competition here is the usa coach jim korea saw his team take a healthy lead one is no one in four despite dropping the first set four six six three seven six six two the final score earlier in the day marty think should beaten stanislav in a five set epic six two four six four six six one knowing seven the final score in that one. the biggest one of my life that's for sure but the road it means to me is that our teams of two zero hats off to marty for his match you know. the first time it was unbelievable match and it took a lot of pressure off me knowing going to hear that you know worse we're all going to be down i mean it was going to try to want to. reassure up of a suffered a surprise to fate in the quarterfinals of the opening series in paris you're sure you know confinements went down in straight sets to angeline of germany brought the russians three times in the first set and was able to come back from three one down

in the second six four six four was the final school. now russia's hockey stars meanwhile are looking to continue their winning run at the swedish hockey games the second game of the penultimate leg of the euro hockey tour will see them battle sweden in stockholm later on saturday the russians went top of the standings after a convert internal win over finland on thursday the winners of three of the last four year old tours will be hoping to eventual four two loss to the sweet to the channel one cup while the other two participating nations also backlit out as finland telkom the czech republic. meanwhile over in the english premier league manchester united have the chance to leapfrog rivals manchester city at the summit that's if they're able to be liverpool and old trafford later on saturday a win for salix ferguson's men would put them a point above city with their rivals no playing until sunday there are seven other things just taking place later on saturday the pick of which place tottenham fifth place new cost. spurs manager harry redknapp of course strongly linked with the

england breaking single chelsea will be looking to hang on to fourth spot with a win of everton while i asked miller it's possible our at sunderland press from the seven one win over blackburn last time out. it looks good because keep his bike into training as well you know so overall the situation looks much more positive in the period when we go into a period when we decide our season and therefore it's good to have the players back . i think it's not important because in one week. three games in three different competitions. in. competition of course in the position we want to know now the man behind the success of some of the greatest boxes of all time has been laid to rest muhammad ali was among around six hundred people who attended the funeral of trainer angelo dunn de lay and dunn

they were reunited as recently as last month farley seventieth birthday sunday died on february the first age ninety will be remembered most for being in the corner of all but two of our these fights the philadelphia native also teamed up with george foreman helping him become the oldest ever heavyweight champion aged forty five back in one thousand nine hundred four sugar ray leonard and many others also benefited from the instruction of dunn de heavyweights of the boxing world such as promoter bob arum and next champion pink floyd thomas also in attendance. was the current best pound for pound boxer in the world weight division money pacquiao has put pen to paper for the defense of his w b r welterweight title timothy bradley jr will challenge for the crown on june the ninth it will signify a move out and wait for the w.p. or light welterweight champion the twenty eight year old american is thought to pose a threat of his under feet in twenty eight fights with twelve knockouts has fifty

four wins and three losses including thirty eight. moving to the n.b.a. where the los angeles clippers left it late to secure a victory over the philadelphia seventy six ers blake griffin and chris paul combining for a game winning shots in the dying seconds as the pacific division leaders came away with an extremely narrow seventy eight seventy seven away when philadelphia started strongly with blackout lou williams among the five six players to school double figures with eleven points the clippers blake griffin was also in the second quarter though a great movie a reading with a huge dunk well worth another look. dr griffin was. then figure prominently in the final moments diving to save an era pass from paul the move resulted in paul draining a tough shot with just three seconds left over one of the league's best defenders and andre it. proved to be the difference as the clippers held on a seventy eight seventy seven win. now russian athletes are steadily

becoming a major force at the paralympics although the winter games of the country's four say russia is slowly climbing up the ranks in some of disciplines as well all corresponded ramón course the ref has been to meet one of the leading russian paralympians judo champion medina because i have a. while the russians dominated the winter paralympics it's the chinese who are unquestionable leaders when it comes to the summer portion of the games however the biggest country on earth could put up a decent fight against the world's most populated nation as soon as this summer there are all these great opportunities for russia like china may look at china look at china tops the summer games table russia tops the winter well let's see what happens in london there's a big team coming from russia by two hundred eighty s. weights you know you could do very very well with the upcoming paralympics in london could become the visually impaired as a call was third successful podium attempt to study native won her maiden

paralympic gold at the two thousand and four athens games but failed to repeat that feeds four years later in beijing settling for bronze but london is slowly dawning on me as she dreams of ending her career with another piece of paralympic silverware. said i was thinking of retiring after the two thousand and four games i told myself this is it this is the last time but then i got to go to the games again but this time i'm definitely going to retire is that there's. a sports world is mostly famous for its multiple freestyle wrestling olympic champions this russian republic is predominantly muslim and the majority of athletes are male. as example good proper rising demand for women in sports who are already becoming a regular sight in the distance gems. i don't get negative comments that often of course some people say that girls should stay at home and cook dinner but none of my friends or fellow athletes would ever say such

a thing they always treat me with respect they're always happy for me none of them think that i'm doing something inappropriate. muddiness success in life spans far beyond her sporting glory until recently she had the full support of her family and friends but that circle. has now been complemented by another to die hard supporters her husband a new born son who will hopefully witness very favorite women reach the top of the paralympic gold you once more room on cost of russia's republic of dagestan now to gulf where rory mcilroy and thomas bjorn was sharing the late at the halfway stage of the dubai desert classic the pair went into saturday start round with a one shot lead over spying at rafael bello mcelroy he won the event two years ago finished on the friday on thirteen under. the on the seventeenth which pulled him level with bjorn but the shot of the day has to go to germany's

martin who hit this hole in one on the seventh place winning it to go in which it did. superstar i just one of those things you know it's. luck involved you need to do this well but this almost like a little fellows came up close a few times especially today was the right club. and a lot of luck to. now finally the russian capital is gearing up for the inaugural edition of a mixed martial arts tournament later on saturday the verdict will feature a number of world class athletes from different countries the main event will see russian fighter most of brazilian jiu-jitsu expert cornell is a part of poland. is a great owner for me to face a seven time world champion in jujitsu because just to gain a black belt in this sport is hard but to become a seven time world champion is something extraordinary so for me it's a great owner indeed to fight cornel that's all the sport news from me for now

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generals refused to step down as the different capitol marks one year since the ousting of president hosni mubarak with a major so all civil disobedience against the military rule in the country. divisions of the armed wing of the syrian opposition over claims of responsibility for the deadly bombing at the security service helped waters in the country's second largest city. and new threat to national security america's growing obesity problem is expanding waistlines and corporate bank accounts as big business as part of a split profits battling the people. at

one pm of the russian capital you're watching r t with me wearing a joshua welcome to the program a year after president mubarak stepped down the egyptian capital is bracing itself for a massive demonstration was calls for and new revolution thousands of protesters want the ruling military council to relinquish power but the generals are reluctant to let go of the raids isn't. well barak may be gone but he is his legacy so to speak lives on so an act of massive civil disobedience it has begun last night in cairo and in several other cities and egypt is going to continue for as long as the people can hold out so matter of fact. the act of civil disobedience and a strike which they're calling on everybody in the country to join has been seized by by the organization which comprises which is comprised of fifty most active revolutionary movements in the country including six of the most of the most

prominent revolutionary movements they include anybody from not just the political groups but pretty much everybody from from from workers to students university students university professors as a matter of fact a lot of the people who are involved in this out of civil disobedience are mostly young people they're the driving force behind who were the driving force behind the . toppling of mubarak last year they are not satisfied with what they've seen over the past year we can talk about the elections which took place not too long ago so they did have a chance to make their voices heard they didn't have a chance to cast a vote but again a lot of people are saying that still not everything has been achieved a lot of their evolutionary goals the jobs the economy education and also doing away with massive corruption which was left over from the mubarak era a lot of that still has not been done it's better a fact my colleague looks at the finer points of what exactly people are trying to achieve by continuing to stage protests. around

a thousand killed at least six thousand injured and even more. egypt's people have. to leave in a new country despite all the sacrifices the shadow of the old regime launch during mubarak thirty years of mubarak's rule the number of people try them under military tribunals where wanted two thousand now you know within about ten months or eleven months we have. twelve thousand which is of course a humongous number for a country ruled by the military the supreme council of the armed forces or skaf that's no surprise but surprisingly enough those discomforted over from who'd previously run the country are not themselves before military tribunals. for. suspected killer was. thought. to be through

a court system. where ordinary people there may be. medical records this is unfair. and this is illegal hasty with no proper investigation usually with no lawyer and behind closed doors and with no right of appeal human rights activists complain military trials provide no justice and violate human rights you know you have a nineteen year old getting a twenty five year old send your centers because he had a box of molotov cocktails and people who are found guilty of killing somebody by brutally beating him up and torturing him until he died these are getting seven years in jail so i mean there obviously there's something wrong with this picture a lot of these people are trying for absolutely no reason i mean some more just just being in the wrong place at the wrong time is enough to get you in trouble that's exactly what a man says is his case september the time the israeli embassy in cairo the place.

beyond screenplay writer was present at clashes between the army and demonstrators and began helping the injured arrested he was brought to military barracks after summary trial which lasted just twenty minutes he was taken straight to prison to serve almost four months for terrorists and he says the military dishes out a very rough justice. in the emerging a seventy two year old he's been. in the army for at least thirty years it must be hard for him to take off his uniform and this lifestyle and this was the only way they know how to deal with problems. for several days what father did know her son's whereabouts who were the mongooses when his sister came to me and said i have to talk to you i knew it was about him hoping for the best i prepared myself for the worst. a month after ahmed was released he now faces yet another trial from the

same incident at the age really embassy. goal is to intimidate people the message is clear if you go to to really you'll be arrested and it makes us even stronger how is it they don't understand that mad is no working on a book he wants a title you must shut up he explains if people didn't give up after been beaten and humiliated they'll never give up until their voices a herald. the citadel in cairo egypt and medieval symbol of power and strength it was fortified centuries ago to protect the region from his enemies at that time cross aides and crusaders today egypt's rulers are doing the same striving to defend themselves and to keep power with thousands in jails and dozens killed the concern here is that they may have been working too hard. griffin optionality cairo. over in syria violence escalating was more than one hundred

reportedly killed on friday political leaders of the uprising say they expect official recognition from some arab league states later this weekend amid have a five for the flashpoint city of homs the country's second largest residential area aleppo suffers twin car bombings that claimed at least twenty five lives responsibility was initially claimed by a senior member of the armed opposition but that was later denied by the free syrian army chief was no un mandate to intervene in the crisis the united states is now said to be gathering a coalition of countries willing to prop up the opposition and more pressure on the masses but some activists say intervention will be a costly mistake. in syria i think it is a matter of there are some very legitimate interest in the country of people who would like to be able to participate more in their government and i think the government has made some effort to respond they think it needs to make more of an effort but i don't think that comes through foreign intervention it comes through

indigenous processes of the people in the country if you look at any foreign intervention over the last several years you see that after the foreign intervention many more people died then could have possibly died through any type of indigenous process even one involving violence and i think that moscow and some of its allies on this matter are very wise seen the pitfalls of foreign intervention and there is a u.n. charter makes it very clear the use of force should only be the last possible means of trying to deal with the conflict. now is curtis doebbler activist an international human rights lawyer talking to us from geneva. and coming your way in this program testing the slow rushes of majors curious or begins its first rehearsal for the winter olympic games by staging a competition for the world's leading winter afternoons. also it streamed canine

agility to meet the friendly pooch who excels in the art of the extreme sport park or and has become an online celebrity because of his death defying feat. the greek cabinet has unanimously approved a new set of desperate measures demanded by the e.u. and i.m.f. meanwhile a two day strike in response to the harshest tyranny measures continues throughout the country passing the package was crucial to satisfy international creditors to get a second much needed one hundred thirty billion euro package to bolster the country's crippled economy the draft bill now has to go through the greek parliament and european finance ministers agreement came after a fierce and for a long cabinet debate which added with six ministers quitting their jobs meanwhile on friday anger over the plan spilled over into the streets of athens where police used tear gas on protesters were hurled rocks and fire bombs in reply financial journalist america phoenix says the action taken by greece's leadership has nothing to do with the people's welfare. the government doing what's in the people's best

interests it's just doing what's in its own interests and the people don't trust the government the government had an option they could have just said no we're not going to accept these measures and will go to default and by the way there's no reason that a default has to equal an exit from the euro zone i don't see that that connection other people have made that point and that's used to intimidate the population of greece to scare them to say well if you don't accept these measures that we're going to default i'm going to be one of the chaos and one of the drachma hyperinflation disaster and you know these are scare tactics because the people that are in power are bent benefit from a system where they can cooperate with the euro kratz in brussels i don't believe anyone within their right mind would think that they'd be able to to to pay those debts back clearly there's an interest for the banks that are on the hook the european central bank is obviously bought a lot of that debt so they stand to lose but at the same time if they just keep rolling it over they're going to lose anyway i think part of this is just a function of the of the system and people just trying to you hear that expression

all the time kick the can count down the road but that's something the people do all the time in their daily lives and they certainly do it in politics they just they don't want to deal with the problem now and they just would rather progress in it and push it along and i think in many in many cases that explains a lot of what you see here. later this hour our financial expert next guys are gives us his inimitable take on the latest business scandals. we got him just where we want to go. well max this first headline is the theme of the show ok it's bar. gold bar we're all terrorists now believe in a return to the gold standard you are now officially in extremis according to the f.b.i. yeah we've got of just where we want to you know they're trying to keep the gold price cheap because it makes a mockery of the u.s. dollar so the f.b.i. is saying if you buy gold you're a terrorist thus increasing the. anik buying of gold around the world this

is just like federal judge reserve chairman ben bernanke trying to talk his way into some kind of economic nirvana which is failed miserably now the f.b.i. believe that they're hot to talk to economists are going to talk gold down yeah right that's going to happen you idiots you know you would cause more paddick buying books. and in the us the obesity epidemic is growing with around twenty five percent of americans now considered overweight and as waistlines across the country swell out so do the pockets of the corporations who every year make millions from the saddening off america now the first lady michelle obama warns that obesity could be the next a national security threat with one of four adults on able to serve in the military because the overweight now she's leading by example keeping yourself physically fit and teaching children the importance of healthy eating obesity costs the u.s.

department of defense one point one billion dollars a year and that looks unlikely to improve as big corporations continue to choose profit over quality reports. because we're broke. and we need to stop the out of control spending spree that's growing our washington d.c. as the debate over cutting government spending rages on billions of taxpayer dollars wasted each year on junk food between one nine hundred ninety five and two thousand and ten over two hundred fifty billion dollars was spent on subsidizing foods that are making americans fat seventy four percent of all the subsidies go to just ten percent of the agribusinesses these are not the small farms public funds go to agra giants like monsanto the company produces genetically modified seeds and claims more than ninety three percent of soybean and eighty percent of the corn market in the u.s. but this is not what americans are consuming the crops are turned into products like high fructose corn syrup which end up in most processed foods the effect on

american health is devastating seventy five percent of americans are now overweight and advertisers today target can't the most important part of the mcdonald's back in there is you pay superman this is kryptonite for us. the results are one in five kids in america are obese they like sweets and they like all the additives that are added to fast foods and sodas and snacks meanwhile corporations are profiting from the fattening of america they spend millions each year lobbying congress to uphold policies that keep the big businesses profitable david rosin calls the system the obesity and duster complex that this system is essentially it's you know it's a pay to play system and if you can pay. to support your local congressman or senator you have a stronger opportunity to both not only influence the laws that are passed but actually draft the was like congress recently declaring pizza

a vegetable agribusiness is spend a lot of money on capitol hill and making sure that the funding is going towards things that are going to drive down the products of the most profitable products also cashing in on the. of america pharmaceutical companies the u.s. spends one hundred forty seven billion dollars each year treating obesity related illnesses countries from china to hungary require labeling of g.m.o. foods but the power of corporations and lobbyists to englewood's politics no such laws exist in the u.s. today and washington liz wall artsy. and remember you can access all of our news and much more about logging on tara website are two dot com here's what's in store for you there right now. and stay on the safe side germany delays the signing of controversial new anti-piracy laws after protests erupted if you're also online. striking fire man and brussels give local police a cold shower of the main entrance of the prime minister's office find out why.

sochi welcome some of the world's best winter athletes as they prepare for its first skiing competition which kicks off today it's to test the facility ahead of the winter olympics which the russian resort will host in two years don bosco reports. so she's been known to have warm february's in the past but not this year blizzards and temperatures well below zero may be great for some winter sports but with downhill skiing you want good visibility and less snow that's already on the ground and not still falling preparing that this in such conditions was a challenge but the weather is of course a key factor heavy fog and blizzards can hold us up and cause delays but it hasn't

affected overall preparations in the resort it is now ready to host the world ski cup. despite bad weather delays were minimal and as the mountain skies cleared domestic competitions began in earnest to both facilities to the test the venues here on the slopes and bridges across napoli are undergoing the sternest examination yet the head of the two thousand and fourteen winter games for both the organizers and the athletes it's a perfect chance to fly in tune their routines ladies were the first to compete on the slopes for russia's downhill ski cup some compared the experience favorably with the two thousand and ten winter olympics in vancouver and since they basically live peace here can be compared to what i signed canada except there was ice in then cooler too which made it even more difficult but the overall conditions here are good. alexander procopio came out on the top of the competition she says smaller events like this one offer an important rehearsal before the main.