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all those backroom deals what about the stress and the tensions we're seeing between union members there greece and germany for example politicians falling out of this that's not exactly helpful is it. it's only going to get worse i mean at the moment they're burning german flags on the streets of athens i predict it will be roll next and then lisbon you never know it could be toppled as well the tensions between the countries particularly between the north of europe and the south of europe is only going to get greater and what you've got is you've got protests in the south and what we're seeing in the north is a political revolution where new parties are springing or skeptic parties gets better results than ever before poor little thank you very much for your views member of the european parliament from the u.k. independence party in brussels thanks. well after surveying the damage from saturday's occupy protests in oakland california the mayor wants to kick activists out the city the latest rally ended with riot police firing tear gas and flash bombs meanwhile in washington the national park service has given activists until noon today to remove all camping material from to occupy camps the
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demonstrators are planned a peaceful protest in response sara flounders from the international action center told me a little earlier that she believes the occupy movement continues to attract followers . it's very much achieving its goals in terms of waking up the youth in the waking up working people in the us to the reality the reality that poor and working people are losing more and more and that one percent actually one thousands of one percent is gaining enormous new wealth so that they are very successful in drawing attention to that again and again the media tries to bait this occupy movement as being violent the violence has come from the probably broken piece of glass is not the broken heads that the police are inflicting on the occupy movement and that movement is very determined to continue and to find new tactics.
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accusations of excessive force by police in the us have been well documented since the occupy movement began more than five months ago and there's proof on our website in washington a seemingly innocent protest a risk or old point police and tasered as dozens of look on this video and many others are you tube channel you tube dot com slash. and police in london have also been accused of excessive force in their efforts to clear out occupy demonstrators protesters stood together last night as officers looked to take over there. is more in the london based battle between occupiers and officers what we've seen in the last twenty four hours is the first eviction of the occupy movement from a building that they were calling the bank of ideas it was a building that is owned by u.b.s. the bank and it was evicted by a group of anyone who's been offered in this country would call them hired thugs
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basically and what you see on the video that we're showing now is a bailiff essentially driving into a group of protesters watched on by the police basically he allegedly before this incident took place punched a photographer in the face the police apparently did nothing apart from briefly confiscate the keys of the car keys of the bailiffs in question they then gave back his car keys according to the occupy movement and then cleared the way for him to leave the scene so far they've received absolutely no response from the police to this instance at all. smith there well a look now at some other major news stories across the globe before we get the latest business use a little later with katie we start in nigeria in our world update where the terrorist organization is suspected of attacking a police station in the northern city of can a government opened fire and threw explosives killing two civilians in this all over the weekend the organization distributed leaflets around the city warning residents of more attacks on security services ten days ago before carried out
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multiple blasts encounter which left almost two hundred dead. in the bangladeshi capital dhaka the head of the opposition and thousands of her supporters staged a demonstration calling for early elections the next poll is not due for two years and other government rallies across the country turned violent with three people killed in clashes between protesters and security forces activists also say over a thousand demonstrators were detained. a car pileup on a florida highway has left ten people dead and a dozen others wounded thirties are trying to find out what triggered the horrific crash and witnesses say the drivers were blinded by fog and smoke from a fire that may have been started intentionally at least a dozen cars and six trucks were involved in. the pre-election promises the coming ficken fast in russia less than five weeks before the presidential poll prime minister and presidential hopeful that in a putin outlined his program to reform the country's economy in his pre-election article and. has more. this article has already been deemed by many
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analysts is a whole list of liberal reforms proposed by the prime minister on the economy first of all. says he wants to see the role of the state and of state monopoly is reduced for example gazprom which has quite an influence on our russia's business like secondly the fight against corruption especially in the sphere of high level kickbacks during state orders and purchases more attention is needed to be paid there as well now another major problem for the economy affording for the prime minister is a dependency on natural resources which has to be reduced as well and says that if these issues would be dealt with successfully it should improve the investment climate in the country and increase the economies competitiveness against other international players there's also another point worth mentioning from that article
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and that is the idea to propose the world's tax which should concern real estate and other a luxury purchase is an issue which has been and is still being discussed in russian society for quite some time now. well more detailed analysis of that imprisons proposals in business business bulletin that coming up next with katie stay with us live here in moscow. oh that thank you bel welcome to the business program panel as we've just been hangs out of a person has outlined the changes he things need to be made to the russian economy recognizes the need to diversify away from all materials would just take control of a business and approve investment climate by land national maisano capital says the panel lacks concrete details and underestimate the value of private capital. there
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needs to be opposed to government policy as putin said very well in his in his article but the real question question has never been answered in russia is how does this government really. positive government policy how to build roads how has it built schools sponsor industries like that you look at what works in russia at the moment is the private sector you've got great supermarket chains that have opened up you've got a good financial company is that of the really evolved mobile telecom companies yandex you know these are really successful companies that have been developed over the last fifteen years and they're a long way ahead in terms of their efficiency than the government sector. on the prime minister has been taking hounds on approach to business a monday he opened a new stage of the train car production plant in russia's north west the billion dollar facility will produce thirteen thousand wagons a year to meet the growing tomatoes for well right now replaces soviet era calls
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that make up most of the country's rolling stone. mountains in the markets or fuss tensions with iran all failing to boost the prize is a wrong step to your ministers says crude could reach one hundred fifty dollars a barrel if an e.u. embargo comes into force into law i. was in the red just over a quarter of a percent in the red and the branches managed to edge its way up nearly home five percent into positive territory u.s. stocks are down minutes off. they have remained for much of their opening day media reports greece would not accept supervision of its budget decision as a condition for. both the dow the nasdaq on losing his sense this. is the next part of my own to the equities european bourses are fairing to withstand the pressure ahead of the e.u. meeting greece will be in the spotlight as per usual all the members of the
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eurozone try to force it to accept outside controls on his budget this hour both of the on the diets all shutting up a set. let's see how the my sales in the l.c.s. got on today they finished today's trading session in the reds are pretty negative . really as far as a horse is a concern the r.c.s. lost over one percent on the my sex last point eight percent the see what happens on the my sets the biggest move is the finite to a finished. all down the sentiment from europe russia's top legacy bank dropped over two percent. and if you majors do better than the market they gasp from the finished home for percent so just to see your friends negative day all rounds out the retailer might make just over one percent despite uses never profit rose twenty four percent last year a bit better than they had expected a leg from b. to be capital back up today's trade for us. the trainees munter authorities again
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abstain from lower and reserve requirements that was the expectation and some of. the asian markets were a bit don't think this morning plus. there's no understanding of how the greek talks will end and obviously that's not the end of the story there's portugal has been making headlines today again this is the yields climbed actually climbed for for almost across the board in europe we which is again a negative. let's see how the current says i guess. lol prices are why in all the ruble it's losing against both the dollar and the gear and the euro is you're treating against the u.s. car the say. i can get those figures updated in fifty five minutes get back with me for that and i'll have more business news as well join them.
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top stories now top. international observers in syria kill time in the hotel awaiting further instruction from the arab league. continues around the capital. to host talks between the syrian government and the opposition already taking up. their stop supplying oil to some states in response to sanctions against its nuclear program which is currently undergoing a un inspection. suspending its debate on a complete ban of crude exports to the whole european union.
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with greek debt still the center of discussion meetings taking place against the symbolic backdrop of. protests and a general strike in. the meantime we take you on the arctic circle to a tiny village that has to withstand relentless sandstorms which mysteriously first appeared fifty years ago our special report attempts to solve the riddle. on his way to work every day. the homes of his neighbors the houses of the remains of of sand and the people moved out a long time ago. but used to be a house right here. and there were three other homes next to it another house was here. i remember it was turned on its side. yes that's my house
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there. though it's still standing but it won't last long this isn't much of a sandra ft the wind usually brings much more than covers the house up to its roof sometimes the windows are blocked off and there's no use trying to clear the side of the house you would need a bulldozer but you can't get one close enough because that would make the house collapse. these are not the dunes of the zahara in fact they're found be on the arctic circle in the permafrost of russia's north how did this place come to be deserted. an airplane pierces the low lying clouds and begins to descend inside its baggage laden cabin passengers of patiently waiting to land exhausted from turbulence everyone on board knows that flying to the village of showing a is always risky the white sea coast is infamous for its volatile weather which
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can change drastically within minutes if a strong crossed wind picks up will be impossible to set down the airplane will have to turn back home and attempt to return journey in a week's time weather permitting. when the pilot sees the green patchwork of the arctic plains give way to yellow swathes of sand he knows that he has arrived at the world's northernmost doesn't every incoming airplane is an event for the village on wednesdays local residents gather at the airfield some travel by foot others drive customized all terrain vehicles that are the only machines capable traversing both the sams am marshlands. the village of showing us sits on cape can in no us washed by the white see it lies beyond the arctic circle one thousand four hundred kilometers north of moscow this tiny settlement in the middle of nowhere is unique fifty years ago the sound appeared. it has been waging
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a relentless offensive against the villages ever since local residents were totally unprepared and houses were evacuated china's population plummeted from two thousand people to a mere three hundred seventy rule number one here is not to shut your front door at night otherwise it might be completely blocked up in the morning. local resident pilcher my league and has many household chores to take care of the most important one is watering the vegetable patch gets his water from the well despite its color it is fresh and suitable for drinking there is no other source of water in the village the tiny vegetable plot that reclaimed from the desert is in stark contrast to the surrounding environment the sand can only accommodate weeds and a few flowers which don't even get enough sunlight to bloom galena kenya cove has been the village doctor for many years most of her patients call him her with heart
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problems and physiological disorders from walking on uneven sand day after day to day galina has to make a special house call the village has a new resident two week old step his mother brought him from the city of our candles to settle down and. why does he cry b.c. coping ok he says yes we born you were born a big baby does he burst feet ok yes yes after feedin put him up right in lay him down on one side stick to the diagnosis alter spicy food stay healthy out come to see you tomorrow bye bye. yes i've been here for six years when i arrived in two thousand and five there was only one lady on the village two thousand and seven source bike in the birth race it was the year when the diesel power plant been done that we did not have light for
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a month back them fumes and it ended up boosting the birth rate what else could the young people do ten babies were born at a time today the rate is now relatively normal but there are still more and more children every year. the lighthouse is the pride of the locals and the main symbol of the village is the only construction in the desert was unable to destroy it was even renovated got a new coat of paint for its fiftieth anniversary unfortunately in two thousand and ten it was closed down remember the good of the used to be in charge of the lighthouse does not understand what happened in his spare time he still counts the one hundred forty seven steps that bring him to the top. where it was wrong to close this place down when the question of reviving the lighthouse was asked beyond so was mairi perhaps perhaps in three five or even ten
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years right now if we had the means and the money to reopen it it would be up and running again immediately the structure holds a fun place in the hearts of or a man and his former colleagues they continue to say care of the building to the best of their abilities even though they know it is pointless modern navigation technologies have made such lighthouses redundant but it comes as no consolation to remember. nikolai much of scheme was born and showing up he returned to his native village from the big city which he found uncomfortable because it prefers to go to work by his own vehicle his daily route takes him along a sandy beach south of the showing a river today this place looks more like a huge scrap metal at one time it boasted a wooden pavement club welcome visitors and fish were collected around the clock on the pier. the village was founded in the one nine hundred thirty s. the base for a fish trawling fleet it was showing as gold in the local fish processing factories
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canned millions of fish dozens of boats waited their turn to be unloaded with their cargo holds filled soul called and how about the intense fishing had. a knock on effect the trolling nets were destroying the seabeds vegetation type started to pull thousands of tons of loose sand to shore with barely any trees on the tundra the sun's advance could not be held back. and came to work in showing a in one nine hundred forty seven she only planned to stay for three years but ended up living here ever since she remembers the night when the sea seemed to term and to get revenge on them. a few years storm struck in one thousand nine hundred sixty three taken away all the seafront constructions of the village all the warehouses and there was a street there that was blown away all the houses were destroyed it all disappeared
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after that life in the village started to slow down we had cows and horses back then today there are none everything has been taken away the place used to be really exciting people worked into shifts i remember walking through the village she would see people dancing in the afternoon and at night it was so much fun to handle back then. the damage from fishing is just one possible cause for the sounds coming here the residents simply continue to live out their lives in this quietly dying place now classified as an environmental disaster yet even though showing us suffers nature's wrath it is home to a weather station studying its affects the station is used for the first choice weather forecasts come rain or shine at three thirty in the morning and evening a weather balloon is released from nikolai much of city was the person in charge of the balloons maintenance to raise it he uses phrases which is obtained through an
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old recipe mixing sodium hydroxide with water etc silicon and the minion powder the gas created is just as effective as any commercially produced. nicholai prepares it to radio location and generic the control center inputs the data required for a successful launch finally the loon is ready to go and is released. it will float up forty kilometers into the air and it will start gathering data about the situation in the lower atmosphere. eager to make use of the warm weather there. is digging up some timber buried in the sand the wood will come in handy the winter turns out to be cold slabs house is quite old with large cracks in the walls it is vulnerable to the weather so having more firewood never hurts you. know in
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one thousand nine hundred four i went to live in ukraine but i spent twelve months there but i didn't like it. is no freedom there. i'm not suited for farmers work so i came back here. they have american hunt and fish i'm free to do whatever i like it's a place for free people who just. a feeling of complete freedom and unity with nature is the main reason people continue to stay here despite the fact that a lot of showing their residents are entitled to state and housing in central russia the majority custard aside and return to their homes and showing. unlike many others not just a correction of a never considered leaving an option. she's a member of the village of ministration and spends her free time in the arctic tundra only around. she recently purchased an old motorbike and learned to ride it
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. twice a day jury in low tide she rides to the white sea shore to check on the fishing nets. today's catch is disappointing. is not much but enough for dinner i get flatfish call it smelt fish and herring i used to fish with a fish and rod. then i started using the net and then it just kind of bit tiring and i bought a bike to go fish and pick berries or just go see places. i love these shores there's no and to them i love showing them and that's something that cannot be changed because it is in my heart and soul of all of. this is to showing i will see that it is a place of contrasts even though each house is equipped with a satellite dish they're all heated with an old wood burning stove fire wood is
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delivered from our candles by sea. quite often the cargo ships have to spend a while on the shore during low tide and end up looking like huge whales stranded on the. today showing a is receiving the delivery of fuel some machinery and merchandise for the villages and the shop the highlight is a brand new tractor for the weather station. the villagers were initially worried that it might have been damaged in transit but it started up on the first try proceeded to head to the station across the sand dunes missionary we start sailing in late may and finish in october we travel from our candles to showing them europe which takes about two days transporting food and equipment carrying a hundred tons of cargo on this trip there's no roads and it's too expensive to transport a by air so that leaves us with the ships or. the tide begins to return and the captain climbs aboard the crew has to hurry to steer the boat into the sea with
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a farewell horn blast the ship heads out leaving behind it a village of people who have managed to stand up against nature not just literally but also psychological. sunday mornings are ideal for walking along the shore especially if it gives your dolls the chance to see one of the big ships that come into the harbor. these future mums hold their own as they run into a junior neighbor that won't play with metal and here is not upset she likes dogs better. and he loves her grandfather leaving more because he always takes her to the beach to look at the ships leaving for our candlestick city with trees which ano has only seen on television. thank you. wealthy british style. that's not on the.
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markets finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy with max carter for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on r g. in kalmykia the majority of the population is buddhist here there is a saying that if a person is pure of heart one turn of the prayer wheel is as good as saying a million mantras constantine been balfe is not a religious man but every time he sets out on a journey he comes to the sacred place to forget about worldly things for a while today constantine is heading for the so-called shore in the zim all black
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lands one of the most environmentally troubled regions of kalmykia it is found two hundred kilometers southwest of comic his capital and a star his mission is to monitor the work battling the desert of the cation in this area. is an arid region located in the southeastern part of european russia. my organ that this is my homeland. when we were children playing in the steps the grass was so tall that you could barely see if this could be more premium they say that climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change right in front of our eyes. it was plowed in the one nine hundred sixty s. . they planted corn. sure but it didn't work out and it ruined the steps of the corn is very hydrophilic it drew out all the water and left small sam genes in its wake had been. through out history the cow mix of lived as
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a nomadic tribe of herders that lived in harmony with nature breeding horses camels and even a special breed of counted sheep these sheep were perfectly suited to life in the desert there grazing did no permanent damage to the grass as hitler's army approached the volga during world war two counted sheep herds were taken to kazakstan as a result the county kurds had to be restored with a different breed after the war. is a long time sheepherder and is very familiar with another factor that is causing the desert of the cation of comic. well one of the fine fleece merino breeds came from grozny. unfortunately that breed ended up replacing the cull mcbride and we ended up with over three million grozny sheep even a. couple of cup with its got very small.

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