b.v. and the people who are at the at the source of this call are the need to preserve 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 work behind this are really sure what the workers who wanted to see some real differences there are saying that things must be changed immediately more on why it's ins are going to strike here's my colleague mary snow. around a thousand killed at least six thousand injured and even more still missing egypt's people have paid a high price to leave in a new country but despite all the sacrifices the shadow of the old regime still lose large during mubarak thirty years of mubarak's rule the estimated number of people try them under moved to 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 but surprisingly enough those discomforted over from whom.

previously around the country are not themselves before military tribunals. for. suspected killers. thought. to be simply a court system. where ordinary people there may be. medical records this is a. 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 center 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 they're obviously there's something wrong with this

picture a lot of these people are trying 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 these really 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 fire did know her son's whereabouts. 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 trial really you'll be arrested and it makes us even stronger how is it they don't understand that matter is no work you know he wants a title you must shut up he explains if people didn't give up after been beaten and humiliated they will 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 procedures 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. riffing off knotty cairo. or turning our attention from egypt after syria where a draft resolution has been circulated at the un general assembly in saudi arabia by saudi arabia it's similar to the text vetoed in the security council last week i was calling for an end to violence by both sides it lays blame primarily on the syrian authorities state t.v. says that gunmen for now 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 at least twenty eight the free syrian army initially claimed responsibility for the attacks but later denied involvement and then blame the government meanwhile syria's opposition says it x. . specs 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 willing to support the opposition with calls from washington now to the rebels because as deborah an international human rights lawyer says intervention would 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 in seen the pitfalls of foreign intervention and as 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. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow you're watching on t.v. and still ahead for you in the program 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 have a look at this little fellow right here from ukraine becoming a worldwide lendrick in the adventure sport known as. we tread in just a few minutes here on. the technocrat prime minister of greece has cleared one major hurdle on the way towards more e.u. rescue cash and his cabinet approved the deep cuts needed to secure it however in

the process he did lose six ministers who resigned in protest now the plan has to be given the green light by parliament a small right wing party has withdrawn for the meantime from the coalition conservatives are calling for an early election the new dealing kluges firing fifteen thousand civil servants and lowering the minimum wage it's being pushed by e.u. leaders who have put the next one hundred thirty billion euro bailout on hold trade unions are in the second day of their forty eight hour strike with crowds outside the parliament on friday protesters clashed with police used tear gas in response to stones and molotov cocktails financial journalist dimitri coffin the us believes the greek leadership is not acting in the best interests of the people. 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 exceed 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 exacts more debt exec's more interest payments and the end result of that is neal 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 greek 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. that was a financial journalist to meet your coffee and so with his assessment of a group of his own going. america's the mighty military presence around the world is leaving many locals with a bad taste in their mouths the pentagon is accused of causing massive and sometimes deadly pollution not just in other countries also at home as aussies liz wahl 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 nine hundred thousand people in okinawa and thousands others across japan seems to represent people saying as 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 this happening this was going on a vehicle with naval bombing in puerto rico and it happens in our own backyard i can't please you north carolina where for three decades people bathed and drank contaminated water i am only convinced of. 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 contaminants and there are any more or have years. before they ever even bother him well and he's not alone one in ten americans live near a military site or something some superfund site because military bases extreme approaching in not only radioactive pollution also you know jet fuel was how was 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 environmental 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 fridge to reduce air and water pollution well president obama recently announced his plan to boost military presence in australia a military buildup also happening and why the 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 basses around the globe and washington was wall. now with the race for the white house well under way and a wrong poll taking second place in the latest caucus artie's very own resident in new york now i guess the chance to ask people there if they think that ron paul has any chance of making it to the white house. according to some polls ron paul is now back in in the us republican presidential candidacy wait does he really have a chance this week let's talk about that do you think ron paul has a chance i personally don't buy an ad looks weak just physically good old just looks like an old man and said to say it maybe his values are great and everything but. that's interesting so do you think the battle affect the way people vote

that's affecting the way i have a aluminite is going to have whatever they want so do you think they're going to choose them. not a chance why now it is just too much on the fringe for the rest of america but he has such a strong contingent among the you. for now well i'll tell you that any change he'll bring forward will be on his good work that's what i'll tell you that he's laying down a foundation for the next president whoever he is exactly that's my belief you know and i and i mean the strength i think he's got his. affection of the public the novelty of his candidacy world within about twelve months of his arrival and ron paul certainly would be a novelty in office he's been over with. at the moment i think is interesting he's a non politician speaks very honestly but i don't agree with his policies so if i were living here i wouldn't vote for him no he gets more independents than both. in

all three candidates of the candidates so why does the media not pay attention to him because you are against the establishment he's against everything that stands for you against. military national complex to against the federal reserve you think he has a chance. he is the hero ten zero why he doesn't have the finances the team necessary to put together a serious campaign. so you're just talking about how he's running not actually his policies or whether or not he'd be good for the country well if he could doesn't have the team in the money to get his message out nobody's going to hear whether or not eat think ron paul actually has a chance to become the next u.s. president the bottom line is if elected he certainly would shake things up and that seems to be something everyone is looking for a. time

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civil war in which some one point five million people died. they were wrong the president has to make a major announcement on the country's controversial nuclear program in the next i. gave no details. but said he would never hold its program to enrich uranium which he says is for peaceful purposes he was speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the country's islamic revolution tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators gathered across iran to mark the occasion. lithuania has become the latest country to public discontent with the international anti-piracy accord known as act hundreds of rallied outside government buildings in the capital vilnius critics of the treaty which aims to protect intellectual property it would harm freedom of speech and lead to online censorship similar rallies are expected in london with poland on denmark staging protests over the

past few weeks signed by most eager you states has yet to be ratified by the european parliament which is set to debate it in. 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 quote absurd escalation in tensions over the falklands comes in the run up to the thirtieth anniversary of the two countries going to war. or now as a russian city of sochi gears up for the winter olympics some of the biggest stars of winter sports of gathered at the resort to try out the new slopes with just two years now until the big event sampling the runs for the down here world cup there's the russian president right there dmitri medvedev also taking to the snow to showcase is a pretty slick skiing skills and as artist and reports tests for the two thousand

and fourteen sochi games are evidently in full swing. so she's been known to have breweries in the past but not this year. blizzards and temperatures well below zero may be great for some winter sports but for downhill skiing you want good visibility and less snow that's already on the ground and not still falling preparing the posts in such conditions was a challenge but the weather is of course a key factor heavy fog and blizzard 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 put facilities to the test the venues here on the slopes and bridges across napoli are now 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 where you live piece here can be compared to what i signed canada except there was ice in then coover too which made it even more difficult but the overall conditions here are good. i like some that approach 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. it's a chance to train more and will have the advantage in comparison to other skiers who 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. let's stay with a sporting theme be it a very different one. adventure activity it's known as park or it appeals to many two legged adrenaline junkies and it seems it also appeals to some four legged ones as well that take for example a very special dog in western ukraine quickly becoming an internet sensation as reports artie's alexy are saskia. the two thousand and one french movie to get my car she launched a new worldwide great the park or thousands of print using gas worldwide took to the sixty's to perform in 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 stuff or 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 dogs known to the world 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 dream suddenly reincarnated in a six month old puppy for more than four years tried has been doing some amazing stuff both in urban landscapes and historic landmarks. when he was only six months old he jumped to

a cheer and from there he jumped on top of a fridge that's when we thought he had talent this reed is very energetic and sometimes they're used in dog fighters before the five years we've been doing part crew are true it has never been aggressive to anyone he hasn't fought you even barked at it you. it looks like a case of serious animal training just like in a circus but you get he says he has only invented a few tricks trad believe it or not the dog makes almost all of the moves. he finds it interesting you can see in the video 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 do what i was unable to you can see for yourself nobody makes you do. breath taking videos have garnered millions of you tube views and earned him global recognition in their hometown you've gagne and 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 that is not a threat. reporting from chairman of the ukraine. a debate about russian democracy and the future of it just ahead in our program but i'll be back with a recap of the top headlines see you shortly. if

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headlines now. with. exactly a year off the president mubarak was forced from power. calling for the military to step down. accusing them of hindering reform. and. resolution blaming it. on the. killing of

a high ranking military officer since protests began. brussels with more cynics trains for a bailout cash people. six minister resigned in protest of the plan which now has to be given the green light. daughters here in half an hour's time but for now it's spotlight with. what is the future for russian democracy you're watching. technology innovation. developments around russia. the future.