they're calling for this massive act of civil disobedience because the people who are they are there at the source of this call are the you to serve illusionary alliance which is comprised of more than fifty political groups six of them six of them are the most probably revolutionary groups in the country a lot of them are university students for whom it is the first day of the semester and they're staging sit ins and walk outs they're not going to lectures they're not going to classes they're boycotting exams they're saying that they want to see some real changes towards democracy in the country which they haven't seen yet they're also calling on workers for massive strikes a go on indefinitely until the military council steps down but a lot of the parties that have made it into the parliament. during the recent elections are actually not supporting the strike primarily or we should know it's the muslim brotherhood who are saying that these are the does these calls for a massive strike are actually destructive to the country because that will only judge egypt into further poverty and disarray also the religious leaders in the

country are not supporting the strike as well but students the young people who are behind this are really sharon with the workers who wanted to see some real differences they are saying that things must be chasing mediately more on why it's ins are going to strike here's my colleague mary and also. around a thousand killed at least six thousand injured and even more still missing egypt's people have paid a high price to live in a new country but despite all the sacrifices the shadow of the old regime still lose launch during mubarak thirty years of mubarak's rule the number of people try them under military tribunals where one to 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 scaf that's no surprise surprise but. enough those discomforted over from who'd

previously run the country are not themselves before military tribunals. for. suspected killers. thought. to be simply a court system. where ordinary people i mean. medical records this is. 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 son to 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 it there obviously there's something wrong with this

picture a lot of these people i try for absolutely no reason i mean someone just just being in the wrong place at the wrong time is enough to get you in trouble that's exactly what matters is his case september the time the israeli embassy in cairo the place . the young screenplay writer was present and clashes between the army and demonstrators and began how he leaned it 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. emerging a seventy two year old who's been in the army for at least thirty years it must be hard for him to take off his uniform and this large star and this was the only way they know how to deal with problems. for several. days what did know her son's

whereabouts were 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 these really embassy. they go 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 the matter is now working on a book he wants to 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 a medieval symbol of power and strength it was fortified centuries ago to protect the region from his enemies at that time crusades 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. and written off now t cairo. let's get some more perspective now and talk with dr omar sure an expert on middle east politics based in cairo for us. i thank you for coming on our tour today so the majority that the party that won the majority in the recent elections in egypt the muslim brotherhood are not supporting the strike now considering just a few days ago they were pressing the army to replace the current prime minister with their own candidate why are they sitting so quietly by. i think part of it is that they have another channel to. protest in opposition throughout the. whole of entry elections the largest bloc in the parliament you have the. pressure

the supreme council of the armed forces this guy. on the other hand if this was. proposition. government. rejected i think that is. going to have a little history on the side of the deputy general involvement of stress as well just to do. that you where you want anyone. you. want to go you know what. is the first step. but the many of the protesters we see now on the street with just two didn't unions or this indicates or the workers do not have enough president or the revolutionaries they. do not have proper representation in the parliament and that's why that that is why this is the only channel to show their i mean i understand i decide to talk about various channels have

a voice in their frustration and what might be their political agenda or event of the day but talk about so let's talk about the one year anniversary protestors back on the iconic to rere square what are they protesting about now can you tell us your voice i think what you're saying why why the protesters back on so we are square what are they asking for now it's been it's been over a year of revolutions now would appear they getting more they want to perhaps not i i cannot teach you i'm not sure if you can oh i understand we are we are having a few technical issues here somewhere there is a gravel in the pipe short of thank you for joining us from cairo we apologize. arthel thank you for your patience here and not see a draft resolution on syria as being circulated at the un general assembly by saudi arabia it's similar to the text vetoed in the security council last week calling for an end to violence by all sides it lays blame primarily on the syrian authorities state t.v. says gunmen have assassinated an army general in the capital damascus the first

killing of a high ranking military officer since protests began amid reports of ongoing fighting in the country the city of aleppo suffered twin blasts on friday that killed twenty eight the free syrian army initially claimed responsibility for the attacks but later denied involvement and blame the government meanwhile syria's opposition says it expects official recognition from arab gulf states later this weekend and with no u.n. mandate to intervene in the crisis the u.s. is now said to be gathering a coalition of states to support the opposition with calls from washington even to the rebels because as deborah an international human rights lawyer says intervention could 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 into 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. you're watching on t.v. it's good to have your company today and still ahead for you this hour causing tension and pollution find out about the claims that american military bases around the world are costing lives through their environmental impact and wrecking the area around them. also a dog from ukraine becomes

a worldwide park or legend we meet tress in just a few minutes. the technocrat prime minister of greece has cleared one major hurdle on the way towards more e.u. rescue cash as his cabinet approved deep cuts needed to secure it however in the process he lost six ministers who resigned now the plan has to be given the green light by parliament a small right wing party has withdrawn from the coalition while conservatives are calling for an early election the new deal includes firing fifteen thousand civil servants and lowering the minimum wage is being pushed by e.u. leaders who have put the next one hundred thirty billion euro bailout on the hold trade unions are on the second day of the forty eight hour strike with crowds outside the parliament on friday protesters clashed with police who used tear gas in response to stones and flyable financial journalist. believes the greek leadership is not acting in the people's best interests. the government's not doing

what 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 it could have just said no we're not going to accept these measures and we'll 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 in 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 part of the chaos i'm on the drachma hyperinflation disaster and you know these are scare tactics the only way that they're bailing out greece with more debt so more debt exacts more interest payments exact more exact more interest payments and the end result of that is no. feudalism you get to a point where you have no there's no capital and everything you have is credits that you get from your overlords who are the banks or who are the the political elite who own you basically so of course the only solution is their appreciation default bankruptcy it's to write off the debt let someone else deal with it let the

banks deal with the losses they extended the loans they had a great time making profit making fees with their with their buddies in the greek government and the group politicians made a lot of money and now the greeks have to pay because everyone someone has to pay down the line but now the end instead of making the people that made all the money in the past pay they had a really great time you know it should be greek families and people on pensions and seven year olds and couples they can't afford to get in make money and they have to lose their living standards and not die very gracefully because people before them are kleptocrats and still are so it's actually quite outrageous. of the protests are ongoing as we speak in central athens outside the parliament building a check out the life footage mainstream for you see talk. america's mighty military presence around the world is leaving many locals with a bad taste in their mouths the pentagon is accused of causing massive sometimes deadly pollution not just in other countries but at home as well as saudis lives

while reports. the united states department of defense the planet's biggest polluter with hundreds of military bases around the world the department is responsible for more ways than any other company or country this is a consistent pattern of a lack of concern for the environment and for human life and of course that's something that's part of an imperial mindset the problem has persisted throughout history from nuclear testing in the pacific in the fifty's fire. to nato attacks dropping depleted uranium in libya it gets into the water table and it does damage to the kidneys and the liver is very very highly dangerous some countries say they've had enough like japan which is pushing for the ouster of u.s. troops stationed in okinawa what looks like ninety thousand people in okinawa and thousands others across japan seems to represent people saying if they have been for quite some time that they have just had enough others suffer in silence it

tends to be connected at least conceptually to environmental racism countries are being occupied and just leveled or destroyed afghanistan and iraq now libya and if you look at history in the late twentieth century i mentioned vietnam earlier. is another place where you're going to see the sad thing this was going on a vehicle with naval bombing in puerto rico and it happens in our own backyard i can please you north carolina where for three decades people bathed and drank contaminated water. only. through. veteran gerry adams mayor believes he lost his nine year old daughter to cancer causing radioactive toxins he and his family were exposed to while base there they were told that they have these and ten minutes and they're getting more or have years before they ever even bother to test their well and he's not alone one in ten americans live near military. site or something some

superfund site because military bases extreme and putting in not only radioactive pollution also you know jet fuel how is this able to happen the entire politics is controlled by fossil fuel interests wall street interests and military interests and though the contamination is costing lives the cost to clean up the mast may be too big for the pentagon an estimated three hundred twenty billion dollars that's almost half the pentagon's budget instead the money is being spent here on wars in afghanistan and iraq and military operations elsewhere. and in today's climate in congress the environment is not at the top of the agenda this is the most. middle house of representatives in history so far this congress the house of representatives has voted again and again to block action to address

climate change to hold their fruits to reduce water pollution well president obama recently announced his plan to boost military presence in australia a military buildup also happening and why a province in south korea with the pentagon splurging on expanding their military reach there seems to be a little funding left to clean up existing masses around the globe and washington was wall. to bear in mind a website called was a great source of news and analysis some of the stories we've lined up for you right now at our web site find out how the cia web site is becoming but later is a victim in a series of acts from the anonymous group after suffering a crush on friday and i. think that this could help delay a military strike on iran is really activists in that government against an offensive ahead of the queen of clubs massive concert in tel aviv in. much

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on the dot com. all right our starting with sudan here on r t let's get to the world update for you some other global news in brief sudan the newly independent south sudan has signed a non-aggression treaty agreement to relieve tensions over oil fees for a territory on the border which officials had warned could escalate into a military conflict south sudan split from the north last year ending decades of civil war in which some one point five million people died. iran's president has to make a major announcement on the country's controversial nuclear program in the next few days with the individual gave no details but said he would never hold the program to enrich uranium which he says is only peaceful purposes through speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the country's islamic revolution tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators have gathered across the country to mark the occasion . lithuania has become

the latest country to see public discontent with the international and piracy accord known as actor hundreds of rallied outside government buildings in the capital vilnius critics of the treaty which aims to protect intellectual property say. freedom of speech and lead to online censorship similar rallies are expected in london with poland and denmark staging protests over the past few weeks signed by most states actor has yet to be ratified by the european parliament which is set to debate it. argentina has accused britain of sending nuclear missiles near the disputed falkland islands the country's foreign minister claimed a submarine with nuclear weapons was recently sent there as part of britain's deployment london described the claims as absurd the escalation in tensions over the falklands comes in the run up to the thirtieth anniversary of the two countries

going to war. now as russia city of sochi gears up for the winter olympics some of the biggest stars of winter sports of gathered at the resort to try all these brand new slopes that was just two years to go until the big event there sampling the runs for the downhill world cup and here we have a some exclusive footage of the russian president dmitri medvedev he was a getting his feel for the powder on the slopes as well anyway as r.t. as the news polaski reports tests for the two thousand and fourteen sochi games are already evidently in full swing. 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 down hill ski you want good visibility and less snow that's already on the ground and not still falling preparing the such conditions was a challenge but the weather is of course a key factor in blizzards can hold in cause delays but it hasn't affected overall

preparations in the resort. 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 put facilities to the test the venues here on the slopes and bridges across napoli are now are undergoing the sternest examination yet ahead 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 i mean a city basically live peace here can be compared to what i signed canada except there was ice and then covert 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 event in sochi in two thousand and fourteen. and it's

a chance to train more and we'll have the advantage in comparison to other skiers who will only come here for the olympics with thirty kilometers of new posts and world class accommodation the organizers hope to make the test competition something gettable for spectators and athletes a lawyer but above all this experience is priceless for the sochi two thousand and fourteen organizing committee that will use this competition as a dry run to give olympic preparations a boost. sochi. staying with a sporting theme here on our table or rather a different kind of animal the open adventure activity called the park or appeals to many two legged adrenaline junkies but it seems also to some four legged ones as well as a dog in a western ukraine becoming a quick internet sensation artie's alexy going to ski now reports. the two thousand and one french movie the game of course she launched a new world wide great the park or thousands of print using worldwide took to the

sixth to vittie performing breathtaking stunts on the walls and rooftops this skill of running and jumping from one surface to another is not so hard to master. after a few slip ups and bruises you will eventually get it right but imagine if you were doing that standing on four legs and not being as a gyle as a human being. but this ranji fellow proves nothing's impossible me to tread a stuffer cheer a terrier from western ukraine you may see mean looking but in fact that is extremely kind hearted and he's one of only two park were dogs known to the world yes yes there is a dog like that in hawaii it might have appeared before to it but honestly i knew nothing about it when we started training besides that dog is much later in the tricks are not a spectacular. owner you've gainey had been doing park or until

a knee injury ruined his career his unfulfilled dreams suddenly reincarnated in a six month old puppy for more than four years trad has been doing some amazing stuff both in urban landscapes and at historic landmarks. when he was only six months old he jumped to a cheer and from there he jumped on top of the fridge that's where we thought he had talent this reed is very energetic and sometimes they're used in dogfights before the five years we've been doing parkway or true it has never been aggressive to anyone he hasn't for two reason borked it you. it looks like a case of serious animal training just like in a circus but you forget he says he has only invented a few tricks for trout believe it or not the dog makes almost all of the moves. he finds it interesting you can see individuals it looks like he's enjoying what he does i only coordinate him and very often he improvises some see that i field and

park or myself and i will make the dog could do what i was unable to you can see for yourself nobody makes you do. trouts breathtaking videos have garnered millions of you tube views and earned him global recognition in their hometown you've gainey and he spat have not become offline celebrities just yet at least until a movie starring the unique dog hits the big screen in the summer but everyone in the neighborhood can rest assured trat is not a threat. let's see russia ski altie reporting from chad enough to think through and ukraine. i'll be back with a recap of the r.t. headlines in just a moment. to .

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now it's six thirty pm here in moscow you're watching on t.v. it's time for you headlines now egypt's streets and squares are alive with a rallying cry once again exactly a year off the president mubarak was forced from power protesters are calling for the military rulers to step down immediately accusing them of hindering reform. pressure is appalled on the syrian regime as a volunteer escalates in a new resolution blaming it lands out the u.n. general assembly state t.v. says an army general was assassinated in the capital damascus the first killing of a high ranking military officer since protests began. on the greek lawmakers conda

to brussels with more cuts in exchange for a bailout cash home people vent their frustration on the streets of athens six ministers have resigned in protest of the plan which now has to be given the green light by parliament. here a lot see coming your way next a special in-depth report into the lives of los angeles firefighters seeing how they tackle not just fires but also all manners of emotion see medical issues as well you're watching out. was the party formal with the editor and see our own interests responding six to six. ok i wasn't a part of farming has been this batch and they're on the way are you are you with her now how old is she. ok is she conscious.