one hundred people have been killed in the past four days across the country syria's state t.v. has reported that damascus regrets the lives decision saying it may result in war large foreign military intervention that's has the u.n. security council set to discuss a new resolution on syria calling for a regime change and warning of further action in damascus fails to provide on top of this the e.u. imposed more sanctions against syria to further pressure president nasser now that servers mission has been frozen people are preparing for the worst years of his correspondence or for his recordings. over the last few weeks we've accompanied the observers on many of their excursions into some of the country's most restive areas here this prison on the outskirts of damascus these are the prisoners they've been selected for at least the season and you can see the signing on this is being overseen by some of the arab league observers who have been here the president says enabled an increase in foreign media in the country many of whom also joined them

on their trips is being considered a slightly safer way of visiting these areas they're accompanied by government security offices and it's believed to at least hopes the worst there in that area security forces won't shoot that's what the people felt when the observers arrived at these places the protesters told us they felt temporarily safe enough to express the views openly but. that's once the observers leave and the protesters are left alone they tell us punishment usually full is the other way to go. you know what. they are going to have the is the gulf state monitors withdrew at the beginning of the week after the observers had presented there were supposed to the arab league with the hotel as the mother to said they could buy some of them with switching phone numbers and taking photos with colleagues their bags. many of the monitors and now leaving the country and

their withdrawal has been seen as a major blow to the observer mission it seems that could turn out to have been a fatal one senior source from the opposition with inside the country the n.c.c. has told r.t. that he thought observers were hoping to restart their mission c. and that their decision was akin to a form of protest against the growing violence and the perhaps once it comes down they could resume their work but on the day that the gulf state has departed one observer has hinted to me that the rest of them might not be far behind and it seems the talks of further training for the monitors and increasing the numbers seem to have been forgotten about despite strengthening the mission being more important now than ever. on friday the monitors had taken the tailing journalists on a tour around the christian area of damascus where like most fridays here the streets were almost deserted they'd chosen not to venture further afield unimpressed

afterwards we pushed on with some of the journalists to say that now controlled by the free syrian army. but without the observers and the protesters concerned about the security forces imminent survival was an extremely serious one when gunshots rang out in the distance we had to leave there was no guarantee that we wouldn't be caught in the middle of the locals tell us a regular crackdowns to try to regain control of the area for the time being the free syrian army remains in control that without the observers and many of these places will become almost inaccessible again with no one to monitor the current situation they cause living in these areas say that they say the danger has no greatly increased for them to now seems a question of if and when they have service will resume their mission so at a time when the conflict is in more desperate need of carving than ever the full one small source of hate for many people is just. the whole say it's going to make

it that much harder to establish exactly what's happening here in the country. damascus. russia wants to see the arab league monitoring team expanded it also says it needs to see the observers report before the least peace plan calling for president assad's departure is introduced at the u.n. security council but would go analyst and blogger karl rove says attempts by some nations to manipulate the syrian crisis breeds even more violence i think where the west comes in is wary of mothers the issues because you quite clear that the west is only trying to con or stubborn or some sort of moral credibility out of this or claim the moral high ground and be very vocal in ways kind of hint at certain interventions without actually having any clear plan and thus is ending up problematize in the situation even further so for example on one hand it could be

giving signals to some syrian opposition groups that if they actually continue in a certain direction that that's would be supported while actually it doesn't seem at all that the west knows what it wants to do or what is the policy that it wants to adopt the words syria so again a very muddled thinking about syria that making the situation on the ground much worse and much much more complicated. assyria simmers so too does libya months after the fall of gadhafi we're down here we drop the borders says it's a spanning its mission to leave after being made to treat torture victims so are the sand straight back for further and target. us police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around three hundred people have been arrested as a crowd first tried to seize one of the city's buildings before marching through the downtown area. has more. it began around saturday afternoon when

roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy activists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and as hours passed the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to roughly twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and the abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimist to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger of then chile the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash grenades at the occupy activists

warning to the police they said members of the crowd began throwing things at times at the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers and occupy optimist but as i as we know this is not the first time we've seen a few or squashed between officers an activist in oakland california got in october since late october there was a least three hundred people arrested and a former u.s. marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being struck in the head by a police tear gas canister canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been criticized for being very harsh with occupy out. artie's been following the occupy protest in the u.s. since the very beginning so if you want to track the timeline of events simply log

on to her website our team dot com. well we've been and the at the center of the movement capturing shocking footage of the demonstrations the gulf the u.s. catch all our war coverage online. in a few minutes we'll tell you how american corporations abandoned their backyard using government funds to buy cheap foreign labor while local communities drowning in unemployment and poverty. this week anger over the panning ratification of after a new international online anti-piracy agreement spilled out into the streets of poland internet users see a new law along with similar bills now suspended in the u.s. as a form of censorship and violates human rights. follow the outrage. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funny seeing the site for publishing the

trade mart material. is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to monitor our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email chatting forums form of self-expression but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister to six government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they were trying to mesmerize us with. the promise is that there would be a sudden closer touch to the document that says that we have rights. to. the rights for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible no as a lot from our government technically active should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your

bags but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular uses offline for harmless internet behavior it even includes a criminal charge for posting certain links when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition does something useful murder and genocide does this is such an abuse of power. think its time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated soap of the. in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more

globally the act the treaty is not. made by racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another option so it's open people faired but actor is still an option for many many countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy he quit calling act a charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country friday is active protests in war so we're expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away nevertheless the intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge warsaw's ruling circles to take a step back twenty one other issue member states along with poland signed actor but it's only here that the decision has caused so much controversy and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spahr laments which certainly

leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent. let's. see reporting from poland's. activist advocating freedom of the internet say politicians try to apply outdated copyright laws to the web while excluding the average user from the debate does seem exactly does seem tendency we see in both in the beginning to hold over see those that were attempted to be in the us and the next time did the main problem is that we see. ignorance for the real problem of piracy online if pl it's just a volley talking about reforming intellectual property to all the avoid the very calls that that something might be wrong with the law as it stands no it was not to be debate at all and people. identify good for it it was extremely lame so we all thought excluded from the debate and discuss why we see. crosses. urged

people to express their opposition to this political trend putting revolutionary stamina to a test this week hundreds of thousands of egyptians poor back to talk or your square the iconic birthplace of a country's uprising but a year on the mood is solver and man egypt sions disenchanted today they're demanding the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from deposed president hosni mubarak this as a day vote on the upper house of parliament following lower house elections that saw a dramatic rise of islamic members the new government is also busy putting together the country's constitution the ruling council also promised concessions including the lifting of a bark era state of emergency law but egyptian author and filmmaker philip ritz says little will change. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the

government the authority to do just about what they wanted to me it's just a formal matter and that they may lift emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over general twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and they've tasted power they have massive economic interests in the country again everything that's happened in egypt really needs to be looked at from an economic perspective in that there's a group of cronies of money box and his government that were in power they've been moved out of power and there's a new group of cronies that are in place and they will not just let go and hand over power like that without having guarantees that their interests will be secured . meanwhile in libya the national transitional council has reportedly begun amassing forces including truck mounted anti-aircraft cannon near the rest of town of bani walid the troop buildup comes after a deadly clash in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were

forced out the unrest mirrors a growing frustration in the country with manic people fed up with government incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels doctors without borders is also suspended its libyan mission over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation of victims allegedly tortured by anti forces and with thousands of good on fuel oil is still behind bars there's a growing question over the intentions of the nato backed government argues marius and often in our report. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but an end to. the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns through electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued to churn of prisoners say the doctors and now off the two inmates died from beatings

the international group has stalled its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out their terms it's not council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and then peace expressed support for this

time and this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule and that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a clear recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the ante to power is by itself raising questions. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to investigate some of may two that it bears entity of were with their evolution in the fronts and there were guiding the air raids and directing them and court again meeting them if you are mandated. the approach. that. it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes are so the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and while

all sides in the libyan conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoings investigating what happened during libya's seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact the mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . and here in russia the internet has become the perfect arena for presidential campaigns fide for the top job has taken

a viral dimension as political activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people are discovering her child has been looking at what's going on at the online battle front. or is it are 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 r the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically in vogue. today's compay ning 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 viewer's 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 brazen and sometimes project a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry puta became an overnight hit it's an industry doing the symbol. of i don't see what i see you have lost the stick with something just the body to. make. sure that the core of this work when you're talking about when you. put up a gun that what it was just beat them. but i don't compare it's appealable 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

shot which is tongues online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the leaves and scoundrels lose the insulting was brazen first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magical media in russia and beyond a year after party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase felicity's of one vote for the party of fifty years in scoundrels for ten years of economic growth with the party fees in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its worst online broke out super powers the use of being able to my aim was to provoke supreme reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work but i see disputing that russia without putin would ride so

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. respond in a war technically this video is made a very professional you can see that a highly paid special is did it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no injury without put but videos from the opposition are just as. and now the whole 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 the recent self described them in a phone as. hear from each other of government property for your preferred 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 with. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifty million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population if she's the future is predicted to be she deals with them online political avatars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders exceeding the grandchildren r t. why in the us where unemployment is a serious problem jobs created by expanding corporations could prove essential for local communities but big businesses prefer to prosper on government money using cheaper foreign labor party is more important reports from a small town suffering in the shadow of a corporate giant. in one of america's most economically depressed cities resides the world's largest producer of home appliances whirlpool corp is headquartered in benton harbor michigan where sixty percent are unemployed ninety percent live in

poverty and per capita income is roughly ten thousand dollars the citizens of benton harbor are living from one day to them and they're very poor and they're very disheartened i mean there's been very little effort on the part of whirlpool that runs everything to try to. involve the community in two thousand and nine whirlpool received a nineteen point three million dollars grant from the federal government in part to create jobs and i think our u.s. workforce certainly. that three work force if you will is a is the best among the world so we're very confident in the future of u.s. manufacturing for our kind of products one year later the corporation received nearly twenty million dollars from the state of michigan to expand its facility which now serves as

a gateway into benton harbor it's good for the community good for the state and good for your business as well there's a real art to that but as the u.s. based corporation has grown globally you know your last three more jobs have been outsourced to countries demanding less wages today the former blue collar community of benton harbor remains a victim of america's deindustrialization and growing poor population rate pool has seventy one thousand employees around the globe but no longer manufactures home products in its hometown it still remains a recipient of u.s. state and federal stimulus funding. six whirlpool just closed the factory and that hurt my business my little. business i lost a lot of clients this is their home base and it always has been and in the beginning of the large development they promised us that they would always be due

to the recession the corporate banking method of home appliances hasn't paid us income tax since two thousand and eight by two thousand and ten nearly ninety nine percent of benton harbor residents were receiving food stamps while. approximately eighteen billion dollars in annual sales. that think i've purchased my last whirlpool appliance i don't even think i'll call for we care because too often and for too long those that have gotten rich has forgotten who's helped them to get there and they're willing to step on us and that just doesn't sit we'll with my soul a soul living in one of america's poorest cities clothed in poverty and accessorized in corporate success arena porton our new york our brains have today here on our t.v. stay with us for more. well

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in the video while in egypt hundreds of thousands stage fresh protests against the ruling military jumped the. u.s. police take off approach against baba testers in oakland firing tear gas and clash made to resting hundreds in the process. this week also saw in line anger spilling onto the streets as internet users in poland fought against a new the national anthem piracy agreement unison censorship and human rights abuses. the iranian parliament is set to vote on an immediate cut off of oil supply to the inhuman a preemptive strike against the blocs crude and bargo on to iran do you insist some are something any new year will backfire and droops for your car. coming up next here in r t we caught up with the head of russia's high tech state corporation must know how to tell which advice at the economic forum in davos to discuss the prospect of the country's business and political future.