday's anticipated positive news. as well as the outcome of another e.u. meeting should adds to the beat. and will be more much in those markets throughout the day so join me fifty five minutes i'll have another up.
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welcome back here with me here is a look at the top stories web war is a global hand in group cripples the websites of the white house and f.b.i. in a series of attacks on u.s. internet pages to avenge a growing crackdown on file sharing services. arab league observers wrap their much criticized mission to syria and prepare to deliver the our report as a syrian opposition beats its drums in favor of military intervention. and the london ramps up its efforts to bring the scottish independence bid to an unsuccessful and its northern nationalists look to exit the three hundred year old
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union favor of an oil rich future so they have lines are the special report is next hour we're off to siberia where the ancient tradition of shamanism is still alive today. the sons. of beriah a dusk by year in chino one of the most celebrated and experienced chairmans east of lake baikal begins his shamanic rituals today's ritual is designed to invoke the spirits healing abilities and thank them for their powers at one point during the ritual a spirit penetrating by his body is expected to help the shaman deal with people's issues as well as heal them when a shaman becomes aware of the onset of the state trance he puts on a cap that covers his eyes the cap protects the shaman from evil spirits and safeguards the onlookers according to popular belief ordinary people are not supposed to see the shamans eyes at such moments because this might cause.
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