in the senate and the one match is shadow for. the delegates roger federer has just started a counter world number one and defending champ another jumper which played and tomorrow on friday. went to football now and in england liverpool have joined cardiff city in the carling cup final that's after drawing the second semi final leg with much to city to all and advancing on aggregate city hall last the first like clash by single girl needed to get the better of the return fixture and a spectacular long range shot for much of. just after thirty minutes of play struck back right away with steven gerrard converting a penalty kick in the second half. puts it in front once again for the house determined not to miss out on a run in sixteen yes greg bellamy to the equaliser to the delight of the

crowd to all the final straw on the night aggregate in favor of liverpool. staying with football where brazilian striker wagner laugh has returned to his homeland side for after eight years. moscow the twenty seven year old has signed a two year deal while his former club will receive a fee of thirteen million dollars played two hundred and fifty one games for the muscovites scoring one hundred and twenty times they won the russian premier league twice as well as the us cop in two thousand and five when the final in two thousand and eight the brazilian was the league's top scorer with twenty go. to the hardwood now where moscow continued their winning streak the second round of the euro league's top sixteen so your loss because losses meant thresh on a dollar

a face ninety six to six to eight in the russian capital and claimed their twelve straight victory in the tournament this season robert father now now reports. what does it take to edger today cisco wins these games showed much more than a first lead by the two time n.b.a. champ such as. the other man starts ahead of their first home game in the ural ixtapa sixteen or just slowest eleven wins out of eleven games in the tournament this season and the muscovites produced their victorious dozen in style in front of a cheering home crowd in fact it was only the first quarter which saw some tough competition on the court. but as soon as the host center and not christie each star a dominating in the paint both scoring and rebounding the armaments lead began to grill. the two q so it was far from given out that easy they were struggling and

grabbing points well to score plate should their class over and over again for eight thirty six but intermission. the game kept the same course in the second half here is to score storm and underage girl with a slam dunk and even when they are women missed. they still scored in the end i making to skulk like a team which hardly has a weak side start saving you really get a team like airbus with thirty points you know. we can definitely get but there have been ongoing and. sometimes you're rushing too much shots but you know it's just. started so you know it's really really play excellent gives them more reasonable number of course we play great defensively and that is very important as

we don't often face or your problems are not friends for them but that's what gave us a huge advantage after smiled on for the first half to getting their game pretty close but then we managed to break away and it was all. right. so the our men looked confident on the way to the yearly spinal for the tournament the last one in two thousand and eight robert for the known party school. in the meantime says kos countermand own expense reigning champ and. that result means the russian team after two games the house took of the first quarter twenty two seventeen on excel improved in the second finishing the first half just a point behind after the big break started. to dominate and you don't want can't talk scornful because on site to three points the game eventually finished eighty nine to eighty three in favor of the russians. in women's basketball the moscow

region saw its part a and k. have gone top of the euro leaks group c. after thrashing cross sponsorship toronto on home court the hosts came out with a relatively disappointing start and the opening stages won by the eighteen sixteen pokie chapman chargers quickly called back into the game and left their talents with no chance in the second quarter the house added twenty four points while toronto eight forty two twenty six before the big intermission spot in case one not going to stop and kept increasing their advantage seventy seven to fifty three the final score their profitable win by the fourth time ulick champ and moved back into hope position in a battle with this look back proper for the first place in group c. . in cricket thirty seven year old ricky ponting has been turning back the clock after haye and captain michael clarke had a big day for thriller in the fourth test against each player scoring

a double century in a six hundred and four four seven effort for more as a captain pointing certainly demonstrating he's got plenty left to offer there are no income here and it's a question there are too many. celebration a celebration it was meant as much under so pretty. i haven't scored a lot of those in the us companies which are a lot about lately as well. now as it was just noise it's always north america under it and especially today when you know we didn't get off to the audience. and finally the national football league the new england patriots will meet the new york giants in the super bowl for the second time since two thousand and seven it was underdogs new york who ended the patriots' perfect season by winning the title four years ago it was a gorski now reports on how the both go to the big event. here the two thousand and seven edition of the new england patriots played like an unstoppable juggernaut in

the playoffs before reaching the big dance this year's team however has been able to advance to the postseason despite glaring weaknesses that the patriots ranks second from bottom and pass defense this year and it looks like the ravens would exploited that acutely steal in the a.f.c. decider baltimore's joe flacco time the game at ten with that second strike to denis spitta new england secondary was torched again in the third with a rookie tory smith giving baltimore a seventeen to sixteen lead. and when the chips were down for the home team quarterback tom brady yet again showed plenty of physical and mental toughness despite having a poor they pass on the ball the thirty four year old taking a huge hit on a quarterback sneak but still made the score twenty three to twenty new england that will prove the final score as the pats defense fared better than expected late on the ravens lee evans stopped just short of calling in a touchdown pass by backup quarterback sterling moore. the game would have gone

into overtime if there wasn't for billy cundiff misfiring on a relatively easy close range kick ending the patriots a fifth super bowl berth since two thousand and one the new york also involved in a close championship game over in the n.f.c. decider the san francisco forty nine ers constantly looking to vernon davis who burned the giants for two touchdowns in the forest and third quarter cuts down on the little giants quarterback eli manning a seen his star rise to brother peyton's level after a great season for the thirty one year old finding mariel manningham late in the fourth for seventeen the fourteen and the both kickers on their game in this contest with david acre stein proceedings and seventeen of these. special teams mistakes all the forty nine er scow williams lose the ball and upon return in the ensuing over time allowing the giants to set up shop in enemy territory was. lawrence tynes short field goal in the extra session sending the giants to the big games so

a rematch of epic proportions is brewing as both the patriots and the giants have eight players on the roster who still remember that two thousand and seven super bowl battle bonza gorski. well that's all the sports news for the moment i'll be back into time with more what is next stay with us. to. get all sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you

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thousands take to the streets of poland which faces an onslaught of cyber attacks on government websites. test the country's plans to sign an international piracy pact but they say it will limit their internet freedom. a call for action the u.n. faces and the pressure to adopt a resolution on syria to push. our. vying for votes online dynamic in russian politics. created campaign could prove pivotal in the forthcoming presidential election. and in the business bulletin at the world

economic forum in davos the head of a new state agency tells business sarkozy. exports might become three times less expensive the details in twenty minutes. twelve news and comment plus the latest developments this is our take well i know there is swelling in poland that the government's decision to join a global anti piracy pact in protest to say threatens the freedom of internet users let's find out more now from alexey oshinsky who's in warsaw so let's see how big are the protests and what exactly is making them so angry. well since tuesday more than ten thousand people all in all have hit the streets along. in cities across the country in warsaw in love and other cities in towns protesting against this new

document act as it's known the and to counter free trade agreement which was signed today by poland and twenty six other countries of the european union the people who are protesting there were holding banners down with the censorship and the internet believing that this agreement could in fact lead to serious censorship on the internet and that many polish websites would be banned blocked they also had sticking tape glued glued to their mouths symbolizing this way that their mouth's will be shocked by this new agreement and we also know of several very harsh hacker attacks on polish governmental websites including prime minister's web site including the digital and cultural ministry's websites of the attacks were as far as we know performed by the anonymous hacker group very well known in the hacker world and they also published a very stern statement in fact saying that they had very sensitive information

about the authorities in poland and that they would definitely publish this information if that act paper is signed so now it's signed we are waiting for the reactions from these protesters in seoul oh yes that is new treaty that is expected to be signed today what is essentially about them. well basically it is destined to protect the intellectual property in the countries which signed it now we know that several countries have already signed it including the united states canada today as far as we're understanding the. document has also been signed by poland and twenty six other european countries there are several more european states which are waiting to sign this document some experts in fact. expected that the european union would avert signing this document given all the criticism but now if there's no going back it has been signed the only stamp which is left this is the return. of this document by the country's parliaments and we

are expecting a certainly it will be ratified in poland given that the ruling party the party of the current prime minister is also ruling in the parliament has a majority and we there's a very slim chance that this document would not be ratified in the post parliament it would take effect and we could be expecting more protests and it does sound similar doesn't it to other u.s. policy in the woods which have already been met with widespread criticism really and and cause a look at pedia protests blackout how is this act different then well it's not so much different in fact is that in fact it's all about the same thing it's just that the people who are protesting against this. in the united states and against act here in poland they share the same values they afraid that the internet would be censored that the websites would be blocked and in fact this whole situation here in poland comes just several days after this similar situations in the united states with hacker attacks of the anonymous group on governmental websites with.

major websites like wikipedia and google partially obscured and blocking their websites in protest to the s.l. would be document so in fact they're not so much different and we could be seeing the same situation here in the in europe the same which is happening in the united states kerry to be reporting from warsaw thank you. well in syria government forces are reportedly assaulting the city of hama with dozens of people the edge of the killed across the country of the past twenty four hours the u.n. security council is expected to vote over the next few days on a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict the draft calls on the syrian regime to comply with an arab league proposal which would see present us cede power paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition. comes the arab league's crucial monitoring mission to syria suffered a setback after six countries pulled out one of the un to act russia has made it

clear at all veto any security council resolution that would allow foreign military intervention and estimated seven a half thousand people have been killed since almost began ten months ago when civilians mobiles and government forces so first the latest from damascus. saying they get by and heading home service from the gulf states leave the airport their mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy they want the arab league monitors to stay. i don't want them right from the word go the missions prove problematic the opposition accuse the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complains to the observers seemed ill equipped on the ground and there were concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task and if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse

following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president is sad cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something pani will talk about about syria or will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi-party system but what about to do it. the west come out talk about syria which would be changed and leave saudi arabia as it is damascus is rejection was no surprise those sides of the conflict of shame equal and will. yes to soften the stance even though it's meant the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the road to damascus yes and no there

were mind spiraling situation. of the observers at such a creature invaded to the country's crisis is seen as controversial the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish he's got enough evidence concrete everything about human rights abuses on the part of the also very seem to think so the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china would feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground than they did. at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises early a proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving word but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of

the substance of the report that graded pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving good bye to their gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in front of the arab league i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not all believe this could come soon so national dialogue through these reforms despite damascus and the mission to be extended for another month and the observers officially saying that they can continue with the task behind the scenes and the sentiment is much less optimistic. it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreement on what action should be taken to stop the violence putting an end to the crisis seem

to be slipping further and further as a very thorough r.t. damascus syria. was ahead in the program the anti capitalist side of the world economic forum activists although on the outside as a global decision makers in downforce take part in a new business bash. it's the online election battle front where nothing is off limits as russia's presidential campaign hot sub political activists are moving away from traditional tactics and embracing the internet promoting ideas or spreading fears where campaigning is playing a bigger part than ever before how do you communicate to the story. doesn't want is that you were right is that was that it was gray suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d m are the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically in vogue. today's complaining has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programming and

bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to viewers attention not so although that to me you are police video reach millions of lines it's not a lot it just. it also has to be provoked to brazen and sometimes project a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry porter became an overnight hit. doing this you will.

see what i see you stuck with something yes they're ready to go you'll make. sure that the work is work when you're going to do. but again that what it was just beat them to do but i don't confirm it's up to you about you apart from catching images memorable catch phrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his shop which is trying online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party the. and scoundrels the insulting phrase it first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magical media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase felicity's of one vote for the party of fees and scoundrels for ten

years of economic growth but the party of these in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out superpowers the use of being able to my aim was to provoke her to preen reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work. in that russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to. spawning a war technically the video is made a very professional you can see that a highly paid specialist did it it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no future without put but videos from the opposition are just as blatant. and out of whole a trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings

online or those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations boris himself described them in a phone as. hear from each other of government property or for your comfort or. naive to expect from any side when we are living in election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life or. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with feet in. million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population. is predicted to be filled with online political avatars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders it's even a gradual van r t scale. however stories latest videos and much more

available on our website r.t. dot com here's what's waiting for you online right now from the web with the beartooth t.v. talk show host we can expand it you're in a stand to get season show that will be right here on r t find out what to expect the worldwide reaction that you see on our web site. and a celebration of the year of the dragon in thailand went up in flames this fireworks exploded so i think holmes a blaze and how it happened on t v dot com. it's day two hours business and political power brokers at the world economic forum but to restore confidence to the economy to capitalism itself for some the current

downturn isn't the fault of the system while others argue that radical reform is urgently needed let's go live now to davos and talk to a correspondent there in this lauren what are the delegates there offering as a solution to the problem. well i have to see what they offer a solution so far we've heard a lot of debate about capitalism and just various sessions of it which is a lot of talking but not necessarily solutions being put forward yet one thing interesting today although this is the world economic forum politics is on the agenda and a number of world leaders heads of state bureaucrats are here today some of that attention turns to the arab spring and we have for example the prime minister of tunisia here we have the egyptian presidential candidates like amr move stay here so today the debate literally turns to the arab spring as we hear a debate on what it means and people here at the forum try to weigh the economic implications are reports are coming that that investors at davos are stumped over

the arab spring and what that means for investment in countries like egypt that have seen their borrowing costs or and still see protests on the street as we've seen a year after that uprising so it'll be interesting to see how that turns out but that's certainly something that we're watching on the agenda today too with investor. made it clear that germany isn't willing to throw more money at drug in europe out of the crisis i was about been received in doubles. well speaking to a room more than sixteen hundred business leaders or at least some of those people that are in attendance here at davos so for the business community the investment community that is was really looking for merkel pledged more money they certainly didn't get what they wanted pledged instead that that the solution the euro zone leaders have have come to that she's kind of led the charge on for fiscal integration and structural reforms that is what she can offer at this point along.