killed in the past four days across the country state t.v. has reported that damascus regrets the league's decision saying it may result in more bloodshed and foreign military intervention meanwhile an arab you were peon draft resolution on syria which drew russia's criticism is being revised at the u.n. security council the initial text was calling for regime change and warning of further action damascus fails to comply with it on top of this the e.u. imposed more sanctions against syria this week to further pressure president asa. decision to freeze the fact finding mission comes after a gulf nations withdrew their observers leaving people to prepare for the worst as artists are for three ports. saying they get by and heading home they've said it's from the gulf states lethal the airport then mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis it's never going to be easy to see what the arab league monitors

to. i don't want there from russian the word gay the missions prove problematic the opposition accuse dimona to sit being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just to cool complaints to the observers seem to liquid on the ground there are 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 following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers off to damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president is sad cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that. in democracy. the think this is the most interesting good this is something funny book about. work use.

we will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi parties was about what about to do and the west talked about syria which would be changed and leave saudi arabia as it is damascus is rejection was no surprise they sides of the conflict of shame equal willingness to soften their stance even though it's been 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 yet another remind the spiraling situation. will of the observers at such a crucial mavin to the country's quite serious is seen as clinching 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 somehow human rights abuses on the part of the also very team to then take that to 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 and 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 the earlier proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving would but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that they 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 goodbye to their gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league and i think syria in its diplomacy would give anyone who held this. but the last decision of the syrian people most of

the arab league this group goes is a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreement a what action should be taken to stop the violence of putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria and syria similar so too does libya months after the fall off gadhafi. we're down to and hero doctors without borders says it's suspending its mission to be after being made to treat torture victims who are there and stand straight back for further interrogation. on the global markets are bracing themselves ahead of a crunch vote in the rain in parliament as the world's fourth largest crude producer threatens to hold oil supplies to you were. u.s. 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 artie's marina portnoy has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and it was hours past 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 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 and then chilly the

police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash grenades at the occupy atlanta this morning to the police they say 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 well as you know this is not the first time we've seen a fierce clash between officers and activists in oakland california back 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 kind of 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. marina board now reporting there

well argues 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 our website r.t. dot com but we've been adding the epicenter of the movement to capture and shocking food each of the demonstrations that engulfed the u.s. so catch all our coverage online also. of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle class thousands. of allah makes his pre-election pitch to americans in the annual state of the union address stressing jobs and equality in a bid to appease growing and say corporate sentiment shortly here on our team. and this we can go over the panning ratification of act and new international line anti-piracy agreement spilled out into the streets of poland internet users say the new law along with similar bills now suspended in the u.s. is

a form of censorship and violates human rights are the fall of the outrage. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funding. for publishing the trade mart material with its 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 government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to mesmerize us with . the promise is that. 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 with 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 that 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 act would be applied more globally the act the previous not. made by making racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by probably a man but not in every country so we have another option so it's open people failed 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 was censored tweets country by country. active protests in warsaw were expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away never the less they intend to rally for several

more weeks hoping to urge war soldiers ruling circles to take a step back twenty one other e.u. member states along with poland signed but it's only here that the decision has caused so much control over sea and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar laments which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent. alexi russia. reporting from poland. and next hour we examine the cases of two people facing extradition for alleged online criminal activities. every. day i don't think. a u.k. student faces ten years behind bars in the u.s. even though his actions aren't considered a crime in his home country. the need for jobs the need for more jobs rather more equality while giving praise for america's military for ease abroad the some of president obama's pre-election state of the union speech much of

the focus in this year's address was to. voted to konami crushing the president laid on dissatisfaction over wealth disparity and body by occupy movement and hope for the rich to pay equal taxes obama also tout of military success in iraq and afghanistan and the assassination of osama bin laden the speech is widely seen as a dream like an opportunity for obama to sell his campaign to the public professor paul sheldon food from the california state university believe the president also used the speech to establish america's new approach to china. you know use the cute little code phrase that we're going to have an enduring relationship with death in a stand which means we're going to have bases in that country and stay there for ever whether they want to serve. likewise sir he said regional gadhafi syria's next day and if iran doesn't behave there the after that so. it is totally

contradictory to say that he's going to be able to pay down the american debt in the experience of government spending programs domestically with savings from bringing in soldiers older mors what in fact he has plans to expand what he didn't mention try to play me also said that we have a pacific strategy and the world will know that we have heard over war. that was a thinly veiled threat against china even i mean how insane can you be china's holding more than a trillion dollars of our debt we've got tens of thousands of factories there we're highly coordinated doing depended upon them though and he's threatening them to. and russia the build up to the presidential election is seeing new campaign tactics emerge based supporters and opponents go viral using less than provocative messages on the internet or had to go by for about.

putting a revolutionary stamina to the task this week hundreds of thousands of egyptians poor back to tahrir square the iconic birthplace of the country's uprising but a year on the mood a somber and many egyptians disenchanted today they're demanding the solution of the military council which inherited absolute power from the post president hosni mubarak this as a gypsy is today a vote on the upper house of parliament following lower house elections that saw a dramatic rise of islam as members of the new government itself will busy putting together the country's constitution ahmed but now we exactly have director of transforming the political center says the military knows it's time is running out . most egyptians are still weary. of this supreme council of the armed forces. who don't choose to be

the symbols of the old regime. and that is a general. feeling of frustration over the smooth change blues from the from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces who would like to describe any formal opposition that's so good people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them they know that the book is. very much a little boost and so far the roadmap has been followed to the letter. meanwhile in the bia the national transitional council has reportedly been on amassing forces including truck mounted and aircraft cannon near the rest of town of bani walid the troop build up comes after a deadly clashes in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were forced out the unrest mirrors a growing frustration in the country with mad people fed up with government

incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels doctors without borders has also suspended its libyan mission over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation of victims allegedly tortured by and he see forces and with thousands of khadafi while is still behind bars there is a growing question over the intentions of the nato bad government argues maria finished in our report. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and tourist places around the globe but an end to leave 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 no 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 form of 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 fifty african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and then peace expressed their support for this time this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule 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 them to see to power is bite self-raising question is. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to alleviate to investigate some of nato but it bears entity of where with that if you go in the fronts and there were guiding the air raids and they addicting them and court updating them if you are mandated. that thought it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of me. i saw the killing go fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human

rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoing. investigated what happens during labor 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 mistake in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by really should groups in libya right now and with numerous accusing shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning. are fading quickly raef notion or our team. lawmakers and iran are set to approve an immediate hold of oil sales to europe and a vote due to take place in the country's parliament today it's a preemptive move in response to a form bargo on a rain while by the european union do come into force in july by imposing the

sanctions that readers are looking to bring in a chance to iran's disputed nuclear program meanwhile a group of raney and students protested at the capital's airport where i am specter's arrived for the highest level talks on the nuclear issue for more than three years the activists said iran was suffering under overwhelming western pressure and claimed their country had a right for peaceful nuclear energy german political analyst christophe who are still told r.t. the measures adopted by the e.u. will harm the blog more than iran. this is not in favor of european interests what we're doing there with this stupid and senseless and also wrong embargo and what we clearly see is that this happens upon washington's wishes so we have a few countries greece in the forefront with twenty five percent of its overall oil imports in two thousand and ten coming from iran but then we have italy with

thirteen spain with ten percent so in this regard we do have a lot of european mostly homemade problems now in addition to that we have problems with this oil embargo and as we see on the other hand i just spoke to some of your renewed friends iran will do quite well even under the embargo to follow the iran oil saga as it unravels had to website or to dot com twenty four seven for all the latest developments. all is fair when it comes to pre-election fever a political wrangling in russia has spread into the internet taking a viral dimension as political activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people argue the country has been looking at what's going on at

the online battle front. doesn't want is that you were right is a closer look at the grey suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d.m. of the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered police in vogue. today's complaining has gone online in a whole 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 show viewers' attention not

so on the net to me you are police video reach millions of lines it's not just the message 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 puta became an overnight hit it's an industry doing the symbol. of i don't see what i see you stuck with some. yes they're going to. make. sure that the. but. but contracts of. a call from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough miley was the first upload his shot which is tongues online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party the leaves and scoundrels.

brazen first and hear it 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 resort the catchphrase delivers a vote for the party of. just for ten years of economic growth whether the party of using scoundrels you know the russians or the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved party can also fight its wars online broke out super powers to use opinion with 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. in that russia without riots why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some for you guys who have been to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you responding or technical those videos made

a very professional you can see that a highly paid. to primitive response is what works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no neutral with output but the media is from the opposition are just as. an adequate crowd of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings on lawyer those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to. i know that's one of their inspirations the reason some describe them on the phone as. here for me it's future of government for. your preferred comfort. from any side when we are living in election year there are no board in this war not even to fearing someone's private life so. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifteen million russians going on lunch today about

forty percent of the adult population the future is predicted to be sure to lose them online police and other tours boundaries of a virtual world without borders exceeding the grandchildren r t v. well now to let's take a look at some other stories from around the world at least twenty seven people have been killed and five critically injured after a fire broke out at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in peru's capital lima the country's health minister said the center was unlicensed firefighters had to break through walls to rescue the residents while most of the victims are thought to have died from smoke inhalation. divers searching the costa concordia cruise liner have found the body of a woman bringing the death toll to seventeen sixteen people are still missing meanwhile operations to remove half a million gallons of fuel from the ship have been delayed because of bad weather

the lighter ran aground and capsized off the northern coast of italy with over four thousand passengers on board the captain fled the ship and was later arrested. the latest technology update is coming your way in a couple of minutes but before that remind me on the top stories of the week's things.

to the future this month the challenge by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest prevent a fire was the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new game in the region and let the in feature begin all of that here in the with severe specific knowledge i'm danged here on we go into the future covered. welcome back you're with our team here's a look at the latest news on the week's top stories arab league an ice the syrian fact finding mission is frozen after violence escalates triggering pressure from the e.u. and tough talks at the u.n. security council. revolutionary aftershocks deadly clashes and troop build up in libya while egypt hundreds of thousands staged fresh protest against their ruling

military john the. u.s. believes take off approach against occupy protesters in oakland firing tear gas and flash grenades arresting hundreds in the process. this week also saw online anger spilling onto the streets as internet users in poland fought against a new international anti-piracy agreement seen a censorship and a human rights abuse. the iranian parliament is set to vote on an immediate cut off of oil supplies to the e.u. and a preemptive strike against the walks through the bar go on to iran do and some are something many fear will backfire on you or for you economy. right now our kids acknowledge update coming to you from the city many call the capital of siberia turns out novosibirsk is also a thriving hub for technology and innovation check it out next.