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well this document called the courtesy trade agreement which has been signed by poland and many other countries other countries in fact including the united states . new zealand and others is the reason why thousands of people are taking to the streets in poland is the reason why most of the governmental web sites in this country have been hijacked by the hacker groups including the anonymous high group which is well known across the world basically this agreement is all about protecting the intellectual property including movies books pharmaceuticals designer clothes and things like that but ordinary people fear that the big corporations will use it to police the web and to take regular users offline so we've seen lots of protests in poland as i mentioned in the last several days we are also seeing protests being held today in the cities of new berlin and posen in central poland we are expecting more protests on friday any more so the problem about this document is that it was worked out in complete secrecy bypassing all
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governments and the general public had no access to it so that's why the regular users are afraid that this document would be used against them i'll just give you a simple example for instance you create a website and you put links to your favorite movies on this website and big corporations can in fact start a criminal case against you saying that you violate the agreement so nobody knows to what extent the corporations can go in using this document in fact misusing this document as the protesters fear in poland and everywhere they protest against it certainly has some resemblance to the american soap bill which is also being discussed in the united states but the difference is that the sopa bill is a more of american local thing the act is definitely international and it will concern all countries which sign it in we are certainly in possibly for more protests across the european continent. last k of the u.k. pirate party says this deal made in secret could be just as harmful as the recently
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stalled similar bills in the u.s. that sparked outrage across the world this is part of a line along a long line of attacks on civil liberties and internet freedom the actor agreement is just the latest in. seen now. the person interviewed mentioned the agreement which was already dropped by the united states under a wave of wave of protests now the actor agreement has the potential to be just as dangerous or even more so to the very fabric of the internet and our economy so that it. really what is the problem now the question is under the name of dealing with copyright infringement it's actually going to mean that there's going to be an arms an acceptable level of surveillance on all of our internet
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connections essentially what this agreement does the sea turns your internet service provider into a kind of police officer and that's really one of the problems of the changes that . brings about it breaks copyright infringement a criminal offense which is in fact entirely new move. on the way in just a few minutes an arab spring on the slopes of the alps. global political and economic leaders meet here at the world economic forum to tackle the euro zone crisis and also the arabs brain meanwhile those who protested activists that want their voices heard remain locked out. and now to iran where parliament is set to decide on whether to block oil supplies to europe the move comes after the e.u. imposed sanctions on iran in an attempt to force the negotiation table over its nuclear program that uses oil embargo comes into force in july. from the campaign
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against sanctions and military intervention in iran says the country is now taking action into its own hands. the grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows the complexity of feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national sovereignty off the wrong there chose that this clinic between. his harlem and his people because this is a model is not something which is going to be to the benefit of the people and there's also this kind of between european governments on their parliament as well i mean it's not the most ideal situation for iran because iran has to find
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different consumers for costumers where it's all about the same time iran is going to be to decrease is dependence on the petro dollar which is a very good thing in the lot longer on and off course they remain middle class the small businesses who actually do business with your pin businesses there are going to suffer but that is iran claims that that is for short term and in the long term this is actually going to leave. two more independence for iraq as a whole has as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in fire and businesses in syria government troops have stormed a town just north of damascus that's become a stronghold for rebel of resistance opposition activists say almost fifty people were killed in thursday's on rust including ten children meanwhile the arab league secretary general is due at the u.n. security council to present his position as the body needs to discuss the situation in the country the arab league submitted a resolution which calls for president assad to see power and establish a unity government however any prospect of foreign intervention or sanctions has
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been opposed by russia in syria itself the arab league's monitoring mission has resumed for the first time in a week after six gulf countries threw their support parties sarah firth reports. saying they get by and heading home the observers from the gulf states leave for the airport their mission in complete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy so you will want to see the. war right from the word go the missions prove problematic the opposition accused the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the governments know she's being part of a foreign conspiracy and there were logistical complaints 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 but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse
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following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers off to damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these countries is ruined in democracy of the think you know. this is the most interesting this is something funny we'll talk about. what will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi parties or but what about. the west's talk about syria which would be changed and leave saudi arabia damascus says rejection was no surprise they sides of the conflict of shame equal a willingness to soften their stance even when the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on
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the right to damascus yes you know the remind the spiraling situation. of such a creature of even to the country's crisis is seen as clinching show the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish is good enough everything is concrete everything about human rights abuses on the part of the are so very easy to then take to the un the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china will feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors thing to know more about what's going on the ground and they think. at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises the proposal being floated to increase the number as it is on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the
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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 present to starts. waving goodbye that gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors. in for the or oblique they think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help them but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not to believe this could come soon so a national dialogue through these reforms despite damascus and the mission to be extended for a dozen months 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 agreements a what action should be taken to stop the violence so it's putting an end to the
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crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a reach so are damascus syria. to developments in libya now international medical aid group doctors without borders is wrapping up its mission in the libyan city of misrata claiming continued torture in the country's detention centers the group has been working in the city center on this twenty eleven and say they've treated a total of one hundred fifteen detainees suffering from torture related wounds the organization says it has reported all the causes to his rather authorities but nothing has changed since january they claim several patients would return to the enteric interrogation centers were tortured again political analyst dan glazebrook says the n t c and its western supporters are aware of the torture but have little desire to stop it. it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on eighteenth of february so the african migrants were rounded up locked in
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a detention center and burnt to death by the rebels and this really set the tone and this kind of behavior by the rebels now the so-called government has continued ever since and the n.p.c. expressed support for this kind of they've given up mixed messages when the town of to while ago was plans to hold ten thousand president last year the president of the. to reopen national he actually said. what how he was questioned about it and he said well what happens to people to work is the business of the people of misrata no one else's business that was given the green light for the torture and execution that we're seeing now being this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule is the oldest in korea trick in the book what do they do first of all they destroyed completely the existing state state operators right produced ok or so then now this is the interesting part they buy from the electoral process the biggest most popular and most organized political grouping in the country just
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recently the n.t.s.b. announced no doubt the fronting of his western paymasters that a new electoral role law would be that gadhafi loyalists so-called would be barred from taking part in in the elections so this is a clear recipe for civil war one person has been killed in a school in russia's volatile north caucasus security service say that there were no children at the school at the time of the incident the attackers have fled the scene our carcasses our correspondent minding our question of are has more. one man was killed during the school siege of the republic of two bodies in a boat in russia's north caucasus and this man is reported to be a serviceman aged twenty seven at first also there were reports of god so there were up to a seven people taking hostage that leader this information was denied and we know so far that this three armed man stormed the building of the school and at the time
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several people were playing volleyball in the sport hall and also the dots a moment there were no children in the building but the police a block to the whole neighborhood and the search operation continues the capital all focus but you have all kyra republic that was a witness to a number of violent accidents say in the past couple of months and it just recently in november last year seven militants were killed in doing it on t. terror operation also. were. locals managed to prove beyond a major terror attack over this is even when they found a hidden bomb at the same time in the same month cobra several militants were also killed in another anti terror operation and there were reports that said they were planning a major attack up over the inter ministry off of the region so yes indeed this is a region of the ball carrying republican russia's north caucasus remains
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a very volatile more stories are available for you online where for you right now we will hear from the modem could become america's fifty first state perhaps as republican presidential candidate newt gingrich announces his plans to populate the earth landscape and also. dancing their way into the glory of russia's marines true boyens a claim in britain secures a prestigious award for more check out our art and culture section or on line at r.t.e. dot com. the second day of the world economic forum has wrapped up in davos switzerland the day saw british prime minister david cameron call for a bolder approach toward the euro zone's debt crisis parties lauren lyster house
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the detail of what else was on the table. today we heard from david cameron u.k. prime minister who had a apply different message than what we heard from angela merkel yesterday when she opened up davos so david cameron came out and said that number of things that he believes the euro zone needs he said they need a quick speedy resolution agreed debt issuance is and fiscal transfers and order to deal with imbalances so sounds to me like he's calling for some kind of euro bond said that there needs to be a firewall big enough and said you know really right now the euro zone has none of these things now this is in contrast to angela merkel yesterday who said we're not going to pledge more bailout money even though maybe the investment community wants it we're promising you that we believe this fiscal integration will solve the problem along with structural reforms geared towards things like creating jobs so different message from u.k. prime minister today but a couple things i thought were really interesting so he was asked about what all this means for the future of free market capitalism which is
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a debate going on here at davos and the emergence and rise of state capitalism and david cameron continue to tout free market capitalism and the european model as the best for freedom and democracy but one thing that came to mind is what we've seen with the technocrats installed that are now running the governments of italy and greece and pushing through these reforms that were very much dictated or influenced by germany and what germany wanted today we see the focus shift to the arab spring which obviously is a political geopolitical issue but was very much has economic ramifications as we see reports that davos investors are questioning what is the prospect of the change in the arab spring nations and what the prospects for investment are we've seen economic impacts of the geopolitical changes we've seen yields in egypt for example search bar and cost be very high there so i think people are looking for answers to that and we have a number of events today they're geared towards discussing that very issue with some prominent leaders from tunisia and egypt here at the forum this year where
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we've seen the occupy movement gather such steam and. and really of course they would be expected to be at davos at the world economic forum the irony is that as i was reading one analysis they were saying it sounds a little like klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum is channeling occupy and his rhetoric about the problems of capitalism the irony of course is that occupy protesters and activists are part of the conversation here at the forum let's now look at some other news making headlines around the globe in baghdad ten members of a single family have been killed as they slept after their house was blown up by insurgents two police officers their wives and six children died after explosives were planted around learned home three people also died when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the northern city of cool there of the latest in a string of attacks since the u.s. military withdrawal in december. and attempted mutiny and pop one new guinea has been put down
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a group of around twenty soldiers put the defense chief under house arrest and demanded that the former prime minister be reinstated after he was displaced while abroad for medical treatment the men who were placed him so the crisis is making the country a joke amongst the international community it's the latest development in a power struggle between the two men both claiming to be the country's rightful leader. to high rise buildings have collapsed in the center of rio de janeiro six people have died and about nineteen are still missing emergency teams are working to find survivors in the rubble officials are still investigating the calls as i would this is spoke of a strong smell of gas and an explosion just before the collapse. next talks to a british author and middle east expert who explains what he believes it was the arab spring turning point and who eat things is still stoking the arrest.
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i'm talking to joan bradley he's a foreign correspondent who's dedicated his life to writing about the middle east to publications all round the world in the wake of the arab spring he says fall from the democratic pluralism that the west assumed would take over was in fact rushing into the power vacuum is. john thanks very much for talking to us today now we'll start with the situation in iran because it's very much in the news at the
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moment the e.u. has banned all new oil contracts with the country and it plans to extend sanctions on the iranian central bank how much do you think that's going to cost iran the e.u. the global economy in general it's certainly going to cost to run we're seeing today the rear of the local currency. level against the u.s. dollar in history and the fact is that ironic. sizable amount of resort to the you with american sanctions unilateral sanctions are already in place against iran it's going to hurt but what we're seeing essentially is the first phase of economic warfare against iran the hawks in washington there are allies in saudi arabia and israel are absolutely determined to bring iran to its means and it seems like it's now or never they're going for broke you are very worried about ethnic division all through the middle east which comes the fore in both iran and also in
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syria is certainly is the miskin control of most of the middle east what do you think. outcome could be if you look back at the arab spring the turning point came in late february when saudi arabia was given the go ahead by washington. and what happened then is related very much to everything that's happening now because it's the only country that is a majority ruled by a sunny minority and iran has the story claims to the island and the u.s. navy's fifth fleet is based there crucial to containing iran and so essentially what we've seen is a sunny divide reemerge in the middle east with washington clearly backing sunny powerhouse saudi arabia close american ally and saudi arabia and turkey along has taken control of the revolutions out swearin so for example it's funding and the main islamist party into his ear the muslim brotherhood and more extremist groups in egypt and of course in syria the main opposition is made dominated
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by the muslim brotherhood and the so-called free syrian army is dominated by not only radical jihadi is from within syria but also you have these from throughout the region where we're told constantly the there's no real threat because these are moderate islamist parties but of course the definition of moderate makes absolutely no sense you say that that is that is the miscreants who have stepped into the breach in many of these countries are you saying these weren't genuine people's uprisings at the time. the idea. behind it is that they hijacked the revolutions and precisely because they were in fact islamic inspired the beginning in tunisia could never have been because it's rather in prison already and the muslim brotherhood in egypt openly came out against the revolution initially the problem is that the motivation for these revolutions was economic internees here for
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example it started in the deep south the impoverished. south in syria it started in a city near jordan which is been experiencing a drought for three years i mean egypt an extensive opinion poll carried out even among those who went to her here just after mubarak fell showed only nineteen percent of the free and fair elections and free expression and so on of the top of their gender their main priority sixty five percent was the economy now the people who provoked these revolutions foolishly declared their revolutions leaderless and they didn't have an agenda anyone who knows anything about revolutionary uprisings in the past knows that what happens in the post revolution you chaos is that the groups that are most disciplined. and most ruthless politically then fill the vacuum and so when you couple that with the fact that they're then with the funding that we've been talking about from saudi arabia. able to manipulate the electoral
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process. they were perfectly poised to to step into the into the cap and fill the vacuum and that's what they've done is what we're seeing in syria basically and islamic revolution absolutely if we've been hearing constant greatly exaggerated predictions of the syrian regime's two mines for eleven months now if a popular revolution was going to happen it would have happened already the fact is though they may have no great love for cucumber face president. the. general feeling of better the devil we know and you talk about the arab league do you think that the mission in syria has essentially played into the hands of days to existing pressure on the syrian all sources it is a overstepping its mark when it makes demolishes while the needy ating the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street and everyone knows that
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it's a told of the g.c.c. and its aim is not. to create momentum that the arab league itself can then implement all the recounting and has imposed sanctions and they suspended syria and could possibly impose a no fly zone what they are going to do is what they did with libya before. before the u.n. resolution on the arab league being unconvenient lee almost all of those who voted were from the gulf cooperation council in support of the no fly zone in libya what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish is get enough evidence concrete evidence about human rights abuses on the part of the assad regime to then take that to the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china will feel compelled to what but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors seem to know more about what's going on the ground than they did at the beginning and so it all looks like it will be going back to square one john
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albright thank you very much thank you. to the. this month by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest fire was the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet a little new game in the gym and what do you think should be given all of that here was a deer specific knowledge of danger here on along with the future coverage. down
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guitar sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize that everything is ok you don't know what i'm charging welcome to the big picture. thanks for being with us on half past the hour here's a quick recap of your headlines thousands march in poland as government websites are down by hacker. as opposed to warsaw signing up to an international anti-piracy agreement the pact was negotiated in secret and covers a broad swathe of copyright material from pharmaceuticals to films. iran considers
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cutting its oil supply to europe before european union sanctions come into full force in july the move comes as an attempt to head off the trade ban imposed earlier by some european nations to curb nuclear program. in syria arab league observers resume work after weeks break and are already set to take their findings to the u.n. security council however any prospect of foreign intervention or sanctions has been imposed by russia this as government troops launch an all out offensive on a protest in a damascus suburb. except we have the latest from the world with technology on artie's up day with brendan writes. oh and welcome to technology update this.
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